Bottle

Abstract

A method of producing a liquid food and beverage product in a bottle made from a polymeric material that is closed by a roll-on tamper evident (“ROTE”) closure is disclosed. The method includes a step of applying a top load of less than 120 kg to a bottle filled with the liquid food and beverage product to apply the ROTE closure

1 . A method of producing a liquid food and beverage product in a bottle made from a polymeric material that is closed by a roll-on tamper evident (“ROTE”) closure, which method includes a step of applying a top load of less than 120 kg to a bottle filled with the liquid food and beverage product to apply the ROTE closure to the filled bottle.  
   
   
       2 . The method defined in  claim 1  includes applying a top load of less than 110 kg to the filled bottle.  
   
   
       3 . The method defined in  claim 1  includes applying a top load of less than 100 kg to the filled bottle.  
   
   
       4 . The method defined in  claim 1  wherein the filled bottle contains greater than 700 ml of the liquid food and beverage product.  
   
   
       5 . The method defined in  claim 1  wherein the as-manufactured bottle has a net weight of 60 gm or less.  
   
   
       6 . The method defined in  claim 1  wherein the as-manufactured bottle is a 750 ml capacity bottle and has a net weight of 60 gm or less.  
   
   
       7 . The method defined in  claim 1  wherein the as-manufactured bottle has defects in a sealing surface at a top of the bottle of less than 0.1 mm in height or depth.  
   
   
       8 . The method defined in  claim 1  wherein the as-manufactured bottle includes a finish that is flat to within 0.2 mm with reference to the bottle standing on a horizontal surface.  
   
   
       9 . The method defined in  claim 8  wherein the external diameter of the finish is less than 0.1 mm oval shaped.  
   
   
       10 . The method defined in  claim 8  or  claim 9  wherein the average diameter of the finish is within 0.2 mm of a nominal diameter.  
   
   
       11 . The method defined in  claim 8  wherein the as-manufactured bottle includes a finish that is flat to less than 0.2 mm, oval shaped to less than 0.05 mm and has an average diameter within 0.1 mm of a nominal diameter.  
   
   
       12 . The method defined in  claim 1  wherein the ROTE closure includes a cap for opening and closing the bottle and a skirt that is frangibly connected to the cap and is retained on the bottle when the cap is removed.  
   
   
       13 . The method defined in  claim 12  wherein the as-manufactured bottle includes a neck having a first section on which the skirt of the closure is applied and a second section which, when the bottle is located in an upright orientation, is a region immediately below the first section, and wherein an outer diameter of the first section is less than an outer diameter of the second section.  
   
   
       14 . The method defined in  claim 13  wherein the length of the first section in an axial direction of the bottle is in the range of 20 mm to 60 mm.  
   
   
       15 . The method defined in  claim 13  or  claim 14  wherein the first section has a length that is substantially the same as the length of the skirt and the end of the skirt abuts against the second section of the bottle neck.  
   
   
       16 . The method defined in  claim 13  wherein the difference in diameter between the first and the second sections of the neck is the result of an incremental or step change.  
   
   
       17 . The method defined in  claim 13  wherein, when the closure is applied to the bottle, the first section of the bottle has an external diameter that is less than the internal diameter of the skirt of the closure by 0.2 mm to 2.0 mm.  
   
   
       18 . The method defined in  claim 13  wherein, when the skirt of the closure is applied to the bottle, the external diameter of the second section of the neck is equal to or up to 0.5 mm greater than the external diameter of the skirt of the closure.  
   
   
       19 . The method defined in  claim 1  wherein the bottle is made is from PET or PBT.  
   
   
       20 . The method defined in  claim 1  wherein the as-manufactured bottle is an injection stretch blow moulded bottle.  
   
   
       21 . A bottle made from a polymeric material that is closed by a roll-on tamper evident (“ROTE”) closure by the method defined in  claim 1.