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US 2018/0281234 A1Published application
A fastening device for compacted plastic bottles intended for recycling
OwnerMaurice Moshe AMSELLEM, Yaakov AMSALEMinventors
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Abstract
A fastening belt for a recyclable, plastic, beverage bottle including: a length of flexible material affixed around a circumference of the bottle and positioned on a lower part of a body of the bottle; in a first partially compacted the material is disposed in a crease of a fold between the first and the second segments of the bottle; and in a second, compacted state, the material is configured to be passed over the neck of the bottle, thereby securing the first and second segments of the bottle in the compacted state folded over the third segment.
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A fastening belt for a bottle, the bottle being a recyclable, plastic, beverage bottle, the fastening belt comprising:
- a length of flexible material affixed around a circumference of the bottle and positioned on a lower part of a body of the bottle;
- a first portion of said length of flexible material configured, in a first partially compacted state, to be positioned between a first segment of the bottle which is disposed below the belt and a second segment of the bottle which is disposed above the belt, wherein said first segment is folded over said second segment and said first portion is disposed in a crease of a fold between said first and second segments of the bottle, trapping said first portion in said fold;
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- a second portion of said length of flexible material configured, in a second, compacted state, to be positioned proximal a neck of the bottle and adapted to be passed over said neck, wherein in said second, compacted state, said first and second segments are folded over a third segment of the bottle, and, in a third, secured state, said second portion is passed over said neck of the bottle, thereby securing said first and second segments of the bottle adjacent said third segment.
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A method of securing a compacted mass of a bottle to a neck of the bottle, comprising:
- (a) providing a fastening belt affixed around a circumference of the bottle;
- (b) folding a first segment of the bottle over a second segment of the bottle, said first segment proximal a base of the bottle and disposed below said fastening belt and said second segment disposed above said fastening belt, such that a portion of said fastening belt is trapped between said first segment and said second segment;
- (c) folding said first and second segments over a third segment of the bottle, said third segment proximal the neck of the bottle, such that a second portion of said fastening belt is disposed proximal the neck of the bottle;
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- (d) securing said second portion of said fastening belt over the neck of the bottle, so as to hold said first and second segments adjacent said third segment.
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A system for folding plastic bottles, the system comprising:
- a bottle having a first folding line formed along a circumference of said bottle on a lower part of a body of the bottle;
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- a strap, said strap formed of a length of flexible material and affixed around said circumference of the bottle and positioned within said first folding line;
- said bottle having a first partially compacted state wherein a first portion of said length of flexible material is positioned between a first segment of the bottle which is disposed below said strap and a second segment of the bottle which is disposed above said strap, wherein said first segment is folded over said second segment along said first folding line and said first portion is disposed in said first folding line between said first and second segments of the bottle, trapping said first portion between said first and second segments;
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- said bottle having a second compacted state wherein a second portion of said length of flexible material is positioned proximal to a neck of said bottle and adapted to be passed over said neck, wherein in said second, compacted state, said first and second segments are folded over a third segment of said bottle;
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- said bottle having a third, secured state, wherein said second portion is passed over said neck of said bottle, thereby securing said first and second segments of said bottle adjacent said third segment.
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A method of securing a compacted mass of a bottle to a neck of the bottle, comprising:
- (a) providing the bottle with a first folding line;
- (b) providing a fastening belt affixed around a circumference of the bottle;
- (c) folding a first segment of the bottle over a second segment of the bottle along said first folding line, said first segment proximal a base of the bottle and disposed below said fastening belt and said second segment disposed above said fastening belt, such that a portion of said fastening belt is trapped within said first folding line between said first segment and said second segment;
- (c) folding said first and second segments over a third segment of the bottle, said third segment proximal the neck of the bottle, such that a second portion of said fastening belt is disposed proximal the neck of the bottle;
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- (d) securing said second portion of said fastening belt over the neck of the bottle, so as to hold said first and second segments adjacent said third segment.
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