Tropicana Products, Inc.

Pepsico, Inc.

Marc T Wiescinski

Brent S Nelson

Nicole Green

Peter E Arnell

Michael G Cannamela

Jung-ah Suh

Jonathan Kim

Bruno Telesca

Paul Gahlman

Matt Meisner

Tim Mazurkiewicz

Advait Rasik Bhat

Neil Enciso

Brent William Lindberg

Lanny D Baker

Carl Feducia

Sheldon E Yourist

Klaus Rosburg

Larry M Taylor

Niklas Gustafsson

Koby Hebborn Trout

Wade L Clark

Samantha Brown

Andrew Richard Phinney

Marcos Orlando Ortiz

Maria Hanshella R Magno

Joseph Thomas Gar Jun Smith

Daniel K Patu

Matthew Stewart Twiss

Mikhail Laksin

Laura A Dellevigne

James A Stevenson

Paul J Donnelly

Brijesh K Nigam

Rajarshi Das

A beverage container includes a base, a sidewall extending from and integrally formed with the base, and an upper region extending from the sidewall and defining an upper opening. The beverage container includes a longitudinal axis extending in a direction from the base to the upper opening. The beverage container further includes a continuous channel formed in and extending continuously around a circumference of the sidewall, wherein the continuous channel includes peaks and troughs connected by diagonal regions. The continuous channel is configured to resist paneling and elongation of the beverage container. The beverage container further includes a central channel formed in and extending continuously around a circumference of the sidewall at a central portion of the sidewall, wherein the central channel is configured to resist paneling of the beverage container.

Beverage container

Container

A beverage container that includes a base, a cylindrical sidewall extending from and integrally formed with the base, and an upper region extending from the sidewall and defining an upper opening. The beverage container includes a longitudinal axis extending in a direction from the base to the upper opening. The beverage container further includes a continuous channel formed in and extending around a circumference of the sidewall. The continuous channel is sinusoidal such that the continuous channel forms peaks and troughs. A height of the continuous channel as measured in a direction of the longitudinal axis from a peak to a trough is about 30% to 80% of a height of the sidewall, such that the continuous channels resists elongation of the beverage container in a direction of the longitudinal axis.

Provided herewith are methods of preparing a labeled article comprising curing an LED-curable adhesive on a film label such as a shrink film label, wherein at least portions of the LED-curable adhesive are disposed in the overlap formed between a leading edge and trailing edge of the film label. The curing can be conducted at a temperature below 70&#xb0; C. and is suitable for labeling 500-720 articles per minute in a sequential manner. Also provided herewith are apparatus for labeling articles with film labels, such as shrink film labels comprising an LED station. Further, a method of retrofitting an existing hot-melt labeling system for use in labeling articles with film labels such as shrink film labels is also provided.

Fixing wrap-around labels with LED-curable adhesives

Bottle

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Chicago, IL, United States of America

Marc T Wiescinski