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EP0622305B1 - Combination of a set of containers and a bar of caps and unit made of one container and one cap - Google Patents

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EP0622305B1
EP0622305B1 EP94400730A EP94400730A EP0622305B1 EP 0622305 B1 EP0622305 B1 EP 0622305B1 EP 94400730 A EP94400730 A EP 94400730A EP 94400730 A EP94400730 A EP 94400730A EP 0622305 B1 EP0622305 B1 EP 0622305B1
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65D—CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES
    • B65D1/00—Containers having bodies formed in one piece, e.g. by casting metallic material, by moulding plastics, by blowing vitreous material, by throwing ceramic material, by moulding pulped fibrous material, by deep-drawing operations performed on sheet material
    • B65D1/22—Boxes or like containers with side walls of substantial depth for enclosing contents
    • B65D1/26—Thin-walled containers, e.g. formed by deep-drawing operations
    • B65D1/30—Groups of containers joined together end-to-end or side-by-side
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65D—CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES
    • B65D41/00—Caps, e.g. crown caps or crown seals, i.e. members having parts arranged for engagement with the external periphery of a neck or wall defining a pouring opening or discharge aperture; Protective cap-like covers for closure members, e.g. decorative covers of metal foil or paper
    • B65D41/02—Caps or cap-like covers without lines of weakness, tearing strips, tags, or like opening or removal devices
    • B65D41/04—Threaded or like caps or cap-like covers secured by rotation
    • B65D41/0471—Threaded or like caps or cap-like covers secured by rotation with means for positioning the cap on the container, or for limiting the movement of the cap, or for preventing accidental loosening of the cap
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65D—CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES
    • B65D41/00—Caps, e.g. crown caps or crown seals, i.e. members having parts arranged for engagement with the external periphery of a neck or wall defining a pouring opening or discharge aperture; Protective cap-like covers for closure members, e.g. decorative covers of metal foil or paper
    • B65D41/02—Caps or cap-like covers without lines of weakness, tearing strips, tags, or like opening or removal devices
    • B65D41/04—Threaded or like caps or cap-like covers secured by rotation
    • B65D41/0485—Threaded or like caps or cap-like covers secured by rotation with means specially adapted for facilitating the operation of opening or closing
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65D—CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES
    • B65D41/00—Caps, e.g. crown caps or crown seals, i.e. members having parts arranged for engagement with the external periphery of a neck or wall defining a pouring opening or discharge aperture; Protective cap-like covers for closure members, e.g. decorative covers of metal foil or paper
    • B65D41/02—Caps or cap-like covers without lines of weakness, tearing strips, tags, or like opening or removal devices
    • B65D41/16—Snap-on caps or cap-like covers
    • B65D41/17—Snap-on caps or cap-like covers push-on and twist-off
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y10—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC
    • Y10S—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y10S206/00—Special receptacle or package
    • Y10S206/82—Separable, striplike plural articles

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  • the invention relates to a combination of a battery of containers, of the vial type, joined to each other by connecting means which can be easily fractured, with their parallel axes, in particular situated in the same plane, and of a bar of caps joined to each other by connecting means which can also be easily fractured, in an arrangement similar to that of the containers, so that the bar of caps can be put in place on the necks of the containers of the battery by a translational movement parallel to the axes of the containers.
  • the invention relates more particularly, but not exclusively, to such a combination for packaging a series of mini-bottles intended to contain a small quantity of dye, of a dye shampoo, so that the user can carry out, on a part of the skin, a touch of allergy test.
  • These mini-bottles are attached to the packaging of the coloring shampoo or dye itself.
  • FR-A-2 482 566 shows a combination of containers and caps of the kind defined above, combination in which the containers are previously sealed with a capsule before the establishment of a bar of overcaps, each elementary overcap covering a capsule the container.
  • French patent FR-A-1,211,229 describes the combination of a battery of containers and a bar of closure elements mentioned in the preamble of claim 1.
  • a method of manufacturing was proposed.
  • the capsules intended to close the mouths of these tubes are also produced by molding and form a sub-assembly in which the capsules are connected together by thin rods, the relative positioning of the capsules being due to their introduction into the tubes of the sub- set of tubes with which they cooperate.
  • the placement of the capsules in the tubes is ensured without clipping.
  • the tube is opened by a pulling movement on the capsule to remove it by translation. There is therefore, in this document, no indication allowing a latching of the closure element with suitable orientation of latching means having a limited angular extent.
  • French patent FR-A-1 251 707 describes a container and a cap corresponding to the preamble of claim 8.
  • This patent relates to a bottle stopper which can be put in place by snap-fastening on the neck of the bottle and which can be removed by a rotational movement.
  • the plug has on the inner surface of its cylindrical wall projections coming to snap behind a helical thread of the neck.
  • the plug has at its base an annular bead which snaps behind a ring completely surrounding the neck; the withdrawal of the plug is obtained by rotation by making a boss provided at the end of the neck cooperate with a boss provided in the plug.
  • the locking of the stopper is obtained without prior angular positioning of the stopper with respect to the bottle and when the stopper is snapped in, it is not locked in the angular position. None therefore makes it possible to angularly position the stopper relative to the bottle in order to snap onto a snap-fastening means of limited angular extent.
  • the object of the invention is, above all, to provide a combination of the kind defined above in which the operations for plugging the containers are as rapid as possible. It is further desired that the combination of the battery of containers and the bar of caps remains of a reduced cost and is of easy use.
  • the subject of the invention is the combination of a battery of containers, joined to one another by connection means which can be easily fractured, with their parallel axes, in particular situated in the same plane, and a strip of closing elements joined to one another by connecting means which can also be easily fractured, in an arrangement similar to that of the containers, so that the bar of closing elements can be placed on the mouths of the containers of the battery by a translational movement parallel to the axes of the receptacles, characterized in that the receptacles are of the vial type, the closing elements are caps and the mouthpieces are necks on which the caps are fitted, means for clipping being provided on the necks of the containers to cooperate with means for clipping complementary caps, the assembly being such that e, when the caps are connected in a strip, the superposition of the strip of caps on the battery of containers results in the correct angular positioning of the means for clipping the caps vis-à-vis those of the receptacles, the caps being arranged to ensure tight closure of the containers by snap
  • the clipping means comprise, on the side of the container, at least one portion of projecting helical thread, provided on the neck of the container, with stopper at each end of the portion of thread, while the cap comprises at least one clean notch to snap behind the portion of the net, being housed between the stops.
  • each cap has, on its wall, above the notch, a window increasing the elasticity of the wall in this zone to facilitate its deformation during the clipping of the bar of caps on the battery of containers.
  • the thread portion of the neck of the container is bordered upward by an inclined surface while the underside of the notch of the cap is bordered by an inclined wall intended to cooperate with the said inclined surface.
  • each cap comprises at least one clean male ramp to come, after clipping, above the portion of thread provided on the neck of the container, the cooperation of this ramp and the thread, during a rotational movement, raising the cap relative to the container, while the stops are crossed by the notch of the cap, which elastically deforms.
  • An internal skirt is provided under the cover of each cap, to engage, by translation, in a sealed manner, inside the neck of the associated container.
  • the clipping means are diametrically opposite on the necks of the containers and on the caps and are arranged symmetrically with respect to the plane of the axes of the receptacles of the battery.
  • the invention also relates to the assembly of a container, of the vial type, and of a cap, the container comprising, on its neck, at least one portion of protruding net, said cap comprising at least one clean notch. to be snapped under the portion of net carried by the neck of the container, said cap being able to be separated from the container by a rotational movement, characterized in that the portion of net carried by the neck of the container comprises a stopper stop at each of its ends, the notch of the cap being adapted to snap into being housed between said stops, the cap having on its wall, above the notch, a window and at least one clean male ramp to come, after clipping, above the portion of net provided on the neck of the container.
  • Figure 1 of these drawings is an elevational view of a battery of containers constituted by mini-bottles and the cap strip, before clipping.
  • Figure 2 is a vertical axial section on a larger scale of a cap.
  • Figure 3 is an elevational view, on a larger scale, of a container.
  • Figure 4 is a view along line IV-IV of Figure 2.
  • Figure 5 is a section along line V-V in Figure 2.
  • Figure 6 is a vertical axial section of the container.
  • Figure 7 is a view along line VII-VII of Figure 6.
  • a battery 1 of containers 2 can be seen consisting of reduced-size bottles or mini-bottles, intended for packaging the quantity necessary for the allergy test key of a coloring shampoo .
  • connection means which can be easily fractured, these connection means advantageously being constituted by tongues 3.
  • Each tongue connects two neighboring bottles at the level of a collar 4 marking the separation between the neck 5 and the body 6 of the bottle.
  • the vials 2 are assembled from so that their axes A are parallel and located in the same plane.
  • the tongues 3 are aligned in the plane of the axes of the bottles.
  • Each neck 5, of cylindrical shape with circular section comprises clip means 7, clearly visible in FIG. 3, comprising a portion 8 of helical thread projecting from the cylindrical surface of the neck.
  • This portion of net 8 is bordered, upwards, by an inclined surface 9, which ensures a progressive connection with the cylindrical surface of the neck 5.
  • the angle of the portion of net 8 with the direction of the generators of the neck 5 is chosen. appropriately; in the example considered, this angle is of the order of 70 °.
  • the pitch of the thread can be of the order of 8 mm.
  • a stopper 10, 11 parallel to the direction of the generators of the neck, projecting from the outer surface of this neck.
  • the stops 10, 11 extend towards the bottom of the bottle 2, on the side opposite to the inclined surface 9.
  • a housing 12 is delimited laterally by the stops 10 and 11 and, upwards, by the portion of net 8.
  • This battery is intended to be combined with a strip 13 of caps 14 joined to each other by connecting means constituted by tongues 15 which can also be easily fractured.
  • the arrangement of the caps 14 in the bar 13 is similar to that of the bottles 2 of the battery 1, that is to say that the axes of the caps 14 are located in the same plane and that the spacings between the axes of these caps are the same as for the vials 2.
  • the bar 13 by correctly superimposing the bar 13 on the battery 1, one can align the axis of each cap 14 with the axis of each associated bottle 2 for fitting the caps 14 on the necks 5 by a translational movement parallel to the axes A.
  • Each cap 14 has, on its internal wall, clipping means 16 complementary to the clipping means 7 of the bottles 2.
  • the clipping means 16 comprise, at each cap, two diametrically opposite notches 17 (see FIGS. 2 and 5) protruding from the inner cylindrical surface of the vial.
  • Each notch 17 is constituted by a portion of helical rib of the same inclination as the portion of the net 8 and suitable for coming to hang below this net 8.
  • the length of the notch 17 is slightly less than the distance between the extreme stops 10, 11, so that the notch 17 can engage between these stops and ensure a rotational locking of the cap relative to the bottle, with reduced angular play.
  • the underside of the notch 17 is bordered by an inclined wall 18, having substantially the same angle of inclination as the surface 9 with which it is intended to cooperate, during the clipping operation.
  • Each cap 14 carries, in its cylindrical wall, above the notch 17, a window 19 in the form of a parallelogram, having the same angular extent as the notch 17 and limited by the same generatrices.
  • Two windows 19 are thus provided, diametrically opposite, symmetrically with respect to the plane of the parallel axes of the caps 14, in correspondence with two notches 17 diametrically opposite.
  • Two inclined male ramps 20, diametrically opposite, are provided on the internal wall of each cap 14, above each notch 17, each ramp 20 having the same inclination, relative to the generators, as the notch 17.
  • the distance, according to the direction of the generators, between the notch 17 and the ramp 20, is such that when the portion of the net 8 is housed between the notch 17 and the ramp 20, there is practically simultaneous contact of the notch 17 with the underside of the portion of net 8, and ramp 20 with the inclined surface 9.
  • the angular extent of the ramp 20 is significantly greater than that of the notch 17, and can be of the order of 80 °.
  • each ramp 20 closest to the upper transverse wall of the cap 14 is followed by a step 20 is parallel to the generatrices.
  • This recess 20 a is extended by a shoulder 20 b , in an arc, situated in a plane perpendicular to the axis of the cap 14.
  • This shoulder 20 b joins the starting point of the other diametrically opposite ramp 20.
  • the cap 14 comprises, under its cover, a skirt 21 suitable for sealingly engaging in the neck 5 of the bottle.
  • the bottles 2 can be manufactured by an injection process, by batteries of ten for example, on an opening mold making it possible to release the portions of thread 8 with the stops 10, 11.
  • the strips 13 of caps 14 By an injection process, it is also possible to manufacture the strips 13 of caps 14, the number of caps in a strip being equal to the number of bottles in a battery, for example ten as indicated above.
  • the manufacture of the caps can take place in an opening mold making it possible to release two opposite male ramps thanks to an upper recess.
  • the downward movement of the caps relative to the bottles can be easily controlled automatically, so that the operation of closing the bottles 2 of the battery 1 is extremely simple and rapid.
  • the notch 17 crosses the portion of the net 8 and returns elastically to hang below this portion of the net, by placing itself in the housing 12.
  • the tongues 3, 15 are cut off with a suitable tool, connecting the bottles 2 and the caps 14 together, in order to obtain unitary bottles 2 each corresponding to a mini-dose.
  • This mini-dose is attached to the packaging of the coloring shampoo itself.
  • the operator To open the bottle 2, the operator simply has to unscrew the cap 14 relative to the bottle 2. By exerting a sufficient torque, the operator causes the upper stopper 11 to pass through the notch 17.
  • the ramps 20, cooperating with the surfaces 9 of the thread portions 8 ensure the release of the cap 14 relative to the bottle.
  • the invention makes it possible to prepare a mini-dose of dye at a very low price and very quickly and efficiently.
  • the use is facilitated by the opening by unscrewing.

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L'invention est relative à une combinaison d'une batterie de récipients, du type flacons, réunis les uns aux autres par des moyens de liaison pouvant être aisément fracturés, avec leurs axes parallèles, en particulier situés dans un même plan, et d'une barrette de capuchons réunis les uns aux autres par des moyens de liaison pouvant être également fracturés aisément, suivant une disposition semblable à celle des récipients, de sorte que la barrette de capuchons peut être mise en place sur les goulots des récipients de la batterie par un mouvement de translation parallèle aux axes des récipients.The invention relates to a combination of a battery of containers, of the vial type, joined to each other by connecting means which can be easily fractured, with their parallel axes, in particular situated in the same plane, and of a bar of caps joined to each other by connecting means which can also be easily fractured, in an arrangement similar to that of the containers, so that the bar of caps can be put in place on the necks of the containers of the battery by a translational movement parallel to the axes of the containers.

L'invention concerne plus particulièrement, mais non exclusivement, une telle combinaison pour le conditionnement d'une série de mini-flacons destinés à contenir une faible quantité de colorant, d'un shampooing colorant, afin que l'utilisateur puisse effectuer, sur une partie de la peau, une touche d'essai allergie.The invention relates more particularly, but not exclusively, to such a combination for packaging a series of mini-bottles intended to contain a small quantity of dye, of a dye shampoo, so that the user can carry out, on a part of the skin, a touch of allergy test.

Ces mini-flacons sont joints aux conditionnements du shampooing colorant ou teinture proprement dite.These mini-bottles are attached to the packaging of the coloring shampoo or dye itself.

FR-A-2 482 566 montre une combinaison de récipients et de capuchons du genre défini précédemment, combinaison dans laquelle les récipients sont préalablement bouchés par une capsule avant la mise en place d'une barrette de surcapots, chaque surcapot élémentaire venant recouvrir une capsule de bouchage du récipient.FR-A-2 482 566 shows a combination of containers and caps of the kind defined above, combination in which the containers are previously sealed with a capsule before the establishment of a bar of overcaps, each elementary overcap covering a capsule the container.

La mise en place des capsules de bouchage demande relativement du temps, alors que la mise en place d'un seul tenant de la barrette de surcapots est beaucoup plus rapide.The establishment of the closure capsules requires relatively time, while the establishment in one piece of the bar of overcaps is much faster.

Le brevet français FR-A-1 211 229 décrit la combinaison d'une batterie de récipients et d'une barrette d'éléments de Fermeture évoquée dans le préambule de la revendication 1. Dans ce brevet, on a proposé un mode de fabrication de tubes cylindriques droits groupés en sous-ensemble, tous les tubes d'un sous-ensemble étant parallèles et étant reliés entre eux par des toiles minces constituées de la même matière plastique que les tubes. Les capsules destinées à fermer les embouchures de ces tubes sont également fabriquées par moulage et forment un sous-ensemble dans lequel les capsules sont reliées entre elles par des baguettes minces, le positionnement relatif des capsules étant dû à leur introduction dans les tubes du sous-ensemble de tubes avec lequel elles coopèrent. La mise en place des capsules dans les tubes est assurée sans clipsage. L'ouverture du tube s'effectue par un mouvement de traction sur la capsule pour le retirer par translation. Il n'y a donc, dans ce document, aucune indication permettant de prévoir un encliquetage de l'élément de fermeture avec orientation convenable de moyens d'encliquetage ayant une étendue angulaire limitée.French patent FR-A-1,211,229 describes the combination of a battery of containers and a bar of closure elements mentioned in the preamble of claim 1. In this patent, a method of manufacturing was proposed. straight cylindrical tubes grouped in sub-assembly, all the tubes of a sub-assembly being parallel and being interconnected by thin fabrics made of the same plastic material as the tubes. The capsules intended to close the mouths of these tubes are also produced by molding and form a sub-assembly in which the capsules are connected together by thin rods, the relative positioning of the capsules being due to their introduction into the tubes of the sub- set of tubes with which they cooperate. The placement of the capsules in the tubes is ensured without clipping. The tube is opened by a pulling movement on the capsule to remove it by translation. There is therefore, in this document, no indication allowing a latching of the closure element with suitable orientation of latching means having a limited angular extent.

Le brevet français FR-A-1 251 707 décrit un récipient et un capuchon correspondant au préambule de la revendication 8. Ce brevet concerne un bouchon pour flacon qui peut être mis en place par encliquetage sur le col du flacon et qui peut être retiré par un mouvement de rotation. Selon la réalisation des figures 1 à 3, le bouchon comporte sur la surface intérieure de sa paroi cylindrique des saillies venant s'encliqueter derrière un filetage hélicoïdal du col. Selon la réalisation des figures 4 à 6, le bouchon comporte à sa base un bourrelet annulaire qui vient s'encliqueter derrière une bague entourant complètement le col ; le retrait du bouchon est obtenu par rotation en faisant coopérer un bossage prévu à l'extrémité du col avec un bossage prévu dans le bouchon. Dans les deux modes de réalisation, l'encliquetage du bouchon es obtenu sans positionnement angulaire préalable du bouchon par rapport au flacon et lorsque le bouchon est encliqueté, il n'est pas bloqué en position angulaire. Rien ne permet donc de positionner angulairement le bouchon par rapport au flacon en vue de réaliser un encliquetage sur un moyen d'encliquetage d'étendue angulaire limitée.French patent FR-A-1 251 707 describes a container and a cap corresponding to the preamble of claim 8. This patent relates to a bottle stopper which can be put in place by snap-fastening on the neck of the bottle and which can be removed by a rotational movement. According to the embodiment of Figures 1 to 3, the plug has on the inner surface of its cylindrical wall projections coming to snap behind a helical thread of the neck. According to the embodiment of Figures 4 to 6, the plug has at its base an annular bead which snaps behind a ring completely surrounding the neck; the withdrawal of the plug is obtained by rotation by making a boss provided at the end of the neck cooperate with a boss provided in the plug. In both embodiments, the locking of the stopper is obtained without prior angular positioning of the stopper with respect to the bottle and when the stopper is snapped in, it is not locked in the angular position. Nothing therefore makes it possible to angularly position the stopper relative to the bottle in order to snap onto a snap-fastening means of limited angular extent.

L'invention a pour but, surtout, de fournir une combinaison du genre défini précédemment dans laquelle les opérations de bouchage des récipients soient aussi rapides que possible. On souhaite, en outre, que la combinaison de la batterie de récipients et de la barrette de capuchons reste d'un coût réduit et soit d'une utilisation aisée.The object of the invention is, above all, to provide a combination of the kind defined above in which the operations for plugging the containers are as rapid as possible. It is further desired that the combination of the battery of containers and the bar of caps remains of a reduced cost and is of easy use.

L'invention a pour objet la combinaison d'une batterie de récipients, réunis les uns aux autres par des moyens de liaison pouvant être aisément fracturés, avec leurs axes parallèles, en particulier situés dans un même plan, et d'une barrette d'éléments de fermeture réunis les uns aux autres par des moyens de liaison pouvant être également fracturés aisément, suivant une disposition semblable à celle des récipients, de sorte que la barrette d'éléments de fermeture peut être mise en place sur les embouchures des récipients de la batterie par un mouvement de translation parallèle aux axes des récipients, caractérisée par le fait que les récipients sont du type flacon, les éléments de fermeture sont des capuchons et les embouchures sont des goulots sur lesquels se mettent en place les capuchons, des moyens de clipsage étant prévus sur les goulots des récipients pour coopérer avec des moyens de clipsage complémentaires des capuchons, l'ensemble étant tel que, lorsque les capuchons sont reliés en barrette, la superposition de la barrette de capuchons à la batterie de récipients entraîne le positionnement angulaire correct des moyens de clipsage des capuchons vis-à-vis de ceux des récipients, les capuchons étant agencés pour assurer une fermeture étanche des récipients par une mise en place par claquage, ces moyens de clipsage étant, en outre, prévus pour permettre d'ouvrir chaque récipient par un mouvement de rotation de son capuchon lorsque le récipient, muni de son capuchon, a été séparé de la batterie.The subject of the invention is the combination of a battery of containers, joined to one another by connection means which can be easily fractured, with their parallel axes, in particular situated in the same plane, and a strip of closing elements joined to one another by connecting means which can also be easily fractured, in an arrangement similar to that of the containers, so that the bar of closing elements can be placed on the mouths of the containers of the battery by a translational movement parallel to the axes of the receptacles, characterized in that the receptacles are of the vial type, the closing elements are caps and the mouthpieces are necks on which the caps are fitted, means for clipping being provided on the necks of the containers to cooperate with means for clipping complementary caps, the assembly being such that e, when the caps are connected in a strip, the superposition of the strip of caps on the battery of containers results in the correct angular positioning of the means for clipping the caps vis-à-vis those of the receptacles, the caps being arranged to ensure tight closure of the containers by snap-fitting, these clipping means being, moreover, provided to allow each container to be opened by a rotary movement of its cap when the container, fitted with its cap, has been separated from battery.

De préférence, les moyens de clipsage comprennent, du côté du récipient, au moins une portion de filet hélicoïdal en saillie, prévu sur le goulot du récipient, avec butée d'arrêt à chaque extrémité de la portion de filet, tandis que le capuchon comprend au moins un cran propre à venir s'encliqueter derrière la portion de filet en se logeant entre les butées d'arrêt.Preferably, the clipping means comprise, on the side of the container, at least one portion of projecting helical thread, provided on the neck of the container, with stopper at each end of the portion of thread, while the cap comprises at least one clean notch to snap behind the portion of the net, being housed between the stops.

Avantageusement, chaque capuchon comporte, sur sa paroi, au-dessus du cran, une fenêtre augmentant l'élasticité de la paroi dans cette zone pour faciliter sa déformation lors du clipsage de la barrette de capuchons sur la batterie de récipients.Advantageously, each cap has, on its wall, above the notch, a window increasing the elasticity of the wall in this zone to facilitate its deformation during the clipping of the bar of caps on the battery of containers.

La portion de filet du goulot du récipient est bordée, vers le haut, par une surface inclinée tandis que la face inférieure du cran du capuchon est bordée par une paroi inclinée destinée à coopérer avec la susdite surface inclinée.The thread portion of the neck of the container is bordered upward by an inclined surface while the underside of the notch of the cap is bordered by an inclined wall intended to cooperate with the said inclined surface.

De préférence, chaque capuchon comporte au moins une rampe mâle propre à venir, après clipsage, au-dessus de la portion de filet prévu sur le goulot du récipient, la coopération de cette rampe et du filet, lors d'un mouvement de rotation, faisant monter le capuchon par rapport au récipient, alors que les butées d'arrêt sont franchies par le cran du capuchon, qui se déforme élastiquement.Preferably, each cap comprises at least one clean male ramp to come, after clipping, above the portion of thread provided on the neck of the container, the cooperation of this ramp and the thread, during a rotational movement, raising the cap relative to the container, while the stops are crossed by the notch of the cap, which elastically deforms.

Une jupe interne est prévue sous le couvercle de chaque capuchon, pour s'engager, par translation, de manière étanche, à l'intérieur du goulot du récipient associé.An internal skirt is provided under the cover of each cap, to engage, by translation, in a sealed manner, inside the neck of the associated container.

De préférence, les moyens de clipsage sont diamétralement opposés sur les goulots des récipients et sur les capuchons et sont disposés symétriquement par rapport au plan des axes des récipients de la batterie.Preferably, the clipping means are diametrically opposite on the necks of the containers and on the caps and are arranged symmetrically with respect to the plane of the axes of the receptacles of the battery.

L'invention est également relative à l'ensemble d'un récipient, de type flacon, et d'un capuchon, le récipient comportant, sur son goulot, au moins une portion de filet en saillie, ledit capuchon comprenant au moins un cran propre à venir s'encliqueter sous la portion de filet portée par le goulot du récipient, ledit capuchon pouvant être séparé du récipient par un mouvement de rotation, caractérisé par le fait que la portion de filet portée par le goulot du récipient comporte une butée d'arrêt à chacune de ses extrémités, le cran du capuchon étant propre à venir s'encliqueter en se logeant entre lesdites butées d'arrêt, le capuchon comportant sur sa paroi, au-dessus du cran, une fenêtre et au moins une rampe mâle propre à venir, après clipsage, au-dessus de la portion de filet prévue sur le goulot du récipient.The invention also relates to the assembly of a container, of the vial type, and of a cap, the container comprising, on its neck, at least one portion of protruding net, said cap comprising at least one clean notch. to be snapped under the portion of net carried by the neck of the container, said cap being able to be separated from the container by a rotational movement, characterized in that the portion of net carried by the neck of the container comprises a stopper stop at each of its ends, the notch of the cap being adapted to snap into being housed between said stops, the cap having on its wall, above the notch, a window and at least one clean male ramp to come, after clipping, above the portion of net provided on the neck of the container.

L'invention consiste, mises à part les dispositions exposées ci-dessus, en un certain nombre d'autres dispositions dont il sera plus explicitement question ci-après, à propos d'un exemple de réalisation décrit avec référence aux dessins ci-annexés, mais qui n'est nullement limitatif.The invention consists, apart from the arrangements set out above, of a certain number of other arrangements which will be more explicitly discussed below, in connection with an exemplary embodiment described with reference to the attached drawings, but which is in no way limiting.

La figure 1, de ces dessins, est une vue en élévation d'une batterie de récipients constitués par des mini-flacons et de la barrette de capuchons, avant clipsage.Figure 1 of these drawings is an elevational view of a battery of containers constituted by mini-bottles and the cap strip, before clipping.

La figure 2 est une coupe axiale verticale à plus grande échelle d'un capuchon.Figure 2 is a vertical axial section on a larger scale of a cap.

La figure 3 est une vue en élévation, à plus grande échelle, d'un récipient.Figure 3 is an elevational view, on a larger scale, of a container.

La figure 4 est une vue suivant la ligne IV-IV de la figure 2.Figure 4 is a view along line IV-IV of Figure 2.

La figure 5 est une coupe selon la ligne V-V de la figure 2.Figure 5 is a section along line V-V in Figure 2.

La figure 6 est une coupe axiale verticale du récipient.Figure 6 is a vertical axial section of the container.

La figure 7, enfin, est une vue suivant la ligne VII-VII de la figure 6.Figure 7, finally, is a view along line VII-VII of Figure 6.

En se reportant à la figure 1 des dessins, on peut voir une batterie 1 de récipients 2 constitués par des flacons de dimensions réduites ou mini-flacons, destinés au conditionnement de la quantité nécessaire pour la touche d'essai allergie d'un shampooing colorant.Referring to FIG. 1 of the drawings, a battery 1 of containers 2 can be seen consisting of reduced-size bottles or mini-bottles, intended for packaging the quantity necessary for the allergy test key of a coloring shampoo .

Les flacons 2 sont réunis les uns aux autres par des moyens de liaison pouvant être aisément fracturés, ces moyens de liaison étant avantageusement constitués par des languettes 3. Chaque languette relie deux flacons voisins au niveau d'une collerette 4 marquant la séparation entre le goulot 5 et le corps 6 du flacon. Les flacons 2 sont réunis de sorte que leurs axes A soient parallèles et situés dans un même plan. Les languettes 3 sont alignées dans le plan des axes des flacons.The bottles 2 are joined to each other by connection means which can be easily fractured, these connection means advantageously being constituted by tongues 3. Each tongue connects two neighboring bottles at the level of a collar 4 marking the separation between the neck 5 and the body 6 of the bottle. The vials 2 are assembled from so that their axes A are parallel and located in the same plane. The tongues 3 are aligned in the plane of the axes of the bottles.

Chaque goulot 5, de forme cylindrique à section circulaire, comporte des moyens de clipsage 7, bien visibles sur la figure 3, comprenant une portion 8 de filet hélicoïdal en saillie sur la surface cylindrique du goulot. Cette portion de filet 8 est bordée, vers le haut, par une surface 9 inclinée, qui assure un raccordement progressif avec la surface cylindrique du goulot 5. L'angle de la portion de filet 8 avec la direction des génératrices du goulot 5 est choisi de manière appropriée ; dans l'exemple considéré, cet angle est de l'ordre de 70°. Le pas du filet peut être de l'ordre de 8 mm.Each neck 5, of cylindrical shape with circular section, comprises clip means 7, clearly visible in FIG. 3, comprising a portion 8 of helical thread projecting from the cylindrical surface of the neck. This portion of net 8 is bordered, upwards, by an inclined surface 9, which ensures a progressive connection with the cylindrical surface of the neck 5. The angle of the portion of net 8 with the direction of the generators of the neck 5 is chosen. appropriately; in the example considered, this angle is of the order of 70 °. The pitch of the thread can be of the order of 8 mm.

A chaque extrémité de la portion de filet 8 est prévue une butée d'arrêt 10, 11 parallèle à la direction des génératrices du goulot, faisant saillie sur la surface extérieure de ce goulot. Les butées d'arrêt 10, 11 s'étendent vers le fond du flacon 2, du côté opposé à la surface inclinée 9. Un logement 12 est délimité latéralement par les butées 10 et 11 et, vers le haut, par la portion de filet 8.At each end of the thread portion 8 is provided a stopper 10, 11 parallel to the direction of the generators of the neck, projecting from the outer surface of this neck. The stops 10, 11 extend towards the bottom of the bottle 2, on the side opposite to the inclined surface 9. A housing 12 is delimited laterally by the stops 10 and 11 and, upwards, by the portion of net 8.

En pratique, deux portions de filet 8 semblables à celle décrite précédemment, diamétralement opposées, sont prévues sur le goulot 5. Ces portions de filet 8 sont placées symétriquement par rapport au plan des axes A de la batterie 1.In practice, two diametrically opposite portions of the net 8 similar to that described above are provided on the neck 5. These portions of the net 8 are placed symmetrically with respect to the plane of the axes A of the battery 1.

Cette batterie est destinée à être combinée avec une barrette 13 de capuchons 14 réunis les uns aux autres par des moyens de liaison constitués par des languettes 15 pouvant être également fracturées aisément. La disposition des capuchons 14 dans la barrette 13 est semblable à celle des flacons 2 de la batterie 1, c'est-à-dire que les axes des capuchons 14 sont situés dans un même plan et que les écartements entre les axes de ces capuchons sont les mêmes que pour les flacons 2. Ainsi, en superposant correctement la barrette 13 à la batterie 1, on peut aligner l'axe de chaque capuchon 14 avec l'axe de chaque flacon 2 associé pour une mise en place des capuchons 14 sur les goulots 5 par un mouvement de translation parallèlement aux axes A.This battery is intended to be combined with a strip 13 of caps 14 joined to each other by connecting means constituted by tongues 15 which can also be easily fractured. The arrangement of the caps 14 in the bar 13 is similar to that of the bottles 2 of the battery 1, that is to say that the axes of the caps 14 are located in the same plane and that the spacings between the axes of these caps are the same as for the vials 2. Thus, by correctly superimposing the bar 13 on the battery 1, one can align the axis of each cap 14 with the axis of each associated bottle 2 for fitting the caps 14 on the necks 5 by a translational movement parallel to the axes A.

Chaque capuchon 14 comporte, sur sa paroi interne, des moyens de clipsage 16 complémentaires des moyens de clipsage 7 des flacons 2. Les moyens de clipsage 16 comprennent, au niveau de chaque capuchon, deux crans 17 diamétralement opposés (voir figures 2 et 5) faisant saillie sur la surface cylindrique interne du flacon. Chaque cran 17 est constitué par une portion de nervure hélicoïdale de même inclinaison que la portion de filet 8 et propre à venir s'accrocher au-dessous de ce filet 8.Each cap 14 has, on its internal wall, clipping means 16 complementary to the clipping means 7 of the bottles 2. The clipping means 16 comprise, at each cap, two diametrically opposite notches 17 (see FIGS. 2 and 5) protruding from the inner cylindrical surface of the vial. Each notch 17 is constituted by a portion of helical rib of the same inclination as the portion of the net 8 and suitable for coming to hang below this net 8.

La longueur du cran 17 est légèrement inférieure à la distance entre les butées extrêmes 10, 11, de sorte que le cran 17 puisse s'engager entre ces butées et assurer un blocage en rotation du capuchon relativement au flacon,avec un jeu angulaire réduit.The length of the notch 17 is slightly less than the distance between the extreme stops 10, 11, so that the notch 17 can engage between these stops and ensure a rotational locking of the cap relative to the bottle, with reduced angular play.

La face inférieure du cran 17 est bordée par une paroi inclinée 18, présentant sensiblement le même angle d'inclinaison que la surface 9 avec laquelle elle est destinée à coopérer, lors de l'opération de clipsage.The underside of the notch 17 is bordered by an inclined wall 18, having substantially the same angle of inclination as the surface 9 with which it is intended to cooperate, during the clipping operation.

Chaque capuchon 14 porte, dans sa paroi cylindrique, au-dessus du cran 17, une fenêtre 19 en forme de parallélogramme, ayant la même étendue angulaire que le cran 17 et limitée par les mêmes génératrices. Deux fenêtres 19 sont ainsi prévues, diamétralement opposées, symétriquement par rapport au plan des axes parallèles des capuchons 14, en correspondance avec deux crans 17 diamétralement opposés.Each cap 14 carries, in its cylindrical wall, above the notch 17, a window 19 in the form of a parallelogram, having the same angular extent as the notch 17 and limited by the same generatrices. Two windows 19 are thus provided, diametrically opposite, symmetrically with respect to the plane of the parallel axes of the caps 14, in correspondence with two notches 17 diametrically opposite.

Deux rampes mâles inclinées 20, diamétralement opposées, sont prévues sur la paroi interne de chaque capuchon 14, au-dessus de chaque cran 17, chaque rampe 20 ayant la même inclinaison, relativement aux génératrices, que le cran 17. La distance, suivant la direction des génératrices, entre le cran 17 et la rampe 20, est telle que lorsque la portion de filet 8 est logée entre le cran 17 et la rampe 20, il y a pratiquement contact simultané du cran 17 avec la face inférieure de la portion de filet 8, et de la rampe 20 avec la surface inclinée 9.Two inclined male ramps 20, diametrically opposite, are provided on the internal wall of each cap 14, above each notch 17, each ramp 20 having the same inclination, relative to the generators, as the notch 17. The distance, according to the direction of the generators, between the notch 17 and the ramp 20, is such that when the portion of the net 8 is housed between the notch 17 and the ramp 20, there is practically simultaneous contact of the notch 17 with the underside of the portion of net 8, and ramp 20 with the inclined surface 9.

L'étendue angulaire de la rampe 20 est nettement supérieure à celle du cran 17, et peut être de l'ordre de 80°.The angular extent of the ramp 20 is significantly greater than that of the notch 17, and can be of the order of 80 °.

L'extrémité supérieure de chaque rampe 20, la plus proche de la paroi transversale supérieure du capuchon 14, est suivie d'un décrochement 20a parallèle aux génératrices. Ce décrochement 20a est prolongé par un épaulement 20b, en arc de cercle, situé dans un plan perpendiculaire à l'axe du capuchon 14. Cet épaulement 20b rejoint le point de départ de l'autre rampe 20 diamétralement opposée.The upper end of each ramp 20 closest to the upper transverse wall of the cap 14, is followed by a step 20 is parallel to the generatrices. This recess 20 a is extended by a shoulder 20 b , in an arc, situated in a plane perpendicular to the axis of the cap 14. This shoulder 20 b joins the starting point of the other diametrically opposite ramp 20.

Le capuchon 14 comporte, sous son couvercle, une jupe 21 propre à s'engager de manière étanche dans le goulot 5 du flacon.The cap 14 comprises, under its cover, a skirt 21 suitable for sealingly engaging in the neck 5 of the bottle.

Les flacons 2 peuvent être fabriqués par un procédé d'injection, par batteries de dix par exemple, sur un moule ouvrant permettant de dégager les portions de filet 8 avec les butées d'arrêt 10, 11.The bottles 2 can be manufactured by an injection process, by batteries of ten for example, on an opening mold making it possible to release the portions of thread 8 with the stops 10, 11.

Par un procédé d'injection, on peut également fabriquer les barrettes 13 de capuchons 14, le nombre de capuchons dans une barrette étant égal au nombre de flacons dans une batterie, par exemple dix comme indiqué ci-dessus. La fabrication des capuchons peut avoir lieu dans un moule ouvrant permettant de dégager deux rampes mâles opposées grâce à un évidement supérieur.By an injection process, it is also possible to manufacture the strips 13 of caps 14, the number of caps in a strip being equal to the number of bottles in a battery, for example ten as indicated above. The manufacture of the caps can take place in an opening mold making it possible to release two opposite male ramps thanks to an upper recess.

Le conditionnement et l'utilisation des flacons sont les suivants.The packaging and use of the vials are as follows.

Disposant de la batterie 1 de flacons 2, on procède à leur remplissage avec la dose de produit destinée à chaque flacon.With the battery 1 of vials 2, they are filled with the dose of product intended for each vial.

Puis, en superposant correctement la barrette 13 de capuchons 14 à la susdite batterie 1, par un mouvement de translation suivant une direction parallèle aux axes des flacons, on engage un goulot 5 dans chaque capuchon 14 associé et solidaire de la barrette 13 et on provoque le clipsage de chaque capuchon sur le goulot correspondant.Then, by correctly superimposing the bar 13 of caps 14 on the above battery 1, by a translational movement in a direction parallel to the axes of the bottles, a neck 5 is engaged in each cap 14 associated and integral with the bar 13 and one causes the clipping of each cap on the corresponding neck.

Il est à noter qu'en superposant la barrette 13 et la batterie 1, on a positionné correctement les moyens de clipsage 16 des capuchons relativement aux moyens de clipsage 7 des flacons.It should be noted that by superimposing the bar 13 and the battery 1, the clipping means 16 of the caps have been correctly positioned relative to the clipping means 7 of the bottles.

Le mouvement de descente des capuchons relativement aux flacons peut être aisément commandé automatiquement, de sorte que l'opération de fermeture des flacons 2 de la batterie 1 est extrêmement simple et rapide.The downward movement of the caps relative to the bottles can be easily controlled automatically, so that the operation of closing the bottles 2 of the battery 1 is extremely simple and rapid.

Lors de la descente d'un capuchon 14 relativement au flacon 2 correspondant, la paroi inclinée inférieure 18 d'un cran 17 vient au contact de la surface inclinée supérieure 9 de la portion de filet 8. La coopération de ces deux surfaces inclinées, en réponse à la force exercée vers le bas sur le capuchon 14, permet de déformer élastiquement le capuchon. Cette déformation est facilitée par la présence des fenêtres 19.During the descent of a cap 14 relative to the corresponding bottle 2, the lower inclined wall 18 of a notch 17 comes into contact with the upper inclined surface 9 of the thread portion 8. The cooperation of these two inclined surfaces, in response to the force exerted downwards on the cap 14, makes it possible to elastically deform the cap. This deformation is facilitated by the presence of the windows 19.

Le cran 17 franchit la portion de filet 8 et revient élastiquement s'accrocher au-dessous de cette portion de filet, en se plaçant dans le logement 12.The notch 17 crosses the portion of the net 8 and returns elastically to hang below this portion of the net, by placing itself in the housing 12.

Lorsque cette opération de clipsage est terminée, les flacons 2 sont fermés de manière étanche, la jupe 21 de chaque capuchon étant engagée dans le goulot 5 du flacon correspondant.When this clipping operation is completed, the bottles 2 are closed in a sealed manner, the skirt 21 of each cap being engaged in the neck 5 of the corresponding bottle.

Après la fermeture de la batterie de flacons, on vient sectionner, avec un outil approprié, les languettes 3, 15 reliant entre eux les flacons 2 et les capuchons 14, afin d'obtenir des flacons 2 unitaires correspondant chacun à une mini-dose. Cette mini-dose est jointe au conditionnement du shampooing colorant proprement-dit.After closing the battery of bottles, the tongues 3, 15 are cut off with a suitable tool, connecting the bottles 2 and the caps 14 together, in order to obtain unitary bottles 2 each corresponding to a mini-dose. This mini-dose is attached to the packaging of the coloring shampoo itself.

Au moment de l'utilisation du shampooing, une touche d'essai allergie est effectuée à l'aide de cette mini-dose.When using the shampoo, a touch of allergy test is performed using this mini-dose.

Pour ouvrir le flacon 2 il suffit, à l'opérateur, d'effectuer un mouvement de dévissage du capuchon 14, relativement au flacon 2. En exerçant un couple de rotation suffisant, l'opérateur fait franchir la butée d'arrêt supérieure 11 par le cran 17. Les rampes 20, en coopérant avec les surfaces 9 des portions de filet 8 assurent le dégagement du capuchon 14 relativement au flacon.To open the bottle 2, the operator simply has to unscrew the cap 14 relative to the bottle 2. By exerting a sufficient torque, the operator causes the upper stopper 11 to pass through the notch 17. The ramps 20, cooperating with the surfaces 9 of the thread portions 8 ensure the release of the cap 14 relative to the bottle.

Pour faciliter la tenue du flacon 2, on peut prévoir des faces planes 22 à contour sensiblement triangulaire, diamétralement opposées sur la surface extérieure tronconique de chaque flacon. Ces faces sont sensiblement à 90° par rapport au milieu de la portion de filet 8.To facilitate the holding of the bottle 2, it is possible to provide flat faces 22 with a substantially triangular contour, diametrically opposite on the frustoconical outer surface of each bottle. These faces are substantially 90 ° relative to the middle of the thread portion 8.

Du côté du capuchon, on prévoit avantageusement des stries 23, parallèles aux génératrices, dans deux zones diamétralement opposées, décalées sensiblement de 90° par rapport aux fenêtres 19, pour faciliter l'entraînement du capuchon.On the side of the cap, there are advantageously provided ridges 23, parallel to the generatrices, in two diametrically opposite zones, offset substantially by 90 ° relative to the windows 19, to facilitate the driving of the cap.

L'invention permet de préparer une mini-dose de colorant à un prix très bas et de manière très rapide et efficace. L'utilisation est facilitée par l'ouverture par dévissage.The invention makes it possible to prepare a mini-dose of dye at a very low price and very quickly and efficiently. The use is facilitated by the opening by unscrewing.

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  1. Combination of a row (1) of containers (2) joined to one another by linking means (3) which can be easily broken, with their axes parallel, in particular situated in the same plane, and of a strip (13) of closure elements (14) joined to one another by linking means which can also be broken easily, in an arrangement similar to that of the containers, so that the strip (13) of closure elements can be placed on the mouths (5) of the containers in the row by a translational movement parallel to the axes of the containers, characterized in that the containers (2) are of the bottle-type, the closure elements are caps (14) and the mouths are necks (5) onto which the caps (14) are fitted, click-fastening means (7) being provided on the necks (5) of the containers to interact with complementary click-fastening means (16) of the caps (14), the assembly being such that when the caps (14) are connected in a strip (13), when the strip (13) of caps is placed above the row (1) of containers (2), the click-fastening means (16) of the caps are placed in the correct angular position relative to those (7) of the containers, the caps (14) being designed to close the containers in a leaktight fashion by being snapped into place, these click-fastening means (7, 16) furthermore being provided to allow each container (2) to be opened by rotating its cap (14) once the container (2), equipped with its cap (14), has been separated from the row (1).
  2. Combination according to Claim 1, characterized in that the click-fastening means (7) on the container comprise at least one projecting thread portion (8) provided on the neck of the container, with a stop (10, 11) at each end of the thread portion, whilst the cap (14) comprises at least one catch (17) capable of clicking into place behind the thread portion (8) by fitting between the stops (10, 11).
  3. Combination according to Claim 2, characterized in that each cap (14) comprises a window (19) on its wall, above the catch (17).
  4. Combination according to Claim 3, characterized in that the thread portion (8) of the neck (5) of the container is bordered above by an inclined surface (9), whilst the lower face of the catch (17) of the cap (14) is bordered by an inclined wall (18) intended to interact with the abovementioned inclined surface (9).
  5. Combination according to one of Claims 2 to 4, characterized in that each cap (14) comprises at least one male slope (20) capable of coming into a position above the thread portion (8) provided on the neck (5) of the container, after click-fastening, the interaction of this slope (20) and the thread (8), during a rotational movement, raising the cap (14) relative to the container (2), while the stops (10, 11) are passed by the catch (17) of the cap, which deforms elastically.
  6. Combination according to any one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the cap (14) comprises an inner skirt (21) capable of engaging leaktightly, by translational movement, inside the neck (5) of the associated container.
  7. Combination according to any one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the click-fastening means (7, 16) are diametrically opposite on the necks (5) of the containers and on the caps (14), and are arranged symmetrically relative to the plane of the axes (A) of the containers in the row (1).
  8. Assembly of a bottle-type container (2) and a cap (14), the container comprising, on its neck (5), at least one projecting thread portion (8), the said cap (14) comprising at least one catch (17) capable of clicking into place under the thread portion (8), borne by the neck of the container, it being possible for the said cap (14) to be separated from the container by rotating it, characterized in that the thread portion (8) borne by the neck (5) of the container (2) includes a stop (10, 11) at each of its ends, the catch (17) of the cap (14) being capable of clicking into place by fitting between the said stops, the cap (14) comprising on its wall, above the catch (17) a window (19) and at least one male slope (20) capable of coming into a position above the thread portion (8) provided on the neck (5) of the container (2) after click-fastening.
  9. Assembly according to Claim 8, characterized in that the container comprises two diametrically opposite plane faces (22).
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