EP1317385A1 - Screw cap with clip-on means - Google Patents
Screw cap with clip-on meansInfo
- Publication number
- EP1317385A1 EP1317385A1 EP01972135A EP01972135A EP1317385A1 EP 1317385 A1 EP1317385 A1 EP 1317385A1 EP 01972135 A EP01972135 A EP 01972135A EP 01972135 A EP01972135 A EP 01972135A EP 1317385 A1 EP1317385 A1 EP 1317385A1
- Authority
- EP
- European Patent Office
- Prior art keywords
- neck
- container
- plug
- annular
- bead
- Prior art date
- Legal status (The legal status is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the status listed.)
- Withdrawn
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- 238000007789 sealing Methods 0.000 claims description 10
- 239000002775 capsule Substances 0.000 description 7
- 230000004323 axial length Effects 0.000 description 1
- 230000000295 complement effect Effects 0.000 description 1
- 230000006866 deterioration Effects 0.000 description 1
- 238000004519 manufacturing process Methods 0.000 description 1
- 238000004321 preservation Methods 0.000 description 1
- 230000000284 resting effect Effects 0.000 description 1
Classifications
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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
- B65D51/00—Closures not otherwise provided for
- B65D51/18—Arrangements of closures with protective outer cap-like covers or of two or more co-operating closures
- B65D51/20—Caps, lids, or covers co-operating with an inner closure arranged to be opened by piercing, cutting, or tearing
- B65D51/22—Caps, lids, or covers co-operating with an inner closure arranged to be opened by piercing, cutting, or tearing having means for piercing, cutting, or tearing the inner closure
- B65D51/221—Caps, lids, or covers co-operating with an inner closure arranged to be opened by piercing, cutting, or tearing having means for piercing, cutting, or tearing the inner closure a major part of the inner closure being left inside the container after the opening
- B65D51/222—Caps, lids, or covers co-operating with an inner closure arranged to be opened by piercing, cutting, or tearing having means for piercing, cutting, or tearing the inner closure a major part of the inner closure being left inside the container after the opening the piercing or cutting means being integral with, or fixedly attached to, the outer closure
- B65D51/225—Caps, lids, or covers co-operating with an inner closure arranged to be opened by piercing, cutting, or tearing having means for piercing, cutting, or tearing the inner closure a major part of the inner closure being left inside the container after the opening the piercing or cutting means being integral with, or fixedly attached to, the outer closure and further comprising a device first inhibiting displacement of the outer closure
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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—Rigid or semi-rigid 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 or by deep-drawing operations performed on sheet material
- B65D1/02—Bottles or similar containers with necks or like restricted apertures, designed for pouring contents
- B65D1/0223—Bottles or similar containers with necks or like restricted apertures, designed for pouring contents characterised by shape
- B65D1/023—Neck construction
- B65D1/0246—Closure retaining means, e.g. beads, screw-threads
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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
- B65D2251/00—Details relating to container closures
- B65D2251/0003—Two or more closures
- B65D2251/0006—Upper closure
- B65D2251/0025—Upper closure of the 47-type
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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
- B65D2251/00—Details relating to container closures
- B65D2251/0003—Two or more closures
- B65D2251/0037—Intermediate closure(s)
- B65D2251/0046—Intermediate closure(s) of the 41-type
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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
- B65D2251/00—Details relating to container closures
- B65D2251/0003—Two or more closures
- B65D2251/0068—Lower closure
- B65D2251/0093—Membrane
Definitions
- the invention relates to a cap of the type comprising an internal thread and intended to be associated with a container neck of the type comprising an external thread, as well as a container (empty or at least partially filled with a certain content) provided with such a plug.
- the stopper object of the invention is especially intended for a container of the type comprising, before the first opening, an associated cover on the neck, which cover is intended to be perforated, torn off, removed during the first opening.
- the present invention aims to provide a plug of this type, which is specially intended for this use, and which is particularly simple to manufacture and effective in operation.
- the invention provides a plastic stopper intended to be associated with a container neck provided on the one hand with an external mounting thread and on the other hand with an annular clip bead.
- the plug further comprises on the one hand on an annular skirt an internal thread and on the other hand an annular clip projection, the thread and the projection being spaced apart in axial direction from each other as a function of the axial spacing between the external thread and the bead in a functional manner, such as:
- the projection is located at the free end of an annular collar located inside the annular skirt, the skirt and the collar projecting from a transverse wall.
- the transverse wall is annular and defines, with the skirt and the flange, a support part of the plug which further comprises a closing / opening part intended to be associated with the support part and capable of being moved. between two positions / states of closing and opening respectively.
- the support part also includes sealing means cooperating with the neck of the container.
- the sealing means are produced by the contact between the external face of the annular end wall of the neck of the container and the internal face of the annular transverse wall of the support part, which contact sealing results from clipping of the projection and of the bead and, where appropriate, by an internal cylindrical lip of the support part cooperating with the internal face of the neck of the container.
- the stopper may also include means for perforating, tearing off, removing a lid for closing the container, for example in the form of a cylindrical lip adjoining the transverse part of the support part.
- the internal sealing lip and the perforation, tearing and removal lip are at least partly common.
- the invention relates to a container provided with a stopper as just described, this container being empty or at least partially filled with a certain content.
- This container is of the type having a neck around the opening, provided on the one hand with an external mounting thread and on the other hand with an annular clip bead.
- the container may comprise, before the first opening, an associated cover on the neck, which is intended to be punctured, torn off, removed by the corresponding means from the stopper used when screwing the stopper onto the neck of the container, the so-called means being located, before the first opening, near and outside the seal.
- FIG. 1 is a radial sectional view of a container neck provided with a plug according to the invention, before first opening;
- FIG. 2 is a radial sectional view of a container neck provided with a cap according to the invention, after first opening, the cap being closed.
- FIGS. 1 and 2 represent a neck 1 of a container 2, of axis 3, as well as a plug 4 intended to be associated with the neck 1.
- the neck 1 comprises, on its external face 5, a thread 6, intended for mounting by screwing the plug 4, and located towards the middle part 7 of the neck 1.
- the neck 1 comprises, on its external face 5, an annular bead 8 for clipping, located towards the free end 9 of the neck 1.
- the outside diameter Db of the neck 1 at the bead 8 is less than the outside diameter Df of the neck 1 at the thread 6, so that the bead 8 of the neck 1 does not interfere with the screwing of the plug 4 on the neck 1, of the less on a certain run.
- the plug 4 includes: - a support part 10, intended to be associated with the neck 1 of the container 2, and
- the support part 10 of the plug 4 firstly comprises a transverse annular wall 13, intended, after the first opening, to rest on the rim 14 of the neck 1 of the container 2.
- the support part 10 also comprises a skirt 15, projecting substantially perpendicular to the annular wall 13 towards the outer edge 16 of said annular wall, the skirt 15 being provided, on its internal face 17, with a thread 18 complementary to the thread 6 of neck 1 for mounting by screwing the plug 4 on the neck 1 of container 2.
- the support part 10 further comprises a cylindrical lip 19, projecting substantially perpendicular to the annular wall 13 towards the inner edge 20 of said annular wall, said cylindrical lip 19 being intended to cooperate with the internal face 21 of the neck 1 , especially for sealing.
- the axial spacing between the cylindrical lip 19 and the skirt 15 corresponds to the axial spacing between the internal face 21 of the neck 1 and the external face 5 of the neck 1 towards the thread 6 of said neck 1.
- the support part 10 comprises an annular flange 22, situated on the same side of the transverse annular wall 13 as the cylindrical lip 19 and the skirt 15, and situated, axially, between the said cylindrical lip 19 and skirt 15.
- the flange 22 comprises, at its free end 23, a projection 24 directed substantially radially towards the inside of the plug 4, the said projection 24 being intended to cooperate with the bead 8, towards the external face 5 of the neck 1 of the container 2 , after the first opening.
- the support part 10 comprises a wall 25 projecting from the annular wall 13 on the side opposite the cylindrical lip 19 and the skirt 15, the wall 25 being curved so as to form a pouring spout.
- the closing / opening part 11 comprises on the one hand a transverse annular wall 26 resting in particular, when the closing / opening part 11 is in the closed position, on the flange 27 of the wall 25 forming a spout.
- the closing / opening part 11 also comprises a substantially cylindrical flange 28 projecting from the transverse wall 26 towards the inside of the plug 4, the flange 28 engaging inside the cylindrical lip 19 of the support part 10, when the closing / opening part 11 is in the closed position, in particular for sealing purposes.
- Figure 1 shows the neck 1 of the container 2 provided with the cap 4, before first opening.
- a capsule 30 is placed on the coM, so as to cover the cover 29 and, in particular, to protect it from untimely deterioration before the first opening.
- the capsule 30 is attached to the bead 8 of the neck 1.
- the plug 4 is placed on the neck 1, so that the thread 18 of the skirt 15 and the thread 6 of the neck 1 are at the start of reciprocal engagement.
- the axial lengths of the cylindrical lip 19 and of the flange 22 of the support part 10 of the plug 4 are sufficiently small so that:
- the free end 31 of the cylindrical lip 19 is located near and outside the neck 1 blocked by the capsule 30;
- the projection 24 is not clipped to the bead 8. It is in this configuration that the container 2 filled, sealed, capped by the capsule 30 and by the cap 4, partially screwed, is transported, stored, offered for sale, purchased by the user and then stored by the latter until first use.
- a user first unscrews the cap 4 so as to be able to access the capsule 30. Then, the user removes the capsule, by any appropriate means, in particular using a bottle opener. At the end of this operation, the cover 29 is accessible.
- a first way consists in removing the cover 29 before, screwing the cap back on.
- the cover can be provided with a tongue (not shown) that the user grasps and pulls in order to separate the cover. 29 of the rim 14 of the neck 1. This solution is used in particular when the plug 4 is not provided with any means of perforating the cover 29.
- a second way of clearing the opening of the neck 1 is to screw the plug 4 onto the said neck 1 until at a position such that the free end 31 of the cylindrical lip 19 has perforated the cover 29.
- the thread 18 of the skirt 15 of the plug 4 and the thread 6 of the neck 1 are first of all brought to the start of reciprocal engagement, in a similar manner to the configuration shown in FIG. 1.
- the free end 31 of the cylindrical lip 19 is then located outside the neck 1, and is not in contact with the cover 29.
- the projection 24 is not clipped to the bead 8.
- the transverse annular wall 13 of the support part of the plug 4 is supported on the rim 14 of the neck 1, which means that the plug 4 cannot be moved further along the axis 3 in the direction of the screwing.
- the contact between the internal face 32 of the transverse annular wall 13 and the rim 14 of the neck 1 of the container 2 moreover ensures better sealing.
- the axial distance between the transverse annular wall 13 and the projection 24 is such that there is only a small axial clearance between the neck 1 and the plug 4, so that the relative movement between them is reduced. It is understood that the clipping of the projection 24 and of the bead 8 requires a certain elasticity of the collar 22. In fact, initially, the projection 24 comes into contact with the outer surface 5 of the neck 1, in the vicinity of the bead 8, the collar 22 then widening radially in a truncated cone. Then, once the projection 24 is clipped to the bead 8, the flange 22 returns to its initial radial position.
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- Closures For Containers (AREA)
Abstract
Description
Claims
Applications Claiming Priority (3)
Application Number | Priority Date | Filing Date | Title |
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FR0011600 | 2000-09-12 | ||
FR0011600A FR2813866B1 (en) | 2000-09-12 | 2000-09-12 | PLUG COMPRISING CLIPING MEANS AT THE NECK OF A CONTAINER FOR WHICH IT IS INTENDED |
PCT/FR2001/002715 WO2002022461A1 (en) | 2000-09-12 | 2001-08-31 | Screw cap with clip-on means |
Publications (1)
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EP1317385A1 true EP1317385A1 (en) | 2003-06-11 |
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Application Number | Title | Priority Date | Filing Date |
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EP01972135A Withdrawn EP1317385A1 (en) | 2000-09-12 | 2001-08-31 | Screw cap with clip-on means |
Country Status (4)
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EP (1) | EP1317385A1 (en) |
AU (1) | AU2001291928A1 (en) |
FR (1) | FR2813866B1 (en) |
WO (1) | WO2002022461A1 (en) |
Families Citing this family (5)
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FR2880338B1 (en) * | 2004-12-31 | 2007-03-09 | Maurice Schillinger | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR CAPTURING SCREW CAPS OF BOTTLES OF SMALLING WINES |
DE102006045805A1 (en) * | 2006-09-26 | 2008-03-27 | Friedrich Sanner Gmbh & Co. Kg | Container for receiving and delivering a particular flowable medium |
WO2014151563A1 (en) | 2013-03-15 | 2014-09-25 | Mccormick & Company, Incorporated | Injection closure system |
EP3760554A4 (en) * | 2018-03-01 | 2021-12-15 | Martins, Andrea Luciana | Device for automatically opening a container provided with a sealing element |
FR3087759A1 (en) * | 2018-10-31 | 2020-05-01 | Waste Is More | DEVICE FOR CLOSING AND DISPENSING LIQUID |
Family Cites Families (5)
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FR1322352A (en) * | 1962-02-17 | 1963-03-29 | Crushable packaging tube for pasty products | |
DE1782307A1 (en) * | 1968-08-13 | 1971-08-12 | Bielsteiner Plastikwerke | Closure for bottles, tubes and the like. |
DE2332155C3 (en) * | 1973-06-25 | 1984-08-02 | Robert Finke Kunststoff-Spritzguss-Werk, 5950 Finnentrop | Screw cap closure for bottles, tubes, etc. container |
ES1001409Y (en) * | 1987-01-12 | 1989-08-01 | Vem De Tapas Metalicas S.A. | COMPLEX CAP FOR CLOSING AND SEALING OF BOTTLES |
DE4029832A1 (en) * | 1990-09-20 | 1992-03-26 | Duschek Dieter | Closure esp. for pharmaceutical bottles - comprises stopper connected to bottle neck and enclosed by closure cap contg. rupture disc supported by spacer |
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- 2000-09-12 FR FR0011600A patent/FR2813866B1/en not_active Expired - Fee Related
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2001
- 2001-08-31 WO PCT/FR2001/002715 patent/WO2002022461A1/en not_active Application Discontinuation
- 2001-08-31 AU AU2001291928A patent/AU2001291928A1/en not_active Abandoned
- 2001-08-31 EP EP01972135A patent/EP1317385A1/en not_active Withdrawn
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FR2813866B1 (en) | 2002-11-08 |
AU2001291928A1 (en) | 2002-03-26 |
FR2813866A1 (en) | 2002-03-15 |
WO2002022461A1 (en) | 2002-03-21 |
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