EP3521195B1 - Cap for use with bottle having positive internal pressure, and bottle with cap attached thereto - Google Patents

Cap for use with bottle having positive internal pressure, and bottle with cap attached thereto Download PDF

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Publication number: EP3521195B1
Authority: EP; European Patent Office
Prior art keywords: bottle; cap; screw part; circumferential surface; male screw
Prior art date: 2017-09-28
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EP17926420.5A

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Riki Takano

Toshiya Kobayashi

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Suntory Holdings Ltd

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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
- 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
- B65D41/0407—Threaded or like caps or cap-like covers secured by rotation with integral sealing means
- B65D41/0414—Threaded or like caps or cap-like covers secured by rotation with integral sealing means formed by a plug, collar, flange, rib or the like contacting the internal surface of a container neck
- 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
- B65D51/16—Closures not otherwise provided for with means for venting air or gas
- B65D51/1672—Closures not otherwise provided for with means for venting air or gas whereby venting occurs by manual actuation of the closure or other element
- B65D51/1688—Venting occurring during initial closing or opening of the container, by means of a passage for the escape of gas between the closure and the lip of the container mouth, e.g. interrupted threads

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the present invention relates to a cap used for a bottle with a cap, the bottle adapted to have positive inner pressure and a bottle with the cap attached.
a typical example of a conventional cap attached to a bottle is disclosed in Japanese Unexamined Patent Application Publication No. 2015-9853 .
the cap 100 includes a female screw part 101 engageable with a male screw part formed on an outer circumferential surface of a bottle mouth.
the female screw part 101 is formed of a plurality of projections 102 running intermittently in a circumferential direction.
a bottle filled with carbonated drink for example, has positive inner pressure. If the inner pressure of the bottle increases when stored in a high-temperature atmosphere, for example, a top 103 of the cap 100 may be pushed up and then a side wall 104 also may be pushed up entrained by the action of the top 103 as shown in Fig. 6 . Such a condition may break a sealing condition of the bottle mouth established by the cap, which might lead to leakage of the contents.
JP S53 30450 U discloses a container mouth sealed with a cap by screwing a screw thread thereon, which is a female screw formed on the inner periphery of the cap and a male screw formed on the container mouth.
EP 0 009 854 A1 relates to bottles, having screw-threaded necks and to caps for such containers, adapted to release the inner pressure inside the bottle upon its opening by the user, according to the preamble of claim 1.
the cap side wall 104 is pushed up because it has stretched in the circumferential direction and then deformed to bulge outward.
the conventional cap 100 which includes the female screw part 101 having the plurality of projections 102 running intermittently in the circumferential direction, cannot satisfactorily prevent the cap side wall 104 from stretching in the circumferential direction and thus cannot effectively prevent leakage of the contents.
the object of the present invention is to provide a bottle with a cap that effectively prevents leakage of the contents of a bottle.
the present invention relates to a bottle having positive inner pressure with a cap.
the bottle includes a male screw part formed at an outer circumferential surface of a bottle mouth and the male screw part includes a plurality of projections radially protruding from the outer circumferential surface of the bottle mouth and running intermittently in spiral.
the cap comprises a female screw part engageable with the male screw part.
the female screw part includes a circumferential projection protruding from an inner circumferential surface of a cap side wall and continuously extending in spiral through at least 360 degrees.
the circumferential projection is radially cut away in part to form at least one cutaway portion and the cutaway portion is positioned to correspond to each of gaps of the male screw part.
the present invention provides a bottle with a cap, the bottle being adapted to have positive inner pressure, in accordance with appended claim 1.
the female screw part includes a circumferential projection continuously extending in spiral through at least 360 degrees, can effectively prevent the cap side wall from stretching in the circumferential direction and easily bulging outward and thus from being pushed up. Additionally, the cutaway portion formed by radially cutting the circumferential projection in part acts a gas vent to allow gas to escape when the cap is opened, which ensures safety in opening the cap.
the at least one cutaway portion includes a plurality of cutaway portions provided at regular intervals.
Providing the plurality of cutaway portions are provided at regular intervals contributes to weight reduction and providing them at regular intervals contributes to uniform strength of the cap, which can prevent deformation of the cap side wall more effectively.
the at least one cutaway portion has an arc edge.
the cutaway portion has a stepped edge
the male screw part of the bottle mouth would interfere with the cutaway portion when the cap is attached to the bottle mouth, which might hamper smooth attachment of the cap to the bottle.
the above arrangement, in which the cutaway portion has the arc edge effectively prevents the male screw part of the bottle mouth from interfering with the cutaway portion when the cap is attached to the bottle mouth to allow the cap to be smoothly attached to the bottle.
the cap further includes an outer seal for sealing the outer circumferential surface of the bottle mouth, and a rib provided between the outer seal and the inner circumferential surface of the cap side wall for connecting them to each other.
the above arrangement effectively prevents deformation of the seal, the cap top or the side wall, as a result of which leakage of the contents of the bottle can be effectively prevented.
the cap is used for a bottle containing carbonated drink.
the cap according to the present invention can effectively prevent leakage of the contents owing to increase in inner pressure of the bottle, and thus is useful for a bottle filled with carbonated drink that would increase inner pressure easily.
the cap is used for a bottle having an outer diameter of 25 mm or larger in the bottle mouth.
the cap having the structure according to the current embodiment is particularly useful for effectively preventing leakage of the contents even if the diameter of the cap increases with the outer diameter of 25 mm or larger in the bottle mouth.
the cap 20 prevents breakage of a sealing condition of a bottle mouth 10 established by the cap 20 when inner pressure of the bottle increases and thus prevents leakage of contents of the bottle.
the cap is used for a bottle adapted to have positive inner pressure, and in particular, a bottle for containing carbonated drink in the current embodiment.
the bottle mouth 10 is shown in Fig. 1 .
the bottle mouth 10 includes a male screw part 11 formed in an outer circumferential surface 10A thereof. More particularly, the male screw part 11 includes a plurality of projections 12 radially protruding from the outer circumferential surface 10A of the bottle mouth 10 and running intermittently in spiral. One or more gaps 13 defined in adjacent projections 12 act as gas vents that allow gas escaped from liquid within the bottle to pass out of the bottle.
the bottle mouth 10 has an outer diameter of 35 mm in the current embodiment.
the outer diameter of the bottle mouth 10 is not limited to such a size, but is preferably 25 mm or larger, and more preferably 28 mm and larger.
the larger the diameter of the bottle mouth 10 becomes the more the risk of leakage of the contents due to rise in inner pressure increases. Accordingly, the combination of the cap 20 and the bottle mouth 10 that can effectively prevent leakage of the contents as described herein is particularly useful.
the bottle may be a commercially available bottle that is primarily made of thermoplastic resin such as polyethylene, polypropylene and polyethylene terephthalate and integrally formed by stretch molding such as biaxial stretch blow molding.
the capacity of the bottle is not particularly specified, but typically ranging from 200 mL to 2L that are common in the market.
the bottle is filled with carbonated drink in the current embodiment, but may be filled with any other liquid that causes positive inner pressure after charged or with nitrogen charged, including drinkables such as drinking water, tea, juice, coffee, cocoa, freshener, alcohol drink, lactic drink and soup as well as liquid seasoning such as sauce and soy sauce.
the cap 20 includes a female screw part 21 engageable with the male screw part 11.
the female screw part 21 forms a circumferential projection 22 protruding from an inner circumferential surface 25A of a cap side wall 25 and continuously extending in spiral through at least 360 degrees (680 degrees in the current embodiment). More particularly, while the male screw part 11 of the bottle mouth 10 is formed of the plurality of projections running discontinuously and spaced from each other with the gaps 13, the female screw part 21 is formed of the single circumferential projection 22 running continuously in spiral through at least 360 degrees, i.e., making at least a round of the cap. This arrangement can effectively prevent leakage of the contents of the bottle.
the contents or liquid would escape from the bottle when a top 24 of the cap 20 is pushed up with increase in inner pressure of the bottle, and the cap side wall 25 is also pushed up entrained with the action of the top 24. Such a condition would break a sealing condition of the bottle mouth 10 established by the cap 20.
the female screw part 21 forming the circumferential projection 22 running continuously in spiral through at least 360 degrees can effectively prevent the cap side wall 25 from stretching in the circumferential direction and easily bulging outward and thus from being pushed up.
the circumferential projection 22 is radially cut away in part (that is, so as not to reach the inner circumferential surface 25A of the cap side wall 25) to form at least one cutaway portion 23.
a plurality of cutaway portions are provided at regular intervals. Providing the plurality of cutaway portions contributes to weight reduction and providing them at regular intervals contributes to uniform strength of the cap 20, which can prevent deformation of the cap side wall 25 more effectively.
each cutaway portion 23 is positioned to correspond to each of the gaps 13 of the male screw part 11. Additionally, the cutaway portion 23 has a gentle and smooth arc edge 23a.
the cutaway portion 23 may have any desired depth that does not reach the inner circumferential surface 25A of the cap side wall 25, preferably a depth of 20 to 80% of a projecting height of the circumferential projection 22. While a depth of less than 20% of the projecting height would prevent bulging of the cap side wall 25 less easily, a depth of more than 80% of the projecting height would secure the gas vent less easily and hamper weight reduction.
the top 24 of the cap 20 has an inner surface 24A provided with an inner seal 26 for sealing a distal end portion of the bottle mouth 10 from an inner circumferential surface thereof, and an outer seal 27 for sealing the distal end portion of the bottle mouth 10 from the outer circumferential surface 10A thereof.
the distal end portion of the bottle mouth 10 is held between the inner seal 26 and the outer seal 27 to seal the bottle mouth 10.
a plurality of ribs 28 (fourteen ribs in the current embodiment) are provided between the outer seal 27 and the inner circumferential surface 25A of the cap side wall 25 to connect them to each other, and a plurality of ribs 29 (fourteen ribs in the current embodiment) are provided between the inner seal 26 and the outer seal 27 to connect them to each other.
the ribs 28 and 29 are provided at equal intervals in the circumferential direction. More particularly, each rib 28 radially diagonally extends between the outer seal 27 and the inner circumferential surface 25A of the cap side wall 25, and each rib 29 radially extends between the inner seal 26 and the outer seal 27.
each rib 29 is located in a circumferential intermediate position between adjacent ribs 28, and each rib 28 is located in a circumferential intermediate position between adjacent ribs 29, thereby to effectively prevent deformation of the cap top and leakage of the contents or liquid.
the female screw part 21 is formed of the single circumferential projection 22.
the female screw part 21 may include a plurality of projections spaced apart from each other in the same manner as the male screw part 11, in which at least one of the projections may form the circumferential projection 22 extending continuously through at least 360 degrees.
the plurality of ribs 28 are provided at equal intervals between the outer seal 27 and the inner circumferential surface 25A of the cap side wall 25 to connect them to each other, and the plurality of ribs 29 are provided at equal intervals between the inner seal 26 and the outer seal 27 to connect them to each other.
the number of the ribs 28 and 29 may vary at need, and the ribs 28 and 29 may not be necessarily provided at equal intervals. Additionally, both of or one of the outer ribs 28 and the inner ribs 29 are dispensable.
the present invention is applicable to a bottle with a cap, the bottle being adapted to have positive inner pressure.

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