CA1089414A - Hermetic safety seal for bottles and the like, in particular for fizzy drink bottles - Google Patents

Hermetic safety seal for bottles and the like, in particular for fizzy drink bottles

Info

Publication number
CA1089414A
CA1089414A CA259,931A CA259931A CA1089414A CA 1089414 A CA1089414 A CA 1089414A CA 259931 A CA259931 A CA 259931A CA 1089414 A CA1089414 A CA 1089414A
Authority
CA
Canada
Prior art keywords
cap
threads
lower portion
neck
bottom part
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.)
Expired
Application number
CA259,931A
Other languages
French (fr)
Inventor
Antonio Peraboni
Current Assignee (The listed assignees may be inaccurate. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation or warranty as to the accuracy of the list.)
PROT Srl
Original Assignee
PROT Srl
Priority date (The priority date 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 date listed.)
Filing date
Publication date
Application filed by PROT Srl filed Critical PROT Srl
Application granted granted Critical
Publication of CA1089414A publication Critical patent/CA1089414A/en
Expired legal-status Critical Current

Links

Classifications

    • BPERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65DCONTAINERS 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
    • B65D41/00Caps, 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
    • B65D41/02Caps or cap-like covers without lines of weakness, tearing strips, tags, or like opening or removal devices
    • B65D41/04Threaded or like caps or cap-like covers secured by rotation
    • B65D41/0407Threaded or like caps or cap-like covers secured by rotation with integral sealing means
    • B65D41/0414Threaded 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
    • BPERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65DCONTAINERS 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
    • B65D41/00Caps, 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
    • B65D41/32Caps or cap-like covers with lines of weakness, tearing-strips, tags, or like opening or removal devices, e.g. to facilitate formation of pouring openings
    • B65D41/34Threaded or like caps or cap-like covers provided with tamper elements formed in, or attached to, the closure skirt
    • BPERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65DCONTAINERS 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
    • B65D41/00Caps, 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
    • B65D41/32Caps or cap-like covers with lines of weakness, tearing-strips, tags, or like opening or removal devices, e.g. to facilitate formation of pouring openings
    • B65D41/34Threaded or like caps or cap-like covers provided with tamper elements formed in, or attached to, the closure skirt
    • B65D41/3442Threaded or like caps or cap-like covers provided with tamper elements formed in, or attached to, the closure skirt with rigid bead or projections formed on the tamper element and coacting with bead or projections on the container
    • B65D41/3447Threaded or like caps or cap-like covers provided with tamper elements formed in, or attached to, the closure skirt with rigid bead or projections formed on the tamper element and coacting with bead or projections on the container the tamper element being integrally connected to the closure by means of bridges
    • BPERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65DCONTAINERS 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
    • B65D2401/00Tamper-indicating means
    • B65D2401/15Tearable part of the closure
    • B65D2401/35Vertical or axial lines of weakness

Landscapes

  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Mechanical Engineering (AREA)
  • Closures For Containers (AREA)

Abstract

A B S T R A C T

A safety seal for bottles and the like, particularly for fizzy drink bottles, comprising a cap that can be screwed onto the bottle neck, and a safety ring formed integrally therewith, that can be torn-off there-from along a parting line, characterized in that it comprises a first screw thread formed on the inner side of the cap, and a second screw thread formed on the inner side of the safety ring, which are designed to respectively engage with two corresponding threaded portions, formed on the bottle neck, the first and second screw threads being coaxially formed, but of opposite hand.

Description

This invention concerns a hermetic safety seal for bottles and the like, in particular for fi7~y drink bottles, that conslst o~ ~ cap, which can be screwed onto the threaded bottle neck, and having a safety ring formed integrally with the lower end thereof, that can be torn-off along a parting line as defined by notches In a hermetic safety seal of the previously stated type, the first unscrewing of the cap can be performed only after the safety ring is torn-off therefrom along the parting line.
Already known are many types of sealing closures, the application of which usually requires two separate steps~ i.e. the cap is to be first screwed down, and th~nsecondly the safety ring is to be deformed or shrunk, whereby it becomes firmly engaged with an annular bead at the lower end of bottle neck screw thread. Thus, as it can be readily appreciated, the cap can be unscrewed only after having broken or severed the safety ring.
Typically, the severing of safsty ring is obtained by having it firmly secured to bottle neck; thus, when the cap is unscrewed, relative rotary motion occurs between the two components, which results in a breakage along the parting line.
In the already known safety sealing closures, mutually engaging projections and recesses are formed on the safety ring, and on the bottle neck, to prevent rotation of the ring on the neck. However, draw-backs occur in the use of this type of sealing closures; e.g., the safety ring often slides around the bottle neck when the cap is being unscrewed with consequent failure to sever the ring from the cap, or difficulties in the breaking of seal. In such cases, a consistent effort may be required to remove the cap, or a knife may be required to break the safety ring, with the consequent possibility of deforming or even destroying the cap, which therefore cannot be utili~ed for subsequently closing the bottle.
A further drawback which is often encountered in the already known safety seals, consists of the difficulty in the unscrewing of cap, due to stkking thereof to the bottle mouth and neck, which often '~

~394~
happens when sweet drinks are bottled, This results in the cap, and even tho sealing ring stic~ing to the bottle nec~.
The main purpose of this invention consists of applying a safety seal by a single screwing step, which results in a remarkable simplification and quickening of bottling operations. The seal is also secured in such a way that an easy and reliable undoing even in the case of a strongly sticking cap is ensured.
Another purpose consists of establishing an efficient connection of safety ring to bottle neck, whereby the rlng ~an easily be severed from the cap, when the cap is turned for opening the bottle.
The above purposes have been attained by the safety seal according to the invention, by providing a first screw thread on the cap inner side, and a second screw thread on the safety ring inner side, which are designed to respectively engage with two corresponding screw threaded portions on the bottle neck, being first and second-screw threads co-axially formed but of opposite hand.
The advantages ensured by the invention consist in particular of the fact that the cap, along with its safety ring, can be applied over a bottle mouth by a single screwing down operation whilst, when the cap is unscrewed, the safety ring is simultaneously screwed even more tightly onto the second screw-threaded portion, being thus axially drawn away from the cap. The severing of the safety ring from the cap is thus easier since in addition to tangential stresses, tending to cause a shearing all along the partingline, axially directed tensile stresses are ;
also encountered ~due to drawing of the cap away from the ring), which contribute to the severing.
A further advantage is that it is possible to simul-taneously turn both the cap and the safety ring, when the bottle is being first opened, which allows the exerting of a very high torsional force, to sever the safety ring and to unscrew the cap, even when the cap is firmly sticking to the bottle neck.

Fu{thcr objects a~ advan~cJes of ~he invention will be better appreciated from a consideration of the follo~ling detailed descrip-tion of a preferredl but not exclusive embodiment form of a safety seal for bottles and the like, as shown in the accompanying drawings.
In the drawings:
FIGURE 1 is a side view of a bottle neck, shaped for the application of a safety seat according to the invention.
FIGURE 2 is a cross-section, taken on the line II-II
of FIGURE 1.
FIGURE 3 is a part axial section of a bottle neck as shown in FIGURES 1 and 2.
FIGURE 4 is a part sectional side view of cap with its safety ring, that can be screwed onto the bottle neck as shown in the pre-ceding figures.
FIGURE 5 is a part axially sectioned view of a safety seal according to the invention, already applied to a bottle, and:
FIGURE 6 is a side view of a modifigd embodiment form of a cap, along with the related safety ring.
Referring now to above FIGURES, 1 is a bottle neck having its upper portion formed with a first screw thread 2, and with an annular bead 3, at the lower end of the first screw thread, the axis being coinci-dent with that of mouth 1. Formed on annular bead 3 is a second screw , ~ .
thread 4, whic~h slightly protrudes over the screw thread 2. The two screw threads 2 and 3 are co-axial with one another, but are of opposite hand.
The screw thread 2 is preferably single threaded, whilst the screw thread 4 is multiple start, e.g. six start, as shown at 4a in the FIGURE 2. The threads 4 are thus conveniently inclined, whereby to make the application of the safety ring more easy, as explained later on, and to promote the engagement of the safety ring with the screw thread.
Engaged with the screw thread 2 is the inner threading of cap 6. A safety ring 7~ extending from the lower edqe of the ca~, is formed with an inner screw thread 8, designed to engage with screw ;~ .

:: .

thread ~ oE bottle neck mouth 1.
The safety ring 7 is delimlted by a parting line 9, which is formed by spaced notches, between which short connecting web# 10 are left at equal spacings around the circumference. Thus, the cap 6 can be torn-off from the ring 7.
The cap 6 and the ring 7 can be advantageously integrally injection molded with a suitable plastics, with the related screw threads 5 and 8 pre-formed. Obviously, the possibility exists to make the cap-ring assembly also of a different material, e.g. of aluminium sheet, and in the latter case the screw threads 5 and 8 can be formed by rolling, perormed by suitable rolls, on the cap 6 and on the ring 7.
A narrow inner collar 11 can be integrally formed on the lower edge of the safety ring 7, to serve as a guide, for promoting the engagement of ring 7 with the screw thread 4, when the cap is being applied.
After such applicatlon, said collar 11 is located below the bead 3 of neck 1 (see FIGURE 5).
Finally, an annular projection 12 is formed inside of cap 6, whereby to define an annular seat, into which the end la of neck 1 is engaged.
The cap 6 is locked on the bottle mouth 1 by having it `
tightly screwed thereon, while the safety ring 7 is forced over and onto the screw thread 4. In this step, the ring 7 is turned together with the cap 6, and engages itself with said screw thread 4 in a direction opposite -to that thereof. Tnis is possible due to widening of ring 7 due to elasticity of its material, while the multi-threaded design of screw ;~
threads 4 and 8 results in an easy co-operation.
The application of the safety seal according to the in-vention can be advantageously performed by a single screwing-down step, by automatic bottling machines, which are themselves already known.
After such application, the bottle can be opened only after having broken or severed the safety ring 7. By unscrewing the cap 6, .
,

Claims (6)

THE EMBODIMENTS OF THE INVENTION IN WHICH AN EXCLUSIVE
PROPERTY OR PRIVILEGE IS CLAIMED ARE DEFINED AS FOLLOWS:
1. A safety seal for bottles having a neck with an upper portion threaded in one direction and a lower portion of larger diameter than said upper portion threaded in the opposite direction, the seal comprising a prethreaded cap with a first top part and a second bottom part separated by a frangible zone, said top and bottom parts being formed with threads complementary to those of said upper and lower portions, respectively of the neck of the container with which they are to be associated, and at least said second part being made of elastic material to attain resilient expansion and contraction around said lower portion during fitting of said cap onto said neck by screw threading motion; said second part having an internal peripheral shoulder for guiding the threads of said bottom part over the threads of said lower portion during said screw-thread-ing motion.
2. The safety seal according to claim 1, wherein said second part has threads of the multi-start type.
3. The safety seal according to claims 1 and 2, wherein said second part is formed with a weakened point, by which it is broken, while the cap is being unscrewed for the removal thereof from the bottle.
4. A method of hermetically sealing a bottle having a neck with an upper portion threaded in one direction and a lower portion of larger diameter than said upper portion threaded in the opposite direction, said lower portion being bounded at its bottom end by a transverse internal annular shoulder comprising the steps of:
forming a prethreaded cap of elastic material with a top part and a bottom part separated by a frangible zone, said top and bottom parts being provided with threads complementary to those of said upper and lower portions, respectively, said bottom part being further provided with an inner annular shoulder on the lower edge thereof, forcing said cap around said neck with a rotary screw motion matingly interfitting the threads of said top part and upper portion while causing elastic radial expansion of said bottom part due to contact with said lower portion for preventing inter-engagement of the threads of said bottom part and said lower portion until said flange clears said shoulder; and continuing the rotation of said cap until the threads of said bottom part engage the threads of said lower portion with a snap fit.
5. The method as defined in claim 4 wherein said cap is formed from plastic material by injection molding.
6. A method as defined in claim 4, comprising the further step of preforming said bottom part with an axially extending weak spot facilitating said radial expansion thereof.
CA259,931A 1976-05-25 1976-08-26 Hermetic safety seal for bottles and the like, in particular for fizzy drink bottles Expired CA1089414A (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (2)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
IT23606A/76 1976-05-25
IT23606/76A IT1061392B (en) 1976-05-25 1976-05-25 SEAL CLOSURE FOR BOTTLES OR SIMILAR PARTICULARLY FOR GASEOUS LIQUIDS

Publications (1)

Publication Number Publication Date
CA1089414A true CA1089414A (en) 1980-11-11

Family

ID=11208515

Family Applications (1)

Application Number Title Priority Date Filing Date
CA259,931A Expired CA1089414A (en) 1976-05-25 1976-08-26 Hermetic safety seal for bottles and the like, in particular for fizzy drink bottles

Country Status (14)

Country Link
AT (1) AT361795B (en)
AU (1) AU504389B2 (en)
BE (1) BE846456A (en)
CA (1) CA1089414A (en)
CH (1) CH610567A5 (en)
DE (1) DE2638351C3 (en)
ES (1) ES232122Y (en)
FR (1) FR2352719A1 (en)
GB (1) GB1531783A (en)
IE (1) IE43945B1 (en)
IT (1) IT1061392B (en)
NL (1) NL170259C (en)
PT (1) PT65598B (en)
SE (1) SE7609478L (en)

Families Citing this family (12)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
FR2421119A1 (en) * 1978-03-28 1979-10-26 Captocap Ltd INVIOLABLE PLASTIC CAP
EP0224649B1 (en) * 1981-07-24 1990-06-20 H-C Industries, Inc. A plastic closure for a container
WO1987002009A1 (en) * 1985-10-03 1987-04-09 Dawson Electrics Pty. Ltd. Improvements in or relating to tamper evident closures
GB2191766A (en) * 1986-06-17 1987-12-23 Grace W R & Co Screw container with tamper-evident feature
GB8622252D0 (en) * 1986-09-16 1986-10-22 Nat Plastics Ltd Container closure
DE9212753U1 (en) * 1992-09-22 1992-11-26 Georg Menshen GmbH & Co KG, 57413 Finnentrop Tamper-evident seal
ATE177393T1 (en) * 1993-07-23 1999-03-15 Tradeforce Establishment PACKAGING CONTAINERS
FR2842504B1 (en) * 2002-07-17 2005-01-21 Oreal CONTAINER COMPRISING A COLLAR WITH TWO PARTS HAVING DIFFERENT DIAMETERS
US10457437B2 (en) 2006-03-06 2019-10-29 Plastipak Packaging, Inc. Lightweight plastic container and preform
US8857637B2 (en) 2006-03-06 2014-10-14 Plastipak Packaging, Inc. Lightweight plastic container and preform
US8308005B2 (en) * 2008-01-30 2012-11-13 Amcor Limited Preform and container having debossed support flange
CN112370562A (en) * 2020-11-13 2021-02-19 广州阿诺玛环保科技有限公司 Disposable replaceable atomized essential oil bottle

Family Cites Families (4)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
GB809398A (en) * 1956-06-05 1959-02-25 Fapex Trust Reg Tamper-proof caps for bottles and other receptacles
FR1568999A (en) * 1968-03-22 1969-05-30
DE1948634A1 (en) * 1969-09-26 1971-04-01 Deussen Stella Kg Screw cap with fuse
GB1372005A (en) * 1971-07-12 1974-10-30 Sanmugasunderam V Closures for bottles and like containers

Also Published As

Publication number Publication date
ES232122U (en) 1978-01-16
NL170259B (en) 1982-05-17
BE846456A (en) 1977-01-17
CH610567A5 (en) 1979-04-30
FR2352719B1 (en) 1979-01-12
GB1531783A (en) 1978-11-08
DE2638351C3 (en) 1981-04-30
PT65598B (en) 1978-03-28
DE2638351B2 (en) 1980-07-17
AU2362477A (en) 1978-09-28
ES232122Y (en) 1978-07-01
AU504389B2 (en) 1979-10-11
ATA689876A (en) 1980-08-15
IE43945B1 (en) 1981-07-01
AT361795B (en) 1981-03-25
IE43945L (en) 1977-11-25
NL7610301A (en) 1977-11-29
PT65598A (en) 1976-10-01
FR2352719A1 (en) 1977-12-23
SE7609478L (en) 1977-11-26
NL170259C (en) 1982-10-18
DE2638351A1 (en) 1977-12-01
IT1061392B (en) 1983-02-28

Similar Documents

Publication Publication Date Title
US4625875A (en) Tamper-evident closure
US4156490A (en) Method of hermetically sealing soft-drink bottles and like containers
US4494664A (en) Tamper evident closure
US3455478A (en) Tamper-indicating closure
US4305517A (en) Tamperproof closure
US4418828A (en) Plastic closure with mechanical pilfer band
US4352436A (en) Pilferproof cap
EP0214711B1 (en) Tamper-evident child-resistant closure
US5660290A (en) Closure fitting for unthreaded containers
US4241841A (en) Severable connecting means
US5103991A (en) Screw closures for containers
US3929246A (en) Plastic container cap unit with integral sealing ring
US6991123B2 (en) Closure with extended seal member
EP0552958B1 (en) Bottle cap with tamper ring
US20010000602A1 (en) Snap-on, screw-off cap and container neck
JPH0210024B2 (en)
EP0118267B1 (en) Container and closure
US4545496A (en) Plastic closure with mechanical pilfer band
US4529096A (en) Pilferproof cap
US5450972A (en) Tamper-evident band for closures
CA1089414A (en) Hermetic safety seal for bottles and the like, in particular for fizzy drink bottles
US4485934A (en) Tamperproof closure
US5137163A (en) Tamper evident closure with ramped contact
US4667838A (en) Tamper-evident closure with ribbed skirt
US5692628A (en) Press-on screw-off self-tapping closure/container package

Legal Events

Date Code Title Description
MKEX Expiry