CN101522539A

CN101522539A - Tube closure

Info

Publication number: CN101522539A
Application number: CNA2007800326964A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 埃卡特·沃斯; 克里斯托夫·盖贝尔格
Original assignee: Maxim Markenprodukte & Co GmbH
Current assignee: Maxim Markenprodukte & Co GmbH
Priority date: 2006-08-01
Filing date: 2007-07-27
Publication date: 2009-09-02
Also published as: EP2114784A1; DE102006035701B4; JP2009545491A; DE102006035701A1; WO2008014764A1; KR20090095540A

Abstract

A new tube body (1) with self-tightening closure cap (2), which can be used for storage and use of semisolid or liquid substances.

Description

Tube closure

Technical field

The present invention relates to a kind of novel body that has capping, also relate to the purposes that it is used to store and use the thixotropy cmpd.

Background technology

As everyone knows, pipe comprises body and closure member.Body is elongation, continual but deformable container, and it can hold flexible material, and example emulsion or toothpaste can also hold food or industrial compound.Circular or oval-shaped shell is made by plastics or sheet metal usually.Closure member opening at one end is used to take out content.This rounded opening usually is positioned at the central authorities of " pipe shoulder " and is closed by " capping ", and capping can be made by for example plastics or metal.

The content of pipe generally includes flexible material, preferred thixotropy cmpd.

In the process of using pipe, often to pipe be turned on and pipe be shut, this is tedious, so usually can forget, and causes the content drying shrinkage of pipe.In addition, the vertical type pipe has more favorable eye impressions.

Exist many improve pipe open and close and make the upright technical scheme of emulsion container.

For example, flat bottle can have been bought from the market, by piston emulsion is moved up in flat bottle and comes out from container.Yet such packing is very expensive, does not therefore almost have commercial value.

The vertical type pipe that comprises the diaphragm seals part is also known.These closure members are known in shower product field and field of food (honey and catsup) for a long time.Particularly for toothpaste, these packings are too expensive, and in addition, though barrier film is arranged, the product residue thing often rests on the bearing of this product of supply, because of rather than health very.

Be designed as the pipe of bearing lid known, but wherein the sealing of pipe and sealing still can not fully be solved.

Put down in writing a kind of tube closure among DE 196 39 124 A1, this tube closure comprises cylindrical bottom portion 1 and capping 3, this bottom be designed as the pipe shoulder and at one end side have the outlet 2, this capping can be installed on the bottom 1, if and capping 3 is installed on the bottom 1, then outlet 2 is sealed in capping, in this tube closure, bottom 1 has on its circumference and extends beyond about quadrant and with respect to the grooves 4 at 5 one-tenth 85～60 degree of the axis of bottom 1 angle, be preferably 80～70 degree angles, capping 3 has the piece 6 (" Breech block ") of protrusion in the inside of its circumference, when capping 3 is placed on the bottom 1, protrudes piece 6 and snap in the groove 4.

The guiding piece that guiding pipe enters tube closure is documented in the 2nd hurdle the 16th～33 row in the document.Inclination (bayonet type closure member) by latch groove realizes guiding.

In addition, put down in writing a kind of device that is used for fixing pipe and plastic bottle among DE 21 61 237 A1, wherein pipe and plastic bottle all are furnished with and outwards are cylindrical-conical oral area, inside at oral area is provided with passage, pipe and plastic bottle are placed vertically in fixing part, the inside of fixing part is manufactured into towards the cone of oral area and draws, and oral area is screwed onto by negative thread on the threaded connector that is fastened on the enclosure bottom simultaneously, has sealed the passage in the oral area thus.

Put down in writing a kind of tube closure of bayonet type among DE 199 24 730 A1.

Put down in writing the wall type fixing part that a kind of pipe is used among DE7 409 723 U1.

Summary of the invention

The purpose of this invention is to provide a kind of pipe that stands upright in the bearing, described pipe can at any time need not to be removed under the situation of opening operation, and after using, with similar plain mode pipe is back in the bearing, the content of pipe can drying shrinkage like this, does not need a lot of extra costs yet.For example, can also close such pipe so that transportation by stationary mode.

The invention provides a kind of novel body that has capping, the bottom surface of described capping

Be circular or oval-shaped, wherein said bottom surface is designed to the osed top stationary plane, the another side of described capping be designed to pack into the recess of described body, wherein latching cam or the O-ring cone that has a Breech block are set on the upper limb of described recess, and correspondingly, at least one latch groove is set in the outlet of described body, it is characterized in that

Sealing member is set at the centre of the bottom of described capping, and seals the outlet of described body, and

Be provided with guiding piece, described guiding piece is used for the center at the described body in the process location of described capping that described body is packed into.

Compare with the tube closure of putting down in writing among DE 196 39 124 A1, according to the present invention, it is to realize by the guiding piece in capping inside (recess) that introduction pipe body enters capping.

Advantage according to such guiding piece of the present invention is, the bump on the bottom of pipe and recess is cooperated, and is right rather than must close simultaneously.

In addition, known bayonet type closure member has two major defects that can be overcome by closure member of the present invention:

Owing to the design-calculated reason, in known bayonet type closure member, when the disposed tubes period of the day from 11 p.m. to 1 a.m, 50% the probability latch groove of only having an appointment can be stuck in the groove of setting, seals up pipe thus, and sticks with stable manner.But always can arrive this position according to the present invention.

Known bayonet type closure member always needs with the hands to operate and fixes them, but the present invention only needs to operate with one hand.Yet be threaded with the routine of pipe and compare, with the hands operate, operate with one hand and but made things convenient for use to a great extent without any advantage.

The specific embodiment

For example, can realize the present invention by following preferred embodiment.

According to first preferred embodiment (modification A, Fig. 1), latching cam is set on the upper limb of recess, and correspondingly, at least one latch groove is set in the outlet of body,

Wherein seal receptacle is set at the centre of the bottom of capping, and the outlet of sealed tube body, and

Wherein guiding piece is set on the pipe shoulder, is used for the center at the process location of capping that body is packed into body.

Shape at the seal receptacle of the centre of the bottom of capping can be designed to semisphere, nail shape, taper shape or pyramid.The height of described seal receptacle is generally 0.5～10mm, is preferably 2～5mm, and seal receptacle cooperates with the outlet of body when pipe is in open mode, seals up pipe, prevents that product from flowing out and prevents that dust from entering from the external world.

It is shocking, the body (modification A) that has capping according to the present invention allows at any time to need not to take off pipe under the situation of opening operation, and after using, with similar plain mode pipe is back in the bearing, the content of pipe can drying shrinkage like this, does not need a lot of extra costs yet.By rotating capping, latching cam is stuck in the latch groove, therefore closes pipe with stationary mode, for example so that transportation.

Another preferred embodiment (modification B according to the present invention, Fig. 3), the outlet of body is designed to the O-ring cone, seal receptacle on the bottom of O-ring cone and capping cooperates, the attaching parts of connection pipe is designed the auxiliary member as center of location, wherein be provided with the locking closure flange, the locking closure flange is installed in the capping movably, and is stuck in the process of closed tube in the groove above the O-ring cone of pipe on the shoulder.

Seal receptacle on the bottom of capping can be designed to cylinder, and the O-ring cone is sitting on the cylinder.The semisphere that seal receptacle also can be designed to cooperate with the pipe opening, nail shape, taper shape or pyramid, thus seal up the content of pipe.

A it is shocking as modification, can at any time need not corresponding to the body that has capping according to the present invention of modification B to take off pipe under the situation of opening operation, and after using, with similar plain mode pipe is back in the bearing, the content of pipe can drying shrinkage like this, does not need a lot of extra costs yet.By pipe is pressed in the capping, stable terminal location when making the Breech block that is movably connected by film hinge and capping and seal receptacle leave open position, another stable terminal location when arriving detent position, Breech block is stuck in the latch groove on the body there, make to close pipe, for example so that transportation with stationary mode.

By body is extracted from capping, open pipe in the corresponding way, the result, the Breech block that is movably connected by film hinge and capping and seal receptacle tilts and leaves that close, stable terminal location, that arrival is opened, stable terminal location, thus body opened.

These two kinds of modification all are very suitable for the packing of thixotropy cmpd.

Within the scope of the invention, the guiding piece that is used to locate the body center can preferably be arranged on the pipe shoulder.

Within the scope of the invention, the thixotropy cmpd is " non-Newtonian fluid ", and when suffering the shearing stress continuous action, viscosity descends.After shearing stress stops, returning to initial viscosity again.

The vertical type capping of these two kinds of modification can be designed to cylindrical or other shapes, in order to obtain better stability, is designed to truncated taper shape, and the bottom surface can be circular or oval-shaped, makes that pipe always can be firmly upright.

The size of the bottom surface of pipe lid is corresponding to the size of body.Under typically have a diameter from 40～80mm, in preferred cylindrical-conical embodiment, described diameter upwards diminishes gradually, is about 20～50mm near the diameter of pipe side.

The height of pipe lid is generally 20～50mm.

The pipe lid that can have each parts usually according to conventional injection moulding production.

Equally, can produce the body that has latch groove, for example injection moulding according to known mode itself.

The body that has capping according to of the present invention is described with reference to Fig. 1～Fig. 3.

Fig. 1 promptly is in the use location at the modification A that is in open mode shown in front view and the lateral plan.Fig. 2 is at the modification A that is in transporting position shown in front view and the lateral plan.In both cases, Reference numeral 1 refers to body, and Reference numeral 2 refers to capping, is sealed on to have latching cam 3.1 on the upper limb, latching cam is not stuck in the latch groove 4.1 when the position of Fig. 1, but latching cam is stuck in the latch groove 4.1 when the position of Fig. 2.The pipe shoulder is designed to bourrelet 5.The sealed seat 7 of pipe opening seals up.The bottom of pipe lid comprises vent window 6, and vent window 6 also is used for cleaning pipe lid.

Fig. 3 illustrates the capping of modification B, under each situation of transporting position 3a and use location 3b, selected Reference numeral is similar to modification A: Reference numeral 1 and Reference numeral 2 refer to body and capping respectively, O-ring cone 3.2 of Chu Xianing and cover lock 4.2 have replaced latch groove and the cam of modification A herein, and bourrelet 5 herein, vent window 6 and seal receptacle 7 are similar to modification A.

Another theme of the present invention is the purposes that a kind of body that has capping is used to store and use semisolid or liquid compound, and the bottom surface of described capping is circular or oval-shaped,

Wherein said bottom surface is designed to the osed top stationary plane, the another side of described capping be designed to pack into the recess of described body,

Wherein latching cam or the O-ring cone that has a Breech block are set on the upper limb of described recess, and correspondingly, at least one latch groove is set in the outlet of described body,

Wherein sealing member is set at the centre of the bottom of described capping, and seals the outlet of described body, and

Wherein guiding piece is set on the pipe shoulder, is used for the center at the described body in the process location of described capping that described body is packed into.

Within the scope of the invention, semisolid or liquid compound can be thixotropic.

Within the scope of the invention, the body that has a capping is preferred for storing and using cosmetic formulations.

Within the scope of the invention, preferred cosmetic formulations can be ointment, emulsion or gel.

Cosmetic formulations with thixotropic property can be for example toothpaste, imitative glue or the emulsion of shining.

Particularly preferably be and be used for toothpaste.

Within the scope of the invention, the body that has a capping is preferred for storing and using the industrial materials with thixotropic property.

Industrial materials with thixotropic property can be for example aquaseal and paint.

Within the scope of the invention, the body that has a capping is preferred for storing and using the food with thixotropic property.

Food with thixotropic property can be for example mustard, catsup and honey.

Reference numerals list

2 cappings of 1 body

3.1 latching cam (modification A) 3.2 O-ring cones (modification B)

4.1 latch groove (modification A) 4.2 cover locks (modification B)

5 bourrelets, 6 vent windows

7 seal receptacles

Claims

1. body that has capping, the bottom surface of described capping is circular or oval-shaped, wherein said bottom surface is designed to the osed top stationary plane, the another side of described capping be designed to pack into the recess of described body, wherein latching cam or the O-ring cone that has a Breech block are set on the upper limb of described recess, and correspondingly, at least one latch groove is set in the outlet of described body, it is characterized in that, sealing member is set at the centre of the bottom of described capping, and the outlet of sealing described body, and being provided with guiding piece, described guiding piece is used for the center at the described body in the process location of described capping that described body is packed into.

2. the body that has capping as claimed in claim 1, it is characterized in that, latching cam is set on the upper limb of described recess, and correspondingly, at least one latch groove is set in the outlet of described body, and seal receptacle is set at the centre of the bottom of described capping, and seals the outlet of described body, and guiding piece is set on the pipe shoulder, is used for the center at the described body in the process of described capping that described body is packed into location.

3. the body that has capping as claimed in claim 1 or 2 is characterized in that, the height of described seal receptacle is 0.5～10mm, and described seal receptacle cooperates with the outlet of described body when described pipe is in open mode.

4. the body that has capping as claimed in claim 1, it is characterized in that, the outlet of described body is designed to the O-ring cone, seal receptacle on the bottom of described O-ring cone and described capping cooperates, the attaching parts that connects described pipe is designed the auxiliary member as center of location, wherein be provided with the locking closure flange, described locking closure flange can be installed on the bottom of described capping with resetting, and is stuck in the process of the described pipe of sealing in the groove above the described O-ring cone of pipe on the shoulder.

5. a body that has a capping is used to store and use the purposes of semisolid or liquid compound, and the bottom surface of described capping is circular or oval-shaped,

Wherein be provided with guiding piece, described guiding piece is used for the center at the described body in the process location of described capping that described body is packed into.

6. purposes as claimed in claim 5 is used for storing and using the thixotropy cmpd.

7. as claim 5 or 6 described purposes, be used for storing and using cosmetic formulations.

8. as claim 5 or 6 described purposes, be used for storing and using toothpaste, emulsion or gel.

9. as claim 5 or 6 described purposes, be used for storing and using the raw material of industry.

10. as claim 5 or 6 described purposes, be used for storing and using food.