CN1207713A

CN1207713A - Beverage can device

Info

Publication number: CN1207713A
Application number: CN96199599A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 彼得·康拉德·比扬森
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1995-11-24
Filing date: 1996-11-22
Publication date: 1999-02-10
Anticipated expiration: 2016-11-22
Also published as: KR19990071552A; AU717287B2; NZ323473A; EP0869907B1; CN1088031C; BR9611453A; CA2238078C; ATE212938T1; EP0869907A1; AU1042697A; NO964469L; NO964469D0; JP2000500420A; DE69619135D1; WO1997019001A1; MX9804089A; PL326675A1; NO305473B1; CA2238078A1

Abstract

A device for a beverage can, wherein the top (1') of the container (1) has a depressed portion (6), and wherein the top surface (3') of the can has a detachable section (4) connected to a pouring aperture generating pull means (3). The depressed portion interacts with a cover (2; 13; 13'; 20), optionally designed to have or to form a cavity. Said cavity is capable of accommodating an article or a foodstuff. The cover, optionally its effected cavity, may in addition be provided with legible information, for example, an advertisement.

Description

Beverage can device

The present invention relates to as disclosed beverage can device in 1,2 and 3 preambles of claims.In addition, the invention still further relates to as the disclosed a kind of jar that can stacked type of claim 14.

Departure point of the present invention is to provide covering as well as possible to the top of beverage can and/or bottom, and making mainly can be by pollutions such as dirt, dusts along the top portion of its pouring spout at jar, and can guarantee simultaneously jar can be stacked and the outer bottom area that can utilize jar.

US Patent 4 927 048 relates to a kind of beverage can with health lid, and this health lid is designed to be shelved on above the top portion of jar, and folds around the cylindrical portions may of jar and the crimping between its top.The orientation of this health lid must with the position alignment of pouring out the hole of jar so that expose the drawing crack device of pouring out the hole and producing this hole when tearing this lid.In automation process, this needs quite expensive equipment to guarantee that this is orientated mutually, and simultaneously, folding operation causes the reduction of capacity rating again.

Knownly provide a kind of beverage can with dustproof lid in US Patent 5 131 554, this dustproof lid is riveted on and is used to tear the drawing crack device of pouring out the hole.Therefore this lid is designed to concordant with the top of jar fully, and needs a kind of common obsolete jar of type.

In the technical scheme that US Patent 5 273 176 proposes, on the top of jar, dispose the lid that can upwards rotate, and the edge of lid surpasses the outer peripheral edges of tank top.This lid has a through hole that is used for straw shape suction pipe, and so locatees with respect to the hole of pouring out of jar, makes to open when pouring out the hole, and the above-mentioned through hole on this lid is corresponding to pouring out the hole.The purpose of such scheme also is can close this lid after the sucking-off beverage with straw shape suction pipe from jar.

The shortcoming of this known solution is owing to reduced the flange connector on jar, thereby aspect packing for example the configuration of six one packings in fact become impossiblely, what so just influenced jar can stacked property.

The technical scheme of US Patent 5 139 163 is the scheme of picture US Patent 5 273 176 explanations a bit.In this known solution because lid is shelved on the outside of tank top, and no longer can use the flange of tank top, so assemble packing for example six one packings become impossible fully.This lid has tear device, so as can to get at jar pour out hole and its drawing crack device.Just as in other known solution like that, even the advantage that the user likes this lid to have, but the lid of configuration and jar pouring spout between also need the mutual orientation that matches.Yet this technical scheme is difficult to combine with automation process.

A kind of beverage can with sealing member of US Patent 4 708 257 explanation, the sealing part is bonding or tighten at the top of jar, and is contaminated to prevent the tank top.The sealing part is made up of circular membrane or metallic paper, and this film is just rolled when a side is torn this film.

US Patent 4 651 890 discloses a kind of technical scheme, in this scheme on the downside of jar peelable bag of configuration, contain the wetability wiping arrangement in the bag, directly drinking in the jar top of available this wiping arrangement cleaning beverage jar before the beverage.

US Patent 1 879 517 relates to a kind of jar, bottle etc., and wherein Guan top or bottom also have other top cover or lid except that real top cover and lid, and this additional top cover or lid can comprise certain article.

US Patent 3 638 787 relates to a kind of special package, and also with several can packages together, this frangible unit is not the part of actual jar to this package, but can stash by packing except being used for certain frangible unit.This scheme is particularly suitable for packing the frangible object that can not carry out mechanical packaging.

US Patent 3 112 824 relates to a kind of jar or bottle, and wherein a lid that comprises certain article is equipped with at the top of this jar or bottle.

US Patent 4 917 258 relate to a kind of can top cover of quick-snap on beverage can.

US Patent 2 804 201 relates to a kind of technical scheme, according to this scheme, and the top that top cover is configured in jar, this is canned a can opening key, and this top cover is when rotating and the engagement of can opening key.

US Patent 2 120 403 relates to a kind of technical scheme, and wherein, the advertising matter of certain form can be configured on the actual can opening key that is fixed in a usual manner on the tank top.Demonstrate this top cover and have various designs, in these designs, can make top cover and jar cavity between the space comprise certain article.

European patent is announced 404 734 examples that another kind of prior art is shown, wherein, the edge of beverage can has a buckle drinking spout, make the people's metal of direct contact beverage can not drink beverage in the jar, and this device can also cover the hole of leading in jar chamber of exposing reliably, temporary close lid if desired, this device is practical.

The purpose of this invention is to provide a kind of technical scheme about beverage can, according to this scheme, being configured in the lip-deep lid of tank deck can connect with plain mode.

Said apparatus and feature that can stacked type jar have been described in the following claims.

Purpose of the present invention still provides a technical scheme, and wherein, the covering of pouring out the hole of jar can combine with other advantage, and simultaneously, the present invention has been found that other possibility of utilizing the surface on this beverage can.

Be described in more detail the present invention with reference to the accompanying drawings.

Fig. 1～5 illustrate first embodiment of apparatus of the present invention.

Fig. 6 and 7 illustrates second embodiment of apparatus of the present invention, and this device has dissimilar connections between lid and beverage can.

Fig. 8 and 9 illustrates the 3rd embodiment of apparatus of the present invention, and this device has dissimilar connections between lid and beverage can.

Figure 10,11,12 and 13 illustrates the fixing alternative in groups of jar embodiment illustrated in fig. 8.

Figure 14 and 15 illustrates the 3rd embodiment of apparatus of the present invention, the modification of technical scheme shown in its

representative graph

9 and 13.

Figure 16～18 illustrate the 4th embodiment of apparatus of the present invention.

Figure 19～21 illustrate the 5th embodiment of apparatus of the present invention.

Fig. 1 illustrates lid 2 and how to be configured on the beverage can 1.Jar 1 has drawing crack device 3, and the weakening part 4 on this device starting tank top is poured out the hole thereby form.

As shown in Figure 5, lid 2 can be for example arch.Can have printed patterns 5 on the lid 2, printed advertising for example, among the figure only the form with alphabetical ABC represent as an example.But should be appreciated that any type of print content all is possible.Perhaps, this printed patterns can adopt the form of the impression in the lid stock, and for example impression forms in the forming technology of lid.This lid can be the bright or partially transparent of full impregnated, but also can imagine and obtain, and lid can be opaque, because added for example coating of protective paint form.In addition, can also make lid 2 reflected light, so that the information that provides is provided more on lid.Can see from Fig. 1, lid 2 is designed to can be embedded in the recessed portion of container top, makes the wall 6 of recessed portion be pressed in basically on the outer peripheral edges of lid, and this point can be seen clearlyer from Fig. 5.

Before the jar turned letter, lid 2 can be isolated the pouring spout of dust and foul and jar effectively.

The connected system of lid that is shown in Fig. 1～5 is for being useful especially under those situations with impression form printing picture and character in print advertisements or the material at lid for example in that printed patterns is provided on the lid only.In this case, lid is preferably opaque.As shown in Figure 4, in this case, lid is made of plate portion 7, and this part has the diagonal angle and disposes sweptback opposed fixed plate 8 and 9.These fixed plates are designed to be pressed downward when go up tank top 3 ' when lid 2, sheet 8 and 9 is just to the front surface bending of lid 2 or plate portion 7, as shown in arrow 10, so the top surface 3 ' that just is engaged on jar of fixed plate and and pouring out between the above-mentioned drawing crack device 3 of hole 4 bonded assemblys.The angle of inclination of this fixed plate are preferably between 40～50 °, but this scope necessarily can not be regarded limitation of the present invention as.As shown in Figure 5, when lid 2 was in place, its top portion 7 will be a little forward or K/UP, and sheet 8 and 9 then remains parallel to the surface 3 ' of tank top basically.So just can obtain lid is contained in effective ways on the beverage can top.No matter the advantage of technical scheme shown in Fig. 1～5 is fixed plate 21 and the 22 mutual orientations with respect to drawing crack device 3 orientation with the 3 generation engagements of drawing crack device.Therefore this installation method shown in Fig. 1～5 is particularly suitable for installing automatically lid 2.When lid 2 was contained in position shown in Figure 5, in fact this lid 2 was under the effect of tension force.

Another improvement of the present invention also is shown in Fig. 6 to 9, and wherein, lid is designed to a chamber, and this lid in fact is made to has top 11 and lower part 12, and these parts are in fact corresponding to the top 1 ' and the lower part 1 of beverage can 1 " design.Yet can easily observe, the degree of depth of the top 11 of lid and the recessed portion of lower part 12 is respectively less than the top 1 ' and the lower part 1 of jar " degree of depth of recessed portion.Lid in this case is designated by numeral 13.This lid has tear portion 4 '.The lid that is similar to beverage can in appearance has axial length L 2, and this length is significantly less than the axial length L 1 of beverage can.Do not limit example of the present invention as one, the axial length of lid 13 approximates 20～50% of beverage can 1 axial length.The lid 13 that is the canister form can utilize adhesive securement on beverage can, shown in Fig. 6 and 8.In the embodiment of Fig. 6, the lower tilt part 12 of lid 13 scribbles lining cement, and in the embodiment of Fig. 8, scribbles lining cement on the lower tilt part 14 of beverage can.In the embodiment of Fig. 7 and 9,13 of lid parts are by adhesive strip or tighten coating plastic 16 and be fixed on the beverage can.

As shown in figure 10, the unit after the assembling is made up of jar 1 and bottom 13, and this unit can constitute for example part of six packings of packaging of multi-pieces.The unit of six assembling jars comprises three

jars

1 and 3 bottom 13, and this unit is fixing with known plastic film 15 with known method, and this plastic film has the hole, and the edge in this hole forms secure engagement with the lower edge of the crimping flange of jar.

Figure 11 illustrates for example four packings that

unit

1,13 constitutes of another kind of packaged form, and wherein packing plastics film 17 extends around the top of unit, the top and the bottom of bottom unit.Plastic film can be the pattern of choosing wantonly with handle 18.Selectively use corresponding 1,13 in bonding each unit of adhesives, so that packing.Yet to understanding and carrying out when of the present invention, this is not a qualifications.

Figure 12 illustrates, and container 13 can be substituted and form jar 1 top cover 13 '.In this case, be lid 13 ' and jar 1 to be bonded together easily, so that optionally adopt the same manner shown in Figure 11 with a plurality of unit packages with adhesives.In this case, lid 13 ' is designed to lid or canister 13 shown in Fig. 6～9 identical, and wherein canister 13 ' is bonded on jar 1, utilize supporting plastic film 19 with the mode of shown in Figure 10 and explanation will be for example six pack fixing and packagings and be in the same place.Yet should be appreciated that within the scope of the invention and can imagine the packing method that obtains other.

Can be to this with reference to Figure 13, wherein three configuration of cells become a post, and each unit is made up of jar 1 and lid 13, and the transition portion between the unit utilizes adhesive strip or skin packaging plastic strip 16 to connect.

As the examples of substances of adorning in lid or canister 13 or 13 ', it can be solid or liquid article, comprises introductory sample, peanut, chocolate and other food or the fillip of general trial test sample, for example new product.Can find out at once that the lid that is formed by canister 13 or 13 ' can stamp picture and text, for example be printed on the lip-deep advertisement of outer peripheral face and top and bottom.

Figure 14 illustrates a kind of technical scheme, wherein lid 20 has recess 21, this recess can cooperate jar 1 outer peripheral edges or sloping portion 14, has axially outstanding integral part 22 at the opposite side of lid, and the periphery of this integral part can be contained on the inwall 6 of recessed portion of adjacent beverage can 1.Be important to note that lid 20 has cross-sectional plane part D2, this D2 is not more than the cross-sectional plane part D1 of beverage can.The support pads that lid 20 in the illustrated embodiment is used for constituting jar adopts for example vegetable cork or other material, the following laminar surface that this material is can scratch not placed thereon with beverage can 1.

Between the recess of recessed portion 21 and pot bottom, can place article, for example the article of from following one group of article, selecting: the change of be worn over the badge on the western-style clothes lapel, the little art work, little CD, lottery ticket, printed matter, nicknack, souvenir, shopping coupon, sample, napkin, cleansing tissue, trial test sample, advertisement, looking for.The chamber of using above-mentioned space or changing is particularly suitable for selling beverage can or bottle on automatic vending machine.

As the surrogate of cork beverage, lid 20 can be with the flexible plastic that does not for example cause scratch under normal operation or other material.Lid 20 can also selectively be made of wood fiber material.

In order to sell device shown in Figure 14, can or tighten plastic tape 23 with splicing tape lid 20 is fixed on the beverage can 1 with appropriate methods.Yet this is not precluded between jar 1 and the lid 20 and uses adhesive spots.The unit of selling shown in Figure 15 is the unit that is made of three jar/

lids

1,20 altogether.Transition portion between the unit utilizes splicing tape or tightens the coating plastic band and fixes.Perhaps can carry out being connected of jar with explanation by the illustration of Figure 11.

Though the material of the most handy making beverage can of above-mentioned lid for example aluminum is done, this can not stop selects for use other material to make lid.Optionally other material can be rigidity or flexible thermoplastic plastic or wood fiber material, the material that comprises cornstarch or other starch-based product and selectable suitable deflation clad material.Yet the selection that should be noted that lid stock never should be regarded the restriction to the principle of the invention and scope as.

Though for above-mentioned lid, do not have to consider to be used for directly covering the top and the outward flange of jar fully, nothing can prevent at top portion configuration protection film for example aluminium film or plastic film.Yet; when in the illustrative mode mode shown in Figure 13 and 15 and during for example with the conspicuous variant supplying tank of technical personnel assembly; can see immediately; these or deflation coating plastic can also partly provide the hygienic protection to the drinking rim of beverage can, and this deflation coating plastic is configured along the transition portion between this unit of jar/cover unit and adjacency.The carrier band spare that is positioned at top, this unit can easily make and make it cover the top edge of upper can 1 fully.In technical scheme shown in Figure 11, utilize jar 1 and the deflation plastics between the lid 13 ' can guarantee that drinking rim keeps clean in each unit.If canister 13 ' also has the top that the crimping flange is housed, then junctional membrane up can be moved on to this part of jar 13 '.

In the embodiment shown in Figure 16 to 18, are used on the beverage can 25 that is preferably stacked-up type but lid 24 is predetermined, wherein Guan top has recessed portion 26 and along another recessed edge of the inwall 28 of recessed portion.As previously mentioned, this jar designs in a known way, is connected in the separate section that forms the drawing crack device 30 of pouring out the hole but have.

This lid is designed to embed recessed portion 26, and has chamber 24 ' or recess at its rear portion.The wall 28 of recessed portion surrounds the circumference of lid and pressing the periphery of this lid at least basically on one section axial length.

This alternate embodiments is characterised in that, lid 24 has the sealed lip 31 along its upper outside edge, this lip is designed to be pressed against on the above-mentioned inwall 28, and this lid 24 also has the flange 32 along its underpart outer ledge, and this flange is designed to embed in the above-mentioned recessed edge 27.When in recessed portion 26 that lid 24 is pressed downwardly onto jar and the edge 27, in same operation, can between the top surface 26 ' of the back of lid 24 and jar, produce vacuum by vacuumizing just during the push operation.Flange 32 the most handy a kind of material, when lid 24 is pressed in the recessed portion 26 and vacuumizes simultaneously, this material just bears lateral expansion and enters recessed edge 27, can improve bonding thus and the sealing, thereby remain on lid 24 and jar recessed

portion

26,37 between above-mentioned vacuum.In addition, also can provide lining cement 34, so that further guarantee above-mentioned vacuum by the adhesive effect that strengthens between the flange 32 of edge 27 and lid at recessed 27 places, edge.

This lid has the sheet of tearing 33, just eliminated above-mentioned the time when tearing lid 24 and jar recessed

portion

26,27 between above-mentioned vacuum, thereby flange 32 and recessed edge 27 are thrown off, make and to take off the lid 24 and the article (not shown) of any splendid attire wherein.

Therefore the present invention not only can cover the hole of pouring out of beverage can, and stamps advertisement or information on the lid of the top that is positioned at beverage can 1 or bottom or these two positions, but also can make article or the sample that comprises the liquid or solid shape in the above-mentioned lid.When for example supplying with the unit that three packings, four packings, six pack etc., be to be understood that, can its corresponding lid of beverage can 1 13,13 ' is together fixed to one another in simple mode, but also can guarantee by this way that drinking rim is capped or can optionally utilize the wiping arrangement of in the cavity of lid or recess, placing to clean.

In the technical scheme shown in Figure 19～21, lid 13 is configured to cover the recessed bottom 37 of jar.Yet this lid 13 also can cover the recessed top 6 of jar, as shown in Figure 7.The assembly of jar 1 and lid 13 is surrounded by the container 35 of upward opening then, and this container preferably makes the form of drinking glasses plastics or glass.Drinking glasses can be made with a kind of transparent, semi-translucent or opaque material.The outside face of glass can selectively provide ornament, information or show and colour as jar.

Yet importantly, when hold tank 1, lid 13 and glass 35, dust and dirt can not enter container, promptly can not enter the space between jar/assembly of lid and container 35 inwalls.Therefore sealing arrangement 36 is set on the top 35 ' of container 35, this device for example can separate by tearing.The sealing device can be the sealing band of the material strips that for example can heat tightens, sealing shroud, for example splicing tape.Sealing arrangement 36 and jar circumferential surface sections 1 of 1/ lid, 13 assemblies, for example as shown in figure 20 part 1 of jar forms sealing contact.

Though it is not shown in Figure 19～21, but be understood that, such shown in the following figure of erect image with the explanation of being done, this lid can be contained in jar 1 the recessed portion 6 (seeing Fig. 1～15) or be contained in the recessed portion 38 (seeing Figure 16～19) of lid 13, and this depends on jar 1 or lid 13 is in jar the top of 1/ lid, 13 assemblies.

Technical scheme shown in Figure 19 is best in the following cases, that is: wish the situation of selling or distributing with one unit in actual conditions, wherein this unit comprises the another kind of beverage of jar 1, splendid attire of a kind of beverage of splendid attire or the solid food for example lid 13 and the drinking glasses 35 of peanut.

Claims

1. one kind is preferably the device of can stacked type beverage can using, and wherein the bottom and/or the top of jar (1) have recessed portion; Jar the top have be connected in form the drawing crack device (3) pour out the hole but separate section (4); Lid (2) is set in recessed portion, and this lid (2) is designed to a chamber or has groove at its rear portion; The wall of recessed portion is also pressing the periphery of this lid at least basically on one section axial length around the circumference of lid, it is characterized in that, the sweptback sheet that is relatively fixed (8,9) that has two diagonal angles configurations at the rear portion of lid (2), this fixed plate are designed to can mesh between the top surface of jar and above-mentioned tear device (3) when the anterior direction of lid is crooked when the top (3 ') of lid (2) being pressed to downwards jar makes fixed plate.

2. one kind is preferably the device of can stacked type beverage can using, and wherein the bottom and/or the top of jar (1) have recessed portion; Jar the top have be connected in form the drawing crack device (3) pour out the hole but separate section (4), it is characterized in that lid (13; 13 '; 20) have the top that corresponds essentially to beverage can (1) and the top and the lower part of bottom, this lid is designed to cover the recessed portion at pot bottom or top; Lid has axial length (L2), and this length is significantly less than the axial length (L1) of beverage can.

3. one kind is preferably the device of can stacked type beverage can using, wherein Guan top has recessed portion (26) and along another recessed edge (27) of this recessed portion inwall (28), also have be connected in form the drawing crack device (30) of pouring out the hole but separate section (29); Lid (24) is set in recessed portion, and this lid is designed to have chamber (24 ') or has groove at its rear portion; The wall of this recessed portion (28) surrounds the circumference of lid and pressing the periphery of this lid basically on its at least a portion axial length, it is characterized in that, lid (24) has leak free lip (31) along its upper outside edge, this lip is intended contacting with above-mentioned inwall (28), this lid also has flange (32) along its underpart outer ledge, this flange is designed to be embedded in the above-mentioned recessed edge (27), by in the recessed portion (26) that lid (24) is configured in jar and the rear portion of lid and jar top surface between produce vacuum.

4. device as claimed in claim 3 is characterized in that, flange (32) is made of a kind of material, when lid presses downward to recessed portion (26) and when vacuumizing simultaneously, and this material production lateral expansion and enter recessed edge (27).

5. as claim 3 or 4 described devices, it is characterized in that, lining cement (34) is set in recessed edge (27), so that bond to the flange (32) of lid (24).

6. as claim 2,3 or 4 described devices, it is characterized in that lid (13; 13 ') has tear portion (4 ').

7. device as claimed in claim 2 is characterized in that, lid (13; 13 '; 20) utilize lining cement or clad material to be fixed on jar (1).

8. as claim 2,6 or 7 described devices, it is characterized in that lid (13; 13 '; 20) axial length (L2) be beverage can axial length (L1) 20～50%.

9. as one in the claim 2,6～8 or multinomial described device, it is characterized in that lid (13; 13 '; 20) be suitable for the food or the fillip of carrying liquid or solid form.

10. as one in the claim 2～9 or multinomial described device, it is characterized in that lid (13; 13 '; 20) be suitable for article-containing.

11., it is characterized in that this lid (13) is configured to cover the recessed portion of jar (1) as one in the claim 2,6,7 or 8 or multinomial described device; The assembly of jar (1) and lid is surrounded by the container (35) of upward opening in whole or in part.

12. device as claimed in claim 11, it is characterized in that, the material strips, sealing shroud or the sealing band that one discerptible sealing arrangement (36) is set around the top (35 ') of container (35), for example can heat tighten, the circumferential surface sections of sealing device and said modules (1 "), for example part of jar (1) or the part formation sealing contact of lid (13).

13., it is characterized in that container (35) is made the form of drinking glasses as claim 11 or 12 described devices.

14. one kind can stacked type jar, wherein the bottom of container and/or top have recessed portion, and topmost and the bottom aduncate end is set so that can with container be positioned at it above and/or following jar mutually stacked, this jar made has remarkable little bottom and top; Jar top surface have be connected in form the drawing crack device (3) pour out the hole but separate section (4 '), it is characterized in that jars (13; 13 ') have axial length, this length significantly less than the axial length of known beverage can (1) own, is preferably 20～50% of beverage can (1) axial length; This jar is as the top of this known beverage can (1) itself or the separated lid of bottom.

15. as claimed in claim 14 jar, it is characterized in that this jar carrying liquid or machine made food or fillip, perhaps article-containing.