CN1213351A

CN1213351A - Container cap with means for hanging container from supporting rod

Info

Publication number: CN1213351A
Application number: CN97192987.4A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 米克尔·迪莫捷; 克里斯托夫·布瓦西
Original assignee: Decathlon SE
Current assignee: Decathlon SE
Priority date: 1996-03-11
Filing date: 1997-03-10
Publication date: 1999-04-07
Also published as: DE69700434T2; AU2031797A; FR2745800B1; TW333514B; ES2138447T3; WO1997033814A1; ATE183472T1; DE69700434D1; FR2745800A1; EP0886611B1; BR9707968A; PL328702A1; EP0886611A1

Abstract

A container cap including a skirt (2) with an open lower end (2c) for fitting same onto a container, and a substantially planar top surface (2d) with diametrically opposed bearing portions on either side of the central axis (2a) of the skirt, and hooking means for hanging the cap from a supporting rod. The hooking means include at least two rod-engaging points below the plane of the top surface of the skirt, and consist of a hook contained within the space defined by the skirt (2), and an elongate and preferably L-shaped channel is provided in the cap for inserting the rod through the top surface (2c) of the skirt and guiding it into the hook.

Description

Jar with suspension gear on the bar

The present invention relates to a kind of cover that is used for container, it is installed on the container, and container can be hung on the cross bar of showing stand.It is specially adapted to but is not limited in the sale of container on the showing stand cross bar of gas, liquid or the pasty product that can pressurize; this container has a fog-spray nozzle; be commonly called " aerosol bullet ", " atomizer " or " atomizing cone ", cover can be protected fog-spray nozzle simultaneously and container is hung on the showing stand cross bar.

A kind of cover that is used for aforementioned container comprises an opening skirt at its base portion, so that cover can be installed on the container, also has a upper side to dividing plate, to guarantee closing of cover.

In the example of first kind of known modification,, one slide plate is installed on dividing plate in the upper side of cover for the container of the cover that will have oneself hangs on the cross bar of showing stand.Container because storage, move or sale in all damages appear at and hang on the slide plate, cover is not damaged.Yet slide plate has stoped stacking of container when storage.

For overcoming this problem, what realized is collapsible slide plate to top side direction dividing plate, and this provides the possibility that makes that container stacks.

That no matter slide plate is fixed or folding, brought variety of issue according to the slide plate of first kind of modification:

-slide plate is frangible and is pulled out easily that this has hindered the displaying of product on cross bar on the one hand, may damage the upper side of cover on the other hand to dividing plate;

-when container was placed on the showing stand cross bar, cross bar only had a fulcrum on the slide plate of cover, this instability, and may under very little external force effect, rotate around the cross bar axle;

-additional slide plate is difficult to see.

In second kind of known modification,, adopt the plastic wrapping that is commonly referred to " foamed plastic " for avoiding any damage of container.This packing can be wrapped up it fully according to the shape moldings formed therefrom of container.It also has a plane claw in addition, and an opening by cross bar is wherein arranged.

Except the damage problem of cover, this plastic wrapping has all defectives above-mentioned, and the defective below also having:

The manufacturing cost of-this packing is very expensive;

-to be packaged in the container volume that has cover in its plastic wrapping huge, and this has increased the spacing of adjacent showing stand cross bar on the one hand, has reduced the quantity that can be positioned in the container on the showing stand cross bar on the other hand; Its net result be can be on shelf sale number of containers just seldom.

The third the known modification that is documented among the patent US-A-4258857 is directly to realize the passage of showing stand cross bar in the cover of container.In the document, this passage is the rectangle center tube from cover one side to another side.

This third solution can solve all defect above-mentioned.Particularly container can stably be suspended on the cross bar, and given pipeline provides at least two fulcrums that spacing is arranged for cross bar, and this just can be avoided being suspended on the danger of the rotation of cross bar direction upper container.The container of band cover can stack when storing, because upper side has one to be suitable for the periphery coordinated mutually with container bottom to dividing plate, can be used for stable support.The suspension of container on cross bar is reliable in addition.

On the contrary, the subject matter below this solution has been brought.For avoiding product to hang on not unexpected this purpose that comes off on the cross bar, particularly when cross bar is firmly hung, showing stand cross bar or have the end of K/UP perhaps is equipped with plush copper in the end.And the suspension pipeline in the third solution forces the user penetrating into continuously on the cross bar, and perhaps them are slided in the end at cross bar when cross bar takes off container.Consequently container only can be threaded into the end and has on the cross bar of vertical direction cross section less than channel cross-section.

Can notice that this problem can not run in first and second kinds of modification in front, for these modification, suspension gear (folding slide plate or suspension claw) has only unique strong point on cross bar.In fact, in this two modification, although for penetrating cross bar or taking off container from cross bar, all needn't be by the end of cross bar, container is rotated with respect to its unique fulcrum on cross bar, and same take off or penetrate product from the end of cross bar because this rotates, and need not comprehend cross bar at its end cross-sectional height with respect to the size that hangs on slide plate or the claw by the opening of cross bar.In the third solution, be stablizing that container hangs, passage has the strong point of two separations on cross bar, very restricted with respect to the rotation of cross bar, if not impossible words.

In the 4th kind of known modification in being documented in German utility model DE-U-9108514, provide a kind of cover of U-shaped rectangle sides opening, opening is in the skirt section of cover and downward-sloping from the center of cover, and its bottom is used to hold the showing stand cross bar.This solution has overcome intrinsic defective in the third modification of front, and makes and the container that has cover directly can be suspended on the cross bar and needn't be by the end of cross bar.

On the contrary, this solution has been brought following extra major defect:

-container must make container bear moving on the oblique direction of lateral opening from use or the recovery on the cross bar; Its result compares with the solution of for example the third modification, to on shelf, lose some positions, therefore they will have enough spacings to each other on the cross bar of showing stand, and though be vertical direction or all the same in the horizontal direction so that put into or when cross bar takes off container can pass through;

The suspension of-container on cross bar is not really firm, and container has the danger that comes off during rotation in the vertical plane of cross bar axle, even under the very little situation of amplitude; Therefore when on adjacent cross bar, being hung with many commodity, have and make the accidental great risk that comes off of container;

-in this German utility model in record and the modification described, upper baffle plate at opening part has the gradient same with opening, this is unfavorable for stacking of container on the one hand, makes that on the other hand cover can not be used for working covering on the automatic assembly line that installs to container automatically; In fact on these conveyor lines, a jack applies a pressure at the upper surface that covers is embedded on the container it, therefore not unbalance when being installed on the container for cover, and must there be the profile of symmetry the top, skirt section of cover to be suitable for jack.

Certainly can imagine in theory and a upper plane dividing plate is installed on the cover of aforementioned utility model, and can use it on the automatic production line so that container can stack.However, this also will reserve big height spacing between cross bar, to allow upper side passing through to dividing plate.

For raising hangs over strong degree on the cross bar, can also in the opening of German utility model DE-U-9108514, add boss or magnet or spring, but this solution has increased the complexity that realizes and has hung on use complexity on the cross bar at container, and seems not too practical.

At last, for increasing the firm degree that hangs, it will also be appreciated that and settle one for inserting the more bevelled opening of cross bar.However, the increase of hanging firm degree in the case is unfavorable for the spacing of height between cross bar more.

The object of the present invention is to provide a kind of being used for that container is hung on cover on the showing stand cross bar, it has the advantage of aforementioned third and fourth kind of solution, and do not have these solutions intrinsic defective, that is to say it is a kind of cover, it allows the stable and suspension securely of container, it allows the user on the showing stand cross bar container to be hung up or takes off easily, the volume on crossbar end shape and the height no matter it is suitable for penetrating on the cross bar, it can keep very little the third getable gap of modification that is substantially equal between the showing stand cross bar, it allows using mold pressing that cover is installed on the container on the automatic production line, and it can also allow superimposed containers by way of parenthesis.

Cover of the present invention can be understood from patent US-A-4258857, it comprises that one has the skirt section of the lower openings face that is suitable for being loaded on the container, reach one basically above the plane, it has a radial support part with respect to the skirt section center shaft this face, and for cover being hung on the suspension gear on the cross bar, it has at least two strong points for cross bar that separate on facial plane on the skirt section.

According to the feature of invention, suspension gear constitutes a hook-shaped by the skirt section cavity, and on cover an elongated passage is arranged, and is convenient to above the skirt section by cross bar and guides it up to hook.

The further feature of invention and advantage will embody in the description to the variation example of following three kinds of jars, and this container has a cylindrical shape, and describing only is nonrestrictive example, in the accompanying drawing of institute's reference:

Fig. 1 is mounted in the end perspective view according to first kind of example of cover of the present invention on the cylindrical chamber,

Fig. 2 is the face upwarding stereogram of the cover of Fig. 1,

Fig. 3 is mounted in the end perspective view according to second kind of better example of cover of the present invention on the cylindrical chamber,

Fig. 4 is the transverse sectional view that hangs on the cover of the Fig. 3 on the showing stand cross bar B,

Fig. 5 is the birds-eye view that covers among Fig. 3 and Fig. 4,

Fig. 6 is mounted in the block diagram according to second kind of simplified example of cover of the present invention on the cylindrical chamber.

In three kinds of variation example shown in the figure, cover 1 comprises the cylinder skirt section 2 of a center shaft 2a, constituted cylindrical

sides dividing plate

2b, 2c is an opening below it, so that cover can be installed to the upper part of container A, and according to circumstances can osed top (modification of Fig. 1 to 5) or (modification of Fig. 6) of opening above it.

Cover 1 is installed on the upper part of container A by known all methods that are fit to of person of ordinary skill in the field, for example by the short transverse of the following clip in skirt section at container.In another modification, the skirt section 2 of container A and cover can be included in together so that cover the upper part that can be tightened on container A.When cover 1 was installed on the container A, the lower part 3 in skirt section 2 defined the height of inner storage container A, particularly for the distributor gears (not shown) that is stored in product in the container.

In the example shown in all, the shape of container and the shape that is suitable for the skirt section of container are columniform, and this is corresponding to general shape in aerosol bullet, atomizer or the atomizing cone type of container field.

However, invention is not limited to this special shape of container, can also use it for all known shapes of container.Therefore, the skirt section 2 of cover 1 has various polygonal profiles, or has cartouche for can be installed on the container.

According to invention, shown in the third modification in, cover 1 is in the above on the part 4, for hanging on the showing stand cross bar, have one in the skirt section 2 in-to-ins hooks, that is to say an outside with respect to skirt section side direction dividing plate, or the hook that not have protrusion with respect to the following 2c and the top 2d in skirt section.In the following description, the top 4 of cover will be called as hanging head.In addition, according to an essential characteristic of invention, in each modification, cover 1 comprises an elongated passageway, and it can make the showing stand cross bar pass through the top 2d in skirt section, and its function is up to hook with respect to the cover guide rails.The hook and the design of elongated passageway are different for each modification, and will be in each modification detail display.

In first kind of variation example shown in Fig. 1 and Fig. 2, the top 2d in skirt section 2 is by being the plane basically and endplate 5a that pass a 2a is sealed.(below be called suspended axle) passage 6 preferably cylindrical or that part is cylindrical (that is to say the shape corresponding to the showing stand cylindrical crossbar) of axle 7 realizes that in hanging head 4 it radially passes to another side from one side.Passage 6 has one to equal or less times greater than the diameter of showing stand cross bar diameter, that is to say and can be preferably between 8 millimeters to 1 centimetre between 5 millimeters to 2 centimetres.

One vertical channel 9 that is parallel to longitudinal axis 9a and diverges with respect to suspended axle 7 is arranged on hanging head 4.Bottom 10 arrival of groove 9 and cylindrical channel 6 are to the horizontal surface of cutting.The groove 11 that also has the basic horizontal that a bottom is made of lower, transverse dividing plate 5b in cover is so that vertical channel 9 and passage 6 can be linked up.Therefore, for cross bar has constituted a vertical passage, up to passage 6, be groove 11 then by groove 9 continuously from upper end dividing plate 5a.Groove 9 and 11 and passage 6 see to have L type profile from the side.

Vertical channel 9 and horizontal slot 11 have constituted the elongated passageway that makes cross bar enter and be guided passage 6.The width l of two grooves is preferably equal substantially, and equals the diameter of showing stand standard crossbar at least.

In the modification that will describe, the dividing plate 5a on passage 6 levels has formed the suspension hook 8 that is built in hanging head 4, and comprise one with the cooperative bearing surface 8a of cross bar, its length equals the diameter in skirt section 2.When cover was positioned on the cross bar, it stably was suspended on the cross bar by the length of whole bearing surface 8a.Therefore the danger of having avoided container on the longitudinal direction of cross bar, to wave.In an example shown, hang hook 8 and be placed in the vertical summetry plane in skirt section 2, this makes that the longitudinal axis of hydrostatic column remains in the vertical plane surface when container hangs on the showing stand cross bar by means of its cover 1.

The suspension of container on the showing stand cross bar that has cover 1 realizes by following method.The container that covers cover is taken position with respect to cross bar, make the inlet of groove 9 align and be positioned under the cross bar with cross bar; Lift container introducing and slip cross bar in groove 9, touch the bottom 10 of groove 9 up to the showing stand cross bar; The side travel container is so that the slip cross bar in horizontal slot 11, penetrates in the passage 6 up to cross bar; Put down container then a little, so that bearing surface 8a is contacted with cross bar.For taking off container from showing stand, only need turn above-described process around and get final product.

The description that hangs up and take off on the showing stand cross bar is appreciated that to container by top, the elongated passageway that is formed by

groove

9 and 11 can be so that cover be easy to and promptly hang up and take off from any point of cross bar, and needn't make cover slip over the free end of cross bar.

According to another feature of invention, the upper end dividing plate of the cover of Fig. 1 has a face profile, and it has with respect to the radially relative support section of skirt section 2 center shafts; This is mainly concerned with the support section 12b that the partial sum that is expressed as 12a is represented by dotted line in Fig. 1.This relative two

support section

12a, 12b makes cover to be installed in automatically on the container by means of jack, and the free end of the acting face of the bar of jack acts on two support section 12a, the 12b of 2d above the cover at least.Suppose that cover does not have this two relative support sections, this automatic fitting operation will be impossible, cover lack of equilibrium because be in when mounted under the jack pressure effect.

In addition, when the bottom of container A when being very flat, or it is when having a diameter less times greater than the light reinforcement of skirt section diameter, above the relative support section of 2d can also be used as the support section of container bottom, and for the container that has cover when they stack storage up and down, provide fill may.

In the modification of Fig. 1, the annular aperture 13 of a vertical center axis is arranged, more precisely on dividing plate 5b, in hanging head so that the inside of the bottom in skirt section 3 is communicated with in cylindrical channel 6.This can saving in material and the weight that alleviates cover.

In addition, in the manufacturing process of cover, utilize blowing engine to sort.Manufacturing equipment blasts liquid or air in the skirt section of cover.Hook 8 dividing plate constitutes the obstacle of liquid or airiness, and cover is lifted therefrom and carries, and can need the hole of large-size for linking up with 8 coverings for making it.

The lower part 3 in skirt section 2 is equipped with a ring gasket 14 and constitutes a boss with respect to the inside face in skirt section 2, and container can be supported on the ring gasket.Ring gasket has for example about 0.2 millimeter high, 1 millimeters thick.

Ring gasket is strengthened by triangle boss 15, on one side it is connected on the skirt section 2, another side is connected on the ring gasket 14.Boss 15 is evenly distributed on the whole length of ring gasket; They can have different settings and variation.They can have for example 2 millimeters height and 0.8 millimeter thickness.

Ellipse around boss 16 be installed in ring gasket below, and single or on 2 inner circumferential length of skirt section different distributions.It is used for corresponding device thereof upper support on container equally, thinks to strengthen to cover on fixing on the container.It can have for example about 0.5 millimeter thickness.

According to the better modification shown in Fig. 3 to 5, cover 1 comprises central part 17, and its vertically profiling has U-shaped.Central part 17 is made of two

vertical partition plates

18,19 and bottom 20, and they are linked to each other by circular surface.The cylindrical dividing plate in each

vertical partition plate

18,19 and skirt section 2 and upper end dividing plate 5a have determined two

pieces

21,22 with respect to skirt section 2 center shaft 2a relative, and they have a half moon on horizontal profile.The top formation two relative support portions of two

half moon pieces

21,22, they can with support portion 12a in the modification of Fig. 1 and 12b to relatively, and have advantage described above.

In Fig. 3 to 5, the built-in suspension hook for formation has less thickness e is mounted with a tongue 23, and its thickness in fact thickness with the side dividing plate 2b of cylindrical skirt 2 is suitable.This tongue begins to launch from piece 22, is that the straight line seamed edge 22a above the half moon of piece 22 begins in the embodiment shown.Tongue 22 preferably has a waveform profile (Fig. 4), and waveform constitutes by 20 the first curved portion 23a towards the bottom of piece 22 with towards the top circular arc second curved portion 23b, and is tangential on the plane above the half moon of

piece

21 and 22 basically.

The following 23c of second portion 23b is used as the bearing surface (Fig. 4) of showing stand cross bar B.According to the another one modification of invention, this bearing surface 23c hollow out somewhere refers to form the identical shaped parallel surfaces pawl that can be used as said function.

Waveform tongue 23 can be given its better rigidity.Yet for increasing the rigidity of tongue 23, it preferably is connected on the vertical partition plate 19 of piece 22 by two horizontal vertical rib 24,25 towards plane 19.In addition, the brace rod 26 that in the curve 23a of first, also has tongue 22.

In the modification of Fig. 3 to 5, have a hole 27 in the bottom 20 of U-shaped core 17.This hole 27 has the same advantage in the hole 13 of Fig. 1 and 2 modification described above.In addition, this hole 27 has a square surface, and it corresponds essentially to tongue 23 projection of 20 in the bottom, and this can reduce the cost of molding die.In fact, hole 27 allows upper and lower mould to be connected, and can avoid to realizing hanging the type heart slide block of linking up with the increase molding costs of using with respect to the modification of for example Fig. 1.

According to supplementary features, the length L of tongue 23 on its suspended axle 23e direction is less than the diameter D in skirt section 2, the bottom 20 of core 17 comprises that two one side are connected to two 21,22 two dividing

plates

18,19, is connected to two parts 20a and the 20b of tongue 23 on the other hand.Although these two parts 20a and 20b have hole 27, still make the skirt section 2 of cover on the horizontal direction 23e of suspended axle, have good rigidity.The rigidity that covers on the direction 23c that is parallel to suspended axle is provided by 21,22 of two half moon pieces.

If referring to Fig. 4,2 inside is provided with the boss 28 of the boss 16 that is similar to Fig. 2 modification in the skirt section.Vertical ridge 29 extends to the lower end in skirt section from the bottom 20 of core, a little on boss 28.This ridge can partly be strengthened the structure in skirt section in its lower section, can also make cover can be fixed on top and have on the container of ring gasket that the lower end of ridge 29 has constituted the thrust platform of container ring gasket.

The cover 1 that meets invention has been shown among Fig. 6, and it is corresponding to the simple variant of the cover of Fig. 1 and 2.According to this another way of realization, cover 1 is made of

cylindrical skirt

2, and 2d is wide-open above it.Upper part 4 in this skirt section 2 has two opening opposing 30, and two L-shaped grooves 31.2 upper limb extends to one of two openings 30 to each groove 31 from the skirt section.Two 30 openings, 30 straight lines have been relatively for cross bar provides two isolated strong points, and have played the effect of passage 6 in the modification of Fig. 1 and 2.The L shaped groove of twenty percent has been determined an elongated passageway for introducing cross bar two support section 30a of 2d above the skirt section, and they have played the effect of

groove

9 and 11.

In the modification of Fig. 6, the top opening 2d in skirt section 2 is reduced to the upper limb in skirt section, and has constituted the face profile that passes skirt section center shaft 2a.This face profile is as

relative support section

32a and 32b in the modification of Fig. 1 to 5, and play the same purpose of the part 12a of modification of Fig. 1 and 2 and 12b and had same advantage, or the same with the upper support face of the

half moon piece

21,22 of the modification of Fig. 3 to 5.

According to a development of invention, the cover of Fig. 6 embodiment shape is more suitable for the container that suspension one is closed by cap on the showing stand cross bar.Cap has a simple shape: for example it can be made of cylindrical skirt, and the one end is open, and the other end is sealed by plane clapboard, and the open end comprises the anchor fitting of container.Cover removably is fixed on the cap by various known methods, for example by magnetization, the user can, for example, take off cover-cap-integral container from the showing stand cross bar, take off cover when container leaves the shop putting into then, only reservation has the container of cap.

According to another modification, cover for good and all is fixed on the cross bar of showing stand, and the user puts into its inside with container, that is to say to utilize closing cover, and cover remains fixed on the showing stand cross bar.

In an other modification, the cover 1 of Fig. 6 can seal by a lateral partitions that is placed in opening 30 places.In this modification, identical with the modification of Fig. 1 to 5, cover contemporary closing cover, and be used for container is hung on the showing stand cross bar for container top.

Cover of the present invention is the moulded piece of plastics, particularly polymeric material preferably.

Claims

1. the cover that is used for container, be included as the skirt section (2) that a bottom opening (2c) is arranged that is installed on the container, one that have the support section radially relative with respect to skirt section center shaft (2a) is top (2d) on plane substantially, and be used for cover is hung on the suspension gear of showing on the cross bar, on the skirt section in the facial plane, at least two isolated strong points that are used for cross bar are arranged, it is characterized in that, suspension gear has one and is formed on skirt section (2) in-to-in hook-shaped, and on cover, be provided with an elongated passageway, be used to make cross bar (2c) above the skirt section to pass through, and be used for cross bar is directed into hook.

2. cover according to claim 1 is characterized in that, elongated passageway has one and becomes L shaped profile basically.

3. cover according to claim 1 and 2 is characterized in that, it is the width l of constant basically that elongated passageway has.

4. according to the described cover of one of claim 1 to 3, it is characterized in that it has a bottom lateral partitions (5b) below hook, hook has a bearing surface (8a who is used for cross bar; 23c), at bearing surface (8a; One hole (13 is arranged on the lower partition 23c) (5b); 27).

5. cover according to claim 4 is characterized in that, hook is made of a tongue (23), and hole (27) correspond essentially to the projection of tongue (23) on lower partition (5b).

6. cover according to claim 5 is characterized in that, the length (L) of tongue (23) is less than the diameter of cover, and lower partition (5b) has the two reinforcing section (20a in skirt section (2) on the both sides of tongue; 20b).

7. according to the described cover of one of claim 2 to 6, it is characterized in that, it comprises two (21,22), it has formed the core (17) that becomes U-shaped together in lower partition (5b), tongue (23) stretches in first (22) of core (17) in two, and the free edge (23d) of tongue (23) and the internal partition (18) of second (21) and lower partition (5b) have constituted the elongated passageway that takes the shape of the letter U basically for cross bar.

8. cover according to claim 7 is characterized in that, tongue (23) has thin thickness (e), and for guaranteeing its hardness, it is connected on the internal partition (19) of first (22) by at least two vertical ribs.

9. cover according to claim 8 is characterized in that, tongue (23) has a waveform profile, its first's curve from first (22) beginning towards the middle part end of (17), the second portion curve is above skirt section (2) (2d).

10. container, it is furnished with according to the described cover of one of claim 1 to 9, so that it is hung on the showing stand cross bar.

11. have the container of closing cover, it is characterized in that in order to hang, it removably is fixed on according on the described cover of one of claim 1 to 9.