CN1644462A

CN1644462A - Closable container

Info

Publication number: CN1644462A
Application number: CN200410103000.0A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 詹姆斯·科林厄姆
Original assignee: ITW Ltd
Current assignee: ITW Ltd
Priority date: 2004-01-20
Filing date: 2004-12-29
Publication date: 2005-07-27
Also published as: AU2005200150B2; EP1557368A1; US20050156019A1; GB0401241D0; DE602004010057D1; EP1557368B1; AU2005200150A1; ZA200500429B

Abstract

The present application describes a closable container having an opening which is closed by a flap of the container, the flap having an aperture which registers with a lock unit formed on a wall or side of the container, the lock unit having an opening for receiving the head of a breakable seal which locks into the opening in such a manner that it cannot be removed without breaking, the seal in its inserted position locking the flap over the lock unit in a tamper evident fashion, wherein the opening of the lock unit is arranged on one side of the lock unit, whereby in use the seal is inserted substantially parallel to the plane of the flap.

Description

Closable container

Technical field

The present invention relates to a kind of closable container, for example have the box of band detachable cap top cover, the bag of band detachable cap or bag.Container has a lock assembly that detachable cap is supporting with it, and detachable cap is locked in its closed condition with a latch fitting of easily disposing.

Background technology

A kind of bag that has the slide fastener opening has been described in GB-A-1424680.As illustrated in the document, easily the latch fitting of disposing (generally being called mouth piece) has a head, a bar portion (stem) and an intercalation part (plug).Intercalation part passes the hole in the zipper pull film and is engaged in the hole of lock assembly.Bag is opened by the head of removing locking piece, and this causes the fracture of bar portion, and intercalation part is then stayed in lock assembly or the bag.Just can open bag because only break locking piece, think that bag provides a kind of obviously sealing of (tamper evident) that prize.Same list of references also discloses a kind of bag of part with lock, is fixed with the pulling-on piece of slide fastener on the lock assembly, and mouth piece is fixed in the lock assembly on pulling-on piece from the side.Mouth piece is flat element basically, and body and head are arranged, and head is roughly the arrowhead form of band resilient barb.The research and development result who prizes obvious bag of GB-A-1424680 is disclosed in WO-A-02/16215.

Disclose a kind of locking device in GB-A-2330379, this device is a kind of keyless padlock (padlock).The locking piece locks in place that locking bar is inserted in the locking device and is easily disposed.Locking piece has a locking bar (locking post) and an intercalation part (plug part) and is equipped with one rips line, and locking piece can be by ripping the line separated into two parts, so that remove and thereby open padlock.A kind of similar easy disposal locking piece that is used to close the opening of closure or bag has been described in WO-A-01/53163.The spacer and the lock assembly on the opposite side that are positioned on the side of bag are supporting, and easily the locking piece of disposing then passes spacer and is pressed in the lock assembly temporarily the opening both sides of bag are locked together.

Summary of the invention

But the purpose of this invention is to provide a kind of novel closing containers of the improvement that prizes tangible lockout mechanism that has.

According to the present invention, a kind of container that an opening is arranged is provided, opening can be closed by the detachable cap of container, detachable cap has a hole and passes this hole supporting with the lock assembly that is formed on container one wall or the side, lock assembly has an opening that is used to admit easily broken mouth piece head, mouth piece is locked in the opening with regard to irremovable mode not rupture, being in its mouth piece that inserts state is locked in detachable cap on the lock assembly to prize tangible mode, wherein, the opening of lock assembly is arranged in a side of lock assembly, therefore, mouth piece is that insert on the plane that is parallel to detachable cap basically during use.

Preferred situation is, lock assembly has the top cover of a closure, the inside of top cover be preferably formed as one with the mouth piece head on respective grooves or supporting rib or the groove of rib.

Kongzui is formed in first that cooperates with detachable cap well and is positioned at the top of lock assembly, and lock assembly can be formed on second.

The form of container can be that the bag that has superimposed detachable cap, bag or bag or its have the box of the top cover of band detachable cap.

Description of drawings

Only describe as an example a preferred embodiment of the present invention in detail below with reference to accompanying drawing, accompanying drawing has:

Fig. 1 a, 1b and 1c are the transparent view of explanation according to the container closure situation of one embodiment of the present of invention;

Fig. 2 a and 2b are respectively Fig. 1 a, first and second transparent view of the container lockout mechanism of 1b and 1c;

Fig. 3 is used to lock Fig. 1 a, the easy disposal locking piece of container or the planar view of mouth piece among 1b and the 1c;

Fig. 4 a and 4b are the illustrative section-drawings that is arranged in Fig. 3 mouth piece of container lock assembly of the present invention;

Fig. 5 is the transparent view that embodies another kind of container of the present invention.

The specific embodiment

Fig. 1 a represents a kind of container, and this container is the form of bag in this embodiment.Bag 1 usefulness detachable cap 2 is closed.When bag is closed, superimposed in a conventional manner the front of detachable cap 2 at bag.

Detachable cap 2 has a hole 5 at center position.Hole 5 is passed the material of detachable cap and is limited (referring to Fig. 1 b) by first 6 that is bonded at the detachable cap outside.There is second 7 in the front of bag, be formed with lock assembly 8 at second 7 centre portion.Be contained in for second 7 on the bag inboard, lock assembly then passes the hole in bag front and stretches out (though if desired, lock assembly also can be contained in the outside).Second can be bonded on the bag material.

Fig. 1 b represents that the detachable cap 2 of bag 1 is in its closing state, wherein detachable cap 2 superimposed fronts at bag.First and second 6,7 is arranged to make the hole 5 on the detachable cap 2 to be fitted on the lock assembly 8 in bag front.

The closed condition of detachable cap 2 is illustrated among Fig. 1 c, first 6 top that is positioned at second 7 wherein, and lock assembly 8 passes hole 5 and stretches out.Also shown is the easy disposal locking piece or the mouth piece 10 that insert in the lock assembly 8 and be fitted in first 6 top.Like this, mouth piece 10 has just locked bag, after this, has only the mouth piece of destruction just can open bag.Mouth piece 10 is to push from below in the lock assembly 8 along the plane that is parallel to bag plane and first.

With reference now to Fig. 2 a and 2b, illustrate in greater detail latch fitting 8 and first and second 6,7.Fig. 2 a illustrates first 6, and its planar view roughly is barrel-shaped.Centre hole 5 can be clear that.This sheet also has the interconnected rib spare 13 of this sheet rigidity of a series of increases.

It is similar to first 6 shape that Fig. 2 b provides second 7, the second 7 shape.Lock assembly 8 is positioned at second 7 central authorities.The form of lock assembly 8 is box or shells of having raised, and a side of this shell (downside among Fig. 1 C) has opening 15.There is an osed top loam cake 16 lock assembly or lock chamber 8, and it can prevent that the head of mouth piece 10 from entering from above.There is a jut 20 the inside of 8 loam cake 16 in the chamber, and the purposes of jut 20 will be described below.

In use, on first 6 detachable cap that is fixed on bag, behind the front that is fixed on bag for second 7, first top that is positioned at second.Hole 5 matches with shell 8.Under this state, opening 15 is partly blocked (directly observing toward the shell the inside by opening) by first, but still defines a unlimited mouth, and the height of the mouth roughly thickness with mouth piece is identical.Then mouth piece is pushed in the mouth of shell (is from the lower right corner by Fig. 2 b), mouth piece 10 is fitted on first 6 the frame, with detachable cap 2 locks in place.

Fig. 3 represents the mouth piece 10 of easily disposal and easy fracture, and mouth piece 10 has a head 21 and a body portion 22 in this embodiment.Head 21 has the arrow profile of the band barb 23 of known style.Body 22 is roughly the square of band fillet, but its any other required shape.One elongate grooves 24 is arranged between body 22 and head 21, and it provides the thickness that reduces thereby provide weakness and the connection of easy fracture between head and body.Mouth piece also has the middle body 26 of a depression, and this has reduced the employed material of mouth piece.One of this mouth piece is important and preferred characteristics are its heads that a groove 27 along its length is arranged, be used for shell 8 on the rib spare 20 that covers supporting.The front end of mouth piece head can have one to be used for being positioned the recess 28 on the projection in the shell 8.

Discussed as top, in order to close bag, first top and mouth piece 10 that is arranged in second is locked in shell 8 in the top of a detachable cap part (or the sheet on the detachable cap).Specifically be, mouth piece is pushed in the shell 8, and wherein resilient barb 23 is positioned at the back at mouth 15 edges of shell.Like this, unless body 22 is broken on 21 from the head, mouth piece can not be removed.

The section-drawing of Fig. 4 a and 4b represents that (Fig. 4 a) and subsequently mouth piece is positioned at shell (Fig. 4 b) to mouth piece 10 near shell.Can see, the opening 15 of shell is the slope, and promptly the edge of the outer casing upper cover of opening top is oblique with respect to the shell baseplane, so just can realize the thickness of mouth piece and the high tolerance between the open top, meanwhile, the bevelled shape does not hinder the insertion of mouth piece.What also should particularly point out is, the height of the opening of shell or mouth 15 (when first not on second time) is than the thickness of mouth piece 10 heads 21 much bigger (for example doubling the thickness of end socket at least).This just means, after mouth piece fracture and detachable cap lifted, the head of mouth piece was easy to fall into the bottom of shell and drops out shell by opening.

Lock assembly can be formed by suitable material, as broken hard steel, but is preferably formed by plastics, as nylon, polypropylene, ABS, styrene or engineering plastics.Usually in batch the easy disposal mouth piece of supply by suitable elasticity is arranged but easily broken plastics form, as styrene, ABS, nylon or polypropylene.

Representative type mouth piece size is that 25mm is long, and 11mm is wide, and the thickness of mouth piece is 2-3mm.But the importance that is appreciated that the mouth piece head thickness is should be consistent with the internal dimensions of chamber when the thickness of two mouth pieces when superimposed, and if desired, the body of mouth piece then can be thicker.

Though the present invention is with reference to the Container Description of bag form, is suitable for the container of other type equally.For example, container can be the bag or the bag of cutting out with detachable cap.In addition, container can be the form of the represented box 1 of Fig. 5 for example.

As shown in the figure, box is closed by the top cover 3 that detachable cap 2 is arranged, and detachable cap 2 is equivalent to the detachable cap of Fig. 1 bag.When the top cover of box was closed, detachable cap 2 was attached on the front 4 of box in a conventional manner.The detachable cap material by first 6 top cover that limits is passed in hole 5, and as shown in fig. 1, in this embodiment, first 6 is riveting on detachable cap (but also can paste).On the front 4 of box, there be second 7.Second 7 also is that riveting is on cassette material.Be arranged to for first and second 6,7 to make the hole 5 on the detachable cap 3 to be fitted on the lock assembly 8 in box front.Under detachable cap 3 closing state, be positioned at for first 6 second 7 above, lock assembly 8 passes hole 5 and stretches out, the locking of the locking piece that box can easily be disposed or mouth piece, at this moment locking piece is inserted in the lock assembly 8 and is fitted on first 6 the top, and its method is identical with previously described bag.Like this, mouth piece has just pinned box, and after this box can only be opened by breaking mouth piece.Mouth piece is that the direction along the plane that is parallel to the plane in box front 4 and first pushes lock assembly 8 from below.

The professional can understand that other container also can adopt the present invention, and can do some changes to above-mentioned lockout mechanism under the situation of the scope of the invention of not leaving claims qualification.

Claims

1, a kind of closable container, it has the opening of being closed by the detachable cap of container, detachable cap is porose and to pass this hole supporting with the lock assembly that is formed on container one wall or the side, lock assembly is useful on the opening of admitting easy fracture mouth piece head, mouth piece is locked in the opening with regard to inexpungible mode not rupture, when being in its insertion state, mouth piece is locked on the lock assembly to prize tangible mode, wherein, the opening of lock assembly is arranged in a side of lock assembly, therefore, mouth piece is parallel to the detachable cap plane basically and inserts during use.

2, according to the described container of claim 1, wherein, the hole is formed in first that is installed on the detachable cap and the top and the lock assembly that are positioned at lock assembly is preferably formed on second.

3, according to claim 1 or 2 described containers, wherein lock assembly has a loam cake, be formed with on the loam cake inboard with the mouth piece head on groove or supporting rib or the groove of rib.

4, according to the described container of claim 1,2 or 3, this container is the form of box, and box has the top cover of band detachable cap.

5, according to the described container of claim 1,2 or 3, wherein container is the bag with superimposed detachable cap, bag or bag.