EP0008282A1 - Pouring mechanism having an extensible pouring spout - Google Patents

Pouring mechanism having an extensible pouring spout Download PDF

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EP0008282A1
EP0008282A1 EP79850073A EP79850073A EP0008282A1 EP 0008282 A1 EP0008282 A1 EP 0008282A1 EP 79850073 A EP79850073 A EP 79850073A EP 79850073 A EP79850073 A EP 79850073A EP 0008282 A1 EP0008282 A1 EP 0008282A1
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Erik Bottger
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Dyno Industrier AS
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65D—CONTAINERS 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
    • B65D47/00—Closures with filling and discharging, or with discharging, devices
    • B65D47/04—Closures with discharging devices other than pumps
    • B65D47/06—Closures with discharging devices other than pumps with pouring spouts or tubes; with discharge nozzles or passages
    • B65D47/061—Closures with discharging devices other than pumps with pouring spouts or tubes; with discharge nozzles or passages with telescopic, retractable or reversible spouts, tubes or nozzles
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65D—CONTAINERS 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
    • B65D47/00—Closures with filling and discharging, or with discharging, devices
    • B65D47/04—Closures with discharging devices other than pumps
    • B65D47/06—Closures with discharging devices other than pumps with pouring spouts or tubes; with discharge nozzles or passages
    • B65D47/12—Closures with discharging devices other than pumps with pouring spouts or tubes; with discharge nozzles or passages having removable closures
    • B65D47/122—Threaded caps

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  • the present invention pertains to an improved pouring mechanism in a container for liquids, e.g., a can having a tubular pouring spout.
  • the vessel has an extensible pouring spout in the form of a tube which is movable in the axial direction in the orifice of a pipe stub or neck having external helical threads for a screw cap, the outlet end of the tube being provided with an outwardly-directed abutting and sealing flange.
  • Containers for liquids are normally provided merely with a relatively short outlet, spout or neck, which can be provided with external threads and closed by means of a screw-on cap.
  • a somewhat longer pouring spout is often required, for example, if the site where the contents of the can are to be poured out is not easily accessible. This is true, for example, for cans containing motor oil, because the oil tank opening on the engine is often difficult to reach with a can having a short spout.
  • Cans with elongated spouts are available on the market, e.g., in the form of an extensible pouring spout in the form of a tube which is movable in the axial direction in the orifice of a pipe stub or neck on the vessel.
  • This type of long pouring spout has an unfortunate side-effect: The air which must enter the can to compensate for the contents pouring out has a tendency to pass through the pouring spout in the form of large bubbles, causing the contents of the can to be poured out in spurts, which can easily result in spilling. Because of this, cans with long pouring spouts have not been used to the wide extent which might otherwise have been the case.
  • the purpose of the present invention is to eliminate the above disadvantage so that spurt-like pouring from a can with a long pouring spout can be avoided, in that the air flowing into the can passes the pouring spout in the form of small bubbles.
  • a container for liquids e.g., a can, having an extensible pouring spout in the form of an internal tube which is movable in the axial direction in the orifice of a pipe stub or neck having external threads for a screw-on cap, in which the outlet of the tube is provided with an outwardly-directed abutting and sealing flange.
  • a can of this general type is known from British Patent No. 986,684, for example.
  • the characteristic feature of the invention is an inwardly-directed flange on the spout which is formed as a sealing lip which, when the container is closed, cooperates with a central plug inside the screw-on cap, the inwardly-directed sealing lip on the spout being adapted to fit the internal plug in the cap with a press-fit sufficiently tight to permit the spout to be drawn out into the pouring position through the neck of the container when the cap is unscrewed and lifted off.
  • an annular, radially-directed bead be provided at the bottom, free end of the plug.
  • the annular sealing lip slope inwards and downwards toward the center of the pouring spout.
  • the air merely has to pass u rather narrow threshold, viz., the inwardly-directed, annular flange.
  • an air pocket forms which extends all the way in to the inner edge of the pouring spout. Air from the air pocket will flow continuously into the can to compensate for the contents of the can which are being poured out, and air from the atmosphere will press over the annular flange in the form of small bubbles and flow into the air pocket.
  • a further improvement of the seal is obtained in that the outlet of the container neck is beveled at the internal edge of the inwardly-directed flange thereon, and that the transition area between the pouring spout and its outwardly-directed flange has a corresponding beveled configuration.
  • a conical section on the pouring spout will thus fit and seal against a corresponding conical section on the flange in the container neck.
  • a container 1 is provided with a neck or pipe stub 2 having external threads 3, adapted to engage with a screw cap 4 having internal threads 5.
  • the upper, outer edge of the neck 2 is provided with an inwardly-directed flange 6.
  • An extensible pouring spout 7 is arranged in the neck 2, the outlet end of the spout being provided in a conventional way with an outwardly-directed flange8. When the can is closed, this flange is adapted to function as a gasket between the screw-on cap 4 and the neck 2.
  • the outlet end of the pouring spout 7 is also provided with an annular, inwardly-directed flange 9, which serves to restrict the passageway for the spout.
  • Fig. 2 has many features in common with the embodiment of Fig. 1, and the portions thereof which correspond to those in Fig. 1 are designated by the same reference numbers. The difference is that the inwardly-directed, annular flange 9 forms a downwardly-sloping sealing lip which cooperates with a cylindrical plug 10 on the cap 4.
  • the inwardly-directed flange 6 on the neck 2 is provided with a beveled edge 11 (see Fig. 4), and the transition area between the outwardly-directed flange 8 and the pouring spout 7 also has a beveled configuration 12.
  • the beveled edge 11 on the neck and the beveled portion 12 on the pouring spout will abut when the can is closed, thus providing an extra seal.
  • the dimensions of the sealing lip 9 relative to the plug 10 are such that the lip will be press-fitted around the plug when the can is closed. Therefore, when the cap 4 is unscrewed and lifted up, the pouring spout 7 will follow along and be drawn out until protruding catch surfaces 13 or pawls provided on the lower portion of the pouring spout encounter the bottom face of the flange 6 in the neck 2. When the cap is pulled further, it will of course be pulled off. To increase the friction between the sealing lip 9 and the plug 10, the latter is provided with a radial, outwardly-directed annular bead 10' at the lower edge thereof. As can best be seen on Fig.
  • the pouring spout 7 is positioned so as to have good clearance in the neck 2, so that it can easily be pulled out.
  • the lower portion of the pouring spout 7 expands conically at u section 14 to a section 15 of greatest diameter, where the catch surfaces 13 are located.
  • the pouring spout again narrows down toward the free, inner end 17 thereof.
  • the material in the conical end section 15 becomes thinned out toward the free end 17, as can be seen most clearly on Fig. 3.
  • This spout configuration which is known from the previously-mentioned British Patent No. 986, 684, has two purposes.
  • the conical section 14 is held by friction in the opening in the neck 2 at the flange 6, so that the pouring spout7 does not fall back into the can when it becomes detached from the cap 4.
  • the conical end section 16 serves to facilitate the insertion of the pouring spout 7 into the neck 2 of the can when the pouring spout is being installed.
  • the pouring spout 7 is preferably made of pliable plastic.
  • Figure 4 shows how an air pocket 18 will be formed behind the annular lip 9 as the liquid contents 20 of the container 1 are being poured out.
  • the air will enter into the can in the form of small bubbles 19 which press in beneath the annular lip 9 and into the air pocket 18.
  • the bubbles are small owing to the little distance they are required to cover from the atmosphere and into the pocket. If the air pocket were not there, the air would be forced to pass over a threshold of quite other dimensions, i.e., the entire length of the pouring spout 7. In that case, a much greater partial vacuum would have to build up in the can before a bubble could manage to squeeze past this broad threshold, and the bubble would then assume larger dimensions than the small bubbles 19, thus causing the contents of the container to pour out in spurts.

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EP79850073A 1978-08-11 1979-08-01 Pouring mechanism having an extensible pouring spout Ceased EP0008282A1 (en)

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NO782745 1978-08-11
NO782745A NO144696C (no) 1978-08-11 1978-08-11 Anordning ved beholder for vaeske med en roerformet helletut

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EP (1) EP0008282A1 (fi)
JP (1) JPS5529495A (fi)
AR (1) AR218756A1 (fi)
AU (1) AU4970379A (fi)
BR (1) BR7905174A (fi)
CA (1) CA1122575A (fi)
DK (1) DK146384C (fi)
ES (1) ES251737Y (fi)
FI (1) FI66573C (fi)
GB (1) GB2028286B (fi)
GR (1) GR72944B (fi)
NO (1) NO144696C (fi)
NZ (1) NZ191190A (fi)
PT (1) PT70033A (fi)
ZA (1) ZA794110B (fi)

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EP0129934A1 (en) * 1983-06-22 1985-01-02 WASSILIEFF, Victor Sealing and distributing device for containers of fluids
FR2552402A1 (fr) * 1983-09-28 1985-03-29 Astra Plastique Dispositif d'obturation a verseur telescopique pour bidon ou autre recipient
FR2555140A1 (fr) * 1983-11-21 1985-05-24 Millet Cie Ets Marius Dispositif verseur pour bidon ainsi que les bidons pourvus de ce dispositif
GB2168959A (en) * 1984-12-04 1986-07-02 Uwe Potreck Stopper for a bottle
WO1996041749A1 (en) * 1995-06-08 1996-12-27 Industrial Containers Ltd. Lid with integrally moulded pouring spout
CN110626625A (zh) * 2019-10-08 2019-12-31 蔡灵明 防侧流容器封口结构
CN112607213A (zh) * 2020-12-19 2021-04-06 烟台海普制盖有限公司 容器及其瓶盖

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US4726491A (en) * 1986-04-11 1988-02-23 Moon James R Pullout spout container and method
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DE4227583A1 (de) * 1992-08-20 1994-02-24 Berg Jacob Gmbh Co Kg Teleskopverschluß
CA2624060A1 (en) * 2008-04-02 2009-10-02 Kenneth L. Macdougall Fuel dispensing spout
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US2173712A (en) * 1938-06-24 1939-09-19 Wheeling Steel Corp Container
GB869398A (en) * 1959-06-29 1961-05-31 Metal Box Co Ltd Improvements in or relating to pouring devices for containers
FR1306751A (fr) * 1961-09-09 1962-10-19 Seprosy Perfectionnement aux dispositifs de fermeture, à bec vesenr escamotable, pour récipients
FR1543442A (fr) * 1967-09-13 1968-10-25 Clement Gaget Ets Montage de tube verseur

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US2173712A (en) * 1938-06-24 1939-09-19 Wheeling Steel Corp Container
GB869398A (en) * 1959-06-29 1961-05-31 Metal Box Co Ltd Improvements in or relating to pouring devices for containers
FR1306751A (fr) * 1961-09-09 1962-10-19 Seprosy Perfectionnement aux dispositifs de fermeture, à bec vesenr escamotable, pour récipients
FR1543442A (fr) * 1967-09-13 1968-10-25 Clement Gaget Ets Montage de tube verseur

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US4569464A (en) * 1983-06-22 1986-02-11 Victor Wassilieff Sealing and distributing device for containers of fluids
EP0129934A1 (en) * 1983-06-22 1985-01-02 WASSILIEFF, Victor Sealing and distributing device for containers of fluids
FR2552402A1 (fr) * 1983-09-28 1985-03-29 Astra Plastique Dispositif d'obturation a verseur telescopique pour bidon ou autre recipient
EP0143704A3 (en) * 1983-11-21 1986-09-03 Societe Dite : Etablissements Marius Millet & Cie Pouring device for a container and container provided with such a device
EP0143704A2 (fr) * 1983-11-21 1985-06-05 Société dite : ETABLISSEMENTS MARIUS MILLET & CIE Dispositif verseur pour bidon ainsi que les bidons pourvus de ce dispositif
FR2555140A1 (fr) * 1983-11-21 1985-05-24 Millet Cie Ets Marius Dispositif verseur pour bidon ainsi que les bidons pourvus de ce dispositif
GB2168959A (en) * 1984-12-04 1986-07-02 Uwe Potreck Stopper for a bottle
GB2168959B (en) * 1984-12-04 1989-06-01 Uwe Potreck Stopper for a bottle
WO1996041749A1 (en) * 1995-06-08 1996-12-27 Industrial Containers Ltd. Lid with integrally moulded pouring spout
GB2305356A (en) * 1995-06-08 1997-04-09 Ind Containers Ltd Lid with integrally moulded pouring spout
US5992710A (en) * 1995-06-08 1999-11-30 Industrial Containers, Ltd. Lid with integrally molded pouring spout
CN110626625A (zh) * 2019-10-08 2019-12-31 蔡灵明 防侧流容器封口结构
CN112607213A (zh) * 2020-12-19 2021-04-06 烟台海普制盖有限公司 容器及其瓶盖

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NO782745L (no) 1980-02-12
JPS5529495A (en) 1980-03-01
CA1122575A (en) 1982-04-27
ZA794110B (en) 1980-09-24
DK332279A (da) 1980-02-12
AR218756A1 (es) 1980-06-30
FI66573B (fi) 1984-07-31
BR7905174A (pt) 1980-04-22
NZ191190A (en) 1983-04-12
NO144696C (no) 1981-10-21
NO144696B (no) 1981-07-13
GB2028286B (en) 1983-02-16
DK146384B (da) 1983-09-26
ES251737U (es) 1981-02-01
DK146384C (da) 1984-03-05
GR72944B (fi) 1984-01-16
ES251737Y (es) 1981-11-01
FI66573C (fi) 1984-11-12
PT70033A (en) 1979-09-01
AU4970379A (en) 1980-02-14
GB2028286A (en) 1980-03-05

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