EP0056887A1 - Verschlüsse für Behälter - Google Patents

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EP0056887A1
EP0056887A1 EP81300309A EP81300309A EP0056887A1 EP 0056887 A1 EP0056887 A1 EP 0056887A1 EP 81300309 A EP81300309 A EP 81300309A EP 81300309 A EP81300309 A EP 81300309A EP 0056887 A1 EP0056887 A1 EP 0056887A1
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container
closure cap
outer member
inner member
mouth
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George William Burton
Eugene Edward Davis
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Johnsen and Jorgensen Plastics Ltd
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Priority to DE8181300309T priority Critical patent/DE3171440D1/de
Priority to EP81300309A priority patent/EP0056887B1/de
Priority to AT81300309T priority patent/ATE14407T1/de
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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
    • B65D55/00—Accessories for container closures not otherwise provided for
    • B65D55/02—Locking devices; Means for discouraging or indicating unauthorised opening or removal of closure

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  • This invention relates to the provision of a closure cap for a container and to a container and closure cap assembly. Children often attempt to tamper with containers of pills and the like and try to open such containers to get at the contents. Sometimes children have succeeded in opening a container of pills with tragic results. It is an object of the present invention to provide a container closure cap that is not easy to open simply by upward pressure.
  • a closure cap adapted for closing the mouth of a container characterised in that the closure cap comprises an inner member including a plug and an outer member including a depending skirt and further characterised in that when the closure cap is in operative position on a container the inner member is coaxially disposed within an upper part of the outer member with the plug seated in or over the mouth of the container so as to close the mouth, the upper part of the outer member is positioned above the mouth of the container and the skirt of the outer member is positioned so as to embrace and engage with the outer surface of the container around the mouth.
  • the inner member When in operative position the inner member is disposed within the outer member with the top of the inner member flush with or below the top of the outer member so that it is very difficult to remove the inner member from the outer member.
  • the inner member is shaped to engage with the outer member so that the inner member is positively held in position.
  • the inner member of the closure cap can be removed only when it has been turned into a predetermined position relatively to the outer member. This forms an additional child-resistant feature and also ensures that-the closure cap can be removed and replaced by an adult as desired.
  • the outer member of the closure cap has a gap or cut-out in its upper peripheral edge and the inner part has a thumb grip.
  • the inner member is rotatable within the outer member but it is virtually impossible to push the inner member out of the outer member until the inner member is rotated to bring the thumb grip into alignment with the gap or cut out in the edge of the outer member.
  • an interruption in a substantially annular bead on the inside of the outer member in the region of the gap or cut out is in alignment with the thumb grip and the inner member can then be removed from the outer member by a tilting and lifting movement, manipulating the inner member by means of the thumb grip.
  • the closure cap may be moulded as an integral unit with the inner member disposed co-axially above the outer member, the two parts being interconnected by a frangible connection which is broken when the closure cap is applied to the container, breaking being effected by downward movement of the inner member into the outer member to an operative position.
  • the closure cap may be moulded in two parts, an inner member and an outer member which may be formed simultaneously but separately in the same mould after which an assembly operation is carried out so that complete closure caps are discharged from the moulding machine.
  • Other methods may, if desired, be used, for example with less sophisticated moulds the two parts of the closure cap may be moulded separately and may then be assembled by hand or by a suitable form of press tool or assembly machine.
  • the outer member 5 has an internal substantially annular bead 8 for engagement within an annular recess 9 in the outer surface of the inner member 4 and the outer member 5 also has an interruption 13 in the bead 8 forming a gap therein as indicated in Figure 7.
  • the inner member 4 has a thumb grip 11 and an embossed arrow or other mark on the top to indicate the position of the thumb grip 11.
  • the interruption 13 in the substantially annular bead 8 is directly below or in the region of a gap or cut-out 10 in the peripheral top edge of the outer member 5 so that when upward pressure is applied to the thumb grip 11 of the inner member 4 through the gap or cut-out 10 the inner member 4 may be removed or pushed out of the outer member 5 in a tilting movement. It will be understood that pressure can be applied to the thumb grip 11 only when the inner member 4 is manipulated to bring the thumb grip 11 into registration with the gap or cut-out 10.
  • the inner member 4 When upward pressure is applied to the thumb grip 11 to push the inner member 4 out of the outer member 5 to open the container 1 the inner member 4 first tilts because upward pressure on the thumb grip raises the near side of the inner member 4 so that the top of the inner member 4 inclines downwardly away from the gap or cut-out 10. In the opening movement therefore the inner member 4 may be described as being flicked out of the outer member 5.
  • the assembly of the parts of the closure cap may be effected in such a way that the thumb grip 11 is out of registration with the gap or cut-out 10 in the periphery of the outer member 5 so that if'the closure cap be applied automatically to a container, i.e by machine, the closure cap will be seated on the container in a child-resistant position. Then, in operation, to open the container a user moves the inner member 4 angularly relative to the outer member 5 until the thumb grip registers with the gap or cut-out 10 and then flicks out the inner member.
  • the inner member for opening the arrow or other indication referred to above may be provided on the top of the inner member, the inner member being pushed angularly around until the indicator points to the gap or cut-out 10. In this position a thumb of the user can be inserted through the gap or cut-out 10 and upward pressure then forces or flicks the inner member 4 out of the outer member 5.
  • the outer surface of the inner member 4 is smooth except at the thumb grip 11 where it is stepped or otherwise shaped to enable a user to apply the required upward pressure to flick out the inner:member 4.
  • a ledge 14 at the lower end of the inner member 4 sits on the edge 15 around the mouth of the container 1 while an annular depending portion 16 of the inner member 4 enters the mouth of the container 1 so that the inner member 4 of the closure cap turns on the edge of the mouth of the container 1 when the inner member 4 is manipulated relatively to the outer member 5.
  • closure cap is in the form of a one piece moulding comprising the inner member 4 and the outer member 5 interconnected by a frangible connection 6.
  • the closure cap is shown in one piece before application to a container 1 and in dot and dash lines the closure cap is shown in its operative position.
  • the closure cap as an integral unit is applied to a container 1 in a normal manner and top pressure is exerted on the closure cap to push the inner member 4 into the outer member 5, to break the frangible connection, to push the outer member 5 into a position to embrace the surface of tte container around its mouth and to seat the inner member 4 on or in the mouth.
  • a tamper-resistant feature may be incorporated by providing a web or webs 12, as shown in Figure 6 connecting the top of the inner member to the outer member.
  • the web or webs 12 must be broken before the inner member can be removed and breaking can readily be effected during rotation of the inner member to bring the thumb grip into registration with the gap or cut out.
  • a broken web in the-closure cap of what should be an unopened container gives a clear visual indication that the contents of the container may have been tampered with.
  • the outer member 5 has a continuous annular bead 8 on its inner surface i.e.
  • the inner member has a substantially annular bead 20 below a recess 22 on its outer surface with an interruption 21 therein as shown in Figure 8, below the thumb grip 11.
  • the bead 20 is bdow the bead 8 which is within recess 22 and the thumb grip 11 is out of registration with the gap 10.
  • the interruption 21 is below the gap 10 so that the beads 8 and 20 are not in engagement below the gap 10 and the inner member can be tilted and flicked out of the outer member.
  • the interruption should be of sufficient size to permit easy removal of the inner member e.g. 30 0 long.
  • the gap 10 may be the same size or of different size so long as it is big enough to receive the thumb of a user.
EP81300309A 1981-01-23 1981-01-23 Verschlüsse für Behälter Expired EP0056887B1 (de)

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Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
DE8181300309T DE3171440D1 (en) 1981-01-23 1981-01-23 Container closure cap
EP81300309A EP0056887B1 (de) 1981-01-23 1981-01-23 Verschlüsse für Behälter
AT81300309T ATE14407T1 (de) 1981-01-23 1981-01-23 Verschluesse fuer behaelter.

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EP81300309A EP0056887B1 (de) 1981-01-23 1981-01-23 Verschlüsse für Behälter

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EP0056887B1 EP0056887B1 (de) 1985-07-24

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Cited By (3)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
GB2164927A (en) * 1984-10-02 1986-04-03 Johnsen & Jorgensen Closure for a container
EP0095005B1 (de) * 1982-05-24 1986-07-16 Philippe Claude Perinet Kindersichere Behälterverschlüsse
US5762215A (en) * 1991-07-30 1998-06-09 Glaxo Wellcome Cap for a container

Citations (4)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
CH529676A (de) * 1970-05-05 1972-10-31 Thomae Gmbh Dr K Behälter mit gesichertem Stopfenverschluss
DE2256423A1 (de) * 1972-11-17 1974-05-22 Geiger Plastic Kg Verpackungseinheit
US4065017A (en) * 1975-10-22 1977-12-27 Johnsen & Jorgensen (Plastics) Limited Safety container and closure
GB1521352A (en) * 1977-02-10 1978-08-16 Johnsen Jorgensen Plastics Ltd Containers and closures

Patent Citations (4)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
CH529676A (de) * 1970-05-05 1972-10-31 Thomae Gmbh Dr K Behälter mit gesichertem Stopfenverschluss
DE2256423A1 (de) * 1972-11-17 1974-05-22 Geiger Plastic Kg Verpackungseinheit
US4065017A (en) * 1975-10-22 1977-12-27 Johnsen & Jorgensen (Plastics) Limited Safety container and closure
GB1521352A (en) * 1977-02-10 1978-08-16 Johnsen Jorgensen Plastics Ltd Containers and closures

Cited By (3)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
EP0095005B1 (de) * 1982-05-24 1986-07-16 Philippe Claude Perinet Kindersichere Behälterverschlüsse
GB2164927A (en) * 1984-10-02 1986-04-03 Johnsen & Jorgensen Closure for a container
US5762215A (en) * 1991-07-30 1998-06-09 Glaxo Wellcome Cap for a container

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DE3171440D1 (en) 1985-08-29
EP0056887B1 (de) 1985-07-24
ATE14407T1 (de) 1985-08-15

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