EP0070611A1 - Conteneur en matière palstique avec couvercle articulé en matiére plastique - Google Patents

Conteneur en matière palstique avec couvercle articulé en matiére plastique Download PDF

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EP0070611A1
EP0070611A1 EP82200927A EP82200927A EP0070611A1 EP 0070611 A1 EP0070611 A1 EP 0070611A1 EP 82200927 A EP82200927 A EP 82200927A EP 82200927 A EP82200927 A EP 82200927A EP 0070611 A1 EP0070611 A1 EP 0070611A1
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Johannes Martinus W. Beljaars
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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
    • B65D43/00—Lids or covers for rigid or semi-rigid containers
    • B65D43/14—Non-removable lids or covers
    • B65D43/16—Non-removable lids or covers hinged for upward or downward movement
    • B65D43/163—Non-removable lids or covers hinged for upward or downward movement the container and the lid being made separately
    • B65D43/164—Non-removable lids or covers hinged for upward or downward movement the container and the lid being made separately and connected by interfitting hinge elements integrally with the container and the lid formed respectively
    • B65D43/165—Non-removable lids or covers hinged for upward or downward movement the container and the lid being made separately and connected by interfitting hinge elements integrally with the container and the lid formed respectively these elements being assembled by a separate pin-like member

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  • the invention relates to a container with a lid, both injection-moulded from plastic, comprising a lid with one or more hinge bearings moulded integral with the lid, a container with one or more hinge bearings moulded integral with the container which have been provided on a horizontal rib on the outside of the container at some distance below or at the upper rim of the container, and a hinge pin taken through channels in the hinge bearings.
  • a similar container and lid are known from Dutch Patent Application No. 7903472.
  • This type of container is often used for the transport of goods of high market value. To this end, the lid is sealed, so that pilferage can be detected.
  • the disadvantage of this and other containers is that when the container is closed the hinge pin can easily be removed and replaced without this being noticeably by the receiver of the container.
  • the hinge pin having a head comprising an end portion of the pin, bent back at a right angle, which head lies sunk in a locking recess at the top of a hinge bearing of the container and by the lid, viewed in closed position, having a sideways projecting locking tooth, which is situated in a direct line with and virtually against the head portion of the hinge pin, and which is of such flexibility that it can without damage be brought outside the cross section of the hinge pin by bending it upwards but will be permanently damaged if it is bent further to above the head of the hinge pin.
  • a container and hinged lid made thus according to the invention cannot be opened by removal of the hinge pin without damage to the locking tooth or teeth.
  • the locking tooth is prevented from being bent downward to outside the cross section of the hinge pin by the base of the tooth almost immediately hitting the top of the horizontal rib.
  • the locking tooth is damaged. Since this damage consists in tearing, breaking or permanent deformation, it is visually perceptible.
  • 1 is a sunk middle part
  • 2 is an upward slanting part
  • 3 is a rim part
  • 4 is a downward-hanging
  • 5 is a side flange of a plastic lid which is in closed position on a plastic container with an upricht wall 6 which on its outside, at some distance from its upper rim 7, has a horizontal rib 8.
  • This rib can also join the upper rim to form an outwardly extending flange of the container.
  • the lid and the container have been drawn only in part in the figures. From figures 1, 2, 10, 11 and 12 it is clear that the-lid has a hinge bearing 9 moulded integral with its side flange 5 and downward-hanging rim part 4.
  • This hinge bearing is on both ends connected with the downward-hanging rim part 4 by upward-sloping ridges 10 and in between the ridges by the side flange 5, see Fig. 12.
  • the slots 11 in the ridges 10 (see Fig. 11) and the slot 11' in the section between the ridges 10 (see fig. 12) in longitudinal direction define, as it were, a round channel 12 through which a hinge pin 13 can be taken.
  • Figures 1, 2, 7, 8 and 9 show that the container has hinge bearings 14 moulded integral with its horizontal rib 8, with recesses 15 at the top of the ends of the hinge bearings.
  • These hings bearings further have a recess 16 at their top and recesses 17 and 18 at their vertical outer side. See Figures 1 and 2.
  • the cross section of recesses 16 and 18 have the same aspect as the cross sections of recesses 15 and 17 respectively, which have been drawn in Figures 8 and 9 respectively.
  • the slots 15, 16, 17 and 18 define, as it were, a round channel 12' through which the hinge pin 13 can be taken.
  • the part of recess 15 situated above the round channeld 12' forms a locking recess 15' to fit the head 20 of the hinge pin, which is discussed below.
  • the aligned channels 12 and 12' of hinge bearings 9 and 14 respectively touch plane A through the top of the horizontal rib with their bottoms. Plane A is indicated in Figs. 7 and 10. Otherwise, these channels 12 and 12' are completely outside the horizontal rib 8, viewed in horizontal direction.
  • Figures 3, 4 and 5 show a front elevation, a left side elevation and a right side elevation of a hinge pin 13 with at its end 19 a head 20 at a right angle with the pin.
  • the pin 13 When mounted, the pin 13 is in the round channels 12, 12' and the head 20 is sunk in the above- mentioned locking recess 15' at the top of hinge bearing 14, which is indicated in Figures 1, 6, 7 and 8. This means that the head 20 is fixed in upright position. It is also clear that the pin does not rotate when the lid is opened or closed. Because of the presence of the slots and recesses, the condition of a large part of the hinge can be checked visually.
  • the lid is provided with locking teeth.
  • These locking teeth has been indicated with 21 in the figures.
  • the lid has a side flange 5
  • they consist of local widenings of this side flange.
  • the base of the locking tooth is integral with the side flange.
  • the locking teeth have been provided in such a way that they can lie in a direct line with and virtually against the head of the hinge pin, as follows from Figures 1, 2, 6, 13 and 14.
  • Fig. 14 the lid is shown after it has been brought from the closed position in Fig. 13 to the downwardly hanging position.
  • the headed hinge pins With the lid in this first position, the headed hinge pins are mounted.
  • the locking teeth possess a flexiblity which makes it possible to bend them to outside the cross section of the hinge pin 13 as indicated by the interrupted line 21' in Fig. 14.
  • the hinge pin In this position 21' of the locking tooth, the hinge pin can be brought into the channel 12, 12', and the head into the locking recess 15', after which the locking tooth springs back to its original position.
  • the hinge pin and head cannot be removed without damage to the locking tooth. This is because the locking tooth can be bent to position 21" (see Fig.
  • the hinge pin can be made of plastic.
  • a container and lid can be provided with more than one hinge assembly.
  • the flexibility of the locking teeth depends on the nature of the material they consist of and on their dimensions. This should be taken into account during the design of the teeth, in order to achieve the desired flexibility. Therefore the container and the lid may be made of different plastics.

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EP19820200927 1981-07-21 1982-07-20 Conteneur en matière palstique avec couvercle articulé en matiére plastique Expired EP0070611B1 (fr)

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NL8103434 1981-07-21
NL8103434A NL8103434A (nl) 1981-07-21 1981-07-21 Kunststofkist met scharnierbaar kunststofdeksel.

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DE19505221A1 (de) * 1995-02-16 1996-08-22 Otto Geb Kg Scharnier für einen Behälterdeckel
EP0867375A1 (fr) * 1997-03-27 1998-09-30 McKechnie UK Limited Récipient avec couvercle articulé
US7124471B2 (en) * 2004-02-10 2006-10-24 Primex Manufacturing Ltd. Hidden hinge

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US7608674B2 (en) 2003-11-03 2009-10-27 Ilypsa, Inc. Pharmaceutical compositions comprising cross-linked small molecule amine polymers

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GB357894A (en) * 1930-12-31 1931-10-01 Miroslav Semrad Improvements in tin boxes
US2093926A (en) * 1936-04-08 1937-09-21 Union Steel Chest Corp Box
FR1089043A (fr) * 1953-12-03 1955-03-14 Charnière pour meubles et applications analogues
US2762076A (en) * 1955-04-04 1956-09-11 Continental Plastics Corp Plastic hinge construction for molded plastic receptacles
US2766901A (en) * 1953-09-21 1956-10-16 Motorola Inc Hinge
US2998898A (en) * 1959-12-04 1961-09-05 Gen Electric Hinged enclosure
US4161261A (en) * 1978-05-05 1979-07-17 Menasha Corporation Security container
NL7903472A (nl) * 1979-05-03 1980-11-05 Curver Bv Kist met deksel.

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Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
GB357894A (en) * 1930-12-31 1931-10-01 Miroslav Semrad Improvements in tin boxes
US2093926A (en) * 1936-04-08 1937-09-21 Union Steel Chest Corp Box
US2766901A (en) * 1953-09-21 1956-10-16 Motorola Inc Hinge
FR1089043A (fr) * 1953-12-03 1955-03-14 Charnière pour meubles et applications analogues
US2762076A (en) * 1955-04-04 1956-09-11 Continental Plastics Corp Plastic hinge construction for molded plastic receptacles
US2998898A (en) * 1959-12-04 1961-09-05 Gen Electric Hinged enclosure
US4161261A (en) * 1978-05-05 1979-07-17 Menasha Corporation Security container
NL7903472A (nl) * 1979-05-03 1980-11-05 Curver Bv Kist met deksel.

Cited By (5)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
DE19505221A1 (de) * 1995-02-16 1996-08-22 Otto Geb Kg Scharnier für einen Behälterdeckel
EP0728672A1 (fr) * 1995-02-16 1996-08-28 Gebr. OTTO KG Charnière pour un couvercle de récipient
EP0867375A1 (fr) * 1997-03-27 1998-09-30 McKechnie UK Limited Récipient avec couvercle articulé
US7124471B2 (en) * 2004-02-10 2006-10-24 Primex Manufacturing Ltd. Hidden hinge
US7380310B2 (en) 2004-02-10 2008-06-03 Primex Manufacturing Ltd. Hidden hinge

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