EP0183326B1 - Récipient emboîtable avec couvercle - Google Patents

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EP0183326B1
EP0183326B1 EP19850201998 EP85201998A EP0183326B1 EP 0183326 B1 EP0183326 B1 EP 0183326B1 EP 19850201998 EP19850201998 EP 19850201998 EP 85201998 A EP85201998 A EP 85201998A EP 0183326 B1 EP0183326 B1 EP 0183326B1
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Cornelis Van Raalte
Adrianus Johannes Wilhelm Markus
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  • the invention relates to a nestable container with lid, both made of plastic, the lid of which comprises a central portion and, on the circumference thereof, a skirt with flange turned down over the edge of the container, in which assembly inward skirt portions may engage under outward container portions to hold the lid onto the container, the angle of inclination between the container wall and the vertical differs in the upper reaches from that in the lower reaches, and the wall of the container is provided all around with a container flange with a descending auxiliary wall to which optionally a bail can be fastened.
  • Containers of this type have been made million- fold for decades by injection moulding and have been used as disposable packing material for a variety of substances, such as foodstuffs and paints.
  • a disadvantage of the known container is that the top edge is in the form of a thick bead resulting, as said above, in an extension of the cooling period.
  • the known container further has a slit between the flange of the lid and the flange of the container. This constitutes a disadvantage in the transport of such containers when, standing side by side, they are liable to shocks and impacts.
  • the fact is that the presence, at the same level, of gripping edges formed by such narrow openings, and flanges results in adjacent containers climbing onto each other during the transport.
  • This problem is known, for instance, from the United States patent specification 3,804,289.
  • Yet another disadvantage of the known container is formed by the presence of extensions projecting below the auxiliary wall, which extends are usually sharp and may cause injuries.
  • these projections are apt to get stuck behind other objects, for instance clothes.
  • These two extensions which serve as nesting stops, are as such a disadvantage, because they are apt to damage the top edges of containers, particularly in high stacks of nested containers that are put down roughly. Notches will then be formed in the top edge of the container, which will afterwards have a very adverse effect on the sealing action of these edges on the lid. Again during the transport these extensions will slowly grind into the top edges in consequence of the relative movement of the containers during the transport.
  • a series disadvantage of the known container for every user who wants to remove the lid from the container is that the container can be opened only by using a tool that must be inserted into the slit between the skirt of the lid and the flange of the container in order to be able to raise the lid by levering.
  • the object of the invention is to provide a nestable container with lid that does not have the said disadvantages, or to a far smaller degree.
  • the wall thickness of such a container with lid may be the same everywhere.
  • the fastening of the lid is achieved by the widened lip at the mouth of the container together with the position of the skirt of the lid.
  • the seal is at least effected by the wall of the skirt being seated against the outer wall of the container and the lid against the top edge of the container.
  • the required rigidity of the portion of the container wall forming part of the seal is obtained by the presence of a great many radial plates extending downwards from the flange of the container.
  • the radial plates further have the function of nesting stops. Together with the auxiliary wall surrounding them they form a very strong ring round the container in its upper reaches.
  • the plates are attached to the auxiliary wall because this prevents stress-corrosion at the innerside of the container.
  • these plates are surrounded by the auxiliary wall, they do not form disturbing projections.
  • This smooth auxiliary wall surrounding the radial plates round the container provides excellent protection against the climbing of containers placed against each other as described above. Neither is this effect eliminated, as with the known container, by a slit between the flange of the lid and the flange of the container, because these flanges are seated one on the other without any play.
  • the height (h) from the bottom ends of the plates to the top edge of the container can be influenced by the thickness (d) of the container wall, the distance between the walls of the nested containers, the so-called nesting play(s), and the angle (a) contained by the container wall and the vertical.
  • the relative relationship can be represented by the formula:
  • auxiliary wall makes it very easy for the lid to be removed by hand and constitutes as such a logical indication for opening. It is therefore not necessary to provide the container with arrows and directions for use.
  • the recess is further meant to be a stop catch in the printing of containers, which will rotate in the process and be stopped after each rotation by a projection slipping into the recess.
  • Another advantage of the auxiliary wall is that it may be used as rubbing surface for a flat plastic bail tightly fastened against the auxiliary wall, the shape of which bail corresponds between its two ends with the shape of the circumference of the auxiliary wall.
  • a bail is formed that can be held firmly in, for instance, horizontal position, which is an advantage in the filling, printing and closure as described also in the disclosed Netherlands published patent application 174819.
  • the flange of the container and the flange of the lid are preferably sloping down in order that any substances spilt onto the flange of the container during the filling may run down from the container flange and will consequently not make it impossible for the flanges of the container and the lid to be seated against each other.
  • the flange of the lid makes a larger angle with the horizontal than the flange of the container. In that case only the outer circumference of the flange of the lid contacts the flange of the container. This has the advantage that, during closing, positioning of the lid on the container is easier.
  • the height of the auxiliary wall is preferably more than 1.0 cm to provide enough room for the mouth of the recess on the auxiliary wall provided for the insertion of the finger tips and to avoid the climbing of containers placed side by side.
  • the lid can be provided with a central portion recessed into the container with a sealing fit against the inner wall of the container, which central portion is connected with the skirt by an annular lid portion.
  • the strongly widened top edge is then at least in part received in a channel in the lid shaped like an inverted U.
  • the recessed central portion may reach beyond the position of the container flange on the container.
  • FIG. 1 a round nestable container is indicated by 1 and a lid going with it by 2.
  • the container has a bottom 3 and a wall 4 at a suitable nesting angle, which wall terminates via a sharp bend 5 and a widened lip 6 at the container mouth in a top edge 7. Between top edge 7 and the sharp bend 5 in the wall, a flange 8 slants down around the container, provided at its free end 9 with a descending auxiliary wall 10. Between the auxiliary wall 10 and the container wall 4 there are a great many, for instance 72, radial plates 11 indicated with dotted lines, one of which is situated just behind the plane of the drawing. The plates extend from the flange of the container to bottom 12 of the auxiliary wall and the bottom ends 13 of these plates jointly serve as nesting stop for a container underneath.
  • - Lid 2 consists of a recessed central portion 14 comprising a lid panel 15 and an inner skirt 16, which central portion is connected, via an annular lid portion 17, with a skirt 18 inclined inwards. Skirt 18 is provided with a flared flange 19 the outside diameter of which does not exceed the outside diameter of auxiliary wall 10.
  • a recess 21 has been drawn at junction 20 between flange 8 of the container and the auxiliary wall 10, which recess has a mouth 22 on the outside of auxiliary wall 10 and a mouth 23 on top of flange 8 of the container.
  • mouth 23 has been indicated with a dotted line, because in this case it is completely covered by flange 19 of the lid.
  • a flat bail 24 is shown, tightly secured between two plates to auxiliary wall 10 with, for instance, a press button 25 while capable of being turned.
  • the other end of the bail is fastened to the auxiliary wall at a place, see Figure 2, situated diametri- catty opposite the first point 25 on the auxiliary wall.
  • Bail 24 consists of a flexible plastic material and in horizontal position it just fits around the outside of the auxiliary well.
  • a container with lid has the advantage of being capable to cope with a great vertical downward force onto the lid without the lid tending to sink into the container. This is probably attributable to the fact that, with the lid being subjected to such a load, the inwardly inclined skirt of the lid is less inclined to assume a horizontal position, although the specially reinforced lip of the-mouth may also play a part here.
  • plates 11 prevent the portion of the lip of the container mouth below the flange of the container from being bent outwards so that otherwise, at a certain force, the portion above the container flange would have a greater freedom of movement, making it easier for the skirt of the lid to be pulled over edge 7. All this makes it possible for filled containers with lids to be stacked high.
  • the advantage of the design is that the mould need not comprise more than two parts capable of moving along a straight line in respect of each other for opening and closing the mould. Moreover, from the point of view of moulding technique the design also has the advantage that the projections for making the recesses can be taken away by a simple operation. The advantage is that, if so desired, a container-lid assembly can thus be produced the lid of which is indeed very hard to remove. This requirement is sometimes imposed by industrial users of packaging containers to prevent unauthorized people from gaining access to the (hazardous or very expensive) packed goods during the transport.
  • the container with lid according to the invention need not necessarily have a round horizontal cross-section, but may also have other cross sections, such as an elliptic or square cross sections.
  • the container may be produced from a plastic material different from that of the lid.
  • the container from polypropylene or high-density polyethylene and the lid from soft low-density polyethylene.
  • the container may vary in height, for instance it may be a low pot or a slightly higher pail. In both cases the container has a printing or labelling surface all around its wall not interrupted by lugs and/or nesting ribs.
  • the wall thickness of the lid between the skirt and the flange of the lid may optionally be greater. This is shown dia- gramatically in Figure 1 by the dotted line 26.
  • Figure 4 shows a variant of the container.
  • the top edge 7 of lip 6 possesses a vertical mouth wall 27 which fits closely into the corresponding groove 28 in the lid.
  • the angle between flange 19 and the horizontal plane H is larger than the angle between flange 8 and plane H.
  • Figure 4 shows the plate 11 being free from the container wall 4. In practice, after the cooling of the injection-moulded container, the plates 11 may be in close contact with the container wall without being attached to this wall 4.

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1. Récipient emboîtable (1) avec couvercle (2), l'un et l'autre fabriquées en plastique, dont le couvercle comporte une portion centrale (14) et, sur sa circonférence, une jupe (18) avec rebord (19) tournée vers le bas par-dessus le bord (7) du récipient, formant un ensemble dans lequel des portions intérieures de la jupe peuvent s'engager sous des portions extérieures du récipient pour maintanir le couvercle sur le récipient; dans lequel l'angle d'inclinaison entre la paroi du récipient et la verticale est différent dans la virole supérieure et dans la virole inférieure; et dans lequel la paroi (4) du récipient présente tout autour un rebord (8) du récipient avec une paroi auxiliaire descendante (10) à laquelle on peut, en option, accrocher une anse (24) le récipient avec couvercle étant caractérisé en ce que, près de son bord supérieure, la paroi du récipient se transforme, par l'intermédiaire d'un pli franc (5), en une lèvre (6) qui se trouve à l'orifice du récipient, lèvre qui présente un angle d'inclinaison par rapport à la verticale supérieure à celui du reste de la paroi (4) du récipient; en ce que le rebort (8) du récipient avec la paroi auxiliarire descendante (10) est placée entre le pli franc (5) prévu dans la paroi et le bord supérieur (7) du récipient; en ce que des ailettes radiales (11) ont été prévues tout autour du récipient, entre la paroi (4) du récipient et la paroi auxiliaire (10), ailettes dont les extrémités inférieures (13) servent comme butées d'emboîtage lors de l'emboîtage des récipients; en ce qu'une ou plusieurs niches (21) ont été prévues à la jonction (9) entre le rebord (8) du récipient et la paroi auxiliaire (10), niches qui - présentent des orifices à la fois sur le dessus du rebord du récipient et sur l'extérieure de la paroi auxiliaire; en ce que la jupe (18) du couvercle (2) s'étend coniquement vers l'intérieur dans la direction vers le bas et que le rebord (19) prévu à son extrémité libre est évasé vers l'extérieure de sorte que, lorsque le réciient est fermé, l'intérieur de la jupe est en contact étanche avec la paroi extérieure du récipient au-dessus du rebord (8) du récipient; en ce que le rebord (19) du couvercle repose sur le rebord (8) du récipient et recouvre au moins en partie les niches (21); et en ce que la circonférence de la paroi auxiliaire constitue la plus grande circonférence de l'ensemble récipient-couvercle.
2. Récipient avec couvercle selon la revendication 1, caractérisé en ce que le rebord (8) du récipient et le rebord (19) du couvercle sont inclinés vers le bas.
3. Récipient avec couvercle selon la revendication 1 ou 2, caractérisé en ce que la paroi auxiliaire (10) a une hauteur d'au moins 1,0 cm.
4. Récipient avec couvercle selon la revendication 1, caractérisé en ce que le couvercle (2) est fabriqué en un matériau synthétique plus flexible que le matériau synthétique du récipient (1).
5. Récipient avec couvercle selon l'une quelconque des revendications 1 à 4, caractérisé en ce que le couvercle (2) présente une portion centrale (14) en creux qui donne un adjustement étanche à l'égard des parois intérieures du récipient, portion centrale qui est reliée à la jupe (18) par l'intermédiaire d'une portion annulaire (17) du couvercle.
6. Récipient avec couvercle selon l'une quelconque des revendications 1 à 5, caractérisé en ce que la paroi du récipient est partout de la même épaisseur.
7. Récipient avec couvercle selon l'une quelconque des revendications 1 à 6, caractérisé en ce que le récipient est muni d'une anse plastique plate (24) fixée, bien serrée, par ses extrémités, contre la paroi auxiliaire, anse dont la forme correspond, entre ses extrémités, à la forme d'une demi-circonférence extérieure de la paroi auxiliaire (10).
8. Récipient avec couvercle selon l'une quelconque des revendications 1 à 7, caractérisé en ce que les ailettes (11) prévues entre la paroi (4) du récipient et la paroi auxiliaire (10) ne sont attachées qu'à l'une de ces parois, de préférence à la paroi auxiliaire (4, 10).
9. Récipient avec couvercle selon l'une quelconque des revendications 1 à 8, caractérisé en ce que le bord supérieure (7) présente une paroi d'orifice verticale qui peut s'ajuster dans une rainure verticale correspondante du couvercle.
10. Récipient avec couvercle selon l'une quelconque des revendications 1 à 9, caractérisé en ce que l'angle entre le rebord (19) du couvercle et un plan horizontal (H) est supérieure à l'angle entre le rebord (8) du récipient et ce plan horizontal (H).
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