EP0197498B1 - Tearable container part - Google Patents

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EP0197498B1
EP0197498B1 EP86104479A EP86104479A EP0197498B1 EP 0197498 B1 EP0197498 B1 EP 0197498B1 EP 86104479 A EP86104479 A EP 86104479A EP 86104479 A EP86104479 A EP 86104479A EP 0197498 B1 EP0197498 B1 EP 0197498B1
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    • BPERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65DCONTAINERS 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
    • B65D17/00Rigid or semi-rigid containers specially constructed to be opened by cutting or piercing, or by tearing of frangible members or portions
    • B65D17/42Rigid or semi-rigid containers specially constructed to be opened by cutting or piercing, or by tearing of frangible members or portions with cutting, punching, or cutter accommodating means
    • B65D17/46Wires, strings or the like, e.g. rip cords
    • B65D17/462Tearing-strips or -wires
    • B65D17/464Tearing-strips or -wires with tongues or tags for engagement by slotted keys

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  • the tab is stamped out in one piece together with a flat sheet metal blank in the initial state and extends in its plane beyond one of two longitudinal edges of the sheet metal blank. Together with the two incisions which laterally delimit the tear strip, a starting incision connecting these incisions is stamped into the sheet metal blank near the other longitudinal edge.
  • the sheet metal blank is then rolled in such a way that the two longitudinal edges overlap one another, and these are then welded together to form a longitudinal seam, so that a cylindrical can body is formed.
  • a complete can is produced from this, in that the two end faces of the can body are closed by crimping with a lid or a base. To open the can, a key is placed on the flap, which is then unrolled at the closest edge of the flange.
  • EP-A-167855 which belongs to the state of the art under Article 54 (3) EPC, proposed a tear-open can part of the type described in the opening paragraph, in which the starting scoring is formed by a scoring line , which extends across the tear strip and possibly extends a short distance beyond each of the two scratches laterally delimiting the tear strip.
  • the invention is therefore based on the object of developing a tearable can part of the type described at the outset in such a way that the tear-open process is not noticeably complicated even by relatively large manufacturing inaccuracies of the type described.
  • the object is achieved in that the starting score is part of a field of several scratches formed on the tear strip below the tab and the welding zone partially covers this field.
  • the size of the field and the distance between the scratches forming the field from one another can be matched to the sheet thickness and the other properties of the can part and the tab, and made dependent on the working accuracy of the available manufacturing facilities, based on simple tests, so that even when the worst comes together Tolerances the welding zone partially - but only partially - covers the field formed by the scratches, so that at least one scratch is not covered by the welding zone but is located at such a small distance from it that this scratching gives way to the tear strip in an articulated manner and then tears, if the flap is rolled up with a key.
  • the field extends over two thirds to four fifths of the width of the tear strip.
  • the field is preferably circular or square, since it can generally be arranged that the manufacturing tolerances described are approximately equal in all directions of the plane of the field.
  • the field is formed by concentric circular scratches.
  • Such scratches can be produced with an embossing stamp which can be produced in a particularly simple manner by turning.
  • circular scratches have the advantage that they have particularly little tendency to break open and thereby render the can part unusable when it is subjected to bending and / or stretching loads. Bending loads occur, for example, when the can part is rolled into a cylindrical can body in the form of a flat sheet metal blank.
  • increased bending stresses can occur if a filled can is deformed due to careless handling.
  • Elongation stresses which can become critical in the area of the initial scoring, occur particularly when an initially cylindrically rolled can part is expanded to form a cuboid or truncated pyramid or frustoconical frame.
  • a field made up of a plurality of scratches which extend transversely to the tear strip and is preferably supplemented by a plurality of scratches which extend in the longitudinal direction of the tear strip is also suitable.
  • Another alternative is that the field has several intersecting diagonal scratches.
  • the tab of a tearable can part has a thickened portion at its welded end in the form of an arrow directed towards the free end of the tab.
  • the present invention can be developed in a particularly advantageous manner in that the tip of the arrow-shaped thickening is arranged over the center of the field formed by the starting scoring and several other scoring.
  • the tab prefferably has a triangular depression on its underside above the field, which limits the welding zone to an arrow-shaped part of the field. In this way, the forces generated when the flap is rolled up by means of a key are concentrated in the middle of the field, so that the marking gradually widens from there, following the edge of the welding zone, until it reaches the longitudinal scratches that laterally delimit the tear strip.
  • the can part 10 shown is an originally rectangular sheet metal blank with two longitudinal edges 12 and 14.
  • the can part 10 is rolled into a cylindrical frame in the course of the manufacture of a can, as indicated by a circle in FIG. 1. Then the two longitudinal edges 12 and 14 are welded together.
  • the weld seam can be an overlapped squeeze seam or, as indicated in FIGS. 1 and 2, a butt seam that can be produced by laser welding.
  • the can part 10 has a pair of parallel scratches 16 which are embossed at right angles to the longitudinal edges 12 and 14 and laterally delimit a tear strip 18 which extends over the entire circumference of the finished can.
  • a tab 20 is welded to the tear strip 18, onto which a key 22 can be attached according to FIGS. 1 and 2 in order to first roll up the tab 20 and then the entire tear strip 18.
  • the key 22 rolls along one of two flanged edges 24, which connect the box-shaped can part according to FIG. 1, each with a lid or bottom 26.
  • the tear strip 18 can have between the two scratches 16 laterally delimiting it and parallel to these one (FIGS. 1 to 3) or two (FIGS. 5 to 8) additional longitudinal scratches, which likewise extend over the entire circumference of the can.
  • a field 28 is embossed from a plurality of scratches, one of which acts as the starting scratch 30 when the flap 20 is rolled up.
  • the field 28 is arranged at a sufficient distance from the two longitudinal edges 12 and 14 in order to remain free of any structural change in the sheet which occurs when the two longitudinal edges are welded.
  • the width of the field 28 can match that of the tear strip 18; however, in the preferred examples shown, the field 28 extends only about three quarters of the width of the tear strip.
  • the field 28 can be produced with an embossing stamp, preferably in the flat state of the can part 10 after the incisions 16 have been impressed.
  • the field 28 is formed in the manner of a target from a plurality of concentric circles;
  • the common center of these circles lies as precisely as possible in the middle between the two scratches 16 laterally delimiting the tab 20.
  • the field 28 can, however, also be formed by differently designed, in particular rectilinear carvings, which, for example according to FIGS. 5 and 6, extend at right angles to the lateral carvings 16, the field 28 according to FIG. 6 having additional carvings extend parallel to the side scratches 16. 7 and 8, the field 28 can also be formed by intersecting diagonal scratches. In each of the cases shown in FIGS. 5 to 8, the field 28 can be more or less precisely square or circular.
  • the tab 20 has a free end 32 intended for inserting the key 22, which can be easily bent away from the can part 10, for example with a fingernail.
  • the other end of the tab 20, which is welded to the can part 10, has a thickening 34, which in the examples shown has arisen in that an arrow-shaped end section when punching the tab 20 has been turned out so that its tip 36 is directed to the free end 32.
  • a depression 38 is stamped into the underside of the tab 20, which is also arrow-shaped and directed towards the free end 32, but is smaller than the thickening 34.
  • the depression 38 is bounded in the direction of the free end 32 of the tab 20 by a correspondingly arrow-shaped zone 40 which has a waffle-like surface structure which protrudes slightly from the rest of the underside of the tab.
  • the tab 20 is arranged during welding to the tear strip 18 in such a way that the tip 36 lies as precisely as possible over the center of the field 28.
  • a particularly good current transfer occurs between the waffle-like arrow-shaped zone 40 and the field 28, so that a welding zone 42 is formed where the arrow-shaped zone 40 covers the field 28.
  • the welding zone 42 is thus also essentially arrow-shaped, but does not extend beyond the field 28 and therefore does not reach the two scratches 16 laterally delimiting the tear strip 18, but covers the or each additional longitudinal scratch arranged between the two lateral scratches 16.

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Die Erfindung betrifft ein aufreißbares Dosenteil aus Blech mit

  • einem Paar Ritzungen, die einen Aufreißstreifen seitlich begrenzen,
  • einer Lasche, die als gesondertes Blechteil in einer Schweißzone an einem ihrer Enden an den Aufreißstreifen angeschweißt ist,
  • und einer Startritzung, die sich zwischen der Schweißzone und dem freien Ende der Lasche über den Aufreißstreifen bis in die Nähe der beiden seitlichen Ritzungen erstreckt.
The invention relates to a tearable can part made of sheet metal
  • a pair of scratches that laterally delimit a tear strip,
  • a tab, which is welded as a separate sheet metal part at one end to the tear strip in a welding zone,
  • and a start scoring that extends between the welding zone and the free end of the tab over the tear strip up to the vicinity of the two side scoring.

Bei einem bekannten Dosenteil (DE-C 1 017 042) ist die Lasche zusammen mit einem im Ausgangszustand ebenen Blechzuschnitt in einem Stück ausgestantzt und erstreckt sich in dessen Ebene über einen von zwei Längsrändern des Blechzuschnittes hinaus. Zusammen mit den beiden Ritzungen, die den Aufreißstreifen seitlich begrenzen, ist eine diese Ritzungen miteinander verbindende Startritzung in der Nähe des anderen Längsrandes in den Blechzuschnitt eingestantzt. Der Blechzuschnitt wird dann derart gerollt, daß die beiden Längsränder einander überlappen, und diese werden anschließend miteinander zu einer Längsnaht verschweißt, sodaß ein zylindrischer Dosenrumpf entsteht. Aus diesem wird schließlich eine vollständige Dose hergestellt, indem die beiden Stirnseiten des Dosenrumpfes durch Bördeln mit einem Deckel bzw. einem Boden verschlossen werden. Zum Aufreißen der Dose wird auf die Lasche ein Schlüssel aufgesteckt, der am nächstgelegenen Bördelrand abgerollt wird.In a known can part (DE-C 1 017 042), the tab is stamped out in one piece together with a flat sheet metal blank in the initial state and extends in its plane beyond one of two longitudinal edges of the sheet metal blank. Together with the two incisions which laterally delimit the tear strip, a starting incision connecting these incisions is stamped into the sheet metal blank near the other longitudinal edge. The sheet metal blank is then rolled in such a way that the two longitudinal edges overlap one another, and these are then welded together to form a longitudinal seam, so that a cylindrical can body is formed. Finally, a complete can is produced from this, in that the two end faces of the can body are closed by crimping with a lid or a base. To open the can, a key is placed on the flap, which is then unrolled at the closest edge of the flange.

Bei diesen bekannten Dosen gelingt es vorallem ungeübten Verbrauchern nicht immer auf Anhieb, den Aufreißstreifen in der gewünschten Weise vollständig zu entfernen. Nicht selten reißt der Aufreißstreifen schon im Bereich der Längsränder oder kurz dahinter ab, weil sich von der Lasche ausgehend konvergierende Risse bilden, die sich zwischen den Umfangsritzungen treffen. Der Verbraucher ist dann gezwungen, das Öffnen der Dose mit einem für diesen Zweck nicht vorgesehenen Werkzeug fortzusetzen, wobei die Gefahr besteht, daß er sich an scharfen Blechrändern verletzt.With these known cans, inexperienced consumers in particular are not always able to remove the tear strip completely in the desired manner. It is not uncommon for the tear strip to tear off in the area of the longitudinal edges or shortly behind, because converging cracks form from the tab and meet between the circumferential scratches. The consumer is then forced to continue opening the can with a tool not provided for this purpose, with the risk of being injured on sharp sheet metal edges.

In der Absicht, den Aufreißvorgang sicherer zu gestalten, ist in der EP-A-167855 die zum Stand der Technik nach Artikel 54(3) EPÜ gehört ein aufreissbares Dosenteil der eingangs beschriebenen Gattung vorgeschlagen worden, bei dem die Startritzung von einer Ritzungslinie gebildet ist, die sich quer über den Aufreißstreifen erstreckt und gegebenenfalls um ein kurzes Stück über jede der beiden den Aufreißstreifen seitlich begrenzenden Ritzungen hinausreicht.In order to make the tearing process safer, EP-A-167855, which belongs to the state of the art under Article 54 (3) EPC, proposed a tear-open can part of the type described in the opening paragraph, in which the starting scoring is formed by a scoring line , which extends across the tear strip and possibly extends a short distance beyond each of the two scratches laterally delimiting the tear strip.

Dosenteile nach diesem nicht vorveröffentlichten älteren Vorschlag lassen sich einwandfrei aufreißen, wenn es gelungen ist, die Lasche beim Anschweißen an den Aufreißstreifen derart genau anzuordnen, daß die Startritzung unmittelbar neben der Schweißzone liegt. Wenn jedoch infolge von Herstellungsungenauigkeiten die Schweißzone entweder einen zu großen Abstand von der Startritzung hat oder diese überdeckt, dann kann die Startritzung nicht oder nur in unvollkommener Weise ihre Aufgabe erfüllen, beim Aufrollen der Lasche mittels eines Schlüssels den Aufreißstreifen erst knicken und dann mehr oder weniger schnell auf der gesamten Breite zwischen den ihn seitlich begrenzenden Ritzungen anreißen zu lassen. Herstellungsungenauigkeiten, die eine den Aufreißvorgang erschwerende ungünstige Lage von Startritzung und Schweißzone in Bezug zueinander zur Folge haben können, ergeben sich aus den Toleranzen beim Einprägen der Startritzung, beim Stanzen und Handhaben der Lasche, sowie beim Schweißen selbst. Will man all diese Toleranzen so klein halten, daß sie sich auch bei ungünstigem Zusammentreffen nicht nachteilig auf den Aufreißvorgang auswirken, dann erfordert dies verhältnismäßig kostspielige Verfahren und Vorrichtungen zum Ausführen der genannten Arbeitsgänge.Can parts according to this not previously published older proposal can be torn open properly if it has been possible to arrange the tab so precisely when it is welded to the tear strip that the starting score is directly next to the welding zone. However, if, due to manufacturing inaccuracies, the welding zone is either too far from the starting scoring or covers it, the starting scoring cannot or only incompletely fulfill its task, when the tab is rolled up, first fold the tear strip with a key and then more or less to be quickly torn across the entire width between the scratches on the sides. Manufacturing inaccuracies, which can result in an unfavorable position of the starting scratch and welding zone in relation to one another, which result in the tear-open process, result from the tolerances when impressing the starting scratch, when punching and handling the tab, and when welding itself. If all these tolerances are so small consider that they do not adversely affect the tearing open, even in the event of an unfavorable coincidence, then this requires relatively expensive methods and devices for carrying out the operations mentioned.

Der Erfindung liegt deshalb die Aufgabe zugrunde, ein aufreißbares Dosenteil der eingangs beschriebenen Gattung derart weiterzubilden, daß der Aufreißvorgang auch durch verhältnismäßig große Herstellungsungenauigkeiten der beschriebenen Art nicht merklich erschwert wird.The invention is therefore based on the object of developing a tearable can part of the type described at the outset in such a way that the tear-open process is not noticeably complicated even by relatively large manufacturing inaccuracies of the type described.

Die Aufgabe ist erfindungsgemäß dadurch gelöst, daß die Startritzung ein Teil eines Feldes von mehreren am Aufreißstreifen unterhalb der Lasche ausgebildeten Ritzungen ist und die Schweißzone dieses Feld teilweise überdeckt.The object is achieved in that the starting score is part of a field of several scratches formed on the tear strip below the tab and the welding zone partially covers this field.

Die Größe des Feldes und der Abstand der das Feld bildenden Ritzungen voneinander lassen sich aufgrund einfacher Versuche derart auf die Blechdicke und die sonstigen Eigenschaften des Dosenteils und der Lasche abstimmen und von der Arbeitsgenauigkeit der zur Verfügung stehenden Fertigungseinrichtungen abhängig machen, daß selbst bei ungünstigstem Zusammentreffen aller Toleranzen die Schweißzone das von den Ritzungen gebildete Feld teilweise - aber auch nur teilweise - überdeckt, sodaß stets mindestens eine Ritzung von der Schweißzone nicht überdeckt aber in so geringem Abstand von ihr angeordnet ist, daß diese Ritzung den Aufreißstreifen gelenkartig nachgeben und dann anreißen läßt, wenn die Lasche mit einem Schlüssel aufgerollt wird.The size of the field and the distance between the scratches forming the field from one another can be matched to the sheet thickness and the other properties of the can part and the tab, and made dependent on the working accuracy of the available manufacturing facilities, based on simple tests, so that even when the worst comes together Tolerances the welding zone partially - but only partially - covers the field formed by the scratches, so that at least one scratch is not covered by the welding zone but is located at such a small distance from it that this scratching gives way to the tear strip in an articulated manner and then tears, if the flap is rolled up with a key.

Es ist vorteilhaft, wenn das Feld sich über zwei Drittel bis vier Fünftel der Breite des Aufreißstreifens erstreckt.It is advantageous if the field extends over two thirds to four fifths of the width of the tear strip.

Das Feld ist vorzugsweise kreisförmig oder quadratisch, da es sich im allgemeinen einrichten läßt, daß die beschriebenen Herstellungstoleranzen in allen Richtungen der Ebene des Feldes ungefähr gleich groß sind.The field is preferably circular or square, since it can generally be arranged that the manufacturing tolerances described are approximately equal in all directions of the plane of the field.

Bei der bevorzugten Ausführungsform der Erfindung ist das Feld von konzentrischen kreisförmigen Ritzungen gebildet.In the preferred embodiment of the invention, the field is formed by concentric circular scratches.

Solche Ritzungen lassen sich mit einem Prägestempel erzeugen der in besonders einfacher Weise durch Drehen herstellbar ist. Vor allem aber haben kreisförmige Ritzungen den Vorteil, daß sie besonders wenig dazu neigen, aufzubrechen und dadurch das Dosenteil unbrauchbar zu machen, wenn dieses Biege- und/oder Dehnungsbelastungen ausgesetzt wird. Biegebelastungen treten beispielsweise auf, wenn das Dosenteil in Form eines ebenen Blechzuschnittes zu einem zylindrischen Dosenrumpf gerollt wird. Darüberhinaus können erhöht Biegebelastungen auftreten, wenn eine gefüllte Dose durch unachtsame Handhabung verformt wird. Dehnungsbelastungen, die im Bereich der Startritzung kritisch werden können, treten vor allem dann auf, wenn ein zunächst zylindrisch gerolltes Dosenteil zu einer quader- oder pyramidenstumpf- oder kegelstumpfförmigen Zarge geweitet wird.Such scratches can be produced with an embossing stamp which can be produced in a particularly simple manner by turning. Above all, circular scratches have the advantage that they have particularly little tendency to break open and thereby render the can part unusable when it is subjected to bending and / or stretching loads. Bending loads occur, for example, when the can part is rolled into a cylindrical can body in the form of a flat sheet metal blank. In addition, increased bending stresses can occur if a filled can is deformed due to careless handling. Elongation stresses, which can become critical in the area of the initial scoring, occur particularly when an initially cylindrically rolled can part is expanded to form a cuboid or truncated pyramid or frustoconical frame.

Als Alternative zu einem Feld aus konzentrischen Kreisen eignet sich aber auch ein Feld aus mehreren Ritzungen, die sich quer zum Aufreißstreifen erstrecken und vorzugsweise durch mehrere Ritzungen ergänzt sind, die sich in Längsrichtung des Aufreißstreifens erstrecken.As an alternative to a field made of concentric circles, however, a field made up of a plurality of scratches which extend transversely to the tear strip and is preferably supplemented by a plurality of scratches which extend in the longitudinal direction of the tear strip is also suitable.

Eine weitere Alternative besteht darin, daß das Feld mehrere einander kreuzende diagonale Ritzungen aufweist.Another alternative is that the field has several intersecting diagonal scratches.

Gemäß einer weiteren älteren, nicht vorveröffentlichten Anmeldung (EP-A-176052) hat die Lasche eines aufreissbaren Dosenteils an ihrem angeschweißten Ende eine Verdickung von der Form eines auf das freie Ende der Lasche gerichteten Pfeils. In Verbindung mit diesem Merkmal läßt sich die vorliegende Erfindung in besonders vorteilhafter Weise dadurch weiterbilden, daß die Spitze der pfeilförmigen Verdickung über der Mitte des von der Startritzung und mehreren weiteren Ritzungen gebildeten Feldes angeordnet ist.According to another older, unpublished application (EP-A-176052), the tab of a tearable can part has a thickened portion at its welded end in the form of an arrow directed towards the free end of the tab. In connection with this feature, the present invention can be developed in a particularly advantageous manner in that the tip of the arrow-shaped thickening is arranged over the center of the field formed by the starting scoring and several other scoring.

Dabei ist es zweckmäßig, daß die Lasche an Ihre Unterseite über dem Feld eine dreieckige Vertiefung aufweist, welche die Schweißzone auf einen pfeilfömrigen Teil des Feldes beschränkt. Auf diese Weise werden die beim Aufrollen der Lasche mittels eines Schlüssels hervorgerufenen Kräfte auf die Mitte des Feldes konzentriert, sodaß sich der Anriß von dort aus, dem Rand der Schweißzone folgend, allmählich verbreitert, bis er die Längsritzungen erreicht, die den Aufreißstreifen seitlich begrenzen.It is expedient for the tab to have a triangular depression on its underside above the field, which limits the welding zone to an arrow-shaped part of the field. In this way, the forces generated when the flap is rolled up by means of a key are concentrated in the middle of the field, so that the marking gradually widens from there, following the edge of the welding zone, until it reaches the longitudinal scratches that laterally delimit the tear strip.

Ausführungsbeispiele der Erfindung werden im folgenden anhand schematischer Zeichnungen mit weiteren Einzelheiten erläutert. Es zeigt:

  • Fig. 1 eine Konservendose in Schrägansicht zu Beginn des Aufreißens,
  • Fig. 2 einen vergrößerten Ausschnitt aus Fig. 1,
  • Fig. 3 einen Ausschnitt eines Dosenteils, auf das eine Lasche aufgeschweißt wird,
  • Fig. 4 die Ansicht der Lasche von unten in Richtung des Pfeils IV in Fig. 3 und
  • Fig. 5 bis 8 Varianten zu Fig. 3.
Exemplary embodiments of the invention are explained in more detail below with the aid of schematic drawings. It shows:
  • 1 is a can in oblique view at the beginning of tearing,
  • 2 shows an enlarged detail from FIG. 1,
  • 3 shows a detail of a can part on which a tab is welded,
  • Fig. 4 shows the tab from below in the direction of arrow IV in Fig. 3 and
  • 5 to 8 variants of Fig. 3rd

Das dargestellte Dosenteil 10 ist ein ursprünglich rechteckiger Blechzuschnitt mit zwei Längsrändern 12 und 14. Das Dosenteil 10 wird im Verlauf der Herstellung einer Konservendose zu einer zylindrischen Zarge gerollt, wie mit einem Kreis in Fig. 1 angedeutet ist. Anschließend werden die beiden Längsränder 12 und 14 miteinander verschweißt. Die Schweißnaht kann eine Überlappt-Quetschnaht sein oder, wie in Fig. 1 und 2 angedeutet, eine Stumpfnaht, die sich durch Laserschweißung herstellen läßt.The can part 10 shown is an originally rectangular sheet metal blank with two longitudinal edges 12 and 14. The can part 10 is rolled into a cylindrical frame in the course of the manufacture of a can, as indicated by a circle in FIG. 1. Then the two longitudinal edges 12 and 14 are welded together. The weld seam can be an overlapped squeeze seam or, as indicated in FIGS. 1 and 2, a butt seam that can be produced by laser welding.

Das Dosenteil 10 hat ein Paar parallele Ritzungen 16, die rechtwinklig zu den Längsrändern 12 und 14 eingeprägt sind und einen Aufreißstreifen 18 seitlich begrenzen, der sich über den gesamten Umfang der fertigen Dose erstreckt. An den Aufreißstreifen 18 ist eine Lasche 20 angeschweißt, auf die man gemäß Fig. 1 und 2 einen Schlüssel 22 aufstecken kann, um erst die Lasche 20 und anschließend den gesamten Aufreißstreifen 18 aufzurollen. Der Schlüssel 22 rollt dabei an einem von zwei Bördelrändern 24 entlang, die das gemäß Fig. 1 quaderförmige Dosenteil mit je einem Deckel bzw. Boden 26 verbinden.The can part 10 has a pair of parallel scratches 16 which are embossed at right angles to the longitudinal edges 12 and 14 and laterally delimit a tear strip 18 which extends over the entire circumference of the finished can. A tab 20 is welded to the tear strip 18, onto which a key 22 can be attached according to FIGS. 1 and 2 in order to first roll up the tab 20 and then the entire tear strip 18. The key 22 rolls along one of two flanged edges 24, which connect the box-shaped can part according to FIG. 1, each with a lid or bottom 26.

Der Aufreißstreifen 18 kann zwischen den beiden ihn seitlich begrenzenden Ritzungen 16 und parallel zu diesen einen (Fig. 1 bis 3) oder zwei (Fig. 5 bis 8) zusätzliche Längsritzungen aufweisen, die sich ebenfalls über den gesamten Umfang der Dose erstrecken.The tear strip 18 can have between the two scratches 16 laterally delimiting it and parallel to these one (FIGS. 1 to 3) or two (FIGS. 5 to 8) additional longitudinal scratches, which likewise extend over the entire circumference of the can.

In den Aufreißstreifen 18 ist ein Feld 28 aus einer Vielzahl von Ritzungen eingeprägt, von denen in jedem Fall eine beim Aufrollen der Lasche 20 als Startritzung 30 wirkt. Das Feld 28 ist in ausreichendem Abstand von beiden Längsrändem 12 und 14 angeordnet, um frei von jeglicher Gefügeveränderung des Blechs zu bleiben, die beim Verschweißen der beiden Längsränder auftritt. Die Breite des Feldes 28 kann mit derjenigen des Aufreißstreifens 18 übereinstimmen; bei den dargestellten bevorzugten Beispielen erstreckt sich das Feld 28 jedoch nur über etwa drei Viertel der Breite des Aufreißstreifens. Das Feld 28 läßt sich mit einem Prägestempel erzeugen, vorzugsweise im ebenen Zustand des Dosenteils 10 nach dem Einprägen der Ritzungen 16.In the tear strip 18, a field 28 is embossed from a plurality of scratches, one of which acts as the starting scratch 30 when the flap 20 is rolled up. The field 28 is arranged at a sufficient distance from the two longitudinal edges 12 and 14 in order to remain free of any structural change in the sheet which occurs when the two longitudinal edges are welded. The width of the field 28 can match that of the tear strip 18; however, in the preferred examples shown, the field 28 extends only about three quarters of the width of the tear strip. The field 28 can be produced with an embossing stamp, preferably in the flat state of the can part 10 after the incisions 16 have been impressed.

Gemäß Fig. 1 bis 3 ist das Feld 28 in der Art einer Zielscheibe von mehreren konzentrischen Kreisen gebildet; der gemeinsame Mittelpunkt dieser Kreise liegt möglichst genau in der Mitte zwischen den beiden die Lasche 20 seitlich begrenzenden Ritzungen 16.1 to 3, the field 28 is formed in the manner of a target from a plurality of concentric circles; The common center of these circles lies as precisely as possible in the middle between the two scratches 16 laterally delimiting the tab 20.

Das Feld 28 kann aber auch von anders gestalteten, insbesondere geradlinigen Ritzungen gebildet sein, die sich beispielsweise gemäß Fig. 5 und 6 im rechten Winkel zu den seitlichen Ritzungen 16 erstrecken, wobei das Feld 28 gemäß Fig. 6 zusätzliche Ritzungen aufweisen kann, die sich parallel zu den seitlichen Ritzungen 16 erstrecken. Gemäß Fig. 7 und 8 kann das Feld 28 auch von einander kreuzenden diagonalen Ritzungen gebildet sein. In jedem der in Fig. 5 bis 8 dargestellten Fälle, kann das Feld 28 mehr oder weniger genau quadratisch oder kreisförmig sein.The field 28 can, however, also be formed by differently designed, in particular rectilinear carvings, which, for example according to FIGS. 5 and 6, extend at right angles to the lateral carvings 16, the field 28 according to FIG. 6 having additional carvings extend parallel to the side scratches 16. 7 and 8, the field 28 can also be formed by intersecting diagonal scratches. In each of the cases shown in FIGS. 5 to 8, the field 28 can be more or less precisely square or circular.

Die Lasche 20 hat ein zum Aufstecken des Schlüssels 22 bestimmtes freies Ende 32, das sich leicht - beispielsweise mit einem Fingernagel - vom Dosenteil 10 wegbiegen läßt. Das andere Ende der Lasche 20, das mit dem Dosenteil 10 verschweißt wird, weist eine Verdickung 34 auf, die in den dargestellten Beispielen dadurch entstanden ist, daß ein pfeilförmiger Endabschnitt beim Stanzen der Lasche 20 derart nach außen umgeschlagen worden ist, daß seine Spitze 36 zum freien Ende 32 gerichtet ist.The tab 20 has a free end 32 intended for inserting the key 22, which can be easily bent away from the can part 10, for example with a fingernail. The other end of the tab 20, which is welded to the can part 10, has a thickening 34, which in the examples shown has arisen in that an arrow-shaped end section when punching the tab 20 has been turned out so that its tip 36 is directed to the free end 32.

In die Unterseite der Lasche 20 ist eine Vertiefung 38 eingeprägt, die ebenfalls pfeilförmig und auf das freie Ende 32 gerichtet, jedoch kleiner als die Verdickung 34 ist. Die Vertiefung 38 ist in Richtung zum freien Ende 32 der Lasche 20 hin durch eine in entsprechender Weise pfeilförmige Zone 40 begrenzt, die eine gegenüber der übrigen Unterseite der Lasche leicht vorstehende waffelartige Oberflächenstruktur aufweist.A depression 38 is stamped into the underside of the tab 20, which is also arrow-shaped and directed towards the free end 32, but is smaller than the thickening 34. The depression 38 is bounded in the direction of the free end 32 of the tab 20 by a correspondingly arrow-shaped zone 40 which has a waffle-like surface structure which protrudes slightly from the rest of the underside of the tab.

Bei jeder der in Fig. 3 und 5 bis 8 dargestellten Ausgestaltungen des Feldes 28 wird die Lasche 20 beim Anschweißen an den Aufreißstreifen 18 so angeordnet, daß die Spitze 36 möglichst genau über der Mitte des Feldes 28 liegt.In each of the configurations of the field 28 shown in FIGS. 3 and 5 to 8, the tab 20 is arranged during welding to the tear strip 18 in such a way that the tip 36 lies as precisely as possible over the center of the field 28.

Beim Schweißen entsteht unter dem Einfluß eines von Schweißelektroden erzeugten Druckes zwischen der waffelartig strukturierten pfeilförmigen Zone 40 und dem Feld 28 ein besonders guter Stromübergang, sodaß eine Schweißzone 42 dort entsteht, wo die pfeilförmige Zone 40 das Feld 28 überdeckt. Die Schweißzone 42 ist somit ebenfalls im wesentlichen pfeilförmig, erstreckt sich aber nicht über das Feld 28 hinaus und erreicht deshalb die beiden den Aufreißstreifen 18 seitlich begrenzenden Ritzungen 16 nicht, überdeckt aber die bzw. jede zwischen den beiden seitlichen Ritzungen 16 angeordnete zusätzliche Längsritzung.During welding, under the influence of a pressure generated by welding electrodes, a particularly good current transfer occurs between the waffle-like arrow-shaped zone 40 and the field 28, so that a welding zone 42 is formed where the arrow-shaped zone 40 covers the field 28. The welding zone 42 is thus also essentially arrow-shaped, but does not extend beyond the field 28 and therefore does not reach the two scratches 16 laterally delimiting the tear strip 18, but covers the or each additional longitudinal scratch arranged between the two lateral scratches 16.

Claims (10)

1. A tear-open can member of sheet metal having
a pair of circumferential scorings (16) which define a tear-off strip (18) laterally,
a tongue (20) which is welded, as a separate sheet-metal part, in a welding zone (42) at one of its ends, to the tear-off strip (18),
and a starting scoring (30) which extends between the welding zone (42) and the free end (32) of the tongue (20) over the tear-off strip (18) at least to within the vicinity of the two lateral circumferential scorings (16), wherein
the starting scoring (30) is part of a field (28) of a plurality of scorings formed on the tear-off strip (18) below the tongue (20),
and the welding zone (42) partially covers over this field (28).
2. A can member according to Claim 1, characterised in that the field (28) extends over two thirds to four fifths of the width of the tear-off strip (18).
3. A can member according to Claim 1 or 2, characterised in that the field (28) is circular.
4. A can member according to Claim 1 or 2, characterised in that the field (28) is square.
5. A can member according to Claim 3, characterised in that the field (28) is formed from concentric circular scorings.
6. A can member according to any one of Claims 1 to 4, characterised in that the field (28) comprises a plurality of scorings which extend transversely to the tear-off strip (18).
7. A can member according to Claim 6, characterised in that the field (28) additionally comprises a plurality of scorings which extend in the longitudinal direction of the tear-off strip (18).
8. A can member according to any one of Claims 1 to 4, characterised in that the field (28) comprises a plurality of diagonal scorings crossing one another.
9. A can member according to any one of Claims 1 to 8, wherein the tongue (20) has, at its welded-on end, a thickened portion (34) in the form of an arrow directed towards the free end (32) of the tongue (20), characterised in that the tip (36) of the arrow-shaped thickened portion (34) is disposed over the middle of the field (28).
10. A can member according to Claim 9, characterised in that the tongue (20) comprises, at its under side, over the field (28), a triangular depression (38) which restricts the welding zone (42) to an arrow-shaped portion of the field (28).
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