EP0272557B1 - Kindergesicherter Deckel einer Grosspackung - Google Patents

Kindergesicherter Deckel einer Grosspackung Download PDF

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EP0272557B1
EP0272557B1 EP87118396A EP87118396A EP0272557B1 EP 0272557 B1 EP0272557 B1 EP 0272557B1 EP 87118396 A EP87118396 A EP 87118396A EP 87118396 A EP87118396 A EP 87118396A EP 0272557 B1 EP0272557 B1 EP 0272557B1
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lid
bearing edge
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retaining rib
inner periphery
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Werner Künzel
Dieter Vom Hofe
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Henkel AG and Co KGaA
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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
    • B65D50/00—Closures with means for discouraging unauthorised opening or removal thereof, with or without indicating means, e.g. child-proof closures
    • B65D50/02—Closures with means for discouraging unauthorised opening or removal thereof, with or without indicating means, e.g. child-proof closures openable or removable by the combination of plural actions
    • B65D50/04—Closures with means for discouraging unauthorised opening or removal thereof, with or without indicating means, e.g. child-proof closures openable or removable by the combination of plural actions requiring the combination of simultaneous actions, e.g. depressing and turning, lifting and turning, maintaining a part and turning another one
    • B65D50/045—Closures with means for discouraging unauthorised opening or removal thereof, with or without indicating means, e.g. child-proof closures openable or removable by the combination of plural actions requiring the combination of simultaneous actions, e.g. depressing and turning, lifting and turning, maintaining a part and turning another one where one action elastically deforms or deflects at least part of the closure, the container or an intermediate element, e.g. a ring
    • 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
    • B65D43/02—Removable lids or covers
    • B65D43/0202—Removable lids or covers without integral tamper element
    • B65D43/0204—Removable lids or covers without integral tamper element secured by snapping over beads or projections
    • B65D43/021—Removable lids or covers without integral tamper element secured by snapping over beads or projections only on the inside, or a part turned to the inside, of the mouth
    • 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
    • B65D2543/00—Lids or covers essentially for box-like containers
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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
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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
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    • B65D2543/00444—Contact between the container and the lid
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    • B65D2543/0049—Contact between the container and the lid on the inside or the outside of the container on the inside, or a part turned to the inside of the mouth of the container
    • 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
    • B65D2543/00—Lids or covers essentially for box-like containers
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    • B65D2543/00444—Contact between the container and the lid
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    • B65D2543/00537—Contact between the container and the lid on the inside or the outside of the container on the outside, or a part turned to the outside of the mouth of the container
    • B65D2543/00546—NO contact
    • 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
    • B65D2543/00—Lids or covers essentially for box-like containers
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    • B65D2543/00444—Contact between the container and the lid
    • B65D2543/00592—Snapping means
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    • 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
    • B65D2543/00—Lids or covers essentially for box-like containers
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    • B65D2543/00592—Snapping means
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  • the invention relates to a child-resistant lid of a large pack provided for receiving powdery or free-flowing product.
  • large pack means round, rectangular and square drums serving as household packs, but also buckets, hobbocks, barrels or the like.
  • Child-resistant lids for relatively small containers are dimensionally stable in the closure area because of the use of stable materials, e.g. glass, metal or hard plastic, and / or because of the relatively small opening cross-section.
  • the child lock can therefore be constructed using the dimensional stability. This is generally not readily possible in the case of large packs for household needs, which are generally made from a material which is relatively flexible in relation to the size of the container, such as cardboard or cardboard.
  • Such large packs can, however, be directly or additionally sealed in a strongly acidic or alkaline product, for example dishwasher cleaner Contain plastic bags that must be secured against access by children at risk of aging.
  • the invention has for its object to provide a child-resistant closure for the lid of a large household pack, which is economical to manufacture, requires no changes in the filling line, regardless of the presence of a handle strap is designed and operated and a simple, none for the user handling requires substantial effort.
  • the lid consists of a lid frame which can be placed undetachably on the package opening to be closed and which has a circumferential U-profile-like edge, on the lower inner circumference of which a support edge is formed, and a loosely fitted in the lid frame, in the closed position resting on the support edge, there is a cover disk on the inner circumference of the edge
  • at least one undercut-like holding rib is positioned in such a way that when the cover plate lies on the support edge in the closed position, it lies directly above the cover plate, that the holding rib is approximately diametrically opposite on the inner circumference of the edge and can be pivoted into the plane of the inner circumference of the edge Locking web is formed, which projects resiliently from the inner circumference of the edge and is dimensioned such that its free end rests on the cover disk when the cover disk lies in the closed position on the support edge and that the support edge runs trans
  • the U-profile edge When used, the U-profile edge is placed over the peripheral edge of the container opening to be closed and firmly anchored there.
  • the invention relates to a cover of a cover frame and a cover plate of a large household container or the like, with which the cover frame is connected non-detachably and in which the cover plate only comes into a position in which the disc is moved by a rocking movement with the simultaneous actuation of certain security elements can be removed from the frame.
  • the combination of holding rib and locking web is provided as a security element: only when the locking web is pushed back from its normal position, for example set by spring force, above an inserted cover plate can the cover plate be pivoted from its closed position into an open position by a rocking or tilting movement and can be removed by hand.
  • the childproof lock is thus accomplished according to the invention by two superimposed movements, namely the pushing back of the locking web and the simultaneous rocking or pushing down of the cover plate, preferably at a marked point.
  • the support edge is provided all around - possibly with the exception of the area of the locking web - on the inner circumference of the U-profile-shaped edge, but is provided with a step falling towards the retaining rib on a line lying transversely to the connecting straight line between the holding rib and the locking web. Instead, the support edge can also slope downwards from this transverse line in the direction of the holding rib, that is to the inside of the drum, from a plane corresponding to the closed position of the cover plate.
  • the step or transverse line mentioned forms the axis for rocking the cover plate when opening or closing the cover.
  • the locking web is designed so that it springs out of the plane of the inner circumference of the U-shaped edge resiliently over the closed position of the cover plate.
  • the locking web can be cut out of this as part of the edge.
  • the locking means should be provided on the opposite narrow sides. It is favorable, for example, to attach a retaining rib consisting of two adjacent parts on one narrow side, so that the cover plate cannot be tilted undesirably, and to provide a locking web on the opposite narrow side, which can be brought from the fixing position into the neutral position with one hand or with two fingers is.
  • the holding rib can basically be in one or more parts.
  • additional snap beads can be attached to the inner circumference of the edge of the cover frame, which also secure the cover plate and require less effort from children when opening.
  • a generally rectangular cover frame, generally designated 1 is shown with a U-shaped peripheral edge 2.
  • the edge 2 serves, among other things, to fix the lid on the peripheral edge of the container opening to be closed.
  • the edge 2 On a narrow side of its inner circumference 3, the edge 2 has a holding rib 4 consisting of two parts and on the opposite narrow side a locking web 5 which projects resiliently towards the inside of the U-shaped edge 2 and is dimensioned such that its free end 6 returns is to be pressed in the plane of the inner circumference 3 of the edge 2, but when the z. B. with two fingers, pressure exerted back into the starting position of FIG. 1 or 2.
  • the holding ribs 15 serve to fix the cover plate 10 in the "closed" position.
  • the contact edge 7 has a step 8 in the exemplary embodiment (see FIG. 2).
  • the step 8 is located on the boundary between the main part 11 of the support edge 7 and a recess 12 of the support edge 7 which extends as far as the holding ribs 4.
  • the recess 12 is formed and shaped such that an inserted cover plate 10 around the step with the locking web 5 pressed neutral 8 as the axis between the "OPEN” and "CLOSED" positions.
  • the locking web 5 is simultaneously pushed back and the exposed part of the cover plate 10 is rocked into the region of the recess 12, so that the end of the rest of the rest of the resting part 7 in the "CLOSED" position on the main part 11 corresponding to the closed position 9
  • Cover plate 10 is swung up over the upper edge 13 of the U-shaped edge 2 and can be removed by hand.
  • Rocker markings are preferably provided on the cover surface for rocking the cover disk in one direction or the other.
  • 2 additional snap beads 14 can be provided on the inner circumference 3 of the U-profile edge.
  • the snap beads 14 can be designed in such a way that they require a force which cannot be exerted by children of the age at risk for opening.

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  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Mechanical Engineering (AREA)
  • Closures For Containers (AREA)
  • Wrappers (AREA)
  • Pressure Vessels And Lids Thereof (AREA)
  • Packages (AREA)
  • Pharmaceuticals Containing Other Organic And Inorganic Compounds (AREA)
EP87118396A 1986-12-19 1987-12-11 Kindergesicherter Deckel einer Grosspackung Expired - Lifetime EP0272557B1 (de)

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AT87118396T ATE78782T1 (de) 1986-12-19 1987-12-11 Kindergesicherter deckel einer grosspackung.

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DE3643599 1986-12-19
DE19863643599 DE3643599A1 (de) 1986-12-19 1986-12-19 Kindergesicherter deckel einer grosspackung

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EP0272557A2 EP0272557A2 (de) 1988-06-29
EP0272557A3 EP0272557A3 (en) 1989-10-11
EP0272557B1 true EP0272557B1 (de) 1992-07-29

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AT (1) ATE78782T1 (da)
DE (2) DE3643599A1 (da)
DK (1) DK163115C (da)
ES (2) ES2033784T3 (da)
GR (1) GR3005587T3 (da)

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FR2706423B1 (fr) * 1993-06-09 1995-09-08 Neuvibox Couvercle de sécurité et contenant pourvu d'un tel couvercle.
PL2945876T3 (pl) * 2013-01-16 2018-03-30 Henkel Ag & Co. Kgaa Pojemnik z urządzeniem zamykającym

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FR1194685A (fr) * 1958-04-15 1959-11-12 Nouveau système de crantage permettant d'assembler deux surfaces
DE1928582U (de) * 1965-07-28 1965-12-09 Siemens Ag Gehaeuse aus elastischem werkstoff, z. b. thermoplast, fuer elektrische geraete.
US3853250A (en) * 1972-10-16 1974-12-10 M Alpern Cover for decanter or like dispensing container
GB2082552B (en) * 1980-08-18 1984-06-06 Johnsen Jorgensen Plastics Ltd Child resistant container and closure assemblies
US4377236A (en) * 1981-03-11 1983-03-22 Sunbeam Plastics Corporation Child-resistant package with tilting closure

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DK163115B (da) 1992-01-20
DK663187D0 (da) 1987-12-16
ES1004115Y (es) 1989-03-16
EP0272557A2 (de) 1988-06-29
ATE78782T1 (de) 1992-08-15
DE3780780D1 (de) 1992-09-03
ES2033784T3 (es) 1993-04-01
DE3643599A1 (de) 1988-06-30
GR3005587T3 (da) 1993-06-07
DK163115C (da) 1992-06-22
DK663187A (da) 1988-06-20
ES1004115U (es) 1988-08-16

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