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EP0331552B1
EP0331552B1 EP89400433A EP89400433A EP0331552B1 EP 0331552 B1 EP0331552 B1 EP 0331552B1 EP 89400433 A EP89400433 A EP 89400433A EP 89400433 A EP89400433 A EP 89400433A EP 0331552 B1 EP0331552 B1 EP 0331552B1
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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
    • B65D47/00—Closures with filling and discharging, or with discharging, devices
    • B65D47/04—Closures with discharging devices other than pumps
    • B65D47/20—Closures with discharging devices other than pumps comprising hand-operated members for controlling discharge
    • B65D47/26—Closures with discharging devices other than pumps comprising hand-operated members for controlling discharge with slide valves, i.e. valves that open and close a passageway by sliding over a port, e.g. formed with slidable spouts
    • 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
    • B65D47/00—Closures with filling and discharging, or with discharging, devices
    • B65D47/04—Closures with discharging devices other than pumps
    • B65D47/20—Closures with discharging devices other than pumps comprising hand-operated members for controlling discharge
    • B65D47/26—Closures with discharging devices other than pumps comprising hand-operated members for controlling discharge with slide valves, i.e. valves that open and close a passageway by sliding over a port, e.g. formed with slidable spouts
    • B65D47/28—Closures with discharging devices other than pumps comprising hand-operated members for controlling discharge with slide valves, i.e. valves that open and close a passageway by sliding over a port, e.g. formed with slidable spouts having linear movement
    • 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
    • B65D47/00—Closures with filling and discharging, or with discharging, devices
    • B65D47/04—Closures with discharging devices other than pumps
    • B65D47/20—Closures with discharging devices other than pumps comprising hand-operated members for controlling discharge
    • B65D47/26—Closures with discharging devices other than pumps comprising hand-operated members for controlling discharge with slide valves, i.e. valves that open and close a passageway by sliding over a port, e.g. formed with slidable spouts
    • B65D47/28—Closures with discharging devices other than pumps comprising hand-operated members for controlling discharge with slide valves, i.e. valves that open and close a passageway by sliding over a port, e.g. formed with slidable spouts having linear movement
    • B65D47/286—Closures with discharging devices other than pumps comprising hand-operated members for controlling discharge with slide valves, i.e. valves that open and close a passageway by sliding over a port, e.g. formed with slidable spouts having linear movement between planar parts

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  • the present invention relates to capsules intended to be placed on containers such as bottles to allow the sealed closure and opening of these bottles without the need to remove the capsule.
  • capsules of the type recalled above and in particular capsules comprising a pivoting closure spout or comprising a shutter movable vertically when the envelope of the capsule is rotated by a determined angle.
  • the present invention relates to a new capsule which makes it possible to pour the contents of a container through its side wall regardless of the shape thereof while ensuring a tight closure of said container and this by the simple movement of a button. maneuver accessible from the outside of the capsule and maneuverable relative thereto without this resulting in a visible opening of part of said capsule.
  • FR-A-2233248 describes a capsule comprising a dispenser with a drawer which must be pushed respectively by one and the other of its two ends depending on whether it is desired that the drawer coincides its inlet opening with a light of the capsule or, conversely, that this coincidence be removed.
  • FR-A-1485950 describes a drawer closure quite similar to that of FR-A-2233248 above and, therefore, the same remarks apply.
  • US-A-1901413 which describes a capsule according to the first part of claim 1, comprising a curtain constituted by a flexible strip movable in a channel provided at the top of the dispensing part of a container.
  • the curtain has a light which can be brought into coincidence with the neck of the container.
  • This embodiment therefore has some analogy with one of the parts of the cursor associated with the drawer of the device according to this patent application, but it should be noted that the document front does not have a drawer since it is the curtain that fulfills its function.
  • the means set out in the claim allow a double shutter. It is also possible to completely isolate the capsule itself which is completely covered by the envelope which covers it, an envelope which is perfectly closed when the capsule is to be unused.
  • the capsule illustrated in the drawing is intended to be placed on a container 1, for example a bottle, which is shown diagrammatically in phantom in FIG. 1.
  • the container 1 has a neck 2 on which the body 3 of the capsule is mounted.
  • the body 3 can be connected to the container 1 by any suitable means, for example by threading and tapping, by latching means or by any other means known in the art.
  • the body 3 advantageously has a sealing skirt 4 penetrating into the neck 2 and pressing against the internal wall of the latter.
  • the body 3 is closed on its top by a wall 5 in which a lumen 6 is made.
  • the body 3 also forms, on its top, a slide 7 delimiting a transverse passage 8 which communicates with lateral notches 9, 10.
  • the slide 7 is used for guiding a drawer 11 delimiting an operating button 12 preferably formed near one end.
  • the drawer 11 has a longitudinal channel 13 and an opening 13a normally closed by the wall 5 of the body 3 as illustrated in FIG. 1 but can also be brought into coincidence with the light 6 described in the foregoing, as illustrated in FIG. 2.
  • the drawer 11 has, on its top, a flexible slider 14 forming an anterior part 14a and a posterior part 14b.
  • the front part 14a of the cursor has, over a part of its length, an opening 15 whose width is at least equal to that of the front part of the drawer 11.
  • the cursor 14 can be attached to the drawer 11, for example fitted on the operating button 12 or it can be formed in one piece with the drawer 11 which can be easily achieved by molding, by injection of a thermoplastic material such as polyethylene or polyamide.
  • the body 3, drawer 11 and slider 14 assembly are covered by an envelope 16 which is threaded onto the body 3 and locked to the latter by any appropriate means such as a rod 17.
  • the drawing shows that the drawer 11 and consequently the cursor 14 are held in place in the transverse passage 8 of the slide 7 by the envelope 16.
  • the length of the front part 14a of the slider 14 is chosen so that it closes a hole 18 in the casing 16 when the drawer is in the position for which the opening 13a is offset from the light 6.
  • the rear part 14b of the cursor is folded and engaged in the notch 10 delimited by the body 3 of the envelope 16.
  • the opening 15 of the cursor 14 is, moreover, below the top 16a of the envelope 16 and consequently a groove 19 formed in the top 16a of envelope 16 is closed by the cursor 14.
  • This movement has the effect of moving the drawer 11 and the slider 14, the opening 15 of which gradually comes into coincidence with the hole 18 of the casing 16 to allow the anterior end of said drawer to pass first through said opening 15 and then the hole 18 by protruding beyond the casing 16.
  • the lumen 6 is in coincidence with the opening 13a of the longitudinal channel 13 of the drawer.
  • Fig. 2 shows that, in the open position, the rear part 14b of the slider closes the groove 19 so that the inside of the envelope 16 is constantly isolated from the outside whatever the position of the drawer.
  • the body 3 and the casing 16 can also be manufactured by molding, by injection of thermoplastic materials. The nature of these can be different from that used for the realization of the cursor and the drawer. The constituent materials at least of the cursor must be chosen from those having a good elasticity to allow the displacement and the elastic deformation of the anterior parts 14a and posterior 14b.

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  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Mechanical Engineering (AREA)
  • Medical Preparation Storing Or Oral Administration Devices (AREA)
  • Closures For Containers (AREA)
  • Drawers Of Furniture (AREA)
  • Vehicle Step Arrangements And Article Storage (AREA)
  • Media Introduction/Drainage Providing Device (AREA)
  • Infusion, Injection, And Reservoir Apparatuses (AREA)
  • Lubricants (AREA)
  • Refinement Of Pig-Iron, Manufacture Of Cast Iron, And Steel Manufacture Other Than In Revolving Furnaces (AREA)
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  • Containers And Packaging Bodies Having A Special Means To Remove Contents (AREA)

Claims (7)

1. Schiebeverschluss für Fläschchen und andere Behältnisse mit einem kapselförmigen Körper (3), der zum Verschliessen des Behälterendes vorgesehen ist und eine obere Wand (5) mit einer Öffnung (6) aufweist, auf welcher eine Gleitführung (7) für ein Schiebestück (14) angeordnet ist, das von dem Oberteil (16a) eines Schutzgehäuses (16) umgeben ist, das fest mit dem kapselförmigen Körper (3) verbunden ist und einen Schlitz (19) für einen Bedienungsknopf (12) des Schiebestückes aufweist, welches den besagten Schlitz verschliesst und das ein vorderes Teil (14a) aufweist, das sich in der Gleitführung bewegt, um eine Auslassöffnung (18) im Schutzgehäuse (16) zu verschliessen, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass das Schiebestück (14) mit einem Schieber (11) verbunden ist, der sich in der Gleitführung (7) befindet, die von der oberen Wand (5) des kapselförmigen Körpers (3) und dem Oberteil (16a) des Schutzgehäuses (16) begrenzt ist, dass der Schieber einen Kanal (13) aufweist, der zur Auslassöffnung (18) führend vorgesehen ist und eine Öffnung (13a) aufweist, die mit der Öffnung (6) in eine fluchtende Position gebracht werden kann, und dass der vordere Teil (14a) des Schiebestückes (14) eine Öffnung (15) aufweist, die in eine fluchtende Position zur Auslassöffnung (18) des Schutzgehäuses (16) bewegbar ist, so dass das Vorderteil des Schiebers (11) hindurchtreten kann, wobei in einer ersten Position des Schiebers (11) die Öffnung (6) versperrt ist, sowie ebenfalls die Öffnung (13a), die Auslassöffnung (18) und die Öffnung (15), und wobei in einer zweiten Position des Schiebers diese Öffnungen derart paarweise fluchten, dass das vordere Ende des Schiebers (11) durch die von der Auslassöffnung (18) und der Öffnung (15) gebildete Durchführung treten kann.
2. Schiebeverschluss nach Anspruch 1, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass das Schiebestück (14) ein hinteres Teil (14b) aufweist, das den Schlitz (19) des Schutzgehäuses (16) versperrt, sobald der Schieber (11) in einer Position ist, in der er durch die Öffnung (15) des Schiebestückes und in die Auslassöffnung (18) im Schutzgehäuse ragt, und wobei sich die Öffnung (13a) des sich in Längsrichtung des Schiebers erstreckenden Kanals gleichzeitig über der Öffnung (6) des kapselförmigen Körpers (3) befindet.
3. Schiebeverschluss nach Anspruch 1 oder 2, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass der kapselförmige Körper (3) mit dem Schutzgehäuse (16) Einkerbungen (9, 10) zur Aufnahme und Führung des vorderen Teiles (14a) und des hinteren Teiles (14b) des Schiebestückes (14) begrenzt.
4. Schiebeverschluss nach einem der Ansprüche 1 bis 3, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass das Schiebestück (14) aus einem nachgiebigen, biegsamen Werkstoff besteht.
5. Schiebeverschluss nach einem der Ansprüche 1 bis 4, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass das Schiebestück und der Schieber (11) aus einem Stück bestehen.
6. Schiebeverschluss nach einem der Ansprüche 1 bis 5, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass das Schutzgehäuse (16) am kapselförmigen Körper (3) mit Hilfe eines Befestigungsringes oder dgl. fixiert ist.
7. Schiebeverschluss nach einem der Ansprüche 1 bis 6, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass der kapselförmige Körper, der Schieber (11) und dessen Schiebestück (14) aus thermoplastischem Werkstoff wie Polyäthylen, Polyamid oder ähnlichen Stoffen nach dem Spritzgussverfahren hergestellt sind.
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FR8802549A FR2628068B1 (fr) 1988-03-01 1988-03-01 Capsule a tiroir et a curseur coulissant
FR8802549 1988-03-01

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CN (1) CN1036737A (de)
AT (1) ATE70516T1 (de)
DE (1) DE68900552D1 (de)
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FR2628068B1 (fr) 1990-06-29
CN1036737A (zh) 1989-11-01
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