EP0346230B1 - Closure device with pousing means, particularly for receptacles containing a powdered, granular or similar product - Google Patents

Closure device with pousing means, particularly for receptacles containing a powdered, granular or similar product Download PDF

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EP0346230B1
EP0346230B1 EP19890401585 EP89401585A EP0346230B1 EP 0346230 B1 EP0346230 B1 EP 0346230B1 EP 19890401585 EP19890401585 EP 19890401585 EP 89401585 A EP89401585 A EP 89401585A EP 0346230 B1 EP0346230 B1 EP 0346230B1
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Pascal Brevet
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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
    • B65D47/06—Closures with discharging devices other than pumps with pouring spouts or tubes; with discharge nozzles or passages
    • B65D47/08—Closures with discharging devices other than pumps with pouring spouts or tubes; with discharge nozzles or passages having articulated or hinged closures
    • B65D47/0857—Closures with discharging devices other than pumps with pouring spouts or tubes; with discharge nozzles or passages having articulated or hinged closures made separately from the base element provided with the spout or discharge passage
    • B65D47/0866—Closures with discharging devices other than pumps with pouring spouts or tubes; with discharge nozzles or passages having articulated or hinged closures made separately from the base element provided with the spout or discharge passage and elastically biased towards the closed position only
    • 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
    • B65D2251/00—Details relating to container closures
    • B65D2251/10—Details of hinged closures
    • B65D2251/1066—Actuating means
    • B65D2251/1075—Levers

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  • the subject of the invention is a cover device with a pouring member, in particular for a container containing a powdered product, in grains or of similar consistency.
  • lids with a pouring member for a container containing a powdered product, in grains or of similar consistency such as flour, coffee, etc. are already known and which make it possible to distribute the contents of the container without removing the cover. by simple actuation, for example the operation of a zipper which releases and / or closes an orifice in the cover.
  • Such devices are also known in which an orifice in the cover is open and / or closed in correspondence with the operation of a first movable part pivotally mounted with respect to a second part around a fixed axis and against the action of 'an elastic restoring force, said second part forming the rest of the cover being partially cut out to provide a passage giving access to the interior of the container. See, for example, DE-A-2 357 761 or US-A-3 853 250 which is intended, however, for a container containing a liquid and not a product in powder, granular or similar consistency.
  • a cover device according to DE-A-2 357 761 is not entirely satisfactory in that it does not make it possible to "channel" the product during the transfer, so that its use can be inconvenient or expensive due to the loss of product which cannot be reused.
  • a cover device with a pouring member in particular for a container containing a powder, grain or similar consistency product, comprising an opening suitable for being opened and / or closed in correspondence with the operation of a first movable part pivotally mounted relative to to a second part around a fixed axis and against the action of an elastic restoring force, said second part forming the rest of the cover being partially cut out to provide a passage giving access to the interior of the container and also providing for the means for mounting the cover on the container it is intended to equip is characterized, according to the invention, in that said movable part is shaped in plan along a contour similar to that of the cutout forming said access passage to inside the container and in that it has on its inside face to the container (in its assembly condition) a rim ensuring the tightness of the closure and which prevails over almost the entire periphery of said face, with the exception of an area corresponding to the outlet of the pouring member.
  • the device is produced in a simple manner, in particular if plastics are used to form by molding the two parts of the device assembled to one another by simple snap-fastening, which also constitutes an important advantage as regards costs. manufacturing and assembly.
  • the elastic return means of the movable part in the condition ensuring the closure of the distribution passage for the contents of the container are most simply constituted by one or more elastic blade (s) coming from molding with the movable part.
  • the cover device is advantageously provided with a tamper-evident indicator which prohibits the actuation of its mobile part as long as, prior to the first use of the pouring member, said means of inviolability has not been withdrawn.
  • the latter is intended for producing a cover for a box containing a food product of the type of flours intended for infant feeding, or else chocolate powders, made of cardboard or composite material to cardboard base, the cross section of which is a rectangle with rounded corners and, in such an embodiment, the fixed part of the cover has a bottom is partially cut out to provide the passage giving access to the interior of the container, on the one hand, and to provide two spans materializing the pivot axis of the movable part, on the other hand, said movable part having tabs (s) for mounting and pivoting on the spans of the fixed part and being shaped in plan along a similar outline to that of the cutout forming said access passage to the interior of the container.
  • the passage cut in the bottom of the bowl forming the fixed part of the cover is in the general shape of a right triangle, one side of the right angle is directed along the long sides of the rectangle that the cover draws in plan, while the pivot axis of the movable part is directed substantially parallel to the sides of small dimensions of said rectangle and that one of the angles of the triangular cutout is disposed in the vicinity of one of the corners of said bowl.
  • FIG. 1 shows a cardboard box 10, a composite material based on cardboard or in a similar material intended for example to contain chocolate powder or a flour for preparing a baby's bottle, shaped according to a parallelepiped closed by a bottom 11 at one of its ends and at its other end by a cover device 12 according to the invention.
  • the latter whose planar outline is that of the box 10, thus draws a rectangle with rounded angles, whose large sides are referenced 13 and 14, respectively, and those of small dimension, 15 and 16.
  • the cover device 12 is constituted by the assembly of two parts 20 and 21, advantageously both made by molding plastic material, the second of which, 21, is articulated pivotally on the first which comprises means for fixing to the box 10, after filling thereof.
  • the first part 20 is shaped according to a bowl with side wall 22 and bottom 23, the latter having a surface 24 substantially perpendicular to the side wall 22 and a surface 25 oblique to said side wall.
  • the surface 24 is cut out to provide a passage 26 giving access to the interior of the box, said passage having in plan a general shape of a right triangle, one side 27 of which is parallel to the sides of large dimensions 13 and 14 of the cover, while another side 28 is substantially parallel to the edges of small dimensions and the rounded angle 29, opposite the side 28, is in the vicinity of the rounded corner 30 of the surface 24.
  • the surface 25 of the bottom 23 is cut along two slots 31 and 32 extending over a short length from the edge 28 and parallel to the sides of large dimensions of the cover, said slots being traversed by a cord 33 which reigns in excess thickness on the surface 25 from one side to the other of the part 20 to form, in line with the slots 31 and 32, spans 34 and 35, the role of which will be specified below.
  • the side wall 22 of the part 20 of the cover is doubled over part of its span, in particular parallel to the sides of small dimensions 15 and 16, by a wall 40 defining with the wall 22 a groove 41 for receiving the upper edge of the box body 10 the interior of which is accessible via the passage 26, which can be opened or closed by the movable part 21 pivotally mounted on the part 20 around the axis materialized by the cord 33.
  • the mobile part 21 has a flat surface 49 having in place a contour somewhat in the shape of a rectangular trapezoid with parallel sides 45 and 46 joined by a side 47 and a side 44 terminated by a rounded angle 48 corresponding to angle 29 of the cutout 26, so that the latter is masked by the flat surface 49 when the mobile part 21 is mounted on the fixed part 20.
  • this assembly is produced by cooperation with the bearing surfaces 34 and 35 of two legs like 50, Figure 2, formed in a flange 51 which prevails along the edges 44, 45, 46 and 47 of the movable part 21, but stops in the vicinity of the rounded part 48, as shown in Figure 5 , to provide an opening 52 of the pouring member of the cover device.
  • the rim 51 is of decreasing height from its edges 53, close to the angle 48, to each of the legs 50 beyond each of which it continues over a short length 54 intended to be introduced into the slots 31 and 32 , respectively, then again by a part 55 of progressively increasing height but, in any event, less than the depth of the bowl formed by the part 20 at the end of the surface 25 distant from the pivot axis materialized by the cord 33.
  • Such a structure makes it possible, by snap-fastening the tabs like 50 on the bearing surfaces 34 and 35, to join the parts 20 and 21 pivotally.
  • the passage 26 is covered by the correspondingly shaped part of the surface 49 of the movable part 21 and the flange 51 housed in said passage being adjacent to the edge 27 and to the opposite edge 27 ′ Forming the hypotenuse edge of the cutout 26 provides a satisfactory seal.
  • the edge of the rim 55 is in contact with the surface 25 with, opposite this surface, the rounded part 48 of the movable part 21 in projection relative to the surface 24 thus releasing the opening 52 for the distribution of the product contained in the box;
  • the presence of the rim 51 between the pivot axis and the opening 52 means that the product is only delivered through said opening, through which it is somewhat "channeled".
  • the product cannot therefore escape laterally on the one hand and the channeling effect obtained allows easy transfer of the product into a container with a small inlet orifice, such as a bottle, on the other hand.

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L'invention a pour objet un dispositif de couvercle à organe verseur, notamment pour récipient renfermant un produit en poudre, en grains ou de consistance analogue.The subject of the invention is a cover device with a pouring member, in particular for a container containing a powdered product, in grains or of similar consistency.

On connaît déjà de nombreuses réalisations de couvercles à organe verseur pour récipient renfermant un produit en poudre, en grains ou de consistance analogue comme de la farine, du café, etc... et qui permettent de distribuer le contenu du récipient sans retirer le couvercle par un actionnement simple, par exemple la manoeuvre d'une tirette qui dégage et/ou referme un orifice du couvercle. On connaît également de tels dispositifs dans lesquels un orifice du couvercle est ouvert et/ou fermé en correspondance de la manoeuvre d'une première partie mobile montée à pivotement par rapport à une seconde partie autour d'un axe fixe et contre l'action d'une force élastique de rappel, ladite seconde partie formant le reste du couvercle étant partiellement découpée pour ménager un passage donnant accès à l'intérieur du récipient. Voir, par exemple, DE-A-2 357 761 ou US-A-3 853 250 qui est prévu, toutefois, pour un récipient contenant un liquide et non pas un produit en poudre, en grains ou de consistance analogue.Numerous embodiments of lids with a pouring member for a container containing a powdered product, in grains or of similar consistency such as flour, coffee, etc. are already known and which make it possible to distribute the contents of the container without removing the cover. by simple actuation, for example the operation of a zipper which releases and / or closes an orifice in the cover. Such devices are also known in which an orifice in the cover is open and / or closed in correspondence with the operation of a first movable part pivotally mounted with respect to a second part around a fixed axis and against the action of 'an elastic restoring force, said second part forming the rest of the cover being partially cut out to provide a passage giving access to the interior of the container. See, for example, DE-A-2 357 761 or US-A-3 853 250 which is intended, however, for a container containing a liquid and not a product in powder, granular or similar consistency.

Pour distribuer des produits de ce type, en particulier des produits alimentaires qui doivent être transférés du récipient dans un contenant à petit orifice d'entrée, comme un biberon dans le cas de poudre ou farine destinée à l'alimentation infantile, un dispositif de couvercle selon DE-A-2 357 761 n'est pas entièrement satisfaisant en ce qu'il ne permet pas de "canaliser" le produit lors du transfert, de sorte que son emploi peut être mal commode ou dispendieux en raison des pertes de produit qui ne peuvent être réutilisées.To distribute products of this type, in particular food products which must be transferred from the container into a container with a small inlet orifice, such as a bottle in the case of powder or flour intended for infant feeding, a cover device according to DE-A-2 357 761 is not entirely satisfactory in that it does not make it possible to "channel" the product during the transfer, so that its use can be inconvenient or expensive due to the loss of product which cannot be reused.

C'est, par conséquent, un but général de l'invention de fournir du dispositif de couvercle perfectionné qui pallie cet inconvénient des dispositifs de couvercles connus.It is therefore a general object of the invention to provide an improved cover device which overcomes this drawback of cover devices known.

C'est, aussi, un but de l'invention de fournir un tel dispositif simple et sûr d'emploi pour le tranfert d'un produit en poudre, en grains ou de consistance analogue à partir du récipient qu'il équipe dans un autre contenant y compris à petit orifice d'entrée.It is also an object of the invention to provide such a device which is simple and safe to use for the transfer of a powdered product, in grains or of similar consistency from the container which it equips in another container including small inlet.

Un dispositif de couvercle à organe verseur, notamment pour récipient renfermant un produit en poudre, en grains ou de consistance analogue comprenant un orifice propre à être ouvert et/ou fermé en correspondance de la manoeuvre d'une première partie mobile montée à pivotement par rapport à une seconde partie autour d'un axe fixe et contre l'action d'une force élastique de rappel, ladite seconde partie formant le reste du couvercle étant partiellement découpée pour ménager un passage donnant accès à l'intérieur du récipient et ménageant en outre les moyens de montage du couvercle sur le récipient qu'il est destiné à équiper est caractérisé, selon l'invention, en ce que ladite partie mobile est conformée en plan suivant un contour semblable à celui de la découpe formant ledit passage d'accès à l'intérieur du récipient et en ce qu'elle présente sur sa face intérieure au récipient (dans sa condition d'assemblage) un rebord assurant l'étanchéité de la fermeture et qui règne sur la quasi-totalité du pourtour de ladite face, à l'exception d'une zone correspondant au débouché de l'organe verseur.A cover device with a pouring member, in particular for a container containing a powder, grain or similar consistency product, comprising an opening suitable for being opened and / or closed in correspondence with the operation of a first movable part pivotally mounted relative to to a second part around a fixed axis and against the action of an elastic restoring force, said second part forming the rest of the cover being partially cut out to provide a passage giving access to the interior of the container and also providing for the means for mounting the cover on the container it is intended to equip is characterized, according to the invention, in that said movable part is shaped in plan along a contour similar to that of the cutout forming said access passage to inside the container and in that it has on its inside face to the container (in its assembly condition) a rim ensuring the tightness of the closure and which prevails over almost the entire periphery of said face, with the exception of an area corresponding to the outlet of the pouring member.

Le dispositif est réalisé de façon simple, notamment si l'on fait appel aux matières plastiques pour former par moulage les deux parties du dispositif assemblées l'une à l'autre par simple encliquetage, ce qui constitue en outre un avantage important quant aux coûts de fabrication et de montage.The device is produced in a simple manner, in particular if plastics are used to form by molding the two parts of the device assembled to one another by simple snap-fastening, which also constitutes an important advantage as regards costs. manufacturing and assembly.

Les moyens élastiques de rappel de la partie mobile dans la condition assurant la fermeture du passage de distribution du contenu du récipient sont le plus simplement constitués par une ou des lame(s) élastique(s) venue(s) de moulage avec la partie mobile.The elastic return means of the movable part in the condition ensuring the closure of the distribution passage for the contents of the container are most simply constituted by one or more elastic blade (s) coming from molding with the movable part.

Selon une autre caractéristique de l'invention, le dispositif de couvercle est avantageusement muni d'un témoin d'inviolabilité qui interdit l'actionnement de sa partie mobile aussi longtemps que, préalablement à la première utilisation de l'organe verseur, ledit moyen d'inviolabilité n'a pas été retiré.According to another characteristic of the invention, the cover device is advantageously provided with a tamper-evident indicator which prohibits the actuation of its mobile part as long as, prior to the first use of the pouring member, said means of inviolability has not been withdrawn.

Dans une application de l'invention, celle-ci est destinée à la réalisation d'un couvercle pour une boîte renfermant un produit alimentaire du type des farines destinées à l'alimentation infantile, ou encore des poudres chocolatées, en carton ou matériau composite à base de carton dont la section droite est un rectangle à coins arrondis et, dans une telle réalisation, la partie fixe du couvercle présente un fond est partiellement découpé pour ménager le passage donnant accès à l'intérieur du récipient, d'une part, et pour ménager deux portées matérialisant l'axe de pivotement de la partie mobile, d'autre part, ladite partie mobile présentant des patte(s) de montage et de pivotement sur les portées de la partie fixe et étant conformée en plan suivant un contour semblable à celui de la découpe formant ledit passage d'accès à l'intérieur récipient.In one application of the invention, the latter is intended for producing a cover for a box containing a food product of the type of flours intended for infant feeding, or else chocolate powders, made of cardboard or composite material to cardboard base, the cross section of which is a rectangle with rounded corners and, in such an embodiment, the fixed part of the cover has a bottom is partially cut out to provide the passage giving access to the interior of the container, on the one hand, and to provide two spans materializing the pivot axis of the movable part, on the other hand, said movable part having tabs (s) for mounting and pivoting on the spans of the fixed part and being shaped in plan along a similar outline to that of the cutout forming said access passage to the interior of the container.

Dans la réalisation définie ci-dessus, pour une boîte dont la section droite est un rectangle à coins arrondis, le passage découpé dans le fond de la cuvette formant la partie fixe du couvercle est en forme générale de triangle rectangle dont un côté de l'angle droit est dirigé suivant les grands côtés du rectangle que dessine en plan le couvercle, tandis que l'axe de pivotement de la partie mobile est dirigé sensiblement parallèlement aux côtés de petites dimensions dudit rectangle et qu'un des angles de la découpe triangulaire est disposé au voisinage d'un des coins de ladite cuvette.In the embodiment defined above, for a box whose cross section is a rectangle with rounded corners, the passage cut in the bottom of the bowl forming the fixed part of the cover is in the general shape of a right triangle, one side of the right angle is directed along the long sides of the rectangle that the cover draws in plan, while the pivot axis of the movable part is directed substantially parallel to the sides of small dimensions of said rectangle and that one of the angles of the triangular cutout is disposed in the vicinity of one of the corners of said bowl.

D'autres caractéristiques de l'invention sont énoncées dans les sous-revendications.Other features of the invention are set out in the dependent claims.

L'invention sera bien comprise par la description qui suit, faite à titre d'exemple et en référence au dessin annexé dans lequel :

  • la figure 1 est une vue schématique en perspective d'une boîte équipée d'un dispositif de couvercle selon l'invention ;
  • la figure 2 est une vue en perspective, éclatée, du dispositif de couvercle selon l'invention ;
  • la figure 3 est une vue en coupe du dispositif de couvercle dans sa condition de fermeture ;
  • la figure 4 est une vue analogue à celle de la figure 3, mais pour la condition d'ouverture du couvercle ;
  • la figure 5 est une vue schématique partielle de la partie mobile du couvercle prise selon la flèche F de la figure 4.
The invention will be better understood from the description which follows, given by way of example and with reference to the appended drawing in which:
  • Figure 1 is a schematic perspective view of a box equipped with a cover device according to the invention;
  • Figure 2 is an exploded perspective view of the cover device according to the invention;
  • Figure 3 is a sectional view of the cover device in its closed condition;
  • Figure 4 is a view similar to that of Figure 3, but for the condition of opening the cover;
  • FIG. 5 is a partial schematic view of the movable part of the cover taken according to arrow F in FIG. 4.

On se réfère d'abord à la figure 1 qui montre une boîte 10 en carton, matériau composite à base de carton ou en un matériau analogue destinée par exemple à renfermer de la poudre chocolatée ou une farine de préparation d'un biberon pour enfant, conformée suivant un parallèlépipède fermé par un fond 11 à une de ses extrémités et à son autre extrémité par un dispositif 12 de couvercle selon l'invention. Ce dernier, dont le contour plan est celui de la boîte 10, dessine ainsi un rectangle à angles arrondis, dont les côtés de grande dimension sont référencés 13 et 14, respectivement, et ceux de petite dimension, 15 et 16.Reference is first made to FIG. 1 which shows a cardboard box 10, a composite material based on cardboard or in a similar material intended for example to contain chocolate powder or a flour for preparing a baby's bottle, shaped according to a parallelepiped closed by a bottom 11 at one of its ends and at its other end by a cover device 12 according to the invention. The latter, whose planar outline is that of the box 10, thus draws a rectangle with rounded angles, whose large sides are referenced 13 and 14, respectively, and those of small dimension, 15 and 16.

Comme bien visible sur les figures 2 à 4, le dispositif de couvercle 12 est constitué par l'assemblage de deux parties 20 et 21, avantageusement réalisées l'une et l'autre par moulage de matière plastique, dont la seconde, 21, est articulée à pivotement sur la première qui comporte des moyens de fixation sur la boîte 10, après remplissage de celle-ci.As clearly visible in FIGS. 2 to 4, the cover device 12 is constituted by the assembly of two parts 20 and 21, advantageously both made by molding plastic material, the second of which, 21, is articulated pivotally on the first which comprises means for fixing to the box 10, after filling thereof.

De façon plus précise, la première partie 20 est conformée suivant une cuvette à paroi latérale 22 et fond 23, ce dernier présentant une surface 24 sensiblement perpendiculaire à la paroi latérale 22 et une surface 25 oblique par rapport à ladite paroi latérale. Comme bien visible sur la figure 2, la surface 24 est découpée pour ménager un passage 26 donnant accès à l'intérieur de la boîte, ledit passage ayant en plan une forme générale de triangle rectangle dont un côté 27 est parallèle aux côtés de grandes dimensions 13 et 14 du couvercle, tandis qu'un autre côté 28 est sensiblement parallèle aux bords de petites dimensions et que l'angle arrondi 29, opposé au côté 28, est au voisinage du coin arrondi 30 de la surface 24. Comme visible sur la figure 2, également, la surface 25 du fond 23 est découpée suivant deux fentes 31 et 32 s'étendant sur une courte longueur à partir du bord 28 et parallèlement aux côtés de grandes dimensions du couvercle, lesdites fentes étant traversées par un cordon 33 qui règne en surépaisseur sur la surface 25 d'un côté à l'autre de la partie 20 pour former, au droit des fentes 31 et 32, des portées 34 et 35 dont le rôle sera précisé ci-après.More specifically, the first part 20 is shaped according to a bowl with side wall 22 and bottom 23, the latter having a surface 24 substantially perpendicular to the side wall 22 and a surface 25 oblique to said side wall. As clearly visible in FIG. 2, the surface 24 is cut out to provide a passage 26 giving access to the interior of the box, said passage having in plan a general shape of a right triangle, one side 27 of which is parallel to the sides of large dimensions 13 and 14 of the cover, while another side 28 is substantially parallel to the edges of small dimensions and the rounded angle 29, opposite the side 28, is in the vicinity of the rounded corner 30 of the surface 24. As visible on the Figure 2, also, the surface 25 of the bottom 23 is cut along two slots 31 and 32 extending over a short length from the edge 28 and parallel to the sides of large dimensions of the cover, said slots being traversed by a cord 33 which reigns in excess thickness on the surface 25 from one side to the other of the part 20 to form, in line with the slots 31 and 32, spans 34 and 35, the role of which will be specified below.

Comme montré sur les figures 3 et 4, la paroi latérale 22 de la partie 20 du couvercle est doublée sur une partie de son envergure, en particulier parallèlement aux côtés de petites dimensions 15 et 16, par une paroi 40 définissant avec la paroi 22 une gorge 41 de réception de la tranche supérieure du corps de boîte 10 dont l'intérieur est accessible par le passage 26, lequel peut être ouvert ou fermé par la partie mobile 21 montée à pivotement sur la partie 20 autour de l'axe matérialisé par la cordon 33.As shown in FIGS. 3 and 4, the side wall 22 of the part 20 of the cover is doubled over part of its span, in particular parallel to the sides of small dimensions 15 and 16, by a wall 40 defining with the wall 22 a groove 41 for receiving the upper edge of the box body 10 the interior of which is accessible via the passage 26, which can be opened or closed by the movable part 21 pivotally mounted on the part 20 around the axis materialized by the cord 33.

Comme il apparaît des figures 2 à 5, la partie mobile 21 présente une surface plane 49 ayant en place un contour quelque peu en forme de trapèze rectangle à côtés parallèles 45 et 46 réunis par un côté 47 et un côté 44 terminé par un angle arrondi 48 correspondant à l'angle 29 de la découpe 26, de sorte que cette dernière est masquée par la surface plane 49 lorsque la partie mobile 21 est montée sur la partie fixe 20. Dans la réalisation décrite et représentée, ce montage est réalisé par coopération avec les portées 34 et 35 de deux pattes comme 50, figure 2, ménagées dans un rebord 51 qui règne le long des bords 44, 45, 46 et 47 de la partie mobile 21, mais s'arrête au voisinage de la partie arrondie 48, comme montré sur la figure 5, pour ménager une ouverture 52 de l'organe verseur du dispositif de couvercle. Le rebord 51 est de hauteur décroissante depuis ses arêtes 53, proches de l'angle 48, jusqu'à chacune des pattes 50 au-delà de chacune desquelles il se poursuit sur une courte longueur 54 destinée à être introduite dans les fentes 31 et 32, respectivement, puis de nouveau par une partie 55 de hauteur progressivement croissante mais, en tout état de cause, inférieure à la profondeur de la cuvette que forme la partie 20 à l'extrémité de la surface 25 distante de l'axe de pivotement matérialisé par le cordon 33.As it appears from FIGS. 2 to 5, the mobile part 21 has a flat surface 49 having in place a contour somewhat in the shape of a rectangular trapezoid with parallel sides 45 and 46 joined by a side 47 and a side 44 terminated by a rounded angle 48 corresponding to angle 29 of the cutout 26, so that the latter is masked by the flat surface 49 when the mobile part 21 is mounted on the fixed part 20. In the embodiment described and shown, this assembly is produced by cooperation with the bearing surfaces 34 and 35 of two legs like 50, Figure 2, formed in a flange 51 which prevails along the edges 44, 45, 46 and 47 of the movable part 21, but stops in the vicinity of the rounded part 48, as shown in Figure 5 , to provide an opening 52 of the pouring member of the cover device. The rim 51 is of decreasing height from its edges 53, close to the angle 48, to each of the legs 50 beyond each of which it continues over a short length 54 intended to be introduced into the slots 31 and 32 , respectively, then again by a part 55 of progressively increasing height but, in any event, less than the depth of the bowl formed by the part 20 at the end of the surface 25 distant from the pivot axis materialized by the cord 33.

Une telle structure permet, par encliquetage des pattes comme 50 sur les portées 34 et 35, de solidariser entre elles et à pivotement les parties 20 et 21.Such a structure makes it possible, by snap-fastening the tabs like 50 on the bearing surfaces 34 and 35, to join the parts 20 and 21 pivotally.

Dans la condition de fermeture du couvercle, figure 3, le passage 26 est recouvert par la partie de forme correspondante de la surface 49 de la partie mobile 21 et le rebord 51 logé dans ledit passage en étant adjacent au bord 27 et au bord opposé 27′ formant le bord d'hypoténuse de la découpe 26 assure une étanchéité satisfaisante.In the condition of closing the cover, FIG. 3, the passage 26 is covered by the correspondingly shaped part of the surface 49 of the movable part 21 and the flange 51 housed in said passage being adjacent to the edge 27 and to the opposite edge 27 ′ Forming the hypotenuse edge of the cutout 26 provides a satisfactory seal.

Pour délivrer le produit contenu dans la boîte, un appui dans le sens de la flèche P sur une zone préformée 60 adjacente au bord 47 de la partie mobile 21 fait pivoter ladite partie en mettant simultanément sous tension des moyens élastiques de rappel constitués, le plus simplement, par deux languettes comme 61 qui dépendent de la surface 49 et qui sont au contact de la surface 25 de la partie fixe. A fin d'appui, la condition est celle montrée sur la figure 4, en laquelle la tranche du rebord 55 est au contact de la surface 25 avec, à l'opposé de cette surface, la partie arrondie 48 de la partie mobile 21 en saillie par rapport à la surface 24 dégageant ainsi l'ouverture 52 pour la distribution du produit contenu dans la boîte ; la présence du rebord 51 entre l'axe de pivotement et l'ouverture 52 entraîne que le produit n'est délivré que par ladite ouverture, au-travers de laquelle il est quelque peu "canalisé". Le produit ne peut donc s'échapper latéralement d'une part et l'effet de canalisation obtenue permet un transfert facile du produit dans un contenant à petit orifice d'entrée, comme un biberon, d'autre part.To deliver the product contained in the box, pressing in the direction of the arrow P on a preformed area 60 adjacent to the edge 47 of the movable part 21 rotates said part while simultaneously putting under tension elastic return means formed, the most simply, by two tabs like 61 which depend on the surface 49 and which are in contact with the surface 25 of the fixed part. At the end of support, the condition is that shown in FIG. 4, in which the edge of the rim 55 is in contact with the surface 25 with, opposite this surface, the rounded part 48 of the movable part 21 in projection relative to the surface 24 thus releasing the opening 52 for the distribution of the product contained in the box; the presence of the rim 51 between the pivot axis and the opening 52 means that the product is only delivered through said opening, through which it is somewhat "channeled". The product cannot therefore escape laterally on the one hand and the channeling effect obtained allows easy transfer of the product into a container with a small inlet orifice, such as a bottle, on the other hand.

Lorsque la pression suivant la direction de la flèche P est relachée, la ou les patte(s) comme 61 mise(s) sous tension provoque(nt) le pivotement de rappel de la partie mobile 21 dans la direction de la flèche g, ce qui ramène le couvercle dans la condition de fermeture montrée sur la figure 3.When the pressure in the direction of the arrow P is released, the tab (s) as 61 energized causes the return pivoting of the movable part 21 in the direction of the arrow g, this which returns the cover to the closed condition shown in Figure 3.

Cette condition peut être garantie, jusqu'à première utilisation de la boîte, par un témoin 70, figure 1, qui interdit l'actionnement de la partie mobile 21 aussi longtemps qu'il n'a pas été retiré.This condition can be guaranteed, until the first use of the box, by a witness 70, Figure 1, which prohibits actuation of the movable part 21 as long as it has not been removed.

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  1. Cover device with pourer element, particularly for a container containing a product to be dispensed in powder form, in granules or of a similar consistency, comprising an opening adapted to be opened and/or closed correspondingly to the operation of a first movable part (21) pivotally mounted relative to a second part around a fixed axis (33) and against the action of an elastic return force, the said second part constituting the remainder of the cover being partly cut out to provide the passage (26) giving access to the inside of the container and providing in addition the means of fitting (22,40) the cover on the container which it is intended to equip, characterized in that the said movable part (21) is shaped in plane view along an outline similar to that of the cut-out (26) forming the said passage for access to the inside of the container, and in that it has on its face inside the container (in its assembled condition) an edge (51) providing for the seal-tightness of the closure and which prevails over almost all the entirety of the periphery of the said face, with the exception of an area (52) corresponding to the outlet of the pourer element.
  2. Device according to claim 1, characterized in that the pivot axis (33) is integral with the said second part, the bottom of the said second part being cut out to provide two supports (34, 35) delimiting the pivot axis (33), and with which two lugs (50) cooperate for mounting and pivoting the said movable part (21) on said second part.
  3. Device according to claim 1, characterized in that the passage (26) cut out in the bottom (23) of the fixed part (20) of the cover is generally shaped as a rectangular triangle, one side of the right angle (27) of which is directed along the great sides of the rectangle which is drawn in plane view by' the cover, while the pivot axis of the movable part is directed substantially parallel with the sides of small dimensions of the said rectangle, and in that one of the angles (29) of the triangular cut out is arranged in the vicinity of one of the corners of the fixed part (20).
  4. Device according to claim 3, characterized in that the movable part (21) has a plane outline to some extent of the shape of a rectangular trapeze, and in that the area (52) where the edge (51) is not present corresponds to the point of the said trapeze.
  5. Device according to claims 3 and 4, characterized in that tire fixed part (20) has a bottom (23) one surface of which (25) is directed slantwise relative to the surface (24) from which the passage (26) is cut out which gives access to the inside of the container, the said surface (25) having slits (31, 32) through which a bead (33) passes which provides for the supports (34, 35) for the pivotal connection of the movable part (21) on the fixed part (20).
  6. Device according to any one of the foregoing claims, characterised in that it is provided with a security device (70) which prevents actuation of the movable part (21) as long as, prior to the first use of the pourer element, the said security device has not been removed.
  7. Device according to any one of the foregoing claims, characterized in that the elastic return force is supplied by means (61) constituted by one or more elastic blades integral with the movable part (21).
  8. Device according to any one of the foregoing claims wherein the two constituent parts (20 and 21) are in moulded plastic material, characterized in that the said parts are joined together by locking.
EP19890401585 1988-06-10 1989-06-08 Closure device with pousing means, particularly for receptacles containing a powdered, granular or similar product Expired - Lifetime EP0346230B1 (en)

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