EP0379823B1 - Schraubverschluss aus synthetischem Material - Google Patents

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EP0379823B1
EP0379823B1 EP89420023A EP89420023A EP0379823B1 EP 0379823 B1 EP0379823 B1 EP 0379823B1 EP 89420023 A EP89420023 A EP 89420023A EP 89420023 A EP89420023 A EP 89420023A EP 0379823 B1 EP0379823 B1 EP 0379823B1
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Philippe Odet
Jacques Ambrosi
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Obrist Closures Switzerland GmbH
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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
    • B65D41/00—Caps, e.g. crown caps or crown seals, i.e. members having parts arranged for engagement with the external periphery of a neck or wall defining a pouring opening or discharge aperture; Protective cap-like covers for closure members, e.g. decorative covers of metal foil or paper
    • B65D41/32—Caps or cap-like covers with lines of weakness, tearing-strips, tags, or like opening or removal devices, e.g. to facilitate formation of pouring openings
    • B65D41/58—Caps or cap-like covers combined with stoppers
    • 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
    • B65D41/00—Caps, e.g. crown caps or crown seals, i.e. members having parts arranged for engagement with the external periphery of a neck or wall defining a pouring opening or discharge aperture; Protective cap-like covers for closure members, e.g. decorative covers of metal foil or paper
    • B65D41/32—Caps or cap-like covers with lines of weakness, tearing-strips, tags, or like opening or removal devices, e.g. to facilitate formation of pouring openings
    • B65D41/34—Threaded or like caps or cap-like covers provided with tamper elements formed in, or attached to, the closure skirt
    • B65D41/3404—Threaded or like caps or cap-like covers provided with tamper elements formed in, or attached to, the closure skirt with ratchet-and-pawl mechanism between the container and the closure skirt or the tamper element
    • B65D41/3409—Threaded or like caps or cap-like covers provided with tamper elements formed in, or attached to, the closure skirt with ratchet-and-pawl mechanism between the container and the closure skirt or the tamper element the tamper element being integrally connected to the closure by means of bridges

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  • the present invention relates to a plastic screw cap.
  • the object of the invention is to provide a stopper intended for example for corking bottles made of hard synthetic material, such as polyvinyl chloride, and to provide excellent protection for the conditioned liquid, mineral water or other products, by using a material which ensures good impermeability to air and in particular to oxygen vis-à-vis which the mineral salts are very sensitive.
  • Document FR-A-2 219 081 describes a plug of the type comprising, on the one hand, a plug body from the bottom of which protrudes a portion in the form of an annular chimney comprising, near its free end a continuous peripheral ring or discontinuous, facing outwards, and, on the other hand, a shutter which, intended to be mounted inside the body of the stopper, has a general shape of a bowl, the skirt of which has a diameter between the outside diameter of the chimney and the inside diameter of the neck of the corking bottle, and a height at least equal to that of the chimney projecting from the bottom of the cap, a discontinuous or continuous peripheral rod projecting from the internal face of the skirt, which is arranged so that in position engaged of the bowl on the chimney, the rod of the shutter is located between the rod of the chimney and the bottom of the plug, the internal diameter of the rod of the shutter being less than the external diameter of the rod of the plug.
  • the invention relates to a plug of this type, characterized in that the plug body is made of an air-impermeable material while the shutter is made of a more flexible material, and in that the support zone the skirt of the shutter on the inside of the neck of the bottle is disposed between, on the one hand, the rods respectively of the chimney of the body of the stopper and of the skirt of the shutter and, on the other hand, the bottom of the cap body.
  • the two elements being produced independently of one another can be assembled at the end of manufacture, the shutter remaining retained by clipping inside the stopper during the various manipulations prior to the capping operation.
  • the shutter remains perfectly integral with the body of the cap, thanks to the mutual supports of the rods of the body of the cap and of the shutter.
  • the body of the stopper fulfills the function of hooking on the neck of the bottle, and forms an air barrier, while the shutter, given its flexibility, ensures the sealing of the stopper.
  • this sealing is favored by the fact that the shutter, made of a flexible material, is clamped between two rigid parts constituted respectively by the chimney of the body of the stopper and by the neck of the bottle.
  • the cap body is made of polypropylene, while the shutter is made of polyethylene.
  • the upper edge of the shutter skirt does not have an outward return covering the neck of the bottle.
  • Another object sought by the invention is to provide an opening with separation of the tamper-evident ring by simply unscrewing the cap without having to tear a tab, with proof also obvious as possible of the non-violation of the corking. It is thus important that after the first opening of the cap, the tamper-evident ring detaches very substantially therefrom in order to allow immediate viewing of the first opening even after replacing the cap.
  • this cap of the type fitted with a tamper-evident ring comprising profiled notches intended to cooperate with profiled notches of the neck of the container, to allow rotation of the ring in the direction of screwing of the cap and to prevent its rotation in the direction of unscrewing the plug, and in which the ring is connected to the body of the plug by sectionable bridges, is characterized in that the ring has at least one axial slot delimiting two sections connected to each other at the level of the slot by a tab of small cross section relative to the height of the ring.
  • the stopper shown in the drawing and designated by the general reference 2 comprises a stopper body 3 made of polypropylene and a shutter 4 made of polyethylene.
  • the plug body 3 has a traditional structure, that is to say has a substantially cylindrical skirt, provided with an internal thread 6, closed by a bottom 7, and the free end of which is fitted with a ring d inviolability 8, which is connected to it by bridges 9.
  • annular chimney 10 comprising on its outer face and near its free end, a peripheral ring 12 which, in the embodiment shown in the drawing, is discontinuous.
  • the shutter 4 comprises for its part a cylindrical skirt 13 of height at least equal to the height of the chimney 10, one of the ends of which is closed off by a bottom 14 and the other end of which is intended to be pressed against the bottom 7 of the body 3 of the plug.
  • the skirt 13 of the shutter 4 with a diameter between the outside diameter of the chimney 10 and the inside diameter of the part 15 of the neck 16 of the bottle at which the seal is to be made, comprises for its part a rod 17 projecting from its internal face. As shown in Figure 2, the rod 17 is arranged so that after mounting the shutter in the body of the plug the rod 17 of the shutter is located between the rod 12 of the chimney and the bottom of the plug.
  • the contact between the rods 12 respectively of the chimney 10 and 17 of the shutter 4 ensures the clipping of the shutter in the body of the plug allowing on the one hand a simultaneous manipulation of these two elements prior to the plugging and on the other hand the simultaneous removal of these two elements during the bottle opening operation.
  • the liquid tightness is ensured under excellent conditions, taking into account the pinching of the shutter skirt, made of a relatively flexible material, between the chimney 10 of the stopper and the neck 15 of the container, which for their part are made of a harder material.
  • the tamper-evident ring has two diametrically opposite slots 18, extending over its entire height with the exception of a tab 19 of low height with respect to the ring height.
  • the profiled notches 20 of the ring passing over the profiled notches 22 of the neck 16 of the container cause an increase in the diameter of the ring by irreversible elongation of the lugs 19.
  • the cap is unscrewed and after breaking of the bridges 9, the ring is released, and can slide freely along the neck of the container, given the increase in its diameter due to the lengthening of the legs 19. This allows to immediately see if a bottle has been or not opened.
  • the invention brings a great improvement to the existing technique, by providing a plug of simple design and structure, ensuring excellent sealing qualities, achieving good liquid tightness and good air impermeability.
  • the structure of this stopper makes it possible to immediately view the first opening of the container with which it is fitted.
  • the invention is not limited to the sole embodiment of this stopper described above by way of example; on the contrary, it embraces all of its variant embodiments.
  • the body of the plug and the shutter could be made of materials different from those mentioned in the description, that the bowl of the shutter could present a return towards the outside coming to cover the upper edge. of the bottle or that the number of connecting tabs between the different sections of the tamper-evident ring could be different without departing from the scope of the invention.

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  1. Schraubverschluß aus Kunststoff, umfassend einerseits einen aus einem luftundurchlässigen Material hergestellten Verschlußkörper (3), von dessen Boden (7) ein Abschnitt (10) in der Form eines Ringstutzens absteht, welcher in der Nähe seines freien Endes einen durchgehenden oder unterbrochenen, nach außen gerichteten Umfangsring (12) hat, und andererseits einen Stopfen (4), welcher im Inneren des Verschlußkörpers anzuordnen ist und ganz allgemein eine Form einer Mulde aufweist, deren Mantel (13) einen Durchmesser zwischen dem Außendurchmesser des Stutzens (10) und dem Innendurchmesser des zu verschließenden Flaschenhalses hat, sowie eine Höhe, die zumindest gleich der des vom Boden des Verschlusses abstehenden Stutzens (10) ist, wobei ein unterbrochener oder durchgehender Umfangsring (17) von der Innenfläche des Mantels absteht, der so angeordnet ist, daß bei auf den Stutzen aufgesetzter Mulde der Ring (17) des Stopfens zwischen dem Ring (12) des Stutzens (10) und dem Boden (7) des Verschlusses angeordnet ist, wobei der Innendurchmesser des Stopfenringes kleiner als der Aßendurchmesser des Verschlußringes ist, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß der Stopfen (4) aus einem weicheren Material gefertigt ist als der Verschlußkörper (3), und daß die Zone der Anlage des Mantels (13) des Stopfens (4) an der Innenfläche (15) des Flaschenhalses (16) zwischen einerseits den jeweiligen Ringen (12, 17) des Stutzens des Verschlußkörpers (3) bzw. des Stopfenmantels (13) und andererseits dem Boden des Verschlußkörpers liegt.
  2. Verschluß nach Anspruch 1, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß der Verschlußkörper (3) aus Polypropylen gefertigt ist, während der Stopfen (4) aus Polyäthylen hergestellt ist.
  3. Verschluß nach einem der Ansprüche 1 und 2, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß der obere Rand des Mantels (13) des Stopfens (4) keine Abbiegung nach außen aufweist, die den Hals der Flasche abdeckt.
  4. Verschluß nach einem der Ansprüche 1 bis 3, des Typs mit einem Unverletzlichkeitsring (8), welcher Profilvorsprünge (20) aufweist, die mit Profilvorsprüngen (22) des Behälterhalses (16) zusammenwirken, um eine Drehung des Ringes im Aufschraubsinne des Verschlusses zu ermöglichen und seine Drehung im Abschraubsinne des Verschlusses zu verhindern, und bei welchem der Ring (8) mit dem Verschlußkörper (3) über abreißbare Verbindungsstege (9) verbunden ist, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß der Ring (8) zumindest einen axialen Schlitz (18) aufweist, welcher zwei Abschnitte begrenzt, die miteinander im Bereich des Schlitzes über einen Steg (19) mit einem gegenüber der Höhe des Ringes kleinen Querschnitt verbunden sind.
  5. Verschluß nach Anspruch 4, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß zwei am Unverletzlichkeitsring (8) angebrachte Schlitze vorgesehen sind und daß sie einander diametral gegenüberliegend angeordnet sind.
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