EP0419790B1 - Verschluss aus Kunststoff für Behälter- und Flaschenmündungen - Google Patents

Verschluss aus Kunststoff für Behälter- und Flaschenmündungen Download PDF

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EP0419790B1
EP0419790B1 EP90114178A EP90114178A EP0419790B1 EP 0419790 B1 EP0419790 B1 EP 0419790B1 EP 90114178 A EP90114178 A EP 90114178A EP 90114178 A EP90114178 A EP 90114178A EP 0419790 B1 EP0419790 B1 EP 0419790B1
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snap hinge
lid
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Klaus Thanisch
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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
    • 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
    • B65D47/0804—Closures with discharging devices other than pumps with pouring spouts or tubes; with discharge nozzles or passages having articulated or hinged closures integrally formed with the base element provided with the spout or discharge passage
    • B65D47/0809—Closures with discharging devices other than pumps with pouring spouts or tubes; with discharge nozzles or passages having articulated or hinged closures integrally formed with the base element provided with the spout or discharge passage and elastically biased towards both the open and the closed positions

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  • Closures of this type are injection molded from plastic, in particular polypropylene.
  • Closures according to FIG. 3 of the drawing attached to this application are known and available on the market. The outside of these closures widens in the longitudinal direction of the mouth from the upper end to a circumferential line of maximum size and tapers downwards again.
  • the present invention is therefore intended to provide a closure whose maximum maximum circumferential line is also far below its upper end, but in which the lid has a lower height.
  • the closure should also be able to be produced in a two-part form.
  • the circumferential line of maximum size falls into one plane. This is not absolutely necessary. This circumferential line could also lie in a curved surface.
  • the cross-sections through the closure do not need to be circular, but can be oval or other shapes.
  • a cover is obtained, the main part of which has a very low overall height, in that the cover is equipped with a one-sided extension which, in the closed position, almost reaches the circumferential line of maximum size. It does not quite reach the circumference over the length of the snap hinge, because there must still be room for the effective elements of the snap hinge, which are arranged between the lower part and the extension of the cover. “Effective elements of the snap hinge” are used here to denote the elements which are located between the lower part of the closure and the extension of the cover.
  • Suitable snap hinges are known for. B. from EP-B-0 056 469 or the approximately corresponding US-A-4 403 712, in particular from Figures 15 to 18 of both patents. However, different types of snap hinges can also be used.
  • a closure according to the invention can be produced with a two-part injection mold.
  • the closure can be designed so that the extension of the cover disappears in the closed position in a flat recess in the lower part. This gives the closure a pleasing appearance. No parts protrude significantly outwards, so that the application of the closure is not hindered by conventional sealing machines.
  • the known closure according to Figure 3 has a lower part 2 with an internal thread 4 for screwing onto the mouth of a bottle or a container. It has an outlet opening 6 and an outer wall 8 which is bulged. From the bottom 10 of the lower part, the outer wall widens in its upper section 8.1 up to a plane 12 which runs transversely to the longitudinal axis 14 of the closure. The lower part widens abruptly there, and the lower section 8.3 of the outer wall 8 then tapers downward.
  • the lid 16 is hinged at the jump point of the lower part, namely in the plane 12.
  • the cover has a slightly greater height than the upper section 8.1.
  • This overall height of the lid is necessary according to the prior art if the closure is to be able to be produced with a two-part injection mold.
  • the closure according to the invention ( Figures 1, 2 and 4 to 7) has a lower part 20 which can be bounced onto a mouth and is held in place by means of locking cams 22 ( Figure 1) below an outer bead of the mouth.
  • the lower part has an outer wall 24 which widens from top to bottom to the circumferential line 29 of maximum size and then tapers again, but has no crack over most of its circumference.
  • the circumferential line 29 of maximum size falls into a plane 30 shown in dash-dot lines in FIGS. 1 and 5.
  • the cover 26 has a main part 26.1 of low overall height and an extension 26.3 which forms the connection from the main part to a snap hinge 28.
  • the snap hinge can preferably be designed according to FIGS. 15 to 18 of the above-mentioned patents and have a film hinge 28.2 in the middle and an intermediate element 28.4 on each side thereof.
  • the intermediate elements can be little or hardly stretchable, so that other parts of the closure, in particular the extension 26.3, are elastically deformed during the snap process.
  • the intermediate elements 28.4 and the film hinge 28.2 are collectively referred to here as the effective elements of the snap hinge.
  • a recess 24.2 (FIG. 7) is provided in the outer wall 24 of the lower part and serves to receive the extension 26.3 of the cover in the closed position.
  • the extension 26.3 of the cover has a projecting section 26.6 outside the intermediate elements 28.4 of the hinge, which in the closed position lies against a projection 24.6 within the recess 24.2.

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EP90114178A 1989-09-29 1990-07-24 Verschluss aus Kunststoff für Behälter- und Flaschenmündungen Expired - Lifetime EP0419790B1 (de)

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AT90114178T ATE89799T1 (de) 1989-09-29 1990-07-24 Verschluss aus kunststoff fuer behaelter- und flaschenmuendungen.

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DE8911643U 1989-09-29

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AT (1) ATE89799T1 (cs)
CA (1) CA2026192C (cs)
DD (1) DD297380A5 (cs)
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CA2026192C (en) 1997-05-27
DD297380A5 (de) 1992-01-09
US5067624A (en) 1991-11-26
ATE89799T1 (de) 1993-06-15
DE8911643U1 (de) 1991-02-07
CA2026192A1 (en) 1991-03-30
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