EP0464097A1 - Kunststoffbehälter. - Google Patents

Kunststoffbehälter.

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Publication number
EP0464097A1
EP0464097A1 EP90905233A EP90905233A EP0464097A1 EP 0464097 A1 EP0464097 A1 EP 0464097A1 EP 90905233 A EP90905233 A EP 90905233A EP 90905233 A EP90905233 A EP 90905233A EP 0464097 A1 EP0464097 A1 EP 0464097A1
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Prior art keywords
container
lid
shroud
handle
holes
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EP90905233A
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English (en)
French (fr)
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EP0464097B1 (de
Inventor
Christopher Howard Sworn
Brian Edwards
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RPC Containers Ltd
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RPC Containers Ltd
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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
    • 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
    • B65D25/00—Details of other kinds or types of rigid or semi-rigid containers
    • B65D25/28—Handles
    • B65D25/32—Bail handles, i.e. pivoted rigid handles of generally semi-circular shape with pivot points on two opposed sides or wall parts of the conainter
    • 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
    • B65D2543/00—Lids or covers essentially for box-like containers
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    • B65D2543/00259—Materials used
    • B65D2543/00296—Plastic
    • 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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    • B65D2543/005—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 both cup and skirt
    • 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
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
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Definitions

  • This invention relates to containers made of plastics material, hereinafter referred to as plastics containers.
  • the invention is particularly concerned with plastics containers for holding paint, but containers according to the invention may be used for any other purpose that may be desired.
  • It is proposed to form the open top of such a container by way of a separately formed shroud secured around the top of the container body.
  • a shroud can serve various purposes, for example to provide a sealing surface for a lid of the container, which makes a plug fit in the shroud.
  • the container when the container is to be provided with a carrying handle, it may be disadvantageous to mount the handle by connecting it only to the said shroud, because of problems which will then arise in connecting the shroud to the container body securely enough to reliably support the weight of the container body and its contents in all circumstances, particularly under sudden strain.
  • the present invention provides a plastics container having a carrying handle mounted thereto at a plurality of locations, the container having an open top which is defined by a separately formed shroud secured around the top of the container body, the container body and the shroud together providing wall regions of double thickness at least at the said handle mounting locations, and the handle being connected to the container by way of holes extending through said double thickness wall regions.
  • the handle is provided with mounting lugs which extend into the said holes from the outside.
  • the said holes for mounting the handle so as to ensure that no leakage of the container contents can occur through the said holes when the lid is in place, and also that there can be no inward leakage of air to the contents.
  • means for securing the lid in its closed condition, separate from the lid seal may conveniently be located outwardly of, i.e. above, the said holes.
  • the lid seal may be provided by means of a flowed-in gasket of polymeric material on either the lid or the container body in the sealing zone therebetween, which gasket is different in material or composition from the said lid or body and is, in its working condition, softer than the material of the latter; further details of this sealing concept may be obtained from our British Patent Application No. 8820393.0.
  • the invention provides a plastics container having a carrying handle mounted thereto at a plurality of locations, and having a lid arranged to make sealing engagement inside the mouth of the container, wherein the lid is connected to the container by way of holes extending through the body of the container, and the lid makes sealing engagement with the container inwardly of the said holes.
  • lid securing means separate from the lid seal may again be provided at a location outwardly of the seal.
  • the seal itself may be of the flowed-in kind already mentioned.
  • the invention provides a plastics container having an open top which is defined by a separately formed shroud secured around the top of the container body, and a lid arranged to fit in the said open top, wherein the lid makes securing engagement with the said shroud and, inwardly thereof, sealing engagement with the container body.
  • FIG. 1 is a side elevation view of a plastics container according to the invention, particularly for containing paint;
  • Figure 2 is a top plan view of the container; and Figure 3 is a vertical cross-sectional view on the line III-III of Figure 2, including an enlarged view.
  • the container basically comprises a generally square-section open-topped body 1 provided with a reinforcing shroud 2 around its top, a pivotally mounted handle 3, and a lid 4.
  • Figure 1 shows the handle 3 in full lines in its stowed position, and in ghost lines in a partially raised position.
  • the body 1 of the container has a radially inset portion 6 around its top, arranged to provide an inwardly facing sealing surface 7 for the lid 4 and terminating in an upwardly directed annular wall portion 8 which provides a mounting for the shroud 2.
  • the shroud is received in the annular space provided by the inset portion 6 of the container body, and includes a central vertical wall portion 9 which engages face to face with the wall 8 of the body to form a double thickness wall and is formed with an inwardly facing annular hook portion 10 which engages under the bottom edge of the body wall 8 to securely attach the shroud to the body.
  • the shroud further includes a lower annular wall portion 11 which fits flush with the top of the side wall 12 of the body 1 to define a substantially continuous outer surface therewith, and an upper annular wall portion 13 of inverted V-shape which terminates in an inwardly directed lid securing flange 14.
  • the handle is formed with an integral, inwardly facing, mounting lug 15 at each end thereof, which mounting lugs are rotatably received in holes 16 extending through the double thickness wall defined by the wall portions 8 and 9 of the body and shroud respectively, barbs 15a being provided on the inner ends of the lugs to prevent disengagement.
  • the handle is mounted to a double thickness wall defined in combination by the container body 1 and the shroud 2.
  • the lid 4 of the container comprises a substantially flat top 17 formed with a depending annular side wall 18.
  • An outwardly and upwardly projecting annular flange 19 of the lid is formed with an annular recess 20, which snaps over the lid securing flange 14 of the shroud to secure the lid in its closed position.
  • the lid seal is provided by way of a flowed-in gasket 21 provided all around the outside surface of the lower region of the lid side wall 18.
  • An outwardly extending annular shoulder 22 is formed on the wall 18 to define the upward termination of the flowed- in gasket 21, the effect of which is that at its top adjacent the shoulder 22, and as clearly shown in the enlarged view, the outwardly facing sealing surface of the gasket is of arcuate shape so as make a particularly efficient seal with a similarly shaped inwardly facing sealing surface of the shroud wall 9.
  • a brush wiping bar 23 extends across the open mouth of the container body, being spot welded at its opposite ends to a shoulder 24 on the inset portion of the body, below the lid seal.

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  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Mechanical Engineering (AREA)
  • Closures For Containers (AREA)
  • Processing And Handling Of Plastics And Other Materials For Molding In General (AREA)
  • Details Of Rigid Or Semi-Rigid Containers (AREA)
EP90905233A 1989-03-21 1990-03-20 Kunststoffbehälter Expired - Lifetime EP0464097B1 (de)

Applications Claiming Priority (3)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
GB8906417 1989-03-21
GB898906417A GB8906417D0 (en) 1989-03-21 1989-03-21 Plastics containers
PCT/GB1990/000426 WO1990011229A2 (en) 1989-03-21 1990-03-20 Plastics containers

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EP0464097A1 true EP0464097A1 (de) 1992-01-08
EP0464097B1 EP0464097B1 (de) 1995-02-15

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EP90905233A Expired - Lifetime EP0464097B1 (de) 1989-03-21 1990-03-20 Kunststoffbehälter

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EP (1) EP0464097B1 (de)
CN (1) CN1045741A (de)
AU (1) AU648021B2 (de)
CA (1) CA2049317A1 (de)
DE (1) DE69017014D1 (de)
GB (1) GB8906417D0 (de)
NZ (1) NZ233004A (de)
PT (1) PT93511A (de)
WO (1) WO1990011229A2 (de)
ZA (1) ZA902138B (de)

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AU5338990A (en) 1990-10-22
CN1045741A (zh) 1990-10-03
CA2049317A1 (en) 1990-09-22
DE69017014D1 (de) 1995-03-23
WO1990011229A3 (en) 1990-11-15
WO1990011229A2 (en) 1990-10-04
NZ233004A (en) 1994-04-27
AU648021B2 (en) 1994-04-14
GB8906417D0 (en) 1989-05-04
PT93511A (pt) 1990-11-07
ZA902138B (en) 1991-02-27
EP0464097B1 (de) 1995-02-15

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