EP0471629A1 - Openable cap and container provided with a tamper evident lid - Google Patents
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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
- B65D51/00—Closures not otherwise provided for
- B65D51/18—Arrangements of closures with protective outer cap-like covers or of two or more co-operating closures
- B65D51/20—Caps, lids, or covers co-operating with an inner closure arranged to be opened by piercing, cutting, or tearing
- B65D51/22—Caps, lids, or covers co-operating with an inner closure arranged to be opened by piercing, cutting, or tearing having means for piercing, cutting, or tearing the inner closure
- B65D51/221—Caps, lids, or covers co-operating with an inner closure arranged to be opened by piercing, cutting, or tearing having means for piercing, cutting, or tearing the inner closure a major part of the inner closure being left inside the container after the opening
- B65D51/222—Caps, lids, or covers co-operating with an inner closure arranged to be opened by piercing, cutting, or tearing having means for piercing, cutting, or tearing the inner closure a major part of the inner closure being left inside the container after the opening the piercing or cutting means being integral with, or fixedly attached to, the outer closure
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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
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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
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- the invention relates to an opening capsule or strain capsule comprising a base or strain attached to the neck of a container and an opening part closing the orifice of this neck, the opening of this part being effected for example by rotation or by pivoting with respect to said base, and the orifice of the neck being initially provided with a tamper-evident seal.
- Plastic opening capsules are known, the base or strain of which is fixed to the plastic neck of a tube typically by snap-fastening, this base comprising a sealing means from the inside of said neck, for example a penetrating crown. with forcing inside this neck.
- the Applicant has sought to develop an opening capsule adapted to such a container having a tamper-evident seal.
- the subject of the invention is the assembly of a closure and a plastic neck container surmounted by a tamper-evident seal, said closure comprising means of axial fitting by force of said seal and being made of plastic harder than that of said neck and of said lid, characterized in that said closure is an opening capsule provided with a base or strain, and in that said base and said neck comprise on the one hand complementary latching means, the start of their snap-fitting only intervening after the start of the fitting at maximum effort of said fitting means in said cover, and on the other hand below said latching means complementary screwing means, these means latching and screwing allowing the rupture of the cover and its insertion into said neck.
- Said means of axial fitting by force of the cover have a tightening function both anti-rotation and producing the retention of the cover in the blockage.
- They are preferably either longitudinal fins internal to the capsule inserted between longitudinal reliefs of the cover, or again, as known from the document cited, longitudinal radial fins for notching the cover.
- the screwing means of the neck immediately follows the screwing means of the base of the capsule in the just snapped-in position, and the base in this position is blocked or strongly braked with regard to possible rotation in the sense of unscrewing and / or the anti-unscrewing means intervene from the latched position, preventing this rotation.
- the position just snapped in is the delivery position of the non-violated encapsulated container, which can be identified by a witness, for example a colored area of the shoulder of the container visible at this stage between this shoulder and the lower end of the skirt. outside of the base of the capsule.
- a witness for example a colored area of the shoulder of the container visible at this stage between this shoulder and the lower end of the skirt. outside of the base of the capsule.
- the capsule can only rotate in the direction of screwing, that is to say the usual direction of closure, and its opening part rotates the cover by its notched fins and tears the web of connection of this cover by shearing: quickly, typically after 1/10 of rotation with or without screwing.
- the lower end of the lid enters the orifice of the neck and comes to stopper it, the opening of the container then being done by pivoting of the opening part of the capsule and the lid that remains prisoner.
- These means may be fins and ratchet teeth carried respectively by the inner surface of the outer skirt of said capsule and by a lateral surface of the container, typically of its shoulder. These means oppose when unscrewing said base, leaving only an angular movement of less than 10 °.
- Figure 1 shows an assembly according to the invention in the snapped-on position, in axial section.
- Figure 2 shows the same assembly in the screwed position, also in axial section.
- FIG. 3 represents the anti-unscrewing means of said assembly, according to a half-section seen from above marked AA in FIG. 2.
- Figure 4 shows the same assembly after screwing, the capsule being opened, also in axial section.
- the neck 2 whose end orifice 7 has a diameter of 7.5 mm is surmounted by a tight seal 8 connected to the inside of the neck by a narrow tearable portion 9 of thickness 0.2 mm.
- the cover successively comprises an externally curved annular skirt 10 with an outside diameter greater than 0.2 mm than the diameter of the orifice 7, then an annular cup 11 with an outside diameter 10.5 mm serving as a sealed stop for the future insertion of the cover 8 into the orifice 7, and also serving as a safety stop for mounting the cover in the cover 5, then finally a cylindrical portion 12 of height 5 mm and of 8.8 mm diameter with a slight entry chamfer 13 0.4 mm high at its upper end.
- the neck 2 carries 4 mm below its orifice 7, at the lower end of an inclined outer surface 14 of increasing diameter, a snap-in relief 15 in the form of a rib 15 with an outside diameter of 13 mm and a horizontal annular underside 16 surmounting a recessed cylindrical portion 17 with a diameter of 12 mm and a height of 3 mm.
- This recessed portion 17 is followed by a slightly stronger portion carrying an external thread 18 with a pitch of 1.5 mm and a total height of 5 mm.
- This thread 18 ends on the shoulder 19 of the tube 1, the surface of which lateral 20 carries on the one hand a colored area 21 and on the other hand teeth 22 said ratchet, here inclined in the direction of screwing ( Figure 3) but can also be radial as has been shown by another test.
- the opening part or cover 5 of the capsule 3 comprises a central tube 23 open at its two ends, its inner surface 24 of diameter 8.9 mm carrying radial fins 25 with a tapered end at an angle of 15 °, these fins 25 having a lower end 26 which gradually widens.
- the slight diametral clearance of the surface 24 between fins relative to the cover 8 will facilitate the insertion of this cover 8 into the tube 23 despite its small notches or incision by these fins 25.
- the base 4 of the capsule 3 comprises a central cylindrical portion 27 having an internal diameter 270 of 13 mm and 2.5 mm high with at its base a snap relief 28 having a horizontal flange 29 with an internal diameter 12.35 mm then a frustoconical engagement surface 30 with a height of 1 mm and a diameter of 13.2 mm at its base 300.
- the central portion 27 and the relief 28 are extended by a tube 31 carrying in its upper part, just below the relief 28, an internal thread 32 of height 2.3 mm which is screwed onto the thread 18 of the neck.
- the outer skirt 33 of the base 4 with an internal diameter of 26 mm, carries on its inner surface inclined fins 34 (FIGS. 1 and 3) anti-unscrewing, cooperating with the teeth 22 of the neck 2 from the snap-fastening of the capsule 4 and 5.
- the rotation of the capsule 3 in the direction of screwing without screwing or else with the start of screwing makes it possible to leave this waiting position.
- the cover 8 is rotated by the cover 5 and the insertion of its radial fins 25, its tearable connection 9 ( Figure 1) with the neck 2 being quickly chiselled. After approximately 30 ° of rotation, this connection 9 is broken, the lower end of the skirt 10 of the cover sinking into the orifice 7 during screwing (stage not shown), the connection 9 having to facilitate this depression has an outside diameter slightly smaller than the diameter of this orifice 7.
- the cover is released from the orifice 7 by the pivoting of the cover 5 and accompanies it in its opening.
- the closing of the cover 5 is accompanied by a sealed filling of the orifice 7 by the cover 8 trapped in this cover 5.
- Tamper evident containers with an opening capsule in the hygiene, pharmaceutical, cosmetology, food and cleaning products industries.
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L'invention concerne une capsule à ouverture ou capsule à souche comportant une base ou souche fixée au goulot d'un récipient et une partie ouvrante fermant l'orifice de ce goulot, l'ouverture de cette partie se faisant par exemple par rotation ou par pivotement par rapport à ladite base, et l'orifice du goulot étant initialement muni d'un opercule inviolable.The invention relates to an opening capsule or strain capsule comprising a base or strain attached to the neck of a container and an opening part closing the orifice of this neck, the opening of this part being effected for example by rotation or by pivoting with respect to said base, and the orifice of the neck being initially provided with a tamper-evident seal.
On connaît des capsules à ouverture en matière plastique dont la base ou souche est fixée sur le goulot en matière plastique d'un tube typiquement par encliquetage, cette base comportant un moyen d'étanchéité par l'intérieur dudit goulot, par exemple une couronne pénétrant avec forcement à l'intérieur de ce goulot.Plastic opening capsules are known, the base or strain of which is fixed to the plastic neck of a tube typically by snap-fastening, this base comprising a sealing means from the inside of said neck, for example a penetrating crown. with forcing inside this neck.
On connaît par ailleurs, par le brevet EP-B-0 192 011 de la demanderesse, un autre type de bouchage, à savoir un capuchon, comportant des moyens d'emboîtage axial à force d'un opercule d'inviolabilité qui surmonte le goulot d'un récipient. Ces moyens d'emboîtage sont des ailettes radiales d'entaillage longitudinal en matière plastique plus dure que celle dudit opercule.We also know, from patent EP-B-0 192 011 of the applicant, another type of closure, namely a cap, comprising means of axial interlocking by force of a tamper-evident seal which overcomes the neck of a container. These fitting means are radial fins of longitudinal notching made of harder plastic than that of said cover.
La demanderesse a cherché à mettre au point une capsule à ouverture adaptée à un tel récipient ayant un opercule d'inviolabilité.The Applicant has sought to develop an opening capsule adapted to such a container having a tamper-evident seal.
L'invention a pour objet l'ensemble d'un bouchage et d'un récipient à goulot en matière plastique surmonté d'un opercule d'inviolabilité, ledit bouchage comportant des moyens d'emboîtage axial à force dudit opercule et étant en matière plastique plus dure que celle dudit goulot et dudit opercule, caractérisé en ce que ledit bouchage est une capsule à ouverture munie d'une base ou souche, et en ce que ladite base et ledit goulot comportent d'une part des moyens complémentaires d'encliquetage, le début de leur encliquetage n'intervenant qu'après le début de l'emboîtage à effort maximal desdits moyens d'emboîtage dans ledit opercule, et d'autre part au-dessous desdits moyens d'encliquetage des moyens complémentaires de vissage, ces moyens d'encliquetage et de vissage permettant la rupture de l'opercule et son enfoncement dans ledit goulot.The subject of the invention is the assembly of a closure and a plastic neck container surmounted by a tamper-evident seal, said closure comprising means of axial fitting by force of said seal and being made of plastic harder than that of said neck and of said lid, characterized in that said closure is an opening capsule provided with a base or strain, and in that said base and said neck comprise on the one hand complementary latching means, the start of their snap-fitting only intervening after the start of the fitting at maximum effort of said fitting means in said cover, and on the other hand below said latching means complementary screwing means, these means latching and screwing allowing the rupture of the cover and its insertion into said neck.
Lesdits moyens d'emboîtage axial à force de l'opercule ont une fonction de serrage aussi bien anti-rotation que produisant la retenue de l'opercule dans le bouchage. Ils sont de préférence soit des ailettes longitudinales intérieures à la capsule s'insérant entre des reliefs longitudinaux de l'opercule, soit encore comme connu par le document cité des ailettes radiales longitudinales d'entaillage de l'opercule. De toute façon, il y a un stade où l'effort d'emboîtage est ou devient maximal, et l'objectif d'obtenir un serrage permanent fait préférer dans tous les cas le choix d'une matière plastique plus dure que celle de l'opercule.Said means of axial fitting by force of the cover have a tightening function both anti-rotation and producing the retention of the cover in the blockage. They are preferably either longitudinal fins internal to the capsule inserted between longitudinal reliefs of the cover, or again, as known from the document cited, longitudinal radial fins for notching the cover. Anyway, there is a stage where the casing effort is or becomes maximum, and the objective of obtaining a permanent tightening makes prefer in all cases the choice of a plastic material harder than that of l '' seal.
Une explication du principe général de séparation des efforts maximaux d'emboîtage et d'encliquetage est donnée dans le cas d'une capsule à ailettes radiales d'entaillage.An explanation of the general principle of separation of the maximum efforts of casing and snap-fastening is given in the case of a capsule with radial notching fins.
Le début de l'enfoncement de la capsule, c'est-à-dire de l'ensemble refermé "souche ou base + partie ouvrante", sur le goulot muni de son opercule demande deux efforts relativement importants pour une installation d'enfoncement mécanisé : l'effort d'entaillage de l'opercule et l'effort d'encliquetage de la base de la capsule sur le goulot. La demanderesse s'est aperçue que l'effort d'entaillage ou insertion desdites ailettes radiales dans l'opercule était maximal au moment où cette insertion devenait à section maximale et que la simultanéité de cet effort avec l'effort d'encliquetage pouvait conduire à des arrêts d'installation. On retarde l'encliquetage par rapport à l'entaillage à pleine section en commençant cet entaillage peu après l'engagement de la partie ouvrante sur l'opercule et/ou en éloignant le moyen d'encliquetage du goulot de son orifice obstrué par l'opercule. Néanmoins, il est préférable d'avoir au sommet de l'opercule un chanfrein de faible hauteur rendant progressif le début de l'entaillage, et aussi un élargissement progressif du bas desdites ailettes radiales. La bonne séparation des deux efforts maximaux, respectivement d'entaillage de l'opercule par la partie ouvrante et d'encliquetage de la base et du goulot, est en pratique essentielle.The beginning of the insertion of the capsule, that is to say of the closed assembly "stump or base + opening part", on the neck provided with its lid requires two relatively large efforts for a mechanized insertion installation : the notching force of the cover and the locking force of the base of the capsule on the neck. The Applicant has noticed that the notching or insertion effort of said radial fins in the cover was maximum at the time when this insertion became of maximum section and that the simultaneity of this effort with the latching effort could lead to installation stops. The snap-fastening is delayed relative to the full-section notching by starting this notching soon after the opening part is engaged on the cover and / or by moving the latching means away from the neck from its orifice obstructed by the operculum. Nevertheless, it is preferable to have at the top of the cover a chamfer of low height making the start of the notching progressive, and also a progressive widening of the bottom of said radial fins. The good separation of the two maximum forces, respectively of notching of the cover by the opening and snap part of the base and the neck, is essential in practice.
Une fois l'encliquetage obtenu par poursuite de l'enfoncement de la capsule sur le goulot, la capsule se trouve bloquée vis-à-vis des trois actions habituelles : on ne peut pas l'extraire par traction, on ne peut pas la dévisser et on ne peut pas l'ouvrir par pivotement.Once the snap has been obtained by continuing to push the capsule onto the neck, the capsule is blocked vis-à-vis the three usual actions: it cannot be pulled out, it cannot be unscrewed and you cannot open it by pivoting.
De préférence, le moyen de vissage du goulot succède immédiatement au moyen de vissage de la base de la capsule en position juste encliquetée, et la base dans cette position se trouve bloquée ou fortement freinée vis-à-vis d'une éventuelle rotation dans le sens du dévissage et/ou les moyens anti-dévissage interviennent dès la position encliquetée, empêchant cette rotation.Preferably, the screwing means of the neck immediately follows the screwing means of the base of the capsule in the just snapped-in position, and the base in this position is blocked or strongly braked with regard to possible rotation in the sense of unscrewing and / or the anti-unscrewing means intervene from the latched position, preventing this rotation.
La position juste encliquetée est la position de livraison du récipient capsulé non violé, qu'on peut repérer par un témoin, par exemple une plage colorée de l'épaule du récipient visible à ce stade entre cette épaule et l'extrémité inférieure de la jupe extérieure de la base de la capsule.The position just snapped in is the delivery position of the non-violated encapsulated container, which can be identified by a witness, for example a colored area of the shoulder of the container visible at this stage between this shoulder and the lower end of the skirt. outside of the base of the capsule.
La capsule ne peut tourner que dans le sens du vissage, c'est-à-dire le sens habituel de la fermeture, et sa partie ouvrante entraîne en rotation l'opercule par ses ailettes entaillantes et déchire le voile de liaison de cet opercule par cisaillement : rapidement, typiquement après 1/10 de tour de rotation avec ou sans vissage.The capsule can only rotate in the direction of screwing, that is to say the usual direction of closure, and its opening part rotates the cover by its notched fins and tears the web of connection of this cover by shearing: quickly, typically after 1/10 of rotation with or without screwing.
En effectuant le vissage, l'extrémité inférieure de l'opercule rentre dans l'orifice du goulot et vient le boucher, l'ouverture du récipient se faisant alors par pivotement de la partie ouvrante de la capsule et de l'opercule qui en reste prisonnier.By performing the screwing, the lower end of the lid enters the orifice of the neck and comes to stopper it, the opening of the container then being done by pivoting of the opening part of the capsule and the lid that remains prisoner.
De préférence, on prévoit au plus tôt à l'encliquetage et au plus tard en fin de vissage l'intervention de moyens anti-dévissage complémentaires de la base de la capsule et du récipient. Ces moyens peuvent être des ailettes et dents à rochet portées respectivement par la surface intérieure de la jupe extérieure de ladite capsule et par une surface latérale du récipient, typiquement de son épaule. Ces moyens s'opposent au dévissage de ladite base en ne laissant qu'un débattement angulaire de moins de 10°.Preferably, provision is made at the earliest when snap-fastening and at the latest at the end of the screwing-in the intervention of complementary anti-unscrewing means of the base of the capsule and of the container. These means may be fins and ratchet teeth carried respectively by the inner surface of the outer skirt of said capsule and by a lateral surface of the container, typically of its shoulder. These means oppose when unscrewing said base, leaving only an angular movement of less than 10 °.
D'autres particularités seront illustrées et commentées dans l'exemple qui suit.Other particularities will be illustrated and commented on in the example which follows.
- La mise en place de la capsule à ouverture se fait par simple enfoncement, elle peut être faite sans effort incompatible avec une installation de bouchage mécanisée, grâce à la séparation dans le temps des efforts maximaux d'entaillage et d'encliquetage.The establishment of the capsule with opening is done by simple depression, it can be made without effort incompatible with a mechanized closure installation, thanks to the separation in time of the maximum efforts of notching and snap-fastening.
- L'enfoncement s'arrête dès l'encliquetage, c'est la position de livraison où la non violation du récipient peut être visualisée juste au-dessous de la base de la capsule, et aussi éventuellement dans l'orifice central de la partie ouvrante à l'intérieur duquel l'opercule du récipient n'a pas encore fini de monter.The insertion stops as soon as it clicks in, it is the delivery position where the non-violation of the container can be seen just below the base of the capsule, and also possibly in the central opening of the opening part inside which the lid of the container has not yet finished mounting.
- La rotation dans le sens du vissage après encliquetage est la seule possibilité de rupture de l'opercule, le vissage à fond produit la fixation définitive de la capsule par les moyens anti-dévissage. Les ouvertures et fermetures successives de la capsule ne produisent plus de modification de sa fixation, et l'opercule prisonnier de la partie ouvrante vient à chaque fois reboucher de façon reproductible l'orifice du goulot.Rotation in the direction of screwing after snap-fastening is the only possibility of rupture of the cover, screwing fully produces the final fixing of the capsule by the anti-unscrewing means. The successive openings and closings of the capsule no longer produce any modification of its fixing, and the captive seal of the opening part comes each time to reproducibly fill the opening of the neck.
- En service, l'opercule est le moyen d'étanchéité du rebouchage et de la capsule, c'est une simplification.In service, the seal is the sealing means for the filling and the capsule, it is a simplification.
La figure 1 représente un ensemble selon l'invention en position encliquetée, en coupe axiale.Figure 1 shows an assembly according to the invention in the snapped-on position, in axial section.
La figure 2 représente le même ensemble en position vissée, également en coupe axiale.Figure 2 shows the same assembly in the screwed position, also in axial section.
La figure 3 représente les moyens anti-dévissage dudit ensemble, selon une demi-coupe vue de dessus repérée AA sur la figure 2.FIG. 3 represents the anti-unscrewing means of said assembly, according to a half-section seen from above marked AA in FIG. 2.
La figure 4 représente le même ensemble après vissage, la capsule étant en cours d'ouverture, également en coupe axiale.Figure 4 shows the same assembly after screwing, the capsule being opened, also in axial section.
Sur la figure 1, on voit un tube 1 avec goulot 2 en PEBD (polyéthylène basse densité) surmonté d'une capsule à ouverture 3 en PP (polypropylène) comprenant une souche ou base 4 et une partie ouvrante ou couvercle 5 pouvant pivoter par une charnière en 6 par rapport à cette base 4.In Figure 1, we see a
Le goulot 2 dont l'orifice d'extrémité 7 a un diamètre de 7,5 mm est surmonté d'un opercule étanche 8 relié à l'intérieur du goulot par une portion étroite déchirable 9 d'épaisseur 0,2 mm. Au-dessus de cette liaison 9, l'opercule comprend successivement une jupe annulaire bombée extérieurement 10 de diamètre extérieur plus fort de 0,2 mm que le diamètre de l'orifice 7, puis une coupelle annulaire 11 de diamètre extérieur 10,5 mm servant de butée étanche pour le futur enfoncement de l'opercule 8 dans l'orifice 7, et servant aussi de butée de sécurité pour la montée de l'opercule dans le couvercle 5, puis enfin une portion cylindrique 12 de hauteur 5 mm et de diamètre 8,8 mm portant à son extrémité supérieure un léger chanfrein d'entrée 13 de hauteur 0,4 mm.The neck 2 whose
Le goulot 2 porte 4 mm en dessous de son orifice 7, à l'extrémité inférieure d'une surface extérieure inclinée 14 de diamètre croissant, un relief d'encliquetage 15 en forme de nervure 15 de diamètre extérieur 13 mm et de dessous annulaire horizontal 16 surmontant une portion cylindrique en retrait 17 de diamètre 12 mm et de hauteur 3 mm. A cette portion en retrait 17 succède une portion un peu plus forte portant un filetage extérieur 18 de pas 1,5 mm et de hauteur totale 5 mm.The neck 2 carries 4 mm below its
Ce filetage 18 se termine sur l'épaule 19 du tube 1, dont la surface latérale 20 porte d'une part une plage colorée 21 et d'autre part des dents 22 dites à rochet, ici inclinées dans le sens du vissage (figure 3) mais pouvant également être radiales comme cela a été montré par un autre essai.This
La partie ouvrante ou couvercle 5 de la capsule 3 comporte une tubulure centrale 23 ouverte à ses deux extrémités, sa surface intérieure 24 de diamètre 8,9 mm portant des ailettes radiales 25 à extrémité effilée selon un angle de 15°, ces ailettes 25 ayant une extrémité inférieure 26 qui s'élargit progressivement. Le léger jeu diamétral de la surface 24 entre ailettes par rapport à l'opercule 8 facilitera l'enfoncement de cet opercule 8 dans la tubulure 23 malgré ses petits bourrelets d'entaillage ou incision par ces ailettes 25.The opening part or
La base 4 de la capsule 3 comporte une portion cylindrique centrale 27 ayant un diamètre intérieur 270 de 13 mm et de hauteur 2,5 mm avec à sa base un relief d'encliquetage 28 comportant un rebord horizontal 29 de diamètre intérieur 12,35 mm puis une surface d'engagement tronconique 30 de hauteur 1 mm et de diamètre 13,2 mm à sa base 300. La portion centrale 27 et le relief 28 se prolongent par une tubulure 31 portant dans sa partie haute, juste au-dessous du relief 28, un filetage intérieur 32 de hauteur 2,3 mm se vissant sur le filetage 18 du goulot. La jupe extérieure 33 de la base 4, de diamètre intérieur 26 mm, porte à sa surface intérieure des ailettes inclinées 34 (figures 1 et 3) anti-dévissage, coopérant avec les dents 22 du goulot 2 à partir de l'encliquetage de la capsule 4 et 5.The base 4 of the
On enfonce axialement la capsule fermée 3 ou 4 et 5 sur le goulot 2 surmonté de l'opercule 8, et il se passe successivement :
- engagement libre de la base 4 sur le goulot 2;
- engagement de la
tubulure 23 ducouvercle 5 autour de l'opercule 8, début progressif de l'entaillage de cet opercule 8 par lesextrémités 26 des ailettes coupantes 25 à partir duchanfrein 13 de l'opercule; - environ 1 mm plus bas, l'insertion des
ailettes 25 dans l'opercule 8 est à pleine section, en même temps labase 300 du relief d'encliquetage 28 de la base 4 s'engage sans jeu autour du relief complémentaire 15 du goulot; - l'engagement du relief 28 autour du
relief 15 se poursuit au moyen de sa surface tronconique 30, l'effort d'encliquetage augmentant ainsi progressivement jusqu'au passage de l'extrémité de son rebord horizontal au-dessous durelief 15; - on arrive alors à une position stable dans laquelle un dégagement ou un enfoncement axial n'est plus possible, à cause de l'encliquetage et de la butée du
filetage 32 de la base 4 sur le début dufiletage 18 du goulot 2 et de l'engagement des moyens antidévissage 34 et 22.
- free engagement of the base 4 on the neck 2;
- engagement of the
tubing 23 of thecover 5 around the cover 8, progressive start of the notching of this cover 8 by theends 26 of thecutting fins 25 from thechamfer 13 of the cover; - about 1 mm lower, the insertion of the
fins 25 in the cover 8 is in full section, at the same time thebase 300 of the latching relief 28 of the base 4 engages without play around thecomplementary relief 15 of the neck ; - the engagement of the relief 28 around the
relief 15 continues by means of its frustoconical surface 30, the latching force thus gradually increasing until the end of its horizontal edge passes below therelief 15; - one then arrives at a stable position in which an axial clearance or depression is no longer possible, because of the snap-fastening and the stop of the
thread 32 of the base 4 on the start of thethread 18 of the neck 2 and of the commitment of anti-unscrewing means 34 and 22.
Dans cette position, les extrémités inférieures respectives de la jupe extérieure 33 et de la tubulure 31 de la base 4 sont à environ 2,4 mm de l'épaule 19 du tube 1. Un témoin 20 repère cette position d'attente dans laquelle le tube 1 est toujours fermé étanche par son opercule 8.In this position, the respective lower ends of the
La rotation de la capsule 3 dans le sens du vissage sans vissage ou bien avec début du vissage permet de quitter cette position d'attente. L'opercule 8 est entraîné en rotation par le couvercle 5 et l'insertion de ses ailettes radiales 25, sa liaison déchirable 9 (figure 1) avec le goulot 2 se trouvant rapidement cisalllée. Au bout de 30° environ de rotation, cette liaison 9 est rompue, l'extrémité inférieure de la jupe 10 de l'opercule s'enfonçant dans l'orifice 7 lors du vissage (stade non représenté), la liaison 9 ayant pour faciliter cet enfoncement un diamètre extérieur un peu plus faible que le diamètre de cet orifice 7.The rotation of the
La poursuite du vissage par l'utilisateur s'accompagne des effets suivants :
- les ailettes anti-dévissage 34 inclinées à 30° par rapport à la jupe extérieure 33 et au nombre de 12 râclent les dents anti-dévissage 22 au nombre de 5
portées par l'épaule 19 dutube 1, toute tentative de dévissage restant rapidement bloquée depuis l'encliquetage (figure 3); - l'opercule 8 est rentré dans l'orifice 7 du goulot 2 jusqu'à sa coupelle annulaire 11, réalisant un bouchage étanche (figure 2);
- cet opercule 8 est ainsi remonté dans la tubulure 23 de la partie ouvrante
ou couvercle 5. Cette montée de l'opercule 8 dans la phase de vissage peut aussi être utilisée pour le repérage de non violation de l'emballage. le relief d'encliquetage 15 du goulot 2 se situe vers le haut de l'ouverture cylindrique 270 de la base 4 et assure l'étanchéité entre ce goulot 2 et cette base 4.
- the
anti-unscrewing fins 34 inclined at 30 ° relative to the 33 and 12 in number scrape theouter skirt anti-unscrewing teeth 22 5 in number carried by theshoulder 19 of thetube 1, any unscrewing attempt remaining quickly blocked since the snap-fastening (FIG. 3); - the cover 8 is returned into the
orifice 7 of the neck 2 up to itsannular cup 11, providing a sealed closure (Figure 2); - this cover 8 is thus reassembled in the
tube 23 of the opening part orcover 5. This rise of the cover 8 in the screwing phase can also be used for the identification of non-violation of the packaging. - the snap-in
relief 15 of the neck 2 is located towards the top of thecylindrical opening 270 of the base 4 and provides sealing between this neck 2 and this base 4.
L'opercule est dégagé de l'orifice 7 par le pivotement du couvercle 5 et l'accompagne dans son ouverture. La fermeture du couvercle 5 s'accompagne d'un rebouchage étanche de l'orifice 7 par l'opercule 8 prisonnier de ce couvercle 5.The cover is released from the
Récipients inviolables coiffés d'une capsule à ouverture dans les industries de l'hygiène, de la pharmacie, de la cosmétologie, des aliments et des produits d'entretien.Tamper evident containers with an opening capsule in the hygiene, pharmaceutical, cosmetology, food and cleaning products industries.
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