EP0494306A1 - Capuchon avec couvercle basculant elastiquement - Google Patents

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EP0494306A1
EP0494306A1 EP91902752A EP91902752A EP0494306A1 EP 0494306 A1 EP0494306 A1 EP 0494306A1 EP 91902752 A EP91902752 A EP 91902752A EP 91902752 A EP91902752 A EP 91902752A EP 0494306 A1 EP0494306 A1 EP 0494306A1
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Takamitsu 17-10 Kamiogi 2-Chome Nozawa
Takaharu Yoshino Kogyosho Co. Ltd. Tasaki
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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
    • B65D47/0814—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 by at least three hinge sections, at least one having a length different from the others

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  • the present invention relates to a cap structure having an elastically turnover cover.
  • the "cap structure” used herein is meant to include a cap and a container with a cap.
  • the cap having the elastically turnover cover there is known a cap which is integrally molded of a synthetic resin and having its cap body and cover hinged at three points, as called so, as is used in the container of Japanese Utility Model Laid-Open No. 34049/1988, for example.
  • This cap is formed by integrally connecting a cap body and a cap opening cover into one piece by means of the three-point hinge.
  • This three-point hinge structure is composed of: first two hinges for connecting the upper end of the rear portion of the circumferential wall of the cap body and the lower end of the rear portion of the circumferential wall of the cover placed on the cap body; and second and third hinges for connecting L-shaped elastic plates between the first circumferential wall portion below those the first hinges and the front portion of the top wall of the cover at the upper end of the circumferential wall portion of the cover between the two hinges.
  • both the circumferential wall portion of the cover in front of the rising portions of the L-shaped elastic plates and the top wall portion of the cover below the horizontal portion are notched for parting the mold.
  • the notched portions of the top wall of the cover deteriorate the appearance of the cover. Still the worse, the notches makes it incomplete to shut off the mouth of the cap body with the cover.
  • the present invention contemplates to provide a cap structure which can be formed of only the individual rear portions of the circumferential walls of the cap body and the cover without notching the circumferential wall and top wall of the cover, so that the cover may have its appearance improved and may seal up the mouth of the cap body when in the closing operation.
  • each of curved elastic bands 12 is to have its cover side end 12b moved along an arc a, which has a radius of a straight distance from the body side end 12a to the cover side end 12b of the elastic band 12. Since, however, the cover 5 is turned on hinges 10, it is allowed to move along an arc b which has a radius of a straight distance from the hinges 10 to the cover side end 12b.
  • the elastic band 12 is extended till the dead center A against its elasticity and is shrunken after the dead center A by its elastic controlling force so that the cover is elastically turned over to establish the closed state.
  • the cover opening operation could be likewise understood.
  • the elastic band 12 may have its intermediate portion curved to the front in the closed state of Fig. 4.
  • FIGs. 6 to 8 Another embodiment shown in Figs. 6 to 8 might be thought like the case of the foregoing first embodiment.
  • each of the elastic bands 12 is curved in a letter "C" not only in the open state but also in the closed state, in which it is received in a recess 13. According to this embodiment, the elastic bands can be prevented from being forcibly extended more than their limits even when they pass through the dead center A at which they are extended to their maximum strokes.
  • Fig. 1 is a perspective view showing the open state
  • Fig. 2 is a perspective view showing the closed state from the back
  • Fig. 3 is a top plan view showing the same
  • Fig. 4 is an enlarged section showing an essential portion
  • Fig. 5 is an enlarged section showing an essential portion in the open state.
  • Figs. 6 to 8 showing a second embodiment: Fig. 6 is a perspective view showing the closed state from the back; Fig. 7 is a perspective view showing the open state; and Fig. 8 is an enlarged section showing an essential portion.
  • Reference numeral 1 designates the body of a cap structure having a first circumferential wall 2.
  • This first circumferential wall 2 is formed into a circumferential wall to be fitted on the outer circumference of the neck of a container, in case the body 1 is a cap, and has its lower end shut out with a bottom wall in case the cap structure is a container body.
  • the first circumferential wall has its top covered with a top plate 4 having a pouring port 3, but this top plate 4 can be eliminated.
  • a cover which is molded of polyethylene or the like integrally with the aforementioned body 1. This cover 5 can be turned on later-described hinges to open or close the top of the first circumference.
  • a second circumferential wall 7 depends from the outer circumference of a top wall 6 and can have its lower end placed on the upper end of the first circumferential wall 2.
  • the first circumferential wall 2 and the second circumferential wall 7 are shaped into a true circle, as seen in a top plan view, and have their backs formed into a vertical wall 8 which in turn is formed with a groove 9 at its widthwise center.
  • the vertical walls of the first and second circumferential walls 2 and 7, which are divided by the groove, have their respective upper and lower ends connected by curved hinges 10 and 10, as better seen from Fig. 4.
  • the upper end of the groove bottom of the first circumferential wall and the lower end of the groove bottom of the second circumferential wall are formed to merge into each other, and the first and second circumferential wall portions are formed in front of their merging portions with holes 11 and 11, which are extended downward and upward from the upper and lower ends of the individual circumferential walls to leave an elastic band 12 at the bottom of the groove 9 at the back of the holes 11 and 11.
  • This elastic band 12 is preliminarily curved such that the body 1 and the cover 5 are integrally molded of a synthetic resin such as polyethylene, as shown in Fig. 5, with the cover 5 being opened with respect to the body 1 and with the elastic band 12 being curved upward.
  • the connecting portions between the upper and lower ends of the elastic band and the second and first circumferential walls are so formed that they cannot be bent angularly.
  • the second embodiment is not formed with the aforementioned vertical wall 8 and groove 9 of the foregoing first embodiment.
  • the righthand and lefthand portions of the back of the first and second circumferential walls 2 and 7, which are shaped into a true circle in a top plan view, are projected backward from their upper end lower end portions to form triangular projections 13 and 13.
  • These projections 13 and 13 are connected at their rear ends by the hinges 10 and 10 to connect the upper and lower ends of the first and second circumferential walls.
  • the elastic band 12 is extended between the hinges 10 and 10 and so tensed between the lower first circumferential portion and the upper second circumferential portion that its upper and lower ends merge into the two circumferential walls in an unbendable manner.
  • the second embodiment has its cap structure molded of the body and the cover in the closed state.
  • Figs. 9 to 11 show the third embodiment.
  • the first and second circumferential walls 2 and 7 having a top plan view of a true circle are connected at their rear upper and lower ends by the hinge 10 and at the righthand and lefthand sides of the hinge 10 by a pair of C-shaped elastic bands 12 and 12.
  • These elastic bands are fitted in the recesses 13, which are formed to extend between the upper and lower portions of the individual backs of the first and second circumferential walls 2 and 7,
  • the recesses 13 have their lower end rear edges and upper end rear edges connected to the lower and upper ends of the elastic bands 12 through second and third hinges 14 and 15.
  • the third embodiment is also formed in the open state, as shown in Fig. 9.
  • the cap structure of the present invention can be prevented from having its appearance deteriorated because of no notch and can have its body top sealed up by the cover.
  • the elastic plates need not be mounted by notching the back of the circumferential wall of the cover and the top wall of the cover partially.
  • the elastic bands are given the C-shaped longitudinal sections so that they can have their cover side ends passing over the dead centers while leaving a margin of further elastic deformations. Since, moreover, the C-shaped elastic bands are fitted in the recesses 13 formed in the backs of the first and second circumferential walls of the body and the cover when in the closed state, the elastic bands will not deteriorate the appearance of the cap structure.

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L'invention se rapporte à un capuchon ou tout autre élément de fermeture similaire possédant un couvercle basculant élastiquement, dans lequel la surface de dessus d'une première paroi périphérique externe (2) du capuchon (1) ou autre est fermée par un couvercle (5) comportant une seconde paroi périphérique (7), laquelle s'étend vers le bas à partir de la périphérie externe d'une paroi de dessus (6), de sorte que la surface terminale inférieure de la seconde paroi périphérique (7) vient se superposer à la surface terminale supérieure de la première paroi périphérique; les extrémités supérieure et inférieure des surfaces arrière respectivement de première et seconde parois périphériques (2, 7) sont reliées entre elles par une charnière (10), et, en plus de cette charnière, une plaque en bande élastique (12) relie entre elles les parties supérieure et inférieure arrière de la première paroi périphérique (1) de façon à ce qu'on puisse ouvrir ou fermer le couvercle (5) en le faisant pivoter autour de la charnière (10); et la charnière (10) est située plus en arrière que la plaque en bande élastique et elle est façonnée de façon à former avec le capuchon un seul bloc en résine synthétique; la présente invention ayant pour but principal d'éviter de laisser les traces de découpe qui habituellement restent souvent sur le couvercle après le démoulage du moule métallique, lors d'une opération de moulage monobloc d'un tel capuchon à partir de résine synthétique.
EP91902752A 1990-07-27 1991-01-16 Capuchon avec couvercle basculant elastiquement Expired - Lifetime EP0494306B1 (fr)

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JP1990080392U JP2532090Y2 (ja) 1990-07-27 1990-07-27 弾性反転する蓋付きキャップおよび容器
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DE4128622A1 (de) * 1990-12-13 1992-06-17 Feichtinger Ernst Expan Verschluss
GB2278837A (en) * 1993-06-11 1994-12-14 Gene Stull Snap-hinge closure cap with full circumferential seal.
EP0634338A1 (fr) * 1993-07-14 1995-01-18 "EXPAN" Dipl. Kfm. Ing. Ernst Feichtinger-Chemische Fabrik und Plastikwerk Charnière à rabattre d'une seule pièce
EP0555624B1 (fr) * 1992-02-10 1995-06-28 "EXPAN" Dipl. Kfm. Ing. Ernst Feichtinger-Chemische Fabrik und Plastikwerk Fermeture à charnière avec effet de ressort
EP0706951A1 (fr) * 1994-10-13 1996-04-17 Owens-Illinois Closure Inc., Capuchon à charnière avec effet de ressort
EP0781572A2 (fr) * 1995-12-01 1997-07-02 Tsukada Medical Research Co., Ltd. Capuchon pour dispositif médical pouvant être maintenu dans le coprs humain
FR2752818A1 (fr) * 1996-08-29 1998-03-06 Oreal Capsule articulee a element de liaison ameliore
EP1048582A1 (fr) * 1999-04-29 2000-11-02 Createchnic AG Tube en matière plastique muni d'un couvercle à charnière et son procédé de fabrication
CN1082925C (zh) * 1996-03-22 2002-04-17 日本皇冠塞株式会社 在处理时可以同瓶分开的铰链式盖
ES2262449A1 (es) * 2006-05-18 2006-11-16 Seaplast, S.A. "tapon con tapa abatible para botellas y similares dotado de un sistema automatico de apertura de la tapa".

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EP0555624B1 (fr) * 1992-02-10 1995-06-28 "EXPAN" Dipl. Kfm. Ing. Ernst Feichtinger-Chemische Fabrik und Plastikwerk Fermeture à charnière avec effet de ressort
GB2278837A (en) * 1993-06-11 1994-12-14 Gene Stull Snap-hinge closure cap with full circumferential seal.
US5437383A (en) * 1993-06-11 1995-08-01 Stull; Gene Snap-hinge closure cap with full circumferential seal
GB2278837B (en) * 1993-06-11 1996-12-11 Gene Stull Snap-hinge closure cap with full circumferential seal
EP0634338A1 (fr) * 1993-07-14 1995-01-18 "EXPAN" Dipl. Kfm. Ing. Ernst Feichtinger-Chemische Fabrik und Plastikwerk Charnière à rabattre d'une seule pièce
EP0706951A1 (fr) * 1994-10-13 1996-04-17 Owens-Illinois Closure Inc., Capuchon à charnière avec effet de ressort
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EP0781572A3 (fr) * 1995-12-01 1998-12-09 Tsukada Medical Research Co., Ltd. Capuchon pour dispositif médical pouvant être maintenu dans le coprs humain
CN1082925C (zh) * 1996-03-22 2002-04-17 日本皇冠塞株式会社 在处理时可以同瓶分开的铰链式盖
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EP1048582A1 (fr) * 1999-04-29 2000-11-02 Createchnic AG Tube en matière plastique muni d'un couvercle à charnière et son procédé de fabrication
ES2262449A1 (es) * 2006-05-18 2006-11-16 Seaplast, S.A. "tapon con tapa abatible para botellas y similares dotado de un sistema automatico de apertura de la tapa".
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CA2065342A1 (fr) 1992-01-28
CA2065342C (fr) 1996-04-30
WO1992002431A1 (fr) 1992-02-20
AU643497B2 (en) 1993-11-18
EP0608755A1 (fr) 1994-08-03
EP0494306B1 (fr) 1994-11-09
DE69129469T2 (de) 1998-09-17
DE69129469D1 (de) 1998-06-25
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JP2532090Y2 (ja) 1997-04-09
EP0494306A4 (en) 1992-12-23

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