EP0529383A2 - Capuchon à vis en plastique pour bouteilles sous pression - Google Patents

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EP0529383A2
EP0529383A2 EP92113565A EP92113565A EP0529383A2 EP 0529383 A2 EP0529383 A2 EP 0529383A2 EP 92113565 A EP92113565 A EP 92113565A EP 92113565 A EP92113565 A EP 92113565A EP 0529383 A2 EP0529383 A2 EP 0529383A2
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sealing strip
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Alexander-Georg Schmitz
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CCT Creative Closure Tech 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
    • B65D41/02—Caps or cap-like covers without lines of weakness, tearing strips, tags, or like opening or removal devices
    • B65D41/04—Threaded or like caps or cap-like covers secured by rotation
    • B65D41/0407—Threaded or like caps or cap-like covers secured by rotation with integral sealing means
    • B65D41/0428—Threaded or like caps or cap-like covers secured by rotation with integral sealing means formed by a collar, flange, rib or the like contacting the top rim or the top edges or the external surface of a container neck

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  • the present invention relates to a plastic screw cap for bottles, in particular for pressurized beverage bottles, consisting of a basic cylindrical shell with an internal thread and an essentially circular disc-shaped head plate, on the inside of which a thin, annular sealing strip is integrally formed and at the transition to the cylindrical one Sheath is provided on the inside a bead for pressing the sealing strip onto the upper, outer edge of the bottle neck mouth.
  • Such a closure is known from EP-A1-293.901.
  • the bead has a substantially triangular cross section with a correspondingly tapering inner wall towards the top plate, parallel to which extends a conical sealing strip which, when the closure is screwed onto a bottle neck, lies on the upper outer edge of the bottle neck mouth and is pressed against the conical inner surface of the sealing bead.
  • the approach of the conical sealing strip on the head plate is relatively far inward in the radial direction and is essentially aligned with the cylindrical inner edge of the bottle neck. Only the outer end of the conical sealing strip is clamped between the conical inner surface of the bead and the transition, rounded in this area, from the end face of the bottle neck to its cylindrical outside.
  • the relatively thin and easily movable sealing strip which is only clamped at its outer end between the bottle neck and the bead, is lifted off the bottle neck by the pressurized gas or liquid and pressed in the direction of this free space, the free end also being pressed can slip out of the pinched area.
  • the present invention has for its object to provide a plastic screw cap with the features mentioned, the tightness is better guaranteed even with considerable excess pressure in a bottle.
  • the bead has an at least partially cylindrical inner wall concentric with the closure axis, the diameter of which is slightly larger than the outer diameter of the upper edge of the bottle neck and that the sealing strip is also essentially cylindrical, the outer diameter of the sealing strip being approximately is equal to the outside diameter of the bottle neck rim.
  • the sealing strip is thus attached to the head plate in such a way that (when the closure is attached) it runs near the outside of the cylindrical edge of the bottle neck and also close to the bead.
  • the sealing strip also attaches to the head plate in the radial direction further out than in the known closure, a bulging of the head plate in its central region has practically no longer any effect on the sealing strip and even a slight lifting of the head plate also in its outer region which the sealing strip attaches does not yet lead to the pulling out of the sealing strip from the annular gap, since it projects relatively far into it and is clamped over a large surface area between the bead and the bottle neck.
  • the sealing strip is hardly on the front of the bottle neck, but only in the rounded part and on the cylindrical part of the bottle neck where the sealing effect is to be achieved.
  • the sealing strip in the radial direction within the sealing area has no significant contact surface for the pressurized gases or liquids inside the bottle and, moreover, has no appreciable free space on the back of such an attack surface, so that the sealing strip is also lifted and pulled out is effectively prevented.
  • a circumferential, annular groove is provided in the cover at least on its inside on the cover extension of the sealing strip. This groove ensures sufficient conformity and mobility of the sealing strip even when the lid is placed on the bottle neck so far that the head plate rests on the end face of the bottle neck. The sealing strip is almost completely drawn into the annular gap between the bottle neck and the bead.
  • This mobility of the sealing strip can be further increased in that a corresponding groove is also provided in the radial direction outside of its shoulder on the head plate.
  • An embodiment of the invention is preferred in which the transition of the cylindrical inner surface of the bead to the plane of the inner surface of the head plate takes place along a transition surface, the curvature of which corresponds to the curvature of the transition surface from the cylindrical outer surface to the end surface of the end of the bottle neck.
  • the inside diameter of the cylindrical wall of the bead is less than or equal to the sum of the outside diameter of the cylindrical wall of the upper edge of the bottle neck plus the thickness of the sealing strip in its main part.
  • the sealing strip is thereby securely drawn into the annular gap between the inner wall of the bead and the outer wall of the bottle neck and clamped there more or less.
  • FIG. 1 is a section along a plane which contains the axis (not shown) of the screw cap, which essentially also coincides with the axis of the bottle neck 7. Shown is a part of the essentially cylindrical shell 1 with threads 1a, part of the circular disc-shaped head plate 2, and the transition between these two parts with the sealing strip 3 and the bead 4. The threads 1a engage in corresponding threads 12 on the outside of the bottle neck 7 a.
  • the end of the bottle neck 7 has essentially the shape of a hollow cylinder with a flat, annular end face 8c, an outer cylinder jacket surface 8a and a rounded transition 8b between said surfaces.
  • the manufacture of such bottles means that it is not the end face 8c, but rather the faces 8b and 8a that are the most precisely defined areas of the bottle neck with the smallest tolerance deviations. For this reason, it is advisable to provide the sealing of the plastic closure in this area.
  • the sealing strip 3 attaches to the inner surface 2a of the head plate 2 relatively far out in the radial direction.
  • the attachment area of the sealing strip 3 has approximately the same outer diameter as the bottle neck and is thus so far that the sealing strip practically only at the areas 8a and 8b of the bottle neck when screwing onto the bottle neck, but not or only to a small extent on the end face 8c of the bottle neck comes to rest.
  • the bevel 11 on the inner edge of the free end of the sealing strip 3 ensures that when the closure is screwed onto the bottle neck 7, the sealing strip 3 slides out onto the bottle neck in the area 8b and 8a.
  • the bead 4 ensures that the sealing strip 3 comes to rest firmly and sealingly on the surfaces 8a and 8b of the bottle neck by being clamped between the bead 4 and the bottle neck 7.
  • the width of the annular gap between the cylindrical inner wall 6 of the bead and the outer wall 8a of the bottle neck corresponds to the thickness d of the sealing strip 3 above the bevel 11 or is somewhat smaller in order to achieve a clamping effect.
  • Figure 2 shows the screw cap in the largely unscrewed state.
  • the cylindrical inner wall of the bead 4 allows the plastic closure to be screwed onto the bottle neck to such an extent that the sealing strip 3 moves a considerable amount into the annular gap between the bottle neck 7 and the bead 4 is drawn in and thus effectively seals the bottle, even if the head plate 2 bulges or if the sealing strip 3 is pressed radially outside of the sealing area in its attachment area by the internal overpressure into the remaining space. It can be seen in FIG.
  • FIG. 3 shows a slightly modified embodiment of the invention with a somewhat thicker head plate 2, the transition between bead 4 and head plate 2 also being less rounded.
  • the closure can be screwed onto a bottle neck 7 so far that the head plate 2 comes to lie completely on the end face 8c of the bottle neck 7, the sealing taking place in the area of the area 8a and especially in the area of the area 8b.
  • the bead 4 in turn pulls the sealing strip 3 far into the annular gap between the bead 4 and the outer cylindrical surface 8a of the bottle neck 7.
  • the lower inner edge 5 of the bead 4 is slightly rounded.
  • the annular grooves 9 and 10 also ensure sufficient mobility of the sealing strip 3 itself, in which the head plate 2 is almost or completely in contact with the end face 8c of the bottle neck 7. Nevertheless you can see from the representation in Figure 4 that the sealing strip to the (on the right in Figure 4) pressure side offers only a minimal contact surface, so that there is no fear that the sealing strip 3 is lifted from the sealing surface 8b even with a relatively large excess pressure.
  • this embodiment differs from the two aforementioned embodiments essentially in that the cylindrical inner wall of the bead is somewhat shortened in the axial direction and in the form of a curved arc (in the cross-sectional view) in the plane of the inner surface 2a of the Head plate 2 merges, the curvature of this arc essentially corresponding to the curvature of the surface 8b of the bottle neck 7.
  • a difference to the known screw closure also consists in that the sealing strip is clamped in the sealing area between a conical and a (partially) toroidal surface. Reaching this clamping position forms a kind of stop against further unscrewing.
  • the sealing strip is pulled by the bead 4 more or less around the partially toroidal surface 8b and is held in this position in a sealing manner, only when the head plate is placed on the end face 8c of the bottle neck 7 forming a stop. In this position, the sealing strip offers the pressurized interior of the bottle only a very small contact surface and this only in the vicinity of the comparatively stiff attachment area of the sealing strip.
  • the essentially cylindrical shape of the sealing strip 3 facilitates the manufacture of the closure, which is easier to demold than a closure with a conical sealing strip.

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EP92113565A 1991-08-28 1992-08-08 Capuchon à vis en plastique pour bouteilles sous pression Expired - Lifetime EP0529383B2 (fr)

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DE4128474A DE4128474A1 (de) 1991-08-28 1991-08-28 Kunststoffschraubverschluss fuer unter druck stehende flaschen

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WO1999057032A1 (fr) 1998-05-07 1999-11-11 Cct Creative Closure Technology Gmbh Bouchon filete pour bouteilles
US6325226B1 (en) 1997-02-14 2001-12-04 Bericap Gmbh & Co. Kg Plastic screw closure
FR2828173A1 (fr) * 2001-08-01 2003-02-07 Rical Sa Bouchon comprenant une jupe interieure d'etancheite cooperant avec la face exterieure d'un col de recipient
WO2006063607A1 (fr) * 2004-12-16 2006-06-22 Cct-Creative Closure Technology-Gmbh Bouchon filete en plastique
EP1873077A1 (fr) * 2006-06-29 2008-01-02 CapArtis AG Fermeture rotative
EP1985549A1 (fr) 2004-09-01 2008-10-29 Creanova Universal Closures Ltd. Moyen d'étanchéite pour bouchon, bouchon et procédé associé
US7611025B2 (en) 2002-07-12 2009-11-03 Bericap Closure device comprising a hinged cap moulded in the closed position
US7850029B2 (en) 2003-10-01 2010-12-14 Obrist Closures Switzerland Gmbh Closure
US8393483B2 (en) 2004-09-01 2013-03-12 Creanova Universal Closure Ltd. Sealing means for closure with multiple sealing areas
EP2800710A4 (fr) * 2012-01-06 2015-05-06 Closure Systems Int Inc Dispositif de fermeture sans revêtement intérieur
USD747201S1 (en) 2013-09-18 2016-01-12 Bericap Closure
US9975669B2 (en) 2013-12-24 2018-05-22 Berlcap Hinged closure device with first opening indicator
USD833278S1 (en) 2014-09-03 2018-11-13 Bericap Closure for a container

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US4623070A (en) * 1985-01-29 1986-11-18 Shibazaki Seisakusho Ltd. Closure cap
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EP0114127A2 (fr) * 1983-01-18 1984-07-25 Continental White Cap, Inc. Fermeture en plastique présentant des volets d'étanchéité
EP0293901A1 (fr) * 1983-08-26 1988-12-07 Metal Closures Limited Fermeture pour récipient
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US6325226B1 (en) 1997-02-14 2001-12-04 Bericap Gmbh & Co. Kg Plastic screw closure
WO1999057032A1 (fr) 1998-05-07 1999-11-11 Cct Creative Closure Technology Gmbh Bouchon filete pour bouteilles
DE19820266A1 (de) * 1998-05-07 1999-11-18 Cct Creative Closure Technolog Schraubverschluß für Flaschen
FR2828173A1 (fr) * 2001-08-01 2003-02-07 Rical Sa Bouchon comprenant une jupe interieure d'etancheite cooperant avec la face exterieure d'un col de recipient
WO2003011699A1 (fr) * 2001-08-01 2003-02-13 Bericap Bouchon comprenant une jupe interieure d'etancheite
US7611025B2 (en) 2002-07-12 2009-11-03 Bericap Closure device comprising a hinged cap moulded in the closed position
US7850029B2 (en) 2003-10-01 2010-12-14 Obrist Closures Switzerland Gmbh Closure
EP1985549A1 (fr) 2004-09-01 2008-10-29 Creanova Universal Closures Ltd. Moyen d'étanchéite pour bouchon, bouchon et procédé associé
US8393483B2 (en) 2004-09-01 2013-03-12 Creanova Universal Closure Ltd. Sealing means for closure with multiple sealing areas
WO2006063607A1 (fr) * 2004-12-16 2006-06-22 Cct-Creative Closure Technology-Gmbh Bouchon filete en plastique
WO2008000826A1 (fr) * 2006-06-29 2008-01-03 Capartis Ag Chapeau de fermeture rotatif
EP1873077A1 (fr) * 2006-06-29 2008-01-02 CapArtis AG Fermeture rotative
EP2800710A4 (fr) * 2012-01-06 2015-05-06 Closure Systems Int Inc Dispositif de fermeture sans revêtement intérieur
EP2800710B1 (fr) 2012-01-06 2016-08-03 Closure Systems International Inc. Dispositif de fermeture sans revêtement intérieur
USD747201S1 (en) 2013-09-18 2016-01-12 Bericap Closure
US9975669B2 (en) 2013-12-24 2018-05-22 Berlcap Hinged closure device with first opening indicator
USD833278S1 (en) 2014-09-03 2018-11-13 Bericap Closure for a container

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ES2102431T3 (es) 1997-08-01
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ES2102431T5 (es) 2003-04-16

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