EP0562177B1 - Fermeture avec un capuchon à vis et un goulot de récipient ou un élément de fermeture raccordé au récipient - Google Patents

Fermeture avec un capuchon à vis et un goulot de récipient ou un élément de fermeture raccordé au récipient Download PDF

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EP0562177B1
EP0562177B1 EP92121277A EP92121277A EP0562177B1 EP 0562177 B1 EP0562177 B1 EP 0562177B1 EP 92121277 A EP92121277 A EP 92121277A EP 92121277 A EP92121277 A EP 92121277A EP 0562177 B1 EP0562177 B1 EP 0562177B1
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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
    • B65D47/10—Closures with discharging devices other than pumps with pouring spouts or tubes; with discharge nozzles or passages having frangible closures
    • B65D47/103—Membranes with a tearing element
    • 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
    • B65D50/00—Closures with means for discouraging unauthorised opening or removal thereof, with or without indicating means, e.g. child-proof closures
    • B65D50/02—Closures with means for discouraging unauthorised opening or removal thereof, with or without indicating means, e.g. child-proof closures openable or removable by the combination of plural actions
    • B65D50/04—Closures with means for discouraging unauthorised opening or removal thereof, with or without indicating means, e.g. child-proof closures openable or removable by the combination of plural actions requiring the combination of simultaneous actions, e.g. depressing and turning, lifting and turning, maintaining a part and turning another one
    • B65D50/045—Closures with means for discouraging unauthorised opening or removal thereof, with or without indicating means, e.g. child-proof closures openable or removable by the combination of plural actions requiring the combination of simultaneous actions, e.g. depressing and turning, lifting and turning, maintaining a part and turning another one where one action elastically deforms or deflects at least part of the closure, the container or an intermediate element, e.g. a ring
    • B65D50/046—Closures with means for discouraging unauthorised opening or removal thereof, with or without indicating means, e.g. child-proof closures openable or removable by the combination of plural actions requiring the combination of simultaneous actions, e.g. depressing and turning, lifting and turning, maintaining a part and turning another one where one action elastically deforms or deflects at least part of the closure, the container or an intermediate element, e.g. a ring and such deformation causes the disengagement of locking means, e.g. the release of a pawl-like element from a tooth or abutment, to allow removal of the closure by simultaneous rotation

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  • the invention relates to a closure with a screw cap and an externally threaded container neck or a lower part of the closure that can be connected to the container neck with an externally threaded pouring spout, in which the screw cap from the cap base and cap jacket has an internal thread on the inside of the cap jacket and on the external thread of the container neck or the pouring spout of the lower closure part can be screwed on and off, in which the cap casing can be locked in the screw-on position by means of a protruding latching tab via a latching connection with a latching cam of the container neck or the lower closure part, the latching tab formed in the end region of the cap jacket can be deflected radially inwards when the screw cap is screwed on, and when unscrewing the screw cap strikes an abutment surface of the latching cam with an end face until the latching connection can be canceled by radially pressing in the latching tab and the screw cap can be released for unscrewing.
  • Such a childproof closure is specified in EP 440 480 A2.
  • a locking tab is formed on the outside of the end of the cap jacket, the locking tab also forming a shoulder at its root relative to the cap jacket.
  • the locking tab is connected to the cap jacket by a film hinge.
  • Child-resistant screw caps consist of an inner and an outer cap.
  • the inner cap is connected to the outer cap with a snap-in coupling, which acts only in the screwing-on direction, but not in the unscrewing direction, so that the closure cannot be opened with a simple rotary movement of the outer cap.
  • a locking coupling acting in the unscrewing direction is produced, so that the screw cap can then be unscrewed. This requires a double operation, so that the closure is childproof, as shown in DE-GM 78 12 241, DE-GM 76 34 267 and DE-OS 24 43 803.
  • a one-piece childproof screw cap of the type mentioned is known, in which a snap-in receptacle is formed in the end face of the cap shell.
  • the end face runs onto a locking cam which is attached to the container neck or the sealing jacket in an extension of the cap jacket.
  • the locking cam is locked in the locking receptacle and fixes the screw cap so that it cannot be expanded in the unscrewing direction.
  • the snap-in connection is released and the screw cap can be unscrewed.
  • this requires a double operating receptacle on the screw cap.
  • the locking is in the axial direction, while the unlocking takes place in the radial direction.
  • the axial latching has the disadvantage that the cap jacket in the area of the latching receptacle is subjected to a very high axial load when it runs onto the latching cams and continues to turn the screw cap. This often results in damage or destruction of the screw cap in this area.
  • locking tab is divided in the end region of the cap jacket and protrudes approximately tangentially.
  • the locking and unlocking takes place in the radial direction, so that when the screw cap is tightened there is no overload in the area of the locking connection.
  • the locking tab is easily divided and molded onto the cap jacket of the screw cap, without making the screw cap significantly more difficult. It is also easy to initiate the snap-in connection, since only the snap-in tab on the cap casing has to be pressed inwards.
  • the configuration is advantageous in that the locking tab projects approximately tangentially from the cap jacket.
  • the locking tab extends at least partially over the height of the locking cam in the closed end position of the screw cap and protrudes beyond the upper edge of the locking cam facing the screw cap, then a definite locking is ensured, even if the axial position of the screw cap varies in the closed end position.
  • the locking tab can still be pressed inwards when passing the locking cam.
  • locking cams and locking tabs are designed so that the locking cam extends as a circular web over part of the circumference of the container neck or the pouring spout of the lower closure part, that the concave inner side of the locking cam facing the cap jacket is arranged at a short distance from the cap shell, that the Locking cams in the unscrewing direction of the screw cap in the approximately radially oriented contact surface ends in such a way that the end face of the locking tab ends in the approximately radially oriented counter-stop surface, and that the counter-stop surface of the locking tab in the locked position at least partially covers the contact surface of the locking cam by a clear one Function in the unscrewing and unscrewing direction of the screw cap.
  • the concave inside of the locking cam is provided with an outlet slope at the inlet end opposite the contact surface.
  • the closure according to the embodiment shown in FIGS. 1 and 2 consists of a screw cap 10 and a lower closure part 20.
  • the screw cap 10 consists of a cap base 11 and a cap jacket 12 with an internal thread 13.
  • the lower closure part 20 has a U-shaped cross section Base part 21 with which the lower closure part 20 can be snapped onto a container opening provided with a locking edge.
  • a spout 22 with an external thread 23 connects to the base part 21, so that the screw cap 10 can be screwed onto and off the pouring spout 22.
  • the pouring spout 22 is closed by means of a sealing plate 24, which is removed when the closure is opened for the first time.
  • the sealing plate 24 is formed on the inner wall of the pouring spout 22 via a circumferential predetermined breaking point 25 of small wall thickness.
  • a handle 26 is formed, which is gripped and pulled to tear the sealing plate 24.
  • a locking tab 14 is formed so that it is approximately tangential protrudes outward on the cap jacket 12, as shown in FIG. 2. It protrudes against the screwing direction on the cap jacket 12.
  • a web-shaped locking cam 28 directed towards the screw cap 10 is formed on the horizontal section of the base part 21, a web-shaped locking cam 28 directed towards the screw cap 10 is formed. As shown in FIG. 2, this locking cam 28 with its concave inside is at a constant, small distance from the outside of the cap jacket 12.
  • the locking cam 28 is in the form of a circular arc and extends over part of the circumference of the base part 21.
  • the locking tab 14 ends in one end on its end face Counter contact surface 15, which is aligned approximately radially, while the end of the locking cam 28 lying in the screw-on direction forms a contact surface 30, which is also aligned approximately radially.
  • the latching tab 14 protrudes so far from the cap jacket 12 that it securely partially covers the contact surface 30 of the latching cam 28 with its counter-abutment surface 15 in order to obtain a clear latching connection which only acts in the unscrewing direction of the screw cap 10.
  • the concave inside of the locking cam 28 is provided on the insertion side acting in the screwing-on direction with a deflection bevel 29, so that when the screw cap 10 is screwed on, the locking tab 14 is continuously deflected inwards and can pass through the locking cams 28. After passing the latching cam 28, the latching lug 14 automatically sets itself into the latching position shown in FIG. 2 due to its inherent elasticity.
  • the locking tab 14 If the locking tab 14 is pressed inwards manually or by means of a tool, then it gives up its locking position and can also pass through the detent cam 28 in the unscrewing direction if the screw cap 10 is simultaneously rotated in this direction.
  • This child safety device from locking tabs 14 and locking cams 28 can also be used in a closure in which the screw cap 10 is provided with a guarantee ring or in which the lower closure part carries an extendable and compressible bellows between the base part and the pouring spout.

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Claims (3)

  1. Fermeture avec un capuchon à vis (10) et avec un goulot de récipient présentant un filetage extérieur ou avec un élément de fermeture (20) pouvant être raccordé au goulot du récipient et avec un bec verseur (22) présentant un filetage extérieur, le capuchon à vis (10) constitué par une base (11) et une enveloppe (12) présentant un filetage intérieur (13) à la face intérieure de l'enveloppe, le capuchon (10) pouvant être vissé sur ou dévissé du filetage extérieur (23) du goulot du récipient ou du bec verseur (22) de l'élément inférieur (20), fermeture dans laquelle l'enveloppe (12) du capuchon peut, dans la position de vissage, être au moyen d'une patte d'encliquetage en saillie, verrouillée par encliquetage avec une came d'encliquetage (28) du goulot ou de l'élément inférieur (20) de la fermeture, tandis que lors de l'opération de vissage, la patte d'encliquetage (14) formée dans la portion terminale de l'enveloppe (12) du capuchon peut être défléchie radialement vers l'intérieur, alors que lors du dévissage du capuchon à vis, cette patte (14) s'applique par une surface de butée frontale antagoniste (15) contre une surface de butée (30) de la came d'encliquetage (28), jusqu'à ce que par un enfoncement radial de la patte d'encliquetage (14), la liaison d'encliquetage peut être supprimée et que le capuchon à vis (10) est libéré aux fins de son dévissage,
    caractérisée
    en ce que dans la portion terminale de l'enveloppe (12) du capuchon, la patte d'encliquetage (14) est sectionnée et s'écarte sensiblement tangentiellement de cette enveloppe.
  2. Fermeture suivant la revendication 1,
    caractérisée
    en ce que la came d'encliquetage (28) s'étend sous forme de nervure de forme circulaire au-dessus d'une partie de la périphérie du goulot du récipient ou du bec verseur (23) de l'élément inférieur (20) de la fermeture,
    en ce que la face intérieure concave de la came d'encliquetage (28), face orientée vers l'enveloppe (12) du capuchon, est disposée à faible distance de l'enveloppe (12) du capuchon,
    en ce que dans le sens de vissage du capuchon à vis (10), la came d'encliquetage (28) aboutit à la surface de butée (30) orientée sensiblement radialement, et
    en ce que dans la position d'encliquetage, la surface de butée antagoniste (15) de la patte d'encliquetage (14) chevauche au moins partiellement la surface de butée (30) de la came d'encliquetage (28).
  3. Fermeture suivant la revendication 1 ou la revendication 2,
    caractérisée en ce qu'à l'extrémité d'admission située en face de la surface de butée (30), la face intérieure concave de la came d'encliquetage (28) présente un biseau de déviation (29).
EP92121277A 1992-03-26 1992-12-15 Fermeture avec un capuchon à vis et un goulot de récipient ou un élément de fermeture raccordé au récipient Expired - Lifetime EP0562177B1 (fr)

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ES2093170T3 (es) 1996-12-16
NO302939B1 (no) 1998-05-11
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