EP0648178B1 - Can for a gas-packed product - Google Patents

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EP0648178B1
EP0648178B1 EP93915791A EP93915791A EP0648178B1 EP 0648178 B1 EP0648178 B1 EP 0648178B1 EP 93915791 A EP93915791 A EP 93915791A EP 93915791 A EP93915791 A EP 93915791A EP 0648178 B1 EP0648178 B1 EP 0648178B1
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intermediate member
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Jean Marc Richeux
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Crown European Holdings SA
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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
    • B65D51/24—Closures not otherwise provided for combined or co-operating with auxiliary devices for non-closing purposes
    • B65D51/246—Closures not otherwise provided for combined or co-operating with auxiliary devices for non-closing purposes provided with eating utensils or spatulas
    • B65D51/247—Closures not otherwise provided for combined or co-operating with auxiliary devices for non-closing purposes provided with eating utensils or spatulas located between an inner and an outer closure
    • 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
    • B65D51/16—Closures not otherwise provided for with means for venting air or gas
    • B65D51/1605—Closures not otherwise provided for with means for venting air or gas whereby the interior of the container is maintained in permanent gaseous communication with the exterior
    • B65D51/1622—Closures not otherwise provided for with means for venting air or gas whereby the interior of the container is maintained in permanent gaseous communication with the exterior by means of a passage for the escape of gas between the closure and the lip of the container 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
    • 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
    • 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
    • B65D55/00—Accessories for container closures not otherwise provided for
    • 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
    • B65D2251/00—Details relating to container closures
    • B65D2251/0003—Two or more closures
    • B65D2251/0006—Upper closure
    • B65D2251/0018—Upper closure of the 43-type
    • 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
    • B65D2251/00—Details relating to container closures
    • B65D2251/0003—Two or more closures
    • B65D2251/0068—Lower closure
    • B65D2251/0071—Lower closure of the 17-type

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  • This invention relates to a container.
  • a container such as a can for a gas-packed product.
  • Such containers are generally intended for packaging a product which requires packaging in the presence of an inert or neutral gas or mixture of inert or neutral gases, together with a hermetic closure, in order to obtain a long shelf life.
  • Such containers are particularly suitable for products such as powdered milk, for example.
  • Known containers for this sort of product are typically of the type used for preserving food, which comprise a rigid metal can with a full aperture easy open end.
  • the easy open end usually has a score around the periphery of a central panel which is broken by means of a tab so that the central panel can be removed to provide access to the product within.
  • a typical container of this type is described in FR-A-2154624 in which a can body is closed by a frangible diaphragm seamed to the body.
  • a separate top is used to cover the diaphragm and is held in position over the can body by a bead on the top which is engaged by protrusions on the can body.
  • This invention seeks to overcome unexpected problems which arise when packing a container or can under inert/neutral gases.
  • a can for a product which is preservable in the presence of one or more inert or neutral gases, comprising a can body, a cover seamed to the body, a top having a peripheral gasket, characterised in that the top is a screw top and the can further comprises an intermediate member positioned between the gasket and the cover, the intermediate member including at least one cut-out for providing a vent channel between the outside of the can and the confined space under the screw top.
  • the can body, cover and screw top are provided to the packer together with an end for seaming to the body using traditional seaming techniques, after the can has been filled.
  • the cover which is preferably an easy open end, is seamed to the can body prior to supplying to the packer. This ensures the necessary seal in the conventional manner for long shelf life.
  • the screw top is also provided to the packer and will ensure that a good seal is still maintained once the cover has, in use, been removed to provide access to the product.
  • the process of packing under inert/neutral gases comprises filling the can from the opposite end to the cover and screw top, ie with the screw top underneath, placing the filled can in a vacuum enclosure, placing the end to be seamed on top of the edge of the can body, creating a relatively high vacuum in order to expel the air in contact with the product, injecting one or more inert/neutral gases, and removing the can from the vacuum enclosure in order to seam the end.
  • inert/neutral gases such as carbon dioxide and/or nitrogen
  • the present invention provides a solution to this problem by the provision of the intermediate member.
  • the cut-out or cut-outs which may be notches, provide one or more channels between the outside of the can and the confined space under the screw top, or lid.
  • the inert/neutral gas(es) can therefore infiltrate and compensate the vacuum created previously under the lid.
  • the invention thus ensures that the screw top can be easily unscrewed. Once the top is unscrewed, the cover can be pulled-off.
  • the cover is preferably a metal or laminate easy-open end having a score and tab as in traditional containers.
  • the intermediate member is preferably removable.
  • the gasket of the screw top then ensures that a tight seal can be obtained when the lid is screwed onto the can.
  • the intermediate member includes a pre-cut part, for example a tab and slit, and is preferably made of cardboard.
  • the tab and slit thus can be mated so as to tranform the intermediate member into a spoon.
  • the spoon may also correspond to a dose or measure for the product.
  • Figure 1 shows a metal can intended for the packing of powdered milk. It comprises a screw top or lid 1 and a cylindrical can body 2 originally open at both ends and suitable for receiving a seamed bottom end 3 to close its lower extremity and a seamed cover 4 and the lid 1, to close its upper extremity.
  • the can body has a necked upper part 5 and a curled top edge 6, onto which is seamed the cover 4.
  • the seaming of the cover 4 thus forms the edge of the can body, designated hereafter by reference numeral 7 (see figure 3).
  • On the upper necked region 5 six equidistant ribs are provided which are shaped by drawing through the inside, which together form a screw thread.
  • the lid includes six equidistant local deformations which form a set of six ramps 9, suitable for cooperating with the six ribs 8 to provide a screw closure.
  • the lid 1 also includes a peripheral gasket 10 made of elastomeric material (see figure 2).
  • an intermediate member 13 is inserted between the edge of the can body 7 and the peripheral gasket 10.
  • This intermediate member is usually of cardboard but may be of any other flexible material which should generally be capable of deforming to make a spoon as shown in figure 4.
  • intermediate member 13 is in the form of a disc which is of a diameter sufficiently large to allow it to be snapped into the lid and held automatically under the ramps 9, between the ramps and the gasket 10.
  • the intermediate member 13 includes notches or cut-outs 14A, 14B and 14C, directed radially inwards, so that it covers the gasket except where the cut-outs provide vent holes for use during packing, as described below.
  • a blank 19 is scored by perforations in the intermediate member 13 (represented by the dotted line) for construction of the spoon, shown in figure 4, by means of folding.
  • the blank 19 comprises three parts.
  • Part 21 corresponds to the handle of the spoon and parts 22 and 23 together form the bowl 24 of the spoon.
  • Parts 22 and 23 are joined by a tab 25 and slit 26 co-operating to close the notch 14C.
  • Notch 14C thus serves a dual purpose of venting during packing and providing the spoon.
  • FIG. 3 shows, in section, the situation in which the can is in a vacuum enclosure under a bell jar for injection of the mixture of inert/neutral gases.
  • the can is filled with powdered milk and the cover 4 is seamed to the can body 2.
  • the lid 1 is screwed loosely over the covered end with the intermediate member 13 disposed between the edge 7 of the can body and the gasket 10.
  • the other extremity of the can body simply has the end 3 placed on the can body.
  • a high vacuum is then created under the bell jar so as to evacuate the air contained in the can and confined under the lid. Subsequently, a mixture of carbon dioxide and nitrogen is injected. The possible paths that this mixture can take are indicated here by the arrows.
  • the inert mixture passes along arrow A under the loose end 3 to the powdered milk product.
  • Other inert mixture is introduced along arrow B into the lid under the edge of its skirt and into peripheral space 17.
  • the mixture is then free to penetrate along the channels created by the notches 14 into the space 18 confined between the cover 4 and the lid 1.
  • the vacuum previously created under the lid at 18 is thus compensated and the lid is free to be opened without difficulty.
  • the can is routed to the seaming station for seaming the end 3.

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EP93915791A 1992-07-09 1993-07-03 Can for a gas-packed product Expired - Lifetime EP0648178B1 (en)

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Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
FR9208509 1992-07-09
FR929208509A FR2693431B1 (fr) 1992-07-09 1992-07-09 Boîte métallique à couvercle à vis pour un produit conditionné en présence de gaz neutres.
PCT/EP1993/001726 WO1994001341A1 (en) 1992-07-09 1993-07-03 Can for a gas-packed product

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EP0648178B1 true EP0648178B1 (en) 1996-02-28

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AT (1) ATE134580T1 (fi)
DE (1) DE69301659T2 (fi)
DK (1) DK0648178T3 (fi)
ES (1) ES2084506T3 (fi)
FI (1) FI950030A (fi)
FR (1) FR2693431B1 (fi)
HU (1) HUT70333A (fi)
NO (1) NO950071L (fi)
TR (1) TR27456A (fi)
WO (1) WO1994001341A1 (fi)

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DE69301659D1 (de) 1996-04-04
ES2084506T3 (es) 1996-05-01
HUT70333A (en) 1995-09-28
TR27456A (tr) 1995-05-29
HU9500033D0 (en) 1995-03-28
NO950071D0 (no) 1995-01-06
FI950030A (fi) 1995-01-03
DK0648178T3 (da) 1996-03-18
FR2693431A1 (fr) 1994-01-14
NO950071L (no) 1995-01-06
WO1994001341A1 (en) 1994-01-20
DE69301659T2 (de) 1996-07-11

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