EP0657381A1 - Dispositif de fermeture pour un récipient - Google Patents

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EP0657381A1
EP0657381A1 EP94118670A EP94118670A EP0657381A1 EP 0657381 A1 EP0657381 A1 EP 0657381A1 EP 94118670 A EP94118670 A EP 94118670A EP 94118670 A EP94118670 A EP 94118670A EP 0657381 A1 EP0657381 A1 EP 0657381A1
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47K—SANITARY EQUIPMENT NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; TOILET ACCESSORIES
    • A47K5/00—Holders or dispensers for soap, toothpaste, or the like
    • A47K5/06—Dispensers for soap
    • A47K5/12—Dispensers for soap for liquid or pasty soap
    • 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
    • B65D47/20—Closures with discharging devices other than pumps comprising hand-operated members for controlling discharge
    • B65D47/26—Closures with discharging devices other than pumps comprising hand-operated members for controlling discharge with slide valves, i.e. valves that open and close a passageway by sliding over a port, e.g. formed with slidable spouts
    • 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
    • B65D47/20—Closures with discharging devices other than pumps comprising hand-operated members for controlling discharge
    • B65D47/26—Closures with discharging devices other than pumps comprising hand-operated members for controlling discharge with slide valves, i.e. valves that open and close a passageway by sliding over a port, e.g. formed with slidable spouts
    • B65D47/28—Closures with discharging devices other than pumps comprising hand-operated members for controlling discharge with slide valves, i.e. valves that open and close a passageway by sliding over a port, e.g. formed with slidable spouts having linear movement
    • B65D47/283—Closures with discharging devices other than pumps comprising hand-operated members for controlling discharge with slide valves, i.e. valves that open and close a passageway by sliding over a port, e.g. formed with slidable spouts having linear movement between tubular parts
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B67—OPENING, CLOSING OR CLEANING BOTTLES, JARS OR SIMILAR CONTAINERS; LIQUID HANDLING
    • B67D—DISPENSING, DELIVERING OR TRANSFERRING LIQUIDS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • B67D1/00—Apparatus or devices for dispensing beverages on draught
    • B67D1/08—Details
    • B67D1/0829—Keg connection means
    • B67D1/0831—Keg connection means combined with valves
    • B67D1/0835—Keg connection means combined with valves with one valve

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  • the invention relates to a closure for bottle-shaped containers, in particular liquid soap containers, consisting of a closure cap with internal locking elements which correspond negatively to those on the neck of the bottle-shaped container.
  • Closures of the type mentioned are generally known and in use, so that no special printed evidence is required in this regard. If such containers are intended for use in so-called liquid dispensers (in particular soap dispensers in this case), such simple closures are not suitable for this purpose, since such containers consist of a bottle-shaped container body made of transparent plastic and arranged in a holder of the liquid dispenser overhead Bottle neck provided with an external thread, in which a cork-like inner closure is arranged, which is displaceably mounted in the bottle neck from its closed position into the open position and at least one opening in the open position is arranged on the inner closure below its closure head, to which at least one liquid outlet channel connects to or in the inner closure.
  • liquid dispensers in particular soap dispensers in this case
  • Such a container is known, for example, from DE-U-72 17 720.
  • this inner closure is designed such that the closure body is reduced in diameter below its closure head and radial ribs are arranged on this part, which delimit a plurality of outlet channels axially oriented on the closure body. In the open position of the inner closure, these channels simultaneously form the adjustable inflow openings for the liquid soap.
  • Such a container with such a closure works perfectly, but is still in need of improvement, namely with regard to the reusability of such plastic containers which, as far as is known, have been thrown away so far and after being emptied.
  • the invention has for its object to provide a closure for this special purpose, which can be handled on the one hand with respect to its application to the container like a simple screw-on closure cap, but on the other hand fulfills the opening and closing functions in a simple manner, especially in the attached state, and with the proviso that, similar to the container according to DE-U-93 12 110, the sealing plug remains available on the closure without complications.
  • a spring which presses the sealing plug in the closed position is arranged in the sleeve, which spring can be an integral component of the sleeve, ie, in the manufacture of the sealing cap to be molded from plastic, the spring to be described in detail will immediately be described integrally formed on the sleeve belonging to the sealing cap, the spring simultaneously forming the inner stop for the axially limited adjustment of the sealing plug.
  • the plug is provided with a stop at the inner end.
  • the spring can also be used as a compression spring or be designed as an integral component of the sealing plug.
  • the length of the sealing plug is larger than the length of the sleeve, the sealing plug projecting beyond the outer end of the sleeve.
  • the excess length of the sealing plug suitably corresponds to the axial height of the at least one lateral liquid outlet channel, i.e. the excess length is dimensioned such that the lateral liquid outlet openings are exposed in the open position.
  • This embodiment takes into account the common designs of the receptacle holders on soap dispensers. Such a protrusion of the sealing plug out of the sleeve is not absolutely necessary, for example, if the hollow mandrel on such receiving holders is dimensioned long enough to press the sealing plug on from the inside.
  • Liquid dispensers liquid dispensers of the type of interest here have pot-like holders which are usually provided with an internal thread for receiving the container necks and into which the necks of the containers can be screwed.
  • the closure according to the invention In the aforementioned formation of the outer sleeve part with a corresponding external thread as a locking element, the closure according to the invention, remaining on the container itself, can be screwed directly into the receptacle of the liquid dispenser itself, i.e., with such a configuration, the valve-forming closure according to the invention represents an adapter , with which the closure itself can be screwed into the can.
  • this external thread does not necessarily have to correspond to the external thread of the container neck, but only to the possibly differing internal thread of the holder on the can.
  • the closure for screwing onto necks HA of bottle-shaped containers B (only indicated) provided with an external thread 3 consists of a closure cap 1 with a corresponding internal thread.
  • the bottom 4 of the closure cap 1 is in the form of a sleeve 5 which is open at both ends and is axially displaceable in a pot-like manner, having liquid outlet channels 6, 7, with respect to the inside diameter D the closure cap 1 is provided with a smaller outside diameter D 1, the length of which is dimensioned L greater than the length L 1 of the sleeve 5, wherein the plug 8 in the closed position with its outer end 8 'projects beyond the outer end 5' of the sleeve 5 and the at least one lateral outlet channel 6 on the plug 8 held by a spring 9 in the closed position is covered by the inner end region of the sleeve 5.
  • the spring 5 which presses the sealing plug 8 in the closed position is also formed on the sleeve 5 and is illustrated in a top view in FIG. 3.
  • the plastic used for the formation of the sealing cap 1, its sleeve 5 and the spring 9 is selected so that the spring 9 is correspondingly elastic and has a sufficient restoring force for the restoring of the sealing plug 8 in the closed position.
  • the closure can, as is readily conceivable, be opened by simply closing the plug 8, which has the outer end 5 'with its outer end 8' 'The sleeve 5 protrudes, is pressed against the action of the spring 9 after an advantageously existing tamper-evident closure 19 (see Fig. 5, 7) has been removed.
  • the closure plug 8 When inserting or screwing into the holder HD of a canister (see FIG. 2), the closure plug 8 is automatically opened and remains in this open position, the outlet channels 6 being free and the liquid through these channels 6 and via a large outlet channel 7 in the stopper 8 can leak or flow into the dosing device.
  • the container B Has the container emptied in the course of time after repeated batch removal from the dosing device, the container B is unscrewed with the sealing cap 1, the sealing plug 8 closing again under the action of the spring 9. In this way, the containers B reach the refill, which first simply unscrews the closed closures, cleans the closures and containers in a suitable manner and makes them germ-free, refills them and seals them with the closure.
  • the sealing plug 8 is provided at the inner end 8' 'with a stop 10, as shown, for example, which is either directly on the inner sleeve edge 5' 'puts on or in a corresponding recess 5' '' there.
  • the stop 10 is dimensioned with its outer diameter so that the sealing plug 8 can easily be pressed from the outside into the spring-distant opening of the sleeve.
  • the protrusion of the sealing plug 8 over the outer edge 5 'of the sleeve 5 it does not necessarily have to be formed from the entire edge of the sealing plug 8, but it is sufficient, for example, also two nose or cam-shaped projections with the excess length L2.
  • the outer end 8 'of the sealing plug 8 is provided with a stop 10' and the outer end 5 'with a corresponding recess 10' '.
  • the part 13 of the sleeve 5 located outside the bottom 4 of the closure cap 1 is provided with an external thread 14, which in this case does not correspond to the external thread of the container neck HA, but certainly also this External thread can correspond, if this is required by the internal thread 15 of the holder HD, which is the case if the holders of doses are dimensioned with respect to their internal thread - which is usually the case - that the container B with its necks HA can be screwed directly into the tins.
  • sealing plug 8 Since the sealing plug 8 is, as shown, pot-shaped, it does not bother if the holder HD is provided with a neck piece 15 (see FIG. 2) - which is usually also the case - which otherwise the opening of the Container necks arranged directly serve sealing plugs, which, however, are difficult to remove from the containers or to bring back into the closed position for the purpose of possible reusability.
  • the sealing plug 8 need not necessarily have a greater length than the sleeve 5, if this neck piece 15 is at least on one Position 16 has a length which is greater than the sleeve length L 1, since then the adjustment in the open position is taken over by this neck piece 15.
  • an arbitrary opening of the sealing plug 8 by hand is then not readily possible.
  • Such a pressure pin 17 does not interfere when the closure in the sense of FIG. 2 is to be used, on the other hand, this allows the opening of the closure plug 8 by finger pressure, taking into account that the overall diameter ratios on the closure are normally such that one cannot simply drive into the locking pin with a fingertip in order to be able to open or push in the locking pin, quite apart from the fact that one would then block the outlet channel 7 with the fingertip.
  • the exemplary embodiment according to FIGS. 4 to 6 differs from the one described above in that the closure cap 1 is not screwed onto the bottle neck, but is plugged on and locked by means of an annular collar 2 'on the bottle neck HA shown.
  • Corresponding elements are designated with the corresponding reference numerals as in the exemplary embodiment according to FIGS. 1, 2.
  • the fixation on the bottle neck takes place here by means of a clamping ring 21, which, for example, as indicated by dashed lines in FIG. 4, can be injection molded onto the closure cap 1 during the injection molding process, but then simply when the closure cap 1 is pressed down in the area of the thin webs 21 ' is torn down.
  • a clamping ring 21 which, for example, as indicated by dashed lines in FIG. 4, can be injection molded onto the closure cap 1 during the injection molding process, but then simply when the closure cap 1 is pressed down in the area of the thin webs 21 ' is torn down.
  • This tamper-evident closure 19 has at the same time the advantage that in the packaged and stacked state, when under load, closure plugs 8 do not press down and thus cannot open the respective bottles.
  • the peripheral flank 20 of the closure cap 1 is provided with inner anti-rotation elements 25 (preferably knurling), which are then also present on the bottle neck HA.
  • This anti-twist device is advantageous in that it prevents the cap 1 from twisting when screwed into the holder HD of a can.
  • the spring 9 is designed as a compression spring 9 'and is arranged between the bottom 4' of the sealing plug 8 and hook-like extensions 22 of the sleeve 5 .
  • corresponding elements are identified by the corresponding reference numerals as in the other FIGS. 1 to 6.
  • the hook-like extensions 22 only extend to level E (see FIG. 9), below which the closed inner surface of the sleeve 5 adjoins, so that the liquid outlet channels 6 can be closed in the closed position of the sealing plug 8 (FIGS. 7, 9).
  • the compression spring 9 ' is dimensioned with respect to its height H so that it holds the sealing plug 8 in the closed position essentially free of tension.
  • An annular stop 23 on the sealing plug 8 and an annular recess 24 ensure that the sealing plug 8 is limitedly displaceable in the sleeve 5.
  • the plastic used for the manufacture of such closures is set and stop 23, recess 24, collar 2 'and clamping ring 21 are dimensioned and designed so that the plug 8 is pressed into the sleeve 5 of the cap 1 and the cap 1 itself on the bottle neck HA and the clamping ring 21 can be pressed onto the cap 1.
  • the spring forms a unit together with the closure plug 8, ie this consists of an annular stop 31 which is connected by two webs 33 which are convexly curved with respect to the axis 32 of the sealing plug 8 to the sealing plug 8 or its base 8 ′′. But it can also be arranged three or four webs 33 evenly distributed over the circumference of the annular stop 31.
  • the neck HA of the container B is designed as shown, ie it has a stop 34 which is also annular.
  • 10C which shows a section along line II in FIG. 10B, the closure cap is provided with three slots 35 in its peripheral wall 36 in order to be able to snap the closure cap onto the neck HA of the container more easily.
  • Such slots 35 on the cap can also be provided in the embodiments according to Figs. 4 to 9, in which the cap is also snapped onto the neck HA of the container and locked, i.e. is not screwed on.
  • the formation of the cap with the component 30 (spring) as a unitary part not only has the advantage of simpler manufacture and assembly, but also that the opening 37 of the container B is freely accessible when the plug 8 is completely pulled out.

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CN113853345A (zh) * 2019-05-24 2021-12-28 联合利华知识产权控股有限公司 用于浓缩再填充囊的囊和塞子
US11813624B2 (en) 2019-05-24 2023-11-14 Conopco Inc. Capsule and cap assembly for a concentrated refill capsule
US11958662B2 (en) 2019-05-24 2024-04-16 Conopco Inc. Capsule and plug for a concentrated refill capsule
US12060199B2 (en) 2019-05-24 2024-08-13 Conopco Inc. Cap assembly for a concentrated refill capsule
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FR2552401A1 (fr) * 1983-09-28 1985-03-29 Gallay Sa Bonde perfectionnee pour futs, conteneurs et recipients analogues
FR2619612A1 (fr) * 1987-08-19 1989-02-24 Dufrene Alain Robinet de soutirage de liquides
US4874023A (en) * 1988-09-30 1989-10-17 Liqui-Box Corporation Decap dispensing system for water cooler bottles

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DE2126742A1 (de) * 1970-06-01 1971-12-09 The Hansen Manufacturing Company, Cleveland, Ohio (V.StA.) Steckverschluss
FR2552401A1 (fr) * 1983-09-28 1985-03-29 Gallay Sa Bonde perfectionnee pour futs, conteneurs et recipients analogues
FR2619612A1 (fr) * 1987-08-19 1989-02-24 Dufrene Alain Robinet de soutirage de liquides
US4874023A (en) * 1988-09-30 1989-10-17 Liqui-Box Corporation Decap dispensing system for water cooler bottles

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CN113853345A (zh) * 2019-05-24 2021-12-28 联合利华知识产权控股有限公司 用于浓缩再填充囊的囊和塞子
US11813624B2 (en) 2019-05-24 2023-11-14 Conopco Inc. Capsule and cap assembly for a concentrated refill capsule
US11958662B2 (en) 2019-05-24 2024-04-16 Conopco Inc. Capsule and plug for a concentrated refill capsule
US12060199B2 (en) 2019-05-24 2024-08-13 Conopco Inc. Cap assembly for a concentrated refill capsule
US12091222B2 (en) 2019-05-24 2024-09-17 Conopco Inc. Cap system for a concentrated refill capsule
US12116173B2 (en) 2019-05-24 2024-10-15 Conopco Inc. Capsule and plug for a concentrated refill capsule

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