EP0684189B1 - Dispositif d'inviolabilité pour la fermeture d'un récipient - Google Patents

Dispositif d'inviolabilité pour la fermeture d'un récipient Download PDF

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EP0684189B1
EP0684189B1 EP94107968A EP94107968A EP0684189B1 EP 0684189 B1 EP0684189 B1 EP 0684189B1 EP 94107968 A EP94107968 A EP 94107968A EP 94107968 A EP94107968 A EP 94107968A EP 0684189 B1 EP0684189 B1 EP 0684189B1
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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
    • B65D55/00—Accessories for container closures not otherwise provided for
    • B65D55/02—Locking devices; Means for discouraging or indicating unauthorised opening or removal of closure
    • B65D55/06—Deformable or tearable wires, strings, or strips; Use of seals, e.g. destructible locking pins
    • B65D55/08—Annular elements encircling container necks
    • B65D55/0818—Destructible or permanently removable bands, e.g. adhesive
    • B65D55/0827—Separate tamper bands inserted between container and closure
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y10—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC
    • Y10S—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y10S215/00—Bottles and jars
    • Y10S215/901—Tamper-resistant structure

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  • the present invention relates to a tamper-evident device for container closures according to the preamble of patent claim 1.
  • Such indicator elements have been known for a long time and serve as a checking device in order to be able to determine whether a container is in the first closed state or whether it has already been opened.
  • Such a possibility of checking can prove to be important both from a hygienic point of view, for example with food, and from a conservation point of view, for example with medicines and cosmetics.
  • the previously known indicator elements are based on a common functional principle which is based on making a previous opening of the container in the closed state of the container recognizable by the segments of the indicator element on predetermined breaking points provided for this are separated from one another.
  • the individual segments remain connected with a sealing cap even after the separation process.
  • the tamper-evident device is directly connected to the closure, for example by injection, or else in an upstream operation has been inserted into the closure. This means that the change in the tamper-evident device as an indication of an opening of the container which has already taken place is only possible if the container closure is closely examined.
  • the present invention has for its object to provide a tamper-evident device so that it can be used with existing, commercially available containers and their closures.
  • the indicator element is preferably a component which is separate from the container and its closure and which does not require any special assembly tools and no change to tools for already existing container closure systems. Destruction of the individual segments of the indicator element that connect them Predetermined breaking points therefore necessarily take place when the container is closed for the first time after it has been filled with a product. Since the indicator element as a separate part is neither connected to the closure cap nor to the container, the individual segments of the indicator element become one after the destruction of the predetermined breaking points between the individual, adjacent segments between the closure cap and a support surface preferably formed by the container itself Shoulder of the container.
  • the indicator element according to the invention can have different shapes, such as, for example, the shape of an arc or a straight, short bar
  • a preferred embodiment of the tamper-evident device according to the invention is directed to an indicator element which is annular. This can be both a closed ring and a slotted ring, which has the advantage over a closed version that the indicator element does not necessarily have to be placed on the container before the container closure is put on, but can also be placed on the container from the side while the container is being closed with the closure cap.
  • the segments of the indicator element are arranged on an imaginary cone surface and are connected to one another in the radially outer region of their end faces adjacent in the circumferential direction by predetermined breaking points.
  • These predetermined breaking points secure the unloaded segments in their relative position to one another and tear off when the individual segments are folded into another plane as a result of pressure from the closure cap.
  • the individual segments can be provided with a retaining device radially on the inside.
  • the segments of the indicator element each have a separating device formed integrally therewith, which serves to cut through a predetermined breaking point provided between two segments. This ensures that cutting through at the predetermined breaking points takes place only when the container closure already provides a clamping effect securing the individual segments in their position on the container.
  • the separating device can be a flexurally elastic lever arm with a separating cutting edge arranged at the free end, which enables a particularly easy severing of the predetermined breaking points.
  • the lever arm opposite the cutting edge has a stop surface which enables the container closure to rest securely during closing and to guide the cutting edge to safely cut through the predetermined breaking point.
  • the segments of the indicator element consist of first and second segment legs arranged in a V-shape in its circumferential direction, the segment legs of two adjacent segments in each case being connected to one another by a predetermined breaking point.
  • the individual segments are separated, they are clamped between the container closure and the container shoulder provided on the container, so that the segments cannot be lost during the first closing operation.
  • a segment leg of a segment can be provided at its upper end with a stop lug which projects beyond the adjacent segment leg of an adjacent segment in the region of the predetermined breaking point connecting it and is intended for contact with the container closure during the closing.
  • the first segment leg provided with the stop lug preferably forms a more acute angle with the main plane of the annular indicator element than the other, second segment leg of the same segment. This ensures that after the predetermined breaking point has been severed, the first segment leg provided with the stop lug pushes itself under the second segment leg and the latter is supported in a lever-like manner on the stop lug of the first segment leg as the indicator element is pressed further as a result of progressive pressure on the container closure. This ensures that the individual segments in the clamped state are wedged against each other under a certain pretension and are held particularly securely between the container closure and the container shoulder.
  • FIG. 1 shows a first embodiment of a tamper-evident device, which consists of an annular indicator element 20.
  • the indicator element 20 rests on a support device which is formed by a shoulder 21 of a container 23, from which a container neck 22 provided with an opening 25, which has an external thread 24, projects and is surrounded by the indicator element 20.
  • a support device which is formed by a shoulder 21 of a container 23, from which a container neck 22 provided with an opening 25, which has an external thread 24, projects and is surrounded by the indicator element 20.
  • a support device could, for example, be a separate ring which rests on knobs protruding from a container neck and serves as an abutment for the indicator element.
  • the indicator element 20 is composed of individual, cuboid or plate-shaped segments 26 and predetermined breaking points, which are designed as predetermined breaking webs 27.
  • the surfaces formed by the underside of the individual segments 26 lie on an imaginary, conical envelope surface 28, which is dash-dotted in FIG. 1 and whose conical tip is arranged on the core S of the container opening 25.
  • opposite end faces 30 of adjacent segments 26 form an outwardly opening angle and abut one another on their inner edges 29.
  • the end faces 30 are connected to one another in their outer region which forms the angle or a gap by the thin predetermined breaking webs 27.
  • a closure cap 32 is shown as a container closure with a cylindrical, lower, outwardly projecting cap jacket 33 and an internal thread 31, with which the closure cap 32 is screwed onto the external thread 24 of the container neck 22.
  • the lower edge of the cap shell 33 has the segments 26 pressed with its underside completely in the direction of arrow m onto the container shoulder 21, so that the segments 26 are firmly clamped between the closure cap 32 and the container shoulder 21.
  • the segments 26 are here with retaining lugs 34 trained retention devices.
  • the clamping of the segments 26 is possible at a sufficient speed or the pitch of the screw thread is correspondingly steep, so that the segments 26 cannot slip under the lower edge of the cap shell 33 or the one shown in FIG. 2 before complete clamping is achieved
  • Container shoulder 21 is flat or oppositely inclined, such retention devices can be dispensed with.
  • the closure cap 32 Since the closure cap 32, as a rule for the first time after the container 23 has been filled with a flowable material screwed onto the container 23 and the segments 26 of the indicator element 20 were separated, the segments 26 will fall out of the gap between the lower edge of the closure cap 32 and the container shoulder 21 and, due to their lack, the actuation of the closure cap or the opening of the container 23 indicate when the cap has been moved in the opening direction.
  • a second embodiment of a tamper-evident device with an annular indicator element 35 is shown. It can be seen from FIGS. 5 and 6 that the indicator element 35 consists of several, in the present case four, segments 36, which are connected by four predetermined breaking webs 37. The connection of the arcuate segments 36 through the predetermined breaking webs 37 is provided on a segment base 38. A separating device in the form of a separating lever 39 is connected in one piece to each segment base 38.
  • Each of the separating levers 39 has a flexurally elastic lever arm 40, the free end of which points in each case in the same circumferential direction and has a separating cutting edge 41 which is arranged in the unloaded starting position at a distance above a predetermined breaking web 37.
  • each cutting edge 41 is designed as a horizontal stop surface 42, the function of which will be explained in more detail below.
  • FIGS. 7 and 8 parts of the container 23 which correspond to FIGS. 1 and 2 are provided with identical reference numerals.
  • the lever arms 40 are pivoted in the direction of the predetermined breaking webs 37 in such a way that the predetermined breaking webs 37 are destroyed or severed by the cutting blades 41.
  • the stop surfaces 42 rest when the pressure is exerted on the lever arms 40 by the closure cap 32 against the lower edge of the cap shell 33, so that the pressure exerted by the lower edge of the cap shell 33 on the lever arms 40 is transmitted substantially uniformly to the associated cutting blade.
  • the four segments 36 separated thereby are clamped between the lower edge of the cap jacket 33 and the container shoulder 21.
  • the container 23 is opened by unscrewing or removing the closure cap 32, the clamping is released and the individual segments 36 fall off the container 23.
  • the lack of the segments of the indicator element clearly shows the use.
  • the container has a pleasing appearance after the indicator element has been omitted.
  • the third embodiment of a tamper-evident device in FIGS. 9 to 12 consists of an indicator element 43. From FIG. 9 and the detail X it can be seen that individual segments 44 have segment legs 45 and 46 arranged in a V-shape. The apex region 50 connecting the segment legs 45, 46 is so strong that the connection between the two segment legs 45, 46 that is present as a result cannot be impaired by pressure forces exerted on the indicator element 43 and is only stressed on bending. The angle ⁇ formed by the segment legs 45, 46 is asymmetrical. From Fig. 9 and its detail X it can be seen that the right segment leg 46 to that formed from the bottom The contact plane of the annular indicator element 43 forms a more acute angle than the associated segment leg 45.
  • One of these two segment legs 45, 46 preferably the one that forms the more acute angle with the support surface, namely in the present case the right segment leg 46 of a segment 44, is provided with a stop lug 47, which projects upwards beyond a predetermined breaking web 48 , through which a segment leg 46 provided with the stop lug 47 is connected to a segment leg 45 of an adjacent segment 44.
  • FIG. 10 shows that the individual segments 44 of the indicator element 43 are arranged relative to one another in such a way that the indicator element 43 again has a ring shape.
  • FIG. 11 shows the indicator element 43 arranged on the container shoulder 21 and surrounding the container neck 22 in an undeformed initial position.
  • a container can also be used in which the container neck protrudes into the interior of the container and is provided with an internal thread which interacts with an external thread of a stopper-like container closure.
  • the invention can also be used for closures for containers or bottles which are pushed onto the container neck or be pressed and snap into a closed position.
  • stopper-shaped closures is also conceivable, which are inserted into the container opening up to the stop at the opening edge or on a container shoulder.
  • tamper-evident device can be implemented particularly easily by indicator elements made of preferably biodegradable plastic; however, the use of other materials, such as metal, is also conceivable.

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  1. Dispositif de sécurité de premier usage pour fermeture de récipient, constitué d'un élément indicateur divisé en segments individuels par des points de rupture, ledit élément indicateur étant disposé entre une projection radiale du récipient et la fermeture du récipient, caractérisé en ce que dans l'état non contraint par la fermeture du récipient, au moins des parties des segments (26 ; 36 ; 44) de l'élément indicateur (20 ; 35 ; 43) forme un angle par rapport à un plan qui est orienté perpendiculairement à la direction de déplacement de fermeture de la fermeture du récipient de telle sorte que par une force de pression exercée par le déplacement de fermeture de la fermeture du récipient sur les segments de l'élément indicateur, les segments (26 ; 36 ; 44) se séparent et sont maintenus fixement coincés entre la fermeture (32) du récipient et la projection radiale du récipient (23).
  2. Dispositif de sécurité de premier usage selon la revendication 1, caractérisé en ce que l'élément indicateur (20 ; 35 ; 43) est de forme annulaire.
  3. Dispositif de sécurité de premier usage selon la revendication 1 ou 2, caractérisé en ce que les segments (26) de l'élément indicateur (20) sont disposés sur une surface conique imaginaire (28) et sont reliés les uns aux autres dans la zone extérieure radiale de sa surface frontale (30) voisine dans la direction périphérie par des points de rupture (27).
  4. Dispositif de sécurité de premier usage selon la revendication 3, caractérisé en ce que les segments (26) sont pourvus dans leur zone interne radiale d'un dispositif de retenue (34).
  5. Dispositif de sécurité de premier usage selon la revendication 1 ou 2, caractérisé en ce que les segments (36) de l'élément indicateur (35) sont pourvus d'un dispositif de séparation (39) réalisé de manière monobloc avec ledit élément indicateur et pouvant être actionnés par la fermeture du récipient (32) pour la rupture d'un point de rupture (37) reliant respectivement deux segments (36).
  6. Dispositif de sécurité de premier usage selon la revendication 5, caractérisé en ce que le dispositif de séparation (39) comporte un bras de levier (40) avec une découpe de séparation (41) disposée à son extrémité libre.
  7. Dispositif de sécurité de premier usage selon la revendication 6, caractérisé en ce que le bras de levier (40) comporte à son extrémité libre sur le côté supérieur opposé à la découpe de séparation (41) une surface de butée (42) pour le capuchon de fermeture du récipient (32).
  8. Dispositif de sécurité de premier usage selon la revendication 1 ou 2, caractérisé en ce que les segments (44) de l'élément indicateur (43) sont constitués par des branches de segment (45, 46) qui sont disposées respectivement en forme de V dans la direction périphérique de l'élément indicateur, les extrémités supérieures de chacune des branches de segments (45, 46) formant un V étant respectivement reliées avec les extrémités supérieures de segments en forme de V adjacents à des branches de segments respectivement par un point de rupture (48).
  9. Dispositif de sécurité de premier usage selon la revendication 8, caractérisé en ce que respectivement une branche de segment (46) d'un segment (44) est réalisé avec un appendice de butée (47) faisant saillie au-delà de la branche de segment adjacente (45) d'un segment voisin dans la zone du point de rupture (48) pour être appuyé sur la fermeture du récipient (32) pendant la fermeture du récipient (23).
  10. Dispositif de sécurité de premier usage selon la revendication 9, caractérisé en ce que la première branche de segment (46) pourvue de l'appendice de butée (47) forme un angle α plus aigu par rapport au plan principal de l'élément indicateur (43) que l'autre seconde branche de segment (45).
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