EP0754150B1 - Fermeture destinee a un recipient, composee d'une partie inferieure et d'un bouchon filete - Google Patents

Fermeture destinee a un recipient, composee d'une partie inferieure et d'un bouchon filete Download PDF

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EP0754150B1
EP0754150B1 EP95919338A EP95919338A EP0754150B1 EP 0754150 B1 EP0754150 B1 EP 0754150B1 EP 95919338 A EP95919338 A EP 95919338A EP 95919338 A EP95919338 A EP 95919338A EP 0754150 B1 EP0754150 B1 EP 0754150B1
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locking
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Bernd Stolz
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Heinrich Stolz GmbH and Co KG
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    • BPERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65DCONTAINERS 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
    • B65D47/00Closures with filling and discharging, or with discharging, devices
    • B65D47/04Closures with discharging devices other than pumps
    • B65D47/06Closures with discharging devices other than pumps with pouring spouts or tubes; with discharge nozzles or passages
    • B65D47/12Closures with discharging devices other than pumps with pouring spouts or tubes; with discharge nozzles or passages having removable closures
    • B65D47/122Threaded caps
    • B65D47/123Threaded caps with internal parts
    • BPERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65DCONTAINERS 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
    • B65D47/00Closures with filling and discharging, or with discharging, devices
    • B65D47/04Closures with discharging devices other than pumps
    • B65D47/06Closures with discharging devices other than pumps with pouring spouts or tubes; with discharge nozzles or passages
    • B65D47/061Closures with discharging devices other than pumps with pouring spouts or tubes; with discharge nozzles or passages with telescopic, retractable or reversible spouts, tubes or nozzles
    • B65D47/063Closures with discharging devices other than pumps with pouring spouts or tubes; with discharge nozzles or passages with telescopic, retractable or reversible spouts, tubes or nozzles with flexible parts
    • BPERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65DCONTAINERS 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
    • B65D50/00Closures with means for discouraging unauthorised opening or removal thereof, with or without indicating means, e.g. child-proof closures
    • B65D50/02Closures 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
    • B65D50/04Closures 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
    • B65D50/045Closures 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
    • B65D50/046Closures 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
    • BPERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65DCONTAINERS 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
    • B65D2215/00Child-proof means
    • B65D2215/02Child-proof means requiring the combination of simultaneous actions

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Claims (6)

  1. Fermeture destinée à un récipient, composée d'une partie inférieure (10) et d'un bouchon fileté, dans laquelle la partie inférieure (10) de la fermeture peut, au moyen d'un élément de base (11), être reliée à l'orifice de la fermeture et qui présente un bec verseur (15), qui est en liaison avec l'élément de base (11), fermeture dans laquelle le bouchon fileté avec le fond de capuchon et avec une enveloppe de capuchon (21) présentant un filetage intérieur peut être vissé sur le bec verseur (15) fileté extérieurement, ou peut en être dévissé, où l'enveloppe de capuchon (21) est, dans la région de la face frontale libre, terminée par au moins une patte d'encliquetage (22), où les pattes d'encliquetage (22) du bouchon fileté (20) sont, aux fins d'une liaison d'encliquetage, chevauchées par des cames d'encliquetage (23) formées sur une bride annulaire (14) de la partie inférieure (10) de la fermeture et coopèrent avec celles-ci, où les cames d'encliquetage (23) présentent, dans le sens de vissage, un flanc à faible pente montante, qui se prolonge par un flanc d'encliquetage en forte pente, ces cames d'encliquetage (23) conjointement avec les pattes d'encliquetage (22) établissant la liaison par encliquetage, liaison qui peut être défaite en faisant glisser les pattes d'encliquetage (22) à l'égard des cames d'encliquetage (23),
    caractérisée
    en ce que la bride annulaire (14) est formée sur la partie inférieure (10) de la fermeture avec un bord libre en protubérance sur l'enveloppe de capuchon (21),
    en ce que les pattes d'encliquetage (22) sont partiellement chevauchées par la bride annulaire (14), en ce que les pattes d'encliquetage (22) sont à paroi mince et peuvent, par une déviation radiale vers l'intérieur, être mises hors engagement des cames d'encliquetage (23) disposées sur la face intérieure de la bride annulaire (14) ou encore en ce que la bride annulaire (14) est élastique et en ce que la liaison par encliquetage peut être défaite par une ovalisation de la bride annulaire (14) sous l'action d'une pression.
  2. Fermeture suivant la revendication 1,
    caractérisée
    en ce que la bride annulaire (14) porte sous forme d'une denture une multiplicité de cames d'encliquetage (23) disposées l'une derrière l'autre,
    en ce que les cames d'encliquetage (23) sont disposées suivant un pas uniforme, et
    en ce que les pattes d'encliquetage (22) présentent un ou plusieurs contre-éléments d'encliquetage (22a) qui établissent la liaison d'encliquetage avec les cames d'encliquetage (23).
  3. Fermeture suivant la revendication 2,
    caractérisée
    en ce que les contre-éléments d'encliquetage (22a) sont distants les uns des autres d'un pas qui correspond à un multiple du pas des cames d'encliquetage (23).
  4. Fermeture suivant la revendication 3,
    caractérisée
    en ce que sur l'enveloppe du capuchon (21) sont disposées deux pattes d'encliquetage (22) en position diamétralement opposée, et
    en ce qu'à chaque patte d'encliquetage (232) est associée une came d'encliquetage sur la partie inférieure (10) de la fermeture.
  5. Fermeture suivant l'une quelconque des revendications de 1 à 4,
    caractérisée
    en ce que le bec verseur (15) est par l'intermédiaire d'un épaulement (13) formé sur la partie inférieure (10) de la fermeture, et
    en ce que la bride annulaire (14) est formée sur l'épaulement (13) de manière concentrique par rapport au bec verseur (15) et constitue avec celui-ci un logement annulaire (26) pour les pattes d'encliquetage (22) du bouchon fileté (20).
  6. Fermeture suivant l'une quelconque des revendications de 1 à 5,
    caractérisée
    en ce que les pattes d'encliquetage (22) s'étendent au-dessus d'une partie de la périphérie de l'enveloppe de capuchon (21).
EP95919338A 1994-04-08 1995-04-07 Fermeture destinee a un recipient, composee d'une partie inferieure et d'un bouchon filete Expired - Lifetime EP0754150B1 (fr)

Applications Claiming Priority (7)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
DE4412195A DE4412195C1 (de) 1994-04-08 1994-04-08 Verschluß für einen Behälter aus einem Verschlußunterteil und einer Schraubkappe
DE4412195 1994-04-08
DE9420952 1994-12-31
DE9420952U 1994-12-31
DE29501185U 1995-01-26
DE29501185U DE29501185U1 (de) 1994-12-31 1995-01-26 Verschluß für einen Behälter aus einem Verschlußunterteil und einer Schraubkappe
PCT/EP1995/001292 WO1995027663A1 (fr) 1994-04-08 1995-04-07 Fermeture destinee a un recipient, composee d'une partie inferieure et d'un bouchon filete

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EP0754150A1 EP0754150A1 (fr) 1997-01-22
EP0754150B1 true EP0754150B1 (fr) 1997-08-27

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AT (1) ATE157322T1 (fr)
CA (1) CA2187294C (fr)
DK (1) DK0754150T3 (fr)
ES (1) ES2107313T3 (fr)
WO (1) WO1995027663A1 (fr)

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CA2187294C (fr) 2003-08-26
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DK0754150T3 (da) 1998-03-30
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