EP0755349B1 - Verschlusskappe mit garantieband - Google Patents

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EP0755349B1
EP0755349B1 EP96900822A EP96900822A EP0755349B1 EP 0755349 B1 EP0755349 B1 EP 0755349B1 EP 96900822 A EP96900822 A EP 96900822A EP 96900822 A EP96900822 A EP 96900822A EP 0755349 B1 EP0755349 B1 EP 0755349B1
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Udo Bösl
Michael Kirchgessner
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obrist Closures Switzerland
obrist Closures Switzerlandroemerstrasse 83 Ch 41
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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
    • B65D41/00—Caps, e.g. crown caps or crown seals, i.e. members having parts arranged for engagement with the external periphery of a neck or wall defining a pouring opening or discharge aperture; Protective cap-like covers for closure members, e.g. decorative covers of metal foil or paper
    • B65D41/32—Caps or cap-like covers with lines of weakness, tearing-strips, tags, or like opening or removal devices, e.g. to facilitate formation of pouring openings
    • B65D41/34—Threaded or like caps or cap-like covers provided with tamper elements formed in, or attached to, the closure skirt
    • B65D41/3423—Threaded or like caps or cap-like covers provided with tamper elements formed in, or attached to, the closure skirt with flexible tabs, or elements rotated from a non-engaging to an engaging position, formed on the tamper element or in the closure skirt
    • B65D41/3428—Threaded or like caps or cap-like covers provided with tamper elements formed in, or attached to, the closure skirt with flexible tabs, or elements rotated from a non-engaging to an engaging position, formed on the tamper element or in the closure skirt the tamper element being integrally connected to the closure by means of bridges
    • 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
    • B65D41/00—Caps, e.g. crown caps or crown seals, i.e. members having parts arranged for engagement with the external periphery of a neck or wall defining a pouring opening or discharge aperture; Protective cap-like covers for closure members, e.g. decorative covers of metal foil or paper
    • B65D41/32—Caps or cap-like covers with lines of weakness, tearing-strips, tags, or like opening or removal devices, e.g. to facilitate formation of pouring openings
    • B65D41/34—Threaded or like caps or cap-like covers provided with tamper elements formed in, or attached to, the closure skirt

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  • the invention relates to a cap with a tearable Guarantee tape according to the preamble of claim 1.
  • the condition of the Guarantee bands recognize whether the container has already been opened has been.
  • this grips under Guarantee tape a bead at the container mouth, making it at least partially when opening the container for the first time tears off.
  • Guarantee tapes are particularly common for screw caps used, especially with screw caps for closing of beverage containers. But also other types of caps, such as. Snap locks, can with one tearable guarantee tape.
  • the tearable connection between the guarantee tape and the Cap wall can be designed in many different ways which is widely documented in the relevant patent literature are.
  • the guarantee tape is special often due to tear-off connecting webs with the lower one Edge of the cap wall connected.
  • Latching means are arranged on the inner surface of the guarantee band, which with a cap attached to a bead reach under the container mouth. Often become rigid locking elements connected to the guarantee tape are used. At these locking elements become the assembly of the sealing cap pressed radially outwards when they are over the bead on the Container mouth are pushed. Because the locking elements are rigid connected to the guarantee band, this leads at the same time to a deformation of the guarantee band and thus to a Load on the tearable connection between the guarantee tape and the cap wall. With screw caps this load is additionally caused by shear forces between the Cap wall and through the on the bead of the container mouth adjacent locking device braked guarantee ring reinforced.
  • a problem with the known tongues is their lack of strength, especially the lack of pressure resilience in Longitudinal direction of the tongues. This load occurs when opening the cap, or when trying to Pull the guarantee tape over the bead of the container mouth without tearing it off.
  • the well-known tongues are in bent in the longitudinal direction, resulting in a reduced locking effect which results in tongues. In extreme cases, this can cause the tongues to rest against the bulge of the container mouth leave the directed locking position and assume a downward position away from the base of the cap.
  • WO 94/14673 is a sealing cap with a guarantee band known that a zigzag-shaped retaining element having.
  • the retaining element consists of a plurality of Tongues through a thin, flexible joint be held together.
  • the tongues are along a center line curved.
  • the curvature is designed such that the middle of the tongue forming the thickest part of the tongue at tongues directed towards the top of the container is. Therefore, the area with which the tongues are under reach under a retaining bead, relatively low.
  • the middle of the tongue are thicker than the side Edge areas of the tongues.
  • the lateral edge areas of the tongues directed against the cap bottom become inward directed that they have at least one place have a smaller distance to the cap axis than the center of the tongue.
  • the surfaces facing the cap axis must be of the tongues directed against the base of the cap on at least have a point of curvature, the radius of curvature is smaller than the distance between the tongue and the cap axis.
  • the tongues are preferably symmetrical to the middle of the tongue trained, particularly good results were obtained with Tongues folded symmetrically to the middle of the tongue.
  • the previously mentioned curvature is also in the Area of the middle of the tongue.
  • the curvature of the tongues makes their resilience essential elevated.
  • the load in the longitudinal direction, in particular Bend occurring when the cap is opened the tongue is greatly reduced by its curved shape.
  • the stability of the tongues can be further improved, if the middle of the tongue is thicker than the lateral edge areas of the tongues are formed. Most of the Forces acting on a tongue are then replaced by the thicker ones Transfer the middle of the tongue. Because the middle of the tongue is a bigger one Has a distance to the cap axis as its lateral edge areas this has the added benefit of being the point of attack the main force radially outwards, near the Guarantee band is shifted. The bending stress on the tongues is further reduced.
  • the tongues are preferably designed so that their against the Bead of the container mouth facing the cap axis is inclined. This ensures that the radial Areas of this end face lying further inside in the vertical direction further down and thus further from Cap base are removed than their radially further outside lying areas.
  • the cap is on thus the radially outer area of the tongue on the bead of the The mouth of the container, whereas the lower one, radially inner part of the tongue below the bead on the Creates the neck of the container.
  • the curved inner surface lies against it two places, left and right of the middle of the tongue, at the Outer surface of the container neck.
  • each of the Tongues from a left and a right half of the tongue the meet at an angle in the middle of the tongue is therefore a folded symmetrically to the middle of the tongue Tongue.
  • the angle at which the two tongue halves in the middle meet is preferably about 120 °. But even if this angle is only slightly below the 180 ° limit there is always a place to the left and right of the middle of the tongue, at which their distance to the cap axis is smaller than in the middle of the tongue itself.
  • the tongue halves of those facing the bottom of the cap Tongues each have an inner, facing the cap axis Surface and an outer, directed against the guarantee band Boundary surface.
  • the tongue halves are preferred in this way designed that their inner and outer boundary surface to Divide the middle of the tongue at an angle of 5 ° to 30 °. This ensures that the middle of the tongue is thicker is than the lateral edge areas of the tongue.
  • the entire free end of the tongue is radial swiveled outside, but the tongue is also in bent up and its thinner, lateral edge areas are also outwards in relation to the middle of the tongue shifted.
  • the tongues can be along the Guarantee tape can be arranged. In particular, the distance different between tongues arranged side by side to get voted. In a preferred embodiment variant the tongues close together along the guarantee band arranged.
  • the side edges from side by side tongues are arranged by a flexible material bridge articulated together. In this way creates a longer one, consisting of several tongues Tongue tape. This ensures that the tongues are mutual hold in position so they are no longer like that can be pivoted easily. This is an advantage if the cap is poured in a mold in which the Tongues facing downwards, away from the base of the cap. This The position of the tongues is used to pour the cap preferred, as the cap can be removed from the mold better after casting leaves.
  • the tongues must then come out of their downward position can be pivoted inwards. This is preferably done in a separate operation before putting on the sealing cap. Have the tongues but basically the tendency to go back to their original, return cast position. One way around Avoiding this now consists of placing them side by side Connect tongues together, as already mentioned above has been described. The tongues then hold each other in their inner, directed against the cap bottom Location.
  • a circumferential guarantee ring is preferred as the guarantee band used with the tongues evenly along the circumference the guarantee rings are distributed.
  • the closure cap shown in Figure 1 has one Cap base 1, an adjoining cap wall 2 and a Tearable located at the bottom of the cap wall Guarantee band 3 on.
  • the guarantee band 3 is through predetermined breaking bars 4 integrally connected to the cap wall 2.
  • guaranteed band 3 is a revolving Guarantee ring. This is shown in one in FIG from above, according to the sectional plane drawn in FIG. 1 A-A shown. From the inside surface of the guarantee ring 3, several tongues 5 extend radially inwards. This one tongues 5 shown are arranged close to each other and through flexible material bridges 17 to a circumferential inner tongue band connected. On these connecting bridges 17 can also be dispensed with, so that side by side arranged tongues are independent of each other.
  • the tongues 5 are only at one end by an articulated connection 19 connected to the guarantee ring 3.
  • This articulation 19 allows the free end of the tongues 5 in radial direction to pivot, so this in particular when the cap is put on radially for the first time on the outside if it is over the bulge at the mouth of the container slides.
  • the hinge connection 19 is preferably on arranged at the bottom of the guarantee ring, in principle however, it is also possible that the guarantee ring will cover the Connection point of the articulation 19 downwards extends.
  • the lateral edge areas 7 are symmetrical to Tongue center 8 folded inwards.
  • the tongues 5 are thus in the Area of the tongue center 8 curved, which increases the pressure resistance the tongue is significantly increased. They are also Tongue centers 8 thicker than the lateral edge areas 7 of the Tongues trained. This ensures that the largest Part of the forces acting on the tongues through the middle of the tongue is transmitted. The mechanical stability of the tongues is further increased.
  • the thinner edge regions 7 give the tongues one in itself spring action, which is the spring action of the articulation 19 additionally supported.
  • the sealing cap When putting on for the first time the sealing cap is initially the lateral edge areas 7 of the tongues on the bead of the container mouth. Becomes the unscrewing movement continues, so they pivot individual tongues 5 fürsetis around their hinge 19 radially outwards.
  • the tongues 5 also have a resilient effect on the bulge of the container mouth adjacent edge regions 7 of the tongues are relative to the tongue centers 8 pressed radially outwards.
  • the individual tongues each consist of two tongue halves 7a, 7b, each with an inner boundary surface 14 and one inner boundary surface 15.
  • the tongue halves meet in the middle together at an angle ⁇ of approx. 120 °.
  • the boundary surfaces 14, 15 of the tongue halves go to the middle of the tongue apart at an angle ( ⁇ ) of approx. 15 °, see above that the middle of the tongue 8 thicker than the lateral edge areas 7 of the tongues is.
  • Figure 3 shows the closure cap already shown in Figure 1 in a down position from the bottom of the cap tongues 5a directed away.
  • the tongues are preferred in poured this position and then in a separate Working in their inner, directed against the cap bottom Folded position.
  • Figure 4 shows the sectional view of an alternative Variant in which individual tongues are spaced equally distributed along the circumference of the guarantee ring are.
  • the tongues 5b can either in the position shown or in an analogous to FIG. 3 is poured downward position, then before installing the cap have to be folded inwards.
  • the one shown here Example are only six tongues along the circumference of the Guarantee band distributed. However, one is preferred larger number of tongues used, which then accordingly denser, that is, with smaller distances along the To be distributed circumferentially.

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