EP0846626A2 - Récipient moulé avec un canal périphérique pour un couvercle - Google Patents

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EP0846626A2
EP0846626A2 EP97309782A EP97309782A EP0846626A2 EP 0846626 A2 EP0846626 A2 EP 0846626A2 EP 97309782 A EP97309782 A EP 97309782A EP 97309782 A EP97309782 A EP 97309782A EP 0846626 A2 EP0846626 A2 EP 0846626A2
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  • the bead In production, the bead is normally formed by a groove formed in a single mould piece which extends down into the channel.
  • the distance the bead can project into the channel, and thus effectively the strength of the engagement with the lid, is limited, since the bead must be small enough to disengage from the mould piece when the mould piece is removed from the channel. If it is desired to use a larger bead, it is necessary to provide more complicated, multiple-piece mould parts, which are more costly.
  • the invention provides a container with an upwardly open peripheral channel formed around its rim for receiving a depending skirt of a lid for the container, wherein said channel has a plurality of clips extending outwardly from the inner wall of the channel, the channel being formed with respective apertures arranged below said clips.
  • each clip is defined by a lower mould part, which after moulding can be withdrawn in the opposite direction to the mould part forming the channel. As the mould part is withdrawn, it leaves an aperture beneath each clip.
  • the amount by which the clip extends into the channel is not limited by considerations of having to remove the mould part defining the channel, and so the clip can be made deeper, to allow a more substantial engagement with the lid.
  • the projection is preferably formed to extend between the outer wall of the channel and the bottom wall of the channel.
  • the projection may therefore take the form of a rib extending between these two walls.
  • the rib tapers inwardly towards the bottom wall, so as to guide the lid into engagement with the container clip.
  • the container is preferably a tamper-evident container. Accordingly, the channel may be formed with a region which can be deformed or removed to allow access to the lid skirt for its removal.
  • the clips on the channel wall engage with suitable retaining means on the lid of the container.
  • suitable retaining means on the lid of the container may comprise a continuous bead extending around an inwardly facing surface of the lid.
  • providing clips on the inner wall of the channel in accordance with the invention, substantially increases the degree of engagement between the container and the lid. If the bead on the lid extends around the entire circumference of the lid, then the entire length of all of the clips contributes to the engagement. Whilst this may be desirable in certain applications, this can make the lid difficult to peel from the container.
  • the lid preferably has a plurality of discrete projections on the inner wall of the skirt for engaging with said clips. This reduces the length along which the clips engage with the lid, and so the lid is not held on as strongly, and is thus easier to remove.
  • said projections are equispaced and of equal length
  • said clips are equispaced and of equal length, with the gaps between the clips being of the same length as the clips themselves, and the circumferential distance between the centres of adjacent projections is equal to the circumferential length of each clip. This ensures that the length along which the projections engage with the clips when the lid is on the container is constant.
  • the container may also have a carrying handle, pivotable between a vertical carrying position and a horizontal stowed position. Means may be provided to prevent the handle from moving below the horizontal stowed position. This is desirable during manufacture and filling of such containers to prevent, for example, the handle interfering with printing on the container body. Up to now, this has been achieved by moulding locating pips onto the container body and upon which the handle rests in its horizontal position. A problem arises, however, if the handle is pushed over the pips, since it may be extremely difficult to move the handle back over the pips.
  • a container comprising a body and a carrying handle, said handle being pivotable between a vertical carrying position and a horizontal stowed position wherein the pivot portion of the handle is provided with a cam which in the horizontal position of the handle engages with a stop provided on the container body.
  • the pivot portion of the handle extends through an aperture formed in a depending rim of the container, with the cam surface preferably provided on an enlarged portion of the pivot portion arranged behind the depending rim which prevents the handle being pulled through the aperture.
  • the depending rim through which the handle extends is preferably attached to the container through a radially extending wall.
  • the depending rim may be a downward axial extension of the outer wall of the channel, with the radially extending wall comprising the bottom wall of the channel.
  • the cam surface is arranged so as to have an elongate portion which engages along a portion of the radial wall in the handle's horizontal position, so that it cannot be rotated further in that direction.
  • the cam surface may be provided with a step which engages behind a stop in the handle's horizontal position, the stop being formed, for example, as a vertical rib on the container.
  • the channel comprises an inner wall 14, a bottom wall 16 and an outer wall 18.
  • Six equispaced clips 20 are formed on the inner wall 14.
  • each clip 20 is formed as a resilient tongue which extends outwardly and downwardly from the outer edge of the ring 12 at a smaller angle to the horizontal than the portions of the inner wall 14 between the clips.
  • Each clip 20 extends circumferentially for 30° around the inner wall 14.
  • an aperture 22 whose purpose will be described later, is formed in the inner and bottom walls of the channel 13. These apertures act as drain holes to allow any liquid in the channel to drain out.
  • the container lid 10 is generally planar, but has a rim 30 in the form of an inverted channel, with a depending skirt 32.
  • the inner wall 34 of the lid rim engages sealingly within the mouth of the container, whilst the skirt 32 is received in the channel 12.
  • the inner surface 36 of the skirt 32 has an inwardly projecting bead 38 formed around its complete circumference.
  • the bead 38 confronts the inner wall 14 of the channel 12, and may abut against it.
  • the bead 36 engages beneath the clip 20, to retain the lid 10 in position, as shown in Figure 3.
  • the clips 20 are resilient, and so are able to deflect inwardly and downwardly, so that when the lid 10 is pushed onto the container 2, the clips 20 are deflected by the bead 38, and then snap back into place, above the bead, when the bead enters the apertures 22.
  • the outer wall 16 of the channel 12 prevents access to the skirt of the lid.
  • the channel may be formed with an area (not shown) which can be deformed or broken away to allow a user to access the skirt 32 to allow the lid to be pushed off.
  • Such an arrangement may be tamper-evident, as is well known in the art, and need not, therefore, be described in greater detail here.
  • the advantage of the container described above is that a greater degree of engagement can be achieved between the clip 20 on the container and the lid. This is made possible by the way in which the container is moulded.
  • the channel 12 is formed in a cavity defined between an upper mould part 40 and a lower mould part 42.
  • the lower mould part 42 forms the lower edge of the clip 20.
  • the upper and lower mould parts substantially abut one another along a parting line 44, this contact forming the apertures 22 in the finished container.
  • the mould parts may be moved in opposite directions to release the container without the lower end of the clip having to deflect over any formation on the upper mould part 40.
  • triangular ribs 46 can be provided to extend between the channel outer wall and the bottom wall, as shown in Figure 5.
  • a pair of ribs 46 are provided opposite the end parts of each clip 20. These ribs 46 prevent the outward deflection of the lower end of the skirt 32 so as to disengage the lid from the clips 20. Furthermore, they guide the skirt 32 of the lid 29 so that the bead 38 engages beneath the clip 20. This has the advantage of allowing a good fit between the lid skirt and the channel 12 without requiring close tolerances around the channel which could make fitting difficult.
  • a greater degree of engagement between the container and the lid can be achieved by forming the clip as described above. However, in certain situations this greater degree of engagement may make the lid difficult to remove.
  • the only part of the skirt of the lid which the user can access to remove the lid from the container is the region of the skirt which is exposed when the tamper-evident feature is opened or removed.
  • the user hooks a finger or thumb under this region of the skirt and levers it upwardly and outwardly. This deforms the skirt and the lid, and there is a tendency for other parts of the skirt to move inwardly, towards the clip.
  • the regions of the skirt which are 90° displaced from the region engaged by the user tend to deform inwardly, and thus are brought into greater engagement with the clips. This greater engagement can make the lid difficult to peel away from the container.
  • the bead on the lid is not formed as a continuous circumferential bead, but rather as a series of discrete projections, to reduce the degree of engagement between the lid and the container.
  • the lid 10 is provided with twelve equispaced projections 70 of equal lengths, as shown in Figure 7. Since there are twelve equispaced projections, it follows that the distance d from the centre of one of the projections to the centre of an adjacent projection will be a twelfth of the circumference of the lid, or 30°, which is the same as the circumferential extent of the clips 20 and of the gaps 21 therebetween. Because of this spacing, it is certain that each of the clips 20 will engage with at least one of the projections 70, irrespective of the orientations of the lid 10 and the container 2, which avoids the need to align the container 2 and the lid 10 when closing the container.
  • Figures 8 and 9 show the engagement between the clips 20 on the container 2 and the discrete projections 70 on the lid 10, with the lid and container in two different orientations.
  • the lid and container are arranged so that a projection 70 is positioned in the centre of the clip 20.
  • Figure 9 shows the lid rotated by 15° from the position in Figure 8, with the ends of two projections 70 engaging with each clip 20. It will be seen that in both positions, the clips 20 engage with the projections 70, and that the engagement length (ie the lengths of all of the parts of the projections which engage with clips) is the same.
  • the engagement length is always the same, no matter what the orientation of the lid and container is, and is always equal to the circumferential length of six of the projections. It is desirable for the engagement length to be constant irrespective of orientation, in order to give a consistent force holding the lid on to the container.
  • the length of the projections is not critical, and can be varied if desired, to make it easier or harder to remove the lid. Of course, there is a compromise between making the lid easy to peel off and ensuring that the lid will not come off accidentally if the container is dropped or the like. It is also important to provide an adequate degree of retention, to ensure that the only way to gain access to the contents of the container is to open or remove the tamper-evident feature.
  • the embodiment shown has six clips 20 and twelve projections 70, but different numbers of clips and projections can be used.
  • the projections 70 should be of equal length and equispaced
  • the clips 20 should be of equal length and equispaced, with the length l of the gap 21 between adjacent clips being equal to the length l of the clip 20, and the distance d between the centres of adjacent projections should be equal to the length l of the clip. This will give an engagement length equal to the total circumferential length of half of the projections, no matter how the lid and container are orientated with respect to each other.
  • each end of the handle is formed with a pivot shaft 50 which projects radially inwardly.
  • the shaft 50 engages in the slot 28 formed in the mounting lug 26, as shown in Figure 1.
  • At the end of each shaft is an enlarged head 52, which prevents the handle being pulled out of the slot 28.
  • the heads locate in recesses formed beneath the channel.
  • the head is formed with a cam surface around its edge, having a pair of parallel surfaces 54. When the handle is in its upright position, the heads are free to rotate in the recesses. However, if the handle is rotated through 90°, one or other surface 54 jams against the underside of the channel 13, preventing further rotation of the handle in that direction. The handle is thus prevented from falling below the horizontal.
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