EP0847930A1 - Fermeture de récipient comprenant une soupape empêchant le remplissage - Google Patents

Fermeture de récipient comprenant une soupape empêchant le remplissage Download PDF

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EP0847930A1
EP0847930A1 EP97115775A EP97115775A EP0847930A1 EP 0847930 A1 EP0847930 A1 EP 0847930A1 EP 97115775 A EP97115775 A EP 97115775A EP 97115775 A EP97115775 A EP 97115775A EP 0847930 A1 EP0847930 A1 EP 0847930A1
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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
    • B65D49/00—Arrangements or devices for preventing refilling of containers
    • B65D49/02—One-way valves
    • B65D49/04—Weighted valves
    • 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
    • B65D2401/00—Tamper-indicating means

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  • the invention relates to an antifilling closing device for bottles, or similar, comprising a pouring device, more simply named pourer, and meant for an at least partial forcing and sealing engagement into the mouth of a bottle, or similar, and comprising a plugging body, generally a ball, which is held in one passage chamber between at least one exit or pouring opening and one passage opening which communicates with the inside of the bottle, and interacts with the plugging body, in that it interdicts the flow from the outside to the inside of the bottle, whereas the compartment for the plugging body inside the pouring device is closed at its outward end by a part of the pourer, which is connected to the rest of the pourer by predeterminedly breaking zones, in such a way that, when an attempt is made to remove the pouring device from the bottle, by acting on its outward part, the latter breaks off from the inward part of the pouring device, preventing any further coupling thereto, freeing the plugging body and indicating the tampering.
  • a pouring device more simply named pourer,
  • Antifilling closing devices as this one are known, for example, from the patent EP-A-670271 belonging to the same patentee, and have the benefit of indicating the attempted tampering or sophistication of the packed product.
  • the antifilling valve prevents the product from being replaced.
  • the only filling possibility is by pulling out the pourer, containing the antifilling valve, by acting on its outer part.
  • the predeterminedly breaking zones of its outward part cause it to irremediably break off from its inward part.
  • the tampering action remains clearly visible.
  • the plugging body is generally made of a gravity-operated ball, being free to move inside the tubular compartment of the pouring device, when the outer part of the latter breaks off, it causes the tubular compartment to open and the ball to come out of the inward part of the pouring device.
  • the predeterminedly breaking zones are obtained by weakening, generally thinning, the wall of the pourer at predetermined areas thereof.
  • the bridge/s of material, which connect the two parts of the pourer, are oriented in the axial direction thereof, i.e. parallel to the tensile force exerted in the pulling out direction, therefore they do not always ensure that the outer part of the pourer breaks off.
  • the invention is aimed at improving the antifilling devices as described hereinbefore, in such a way as to obviate the drawbacks of known devices, ensuring a sufficient resistance of the pouring device to mounting stresses, and a sure break-off of the outward part of the pourer upon attempted removal.
  • the invention achieves the above objects with a device as described hereinbefore, in which the predeterminedly breaking zones, connecting the two parts of the pouring device, briefly named pourer, are made of at least one weakened wall, having an at least inclined or perpendicular orientation with respect to the axis of the pourer, i.e. with respect to the direction of its removal from the mouth of the bottle.
  • the weakened wall transversely oriented, is stressed in a direction transverse to itself, when an attempt is made of pulling the pouring device out, and it breaks more surely than under a stress parallel to the extension of the weakened area, in the traction direction.
  • antibreaking means for holding and supporting the predeterminedly breaking weakened wall against the compressing stress onto or into the mouth of the bottle.
  • said means may comprise, independently or in combination, means for axial support, means for limiting the elastic deformation of the predeterminedly breaking weakened zones in the compression direction and means for axially securing the predeterminedly breaking zones at a predefined position.
  • Such flexion limiting means may be provided at axial stopping or supporting parts, for example elements of the capsule, particularly of the pouring device itself.
  • the opposite transverse wall has, on the side facing the predeterminedly breaking weakened wall, one or more projections for limiting the bending stroke of the transverse weakened wall.
  • projections may consist of a crown of single equally spaced projections, or of a continuous annular projection, and are coincident with axial nerves or ribs substantially parallel to the direction of engagement of the pouring device into the mouth of the bottle.
  • the invention also relates to other improvements which form the subject of the dependent claims.
  • an antifilling closing device particularly for bottles, or similar, is composed of a pouring device, or more briefly and simply pourer 1, generally made of plastic, which is a non-return valve to prevent the bottle from being filled, allowing to freely pour the contents thereof.
  • the cylindrical pourer 1 is outwardly provided, in the area which is meant for force-engagement into the mouth 2 of the bottle, with outer, substantially radial, annular and elastic flanges 3.
  • the pourer 1 has, inside it, a cylindrical compartment 4 communicating with the inside of the bottle B through a central opening 5 at the inward end of the pourer, which opening may be closed by means of a ball-like plugging body 6, which is gravity-operated and may move freely, axially to the pourer 1, between a closing position and an opening position of the passage opening 5.
  • the diameter of the compartment 4 for the plugging body 6 is greater than that of the ball, with the ball being held substantially centered by means of radial guiding ribs 7 uniformly arranged all along the wall of the compartment 5.
  • the opposite end, that is the outward end, of the pouring device 1 is closed by an element 8, which has a flange 9 superimposed on the lateral edge of the mouth of the bottle, and bears in a central area, coaxial to the compartment, a basket 10, having substantially coaxial pouring openings 11.
  • the basket 10 has, in its central area, an inverted cup-shaped element 12, extending upwards up to about the level of the flange 9 superimposed on the edge of the mouth 2 of the bottle B, and whose terminal part, facing the ball 6, has a concave, preferably spherical shape, acting as a compartment for the ball 6, when the latter is in the pouring condition.
  • the central basket 10 is held suspended in the central area of the compartment 4 for the ball by the flange 9, superimposed on the edge of the mouth of the bottle, whereas the combination of superimposed flange 9 and basket 10 is connected, by a relatively thin radial annular wall 13 to a ring 14, fastening the closing part 8 of the pourer to the inward part thereof, which may be force-secured into the mouth 2 of the bottle B.
  • the fastening ring 14 has, on its outer periphery, at least one annular tooth 15, preferably having a saw-tooth cross section, for snap engagement with an annular groove 16 in the inner wall of the compartment 4 for the ball 6.
  • the fastening ring 14 and the wall of the compartment 4 have two annular teeth 15 and two annular grooves 16 respectively.
  • the diameters are chosen in such a way as to ensure a sealing contact between the two walls.
  • the annular teeth 15, as well as the corresponding grooves 16, may include two or more teeth and two or more notches, distributed along the perimeter of the corresponding parts.
  • the annular radial wall 13 is preferably continuous and made to be so thin, that an attempted removal of the pouring device 1 from the bottle neck, by lifting the flange 9 from the edge of the mouth 2 of the bottle B certainly causes the wall 13 to break and the combination of central basket 12 and superimposed flange 9 to break off. Said two parts may no longer be coupled to the rest of the pourer 1, and their removal causes the compartment 4 to open at the end outside the bottle, and, consequently the ball 6 to come out.
  • an attempted sophistication of the product i.e.
  • a stopper 20 is associated to the pouring device 1, consisting of an outer cap made of a plastic metal material.
  • the outer cap 21 comprises a part 121, meant to be wrapped around the bottle neck and a part 221, being provided with a thread (fig. 2) on mounting the device onto the bottle B, for example by roll forming on the outer thread 22 provided on the mouth 2 of the bottle B.
  • the two capsule parts 20, 21, are connected by predeterminedly breaking means or, alternatively, by tear guarantee strips, indicated, as a whole, as 321.
  • a sealing disk 23 is fixed thereto, being engaged with its peripheral edge behind an annular shoulder 421 of the screw part of the stopper 221.
  • This is preferably made of the same material as the pouring device 1, and has a first peripheral flexible sealing lip 24, which is meant to interact with the flange 9 superimposed on the edge of the mouth 2 of the bottle B.
  • the main sealing action is provided at the central basket 10.
  • the sealing disk 23 has a cylindrical protrusion 25, which is coaxial to the central basket 10, and is meant to sealingly interact with the cylindrical or substantially cylindrical edge of the central basket 10, particularly in the area in which the latter is jointed to the flange 9, superimposed on the edge of the mouth 2 of the bottle.
  • the size of the basket 10, that is of its upper cylindrical part, and of the central cylindrical protrusion 25 of the sealing disk 23 are appropriately calibrated to ensure the necessary sealing action.
  • the main sealing area between the sealing disk 23 and the pouring device is transferred to the axial, non-horizontal walls.
  • the penetrating action of the cylindrical projection 25 into the cylindrical mouth of the basket 10 performs, thanks to the screwing action, a certain cleaning action through the rubbing of the walls in mutual sealing contact, further preventing loss risks, due to product remains, not to mention that the vertical orientation of the sealing walls involves a certain defluxion of the remains from the sealing walls.
  • the teeth 26 are made to be tapered towards the free end of the cylindrical protrusion, so as to facilitate the coupling operation.
  • the elasticity of the material allows for an easy disengagement of the sealing disk from the central basket, being also facilitated by the rotation of the sealing disk 23 and by the progressive removal, upon rotation, of the threaded part of the stopper 221, the whole without damaging the weakened radial wall 13.
  • the teeth 26 may also taper in the circumferential direction with a draft wall, towards the outer surface of the cylindrical protrusion 25, frontally with respect to the direction of the uscrewing rotation of the stopper 221.
  • the sealing ring 23 has another annular projection 28, coaxial to said fastening ring 14.
  • This axial annular projection 28 has the function to evenly distribute the compressive force while mounting the device onto the mouth of the bottle, so as to prevent the device from being deformed or damaged.
  • the radial, annular offset being provided by the predeterminedly breaking annular wall 13 and by the radially inner part of the flange 9, superimposed on the mouth 2 of the bottle, is interposed between said annular, axial projection 28 and the fastening ring 14, which, in turn, is born, in the axial direction, by the ends 18 of the axial guiding ribs 7 for the ball 6.
  • the fastening ring 14 and the axial annular projection 28 are means for securing the weakened radial wall 13, preventing it from being excessively deformed, while allowing for the transmission of the necessary force for mounting the device onto the bottle B.
  • At least the weakened radial wall 13 be as thick and made of such a relatively less elastic material, as to ensure a certain and easier breakage, when an attempt is made to pull out the pouring device, without running the risk that said predeterminedly breaking wall breaks while the device is being mounted onto the bottle, there are provided, on the side of the flange 9 facing the bottle, some projections 27, for reducing the bending stroke.
  • the thickness of the projections 27 is such, that they limit the flexion of the predeterminedly breaking annular wall 13, within levels being compatible with the material in use, to prevent it from being broken by a mounting stress.
  • the construction is such, that in the mounting stress condition, the predeterminedly breaking wall 13 is unremovably secured, and subject to a slight deformation within its own intrinsic elasticity range, between two stops which securely prevent it from being any further deformed, and thus, from undesirably break.
  • the projections 27 may also consist of a continuous axial annular projection. Particularly, as shown in the illustrated embodiment, the projections are preferably equally spaced, and distributed all over the predeterminedly breaking annular wall 13.
  • the projections 27 are made to be substantially axially coincident with the axial guiding ribs 7 for the ball 6.
  • the construction of the device described with reference to figures 1 to 5 is particularly suitable for antifilling closing devices in which the available radial span is sufficient for a predeterminedly breaking wall, having a perfectly radial orientation, as when the outward part of the antifilling pouring device 1 is substantially superimposed on the edge of the mouth 2.
  • the invention provides that the predeterminedly breaking annular wall 13' has an inclined, substantially truncated cone-shaped profile.
  • FIG. 6 This expedient is shown in figure 6, which, for the sake of simplicity, only shows the outward part of the pouring device 1.
  • the construction according to fig. 6 is substantially identical to that according to the previous figures, if the dimensional differences and the construction variants involved thereby are accounted for.

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EP97115775A 1996-12-10 1997-09-11 Fermeture de récipient comprenant une soupape empêchant le remplissage Expired - Lifetime EP0847930B1 (fr)

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IT96SV000043A IT1288495B1 (it) 1996-12-10 1996-12-10 Dispositivo di chiusura con valvola antiriempimento per bottiglie o simili.

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EP0967156A1 (fr) * 1998-06-25 1999-12-29 ALPLAST S.p.A. Fermeture de sécurité pour bouteilles
FR2798647A1 (fr) * 1999-09-20 2001-03-23 Pernod Ricard Bouteille munie d'un dispositif anti-remplissage
WO2002096771A1 (fr) * 2001-05-25 2002-12-05 Daniel Montgomery & Son Limited Dispositif inviolable
ES2204247A1 (es) * 1999-01-22 2004-04-16 Trinidad Ortega Zarzuela Mejoras introducidas en la patente de invencion 9900123 por "capsula irrellenable interna para golletes de botellas".
US6817479B1 (en) 1999-03-03 2004-11-16 Crown Cork & Seal Technologies Corporation Closure and a liner having a sealing flange with an inwardly directed unflattened fold
GB2436560A (en) * 2006-03-28 2007-10-03 Obrist Closures Switzerland Closure for a non-refilling device for a container
WO2009047626A2 (fr) * 2007-10-12 2009-04-16 Nicola Fabiano Dispositif de fermeture inviolable pour bouteilles
WO2013185781A1 (fr) * 2012-06-13 2013-12-19 Pachomov Dmitriy Ivanovitch Dispositif de fermeture
WO2017194649A1 (fr) * 2016-05-11 2017-11-16 Obrist Closures Switzerland Gmbh Améliorations apportées ou relatives à une fermeture pour un col de récipient
WO2021159598A1 (fr) * 2020-02-14 2021-08-19 李红彪 Ensemble couvercle d'étanchéité

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GB2057390A (en) * 1979-09-08 1981-04-01 Montgomery Daniel & Son Ltd Combined anti-refilling and pouring device for fitment to a bottle
EP0249438A2 (fr) * 1986-06-10 1987-12-16 CMB Foodcan plc Bec verseur empêchant le remplissage
GB2195974A (en) * 1986-09-23 1988-04-20 Montgomery Daniel & Son Ltd Anti-tampering devices for bottles
EP0367427A1 (fr) * 1988-10-12 1990-05-09 Cmb Packaging (Uk) Limited Bec verseur empechant le remplissage
GB2244048A (en) * 1990-05-16 1991-11-20 Montgomery Daniel & Son Ltd Bottle closure with non-refillable device
EP0670271A1 (fr) 1994-03-02 1995-09-06 ALUCAPVIT S.p.A. Dispositif de bouchage d'une bouteille, comprenant une bague d'inviolabilité et une soupape pour empêcher un nouveau remplissage

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GB2057390A (en) * 1979-09-08 1981-04-01 Montgomery Daniel & Son Ltd Combined anti-refilling and pouring device for fitment to a bottle
EP0249438A2 (fr) * 1986-06-10 1987-12-16 CMB Foodcan plc Bec verseur empêchant le remplissage
GB2195974A (en) * 1986-09-23 1988-04-20 Montgomery Daniel & Son Ltd Anti-tampering devices for bottles
EP0367427A1 (fr) * 1988-10-12 1990-05-09 Cmb Packaging (Uk) Limited Bec verseur empechant le remplissage
GB2244048A (en) * 1990-05-16 1991-11-20 Montgomery Daniel & Son Ltd Bottle closure with non-refillable device
EP0670271A1 (fr) 1994-03-02 1995-09-06 ALUCAPVIT S.p.A. Dispositif de bouchage d'une bouteille, comprenant une bague d'inviolabilité et une soupape pour empêcher un nouveau remplissage

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EP0967156A1 (fr) * 1998-06-25 1999-12-29 ALPLAST S.p.A. Fermeture de sécurité pour bouteilles
ES2204247A1 (es) * 1999-01-22 2004-04-16 Trinidad Ortega Zarzuela Mejoras introducidas en la patente de invencion 9900123 por "capsula irrellenable interna para golletes de botellas".
US6817479B1 (en) 1999-03-03 2004-11-16 Crown Cork & Seal Technologies Corporation Closure and a liner having a sealing flange with an inwardly directed unflattened fold
FR2798647A1 (fr) * 1999-09-20 2001-03-23 Pernod Ricard Bouteille munie d'un dispositif anti-remplissage
WO2002096771A1 (fr) * 2001-05-25 2002-12-05 Daniel Montgomery & Son Limited Dispositif inviolable
US6908013B2 (en) 2001-05-25 2005-06-21 Daniel Montgomery & Son Limited Tamper-evident device
GB2436560A (en) * 2006-03-28 2007-10-03 Obrist Closures Switzerland Closure for a non-refilling device for a container
WO2009047626A2 (fr) * 2007-10-12 2009-04-16 Nicola Fabiano Dispositif de fermeture inviolable pour bouteilles
WO2009047626A3 (fr) * 2007-10-12 2009-05-28 Nicola Fabiano Dispositif de fermeture inviolable pour bouteilles
WO2013185781A1 (fr) * 2012-06-13 2013-12-19 Pachomov Dmitriy Ivanovitch Dispositif de fermeture
WO2017194649A1 (fr) * 2016-05-11 2017-11-16 Obrist Closures Switzerland Gmbh Améliorations apportées ou relatives à une fermeture pour un col de récipient
CN109071076A (zh) * 2016-05-11 2018-12-21 奥布里斯特封闭瑞士有限公司 用于容器颈部的闭合件的改进或与之相关的改进
US10710780B2 (en) 2016-05-11 2020-07-14 Gcl International S.A.R.L. Closure for a container neck
CN109071076B (zh) * 2016-05-11 2020-12-15 Gcl国际有限公司 用于容器颈部的闭合件的改进或与之相关的改进
WO2021159598A1 (fr) * 2020-02-14 2021-08-19 李红彪 Ensemble couvercle d'étanchéité

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ES2162663T3 (es) 2002-01-01
ITSV960043A1 (it) 1998-06-10

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