EP0852205B1 - Verschlusskappe für einen mit einem Befestigungsflansch versehenen Behälter - Google Patents

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EP0852205B1
EP0852205B1 EP97403028A EP97403028A EP0852205B1 EP 0852205 B1 EP0852205 B1 EP 0852205B1 EP 97403028 A EP97403028 A EP 97403028A EP 97403028 A EP97403028 A EP 97403028A EP 0852205 B1 EP0852205 B1 EP 0852205B1
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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
    • B65D41/46—Snap-on caps or cap-like covers
    • B65D41/48—Snap-on caps or cap-like covers non-metallic, e.g. made of paper or plastics
    • B65D41/485—Snap-on caps or cap-like covers non-metallic, e.g. made of paper or plastics with integral internal sealing means

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  • the present invention relates to a capsule for plugging a container in particular a container whose neck is equipped with a collar hooking.
  • capsules of the type described in EP-A-0 680 887 which are produced by injection molding and consist of a cover extended with a side skirt.
  • This skirt is provided, in its lower part, latching means under said flange and, in its upper part, a tamper-evident band attached to the cover and to the skirt by a veil or a tearable peripheral film.
  • These capsules generally have a tongue forming means gripping which is carried out by a one-piece molding with the cover and skirt.
  • the gripping means is formed by a tab or tongue protruding by pressing an internal boss on the bead or flange of the container
  • this projecting element constitutes an attachment zone for the capsules between them, which, on the one hand, poses problems of obstruction, in particular, when these capsules are grouped in rotary bowl dispensers located on automatic bottling lines and, on the other hand, presents risks of accidental damage to the bandaged.
  • this protruding element makes the manufacturing process of the complex capsule, since the mold extraction operations are then difficult.
  • the object of the present invention is to solve these problems techniques satisfactorily.
  • a capsule for sealing a container with a hanging flange consisting of a cover surmounting a side skirt which is provided, in its lower part, latching means under said flange and, in its upper part, a removable tamper-evident band attached to the cover and the skirt by a peripheral film tearable and carrying a tab forming a means of gripping ladie band, characterized in that the upper part or the lower part of said tongue is attached to the cover or the skirt by said film and in that its internal face is provided with a boss formed of at least two facets ensuring the sliding on said flange during the locking of the capsule as well as the pivoting of said tab towards outside.
  • said tongue is produced at one end of the tamper evident band.
  • said strip is only produced on a portion of the periphery of the skirt, sparing on the portion complementary a hinge.
  • said latching means of the skirt under the collar consist of an internal projection partially peripheral.
  • said tongue is housed in a corresponding cut of the side skirt.
  • the lower edge of said skirt abuts against a lower shoulder of the container neck.
  • the capsule also comprises a sleeve cylindrical secured to the underside of said cover and intended to be introduced inside the container in tight contact with its internal wall higher.
  • said side skirt is attached to the cover plumb with its peripheral edge so as to define, before snapping onto the container, a cylindrical casing.
  • the external face of said tongue has a profile in hollow relative to the external face of the skirt.
  • the external face of said tongue is a portion of coplanar cylinder with the skirt.
  • peripheral edge of the cover is provided, in the zone diametrically opposite to the hinge, of a cutout.
  • the capsule of the invention offers a perfectly enveloped cylindrical, which considerably simplifies its manufacturing process by molding and improves its aesthetic appearance.
  • this capsule In the free state, this capsule has no projecting element and the means for gripping the tamper-evident band are formed only by elastic deformation and only when installing an element plane or hollow which therefore does not interfere with the operations of extracting the mold.
  • the area left vacant then serves as a means of gripping the cover of the capsule.
  • the capsule of the invention is intended to ensure plugging sealed container whose upper part or neck is provided with a hanging flange.
  • This capsule is preferably produced by injection molding of an elastically deformable plastic at least in part.
  • the capsule embodiment shown in Figure 1 is consisting of a cover 1 surmounting a side skirt 2 which is provided in its lower part with latching means under the flange C of container R (see Figure 2).
  • the skirt 2 is, moreover, provided, in its upper part, with a removable tamper-evident band 12.
  • the skirt 2 is attached to the cover 1 directly above its edge device 1a.
  • the tamper-evident band 12 provides the removable connection between the cover 1 and the skirt 2.
  • the strip 12 is attached by a film fragile device 20 liable to be broken or torn apart cover 1 and at the skirt 2.
  • the tamper-evident band 12 carries a tongue 22 which extends downwards and at least part of which, and here the lower part, is free, that is to say without film 20.
  • the tongue 22 is produced at one of the ends of the strip 12 and is housed at rest in a coplanar manner with the skirt 2 and the strip 12 in a corresponding cut 2a so as to define, before snap-fastening on the container R, an envelope substantially cylindrical.
  • the strip 12 is produced only on a portion of the periphery of the side skirt 2 by providing on the complementary portion a hinge 21.
  • FIG. 2 shows a sectional view of the embodiment in Figure 1 at the start of installation on container R.
  • the capsule further comprises a cylindrical sleeve 10, secured to the underside of the cover 1.
  • This sleeve 10 is intended to be inserted inside the upper part or the neck of the container R, in leaktight contact with its internal wall (see FIG. 3).
  • the latching means of the skirt 2 are not yet locked under the flange C of the container R.
  • These means consist of an internal projection 23 partially device which is, in this position, pressing on the flange C.
  • the tamper-evident band 12 and its tongue 22 are attached to the underside of cover 1 at a distance from its peripheral edge 1a which corresponds substantially to the thickness of their external parts in projection, to obtain a substantially cylindrical envelope.
  • the external face of the tongue 22 is here produced in the form of a portion of cylinder.
  • the lower and upper edges of the strip 12 and the tongue 22 are preferably bevelled.
  • the internal face of the tongue 22 of the tamper-evident band 12 is provided with a boss 22a.
  • the boss 22a is located on the skirt 2 substantially at the same height than the internal projection 23, so that in the position shown in Figure 2, it is, like it, resting on the flange C.
  • the boss 22a has a profile with at least two and preferably three flat facets.
  • the upper facet 220 and the lower facet 221 are inclined at an angle between 20o and 40o relative to the axis vertical of the boss.
  • the central facet 222 is in turn parallel to this axis.
  • the upper facet 220 is tilted in order to facilitate ejection of the mold during the manufacture of the capsule.
  • the latching phase of the internal projection 23 begins with the support of the lower facet 221 on the flange C, followed by sliding of this inclined facet on said flange.
  • Figure 3 shows the same embodiment of the capsule after snapping into its final position.
  • the geometry of the boss 22 is determined as a function of that of the flange C to obtain the amplitude of the desired pivoting.
  • the snap-in therefore automatically puts the tongue 22 projecting from the plane of the side skirt 2, and to offer thus a means of gripping the tamper-evident band 12.
  • the lower edge 2b of the side skirt 2 is in abutment against a lower shoulder T of the neck of the container R.
  • FIG. 4 still represents the same embodiment of the capsule after removal of the tamper-evident strip 12 and its tab 22 by tearing and trimming the film 20.
  • the hinge 21 is formed, at least in part, by a zone thinned 21a from the wall of the skirt 2 situated above the projection 23.
  • the elastically deformable nature of the material of the capsule allows the opening of the cover 1 by bending the hinge 21.
  • Figure 5 shows the same embodiment of the capsule while opening the cover 1.
  • the user lifts the cover 1, for example by entering its peripheral edge 1a by the cut 2a.
  • the container R is opened by pivoting the cover 1 up around an axis passing through the hinge 21 in driving the sleeve 10.
  • the sleeve 10 is gradually released by sliding and, if necessary if necessary, by elastically deforming in contact with the internal wall of the container neck.
  • FIG. 6 represents another embodiment of the capsule of the invention in which the external face of the tongue 22 has a profile hollow which is complementary to the three-faceted profile of boss 22a.
  • Figures 7a and 7b show an alternative embodiment in the position of figure 4, i.e. after removing the strip inviolability.
  • peripheral edge 1a of the cover 1 is provided with a cutout 11.
  • This cut which is preferably made in the area diametrically opposite the hinge 21, provides a means of additional grip of the cover 1.
  • the upper face of the cover 1 has an arrow F indicating the location of the cutout 11 at consumer.

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  1. Kappe zum dichten Verschließen eines Behälters (R) mit einem Befestigungsflansch (C), die aus einem Deckel besteht, welcher eine seitliche Schürze (2) überragt, die in ihrem unteren Teil mit Mitteln zum Einrasten unter dem Flansch (C) und in ihrem oberen Teil mit einem lösbaren Originalitätssicherungsstreifen (12) versehen ist, der durch eine zerreißbare Umfangshaut (20) am Deckel (1) und an der Schürze (2) befestigt ist und eine Lasche (22) trägt, die ein Mittel zum Ergreifen des Streifens (12) bildet, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass der obere Teil oder der untere Teil der Lasche (22) durch die Haut (20) am Deckel (1) oder an der Schürze (2) befestigt ist und dass ihre Innenfläche mit einem Buckel (22a) versehen ist, der mit mindestens zwei Seitenflächen (220, 221, 222) gebildet ist, die beim Einrasten der Kappe das Gleiten an dem Flansch (C) sowie das Nachaußenschwenken der Lasche gewährleisten.
  2. Kappe nach Anspruch 1, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die Lasche (22) an einem der Enden des Originalitätssicherungsstreifens (12) ausgeführt ist.
  3. Kappe nach Anspruch 1 oder 2, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass der Streifen (12) nur an einem Umfangsteil der Schürze (2) ausgeführt ist, wobei an dem komplementären Teil ein Scharnier (21) gebildet ist.
  4. Kappe nach einem der vorhergehenden Ansprüche, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die Mittel zum Einrasten der Schürze (2) unter dem Flansch (C) aus einem teilweise um den Umfang verlaufenden Innenvorsprung (23) bestehen.
  5. Kappe nach einem der vorhergehenden Ansprüche, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die Lasche (22) in einem entsprechenden Ausschnitt (2a) der seitlichen Schürze (2) aufgenommen ist.
  6. Kappe nach einem der vorhergehenden Ansprüche, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass der untere Rand (2b) der Schürze an eine untere Schulter (T) des Halses des Behälters (R) anstößt.
  7. Kappe nach einem der vorhergehenden Ansprüche, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass sie des Weiteren eine zylindrische Buchse (10) aufweist, die mit der Innenfläche des Deckels fest verbunden ist und in das Innere des Behälters (R) in dichtem Kontakt mit seiner oberen Innenwand eingeführt werden soll.
  8. Kappe nach einem der vorhergehenden Ansprüche, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die seitliche Schürze (2) lotrecht zu dem Umfangsrand (1a) des Deckels (1) an letzterem befestigt ist, so dass sie vor dem Einrasten am Behälter (R) eine zylindrische Hülle bildet.
  9. Kappe nach einem der vorhergehenden Ansprüche, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die Außenfläche der Lasche (22) ein vertieftes Profil aufweist.
  10. Kappe nach einem der Ansprüche 1 bis 8, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die Außenfläche der Lasche (22) ein zur Schürze (2) koplanarer Zylinderteil ist.
  11. Kappe nach einem der vorhergehenden Ansprüche, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass der Umfangsrand (1a) des Deckels (1) in dem dem Scharnier (21) diametral gegenüberliegenden Bereich mit einem Ausschnitt (11) versehen ist.
  12. Kappe nach einem der vorhergehenden Ansprüche, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass der innere Buckel (22a) der Lasche ein aus mindestens zwei Seitenflächen (220, 221, 222) gebildetes Profil aufweist.
EP97403028A 1996-12-13 1997-12-12 Verschlusskappe für einen mit einem Befestigungsflansch versehenen Behälter Expired - Lifetime EP0852205B1 (de)

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LU88851A LU88851A1 (fr) 1996-12-13 1996-12-13 Capsule pour le bouchage d'un récipient dont le col est équipé d'une collerette
LU88851 1996-12-13

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