EP0855347A1 - Plastic bucket with lid and sealing lip - Google Patents

Plastic bucket with lid and sealing lip Download PDF

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EP0855347A1
EP0855347A1 EP98200214A EP98200214A EP0855347A1 EP 0855347 A1 EP0855347 A1 EP 0855347A1 EP 98200214 A EP98200214 A EP 98200214A EP 98200214 A EP98200214 A EP 98200214A EP 0855347 A1 EP0855347 A1 EP 0855347A1
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Anno Gerrit Van Den Brink
Dirk Steven Van Den Brink
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  • This invention relates to a plastic bucket provided with a lid, the bucket comprising a bottom wall and at least one sidewall, which sidewall terminates at an upper side of the bucket in a single upper edge, the lid comprising a top wall and a depending circumferential apron by means of which the lid is clampable onto the single upper edge, the bucket comprising adjacent the upper edge a circumferential rib extending substantially perpendicularly to the bucket, which circumferential rib merges into a depending edge extending substantially parallel to the sidewall, the circumferential rib and the depending edge connecting thereto being provided with a profile to which connects a free lower edge of the depending circumferential apron of the lid, in a closed position of the lid, such that the free lower edge is not grippable for a user, the bucket comprising a removable sealing lip which is located adjacent the circumferential rib and the depending edge connecting thereto, at a sealing position, the sealing lip in a sealed condition preventing gripping of the free lower edge of the lid, while
  • a drawback of the known bucket is that at the sealing position it is considerably less stiff than elsewhere at the circumference. This is a consequence of the fact that the circumferential rib is situated considerably lower at the location of the sealing position than it is at the other circumferential parts. Because, moreover, the depending edge connecting to the circumferential rib has a rather small height, the bracing connection between the circumferential rib and the depending edge at the sealing position and the circumferential rib and the depending edge at the other circumferential areas is minimal, as a result of which the bucket buckles easily at the sealing position.
  • the object of the invention is to provide a bucket of the type described in the preamble without the above-described disadvantages, that is, a bucket, provided with a lid, with a single upper edge and a sealing lip and having a stiffness substantially the same throughout the circumference.
  • the bucket of the type mentioned in the preamble is characterized, according to the invention, in that the shape of the circumferential rib and the depending edge connecting thereto at the sealing position deviates from the shape thereof at the other circumferential positions, this deviating shape, however, being such in each case that the circumferential rib, throughout the circumference and hence also at the sealing position, extends adjacent the upper edge of the bucket, in such a manner that the stiffness of the bucket is substantially the same throughout the circumference thereof.
  • the bucket has a particularly good stiffness along the entire circumference.
  • Fig. 1 shows an example of a plastic bucket 1 to which the present invention relates.
  • the plastic bucket 1 comprises a bottom wall 3 and at least one sidewall 4, which sidewall 4 terminates at an upper side of the bucket in a single upper edge 5.
  • the bucket 1 is further provided with a lid 2 with a top wall 6 and a depending circumferential apron 7 by means of which the lid 2 is clampable onto the single upper edge 5.
  • the bucket 1 comprises adjacent the upper edge 5 a circumferential rib 8 extending substantially perpendicularly to the bucket 1, which merges into a depending edge 9 extending substantially parallel to the sidewall 4.
  • the circumferential rib 8 and the depending edge 9 connecting thereto are provided with a profile to which connects a free lower edge 7a of the depending circumferential apron 7 of the lid 2, in a closed position of the lid 2, such that the free lower edge 7a is not grippable for a user.
  • the bucket 1 further comprises a removable sealing lip 11 which is located adjacent the circumferential rib 8 and the depending edge 9 connecting thereto, at a sealing position 12.
  • the sealing lip 11 in a sealed condition, prevents gripping of the free lower edge 7a of the lid 2. After removal of the sealing lip 11 gripping the free lower edge 7a of the lid 2 is possible at the sealing position.
  • such gripping of the free lower edge 7a of the lid 2 at the sealing position 12 after removal of the sealing lip 11 is possible in that the shape of the circumferential rib 8, and the depending edge 9 connecting thereto, at the sealing position 12 deviates from the shape thereof at the other circumferential positions.
  • this deviating shape is such that the circumferential rib 8, throughout the circumference and hence also at the sealing position 12, extends adjacent the upper edge 5 of bucket 1, so that the stiffness of the bucket is substantially the same throughout the entire circumference thereof.
  • the deviating shape is characterized in that the circumferential rib 8 at the sealing position 12 is arranged somewhat lower than at the other circumferential positions and in that the depending edge 9 connecting to the circumferential rib 8 is situated somewhat closer to the sidewall 4 of the bucket 1 than it is at the other circumferential positions.
  • the sealing lip 11, via a lower end 11a thereof, is detachably connected to the circumferential rib 8 at the transition between the circumferential rib 8 and the depending edge 9.
  • the detachable connection of the sealing lip 11 to the circumferential rib 8 is formed by breakable bridges 13 from plastic. It is also possible, however, for this connection to be formed by a very thin-walled plastic fleece 14 or by a combination of breakable bridges 13 with a thin-walled fleece.
  • the sealing lip 11 is basically formed from plastic walls 15, 16 which at the same time constitute the circumferential rib 8 and/or the depending edge 9.
  • the connection between the sealing lip 11 and the circumferential rib 8 and/or depending edge 9 is constituted by breakable bridges 13 from plastic or by a very thin-walled plastic fleece 14 or by a combination thereof.
  • the sealing lip 11 is provided with a gripping edge 11a which is readily grippable for the purpose of breaking away the sealing lip 11.
  • circumferential rib 8 throughout the circumference of the bucket 1, is connected through strengthening rib parts 17 with the or each sidewall 4 of the bucket 1, also at the sealing position 12. It goes without saying that such strengthening rib parts 17 could also be used in designing the type as shown in Figs. 2-4.
  • a plastic bucket 1 with a particularly good stiffness is obtained when the shape of the circumferential rib 8, the depending edge 9 and the sealing lip 11 are such that after breaking away the sealing lip 11, at the sealing position 12 still a considerable stiffness-providing part of the circumferential rib 8 and the depending edge 9 remains behind.
  • the remaining part of the circumferential rib 8 at the sealing position 12 could, for instance, have a width which is at least 50% of the width of the circumferential rib 8 at the other circumferential positions, while the remaining part of the depending edge 9 at the sealing position 12 could, for instance, have a height which is at least 50% of the height of the depending edge 9 at the other circumferential positions.
  • Fig. 1 a bucket 1 with a handle 18 is depicted, which handle 18 is connected to the sidewall 4 of the bucket 2 via a hinge 19.
  • the invention is also applicable with buckets not fitted with a handle 18.

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NL1005099A NL1005099C2 (nl) 1997-01-27 1997-01-27 Kunststof emmer met deksel en verzegelingslip.
NL1005099 1997-01-27

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NL1011678C2 (nl) 1999-03-26 2000-09-27 Den Brink B V Van Samenstel van een houder en een deksel.
WO2000058171A1 (en) 1999-03-26 2000-10-05 Gereedschappenfabriek Van Den Brink B.V. Cover, and assembly of a holder and a cover
NL1016254C2 (nl) 2000-09-22 2002-03-25 Den Brink B V Van Deksel alsmede een samenstel van een houder en een deksel.
WO2003013967A1 (de) * 2001-08-07 2003-02-20 Huber Westform Gmbh + Co. Behälter mit deckel

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DE4422534A1 (de) * 1994-02-25 1995-08-31 Jokey Plastik Wipperfuerth Spritzgegossener Einrand-Kunststoffbehälter mit einrastbarem Deckel

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DE4422534A1 (de) * 1994-02-25 1995-08-31 Jokey Plastik Wipperfuerth Spritzgegossener Einrand-Kunststoffbehälter mit einrastbarem Deckel

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Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
NL1011678C2 (nl) 1999-03-26 2000-09-27 Den Brink B V Van Samenstel van een houder en een deksel.
WO2000058171A1 (en) 1999-03-26 2000-10-05 Gereedschappenfabriek Van Den Brink B.V. Cover, and assembly of a holder and a cover
NL1016254C2 (nl) 2000-09-22 2002-03-25 Den Brink B V Van Deksel alsmede een samenstel van een houder en een deksel.
EP1190957A1 (en) 2000-09-22 2002-03-27 van den Brink B.V. Cover for a container
WO2003013967A1 (de) * 2001-08-07 2003-02-20 Huber Westform Gmbh + Co. Behälter mit deckel

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ID22126A (id) 1999-09-09
IL123050A0 (en) 1998-09-24

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