EP0859722B1 - Fermeture inviolable - Google Patents

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EP0859722B1
EP0859722B1 EP96945717A EP96945717A EP0859722B1 EP 0859722 B1 EP0859722 B1 EP 0859722B1 EP 96945717 A EP96945717 A EP 96945717A EP 96945717 A EP96945717 A EP 96945717A EP 0859722 B1 EP0859722 B1 EP 0859722B1
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Karl-Heinz Rosenthal
Norbert Filip
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Innocos Innovative Verpackungen fur die Kosmetische Industrie GmbH
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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
    • B65D55/00—Accessories for container closures not otherwise provided for
    • B65D55/02—Locking devices; Means for discouraging or indicating unauthorised opening or removal of closure

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  • the invention relates to a container with tamper-evident closure to prove the integrity of a cap, which is over a container wall and one in the container wall provided, releasably connectable with the cap Container opening bulges, with the cap in the closed Condition with its peripheral edge close to the container wall lies or touches them, consisting of at least an indicator element designed as an indicator tab, the the first time it is completely screwed onto the bottle neck is separated from the cap, when opening for the first time falls out of its own weight and in the locked Condition arranged between the container wall and the cap is, with a first end of the indicator element radially towards the center line of the container below the
  • the cap protrudes and a retaining device with one upwards across the longitudinal axis of the indicator element extending leg, and a second end radially protrudes outward, with the indicator tab at the first end on the inside of the cap with at least one Fastening device is connected.
  • Such indicator elements have long been known and serve as a verification facility to determine whether a container is in the closed state for the first time or whether it has already been opened. Such The possibility of checking can be both hygienic, for food, as well as from a conservation point of view, in medicines and cosmetics, for example prove.
  • the indicator elements known from the prior art is based on a common functional principle, the relies on it in the closed state of the container this means that the container has been opened beforehand make the segments of the indicator element at this intended breaking points are separated from each other. If the cap is unscrewed, the indicator elements fall out, so that it becomes clear that the closure is not is more intact.
  • a tamper-evident seal is for example from the German patent application DE-A-4317269 known.
  • Such tamper-evident closures have the disadvantage that that when they are attached to the container, several steps are necessary. First, the indicator element or several indicator elements on the container wall be placed and then the cap must be screwed on become.
  • this object is achieved according to the invention solved in that the fastening device on the upper End of the restraint is arranged and that in the area the attachment the axial distance from the edge of the Cap up to the attachment is smaller than that axial distance between the edge of the cap and the Top of the indicator tab, if this is just with your maximum contact surface lies against the container wall.
  • the second Solution according to the invention is characterized in that the Leg is shorter than the axial distance from the attachment to the edge of the cap.
  • the inventive tamper-evident closure its assembly is significantly simplified. So only the cap has to be applied to the container become. In this process, the attachment between the Indicator tab and the cap released so that the Indicator tab between the container wall and the cap comes to rest without falling out. Will the When the cap is loosened, the indicator tab falls due to their own weight.
  • leg of the indicator tab prevents this falls out before the cap is fully applied and there is still a gap between the edge of the cap and the top of the indicator element.
  • the indicator element When attaching the cap to the container wall the indicator element between the container wall and the edge the cap is jammed.
  • the indicator element forms thereby a lever arm, which is around the on the inner edge of the Edge of the lid and with the top of the indicator element in Touch point rotates. Because the thigh is shorter than the axial distance from the bottom of the Closure cap up to the fastening point, is at one further axial application of the closure cap the attachment loosened between the indicator element and the cap.
  • the indicator element is also in this embodiment between the edge of the cap and the container wall. she is either prevented from falling out by the leg or between the container wall and the edge of the cap trapped.
  • the indicator element is preferably attached the inside of the cap by means of a fastening point. In this way, little material is used for attachment needed and for the destruction of the attachment at Applying the cap does not have to apply great forces become. They are also curved in this way Indicator elements can be fixed perfectly.
  • the attachment point is preferably in the lower area of the Closure cap located near the edge so that the Indicator elements on the inside of the cap Side with small dimensions can be realized. This naturally also applies to any other form of fastening, if no attachment point is used.
  • the indicator element is preferably in one piece on the closure cap integrally molded so that the cap and the indicator element are designed as a one-piece injection molded part.
  • the indicator element and the sealing cap are made as one component manufactured and distributed.
  • the Tamper-evident closure made of plastic.
  • Other suitable Materials can of course also be used be such.
  • the cap itself can have all common and suitable shapes. You can e.g. B. a round, a rectangular or a triangular cross-section to have.
  • the cap can be used to fix the indicator element better in the area of the indicator element with a recess be provided on the edge, the geometry of the recess corresponds approximately to the geometry of the indicator element.
  • the indicator element is thus prevented from being used unintentionally Move protected, in which this from the Cap could fall out.
  • the tamper-evident seal can have several indicator elements, any along the peripheral edge of the cap are positionable. If e.g. B. three indicator elements a cap with a circular cross-section at angles to be offset from 120 ° is a reinsertion the indicator elements by a single person after the Opening of the tamper-evident seal excluded.
  • the total number of indicator elements is only limited by the geometry of the cap and the container wall. So the indicator elements can also be wreath-like along the whole Circumference of the cap are arranged. The geometry and the dimension of the indicator element or elements freely selectable.
  • the closure cap is preferably at the container opening attachable with a screw connection. Alternatively, you can the closure cap at the container opening by means of a bump closure or other suitable releasable connections attached his.
  • the tamper-evident seal according to the invention leaves accordingly with all standard closures and containers use without using the molds to make the containers need to be changed.
  • the indicator element is expediently located at the second end directed in the direction of the central axis of the closure cap Side rounded or beveled, which ensures that the indicator element even with horizontal Container walls when applying the cap on the Container in the radial direction from the center line of the container folds out and between the edge of the cap and the container wall comes to rest.
  • the invention Tamper-evident closure is applicable to both containers, whose container wall protrudes radially below the cap, as well as those containers that are flush with the Complete the sealing cap.
  • the tamper-evident seal according to the invention can be designed in this way be that the indicator element in the closed state between the edge of the cap and the container wall can be pinched. This prevents the indicator element can be pushed inwards in the radial direction or in another way its position is changed. If, on the other hand, the indicator element is not pinched, then a falling out from below the cap through the Prevents leg of the restraint.
  • the tamper-evident closure consists of a cap 1, which is formed on a socket Container opening 3 of a container 2 is releasably attachable.
  • an indicator element 4 On the inside of the cap is in the area of the peripheral edge 11 of the closure cap 1 is an indicator element 4 arranged.
  • the container 2 is around the container opening with a provided shoulder-like beveled container wall 21.
  • the container 2 is with the container wall 21 and the container opening 3 as a one-piece injection molded part designed.
  • the container opening faces on the outside of their neck on a thread, not shown which the cap 1 with a corresponding to the thread Attachment can be screwed on.
  • This connection can alternatively also by means of a bounce lock or other suitable detachable connections.
  • the exact structure of the indicator element is particularly clear can be seen from Fig. 5.
  • the indicator element 4 has a longitudinal leg 41 and one designed as a retaining lug 42 Restraint on.
  • the retaining lug 42 has a transverse to the longitudinal axis of the indicator element Leg 43 on.
  • the indicator element 4 is at the upper end the retaining lug with an attachment point 44 Attachment to the inside of the cap 1 attached.
  • the closure cap 1 and the indicator element 4 are designed as a one-piece injection molded part that over the Attachment point 44 are interconnected. Alternatively can this connection also by means of a film joint or by other suitable means. Realization by means of the attachment point 44 ensures, however, that the Indicator element 4 even with strongly curved caps 1 can be placed perfectly.
  • the indicator element 4 points in the direction of the central axis the side facing the closure cap is rounded 45 on.
  • the container 2 is closed by means of the cap 1 explained with reference to Figures 1 to 3, the operation of the indicator element 4 clearly becomes.
  • the cap is straight on Container opening 3 has been applied. It's not a spinning motion yet to be closed.
  • the indicator element 4 is at the attachment point 44 with the cap 1 connected and hanging vertically downwards.
  • the second The end of the indicator element is in the region of the rounding 45 just in contact with the container wall 21 on the surface thereof came.
  • the closure cap has been partially screwed on, so that it extends in the direction of the container wall 21 has shifted the longitudinal axis of the container.
  • the indicator element is due to the rounding and the slope of the container wall 21 in this process outward from the center line of the container has been pushed away.
  • the slope and the rounding 45 ensure that the indicator element when closing in any case works out so that it is between placed the edge of the cap 1 and the container wall 21 becomes.
  • the indicator element lies with the underside of the longitudinal leg on the container wall 21. At the top of the Longitudinal handle 41 of the indicator element touches this Inner edge of the peripheral edge 11 of the cap 1. Since the Attachment point 44 still on the inside of the cap 1 is attached, the further closing generates a torque around the contact point 46.
  • the indicator element is due to the lever 4 at the attachment point 44 from the cap 1 separated.
  • the retaining lug 42 ensures that the indicator element 4 is not below the cap 1 slips out before the container 2 is closed or that Indicator element 4 between the peripheral edge 11 of the cap and the container wall 21 is clamped. This case is shown in Fig. 3.
  • the fastening point or the fastening device must therefore geometrical and of the material quality be designed so that its destruction during the closing process is ensured, but not done before the sealing cap 1 sufficiently fixed the indicator element 4.
  • FIG. 4 shows a top view of the tamper-evident closure according to the invention in the closed state. It is clear the top of the longitudinal leg 41 of the indicator element 4 to see which between the container wall 21 and the cap 1 is jammed. Now the cap 1 rotated slightly in the opening direction, the indicator element falls due to its own weight. For third parties this shows that the container has been opened.
  • the Indicator element can of course take any suitable form have, so it can e.g. B. round, triangular or very long his.
  • several indicator elements along the peripheral edge 11 of the cap 1 can be placed around a Prevent reinstallation of the indicator elements after opening.
  • the tamper-evident closure becomes the indicator element 4 when closing not between the inner edge the peripheral edge 11 of the cap 1 and the container wall trapped.
  • the attachment point 44 is designed here that the indicator element 4 for resting on the container wall 21 comes without the upper side of the longitudinal leg 41st the indicator element 4 the peripheral edge 11 of the cap touched.
  • the peripheral edge 11 of the cap 1 has in the area of Indicator element 4 has a recess 12, the geometry thereof corresponds approximately to the geometry of the indicator element 4. This Recess 12 forms an additional fixation for the Indicator element 4 against displacement.
  • the tamper-evident closure according to the invention simplifies the Manufacturing and assembly of such closures, since the Cap and the indicator element in one piece as an injection molded part can be designed. It only needs the cap be screwed onto the container. An additional one Work step for interposing the indicator elements is not necessary. Rounding off on the second End of the indicator element ensures that this also from the center line of the container is folded out if the container wall runs horizontally or the container wall ends flush with the cap.

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  1. Récipient comprenant un obturateur de garantie pour la preuve du caractère intact de son capuchon de fermeture (1), qui forme un bombement au-dessus d'une paroi du récipient et d'une ouverture prévue (3) prévue dans la paroi (21) du récipient et est susceptible d'être reliée de manière détachable avec le capuchon de fermeture (1), ledit capuchon de fermeture (1) étant disposé, dans l'état obturé, avec sa bordure périphérique (11) à proximité de la paroi du récipient (21), ou en contact avec celle-ci, comprenant au moins un élément indicateur (4) réalisé sous forme d'une patte indicatrice qui, lors du premier vissage complet sur le goulot de la bouteille, et séparée du capuchon de fermeture, tombe sous l'effet de son propre poids lors de la première ouverture, et est agencée dans l'état obturé entre la paroi de récipient (21) et le capuchon de fermeture (1), dans lequel une première extrémité de l'élément indicateur (4) dépasse radialement en direction de la ligne centrale du récipient sous le capuchon de fermeture (1), et comporte un dispositif de retenue avec un bras qui s'étend vers le haut perpendiculairement à l'axe longitudinal de l'élément indicateur, et une deuxième extrémité dépasse radialement vers l'extérieur, et dans lequel la patte indicatrice est reliée par la première extrémité à la face intérieure du capuchon de fermeture (1) avec au moins un moyen de fixation, caractérisé en ce que le dispositif de fixation est agencé à l'extrémité supérieure du dispositif de retenue, et en ce que dans la région de la fixation, l'éloignement axial depuis la bordure du capuchon de fermeture jusqu'à la fixation est inférieur à la distance axiale entre la bordure du capuchon de fermeture (1) et la face supérieure de la patte indicatrice, lorsque celle-ci s'applique précisément avec sa surface d'appui maximale contre la paroi de récipient (21).
  2. Récipient comprenant un obturateur de garantie pour la preuve du caractère intact de son capuchon de fermeture (1), qui forme un bombement au-dessus d'une paroi du récipient et d'une ouverture prévue (3) prévue dans la paroi (21) du récipient et est susceptible d'être reliée de manière détachable avec le capuchon de fermeture (1), ledit capuchon de fermeture (1) étant disposé, dans l'état obturé, avec sa bordure périphérique (11) à proximité de la paroi du récipient (21), ou en contact avec celle-ci, comprenant au moins un élément indicateur (4) réalisé sous forme d'une patte indicatrice qui, lors du premier vissage complet sur le goulot de la bouteille, et séparée du capuchon de fermeture, tombe sous l'effet de son propre poids lors de la première ouverture, et est agencée dans l'état obturé entre la paroi de récipient (21) et le capuchon de fermeture (1), dans lequel une première extrémité de l'élément indicateur (4) dépasse radialement en direction de la ligne centrale du récipient sous le capuchon de fermeture (1), et comporte un dispositif de retenue avec un bras (43) qui s'étend vers le haut perpendiculairement à l'axe longitudinal de l'élément indicateur, et une deuxième extrémité dépasse radialement vers l'extérieur, et dans lequel la patte indicatrice est reliée par la première extrémité à la face intérieure du capuchon de fermeture (1) avec au moins un moyen de fixation, caractérisé en ce que le bras (43) est plus court que l'éloignement axial depuis la fixation jusqu'à la bordure du capuchon de fermeture (1).
  3. Obturateur de garantie selon l'une ou l'autre des revendications 1 et 2, caractérisé en ce que le capuchon de fermeture (1) présente dans la région de la patte indicatrice un évidement (12) à sa bordure, et en ce que la géométrie de l'évidement (12) correspond essentiellement à la géométrie de la patte indicatrice.
  4. Obturateur de garantie selon l'une ou l'autre des revendications 1 et 3, caractérisé en ce que la patte indicatrice est arrondie ou biseautée à la deuxième extrémité sur le côté dirigé vers l'axe médian du capuchon de fermeture.
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