EP0899204A1 - Kappe mit Originalitätsband für Fläschchen mit Hals grossen Durchmessers - Google Patents

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EP0899204A1
EP0899204A1 EP98402044A EP98402044A EP0899204A1 EP 0899204 A1 EP0899204 A1 EP 0899204A1 EP 98402044 A EP98402044 A EP 98402044A EP 98402044 A EP98402044 A EP 98402044A EP 0899204 A1 EP0899204 A1 EP 0899204A1
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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
    • B65D41/34—Threaded or like caps or cap-like covers provided with tamper elements formed in, or attached to, the closure skirt
    • B65D41/3404—Threaded or like caps or cap-like covers provided with tamper elements formed in, or attached to, the closure skirt with ratchet-and-pawl mechanism between the container and the closure skirt or the tamper element
    • B65D41/3409—Threaded or like caps or cap-like covers provided with tamper elements formed in, or attached to, the closure skirt with ratchet-and-pawl mechanism between the container and the closure skirt or the tamper element the tamper element being integrally connected to the closure by means of bridges

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  • the invention relates to a material stopper.
  • one-piece plastic of the type comprising a wall transverse, a side skirt provided with a thread internal, a tamper-evident ring extending the skirt opposite the transverse wall and connected to the skirt at least by frangible connecting bridges.
  • the invention also relates to an assembly comprising such a stopper and a bottle whose neck comprises an external thread which can cooperate with the thread internal plug.
  • the invention finally relates to this assembly including a contained in the bottle.
  • the invention aims, for this type of cap and assembly, improve sealing and inviolability for bottles whose neck may have a large diameter, of the order of 4 to 20 centimeters.
  • this lip having for function, in the first place, to receive and ensure the joining of a cover of original closure of the bottle and, secondly, the cover having been removed at the first screwing of the bottle, to form a sealing surface cooperating with the plug.
  • the plug is without seal, sealing being ensured by crushing the lip by screwing the cap.
  • This bottle 1 comprises a body 2 with a bottom wall 3 and side wall 4.
  • the upper end of the side wall 4 forms the neck 5 of the bottle 1, defining an orifice end 6.
  • this body 2 is of revolution around an axis 7 substantially perpendicular to the bottom wall 3.
  • this body 2 can be, in cross section perpendicular to axis 7, square, rectangular, oval, polygonal, or any other outline related to transport, sales conditions for example.
  • the body 2 is, in the embodiment shown, substantially cylindrical, axis 7.
  • the body 2 is tapered or has one or more several smaller diameter zones.
  • the bottle 1 is, in one embodiment, made of high density polyethylene by extrusion blowing.
  • blow molding which appeared in France in the 1950s for the manufacture of plasticized PVC bottles for packaging detergents and cleaning products, consists of extruding a warm and soft parison of synthetic material the inside of a mold in at least two pieces, then at blow air into said parison, through the opening of the mold corresponding to the neck of the container, to press the parison on the mold surfaces.
  • Bottle 1 can be produced by extrusion blowing in a material chosen from the group comprising polyvinyl chloride, possibly bi-oriented, polyolefins such as low density polyethylene, high density polyethylene or low polyethylene blend and high density, cellulose triacetate, polymers acrylic, polypropylene and its copolymers, polycarbonate, bi or tripolymer complexes, polyethylene polypropylene blends.
  • a material chosen from the group comprising polyvinyl chloride, possibly bi-oriented, polyolefins such as low density polyethylene, high density polyethylene or low polyethylene blend and high density, cellulose triacetate, polymers acrylic, polypropylene and its copolymers, polycarbonate, bi or tripolymer complexes, polyethylene polypropylene blends.
  • the blend of high and low density polyethylene could be chosen for example when the body 2 must have some flexibility.
  • Polyethylene of great chemical inertness and free of extractable additives can be chosen by example when body 2 must contain food food or detergents.
  • Polypropylene possibly bi-stretched and rendered thus transparent can be chosen when the body 2 must resist sterilization.
  • Cellulose triacetate could be considered when the bottle is intended to contain products containing oil or essences.
  • Acrylic polymers very impermeable to oxygen could be considered for body packaging fatty, possibly food.
  • Polycarbonate could be considered in certain specific applications, particularly in the environment hospital, for sterilizable bottles.
  • polyamide / polyolefin complexes will be to consider for medical applications.
  • polypropylene / ethylene and copolymer complexes vinyl acetate, the complexes in which one of constituent is polyvinylidene chloride can be chosen when the bottle should be both enough impermeable to gas, water vapor and present a fairly good mechanical resistance.
  • the neck 5 of the bottle 1 has an external thread 8.
  • This thread 8 comprises, in the embodiment shown, three threads 9a, 9b and 9c extending over a ring height h 1 .
  • the start of the threads h 2 is, in the embodiment shown, substantially equal to the thickness h 3 of the threads 9a, 9b, 9c and slightly greater than the pitch h 4
  • the difference between the diameter on thread D 1 and the diameter at the bottom of thread D 2 is slightly greater than the thickness e 1 of the neck 5 of the bottle 1.
  • the unblocking diameter D 3 is substantially less than the diameter at the bottom of the thread D 2 .
  • the neck 5 has indeed, at its extreme part upper, an inclined lip 10 disposed between the rim 11 of neck 5 and the peripheral surface substantially vertical 12 located above the thread 9a.
  • the first face 13 is inclined by about 15 ° relative to the plane transverse P.
  • Connection leave 15, 16 thus links the first face 13 to the second face 14 of the lip 10 and the second face 14 to the vertical peripheral surface 12 of the ring, respectively.
  • the threads 9a, 9b, 9c are inclined at an angle ⁇ 3 between 5 and 15 ° relative to the plane P.
  • the height h 5 of the second net surface 18 is of the order of a tenth of the step h 4 .
  • the threads extend over 300 ° on the periphery of the col 5, in the embodiment shown.
  • the threads are interrupted in the joint plane of the neck, in order to prevent possible material burrs plastic do not interfere with the screwing of the cap, this to take into account possible wear and aging of the blow molding mold.
  • the ring of height h 1 is arranged above a shoulder 20.
  • This shoulder with an outside diameter D 4 , greater than the diameter on the thread D 1 , extends over a height h 6 .
  • a reservation zone 21, of height h 7 is arranged below and contiguous to this shoulder 20, below and contiguous to this shoulder 20, and is arranged a reservation zone 21, of height h 7 .
  • This reserved area 21 has an outside diameter D 5 slightly greater than the outside diameter D 4 of the shoulder 20.
  • Reservations or notches 22 define tamper-evident notches cooperating with projections of the tamper-evident band of the cap or associated cap thus that it will be described later.
  • the outside diameter D 6 defined by this side wall is slightly greater than the outside diameter D 5 of the zone 21.
  • the zone 21 and the wall lateral 4 respectively limit the value of the coefficient stress concentration and mitigate the effect of residual stresses.
  • notches 22 are regularly distributed over the periphery from pass 5, in zone 21.
  • three or four notches are arranged in zone 21, regularly distributed or not.
  • the notches 22 are delimited by a bottom wall 23 defined by a diameter D 7 between the diameter on the thread D 1 and the diameter at the bottom of the thread D 2 .
  • Projections 24 separate the notches 22 from each other others.
  • each projection 24 defines the maximum external diameter D 5 of the zone 21.
  • Each projection 24 is limited, laterally, by two substantially flat surfaces 26 and 27 inclined relative to a tangential vertical plane T of an angle ⁇ 6 between 30 ° and 60 °.
  • the angle ⁇ 6 is of the order of 45 °.
  • connection radius 28 between the surface rear 26 of each projection 24 and the lateral surface 25 is smaller than the connecting radius 29 between the front surface 27 of each projection 24 and the external lateral surface 25.
  • the radius of connection between the surface rear 26 of each projection 24 and the bottom wall 23 is smaller than the radius of connection between the surface front of each projection and the outer lateral surface 25.
  • each projection 24 is used with reference to the direction of screwing V of the cap on the neck.
  • the size of the bottle 1 naturally depends the amount of liquid, pasty or powdery product that we want to condition.
  • cap or cap 30 we will now describe the cap or cap 30.
  • the bottom transverse wall 31 has a thinned central part 36.
  • This thinned part 36 has a diameter and a thickness such that the bottles are easily stackable and storable.
  • the side skirt 32 has ridges 37 or gadroons on its external surface, facilitating the unscrewing of the cap 30.
  • the internal thread 33 is of a form complementary to the external thread 8 of the neck 5 of the bottle 1.
  • This internal thread 33 has three threads 38a, 38b, 38c, extending over 285 °.
  • the threads 38a, 38b, 38c are interrupted.
  • the outer surface of the side skirt 32 is slightly tapered, its diameter decreasing from the bottom to the top.
  • the inner surface of the skirt is, in turn, substantially vertical, between the threads 38a, 38b, 38c.
  • the threads 38a, 38b, 38c define contours, in longitudinal section, symmetrical with respect to the plane P, the angles ⁇ 7 ⁇ 8 of inclination of the surfaces 39, 41 relative to this plane being of About 20 °.
  • a shoulder 42 is provided at the base of the skirt, below the threads 38a, 38b, 38c, so that the thickness e 2 of the lower end of the skirt is substantially equal to the thickness e 3 of the skirt , between the nets.
  • This shoulder makes it easier to guide the plug when of its implementation and is part of the means allowing to avoid overstepping.
  • Frangible bridges 35 connecting the strip tamper evident 34 to the side skirt 32 are triangular conical.
  • Figure 7 shows that the cross section high bridges, in their area of association with the edge lower of the skirt 32, is of homothetic surface and less than the lower cross section of these bridges, in their area of association with the inviolability band 34.
  • this cross section, substantially triangular, bridges 35 is surface decreasing from base 45 to summit 46 of bridges 35.
  • each bridge 35 is limited, towards the inside of the cap, by a surface substantially vertical 47 of trapezoidal outline, and is limited, towards the outside of the stopper, by an inclined surface 48.
  • the inclined surface 48 is such that each bridge 35 has symmetry with respect to a radial plane R.
  • the angle between the inclined surface 48 and the vertical is, in this radial median plane R, of the order of 10 °, as shown in Figure 10.
  • the base surface 45 of the bridges 35 extends over a thickness less than that of the tamper-evident band 34.
  • bridges 35 presented above ensures a rupture of these bridges, at the first unscrewing, near the bottom edge of the skirt side, the cap once unscrewed therefore not comprising little or no reliefs at the base of this skirt.
  • Frangible bridges can be chosen from different section, in other embodiments.
  • These bridges can for example be cylindrical, prismatic with square, rectangular or triangular base.
  • Frangible bridges 35 are arranged between support zones 49.
  • the tamper-evident ring is pressed against the plug at the support zones 49 under the effect of pressure which decreases the forces of shear that usually occurs on bridges 35.
  • the support zones 49 thus make it possible to minimize the size of the bridges 35, to provide comfort in use by lowering the effort required to break these bridges.
  • the conical triangular shape of bridges 35 is calculated to avoid unscrewing at an angle, the slope of the inclined surface 48 facilitates the priming of break in the direction of unscrewing.
  • Frangible bridges 50 of rectangular section are arranged between the bearing surface 49 and the face lower 51 of the skirt 32.
  • the tamper-evident ring has, projecting internal, notches 52 coming to lock in the notches 22 from the neck of the bottle 1 at the start of the first unscrewing.
  • These notches 52 have a rear face 60 and a front 61.
  • the rear face 60 is substantially radial and defines an angle ⁇ 1 of the order of zero to a few degrees relative to the radial direction.
  • the front face 61 is inclined at an angle ⁇ 2 relative to the radial direction, ⁇ 2 being of the order of 50 °.
  • each notch 52 When placing the cap on the bottle, on the packaging line, the front surface 61 of each notch 52 can slide on the rear surface 26 of the corresponding projection 24 of the neck (screwing direction V).
  • the ring 34 remaining on the neck 5 cannot be accidentally mix with the contents of the vial.
  • the ring remains associated with the bottle, even when shaking manually the bottle, in particular due to the contact between the base of the shoulder 20 and the upper surface 63 of each notch 52.
  • the stopper can be manufactured by injection.
  • the size of the cap depends of course from that of bottle 1.
  • the 1-cap bottle assembly 30 has improved tamper and sealing characteristics compared to the known assemblies of the prior art, for bottles whose neck can have a large diameter, on the order of 4 to 20 centimeters.
  • a seal not shown, can be sealed on the neck 5, thus blocking the end orifice 6.
  • the seal can be obtained by gluing, induction, thermal, ultrasonic or high welding frequencies, or equivalent.
  • the cover may be tearable and / or peelable.
  • the cover can be repositioned.
  • the cover may include a tab facilitating its removal or a thinner line facilitating its smashing.
  • the cover may be made of a material mono or multilayer polymer, or composite polymer / metals to ensure, for example, good tightness, in particular to gases and water vapor, in multilayer paper cardboard.
  • the cover is in aluminum.
  • the fitting of the cap 30 on the bottle 1 can be manual but is easily mechanized.
  • the cap can be screwed or clipped thanks to the angle of the threads and the rigidity of the neck 5.
  • This slope 64 is inclined by an angle ⁇ 3 of the order of 35 °, in the embodiment shown.
  • Third turn screwing and bridge calibration 35 make it possible to avoid screwing and unscrewing at an angle, even for large cap and neck diameters.
  • the side skirt 32 is, in the embodiment shown, in the vertical extension of the wall lateral 4 of body 2, which improves the aesthetics of the whole compared to existing products.
  • Body 2 cape 30 alignment can be obtained, in an embodiment, using a mold retractable cores for the production of the cape 30.

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FR9710662A FR2767792B1 (fr) 1997-08-26 1997-08-26 Bouchon a bande d'inviolabilite pour flacon a col de grand diametre
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WO2004024586A1 (es) * 2002-09-10 2004-03-25 Betapack, S.A. Tapón con precinto de garantía inviolable
US6948631B2 (en) 2004-01-08 2005-09-27 3088081 Canada Inc. Controllable tamper proof closure for a vial
CN114174186A (zh) * 2019-07-08 2022-03-11 萨克米伊莫拉机械合作社合作公司 用于封闭容器的盖

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FR2185335A5 (de) * 1972-05-18 1973-12-28 Lovida Ag
FR2581368A1 (fr) * 1985-05-02 1986-11-07 Weischede Friedrich Bouchon de garantie en matiere plastique pour recipients et procede pour la fabrication d'un tel bouchon
EP0242475A2 (de) * 1986-04-25 1987-10-28 Cap Snap Co. Kunststoffbehälterverschluss mit einer Folienabdeckung des Flaschenhalses
GB2269372A (en) * 1992-08-06 1994-02-09 Lawson Mardon Cap with tamper-evident band
WO1996002431A1 (en) * 1994-07-14 1996-02-01 Portola Packaging, Inc. Foil lined snap-on, screw-off closure
WO1997026941A1 (en) * 1996-01-22 1997-07-31 Gambro Ab Double seal cap

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FR2185335A5 (de) * 1972-05-18 1973-12-28 Lovida Ag
FR2581368A1 (fr) * 1985-05-02 1986-11-07 Weischede Friedrich Bouchon de garantie en matiere plastique pour recipients et procede pour la fabrication d'un tel bouchon
EP0242475A2 (de) * 1986-04-25 1987-10-28 Cap Snap Co. Kunststoffbehälterverschluss mit einer Folienabdeckung des Flaschenhalses
GB2269372A (en) * 1992-08-06 1994-02-09 Lawson Mardon Cap with tamper-evident band
WO1996002431A1 (en) * 1994-07-14 1996-02-01 Portola Packaging, Inc. Foil lined snap-on, screw-off closure
WO1997026941A1 (en) * 1996-01-22 1997-07-31 Gambro Ab Double seal cap

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WO2004024586A1 (es) * 2002-09-10 2004-03-25 Betapack, S.A. Tapón con precinto de garantía inviolable
US7156247B2 (en) 2002-09-10 2007-01-02 Betapack, S.A. Stopper with guaranteed tamper-proof seal
CN1323905C (zh) * 2002-09-10 2007-07-04 贝塔帕克有限公司 具有防摆弄安全密封件的闭合装置
US6948631B2 (en) 2004-01-08 2005-09-27 3088081 Canada Inc. Controllable tamper proof closure for a vial
CN114174186A (zh) * 2019-07-08 2022-03-11 萨克米伊莫拉机械合作社合作公司 用于封闭容器的盖

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