EP0963322A1 - Drink can with hygienically protected drinking portion and opening - Google Patents

Drink can with hygienically protected drinking portion and opening

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EP0963322A1
EP0963322A1 EP98908146A EP98908146A EP0963322A1 EP 0963322 A1 EP0963322 A1 EP 0963322A1 EP 98908146 A EP98908146 A EP 98908146A EP 98908146 A EP98908146 A EP 98908146A EP 0963322 A1 EP0963322 A1 EP 0963322A1
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Christophe Sais
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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
    • B65D17/00—Rigid or semi-rigid containers specially constructed to be opened by cutting or piercing, or by tearing of frangible members or portions
    • B65D17/28—Rigid or semi-rigid containers specially constructed to be opened by cutting or piercing, or by tearing of frangible members or portions at lines or points of weakness
    • B65D17/401—Rigid or semi-rigid containers specially constructed to be opened by cutting or piercing, or by tearing of frangible members or portions at lines or points of weakness characterised by having the line of weakness provided in an end wall
    • B65D17/4012—Rigid or semi-rigid containers specially constructed to be opened by cutting or piercing, or by tearing of frangible members or portions at lines or points of weakness characterised by having the line of weakness provided in an end wall for opening partially by means of a tearing tab
    • 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
    • B65D2517/00—Containers specially constructed to be opened by cutting, piercing or tearing of wall portions, e.g. preserving cans or tins
    • B65D2517/0001—Details
    • B65D2517/001—Action for opening container
    • B65D2517/0013—Action for opening container pull-out tear panel, e.g. by means of a tear-tab
    • 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
    • B65D2517/00—Containers specially constructed to be opened by cutting, piercing or tearing of wall portions, e.g. preserving cans or tins
    • B65D2517/0001—Details
    • B65D2517/0047—Provided with additional elements other than for closing the opening
    • B65D2517/0049—Straws, spouts, funnels, or other devices facilitating pouring or emptying
    • 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
    • B65D2517/00—Containers specially constructed to be opened by cutting, piercing or tearing of wall portions, e.g. preserving cans or tins
    • B65D2517/0001—Details
    • B65D2517/0098—Means for preventing dust contacting pouring opening, e.g. a cover over the tear panel

Definitions

  • Metal can for beverage, the part in contact with the mouth and the opening are hygienically protected.
  • the subject of the invention is a metal can for beverages, the part in contact with the mouth and the opening are hygienically protected.
  • the box according to the invention protects, before putting into service, all the part which will be in contact with the lips of the mouth as well as the opening. It facilitates the flow of the bottom of the liquid in the metal box or can, so there is little loss of liquid. There is no deposit on the top of the box because the cover is flat and without grooves. The edges of the orifice guide the liquid by forming a neck.
  • a can for drinks with a tear-off tab for the opening of the cover provided with an extraction chute, particularly in the cover, provided of a plastic extraction chute allowing the liquid to be obtained hygienically and protecting the beverage and the can when the opening is open.
  • the chute is, when the bobbin is closed, located inside the bobbin and when the bobbin is open, the chute passes through the hole and is projected outside.
  • the chute can preferably be described as a part combining with a support disc and a tube and cover assembly.
  • the extraction chute can be closed with an additive piece applied to it if desired.
  • storage is provided for a closure piece, which can be inserted into the opening orifice and close the can after the extraction chute has been pushed into the can.
  • An easy opening and closing system attached to the body of the container comprising an upper tongue, with a peripheral flange dependent on the tongue, two grooves defining a partial opening zone which includes part of the flange and a part of the tongue above, a stapling system attached to said zone for the partial rupture of the opening part along the groove to allow a lii ⁇ Institute opening, two other grooves defining the complete opening of the zone opening which includes a part of the flange and a part of the tab, and another staple system connected with the opening of the closing zone to cause the rupture of the container along the other grooves, and to completely remove the container closure system.
  • the opening made by actuating the tongue is a simple orifice without neck to conduct the liquid.
  • the invention tends to avoid all of these drawbacks.
  • the invention is a metal can for beverages, of the cylindrical type, the opening of which is produced by tearing off a metal tab, characterized in that the lid of the box comes flush with the upper edge and that a part of said cover is reserved to be in contact with the mouth, this part is curved and of oval shape with, in its central part, an opening, this part, intended to be in contact with the mouth, is equipped with a protective cover which is itself torn off by a tab with a tearing ring.
  • the part of the cover is curved and in the shape of a mouth so as to be able to position the lips of the user. It is this curved part which ensures by its shape the flow of the liquid while avoiding leaving a significant residual part of the liquid.
  • the opening is provided with a neck which facilitates the flow of the liquid.
  • the opening has, in a preferred embodiment, an oval shape.
  • the metal tab is offset from the opening of the neck of the box.
  • the protective cover the shape of which adapts to the shape of the part of the cover intended to be in contact with the mouth, is made of a pre-gripped piece which comes to fit in force by a groove provided for this purpose in a peripheral lug of the part that the cover protects.
  • This cover has its entire central part which is circumscribed by a precut area which is torn off with the tear-off tab while the part of the cover which remains in place protects the user from the border.
  • Figure 1 is a side view with a portion cut away from a metal box of the current conventional type.
  • Figure 2 is a view, according to Figure 1, but seen from above.
  • Figure 3 is a side view, with a portion cut away at the lid of a metal box, according to the invention.
  • Figure 4 is a view according to Figure 3, but where the box is viewed from above.
  • Figure 5 is a cross-sectional view along the axis A- A, shown in Figure 7, of the cover with its protective cover and its tongue.
  • Figure 6 is a view according to Figure 3.
  • Figure 7 is a top view of the canister according to the invention.
  • Figure 8 is a cross-sectional view along the axis B- B, shown in Figure 10, of the cover when the protective cover has been torn off.
  • Figure 9 is a side view of the canister according to the invention, according to Figures 3 and 6, but where the protective cover has been torn off before use.
  • the invention is a metal can for metal drinks, the opening of which is made by tearing off a metal tab.
  • This metal can for beverages has many drawbacks, in particular due to the wide groove which exists between the lid of said can and its opening and the upper edge of the can. This groove retains all the dirt, waste and other debris to which the said box is exposed during its storage and handling.
  • the invention solves all these problems. It is a metal box of the cylindrical type 4, the opening 5 of which is produced by tearing off a metal tab 6.
  • the cover 7 of said box 4 is flush with the upper edge 8 of said metal box 4
  • Part of the cover, part 9, is reserved to be in contact with the mouth.
  • This part 9 is curved and oval in shape, with an opening 10 in its central part.
  • This part 9 is intended to be in contact with the mouth. It is equipped with a protective cover 11 which is itself torn off by a tongue 12 with a tearing ring.
  • the cross section shown in Figure 5 highlights the bare part 9 of the cover 7 for receiving the lips and which has a curved shape in the shape of a mouth so as to be able to position the lips of the user.
  • This curved shape towards the inside of the box ensures and facilitates, by this shape, the flow of the liquid by preventing it from remaining inside.
  • This same part 9 forms, at the opening 5 of the metal box 4, a neck 10 which facilitates the flow of the liquid.
  • the opening 5 has, in a preferred embodiment, as shown in the figures, an oval shape.
  • the tear-off tab 12 is offset from the opening 5.
  • the protective cover 11, whose shape adapts to the shape of the part 9 of the cover 7 is intended to be in contact with the mouth and made of a pre-grabbed part, which comes to fit in force by a groove 13 provided for this purpose in the periphery of said cover 11. This groove comes in force to fit on the peripheral lug 14 of part 9.
  • This cover 11 has all of its central main part which is circumscribed by a precut area 15.
  • This precut central part 15 is intended to be torn off by actuating the tear-off tab 12, while the remaining part 16 of the cover 9 remains in place to protect the user's lips from any roughness of the edges of the cover and of part 9 of the cover.
  • the box according to the invention protects until the last moment all the part 9 which will be in contact with the mouth of the user.

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Abstract

The invention concerns a drink can with its opening and the portion for contact with the mouth hygienically protected. It consists of a cylindrical drink can (4) to be opened (5) by tearing off a metal tab; the can (4) lid (7) is flush with the top edge (8) and a portion (9) of said lid (7) is designed to be in contact with the mouth, said portion (9) is curved and oval with, in its central part, an opening (5), said portion (9), designed to be in contact with the mouth, is provided with a protective seal (11) which itself is torn off by a tab (12) with a tear-off ring. The invention is applicable to drink cans.

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"Boîte métallique pour boisson dont la partie en contact avec la bouche et l'ouverture sont protégées de manière hygiénique . " "Metal can for beverage, the part in contact with the mouth and the opening are hygienically protected."
L'invention a pour objet une boîte métallique pour boisson dont la partie en contact avec la bouche et l'ouverture sont protégées de manière hygiénique.The subject of the invention is a metal can for beverages, the part in contact with the mouth and the opening are hygienically protected.
La boîte selon l'invention protège, avant la mise en service, toute la partie qui sera en contact avec les lèvres de la bouche ainsi que l'ouverture. Elle facilite l'écoulement du fond du liquide se trouvant dans la boîte ou canette métallique, il y a donc peu de perte de liquide. Il n'y a pas de dépôt sur le dessus de la boîte car le couvercle est plat et sans rainure. Les bords de l'orifice guident le liquide en formant un goulot.The box according to the invention protects, before putting into service, all the part which will be in contact with the lips of the mouth as well as the opening. It facilitates the flow of the bottom of the liquid in the metal box or can, so there is little loss of liquid. There is no deposit on the top of the box because the cover is flat and without grooves. The edges of the orifice guide the liquid by forming a neck.
L'état de la technique peut être défini par les brevets suivants : - WO86/01488 : Une canette pour boissons avec une languette d 'arrachage pour l 'ouverture du couvercle munie d 'une goulotte d 'extraction, particulièrement dans le couvercle, munie d 'une goulotte d 'extraction en plastique permettant d 'obtenir le liquide de manière hygiénique et protéger la di te boisson et la canette lorsque l 'orifice est ouvert . La goulotte est, lorsque la canette est fermée, située à l 'intérieur de la canette et lorsque la canette est ouverte, la goulotte passe à travers l 'orifice et est projetée à l 'extérieur. La goulotte peut être décri te de préférence comme une pièce combinant avec un disque support et un ensemble tube et couvercle . La goulotte d 'extraction peut être fermée avec une pièce additive s 'appliquant dessus si désiré . De plus, un rangement est prévu pour une pièce de fermeture, qui peut être insérée dans l 'orifice d 'ouverture et fermer la canette une fois la goulotte d 'extraction poussée dans la canette .The state of the art can be defined by the following patents: - WO86 / 01488: A can for drinks with a tear-off tab for the opening of the cover provided with an extraction chute, particularly in the cover, provided of a plastic extraction chute allowing the liquid to be obtained hygienically and protecting the beverage and the can when the opening is open. The chute is, when the bobbin is closed, located inside the bobbin and when the bobbin is open, the chute passes through the hole and is projected outside. The chute can preferably be described as a part combining with a support disc and a tube and cover assembly. The extraction chute can be closed with an additive piece applied to it if desired. In addition, storage is provided for a closure piece, which can be inserted into the opening orifice and close the can after the extraction chute has been pushed into the can.
- US 3 . 701.454 : Un système aisé d 'ouverture et de fermeture attaché au corps du récipient est prévu comprenant une languette supérieure, avec une collerette périphérique dépendante de la languette, deux rainures définissant une zone d 'ouverture partielle qui inclue une partie de la collerette et une partie de la languette du dessus, un système d 'agrafage attaché à la dite zone pour la rupture partielle de la partie d 'ouverture le long de la rainure pour permettre une ouverture liiπitée, deux autres rainures définissant l 'ouverture complète de la zone d 'ouverture qui inclut une partie de la collerette et une partie de la languette, et un autre système d 'agrafe relié avec l 'ouverture de la zone de fermeture pour provoquer la rupture du récipient le long des autres rainures , et pour enlever complètement le système de fermeture du récipient .- US 3. 701.454: An easy opening and closing system attached to the body of the container is provided comprising an upper tongue, with a peripheral flange dependent on the tongue, two grooves defining a partial opening zone which includes part of the flange and a part of the tongue above, a stapling system attached to said zone for the partial rupture of the opening part along the groove to allow a liiπitée opening, two other grooves defining the complete opening of the zone opening which includes a part of the flange and a part of the tab, and another staple system connected with the opening of the closing zone to cause the rupture of the container along the other grooves, and to completely remove the container closure system.
- EP. 0744 .355 : Il comprend, à son embouchure, un dispositif combiné avec la partie intérieure du couvercle et l 'ouverture du couvercle afin de former l 'émergence, par rapport à l 'embouchure du récipient, d 'un corps tubulaire qui se prolonge en une feuille continue qui , au niveau du rebord, est interposée entre le couvercle et le corps du récipient, le produi t contenu dans le récipient sortant directement à travers le corps tubulaire sans toucher la partie extérieure du récipient .- EP. 0744 .355: It includes, at its mouth, a device combined with the inner part of the lid and the opening of the lid in order to form the emergence, relative to the mouth of the container, of a tubular body which extends in a continuous sheet which, at the rim, is interposed between the cover and the body of the container, the product contained in the container leaving directly through the tubular body without touch the outside of the container.
Tous ces brevets décrivent des boîtes métalliques pour tenter d'améliorer leur ouverture et/ou pour rendre plus hygiénique leur utilisation. Cependant, à l'origine ces différents brevets utilisent toujours des boîtes métalliques d'un même type. Ces types de boîtes métalliques classiques présentent de nombreux inconvénients.All these patents describe metal boxes in an attempt to improve their opening and / or to make their use more hygienic. However, originally these different patents always use metal boxes of the same type. These types of conventional metal cans have many drawbacks.
Ces boîtes métalliques classiques sont pourvues d'un couvercle qui est enfoncé dans la boîte, il y a donc une rainure périmétrique et une bordure supérieure au niveau du couvercle.These classic metal cans have a cover which is pushed into the box, so there is a perimeter groove and an upper border at the level of the cover.
Dans cette rainure peuvent venir se loger toutes sortes de produits non hygiéniques.In this groove can be accommodated all kinds of unhygienic products.
De plus, l'ouverture pratiquée en actionnant la languette est un simple orifice sans goulot pour conduire le liquide. L'invention tend à éviter tous ces inconvénients.In addition, the opening made by actuating the tongue is a simple orifice without neck to conduct the liquid. The invention tends to avoid all of these drawbacks.
A cet effet, l'invention est une boîte métallique pour boisson, du type cylindrique, dont l'ouverture est réalisée par l'arrachage d'une languette métallique caractérisé par le fait que le couvercle de la boîte vient affleurer la bordure supérieure et qu'une partie dudit couvercle est réservée pour être en contact avec la bouche, cette partie est incurvée et de forme ovale avec, dans sa partie centrale, une ouverture, cette partie, destinée à être en contact avec la bouche, est équipée d'un opercule de protection qui est lui-même arraché par une languette avec un anneau d'arrachage.To this end, the invention is a metal can for beverages, of the cylindrical type, the opening of which is produced by tearing off a metal tab, characterized in that the lid of the box comes flush with the upper edge and that a part of said cover is reserved to be in contact with the mouth, this part is curved and of oval shape with, in its central part, an opening, this part, intended to be in contact with the mouth, is equipped with a protective cover which is itself torn off by a tab with a tearing ring.
Selon un mode de réalisation préféré, la partie du couvercle est incurvée et en forme de bouche de manière à pouvoir mettre en place les lèvres de l'utilisateur. C'est cette partie incurvée qui assure de par sa forme l'écoulement du liquide en évitant de laisser une partie résiduelle importante du liquide.According to a preferred embodiment, the part of the cover is curved and in the shape of a mouth so as to be able to position the lips of the user. It is this curved part which ensures by its shape the flow of the liquid while avoiding leaving a significant residual part of the liquid.
L'ouverture est pourvue d'un goulot qui facilite 1 ' écoulement du liquide . L'ouverture a, dans un mode de réalisation préféré, une forme ovale .The opening is provided with a neck which facilitates the flow of the liquid. The opening has, in a preferred embodiment, an oval shape.
La languette métallique est décentrée par rapport à l'ouverture du goulot de la boîte. L'opercule de protection, dont la forme s'adapte à la forme de la partie du couvercle destinée à être en contact avec la bouche, est réalisé d'une pièce préfrappée qui vient s'emboîter en force par une rainure prévue à cet effet dans un ergot périphérique de la partie que l'opercule protège. Cet opercule comporte toute sa partie centrale qui est circonscrite par une zone prédécoupée qui s'arrache avec la languette d'arrachage tandis que la partie de l'opercule qui reste en place protège l'utilisateur de la bordure.The metal tab is offset from the opening of the neck of the box. The protective cover, the shape of which adapts to the shape of the part of the cover intended to be in contact with the mouth, is made of a pre-gripped piece which comes to fit in force by a groove provided for this purpose in a peripheral lug of the part that the cover protects. This cover has its entire central part which is circumscribed by a precut area which is torn off with the tear-off tab while the part of the cover which remains in place protects the user from the border.
Les dessins ci-joints sont donnés à titre d'exemples indicatifs et non limitatifs. Ils représentent un mode de réalisation selon l'invention. Ils permettront de comprendre aisément l' invention.The attached drawings are given as indicative and non-limiting examples. They represent an embodiment according to the invention. They will make it easy to understand the invention.
La figure 1 est une vue de côté avec une partie arrachée d'une boîte métallique du type classique actuelle. La figure 2 est une vue, selon la figure 1, mais vue de dessus .Figure 1 is a side view with a portion cut away from a metal box of the current conventional type. Figure 2 is a view, according to Figure 1, but seen from above.
La figure 3 est une vue de côté, avec une partie arrachée au niveau du couvercle d'une boîte métallique, selon l'invention.Figure 3 is a side view, with a portion cut away at the lid of a metal box, according to the invention.
La figure 4 est une vue selon la figure 3 , mais où la boîte est vue de dessus.Figure 4 is a view according to Figure 3, but where the box is viewed from above.
La figure 5 est une vue en coupe transversale selon l'axe A- A, représenté à la figure 7, du couvercle avec son opercule de protection et sa languette.Figure 5 is a cross-sectional view along the axis A- A, shown in Figure 7, of the cover with its protective cover and its tongue.
La figure 6 est une vue selon la figure 3. La figure 7 est une vue de dessus de la boîte métallique selon l'invention.Figure 6 is a view according to Figure 3. Figure 7 is a top view of the canister according to the invention.
La figure 8 est une vue en coupe transversale selon l'axe B- B, représenté à la figure 10, du couvercle lorsque l'opercule de protection a été arraché.Figure 8 is a cross-sectional view along the axis B- B, shown in Figure 10, of the cover when the protective cover has been torn off.
La figure 9 est une vue de côté de la boîte métallique selon l'invention, selon les figures 3 et 6, mais où l'opercule de protection a été arraché avant l'utilisation.Figure 9 is a side view of the canister according to the invention, according to Figures 3 and 6, but where the protective cover has been torn off before use.
L'invention est une boîte métallique pour boisson de type métallique dont l'ouverture est réalisée par l'arrachage d'une languette métallique.The invention is a metal can for metal drinks, the opening of which is made by tearing off a metal tab.
Cette boîte métallique du type classique est représentée dans les figures 1 et 2. La boîte 1 est pourvue d'une ouvertureThis metal box of the conventional type is shown in Figures 1 and 2. Box 1 is provided with an opening
2 qui est dégagée par l'arrachage d'une languette métallique 3.2 which is released by tearing off a metal tab 3.
Cette boîte métallique pour boisson, du type usuel, présente de nombreux inconvénients, notamment du fait de la large rainure qui existe entre le couvercle de ladite boîte et son ouverture et le bord supérieur de la boîte. Cette rainure conserve toutes les saletés, déchets et autres débris auxquels ladite boîte est exposée lors de son stockage et de sa manipulation.This metal can for beverages, of the usual type, has many drawbacks, in particular due to the wide groove which exists between the lid of said can and its opening and the upper edge of the can. This groove retains all the dirt, waste and other debris to which the said box is exposed during its storage and handling.
L'invention résout tous ces problèmes. Il s'agit d'une boîte métallique du type cylindrique 4, dont l'ouverture 5 est réalisée par l'arrachage d'une languette métallique 6. Le couvercle 7 de ladite boîte 4 vient affleurer la bordure supérieure 8 de ladite boîte métallique 4. Une partie du couvercle, la partie 9, est réservée pour être en contact avec la bouche. Cette partie 9 est incurvée et de forme ovale, avec dans sa partie centrale une ouverture 10.The invention solves all these problems. It is a metal box of the cylindrical type 4, the opening 5 of which is produced by tearing off a metal tab 6. The cover 7 of said box 4 is flush with the upper edge 8 of said metal box 4 Part of the cover, part 9, is reserved to be in contact with the mouth. This part 9 is curved and oval in shape, with an opening 10 in its central part.
Cette partie 9 est destinée à être en contact avec la bouche. Elle est équipée d'un opercule de protection 11 qui est lui-même arraché par une languette 12 avec un anneau d'arrachage.This part 9 is intended to be in contact with the mouth. It is equipped with a protective cover 11 which is itself torn off by a tongue 12 with a tearing ring.
La coupe transversale représentée à la figure 5 met en évidence la partie nue 9 du couvercle 7 destiné à recevoir les lèvres et qui a une forme incurvée en forme de bouche de manière à pouvoir mettre en place les lèvres de l'utilisateur. Cette forme incurvée vers l'intérieur de la boîte assure et facilite, de par cette forme, l'écoulement du liquide en évitant que celui- ci reste à l'intérieur.The cross section shown in Figure 5 highlights the bare part 9 of the cover 7 for receiving the lips and which has a curved shape in the shape of a mouth so as to be able to position the lips of the user. This curved shape towards the inside of the box ensures and facilitates, by this shape, the flow of the liquid by preventing it from remaining inside.
Cette même partie 9 forme, au niveau de l'ouverture 5 de la boîte métallique 4, un goulot 10 qui facilite l'écoulement du liquide.This same part 9 forms, at the opening 5 of the metal box 4, a neck 10 which facilitates the flow of the liquid.
L'ouverture 5 a, dans un mode de réalisation préféré, tel que représenté sur les figures, une forme ovale.The opening 5 has, in a preferred embodiment, as shown in the figures, an oval shape.
De même, telle que représentée sur la figure 7, la languette d'arrachage 12 est décentrée par rapport à l'ouverture 5. L'opercule de protection 11, dont la forme s'adapte à la forme de la partie 9 du couvercle 7, est destiné à être en contact avec la bouche et réalisé d'une pièce préfrappée, qui vient s'emboîter en force par une rainure 13 prévue à cet effet dans la périphérie dudit opercule 11. Cette rainure vient en force s'emboîter sur l'ergot périphérique 14 de la partie 9.Similarly, as shown in Figure 7, the tear-off tab 12 is offset from the opening 5. The protective cover 11, whose shape adapts to the shape of the part 9 of the cover 7 , is intended to be in contact with the mouth and made of a pre-grabbed part, which comes to fit in force by a groove 13 provided for this purpose in the periphery of said cover 11. This groove comes in force to fit on the peripheral lug 14 of part 9.
Cet opercule 11 comporte toute sa partie principale centrale qui circonscrite par une zone prédécoupée 15. Cette partie centrale prédécoupée 15 est destinée à être arrachée en actionnant la languette d'arrachage 12, tandis que la partie restante 16 de l'opercule 9 demeure en place pour protéger les lèvres de l'utilisateur de toute aspérité des bordures de l'opercule et de la partie 9 du couvercle.This cover 11 has all of its central main part which is circumscribed by a precut area 15. This precut central part 15 is intended to be torn off by actuating the tear-off tab 12, while the remaining part 16 of the cover 9 remains in place to protect the user's lips from any roughness of the edges of the cover and of part 9 of the cover.
Comme on peut le constater ainsi aisément, la boîte selon l'invention protège jusqu'au dernier moment toute la partie 9 qui sera en contact avec la bouche de l'utilisateur.As can be seen easily, the box according to the invention protects until the last moment all the part 9 which will be in contact with the mouth of the user.
Elle facilite l'écoulement de par la forme de cette partie et de par l'existence d'un goulot 10.It facilitates the flow by the shape of this part and by the existence of a neck 10.
Cette boîte métallique peut être réalisée aisément dans les matériaux actuels. REFERENCES 1. Boîte métallique 2. OuvertureThis metal box can be easily made in current materials. REFERENCES 1. Metal box 2. Opening
3. Languette métallique3. Metal tab
4. Boîte métallique4. Metal box
5. Ouverture5. Opening
6. Languette 7. Couvercle6. Tab 7. Lid
8. Bordure supérieure de la boîte métallique 48. Upper edge of the canister 4
9. Partie du couvercle destinée à recevoir la bouche9. Part of the lid intended to receive the mouth
10. Goulot10. Bottleneck
11. Opercule de protection 12. Languette d'arrachage11. Protective cover 12. Pull-out tab
13. Rainure13. Groove
1 . Ergot périphérique1. Peripheral pin
15. Zone prédécoupée de l'opercule de protection destiné à être arrachée avant l'utilisation 16. Zone de l'opercule de protection qui reste en place sur la boîte après l'arrachage dudit opercule. 15. Pre-cut area of the protective cover intended to be torn off before use 16. Area of the protective cover which remains in place on the box after tearing off said cover.

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1. Boîte métallique (4) pour boisson, du type cylindrique, dont l'ouverture (5) est réalisée par l'arrachage d'une languette métallique caractérisée par le fait que le couvercle (7) de la boîte (4) vient affleurer la bordure supérieure (8) et qu'une partie (9) dudit couvercle (7) est réservée pour être en contact avec la bouche, cette partie (9) est incurvée et de forme ovale avec, dans sa partie centrale, une ouverture (5) , cette partie (9) , destinée à être en contact avec la bouche, est équipée d'un opercule de protection (11) qui est lui-même arraché par une languette (12) avec un anneau d' arrachage .1. Metal can (4) for beverages, of the cylindrical type, the opening (5) of which is made by pulling out a metal tab characterized in that the cover (7) of the can (4) is flush the upper edge (8) and that a part (9) of said cover (7) is reserved to be in contact with the mouth, this part (9) is curved and of oval shape with, in its central part, an opening ( 5), this part (9), intended to be in contact with the mouth, is equipped with a protective cover (11) which is itself torn off by a tongue (12) with a tearing ring.
2. Boîte métallique (4) pour boisson, selon la revendication 1, caractérisée par le fait que la partie (9) du couvercle (7) est incurvée et en forme de bouche de manière à pouvoir mettre en place les lèvres de l'utilisateur ; c'est cette partie (9) incurvée qui assure de par sa forme l'écoulement du liquide en évitant de laisser une partie résiduelle importante du liquide. 2. Metal can (4) for drinks, according to claim 1, characterized in that the part (9) of the cover (7) is curved and in the shape of a mouth so as to be able to put the lips of the user in place. ; it is this curved part (9) which, by its shape, ensures the flow of the liquid while avoiding leaving a significant residual part of the liquid.
3. Boîte métallique (4) pour boisson, selon la revendication 1, caractérisée par le fait que l'ouverture (5) est pourvue d'un goulot (10) qui facilite l'écoulement du liquide.3. Metal can (4) for drinks, according to claim 1, characterized in that the opening (5) is provided with a neck (10) which facilitates the flow of liquid.
4. Boîte métallique (4) pour boisson, selon la revendication 3, caractérisée par le fait que l'ouverture (5) a une forme ovale.4. Metal can (4) for drinks, according to claim 3, characterized in that the opening (5) has an oval shape.
5. Boîte métallique (4) pour boisson, selon la revendication 1, caractérisée par le fait que la languette métallique (12) est décentrée par rapport à l'ouverture (5) du goulot (10) de la boîte.5. Metal can (4) for drinks, according to claim 1, characterized in that the metal tab (12) is offset from the opening (5) of the neck (10) of the can.
6. Boîte métallique (4) pour boisson, selon la revendication 1, caractérisée par le fait que l'opercule de protection (11), dont la forme s'adapte à la forme de la partie du couvercle (7) destinée à être en contact avec la bouche, est réalisé d'une pièce préfrappée qui vient s'emboîter en force par une rainure (13) prévue à cet effet dans un ergot périphérique (14) de la partie que l'opercule protège.6. Metal can (4) for drinks, according to claim 1, characterized in that that the protective cover (11), the shape of which adapts to the shape of the part of the cover (7) intended to be in contact with the mouth, is produced from a pre-gripped part which comes to fit in force by a groove (13) provided for this purpose in a peripheral lug (14) of the part that the cover protects.
7. Boîte métallique (4) pour boisson, selon la revendication 1, caractérisée par le fait que cet opercule (11) comporte toute sa partie centrale qui est circonscrite par une zone prédécoupée (15) qui s'arrache avec la languette d'arrachage (12) tandis que la partie (16) de l'opercule (11) qui reste en place protège l'utilisateur de la bordure . 7. Metal can (4) for drink, according to claim 1, characterized in that this cover (11) has its entire central part which is circumscribed by a pre-cut area (15) which is torn off with the tear-off tab (12) while the part (16) of the cover (11) which remains in place protects the user from the border.
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FR9702375A FR2759977A1 (en) 1997-02-21 1997-02-21 Drink can with ring-pull opening
FR9702375 1997-02-21
FR9707211A FR2759978B3 (en) 1997-02-21 1997-06-09 METALLIC BOX FOR BEVERAGE OF WHICH THE PART IN CONTACT WITH THE MOUTH AND THE OPENING ARE HYGIENICALLY PROTECTED
FR9707211 1997-06-09
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