EP1010633B1 - Hinged closure cap for container - Google Patents
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- EP1010633B1 EP1010633B1 EP99204217A EP99204217A EP1010633B1 EP 1010633 B1 EP1010633 B1 EP 1010633B1 EP 99204217 A EP99204217 A EP 99204217A EP 99204217 A EP99204217 A EP 99204217A EP 1010633 B1 EP1010633 B1 EP 1010633B1
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- Prior art keywords
- clip
- clip element
- screening cap
- liquid holder
- shaped closure
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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
- B65D47/00—Closures with filling and discharging, or with discharging, devices
- B65D47/04—Closures with discharging devices other than pumps
- B65D47/06—Closures with discharging devices other than pumps with pouring spouts or tubes; with discharge nozzles or passages
- B65D47/08—Closures with discharging devices other than pumps with pouring spouts or tubes; with discharge nozzles or passages having articulated or hinged closures
- B65D47/0857—Closures with discharging devices other than pumps with pouring spouts or tubes; with discharge nozzles or passages having articulated or hinged closures made separately from the base element provided with the spout or discharge passage
- B65D47/0876—Hinges without elastic bias
- B65D47/089—Hinges without elastic bias located within a flat surface of the base element
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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
- B65D47/00—Closures with filling and discharging, or with discharging, devices
- B65D47/04—Closures with discharging devices other than pumps
- B65D47/06—Closures with discharging devices other than pumps with pouring spouts or tubes; with discharge nozzles or passages
- B65D47/08—Closures with discharging devices other than pumps with pouring spouts or tubes; with discharge nozzles or passages having articulated or hinged closures
- B65D47/0857—Closures with discharging devices other than pumps with pouring spouts or tubes; with discharge nozzles or passages having articulated or hinged closures made separately from the base element provided with the spout or discharge passage
- B65D47/0861—Closures with discharging devices other than pumps with pouring spouts or tubes; with discharge nozzles or passages having articulated or hinged closures made separately from the base element provided with the spout or discharge passage and elastically biased towards both the open and the closed positions
Definitions
- the present invention relates to a flask for liquids, such as, for instance, bath soap, shampoo and the like.
- a flask for liquids such as, for instance, bath soap, shampoo and the like.
- the closure of such flasks frequently presents difficulties in that a relatively laborious manner of opening and closing is involved, through, for instance, a screw cap, or in that, for instance in the case of a snap closure, after pouring out a particular amount of liquid, leakage arises easily.
- the object of the invention is to provide a flask which can be opened and closed in a very simple manner and in which leakage is avoided virtually completely.
- the flask is arranged according to the features of claim 1.
- EP-A-0.251.590 is known a container cap according to the preamble of claim 1.
- the screening cap In order to prevent, when pouring out liquid from the liquid holder, the screening cap from being filled in its entirety, which readily gives rise to leakage at the connection of the screening cap to the liquid holder, there is provided in the screening cap an outflow space which is in communication with the pouring opening and which, when the screening cap is fitted on the liquid holder, connects to an outflow opening of this liquid holder, which is formed by a spout.
- the outflow space is bounded by an edge provided with lips, limiting the outflow opening.
- the lips fit into the outflow opening of the spout.
- an annular element is present in the screening cap which, when the screening cap is fitted on the liquid holder, engages the spout under an edge on the outer side of the spout.
- the flask in Figs. 1 and 2 comprises a liquid holder 1, and a screening cap 2, securable thereon, with a pouring opening 3 and with a clip-shaped closure 4 therefor.
- the clip-shaped closure 4 comprises a first, relatively rigid clip element 5 which is hingedly connected to the screening cap 2, and a second, more flexible clip element 6, which at one end is hingedly connected to the first clip element 5 and at the other end is hingedly connected to the screening cap 2.
- the second clip element 6 comprises a closing element 7, which fits into the pouring opening 3.
- the clip-shaped closure is manufactured as one whole from plastic.
- the hinged connections therein are then formed by folding seams.
- the first clip element 5 has, as is indicated in Fig. 4, a curved shape and is thus relatively rigid.
- the clip-shaped closure 4 has a part 8 fixedly connectable to the screening cap 2.
- the transition of this part 8 to the first clip element 5 is formed by a folding seam 9.
- the first clip element 5 is capable of hinging about this folding seam 9.
- the second clip element 6 consists of a flat strip and thus forms a flexible part of the clip-shaped closure 4 with respect to the first clip element 5.
- the transition between the two clip elements is formed by a folding seam 10.
- the clip-shaped closure 4 further has a part 11 fixedly connectable to the upper part of the screening cap 2.
- This part is fixedly connected to the screening cap 2 via a run-through element 11'.
- the transition from the part 11 to the second clip element 6 is formed by a folding seam 12.
- the second clip element 6 is capable of hinging about the folding seams 10 and 12.
- an outwardly projecting part 13 is arranged to enable the first clip element 5 to be moved upwards therewith.
- the second clip element In a first position, in which the pouring opening 3 is closed by the closing element 7, the second clip element is in a virtually unstressed condition. This is also the case in a second position, in which the flask is opened and the first clip element 5 has reached its extreme position, as represented in Fig. 3 by chain-dotted lines.
- the clip-shaped closure 4 When the clip-shaped closure 4 is moved from the first to the second position or vice versa, this can only be done while bending the second clip element 6, as indicated in Fig. 3 by the broken lines.
- the clip-shaped closure 4 When the part 13 is moved up, at some point the clip-shaped closure 4 will swing to its second position and the flask is opened for use.
- the clip-shaped closure 4 When after use the part 13 is moved down, the clip-shaped closure 4 will at some point swing to its first position and the flask will be closed.
- an outflow space 14 is present, which is in communication with the pouring opening 3 and which, when the screening cap 2 is fitted on the liquid holder 1, connects to an outflow opening of the liquid holder 1, formed by a spout 16.
- the outflow space 14 is bounded by an edge 18 provided with lips 17. The lips 17 fit into the spout 16.
- the outflow space 14 is further bounded entirely by the edge 18 fully surrounding the outflow space 14 and extending up against the underside of the screening cap 2.
- annular element 19 is present, which, when the screening cap is fitted on the liquid holder, engages under an edge 20 on the outer side of the spout 16. Because the transition of the liquid holder 1 to the spout 16, which, for that matter, has a circular cross section, has an elliptical shape, the annular element 19 too is elliptical in shape.
- the annular element 19 is connected with the underside of the screening cap 2 through strips 21.
- the screening cap, the edge 18 with the lips 17, and the strips 21 with the annular element 19 are manufactured as one whole from plastic.
- Fig. 5 shows a second embodiment of a clip-shaped closure 4.
- the two clip elements 5 and 6 are relatively rigid and the connection of the first clip element 5 to the screening cap 2 is detachable.
- the relevant end 22 of the first clip element 5 is hook-shaped and can be snapped into a recess 23 in the screening cap 2.
- the clip-shaped closure is preferably manufactured as one whole. In the hinge joints 10 and 12, a certain bias then acts very favorably. When in that case the end 22 is removed from the recess 23, the clip-shaped closure swings to the position represented in Fig. 5 and the pouring opening is cleared.
- the second clip element 6 When the first clip element 5 is moved down, i.e., in the direction of the liquid holder 1, the second clip element 6, by way of the closing element 7, closes the pouring opening 3 and the flask is held in this closed position by clicking the end 22 into the recess 23.
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- Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
- Mechanical Engineering (AREA)
- Closures For Containers (AREA)
- Processing And Handling Of Plastics And Other Materials For Molding In General (AREA)
- Separation Of Solids By Using Liquids Or Pneumatic Power (AREA)
- Detergent Compositions (AREA)
- Devices For Dispensing Beverages (AREA)
- Supports Or Holders For Household Use (AREA)
- Stabilization Of Oscillater, Synchronisation, Frequency Synthesizers (AREA)
- Amplifiers (AREA)
- Oscillators With Electromechanical Resonators (AREA)
Applications Claiming Priority (2)
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NL1010805A NL1010805C2 (nl) | 1998-12-14 | 1998-12-14 | Flacon. |
NL1010805 | 1998-12-14 |
Publications (2)
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EP1010633A1 EP1010633A1 (en) | 2000-06-21 |
EP1010633B1 true EP1010633B1 (en) | 2005-05-18 |
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EP99204217A Expired - Lifetime EP1010633B1 (en) | 1998-12-14 | 1999-12-09 | Hinged closure cap for container |
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EP (1) | EP1010633B1 (tr) |
AT (1) | ATE295808T1 (tr) |
AU (1) | AU759704B2 (tr) |
BG (1) | BG63774B1 (tr) |
CA (1) | CA2292086A1 (tr) |
CZ (1) | CZ294788B6 (tr) |
DE (1) | DE69925352D1 (tr) |
EE (1) | EE04009B1 (tr) |
HR (1) | HRP990384A2 (tr) |
HU (1) | HUP9904572A3 (tr) |
NL (1) | NL1010805C2 (tr) |
PL (1) | PL337174A1 (tr) |
RU (1) | RU2175940C2 (tr) |
SK (1) | SK176699A3 (tr) |
TR (1) | TR199903091A2 (tr) |
Family Cites Families (5)
Publication number | Priority date | Publication date | Assignee | Title |
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US4291818A (en) * | 1979-05-18 | 1981-09-29 | Yoshino Kogyosho Co., Ltd. | Lid structures |
GB8615169D0 (en) * | 1986-06-20 | 1986-07-23 | Lingner & Fischer Gmbh | Container |
FR2654080B1 (fr) * | 1989-11-08 | 1992-02-21 | Rical Sa | Capsule verseuse d'une seule piece en matiere plastique. |
DE4425909A1 (de) * | 1994-07-21 | 1996-01-25 | Sara Lee De Gmbh & Co Kg | Behälter für fließfähige Körperpflegemittel, insbesondere Duschgele |
DE29611967U1 (de) * | 1996-03-20 | 1997-07-24 | Weener Plastik GmbH & Co KG, 26826 Weener | Flaschenbehältnis |
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1998
- 1998-12-14 NL NL1010805A patent/NL1010805C2/nl not_active IP Right Cessation
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- 1999-12-09 DE DE69925352T patent/DE69925352D1/de not_active Expired - Lifetime
- 1999-12-09 EP EP99204217A patent/EP1010633B1/en not_active Expired - Lifetime
- 1999-12-09 AT AT99204217T patent/ATE295808T1/de not_active IP Right Cessation
- 1999-12-10 RU RU99126419/13A patent/RU2175940C2/ru not_active IP Right Cessation
- 1999-12-10 HR HR990384A patent/HRP990384A2/hr not_active Application Discontinuation
- 1999-12-13 CA CA002292086A patent/CA2292086A1/en not_active Abandoned
- 1999-12-13 HU HU9904572A patent/HUP9904572A3/hu unknown
- 1999-12-14 CZ CZ19994523A patent/CZ294788B6/cs not_active IP Right Cessation
- 1999-12-14 BG BG104007A patent/BG63774B1/bg unknown
- 1999-12-14 SK SK1766-99A patent/SK176699A3/sk unknown
- 1999-12-14 TR TR1999/03091A patent/TR199903091A2/tr unknown
- 1999-12-14 PL PL99337174A patent/PL337174A1/xx unknown
- 1999-12-14 EE EEP199900571A patent/EE04009B1/xx not_active IP Right Cessation
- 1999-12-14 AU AU64510/99A patent/AU759704B2/en not_active Ceased
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BG63774B1 (bg) | 2002-12-29 |
ATE295808T1 (de) | 2005-06-15 |
CA2292086A1 (en) | 2000-06-14 |
HUP9904572A3 (en) | 2002-05-28 |
AU759704B2 (en) | 2003-04-17 |
EE04009B1 (et) | 2003-04-15 |
PL337174A1 (en) | 2000-06-19 |
CZ9904523A3 (cs) | 2001-11-14 |
HUP9904572A2 (hu) | 2000-09-28 |
HU9904572D0 (en) | 2000-02-28 |
TR199903091A3 (tr) | 2000-07-21 |
EE9900571A (et) | 2000-08-15 |
AU6451099A (en) | 2000-06-15 |
RU2175940C2 (ru) | 2001-11-20 |
SK176699A3 (en) | 2000-07-11 |
HRP990384A2 (en) | 2000-10-31 |
CZ294788B6 (cs) | 2005-03-16 |
BG104007A (en) | 2001-01-31 |
DE69925352D1 (de) | 2005-06-23 |
EP1010633A1 (en) | 2000-06-21 |
TR199903091A2 (tr) | 2000-07-21 |
NL1010805C2 (nl) | 2000-06-19 |
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