EP1041009A2 - Récipient et capuchon de fermeture - Google Patents

Récipient et capuchon de fermeture Download PDF

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EP1041009A2
EP1041009A2 EP00302681A EP00302681A EP1041009A2 EP 1041009 A2 EP1041009 A2 EP 1041009A2 EP 00302681 A EP00302681 A EP 00302681A EP 00302681 A EP00302681 A EP 00302681A EP 1041009 A2 EP1041009 A2 EP 1041009A2
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container
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closure
liner
end wall
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John Anthony Loader
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Nolato Jaycare Ltd
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Rexam Containers Ltd
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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
    • B65D51/00—Closures not otherwise provided for
    • B65D51/18—Arrangements of closures with protective outer cap-like covers or of two or more co-operating closures
    • B65D51/20—Caps, lids, or covers co-operating with an inner closure arranged to be opened by piercing, cutting, or tearing
    • 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
    • B65D41/02—Caps or cap-like covers without lines of weakness, tearing strips, tags, or like opening or removal devices
    • B65D41/04—Threaded or like caps or cap-like covers secured by rotation
    • B65D41/0435—Threaded or like caps or cap-like covers secured by rotation with separate sealing elements
    • B65D41/045—Discs
    • 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
    • B65D53/00—Sealing or packing elements; Sealings formed by liquid or plastics material
    • B65D53/04—Discs
    • 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
    • B65D2251/00—Details relating to container closures
    • B65D2251/0003—Two or more closures
    • B65D2251/0006—Upper closure
    • B65D2251/0018—Upper closure of the 43-type
    • 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
    • B65D2251/00—Details relating to container closures
    • B65D2251/0003—Two or more closures
    • B65D2251/0068—Lower closure
    • B65D2251/0093—Membrane
    • 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
    • B65D2251/00—Details relating to container closures
    • B65D2251/06—Special configurations; Closures simulating or provided with another item, e.g. puppet, animal, vehicle, building
    • B65D2251/065—Special configurations; Closures simulating or provided with another item, e.g. puppet, animal, vehicle, building the external skirt having a non-circular cross-section, e.g. square, elliptical
    • 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
    • B65D2251/00—Details relating to container closures
    • B65D2251/07—Closures specially adapted for closing bottle-necks of non-circular cross-section

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  • the invention relates to a container and closure cap therefor and in particular relates to a container and closure cap of the type in which the cap is screwed onto the container to a predetermined rotational orientation relative thereto.
  • the stop to which such closures are tightened to provide alignment with the container may be either or both of two general configurations.
  • a radial stop on the neck of the container is configured to interact with a cooperating stop, either at the thread tail-out or on the skirt of the closure.
  • the stop is implemented as the lower extremity of the closure skirt comes into the vertical contact with a specially configured (squared off) shoulder on the container. The latter is frequently used to eliminate any unsightly gap between the skirt of the closure and the shoulder of the container.
  • the positioning of the closure against any surface other than the sealing surface creates a variability in the pressure exerted against the sealing surface and results in either over-tightened closures, which are difficult to remove, or loose closures which are not well sealed to the container.
  • the closure may have two or more aligned/stopped positions each corresponding to one of the starts of a multi-start thread.
  • closure orientation may vary by as much as 20 to 100 degrees relative to the container body when screwed on and tightened to a particular sealing force. Conversely, when such closures are screwed on to an orientation stop, the sealing force may vary from zero to an unacceptably high value.
  • closures have been designed to overcome this problem by means of a special sealing feature designed to telescope vertically with a cooperating feature on the container neck, such as tight fitting plug sized to seal the bore of the container neck over a range of depths of insertion.
  • a cooperating feature on the container neck such as tight fitting plug sized to seal the bore of the container neck over a range of depths of insertion.
  • this technique will not work for lack of a smooth controlled diameter on the bottle to seal against.
  • closures have been designed to use a relatively thick gasket resilient through an appropriate range of compressibility to take up the variation and provide sealing pressure within a suitable range.
  • a relatively thin gasket which may be combined with a thin film glued or heat sealed across the mouth of the container to provide tamper evidence, improved barrier properties and reduced cost.
  • the present invention seeks to improve on the prior art and provides a container and closure cap therefor comprising: a container having an open-ended and externally threaded cylindrical neck; a closure cap having an end wall and a cylindrical side wall with an internal screw thread adapted to cooperate with the thread on the container neck; and a flat liner disc located in the cap and adapted to form a seal with the open end of the container neck and having a diameter substantially equal to the internal diameter of the cylindrical side wall, the liner disc consisting of a circular radially inner region and an annular radially outer region; a circular spacing means formed on the end wall of the closure and having the inner region of the liner disc adhered thereto, the spacing means defining an annular recess therearound such that the outer region of the liner disc is spaced from the end wall of the cap; the arrangement being such that the annular region of the liner is deflected resiliently into the annular recess by engagement with the cylindrical neck of the container when the cap is screwed onto the container.
  • the liner disc is deflectected resiliently within its elastic limit and can return to its original flat condition when the closure cap is removed and flex again when the closure is re-applied.
  • a generally rectangular container 1 is shown in Figure 1 having a generally rectangular closure cap 2.
  • the container and cap are of the type in which the cap is intended to be screwed onto the container to a predetermined rotational orientation to form a seal.
  • the container has a body 3 and a cylindrical neck 4 connected to the body by a shoulder 5.
  • the neck has an open end and is provided with an external screw thread 7.
  • the cap 2 has an end wall 8, a rectangular outer wall 9 and a cylindrical inner wall 10 which is provided with an internal screw thread 11.
  • the threads 7 and 11 are adapted to enable the cap to be screwed onto the container so that the open end of the container can form a seal with a thin and stiff flat liner disc 12 which is provided in the cap for this purpose.
  • a circular plinth 13 is formed on the underside of the end wall 8 and is adhered such as by glue to the circular radially inner region 121 of the liner so that the annular radially outer region 122 of the liner disc is held spaced from the end wall of the cap.
  • the plinth 13 defines a recess 14 therearound.
  • the outer region 122 of the liner disc 12 can deflect resiliently into the recess 14. Because the inner region 121 of the liner is glued to the plinth 13 and thus held against bending, the outer region 122 is effectively mounted and deflected in cantilever.
  • Figures 3-5 An alternative embodiment is shown in Figures 3-5 where the plinth is replaced by a plurality of concentric rings 15. This aids cooling of the closure in the mould and also helps liner adhesion since the glue can flow into the gaps between the rings.
  • Figure 4 shows a container and cap where the threads have been positioned such that adequate sealing pressure is established just as the closure reaches an orientation stop on the container. This is a "loosest fit” combination of tolerances and the liner is only very slightly deflected.
  • Figure 5 shows the liner deformation which may occur when specimens having dimensions at the opposite (“tightest fit") extremes are tightened to the same relative orientation.
  • the liner is typically of the type comprising a thin, stiff cardboard liner disc of about 1 - 1.2 mm thickness which carries a thin aluminium membrane (not shown) which can be induction heat sealed or otherwise attached to the open end of the neck 4 in known manner.
  • the cardboard disc becomes separated from the membrane during the heat sealing process. When the container is first opened, the membrane is torn out and discarded but the cardboard disc remains in the cap for re-sealing the container.
  • a liner disc which does not carry on aluminium membrane may be used for applications where this is not required.
  • the diameter of the liner disc 12 is such that it will completely cover the open neck of the container but can nevertheless be placed in position for gluing to the cap without being distorted. Thus it has a diameter substantially equal to the internal diameter of the cylindrical side wall of the closure cap measured at the thread crests. In one example, the diameter of the liner disc is 0.3 mm less than that of the cylindrical side wall.
  • the external diameter of the neck of the container measured at the root of the threads is only slightly less than the internal diameter of the cylindrical side wall so that a good close fit is provided.
  • the diameter of the plinth 13 may be varied according to design and liner material requirements.
  • the angle through which the liner 12 must flex in order to take up the same height variation increases.
  • This changing of the angle through which the liner material flexes causes a proportional change in the force against the sealing lip of the bottle. ie the smaller the angle through which the material has to flex, the lower the force required to flex it, and vice versa.
  • IHS induction heat seal

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GBGB9907338.9A GB9907338D0 (en) 1999-03-31 1999-03-31 Container and closure cap
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EP1914175A1 (fr) * 2005-08-09 2008-04-23 Toyo Seikan Kaisya, Ltd. Structure d étanchéité destinée à un récipient et couvercle utilisé avec ledit récipient
EP2547597A4 (fr) * 2010-03-19 2015-09-30 Vinperfect Inc Evidement de corps de fermeture de bouteille à revêtement étirable, et pièce rapportée renforçant la structure
WO2016111179A1 (fr) * 2015-01-09 2016-07-14 千住金属工業株式会社 Récipient de bille de soudure et emballage pour stocker une bille de soudure

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US3005569A (en) * 1960-05-12 1961-10-24 Aluminum Co Of America Container with flange-thread and cover
EP0117500A2 (fr) * 1983-02-23 1984-09-05 Max Hübner GmbH & Co. Fermeture pour récipient
US4519518A (en) * 1984-05-31 1985-05-28 Specialty Packaging Products, Inc. Means for mounting a closure in a predetermined position
US4640428A (en) * 1985-09-03 1987-02-03 Owens-Illinois, Inc. High gas barrier plastic closure
US5667089A (en) * 1994-03-23 1997-09-16 Phoenix Closures, Inc. Closure having a wrap-around seal

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Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US3005569A (en) * 1960-05-12 1961-10-24 Aluminum Co Of America Container with flange-thread and cover
EP0117500A2 (fr) * 1983-02-23 1984-09-05 Max Hübner GmbH & Co. Fermeture pour récipient
US4519518A (en) * 1984-05-31 1985-05-28 Specialty Packaging Products, Inc. Means for mounting a closure in a predetermined position
US4640428A (en) * 1985-09-03 1987-02-03 Owens-Illinois, Inc. High gas barrier plastic closure
US5667089A (en) * 1994-03-23 1997-09-16 Phoenix Closures, Inc. Closure having a wrap-around seal

Cited By (5)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
EP1914175A1 (fr) * 2005-08-09 2008-04-23 Toyo Seikan Kaisya, Ltd. Structure d étanchéité destinée à un récipient et couvercle utilisé avec ledit récipient
EP1914175A4 (fr) * 2005-08-09 2010-12-15 Toyo Seikan Kaisha Ltd Structure d étanchéité destinée à un récipient et couvercle utilisé avec ledit récipient
EP2547597A4 (fr) * 2010-03-19 2015-09-30 Vinperfect Inc Evidement de corps de fermeture de bouteille à revêtement étirable, et pièce rapportée renforçant la structure
WO2016111179A1 (fr) * 2015-01-09 2016-07-14 千住金属工業株式会社 Récipient de bille de soudure et emballage pour stocker une bille de soudure
JPWO2016111179A1 (ja) * 2015-01-09 2017-04-27 千住金属工業株式会社 容器及びパッケージ

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