EP1060106B1 - Behälter mit einer auslassdüse - Google Patents

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EP1060106B1
EP1060106B1 EP99910301A EP99910301A EP1060106B1 EP 1060106 B1 EP1060106 B1 EP 1060106B1 EP 99910301 A EP99910301 A EP 99910301A EP 99910301 A EP99910301 A EP 99910301A EP 1060106 B1 EP1060106 B1 EP 1060106B1
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container
outlet
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closure cap
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Geoffrey Francis Seymour
Johannes Hubertus Jozef Maria Kelders
Roy Edwin Van Swieten
Erwin Petrus Boes
Philip Malcom Regan
Luca Cella
Luigi Vanini
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Henkel AG and Co KGaA
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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
    • B65D51/22—Caps, lids, or covers co-operating with an inner closure arranged to be opened by piercing, cutting, or tearing having means for piercing, cutting, or tearing the inner closure
    • B65D51/221—Caps, lids, or covers co-operating with an inner closure arranged to be opened by piercing, cutting, or tearing having means for piercing, cutting, or tearing the inner closure a major part of the inner closure being left inside the container after the opening
    • B65D51/226—Caps, lids, or covers co-operating with an inner closure arranged to be opened by piercing, cutting, or tearing having means for piercing, cutting, or tearing the inner closure a major part of the inner closure being left inside the container after the opening the piercing or cutting means being non integral with, or not fixedly attached to, the outer closure
    • 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
    • B65D2251/0015—Upper closure of the 41-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
    • B65D2251/0037—Intermediate closure(s)
    • B65D2251/0056—Intermediate closure(s) of the 47-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
    • B65D2251/0096—Membrane integral with the container

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  • the invention relates to a container according to the preamble of Claim 1.
  • Such known containers are with a liquid or pasty product filled. Examples include adhesive tubes and cartridges for joint sealants and other pasty products called.
  • Such containers are, for example known from DE 41 26 477 C2 and DE 44 20 719 A1.
  • the containers have three main elements, firstly the actual container with one Outlet opening, secondly the one that can be placed or screwed onto the outlet opening Exhaust nozzle with an elongated narrow channel, which is a fine Dosing of the container content should enable, and thirdly, a cap, which is removed before using the container.
  • the cap needle-shaped piercing element is provided, which is axially opposite the Cap is movable.
  • the Cap When used for the first time, the Cap the needle-shaped dome down towards the The outlet opening of the container is moved so that the membrane is pierced. Then the cap is removed together with the needle-shaped mandrel Container removed so that the contents of the container through the outlet and the narrow channel of the outlet nozzle can escape metered.
  • the membrane is on the Tip of the outlet nozzle attached.
  • the needle-shaped piercing element is also here formed as part of the cap.
  • a generic container is in document GB-A-2 058 726 disclosed.
  • the invention is therefore based on the task of reclosing one To facilitate the container of the type mentioned significantly.
  • the piercing element is formed as part of the outlet element is a closed cap known per se can be used without problems on the container with the pierced Membrane and applied with attached outlet nozzle, for. B. screwed on, can be. A laborious threading of an elongated Piercing element in the narrow channel of the outlet nozzle is no longer required.
  • the position of the element for piercing the membrane is opposite the connecting element axially changeable so that the membrane is not already when attaching the outlet nozzle on the outlet opening of the container must be pierced. Rather, puncturing the membrane can any later point in time due to the axial change in the position of the Puncture element can be made.
  • the outlet body has two in accordance with the invention Axial position mutually variable parts, of which one part the element for piercing the membrane and the other part the connecting element wearing.
  • the other part carrying the connecting element essentially ring-shaped and that the element for piercing the membrane supporting a part substantially tubular and essentially arranged concentrically within the annular part.
  • the annular part can be attached to the neck of the container, e.g. B. screwed on, and only then the membrane by axial displacement of the tubular part are pierced within the annular part.
  • the outlet opening of the container has an external thread has, on which a first internal thread of the annular part can be screwed and that the annular part has a second internal thread, into which the tubular part can be screwed with its external thread.
  • the element for piercing the membrane is as one sharp edge of the tubular part.
  • the outside of the outlet body has and in particular the outside of the tubular part at least a grip element, in particular wing-like projections, grooves or teeth, to change the axial position of the element to pierce the membrane opposite the connecting element.
  • a grip element in particular wing-like projections, grooves or teeth
  • the drying out of the product in the opened container is in another Embodiment of the invention prevents when the cap in the attached Condition at least partially covers the outlet body and in particular closes the outlet duct.
  • This closure cap preferably has at least one actuating element which engages in the grip element when the closure cap is attached, so that when the cap is turned, the grip element supporting part of the outlet body rotates. Puncturing the membrane can therefore also be made with the cap on, by the Cap is rotated relative to the container.
  • the closure cap has an internal thread, which is on an external thread of the annular Partly screwed and is designed so that when unscrewing the cap of the annular part, the tubular part axially in Moved towards the outlet opening of the container.
  • the second internal thread of the annular part is designed in the opposite direction to its external thread.
  • that is Male thread a usual right-hand thread, so that the cap through Unscrew from the ring-shaped part by turning it counterclockwise can.
  • the second internal thread of the annular part is preferred a left-hand thread so that when the cap is rotated counter to it clockwise, i.e. when unscrewing, the tubular Part simultaneously in the opposite direction to the outlet opening of the container and is moved towards the membrane.
  • the embodiment shows a container 2 in the form of a tube for one Cyanoacrylate adhesive, also known as a superglue.
  • the container 2 has an outlet opening 8 which is closed with a membrane 11 (Figure 1C).
  • the outlet nozzle 1 for the container 2 has a two-part outlet body 4, 5 with an outlet channel 3.
  • the outlet body consists of an annular Part 4 and a tubular part 5 arranged axially displaceably therein (Figure 1C).
  • the annular part 4 has a connecting element 6, which acts as an internal thread designed and for connecting the outlet nozzle 1 with the neck 7 of the container 2 is provided, the neck 7 corresponding to the internal thread 6 Has external thread 9, so that the annular part 4 on the neck 7 of the Can be screwed on.
  • the tubular part 5 arranged inside the annular part 4 has at its lower end an element 10 for piercing the membrane 11, this element 10 being in the form of a knife-like sharp bottom Has edge of the tubular part 5.
  • the outlet nozzle 1 is closed with a cap 15, which at its Inside has a pin 16 which, when the cap 15 is attached (FIG 1C) protrudes into the outlet duct 3 and closes the duct in this way.
  • the cap 15 On the inside of the cap 15 projections 17 are also formed, the as actuators with the projections 14, the handle elements on the Interact outside of the tubular part 5.
  • the cap 15 also has an internal thread 18, with which the cap 15 on an external thread 19 of the annular part 4 can be screwed on (FIG. 3).
  • the External thread 19 has a horizontal segment 20, so that when Removing the cap 15 this first during half Rotation is rotated without axial displacement and doing the tubular Part 5 rotates, which in this way down into the annular part 4th is screwed so that the sharp edge 10 (the element for piercing the membrane) is pressed through the membrane 11, as shown in FIGS. 2A and Fig. 2B, and the container 2 is consequently opened.
  • the tubular part 5 can, for example, by means of a (in the present Example not shown) snap or snap connection in the down screwed position against the annular part 4 are fixed.
  • outlet nozzle 1 With the help of the outlet nozzle 1 according to the invention can easily the membrane 11 in the outlet opening 8 of a container 2 before the first Use can be opened by turning the cap 15 without the product contained in container 2 may leak unintentionally.
  • FIGS. 4 to 6 show a particularly preferred exemplary embodiment of the Invention shown. It can be seen in FIG. 4 that the external thread 13 of the tubular part 5 as a left-hand thread with a relatively large one In contrast to the external thread 19 of the tubular part 4 is formed, which as a right-hand thread with a smaller pitch is provided.
  • the external threads 13 and 19 correspond to the internal thread 12 of the annular part 4 and the internal thread 18 of the closure cap 15.
  • the closure cap 15 is shown wing 21 extending on the outside.
  • the closure cap 15 is on the ring-shaped Part 4 screwed on.
  • the tubular is then Part 5 screwed into the annular part 4. Get into this state the projections 14 of the tubular part 5 in the area of the inner Projections 17 of the cap 15. So that the projections 17 of the cap 15 the projections 14 while unscrewing the cap sufficiently long to capture the tubular member 5 for piercing the Moving the membrane downward has the external thread 19 (right-hand thread) of the annular part 4 and the corresponding internal thread 18 of the closure cap 15 a smaller pitch than the external thread 13 of the tubular Part 5 and the corresponding internal thread 12 of the annular Part 4 on.

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NL1008487 1998-03-05
NL1008487 1998-03-05
DE19845686A DE19845686A1 (de) 1998-03-05 1998-10-05 Behälter mit einer Auslaßdüse
DE19845686 1998-10-05
PCT/EP1999/001290 WO1999044907A1 (de) 1998-03-05 1999-02-27 Behälter mit einer auslassdüse

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CN (1) CN1135195C (pt)
AU (1) AU742209B2 (pt)
BR (1) BR9908570A (pt)
CA (1) CA2322974A1 (pt)
ES (1) ES2191420T3 (pt)
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