EP1121298B1 - Aus einem behälter und einem hals hergestellte mehrteilige flasche, deren hals auf der behältermündung dichtend befestigt ist - Google Patents

Aus einem behälter und einem hals hergestellte mehrteilige flasche, deren hals auf der behältermündung dichtend befestigt ist Download PDF

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EP1121298B1
EP1121298B1 EP99920791A EP99920791A EP1121298B1 EP 1121298 B1 EP1121298 B1 EP 1121298B1 EP 99920791 A EP99920791 A EP 99920791A EP 99920791 A EP99920791 A EP 99920791A EP 1121298 B1 EP1121298 B1 EP 1121298B1
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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
    • B65D11/00—Containers having bodies formed by interconnecting or uniting two or more rigid, or substantially rigid, components made wholly or mainly of plastics material
    • B65D11/02—Containers having bodies formed by interconnecting or uniting two or more rigid, or substantially rigid, components made wholly or mainly of plastics material of curved cross-section
    • B65D11/04—Bottles or similar containers with necks or like restricted apertures designed for pouring contents

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  • the invention relates to a composite bottle formed from a container on the mouth of which there is sealedly mounted a neck which is produced separetely from the container and can have different shapes and dimensions.
  • Bottles of the same shape and capacity are used by every type of industry, and in particular the cosmetics industry, to contain different products; however the stoppers or accessories applied to the necks of the bottles are of different shapes and dimensions.
  • the stoppers applied to such bottles can be short, long, of small cross-section or of much larger cross-section.
  • the stoppers or other accessories mounted on the necks of such bottles can be applied by snap-fitting, by screwing or by bayonet or similar connection systems.
  • containers must be available having a narrow or wide, short or long neck which, as its means for connection to the accessories (stoppers, pumps, dispensers, etc.), is provided with different types of threads, ribs or grooves for snap-fitting, etc..
  • the main object of this invention is to provide bottles which enable the necessarily held stocks to be drastically reduced, with consequent cost reduction, which allow more economical silk-screen printing of the bottle outer surfaces, and, very importantly, which enable bottles of the required type to be made available in a much shorter time after their requirement is noted than is currently the case.
  • the FR-A-593202 and FR-A-1319580 describe composite bottles formed from a container or the like having a mouth on which a neck is screw or pressure or snap mounted.
  • the FR-A 593202 teaches that the neck must be easily removable from the container in order to be replaced by another neck, no elements or means being provided for preventing rotation of the neck on the container mouth.
  • stoppers or accessories of any types cannot be screwed on such necks because the same would rotate on the mouths of the respective containers. Should stoppers or accessories have been screwed on the necks, such stoppers could no more be unscrewed from such necks after their mounting on the containers because the same would jointly freely rotate on the mouths of the containers.
  • the FR 1319580 A discloses a plastics made composite bottle comprising a container having a mouth and a tubular neck separately produced from the container, the neck being superimposed on the mouth and being axially retained thereon by the coupling of an annular rib outwardly projecting from the neck and the facing inner shaped surface of the mouth.
  • the containers to which the patent refers are of the type whose wall is very thin and whose mouth is too weak to enable it to be closed by means of stoppers or the like applied directly on it (see page 1, col. 1, lines 1-12). As a consequence, a resistant tubular neck must be mounted on each container's neck for permitting the bottles to be closed.
  • the container is formed by two thin shells which are welded together in correspondence of overlapping wings or strips extending outwardly along the body of the container, from its bottom to the free end of its mouth: due to the presence of the two wing portions projecting from the mouth, the tubular neck to be applied on it must be provided with two grooves or recesses into which said wing portions must be introduced and retained, thus preventing rotation of the neck on the mouth of the container.
  • the FR 1319580 A teaches only how to strengthen the weak mouth of a container and especially that it will be extremely difficult and time consuming and consequently expensive to apply the neck on the mouth of the container because the above mentioned grooves of the neck must be correctly positioned in respect of the wing portions projecting from the mouth before the neck is forced over the mouth to be complied therewith. It can be concluded that the FR 1319580 A relates to a very special field of bottles manufacture and that its teachings are practically useless for mass production.
  • a further object of the invention is therefore to get a composite bottle formed by a shaped neck mounted by automatic machines working at high speed on the shaped mouth of a separately produced container, wherein the neck is safely axially retained on such mouth (in order to prevent tampering of the product contained in the bottle when its stopper is closed) and especially wherein the neck cannot rotate in respect of the container on whose mouth it is mounted (in order to safely screw stoppers or the like on the necks or to easily unscrew the same stoppers from the same necks).
  • Figure 1 shows a container or bottle B, a neck or adaptor A and a stopper or cap C.
  • the container and stopper are viewed from above, whereas the neck is viewed from below.
  • the bottle of the invention is formed from two separate bodies, namely the container B and the neck A, of which the shape can be seen from Figure 4.
  • the container consists of a hollow plastics body 1 having at its top (with reference to the Figures) an aperture or mouth, from which there outwardly extends a collar or annular wall 2 shaped to comprise, in proximity to its free end, a sawtooth-shaped continuous annular rib 3 (Figure 4), below which there is an annular groove or recess 4.
  • a shoulder or annular bearing surface 5 (the presence of which is preferred but is not strictly necessary) is provided in the connection region between the hollow body 1 and the annular wall 2.
  • the adaptor or neck A is formed from a hollow body (also constructed by moulding plastics material) open at its two ends. That end of the neck A facing downwards (in the Figures) has a shape and size substantially complementary to the shape and outer size of the mouth of the container 1, and internally comprises an annular projection or rib 7 shaped in such a manner as to be able to be slid ( during the connection of the neck to the container) over the inclined surface of the rib 3 (by causing slight inward elastic bending of the annular wall 2 at the rib 3) until it sits in the groove 4 of the wall 2 ( Figure 4).
  • the shape of the neck and the shape of the container mouth can be different from those described heretofore, provided they allow reliable and simple fixing of the neck onto said mouth, while preventing rotation of the one relative to the other and ensuring a perfect seal between them, which can be easily achieved in various different ways.
  • the outer surface of the neck A can be smooth (of conical or cylindrical shape), in which case any accessory, for example a stopper, can be fitted to it by simple friction.
  • the necks A have their outer surface shaped in exactly the same manner as the necks of those bottles of traditional type which the bottle of the invention are intended to replace.
  • the two necks of Figures 1 and 2 comprise on their outer surface threads or spiral ribs of different shapes, but indicated by the same reference numeral 10 for simplicity, to be engaged by corresponding ribs or recesses provided on the inside of the stoppers C which are to close the bottles (instead of the stoppers C other types of accessories can be provided, such as pumps, cream dispensers, etc.) on which the stoppers can be easily screweed or from which they can be unscrewed.
  • necks A such as those shown in Figures 1 to 3 or of different form can easily be sealedly mounted and securely retained on them.
  • These necks can be of very different lengths, outer transverse dimensions and shapes, so that accessories of the most varied forms and comprising housings (for the bottle neck) of any shape and size can be mounted and retained on them.
  • the moulded bottle producer or the bottle user can stock ready for use a certain number of containers B of the required capacity.
  • the same user or moulded plastic bottle producer stocks a certain number of ready necks A of different shapes corresponding to the shapes of the necks which may be required by the user, on the basis of the accessories to be used by him.
  • the volume and cost of the stocked containers is low because only containers of one and the same type (capacity) are held ready, whereas the stocked quantity of the various necks has smaller volume and weight (and hence cost) than if traditional bottles with the various necks were held in stock.
  • the necks of the desired shape are applied to the container mouths by automatic machines working at high speed.
  • the bottles obtained in this manner can then be used exactly as bottles of known type.
  • a great advantage of the composite bottles of the invention is the short time involved between the decision to obtain them and their actual availability.
  • the producer can have already previously moulded the containers B (to be used to form bottles with different necks) and already hold them in stock, with a hence very reduced cost and storage space.
  • the producer or user can already hold in stock those necks A of the different types commonly used by that user.
  • An advantageous characteristic is the ability to fill the containers B with liquids or creamy substances before applying their necks.
  • the containers can be printed (generally by silk-screen printing) on their outer surface before applying the necks to them.
  • This is advantageous because all containers of a given capacity are identical, whereas different necks can be applied to them to obtain different bottles which all have the the same images printed on their outer surface.
  • the silk-sceen printing is carried out by automatic machines which would otherwise have to be carefully adjusted each time and set to accomodate the neck shape and dimensions.
  • a further advantage for the user is the ability to fill the containers B and then apply to them, using very simple automatic machines working at high speed, the required necks on which the producer has already mounted the desired accessory.

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  1. Aus Kunststoff hergestellte mehrteilige Flasche, bestehend aus einem Behälter (B), der eine Mündung (2) mit einer geformten Außenfläche aufweist, und aus einem röhrenförmigen Hals (A), der auf der Mündung befestigt ist, wobei wenigstens ein Teil des Halses (A) nah an einem seiner Enden eine geformte Innenfläche aufweist, die zu der geformten Außenfläche der Mündung (2) im wesentlichen komplementär ist, auf welcher der Hals (A) aufgesetzt und durch wenigstens eine ringförmige Rippe (7) axial festgehalten wird, die entweder von der Innenfläche des Halses (A) oder von der Außenfläche der Mündung (2) wegragt und in eine entsprechende ringförmige Nut (4) eingreift, die an der gegenüberliegenden geformten Fläche der Mündung (2) bzw. des Halses (A) vorgesehen ist, wobei die Außenfläche des Halses (A) ebenfalls geformt ist, so dass er mit Verschlussteilen (C) oder Zubehörteilen anderer Art in Eingriff gebracht werden und diese sicher halten kann, wobei zusammenwirkende Stoppelelemente an den sich gegenüberliegenden geformten Flächen der Mündung (2) bzw. des Halses (A) vorgesehen sind, um eine Drehung des Halses auf der Mündung zu verhindern,
    dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die Stoppelelemente aus einer Vielzahl kleiner Zähne (6, 9) oder dergleichen bestehen, die von den sich gegenüberliegenden Flächen sowohl der Mündung (2) als auch des Halses (A) wegragen, wobei die Zähne (9) in den Zwischenräumen zwischen den Zähnen (6) positioniert und gehalten werden und/oder umgekehrt.
  2. Flasche nach Anspruch 1, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass eine im wesentlichen sägezahnförmig ausgebildete fortlaufende ringförmige Rippe (3) nahe des freien Endes außen an der Mündung (2) verläuft, dass eine ringförmige Nut (4) an der Außenfläche der gleichen Mündung (2) unter der Rippe (3) vorgesehen ist, und dass sich die ringförmige Rippe (7) über die Innenfläche des Halses (A) erstreckt und über die schräge Fläche der Rippe (3) gleiten kann, wobei die ringförmige Rippe (7) in der Nut (4) der Mündung (2) sitzt, wo sie durch die sägezahnförmig ausgebildete Rippe (3) sicher gehalten ist.
  3. Flasche nach den Ansprüchen 1 und 2, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass eine ringförmige Profilrippe (8), die sich zur ringförmigen Rippe (7) und zu den Sperrelementen (9) hin erstreckt, von der Innenfläche des Halses (A) wegragt, um mit der benachbarten Fläche des Halses (A) eine ringförmige Aussparung zu definieren, in die das freie Ende der Mündung (2) dichtend eingeführt ist.
  4. Behälter mit einer Mündung (2), auf der ein separat zum Behälter hergestellter röhrenförmiger Hals (A) dichtend befestigt und axial sicher festgehalten werden kann, um eine Flasche wie sie in den Ansprüchen 1 bis 3 definiert ist zu schaffen, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die Außenfläche der Mündung (2) eine Vielzahl vorstehender kleiner Zähne (6) oder dergleichen aufweist, die in eine Vielzahl kleiner Zähne (9) oder dergleichen, welche von der Innenfläche des Halses (A) wegragen, eingreifen können, um eine Drehung des Halses auf der Mündung (2) des Behälters (B), an dem er befestigt ist, zu verhindern.
  5. Röhrenförmiger Hals mit Elementen, die es ermöglichen, dass er an der Mündung (2) eines Behälters (B) dichtend befestigt und axial sicher festgehalten werden kann, um eine Flasche wie sie in den Ansprüchen 1 bis 3 definiert ist zu schaffen, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass er eine Vielzahl kleiner Zähne (9) oder dergleichen aufweist, die von seiner Innenfläche wegragen und in entsprechende kleine Zähne (6) oder dergleichen, die von der Außenfläche der Mündung (2) des Behälters (B) wegragen, eingreifen können, um eine Drehung des Halses (A) auf der Mündung (2) zu verhindern.
EP99920791A 1998-10-14 1999-04-27 Aus einem behälter und einem hals hergestellte mehrteilige flasche, deren hals auf der behältermündung dichtend befestigt ist Expired - Lifetime EP1121298B1 (de)

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ITMI982215 1998-10-14
IT1998MI002215A IT1302676B1 (it) 1998-10-14 1998-10-14 Flacone composito formato da un contenitore e da un collo montato atenuta sulla imboccatura del contenitore stesso.
PCT/EP1999/002825 WO2000021843A1 (en) 1998-10-14 1999-04-27 Composite bottle formed from a container and a neck sealedly mounted on the container mouth

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