EP1174360A1 - Behälterverschluss - Google Patents

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EP1174360A1
EP1174360A1 EP00306208A EP00306208A EP1174360A1 EP 1174360 A1 EP1174360 A1 EP 1174360A1 EP 00306208 A EP00306208 A EP 00306208A EP 00306208 A EP00306208 A EP 00306208A EP 1174360 A1 EP1174360 A1 EP 1174360A1
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closure
container
panel
longitudinal axis
angle
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Crown Packaging Technology Inc
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Crown Cork and Seal Technologies Corp
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Priority to EP00306208A priority Critical patent/EP1174360A1/de
Priority to PCT/EP2001/008340 priority patent/WO2002008083A1/en
Priority to AU2001279765A priority patent/AU2001279765A1/en
Priority to EP01957987A priority patent/EP1301411B1/de
Priority to DE60105033T priority patent/DE60105033T2/de
Priority to AT01957987T priority patent/ATE273866T1/de
Publication of EP1174360A1 publication Critical patent/EP1174360A1/de
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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
    • B65D51/24—Closures not otherwise provided for combined or co-operating with auxiliary devices for non-closing purposes
    • B65D51/249—Closures not otherwise provided for combined or co-operating with auxiliary devices for non-closing purposes the closure being specifically formed for supporting the container
    • 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
    • B65D2207/00—Standing packages

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  • This invention relates to closures for containers, and to closure/container combinations in which the container is designed to stand upright using the closure as its base.
  • the present invention proposes a closure and a closure/container combination which provides improvements to this type of package.
  • a closure/container combination the container being at least partially elongate in character and having a longitudinal axis, the closure being attached to the container at one end thereof, the closure including a substantial planar panel adapted in a sealed position to form a base on which the closure/container combination can stand in an upright position, characterised in that the panel is disposed in its sealed position at an angle to the normal to the longitudinal axis of the container of between 4 and 20°, such that when the closure/container combination is standing on the panel on a horizontal surface the longitudinal axis is at an angle of between 4 and 20° to the vertical.
  • the container can be made to lean slightly in one direction (eg backwardly) when placed on a horizontal surface such as a shelf. This can improve the appearance and visibility of the container, especially where a plurality of containers are disposed in a particular area. Information on the opposite (eg front) face of the container is more easily discernible, as it is angled towards the user in a more user-friendly fashion.
  • the panel is conveniently disposed at an angle of between 4 and 10°, and preferably between 5 and 7°, to the normal to the longitudinal axis.
  • the precise angle may depend on the particular design of closure/container combination, in particular its aspect ratio.
  • the closure preferably includes a skirt extending from the periphery of the panel parallel to the longitudinal axis of the container.
  • the skirt is conceivably provided with means for attaching the closure to the container.
  • the means for preventing rotation between the closure and the container comprises complimentary ratchet elements present on both a first part of the closure and a corresponding part of the container.
  • the closure is conveniently a hinged-lid closure, with the panel forming the hingable lid of the closure. It should be understood that references to the panel being angled "when in its sealed position" relates to this type of closure when it is fully closed.
  • the container conveniently tapers to an apex at the opposite end of the container to the closure, such as in a crimped tube. With a tapered container, the angled base panel can be used to ensure that one face of the container, eg the back of the container, is made to appear substantially vertical despite the tapering of the container.
  • a closure/container combination the container being at least partially elongate in character and having a longitudinal axis, the closure being attached to the container at one end thereof and the container tapering to a apex at the opposite end thereof, the closure comprising a substantially planar panel adapted in a sealed position to form a base on which the closure/container combination can stand in an upright position, characterised in that the panel is disposed in its sealed position at an angle to the normal to the longitudinal axis of the container such that when the closure/container combination is standing on the panel on a horizontal surface a line drawn from the apex of the container to the periphery of the panel is less than ⁇ 5° from the vertical.
  • a closure for a container comprising a substantially planar panel adapted in a sealed condition to form a base on which the container can stand, and a skirt extending from the periphery of the panel in a longitudinal direction, and means for attaching the closure to a container, characterised in that the panel is disposed at an angle to the normal to the longitudinal axis of the skirt of between 4 and 20° such that when the closure is standing on the panel on a horizontal surface the longitudinal axis of the skirt is at an angle of between 4 and 20° to the vertical.
  • the closure/container combination comprises a closure shown generally at (1) and a tube container shown generally at (2).
  • the tube (2) includes an open end (3) having a neck feature (not shown), and tapers in shape to a crimped apex (4).
  • the open end (3) is sealed by the closure (1), which comprises a base panel in the form of a hinge-lid (5) attached by a hinge element (6) to a shell (8).
  • the shell (8) comprises a head plate (9) with an outer skirt (10) depending therefrom.
  • a dispensing aperture (11) is present in the head plate (9), and there is also an inner skirt (12) depending from the head plate and surrounding the aperture (11).
  • the inner skirt is designed to cooperate with the neck feature of the tube (2) so as to secure the closure (1) and tube (2) one to the other.
  • the internal surface of the inner skirt (12) has an annular bead (13) which cooperates with a corresponding bead (not shown) on the neck feature of the tube to allow the closure (1) and tube (2) to be joined together in a snap fit arrangement.
  • Also present on the inner skirt (12) is a plurality of ratchet elements (14), which cooperate with similar elements (not shown) on the neck feature of the tube to limit rotation of the closure (1) with respect to the tube (2).
  • the lid (5) is generally tapered, having an internal face (15) which is parallel to the head plate (9), and an external face (16) which is angled at approximately 6° thereto.
  • the longitudinal axis (17) of the tube extends at an angle of 6° to the vertical.
  • the front face (18) of the tube is slanted slightly backwardly, making information printed thereon more easily discernible.
  • the back face (19) of the tube is more vertical in nature, and in fact an imaginary line (20) drawn from the apex (4) of the tube to the periphery of the external face (16) is approximately vertical.
  • closures other than the hinged lid closures illustrated herein may be employed with angled base panels as hereinbefore described.
  • push pull closures, "discloc" closures and conceivably even closures with a bayonet type securing mechanism could be used as alternatives to the hinged lid closure illustrated.
  • containers other than tubes can also benefit from the arrangement of the present invention.

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  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Mechanical Engineering (AREA)
  • Closures For Containers (AREA)
  • Cartons (AREA)
  • Glass Compositions (AREA)
  • Lining Or Joining Of Plastics Or The Like (AREA)
  • Closing Of Containers (AREA)
EP00306208A 2000-07-21 2000-07-21 Behälterverschluss Withdrawn EP1174360A1 (de)

Priority Applications (6)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
EP00306208A EP1174360A1 (de) 2000-07-21 2000-07-21 Behälterverschluss
PCT/EP2001/008340 WO2002008083A1 (en) 2000-07-21 2001-07-19 Closures for containers
AU2001279765A AU2001279765A1 (en) 2000-07-21 2001-07-19 Closures for containers
EP01957987A EP1301411B1 (de) 2000-07-21 2001-07-19 Behälterverschluss
DE60105033T DE60105033T2 (de) 2000-07-21 2001-07-19 Behälterverschluss
AT01957987T ATE273866T1 (de) 2000-07-21 2001-07-19 Behälterverschluss

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EP00306208A EP1174360A1 (de) 2000-07-21 2000-07-21 Behälterverschluss

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AT (1) ATE273866T1 (de)
AU (1) AU2001279765A1 (de)
DE (1) DE60105033T2 (de)
WO (1) WO2002008083A1 (de)

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WO2007091224A1 (en) * 2006-02-11 2007-08-16 The Procter & Gamble Company Clamshell package for holding and displaying consumer products
WO2008025369A1 (de) * 2006-08-31 2008-03-06 Huhtamaki Ronsberg, Zweigniederlassung Der Huhtamaki Deutschland Gmbh & Co. Kg Verpackungsbehälter, insbesondere dosenartiger behälter
US7820609B2 (en) 2005-04-13 2010-10-26 The Procter & Gamble Company Mild, structured, multi-phase personal cleansing compositions comprising density modifiers
US8056209B2 (en) 2004-05-27 2011-11-15 Zweigniederlassung Der Huhtamaki Deutschland, Gmbh & Co. Kg Tubular, especially can-shaped, receptacle for the accommodation of fluids, a method of manufacture and use
US8153216B2 (en) 2001-12-14 2012-04-10 Huhtamaki Ronsberg, Zweigniederlassung Der Huhtamaki Deutschland Gmbh & Co. Kg Packaging with passage regions and sealing tool for production thereof
US8153144B2 (en) 2006-02-28 2012-04-10 The Proctor & Gamble Company Stable multiphase composition comprising alkylamphoacetate
EP2468655A1 (de) * 2010-12-21 2012-06-27 Csd Cosmetic-systems Development UGmbH Spenderflasche
US8240546B2 (en) 2005-04-18 2012-08-14 Huhtamaki Ronsberg, Zweigniederlassung Der Huhtamaki Deutschland Gmbh & Co. Kg Film packaging having tamper-evident means
US8468782B2 (en) 2004-11-04 2013-06-25 Herrmann Ultraschalltechnik Gmbh & Co. Kg Method for producing a bottle-like or tubular container, particularly a tubular bag, comprising a sealed-in bottom, and a correspondingly produced tubular bag

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US2324575A (en) * 1941-07-11 1943-07-20 Franz M Groedel Paste tube holder and closure
EP0034196A2 (de) * 1980-02-13 1981-08-26 Paul Muno Tubenständer
US4949883A (en) * 1988-01-26 1990-08-21 Alfatechnic Ag One-piece plastic closure with a hinge
EP0544381A2 (de) * 1991-11-27 1993-06-02 Colgate-Palmolive Company Schnappscharnierverschluss für Spenderbehälter
EP0903301A1 (de) * 1997-09-18 1999-03-24 Henkel Kommanditgesellschaft auf Aktien Behälteranordnung mit mindestens einem flaschenförmigen Behälter und mit einer Aufnahmeeinrichtung

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Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US2324575A (en) * 1941-07-11 1943-07-20 Franz M Groedel Paste tube holder and closure
EP0034196A2 (de) * 1980-02-13 1981-08-26 Paul Muno Tubenständer
US4949883A (en) * 1988-01-26 1990-08-21 Alfatechnic Ag One-piece plastic closure with a hinge
EP0544381A2 (de) * 1991-11-27 1993-06-02 Colgate-Palmolive Company Schnappscharnierverschluss für Spenderbehälter
EP0903301A1 (de) * 1997-09-18 1999-03-24 Henkel Kommanditgesellschaft auf Aktien Behälteranordnung mit mindestens einem flaschenförmigen Behälter und mit einer Aufnahmeeinrichtung

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* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US8153216B2 (en) 2001-12-14 2012-04-10 Huhtamaki Ronsberg, Zweigniederlassung Der Huhtamaki Deutschland Gmbh & Co. Kg Packaging with passage regions and sealing tool for production thereof
US8056209B2 (en) 2004-05-27 2011-11-15 Zweigniederlassung Der Huhtamaki Deutschland, Gmbh & Co. Kg Tubular, especially can-shaped, receptacle for the accommodation of fluids, a method of manufacture and use
US8468782B2 (en) 2004-11-04 2013-06-25 Herrmann Ultraschalltechnik Gmbh & Co. Kg Method for producing a bottle-like or tubular container, particularly a tubular bag, comprising a sealed-in bottom, and a correspondingly produced tubular bag
US7820609B2 (en) 2005-04-13 2010-10-26 The Procter & Gamble Company Mild, structured, multi-phase personal cleansing compositions comprising density modifiers
US8240546B2 (en) 2005-04-18 2012-08-14 Huhtamaki Ronsberg, Zweigniederlassung Der Huhtamaki Deutschland Gmbh & Co. Kg Film packaging having tamper-evident means
WO2007091224A1 (en) * 2006-02-11 2007-08-16 The Procter & Gamble Company Clamshell package for holding and displaying consumer products
US8104616B2 (en) 2006-02-11 2012-01-31 The Procter & Gamble Company Clamshell package for holding and displaying consumer products
US8153144B2 (en) 2006-02-28 2012-04-10 The Proctor & Gamble Company Stable multiphase composition comprising alkylamphoacetate
WO2008025369A1 (de) * 2006-08-31 2008-03-06 Huhtamaki Ronsberg, Zweigniederlassung Der Huhtamaki Deutschland Gmbh & Co. Kg Verpackungsbehälter, insbesondere dosenartiger behälter
EP2468655A1 (de) * 2010-12-21 2012-06-27 Csd Cosmetic-systems Development UGmbH Spenderflasche

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WO2002008083A1 (en) 2002-01-31
EP1301411A1 (de) 2003-04-16
DE60105033D1 (de) 2004-09-23
EP1301411B1 (de) 2004-08-18
AU2001279765A1 (en) 2002-02-05
ATE273866T1 (de) 2004-09-15
DE60105033T2 (de) 2005-07-14

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