EP1194342B1 - Zweiteiliger schnappscharnierverschluss aus kunststoff - Google Patents

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EP1194342B1
EP1194342B1 EP00936590A EP00936590A EP1194342B1 EP 1194342 B1 EP1194342 B1 EP 1194342B1 EP 00936590 A EP00936590 A EP 00936590A EP 00936590 A EP00936590 A EP 00936590A EP 1194342 B1 EP1194342 B1 EP 1194342B1
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Werner Fritz Dubach
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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
    • 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
    • B65D2401/00—Tamper-indicating means
    • B65D2401/15—Tearable part of the closure

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  • the present invention relates to a two-part Hinge lock with the features of the generic term of Claim 1.
  • plastic closures with Snap hinges have become more and more complicated.
  • the plastic snap hinge locks are in one piece and are mostly used when spraying filled from the bottom. All material must be from Injection location through the lower part and then over at least a film hinge is pressed into the lid and this must be filled. Is also a guarantee band available, this must also be very thin Connection points are filled with material. This leads to that the cycle times for spraying and closing such Plastic parts even with the most modern machines and more optimal Design of the injection molds hardly any cycle times under twenty Allow seconds.
  • the corresponding ones are also open Injection molded closures also problematic for Ejection. Often the guarantee bands or the Spring elements, which the snap action of the snap hinge cause already when ejecting from the Injection mold damaged.
  • EP-A-0'629'560 proposes Bottom and lid of a snap hinge closure to manufacture separately and a separate hinge element to produce a rubber-like plastic with which the two Locking parts can be connected to one another.
  • DE-A-195'17'102 is a one-piece plastic closure known in which the spring element of the Snap hinge is made separately. This allows the Production of a closure with customer-specific spring force of the closure, being simultaneously with a considerably simpler injection mold that can be worked higher cycle times allowed.
  • Plastic closure is known from FR-A-2'769'005.
  • FR-A-2'769'005. is at the bottom a concentric to the wall thickness Center offset receiving slot provided in which the fixed on the cover coupling piece, which the Snap hinge includes, positive and / or non-positive Takes place. This must be tongue-shaped for assembly Coupling piece to be inserted into the receiving slot.
  • the lower part and the upper part can be easily designed in different colors. Further can also cover and base from different Plastics are manufactured. In particular, one can Make the hinge lock with the lower part made of PET can be manufactured. This allows a snap hinge closure be offered for PET containers, too is gastight. For processing reasons previously plastic snap hinge closures not made of PET getting produced.
  • the injection molds can be the required Have simplicity and can also be the corresponding simple Assembly done.
  • the present invention also discloses two preferred ones Method for assembling two according to the invention Embodiments of the subject matter of the invention.
  • the closure according to the invention consists of two Individual parts that are manufactured separately. They are on the one hand the lower part 1 and on the other hand the upper part or Cover 2. Only when assembled do these result two closure parts 1, 2 the entire closure 3 as he is shown in Figures 3 and 4.
  • the invention disclosed is the presence of shell walls mandatory both on the lower part 1 and on the cover 2 required to have an easy-to-assemble fastener achieve that has no protruding parts and also aesthetically satisfies all demands.
  • protruding parts For all handling both when assembling and when packing the containers with the appropriate closures are protruding parts always problematic. Add to that that prominent or strong protruding parts can practically only be realized, with corresponding sliders, on the one hand the tools complicate and increase the cycle times.
  • the same applies to the closures according to the invention practically only the guarantee bands compared to the jacket walls slightly above.
  • the spring elements can have the same design or can the at least one spring element and at least one coupling piece either on the lower part 1 or be arranged on the cover 2 and correspondingly the receptacles, in which the parts of the coupling piece engage, on respective other closure part may be attached.
  • FIGS. 1 to 4 A preferred embodiment is shown in FIGS. 1 to 4 shown schematically.
  • the bottom part according to the Figure 1 has a cylindrical jacket wall 10 here.
  • the Of course, lower part 1 has fasteners which the lower part 1 are attached to a container can. These are absolutely conventional means like for example one on the inner wall of the cylindrical Shell wall 10 arranged thread or Fastening cams or fastening beads, depending on whether the lower part 1 can be screwed onto a container or to be bouncy.
  • the lower part 1 is at the top of a top surface 11 closed in the pouring spout or like here shown a spout 12 is arranged.
  • the pouring spout is as usual with a circumferential seal or manner of sealing Retaining bead 13 equipped.
  • FIGS. 1 to 4 A preferred embodiment is shown in FIGS. 1 to 4 shown.
  • This embodiment gives a special compact solution that is also particularly unproblematic in the Assembly is because the two parts in any Angular position to each other perpendicular to each other are put together. This results in a particularly inexpensive Assembly because a corresponding orientation is not is required and the items have no asymmetrical protruding areas that can lead to curling.
  • the lid is alone in one shown diametrical vertical section.
  • the lid has one Cover surface 21 and a cylindrical jacket wall 20 with a Spring element 204, which is designed as a snap hinge is.
  • This spring element 204 has a film hinge 201, which is the articulated connection between the spring element 204 and the casing wall 20 of the cover or upper part 2 forms and a second lower film hinge 202, which the articulated connection between the spring element 204 and the forming coupling piece 270 below.
  • the snap hinge 200 is consequently represented by elements 201, 202 and 204 shaped.
  • the snap hinge is in the radial direction 200 delimited by slots 203.
  • the coupling piece 270 has a closed ring shape and is direct connected in alignment under the jacket wall 20 with this.
  • the Coupling piece 270 is not just about that here Snap hinge 200 but also via a tear seam 271 molded onto the aforementioned wall 20.
  • the tear seam 271 extends from the one lateral boundary of the Snap hinge all the way to the other side Boundary 203 of the snap hinge 200 and opens in each case into the slits 203. After severing the tear seam 271 hangs the coupling piece 270 like those previously described Solutions only via the spring element 204 with the Shell wall 20 of the upper part 2 together.
  • the tear seam can be formed as a continuous thin spot or, as in the Known technology, as a separation point over corresponding Stege.
  • the tear seam is 271 in the form shown here shown as a continuous thin spot.
  • the bottom of the Jacket wall 20 is peripheral by a pusher bead 205 protrudes all the way out, designed. In the First use leads to pressure from the user Press bead 205 to separate the tear seam 271.
  • the lid 2 is here provided with a sealing pin 33 which has a circumferential Has sealing bead 34.
  • the sealing pin 33 engages closed state of the closure in the spout 12 and acts with a sealing lip 13 mounted therein as Sealing element.
  • the lower part 1 has a circumferential jacket wall 10, the upper area 210 approximately inward by the wall thickness is offset. At this area 21 'are on the outer surface ring-shaped, circumferential retaining notches formed in the assembled state of the closure the retaining beads 206 snap in positively.
  • the shoulder 212 which at the Transition of the jacket wall 10 to the inwardly placed upper one Area 210 is formed, is here on the lower part 1 Guarantee tape 400 molded.
  • the molding can also be used here Tear seam 401 or as a separation point by means of a corresponding separable bridges should be formed.
  • the top of the Guarantee band 400 is projecting inside as Retaining lip 402 shaped.
  • This retention lip 402 lies above the top surface 21, which is also here through a spout 12 is enforced.
  • the sealing pin 33 described above with its sealing bead 34 comes sealingly in the closed state to lie in the mouth area of the pouring spout 12.
  • a Ring wall 16 on the underside of the top surface 11 is used Seal against a bottle neck on which the closure to be put on.
  • For attachment to the container neck can be a thread or, as shown here, a number of Holding knobs 17 may be provided.

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EP00936590A 1999-07-13 2000-06-29 Zweiteiliger schnappscharnierverschluss aus kunststoff Expired - Lifetime EP1194342B1 (de)

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