EP1230129A1 - Snap hinge and container lid - Google Patents
Snap hinge and container lidInfo
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- EP1230129A1 EP1230129A1 EP00979561A EP00979561A EP1230129A1 EP 1230129 A1 EP1230129 A1 EP 1230129A1 EP 00979561 A EP00979561 A EP 00979561A EP 00979561 A EP00979561 A EP 00979561A EP 1230129 A1 EP1230129 A1 EP 1230129A1
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- hinge
- snap
- lid
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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
- B65D43/00—Lids or covers for rigid or semi-rigid containers
- B65D43/14—Non-removable lids or covers
- B65D43/16—Non-removable lids or covers hinged for upward or downward movement
- B65D43/161—Non-removable lids or covers hinged for upward or downward movement comprising two or more cover sections hinged one to another
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- the invention relates to a one-piece snap hinge made of plastic, which has a first relaxed and a second tensioned snap position, with two hinge parts pivotable about a hinge axis and with a film hinge located in the hinge axis, which is interrupted in the middle by at least one resilient intermediate element.
- the invention also relates to a container lid according to the preamble of claim 14.
- Such snap hinges are mostly used as a container lid, the lid assuming a defined open and a defined closed position. When opening or closing the lid, it is moved over an unstable intermediate position.
- the intermediate elements are used so that the two defined positions can be taken, the intermediate elements being relaxed in one position and tensioned in the other position.
- One-piece snap hinges for bottles are known from DE 31 50 493 C3.
- the hinge has two intermediate elements, which are designed in cross section as U-shaped channels that taper in the direction of the main axis.
- the intermediate elements are connected to the two hinge parts by elongated thin points in the form of film hinges, of which one hinge part forms the lid and one hinge part forms the bottle neck ring.
- the intermediate elements which are U-shaped in cross section, behave like spiral springs which are relaxed in the end positions, ie in the open position and in the closed position, and are moved over the unstable equilibrium position for the change.
- the intermediate elements are relaxed only in the open position and maximally compressed in the closed position. This requires a locking device that holds the two hinge parts together in the closed position. In order to be able to assume the stable closed or open position, a 180 ° swivel movement of the hinge parts must be carried out.
- Another embodiment provides two pairs, that is, a total of four intermediate elements.
- the variant provided for a box lid provides two V-shaped intermediate elements in the center, which together form a rhombus.
- the intermediate elements are also connected to the two hinge parts via sloping thin points in order to ensure the required mobility of the intermediate elements.
- Additional resilient end elements which are also V-shaped, are provided at the outer ends of the hinge axis.
- the intermediate elements protrude outwards and, when closed, nestle against the rectangular shape of the box.
- the shape of the intermediate elements is retained when the box is opened and closed.
- a hinge part is identical to a side wall of the box, so that the hinge axis is on the edge of the box.
- the lid must be pivoted through 180 °.
- This snap hinge cannot be used for stand-alone container lids where the hinge parts lie in one plane in the closed position and where a 180 ° swivel movement is not possible.
- a one-piece snap hinge made of deep-drawn flexible plastic film is known, in which the required film hinges are divided into several mutually parallel channels. These channels diverge in the central area so that roof-shaped intermediate surfaces with ribs running perpendicular to the hinge axis can be formed there.
- the intermediate elements In the open position, in which the container lid and box lie in one plane, the intermediate elements form a roof surface, the ridge of which faces outwards.
- the lid being pivoted through 180 °, the intermediate elements snap inwards.
- this hinge When changing from the open position to the closed position and vice versa, this hinge leads to a deformation that is not limited to the hinge.
- EP 0 640 167 B1 describes a hinge with two triangular intermediate elements and two pivot axes, between which a tilting element is arranged.
- a push button is arranged on the opposite side of the hinge to ensure that the lock opens.
- hinges have one or more of the following disadvantages. Due to their functional principle, they can only be used on round or square containers to be closed, some require a locking device to ensure a closed position against greater forces, or a pusher to simplify opening. Their respective area of application is very limited.
- the object of the invention is to provide a snap hinge which is simple in construction and thus inexpensive to produce, and which starts from a first relaxed snap position when the two hinge parts are pivoted in the angular range from 90 ° to 180 ° into a second snap position. It is also an object of the invention to provide a container lid, in particular a reclosable container lid, with a hinged lid base section which assumes a stable position when pivoted by more than 90 ° and less than 180 °.
- each hinge part has a flat hinge element and an angled roof surface element fastened to it, the hinge parts being connected to one another in the hinge axis via the roof surface elements which are aligned with one another and the intermediate element being designed as a notch in the roof surfaces.
- the basic shape of the hinge has only three components, namely the flat hinge elements, the roof surface elements and the intermediate element designed as a notch, wherein several intermediate elements are also possible.
- This simple structure ensures cost-effective production, so that the snap hinge as a mass article, e.g. can be used in lids for yoghurt pots or other plastic containers for cream cheese, buttermilk, etc.
- the angle at which the roof surface elements are preferably integrally formed on the flat hinge elements can be chosen as desired because the angle which the roof surface elements take in relation to one another in their first relaxed snap position can be selected.
- the angle ⁇ . is preferably in the range between 80 ° and 110 °.
- the roof surface elements are preferably arranged at such an angle on the flat hinge elements that the flat hinge elements lie in one plane in the first, relaxed snap-in position. This arrangement is particularly advantageous when used in a container lid because this corresponds to the closed position of the lid.
- the angle is increasingly increased, as a result of which forces are introduced into the intermediate element which, due to the design as a notch, lead to elongation in the direction of the hinge axis. From a swivel angle of more than 90 °, this longitudinal expansion causes the film hinge to buckle in addition to the intermediate element, thus reaching the second snap position. In this position, the intermediate element and thus also the roof surface elements are in a tensioned state, which surprisingly has almost no effects and therefore does not result in any noteworthy deformation of the flat hinge elements.
- This circumstance is again advantageous when used in container lids because the container lid does not warp significantly and is therefore particularly suitable as a reclosable container lid. Even after repeated reclosing, the container lid lies close to the edge of the container.
- the mutual alignment of the hinge parts in the second snap position can also be adjusted by the choice of the angle in the first snap position.
- the notch is preferably V or U-shaped.
- the intermediate element has two triangular surface elements.
- the intermediate element has two square surface elements, to which a triangular surface element is connected on both sides.
- Other configurations of the intermediate element are possible.
- How the intermediate element and thus the notch are designed also depends on how stable the second snap position is to be, which forces are to be introduced into the intermediate element and which deformation of the intermediate element or the roof surface elements are desired in order to achieve the second snap position. This in turn also depends on the material thickness of the snap hinge, a material thickness of less than 0.45 mm being preferred for the polymers usually used in container lids.
- the depth t of the notch also influences the snap behavior of the hinge. It is possible that the notch extends over the entire roof height h.
- the notch is bridged by means of a tension element extending in the direction of the hinge axis. This creates additional stiffening.
- the tension element is preferably designed as a U-shaped or V-shaped rib. It is important that the top edge of the rib is below the hinge axis. The further the upper edge of the rib is from the hinge axis, the greater the forces that are introduced into the intermediate element. So that the kinks form in the second snap position in the area of the film hinge, it is advantageous if the length X, the film hinge sections is> 1/4 of the length X 2 of the intermediate element.
- Each hinge part preferably has at least one laterally erected stiffening wall, which is fastened both to the flat hinge element and to the roof surface element. This results in greater stability of the hinge parts.
- the container lid according to the invention is characterized in that the lid base is divided into two lid base sections which are connected to one another via two inclined roof surface elements extending to the edge of the lid, that the connecting line of the roof surface elements forms a hinge axis of a film hinge and that a notch is formed in the roof surface elements resilient intermediate element is arranged.
- the flat hinge elements are formed by the two lid base sections.
- the stiffening wall is formed by the cover wall, which extends between the cover base and the cover edge.
- the container lid can have any shape, with round or rectangular container lids being preferred.
- the lid base sections can be chosen to be the same size, but it is advantageous if the two lid base sections are of different sizes.
- the shorter lid bottom section is firmly connected to the container edge and the larger lid bottom section is detachable and thus reclosable attached to the lid edge.
- the Opening and folding up the larger lid base section opens a correspondingly large opening.
- the dead space under the smaller lid base section is minimized.
- the distance between the container bottom and the edge of the lid is as small as possible.
- a channel-shaped depression is formed in each case parallel to the hinge axis between the roof surface element and the lid base section. This indentation allows a predetermined height of the roof surface elements to be maintained.
- the groove-shaped depression preferably extends over the entire length of the roof surface.
- the groove-shaped depression can be V-shaped.
- FIGS. 1 +2 perspective representations of two embodiments of the snap hinge
- Fig. 3 is a perspective view of a first
- FIG. 4 is a top view of the container lid shown in FIG. 3, Fig. 5 shows a section AA through that shown in Fig. 4
- FIG. 6 shows a section B-B through the container lid shown in FIG. 4,
- Fig. 7 is a perspective view of a second
- FIG. 8-10 is a plan view and two sectional views of the container lid shown in Fig. 7,
- Fig. 11 is a perspective view of a third
- 15 is a perspective view of an exemplary embodiment of a square container lid
- 16-18 is a plan view and two sectional views of the container lid shown in Fig. 15,
- FIGS. 11 to 14 are perspective views of a round container with a container lid according to FIGS. 11 to 14, with the lid in a slightly open position, and
- Fig. 20 is a perspective view of that shown in Fig. 19
- a snap hinge 100 in its simplest embodiment is shown in perspective in FIG. 1.
- the snap hinge 100 has two hinge parts 101 and 102, each of which has a flat hinge part 111 and 112 and a roof surface element 7 and 7 '.
- the roof surface elements 7, 7 ' are angled onto the flat hinge elements 111, 112 and form an angle a with one another.
- the hinge axis 10 forms the connecting line of the two roof surface elements 7, 7 ', the two roof surface elements 7, 7' being connected to one another by means of a film hinge.
- the roof surface elements 7, 7 ' have an intermediate element 121 in the form of a notch 120.
- the film hinge is thereby divided into two film hinge sections 9, 9 '.
- the snap hinge 100 is transferred from this relaxed snap position shown in FIG. 1 to a second tensioned snap position by mutually pivoting the hinge parts 101, 102, the angle being increased. This will be explained in detail in connection with the following FIGS. 19 and 20.
- FIG. 2 shows a further embodiment, which differs from the embodiment shown in FIG. 1 in that additional stiffening walls 113 and 114 are provided. These stiffening walls 113, 114 are arranged on the lateral edges of the hinge parts 101, 102 and form a right angle with the flat hinge elements 111, 112. These stiffening walls 113, 114 are fastened both to the flat hinge parts 111, 112 and to the roof surface elements 7, 7 'and bring about additional stiffening.
- FIG. 3 shows a perspective view of a round container lid 15 with a tab 4, which has the hinge 100 according to the invention.
- the two hinge parts 101, 102 are formed by the two lid base sections 5 and 6, which represent the flat hinge elements 111, 112, and by the Roof surface elements 7,7 'formed.
- the cover base sections 5, 6 are offset with respect to the cover edge 3 downwards over the cover wall 2 and together form the cover base 1.
- the two cover base sections 5 and 6 are of different sizes.
- the two cover base sections 5, 6 are each connected to the hinge axis 10 via a roof surface element 7, 7 'which is inclined in the direction of the cover edge 3.
- the hinge axis 10 lies at the level of the lid edge 3 and thus does not point beyond the contour of the container lid 15.
- a V-shaped notch 120 with the depth t (see FIG. 5), which runs perpendicular to the hinge axis 10 and thus in the direction of the cover axis 25.
- the notch 120 is formed by an intermediate element 121 which has two triangular surface elements 8, 8 '.
- the triangular surface elements 8, 8 ′ abut one another with their narrow sides in the center of the notch 120, the notch base 11, and extend obliquely upwards from the notch base 11 toward the hinge axis 10.
- FIG. 4 shows a top view of the container lid 15 shown in FIG. 3.
- 5 and 6 are sections along lines A-A and B-B shown in Fig. 4.
- the length X is also equal to the length X, in the embodiment shown here.
- the film hinges 9,9 ' form the transition of the two roof surfaces 7,7' lying in the hinge axis 10.
- the length X should have a certain minimum size in order to ensure the formation of the kinks in the hinge axis 10 and thus a defined second snap position. In the illustration shown here, the length X] is greater than 1/4 of the length X 2 .
- the lid base section 5 In order to be able to adhere to these length specifications, the lid base section 5 must have a certain size, ie in the case of round lids the hinge axis 10 must have a certain distance from the rear lid wall. This means that the rear cover bottom section 5 cannot be chosen to be as small as desired. Nevertheless, it should be made as small as possible, so that the largest possible opening of the container results in the open position of the lid, which is advantageous when accessing the goods in the container.
- the angle between the two roof surfaces 7, 7 ' is shown.
- the angle in the relaxed first snap position is 90 °.
- the angle also defines the opening angle 7 of the container lid in the second tensioned snap position, which is shown in FIG. 20.
- the angles and ⁇ are functionally related in such a way that the angle 7 becomes smaller with a smaller one. In order to be able to drink from the opened cup shown in FIG. 20 without problems, it must be ensured that the angle 7 is greater than 90 ° and that the folded-up lid base section 6 assumes a stable snap position.
- the height h 1 is also shown in FIG. 6, which is a measure of the vertical extent of the roof surfaces 7, 7 'in the direction of the cover axis 25.
- the depth of the notch t (see FIG. 5) is smaller than the roof height h in the embodiment shown here.
- the depth t can also extend over the entire roof height h, so that the notch base 11 lies in one plane with the cover base 1.
- FIG. 7 shows a perspective illustration of a second embodiment of a container lid 15, which differs from the previously described embodiment by the configuration of the intermediate element 121.
- the intermediate element 121 or the notch 120 is formed by two smaller triangular surface elements 16, 16 'and two larger square surface elements 17, 17'.
- the two square surface elements 17, 17 ' abut each other in the middle of the notch, the notch base 11, and run obliquely upwards from the notch base 11 towards the triangular surface elements 16, 16'.
- the smaller triangular surface elements 16, 16 ' lie in a plane which is more inclined with respect to the plane in which the lid base 1 is located.
- the triangular surface element 16 ′ abuts the right-hand rectangular surface element 17 ′ on its short side and runs obliquely upwards towards the hinge axis 10. In the same way, the triangular surface element 16 and the left square surface element 17 abut each other.
- Figs. 8 to 10 are a top view and two sectional views through the container lid shown in FIG. 7.
- FIG. 11 shows a further embodiment which differs from the embodiment shown in FIG. 3 in that the notch 120 is bridged by a tension element 18.
- the tension element 18 extends from the triangular surface element 8 ′ across the notch base 11 to the opposite triangular surface element 8 in the direction of the hinge axis 10.
- This traction element 18 is designed as a rib 18 ′ which is U-shaped in cross section, the upper edge 19 of the rib being rounded in a circle. This is shown in FIGS. 12 to 14 shown in detail. As shown in Figs. 12 and 13 can be seen, the rib 18 'may have a maximum length X 2 at its upper edge. The rib 18 'extends vertically in the direction of the lid axis 25 from its upper edge to the notch portion 11. The upper edge 19 of the rib 18' must be spaced from the hinge axis 10 so that a tension can be built up in the intermediate element 121 when the hinge parts are pivoted. This distance is marked with h 3 in FIG. 14.
- the tension element 18 or the rib 18 ′ additionally stiffen the hinge, as a result of which greater forces are built up overall when the hinge parts 101, 102 are pivoted.
- FIG. 15 shows a perspective illustration of a further exemplary embodiment of the snap hinge on the basis of a square container lid, the hinge being designed with respect to the V-shaped notch and the arrangement of a tension element 18 as shown in FIGS. 11 to 14 is shown.
- the rear gutter 20 ' i.e. the gutter, which is arranged towards the rear lid bottom section 5, is formed by the rear roof surface 7 and the rear gutter surface 21, which rises obliquely from the rear gutter bottom 23 up to the rear lid bottom section 5.
- the front channel 20 is formed by the front roof surface 7 ′ and the front channel surface 22, which rises obliquely from the front channel bottom 24 up to the front cover bottom section 6.
- a G nd for the arrangement of the two channels 20, 20 ' is that the vertical distance between the lid base 1 and the lid edge 3 in the direction of the lid axis 25 does not offer enough space to arrange the snap hinge according to the invention. Therefore, it may be necessary to first arrange channels 20, 20 'in confined spaces in order to still achieve a sufficient height for the roof surface elements 7, 7' and for the notch 120.
- the lid base 1 is then placed as close as possible to the lid edge 3 when the largest possible volume in the container must be available when the lid is closed. In addition, it is prevented that forces are introduced into the lid base sections 5, 6 and the lid is deformed.
- the figures 16 to 18 show a top view and two sections of the container lid shown in FIG. 15.
- FIG. 19 shows a container 14 with a corresponding container cover 15.
- the container lid 15 corresponds to the container lid shown in FIG. 11.
- the first hinge part 101 is fastened on the container edge 13, for example by gluing or welding the lid edge 3.
- the hinge part 102 can be released from the container edge 13 by pulling on the tab 4, so that the container 14 can be opened.
- Container rim 13 and container lid 15 are matched to one another so that the lid can be reclosed.
- FIG. 19 shows the opening angle ⁇ , which characterizes the angle between the container edge plane and the plane of the hinge part 102 or of the lid base section 6.
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DE19955411A DE19955411C2 (en) | 1999-11-18 | 1999-11-18 | Snap hinge and container lid |
PCT/EP2000/011275 WO2001036286A1 (en) | 1999-11-18 | 2000-11-15 | Snap hinge and container lid |
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