EP1268289B1 - Kunststoffbehälter mit einrastbarem deckel - Google Patents

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EP1268289B1
EP1268289B1 EP01913598A EP01913598A EP1268289B1 EP 1268289 B1 EP1268289 B1 EP 1268289B1 EP 01913598 A EP01913598 A EP 01913598A EP 01913598 A EP01913598 A EP 01913598A EP 1268289 B1 EP1268289 B1 EP 1268289B1
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  • the invention relates to an injection-molded plastic container with latchable lid and with at the upper edge of the Container arranged catch for latching receiving a latching edge with the further features of the preamble of the claim 1.
  • plastic containers are used to transport different Used goods, especially in the industrial sector and in the food industry, and have proven themselves many times.
  • liquids or low pastes there is still a problem of adequate materials Tightness of plastic containers. This is special more volatile during transport or for other reasons Goods of the case, such as oils, in particular Mineral oils.
  • the tightness of the Plastic container particularly high demands to make the unsatisfactory in previously known plastic containers be solved even if many attempts have been made by suitable profiling of the container rim and the lid to achieve sufficient tightness. These goods will be therefore mostly transported in metal containers.
  • DE 44 22 534 A1 describes a generic injection-molded One-edge plastic container with latchable lid, wherein when attaching the lid of this with its inner surface is inserted into the container opening, so that a circumferential Cover edge on the inside with the container wall sealed to the system comes.
  • the invention is based on the object, an injection molded Plastic container with latchable lid to create the meets the special requirements for the tightness.
  • the task is by a plastic container with latchable Lid according to claim 1 solved.
  • this container is the sealing area with a through an injection molding integrally molded circumferential seal provided with a sealed lid sealing between Container and lid is arranged, wherein the seal of a Material of higher elasticity than that of the lid and / or of the bucket, in particular of a rubber material.
  • the Seal is thus on the container and lid existing Container integrally formed.
  • tolerances such as they can occur when manually inserting a seal, avoided and attachment of the seal with the lid or Container created so that even under the action of force, e.g. at falling containers, the seal always immovable the component is arranged.
  • the seal is preferably through a spraying method, e.g. in injection molding, molded, so that Gluing or the like can be avoided. Injection the seal can immediately following the formation of the associated container part in the same tool, whereby adhered to particularly low manufacturing and fitting tolerances can be.
  • the seal is integrally formed on the lid, wherein the width of the seal is greater than the wall thickness of the upper Container edge may be sized, e.g. about 1.5 to 3 times, without being limited thereto.
  • the seal can be one have a substantially horizontally extending sealing region, it can also be profiled, e.g. U- or V-shaped. It can have one or even two or more different sealing areas be provided, which in terms of their investment width, which may be line-shaped or flat, material thickness or other properties.
  • the Sealing areas can merge into each other and / or each other be radially or axially spaced.
  • the seal in a circumferential, for Container edge towards open groove of the lid arranged, where the seal can extend over the entire width of the groove and thereby additionally secured against lateral displacement is.
  • the side flanks of the groove can be the container border inside and outside surrounded, preferably each with little or no lateral play, without limitation to be.
  • the seal preferably has two adjacent sealing areas on, which have a different inclination and to areas the container edge with different inclination sealing can be applied.
  • the seal can this particular a U, V or L-shaped cross section or other profiles have, wherein the sealing areas on facing each other Regions of the seal can be arranged, if necessary but also e.g. at a convex area.
  • the sealing areas different inclination can be integrated with each other or multi-part i. not be carried out continuously, wherein one or more, preferably all sections of the seal the container and / or lid are integrally formed.
  • the seal in the closed state of Container on a substantially horizontal area the sealingly on the upper edge of the container edge can be applied, and a radially inner region, preferably downwardly is inclined and to the inside of the upper container edge is sealingly applied.
  • the downward sloping sealing area can essentially stand in a container extend vertically or obliquely, the two Sealing areas an angle of 90 ° -135 ° or more can.
  • the obliquely inclined sealing area is running thus also in an inclined area and extends preferably substantially linear.
  • the length of the oblique Sealing area can be approximately the length of the horizontal Sealing region, e.g. a quarter to the entire Length of the same or more.
  • the container edge also a horizontal sealing area and a radially inner chamfer or chamfer for conditioning of vertically or obliquely arranged sealing area on it but other configurations are possible.
  • This will be also with lateral force on the sealing area Forces are always absorbed in the area of the flexible seal, so that leakage safety given to a high degree is.
  • the seal may be one or more protruding from the container rim have circumferential sealing ribs, which are to invest with a container area, in particular the upper edge of the container, come.
  • the height of the sealing ribs may be smaller than that Wall thickness of the container.
  • the container edge can be flat or be provided with one or more circumferential ribs, the in pairs can form a groove into which one or more At least partially engage sealing ribs.
  • the sealing ribs can be provided on different areas of the seal be, e.g. at one horizontal and / or one vertical or obliquely arranged area.
  • the cross sections of the sealing ribs with the circumferential grooves of the container edge need do not match, as long as an adequate sealing effect is achieved.
  • the cross section of the groove of the container edge may be equal to or less than the cross section of the sealing rib be so that the groove with the lid completely filled by the flexible sealing rib.
  • the groove cross-section can also be larger than the engaging sealing ribs be and hereby e.g. a lateral shift Counteract the same, which also serve only a bridge can.
  • the groove limiting ridge or edge can also on sealingly abut the seal.
  • they can be used together coming structuring of seal and container edge incompatible or not be complementary, so that surveys of Seal not opposite recesses of the container edge but come to bumps with the container edge, e.g.
  • the height of the sealing ribs is preferably smaller than the container wall thickness, e.g. 1/2 to 1/5 of the same or less, without limitation to be.
  • the container rim can also be used with at least one rib for Sealing the container to be provided with a level Area of the seal comes to rest.
  • the rib preferably has Such a height, so that with attached lid the rib is at least partially or substantially completely in the seal, which has a higher elasticity than the container material has buried.
  • the seal preferably has a height or strength, so that these force application to containers or covers in the sealing area at the same time serves as a crumple zone, so that in certain Force effects a deformation of the more rigid Lid or container areas is avoided.
  • the horizontal and / or vertical or obliquely downward Area of the seal can be placed each with Cover flat, preferably in each case over the entire surface, i. above the entire radial extent of the same, to the corresponding Investment areas of the container or lid can be applied be to seal the container.
  • Area of the container outer wall can radially to be formed on the outside projecting webs, as a circumferential Ridges can be designed whose radial extent smaller is as the tank wall thickness.
  • These ribs can be out the same material as the container wall and serve essentially to the friction when placing the Cover, with only a minor sealing function which are essentially of the flexible and is perceived compressible seal.
  • At the container's outer edge can also be two or more such circumferential Ribs attached. The ribs are in attached Lid preferably free of play but without appreciable preload on, making the lid in the area of the seal exactly or are spaced with little clearance, without being limited thereto.
  • the sealing area is, preferably on the outside, at the container edge on the upper edge of the container facing side of the catch a radially projecting reinforcing rib formed.
  • the reinforcing rib preferably runs radially around the container, it can also be divided and consist of several gain areas. Alternatively or in addition, on the top of the container facing or the opposite side of the catch one or more be formed further reinforcing ribs.
  • the strength, i. Height and / or width of the reinforcing rib may be in the range of half wall thickness of the container, preferably in the area of Wall thickness or over it.
  • the lid is located on the radially outer side of the Reinforcing rib with or without preload on, causing the side forces acting on the cover directly from the Reinforcing rib to be added.
  • the radial outside The reinforcing rib can for this purpose have a planar region. The distance between reinforcing rib and notch or between these can be used to latch the latching edge of the lid be designed.
  • also reinforcing ribs on the container inside be provided.
  • the detent of the lid is advantageously even after one-time Opening of the container unchanged effective, i. Rest area and sealing area are not due to a material weakening interrupted, e.g. as a tamper-evident closure serves and in which the lid portion partially or completely is to remove or fold over the opening of the container.
  • the catch can be directly at the top of the container or at a distance from it, e.g. also on an outwardly projecting edge.
  • the catch for fixing the lid is preferably on the Container outer wall, but possibly also inside arranged.
  • the lid has an outwardly facing Abgleitschräge on, which is attached to the top of the lid or to an underlying region thereof, preferably to a substantially vertical section, can connect.
  • the Abgleitschräge can immediately above the reinforcing rib, which provided above the catch on the container outer wall is, arranged and slightly spaced from this be.
  • the Abgleitschräge can radially outward with the locking edge close or overhang the lid, preferably, it extends radially to over from the container wall outward protruding areas.
  • the upper edge of the container has a radial outwardly projecting, pulled down circumferential Edge area on which the catch is formed.
  • One above the latch formed, outwardly facing reinforcing rib can also be formed on the peripheral edge of the container be, whereby this is also reinforced, and / or above the peripheral edge region directly on the container wall.
  • the pulled down peripheral edge area is attached to the top edge of the container, i. at height the sealing area or at a distance of a few wall thicknesses, e.g. one or two.
  • the container preferably has a radially outwardly projecting, pulled down edge area, the below of the lid placed on the container is arranged and extends radially to the lid or beyond.
  • This peripheral edge area can be attached separately to the container wall be molded and this with the lower edge of the locking edge terminate with the peripheral edge region or from this be spaced in height.
  • this is circumferential edge region as a continuation of the detent having Edge region formed, i. as down and outward continued paragraph.
  • the Lower lid edge can be with or without preload on this Sit on edge area or have a slight play to this, preferably such that the lower lid edge is not can be manually intervened.
  • This peripheral edge area can be a radial constriction for partial or complete Have recording of the lower lid edge.
  • the peripheral edge (s) may pass through be reinforced vertically extending ribs, the inside mounted in the edge area and with the container outer wall can be connected.
  • the stiffening ribs preferably have down to a recess or notch on, which the edge area maintains some flexibility and as Crumple zone can act.
  • the lid has a circumferential, from the flexible Seal vertically and / or radially spaced area on, with the lid attached sealing on the container inner wall is applied.
  • This sealing area can be made of the same Material like the lid is made.
  • the sealing area can e.g. as a downwardly projecting rib or as a stepped shoulder the lid underside be carried out and is preferably with the lid above a paragraph of the Container wall arranged.
  • the sealing area can be placed on Lid on the heels sit, but also of this be spaced, preferably such that when piled up other containers or in external force the underside the rib or the paragraph of the lid on the container paragraph supported.
  • the lid area can be linear or sealing above a vertical height preferably at one substantially vertically extending container area abutment, preferably at the level of a container on the outside arranged reinforcing rib or the locking edge.
  • the container inner wall can at the container inner wall radially inward to the circumferential on the inside of the lid molded web-like or circumferential rib down to over the bottom edge of the rib be provided above the above range.
  • this range is also as circumferential rib formed.
  • the height of this rib, the one Inward displacement of the rib of the lid is prevented Preferably smaller than the wall thickness of the container or the Lid rib without being limited thereto.
  • the upstairs projecting portions of the container may be slightly spaced or with or without bias on the side of the rib lie against the lid.
  • the rib of the lid can also do this in a press fit between the radially inwardly and outwardly adjacent Be arranged container areas.
  • the stepped shoulder of the container inner wall, below the Rib or a stepped paragraph of the lid or the like can be arranged approximately at the height of the catch or one Reinforcing rib be arranged or at a distance one or a few container wall thicknesses.
  • the lid can be used to stabilize the sealing area, preferably on the container wall directly radially inward Area, at least one radially inward Have projection that may be integrally formed on the lid top can.
  • the protrusion (s) may e.g. ring-shaped or box-shaped, e.g. cuboid or prismatic, or web-shaped be formed without being limited thereto.
  • the box or annular projections can be provided internal stiffening ribs.
  • the one or more projections with their Top spaced from, preferably above, the sealing attached to the container inner wall adjacent lid portion, the approach in the vertical direction is practical can be point or line-shaped.
  • the cross section of the projections can e.g. in the manner of a crooked three or three Rectangle be executed, with the top and / or bottom edge the side walls of the projection sloping towards the interior of the container can be executed.
  • the radially inner end wall of Projections can be vertical or inclined.
  • the projections can be molded to the top of the lid. advantageously, is the top edge of the protrusions below the Cover upper edge attached, so that a further step paragraph arises. An Anformung at the height of the sealing area of the container inside, the material stresses or changes in shape e.g. due to shrinking operations thereby avoided.
  • the projections in particular also an annular circumferential projection, with internal Ribs are reinforced, which then preferably in radial Distance from the voltage applied to the container inner wall Seal or Abstützungsrippe end or spaced from attach the sealing area of this rib to this.
  • the top of the projections can hereby substantially attach horizontally to the lid inner edge, preferably with an inclination of less than 15 °, z. B. 5 ° to the container interior sloping.
  • the lid opening obstructing the container opening can open Height or below the inner sealing area, preferably arranged at height or below the latching edge be.
  • a spout may be attached to the lid, preferably about one quarter of the diameter of the lid surface is arranged, resulting in a practical handling of the bucket when pouring a liquid results.
  • Fig. 1 shows an injection-molded plastic bucket 1 with snapped lid 2, wherein on the outer wall 3 of the bucket final top edge 4 a flattened area provided is.
  • a circumferential closes and radially outwardly projecting edge 5 to the one after externally projecting latching edge 6 is formed, of a circumferential latching edge 7 of the lid with a hook-shaped Projection is under attack.
  • the latching together to attack Coming areas of lid and bucket are essentially formed horizontally and without rounding of the outer edges, so that by the resulting entanglement a special secure locking is given. If necessary, the Rastr selected of bucket and lid also outwardly downwards be inclined, whereby the entanglement is reinforced.
  • the upper edge 4 of the bucket associated with the area of the lid 2 is groove-shaped or channel-shaped, wherein the outer edge 8 of the groove 34 at the two vertically spaced circumferential Ribs 9 of the bucket rests laterally.
  • the radial Extension of the ribs 9 is significantly less than the wall thickness of the bucket, here about one third of the same.
  • a seal made of an elastic and compressible rubber material integrally molded.
  • the inner one Groove flank 10 associated sealing region 12 is oblique to Vertically arranged, here at an angle of about 20 °, taking the angle can also assume values between 5 and 45 °, without to be limited to this.
  • the inclined portion 12 of Seal 11 is in the snapped condition of the lid which adjoins the bucket top edge 4 on the inside, inwardly sloping slope 13 (see also Fig.
  • the peripheral edge 5 of the bucket is at the height of the upper edge. 4 set, so that the demarcated from the edge 5 cavity 14 is close to the top edge, d. H. except for about one Wall thickness, extends.
  • the area of the upper edge 4 of the bucket is thus also designed as a U-shaped circumferential profile.
  • the substantially vertical leg of the U-shaped upper edge 4 goes out into a chamfer 15 with a Angle of about 30 ° to the horizontal over, creating a stepped Paragraph is formed.
  • the locking edge 6 is formed, wherein between locking edge and the Paragraph, here at the height of the paragraph, a radially encircling Reinforcement edge 16 is formed, which in this example after outside at the height of the locking edge 6 completes and a this corresponding width, d. H. vertical extension, comprising.
  • the lower edge of the reinforcing edge 16 is corresponding to the of the latching edge 6 is formed, so that the latching edge 7 of the Dekkels also arranged in the between the edges 6 and 16 Nut can intervene, including the upper edge of the locking edge.
  • the lid edge is thus in completely snapped on the outer edge of the latching edge 6 and the reinforcing edge 16 and the two Ribs 9, wherein between bevel 15 and above this arranged Abgleitschräge 17 of the lid a smaller Gap is provided.
  • the Abgleitschräge 17 can also above the lower edge of the container top edge surrounding the lid edge be arranged so that a downward toward the Bevel 15 projecting web is formed, if necessary also on the chamfer 15 or one substantially Place horizontally extending section of the same can.
  • the peripheral edge 5 has below the locking edge 7 a circumferential step shoulder 18, which from the locking edge 7 on protrudes beyond the outer edge of the lid 2, wherein the Retrand 7 sit on the stepped shoulder 18 under tension can or between the curb and step heel also a gap can be provided.
  • the stepped shoulder 18 has a tamper-evident closure 19 on, after the removal of the locking edge. 7 Manually gripped from below and the lid removed can. It can also be several juxtaposed or over a larger circumference of the bucket extending tear-off tabs be provided. Optionally, a tamper-evident closure also be attached to the locking edge 7.
  • the lid area between the groove receiving the seal and the locking rim has no significant material weakening, so that between the locking connection and the seal 11 and the inside of the bucket 1 arranged portion of the lid a high Stability and thus high tightness is given.
  • the lid Inboard of the seal 11, the lid has a circumferential Sealing rib 20 on, the only over a partial area its height sealingly abuts the Eimerinnenwandung, wherein the sealing area in this example the lower end of the Ridge forms, which is approximately at the height of the reinforcing edge 16th or the locking edge is provided.
  • the essentially vertical downwardly projecting rib 20 is at the level of one after arranged inside projecting paragraph 21 of the bucket inner wall and slightly spaced vertically therefrom. at low vertical pressure on the lid sets the Rip 20 to the paragraph 21. Is the sealing function of Rib dispensable, so may alternatively be individual after downwardly directed web-like projections may be provided.
  • Paragraph 21 is bounded inwardly by a peripheral edge 22, Instead, also provided individual projections may be, with the edge 22 over the lower edge of the rib 20 protrudes and an inward movement of the rib 20th prevented.
  • the rib 20 may also be between the edge 22 and the outside adjacent wall portion of the bucket in a press fit be recorded.
  • the sealing area of the rib 20 becomes thereby formed so that (see Fig. 2), the rib 20 slightly inclined obliquely outwards and is so dimensioned that at taken off cover their lower edge 35 radially outside the Eimerinnenwandung would come to rest.
  • the thickness of the lower edge here corresponds approximately to the rib thickness, preferably more than 1/4 of the same, with it here slightly tapered. hereby If the lid is set, an attachment is placed underneath achieved radial bias with the container inner wall. Of the Overhang with the lid removed is smaller here than that Rib thickness, and is about 1/4 of the thickness of the lower edge.
  • a slightly inwardly sloping circumferential Edge 23 integrally formed by the segmentally inward Bevels 24 or in places of widened margins in the essential vertical wall portions 25 are formed in go over the horizontal lid portion 26.
  • the area 26 is arranged below the latching edge 6, wherein its outer diameter, as shown, is dimensioned such that a stacking of buckets is possible. This gives rise to projections with triangular cross-section, following a trapezoidal shape are formed below open groove.
  • the outer wall 3 of the bucket has to enable an improved Power transmission with simultaneous stackability of buckets without a lid into each other a conicity or inclination to the outside of less than 3 °, preferably 2 °, and also lower inclinations are possible. Furthermore, to the Forces with stacked buckets with lid in the edge area better to be able to intercept the distance between the bucket center facing side of the wall 25 of the projections and the opposite Outer wall of bucket 26 with little play measured, z. B. with a distance of less than 2 mm, preferably 1 mm.
  • Fig. 4 is the inside of the bucket wall. 3 arranged circumferential edge 23 of the lid with segments 28, Provided 29 different radial width, resulting in gives an effective stiffening profile to forces on the To catch sealing area of the rib 20 or the seal 11.
  • the circumferential extent of the regions 28, 29 amounts to the example a multiple of their width.
  • the projections are thus formed box-shaped.
  • the bevels 24 and vertical Wall portions 25 terminate at the same distance from the Bucket main axis, wherein the chamfer 24 laterally delimiting Areas 30 extend obliquely to the lid circumference.
  • In the central portion 26 of the lid is further closable Arranged spout, which is about one quarter of the Diameter of the bucket is arranged.

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