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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
  • B65D83/00—Containers or packages with special means for dispensing contents
  • B65D83/14—Containers or packages with special means for dispensing contents for delivery of liquid or semi-liquid contents by internal gaseous pressure, i.e. aerosol containers comprising propellant for a product delivered by a propellant
  • B65D83/16—Containers or packages with special means for dispensing contents for delivery of liquid or semi-liquid contents by internal gaseous pressure, i.e. aerosol containers comprising propellant for a product delivered by a propellant characterised by the actuating means
  • B65D83/20—Containers or packages with special means for dispensing contents for delivery of liquid or semi-liquid contents by internal gaseous pressure, i.e. aerosol containers comprising propellant for a product delivered by a propellant characterised by the actuating means operated by manual action, e.g. button-type actuator or actuator caps
  • B65D83/205—Actuator caps, or peripheral actuator skirts, attachable to the aerosol 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
  • B65D83/00—Containers or packages with special means for dispensing contents
  • B65D83/14—Containers or packages with special means for dispensing contents for delivery of liquid or semi-liquid contents by internal gaseous pressure, i.e. aerosol containers comprising propellant for a product delivered by a propellant
  • B65D83/16—Containers or packages with special means for dispensing contents for delivery of liquid or semi-liquid contents by internal gaseous pressure, i.e. aerosol containers comprising propellant for a product delivered by a propellant characterised by the actuating means
  • B65D83/22—Containers or packages with special means for dispensing contents for delivery of liquid or semi-liquid contents by internal gaseous pressure, i.e. aerosol containers comprising propellant for a product delivered by a propellant characterised by the actuating means with a mechanical means to disable actuation
• • 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
  • B65D2215/00—Child-proof means
  • B65D2215/04—Child-proof means requiring the combination of different actions in succession
• • 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
  • B65D83/00—Containers or packages with special means for dispensing contents
  • B65D83/14—Containers or packages with special means for dispensing contents for delivery of liquid or semi-liquid contents by internal gaseous pressure, i.e. aerosol containers comprising propellant for a product delivered by a propellant
  • B65D83/40—Closure caps

Definitions

• the invention relates to a spray can with a valve plate having a valve, which is formed with a valve dome and a fastening collar surrounding it with a radial spacing, and with a rotatable spray head which axially projects out of the valve dome to control the valve movable plunger can be placed and pressed together with it from a closed position against spring force into a spray position, with a stop ring (30, 92) with a press fit being pressed into the collar in a rotationally fixed manner, the upward-facing side having a cam track extending along the circumference is formed, over which, when the spray head is rotated in the closed position, one or more cams connected to it can be moved a short distance or slidably, while at least one stop connected to it can be rotated back and forth between two stop surfaces extending transversely to the circumferential direction, and in one of the b eiden end positions of the spray head determined by the stop surfaces, the cam track is each formed with a recess under the cam or cams,
• Such spray cans are used in a variety of ways. This includes, for example, body, shoe and automobile care products, paints and foam sealants for construction purposes.
• the spray head can be depressed to open the valve in any angular position. To prevent this from happening unintentionally, it is normally snapped into place at the top of the can or plate Covered cap, which must be removed before use and should be replaced afterwards. However, this is often forgotten, and then a little carelessness is enough to trigger a spray.
• a spray can of the type mentioned at the outset is known from utility model 1 168 294.
• a stop ring is attached in the valve trough or on the valve dome with a press or tension seat.
• This kind of loading A solid ring requires a very precisely dimensioned inner diameter of the collar of the valve plate for assembly and a permanently reliable fit. However, this depends to a large extent on the thickness of the valve plate materials. So z. B. tinplate, bright or painted, a thickness of 0.28 mm. Tinplate with a PP coating has a thickness of 0.48 mm, and painted aluminum is 0.42 mm thick. The above-mentioned three materials alone lead to an internal diameter of the collar of the valve disk of 24.66 or
• the invention has for its object to provide a spray can with the safety function mentioned, which does not require any special measures in the manufacture of the valve plate or the can body to obtain fixed rotary stops, and allows the use of the same stop ring regardless of the material thickness of the valve plate ,
• the outer circumferential surface of the stop ring which forms the press fit has a multiplicity of radially elastically resilient lamellae which bear against the collar.
• the proposed spray can has the advantage that the stop ring is simply pressed into the annular space between the valve dome and the collar by clinching on the flanged edge of the opening of the can body after the valve plate has been fastened in such a way that it is pressed with tight press fit on the collar and / or dome, can be reliably determined. It is therefore not necessary to produce specially designed valve disks for such spray cans with a safety function.
• the interference fit of the stop ring in the collar can easily be carried out so firmly that a very high holding torque is achieved in this way alone.
• the formation of the outer circumferential surface of the stop ring with lamellae allows adaptation to different inner diameters of the collar of the valve disk. It is therefore sufficient to use a single, large-scale stop ring for all the usual material thicknesses of the valve disc.
• the lamellae starting from their origin, project outward at an acute angle to the respective radial direction.
• the lamellae in the press fit are primarily subjected to bending and not just radially compressed.
• the adaptation to the different inside diameters of the collar is achieved by bending the lamellae to a greater or lesser extent.
• stop ring interacts with the spray head in a known manner. So it comes for the one you want
• Safety function does not depend on a special design and storage of an overcap.
• the safety function can also be guaranteed without a cap. Is for optical reasons or because a larger diameter cap is easier to turn when handling than a smaller one
• Spray head a cap provided, this can be designed and stored in a variety of ways.
• caps which are axially displaceably mounted or partially elastically deformable
• the cap can also be formed in one piece with the spray head or fixedly connected to it, so that it does not necessarily require a special mounting on the valve plate or can body.
• a cap which is only rotationally fixed to the spray head has an upper opening through which the spray head can be pressed.
• FIG. 1 shows a vertical cross section through the upper region of a spray can, the spray head being shown separately for better illustration in the drawing;
• Fig. 2 is a view rotated by 90 °
• FIG. 3A shows a top view of the one shown in FIG. 1, pressed into the annular space of the valve plate of the spray can
• 3B shows a view of the stop ring according to FIG. 3A from below;
• Fig. 5 is a view of the upper part of the
• Fig. 6 is a view of the upper part of the
• FIG. 7 shows a further exemplary embodiment in which the spray can according to FIG. 1 is provided with a cap held at the edge of the valve plate;
• FIG. 8 shows a spray can with a spray head which can be actuated through an upper opening in a cap held on the plate rim;
• FIG. 9 shows a cap which has been modified in its shape and holder in comparison to FIG. 8;
• FIG. 10 shows a cap modified compared to the cap according to FIG. 9 with regard to its connection with the can body and the spray head;
• 11 shows an exemplary embodiment of a spray can in which the spray head is formed in one piece with a cap; 11a shows a modification of the embodiment according to FIG. 11;
• Fig. 12b is a partial section along section line
• FIG. 13 shows an axial section along section line XIII-XIII in FIG. 12 through the stop ring used in the embodiment according to FIGS. 11 and 12, in which the lamellae were also omitted;
• Fig. 14 is a left view of the cap shown in Fig. 11 and
• FIGS. 11 and 14 are top views of the cap of FIGS. 11 and 14.
• Fig. 1 the upper part of a spray can is shown, the body with 10 and the valve plate is designated 12. It is irrelevant to the invention whether the can body 10 has been made in several parts from tinplate or in one part from an aluminum alloy. In both cases, the container opening provided with a flanged edge 14 is sealed by a corresponding valve plate 12 fastened thereon, which is shaped in the usual manner in its central region with a valve dome 16 and in its radially outer region with a collar 18 which extends concentrically around the dome is.
• the valve dome 16 contains parts of the spray valve, while the collar 18 is attached to the flanged edge 14 of the can body 10 by clinching, whereby. a sealing ring "19 or laminated sealing material brings about a tight seal.
• a plunger 20 protrudes upward from the valve dome 16, which plunger is on the one hand an actuating plunger for the spray valve in the dome 16 and on the other hand represents the outlet channel for the fluid to be sprayed. Since it would be cumbersome and painful to press the relatively thin plunger 20 with a finger to actuate the valve, a spray head 22 is placed on it in a conventional manner. It usually offers a relatively large, slightly sloping upper pressure surface 24 and is provided with a radially protruding spray nozzle 26 through which the spray fluid exits in the form of a spray jet.
• the spray head 22 can e.g. be held axially on the plunger 20 by a press fit or by latching projections and depressions 27 and is usually rotatable together with the latter relative to the can body 10.
• the spray can shown is conventional state of the art.
• a cap 28 and 29 shown in FIGS. 6 and 7, which can be easily detached, for example on the can body 10 or on the outermost edge of the valve plate 12. bar must be engaged, the spray head 22 is covered during transport and storage and must be removed before the spray can is put into use.
• the peculiarity of the aerosol can shown ' is there may be a inserted into the annular space between the valve dome 16 and collar 18 of the stop ring 30, which is preferably made of plastic, possibly via a- also made of metal. It is non-rotatably connected to the valve plate 12. For this purpose, it could be glued into the annulus, for example. Preferably, however, it is simply fixed in the annular space of the valve plate 12 in that it is pressed into the collar with an outer diameter which is somewhat larger than the inner diameter of the collar 18 and which is designed to be radially elastically flexible by grooves or lamellae 35 and is then held both axially and non-rotatably by the press fit produced thereby.
• a fixed contact can also be provided on the outer wall of the valve dome 16.
• the lamellae 35 do not extend exactly radially outwards, but with a directional component in the circumferential direction.
• relatively thin, essentially radially oriented lamellae can also be used.
• the stop ring 30 shown in the exemplary embodiment is formed at its upper end with an outer flange 32, the lower surface of which can be flat or adapted to the curvature of the edge of the valve plate 12 fastened on the flange 14. In this way, a stop and a precisely defined axial position of the stop ring 30 with respect to the valve dome 16 and the plunger 20 are obtained for pressing the stop ring 30 into the collar 18.
• a marking or groove 33 on the circumference serves as assembly guide.
• the stop ring 30 is subdivided into a closed, annular, radially outer, load-bearing part 34, on which the flange 32 on the outside outside and the lamellae 35 on the outside outside and on the inside a cam track designated by 36 in FIG.
• step-shaped elevations or bumps 42 and 44 are formed on the cam track 36 in front of the cutouts 38, 40, respectively.
• These cams have a height, for example of 6.3 mm.
• the cam track 36 has a distance of 8 mm from the upper edge of the stop ring 30, while the distance of the bumps 42 and 44 measured from there is, for example, 6 mm, cf. Fig. 4.
• the spray head 22 is placed on the plunger 20 in such a position that the cams 46, 48 are located at a short distance above the cam track 36 in the closed position of the valve. This forms an axial stop, which prevents the spray head from being depressed and the spray valve thereby being opened. If the spray head is turned clockwise with reference to FIG. 3, the cams 46 and 48 abut against the stop faces 50 and 52 of the bumps 42 and 44, which are front with respect to the clockwise direction. Furthermore, the spray head cannot be turned clockwise, and also in this end position, prevents the under the cam 46, 48 located cam track 36 the depression and actuation of the spray valve.
• the spray head is turned counterclockwise depending on the width of the cams 46, 48 and bumps 42, 44, for example by approximately 90 ° to 150 °, the bumps 46, 48 abut the rear stop surfaces 54 and 56 of the bumps, viewed in the clockwise direction 42 and 44.
• the approximately 3.5 mm wide cams 46, 48 now have the approximately 3.5 mm wide recesses 38 and 40, so that they are located in these. Position - and only in this position - the spray head can be depressed to open the spray valve.
• the cam track 36 with its two bumps 42 and 44 thus forms an axial stop which is only interrupted in a certain relative angle of rotation position and which prevents the spray head from being pressed down, as well as two rotary stops which are far apart on the circumference and on the one hand a secure rest position , in which the spray head cannot be depressed, and on the other hand define a "unlocked" standby position in which a spray jet is triggered by depressing the spray head. It is sufficient if the user rotates the spray head clockwise against the stop surfaces 50, 52 after use in order to secure the closure again, so that a spray jet is not inadvertently triggered if the spray head is accidentally pressed.
• the cap designated 58 there is not detachable for the user, but rotatable behind the outer edge of the valve plate 12 against slight resistance.
• the cap 58 has on the upper side a passage opening 60 through which the spray head 22 can be pressed, which in this case is expediently not beveled on one side on the upper side, but is, for example, flat or slightly arched.
• the cap 58 is shaped around the through opening 60 with an inwardly or downwardly facing collar 64, which is provided with a slot 66 at one point on its circumference through which the spray nozzle 26 of the spray head extends. By engaging the spray nozzle 26 in the slot 66, the cap 58 is rotatably connected to the spray head 22. In radial alignment with the slot 66 there is an opening 68 in the outer wall of the cap 58 through which the spray jet exits the cap 58.
• FIG. 9 differs from that according to FIG. 8 only in that a cap 70 which is snapped onto the lower end of the can cone is used, but at the same time rotatable cap 70, which at one point on its circumference at the top has an at least finger-wide trough that slopes towards the outer circumference is shaped. This makes the spray head more accessible. In this case, the top can be slightly beveled again. In both cases, however, the upper edge of the spray head is lower than the upper edge of the cap, which provides further protection against unintentional actuation of the valve.
• the embodiment according to FIG. 10 differs little from the outside according to FIG. 9.
• the cap, designated 72 is axially fixed on the outside, but rotatably, on the seam between the can body and the can cone.
• the special feature compared to the embodiment according to FIG. 9 is that the spray head 22 with, in the example .3 axial grooves 74. Outer circumference is provided, in which engage on the collar forming the passage opening, radially inwardly projecting ribs 76. Together with the grooves 74, these form a non-rotatable tongue and groove connection, which allows the spray head 22 to be pressed down. It is therefore not necessary to use a spray nozzle protruding from the spray head in order to take the spray head 22 with it when the cap is rotated.
• the spray can shown in FIGS. 11 to 15 has a spray head 78 which is formed in one piece with a cap 80 which is snapped onto the outer edge of the valve plate 12.
• the spray head 78 has an outlet channel 82 which extends at a right angle and leads to a spray nozzle 84 which is seated in the outer wall of the cap 80.
• the plunger 20 of the valve protrudes into a cone at the lower end of the outlet channel 82 of the spray head 78.
• the seat set it is in tight contact with the plunger 20, which is preferably provided at its free end with a cone matching the cone on the outlet channel 82.
• the area which merges into the spray head 78 must be designed so that it is axially flexible so that the spray head 78 can initially be sealed by manual pressure from above onto the transition area. put on the plunger 20 and then depressed together with this until the valve opens.
• the transition region between the same as in the exemplary embodiments according to FIG. '9 and 10 with an approximately FIN wide trough (see FIG. 14) shaped cap 80 and the spray head 78 consists of a web 86 forming the base of the trough, which is separated on both sides by a slot 88 from the rest of the cap 80.
• the part of the circumferential wall of the cap 80 which contains the spray nozzle 84 also belongs to the web 86 which is delimited by the lateral slots 88. On this side, the slots only extend to about half the height of the cap (see FIG. 14).
• the cap 80 is drawn in radially on the diametrically opposite side.
• Leg of the web 86 ' extends between the slots 88 from above to almost the level of the upper edge of a stop ring 92, which corresponds in its function and with slats 35, not shown, to the stop ring 30, but has a slightly different shape, to the following is received.
• the vertical leg 90 of the web 86 is connected via a predetermined breaking point 94 to a step-shaped section 96 of the cap 80, which represents the transition from the vertical leg 90 to the outer diameter of the cap.
• the valve is actuated for the first time by pressure from above onto the leg 86, which slopes obliquely towards its vertical leg 90, the predetermined breaking point 94 is broken, and then the web 86 swings together with the spray head 78 around the lower region of the web shown in FIG. 14 86 on the side of the cap diametrically opposite the predetermined breaking point 94.
• the pivoting movement is limited by the vertical leg 90 of the web 86 striking the upper side of the stop ring 92.
• the vertical leg 90 connected in one piece to the spray head 78 thus forms a cam in the embodiment according to FIGS. 11 to 15, which in cooperation with the stop ring 92 blocks the pressing down of the spray head 78 or releases. In this respect, it corresponds to cams 46 and 48.
• the cam 90 does not have the function of a rotary stop.
• two substantially diametrically opposite, radially inwardly projecting, vertical ribs 98 are provided on the peripheral wall of the cap. They could also be replaced by two axially short projections opposite each other, provided that their arrangement near the lower end of the cap 78 ensures that the vertical ribs 98 or the short projections can interact with stop surfaces on the stop ring 92 in order to prevent the rotary movement limit the cap 78.
• stops 98 are formed on the inside of the circumferential wall of the cap 78, but a plurality of ribs 100 are formed in a uniform distribution over the circumference, which stiffen the relatively thin wall of the cap on the one hand and on the top of the plate rim on the other hand come to rest and support axial forces exerted on the cap from above.
• the stop ring 92 which, like the stop ring 30, is fixed by a press fit on the plate edge, has on its upper side, outside and outside the central bore, with two opposite, higher regions, the upper surfaces of which are denoted by 102 and 104 in FIG. 12, and two lower regions 106 and 108 are formed. All four areas can extend around 90 ° on the circumference of the stop ring. However, either the higher or the lower ranges can also be selected somewhat larger than the other ranges. As illustrated in FIG.
• the ribs 98 serving as stops extend radially inward from the circumferential wall of the cap 80 to such an extent that when the cap is turned back and forth they abut against the vertical interfaces between the higher and lower circumferential regions of the stop ring 92 which each form two stop surfaces 109 and 111.
• the cap can only be turned back and forth by approx. 90 °.
• the vertical leg 90 of the web 86 serving as a cam also lies on a radius which is smaller than half the outer diameter of the stop ring 92. This has the consequence that in the relative angle of rotation position shown in FIG.
• the higher and lower circumferential sections 102-108 of the stop ring 92 form a cam track which, in the embodiment according to FIGS. 11 to 15, must be present in the radially outer region of the upper surface of the stop ring 92, because the cam 90 is also located and the stops 98 are located radially outside on the circumferential wall of the cap 80.
• the exemplary embodiment according to FIGS. 11 to 15 could also be modified in such a way that either a cam corresponding in function to cam 90 and / or one or more in function corresponding stops are formed on the spray head 78 on the stops 98. In this case, as with the stop ring 30, the cam track would have to lie on a smaller radius.
• the modification of the spray can according to FIGS. 11-15 shown above in FIGS. 11a, 12a, 12b and 13a has the special feature that the stop ring designated 92 'in the modification is preassembled with the cap 80' and the unit thus formed, ready prepared, delivered and after filling the spray can in one simple assembly process can be placed on it.
• the flange 32 'of the stop ring 92' is axially enlarged in the modified version, so that the height of its cylindrical circumferential surface is at least about half the size of the remaining length of the stop ring 92 ', e.g. B. can also be 2/3 of the latter.
• the outer diameter of the flange 32 ′ is enlarged approximately to the outer diameter of the valve plate 12 according to FIG. 11a.
• the modified cap 80 'can have the same size as in the embodiment according to FIG. 11. It is only necessary to adapt the lower ends of the ribs 98 and 100 to the larger flange 32'. This still forms the recesses 106, 108.
• the recesses 106, 108 are designed as recesses in the flange 32', ie they are of one Surrounded collar 116.
• the ribs 100 are now supported instead of on the outer edge of the valve plate 12 on the outer edge or edge collar 32 'of the stop ring 92'.
• the ribs 98 ' are notched in the region of the collar 116 as shown in FIG. 12b, so that they also. its radially inner, lowermost area, which projects into the respective cutout 106 or 108, perform the stop function described above.
• the stop ring 92 ' is formed with lamellae 35, not shown.
• small radially inward-pointing projections 117 are formed on the radially inner circumferential wall of the collar 116 at a distance corresponding to the width of the ribs 98 ′ in front of the stop surfaces 109 and 111.
• annular rib 112 formed on its inner wall in the lower region, which engages behind the lower edge of the flange 32 'during the preassembly of the two parts. It goes without saying that, instead of the annular rib 112, there can be several projections and that a snap-in into an annular groove in the edge collar 116 or an inverted projection / groove arrangement are also possible alternatives.
• the annular rib 112 finds space in the circumferential gap between the downwardly bent outer region of the valve plate 12 and the flange 32 '.
• Another inner ring rib 114 is provided at the lowermost end of the cap 80 '.

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