EP1317384A1 - Pourer with improved locking and cap equipped with same - Google Patents

Pourer with improved locking and cap equipped with same

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EP1317384A1
EP1317384A1 EP01969879A EP01969879A EP1317384A1 EP 1317384 A1 EP1317384 A1 EP 1317384A1 EP 01969879 A EP01969879 A EP 01969879A EP 01969879 A EP01969879 A EP 01969879A EP 1317384 A1 EP1317384 A1 EP 1317384A1
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pourer
rigid
neck
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peripheral skirt
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Jacques Granger
Jean-Marie Bourreau
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Amcor Flexibles Capsules France SAS
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Pechiney Emballage Alimentaire
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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
    • B65D49/00—Arrangements or devices for preventing refilling of containers
    • B65D49/02—One-way valves
    • B65D49/04—Weighted valves
    • 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
    • B65D47/061—Closures with discharging devices other than pumps with pouring spouts or tubes; with discharge nozzles or passages with telescopic, retractable or reversible spouts, tubes or nozzles
    • 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
    • B65D47/061—Closures with discharging devices other than pumps with pouring spouts or tubes; with discharge nozzles or passages with telescopic, retractable or reversible spouts, tubes or nozzles
    • B65D47/063—Closures with discharging devices other than pumps with pouring spouts or tubes; with discharge nozzles or passages with telescopic, retractable or reversible spouts, tubes or nozzles with flexible parts

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  • the invention relates to the field of containers, generally bottles, the orifice of which is provided with a pourer, typically in the case of the packaging of liqueurs, aperitifs, alcohols.
  • pourers are already known, associated with closure caps, which are distinguished in particular by their method of attachment to the neck of the container and by the pouring element itself.
  • the pouring element itself, it can either be of fixed configuration, as shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, or of variable configuration, and in particular axially movable as described in patents FR 2,057,345, GB 922,188 , US 3,217,935 and US 4,569,464.
  • the pourer can be force-fitted into the neck, the pourer generally being provided with circular sealing ribs as shown in FIG. 2, and described in patents FR 2,057. 345, GB 922,188 and US 3,217,935.
  • pourers are associated with a closure cap and are therefore fixed to the neck during crimping of the closure capsule associated with said pourer, and this, by application of an axial force exerted on the head of the closure capsule, an axial force relatively high, which can range from 80 to 100 daN, being necessary for said pourer to be fixed irreversibly to the neck.
  • closure caps may be damaged, in particular by buckling of the skirt or alteration of the easy opening means.
  • the problem to be solved is therefore to have a pourer whose attachment to the neck requires only a relatively low axial force, typically less than 20 daN, so as to be able to associate said pourer with any type of closure cap, even the least mechanically resistant, taking into account the permanent tendency to reduce the thicknesses of materials and the weight of packaging.
  • the pourer associated with a closure cap and intended to be fixed inside a neck of a container, comprises a peripheral skirt provided with a means for sealingly tight at the neck, a pouring element , and a means of temporarily assembling said pourer and said closure cap, and is characterized in that, a) said peripheral skirt comprises a lower part capable of undergoing a radial separation ensuring the fixing of the pourer to said neck, b) said pourer comprises a rigid part able to undergo an axial downward movement, inside said peripheral skirt, by passing, typically irreversible, from a position called high H to a stable position called low B when fixing said pourer and from said capsule to said neck, c) said pourer comprises a means of cooperation of said lower part and of said rigid part capable of transforming the axial displacement of said rigid part into displacement ement radially of said lower part, said axial movement starting only once said pourer placed in said neck, the axial force required by the axial movement of said rigid part relative to said peripheral skirt being greater than that
  • the invention solves the problem posed. Indeed, with the means of the invention, on the one hand, the introduction of the capsule and of the associated pourer into the neck requires only a relatively small force Fi, called the introduction force, taking into account the choice of external dimensions of the peripheral skirt relative to the internal dimensions of the neck. On the other hand, the axial movement which follows the introduction of the pourer into the neck certainly requires an axial force F D , called displacement, greater than Fi, so that said axial movement cannot begin before the pourer is not correctly inserted into the neck, but this displacement force FD remains much lower than that required by the capsules with pourers of the state of the art.
  • Figure 1 A is a partial view of a capsule (1) with its insert (2) and associated with a pourer (3), in axial section along the vertical axis (11) of the capsule, the pourer being introduced in the neck (9) of a container, the rigid part (6H) of the pourer still being in the high position, before fixing the pourer to the neck and therefore before any axial movement of this rigid part (6).
  • FIG. 1B is similar to FIG. 1A, but with the rigid part (6B) in the low position, following its axial displacement.
  • Figure 1C is similar to Figure 1A and shows the capsule (1) with its insert
  • Figure 2 is similar to Figure IB, but differs in that the flexible circular lip (80) is integral with the rigid part (6), and not the peripheral skirt (4) as in Figures 1 A and IB .
  • Figures 3 A to 4B are enlarged partial views, in axial section along the vertical axis (11) of the capsule, of other embodiments of the invention in which a means of cooperation (7) is used to transform the axial displacement of the rigid part (6) into radial displacement of the lower part (5).
  • the means (7) is a rigid element with a triangular section (73), while in FIGS. 4 A and 4B, this means (7) is a rod or rigid planar element (72).
  • the rigid part (6) is in the high position, and denoted 6H, while it is in the low position, and denoted 6B, in FIGS. 4A and 4B.
  • Figures 5 A to 6 similar to Figures 3 A to 4B, describe other methods of the invention in which the rigid part (6) bears directly against the lower part (5) and more specifically against its inner side (510).
  • the rigid part (6) is a typically cylindrical skirt, while in FIG. 6, similar to FIG. 5B, this rigid skirt forms a cage (63) containing a ball (630) so as to make the pourer irreplaceable.
  • FIGS. 7A to 9B relate to another modality of irreplaceable pourer similar to that of FIG. 6, the rigid part (6) of which forms a cage (63).
  • FIGS. 7A to 8B relate to the same pouring method:
  • Figure 7 A is a view on which the right part is similar to Figure 1 A (rigid part (6) in the high position), while the left part is similar to Figure IB (rigid part (6) in position bottom), the metal part (10) of the capsule (1) not being shown.
  • FIG. 7B is a sectional view along A-A of Figure 7A, the right and left parts of Figures 7A and 7B corresponding.
  • FIG. 8 A is an exploded side perspective view of the insert (2) and of the associated pourer (3), the rigid part (6) being in the high position (6H), before the pourer is introduced into the neck. . It shows that the cage (63) comprises three arches (631) for enclosing the ball (630).
  • the pourer (3) is associated with the insert by means of temporary assembly means (20) and (40) carried respectively by a tongue of the insert (2), and by the upper end of the peripheral skirt ( 4).
  • Figure 8B is a side perspective view of the insert (2) and the pourer (3), before temporary assembly of these two parts.
  • Figures 9A and 9B illustrate two modalities of the lower part (5), in section in a horizontal plane perpendicular to the axis (11).
  • this lower part (5) comprises 6 rigid tongues (53) joined together by a thin skirt (530), while, in FIGS. 7B and 8B, the pourer has only 3 tongues (53) .
  • this lower part (5) comprises 3 insulated tongues (52).
  • FIGS. 10A and 10B are partial sections along the axis (11) relating to the insert (2), to the insert alone in FIG. 10 A, and to the insert when the stopper cap closes the neck ( 9).
  • Figures 11A and 11B are similar to Figures 1A and IB. They differ in that, in the case of FIGS. 11A and 11B, the flexible circular lip (80) and the sealing lip (23) have a diameter and a flexibility such that the sealing lip bears directly on the lip (90) from the neck (9).
  • Figures 12A and 12B are similar to Figures 1A and IB. They differ in that the peripheral skirt (4) and the rigid part (6) comprise frustoconical surfaces denoted respectively (44) and (64), FIG. 12B being an enlarged view of FIG. 12A.
  • Figure 13 is similar to Figure 1A and differs in that the seal is provided by the ribs (512) carried by the lower part (5).
  • Figures 14 to 16C illustrate another pouring method (3) according to the invention.
  • Figure 14 includes two views left G and right D of a pourer (3), in axial half-section, the lower part (5) of which alternately comprises rods rigid articulated (74) carrying a rigid heel (740), and rigid heels (54) carrying fins (541).
  • FIG. 15 is a partial side elevation view of the pourer (3) illustrating the arrangement of rigid heels (54), heels devoid of fins.
  • FIGS. 16A to 16C are schematic views from below (partial views in the case of FIGS. 16B and 16C), the rigid part (6) being in the high position H in FIG. 16A, and in the low position B in FIG. 16B where the 8 rigid latches (54) and the 8 rigid heels (740) are separated by locking radially.
  • FIG. 16C illustrates a variant in which each lock (54) comprises two lateral recesses (541) allowing the axial locking of the heels (740).
  • the lower part (5) can be rigid and be articulated relative to the peripheral skirt (4), typically thanks to a thinned part (50) forming a hinge O and connecting the lower part (5) to the peripheral skirt (4), and forms an articulated element (51), typically in the form of an angular sector of angle 0 limited by the exterior sides OC and interior OD, each making an angle ⁇ c and ⁇ D respectively with respect to the vertical, and in which the rigid part (6) cooperates, typically not at its end, with the lower part (5), typically by its inner side OD, so that said axial displacement downwards of the rigid part (6 ) causes the rotation of said articulated element or angular sector (51), the angle ⁇ c typically being 0 ° and the angle ⁇ D being - ⁇ ° before said axial displacement, the angle ⁇ c typically being + ⁇ ° and the angle ⁇ D equal to 0 ° after said axial displacement, ⁇ being typically between 5 and 25 °.
  • the rigid part (6) can cooperate with the lower part (5) by a rigid element (72,73) forming the cooperation means (7) and articulated at its ends X and Y, a ends X being secured, or made integral, with the lower part (5), the other end Y being integral, or made integral, with the rigid part (6), so that said axial displacement of the element rigid (72,73), by varying the inclination of said articulated element (51) to reach said stable position and by moving the Y end downward, pushes the X end radially outward, thus ensuring said passage from the high position H to the low position Y.
  • FIGS. 3A to 4B and 7A to 9B This modality is illustrated in FIGS. 3A to 4B and 7A to 9B.
  • the height Z YH of said end Y in the high position, before said axial movement can typically be greater than the height ⁇ of said end X, while the height Zys of said end Y in the low position, after said axial displacement, may typically be less than the height Zx of said end X, and on the other hand, said element rigid (73) may have a typically triangular section, the end Y forming an apex of this triangle, so that, in the low position, an adjacent side (730) at this apex comes into abutment against the rigid part (6 ) and thus limits said axial displacement downwards.
  • said lower part (5) may comprise, as articulated elements (51), rigid tongues (53) or rigid heels (54) regularly spaced and in number n ranging from 3 to 10, and typically from 4 to 8, to each tongue (53) or heel (54) corresponding to a separate rigid element (72, 73).
  • n is equal to 8.
  • a lock (740) can be angularly interposed between two said rigid rigid heels (54), by virtue of a locking rod (74) analogous to said rigid element (72,73), so as to circularly block said rigid heels by said latches when said rigid part (6) is in the so-called low position.
  • said latches (740) and said rigid heels (54) can cooperate, typically by means of a snap-in notch (540), so as to reinforce the fixing of the pourer (3) to the neck (9) .
  • said rigid heels (54) include fins (541), so as to strengthen the attachment of the pourer (3) to said neck (9).
  • the pourer (3) preferably forms a single piece.
  • the lower end (61) of the rigid part (6) can come to bear directly on an inner side (510) of the lower part (5), so as to form said means of cooperation.
  • This modality has been illustrated in FIGS. 1A, IB, 2, 5A, 5B, 6, 11 A to 13.
  • the rigid part (6) and the peripheral skirt (4) may include elements (62, 43), male and female, cooperating and irreversibly latching, so as to obtain said stable position, as illustrated in FIGS. 1A and IB as an example. Indeed, whatever the method of the invention, it is generally preferable that the pourer remains attached to the neck once placed in the latter.
  • the closure cap (1) typically metallic, to be provided with an insert (2) of plastic material ensuring the sealing of the closure cap (1) and comprising the temporary assembly means (20). and a means for axial displacement (21) of the rigid part (6), these two means being able to be partially combined, the temporary assembly means (20), typically having the shape of a crown, ensuring the temporary cooperation of the insert (2), integral with the capsule (1), and the pourer (3), the axial displacement means (21) of the insert being in direct engagement with the rigid part (6H) in the so-called high position.
  • the pourers according to the invention may already be of great interest in themselves, the greatest interest lies in the association of a pourer and a closure cap, since it is to solve a problem linked to such an association that the pourer according to the invention has been developed.
  • the capsule provided with a pourer is used on a bottling machine practically like a standard capsule not provided with a pourer, and this without risk of damaging the capsule, which illustrates the great advantage of the invention.
  • the peripheral skirt (4) of the pourer can comprise at least one circular rib (41) ensuring the tightness of the pourer (4) with the neck (9), the width, the number and the flexibility of the ribs (41) being chosen for obtain a friction high enough with the neck to ensure said tightness, and yet low enough so that the peripheral skirt (4) can, during the fixing of the pourer, and the associated closure cap, to the neck (9), be introduced in its final place in the neck (9), by axial support on the capsule, before said axial downward movement of the rigid part (6) begins.
  • the friction can be chosen so that the force Fi to introduce the pourer and its peripheral skirt into the neck is typically less than 10 daN, and that a force F D , greater than Fi, typically greater than 10 daN, and preferably between 10 and 20 daN, is necessary to ensure said axial movement.
  • the peripheral skirt (4) may include an upper rim (42) bearing on all or part of the rim (90) of the neck (9) when the peripheral skirt (4) of the pourer (3) is placement in the neck (9).
  • the pourer subjected to the axial force Fi, to abut against the rim (90), so as to avoid controlling the axial movement of the peripheral skirt (4) of the pourer.
  • the pouring element can be integral either with the peripheral skirt (4) or with the rigid part (6). It has been shown integral with the peripheral skirt (4) in all of the figures concerned, except in FIG. 2 where it has been shown integral with the rigid part (6).
  • the pouring element may comprise a flexible circular lip (8), in the bent state (8F) or pressed, typically against the mouth of the neck, when the neck (9) is closed by the closure cap (1), or in the deployed state (8D) when the pourer (3) is to be used, the closure cap (1), typically screw, having been removed.
  • the insert (2) may comprise, in addition to a lip for securing (22) the insert (2) with the metal part (10) of the capsule (1), a lip d '' seal (23) oriented towards the inside of the neck (9) and intended to bear on the rim (90) of the neck (9) or on the circular lip (8F) forming the pouring element if the latter extends on said drink, so as to tightly close the neck
  • the flexible circular lip (8) may have in the deployed state (8D) an outside diameter which is less than the inside diameter of the sealing lip (23), so as to that, when the neck (9) is closed by the closure cap (1), the circular lip changes to the bent state (8F) by pressing against the sealing lip (23), itself being then pressed against the mouth (90) of the neck.
  • all or part of the leaktightness of said leaktight attachment means of the pourer (3) to the neck (9) can be ensured by at least one external rib (512) carried by the lower part (5).
  • the peripheral skirt (4) and the rigid part (6) can cooperate according to frustoconical surfaces (44,64), so that said axial displacement leads to a radial spacing of the peripheral skirt (4), so as to increase the fixing and / or the seal between the neck (9) and the pourer (3).
  • the functions of the insert (2) is in particular to ensure the tight closure of the neck, as well as the temporary assembly of the pourer.
  • the insert (2) can also be threaded, and in this case, it includes a threaded skirt intended to cooperate with the threading of the neck.
  • the rigid part (6) can form a cage (63) for a ball (630), so as to form an irreplaceable pourer (31) .
  • Another object of the invention is constituted by a closure cap temporarily attached to a pourer according to the invention, by the cooperation of a temporary assembly means (20) carried by the insert (2), and a temporary assembly means (40,60) carried by the pourer (3).
  • a temporary assembly means (20) carried by the insert (2) and a temporary assembly means (40,60) carried by the pourer (3).
  • Figure 1C Such an object is shown in Figure 1C.
  • the shell of the capsule is typically metallic (10), but the invention is not limited to this type of material. It could also be made of plastic.
  • the inserts (2) and the pourers (3) can be made of molded plastic. They can be of any plastic material capable of being molded, chosen according to its cost and the required mechanical characteristics, but typically in polyolefin, such as PE, PP, or in other thermoplastic materials, such as PA, PET, PS (possibly modified to have sufficient flexibility), or also in elastomeric material such as SBS or other synthetic rubbers.
  • the inserts and pourers can be formed in one piece or in one piece, except when two separate pieces are provided, as for example with the pourers of FIGS. 1A to 2 and 5A to 6.
  • the peripheral skirt (4) and its lower part (5) made of elastomeric material, the lower part (5) being in this case made rigid by the thickness of the material, while the rigid part (6) will be made of a material of greater hardness, rigidity and other mechanical characteristics, for example in PP, so as to guarantee a tight fixing of the peripheral skirt (4) to the neck (9), the sealing required here aiming so that, when the pourer is used, the all of the liquid poured flows well through the pouring element (8), and this, without flow of liquid or seepage between the interior wall of the neck and the pourer.
  • the pourers are formed from a single piece and have hinges to allow the articulation of a means of cooperation (7) between the lower part (5) of the peripheral skirt and the rigid part (6) of the pourer, as in the case of the pourers of Figures 3A to 4B, 7A and 8A, the hinges are obtained by thinning the wall and, conversely, the most rigid parts, such as the rigid part (6), are obtained by playing on the material thickness.
  • pouring elements (4 and 5) in one piece from at least two different materials by overmolding.
  • the pouring element (8) and / or the lower part (5) forming an angular sector (51) may be made of a material different from that constituting the peripheral skirt (4).
  • the figures constitute exemplary embodiments of capsules (1) provided with inserts (2) and provided with pourers (3) according to the invention.
  • 3 - a means of temporary assembly of the insert (2) and the pourer (3) serving. secure the capsule and pourer as long as the latter is not fixed to the neck of a bottle, which considerably facilitates the capping operation.
  • the assembly means chosen is cooperation by snap-fitting of flexible elements whose ends have reliefs (20) and (40,60).
  • the inserts (2) were molded in PE or elastomeric material.
  • pourers (3) manufactured they all include: a - a peripheral skirt (4), provided with sealing ribs (41) - except in FIG. 13, where sealing ribs (512) are carried by the lower part (5), and optionally provided with a shoulder (40) to form the temporary assembly with the insert (see FIG. 8 A), b - a rigid lower part (5) extending the peripheral skirt ( 4), able to move radially apart thanks in particular to the thinned part (50) forming a hinge O.
  • a pouring element (8) which is in the form of a flexible lip, which, in the absence of constraints is in the deployed position (8D), and which under stress, typically the pressure exerted by the capsule in position closed, is in the bent position (8F).
  • This pouring element (8) is generally an extension of the upper end of the peripheral skirt (4) or, as in the case of the pourer of FIG. 2, of the rigid part (6), and in this case, a part thinned (65) can be used as a hinge so that the flexible lip can pivot from one position to another.
  • a rigid part (6) whose axial displacement causes a radial spacing of the lower part (5), possibly by means of a specific cooperation means (7, 72,73).
  • This rigid part can carry a shoulder (60) to form the temporary assembly means with the insert (2).
  • a single piece was made apart from the peripheral skirt (4) provided with the pouring element (8) and its lower part, either in PE or in elastomer.
  • the lower part (5) can form a complete crown, which can deviate radially during the axial downward movement of the rigid part (6), which was also manufactured separately by PP molding.
  • the pourer is a single piece, which has been produced by molding in transparent PP or in PP loaded with mineral powder, such as talc.
  • the glass ball (630) was forced into the pourer.
  • Figures 9A and 9B show modalities relating to the rigid lower part (5).
  • this lower part (5) can form a crown, but, in the present case, it forms a plurality of tongues either insulated (52), as shown in FIG. 9B, or not insulated (53) because they are secured by a thin skirt (530) as shown in Figure 9A and in Figure 8B.
  • the arrows starting from the references 6 or 7 symbolize radial spacing of the tongues (52, 53) following the direct push, either of the rigid part (6) alone, or of the means of cooperation (7), depending on the case.
  • the invention considerably reduces the problems encountered on the capping line to the extent that, without otherwise having to modify the capping lines, the capsules are no longer deteriorated, with both production stoppages and loss of products as a result.
  • the invention discloses means which make it possible to adapt the pourer to any type of capsule and to any type of diameter.
  • the invention makes it possible to introduce, without appreciable additional cost, a complementary function, such as non-filling.
  • the pourer according to the invention includes means which make it at least difficult at least difficult to extract the spout from the neck, so as to reduce the possibility of fraud.
  • the capsule and its associated pourer are of practical use insofar as, for the consumer, there is no appreciable difference between a standard capsule without pourer or a capsule with pourer according to the invention, both with regard to the height of the bottle and its size, and the manual effort of opening, in particular to suppress the cooperation of the insert (2) and the pourer (3), by means temporary assembly (20) and (40.60), remains in the range of what is perceived as usual by the consumer.
  • Temporary assembly means 20 Axial displacement means of 6 21

Abstract

The invention concerns a pourer (3) associated with a closure cap (1) and designed to be fixed inside a container neck (9), comprising a peripheral skirt (4), a pouring element (8), and means for temporarily assembling said pourer and said closure cap. The invention is characterised in that: a) said peripheral skirt (4) comprises a lower part (5) capable of being radially spaced apart for the pourer to be fixed to the neck; b) the pourer (3) comprises a rigid component (6) axially mobile downwards, inside the peripheral skirt (4); c) the pourer (3) comprises means for causing the lower part (5) and the rigid component (6) to co-operate so as to transform the axial movement of the rigid component (6) into a radial movement of the lower part (1).

Description

VERSEUR A VERROUILLAGE AMELIORE ET CAPSULE MUNIE DUDIT VERSEUR POURER WITH IMPROVED LOCKING AND CAPSULE PROVIDED WITH SAID
DOMAINE DE L'INVENTIONFIELD OF THE INVENTION
L'invention concerne le domaine des récipients, généralement des bouteilles, dont l'orifice est doté d'un verseur, typiquement dans le cas du conditionnement de liqueurs, d'apéritifs, d'alcools.The invention relates to the field of containers, generally bottles, the orifice of which is provided with a pourer, typically in the case of the packaging of liqueurs, aperitifs, alcohols.
ETAT DE LA TECHNIQUESTATE OF THE ART
On connaît déjà différentes sortes de verseurs, associés à des capsules de bouchage, qui se distinguent notamment par leur mode de fixation au goulot du récipient et par l'élément verseur lui-même.Various kinds of pourers are already known, associated with closure caps, which are distinguished in particular by their method of attachment to the neck of the container and by the pouring element itself.
En ce qui concerne l'élément verseur lui-même, il peut être soit à configuration fixe, comme représenté sur les figures 1 et 2, soit à configuration variable, et notamment mobile axialement comme décrit dans les brevets FR 2.057.345, GB 922,188, US 3,217,935 et US4,569,464.As regards the pouring element itself, it can either be of fixed configuration, as shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, or of variable configuration, and in particular axially movable as described in patents FR 2,057,345, GB 922,188 , US 3,217,935 and US 4,569,464.
En ce qui concerne le mode de fixation au goulot du récipient, le verseur peut être emmanché à force dans le goulot, le verseur étant généralement muni de nervures circulaires d'étanchéité comme représenté sur la figure 2, et décrit dans les brevets FR 2.057.345, GB 922,188 et US 3,217,935.As regards the method of attachment to the neck of the container, the pourer can be force-fitted into the neck, the pourer generally being provided with circular sealing ribs as shown in FIG. 2, and described in patents FR 2,057. 345, GB 922,188 and US 3,217,935.
PROBLEME POSEPROBLEM
Ces verseurs sont associés à une capsule de bouchage et sont donc fixés au goulot lors du sertissage de la capsule de bouchage associée audit verseur, et cela, par application d'une force axiale exercée sur la tête de la capsule de bouchage, une force axiale relativement élevée, qui peut aller de 80 à 100 daN, étant nécessaire pour que ledit verseur soit fixé irréversiblement au goulot.These pourers are associated with a closure cap and are therefore fixed to the neck during crimping of the closure capsule associated with said pourer, and this, by application of an axial force exerted on the head of the closure capsule, an axial force relatively high, which can range from 80 to 100 daN, being necessary for said pourer to be fixed irreversibly to the neck.
Dans ces conditions, compte tenu du niveau de cette force, certaines capsules de bouchage peuvent être endommagées, notamment par flambage de la jupe ou altération des moyens d'ouverture facile.Under these conditions, taking into account the level of this force, certain closure caps may be damaged, in particular by buckling of the skirt or alteration of the easy opening means.
Le problème à résoudre est donc d'avoir un verseur dont la fixation au goulot ne nécessite qu'une force axiale relativement faible, typiquement inférieure à 20 daN, de manière à pouvoir associer ledit verseur à tout type de capsule de bouchage, même les moins résistantes mécaniquement, compte tenu de la tendance permanente à réduire les épaisseurs des matériaux et le poids des emballages.The problem to be solved is therefore to have a pourer whose attachment to the neck requires only a relatively low axial force, typically less than 20 daN, so as to be able to associate said pourer with any type of closure cap, even the least mechanically resistant, taking into account the permanent tendency to reduce the thicknesses of materials and the weight of packaging.
DESCRIPTION DE L'INVENTIONDESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
Selon l'invention, le verseur, associé à une capsule de bouchage et destiné à être fixé à l'intérieur d'un goulot d'un récipient, comprend une jupe périphérique dotée d'un moyen de fixation étanche au goulot, un élément verseur, et un moyen d'assemblage temporaire dudit verseur et de ladite capsule de bouchage, et est caractérisé en ce que, a) ladite jupe périphérique comprend une partie inférieure apte à subir un écartement radial assurant la fixation du verseur audit goulot, b) ledit verseur comprend une pièce rigide apte à subir un déplacement axial vers le bas, à l'intérieur de ladite jupe périphérique, par passage, typiquement irréversible, d'une position dite haute H à une position stable dite basse B lors de la fixation dudit verseur et de ladite capsule audit goulot, c) ledit verseur comprend un moyen de coopération de ladite partie inférieure et de ladite pièce rigide apte à transformer le déplacement axial de ladite pièce rigide en déplacement radial de ladite partie inférieure, ledit déplacement axial ne commençant qu'une fois ledit verseur placé dans ledit goulot, la force axiale exigée par le déplacement axial de ladite pièce rigide par rapport à la dite jupe périphérique étant supérieure à celle exigée pour introduire ledit verseur dans ledit goulot. L'invention résout le problème posé. En effet, avec les moyens de l'invention, d'une part, l'introduction de la capsule et du verseur associé dans le goulot ne requiert qu'une force Fi, dite d'introduction, relativement faible, compte tenue du choix des dimensions extérieures de la jupe périphérique par rapport aux dimensions intérieures du goulot. D'autre part, le déplacement axial qui suit l'introduction du verseur dans le goulot exige certes une force axiale FD, dite de déplacement, supérieure à Fi, de manière à ce que ledit déplacement axial ne puisse pas commencer avant que le verseur ne soit correctement enfoncé dans le goulot, mais cette force de déplacement FD reste très inférieure à celle nécessitée par les capsules avec verseurs de l'état de la technique.According to the invention, the pourer, associated with a closure cap and intended to be fixed inside a neck of a container, comprises a peripheral skirt provided with a means for sealingly tight at the neck, a pouring element , and a means of temporarily assembling said pourer and said closure cap, and is characterized in that, a) said peripheral skirt comprises a lower part capable of undergoing a radial separation ensuring the fixing of the pourer to said neck, b) said pourer comprises a rigid part able to undergo an axial downward movement, inside said peripheral skirt, by passing, typically irreversible, from a position called high H to a stable position called low B when fixing said pourer and from said capsule to said neck, c) said pourer comprises a means of cooperation of said lower part and of said rigid part capable of transforming the axial displacement of said rigid part into displacement ement radially of said lower part, said axial movement starting only once said pourer placed in said neck, the axial force required by the axial movement of said rigid part relative to said peripheral skirt being greater than that required to introduce said pourer in said neck. The invention solves the problem posed. Indeed, with the means of the invention, on the one hand, the introduction of the capsule and of the associated pourer into the neck requires only a relatively small force Fi, called the introduction force, taking into account the choice of external dimensions of the peripheral skirt relative to the internal dimensions of the neck. On the other hand, the axial movement which follows the introduction of the pourer into the neck certainly requires an axial force F D , called displacement, greater than Fi, so that said axial movement cannot begin before the pourer is not correctly inserted into the neck, but this displacement force FD remains much lower than that required by the capsules with pourers of the state of the art.
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Toutes les figures sont relatives à l'invention. La figure 1 A est une vue partielle d'une capsule (1) dotée de son insert (2) et associée à un verseur (3), en coupe axiale selon l'axe vertical (11) de la capsule, le verseur étant introduit dans le goulot (9) d'un récipient, la pièce rigide (6H) du verseur étant encore en position haute, avant fixation du verseur au goulot et donc avant tout déplacement axial de cette pièce rigide (6). La figure IB est analogue à la figure 1A, mais avec la pièce rigide (6B) en position basse, à la suite de son déplacement axial.All the figures relate to the invention. Figure 1 A is a partial view of a capsule (1) with its insert (2) and associated with a pourer (3), in axial section along the vertical axis (11) of the capsule, the pourer being introduced in the neck (9) of a container, the rigid part (6H) of the pourer still being in the high position, before fixing the pourer to the neck and therefore before any axial movement of this rigid part (6). FIG. 1B is similar to FIG. 1A, but with the rigid part (6B) in the low position, following its axial displacement.
La figure 1C est analogue à la figure 1A et représente la capsule (1) dotée de son insertFigure 1C is similar to Figure 1A and shows the capsule (1) with its insert
(2) et de son verseur (3) avant introduction dans le goulot (9).(2) and its pourer (3) before introduction into the neck (9).
La figure 2 est analogue à la figure IB, mais en diffère en ce que la lèvre circulaire flexible (80) est solidaire de la pièce rigide (6), et non de la jupe périphérique (4) comme sur les figures 1 A et IB.Figure 2 is similar to Figure IB, but differs in that the flexible circular lip (80) is integral with the rigid part (6), and not the peripheral skirt (4) as in Figures 1 A and IB .
Les figures 3 A à 4B sont des vues partielles agrandies, en coupe axiale selon l'axe vertical (11) de la capsule, d'autres modalités de l'invention dans laquelle un moyen de coopération (7) est utilisé pour transformer le déplacement axial de la pièce rigide (6) en déplacement radial de la partie inférieure (5).Figures 3 A to 4B are enlarged partial views, in axial section along the vertical axis (11) of the capsule, of other embodiments of the invention in which a means of cooperation (7) is used to transform the axial displacement of the rigid part (6) into radial displacement of the lower part (5).
Sur les figures 3A et 3B, le moyen (7) est un élément rigide à section triangulaire (73), alors que sur les figures 4 A et 4B, ce moyen (7) est une tige ou élément plan rigide (72). Sur les figures 3A et 4A, la pièce rigide (6) est en position haute, et notée 6H, alors qu'elle est en position basse, et notée 6B, sur les figures 4A et 4B.In FIGS. 3A and 3B, the means (7) is a rigid element with a triangular section (73), while in FIGS. 4 A and 4B, this means (7) is a rod or rigid planar element (72). In FIGS. 3A and 4A, the rigid part (6) is in the high position, and denoted 6H, while it is in the low position, and denoted 6B, in FIGS. 4A and 4B.
Les figures 5 A à 6, analogues aux figures 3 A à 4B, décrivent d'autres modalités de l'invention dans lesquelles la pièce rigide (6) vient en appui direct contre la partie inférieure (5) et plus spécifiquement contre son côté intérieur (510).Figures 5 A to 6, similar to Figures 3 A to 4B, describe other methods of the invention in which the rigid part (6) bears directly against the lower part (5) and more specifically against its inner side (510).
Sur les figures 5A et 5B, analogues aux figures 3A et 3B, la pièce rigide (6) est une jupe typiquement cylindrique, alors que sur la figure 6, analogue à la figure 5B, cette jupe rigide forme une cage (63) contenant une bille (630) de manière à rendre le verseur irremplissable.In FIGS. 5A and 5B, similar to FIGS. 3A and 3B, the rigid part (6) is a typically cylindrical skirt, while in FIG. 6, similar to FIG. 5B, this rigid skirt forms a cage (63) containing a ball (630) so as to make the pourer irreplaceable.
Les figures 7A à 9B sont relatives à une autre modalité de verseur irremplissable analogue à celle de la figure 6, dont la pièce rigide (6) forme une cage (63).FIGS. 7A to 9B relate to another modality of irreplaceable pourer similar to that of FIG. 6, the rigid part (6) of which forms a cage (63).
Les figures 7A à 8B sont relatives à la même modalité de verseur :FIGS. 7A to 8B relate to the same pouring method:
- la figure 7 A est une vue sur laquelle la partie droite est analogue à la figure 1 A (pièce rigide (6) en position haute), alors que la partie gauche est analogue à la figure IB (pièce rigide (6) en position basse), la partie métallique (10) de la capsule (1) n'étant pas représentée.- Figure 7 A is a view on which the right part is similar to Figure 1 A (rigid part (6) in the high position), while the left part is similar to Figure IB (rigid part (6) in position bottom), the metal part (10) of the capsule (1) not being shown.
La figure 7B est une vue en coupe selon A-A de la figure 7A, les parties droite et gauche des figures 7A et 7B se correspondant. La figure 8 A est une vue éclatée en perspective latérale de l' insert (2) et du verseur associé (3), la pièce rigide (6) étant en position haute (6H), avant que le verseur ne soit introduit dans le goulot. Elle montre que la cage (63) comprend trois arches (631) pour enserrer la bille (630).Figure 7B is a sectional view along A-A of Figure 7A, the right and left parts of Figures 7A and 7B corresponding. FIG. 8 A is an exploded side perspective view of the insert (2) and of the associated pourer (3), the rigid part (6) being in the high position (6H), before the pourer is introduced into the neck. . It shows that the cage (63) comprises three arches (631) for enclosing the ball (630).
Le verseur (3) est associé à l'insert grâce à des moyens d'assemblage temporaire (20) et (40) portés respectivement par une languette de l'insert (2), et par l'extrémité supérieure de la jupe périphérique (4). La figure 8B est une vue en perspective latérale de l'insert (2) et du verseur (3), avant assemblage temporaire de ces deux pièces.The pourer (3) is associated with the insert by means of temporary assembly means (20) and (40) carried respectively by a tongue of the insert (2), and by the upper end of the peripheral skirt ( 4). Figure 8B is a side perspective view of the insert (2) and the pourer (3), before temporary assembly of these two parts.
Les figures 9A et 9B illustrent deux modalités de la partie inférieure (5), en coupe dans un plan horizontal perpendiculaire à l'axe (11).Figures 9A and 9B illustrate two modalities of the lower part (5), in section in a horizontal plane perpendicular to the axis (11).
Sur la figure 9A, cette partie inférieure (5) comprend 6 languettes rigides (53) réunies entre elles par une jupe mince (530), alors que, sur les figures 7B et 8B, le verseur n'a que 3 languettes (53).In FIG. 9A, this lower part (5) comprises 6 rigid tongues (53) joined together by a thin skirt (530), while, in FIGS. 7B and 8B, the pourer has only 3 tongues (53) .
Sur la figure 9B, cette partie inférieure (5) comprend 3 languettes isolées (52).In FIG. 9B, this lower part (5) comprises 3 insulated tongues (52).
Les figures 10A et 10B sont des coupes partielles selon l'axe (11) relatives à l'insert (2), à l'insert seul sur la figure 10 A, et à l'insert lorsque la capsule de bouchage obture le goulot (9).FIGS. 10A and 10B are partial sections along the axis (11) relating to the insert (2), to the insert alone in FIG. 10 A, and to the insert when the stopper cap closes the neck ( 9).
Les figures 11A et 11B sont analogues aux figures 1A et IB. Elles en diffèrent en ce que, dans le cas des figures 11A et 11B, la lèvre circulaire flexible (80) et la lèvre d'étanchéité (23) ont des diamètre et une flexibilité telles que la lèvre d'étanchéité appuie directement sur le buvant (90) du goulot (9).Figures 11A and 11B are similar to Figures 1A and IB. They differ in that, in the case of FIGS. 11A and 11B, the flexible circular lip (80) and the sealing lip (23) have a diameter and a flexibility such that the sealing lip bears directly on the lip (90) from the neck (9).
Les figures 12A et 12B sont analogues aux figures 1A et IB. Elles en diffèrent en ce que la jupe périphérique (4) et la pièce rigide (6) comprennent des surfaces tronconiques notées respectivement (44) et (64), la figure 12B étant une vue agrandie de la figure 12A.Figures 12A and 12B are similar to Figures 1A and IB. They differ in that the peripheral skirt (4) and the rigid part (6) comprise frustoconical surfaces denoted respectively (44) and (64), FIG. 12B being an enlarged view of FIG. 12A.
La figure 13 est analogue à la figure 1A et en diffère en ce que l'étanchéité est assurée par les nervures (512) portées par la partie inférieure (5).Figure 13 is similar to Figure 1A and differs in that the seal is provided by the ribs (512) carried by the lower part (5).
Les figures 14 à 16C illustrent une autre modalité de verseur (3) selon l'invention. La figure 14 comprend deux vues gauche G et droite D d'un verseur (3), en demi-coupe axiale, dont la partie inférieure (5) comprend circulairement une alternance de tiges rigides articulées (74) portant un talon rigide (740), et de talons rigides (54) portant des ailettes (541).Figures 14 to 16C illustrate another pouring method (3) according to the invention. Figure 14 includes two views left G and right D of a pourer (3), in axial half-section, the lower part (5) of which alternately comprises rods rigid articulated (74) carrying a rigid heel (740), and rigid heels (54) carrying fins (541).
La figure 15 est une vue partielle en élévation de côté du verseur (3) illustrant la disposition de talons rigides (54), talons dépourvus d'ailettes. Les figures 16A à 16C sont de vues schématiques de dessous (vues partielles dans le cas des figures 16B et 16C), la pièce rigide (6) étant en position haute H sur la figure 16A, et en position basse B sur la figure 16B où les 8 verrous rigides (54) et les 8 talons rigides (740) sont écartés en se bloquant radialement. La figure 16C illustre une variante dans laquelle chaque verrou (54) comprend deux évidements latéraux (541) permettant le blocage axial des talons (740).Figure 15 is a partial side elevation view of the pourer (3) illustrating the arrangement of rigid heels (54), heels devoid of fins. FIGS. 16A to 16C are schematic views from below (partial views in the case of FIGS. 16B and 16C), the rigid part (6) being in the high position H in FIG. 16A, and in the low position B in FIG. 16B where the 8 rigid latches (54) and the 8 rigid heels (740) are separated by locking radially. FIG. 16C illustrates a variant in which each lock (54) comprises two lateral recesses (541) allowing the axial locking of the heels (740).
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Selon l'invention, la partie inférieure (5) peut être rigide et être articulée par rapport à la jupe périphérique (4), typiquement grâce à une partie amincie (50) formant une charnière O et reliant la partie inférieure (5) à la jupe périphérique (4), et forme un élément articulé (51), typiquement sous forme d'un secteur angulaire d'angle 0 limité par les côtés extérieur OC et intérieur OD, faisant chacun respectivement un angle Φc et ΦD par rapport à la verticale, et dans lequel la pièce rigide (6) coopère, typiquement pas son extrémité, avec la partie inférieure (5), typiquement par son côté intérieur OD, de manière à ce que ledit déplacement axial vers le bas de la pièce rigide (6) entraîne la rotation dudit élément articulé ou secteur angulaire (51), l'angle Φc valant typiquement 0° et l'angle ΦD valant -α° avant ledit déplacement axial, l'angle Φc valant typiquement +α° et l'angle ΦD valant 0° après ledit déplacement axial, α étant typiquement compris entre 5 et 25°.According to the invention, the lower part (5) can be rigid and be articulated relative to the peripheral skirt (4), typically thanks to a thinned part (50) forming a hinge O and connecting the lower part (5) to the peripheral skirt (4), and forms an articulated element (51), typically in the form of an angular sector of angle 0 limited by the exterior sides OC and interior OD, each making an angle Φc and Φ D respectively with respect to the vertical, and in which the rigid part (6) cooperates, typically not at its end, with the lower part (5), typically by its inner side OD, so that said axial displacement downwards of the rigid part (6 ) causes the rotation of said articulated element or angular sector (51), the angle Φc typically being 0 ° and the angle Φ D being -α ° before said axial displacement, the angle Φ c typically being + α ° and the angle Φ D equal to 0 ° after said axial displacement, α being typically between 5 and 25 °.
Par « rigide », on entend que, suite audit déplacement axiale, la partie inférieure (5) se déplace radialement en pivotant autour de la charnière O, et cela sans déformation plastique notable de cette partie inférieure (5). Les figures 1 A et IB, 3A et 3B, 4a et 4B, 7A, 11 A et 1 IB illustrent ces rotations de la partie inférieure (5). Selon une modalité de l'invention, la pièce rigide (6) peut coopérer avec la partie inférieure (5) par un élément rigide (72,73) formant le moyen de coopération (7) et articulé à ses extrémités X et Y, une des extrémités X étant solidaire, ou rendue solidaire, de la partie inférieure (5), l'autre extrémité Y étant solidaire, ou rendue solidaire, de la pièce rigide (6), de manière à ce que ledit déplacement axial de l'élément rigide (72,73), en faisant varier l'inclinaison dudit élément articulé (51) pour atteindre ladite position stable et en déplaçant vers le bas l'extrémité Y, repousse radialement vers l'extérieur l'extrémité X, assurant ainsi ledit passage de la position haute H à la position basse Y.By “rigid” is meant that, following said axial displacement, the lower part (5) moves radially by pivoting around the hinge O, and this without significant plastic deformation of this lower part (5). Figures 1 A and IB, 3A and 3B, 4a and 4B, 7A, 11 A and 1 IB illustrate these rotations of the lower part (5). According to one embodiment of the invention, the rigid part (6) can cooperate with the lower part (5) by a rigid element (72,73) forming the cooperation means (7) and articulated at its ends X and Y, a ends X being secured, or made integral, with the lower part (5), the other end Y being integral, or made integral, with the rigid part (6), so that said axial displacement of the element rigid (72,73), by varying the inclination of said articulated element (51) to reach said stable position and by moving the Y end downward, pushes the X end radially outward, thus ensuring said passage from the high position H to the low position Y.
Cette modalité est illustrée sur les figures 3A à 4B et 7A à 9B.This modality is illustrated in FIGS. 3A to 4B and 7A to 9B.
Dans une variante de verseur illustrée sur les figures 3A, 3B et 7 A, et de manière à obtenir ladite position stable, d'une part, la hauteur ZYH de ladite extrémité Y en position haute, avant ledit déplacement axial, peut être typiquement supérieure à la hauteur ∑χ de ladite extrémité X, alors que la hauteur Zys de ladite extrémité Y en position basse, après ledit déplacement axial, peut être typiquement inférieure à la hauteur Zx de ladite extrémité X, et d'autre part, ledit élément rigide (73) peut présenter une section typiquement triangulaire, l'extrémité Y formant un sommet de ce triangle, de manière à ce que, en position basse, un côté adjacent (730) à ce sommet vienne en butée contre la pièce rigide (6) et limite ainsi ledit déplacement axial vers le bas.In a variant of pourer illustrated in FIGS. 3A, 3B and 7 A, and so as to obtain said stable position, on the one hand, the height Z YH of said end Y in the high position, before said axial movement, can typically be greater than the height ∑χ of said end X, while the height Zys of said end Y in the low position, after said axial displacement, may typically be less than the height Zx of said end X, and on the other hand, said element rigid (73) may have a typically triangular section, the end Y forming an apex of this triangle, so that, in the low position, an adjacent side (730) at this apex comes into abutment against the rigid part (6 ) and thus limits said axial displacement downwards.
De manière avantageuse, et comme illustré sur les figures 14 à 16C, ladite partie inférieure (5) peut comprendre, comme éléments articulés (51), des languette rigides (53) ou des talons rigides (54) régulièrement espacés et en nombre n allant de 3 à 10, et typiquement de 4 à 8, à chaque languette (53) ou talon (54) correspondant un élément rigide (72, 73) distinct. Sur les figures 14 à 16C, n est égal à 8.Advantageously, and as illustrated in FIGS. 14 to 16C, said lower part (5) may comprise, as articulated elements (51), rigid tongues (53) or rigid heels (54) regularly spaced and in number n ranging from 3 to 10, and typically from 4 to 8, to each tongue (53) or heel (54) corresponding to a separate rigid element (72, 73). In Figures 14 to 16C, n is equal to 8.
De préférence, un verrou (740) peut être angulairement intercalé entre deux dits talons rigides (54) consécutifs, grâce à une tige de verrouillage (74) analogue audit élément rigide (72,73), de manière à bloquer circulairement lesdits talons rigides par lesdits verrous lorsque ladite pièce rigide (6) est en position dite basse. Comme illustré sur la figure 16C, lesdits verrous (740) et lesdits talons rigides (54) peuvent coopérer, typiquement grâce à une encoche d'encliquetage (540), de manière à renforcer la fixation du verseur (3) au goulot (9).Preferably, a lock (740) can be angularly interposed between two said rigid rigid heels (54), by virtue of a locking rod (74) analogous to said rigid element (72,73), so as to circularly block said rigid heels by said latches when said rigid part (6) is in the so-called low position. As illustrated in FIG. 16C, said latches (740) and said rigid heels (54) can cooperate, typically by means of a snap-in notch (540), so as to reinforce the fixing of the pourer (3) to the neck (9) .
Il est également avantageux que lesdits talons rigides (54) comprennent des ailettes (541), de manière à renforcer la fixation du verseur (3) audit goulot (9).It is also advantageous that said rigid heels (54) include fins (541), so as to strengthen the attachment of the pourer (3) to said neck (9).
Dans le cas des verseurs selon les figures 3 A à 4B, 7A à 9A et 14 à 16C, le verseur (3) forme de préférence une pièce monobloc.In the case of the pourers according to FIGS. 3 A to 4B, 7A to 9A and 14 to 16C, the pourer (3) preferably forms a single piece.
Selon une autre modalité de l'invention, l'extrémité inférieure (61) de la pièce rigide (6) peut venir en appui direct sur un côté intérieur (510) de la partie inférieure (5), de manière à former ledit moyen de coopération. Cette modalité a été illustrée sur les figures 1A, IB, 2, 5A, 5B, 6, 11 A à 13.According to another embodiment of the invention, the lower end (61) of the rigid part (6) can come to bear directly on an inner side (510) of the lower part (5), so as to form said means of cooperation. This modality has been illustrated in FIGS. 1A, IB, 2, 5A, 5B, 6, 11 A to 13.
Typiquement, la pièce rigide (6) et la jupe périphérique (4) peuvent comprendre des éléments (62, 43), mâles et femelles, coopérant et s'encliquetant irréversiblement, de manière à obtenir ladite position stable, comme illustré sur les figures 1A et IB à titre d'exemple. En effet, quelle que soit la modalité de l'invention, il est en général préférable que le verseur reste fixé au goulot une fois placé dans ce dernier.Typically, the rigid part (6) and the peripheral skirt (4) may include elements (62, 43), male and female, cooperating and irreversibly latching, so as to obtain said stable position, as illustrated in FIGS. 1A and IB as an example. Indeed, whatever the method of the invention, it is generally preferable that the pourer remains attached to the neck once placed in the latter.
Il est avantageux que la capsule de bouchage (1), typiquement métallique, soit munie d'un insert (2) en matière plastique assurant l'étanchéité de la capsule de bouchage (1) et comprenant le moyen d'assemblage temporaire (20) et un moyen de déplacement axial (21) de la pièce rigide (6), ces deux moyens pouvant être partiellement confondus, le moyen d'assemblage temporaire (20), ayant .typiquement la forme d'une couronne, assurant la coopération temporaire de l'insert (2), solidaire de la capsule (1), et du verseur (3), le moyen de déplacement axial (21) de l'insert étant en prise directe sur la pièce rigide (6H) en position dite haute. En effet, bien que les verseurs selon l'invention puissent présenter déjà, en eux-mêmes, un grand intérêt, l'intérêt le plus grand réside dans l'association d'un verseur et d'une capsule de bouchage, puisque c'est pour résoudre un problème lié à une telle association que le verseur selon l'invention a été mis au point.It is advantageous for the closure cap (1), typically metallic, to be provided with an insert (2) of plastic material ensuring the sealing of the closure cap (1) and comprising the temporary assembly means (20). and a means for axial displacement (21) of the rigid part (6), these two means being able to be partially combined, the temporary assembly means (20), typically having the shape of a crown, ensuring the temporary cooperation of the insert (2), integral with the capsule (1), and the pourer (3), the axial displacement means (21) of the insert being in direct engagement with the rigid part (6H) in the so-called high position. Indeed, although the pourers according to the invention may already be of great interest in themselves, the greatest interest lies in the association of a pourer and a closure cap, since it is to solve a problem linked to such an association that the pourer according to the invention has been developed.
Pour le conditionneur, la capsule munie d'un verseur est utilisée sur machine d'embouteillage pratiquement comme une capsule standard non munie de verseur, et cela sans risque d'endommagement de la capsule, ce qui illustre le grand intérêt de l'invention.For the conditioner, the capsule provided with a pourer is used on a bottling machine practically like a standard capsule not provided with a pourer, and this without risk of damaging the capsule, which illustrates the great advantage of the invention.
La jupe périphérique (4) du verseur peut comprendre au moins une nervure circulaire (41) assurant l'étanchéité du verseur (4) avec le goulot (9), la largeur, le nombre et la flexibilité des nervures (41) étant choisi pour obtenir une friction assez élevée avec le goulot pour assurer ladite étanchéité, et cependant assez basse pour que la jupe périphérique (4) puisse, lors de la fixation du verseur, et de la capsule de bouchage associée, au goulot (9), être introduite à sa place définitive dans le goulot (9), par appui axial sur la capsule, avant que ne commence ledit déplacement axial vers le bas de la pièce rigide (6). La plupart de figures - sauf la figure 13, illustrent cette modalité.The peripheral skirt (4) of the pourer can comprise at least one circular rib (41) ensuring the tightness of the pourer (4) with the neck (9), the width, the number and the flexibility of the ribs (41) being chosen for obtain a friction high enough with the neck to ensure said tightness, and yet low enough so that the peripheral skirt (4) can, during the fixing of the pourer, and the associated closure cap, to the neck (9), be introduced in its final place in the neck (9), by axial support on the capsule, before said axial downward movement of the rigid part (6) begins. Most figures - except Figure 13, illustrate this modality.
La friction peut être choisie de manière à ce que la force Fi pour introduire le verseur et sa jupe périphérique dans le goulot soit typiquement inférieure à 10 daN, et qu'une force FD, supérieure à Fi, typiquement supérieure à 10 daN, et de préférence comprise entre 10 et 20 daN, soit nécessaire pour assurer ledit déplacement axial.The friction can be chosen so that the force Fi to introduce the pourer and its peripheral skirt into the neck is typically less than 10 daN, and that a force F D , greater than Fi, typically greater than 10 daN, and preferably between 10 and 20 daN, is necessary to ensure said axial movement.
Comme illustré sur les figures, la jupe périphérique (4) peut comprendre un rebord supérieur (42) venant en appui sur tout ou partie du buvant (90) du goulot (9) lorsque la jupe périphérique (4) du verseur (3) est mise en place dans le goulot (9). Ainsi, il est commode que le verseur, soumis à la force axiale Fi, vienne en butée contre le buvant (90), de manière à éviter de contrôler le déplacement axial de la jupe périphérique (4) du verseur.As illustrated in the figures, the peripheral skirt (4) may include an upper rim (42) bearing on all or part of the rim (90) of the neck (9) when the peripheral skirt (4) of the pourer (3) is placement in the neck (9). Thus, it is convenient for the pourer, subjected to the axial force Fi, to abut against the rim (90), so as to avoid controlling the axial movement of the peripheral skirt (4) of the pourer.
L'élément verseur peut être solidaire soit de la jupe périphérique (4), soit de la pièce rigide (6). Il a été représenté solidaire de la jupe périphérique (4) sur l'ensemble des figures concernées, sauf sur la figure 2 où il a été représenté solidaire de la pièce rigide (6). Comme illustré par exemple sur les figures 1A et IB, l'élément verseur peut comprendre une lèvre circulaire flexible (8), à l'état fléchi (8F) ou plaqué, typiquement contre le buvant du goulot, lorsque le goulot (9) est fermé par la capsule de bouchage (1), ou à l'état déployé (8D) lorsque le verseur (3) doit être utilisé, la capsule de bouchage (1), typiquement à vis, ayant été enlevée.The pouring element can be integral either with the peripheral skirt (4) or with the rigid part (6). It has been shown integral with the peripheral skirt (4) in all of the figures concerned, except in FIG. 2 where it has been shown integral with the rigid part (6). As illustrated for example in FIGS. 1A and 1B, the pouring element may comprise a flexible circular lip (8), in the bent state (8F) or pressed, typically against the mouth of the neck, when the neck (9) is closed by the closure cap (1), or in the deployed state (8D) when the pourer (3) is to be used, the closure cap (1), typically screw, having been removed.
Comme illustré sur les figures 10A et 10B, l'insert (2) peut comprendre, outre une lèvre de solidarisation (22) de l'insert (2) avec la partie métallique (10) de la capsule (1), une lèvre d'étanchéité (23) orientée vers l'intérieur du goulot (9) et destinée à prendre appui sur le buvant (90) du goulot (9) ou sur la lèvre circulaire (8F) formant l'élément verseur si ce dernier s'étend sur ledit buvant, de manière à fermer de manière étanche le goulotAs illustrated in FIGS. 10A and 10B, the insert (2) may comprise, in addition to a lip for securing (22) the insert (2) with the metal part (10) of the capsule (1), a lip d '' seal (23) oriented towards the inside of the neck (9) and intended to bear on the rim (90) of the neck (9) or on the circular lip (8F) forming the pouring element if the latter extends on said drink, so as to tightly close the neck
(9).(9).
Comme illustré sur les figures 11 A et 1 IB, la lèvre circulaire flexible (8) peut présenter à l'état déployée (8D) un diamètre extérieur qui est inférieur au diamètre intérieur de la lèvre d'étanchéité (23), de manière à ce que, lorsque le goulot (9) est fermé par la capsule de bouchage (1), la lèvre circulaire passe à l'état fléchi (8F) en se plaquant contre la lèvre d'étanchéité (23), elle-même étant alors plaquée contre le buvant (90) du goulot.As illustrated in FIGS. 11 A and 1 IB, the flexible circular lip (8) may have in the deployed state (8D) an outside diameter which is less than the inside diameter of the sealing lip (23), so as to that, when the neck (9) is closed by the closure cap (1), the circular lip changes to the bent state (8F) by pressing against the sealing lip (23), itself being then pressed against the mouth (90) of the neck.
Selon une variante de l'invention illustrée sur la figure 13, tout ou partie de l'étanchéité dudit moyen de fixation étanche du verseur (3) au goulot (9) peut être assurée par au moins une nervure externe (512) portée par la partie inférieure (5).According to a variant of the invention illustrated in FIG. 13, all or part of the leaktightness of said leaktight attachment means of the pourer (3) to the neck (9) can be ensured by at least one external rib (512) carried by the lower part (5).
Selon une autre variante de l'invention illustrée sur les figures 12A et 12B, la jupe périphérique (4) et la pièce rigide (6) peuvent coopérer selon des surfaces tronconiques (44,64), de manière à ce que ledit déplacement axial conduise à un écartement radial de la jupe périphérique (4), de manière à augmenter la fixation et/ou Tétanchéité entre le goulot (9) et le verseur (3).According to another variant of the invention illustrated in FIGS. 12A and 12B, the peripheral skirt (4) and the rigid part (6) can cooperate according to frustoconical surfaces (44,64), so that said axial displacement leads to a radial spacing of the peripheral skirt (4), so as to increase the fixing and / or the seal between the neck (9) and the pourer (3).
Sur l'ensemble des figures, les fonctions de l'insert (2) est notamment d'assurer la fermeture étanche du goulot, ainsi que l'assemblage temporaire du verseur. Cependant, l'insert (2) peut également être fileté, et dans ce cas, il comprend un jupe filetée destinée à coopérer avec le filetage du goulot.In all of the figures, the functions of the insert (2) is in particular to ensure the tight closure of the neck, as well as the temporary assembly of the pourer. However, the insert (2) can also be threaded, and in this case, it includes a threaded skirt intended to cooperate with the threading of the neck.
Selon une autre modalité de l'invention illustrée sur la figure 6 et les figures 7A à 9B, la pièce rigide (6) peut former une cage (63) pour une bille (630), de manière à former un verseur irremplissable (31).According to another embodiment of the invention illustrated in FIG. 6 and FIGS. 7A to 9B, the rigid part (6) can form a cage (63) for a ball (630), so as to form an irreplaceable pourer (31) .
Un autre objet de l'invention est constitué par une capsule de bouchage solidarisé temporairement à un verseur selon l'invention, par la coopération d'un moyen d'assemblage temporaire (20) porté par l'insert (2), et d'un moyen d'assemblage temporaire (40,60) porté par le verseur (3). Un tel objet est représenté sur la figure 1C.Another object of the invention is constituted by a closure cap temporarily attached to a pourer according to the invention, by the cooperation of a temporary assembly means (20) carried by the insert (2), and a temporary assembly means (40,60) carried by the pourer (3). Such an object is shown in Figure 1C.
La coque de la capsule est typiquement métallique (10), mais l'invention n'est pas limitée à ce type de matériau. Elle pourrait être également en matière plastique. Les inserts (2) et les verseurs (3) peuvent être en matière plastique moulée. Ils peuvent être en toute matière plastique apte à être moulée, choisie en fonction de son coût et des caractéristiques mécaniques requises, mais typiquement en polyoléfine, tel que PE, PP, ou en d'autres matériaux thermoplastique, tels que PA, PET, PS (éventuellement modifié pour avoir une souplesse suffisante), ou encore en matériau élastomère tels que SBS ou autres caoutchoucs synthétiques. Les inserts et verseurs peuvent être formés d'une seule pièce ou monoblocs, sauf lorsque deux pièces distinctes sont prévues, comme par exemple avec les verseurs des figures 1A à 2 et 5A à 6. Dans ce cas, de préférence, on peut avoir la jupe périphérique (4) et sa partie inférieure (5) en matériau élastomère, la partie inférieure (5) étant dans ce cas rendue rigide par l'épaisseur du matériau, alors que la pièce rigide (6) sera en un matériau de plus grande dureté, rigidité et autres caractéristiques mécaniques, par exemple en PP, de manière à garantir une fixation étanche de la jupe périphérique (4) au goulot (9), l'étanchéité requise ici visant à ce que, lorsque le verseur est utilisé, la totalité du liquide versé s'écoule bien au travers de l'élément verseur (8), et cela, sans écoulement de liquide ou suintement entre la paroi intérieure du goulot et le verseur. Par contre, lorsque les verseurs sont formés d'une pièce monobloc et présentent des charnières pour permettre l'articulation d'un moyen de coopération (7) entre la partie inférieure (5) de la jupe périphérique et la pièce rigide (6) du verseur, comme dans le cas des verseurs des figures 3A à 4B, 7A et 8A, les charnières sont obtenues par amincissement de paroi et, réciproquement, les parties les plus rigides, comme la pièce rigide (6), sont obtenues en jouant sur l'épaisseur du matériau.The shell of the capsule is typically metallic (10), but the invention is not limited to this type of material. It could also be made of plastic. The inserts (2) and the pourers (3) can be made of molded plastic. They can be of any plastic material capable of being molded, chosen according to its cost and the required mechanical characteristics, but typically in polyolefin, such as PE, PP, or in other thermoplastic materials, such as PA, PET, PS (possibly modified to have sufficient flexibility), or also in elastomeric material such as SBS or other synthetic rubbers. The inserts and pourers can be formed in one piece or in one piece, except when two separate pieces are provided, as for example with the pourers of FIGS. 1A to 2 and 5A to 6. In this case, preferably, the peripheral skirt (4) and its lower part (5) made of elastomeric material, the lower part (5) being in this case made rigid by the thickness of the material, while the rigid part (6) will be made of a material of greater hardness, rigidity and other mechanical characteristics, for example in PP, so as to guarantee a tight fixing of the peripheral skirt (4) to the neck (9), the sealing required here aiming so that, when the pourer is used, the all of the liquid poured flows well through the pouring element (8), and this, without flow of liquid or seepage between the interior wall of the neck and the pourer. On the other hand, when the pourers are formed from a single piece and have hinges to allow the articulation of a means of cooperation (7) between the lower part (5) of the peripheral skirt and the rigid part (6) of the pourer, as in the case of the pourers of Figures 3A to 4B, 7A and 8A, the hinges are obtained by thinning the wall and, conversely, the most rigid parts, such as the rigid part (6), are obtained by playing on the material thickness.
On peut aussi former des verseurs ou des éléments de verseur (4 et 5) monobloc en au moins deux matériaux différents par surmoulage. Ainsi, par exemple, l'élément verseur (8) et/ou la partie inférieure (5) formant un secteur angulaire (51) peuvent être en un matériau différent de celui constituant la jupe périphérique (4).One can also form pourers or pouring elements (4 and 5) in one piece from at least two different materials by overmolding. Thus, for example, the pouring element (8) and / or the lower part (5) forming an angular sector (51) may be made of a material different from that constituting the peripheral skirt (4).
EXEMPLES DE REALISATIONEXAMPLES OF REALIZATION
Les figures constituent des exemples de réalisation de capsules (1) munies d'inserts (2) et dotées de verseurs (3) selon l'invention.The figures constitute exemplary embodiments of capsules (1) provided with inserts (2) and provided with pourers (3) according to the invention.
Dans ces exemples, toutes les capsules et verseurs ont été fabriqués pour le bouchage de goulots de 31 ,5 mm de diamètre extérieur - voit la figure 7 A.In these examples, all the capsules and pourers were manufactured to plug 31.5 mm outside diameter necks - see FIG. 7 A.
Pour la partie métallique (10) de la capsule, on a pris une coque classique, typiquement en aluminium.For the metal part (10) of the capsule, we took a conventional shell, typically made of aluminum.
En ce qui concerne les inserts (2), ils comprennent tous, comme on peut le voir sur les figures, les éléments suivants : .. .As regards the inserts (2), they all include, as can be seen in the figures, the following elements: ...
1 - une lèvre périphérique (22) pour solidariser l'insert avec la partie métallique (10), grâce à une gorge annulaire (12), sinon il faudrait coller l'insert à la tête de la partie métallique (10),1 - a peripheral lip (22) to secure the insert with the metal part (10), thanks to an annular groove (12), otherwise the insert would have to be glued to the head of the metal part (10),
2 - une lèvre d'étanchéité (23) tournée vers l'intérieur et qui s'écrase de préférence contre le buvant (90) comme illustré sur les figures 10B à 11B, mais éventuellement contre la lèvre flexible (8F), comme illustré sur les autres figures. 3 - un moyen d'assemblage temporaire de l'insert (2) et du verseur (3) servant . solidariser capsule et verseur tant que ce dernier n'est pas fixé au goulot d'une bouteille ce qui facilite considérablement l'opération de capsulage. Dans ces exemples, le moyen d'assemblage choisi est la coopération par encliquetage d'éléments flexibles dont les extrémités présentent des reliefs (20) et (40,60).2 - a sealing lip (23) turned inward and which preferably collapses against the rim (90) as illustrated in FIGS. 10B to 11B, but possibly against the flexible lip (8F), as illustrated in the other figures. 3 - a means of temporary assembly of the insert (2) and the pourer (3) serving. secure the capsule and pourer as long as the latter is not fixed to the neck of a bottle, which considerably facilitates the capping operation. In these examples, the assembly means chosen is cooperation by snap-fitting of flexible elements whose ends have reliefs (20) and (40,60).
4 - et un moyen de déplacement axial (21) de la pièce rigide (6) du verseur (3), lors de la fixation du verseur (3) au goulot (9) qui a lieu lors du capsulage.4 - and a means of axial displacement (21) of the rigid part (6) of the pourer (3), during the fixing of the pourer (3) to the neck (9) which takes place during the capping.
Les inserts (2) ont été moulés en PE ou en matériau élastomère.The inserts (2) were molded in PE or elastomeric material.
En ce qui concerne les verseurs (3) fabriqués, ils comprennent tous : a - une jupe périphérique (4), dotée de nervures d'étanchéité (41) - sauf sur la figure 13, où des nervures d'étanchéité (512) sont portées par la partie inférieure (5), et éventuellement dotée d'un épaulement (40) pour former l'assemblage temporaire avec l'insert (voir figure 8 A), b - une partie inférieure rigide (5) prolongeant la jupe périphérique (4), apte à s'écarter radialement grâce notamment à la partie amincie (50) formant une charnière O. Les essais ont été réalisés avec un secteur angulaire (51) d'angle θ égal à 15° - 20° - 25°, c - un élément verseur (8) qui se présente sous la forme d'une lèvre flexible, qui, en l'absence de contraintes est en position déployée (8D), et qui sous contrainte, typiquement la pression exercée par la capsule en position fermée, est en position fléchie (8F). Cet élément verseur (8) est généralement un prolongement de l'extrémité supérieure de la jupe périphérique (4) ou, comme dans le cas du verseur de la figure 2, de la pièce rigide (6), et dans ce cas, une partie amincie (65) peut servir de charnière pour que la lèvre flexible puisse pivoter d'une position à état à l'autre. d - une pièce rigide (6) dont le déplacement axial entraîne un écartement radial de la partie inférieure (5), éventuellement grâce à un moyen de coopération spécifique (7, 72,73). Cette pièce rigide peut porter un épaulement (60) pour former le moyen d'assemblage temporaire avec l'insert (2). Dans le cas des verseurs des figures 1A à 2, 5 A à 6B, 11A à 13, et 5B, on a fabriqué à part une pièce monobloc constituée de la jupe périphérique (4) dotée de l'élément verseur (8) et de sa partie inférieure, soit en PE, soit en élastomère. En particulier lorsque cette pièce est en élastomère, la partie inférieure (5) peut former une couronne complète, qui peut s'écarter radialement lors du mouvement axial vers le bas de la pièce rigide (6), qui a été par ailleurs fabriquée également à part par moulage de PP.As regards the pourers (3) manufactured, they all include: a - a peripheral skirt (4), provided with sealing ribs (41) - except in FIG. 13, where sealing ribs (512) are carried by the lower part (5), and optionally provided with a shoulder (40) to form the temporary assembly with the insert (see FIG. 8 A), b - a rigid lower part (5) extending the peripheral skirt ( 4), able to move radially apart thanks in particular to the thinned part (50) forming a hinge O. The tests were carried out with an angular sector (51) of angle θ equal to 15 ° - 20 ° - 25 °, c - a pouring element (8) which is in the form of a flexible lip, which, in the absence of constraints is in the deployed position (8D), and which under stress, typically the pressure exerted by the capsule in position closed, is in the bent position (8F). This pouring element (8) is generally an extension of the upper end of the peripheral skirt (4) or, as in the case of the pourer of FIG. 2, of the rigid part (6), and in this case, a part thinned (65) can be used as a hinge so that the flexible lip can pivot from one position to another. d - a rigid part (6) whose axial displacement causes a radial spacing of the lower part (5), possibly by means of a specific cooperation means (7, 72,73). This rigid part can carry a shoulder (60) to form the temporary assembly means with the insert (2). In the case of the pourers of FIGS. 1A to 2, 5 A to 6B, 11A to 13, and 5B, a single piece was made apart from the peripheral skirt (4) provided with the pouring element (8) and its lower part, either in PE or in elastomer. In particular when this part is made of elastomer, the lower part (5) can form a complete crown, which can deviate radially during the axial downward movement of the rigid part (6), which was also manufactured separately by PP molding.
Dans le cas des verseurs des figures 3 A à 4B, 7A à 9B et 14 à 16C, le verseur est une pièce monobloc, qui a été fabriquée par moulage en PP transparent ou en PP chargé de poudre minérale, telle que du talc. La bille (630), en verre, a été introduite à force dans le verseur.In the case of the pourers of FIGS. 3A to 4B, 7A to 9B and 14 to 16C, the pourer is a single piece, which has been produced by molding in transparent PP or in PP loaded with mineral powder, such as talc. The glass ball (630) was forced into the pourer.
Les figures 9A et 9B représentent des modalités relatives à la partie inférieure rigide (5).Figures 9A and 9B show modalities relating to the rigid lower part (5).
Comme déjà indiqué, cette partie inférieure (5) peut former une couronne, mais, dans le cas présent, elle forme une pluralité de languettes soit isolées (52), comme représenté sur la figure 9B, soit non isolées (53) car solidarisées par une jupe mince (530) comme représenté sur la figure 9A et sur la figure 8B.As already indicated, this lower part (5) can form a crown, but, in the present case, it forms a plurality of tongues either insulated (52), as shown in FIG. 9B, or not insulated (53) because they are secured by a thin skirt (530) as shown in Figure 9A and in Figure 8B.
Sur les figures 9A et 9B, les flèches partant des repères 6 ou 7 symbolisent récartement radial des languettes (52,53) suite à la poussée directe, soit de la pièce rigide (6) seule, soit du moyen de coopération (7), selon le cas.In FIGS. 9A and 9B, the arrows starting from the references 6 or 7 symbolize radial spacing of the tongues (52, 53) following the direct push, either of the rigid part (6) alone, or of the means of cooperation (7), depending on the case.
Les tests réalisés à partir des capsules avec verseur ainsi fabriquées ont montré, à la fois sur ligne de capsulage et auprès de consommateurs, le grand intérêt de l'invention.The tests carried out from the pourer capsules thus produced have shown, both on the capping line and with consumers, the great interest of the invention.
AVANTAGES DE L'INVENTIONADVANTAGES OF THE INVENTION
D'une part, l'invention diminue considérablement les problèmes rencontrés sur ligne de capsulage dans la mesure où, sans avoir par ailleurs à modifier les lignes de capsulage, les capsules ne sont plus détériorées, avec à la fois les arrêts de production et les pertes de produits qui en sont la conséquence.On the one hand, the invention considerably reduces the problems encountered on the capping line to the extent that, without otherwise having to modify the capping lines, the capsules are no longer deteriorated, with both production stoppages and loss of products as a result.
D'autre part, l'invention divulgue des moyens qui permettent d'adapter le verseur à tout type de capsule et à tout type de diamètre.On the other hand, the invention discloses means which make it possible to adapt the pourer to any type of capsule and to any type of diameter.
En outre, l'invention permet d'introduire, sans surcoût notable, une fonction complémentaire, telle que l'irremplissabilité. Dans ce cas, le verseur selon l'invention comprend des moyens qui rendent sinon impossible du moins difficile l'extraction du verseur du goulot, de manière réduire les possibilités de fraude.In addition, the invention makes it possible to introduce, without appreciable additional cost, a complementary function, such as non-filling. In this case, the pourer according to the invention includes means which make it at least difficult at least difficult to extract the spout from the neck, so as to reduce the possibility of fraud.
Enfin, à l'usage, la capsule et son verseur associé sont d'utilisation pratique dans la mesure où, pour le consommateur, il n'y a pas de différence sensible entre une capsule standard sans verseur ou une capsule avec verseur selon l'invention, tant en ce qui concerne la hauteur de la bouteille et son encombrement, que l'effort manuel d'ouverture, notamment pour supprimer la coopération de l'insert (2) et du verseur (3), par l'intermédiaire des moyens d'assemblage temporaire (20) et (40,60), reste dans la plage de ce qui est perçu comme habituel par le consommateur.Finally, in use, the capsule and its associated pourer are of practical use insofar as, for the consumer, there is no appreciable difference between a standard capsule without pourer or a capsule with pourer according to the invention, both with regard to the height of the bottle and its size, and the manual effort of opening, in particular to suppress the cooperation of the insert (2) and the pourer (3), by means temporary assembly (20) and (40.60), remains in the range of what is perceived as usual by the consumer.
LISTE DES REPERESLIST OF REFERENCES
Capsule de bouchage 1 Partie métallique 10Cap 1 Metal part 10
Axe vertical 11Vertical axis 11
Gorge annulaire de solidarisation de 10 avec 2.... 12Annular connection groove of 10 with 2 .... 12
Insert 2Insert 2
Moyen d'assemblage temporaire 20 Moyen de déplacement axial de 6 21Temporary assembly means 20 Axial displacement means of 6 21
Lèvre de solidarisation avec 10 22Solidarity lip with 10 22
Lèvre d'étanchéité 23Sealing lip 23
Verseur 3Pourer 3
Verseur irremplissable 31 Jupe périphérique du verseur 4Pourable pourer 31 Pouring peripheral skirt 4
Moyen d'assemblage temporaire 40Temporary assembly medium 40
Moyen de fixation étanche - nervures 41Watertight fixing means - ribs 41
Rebord supérieur 42Top ledge 42
Elément d'encliquetage avec 62 43 Jupe à paroi intérieure tronconique 44Snap-in element with 62 43 Skirt with frustoconical inner wall 44
Partie inférieure rigide de la j upe périphérique 5 Partie amincie - charnière 0 50Rigid lower part of the peripheral j ue 5 Thinned part - hinge 0 50
Elément articulé - secteur angulaire 51Articulated element - angular sector 51
Côté intérieur OD 510OD 510 interior side
Côté extérieur OC 51 1 Nervures d'étanchéité 512Outer side OC 51 1 Sealing ribs 512
Languette rigide isolée 52Insulated rigid tab 52
Languette rigide solidaire d'une jupe 53Rigid tongue attached to a skirt 53
Jupe flexible 530Flexible skirt 530
Talons rigides 54 Encoche d'encliquetage avec 740 540Rigid heels 54 Snap-in notch with 740 540
Ailettes 541Fins 541
Pièce rigide du verseur 6Rigid pourer part 6
Pièce rigide en position haute 6HRigid part in high position 6H
Pièce rigide en position basse 6B Moyen d'assemblage temporaire 60Rigid part in low position 6B Temporary assembly means 60
Extrémité inférieure 61Lower end 61
Elément d'encliquetage avec 43 62Snap-in element with 43 62
Pièce rigide ou partie de pièce formant cage 63Rigid part or part of part forming a cage 63
Bille contenue dans la çage 6C 630 Arche de la cage 631Ball contained in the hole 6C 630 Arch of the cage 631
Pièce rigide à jupe extérieure tronconique 64Rigid part with frustoconical outer skirt 64
Charnière de l'élément verseur 65Pouring element hinge 65
Moyen de coopération entre 5 et 6 7Means of cooperation between 5 and 6 7
Articulation - extrémité A 70 Articulation - extrémité B 71Joint - end A 70 Joint - end B 71
Elément rigide 72Rigid element 72
Elément rigide à section triangulaire 73Rigid element with triangular section 73
Côté adjacent à l'extrémité B 730Side adjacent to end B 730
Tige rigide de verrouillage 74 Verrou 740Rigid locking rod 74 Lock 740
Lèvre circulaire flexible formant l'élément verseur 8 Lèvre flexible à l'état déployé 8DFlexible circular lip forming the pouring element 8 Flexible lip in deployed state 8D
Lèvre flexible à l'état fléchi 8FFlexible lip flexed 8F
Goulot d'un récipient 9Container neck 9
Buvant 90 Filetage 91Drinker 90 Thread 91
Contre-bague 92 Counter ring 92

Claims

REVENDICATIONS
1. Verseur (3), associé à une capsule de bouchage (1) et destiné à être fixé à l'intérieur d'un goulot (9) d'un récipient, comprenant une jupe périphérique (4) dotée d'un moyen de fixation étanche au goulot (9), un élément verseur (8), et un moyen d'assemblage temporaire dudit verseur et de ladite capsule de bouchage, caractérisé en ce que, a) ladite jupe périphérique (4) comprend une partie inférieure (5) apte à subir un écartement radial assurant la fixation du verseur au goulot (9), b) le verseur (3) comprend une pièce rigide (6) apte à subir un déplacement axial vers le bas, à l'intérieur de la jupe périphérique (4), par passage, typiquement irréversible, d'une position dite haute H à une position stable dite basse B lors de la fixation du verseur (3) et de la capsule (1) au goulot (9), c) le verseur (3) comprend un moyen de coopération de la partie inférieure (5) et de la pièce rigide (6) apte à transformer le déplacement axial de la pièce rigide (6) en déplacement radial de la partie inférieure (5), ledit déplacement axial ne commençant qu'une fois le verseur (3) placé dans le goulot (9), la force axiale FD exigée par le déplacement axial de la pièce rigide (6) par rapport à la jupe périphérique (4) étant supérieure à celle Fi exigée pour introduire le verseur (3) dans le goulot (9).1. Pourer (3), associated with a closure cap (1) and intended to be fixed inside a neck (9) of a container, comprising a peripheral skirt (4) provided with a means of leaktight attachment to the neck (9), a pouring element (8), and a means of temporarily assembling said pourer and said closure cap, characterized in that, a) said peripheral skirt (4) comprises a lower part (5 ) able to undergo a radial spacing ensuring the fixing of the pourer to the neck (9), b) the pourer (3) comprises a rigid part (6) capable of undergoing an axial displacement downwards, inside the peripheral skirt (4), by passing, typically irreversible, from a so-called high position H to a stable position called low B when the pourer (3) and the capsule (1) are attached to the neck (9), c) the pourer (3) comprises a means of cooperation of the lower part (5) and of the rigid part (6) capable of transforming the axial movement of the rigid part of (6) in radial displacement of the lower part (5), said axial displacement starting only once the pourer (3) placed in the neck (9), the axial force F D required by the axial displacement of the part rigid (6) relative to the peripheral skirt (4) being greater than that Fi required to introduce the pourer (3) into the neck (9).
2. Verseur selon la revendication 1 dans lequel la partie inférieure (5) est rigide et est articulée par rapport à la jupe périphérique (4), typiquement grâce à une partie amincie (50) formant une charnière O et reliant la partie inférieure (5) à la jupe périphérique (4), et forme un élément articulé (51), typiquement sous forme d'un secteur angulaire d'angle θ limité par les côtés extérieur OC et intérieur OD, faisant chacun respectivement un angle Φc et ΦD par rapport à la verticale, et dans lequel la pièce rigide (6) coopère, typiquement pas son extrémité, avec la partie inférieure (5), typiquement par son côté intérieur OD, de manière à ce que ledit déplacement axial vers le bas de la pièce rigide (6) entraîne la rotation dudit secteur angulaire (51), l'angle Φc valant typiquement 0° et l'angle ΦD valant -α° avant ledit déplacement axial, l'angle Φc valant typiquement +α° et l'angle ΦD valant 0° après ledit déplacement axial, α étant typiquement compris entre 5 et 25°. 2. Pourer according to claim 1 in which the lower part (5) is rigid and is articulated relative to the peripheral skirt (4), typically thanks to a thinned part (50) forming a hinge O and connecting the lower part (5 ) to the peripheral skirt (4), and forms an articulated element (51), typically in the form of an angular sector of angle θ limited by the exterior sides OC and interior OD, each making an angle Φc and Φ D respectively. with respect to the vertical, and in which the rigid part (6) cooperates, typically not at its end, with the lower part (5), typically by its inner side OD, so that said axial displacement towards the bottom of the part rigid (6) causes the rotation of said angular sector (51), the angle Φc typically being 0 ° and the angle Φ D being -α ° before said axial displacement, the angle Φc typically being + α ° and the angle Φ D being 0 ° after said axial displacement, α being typically between 5 and 25 °.
3. Verseur selon la revendication 2 dans lequel la pièce rigide (6) coopère avec la partie inférieure (5) par un élément rigide (72,73) formant le moyen de coopération (7) et articulé à ses extrémités X et Y, une des extrémités X étant solidaire, ou rendue solidaire, de la partie inférieure (5), l'autre extrémité Y étant solidaire, ou rendue solidaire, de la pièce rigide (6), de manière à ce que ledit déplacement axial de l'élément rigide (72,73), en faisant varier l'inclinaison dudit élément articulé (51) pour atteindre ladite position stable et en déplaçant vers le bas l'extrémité Y, repousse radialement vers l'extérieur l'extrémité X, assurant ainsi ledit passage de la position haute H à la position basse B.3. Pourer according to claim 2 wherein the rigid part (6) cooperates with the lower part (5) by a rigid element (72,73) forming the cooperation means (7) and articulated at its ends X and Y, a ends X being secured, or made integral, with the lower part (5), the other end Y being integral, or made integral, with the rigid part (6), so that said axial displacement of the element rigid (72,73), by varying the inclination of said articulated element (51) to reach said stable position and by moving the Y end downward, pushes the X end radially outward, thus ensuring said passage from high position H to low position B.
4. Verseur selon la revendication 3 dans lequel, de manière à obtenir ladite position stable, d'une part, la hauteur ZYH de ladite extrémité Y en position haute, avant ledit déplacement axial, est typiquement supérieure à la hauteur ∑χ de ladite extrémité X, alors que la hauteur ZYB de ladite extrémité Y en position basse, après ledit déplacement axial, est typiquement inférieure à la hauteur ∑χ de ladite extrémité X, et d'autre part, ledit élément rigide (73) présente une section typiquement triangulaire, l'extrémité Y formant un sommet de ce triangle, de manière à ce que, en position basse, un côté adjacent (730) à ce sommet vienne en butée contre la pièce rigide (6) et limite ainsi ledit déplacement axial vers le bas.4. Pourer according to claim 3 wherein, so as to obtain said stable position, on the one hand, the height ZYH of said end Y in the high position, before said axial movement, is typically greater than the height ∑χ of said end X, while the height Z YB of said end Y in the low position, after said axial displacement, is typically less than the height ∑χ of said end X, and on the other hand, said rigid element (73) typically has a section triangular, the end Y forming a vertex of this triangle, so that, in the low position, an adjacent side (730) to this vertex abuts against the rigid part (6) and thus limits said axial movement towards the low.
5. Verseur selon une quelconque des revendications 3 à 4 dans lequel ladite partie inférieure (5) comprend, comme éléments articulés (51), des languette rigides (53) ou des talons rigides (54) régulièrement espacés et en nombre n allant de 3 à 10, et typiquement de 4 à 8, à chaque, languette (53) ou talon (54) correspondant un élément rigide (72, 73) distinct.5. Pourer according to any one of claims 3 to 4 wherein said lower part (5) comprises, as articulated elements (51), rigid tongue (53) or rigid heels (54) regularly spaced and in number n ranging from 3 to 10, and typically from 4 to 8, each, tongue (53) or heel (54) corresponding to a separate rigid element (72, 73).
6. Verseur selon la revendication 5 dans lequel un verrou (740) est angulairement intercalé entre deux dits talons rigides (54) consécutifs, grâce à une tige de verrouillage (74) analogue audit élément rigide (72,73), de manière à bloquer circulairement lesdits talons rigides par lesdits verrous lorsque ladite pièce rigide (6) est en position dite basse. 6. Pourer according to claim 5 wherein a lock (740) is angularly interposed between two said rigid heels (54) consecutive, by means of a locking rod (74) similar to said rigid element (72,73), so as to block circularly said rigid heels by said latches when said rigid part (6) is in the so-called low position.
7. Verseur selon la revendication 6 dans lequel lesdits verrous (740) et lesdits talons rigides (54) coopèrent, typiquement grâce à une encoche d'encliquetage (540), de manière à renforcer la fixation du verseur (3) au goulot (9).7. Pourer according to claim 6, in which said latches (740) and said rigid heels (54) cooperate, typically by virtue of a snap-in notch (540), so as to strengthen the fixing of the pourer (3) to the neck (9). ).
8. Verseur selon une quelconque des revendications 6 à 7 dans lequel lesdits talons rigides (54) comprennent des ailettes (541), de manière à renforcer la fixation du verseur (3) audit goulot (9).8. Pourer according to any one of claims 6 to 7 wherein said rigid heels (54) comprise fins (541), so as to strengthen the attachment of the pourer (3) to said neck (9).
9. Verseur selon une quelconque des revendications 3 à 8 constitué d'une pièce monobloc.9. Pourer according to any one of claims 3 to 8 consisting of a single piece.
10. Verseur selon la revendication 2 dans lequel l'extrémité inférieure (61) de la pièce rigide (6) vient en appui direct sur un côté intérieur (510) de la partie inférieure (5), de manière à former ledit moyen de coopération.10. Pourer according to claim 2 wherein the lower end (61) of the rigid part (6) comes into direct contact on an inner side (510) of the lower part (5), so as to form said means of cooperation .
11. Verseur selon une quelconque des revendications 3 à 10 dans lequel la pièce rigide (6) et la jupe périphérique (4) comprennent des éléments (62, 43), mâles et femelles, coopérant et s'encliquetant irréversiblement, de manière à obtenir ladite position stable.11. Pourer according to any one of claims 3 to 10 in which the rigid part (6) and the peripheral skirt (4) comprise elements (62, 43), male and female, cooperating and irreversibly latching, so as to obtain said stable position.
12. Verseur selon une quelconque des revendications 1 à 11 la capsule de bouchage (1), typiquement métallique, est munie d'un insert (2) en matière plastique assurant l'étanchéité de la capsule de bouchage (1) et comprenant le moyen d'assemblage temporaire (20) et un moyen de déplacement axial (21) de la pièce rigide (6), ces deux moyens pouvant être partiellement confondus, le moyen d'assemblage temporaire (20), ayant typiquement la forme d'une couronne, assurant la coopération temporaire de l'insert (2), solidaire de la capsule (1), et du verseur (3), le moyen de déplacement axial (21) de l'insert étant en prise directe sur la pièce rigide (6H) en position dite haute.12. Pourer according to any one of claims 1 to 11 the closure cap (1), typically metallic, is provided with an insert (2) of plastic material ensuring the sealing of the closure cap (1) and comprising the means temporary assembly (20) and a means of axial displacement (21) of the rigid part (6), these two means can be partially combined, the temporary assembly means (20), typically having the shape of a crown , ensuring the temporary cooperation of the insert (2), integral with the capsule (1), and the pourer (3), the axial displacement means (21) of the insert being in direct engagement with the rigid part (6H ) in the so-called high position.
13. Verseur selon une quelconque des revendications 1 à 12 dans lequel la jupe périphérique (4) du verseur comprend au moins une nervure circulaire (41) assurant l'étanchéité du verseur (4) avec le goulot (9), la largeur, le nombre et la flexibilité des nervures (41) étant choisi pour obtenir une friction assez élevée avec le goulot pour assurer ladite étanchéité, et cependant assez basse pour que la jupe périphérique (4) puisse, lors de la fixation du verseur, et de la capsule de bouchage associée, au goulot (9), être introduite à sa place définitive dans le goulot (9), par appui axial sur la capsule, avant que ne commence ledit déplacement axial vers le bas de la pièce rigide (6).13. Pourer according to any one of claims 1 to 12 in which the peripheral skirt (4) of the pourer comprises at least one circular rib (41) ensuring the tightness of the pourer (4) with the neck (9), the width, the number and the flexibility of the ribs (41) being chosen to obtain a friction high enough with the neck to ensure said tightness, and yet low enough so that the peripheral skirt (4) can, when fixing the pourer, and the associated closure cap, to the neck (9), be introduced in its final place in the neck (9), by axial support on the capsule, before that said axial displacement towards the bottom of the rigid part (6) begins.
14. Verseur selon la revendication 13 dans lequel la friction est choisie de manière à ce que la force Fi pour introduire le verseur et sa jupe périphérique dans le goulot soit typiquement inférieure à 10 daN, et qu'une force FD, supérieure à Fi, typiquement supérieure à 10 daN, et de préférence comprise entre 10 et 20 daN, soit nécessaire pour assurer ledit déplacement axial.14. Pourer according to claim 13 in which the friction is chosen so that the force Fi for introducing the pourer and its peripheral skirt into the neck is typically less than 10 daN, and that a force F D , greater than Fi , typically greater than 10 daN, and preferably between 10 and 20 daN, is necessary to ensure said axial movement.
15. Verseur selon une quelconque des revendications 1 à 14 dans lequel la jupe périphérique (4) comprend un rebord supérieur (42) venant en appui sur tout ou partie du buvant (90) du goulot (9) lorsque la jupe périphérique (4) du verseur (3) est mise en place dans le goulot (9).15. Pourer according to any one of claims 1 to 14 wherein the peripheral skirt (4) comprises an upper rim (42) bearing on all or part of the rim (90) of the neck (9) when the peripheral skirt (4) pourer (3) is placed in the neck (9).
16. Verseur selon une quelconque des revendications 1 à 15 dans lequel l'élément verseur (8) est solidaire soit de la jupe périphérique (4), soit de la pièce rigide (6).16. Pourer according to any one of claims 1 to 15 wherein the pouring element (8) is integral either with the peripheral skirt (4), or with the rigid part (6).
17. Verseur selon la revendication 16 dans lequel l'élément verseur (8) comprend une lèvre circulaire flexible, à l'état fléchi (8F) ou plaqué, typiquement contre le buvant du goulot, lorsque le goulot (9) est fermé par la capsule de bouchage (1), ou à l'état déployé (8D) lorsque le verseur (3) doit être utilisé, la capsule de bouchage (1), typiquement à vis, ayant été enlevée.17. Pourer according to claim 16 wherein the pouring element (8) comprises a flexible circular lip, in the bent state (8F) or pressed, typically against the mouth of the neck, when the neck (9) is closed by the closure cap (1), or in the deployed state (8D) when the pourer (3) is to be used, the closure cap (1), typically screw, having been removed.
18. Verseur selon une quelconque des revendications 12 à 17 dans lequel l'insert (2) comprend, outre une lèvre de solidarisation (22) de l'insert (2) avec la partie métallique (10) de la capsule (1), une lèvre d'étanchéité (23) orientée vers l'intérieur du goulot (9) et destiné à prendre appui sur le buvant (90) du goulot (9) ou sur l'élément verseur (8) si ce dernier s'étend sur ledit buvant.18. Pourer according to any one of claims 12 to 17 in which the insert (2) comprises, in addition to a lip for securing (22) the insert (2) with the metal part (10) of the capsule (1), a sealing lip (23) oriented towards the inside of the neck (9) and intended to bear on the rim (90) of the neck (9) or on the pouring element (8) if the latter extends over said rim.
19. Verseur selon les revendications 17 et 18 dans lequel la lèvre circulaire flexible à l'état déployé (8D) présente un diamètre extérieur qui est inférieur au diamètre intérieur de la lèvre d'étanchéité (23), de manière à ce que, lorsque le goulot (9) est fermé par la capsule de bouchage (1), la lèvre circulaire passe à l'état fléchi (8F) en se plaquant contre la lèvre d'étanchéité (23), elle-même étant alors plaquée contre le buvant (90) du goulot.19. Pourer according to claims 17 and 18 wherein the flexible circular lip in the deployed state (8D) has an outside diameter which is less than the inside diameter of the sealing lip (23), so that when the neck (9) is closed by the closure cap (1), the circular lip changes to the bent state (8F) by pressing against the sealing lip (23), itself then being pressed against the rim (90) from the neck.
20. Verseur selon une quelconque des revendications 1 à 19 dans lequel tout ou partie de l'étanchéité dudit moyen de fixation étanche du verseur (3) au goulot (9) est assurée par au moins une nervure externe (512) portée par la partie inférieure (5).20. Pourer according to any one of claims 1 to 19 in which all or part of the seal of said sealed attachment means of the pourer (3) to the neck (9) is ensured by at least one external rib (512) carried by the part lower (5).
21. Verseur selon une quelconque des revendications 1 à 20 dans lequel la jupe périphérique (4) et la pièce rigide (6) coopèrent selon des surfaces tronconiques (44,64), de manière à ce que ledit déplacement axial conduise à un écartement radial de la jupe périphérique (4), de manière à augmenter la fixation et/ou l'étanchéité entre le goulot (9) et le verseur (3).21. Pourer according to any one of claims 1 to 20 in which the peripheral skirt (4) and the rigid part (6) cooperate according to frustoconical surfaces (44,64), so that said axial movement leads to a radial spacing of the peripheral skirt (4), so as to increase the fixing and / or the seal between the neck (9) and the pourer (3).
22. Verseur selon une quelconque des revendications 12 à 21 dans lequel l'insert (2) est fileté.22. Pourer according to any one of claims 12 to 21 in which the insert (2) is threaded.
23. Verseur selon une quelconque des revendications 1 à 22 dans lequel la pièce rigide (6) forme une cage (63) pour une bille (630), de manière à former un verseur irremplissable (31).23. Pourer according to any one of claims 1 to 22 wherein the rigid part (6) forms a cage (63) for a ball (630), so as to form an irreplaceable pourer (31).
24. Verseur selon une quelconque des revendications 1 à 23 formé par moulage d'une matière plastique transparente à hautes caractéristiques mécaniques typiquement choisie parmi le PP, PA, PS et PET. 24. Pourer according to any one of claims 1 to 23 formed by molding a transparent plastic material with high mechanical characteristics typically chosen from PP, PA, PS and PET.
25. Capsule de bouchage (1) solidarisé temporairement à un verseur (3) selon une quelconque des revendications 1 à 24, par la coopération d'un moyen d'assemblage temporaire (20) porté par l'insert (2), et d'un moyen d'assemblage temporaire (40,60) porté par le verseur (3). 25. closure cap (1) temporarily secured to a pourer (3) according to any one of claims 1 to 24, by the cooperation of a temporary assembly means (20) carried by the insert (2), and d 'A temporary assembly means (40,60) carried by the pourer (3).
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