EP1318948B1 - Behälterverschluss - Google Patents

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EP1318948B1
EP1318948B1 EP01955515A EP01955515A EP1318948B1 EP 1318948 B1 EP1318948 B1 EP 1318948B1 EP 01955515 A EP01955515 A EP 01955515A EP 01955515 A EP01955515 A EP 01955515A EP 1318948 B1 EP1318948 B1 EP 1318948B1
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Emilio Morini
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Bormioli Rocco SpA
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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
    • B65D50/00—Closures with means for discouraging unauthorised opening or removal thereof, with or without indicating means, e.g. child-proof closures
    • B65D50/02—Closures with means for discouraging unauthorised opening or removal thereof, with or without indicating means, e.g. child-proof closures openable or removable by the combination of plural actions
    • B65D50/04—Closures with means for discouraging unauthorised opening or removal thereof, with or without indicating means, e.g. child-proof closures openable or removable by the combination of plural actions requiring the combination of simultaneous actions, e.g. depressing and turning, lifting and turning, maintaining a part and turning another one
    • B65D50/041—Closures with means for discouraging unauthorised opening or removal thereof, with or without indicating means, e.g. child-proof closures openable or removable by the combination of plural actions requiring the combination of simultaneous actions, e.g. depressing and turning, lifting and turning, maintaining a part and turning another one the closure comprising nested inner and outer caps or an inner cap and an outer coaxial annular member, which can be brought into engagement to enable removal by rotation
    • 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
    • B65D47/20—Closures with discharging devices other than pumps comprising hand-operated members for controlling discharge
    • B65D47/24—Closures with discharging devices other than pumps comprising hand-operated members for controlling discharge with poppet valves or lift valves, i.e. valves opening or closing a passageway by a relative motion substantially perpendicular to the plane of the seat
    • B65D47/241—Closures with discharging devices other than pumps comprising hand-operated members for controlling discharge with poppet valves or lift valves, i.e. valves opening or closing a passageway by a relative motion substantially perpendicular to the plane of the seat the valve being opened or closed by actuating a cap-like element
    • B65D47/242—Closures with discharging devices other than pumps comprising hand-operated members for controlling discharge with poppet valves or lift valves, i.e. valves opening or closing a passageway by a relative motion substantially perpendicular to the plane of the seat the valve being opened or closed by actuating a cap-like element moving helically
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65D—CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES
    • B65D2401/00—Tamper-indicating means
    • B65D2401/15—Tearable part of the closure

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  • the invention relates to a capsule for closing containers.
  • a capsule for closing containers In particular reference is made to a capsule of the type described in the preamble of the accompanying first claim.
  • Publication FR 2 716 170 teaches a capsule of the above-mentioned type.
  • EP 0 940 350 discloses a capsule comprising a first cap from which an annular relief projects laterally, and a second cap having a lateral part functioning as a jacket, wherein the annular relief of the first cap interacts contactingly with the jacket lateral part of the second cap.
  • the present invention proposes to improve the sealing characteristics of capsules of the above-mentioned type.
  • An advantage of the invention is that it guarantees hygiene during container use.
  • a further advantage of the invention is that it provides a capsule which can be provided with a security device against attempts at intrusion through the outlet mouth of the first cap.
  • a further advantage of the invention is that it provides an excellently-sealed capsule for closing containers of gassy liquids.
  • 1 denotes in its entirety a capsule for closing a container, in particular a container for gassy liquids.
  • the capsule 1 comprises a first cap 2 destined to be constrained, by a screw connection, to a mouth 3 of the container 1, while being able to make axial raising and lowering movements with respect to the container 1.
  • the first cap 2 exhibits a cylindrical first wall, coaxial and external in relation to the mouth 3 of the container 1.
  • the first cap 2 internally bears means for screw-coupling to the container 1.
  • the upper end of the first wall is joined to the periphery of a flat and horizontal second wall located above the upper end of the mouth 3 of the container 1.
  • a tubular third wall starts from an internal edge of the second wall going downwards.
  • the third wall is coaxial and located internally of the mouth 3 of the container 1.
  • the third wall has a free lower end bearing an annular relief 4 which projects laterally externalwise.
  • the third wall superiorly bears an annular seal 15 (in this case made in a single piece with the wall) which seal 15 projects laterally externalwise.
  • the first wall of the first cap 2 externally exhibits a lateral surface having a polygonal section.
  • the shape is a regular octagon, as can clearly be seen in figure 2. This shape improves the grip of the capsule by a machine which is equipped with a gripping tool of a corresponding shape. Further, thanks to this polygonal shape, a user can see immediately that the container is to be opened and closed by unscrewing and re-screwing.
  • a fourth wall starts from the internal edge of the second wall and rises therefrom.
  • the fourth wall is tubular, coaxial to the container and located above the mouth thereof.
  • the fourth wall has an upper end which bears an annular relief 5 projecting laterally outwards.
  • the first cap 2 comprises a tubular fifth wall 2a having a free lower end and an upper end which is connected via a horizontal tract of wall to the fourth wall.
  • the fifth wall 2a internally describes a passage for the exit of the liquid from the container 1.
  • the capsule 1 comprises an annular element 6 housed within the first cap 2 and predisposed to couple with the mouth 3 of the container. At least a part of the annular element 6 is destined to separate from the first cap 2 on the first opening of the capsule 1 by effect of the rupture of the easy-break ribs 7 which, in the embodiment described, are predisposed on the annular element 6, which is thus divided into two parts: a lower part, destined to detach, and an upper part, which remains jointed in the first cap 2 even after the first opening of the capsule 1.
  • the capsule 1 further comprises an obturator 8 inserted into the container mouth.
  • the obturator 8 is coaxially connected to the annular element 6 by easy-break ribs, so that it is detachable therefrom when the obturator 8 is coupled with the rest of the capsule.
  • the obturator 8 is provided with a tubular first external wall, internal and coaxial to the mouth, having an upper end which externally bears an annular lateral projection, which is interpositioned between the first cap 2 and the upper end of the mouth 3.
  • the first wall of the obturator 8 exhibits an external lateral surface which seals against the inside of the mouth 8, and an internal lateral surface which bears three annular reliefs projecting laterally towards the inside, arranged at three different distances one from another, the function of which will be better clarified herein below.
  • the three reliefs 9 have progressively increasing internal diameters, starting from the upper relief going down to the lower relief.
  • the upper relief 9 has an internal diameter which is smaller than the external diameter of the annular seal 15 of the first cap 2.
  • a peripheral part of a second wall is located at the lower end of the first wall of the obturator 8.
  • This part of the second wall is flat and horizontal and in the shape of a circular crown, provided with at least one opening 10 for the exit of the liquid from the container.
  • a third wall starts from the internal edge of the second wall; this third wall has a tubular shape and is closed at the top thereof.
  • the first cap 2 can selectively assume at least one lower position, a closed position (see figure 1) in which the central exit passage of the liquid is closed by the upper part of the third wall of the obturator 8, and at least an upper position, an open position (see figure 3), in which the exit passage is unobstructed.
  • the internal surface of the fifth wall 2a of the first cap 2 seals against the external surface of the third wall of the obturator 8. Further, in the closed lower position the seal 15 closes and seals against the upper relief 9. In the open upper position the lower part of the annular element 6 is detached.
  • the capsule 1 comprises a second cap 11, external of the first cap 2, which provides further protection.
  • the second cap 11 is internally provided with a projection 12 coupled with the first cap 2.
  • the above-mentioned projection 12 of the second cap 11 is placed on an easy-break security ring, which is in fact the lower end of the second cap 11, destined to be broken by effect of a raising of the second cap 11 from the first cap 2.
  • the second cap 11 exhibits a first lateral wall, which is in effect a coaxial jacket to the first cap 2.
  • the security ring is connected inferiorly to this first lateral wall.
  • At the top of the first lateral wall there is a second wall which is flat and horizontal and which covers the exit passage afforded by the first cap 2.
  • An annular relief element 13 projects axially downwards from the inside of the second wall.
  • the relief element 13 has a cylindrical internal annular surface, of a predetermined internal diameter, which works together with the annular relief 5 laterally projecting from the third wall of the first cap 2, and thus creates a seal which insulates the central zone of the capsule (where the exit passage of the first cap 2 is afforded) from the outside environment.
  • the annular reliefs 9 located on the first wall of the obturator 8 are predisposed to interact with the externally-projecting annular relief 4 of the third wall of the first cap 2.
  • Each annular relief 9 of the obturator determines a resistance to raising of the first cap 2.
  • the lower annular relief 9, having the largest diameter of all three, in particular serves to give a certain stability to the lower position of the first cap 2 after cap assembly and before application of the capsule on the container.
  • the intermediate annular relief 9 serves in particular as a warning stop to the user, informing him or her that a first open position has been reached at which the capsule is effectively open and liquid can be obtained from inside the container. In this position the first cap 2 is still screwed onto the mouth 3.
  • the first cap 2 By continuing to unscrew the first cap 2, with a small effort to cause the relief 4 to overcome the intermediate relief 9, the first cap 2 is brought into a second open position, defined by the upper third relief 9, in which it is completely unscrewed from the mouth 3. In this position, even though the screw-coupling is completely unscrewed, the first cap 2 is still coupled to the obturator 8. Complete freeing of the mouth 3 upper opening can be obtained by making a further axial raising movement of the first cap 2, which, thanks to the coupling between the relief 4 and the upper relief 9, draws the obturator 8 upwards with it.
  • the user first removes the second cap 11 (which has served to guarantee the security of the package and contents) and then, to reach the product inside, unscrews the first cap 2 up to the first open position. If the user continues to unscrew, the first cap 2 exits from the screw coupling, moving into the second open position, in which an unscrewing rotation does not lead to a raising of the first cap 2. In both open positions, the liquid product can be obtained without removing the first cap. The first cap can therefore subsequently be rescrewed, to close the container.
  • the closed capsule is guaranteed airtight by various seals: the fifth wall 2a of the first cap 2 coupled sealedly to the third wall of the obturator 8, the annular seal 15 of the first cap 2 which seals against the upper relief 9 of the obturator 8, the annular relief 13 of the second cap 11, coupled sealedly with the relief 5 of the obturator 8.

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  1. Behälterverschluss, enthaltend:
    eine erste Kappe (2) mit einer Auslassöffnung für eine in einem Behälter vorhandene Flüssigkeit, welche erste Kappe (2) dazu bestimmt ist, an einer Öffnung (3) des Behälters auf solche Weise befestigt zu werden, dass die erste Kappe (2) im Verhältnis zu dem Behälter angehoben und gesenkt werden kann;
    ein ringförmiges Element (6), verbunden mit der ersten Kappe (2) und wenigstens einen Teil aufweisend, welcher dazu bestimmt ist, beim ersten Öffnen der Verschlusskapsel von dem Element gelöst zu werden;
    ein Absperrorgan (8), dazu bestimmt, in die Öffnung (3) des Behälters eingesetzt zu werden, welches Absperrorgan (8) mit einem nach oben hervorstehenden Teil versehen und mit wenigstens einer Öffnung (10) für den Austritt der Flüssigkeit aus dem Behälter ist;
    eine zweite Kappe (11), welche ausserhalb der ersten Kappe (2) angeordnet und innen mit wenigstens einem Vorsprung (12) versehen ist, verbunden im Unterschnitt mit der ersten Kappe (2);
    wobei die erste Kappe (2) wahlweise wenigstens eine geschlossene untere Position einnehmen kann, in welcher die Auslassöffnung durch den nach oben hervorstehenden Teil des Absperrorgans (8) verschlossen ist, und wenigstens eine geöffnete obere Position, in welcher die Auslassöffnung einen Abstand von dem hervorstehenden Teil hat und wenigstens ein Teil des ringförmigen Elementes (6) gelöst ist;
    wobei die zweite Kappe (11) einen seitlichen Teil enthält, der als Mantel dient und mit einem flachen oberen Teil verbunden ist, von welchem aus sich ein ringförmiger Vorsprung (13) nach unten erstreckt;
    dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass der genannte ringförmige Vorsprung (13) eine interne ringförmige Dichtungsfläche enthält, welche im Kontakt mit einem ringförmigen Vorsprung (5) zusammenwirkt, der seitlich von der ersten Kappe (2) hervorsteht.
  2. Verschluss nach Patentanspruch 1, bei welchem das Absperrorgan (8) mit einer Anzahl von nach innen hervorstehenden ringförmigen Vorsprüngen (9) versehen ist, welche dazu vorgesehen sind, mit einem nach aussen hervorstehenden ringförmigen Vorsprung (4) der ersten Kappe (2) zusammenzuwirken, um einen Widerstand gegen das Anheben der ersten Kappe (2) zu bieten; wobei die ringförmigen Vorsprünge (9) einen oberen ringförmigen Vorsprung zum Begrenzen einer axialen Bewegung der ersten Kappe (2) enthalten, sowie wenigstens einen unteren ringförmigen Vorsprung, der einen grösseren Durchmesser aufweist als der Durchmesser des oberen ringförmigen Vorsprungs.
  3. Verschluss nach Patentanspruch 2, bei welchem die erste Kappe (2) eine ringförmige Dichtung (15) aufweist, welche in einer geschlossenen gesenkten Position an dem oberen ringförmigen Vorsprung (9) des Absperrorgans (8) anliegend abdichtet.
  4. Verschluss nach einem beliebigen der vorstehenden Patentansprüche, bei welchem der Vorsprung (12) der zweiten Kappe (11) an einem leicht brechbaren Sicherheitsring angeordnet ist.
  5. Verschluss nach einem beliebigen der vorstehenden Patentansprüche, bei welchem die erste Kappe (2) ein ringförmiges Element (2a) aufweist, welches sich in einer Richtung parallel zu der axialen Bewegungsrichtung der ersten Kappe (2) erstreckt und ein oberes Ende hat, das mit der ersten Kappe (2) verbunden ist, und ein freies unteres Ende, welches, wenn sich die erste Kappe in der geschlossenen Position befindet, zusammen mit dem hervorstehenden Teil des Absperrorgans (8) seitlich eine Dichtung bildet.
  6. Verschluss nach einem beliebigen der vorstehenden Patentansprüche, bei welchem wenigstens ein Teil der ersten Kappe (2) eine äussere seitliche Oberfläche aufweist, die einen mehreckigen Schnitt hat.
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IT2000MO000197A IT1316929B1 (it) 2000-09-22 2000-09-22 Capsula per la chiusura di contenitori.
ITMO000197 2000-09-22
PCT/IT2001/000373 WO2002024541A2 (en) 2000-09-22 2001-07-16 A capsule for closing containers

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ITMO20000197A0 (it) 2000-09-22
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