EP1332976B1 - Appareil de stockage et manutention d'un récipient étanche à l'air - Google Patents

Appareil de stockage et manutention d'un récipient étanche à l'air Download PDF

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EP1332976B1
EP1332976B1 EP02425038A EP02425038A EP1332976B1 EP 1332976 B1 EP1332976 B1 EP 1332976B1 EP 02425038 A EP02425038 A EP 02425038A EP 02425038 A EP02425038 A EP 02425038A EP 1332976 B1 EP1332976 B1 EP 1332976B1
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Guiseppe Pacelli
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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
    • B65D45/00—Clamping or other pressure-applying devices for securing or retaining closure members
    • B65D45/02—Clamping or other pressure-applying devices for securing or retaining closure members for applying axial pressure to engage closure with sealing surface
    • B65D45/30—Annular members, e.g. with snap-over action or screw-threaded
    • 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
    • B65D25/00—Details of other kinds or types of rigid or semi-rigid containers
    • B65D25/28—Handles
    • B65D25/2867—Handles with respective ends fixed to local areas of two opposite sides or wall-part
    • B65D25/2873—Straps or slings
    • B65D25/2876—Straps or slings fixed by means of a collar

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  • the present invention refers to an airtight container apparatus for stocking foodstuff products, paints, resins, glues and all products falling within the so-called "general line” category.
  • Such container is equipped with handles for transporting it and comprises an arrangement to verify its airtight degree.
  • DE-U-29711071 discloses an airtight container apparatus according to the preamble of Claim 1.
  • the airtight container taken as reference in the present invention is a can, a cylinder drum, a cone-shaped bucket.
  • the closing element is a cover, generally made of thin sheet or plastics with a medium-high stiffness.
  • the container body can comprise one or more recesses arranged in opposite points next to the container body edge and equipped with projections, handle or band for transporting it, generally made of metal or plastics.
  • the dealt-with container is moreover of the type that is adapted to have applied thereto closing elements that ensure keeping the seal of a gasket housed in the cover.
  • the container shape is such as to impart structural stiffness to the joining flange in which the gasket is housed. Moreover, the shape is such as to allow stacking containers with the same sizes, that is, orderly placing different containers one above the other.
  • a gasket of a pressurised cover is distorted under the action of a squashing force when the cover is closed, keeping its state active due to the resiliency of cover edges and container body edge that are in contact.
  • those covers are taken into account that, in addition to resiliency of edges in contact, are equipped with wings or are equipped with lever or ring with band. A lever applied to the ends of said band or ring allows quickly opening the container and at the same time ensures the gasket squashing under stocking and handling conditions.
  • the airtightness maintenance when stocking is ensured through plastic elements that are applied along the container body and cover junction and that are torn when using enabling the cover to verify the integrity of the stored product.
  • Figures 1, 2 and 3 show an airtight container of a known type:
  • Main object of the present invention is improving the airtight seal by means of a new and inventive apparatus operating both during stocking and during handling.
  • a further object of the invention is improving the gripping system with an handle that can be easily used.
  • a further object of the invention is introducing an innovative system for checking the product integrity by taking as reference what is already known in the field of stocking of sensitive materials, such as the pharmaceutical sector and sintering of fine powders.
  • a further object is finally providing an apparatus made of homogeneous material, with low industrial construction cost, composing a range with several sizes and, above all, that can be adapted to the different types of containers for "general line" stocking.
  • the present invention provides a plastic ring that engages the container body lip, equipped with a grip or support for the handle, capable of keeping in the airtight closing position the cover with gasket, adapted to guarantee the product integrity till its first use.
  • FIG.s 4 and 5 show a plastic ring and a container with lever-type cover with or without band, equipped with plastic ring.
  • the use of the invention can however be extended and adapted to the different types of containers that can be found nowadays in the field of "general line" stocking.
  • the plastic ring 101 is composed of an internal annular plane portion 101A delimited by two recesses arranged in series, respectively a negative recess and a positive recess.
  • the walls composing the internal negative recess are: an interior wall 102 connected by means of a ring 104 to an exterior wall 103.
  • the walls composing the external positive recess are: the mentioned wall 103, herein defined as interior wall, connected to an exterior wall 105 through a plane ring 106.
  • Said negative recess has such a shape as to be able to be contained in the wall 7 of the lever cover in figure 1, or such as to be housed, with suitable tolerances, within the recess formed by walls 27 and 28 in figure 2, in case of a pressure-type cover.
  • the plastic ring 101 is also housed in the recess composed of walls 28 and 34 of the pressure plug in figure 2 by abutting onto the ring 35 overlying the gasket 10, or in the recess with the walls 7 and 8 in case of the lever plug in figure 1, next to the gasket 10.
  • the external wall 105 belonging to the plastic ring 101 has a projection section 105A whose tooth shape creates an undercut recess of walls 105 and 103 and of ring 106.
  • the tooth 105A performs the function that in prior art was performed by the resilient wings 53 of the winged cover in figure 3.
  • the resilient ring 101 surrounds the cover perfectly adhering to the negative recess, and pushing the projecting wing 105A in addition to the container lip edge as described in figure 5.
  • the gasket 10 housed within the lever cover recess is kept squashed.
  • the internal ring 101A being part of the plastic ring 101 is connected in at least two points at the same distance to a plane and narrow element 107 with a curvilinear shape located in the internal ring 101A plane.
  • Said element 107 made of the same material composing the ring 101, is grasped by the operator and removed from the plane that contains it assuming the shape of an handle that is able to support the weight of the container full of the product to be handled.
  • Figure 4 points out the optimum characteristic shape both due to an easy use and for a mechanical strength, above all next to the attachment edge in which the load concentration is maximum.
  • the plastic ring 101 finally comprises a further projecting section 105B composing the end of wall 105 and connected to section 105A through a neck or ring 105C with reduced section arranged to trigger the breakage by tearing of a tongue or through the usual tear systems applied in the prior art according to the above-mentioned patents.
  • the airtight container equipped with a plastic ring placed onto the cover and hooked to the container body lip performs the objects provided by the assigneee of the present invention: the plastic ring 101 performs the function of a handle due to the removal from its resting plane of the curvilinear band 107 allowing to do without the conventional handle or grips.
  • the plastic ring 101 distributes the load balancing the container weight along the toothed edge 105 with the advantage of keeping the union flange undistorted even with a simple shape lacking any reinforcement of this latter one, resisting against the load transmitted by the grips, that are usually not more than two; the toothed projecting member 105A hooks the container body lip guaranteeing the cover adherence on which the plastic ring is placed keeping the gasket squashed both under handling and under stocking conditions; the detachable band 105B by breaking the necked section 105C performs the function of ensuring and checking the integrity of the product before its use.
  • the ring of the invention is adapted to be realised of a plastic material with not necessarily high mechanical characteristics, and of the type adapted to be injection molded.

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  1. Appareil pour le stockage et le transport d'un conteneur hermétique (1), comprenant un corps conteneur (1A) avec un bord à lèvre (3) venant s'accoupler avec un couvercle (2), et un joint (10) intercalé entre le corps conteneur (1A) et le couvercle (2), un anneau en plastique (101) étant parfaitement calé autour du couvercle (2), une paroi renflée (105) dudit anneau en plastique (101) maintenant le couvercle (2) adhérent au corps conteneur (1A), ladite paroi renflée (105) se maintenant à son tour adhérente au bord (3) jusqu'au moment de l'ouverture à arrachement, caractérisé en ce que l'appareil comprend encore un élément plat et étroit (107) de forme curviligne reliant au moins deux points équidistants de l'anneau (101) et prenant la forme d'une poignée.
  2. Appareil pour le stockage et le transport d'un conteneur hermétique (1) selon la revendication 1, caractérisé en ce que la paroi intérieure (102) de l'anneau s'accouple, avec une adhérence parfaite, à la paroi extérieure (27) du couvercle (2).
  3. Appareil pour le stockage et le transport d'un conteneur hermétique (1) selon la revendication 1, caractérisé en ce que la paroi extérieure (103) de l'anneau s'accouple avec la paroi intérieure (7, 28, 47) du couvercle (2).
  4. Appareil pour le stockage et le transport d'un conteneur hermétique (1) selon la revendication 1, caractérisé en ce que la paroi (103) de l'anneau, reliée à la paroi extérieure renflée (105) à travers une bague plate (106), loge dans le logement constitué par les parois (7, 28, 38, 47; 8, 34, 48) en reposant sur la bague (9, 35, 49) qui surmonte le joint (10).
  5. Appareil pour le stockage et le transport d'un conteneur hermétique (1) selon la revendication 1, caractérisé en ce que la paroi renflée (105) comprend une section renflée (105A) qui referme le bord à lèvre (3) du corps conteneur (1A) entre les parois (105, 104) et entre la bague plate (106).
  6. Appareil pour le stockage et le transport d'un conteneur hermétique (1) selon la revendication 1, caractérisé en ce qu'une seconde section renflée (105B) est reliée à la première section renflée (105A) de l'anneau, à travers un étranglement ou bague (105C) à section réduite, ladite seconde section (105B) étant prévue avec une ligne de rupture se terminant avec l'arrachement d'une languette.
  7. Appareil pour le stockage et le transport d'un conteneur hermétique (1) selon la revendication 1, caractérisé en ce que l'élément plat et étroit (107) se trouve dans le plan contenant une bague interne (101A) faisant partie de l'anneau en plastique (101), ledit élément (107), conformé comme une poignée, étant capable de soutenir le poids du conteneur après avoir été extrait de son propre logement.
  8. Anneau constituant l'appareil pour le stockage et le transport d'un conteneur hermétique (1) selon la revendication 1, caractérisé en ce qu'il comprend une portion plate annulaire interne (101A), une paroi intérieure (102) reliée au moyen d'une bague (104) à une paroi extérieure (103), cette paroi (103) étant reliée à une paroi renflée extérieure (105) à travers une bague plate (106).
  9. Anneau pour le stockage et le transport d'un conteneur hermétique (1) selon une quelconque revendication de 1 à 7, caractérisé en ce qu'il est en plastique monolithique.
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AT02425038T ATE320385T1 (de) 2002-01-30 2002-01-30 Vorrichtung zur lagerung und handhabung eines luftdichten behälters
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