EP1462381B1 - Disque d'étanchéité - Google Patents

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EP1462381B1
EP1462381B1 EP03076231A EP03076231A EP1462381B1 EP 1462381 B1 EP1462381 B1 EP 1462381B1 EP 03076231 A EP03076231 A EP 03076231A EP 03076231 A EP03076231 A EP 03076231A EP 1462381 B1 EP1462381 B1 EP 1462381B1
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Claude Benoit-Gonin
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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
    • B65D53/00—Sealing or packing elements; Sealings formed by liquid or plastics material
    • B65D53/04—Discs
    • 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
    • B65D51/00—Closures not otherwise provided for
    • B65D51/18—Arrangements of closures with protective outer cap-like covers or of two or more co-operating closures
    • B65D51/20—Caps, lids, or covers co-operating with an inner closure arranged to be opened by piercing, cutting, or tearing
    • 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
    • B65D2251/00—Details relating to container closures
    • B65D2251/0003—Two or more closures
    • B65D2251/0006—Upper closure
    • B65D2251/0015—Upper closure of the 41-type
    • 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
    • B65D2251/00—Details relating to container closures
    • B65D2251/0003—Two or more closures
    • B65D2251/0068—Lower closure
    • B65D2251/0093—Membrane

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  • the present invention relates to a liner for a closure adapted to seal the opening in a container neck.
  • Liners are widely used to perform a variety of functions in association with closures. Primarily liners are used for sealing an associated container neck. However, liners are also used, for example, in gas scavenging and gas barrier applications. In order to provide a plurality of functions, liners often comprise a plurality of layers.
  • the lower liner layer may seal the dispensing component.
  • the lower liner layer must first be removed or punctured in some way to allow the contents of the container to be dispensed using the separate dispensing component.
  • EP-A-0040797 discloses a liner consisting of three layers. The middle layer remains on the lower layer after removal of the closure along with the upper layer. Only when the middle layer is removed are apertures formed in the lower layer for dispensing material.
  • the present invention provides a liner for a closure adapted to seal the opening in a container neck; the liner consisting of only two layer sets comprising a first layer set which comprises or includes a layer of aluminium and is adapted to remain on the container neck following first removal of the closure, and a second layer set which comprises or includes a layer of polyethylene and is adapted to remain in the closure, wherein the first layer set includes one or more dispensing orifices passing completely therethrough and allowing the contents of the container to be dispensed following first removal of the closure with the second layer set.
  • the principle of the present invention is to use one of the layers of a two-layer liner as a dispensing aid. A separate dispensing component is therefore not required. In addition there is no requirement to remove or puncture any part of the lower layer before dispensing.
  • the invention is not limited to the shape or the number of orifices in the liner.
  • a closure with a liner is applied to a container neck and induction welding is used to seal the lowermost liner layer to the container neck.
  • induction welding is used to seal the lowermost liner layer to the container neck.
  • the induction process weakens or removes the adhesion between a lower layer or set of layers which is intended to remain on the container neck, and an upper layer or set of layers which is intended to remain in the closure.
  • the first layer set comprises or includes a layer of aluminium which can easily be induction welded onto a plastic container neck and has good gas (e.g. oxygen) barrier properties.
  • the second layer set comprises or includes a layer of polyethylene. Polyethylene, particularly when in foamed form, has good sealing properties to allow the liner to seal around a container neck.
  • the or each orifice is preferably positioned wholly within the periphery of the sealed area on the neck.
  • the present invention also provides a closure incorporating a liner as described herein.
  • the present invention also provides a method of forming a liner, comprising the steps of joining the first and second layer sets together and then forming orifices in the second layer set.
  • a disc-shape liner generally indicated (10).
  • the liner (10) comprises a layer of foamed polyethylene (20) and a layer of aluminium (30) joined by a layer of adhesive (40).
  • the aluminium layer (30) includes two oval orifices (35, 36).
  • the closure (50) comprises a disc-shape top plate (60) with a cylindrical skirt (70) depending from the periphery thereof.
  • the skirt (70) includes screw thread formations (80).
  • the liner (10) is glued to the underside of the top plate (60) by an adhesive layer (15) on the polyethylene layer (20).
  • Fig.3 the closure (50) is shown applied to a container neck (90).
  • the closure is applied using screw thread formations (95) on the neck corresponding to the formations (80) on the closure.
  • the liner in particular the foamed polyethylene layer (20), is compressed and forms a seal around the container neck (90).
  • the aluminium layer (30) is welded to the container neck (90) by an induction process.
  • the induction process also weakens/removes the adhesion between the layers (20, 30) by at least partly melting the adhesive layer (40).
  • Fig.4 shows the closure and container neck following first removal of the closure. Because the adhesion between the layers (20, 30) is weakened/removed, when the closure (50) is unscrewed the aluminium layer (30) remains on the container neck (90) and the polypropylene layer (20) remains on the top plate (60) because of the adhesive layer (15).
  • the aluminium layer (30) constitutes a first layer set which remains on the container neck following first removal of the closure.
  • the polyethylene layer (20) constitutes a second layer set which remains in the closure following first removal.
  • the orifices (35, 36) in the layer (30) now allow the contents of the container to be dispensed, with no need for a separate dispensing component in order to control product flow.
  • the layer (20) still serves to seal the container.
  • Fig.5a shows the two layers (20, 30) separate to each other.
  • the layers (20, 30) are then joined by the layer of adhesive (40) to form a multi-layer liner as shown in Fig.5b.
  • orifices (35, 36) are formed solely in the aluminium layer (30).
  • the depth of cutting/drilling must therefore be determined precisely. It is of course likely that in practice the cutting/drilling may extend slightly into the polypropylene layer (20). Because the orifices are entirely within the area (A) of the layer (20) which seals around the container neck (see Fig.4), even if the orifices extend into the layer (20) this will not affect the sealing performance.
  • the liner (110) comprises a layer of foamed polyethylene (120), an oxygen-scavenging layer (121), a further layer of foamed polyethylene (131) and a layer of aluminium (130).
  • Orifices (135, 136) are formed in the aluminium layer and the polyethylene layer (131).
  • the layers are joined together by adhesion.
  • the polyethylene layer (131) and the oxygen-scavenging layer (121) are joined using an adhesive layer (140) which acts in the same way as the layer (40) of Figs. 1 to 4. Accordingly, after the liner (110) has been secured into a closure and added to a container neck the layers (121, 131) separate on removal of the closure.
  • the layers (130, 131) constitute a first layer set which remains on the container neck following first removal of the closure.
  • the layers (120, 121) constitute a second layer set which remains in the closure.
  • the contents of the container can be dispensed through the orifices (135, 136).
  • the liner (110) will be formed in a large sheet, and disc-shaped liners will be punched out.
  • the orifices (135, 136) could be formed before or after the punching operation.
  • the liner (210) comprises a layer of foamed polyethylene (220), a layer of wax (225), a layer of adhesive (240) joining the layer of wax (225) to another layer of wax (226), a layer of aluminium (230), a layer of polyethylene terephthalate (227) and a layer of polyethylene (228).
  • Orifices (230, 231, 232) are formed in the layers (226, 230, 227, 225).
  • the layers (226, 230, 227, 228) constitute a first layer set which remains on the container neck following first removal of the closure.
  • the layers (220, 225) constitute a second layer set which remains in the closure.
  • the level of adhesion provided by the adhesive layer (240) is very low and is sufficient merely to hold the wax layers (225, 226) together.
  • the level of adhesion provided by the adhesive layer (240) is not reduced.
  • the lower polyethylene layer (228) is welded to the container neck, and the upper polyethylene layer (220) is glued into the closure.
  • the liner will split between the wax layers (225, 226) when the closure is removed for the first time.
  • the principle that the liner will split along the line of lowest adhesion can be applied when deciding which layers to include in a liner, and what levels of adhesion are required between the layers.

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  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Mechanical Engineering (AREA)
  • Closures For Containers (AREA)
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  • Organic Insulating Materials (AREA)

Claims (4)

  1. Revêtement (10) pour une capsule (50) adaptée pour fermer l'ouverture d'un col de récipient (90), ce revêtement consistant uniquement en deux ensembles de couches comprenant un premier ensemble de couches (30) qui se compose de, ou inclut, une couche d'aluminium et est adapté pour demeurer sur le col du récipient suite à un premier enlèvement de la capsule, et un second ensemble de couches (20) qui se compose de, ou inclut, une couche de polyéthylène et est adapté pour demeurer sur la capsule, dans lequel le premier ensemble de couches inclut un ou plusieurs orifices de distribution (35, 36) le traversant complètement et permettant au contenu du récipient d'être distribué suite à un premier enlèvement de la capsule avec le second ensemble de couches (20).
  2. Capsule (50) incorporant un revêtement (10) selon la revendication 1.
  3. Capsule selon la revendication 2, dans laquelle le ou chaque orifice (35, 36) est positionné entièrement dans la périphérie de la zone fermée (A) sur le col du récipient.
  4. Procédé de formation d'un revêtement (10) selon la revendication 1, comprenant les étapes d'assemblage des premier et second ensembles de couches ensemble, puis de formation du au moins un orifice de distribution dans le premier ensemble de couches par enlèvement d'une (ou de) partie(s) du premier ensemble de couches.
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ES03076231T ES2266718T5 (es) 2003-03-22 2003-03-22 Revestimiento.
DE60306104T DE60306104T3 (de) 2003-03-22 2003-03-22 Beschichtungsscheibe
AT03076231T ATE329851T1 (de) 2003-03-22 2003-03-22 Beschichtungsscheibe
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