Classifications

• • 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
• • 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
  • B65D51/185—Arrangements of closures with protective outer cap-like covers or of two or more co-operating closures the outer closure being a foil membrane

Definitions

• the present invention relates to a device for closing the packaging, very particularly for single use of the type of bottles or nestable, recyclable packs.
• the internalized sealed capsule allows progress in terms of storage and hygiene. It is of interest to the packaging sectors containing a product at atmospheric pressure or under pressure, for carbonated drinks for example, for various products such as food, pharmaceutical, chemical, etc.
• the cap protrudes from the packaging and is exposed to contamination. This external position complicates storage and limits the usable models.
• the realization of the packaging is difficult due to the impossibility of access to the two faces of the top when the cap is attached. It is known from PCT / FR00 / 00008 a stackable bottle or pack.
• Document EP945,361 discloses a container made of flexible material provided with a frame on which a flexible membrane is hermetically fixed, traversed in its center by a pipe to extract the liquid or pasty content.
• a peelable and peelable diaphragm is hermetically welded to the edges of the frame and constitutes a space enclosing the flexible membrane and the pipe, the end of which is hermetically fixed to the diaphragm.
• the elements of the can cannot cooperate with those of the container as the physical properties of the materials of some are different from those of others and incompatible with each other.
• the invention allows a device for occluding the packaging to protect it from contamination. It results in a package whose capsule and cap are internalized and remain clean since they are located under the more external airtight seal.
• the latter follows the shape of the end of the packaging and thus can be flat, or in a bowl with raised edge. It constitutes one of the walls of the packaging.
• the stopper is part of the capsule, closing the container. This capsule delimits a protected stage under the cover of variable height.
• second component or any other accessory, removable handle, straw, temperature and UV indicators, oxygen chelators necessary for the content, or promotional games, ... etc.
• other specific additions are possible such as air intake, perfusion tubing, etc.
• a second stage, glued, welded, sealed is adaptable for specific developments.
• the capsule located near the opening in a congruent "U-shaped upward" shape, strengthens the architecture of the packaging. It is previously assembled which allows to easily mold, weld, glue any plug or equivalent before fixing it. Any assembly is defined by a means such as bonding, welding, screwing or any other equivalent technique or association of this known process. For the sake of simplification in the text, only assembly means will be used.
• the direction of the truncated cone represented by the packaging does not affect stacking and recycling.
• These encapsulations are compatible with all forms of packaging, in particular polygonal, which gives them better mechanical and aesthetic resistance; for example of the pentagonal type.
• This honeycomb shape makes it possible to minimize the spaces between the elements which will be able to nest and improve the transverse solidity during storage during bottling; just as it gives better stability during use.
• the absence of relief at the bottom and at the top of the packaging facilitates stacking in layers.
• Pentagonal packaging makes it necessary to cut the lids unless they are grouped together.
• the vertical or even transversal fitting of the packaging bodies optimizes the recycling storage phase.
• differently encapsulated according to the invention can condition different contents without it having an impact on the solidity of the assembly.
• This storage is compatible with the use of dividers between the rows of receptacles of the plastic plate or agglomerated type between the rows; according to the known technique.
• the device allows several levels of security with respect to contamination in a known manner by means of: lids, capsules and or caps.
• a screw cap In the case of a screw cap it is itself hermetically sealable which gives the packaging an additional level of tightness and therefore hygiene, higher.
• the plug may in another case be rubberized and be "trocardable", that is to say pierced by a needle; crimped by a metallic or plastic insert released by twisting. This corresponds to medical hygiene standards.
• This packaging meets the current needs for rigid, nestable, recyclable plastic storage.
• the device according to the invention comprises at least one equivalent of closure means, internalized in the volume delimited by the side walls of the packaging. In addition, they include another non-protruding surface protection element such as the cover. It is based on any material with properties similar to metal or plastic attached using an assembly means removable by a tab, zipper or other The dimensions of the packaging have been adapted to accommodate the device and correspond to the different capacities of the container.
• the device according to the invention for encapsulating or packaging occlusion device whose capsule is internalized and secure or is characterized in that the occlusion device is located in the volume of the packaging materialized by its lateral and closed edges by a seal below the walls, thus providing a packaging with at least two levels of security constituted by the seal and / or the capsule and / or the cap, or a new hermetic seal under the cap, making it possible to adapt to the hygiene standards, thus providing sterile packaging due to the presence of the outer seal which hermetically encloses the volume containing the stopper which advantageously covers the lid closing the container.
• the capsule is prefabricated and secured secondarily to the packaging at the level of its upper collar glued, welded, screwed laterally laterally removable by a tab, zipper or other welded, glued 7-8 etc; delimiting the top of the container.
• the internalized capsules make it possible to adapt most of the types of occlusive currently used such as screw cap, spout centered or not.
• This design allows easy storage of elements of standardized external shape without relief and more resistant; and are compatible with recycling storage by transverse stacking over the height of the packaging or by vertical nesting.
• the lid and the capsule define a variable cavity. Sometimes the height of the latter can be reduced for better functionality of the container by means of walls which can be released by all known methods: cutting wire, etc. in order to clear the pouring orifice for easier use. This cavity can contain useful additions, controls, antioxidants, etc.
• the capsule is after consumption released by a second thread.
• the invention also relates to a packaging with a double degree of security, comprising an emptying orifice and a reservoir portion, characterized in that it comprises a collar extending the reservoir and surrounding said emptying orifice, in that the lower edge of the the collar is fixed to the reservoir and its upper edge exceeds the top of the emptying orifice provided with its closure means and in that the upper edge of the collar has a surface intended to receive a seal hermetically closing the space between the above the tank and its orifice provided with a plug so as to first isolate the closure means from the outside by the cover and then the contents of the packaging of said space by the closure means.
• the flange is rigid and is assembled to the lateral surface of the tank or is an integral part of it and advantageously comprises tearing means located near its abutment to the tank and intended to eliminate part of it and to release the means of emptying.
• the upper edge of the flange is extended by a flexible part hermetically connected to the reservoir capsule which folds back inside the faces of the reservoir to allow the emptying orifice to be below the edge in the folded position upper edge of the flange and in the unfolded position that the emptying orifice is above the upper edge of the flange.
• the upper edge of the collar and the flexible part are connected on the one hand and the flexible part and the reservoir capsule are connected on the other hand respectively by a reinforcing ring.
• the edges of the collar and of the cover and of the container can be brought together sufficiently to be able to be fixed to one another, for example by welding or gluing, in a single operation.
• the welded lid has a zone of weakness allowing it to be separated in priority from the edges of the collar and of the container still fixed together, and this so as not to weaken the connection between the edges of the collar and of the container.
• the lid and the capsule allow the container to be kept completely open with a curved edge offering a soft edge shaped in the upper portion of the internal or external packaging, full or hemmed and hollow, more or less flexible.
• the glued seal will allow the collar to be unwound during use.
• a side-to-side heat seal is equivalent to the conventional procedure.
• the device or devices of the invention are placed: at the top, at the bottom on the body of the package or on the edges.
• the packaging has the shape of a truncated cone with a small upper section, therefore inverted compared to the previous one.
• the encapsulation, or the operation consisting in fixing a capsule is carried out by means of an upper flange with parallel edges of the body of the packaging; or from the bottom; or finally by a body-time molding, capsule associated with filling from the bottom.
• the device according to the invention applies to solids. It is placed at each end of the body of the container, making it possible to unpack one and then the other, protected from dirt, which acts as a piston.
• Figure 1 shows a capsule package (1) and a centered screw cap (2).
• Figure 2 shows an eccentric capsule (1) and screw cap (2) package.
• Figure 3 shows a container with a full hem and soft edge.
• Figure 4 shows a soft, hollow curved-edge drinking container.
• Figure 5 shows a drinking container sealed from the bottom.
• Figure 6 shows the bottle with roll-up collar before filling.
• Figure 7 shows the bottle with roll-up collar after filling.
• FIG 8 shows the bottle with roll-up collar, the upper reinforcement located under the screw thread of the cap.
• the secure closure device according to the invention comprises a sealed capsule which consists of at least two elements, the capsule (1) and the seal.
• the lid (3) is the outermost, fixed last, at the end of the filling procedure it closes the packaging.
• the lid of plastic PET R or any other material of equivalent property, is always present. It is fixed by fixed using a means of assembly to the packaging secondarily to the capsule.
• the seal protects the capsule. This is congruent to the packaging, includes a raised peripheral flange border which allows the fixing. It is latero-lateral fixed using an assembly means once it is in contact with the centering lug. Capsule and cover can be fixed at one time welded into a horizontal ring, or vertical if the flanges are suitable.
• the manufacture of the capsule and the fixing of any type of stopper are easy due to the access to the two faces of the capsule. It is made of plastic, PET R or any other material having the same properties.
• the volume occupied by the cap system has little effect on storage.
• the capsule constitutes a reinforcement granting better resistance to the whole.
• the seal guarantees lasting hygiene on the outside of the capsule.
• anchoring means such as, for example, action grooves comparable to that of an O-ring, are sometimes necessary to receive a cover, a second complementary stage, or an advertising envelope.
• the types of food packaging intended for non-gaseous liquids are characterized by an occlusion device comprising: a cover, a capsule with a screw cap or even a clipable pouring spout.
• a cover a capsule with a screw cap or even a clipable pouring spout.
• Fig. 1, 2 A centered capsule (1) and screw cap (2) packaging (Fig. 1).
• the cover (3) is removed by pulling on the tongue (4).
• the plastic capsule extends at its upper edge, on the periphery of a flange (5) and has a central thread pitch of suitable height, intended to receive the plug itself.
• An eccentric capsule (1) and screw cap (2) package (Fig. 2).
• the upper stage (6) raising the capsule (1) can sometimes usefully be released by a cutting wire (13) to further disengage the collar from the screw thread.
• “Small volumes are advantageously equipped with a device for drinking on the feast and or with a cover receiving a straw housed in the space under the cover.
• Soft drinks (beer, ...) are more readily consumed in a drinking container offering a wide opening at the top of the packaging and an edge, a rounded neck and soft to the touch (Fig. 3).
• the capsule in this variant is preferably reduced to its usually peripheral portion in the form of an external collar congruent with the neck. In its upper portion it slightly overflows from inside (11) to avoid any liquid stasis. It is fixed on the lower and external portion of the neck, being released by a release means (13) exposed the soft edge. In its upper portion, the cover is more solid in this case in PET R or other plastic because it is not removed separately. It is welded horizontally or vertically to the top of the capsule after filling and released with it.
• the upper portion of the drinking container and especially the neck may be hollow.
• the hem is deployed to the lower reinforcement (10) opposite a locking groove (14).
• the edge is curved at the top on the first reinforcement (9).
• the edge shown has a cavity (15).
• the neck is everted. It corresponds to a thinner thickness of plastic material preserving a clean and soft edge for drinking; as much as a wide opening.
• An annular reinforcement at the top of the container facilitates the turning of a thimble of the neck of the container; the second reinforcement locks the lower end of the outer skirt of the hemmed collar by positioning in a groove.
• the capsule is fixed under this groove by a latero-lateral weld through the cover. (Fig. 4). Less comfortable but simpler the external skirt of the hem of the collar can be less flexible and hold by itself.
• a sealed container for drinking from the bottom (Fig. 5).
• Fig. 5 A sealed container for drinking from the bottom.
• the bottom is encapsulated after filling.
• the seal on the side of the soft edge is optional unless the capsule has a closed cavity.
• either the capsule with a sealed lid is released by a wire under the neck of the container as described above and acts as a removable cover (16),
• a variant according to the invention relates to a bottle with a roll-up collar.
• the bottle with roll-up collar (Fig. 6). It is characterized by a thinner plastic collar (24) with potentially two upper and lower reinforcements (25,26).
• a bottle with upturned neck (Fig. 8) has an upper reinforcement located under the screw thread of the cap.
• this bottle is to have a thinner ring, preferably made of plastic, with potentially two upper and lower reinforcements located on the side faces of the bottle, the highest located can be located at the bottom of the neck of the pitch plug screw (27).
• the bottle comes from a known manufacture with a cutting means under the lower reinforcement such as a release means (28). After the cap is put in place, pressure is printed on it. This provokes the invagination of the collar inside the packaging of its entire height. Gluing the lid will complete the procedure, which will allow the collar to be unwound during use.
• a side-to-side heat seal allows joining the conventional procedure. In both cases the ablation of the upper stage by means of the wire facilitates the storage of waste.
• Another variant is in the form of a truncated cone with a small upper section, therefore inverted compared to the previous one; bringing greater stability to the bottle.
• the capsule as indicated above, fits into a flange with parallel edges of the cone top of the body of the package. Alternatively, it is “hemmed”. Once in place, the hem covers, from outside to inside, the upper end, the top, the upper and inner side of the packaging. The lateral-lateral welding of the capsule concerns these three thicknesses.
• the capsule in its internalized part is identical to that described above. The cover is again glued or welded.
• This packaging is stacked for recycling after release from the bottom of the bottle by a release means. In this case, the capsule can be recycled more easily.
• a recyclable plastic bag of the diameter of the bottles on a support which facilitates their stacking head first. Once the remaining liquid has been drained, the bag is clipped ready for transport.
• a sealed capsule is suitable for a container with a truncated cone with a lower base.
• the capsule with parallel or conical edges congruent with those of the bottle is introduced through the bottom to its positioning groove at the top and then glued or welded.
• Such a design allows filling from the bottom; which is finally sealed glued or preferably welded.
• the bottle progresses through the filling chain held by a lug located at its bottom. During the storage phase, the bottom cover is released for nesting.
• a possibility of variant is characterized by a capsule screwed to the internal face of the top of the packaging which allows easy and repeated access for powdered products, preserves for example ...
• the screwing can be secured by bonding or witness opening.
• the seal keeps the capsule clean, which prevents contamination during uncapping.
• Reusable covers that can be clipped or sealed as produced by an O-ring or a hook can be used on the uncapped packaging. It is possible to use the container several times and store it in the cold without having to remove it. transfer; the packaging being of a suitable nature. The risks of contamination are thereby reduced.
• the choice of an oxygen chelator sachet on the capsule and under the lid or a witness of exposure to excessive temperatures harmful to the product contained is easily achievable.
• the bottom of the container can be fitted with a second capsule according to the invention and without the risk of weakening the assembly, intended to facilitate, for example, demolding (pâté, etc.) the cover is removed, the capsule clean , released, serves as a piston.
• the packaging allows storage at the recycling phase by transverse stacking over the height of the packaging and no longer by vertical nesting.
• This variant makes it possible to preserve the variety of shape in the packaging.
• This is any bottle. Once emptied the capsule is released as well as the bottom. This last action continues with a longitudinal opening of the bottle, releasing separately: capsule, bottom and a sheet of indifferent shapely plastic, easily nestable.
• the internalization device of the sealed capsule can be: at the top, at the bottom, on the lateral parts of the packaging or positioned on its edges in my dish: pouring spout ..., associated as before to a cover. Again a capsule release system will allow the storage of waste.
• the direction of the trunk of the packaging does not affect stacking and recycling.
• a honeycomb type stack optimizes storage during bottling. It goes without saying that this storage is compatible with the use of dividers between the rows of receptacles of the plastic plate or agglomerated type between the rows; according to the known technique.
• the vertical or even transversal nesting optimizes the recycling storage phase.
• the materials preferentially used are plastics of the family of PET R copolyesther transparent, ammorphic, impact-resistant, sterilizable, plasticizer-free or any other material having similar properties of grammage adapted to the capacities. It can be plastics with a bonding primer, aluminized, metals, ... etc. Whenever the welding is chosen to fix the seal or capsule, all appropriate means of elimination are combined such as a cutting wire device, plastic tear, or the like; which is activated during the recycling phase. For the sake of simplification in the text, only the means of liberation will be spoken of.

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