EP1600396A1 - Fermeture pour récipient - Google Patents

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EP1600396A1
EP1600396A1 EP04425374A EP04425374A EP1600396A1 EP 1600396 A1 EP1600396 A1 EP 1600396A1 EP 04425374 A EP04425374 A EP 04425374A EP 04425374 A EP04425374 A EP 04425374A EP 1600396 A1 EP1600396 A1 EP 1600396A1
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Fabrizio Manganelli
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Dolci Preziosi Srl
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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
    • B65D51/00—Closures not otherwise provided for
    • B65D51/24—Closures not otherwise provided for combined or co-operating with auxiliary devices for non-closing purposes
    • B65D51/28—Closures not otherwise provided for combined or co-operating with auxiliary devices for non-closing purposes with auxiliary containers for additional articles or materials

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  • This invention relates to a cap for a container in accordance with the precharacterising clause of claim 1.
  • this description is provided non-restrictively making particular reference to a cap for containers for beverages such as, for example, a bottle of plastics material.
  • closing caps particularly resealable closing caps, for example of the screw type, which are useful for example in the case where the drink contained within is not consumed all in one go, is known.
  • the latter feature is however essential in the case of containers for substances such as detergents and/or domestic cleaning products, in that their contents are intended to be consumed on several occasions spread over time.
  • containers of the abovementioned type are also practical and convenient from the point of view of packaging the product.
  • these containers themselves act as packaging for the product, for example a beverage or detergent, eliminating the need to use an outer enclosure in order to package them.
  • the outer surfaces of the containers are suitable for use as a substrate for a product label or for direct printing with the necessary information.
  • 1 indicates as a whole a container according to the invention, in the example a container for drinks comprising a hollow body 2 capable of containing the beverage and having an opening 3 bounded by a mouth or collar 4.
  • a cap 5 is associated with and closes opening 3.
  • cap 5 preferably manufactured from plastics material, has an internal thread 6 which is capable of engaging a corresponding external thread 7 on mouth 4 so as to form a threaded coupling of the male/female type between cap 5 and body 2 of container 1.
  • cap 5 may be screwed on to or unscrewed from mouth 4 to permit opening 3 of container 1 to be closed or opened respectively and, as a consequence, to prevent or allow respectively the beverage to exit from container 1.
  • container 1 is provided with tamper-proof means, indicated by 8 in the figures and illustrated in a simplified way.
  • tamper-proof means 8 comprise a ring which is made to be of one piece with cap 5 through a plurality of weak bridges 9.
  • Tamper-proof means 8 are capable of being snapped on to a portion of body 2 of container 1 in such a way that rotation intended to unscrew cap 5 from container 2 inevitably results in the breakage of weak bridges 9, making the attempt at tampering with the closure obvious.
  • container 1 takes the specific form of a bottle of plastics material associated with a screw cap which is also of plastics material.
  • the container according to the invention may also differ from that considered above in shape and dimensions, and the cap may be associated with closure of the container in other ways, for example through pressure, a snap fit, a bayonet connection or other means.
  • cap 5 is shaped in such a way as to form a housing 10 within it and at the same time container 1 comprises an object 11 which is also removably housed in housing 10 when cap 5 is associated in closure with body 2 of container 1, as illustrated in Figure 2. Substantially, when cap 5 is applied in closure to body 2, mouth 4 of the latter is not inserted into housing 10, so as not to interfere with object 11.
  • the ovoid-shaped capsule only comprises a preferred embodiment, and any other object having a shape and dimensions such as to be contained within the housing cap may be housed in housing 10.
  • the shape of cap 5, and its dimensions may vary in relation to the dimensions of the objects which it is intended to insert in the cap.
  • housing 10 may be of any nature and purpose such as for example a food product, or a sweet or other objects, such as a gadget, a doll or picture cards.
  • a capsule in particular a capsule of plastics material for foodstuffs, makes it possible to avoid any problems associated with contact which might occur between the beverage contained within the container and the object itself.
  • cap 5 is shaped in such a way as to have a first cylindrical end portion 5a bearing internal thread 6 and a remaining elongated cylindrical portion 5b closed by an end wall 13.
  • housing 10 formed within cap 5 is shaped in such a way as to have a substantially ovoid shape corresponding to the portion thereof defining housing 10, so that the latter forms a shape matching the walls of capsule 11.
  • capsule 11 is force fitted into housing 10.
  • cap 2 may include engaging means 14 capable of holding the capsule removably within housing 10, preventing its unintentional removal.
  • the aforesaid engaging means 14 take the form of a pair of opposing protuberances projecting from the inner surface of elongated cylindrical portion 5b of cap 5.
  • cap 5 ( Figures 1 and 3) is constructed of a soft plastics material
  • object 11 may be easily extracted from housing 10 by applying slight pressure to the outside of the cap at two diametrically opposite points on elongated cylindrical portion 5b, the said points being selected in such a way as to be angularly offset, preferably by 90°, with respect to aforesaid protuberances 14.
  • the aforesaid engaging means capable of removably holding the capsule in the housing may comprise a membrane located within the cap and of one piece with it.
  • the membrane may be applied at the point of discontinuity between the first cylindrical end portion 5a of the cap and the remaining elongated cylindrical portion 5b, obviously after the capsule has been inserted into the housing. In this way the membrane comes to be a closure member for the housing in which the object is housed, preventing the beverage from coming into direct contact with the object.
  • the membrane may be applied to the aperture of the container body, that is to say to its mouth.
  • This membrane which is not illustrated in the figures for simplicity of illustration, may be a form of plastics material heat welded to the mouth 4 of body 2, such as an aluminium membrane.
  • the membrane is also useful for hermetically sealing body 2 of container 1, preventing contamination of what is contained therein.
  • the container according to this invention makes it possible to satisfy the above requirement and at the same time overcome the disadvantages mentioned in the introductory part of the description with reference to the known art.
  • the object associated with the container may be advantageously housed within the container itself, more specifically within the housing provided in the cap.
  • the positioning of the objects within the cap makes it possible to avoid problems of interference between several containers alongside each other, for example on a shelf or in a box during transport.
  • the cap placed in the manner specified above is suitable for manufacture using known production techniques, for example by injection or moulding, without offering any further complications and makes it possible to use the same materials as are used for manufacture of the caps in the known art.

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Cited By (5)

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Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
FR2901774A1 (fr) * 2006-06-06 2007-12-07 Lionel Wolberg Bouteille comportant un col equipe d'un bouchon
GB2474294A (en) * 2009-10-09 2011-04-13 Tap Water Ltd Bottle cap adapted to hold canister
CN102241297A (zh) * 2010-05-14 2011-11-16 利普曼株式会社 瓶塞
EP2402256A1 (fr) * 2007-08-17 2012-01-04 Kraft Foods Global Brands LLC Bouchon couronne de bouton-poussoir avec récipient secondaire attaché
ITTO20130830A1 (it) * 2013-10-15 2015-04-16 Pea & Promoplast S R L Tappo per bottiglie e contenitore per oggetti promozionali ad esso associato

Citations (4)

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Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
FR2368419A1 (fr) * 1976-10-22 1978-05-19 Sages Etui pharmaceutique inviolable
US4720351A (en) * 1984-04-05 1988-01-19 Purex Corporation Multi functional laundry product and employment of same during fabric laundering
US6032820A (en) * 1997-07-10 2000-03-07 Alcoa Closure Systems International, Inc. Easy-open promotion compartment
US6412629B1 (en) * 1998-09-25 2002-07-02 Alexandra Gordon Packaging device for disc-shaped items and related materials and method for packaging such discs and material

Patent Citations (4)

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Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
FR2368419A1 (fr) * 1976-10-22 1978-05-19 Sages Etui pharmaceutique inviolable
US4720351A (en) * 1984-04-05 1988-01-19 Purex Corporation Multi functional laundry product and employment of same during fabric laundering
US6032820A (en) * 1997-07-10 2000-03-07 Alcoa Closure Systems International, Inc. Easy-open promotion compartment
US6412629B1 (en) * 1998-09-25 2002-07-02 Alexandra Gordon Packaging device for disc-shaped items and related materials and method for packaging such discs and material

Cited By (8)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
FR2901774A1 (fr) * 2006-06-06 2007-12-07 Lionel Wolberg Bouteille comportant un col equipe d'un bouchon
WO2007141401A1 (fr) * 2006-06-06 2007-12-13 Boowl Company Ag Bouteille comportant un col équipé d'un bouchon
EP2402256A1 (fr) * 2007-08-17 2012-01-04 Kraft Foods Global Brands LLC Bouchon couronne de bouton-poussoir avec récipient secondaire attaché
GB2474294A (en) * 2009-10-09 2011-04-13 Tap Water Ltd Bottle cap adapted to hold canister
GB2474294B (en) * 2009-10-09 2012-02-01 Tap Water Project Ltd Improvements in caps for bottle and the like
CN102241297A (zh) * 2010-05-14 2011-11-16 利普曼株式会社 瓶塞
JP2011240991A (ja) * 2010-05-14 2011-12-01 Lipmen Co Ltd 瓶の栓
ITTO20130830A1 (it) * 2013-10-15 2015-04-16 Pea & Promoplast S R L Tappo per bottiglie e contenitore per oggetti promozionali ad esso associato

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