EP1700790B1 - Tube pour substances pâteuses ou similaires - Google Patents

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EP1700790B1
EP1700790B1 EP06004749A EP06004749A EP1700790B1 EP 1700790 B1 EP1700790 B1 EP 1700790B1 EP 06004749 A EP06004749 A EP 06004749A EP 06004749 A EP06004749 A EP 06004749A EP 1700790 B1 EP1700790 B1 EP 1700790B1
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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
    • B65D41/00—Caps, e.g. crown caps or crown seals, i.e. members having parts arranged for engagement with the external periphery of a neck or wall defining a pouring opening or discharge aperture; Protective cap-like covers for closure members, e.g. decorative covers of metal foil or paper
    • B65D41/32—Caps or cap-like covers with lines of weakness, tearing-strips, tags, or like opening or removal devices, e.g. to facilitate formation of pouring openings
    • B65D41/34—Threaded or like caps or cap-like covers provided with tamper elements formed in, or attached to, the closure skirt
    • B65D41/3423—Threaded or like caps or cap-like covers provided with tamper elements formed in, or attached to, the closure skirt with flexible tabs, or elements rotated from a non-engaging to an engaging position, formed on the tamper element or in the closure skirt
    • B65D41/3428—Threaded or like caps or cap-like covers provided with tamper elements formed in, or attached to, the closure skirt with flexible tabs, or elements rotated from a non-engaging to an engaging position, formed on the tamper element or in the closure skirt the tamper element being integrally connected to the closure by means of bridges
    • B65D41/3433—Threaded or like caps or cap-like covers provided with tamper elements formed in, or attached to, the closure skirt with flexible tabs, or elements rotated from a non-engaging to an engaging position, formed on the tamper element or in the closure skirt the tamper element being integrally connected to the closure by means of bridges with drive means between closure and tamper element
    • 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
    • B65D35/00—Pliable tubular containers adapted to be permanently or temporarily deformed to expel contents, e.g. collapsible tubes for toothpaste or other plastic or semi-liquid material; Holders therefor
    • B65D35/44—Closures
    • 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
    • B65D41/00—Caps, e.g. crown caps or crown seals, i.e. members having parts arranged for engagement with the external periphery of a neck or wall defining a pouring opening or discharge aperture; Protective cap-like covers for closure members, e.g. decorative covers of metal foil or paper
    • B65D41/32—Caps or cap-like covers with lines of weakness, tearing-strips, tags, or like opening or removal devices, e.g. to facilitate formation of pouring openings
    • B65D41/34—Threaded or like caps or cap-like covers provided with tamper elements formed in, or attached to, the closure skirt
    • B65D41/3442—Threaded or like caps or cap-like covers provided with tamper elements formed in, or attached to, the closure skirt with rigid bead or projections formed on the tamper element and coacting with bead or projections on the container
    • B65D41/3447—Threaded or like caps or cap-like covers provided with tamper elements formed in, or attached to, the closure skirt with rigid bead or projections formed on the tamper element and coacting with bead or projections on the container the tamper element being integrally connected to the closure by means of bridges
    • B65D41/3452—Threaded or like caps or cap-like covers provided with tamper elements formed in, or attached to, the closure skirt with rigid bead or projections formed on the tamper element and coacting with bead or projections on the container the tamper element being integrally connected to the closure by means of bridges with drive means between closure and tamper element

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  • the invention relates to a tube with a tamper-evident closure, which has a screw cap and a ring integrally connected to this screw via at least one web ring, and a tamper-evident closure for such tubes
  • tubes are often provided with a tamper-evident after filling with a product, such as a pharmaceutical product or pasterous food or toothpaste or cosmetic product or the like.
  • Such tamper-evidence is designed to indicate in a first condition that the tube opening has not been released after packaging the product, and in a second condition to indicate that the tube opening has been released after packaging the product in the tube. If the originality assurance is still in the first state, which often corresponds to a non-damaged or a non-tube body of the tube or the tube cover (partially) state, it will be apparent to the consumer that after applying the tamper evidence neither unwanted media that In the tube contained product could be added, still parts of the product could be removed from the tube.
  • such a (undamaged) tamper evidence usually provides a guarantee that the tube was not open for a long time after applying the tamper-evident, so that, depending on the design of the product in the tube, the product is possibly dried to an undesirable extent ,
  • tamper-evident which are formed as a film and are closed circumferentially closed at the tube shoulder facing away from the end face of the tube neck. If this film is undamaged and is circumferentially completely fixed to the mentioned end, it is ensured that the opening has not yet been released. If the film is at least partially torn off or has holes in the region of the tube opening, the above is no longer guaranteed.
  • Tubes with such a tamper-evident feature often have a screw cap.
  • the film is (even if the originality is still displayed) formed separately from the screw cap.
  • tubes with a screw cap are known in which a tamper-evident in the screw cap is integrated.
  • this is such that with undamaged tamper evidence a ring is held on the tube cap over a plurality of circumferentially distributed webs, so that the ring and the cap are integrally formed.
  • This unit is applied to the tube neck at the manufacturer's closing. If the screw cap is then opened, the ring is released from this screw, so that the ring and screw cover now form two separate parts.
  • the ring can fall off the tube body, which is often unwanted, for example, from aspects of environmental protection.
  • the ring held on the screw cap before the first opening of the tube is held on the screw cap even after this opening and forms a one-piece connection therewith.
  • the ring is blown open when opening and is solved in the region of a plurality of web connections of the screw cap, although a connection between the screw cap and the ring is given, which is sufficient even when (initial) screwing is stably formed to prevent separation of the ring from the lid into two separate parts.
  • the ring either from then on remains on the screw cap, so that it frequently forms a part which disturbs the customer in terms of ease of use, or the customer has to tear off or cut off this part - often laboriously.
  • Tamper evident closures of various designs are, for example, in the Patents US 4,715,506 . US 4,560,076 . US 4,541,536 and WO 03/037737 A1 described.
  • the generic Patent US 6,223,919 B1 discloses the preamble of claim 1 and shows in one embodiment a tube with a screw cap, between the screw cap and a ring (tamper-evident ring) first and second projections are arranged, which allow by means of a stop position screwing the screw on the tube, without doing so the ring is separated from the screw cap.
  • first and second projections are arranged, which allow by means of a stop position screwing the screw on the tube, without doing so the ring is separated from the screw cap.
  • opening (first unscrewing) of the screw cap however, the ring is separated from the screw cap by the connecting bars are sheared off. This shearing may be favored by a ramp-like formation of the second projections.
  • the invention is an object of the invention to provide a tube with a tamper-evident closure, which has a screw cap and an on this (just the originality securing state) integrally connected ring.
  • a tamper-evident closure which has a screw cap and an on this (just the originality securing state) integrally connected ring.
  • unintentional opening should be largely prevented with such a tamper-evident closure.
  • the design of the invention should also be simple in terms of handling and can reliably display the originality.
  • a tube according to claim 1 is proposed.
  • An inventive tamper-evident closure is the subject of claim 12.
  • Preferred embodiments are the subject of the dependent claims.
  • a third projection on the ring is provided according to the invention and the first, arranged on the protective cap, projection is positioned between the second and this third projection, also results in opening the protective cap, a stop position of the projections.
  • a tube which has a tube body and a tamper-evident closure. It is provided in particular that the tube body defines a tube interior.
  • the tube or the tube interior is intended for receiving medium, such as, for example, pharmaceutical product or toothpaste or cosmetic products or foods, such as pasty foods, or the like.
  • the tube body forms a tube shoulder and a tube neck provided with an external thread. In this case, provision is made in particular for the tube shoulder to adjoin the tube neck at the end, wherein a tube opening for dispensing the medium is formed at the end formed on the tube shoulder.
  • the tamper-evident closure has a screw cap or screw cap and a ring.
  • the screw cap and the ring are - in particular in the original state indicating state - integrally connected to each other via at least one web, wherein it is preferably provided that a plurality of such webs are arranged distributed circumferentially for connection of screw cap and ring.
  • the tube body has at least one outwardly directed latching projection.
  • This at least one outwardly directed latching projection of the tube body is preferably arranged between the external thread of the tube body and the tube shoulder of the tube body.
  • the outwardly directed latching projection of the tube body is formed in a particularly preferable design on the tube neck.
  • This latching projection of the tube body may be formed, for example, annular or disc or annular disk-shaped and be integrally connected at its radially inner end with the tube neck. It can also be provided that the latching projection of the tube body or a locking projection designed in this way is supported by reinforcing ribs or the like.
  • the latching projection of the tube body is directed substantially outward or extends for example from the tube neck radially outward.
  • the ring so the ring of tamper-evident closure that is not confused with the provided on the tube body locking projection, which may also be annular, and the at least one locking projection of the tube body form a locking connection or latching device.
  • This locking device is in particular such that the ring from the direction of the tube shoulder remote from the end of the tube neck can be moved in the direction of the locking projection of the tube body and then - from the perspective of this direction or position - can engage at or behind the locking projection of the tube body.
  • the ring In the latched position of the latching connection, the ring is preferably positioned axially between the tube shoulder and the latching projection of the tube body.
  • the ring is axially secured or held by the or by means of the locking projection of the tube body in the locked position, in particular in the direction away from the tube shoulder direction.
  • the latching device is designed such that the ring can be brought into its latched position by screwing the screw cap in the external thread of the tube body.
  • the screw cap can be separated from the ring by screwing in the external thread. This is in particular such that by disconnecting the screw cap from the ring henceforth the screw cap and the ring are separate parts, that is no longer integrally connected. This separation can be carried out in particular in the region of the webs, which break up, for example.
  • the screwing of the screw cap for separating from the ring is in particular such that the screw cap is screwed or moved from its substantially closed position in the direction of its open position.
  • first stop surface is formed on the screw cap.
  • This first stop surface is associated with a second stop surface formed on the ring.
  • each of these first stop surfaces is assigned a separate, formed on the ring second stop surface.
  • the first or the respective first abutment surface is facing the second abutment surface (respectively) assigned to it and spaced from it by a gap.
  • This intermediate space can, for example, be such that, viewed in the circumferential direction of the screw cap, it is bounded on the one hand by the first stop surface and, on the other hand, by the second stop surface assigned to this first stop surface.
  • the at least one web or the entirety of the webs is deformable such that the at least one first abutment surface is movable toward the respectively associated second abutment surface for forming a first stop position without the screw cap being separated from the ring.
  • first and second abutment surfaces substantially each of the first abutment surfaces abuts against the second abutment surface associated therewith if at least one first abutment surface strikes against the second abutment surface associated therewith.
  • the respectively associated abutment surfaces ie a respective first abutment surface and the second abutment surface associated therewith, are configured and positioned relative to each other so that they move into the engaged position to avoid separation of the screw cap from the ring their (respective) first stop position to reach.
  • a relief in the region of the webs is effected by supporting the first abutment surface on the associated second abutment surface or the respective first abutment surface on the respective associated second abutment surface, which is such that acting in the region of the webs Load is not sufficient to separate the screw cap from ring in the area of the webs.
  • the webs are formed so deformable that the (respective) first abutment surface is movable to the respectively associated second abutment surface to form a first stop position without the screw cap being separated from the ring. It can be provided that this deformability is given directly in the web; but it can also be provided that the unit of ring, screw cap and webs is deformable such that the separation in the first stop position or when starting the first stop position - as mentioned - is avoided, so that the mentioned deformability in the region of at least On the one hand, a bridge is narrowly defined, on the other hand - alternatively - but also broadly understood.
  • the deformability may in particular be an elastic or plastic deformability.
  • the at least one web holds the ring axially spaced on the screw cap.
  • the screw cap has at least one first axial projection on its axial end facing the ring.
  • the ring has at least one second axial projection on its axial end facing the screw cap.
  • Each first axial projection is assigned to a second axial projection. If a plurality of first axial projections are provided, provision is made in particular for each of these first axial projections to be assigned a different or separate axial second projection. Between each first axial projection and the second axial projection associated therewith, a gap is formed.
  • This intermediate space is in particular such that, as seen in the circumferential direction of the screw cap, it is delimited on the one hand by a first stop surface provided on the first axial projection and on the other hand by a second stop surface provided on the second axial projection.
  • first and second stop surfaces are each associated with each other. That the ring - in the axial direction of the screw - facing end of the first stop surface is located closer to the screw cap axially remote end of the ring than the end of the second stop surface, which - seen in the axial direction of the screw - faces the screw.
  • the second axial projection or the second axial projections are in particular designed so that they thus have an end face which faces the screw cap - viewed in the axial direction of the screw cap.
  • one or more third axial projections are provided on the ring, projecting from the ring in the direction of the screw cap in the axial direction of the screw cap. These third axial projections overlap in an advantageous configuration axially with the first axial projections. If not only a third axial projection is provided, but a plurality of third axial projections, it is advantageously provided that these are arranged circumferentially distributed on the ring are. It is preferably provided that a third projection is assigned in each case to a first projection.
  • first, second and third projections relative to the circumferential direction of the screw is arranged relative to each other so that the first projection between the second and the third projection is positioned.
  • first and second protrusions and, if present, the third protrusions are advantageously substantially equally spaced radially from this central longitudinal axis or have an overlap region in the radial direction.
  • This central longitudinal axis is in particular the axis about which screw cap is screwed.
  • the third projection in a preferred embodiment at its free axial end on a slope or a rounded portion.
  • the first axial projection on its, the associated third projection side facing also has a slope or a rounded portion.
  • These bevels or these rounded regions are provided in particular in the axial overlap region of the first and third axial projections.
  • the bevels or rounded portions may serve the purpose of facilitating a relative rotation between the ring and the screw cap, which is such that the first axial projection is moved toward the third axial projections in the circumferential direction, the respective first axial projection overcomes the third axial projection assigned to it.
  • a certain deformability which may be particularly elastic or plastic, given these projections.
  • this opening a contact between the respective first projection and the associated third projection comes about.
  • this contact can be such that the opener is provided with an increased force in order to avoid too light-in particular unintentional opening or tearing off of the webs.
  • the aforementioned slope or rounded areas can be prevented, for example, on the other hand, that a (initial) opening of the screw cap is prevented or the force required for this purpose is undesirably large.
  • Such a design can be exploited, for example, to prevent the tamper evidence from being too easily damaged.
  • the webs or the screw cap and the ring are formed deformable such that the screw cap is not yet separated from the ring when the first axial projection reaches the third axial projection. It can be provided that this increased (counter) force must always be overcome if the screw is to be opened from a closed position; but it can also be provided that this increased (counter) force only when the first opening of the screw cap - so in particular if the originality assurance is still undamaged - must be overcome.
  • the second axial protrusions are formed separately from all third axial protrusions, so that they form different protrusions.
  • a second and a third axial projection form a common projection.
  • the area which performs the function of the second axial projection cooperates with a different first axial projection, as the area which takes over the function of the third axial projection.
  • all first and all second stop surfaces are flat, preferably parallel to the longitudinal axis of the screw cap.
  • the - provided in particular on the tube neck - locking projection of the tube body may be closed circumferentially, for example.
  • the ring forms a latching device with the latching projection of the tube body or the tube neck.
  • one or more latching projections are also provided to form the latching device on the ring. These may for example be provided on the inner side of the ring and extend radially from there (inwards). It can be provided, for example, that a plurality of such latching projections (of the ring) are distributed circumferentially, so that they do not form a circumferentially closed latching projection.
  • the latching projection of the tube body - seen in the axial direction of the tube neck is designed as a projection only on one axial side, namely in particular on the axial side facing away from the tube shoulder; It can be provided, for example, that this locking jump merges at its other axial end into the tube shoulder.
  • a groove is provided which is, for example, a circumferentially closed groove; In such a configuration, however, the region between the groove and the projecting region, which is arranged on the side remote from the tube shoulder, can also be regarded as a latching projection of the tube body.
  • the locking projection of the tube neck bevelled or rounded in the region of its radially outer end on the side facing away from the tube shoulder and the ring or latching projection of the Rounded in the region of the radially inner end on the side facing away from the screw cap rounded or bevelled.
  • the ring is caught axially in its engaged position between the locking projection of the tube body and the tube shoulder, and after the first unscrewing the screw cap and the associated disconnection of the screw cap from the ring thereon remains caught axially.
  • the tube body of exactly one material - in particular in one piece - is made.
  • the tube shoulder and the tube neck are formed integrally and in particular from the same material.
  • the tube or the tube body can be made for example of aluminum or a laminate or plastic.
  • first and second abutment surfaces or stops or axial projections are preferably assigned to each other, if there are more than one.
  • the assignment is in particular such that a respective first abutment surface or first abutment or first axial projection respectively the second abutment surface or second abutment or second axial projection is assigned, which is the least - in comparison to the remaining second - least distanced from the or the first, in particular as seen in the circumferential direction.
  • the separation or separation of the screw cap and ring is in particular such that, as a result, the one-piece connection is removed or eliminated, in particular, definitively.
  • the tamper evident closure is preferably made of plastic.
  • the tube is preferably flanged down.
  • the tube body forms a cannula.
  • exemplary tamper-evident closure 2 of an exemplary tube according to the invention can with its internal thread in the external thread of the in the Fig. 1 to 7 shown in various views, partially shown tube body 1 of the exemplary tube according to the invention can be screwed to shoot or open the tube.
  • the tube body 1 has a tube shoulder 10 and a tube neck 12 adjoining thereto.
  • the tube neck 12 has on its outer surface a male thread 16 extending around the central longitudinal axis 14 of the tube body 1 or the tamper-evident closure 2.
  • On the tube shoulder 10 side facing away from the external thread 16 of the tube neck forms a cannula 18.
  • On the tube shoulder 10 side facing away from the external thread 16 of the tube neck forms a cannula 18.
  • a dispensing opening 22 in the tube neck 12 and the cannula 18 is introduced, via which medium can be removed from the tube body 1 bounded from the tube body 1 with open screw 40 medium or can be issued.
  • the tube body 1 or the tube neck 12 has a radially outwardly directed latching projection 26.
  • This locking projection 26 is formed here annular or circular disk-shaped and connected at its radial inner side with the tube neck 12 or integrally formed thereon.
  • the latching projection 26 is designed to be continuous throughout.
  • the locking projection 26 forms with the ring 42 of the tamper-evident closure 2, which will be discussed below, a locking device, in the locked position of the ring 42 of the tamper-evident closure 2 is positioned axially between the tube shoulder 10 and the locking projection 26, wherein the ring 42nd of the tamper-evident closure 2 extends radially inwards further than the latching projection 26 extends radially outward, so that the ring 42 is axially secured by the latching projection 26 in its latched position, viewed axially in the direction of the opening 22.
  • the ring 42 of the tamper-evident closure 2 is positioned in this latched position axially between the latching projection 26 and the tube shoulder 10, or is held there axially.
  • the latching projection 26 has at its radially outer end 28 or edge on the tube shoulder 10 side facing away from a slope 30 which is formed circumferentially and thus here runs trough conical.
  • This bevel 30 extends in the direction of the tube shoulder 10 seen increasingly radially outward.
  • the bevel 30 facilitates the engagement of the ring 42 of the tamper-evident closure 2.
  • the transverse ribs 32 are essentially - like Fig. 7 can be removed - radially aligned.
  • transverse ribs 32 do not extend as far outward as the latching projection 26, so that it is ensured that the ring 42 of the tamper-evident closure 2 can engage well or can be held well axially by the latching projection 26.
  • the transverse ribs 32 are each formed radially inward on the tube neck 12 and formed on the latching projection 26 and formed on the tube shoulder 10.
  • the in the Fig. 8 to 15 illustrated tamper-evident closure 2 has a screw cap 40 and a ring 42.
  • the screw cap 40 is integrally connected to the ring 42 via a plurality of circumferentially distributed webs 44. Apart from the connection via these webs 44 no means are provided in this embodiment, via which the one-piece connection between the screw cap 40 and the ring 42 is effected. However, the one-piece connection via the webs 44 is only given if the tamper-evident closure is undamaged or - indicates at the latching projection 26 latched ring 42 - indicates that the originality is given. If, with the ring 42 engaged, the integral connection between the screw cap 40 and the ring 42 is no longer present, this indicates that the originality is no longer present.
  • the ring 42 is held spaced from the screw cap 40, so that, apart from the connection points by means of the webs 44 - an axial gap 46 between the screw cap 40 and the ring 42 is given.
  • a third axial projection 56 is followed by a first axial projection 50 and a second axial projection 54.
  • This sequence is repeated in the circumferential direction several times, depending on how many sequences of these three consecutive axial projections 56, 50, 54 are provided.
  • This sequence of such axially associated axial projections 56, 50, 54 may for example be provided sequentially once or twice or thrice or four times or five times or six times or seven times or even more than seven times distributed over the circumference.
  • another sequence of axial projections 56, 50, 54, etc. follows.
  • first axial projections 50 with respect to the second axial projections 54 and with respect to the third axial projections 56 are each arranged axially overlapping.
  • Each first axial projection 50 is associated with a circumferentially adjacent second axial projection 54 and a third axial projection 56 located adjacent in the opposite orientation of the circumferential direction.
  • the first axial projections 50 each form a first stop surface 58, which in this example is flat and parallel to the central longitudinal axis 14 of the tamper-evident closure 2.
  • the second axial projections 54 each form a second stop surface 60, which in this example is likewise designed flat and located parallel to the central longitudinal axis 14.
  • the stop surfaces 58, 60 face each other.
  • a gap 62 is formed between the mutually associated first 50 and second axial projections 54, seen in the circumferential direction of the screw cap 40.
  • This (respective) gap 62 is - seen in the circumferential direction of the screw 40 - on the one hand by a first stop surface 58 and on the other hand limited by a, this first abutment surface 58 second stop surface 60.
  • the first axial projections 50 and the first stop surfaces 58 can be moved relative to the second axial projections 54 and the second stop surfaces 60 such that the respective first stop surface 58 as a result of its associated second stop surface 60 abuts.
  • This stop position is also referred to as the first stop position.
  • the tamper-evident closure 2 is designed so that the first stop surfaces 58 can be moved from a position in which a gap 62 between this respective stop surface 58 and the second stop surface 60 is given in a first stop position, without causing the screw cap 40 of the Ring 42 is disconnected or the one-piece connection between these parts is canceled.
  • This may for example be such that the screw cap and / or the webs 44 and / or the ring 42 is correspondingly deformable, in particular elastically or plastically deformable, is formed.
  • the first axial projection 50 On the side remote from the second axial projection 54 in the circumferential direction, the first axial projection 50 has a bevel 64.
  • the third projection 56 has a bevel 66 on the side facing the first axial projection 50 facing it. Seen in the circumferential direction of the screw cap 40, a gap 68 is formed between these mutually associated bevels 64, 66.
  • the associated axial projections 50, 54, 56 are positioned relative to each other so that they do not contact directly in the unloaded state of tamper-evident closure 2.
  • the bevel 64 can be moved to the bevel 66 so that these bevels 64, 66 contact each other, without the screw cap 40 being separated from the ring 42. It can be provided that the webs and / or the tamper-evident closure and / or the screw cap 40 and / or the ring 42 is formed correspondingly malleable.
  • the screw cap 40 is separated from the ring 42, in particular in the region of the webs 44, when the slope 64 is moved to the slope 66, and that before the slope 64 has reached the slope 66 .
  • the corresponding situations can occur, for example, when the ring is held substantially axially and the screw cap 40 is screwed via its internal thread 70 in the external thread 16 of the tube neck 12 in the direction of the open screw cap position.
  • the axial holding is effected in particular by the fact that the ring 42 is engaged behind the locking projection 26.
  • a plurality of circumferentially distributed locking projections may be provided which extend radially inward and are arranged axially substantially at the same or at different levels. It can be provided that these locking projections - or at least a portion of these locking projections - can engage behind the locking projection 26. Alternatively, however, it can also be provided that an outer casing wall 72 of the ring 42 can latch behind this latching projection 26 in the region of its upper end face. In a further alternative design, it may be provided that profiling depressions are provided on the radially inner side in this lateral surface, wherein the latching on the latching projection 26 takes place in such a way that this latching projection 26 engages in the profiling recess. In a broader sense should also be understood that the ring snaps behind the projection 26.
  • the tube After filling the tube with a medium, the tube can be closed as follows:
  • the tamper-evident closure 2 is screwed with its internal thread 70 in the external thread 16 in the closing direction.
  • the corresponding load applied externally to the tamper-evident closure 2 is applied in particular to the screw cap 40.
  • the ring 42 which is still connected in one piece to the screw cap 40 in this state, is correspondingly moved along, with essentially no appreciable relative movements initially occurring between the screw cap 40 and the ring 42.
  • the ring 42 or provided on this 42 locking projection abuts against the locking projection 26 of the tube body, the movement of the ring 42 is opposed to an increased resistance.
  • the screw cap 40 and / or the ring 42 and / or the webs 44 are deformable, in particular elastically deformable, such that a certain degree of relative mobility is possible between the screw cap 40 and the ring 42 without while the screw 40 and the ring 42 are separated.
  • the screw cap 40 moves relative to the ring 42 in a first stop position in which the first stop surfaces 58 and second stop surfaces 60 abut each other.
  • the mentioned deformability is such that it does not come to a separation of screw cap 40 and ring 42 in this first stop position.
  • the filled tube can be delivered delivered in stores.
  • the partially illustrated tube body 1 and the tamper-evident closure 2 are shown in dimensions which preferably correspond to a scale of 1: 1. However, other sizes or proportions may be provided.
  • a tube shoulder with cannula can also be referred to in this embodiment as a tube shoulder with cannula. It can be provided that such a tube shoulder is made with a cannula separately from the remaining part of the tube body, and then formed on this remaining part.

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  1. Tube comprenant un corps de tube (1) qui forme un épaulement de tube (10) et un col de tube (12) pourvu d'un filetage (16), et comprenant un obturateur de garantie d'origine (2) qui comprend un couvercle vissé (40) ainsi qu'une bague (42) qui est reliée par au moins une barrette (44) d'un seul tenant avec le couvercle vissé (40), le corps de tube (1) comprenant au moins une saillie d'enclenchement (26) dirigée vers l'extérieur, et
    ladite au moins une barrette (44) maintient la bague (42) en écartement axial sur le couvercle vissé (40), dans lequel à l'extrémité axiale, tournée vers la bague (42), du couvercle vissé (40) est prévue au moins une première saillie axiale (50), et à l'extrémité axiale (52), tournée vers le couvercle vissé (40), de la bague (42) est prévue au moins une seconde saillie axiale (54), de telle sorte que, vu en direction périphérique du couvercle vissé (40) et entre la première saillie axiale respective (50) et une seconde saillie axiale respective (54) associée à cette première saillie axiale (50), il est formé un intervalle (62) qui est délimité dans cette direction périphérique d'une part par une première surface de butée (58) prévue sur la première saillie axiale (50) et d'autre part par une seconde surface de butée (60) prévue sur la seconde saillie axiale (54), associée et tournée vers la première surface de butée (58), et l'extrémité axiale, tournée vers la bague (42), de la première surface de butée (58) est située plus proche de l'extrémité axiale (80), axialement détournée du couvercle vissé (40), de la bague (42) que l'extrémité axiale, tournée vers le couvercle vissé (40), de la seconde surface de butée (60),
    caractérisé en ce que
    il est prévu au moins une troisième saillie axiale (56) sur la bague (42) qui, vue en direction axiale du couvercle vissé (40), dépasse de la bague (42) en direction du couvercle vissé (40) et chevauche alors en direction axiale les premières saillies axiales (50), et une troisième saillie (56) est respectivement associée à une première saillie (50), et en ce qu'une première saillie (50), une seconde saillie (54) et une troisième saillie (56) respectivement mutuellement associées sont agencées les unes par rapport aux autres, par référence à la direction circonférentielle du couvercle vissé (40), de telle façon que la première saillie (50) est positionnée entre la seconde saillie (54) et la troisième saillie (56).
  2. Tube selon la revendication 1,
    caractérisé en ce que
    la bague (42) et ladite au moins une saillie d'enclenchement (26) réalisent un moyen d'enclenchement tel que dans sa position enclenchée, la bague (42) est bloquée axialement au moyen de ladite au moins une saillie d'enclenchement (26),
    le moyen d'enclenchement est réalisé de telle façon que la bague (42) peut être amenée dans sa position enclenchée par vissage du couvercle vissé (40) sur le filetage (16) du corps de tube (1), et le couvercle vissé (40) peut être séparé de la bague (42) lorsque la bague (42) est enclenchée, par vissage dans le filetage (16), et
    ledit au moins un obturateur de garantie d'origine (2) ou ladite barrette (44) est réalisé(e) de façon déformable de telle manière que ladite au moins une première surface de butée (58) est déplaçable jusqu'à la seconde surface de butée (60) respectivement associée pour former une première position de butée, sans que le couvercle vissé (40) soit ici séparé de la bague (42), et ces surfaces de butée (58, 60) mutuellement associées sont conçues et positionnées l'une par rapport à l'autre de telle façon que, en amenant la bague (42) dans sa position enclenchée, elles atteignent leur première position de butée pour éviter une séparation du couvercle vissé (40) vis-à-vis de la bague (42).
  3. Tube selon l'une des revendications 1 et 2,
    caractérisé en ce que
    au moins une barrette (44) s'étend depuis une surface frontale, tournée en direction axiale vers le couvercle vissé (40), d'une seconde saillie axiale (54), jusqu'au couvercle vissé (40).
  4. Tube selon l'une des revendications précédentes,
    caractérisé en ce que
    la première saillie axiale (50) forme un biseau (64) sur le côté qui, vu en direction périphérique du couvercle vissé (40), est détourné de la seconde saillie axiale (54) qui lui est associée, et
    en ce que l'extrémité axiale, tournée vers le couvercle vissé (40), de la troisième saillie (56) est éloignée axialement plus loin de l'extrémité axiale (80), détournée du couvercle vissé (40), de la bague (42) que l'extrémité axiale, tournée vers la bague, de la première saillie axiale (50), et
    la troisième saillie axiale (56) forme un biseau (66) sur le côté qui est tourné vers cette première saillie axiale (50), de sorte que d'une part ce biseau (64) de la première saillie axiale (50) et d'autre part ce biseau (66) de la troisième saillie axiale (56) délimitent, vu en direction périphérique du couvercle vissé (40), un intervalle (68) formé entre cette première saillie axiale (50) et cette troisième saillie axiale (56).
  5. Tube selon l'une des revendications précédentes,
    caractérisé en ce que
    il est prévu plusieurs premières saillies axiales (50) écartées en sens périphérique sur le couvercle vissé (40), et en ce qu'il est prévu plusieurs secondes saillies axiales (54) écartées en sens périphérique sur la bague (42) de l'obturateur de garantie d'origine (2),
    une seconde saillie axiale (54) respective est agencée, vue en direction périphérique du couvercle vissé (40) entre les premières saillies axiales (50) respectivement voisines écartées en sens périphérique, et
    une troisième saillie axiale (56) respective est agencée, vue en direction périphérique du couvercle vissé (40), entre les premières saillies axiales (50) respectivement voisines écartées en sens périphérique.
  6. Tube selon l'une des revendications précédentes,
    caractérisé en ce que
    ladite au moins une première surface de butée (58) et ladite au moins une seconde surface de butée (60) sont réalisées planes, et de préférence toutes les premières surfaces de butée (58) et toutes les secondes surfaces de butée (60) sont réalisées respectivement planes.
  7. Tube selon l'une des revendications précédentes,
    caractérisé en ce que
    ladite au moins une première surface de butée (58) et ladite au moins une seconde surface de butée (60) s'étend parallèlement à l'axe longitudinal de l'obturateur de garantie d'origine (2), et de préférence toutes les premières surfaces de butée (58) et toutes les secondes surfaces de butée (60) s'étendent parallèlement à l'axe longitudinal (40) de l'obturateur de garantie d'origine (2).
  8. Tube selon l'une des revendications précédentes,
    caractérisé en ce que
    la saillie d'enclenchement (26) prévue sur le col de tube (12) est réalisée en forme de disque ou en forme de disque annulaire.
  9. Tube selon l'une des revendications précédentes,
    caractérisé en ce que
    la saillie d'enclenchement (26) prévue sur le col de tube (12) est biseautée ou incurvée de façon convexe, dans sa zone terminale située radialement à l'extérieur et du côté détourné de l'épaulement de tube (10).
  10. Tube selon l'une des revendications précédentes,
    caractérisé en ce que
    la bague (42) de l'obturateur de garantie d'origine (2) est biseautée ou incurvée de façon convexe, dans sa zone située radialement à l'intérieur de son extrémité détournée axialement du couvercle vissé (40).
  11. Tube selon l'une des revendications précédentes,
    caractérisé en ce que
    le col de tube (12) forme une canule (18) sur le côté du filetage (16) détourné de l'épaulement de tube (10).
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