EP1794065B1 - Dichtungsschliessvorrichtung für einen behälter - Google Patents

Dichtungsschliessvorrichtung für einen behälter Download PDF

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EP1794065B1
EP1794065B1 EP05792257A EP05792257A EP1794065B1 EP 1794065 B1 EP1794065 B1 EP 1794065B1 EP 05792257 A EP05792257 A EP 05792257A EP 05792257 A EP05792257 A EP 05792257A EP 1794065 B1 EP1794065 B1 EP 1794065B1
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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
    • B65D81/00—Containers, packaging elements, or packages, for contents presenting particular transport or storage problems, or adapted to be used for non-packaging purposes after removal of contents
    • B65D81/24—Adaptations for preventing deterioration or decay of contents; Applications to the container or packaging material of food preservatives, fungicides, pesticides or animal repellants
    • B65D81/245—Internal membrane, floating cover or the like isolating the contents from the ambient atmosphere

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  • the present invention relates to an airtight closure device for cooperating with a container of a product to be packaged.
  • the invention also relates to a container equipped with such a device.
  • the invention is particularly applicable in the field of the preservation of food products sensitive to contact with air and in particular liquid products, pasty or powdery.
  • the invention may allow the packaging of jam or marmalade while avoiding oxidation and microbial contamination of foodstuffs.
  • the paraffin layer has the advantage of avoiding any air residue above the jam surface.
  • jam jars are usually provided with a lid screwed on the pot.
  • the pot is glass while the lid is metal and threaded.
  • the disadvantage is that there is a layer of interstitial air between the inner surface of the lid and the upper surface of the product stored in the pot.
  • the document FR-A-1466453 relates to a portable container for the storage of liquids comprising a tank and a floating piston clean to slide in a sealed manner inside said tank. This pistons is similar to the closing device of the preamble of appended claim 1.
  • the present invention responds to this need by having an airtight closure device as defined by claim 1, practical to implement while proposing an adjustable placement height in the interior volume of the container so as to come closer and advantageously in contact with the upper surface of the product to be preserved.
  • the device of the invention can be easily removed and replaced at will in contact with the surface of the product to be kept even if the amount of foodstuffs has been changed meanwhile.
  • the sealing device consists of a single piece and can be used with one hand in a very practical way both opening and closing.
  • the invention also relates to a container with airtight closure comprising a container for a product to be packaged and a closure device according to the invention.
  • the container of the invention comprises a container 1 for example of substantially cylindrical shape with circular section with a bottom 12 and an upper opening for the introduction of the product to be packaged.
  • An inner wall 13 delimits with the bottom 12 a storage volume.
  • the container 1 may be made of plastic material such as polypropylene or glass or metal material.
  • a closure device 2 can be attached by the upper opening of the container 1.
  • Device 2 is presented in more detail in figure 2 .
  • the periphery of the base 3 has a circular shape, polygonal or other) and dimensions selected to fit those of the inner wall 13.
  • the periphery of the base 3 is advantageously extended upwards (with reference to the orientation of the figure 2 ) by a rim 2 advantageously configured with the same adjustment relative to the inner wall 13 of the container 1.
  • a hole 7 is preserved for the evacuation of the air during the phase of placing the device 2 in the container 1.
  • a plug 8 is arranged to allow the closure of the hole 7.
  • the plug 8 is mounted in suspension on a pair of blades 10a, 10b elastically movable between a retracted position of the plug 8 and an active position in closure of the same plug 8.
  • the blades 10a, 10b create an elastically deformable assembly in flexion with a deformed position with an arrow pointing upwards when the cap is in the inactive position (cf. figure 2 , figure 4 , figure 6 , 7 and 8 ).
  • the assembly of the plug 8 and the blades 10a, 10b comprises two static positions (active and inactive) around a point of modification of the equilibrium, the modification being produced by a user action such that this will be explained later.
  • distal (peripheral) ends of the blades 10a, 10b are integral with the upper part of the flange 2.
  • the base 3 of the device 2 is, in the illustrated case, of substantially frustoconical shape with a vertex directed towards the outside of the container 1.
  • the air tends to be oriented towards the central part of the base during the installation of the device.
  • the plug 8 and the hole 7 also advantageously have a substantially frustoconical longitudinal section with an orientation opposite to that of the base 3, that is to say with a vertex directed towards the internal face 4 of the base 3.
  • the device 2 can be made of different materials and advantageously moldable plastic material.
  • a device 2 made of polypropylene with a base thickness 3 of the order of 0.5 mm to 1 mm so as to preserve the possibility of bending deformation.
  • the base 3 may, in another variant, be made of several materials.
  • the base 3 may be formed generally of polymeric material such as polypropylene and have at its periphery a different material capable of providing better sliding and / or better sealing relative to the inner wall 13.
  • the periphery may be made of an elastic material such rubber having the effect of a seal or be constituted that is to say, tetrafluoroethylene so as to ensure a fatty contact between the inner wall 13 and the periphery.
  • a cover 15 is attached to the rest of the container at the upper edge of the container 1.
  • the lid 15 makes it possible to cap the entire container.
  • FIG. 5 it is a stackable system which is constituted by adjusting the size of the bottom 12 of the containers so that they can be introduced at the top opening of another container to produce a stack.
  • a flange 14 protruding radially slightly above the bottom 12 constitutes a flange for supporting the upper rim of the opening of the container 1.
  • the device 2 is thus introduced into the interior volume of the container 1.
  • This step is illustrated in figure 7 .
  • the frustoconical shape of the base 3 ensures movement of air towards the center of the base for complete evacuation via the hole 7.
  • the contact between the surface of the product to be packaged 6 and the base 3 stops the descent of the device 2.
  • This configuration is shown in figure 9 .
  • the blades 10a, 10b are found in a deformed position in bending ensuring that the plug 8 is held in the active position.
  • figure 10 there is shown a possibility of setting up a lid 15 covering the entire container.

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  • Supplying Of Containers To The Packaging Station (AREA)
  • General Preparation And Processing Of Foods (AREA)
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  1. Vorrichtung zum luftdichten Verschließen, bestimmt zum Zusammenwirken mit einem Behälter eines zu verpackenden Produkts, bestehend aus einer Basis (3), deren Umfang an die Innenwand (13) des Behälters (1) in der Weise anpassbar ist, dass sich die Innenseite (4) der Basis (3) durch Verschieben der Basis (3) an das Produkt anlegen kann, bestehend aus mindestens einer Öffnung (7) zum Ablassen der Luft, die verschließbar ist, nachdem die Basis (3) eingesetzt worden ist, bei der die Öffnung (7) mittig durch die Basis (3) hindurchgeht, bei der die Innenseite (4) der Basis (3) die Form eines Kegelstumpfs besitzt dessen Deckfläche zur Außenseite der Vorrichtung gerichtet ist und wo die Vorrichtung einen Stopfen (8) zum Verschließen der Öffnung (7) besitzt, gekennzeichnet dadurch,
    - dass die Öffnung (7) und der Stopfen (8) die Form einander komplementärer Kegelstümpfe besitzen, deren Deckflächen auf die Innenseite (4) der Basis (3) gerichtet sind,
    - dass der Stopfen (8) auf der Basis (3) mit mindestens einer elastischen Feder montiert ist, deren Verformung die Bewegung zwischen einer Stellung, in der der Stopfen (8) inaktiv ist und über der Öffnung (7) gehalten wird, und einer Stellung, in der der Stopfen (8) aktiv die Öffnung (7) verschließt, erlaubt.
  2. Vorrichtung gemäß Patentanspruch 1, gekennzeichnet dadurch, dass die Basis (3) aus einem halbsteifen, beim Einsetzen elastisch verformbaren Werkstoff ist.
  3. Vorrichtung gemäß einem der Patentansprüche 1 bis 2, gekennzeichnet dadurch, dass der Umfang der Basis (3) durch einen in Richtung auf die Außenseite (5) der Basis (3) gerichteten, vorspringenden Rand (9) verlängert wird.
  4. Vorrichtung gemäß Patentanspruch 3, gekennzeichnet dadurch, dass der vorspringende Rand (9) die gleiche Anpassung, wie der Umfang in bezug auf die Innenwand (13) des Behälters (1) aufweist.
  5. Vorrichtung gemäß einem der vorstehenden Patentansprüche, gekennzeichnet dadurch, dass sie mindestens zwei Federn (10a, 10b) besitzt, die um die Öffnung (7) herum angeordnet sind.
  6. Vorrichtung gemäß Patentanspruch 5, zusammen mit den Patentansprüchen 3 oder 4, gekennzeichnet dadurch, dass die Federn (10a, 10b) an ihren am Umfang des Randes liegenden Enden miteinander verbunden sind.
  7. Vorrichtung gemäß einem der Patentansprüche 5 oder 6, gekennzeichnet dadurch, dass die Federn (10a, 10b) so gestaltet sind, dass sie auf Biegung mit Durchbiegung in Richtung auf die Außenseite der Basis (3) beansprucht werden, wenn der Stopfen (8) in der inaktiven Stellung ist, und mit einer Durchbiegung auf die Basis (3), wenn der Stopfen (8) in der aktiven Verschlussstellung ist.
  8. Vorrichtung gemäß einem der Ansprüche 1 bis 7, gekennzeichnet dadurch, dass der Umfang aus einem Elastomerwerkstoff ist.
  9. Vorrichtung gemäß einem der Ansprüche 1 bis 8, gekennzeichnet dadurch, dass der Umfang aus Tetrafluorethylen ist.
  10. Behälter mit luftdichtem Verschluss, bestehend aus einem Behälter (1) für ein zu verpackendes Produkt, gekennzeichnet dadurch, dass er eine Verschlussvorrichtung (2) gemäß einem der Patentansprüche 1 bis 9 besitzt.
  11. Behälter gemäß Patentanspruch 10, gekennzeichnet dadurch, dass der Umfang der Basis (3) so angepasst ist, dass er eng anliegt, jedoch sein Einsetzen von Hand relativ zur Innenwand des Behälters (1) möglich ist.
  12. Behälter gemäß einem der Patentansprüche 10 oder 11, gekennzeichnet dadurch, dass die Innenwand des Behälters (1) und der Umfang kreisförmig sind.
  13. Behälter gemäß einem der Patentansprüche 10 bis 12, gekennzeichnet dadurch, dass er einen Deckel (15) besitzt, der den oberen Rand des Behälters (1) überdeckt.
  14. Behälter gemäß einem der Patentansprüche 10 bis 12, gekennzeichnet dadurch, dass der Boden (12) des Behälters so gestaltet ist, dass er durch Überdeckung mit dem oberen Rand eines gleichartigen Behälters zusammenwirken kann.
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FR0452210A FR2875794B1 (fr) 2004-09-30 2004-09-30 Dispositif de fermeture etanche pour conteneur
PCT/EP2005/054960 WO2006035073A1 (fr) 2004-09-30 2005-09-30 Dispositif de fermeture etanche pour conteneur

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