EP1808379B1 - Bottle having a standard threaded bottle neck and a snap-on closing element - Google Patents

Bottle having a standard threaded bottle neck and a snap-on closing element Download PDF

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EP1808379B1
EP1808379B1 EP07100481A EP07100481A EP1808379B1 EP 1808379 B1 EP1808379 B1 EP 1808379B1 EP 07100481 A EP07100481 A EP 07100481A EP 07100481 A EP07100481 A EP 07100481A EP 1808379 B1 EP1808379 B1 EP 1808379B1
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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
    • 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
    • B65D47/08—Closures with discharging devices other than pumps with pouring spouts or tubes; with discharge nozzles or passages having articulated or hinged closures
    • B65D47/0804—Closures with discharging devices other than pumps with pouring spouts or tubes; with discharge nozzles or passages having articulated or hinged closures integrally formed with the base element provided with the spout or discharge passage
    • B65D47/0833—Hinges without elastic bias
    • B65D47/0838—Hinges without elastic bias located at an edge of the base 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
    • 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
    • B65D41/02—Caps or cap-like covers without lines of weakness, tearing strips, tags, or like opening or removal devices
    • B65D41/16—Snap-on caps or cap-like covers
    • B65D41/18—Snap-on caps or cap-like covers non-metallic, e.g. made of paper or plastics
    • B65D41/185—Snap-on caps or cap-like covers non-metallic, e.g. made of paper or plastics with integral internal sealing means
    • 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
    • B65D2251/06—Special configurations; Closures simulating or provided with another item, e.g. puppet, animal, vehicle, building

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  • the present invention refers to a particularly shaped bottle cap with trip gear and a bottle showing a standard threaded bottle-neck. Usually, said bottles are covered with threaded caps which are screwed on the bottle-necks.
  • the present bottle cap has one or more protruding components which position under the convexity of bottle-necks of a particular type in which the convexity is usually utilized to apply a threaded cap.
  • US 2006/0006129 discloses a container which has a neck with a rib adapted to be coupled with a cup having a corresponding rib.
  • Said bottle-necks have a shape which permits the closing cap to be screwed on.
  • said bottle-necks have projections, which form the thread, as well as an annular element with which the lower sealing part or claw of the cap is coupled.
  • Said bottle-necks have a definite and internationally recognized shape and therefore, said standardization is very advantageous as regards production and commerce.
  • rough-shapes are obtained as represented in Figures 1, 2 3, 4 .
  • These rough-shapes are produced in an injection moulding process and are particular elements which have an upper part which corresponds to the bottle-neck which is the final product, and a lower part which is shaped like a hollow cylinder.
  • the end part of the hollow cylinder is closed with a hemispheric element.
  • the finished product is obtained in a blow moulding process. Moulds of a particular shape allow the production of bottles of the wished shape since it is sufficient to change the lower part of the rough-shapes.
  • the first phase is performed with rather expensive machines and usually, is performed by a producer different from the producer who performs the second phase because the utilization of rough-shapes permits to obtain simpler and less expensive blow moulds.
  • the producers of bottles who have to perform only the second phase are facilitated in the production and construction of the plants with consequent reduction of the cost of the finished product.
  • the producers can modify the design of the product more frequently and with less cost in order to adapt the design to the requests of the market.
  • the cap is applied on the bottle-neck by screwing the cap onto the bottle-neck.
  • Said screwing is accomplished with special bottling machines which screw the cap onto the bottle-neck on paying particular attention to the length of the thread as well as to the orientation of the cap if this is not symmetric to two orthogonal axes.
  • said bottling machines have to satisfy said specific requirements and are, therefore, rather expensive because the resulting structure of these machines is complex and requires a frequent maintenance.
  • Another problem in the utilization of bottles and caps to be screwed together refers to the production of caps that must have both a precise thread and a seal to be arranged on the annular rim under the bottle-neck.
  • the aim and function of the present invention is to remove the above drawbacks through a cap that is easy to be produced and mounted on threaded bottle-necks.
  • the invention relates to a container comprising a bottle having a standard bottle neck for the connection of caps through screwing, said neck comprising a screw thread and an annular element for the sealing of bottle caps having a known conformation through screwing, and a closing element comprising a hollow cylindrical body which on the lower part of the inner surface comprises at least a protruding body which is coupled with said annular element.
  • the bottle cap of the present invention allows the bottle cap of the present invention to be arranged on all the standard bottle-necks such as the bottle-necks designed with the following designations: 28 PCO, 28 BPF, 28 BPF Light, 28 ROPP, all of them being closed through screwing.
  • the protruding body inside the bottle cap is fixed with a click on the annular projection of the bottle neck, which permits to obtain a safe anchorage of the cap on the bottle neck and an easy positioning; in this way, the use of connections of threaded elements is avoided so that in the present invention, simpler machines are used to put the cap on the bottle neck.
  • the present invention does reduce the risk of errors and the quality of production and the tightness are increased.
  • the caps to be coupled through screwing need complex machines which have to determine the orientation of the bottle cap while the caps to be coupled with a click need simple machines which act by pressing the cap itself on the bottle neck.
  • number 1 denotes a bottle cap according to the present invention on the whole.
  • Bottle cap 1 comprises a hollow cylindrical body 2.
  • a cover 5 forms the outer part of bottle cap 1 and is connected with the upper part 4 of the hollow cylindrical body 2.
  • a protruding body 3 is disposed on a lower part 17 of the inner surface of the cylindrical body 2.
  • the protruding body 3 extends along the circumference of the lower part 17 of the inner surface of the cylindrical body 2.
  • Cover 5 of bottle cap 1 can have different shapes depending on the function of the bottle in question and requests from the market.
  • cover 5 has an elliptic section and shows an upper part 7 which is positioned on the cylindrical body 2.
  • the upper part 7 of cover 5 forms an only body with the cylindrical body 2.
  • a movable part 8 is connected through flexible elements 9 with the upper part 7.
  • the movable part 8 opens or closes a hole 18 which is provided on the upper part 7 and through which the liquid can pass or not. If the movable part 8 is open, the liquid can pass through the hole 18. If the movable part 18 is closed, the liquid can not pass through.
  • the protruding body 3 can be shaped in a continuous way on the lower part 17 of the inner surface of the cylindrical body 2 so that the protruding body 3 be shaped like an annular element.
  • the protruding element 3 can be provided only in some sectors of the circumference in question.
  • a bottle cap 101 has a lower part 17 which is provided with openings 6 which give a better flexibility to the cylindrical body 2. Consequently, the coupling between bottle and cap is facilitated.
  • cap 1 with the bottle neck 10, 20, 30, 40 is obtained by positioning the protruding body 3 under the annular component 11, 21, 31, 41 of standard bottles such as 28 PCO, 28 BPF, 28 BPF Light, 28 ROPP and other types of bottles to be coupled with their respective caps through screwing.
  • standard bottles such as 28 PCO, 28 BPF, 28 BPF Light, 28 ROPP and other types of bottles to be coupled with their respective caps through screwing.
  • Said annular component 11, 21, 31, 41 is usually utilized to retain the jaw clutch which is disposed on the lower part of the caps that are utilized to close said bottles or to retain the seal of inviolability.
  • the cylindrical body 2 is positioned outside the thread 12, 22, 32, 42 of the bottle neck 10, 20, 30, 40 while the upper part 7 is arranged inside the opening 15, 25, 35, 45 of the bottle neck 10, 20, 30, 40.
  • the present invention takes advantage of the shape of the bottle necks of standardized type. These bottle necks are very diffused and easy to be found to couple bottle caps through hooking thanks to the particular presence of one or more protruding bodies 3 disposed inside the cap itself.
  • An immediate advantage is represented by the facility and speed of the coupling operation for the coupling of cap and bottle neck. It is thus possible to utilize a machine of simple structure and operation. It is sufficient to position a cap on its bottle neck and to press the upper surface of the cap so that the walls of the cylindrical body 2 bend slightly in order to permit the positioning of the protruding body 3 at first on the annular element 11, 21, 31, 41 and then, under the annular element.

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  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
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  • Closures For Containers (AREA)
  • Filling Of Jars Or Cans And Processes For Cleaning And Sealing Jars (AREA)
  • Sampling And Sample Adjustment (AREA)
EP07100481A 2006-01-13 2007-01-12 Bottle having a standard threaded bottle neck and a snap-on closing element Active EP1808379B1 (en)

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PL07100481T PL1808379T3 (pl) 2006-01-13 2007-01-12 Butelka posiadająca standardową gwintowaną szyjkę butelki oraz zatrzaskowy element zamykający

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IT000006A ITVR20060006A1 (it) 2006-01-13 2006-01-13 Elemento di chiusura ad aggancio a scatto per bottiglie con collo standard filettato

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AT (1) ATE430098T1 (pl)
DE (1) DE602007000969D1 (pl)
DK (1) DK1808379T3 (pl)
ES (1) ES2325746T3 (pl)
IT (1) ITVR20060006A1 (pl)
PL (1) PL1808379T3 (pl)

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US10526113B2 (en) * 2015-07-23 2020-01-07 Colgate-Palmolive Company Container closure and preform

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NL9200050A (nl) * 1992-01-13 1993-08-02 Phaff Bv Dop voor een fles.
US5918777A (en) * 1996-02-21 1999-07-06 Owens-Brockway Plastic Products Inc. Dispensing package for viscous liquid product
GB2330355B (en) * 1997-10-17 2001-11-07 Courtaulds Packaging Ltd Closure assembly
US6536617B2 (en) * 2001-02-15 2003-03-25 Colgate-Palmolive Company Bottle with closure holding structure
US20060006129A1 (en) * 2004-07-02 2006-01-12 L'oreal Dispenser head configured to be snap-fastened, a device including such a dispenser head, and a packaging device including such a dispenser head

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EP1808379A1 (en) 2007-07-18
PL1808379T3 (pl) 2009-09-30
ES2325746T3 (es) 2009-09-15
ATE430098T1 (de) 2009-05-15
DE602007000969D1 (de) 2009-06-10
DK1808379T3 (da) 2009-07-27

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