EP1866211B1 - Wiederverschliessbares ausgiesselement für in karton/kunststoff-verbundpackungen abgefüllte flüssige lebensmittel - Google Patents

Wiederverschliessbares ausgiesselement für in karton/kunststoff-verbundpackungen abgefüllte flüssige lebensmittel Download PDF

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EP1866211B1
EP1866211B1 EP07727519A EP07727519A EP1866211B1 EP 1866211 B1 EP1866211 B1 EP 1866211B1 EP 07727519 A EP07727519 A EP 07727519A EP 07727519 A EP07727519 A EP 07727519A EP 1866211 B1 EP1866211 B1 EP 1866211B1
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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
    • B65D5/00—Rigid or semi-rigid containers of polygonal cross-section, e.g. boxes, cartons or trays, formed by folding or erecting one or more blanks made of paper
    • B65D5/42—Details of containers or of foldable or erectable container blanks
    • B65D5/72—Contents-dispensing means
    • B65D5/74—Spouts
    • 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
    • B65D5/00—Rigid or semi-rigid containers of polygonal cross-section, e.g. boxes, cartons or trays, formed by folding or erecting one or more blanks made of paper
    • B65D5/42—Details of containers or of foldable or erectable container blanks
    • B65D5/72—Contents-dispensing means
    • B65D5/74—Spouts
    • B65D5/746—Spouts formed separately from the container
    • B65D5/747—Spouts formed separately from the container with means for piercing or cutting the container wall or a membrane connected to said wall
    • B65D5/748—Spouts formed separately from the container with means for piercing or cutting the container wall or a membrane connected to said wall a major part of the container wall or membrane being left inside the container after the opening

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  • the invention relates to a resealable pouring element for filled in cardboard / plastic composite packages liquid food, consisting of a circumferential flange and both an internal thread and an external thread having basic body, od at least one cutting od.
  • Reclosable pouring elements for liquid foodstuffs filled in cardboard / plastic composite packages are known in practice in many designs. They serve on the one hand for the first time to open the packages and are applied in the education of interest from the outside to the already filled and sealed packaging. Frequently, the packaging material has a weakening zone in the region of the - later - pouring opening. This can either be formed as a perforation of the material or as a pouring opening in Carrier material (cardboard), which is covered with plastic, usually polyethylene, during lamination of the inner and outer plastic layers ( EP 1 591 367 A1 ).
  • pouring elements with pivotable opening elements such pouring elements have proven particularly useful, which are provided with a screw cap as a lid and wherein the first-time twisting of the screw cap causes a corresponding screwing an annular opening element in the packing material.
  • Such a pouring element is from the EP 1 262 412 A1 previously known. It consists of a circumferential mounting flange having a base body, a hollow cylindrical opening member and a screw cap, wherein the three individual parts are coordinated so that the first time the pouring element by means of a positive connection between the screw and opening element a helical movement of the opening element and thus a Producing a pouring opening causes.
  • the known pouring element has distributed over the circumference of the opening element arranged openings, which are to serve better ventilation to allow a "ginger-free" pouring. To achieve this, they must - when (with the package) pivoted pouring - as possible above the Be arranged product level. This arrangement, however, complicates complete emptying of the package contents.
  • the known pouring element must therefore always be applied in a predetermined orientation to the respective package format.
  • Another pouring element is from the DE 10 2004 040 928 A1 known.
  • a window opening is provided, which is arranged so that it is brought to pour into coincidence with an opening in the cutting tube after it has cut open the packing material.
  • EP 1 262 412 A1 Another known pouring element ( EP 1 262 412 A1 ) has openings in the opening tube which serve to allow air to pour into the interior of the package during pouring. Although these will also be suitable to improve the emptying, but they remain after the first opening together with the ⁇ réellesstubus in the open position.
  • the invention is therefore based on the object, the initially mentioned and previously described in detail pouring so and further, that it is suitable to ensure optimal residual emptying for each package format.
  • This object is achieved in a pouring with all features of claim 1.
  • the emptying is achieved by the opening element is moved to a first position by the positive connection between the screw and opening element opening the first time opening and is rotated during repeated opening operation in the opposite position.
  • window opening is mentioned below, then it should be understood as including all geometrically conceivable forms of window openings.
  • the window opening is not completely surrounded by a frame, so for example, a recess at the bottom of the opening element.
  • the window opening has a substantially rectangular shape. This ensures fast and reliable emptying.
  • each thread spans the opening element at least 540 ° (1 1 ⁇ 2 times), so that the opening element can be rotated more than 360 ° when first screwing the screw cap.
  • the external thread of the opening element is reduced or interrupted in the lower portion at least in one area and that the internal thread of the base body is reduced or interrupted at least in a corresponding area.
  • the external thread of the opening element is reduced or interrupted at two opposite regions.
  • the main body also has two diametrically opposite threaded sections in its interior.
  • the external thread of the opening element is reduced or interrupted respectively in the lower thread. In this way it is achieved that takes place after a short rotation of the screw and thus the opening element engagement at four different points of the thread, so that the necessary piercing and cutting force can be applied.
  • a further embodiment of the invention provides that the at least one cutting edge is suitable both for piercing into the cardboard / plastic composite material and for cutting a pouring opening.
  • the cutting edge is formed so that when screwing into the packing material, the cutting length for forming the pouring opening is smaller than a full circle.
  • the entire clear cross section of the opening element is available as a pouring opening. It can be realized either by an axial length of the cutting edge, which is smaller than the axial length of a thread or by a corresponding inwardly curved cutting edge, so that the radius of the separated composite material piece is not the same size, but slowly increases.
  • the base body in the interior a plurality of diametrically opposite, threaded portions.
  • the arrangement of these threaded portions is chosen so that the axial insertion of the opening element, the reduced or discontinuous portions of the threads of the opening element can be moved past the arranged in the interior of the body threaded portions. Only by the rotation of the opening element by means of the actuation of the screw cap engage the external thread of the opening element and the internal thread of the main body into one another.
  • a further teaching of the invention provides that at least one end stop for the downwardly rotated opening element is provided in the lower region of the base body.
  • the or each external thread of the opening element may have at least one end stop. These end stops reliably ensure that the opening element can not get into the package interior.
  • a plurality of projections distributed in the interior of the opening element are used which form a hook-shaped projection Have cross-section.
  • the screw cap is formed so that in its interior at least one entrainment ridge is provided, starting from the top of the screw starting, concentrically bent downwards and cooperates in this way ratchet-like manner with the projections in the interior of the opening element. This ensures that the opening element in each case only when unscrewing the screw, so counterclockwise, is rotated.
  • a renewed screwing of the cover causes the at least one entraining web to slide inwards, so that the opening element remains in its respective position.
  • the screw cap is connected in the mounted position via serving as predetermined breaking points material bridges with the body.
  • the material bridges preferably extend between the screw cap and a mounting plate which is connected to the flange of the base body.
  • Fig. 1 the pouring element according to the invention is shown as an exploded view. It consists essentially of three different parts, namely a base body 1, a hollow cylindrical opening element 2 and a screw cap 3.
  • the main body 1 has a circumferential flange 4 and an internal thread 5, which will be described in more detail later.
  • the opening element 2 has a clearly visible window opening O according to the invention on one side and in its interior via two diametrically arranged hook-like projections 7, via which the rotational force required for opening is transmitted from the screw cap 3 to the opening element 2.
  • the opening element 2 On its outer surface, the opening element 2 is provided with an external thread 8, which will also be discussed in more detail.
  • the external thread is reduced in the lower portion, such as Fig. 1 can be clearly taken.
  • the reduced regions of the external thread 8 are preferably located on two diametrically opposite regions 8F of the opening element 2.
  • an end stop 9 which ensures that the opening element 2 provided with the window opening O and screwed into the interior of the package can not fall out of the body 1 and can get inside the pack.
  • the opening element 2 has a cutting edge 10 at its lower end, as is particularly clear Fig. 4 can be seen.
  • Fig. 2 the pouring element according to the invention is shown in perspective in the fully assembled position. It can be clearly seen that the screw cap 3 is integrally connected to a mounting plate 11, which is positively or non-positively connected to the base body 1.
  • the mounting plate 11 is preferably connected positively to the flange 4 of the base body 1.
  • two downwardly widening openings 13 are provided in the flange 4, in the two of the mounting plate 11 downwardly outgoing connecting pin 14 (see. Fig. 1 ) intervene and caulked there, as in Fig. 4 indicated by 14 '.
  • the window opening O points towards the mounting plate 11 (not shown).
  • Fig. 4 also shows that the screw cap 3 is provided in its interior with two concentric Mit supportivestegen 15, which protrude from the lid of the screw 3 down and can transmit torsionally rigid rotational forces by their curved concentric web shape, but can dodge radially inward.
  • the opening element 2 when opening for the first time, the opening element 2 intersects with its cutting edge 10 an opening in the packing material located below the pouring element.
  • the driver webs 15 deflected by the corresponding slopes of the projections 7 inward, so that the opening element 2 is not twisted.
  • Fig. 6 It can be seen that also the base body 1 in its interior at the end of the lower threaded portion 5B also has an end stop 16 which cooperates with the end stops 9 of the opening element, as in Fig. 7 seen. In this way, it is reliably ensured that the opening element 2 actuated by the screw cap can not be detached from the pouring element and fall into the package interior. Rather, it remains in the end position, wherein the composite material piece formed by the cutting edge 10, but not completely separated, is angled vertically downwards, so that the complete clear cross-section of the opening element 2 is available for pouring.
  • Fig. 8 the pouring element is mounted with a downwardly directed mounting plate 11 on a (unspecified) small-sized package ("single-serve").
  • the window opening O points to the mounted below the pouring spout mounting plate 11, thus pointing downwards.
  • Fig. 9 the pouring element with rearwardly directed mounting plate 11 on a (not näehr designated) large-sized package ("multi-serve") arranged in order to bring the opening of the main body 1 as close to the pack edge.
  • the window opening O points away from the mounting plate 11 mounted below the pouring spout and again points as desired downwards in the direction of "pouring edge" during the pouring operation, in order to ensure optimum emptying of the residue.

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