EP1901968A2 - Plastic closure for containers - Google Patents
Plastic closure for containersInfo
- Publication number
- EP1901968A2 EP1901968A2 EP06784568A EP06784568A EP1901968A2 EP 1901968 A2 EP1901968 A2 EP 1901968A2 EP 06784568 A EP06784568 A EP 06784568A EP 06784568 A EP06784568 A EP 06784568A EP 1901968 A2 EP1901968 A2 EP 1901968A2
- Authority
- EP
- European Patent Office
- Prior art keywords
- fitment
- skirt
- closure
- finish
- bead
- Prior art date
- Legal status (The legal status is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the status listed.)
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Classifications
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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
- B65D47/12—Closures with discharging devices other than pumps with pouring spouts or tubes; with discharge nozzles or passages having removable closures
- B65D47/122—Threaded caps
- B65D47/123—Threaded caps with internal parts
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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
- B65D41/02—Caps or cap-like covers without lines of weakness, tearing strips, tags, or like opening or removal devices
- B65D41/04—Threaded or like caps or cap-like covers secured by rotation
- B65D41/0435—Threaded or like caps or cap-like covers secured by rotation with separate sealing elements
- B65D41/045—Discs
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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
- B65D2401/00—Tamper-indicating means
- B65D2401/15—Tearable part of the closure
- B65D2401/25—Non-metallic tear-off strips
Definitions
- the present disclosure relates to securement of plastic closures to containers, particularly glass containers.
- a general object of the present disclosure is to provide a plastic closure assembly for securement over an external bead on a container neck finish, particularly a glass container
- neck finish and/or to provide a package that includes a plastic closure assembly received by snap fit over an external bead on a container finish.
- a plastic closure assembly for receipt on a container neck finish in accordance with
- a plastic fitment having a skirt adapted to be received by snap fit over an external bead on the container neck finish, a plurality of angularly
- a plastic closure has a skirt with at least one internal thread segment for engagement with the at least one external thread
- the external thread segment may be disposed on an outer surface of the fitment skirt or on the external surface of a
- the fitment skirt preferably has an internal flange or bead received
- FIG. 1 is a fragmentary perspective view of a package in accordance with one
- FIG. 2 is a fragmentary exploded perspective view of the package in FIG. 1;
- FIG. 3 is a fragmentary sectional view of the package in FIG. 1;
- FIG. 4 is a sectional view taken substantially along the line 4-4 in FIG. 3;
- FIG. 5 is a fragmentary perspective view of a package in accordance with another exemplary embodiment of the disclosure.
- FIG. 6 is a fragmentary exploded perspective view of the package in FIG. 5;
- FIG. 7 is a fragmentary sectional view of the package in FIG. 5;
- HG. 8 is a fragmentary elevational view of a package in accordance with a further embodiment of the disclosure.
- FIG.9 is a partially sectioned fragmentary elevational view of the package in FIG.
- FIG. 10 is an exploded perspective view of the closure assembly in the package of FIGS. 8 and 9;
- FIG. 11 is a sectioned elevational view of the fitment in the package of FIGS. 8 and 9;
- FIG. 12 is a sectioned elevational view of the closure in the package of FIGS. 8 and 9.
- FIGS. 1-4 illustrate a package 20 in accordance with one exemplary embodiment
- Package 20 includes a closure assembly 22 received on the neck finish
- Container 26 has a body 28 of any suitable geometry and may be made by any suitable container manufacturing process.
- the container geometry of FIGS. 1-4 (as well as the geometries of FIGS. 5-7 and 8-9) is merely exemplary.
- Container neck finish 24 typically is cylindrical.
- Container neck finish 24 has an external crown or bead 30 of any suitable geometry.
- a plurality of angularly spaced radially outwardly facing recesses 32 are provided on the external
- Recesses 32 preferably are in the form of grooves or channels that extend axially through bead 30, and may or may not extend radially into bead 30 for the entire depth of the bead. The angular spacing between adjacent recesses 32 may be selected to suit the container
- Container finish 24 typically lies in a plane perpendicular to the axis of finish 24.
- Container 26 may be of plastic or, more preferably, glass construction.
- Closure assembly 22 includes a fitment 36 for securement to container finish 24 and a closure 38 for securement to fitment 36.
- Fitment 36 has a deck 40, a skirt 42 that extends
- Deck 40 preferably is substantially flat. In the embodiment of FIGS. 1-4, deck 40 is annular, and wall 44 extends from the inner periphery of the deck. However, deck 40 could extend radially inwardly from wall 44 to form a shaker or sprinkle opening. In assembly with
- deck 40 is substantially perpendicular to the axis of finish 24.
- Skirt 42 preferably is
- Skirt 42 has an internal retention element 46, which may
- Retention element 46 may comprise a bead as shown, or a
- a plurality of internal ribs or lugs 48 are disposed around the inner surface of skirt 42 between bead 46 and deck 40 at
- Lugs 48 cooperate with recesses 32 to prevent rotation of fitment 36 on container finish 24.
- Wall 44 preferably is in plug-sealing internal engagement with the inside
- a spout 50 extends from deck 40 in a direction
- Spout 50 preferably is tubular and cylindrical, and preferably is coaxial with skirt 42 and annular wall 44 so as to be coaxial with container neck finish 24 in assembly. Spout 50 has one or more external threads or thread segments 52 and an open end surrounded by
- surface 54 is
- Closure 38 has a base wall
- skirt 58 with one or more internal threads or thread segments 60 removably threadably engaged with external thread segments 52 on spout 50. At least the portion of skirt 58 that contains thread segments 60 is cylindrical. The outer periphery of skirt 58 preferably is at or
- a film seal disk 62 preferably is removably adhered to
- Seal disk 62 may be of any suitable construction, such as a multilayer construction that
- Closure assembly 22 may be provided as a complete assembly to a packager
- the packager may fill container 26 with product and then assemble
- closure assembly 22 to container neck finish 24, using suitable automated or manual assembly
- fitment 36 could be assembled to container 26 prior to filling the container with product, after which disk 62 is sealed to fitment spout 50 and closure 38 is threaded onto fitment 36.
- closure 38 is unthreaded from fitment spout 50 and seal disk 62 is manually removed, thereby providing indication that the package has been opened. Sealing
- fitment lugs 48 and finish recesses 32 prevent rotation of fitment 36 with
- FIGS.5-7 and 8-12 illustrate packages and closure assemblies in accordance with
- FIGS. 5-7 illustrate a package 64 that includes container 26 and a plastic closure
- fitment 70 of package 64 has the external threads or thread segments 52 around the
- thread segment is employed in its usual broad sense to include both continuous and interrupted threads, and both complete and partial threads.
- closure 38 in the embodiment of FIGS. 5-7 are removably received on external thread
- the package of FIGS. 5-7 provides a low-profile alternative to the package of FIGS. 1-4.
- FIGS. 8-12 illustrate a package 72 that includes a plastic closure assembly 74
- Closure assembly 74 includes a plastic fitment 76
- Fitment 76 has a deck 40 with an external peripheral skirt 42 and an internal bead 46 for snap-receipt over external bead 30 on container neck finish 24. Internal ribs or lugs 48 on skirt 42 are received in grooves or recesses 32 on finish bead 30. Annular wall 44
- a spout 78 extends from deck 40 in a direction opposite from skirt 42 and wall 44, preferably coaxially with deck 40, skirt 42 and wall 44. External thread segments 52 are provided on spout 78, as in the embodiment of FIGS. 1-4.
- an external bead 80 is provided on spout 78 between thread segments 52 and deck 40 for
- spout 78 remote from deck 40 has a dispensing opening 82.
- Closure 77 includes a base wall 56 and a peripheral skirt 58 with internal thread segments 60 for removable engagement with external thread segments 52 on spout 78.
- annular wall 84 on the undersurface of base wall 56 is provided for plug-sealing engagement with
- tamper band 86 is frangibly connected to the edge of skirt 58 remote from base wall 56, such as by frangible bridges 88 or a frangible web. Tamper band 86 has internal means, such as an
- closure 77 is first assembled to fitment 76.
- closure 77 is first unthreaded from spout 78,
- Closure 38 or 77 and fitment 36, 70 or 76 may be of any suitable plastic
- closure and fitment are each of one-piece construction
- the neck finish of the container has a reduced overall height as compared with constructions
- the package of the present disclosure increases achievable container fill rate because
- the container can be filled through the relatively large opening in the container finish rather than smaller openings in the fitment.
- closure assembly and package also improve removal torque due to plastic-to-plastic contact between the closure and the fitment as opposed to plastic-to-glass
- closure fitment prevents chipping of the container neck finish, improving the closure fitment
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US11/150,665 US20060278642A1 (en) | 2005-06-10 | 2005-06-10 | Plastic closure for containers |
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