EP1940692B1 - Device for closing a container neck, container equipped with same and method for making same - Google Patents
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- the present invention relates to a closure device of a container neck and a container equipped with such a device, and a method of manufacturing such a device.
- the invention relates more specifically to the devices including a skirt surrounding the neck of a container, a lower part, when considered that this neck extends vertically with its drinking upwards, is intended to remain around the neck after the first opening of the device, while the rest of the skirt, that is to say its upper part, is provided removable relative to the neck, while being initially connected to the non-removable bottom portion of the skirt by a weakening area to be broken at the first opening of the device.
- This ruptible zone serves as a witness of the first use of the device for the consumer, while the non-removable skirt portion, especially when it has a substantial length, can be used for aesthetic purposes as a dress of the corresponding area of the collar.
- the invention applies in particular, but not exclusively, to the field of packaging wines and strong alcohols in glass bottles whose neck is traditionally dressed with a long skirt with a lower part. removable.
- this part of skirt has a length substantial, that is to say that it extends lengthwise down far beyond the aforementioned bulge of the neck, it is common to provide the retaining projection in the form of a tongue integral with the current part of this skirt part.
- An example of this type of skirt is schematically represented in the figure 7 , on which the skirt comprises an upper portion 101 separated from its lower portion 102 by a ruptible weakening line 103 shown only in dashed lines.
- the lower part 102 is provided with a tongue 104 of the type mentioned above, which projects from the inside face of the part 102 in the direction of the upper part 101.
- the user drives upward the upper portion 101, as indicated by the arrow 105, which tends to cause the breaking of the line 103, while the tongue 104 tends to retain the lower portion 102 around a container neck 106, abutting against a transverse shoulder 107 of this neck.
- the retention of the skirt portion 102 is not always effectively provided by the tongue 104 because, due to the constraints that are applied to it, related to the drive 105 of the skirt portion 101, and / or because of the dispersion of the dimensions of the different necks on which the skirt may be placed, the tongue gives way before the complete rupture of the line 103, turning on itself.
- the tongue then moves from its initial shape, represented in solid lines, the section of which is substantially rectangular, to a downwardly curved curved shape, represented in dotted lines, while the skirt portion 102 is driven, together with the portion 101, upwardly relative to the neck 106.
- the tongue offers no vertical resistance with respect to the shoulder 107, so that the latter continues the deformation of the tongue, until it tilts down in a position shown in phantom to the figure 7 , the connection zone between the tongue and the skirt portion 102 then forming a kind of non-resistant flexible hinge.
- skirts provided internally with one or more retaining tabs are given in EP-A-0 410 059 , US-A-5,129,530 and US-A-5,007,545 .
- the tabs envisaged in these documents are all in the form of a segment of material coming from the inner face of the skirt and folded on itself angular in its current portion, along a fold line orthoradiale to the central longitudinal axis of the skirt.
- this segment consists of a base portion, connected to the skirt by a flexible hinge area, and a free end portion, connected to the base portion in an articulated manner, along the line of folding.
- the angular fold line is formed by a suitable conformation of the tongue from a rectilinear configuration of the latter, obtained at the end of molding and similar to the mold exit configuration shown in phantom at the end of FIG. figure 7 .
- the tabs deform by folding the free end portions towards the base portions, along the angular fold lines defined by the polygonal shape of the sections of these sections. tongues.
- the free end portions of the tongues effectively participate in the retention of the skirt portion intended to remain around the container neck, with the risk that these end portions will yield under the constraints by falling back completely by bending against the base portions, while these base portions generate on the skirt, by leverage around the angular folding lines, essentially radial stresses directed outwards, at the level of the flexible hinge areas (so analogous to what is indicated by the arrow 108 to the figure 7 ).
- the object of the present invention is to provide a tongue-sealing device, of the type described above, which guarantees a resistant and reliable retention of the skirt portion provided with this tongue, without harming the external aesthetics of this part. of skirt.
- the subject of the invention is a device for plugging a neck of a container, as defined in claim 1.
- the or each tongue With the device according to the invention, and considering that the longitudinal axis of the skirt extends vertically with the first portion of the skirt disposed above its second portion, the or each tongue, with its curved section of shape curved up, guarantees a significant resistance of retaining the second skirt portion vis-à-vis the collar. Indeed, when, during the first opening of the device, the tab abuts axially against the associated bulge of the neck, the biasing force of this tongue is damped by its curved shape and tends to bend the tongue so as to increase the curvature of this form, which further increases the resistance, until breaking of the weakening zone separating the two parts of skirt.
- the initial curved shape of the tongue forces it to work in a bending motion tending to increase the curvature of this shape.
- an opposite bending movement that is to say, tending to reduce and then to reverse the curvature of the section of the tongue, is mechanically impossible.
- the curved shape which extends over the entire overhang width of the tongue towards the inside of the skirt so homogeneous, that is to say without area of discontinuity of curvature from its free end to its end connected to the skirt, works in a global bending movement, modifying the overall curvature of the shape.
- the homogeneous dynamic behavior of the tongue does not make it possible to distinguish, according to the overflow width of this tongue, a free end portion and a base portion that have different deformation kinematics different from one of the other.
- This curved shape also has the advantage of transmitting thrust forces to the portion of the skirt above the tongue, this skirt portion may be thicker and stronger than that located below the tongue.
- these thrust forces tend to stress the skirt with a moderate radial component, even negligible, which limits the radial deformations towards the outside of the skirt, at the level of the tongue, and thus reduces the risks of whitening of the tongue. plastic material.
- the invention also relates to a container having a neck equipped with a plugging device of this neck, as defined above.
- the invention further relates to a method of manufacturing a closure device of a container neck, as defined in claim 13.
- the method according to the invention thus allows to quickly dispose of the plastic skirt, ready to be placed around the neck of the container.
- the various operations of this method, both molding the skirt and folding the tongue, can be implemented according to substantially axial movements, so that this method is in practice automatable without impairing its quality of implementation.
- a closure device 1 adapted to be releasably screwed onto a neck 2 of a container 3, for example a glass bottle or the like, intended to contain an alcohol, especially wine.
- the neck has a generally tubular shape with a longitudinal axis XX.
- the neck 2 defines a rim 4 at which the liquid in the container 3 is intended to be discharged.
- the outer face of the neck is successively provided, from top to bottom, a helical thread 5 and a heel 6, both radially projecting outwards.
- a transverse shoulder 8 slightly inclined upwards away from the axis XX with respect to a plane perpendicular to this axis.
- the closure device 1 comprises three distinct parts, namely an external cap 10, an insert 20 and an optional sealing disc 30, intended to be assembled coaxially with each other, then to be mounted together on the neck 2 .
- the cap 10 and the insert 20 each have a generally tubular shape with a longitudinal axis substantially coincident with the axis XX when the device 1 is assembled and reported on the neck 2 as in the figures.
- the cap and the insert are each open at their lower end and closed at their upper end by respective bottom walls 11 and 21, at the periphery of each of which extends axially downwardly a tubular skirt 12, 22 centered on the XX axis.
- the insert 20 is adapted to be introduced inside the cap 10 and to be immobilized therein, both axially and in rotation about the axis X-X. These two parts then form a plug 40 in one piece, with the wall 11 and the skirt 12 covering the outer face of the wall 21 and the skirt 22.
- the immobilization of the insert inside the cap can be performed by welding, in particular by the application of ultrasound, by gluing or by complementarity of shapes between the walls 11, 12, 21 and 22, as detailed in the French patent application filed in the name of the present Applicant and registered under the number 04 03154.
- the sealing disc 30 is housed inside the insert 20, against the bottom wall 21, possibly with the interposition of an adhesive layer.
- the insert is provided with notches 23 radially projecting inwards from the upper part of its skirt 22, these notches being intended to retain the disk axially downwards so as to prevent the latter from subsequently being able to escape. inside the insert. Details of realization of these notches are given in the aforementioned French patent application No. 04 03154.
- the lower part of the inner face of the skirt 22 is provided with a thread 24 radially projecting inwardly and complementary to the external thread 5 of the neck 2, so that the stopper 40 is able to be screwed and unscrewed on the neck .
- the upper part of the outer face of the skirt 12 is advantageously provided with longitudinal grooves 13.
- the skirt 12 is longer than the skirt 22 so that, in the assembled state of the device 1, the bottom of the skirt 12 extends widely below the axial level of the lower end edge 25 of the insert. 20, so as to dress the collar 2 from its drinking 4 to his neck 7 included.
- the skirt 12 is adapted to separate into two distinct parts of about the same length, namely an upper portion 14, integral with the bottom wall 11, and a lower portion. 15 initially connected to the upper portion 14 by a weakening line 16 shown schematically in dotted lines on the figures 1 and 2 .
- This line 16 is provided in the current part of the skirt 12, a little below, along the axis XX, of the level of the lower end edge 25 of the insert 20, so that the skirt portion 14 houses. alone the entire insert 20 when the device 1 is assembled.
- the weakening line 16 is, for example, constituted by breakable bridges or by several notches or circumferential cuts made through the wall of the skirt 12.
- the lower portion 15 is retained axially relative to the neck 2 by a tongue 17 formed in a manner with the current portion of this portion 15 and protrude from the inner face of this portion 15.
- the tongue extends upwardly when the device 1 is in its assembly configuration at the neck 2, as represented in the right part of the figure 1 , while, when this device is in its pre-configuration shown in the left part of the figure 1 , the tongue extends downwards.
- the thickness of the tongue 17, that is to say its smallest dimension in the plane of figures 1 and 2 , is substantially constant along its other dimension, which corresponds to its overflow width inward relative to the inner face of the skirt portion 15, that is to say between its end 17A of connection with the skirt wall 15 and its free end 17B.
- the tongue 17 does not have a section of rectangular shape, but of curved shape, curved upwards.
- the tongue 17 has an arcuate profile, corresponding approximately to one eighth of a circle, being noted that the curvature of the tongue 17 is oriented towards the axis XX and down to the figure 1 , that is to say towards the body of the container 3.
- the figures 1 and 2 as well as Figures 3 to 6 Considered below, which clearly illustrate the curved shape according to the invention, are schematic in nature as regards the precise dimensions of the tongue. If necessary, the skilled person will refer to the indications provided in this text to quantify the relative dimensions of the tongue.
- the upper face of the tongue 17 is substantially convex while its lower face is substantially concave. More specifically, the free end 17B and the running portion 17C of the tongue have, on one side, respective convex upper faces and, on the opposite side, respective lower concave faces, while its end 17A has opposing faces changing direction of curvature due to their connection to the skirt portion 15.
- the axial positioning of the tongue 17 along the skirt portion 15, as well as its dimensioning are provided so that, when the device 1 is in assembly configuration and this device is reported around the neck 2, the end 17B of the tongue is located at the shoulder 8.
- the end 17B of the tongue is located just below the shoulder 8, being in simple contact with this shoulder, near functional play.
- the cap 10 is made of a semi-rigid plastic material, such as polypropylene or polyethylene, polypropylene being preferred, especially for aesthetic reasons.
- the cap 10 is obtained by molding this plastic material, intended to form both the bottom wall 11 and the skirt 12 with in particular its tongue 17 molded according to its curved shape. The release of the cap is facilitated by providing that the tongue extends, at the mold outlet, in its state shown in the left part of the figure 1 , that is to say with its free end 17B directed downwards.
- the assembly of the closure device 1 consists of, before or after inserting the disc 30 inside the insert 20, placing this insert inside the skirt 12 of the cap 10 in its mold outlet state. described above, by introducing this insert axially and in force from the open bottom end of the cap.
- the tooling for this implementation then advantageously ensures the folding of the tongue 17 upwards, so that it passes in its state shown in the right part of the figure 1 .
- the device 1 is then in its assembly configuration at neck 2.
- the plug 40 formed of the insert 20 immobilized in the cap 10, is then screwed around the neck 2 until, on the one hand, the tongue 17 passes below the shoulder 8 of the neck and, on the other hand, the sealing disc 30 is axially pressed between the rim 4 and the bottom wall 21 of the insert, the lower face of the disc advantageously delimiting an annular hollow cavity 31 complementary to the rim.
- the skirt 12 then dresses the collar to his neck 7.
- the user unscrews the plug 40, that is to say rotates about the axis XX, by gripping it at the grooves 13.
- the lifting up of the cap resulting from its unscrewing and indicated by the arrow 50 at the figure 2 , causes the separation of the two skirt portions 14 and 15 by breaking the line of weakness 16.
- the lower portion 15 is axially retained by its tongue 17 abutting axial to the shoulder 8 of the neck 2.
- the upwardly curved shape of the section of the tongue causes, under the effect of the lifting 50, a deflection of the tongue so that its curvature increases, the tongue thus passing its initial curved configuration shown in solid lines at the figure 2 , to a more bent configuration shown in dashed lines in this figure.
- the corresponding deflection of the tongue directed outwards and upwards as indicated by the arrow 51, requires, at the end 17B of the tongue, an axial biasing force sufficient to break the line 16. In other words , this deflection makes it possible to cash out the effort necessary to retain the skirt portion 15 vis-à-vis the shoulder 8 until rupture of the line 16.
- the curved shape of the tongue causes the overall deflection of the tongue, the latter working in bending in a homogeneous manner over its entire overflow width.
- the homogeneity of the dynamic behavior of the tongue is accentuated by the continuous arcuate profile of this curved shape.
- discontinuities in the curvature of the tongue are to be avoided: variations limited to + 15% around an average curvature value, depending on the overflow width of the tongue, are preferred.
- the constancy of the thickness of the tongue contributes to the dynamic homogeneity effect.
- variations limited to ⁇ 10% around an average thickness value, depending on the overflow width of the tongue, are preferred.
- the increased bending of the tongue, during the lifting of the skirt 12 before breaking of the line 16 also advantageously tends to uniformize its curvature according to its overflow width between its end 17B and its current portion 17C.
- the thrust forces transmitted to the skirt 12 are performed mainly at the portion 15A of the part 15 situated between the line 16 and the tongue 17.
- This portion 15A has a 15 th thickness greater than the thickness e ' 15 of the portion 15B of the portion 15 located opposite the line 16 relative to the tongue 17, that is to say the portion located below the tongue 17 in the configuration of the figures 1 and 2 which corresponds to the normal configuration of use of the container 3.
- the device 100 essentially differs from the device 1 by the constitution of its retaining means of the skirt portion 15: instead of having a single tongue, such as the tongue 17, which extends continuously over the entire inner periphery of this skirt portion, the skirt 12 of the device 100 is provided with a plurality of pallets 171 integrally with a strip 172 common to all the pallets, this band itself being integral with the current portion of the portion of skirt 15.
- the strip 172 extends, in the direction of the axis XX, projecting from the inner face 12A of the skirt 12, at the level of the portion 15, in continuous current over the entire inner periphery of this skirt, as visible to Figures 4 and 5 .
- the pallets 171 are identical to each other. Each pallet extends, in the direction of the axis XX, projecting from the strip 172. For structural reasons, these pallets are advantageously distributed substantially uniformly around the inner periphery of the strip.
- the band 172 thus connects each of the pallets to the inner face 12A of the skirt 12, at the skirt portion 15, while providing a free space 173 between two successive pallets along the periphery of the strip.
- Each portion of the strip 172 from which one of the vanes 171 extends and the associated pallet together form a tongue 170 for retaining the skirt portion 15, functionally similar to a portion of the tongue 17 of the figures 1 and 2 .
- the thickness e 172 of the strip 172 is substantially constant along its two other dimensions, in particular, in the aforementioned plane, between its end 172A of connection with the skirt portion 15 and its end 172B which is either bonded with one of the vanes 171, or free at the interspaces 173.
- the thickness e 171 of each pallet is also constant, especially between its end 171A connecting with the inner end 172B of the band and its free end 171B.
- the thicknesses e 171 and e 172 are substantially equal.
- the band 172 has an inwardly overflow width l 172 , with respect to the inner face 12A of the skirt 12, smaller than the dimension 171 of each pallet 171 between its inner ends. 171A and outside 171B, that is to say the overflow width, inwardly, of this pallet with respect to the end 172B of the strip.
- each pallet 171 extend in the continuous extension of one another in the direction of the axis XX, in the plane of the figures 3 and 5 .
- the band and the pallets extend upwards in the direction of the axis XX
- the strip and the pallets extend downwards, for the same reasons as those specified above for the device 1.
- each of the pallets, with its associated strip portion that is to say each of the tabs 170 has, in the plane of figures 3 and 5 , an overall section of curved shape, curved upwards.
- each tab 170 has an arcuate profile, corresponding to approximately one eighth circle.
- the band and the pallets guarantee a significant resistance of retention of the skirt portion 15 vis-à-vis the collar 2 during the first opening of the device 1, their curved profile forcing them to work over their entire width. overflow according to a global bending movement, tending to further increase the curvature of this profile, as explained above for the device 1.
- the assembly of the closure device 100 is similar to that of the device 1, in particular with the drive of the strip 172 and the pallets 171 upwards, so that the tabs 170 pass into their assembly configuration of the figure 3 .
- significant stresses are applied to the web and the pallets so as to plastically bend, in the manner of a hinge, the end 172A of the tape bound to the web. skirt portion 15, as indicated by arrow 172C at figure 5 .
- Not insignificant constraints are also applied to the zone of material binding the strip and the wall of the skirt 12 during demolding of the skirt. All these constraints are of greater intensity at the level of the pallets 171 than at the level of the free spaces 173 because of the structural resistance that the pallets oppose.
- the strip allows the distribution of these constraints, particularly within remaining portions of the strip, that is to say within the opening portions, in radial section, in one of the free spaces 173. It is therefore limited risks that the areas of the plastic material thus solicited, including the area outer surface of the skirt portion 15 at the end 172A of the band, are altered by an excess of constraints, in particular that these areas whiten.
- the stresses within the plastics material are distributed substantially uniformly throughout the peripheral periphery of the web, even though the resultant droop of the band is slightly offset with respect to the axis XX.
- the overflow width I 172 of the strip is smaller than the overflow width 171 of the pallets.
- the ratio of these widths can be adjusted.
- the opening of the device 100 is similar to that of the device 1, especially as regards the overall flexural work of the tabs 170.
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Description
La présente invention concerne un dispositif de bouchage d'un col de récipient et un récipient équipé d'un tel dispositif, ainsi qu'un procédé de fabrication d'un tel dispositif.The present invention relates to a closure device of a container neck and a container equipped with such a device, and a method of manufacturing such a device.
L'invention concerne plus précisément les dispositifs incluant une jupe entourant le col d'un récipient, dont une partie inférieure, lorsqu'on considère que ce col s'étend verticalement avec son buvant dirigé vers le haut, est destinée à demeurer autour du col après la première ouverture du dispositif, tandis que le reste de la jupe, c'est-à-dire sa partie supérieure, est prévue amovible par rapport au col, tout en étant initialement liée à la partie inférieure non amovible de la jupe par une zone d'affaiblissement à même d'être rompue lors de la première ouverture du dispositif. Cette zone ruptible sert de témoin de la première utilisation du dispositif à l'attention du consommateur, tandis que la partie de jupe non amovible, notamment lorsqu'elle présente une longueur substantielle, peut être utilisée à des fins esthétiques en tant qu'habillage de la zone correspondante du col. Dans cette optique, l'invention s'applique en particulier, mais de manière non exclusive, au domaine du conditionnement de vins et d'alcools forts dans des bouteilles en verre dont le col est traditionnellement habillé d'une longue jupe à partie inférieure non amovible.The invention relates more specifically to the devices including a skirt surrounding the neck of a container, a lower part, when considered that this neck extends vertically with its drinking upwards, is intended to remain around the neck after the first opening of the device, while the rest of the skirt, that is to say its upper part, is provided removable relative to the neck, while being initially connected to the non-removable bottom portion of the skirt by a weakening area to be broken at the first opening of the device. This ruptible zone serves as a witness of the first use of the device for the consumer, while the non-removable skirt portion, especially when it has a substantial length, can be used for aesthetic purposes as a dress of the corresponding area of the collar. In this context, the invention applies in particular, but not exclusively, to the field of packaging wines and strong alcohols in glass bottles whose neck is traditionally dressed with a long skirt with a lower part. removable.
Pour retenir la partie de jupe inférieure autour du col, il est connu de mettre en butée une saillie intérieure de cette partie de jupe avec un renflement associé du col. Dans le cas où cette partie de jupe présente une longueur substantielle, c'est-à-dire qu'elle s'étend en longueur vers le bas largement au-delà du renflement précité du col, il est courant de prévoir la saillie de retenue sous forme d'une languette venue de matière avec la partie courante de cette partie de jupe. Un exemple de ce type de jupe est schématiquement représenté à la
Cependant, en pratique, la retenue de la partie de jupe 102 n'est pas toujours efficacement assurée par la languette 104 car, en raison des contraintes qui lui sont appliquées, liées à l'entraînement 105 de la partie de jupe 101, et/ou en raison de la dispersion des dimensions des différents cols sur lesquels la jupe est susceptible d'être mise en place, la languette cède avant la rupture complète de la ligne 103, en se retournant sur elle-même. Ainsi, comme représenté à la figue 7, la languette passe alors de sa forme initiale, représentée en traits pleins, dont la section est sensiblement rectangulaire, à une forme incurvée bombée vers le bas, représentée en traits pointillés, pendant que la partie de jupe 102 est entraînée, conjointement à la partie 101, vers le haut par rapport au col 106. Avec cette forme incurvée bombée vers le bas, la languette n'offre aucune résistance verticale vis-à-vis de l'épaulement 107, si bien que ce dernier poursuit la déformation de la languette, jusqu'à la faire basculer vers le bas dans une position représentée en traits mixtes à la
La tendance de la languette 104 à céder sous les contraintes générées lors de la première ouverture du dispositif, se rencontre fréquemment lorsque la jupe est constituée d'une matière plastique qui, en raison de sa relative souplesse structurelle, se déforme radialement vers l'extérieur au niveau de la languette, comme indiqué par la flèche 108. Ce problème est d'autant plus marqué dans le cas où la jupe est obtenue par moulage, avec, en sortie de moule, sa languette 104 s'étendant, en saillie de la face intérieure de la jupe, vers le bas. En effet, dans ce cas, avant de mettre en place le dispositif de bouchage incluant la jupe autour du col 106, il est nécessaire de rabattre vers le haut la languette 104 pour qu'elle prenne sa configuration initiale représentée en traits pleins à la
D'autres exemples de jupes munies intérieurement d'une ou de plusieurs languettes de retenue sont donnés dans
Lors de la première ouverture des dispositifs de bouchage proposés dans les trois documents précités, les languettes se déforment par pliage des parties d'extrémité libre vers les parties de base, le long des lignes anguleuses de pliage définies par la forme polygonale des sections de ces languettes. Il en résulte que seules les parties d'extrémité libre des languettes participent efficacement à la retenue de la partie de jupe destinée à demeurer autour du col de récipient, avec des risques que ces parties d'extrémité cèdent sous les contraintes en se rabattant complètement par pliage contre les parties de base, tandis que ces parties de base génèrent sur la jupe, par un effet de levier autour des lignes de pliage anguleuses, des contraintes essentiellement radiales dirigées vers l'extérieur, au niveau des zones de charnière souple (de manière analogue à ce qui est indiqué par la flèche 108 à la
Le but de la présente invention est de proposer un dispositif de bouchage à languette, du type décrit ci-dessus, qui garantisse une retenue résistante et fiable de la partie de jupe munie de cette languette, sans nuire à l'esthétique extérieure de cette partie de jupe.The object of the present invention is to provide a tongue-sealing device, of the type described above, which guarantees a resistant and reliable retention of the skirt portion provided with this tongue, without harming the external aesthetics of this part. of skirt.
A cet effet, l'invention a pour objet un dispositif de bouchage d'un col d'un récipient, tel que défini à la revendication 1.For this purpose, the subject of the invention is a device for plugging a neck of a container, as defined in claim 1.
Avec le dispositif selon l'invention, et en considérant que l'axe longitudinal de la jupe s'étend verticalement avec la première partie de la jupe disposée au-dessus de sa deuxième partie, la ou chaque languette, avec sa section de forme incurvée bombée vers le haut, garantit une résistance importante de retenue de la seconde partie de jupe vis-à-vis du col. En effet, lorsque, lors de la première ouverture du dispositif, la languette bute axialement contre le renflement associé du col, l'effort de sollicitation de cette languette est amorti par sa forme incurvée et tend à fléchir la languette de manière à augmenter la courbure de cette forme, ce qui en augmente davantage la résistance, jusqu'à rupture de la zone d'affaiblissement séparant les deux parties de jupe. Autrement dit, lors de la première ouverture du dispositif selon l'invention, la forme incurvée initiale de la languette oblige cette dernière à travailler selon un mouvement de flexion tendant à augmenter la courbure de cette forme. Comme la mise en butée de la languette contre le renflement associé du col se produit au niveau de l'extrémité libre de cette languette, un mouvement de flexion opposé, c'est-à-dire tendant à diminuer puis à inverser la courbure de la section de la languette, est mécaniquement impossible. On comprend que la forme incurvée, qui s'étend sur toute la largeur de débordement de la languette vers l'intérieur de la jupe de manière homogène, c'est-à-dire sans zone de discontinuité de courbure depuis son extrémité libre jusqu'à son extrémité liée à la jupe, travaille selon un mouvement de flexion globale, en modifiant la courbure d'ensemble de la forme. En particulier, le comportement dynamique homogène de la languette ne permet pas de distinguer, suivant la largeur de débordement de cette languette, une partie d'extrémité libre et une partie de base qui auraient des cinématiques de déformation propres différentes l'une de l'autre.With the device according to the invention, and considering that the longitudinal axis of the skirt extends vertically with the first portion of the skirt disposed above its second portion, the or each tongue, with its curved section of shape curved up, guarantees a significant resistance of retaining the second skirt portion vis-à-vis the collar. Indeed, when, during the first opening of the device, the tab abuts axially against the associated bulge of the neck, the biasing force of this tongue is damped by its curved shape and tends to bend the tongue so as to increase the curvature of this form, which further increases the resistance, until breaking of the weakening zone separating the two parts of skirt. In other words, during the first opening of the device according to the invention, the initial curved shape of the tongue forces it to work in a bending motion tending to increase the curvature of this shape. As the abutment of the tongue against the associated bulge of the neck occurs at the free end of this tongue, an opposite bending movement, that is to say, tending to reduce and then to reverse the curvature of the section of the tongue, is mechanically impossible. It is understood that the curved shape, which extends over the entire overhang width of the tongue towards the inside of the skirt so homogeneous, that is to say without area of discontinuity of curvature from its free end to its end connected to the skirt, works in a global bending movement, modifying the overall curvature of the shape. In particular, the homogeneous dynamic behavior of the tongue does not make it possible to distinguish, according to the overflow width of this tongue, a free end portion and a base portion that have different deformation kinematics different from one of the other.
Cette forme incurvée présente également l'avantage de transmettre les efforts de poussée à la partie de la jupe située au-dessus de la languette, cette partie de jupe pouvant être plus épaisse et résistante que celle située au-dessous de la languette. En particulier, ces efforts de poussée tendent à solliciter la jupe avec une composante radiale modérée, voire négligeable, ce qui limite les déformations radiales vers l'extérieur de la jupe, au niveau de la languette, et réduit ainsi les risques de blanchissement de la matière plastique.This curved shape also has the advantage of transmitting thrust forces to the portion of the skirt above the tongue, this skirt portion may be thicker and stronger than that located below the tongue. In particular, these thrust forces tend to stress the skirt with a moderate radial component, even negligible, which limits the radial deformations towards the outside of the skirt, at the level of the tongue, and thus reduces the risks of whitening of the tongue. plastic material.
D'autres caractéristiques avantageuses de ce dispositif, prises isolément ou selon toutes les combinaisons techniquement possibles, sont énoncées aux revendications dépendantes 2 à 11.Other advantageous features of this device, taken individually or in any technically possible combination, are set forth in
L'invention a également pour objet un récipient comportant un col équipé d'un dispositif de bouchage de ce col, tel que défini ci-dessus.The invention also relates to a container having a neck equipped with a plugging device of this neck, as defined above.
L'invention a en outre pour objet un procédé de fabrication d'un dispositif de bouchage d'un col de récipient, tel que défini à la revendication 13.The invention further relates to a method of manufacturing a closure device of a container neck, as defined in
Le procédé selon l'invention permet ainsi de disposer rapidement de la jupe en matière plastique, prête à être mise en place autour du col du récipient. Les différentes opérations de ce procédé, tant de moulage de la jupe que de rabattement de la languette, peuvent être mises en oeuvre suivant des mouvements sensiblement axiaux, de sorte que ce procédé est en pratique automatisable sans nuire à sa qualité de réalisation.The method according to the invention thus allows to quickly dispose of the plastic skirt, ready to be placed around the neck of the container. The various operations of this method, both molding the skirt and folding the tongue, can be implemented according to substantially axial movements, so that this method is in practice automatable without impairing its quality of implementation.
Une caractéristique avantageuse de ce procédé est énoncée à la revendication 14.An advantageous feature of this method is set forth in
L'invention sera mieux comprise à la lecture de la description qui va suivre, donnée uniquement à titre d'exemple et faite en se référant aux dessins sur lesquels :
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figure 1 est une coupe longitudinale d'un dispositif de bouchage selon l'invention, représenté autour d'un col de récipient, la moitié droite de la figure illustrant le dispositif dans sa configuration d'assemblage à ce col et effectivement mis en place autour du col, tandis que la moitié gauche illustre le dispositif dans un état préalable à sa configuration de la partie droite ; - la
figure 2 est une vue à plus grande échelle du détail cerclé II à lafigure 1 ; - la
figure 3 est une vue analogue à lafigure 1 , d'une variante du dispositif de bouchage selon l'invention, représentée rapportée autour d'un col de récipient et avant sa première ouverture ; - la
figure 4 est une vue en perspective d'un capuchon externe du dispositif de lafigure 3 , avant son assemblage aux autres composants de ce dispositif ; - la
figure 5 est une coupe longitudinale partielle du capuchon de lafigure 4 ; - la
figure 6 est une vue analogue à lafigure 4 , d'une autre variante du capuchon d'un dispositif selon l'invention ; et - la
figure 7 est une vue analogue à lafigure 2 , illustrant un exemple relevant de l'art antérieur et décrit plus haut.
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figure 1 is a longitudinal section of a closure device according to the invention, shown around a container neck, the right half of the figure illustrating the device in its assembly configuration to this collar and actually set up around the neck , while the left half illustrates the device in a state prior to its configuration of the right part; - the
figure 2 is a larger-scale view of the circled detail II at thefigure 1 ; - the
figure 3 is a view similar to thefigure 1 , a variant of the closure device according to the invention, shown reported around a container neck and before its first opening; - the
figure 4 is a perspective view of an external cap of the device of thefigure 3 , before its assembly to the other components of this device; - the
figure 5 is a partial longitudinal section of the hood of thefigure 4 ; - the
figure 6 is a view similar to thefigure 4 another variant of the cap of a device according to the invention; and - the
figure 7 is a view similar to thefigure 2 , illustrating an example from the prior art and described above.
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Par commodité, la suite de la description sera orientée en considérant que les termes « supérieur » et « haut » correspondent à une direction globalement parallèle à l'axe X-X et allant du corps du récipient 3 vers son col 2, c'est-à-dire une direction dirigée vers la partie haute des
A son extrémité haute, le col 2 délimite un buvant 4 au niveau duquel le liquide contenu dans le récipient 3 est destiné à être déversé. La face extérieure du col est successivement munie, de haut en bas, d'un filet en hélice 5 et d'un talon 6, tous deux radialement saillants vers l'extérieur. Au niveau de la transition entre l'extrémité inférieure de ce talon et le reste du col, qui forme un cou allongé 7 de face extérieure tronconique d'axe X-X et divergente vers le bas, est formé un épaulement transversal 8 légèrement incliné vers le haut en s'éloignant de l'axe X-X par rapport à un plan perpendiculaire à cet axe.At its upper end, the
Le dispositif de bouchage 1 comporte trois pièces distinctes, à savoir un capuchon externe 10, un insert 20 et un disque d'étanchéité 30 optionnel, destinées à être assemblées de façon coaxiale les unes aux autres, puis à être montées ensemble sur le col 2.The closure device 1 comprises three distinct parts, namely an
Le capuchon 10 et l'insert 20 présentent chacun une forme globalement tubulaire d'axe longitudinal sensiblement confondu avec l'axe X-X lorsque le dispositif 1 est assemblé et rapporté sur le col 2 comme sur les figures. Le capuchon et l'insert sont chacun ouverts à leur extrémité inférieure et fermés à leur extrémité supérieure par des parois de fond respectives 11 et 21, à la périphérie de chacune desquelles s'étend axialement vers le bas une jupe tubulaire 12, 22 centrée sur l'axe X-X.The
L'insert 20 est adapté pour être introduit à l'intérieur du capuchon 10 et pour y être immobilisé à demeure, tant axialement qu'en rotation autour de l'axe X-X. Ces deux pièces forment alors un bouchon 40 d'un seul tenant, avec la paroi 11 et la jupe 12 recouvrant la face extérieure de la paroi 21 et de la jupe 22. L'immobilisation de l'insert à l'intérieur du capuchon peut être réalisée par soudage, notamment par application d'ultra-sons, par collage ou par complémentarité de formes entre les parois 11, 12, 21 et 22, comme détaillé dans la demande de brevet français déposée au nom du présent Demandeur et enregistrée sous le numéro 04 03154.The
Le disque d'étanchéité 30 est logé à l'intérieur de l'insert 20, contre la paroi de fond 21, avec interposition éventuelle d'une couche d'adhésif. Avantageusement, l'insert est pourvu d'encoches 23 radialement saillantes vers l'intérieur depuis la partie haute de sa jupe 22, ces encoches étant destinées à retenir axialement vers le bas le disque pour éviter que ce dernier ne puisse ultérieurement s'échapper de l'intérieur de l'insert. Des détails de réalisation de ces encoches sont donnés dans la demande de brevet français précitée N° 04 03154.The
La partie basse de la face intérieure de la jupe 22 est pourvue d'un filet 24 radialement saillant vers l'intérieur et complémentaire du filet extérieur 5 du col 2, de sorte que le bouchon 40 est apte à être vissé et dévissé sur le col. Pour faciliter la prise en main de ce bouchon, la partie haute de la face extérieure de la jupe 12 est avantageusement dotée de rainures longitudinales 13.The lower part of the inner face of the
La jupe 12 est plus longue que la jupe 22 de sorte que, à l'état assemblé du dispositif 1, le bas de la jupe 12 s'étend largement au-dessous du niveau axial du chant d'extrémité inférieure 25 de l'insert 20, de manière à habiller le col 2 depuis son buvant 4 jusqu'à son cou 7 inclus.The
Lors de la première ouverture du dispositif 1, la jupe 12 est adaptée pour se séparer en deux parties distinctes d'à peu près même longueur, à savoir une partie supérieure 14, venue de matière avec la paroi de fond 11, et une partie inférieure 15 reliée initialement à la partie supérieure 14 par une ligne d'affaiblissement 16 représentée schématiquement en traits pointillés sur les
En pratique, la ligne d'affaiblissement 16 est, par exemple, constituée de pontets sécables ou de plusieurs entailles ou découpes circonférentielles pratiquées à travers la paroi de la jupe 12.In practice, the weakening
Pour provoquer la séparation des parties de jupe 14 et 15 par rupture de la ligne 16 lors de la première ouverture du dispositif 1, la partie inférieure 15 est retenue axialement par rapport au col 2 par une languette 17 venue de manière avec la partie courante de cette partie 15 et s'étendent en saillie depuis la face intérieure de cette partie 15. En direction de l'axe X-X, la languette s'étend vers le haut lorsque le dispositif 1 est dans sa configuration d'assemblage au col 2, comme représenté dans la partie droite de la
L'épaisseur de la languette 17, c'est-à-dire sa dimension la plus petite dans le plan des
Autrement dit, la face supérieure de la languette 17 est essentiellement convexe tandis que sa face inférieure est essentiellement concave. Plus précisément, l'extrémité libre 17B et la partie courante 17C de la languette présentent, d'un côté, des faces supérieures respectives convexes et, du côté opposé, des faces inférieures respectives concaves, tandis que son extrémité 17A présente des faces opposées changeant de sens de courbure en raison de leur raccordement à la partie de jupe 15.In other words, the upper face of the
Le positionnement axial de la languette 17 le long de la partie de jupe 15, ainsi que son dimensionnement sont prévus pour que, lorsque le dispositif 1 est en configuration d'assemblage et que ce dispositif est rapporté autour du col 2, l'extrémité 17B de la languette est située au niveau de l'épaulement 8. En pratique, selon les dimensions exactes du col 2, notamment au niveau de son talon 6 et de son épaulement 8, et du dispositif 1, l'extrémité 17B de la languette est située juste au-dessous de l'épaulement 8, en étant en contact simple avec cet épaulement, à des jeux fonctionnels près.The axial positioning of the
Le capuchon 10 est fabriqué en une matière plastique semi-rigide, telle que du polypropylène ou du polyéthylène, le polypropylène étant préféré, notamment pour des raisons esthétiques. Le capuchon 10 est obtenu par moulage de cette matière plastique, prévu pour former à la fois la paroi de fond 11 et la jupe 12 avec notamment sa languette 17 moulée suivant sa forme incurvée. Le démoulage du capuchon est facilité en prévoyant que la languette s'étend, en sortie de moule, dans son état représenté dans la partie gauche de la
L'assemblage du dispositif de bouchage 1 consiste à, avant ou après avoir inséré le disque 30 à l'intérieur de l'insert 20, placer cet insert à l'intérieur de la jupe 12 du capuchon 10 dans son état de sortie de moule décrit ci-dessus, en introduisant cet insert axialement et en force depuis l'extrémité inférieure ouverte du capuchon. L'outillage permettant cette mise en place assure alors avantageusement le rabattement de la languette 17 vers le haut, de manière à ce qu'elle passe dans son état représenté dans la partie droite de la
Le bouchon 40, formé de l'insert 20 immobilisé dans le capuchon 10, est ensuite rapporté par vissage autour du col 2 jusqu'à ce que, d'une part, la languette 17 passe au-dessous de l'épaulement 8 du col et, d'autre part, le disque d'étanchéité 30 soit axialement pressé entre le buvant 4 et la paroi de fond 21 de l'insert, la face inférieure du disque délimitant avantageusement une empreinte creuse annulaire 31 complémentaire du buvant. La jupe 12 habille alors le col jusqu'à son cou 7.The
Pour ouvrir le dispositif 1, l'utilisateur dévisse le bouchon 40, c'est-à-dire l'entraîne en rotation autour de l'axe X-X, en l'agrippant au niveau des rainures 13. Lors de la première ouverture du dispositif, le soulèvement vers le haut du bouchon, résultant de son dévissage et indiqué par la flèche 50 à la
On comprend que la forme incurvée de la languette entraîne le fléchissement global de la languette, cette dernière travaillant en flexion de manière homogène sur toute sa largeur de débordement. L'homogénéité du comportement dynamique de la languette est accentuée par le profil arqué continu de cette forme incurvée. En pratique, des discontinuités de la courbure de la languette sont à éviter : des variations limitées à + 15% autour d'une valeur de courbure moyenne, suivant la largeur de débordement de la languette, sont préférées.It is understood that the curved shape of the tongue causes the overall deflection of the tongue, the latter working in bending in a homogeneous manner over its entire overflow width. The homogeneity of the dynamic behavior of the tongue is accentuated by the continuous arcuate profile of this curved shape. In practice, discontinuities in the curvature of the tongue are to be avoided: variations limited to + 15% around an average curvature value, depending on the overflow width of the tongue, are preferred.
De même, on comprend que la constance de l'épaisseur de la languette participe à l'effet d'homogénéité dynamique. En pratique, des variations limités à ± 10% autour d'une valeur d'épaisseur moyenne, suivant la largeur de débordement de la languette, sont préférées.Similarly, it is understood that the constancy of the thickness of the tongue contributes to the dynamic homogeneity effect. In practice, variations limited to ± 10% around an average thickness value, depending on the overflow width of the tongue, are preferred.
Comme la languette 17 présente une courbure orientée vers l'axe X-X et vers le bas, la flexion accrue de la languette, lors du soulèvement de la jupe 12 avant rupture de la ligne 16, tend d'ailleurs avantageusement à uniformiser sa courbure suivant sa largeur de débordement, entre son extrémité 17B et sa partie courante 17C.As the
En outre, les efforts de poussée transmis à la jupe 12 le sont principalement au niveau de la portion 15A de la partie 15 située entre la ligne 16 et la languette 17. Cette portion 15A a une épaisseur e15 supérieure à l'épaisseur e'15 de la portion 15B de la partie 15 située à l'opposé de la ligne 16 par rapport à la languette 17, c'est-à-dire la portion située en dessous de la languette 17 dans la configuration des
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Les palettes 171 sont identiques les unes aux autres. Chaque palette s'étend, en direction de l'axe X-X, en saillie de la bande 172. Pour des raisons structurelles, ces palettes sont avantageusement réparties de manière sensiblement uniforme suivant la périphérie intérieure de la bande. La bande 172 relie ainsi chacune des palettes à la face intérieure 12A de la jupe 12, au niveau de la partie de jupe 15, tout en ménageant un espace libre 173 entre deux palettes successives suivant la périphérie de la bande. Chaque portion de la bande 172 d'où s'étend une des palettes 171 et la palette associée forment conjointement une languette 170 de retenue de la partie de jupe 15, fonctionnellement analogue à une portion de la languette 17 des
L'épaisseur e172 de la bande 172, c'est-à-dire sa dimension la plus petite dans le plan des
Entre ses extrémités intérieure 172A et extérieure 172B, la bande 172 présente une largeur l172 de débordement vers l'intérieur, par rapport à la face intérieure 12A de la jupe 12, inférieure à la dimension l171 de chaque palette 171 entre ses extrémités intérieure 171A et extérieure 171B, c'est-à-dire à la largeur de débordement, vers l'intérieur, de cette palette par rapport à l'extrémité 172B de la bande.Between its
La bande 172 et chaque palette 171 s'étendent dans le prolongement continu l'une de l'autre en direction de l'axe X-X, dans le plan des
L'assemblage du dispositif de bouchage 100 est analogue à celui du dispositif 1, avec notamment l'entraînement de la bande 172 et des palettes 171 vers le haut, de manière à ce que les languettes 170 passent dans leur configuration d'assemblage de la
Comme la bande 172 s'étend continûment sur toute la périphérie intérieure de la jupe 12, les contraintes au sein de la matière plastique sont réparties de manière sensiblement uniforme sur tout le pourtour périphérique de la bande, même si la résultante d'entraînement en fléchissement de la bande est légèrement décalée par rapport à l'axe X-X.As the
Dans l'exemple considéré aux figures, la largeur de débordement l172 de la bande est inférieure à la largeur de débordement l171 des palettes. Cependant, en pratique, selon les niveaux de contraintes que l'on s'attend à atteindre lors du démoulage de la jupe et du rabattement des palettes, le rapport de ces largeurs peut être ajusté.In the example shown in the figures, the overflow width I 172 of the strip is smaller than the overflow width 171 of the pallets. However, in practice, depending on the stress levels that are expected to be achieved during demolding of the skirt and the folding of the pallets, the ratio of these widths can be adjusted.
L'ouverture du dispositif 100 est analogue à celle du dispositif 1, notamment en ce qui concerne le travail en flexion globale des languettes 170.The opening of the
Divers aménagements et variantes aux dispositifs de bouchage 1 et 100 décrits ci-dessus, ainsi qu'à leur procédé de fabrication, sont bien entendu envisageables. A titre d'exemples :
- à la différence de l'exemple des
figures 1 et 2 , dans lequel la languette 17 s'étend continûment sur toute la périphérie intérieure de la partie jupe 15,une variante 200 du dispositif 1, représentée à lafigure 6 , consiste à faire s'étendre la languette de manière discontinue suivant cette périphérie, ce qui revient à disposer de plusieurs languettes élémentaires distinctes 270, avantageusement réparties uniformément suivant la périphérie intérieure de la jupe 12 ; chaque languette 270 est ainsi fonctionnellement analogue à une portion de la languette 17 ou à une des languettes 170, étant remarqué qu'à la différence de ces dernières, les languettes 270 s'étendent chacune depuis leur extrémité 270A liée à la face intérieure de la jupe jusqu'à leur extrémitélibre 270B, sans être reliées les unes aux autres par une bande périphérique commune ou analogue, telle que la bande 171 ; - pour limiter les risques que la ou chaque languette 17, 170, 270 ne se trouve radialement coincée à la verticale entre le talon 6 du col 2 et la partie de jupe 15 lors de la première ouverture du dispositif de bouchage, notamment si le talon 6 s'avère d'un diamètre plus petit que prévu en raison d'une forte dispersion des dimensions des cols d'un même lot, la jupe 12 est intérieurement munie d'une pluralité de bossages 19 s'étendant radialement en saillie de la face intérieure de la partie de jupe 15 et repartis de manière sensiblement uniforme suivant la périphérie intérieure de cette partie jupe ; dans le cas des languettes multiples 170 ou 270, chaque bossage 19 est situé, suivant la périphérie de la jupe, au même niveau qu'une de ces languettes ; suivant l'axe X-X, chaque bossage est situé entre la ligne d'affaiblissement 16 et l'extrémité 17A, 172A, 270A de la languette liée à la jupe, en étant disposé sensiblement à la hauteur de l'extrémité libre 17B, 171B, 270B de la languette lorsque cette dernière est considérée plaquée contre la face intérieure de la jupe, avec son extrémité libre tournée vers le haut ; de la sorte, l'extrémité libre 17B, 171B, 270B de la ou chaque languette 17, 170, 270 est maintenue radialement distante de la face intérieure de la jupe 12, par interposition du bossage 19, ce qui améliore la fiabilité de la mise en butée axiale de cette extrémité libre contre l'épaulement 8 du talon du col lors de la première ouverture du dispositif, eu égard notamment au bombement de la languette dirigé vers le bossage 19, qui, le cas échéant, rentre en interférence avec le bossage rapidement lors de la première ouverture ; cette disposition est plus efficace que de prévoir une surépaisseur de l'extrémité libre de la languette, tout en facilitant le moulage et le démoulage du capuchon ;
- le rabattement de la languette 17 ou des languettes 170 ou 270, depuis leur état en sortie de moule à leur état associé à la configuration d'assemblage du dispositif au col, peut être réalisé par un ouillage spécifique indépendant de celui, utilisé pour la mise en place de l'insert 20 dans le capuchon 10 ;
- plutôt que de prévoir le bouchon 40 en deux parties distinctes à assembler à demeure l'une à l'autre, ce bouchon peut être réalisé d'une seule pièce mono-bloc, avec une jupe présentant une ligne d'affaiblissement et une ou des languette(s) analogues à la ligne 16 et à la languette 17 du dispositif 1 ou aux languettes 170 ou 270 du dispositif 100, 200 ; et/ou
- la partie inférieure 15 de la jupe 12 peut ne s'étendre que sur une faible hauteur, vers le bas aux
figures 1 et 3 , en dessous de la languette 17 ou des languettes 170, 270 ; la partie 15 peut même être interrompue juste au-dessous de cette ou ces languettes ; en d'autres termes,la portion 15B peut être très courte, voire inexistante.
- unlike the example of
figures 1 and2 , in which thetongue 17 extends continuously over the entire inner periphery of theskirt portion 15, avariant 200 of the device 1, shown in FIG.figure 6 , consists in extending the tongue discontinuously along this periphery, which amounts to having a plurality of separate elementary tabs 270, preferably uniformly distributed along the inner periphery of theskirt 12; each tongue 270 is thus functionally similar to a portion of thetongue 17 or one of thetabs 170, being noted that unlike the latter, the tongues 270 extend each from theirend 270A connected to the inner face of the skirt to theirfree end 270B, without being connected to each other by a common peripheral band or the like, such as theband 171; - to limit the risks that the or each tongue 17, 170, 270 is radially wedged vertically between the heel 6 of the neck 2 and the skirt portion 15 during the first opening of the closure device, especially if the heel 6 has a diameter smaller than expected because of a large dispersion of the neck dimensions of the same batch, the skirt 12 is internally provided with a plurality of bosses 19 extending radially projecting from the face inner portion of the skirt portion 15 and distributed substantially uniformly around the inner periphery of this skirt portion; in the case of the multiple tabs 170 or 270, each boss 19 is located, along the periphery of the skirt, at the same level as one of these tabs; along the axis XX, each boss is located between the weakening line 16 and the end 17A, 172A, 270A of the tongue attached to the skirt, being disposed substantially at the height of the free end 17B, 171B, 270B of the tongue when the latter is considered pressed against the inner face of the skirt, with its free end facing upwards; in this way, the free end 17B, 171B, 270B of the or each tab 17, 170, 270 is kept radially distant from the inner face of the skirt 12, by interposing the boss 19, which improves the reliability of the setting in axial abutment of this free end against the shoulder 8 of the heel of the neck during the first opening of the device, particularly with regard to the bulging of the tongue directed towards the boss 19, which, if any, interferes with the boss quickly at the first opening; this provision is more effective than to provide an extra thickness of the free end of the tongue, while facilitating the molding and demolding of the cap;
- the folding of the
tongue 17 ortongues 170 or 270, from their mold output state to their state associated with the assembly configuration of the device to the neck, can be achieved by a specific surface independent of that, used for the setting in place of theinsert 20 in thecap 10; - rather than providing the
plug 40 in two separate parts to be permanently joined to each other, this plug can be made in one piece monoblock, with a skirt having a line of weakness and one or more tongue (s) similar to theline 16 and thetongue 17 of the device 1 or thetabs 170 or 270 of the 100, 200; and ordevice - the
lower part 15 of theskirt 12 may extend only on a low height, downwards to thefigures 1 and3 , below thetongue 17 ortabs 170, 270;part 15 can even be interrupted just below this or these tabs; in other words, theportion 15B can be very short or non-existent.
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- A device (1; 100; 200) for stoppering a neck (2) of a receptacle (3), the device comprising an elongate skirt (12) of plastics material for surrounding the neck and provided with a peripheral zone of weakness (16) that is adapted to break on first opening of the device and on either side of which, along the longitudinal axis (X-X) of the skirt, the skirt includes a first skirt portion (14) suitable for being separated from the neck after the zone of weakness has broken and a second skirt portion (15) provided with at least one tongue (17; 170; 270) that, in an assembly configuration for assembling the device on the neck, projects from the inside face of the skirt towards the first skirt portion and is adapted, at its free end (17B; 171B; 270B), to come into abutment axially against an associated swelling (8) on the neck in order to retain the second skirt portion around the neck on first opening of the device, the device being characterized in that, in the assembly configuration for the device (1) on the neck (2), the or each tongue (17; 170; 270) presents, in a longitudinal section plane of the skirt (12), a shape that is essentially curved, being convex towards the first skirt portion (14) and presenting a profile that is arcuate.
- A device according to claim 1, characterized in that said arcuate profile corresponds approximately to one-eighth of a circle.
- A device according to any preceding claim, characterized in that the essentially curved shape of the each tongue (17; 170; 270) presents substantially constant curvature along its width projecting from the inside face of the skirt (12).
- A device according to claim 3, characterized in that the variations of said curvature along the projecting width of the or each tongue (17; 170; 270) are restricted to within ±15% of a mean value of curvature.
- A device according to any preceding claim, characterized in that the or each tongue (17; 170; 270) presents, in the longitudinal section plane of the skirt (12), thickness that is substantially constant.
- A device according to claim 5, characterized in that the variations in said thickness along the projecting width of the or each tongue (17; 170; 270) from the inside face of the skirt (12) are restricted to within ±10% of a mean thickness value.
- A device according to any preceding claim, characterized in that, on first opening of the device (1; 100; 200), the or each tongue (17; 170; 270) is adapted to flex between two extreme configurations, in each of which the tongue conserves, in a longitudinal section plane of the skirt (12), its essentially curved shape that is convex towards the first skirt portion (14).
- A device according to any preceding claim, characterized in that the or each tongue (17; 170; 270) is formed integrally with the inside face of the skirt (12) and is suitable for passing, relative to the skirt, from a molding configuration in which the tongue is molded together with the remainder of the skirt, to the assembly configuration for assembling the device (1) on the neck (2), which assembly configuration is different from the molding configuration.
- A device according to any preceding claim, characterized in that a single tongue (17) is provided that extends over the entire inside periphery of the second skirt portion (15).
- A device according to any one of claims 1 to 8, characterized in that a plurality of individual tongues (270) are provided discontinuously around the inside periphery of the second skirt portion (15), these individual tongues being advantageously distributed in substantially uniform manner around said periphery.
- A device according to any preceding claim, characterized in that the second skirt portion (15) is provided internally with at least one projection (19) for being interposed radially between said skirt portion and the free end (17B; 171B; 270B) of the or each tongue (17; 170; 270) in the assembly configuration.
- A receptacle (3) including a neck (2) and fitted with a device (1; 100; 200) for stoppering the neck, the device being in accordance with any preceding claim.
- A method of fabricating a device (1; 100; 200) for stoppering a receptacle neck (2), in which:a plastics material is molded to form an elongate skirt (12) for surrounding the neck, which skirt is provided with a peripheral zone of weakness (16) that is adapted to be broken on first opening of the device and on either side of which, along the longitudinal axis (X-X) of the skirt, the skirt includes a first skirt portion (14) suitable for being separated from the neck after the zone of weakness has broken, and a second skirt portion (15) provided with at least one tongue (17; 170; 270) that, on leaving the mold, projects from the inside face of the skirt away from the first portion of the skirt (14); and thenthe or each tongue (17; 170; 270) is folded towards the first skirt portion (14) until the tongue extends from the inside face of the skirt towards said first skirt portion, the tongue then being adapted at its free end (17B; 171B; 270B) to come axially into abutment against an associated swelling (8) on the neck (2) so as to retain the second skirt portion (15) around the neck on first opening of the device (1);the method being characterized in that, during molding of the skirt (12), the or each tongue (17; 170; 270) is molded in such a manner as to present, in a longitudinal section plane of the skirt, a shape that is essentially curved, being convex towards the first skirt portion (14)and presenting a profile that is arcuate.
- A method according to claim 13, characterized in that an insert (20) suitable for being secured to the inside of the skirt (12) is used to form at least a portion of the stopper device (1), and in that the or each tongue (17; 170; 270) is folded during insertion of said insert into the skirt.
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