EP1950143B1 - Bague d'inviolabilité pour bouchons metalliques - Google Patents

Bague d'inviolabilité pour bouchons metalliques Download PDF

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EP1950143B1
EP1950143B1 EP07425042A EP07425042A EP1950143B1 EP 1950143 B1 EP1950143 B1 EP 1950143B1 EP 07425042 A EP07425042 A EP 07425042A EP 07425042 A EP07425042 A EP 07425042A EP 1950143 B1 EP1950143 B1 EP 1950143B1
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Piero Battegazzore
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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
    • B65D41/32—Caps or cap-like covers with lines of weakness, tearing-strips, tags, or like opening or removal devices, e.g. to facilitate formation of pouring openings
    • B65D41/34—Threaded or like caps or cap-like covers provided with tamper elements formed in, or attached to, the closure skirt
    • B65D41/3423—Threaded or like caps or cap-like covers provided with tamper elements formed in, or attached to, the closure skirt with flexible tabs, or elements rotated from a non-engaging to an engaging position, formed on the tamper element or in the closure skirt
    • B65D41/3438—Threaded or like caps or cap-like covers provided with tamper elements formed in, or attached to, the closure skirt with flexible tabs, or elements rotated from a non-engaging to an engaging position, formed on the tamper element or in the closure skirt the tamper element being formed separately but connected to the closure

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  • the present invention relates to a tamper-evident ring for drawn metal closures according to the preamble of claims 1.
  • Such closures are knows, for instance, by DE3833345C1 which discloses the preamble of claim 1 or by EP507706 .
  • tamper-evident rings are used, for instance, within the drawn aluminium screw closures applied to widely consumed products (such as glass bottles for water) for which it is essential to provide final consumers with a guarantee that they have not been tampered with after bottling.
  • closures generally comprise an outer cap, generally of drawn aluminium, which forms the actual closure and engages with the thread of the bottle neck, and an insert, generally of coined polymer material, which is interposed between the mouth of the bottle and the metal of the closure, ensuring that the mouth is sealed.
  • an insert of this kind is disclosed in European Patent Specification EP 0 770 559 .
  • these closures further comprise a tamper-evident ring including at least two segments which are joined together and/or to the outer cap by weakened lines or bridges.
  • the tamper-evident ring is made from metal and is made rigid with the outer cap by means of appropriate bridges. On initial opening, the bridges are deformed and the segments are separated and exposed externally to the container, showing that initial opening has taken place.
  • the tamper-evident ring disclosed in German Patent Specification DE 38 33 945 is made from polymer material which is softer than metal.
  • the tamper-evident ring comprises an upper ring 17 adapted to be attached to the metal cap.
  • the lower portion of the tamper-evident ring is divided into three segments stably connected to the upper ring by respective bridges (shown by 35 in Fig. 2 ) disposed in a substantially central position with respect to each of the segments.
  • the object of the present invention is to provide a tamper-evident ring in which the segments can rotate, during opening, about a non-horizontal axis, while at the same time retaining the advantages of known closures.
  • this object is achieved by a tamper-evident ring according to claim 1.
  • a closure is shown overall by 1 and comprises an outer member or cap 2 which is generally connected to an insert 3 and a tamper-evident ring 4.
  • the container to which the closure is applied is shown by 100 and comprises a mouth 101 and a threaded neck 102.
  • the outer member 2 is generally made from drawn metal, preferably aluminium, and has a thread 10 corresponding to the thread 103 of the container 100.
  • the outer member 2 comprises a planar base 11 which, together with the insert 3, is adapted to ensure that the closure 1 is sealed on the container 100.
  • the outer member 2 is provided with a hollow seat 12 bounded at the bottom by a projecting wall 13.
  • the purpose of this hollow seat 12 is to enable the tamper-evident ring 4 to be stably housed, as will be explained in further detail below.
  • the tamper-evident ring 4 shown in the drawings comprises an upper ring 20 adapted to be engaged in the hollow seat 12; as can be seen from Fig. 1b , the outer surface 21 of the upper ring 20 is slightly conical with a maximum diameter of D1, while the inner surface 22 of the upper ring 20 is cylindrical with a diameter D2 ⁇ D1.
  • the tamper-evident ring 4 comprises a plurality of segments 30 shaped substantially as circular arcs and extending around the whole of a lower ring concentric with the upper ring 20.
  • the segments 30 have a head end 33 and a tail end 34 formed such that, following the segments 30 in the clockwise or anti-clockwise direction, the ends of two adjacent segments 30 are a head end 33 and a tail end 34.
  • the segments 30 are connected to the upper ring 20 by permanent connection means 31 and advantageously also by temporary connection means 32.
  • connection means are understood as connection means which ensure that the segments are connected to the upper ring even after initial opening of the container to which the ring of the present invention is applied, while “temporary connection means” are understood as connection means which ensure that the segments are connected to the upper ring only until initial opening, but not thereafter.
  • Examples of temporary connection means include weakened lines, scorelines, discontinuous lines forming bridges, bridges with low mechanical strength. A person skilled in the art will be able to find alternatives equivalent to the embodiments illustrated here.
  • the upper ring 20 may be provided with support tongues of a first type 41 connected to one or a plurality of segments 30 by permanent connection means 31 and support tongues of a second type 42 connected to one or a plurality of segments 30 by temporary connection means 32.
  • Each segment 30 is connected to a support tongue of the first type 41 and preferably to only one such tongue.
  • the permanent connection means 31 are disposed alternately on opposite sides of consecutive segments 30.
  • the segments 30 are connected to the upper ring 20 by permanent connection means 31 alternately by their head ends 33 and tail ends 34.
  • the support tongues of the first type 41 alternate with the support tongues of the second type 42 when viewed in the clockwise or anticlockwise directions.
  • the invention thus provides a tamper-evident ring 4 provided with segments 30 which project from the shape of the closure 1 after initial opening in a manner which is more evident than in the rings known up to now.
  • the support tongues of the first and second type 41, 42 have a substantially identical shape, projecting downwards from the interior of the upper ring 20 and being fixed thereto.
  • the diameter D3 of the circle circumscribed to the support tongues 41, 42 is advantageously equal to the diameter of the circle circumscribed to the segments 30 prior to assembly on the container 100 and is at most only a few tenths of millimetres smaller than the diameter D2.
  • the spacing 47 between the segments 30 and the upper ring 20 is less than 0.5 mm, for instance approximately 0.2 mm.
  • the segments 30 are connected to the upper ring 20 by temporary connection means 32 at their end opposite to the one which is connected by the permanent connection means 31.
  • a particular segment 30 may have its head end 33 connected by permanent connection means 31 to a support tongue of the first type 41 and its tail end 34 connected by temporary connection means 32 to a support tongue of the second type 42.
  • each segment 30 adjacent thereto is arranged as a mirror image, with its tail end 34 connected by permanent connection means 31 to a support tongue of the first type 41 and its head end 33 connected by temporary connection means 32 to a support tongue of the second type 42.
  • the tamper-evident ring 4 comprises only two support tongues 41, 42 and only two segments 30.
  • one of the two support tongues 41, 42 will be of the first type and the second of the second type.
  • the number of support tongues 41, 42 is advantageously equal to the number of segments 30, and is preferably an even number, for instance two, four, six or eight.
  • the segments 30 comprise an outer wall 35, preferably shaped as a cylindrical section, connected to the upper ring 20 as described above, and an inner wall 36, preferably shaped as an upwardly converging frustoconical section, advantageously disposed with respect to one another to form a "V" with the vertex at the bottom.
  • the thickness of the support tongues 41, 42 is advantageously equal to the thickness of the outer wall 35 which is substantially equal to the thickness of the inner wall 36.
  • the segment 30 does not generate excessive resistance when the closure 1 is being applied to the container 100, as the "V" closes, but during initial opening, it may abut on an appropriate projection 104 provided on the neck 102 of the container 100 so as to obtain an outward thrust which causes the temporary connection means 32 to break, leaving each segment 30 connected to the upper ring 20 only by the permanent connection means 31.
  • each segment 30 is also connected to the upper ring 20 by means of further temporary means 32, for instance breaking bridges 40 (shown in Figs. 1b and 3a ) disposed at the top of the outer wall 35 so as to retain it (and therefore to retain the respective segment 30) in its correct position during the operations to assemble the closure 1 itself.
  • breaking bridges 40 shown in Figs. 1b and 3a
  • These further means may be breaking bridges, e.g. three of them, which may be equally spaced and disposed symmetrically with respect to the centre of the segment 30.
  • connection means 31, 32 disposed between the support tongues 41, 42 and the segments 30 are advantageously formed by thin walls 43, 44 or diaphragms which continuously connect the segments 30 to the support tongues 41, 42.
  • the thin walls 43, 44 are thinner than the segments 30 and the support tongues 41, 42; in particular, the thin walls 43 which form the permanent connection means 31 have a greater thickness, advantageously of between 0.1 and 0.5 mm, while the thin walls 44 which form the temporary connection means 32 have a smaller thickness, advantageously of between 0.05 and 0.3 mm, and preferably approximately 0.1 mm.
  • the thin walls 43 which form the permanent connection means 31 define a first groove 45 which extends transversely to the prevalent direction of the segments 30 and which faces towards the exterior of the ring 4.
  • the length Lp of the first groove 45 may advantageously be lower than the height of the segments 30.
  • the first groove 45 is bounded at one end by a rib 46 disposed solely at the location of the end of the first groove 45 facing towards the upper ring 20.
  • the opening movement of the segments 30 has a first downward phase, followed by a second phase in which the rotary movement about the permanent connection means 31 has an upward component due to this position of the rib 46.
  • the segments 30 open in a gullwing manner if seen from the front, i.e. on the side on which they are fixed to the upper ring 20 by the permanent connection means 31.
  • the material of the rib 46 (and at least part of the material of the diaphragm 41) is subject during opening to a permanent deformation which makes it more difficult to reposition it in the initial configuration.
  • the thin walls 44 which form the temporary connection means 32 define a second groove 48 which extends transverse to the prevalent direction of the segments 30, preferably perpendicular thereto, and which faces the interior of the closure 1.
  • the length Lt of the second groove 48 may advantageously be equal to the height of the segments 30 ( Fig. 3a ). In this way, the thin walls 44 may be more readily torn, separating the segments 30 from the support tongues of second type 42.
  • the adjacent head and tail portions of adjacent segments 30 are connected by bridge-like stiffening members (not shown in the drawings) disposed in the vicinity of the inner corners of the frustoconical sections of the inner wall 36.
  • the effect of these bridge-like members is to stiffen the annular structure formed by the segments 30 so as to prevent the removal of the tamper-evident ring 4 without tearing.
  • the tamper-evident ring 4 of the present invention may be produced by die-casting, using appropriate dies.
  • the tamper-evident ring 4 is advantageously made in one piece from a polymer material such as, for instance, PE, HDPE, LDPE or HDPE/LDPE mixtures.

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Claims (10)

  1. Bague d'inviolabilité (4) pour un bouchon (1) pour un récipient (100) ayant un goulot fileté (102) et une embouchure (101), cette bague d'inviolabilité (4) comprenant :
    une bague supérieure (20) adaptée pour être mise en prise dans un siège creux complémentaire (12) formé dans le bouchon (1),
    au moins deux segments adjacents (30) disposés sensiblement autour d'une bague inférieure concentrique avec la bague supérieure (20) et raccordés à la bague supérieure (20) par des moyens de raccordement permanent (31),
    dans laquelle les moyens de raccordement permanent (31) sont disposés aux extrémités (33, 34) les plus proches d'un autre des au moins deux segments adjacents (30), caractérisée en ce que :
    la bague supérieure (20) comprend des languettes de support d'un premier (41) et d'un second (42) type, le nombre total de ces languettes de support (41, 42) étant égal au nombre de segments (30), chacun des segments (30) étant raccordé à l'une des languettes de support (41) du premier type par les moyens de raccordement permanent (31).
  2. Bague d'inviolabilité (4) selon la revendication 1, dans laquelle les moyens de raccordement permanent (31) comprennent une première rainure (45) qui s'étend de manière transversale par rapport à la direction courante des segments (30), la base de cette première rainure (45) étant formée par une fine paroi (43).
  3. Bague d'inviolabilité (4) selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, dans laquelle les moyens de raccordement permanent (31) comprennent une nervure (46) disposée à proximité de la bague supérieure (20) et adaptée pour doter ces segments (30) d'une composante ascendante pendant le mouvement d'ouverture.
  4. Bague d'inviolabilité (4) selon la revendication précédente, dans laquelle la première rainure (45) fait face à la surface externe de la bague d'inviolabilité (4).
  5. Bague d'inviolabilité (4) selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, dans laquelle chacun des segments (30) est raccordé, avant l'ouverture initiale, à l'une des languettes de support du second type (42) par des moyens de raccordement temporaire (32), ces moyens de raccordement temporaire (32) étant adaptés pour ne pas raccorder les segments (30) aux languettes de support du second type (42) après l'ouverture initiale du bouchon (1).
  6. Bague d'inviolabilité (4) selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, dans laquelle les moyens de raccordement temporaire (31) comprennent une seconde rainure (48) qui s'étend de manière transversale par rapport à la direction courante des segments (30), la base de cette seconde rainure (48) étant formée par une fine paroi (44).
  7. Bague d'inviolabilité (4) selon la revendication 6, dans laquelle la seconde rainure (48) fait face à la surface interne de la bague d'inviolabilité (4).
  8. Bague d'inviolabilité (4) selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, dans laquelle tous les segments (30), les languettes de support (41, 42) et les éléments de raccordement temporaire et permanent (31, 32) forment une bague inférieure.
  9. Bague d'inviolabilité (4) selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, dans laquelle les segments (30) comprennent une paroi externe (35) formée comme une section cylindrique et une paroi interne (36) formée comme une section tronconique convergeant vers le haut, disposée l'une par rapport à l'autre afin de former un « V » avec le sommet au fond.
  10. Bouchon (1) pour un récipient (100) ayant un goulot fileté (102) et une embouchure (101), ledit bouchon (1) comprenant un siège creux (12) et une bague d'inviolabilité (4) selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, dans lequel ladite bague supérieure (20) se met en prise dans ledit siège creux (12), de manière complémentaire à celui-ci.
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AT07425042T ATE463437T1 (de) 2007-01-29 2007-01-29 Sicherungsring für metalverschlüsse
ES07425042T ES2343442T3 (es) 2007-01-29 2007-01-29 Anilla de evidencia de manipulacion para cierres metalicos.
EP07425042A EP1950143B1 (fr) 2007-01-29 2007-01-29 Bague d'inviolabilité pour bouchons metalliques
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