EP1966056B1 - Can closure arrangement - Google Patents

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EP1966056B1
EP1966056B1 EP06828094A EP06828094A EP1966056B1 EP 1966056 B1 EP1966056 B1 EP 1966056B1 EP 06828094 A EP06828094 A EP 06828094A EP 06828094 A EP06828094 A EP 06828094A EP 1966056 B1 EP1966056 B1 EP 1966056B1
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Antonio Carlos Teixeira Alvares
Antonio Roberto Sene
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  • the present invention refers to a closure arrangement for cans obtained in sheet metal and of the type which comprises a tubular body inferiorly closed and carrying an annular upper wall, having an inner edge which defines an upper opening for the can and which is configured to define a closure seat in the form of a convex arc, in which is removably seated and axially retained a single piece lid made of plastic material or sheet metal.
  • a can of that kind is, for example, disclosed in US3,268,106A1 .
  • Determined products such as certain food products, require packages that can remain hermetic for long periods of storage, avoiding the entrance of air, as well as the contamination and oxidation of the stored product.
  • determined products such as certain food products
  • the can lid is of the reclosable type, so that it may be reclosed as many times as needed during the progressive consumption of the stored product, in order to guarantee the tightness of the can and protect the remaining content thereof.
  • the can lid may be easily opened with no need of using auxiliary tools or instruments, such as keys, cutlery handles, etc., the first opening thereof being achieved by breaking a tamper evident seal.
  • the known lids which are press-fitted in a structural ring double-seamed to an upper edge of the side wall of the can tubular body do not present the tightness required to guarantee, by themselves, long periods of storage, and many times it is necessary to provide a hermetic tamper evident seal until the occurrence of the first opening, said seal being generally defined by an aluminum foil or other suitable material that is double-seamed to the upper edge of the side wall of the can jointly with the annular upper wall.
  • lids constructed in sheet metal or in plastic material and which are peripherally provided with a circumferential groove with its cross section generally in the form of a concave arc turned outwardly and which is seated and axially retained in a closure seat provided in the peripheral inner edge of the annular upper wall of the tubular body of the can.
  • the seating of the circumferential groove of the lid on the closure seat in the form of a concave arc allows obtaining a sealing region that also operates as a region for axially retaining the lid to the tubular body of the can.
  • the present invention provides a can closure arrangement as defined in claim 1.
  • the present closure arrangement is applied to cans comprising a tubular body made of sheet metal and which is inferiorly closed and carries, by double-seaming or deformation or any other fixation means, an annular upper wall having an inner edge which defines an upper opening for the can and which is bent in such a way as to define a closure seat in the form of a convex arc.
  • the closure arrangement object of the present invention further comprises a lid generally formed in a single piece and comprising a base portion dimensioned to cover said upper opening, a peripheral portion provided with a circumferential cradle, whose cross section is in the form of a concave arc and which is dimensioned to be fitted and axially retained against the closure seat when the lid is seated on the upper opening of the can, and an annular portion projecting radially outwardly from the peripheral portion and to be seated onto the annular upper wall upon closure of the lid.
  • At least one of the parts of annular upper wall of the tubular body and annular portion of the lid carries an annular gasket to be pressed by the other part upon closure of the lid, so as to define a respective annular sealing region between the lid and the tubular body.
  • Figures 1-6 illustrate a can construction with a tubular body 10 of sheet metal, to be superiorly closed by a lid 20 made in a single piece of plastic material, said can being provided with a closure arrangement object which is not part of the present invention but demonstrates the technological background.
  • the generally cylindrical tubular body 10 comprises a side wall 11 presenting an upper edge 11a, said tubular body 10 being inferiorly closed by a bottom wall (not illustrated) that is incorporated in a single piece, or double-seamed, or otherwise affixed to the side wall 11.
  • the tubular body 10 of the can further comprises an annular upper wall 12 peripherally affixed to the upper edge 11a of the side wall 11 through a double-seam 13, said annular upper wall 12 having an inner edge 12a defining an upper opening A in the can and which is generally upwardly and radially outwardly bent, defining a tubular rib 14 defining a closure seat S presenting a cross section in the form of a convex arc.
  • the can which is illustrated in a partial sectional view in figures 2-6 , further includes a lid 20 made in a single piece of plastic material, such as polypropylene, comprising a base portion 21 which carries a peripheral portion 22 presenting a generally cylindrical outer face 22a provided with a circumferential cradle 23, whose cross section is in the form of a concave arc turned radially outwardly and which is dimensioned to be fitted and axially retained against the closure seat S when the lid 20 is seated on the upper opening A of the can.
  • the lid 20 further comprises an annular portion 24 projecting radially outwardly from the peripheral portion 22 and to be seated onto the annular upper wall 12 upon closure of the tubular body 10 by the lid 20.
  • the cylindrical outer face 22a of the peripheral portion 22 of the lid 20 incorporates a circumferential projection 23a which defines, superiorly and jointly with the cylindrical outer face 22a, the circumferential cradle 23 presenting a cross section in the form of a concave arc.
  • the circumferential cradle 23 can be constructed in different shapes such as, for example, in the form of an outer circumferential groove provided in the generally cylindrical outer face 22a of the peripheral portion 22 of the lid 20 and presenting its cross section in the form of a concave arc turned radially outwardly.
  • Figures 1-6 illustrate a lid 20 made of plastic material and with its annular portion 24 peripherally incorporating, by means of breakable bridges 26, a seal portion 25 which comprises a skirt 25a to be generally tightly seated around the tubular body 10, under the double-seam 13, so as to remain axially retained under the latter or under any other deformation defined in the region of the upper edge 11a of the side wall 11 of the tubular body 10, said seal portion 25 further comprising an upper ring 25b disposed over an outermost portion of the annular upper wall 12 of the tubular body 10 of the can and internally incorporating the breakable axial bridges 26.
  • the breakable bridges 26 are disposed so as to unite, in angularly spaced apart points, an inner edge 25g of the upper ring 25b and a peripheral outer edge of the annular portion 24 of the lid 20.
  • the breakable bridges 26 are ruptured when submitted to a certain traction force for separating the seal portion 25 from the annular portion 24 upon the first opening of the lid 20.
  • the seal portion 25 presents an interruption 25c in its circumferential extension and which extends along at least part of the height of the skirt 25a, said interruption 25c defining a certain circumferential spacing between respective confronting edges of the skirt 25a, on both sides of the interruption 25c.
  • the annular portion 24 incorporates a grip tab 27 projecting axially upwardly, radially outwardly and also axially downwardly through said interruption 25c of the seal portion 25, for example, remaining substantially leveled with the skirt 25a, the grip tab 27 being manually operable only when part of the seal portion 25 is broken.
  • the skirt 25 incorporates the ends of a seal bridge 25d, circumferentially extending over both the interruption 25c of the seal portion 25 and the grip tab 27.
  • the seal bridge 25d presents a first end 25e, which is incorporated to the skirt 25a by connecting means 25f to be broken when said first end 25e is forced away from the skirt 25a, for example, by being radially outwardly pulled to liberate the manual access to the grip tab 27.
  • the provision of the grip tab 27 allows the base portion 21 to be easily removed from its seating condition on the closure seat S, as well as a controlled and progressive opening of the can, first in the region adjacent to the grip tab 27 and then in the remaining part of the seat, preventing the stored product from being inadvertently pulled outwardly from the can.
  • the grip tab 27 can present either a solid form or at least a partially hollow form, defining a handle, as in the illustrated construction.
  • grip tab 27 may be solid and formed from a respective portion of the skirt 25a, remaining substantially leveled with the latter and maintaining a gap 29 therefrom.
  • the skirt 25a may incorporate an inner circumferential projection 25h axially spaced from the peripheral edge of the annular portion 24 and dimensioned to be seated and axially locked under the double-seam 13 in the upper end of the tubular body 10 and around the latter.
  • one or both parts defined by the annular upper wall 12 of the tubular body 10 and by the annular portion 24 of the lid 20 carries an annular gasket 30 that is disposed and dimensioned to be pressed by the other of said parts upon closure of the lid, in order to define a respective annular sealing region between the lid 20 and the tubular body 10.
  • the annular gasket 30 is affixed onto the annular upper wall 12 of the tubular body 10, so as to remain in a radially external positioning in relation to the closure seat S.
  • annular gasket 30 directly affixed onto the upper face of the annular upper wall 12.
  • the annular gasket 30 may be made of a suitable polymeric resin, such as plastisol, which is melted and molded directly onto the annular upper wall of the tubular body 10.
  • annular gasket 30 may be formed of different materials compatible with the products to be packaged and which present a certain compressibility, in order to guarantee the formation of a second sealing region, besides that one defined by the seating of the peripheral portion 22 of the lid 20 against the closure seat S.
  • Figure 3 illustrates a constructive form in which the annular portion 24 of the lid 20 incorporates two circumferential ribs 28 that are configured and dimensioned to press the annular gasket 30 affixed to the annular upper wall 12 of the tubular body 10, upon closure of the lid 20, guaranteeing a more intense deformation of the annular gasket 30 and a more reliable sealing.
  • the annular portion 24 of the lid 20 can incorporate only one circumferential rib 28 or more than two, or also no circumferential ribs 28 at all, as illustrated in figures 2 , 4 , 5 , 7 and 8 .
  • Figure 4 illustrates a construction in which the annular gasket 30 is formed or otherwise attached in a circumferential recess 19 provided on the annular upper wall 12 of the tubular body 10, the annular gasket 30 being generally dimensioned to axially project slightly outwardly from the circumferential recess 19, to be pressed by the annular portion 24 of the lid 20.
  • the circumferential recess 19 is preferably dimensioned to better limit, with its radially inner and outer walls, the expansion of the annular gasket 30 upon its application, in a melted state, directly to the annular upper wall 12 of the tubular body 10.
  • Figures 5-6 illustrate constructions in which the annular gasket 30 is attached under the annular portion 24 of the lid 20, to be pressed against the annular upper wall 12 of the tubular body 10, in an inverted position in relation to that illustrated in figures 2 , 3 and 4 .
  • the annular gasket 30 is affixed into a circumferential recess 29 provided in the annular portion 24 of the lid 20, said annular gasket 30 axially projecting slightly outwardly from said circumferential recess 29, to be pressed by the annular upper wall 12 of the tubular body 10 upon closure of the lid 20.
  • the dimensioning of the circumferential recess 29 must be made in such a way as to contain the radial expansion of the annular gasket 30 when it is molded on the annular portion 24 of the lid 20 in an inverted position.
  • Figure 6 illustrates a construction in which the annular gasket 30 is affixed to the annular portion 24 of the lid 20 to be pressed by a circumferential rib 18 defined by deformation of the annular upper wall 12 of the tubular body 10.
  • a circumferential rib 18 defined by deformation of the annular upper wall 12 of the tubular body 10.
  • an annular upper wall 12 of the tubular body 10 may incorporate more than one circumferential rib 18.
  • Figures 7 , 7a , 8 and 8a illustrate a constructive variant according to the invention in which the annular upper wall 12 of the tubular body 10 is defined by a radial circumferential rib 16 formed by a recess defined by deformation of the side wall 11 of the tubular body 10, said radial circumferential rib 16 projecting to the interior of the tubular body 10, under the upper edge 11a of the side wall 11.
  • FIG 7 illustrates an embodiment of the present invention in which the annular gasket 30 is attached onto the annular upper wall 12 of the tubular body 10 or, more precisely, onto the radial circumferential rib 16 which defines the annular upper wall 12, the lid 20 being made of plastic or sheet metal and presenting the same base portion 21, peripheral portion 22 and annular portion 24 already described in relation to the plastic lid constructions illustrated in figures 1-6 .
  • the annular portion 24 of the lid 20 upon closure of the latter, presses the annular gasket 30, defining a respective sealing region, apart from that defined by the seating of the circumferential cradle 23 of the lid 20 on the closure seat S, as already described above regarding the constructions of figures 1-6 .
  • the radial circumferential rib 16 presents an inner edge 12a configured to define the upper opening "A" of the can and the closure seat “S", in the form of a preferably circular convex arc, against which is seated and retained the circumferential cradle 23 having its cross section in the form of a concave arc and provided in the peripheral portion 22 of the lid 20, as described in relation to the contructions illustrated in figures 1 to 6 .
  • the radial circumferential rib 16 may present a cross section having any shape adequate to define the closure seat S.
  • the radial circumferential rib 16 presents a cross section in the form of a horizontal "V"
  • the cross section takes the form of a horizontal "U”.
  • Figure 7a illustrates a closure arrangement similar to that of figure 7 , although having the annular portion 24 of the sheet metal lid 20 deformed to incorporate at least one circumferential rib 28 turned downwardly and dimensioned to press the annular gasket 30, as described in relation to the arrangement illustrated in figure 3 .
  • the inner edge 12a of the annular upper wall 12, defined by the radial circumferential rib 16 is configured to define not only the closure seat S in the form of a convex arc, but also an upper circumferential projection 12b projecting upwardly from the annular upper wall 12 of the tubular body 10, to define a barrier against the undue inward radial expansion of the material of the annular gasket 30 when the latter is molded directly onto said annular upper wall 12, preventing the still melted material of the annular gasket 30 from flowing to the interior of the tubular body 10 through the closure seat S.
  • the upper circumferential projection 12b need not be obligatorily formed close to the inner edge 12a of the radial circumferential rib 16. It may be defined in other radially outermost regions of the upper wall 12, as it occurs in the arrangement illustrated in figure 4 , in which the upper circumferential projection 12b can be defined by the radially inner wall of the circumferential recess 19. However, it should be understood that, besides the circumferential recess 19, the annular upper wall 12 may be provided with an upper circumferential projection 12b disposed radially spaced from the circumferential recess 19 to operate as an additional barrier against the radial inward expansion of the material of the annular gasket 30 when the latter is directly molded on the annular upper wall 12 of the tubular body 10.
  • the lid 20 can have its annular portion 24 peripherally incorporating, by means of breakable bridges 26, a seal portion 25 with a construction similar to that described for the lid illustrated in figures 1-6 , but taking into consideration that the skirt 25a is shaped to provide a step 25x to be seated under the end edge 11a of the side wall 11 of the tubular body 10, which end edge 11a may take the form of an outer curl operating as a structural element for the tubular body 10, as well as an ascending axial stop for the skirt 25a of the seal portion 25.
  • Figure 8a illustrates a closure arrangement similar to that of figure 8 , but having an upper wall 12 inferiorly incorporating at least one circumferential rib 18 dimensioned to press an annular gasket 30, upon closure of the lid 20, as described in relation to figure 6 .
  • the arrangement of figure 8a has the inner edge 12a of the radial circumferential rib 16 configured to define, besides the closure seat S in the form of a convex arc, an upper circumferential projection 12b projecting upwardly from the annular upper wall 12 of the tubular body 10, to define a barrier against the undesired radial expansion, to the closure seat "S", of the material of the annular gasket 30, when the latter is applied onto the annular upper wall 12 of the tubular body 10.
  • circumferential rib 28 of the annular portion 24 of the lid 20 may be substituted by one or more circumferential ribs superiorly incorporated to the annular upper wall 12 of the tubular body 10, as illustrated in figure 6 of the enclosed drawings, to press an annular gasket 30 attached under the annular portion 24 of the lid 20.
  • Figure 9 illustrates a closure arrangement of the type shown in figures 8 and 8a and in which the upper edge 11a of the side wall 11 of the tubular body 10 is outwardly, downwardly and inwardly bent to define a tubular rib 17 externally incorporated to the upper edge 11a of the side wall 11 and extending downwardly, beyond the radial circumferential rib 16, covering the recess that forms the latter.
  • the annular portion 24 of the lid 20 inferiorly incorporates at least one circumferential rib 28 dimensioned to press the annular gasket 30, upon closure of the lid.
  • the tubular rib 17 presents a free lower end portion 17a that is inwardly and upwardly bent and disposed adjacent to the side wall 11 of the tubular body 10, below the radial circumferential rib 16.
  • the tubular rib 17 is generally oblong in the direction of the can axis, presenting a median extension 17b substantially parallel to the side wall 11 of the tubular body 10, in the region in which the radial circumferential rib 16 is incorporated.
  • the peripheral portion 22 of the lid 20 externally carries a circumferential cradle 23 having its cross section in the form of a concave arc, to be fitted and axially retained against the closure seat S, as already described above in relation to figures 2-6 .

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