EP2004507B1 - Systeme de fermeture pour recipient - Google Patents

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EP2004507B1
EP2004507B1 EP07731255.1A EP07731255A EP2004507B1 EP 2004507 B1 EP2004507 B1 EP 2004507B1 EP 07731255 A EP07731255 A EP 07731255A EP 2004507 B1 EP2004507 B1 EP 2004507B1
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closure system
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Michel Roussy
Vincent Loisel
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Societe des Eaux Minerales dEvian SA SAEME
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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
    • B65D1/00—Containers having bodies formed in one piece, e.g. by casting metallic material, by moulding plastics, by blowing vitreous material, by throwing ceramic material, by moulding pulped fibrous material, by deep-drawing operations performed on sheet material
    • B65D1/02—Bottles or similar containers with necks or like restricted apertures, designed for pouring contents
    • B65D1/0223—Bottles or similar containers with necks or like restricted apertures, designed for pouring contents characterised by shape
    • B65D1/023—Neck construction
    • B65D1/0246—Closure retaining means, e.g. beads, screw-threads
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65D—CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES
    • B65D41/00—Caps, e.g. crown caps or crown seals, i.e. members having parts arranged for engagement with the external periphery of a neck or wall defining a pouring opening or discharge aperture; Protective cap-like covers for closure members, e.g. decorative covers of metal foil or paper
    • B65D41/02—Caps or cap-like covers without lines of weakness, tearing strips, tags, or like opening or removal devices
    • B65D41/04—Threaded or like caps or cap-like covers secured by rotation
    • B65D41/0407—Threaded or like caps or cap-like covers secured by rotation with integral sealing means
    • B65D41/0428—Threaded or like caps or cap-like covers secured by rotation with integral sealing means formed by a collar, flange, rib or the like contacting the top rim or the top edges or the external surface of a container neck

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  • the plug comprises a substantially circular upper wall from which extends downwards an annular skirt having a lower annular end and a radially inner face provided with a thread.
  • the ring has an annular apex forming the opening of the container, an annular flange projecting radially outwardly to a radial end face and a thread complementary to the thread of the plug arranged between the flange and the top of the ring. .
  • the invention aims to limit as much as possible contamination of the outer face of the ring by the external environment.
  • the present invention relates to a closure system as defined in claim 1.
  • This upper portion of the ring is to be protected in priority because it is possible that during the pouring of the liquid, it causes contaminants deposited near the top of the ring or that a user puts in contact this portion of the ring with his mouth while drinking from the neck.
  • this arrangement can be implemented quite easily since only the plug must undergo substantial changes compared to existing plugs. Indeed, it is usual on standardized rings and developed by mass production, to provide a collar annular with an inclined upper longitudinal face, which allows to place and retain a tamper band connected to the lower end of the cap by frangible bridges. It will also be noted that between the barrier thus formed and the usual sealing means of the stopper coming into contact with the top of the ring, there is obtained a rather large buffer zone which makes it possible to considerably slow the possible migration of contaminants towards these means. sealing.
  • this barrier is formed by a projecting member reduces the contact surface between the cap and the collar, and in any case limits this surface to the dimensions of the projecting member.
  • the contact pressures exerted by the support are relatively high and the protruding member is capable of deformation to better adjust to the collar. While in the case of extended surfaces, the contact pressure is low and a localized surface defect, for example on the inner face of the skirt, can create a passage through the barrier.
  • the force of such a support is insensitive to slight variations in the longitudinal position of the protruding member, therefore to a more or less important screwing of the plug, since the end face s' extends essentially in the longitudinal direction of the ring.
  • the skirt of the cap is capable of relatively large radial deformations, in any case significantly larger than in the longitudinal direction.
  • the projecting organ is better able to fulfill its function barrier despite certain variations in the outer diameter of the collar.
  • the closure system is as defined in claims 2 to 4.
  • FIG. 1 represents a simplified section of a closure system comprising two barrier members made according to the invention.
  • the ring 10 is in itself of known type, unless otherwise indicated later. It is preferably a standard ring, and in particular a ring with three threads, so that the implementation 7 of the invention requires almost no modification of the ring 10 and a minimum of modifications of the plug 20 .
  • the ring 10 has a radially outer annular face 15 with respect to the central axis Z of this ring.
  • a thread 16 extends over a longitudinal portion of the outer face 15 from a distance from the top. It is a thread with three threads staggered by 120 degrees which facilitates well known manner the screwing of the plug 20.
  • the threads (16a, 16b, 16c) have an asymmetrical profile, with a longitudinal face upper inclined to allow in known manner the mounting of the plug by fitting along the Z axis.
  • the ring 10 comprises an annular collar 17 located under the thread 16.
  • This collar is in the form of an annular protuberance protruding radially outwardly relative to the outer annular face 15. More specifically, the collar 17 has a face upper longitudinal axis 17a which is inclined downwards, that is to say which extends from the annular wall 14 forming generally an acute angle with a central axis Z.
  • the collar 17 also has an annular face of 17b substantially cylindrical end of diameter D17 and coaxial with the central axis Z, and a lower longitudinal face 17c extending substantially at right angles to the annular wall 14.
  • the radially inner face 24 of the skirt 22 has an annular bead 30 projecting towards the central axis Z.
  • the bead 30 presents in the mode of embodiment shown, a constant circumferential profile in a semicircle arranged so that the top of the bead 30, that is to say the point closest to the central axis Z, is located in the center of this semicircle.
  • the bead 30 is arranged on the inner face 24 and has a determined inside diameter, measured between the apex of two diametrically opposite points, so that the bead 30 bears against the entire periphery of the flange 17 of FIG. the ring. More particularly in the embodiment shown, the circular line defined by the top of the bead 30 comes against the end face 17b of the flange.
  • the bead 30 is arranged in a plane transverse to the central axis Z and adjacent to the lower annular end 22b of the skirt, in order to protect a maximum height of the upper portion of the ring 10.
  • the inner diameter of the bead 30 is less than the outer diameter D17 measured on the end face 17b of the flange, when the cap 20 is not mounted on the ring.
  • the force of the support is then exerted in a radial direction, and is therefore insensitive to the longitudinal position of the top of the bead 30 against the radial end face 17b of the collar.
  • the inside diameter of the bead 30 is, however, chosen so as to generate only an elastic deformation of the skirt, and so as not to create a force of unscrewing or excessive screwing.
  • the base of the lip 34 is located in the extension of the inner face 24 of the skirt and extends, in the undeformed state, in the extension of the upper part of this face, but is shifted internally with respect to the portion of this inner face facing this lip 34 which is therefore salient.
  • the lip 34 thus has a cylindrical shape coaxial with the central axis Z.
  • a peripheral recess 35 is formed in the skirt 22 opposite the lip 34 and to the outside of it.
  • the lip made according to this preferred embodiment has the advantage of having a radial size, that is to say a minimum internal diameter D34 in the undeformed state, which substantially corresponds to the diameter of the inner face 24 of the plug. This inner diameter D34 is greater than the maximum outside diameter D16 of the thread 16 of the plug. Thus, it is avoided that the lip 34 is damaged by the threading 16 of the ring during assembly.
  • the embodiment shown is in no way limiting.
  • Other shapes and arrangements of the barrier members (30,34) are possible.

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EP07731255.1A 2006-04-07 2007-04-05 Systeme de fermeture pour recipient Not-in-force EP2004507B1 (fr)

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FR0603117A FR2899567B1 (fr) 2006-04-07 2006-04-07 Systeme de fermeture pour recipient
PCT/FR2007/000579 WO2007118995A2 (fr) 2006-04-07 2007-04-05 Systeme de fermeture pour recipient

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JP (1) JP5128579B2 (ja)
CN (1) CN101415614B (ja)
CA (1) CA2648546C (ja)
FR (1) FR2899567B1 (ja)
MX (1) MX2008012718A (ja)
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WO (1) WO2007118995A2 (ja)

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WO2007118995A3 (fr) 2007-12-21
JP5128579B2 (ja) 2013-01-23
FR2899567B1 (fr) 2010-08-13
US8281945B2 (en) 2012-10-09
FR2899567A1 (fr) 2007-10-12
US20090134116A1 (en) 2009-05-28
JP2009532289A (ja) 2009-09-10
CN101415614A (zh) 2009-04-22
NZ571612A (en) 2011-06-30
CN101415614B (zh) 2012-02-08
CA2648546A1 (fr) 2007-10-25
MX2008012718A (es) 2008-11-27
WO2007118995A2 (fr) 2007-10-25
WO2007118995A8 (fr) 2008-10-30

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