EP2081842B1 - Bouchon pour récipient - Google Patents

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EP2081842B1
EP2081842B1 EP07721958A EP07721958A EP2081842B1 EP 2081842 B1 EP2081842 B1 EP 2081842B1 EP 07721958 A EP07721958 A EP 07721958A EP 07721958 A EP07721958 A EP 07721958A EP 2081842 B1 EP2081842 B1 EP 2081842B1
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Roland Kneer
Frank Janssen
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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
    • B65D50/00—Closures with means for discouraging unauthorised opening or removal thereof, with or without indicating means, e.g. child-proof closures
    • B65D50/02—Closures with means for discouraging unauthorised opening or removal thereof, with or without indicating means, e.g. child-proof closures openable or removable by the combination of plural actions
    • B65D50/04—Closures with means for discouraging unauthorised opening or removal thereof, with or without indicating means, e.g. child-proof closures openable or removable by the combination of plural actions requiring the combination of simultaneous actions, e.g. depressing and turning, lifting and turning, maintaining a part and turning another one
    • B65D50/045—Closures with means for discouraging unauthorised opening or removal thereof, with or without indicating means, e.g. child-proof closures openable or removable by the combination of plural actions requiring the combination of simultaneous actions, e.g. depressing and turning, lifting and turning, maintaining a part and turning another one where one action elastically deforms or deflects at least part of the closure, the container or an intermediate element, e.g. a ring
    • 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
    • B65D39/00—Closures arranged within necks or pouring openings or in discharge apertures, e.g. stoppers
    • B65D39/16—Closures arranged within necks or pouring openings or in discharge apertures, e.g. stoppers with handles or other special means facilitating manual actuation
    • 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
    • B65D50/00—Closures with means for discouraging unauthorised opening or removal thereof, with or without indicating means, e.g. child-proof closures
    • B65D50/02—Closures with means for discouraging unauthorised opening or removal thereof, with or without indicating means, e.g. child-proof closures openable or removable by the combination of plural actions
    • B65D50/06—Closures with means for discouraging unauthorised opening or removal thereof, with or without indicating means, e.g. child-proof closures openable or removable by the combination of plural actions requiring the combination of different actions in succession
    • B65D50/067—Closures with means for discouraging unauthorised opening or removal thereof, with or without indicating means, e.g. child-proof closures openable or removable by the combination of plural actions requiring the combination of different actions in succession using integral or non-integral accessories, e.g. tool, key
    • B65D50/069—Closures with means for discouraging unauthorised opening or removal thereof, with or without indicating means, e.g. child-proof closures openable or removable by the combination of plural actions requiring the combination of different actions in succession using integral or non-integral accessories, e.g. tool, key the closure being provided with a retractable element whereby the closure is removed by extending or raising the retractable element and exerting a lifting force on this element

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  • the invention relates to a plug for a container, which preferably has a circular cylindrical shape with or without container neck and is provided in particular for receiving tablets, dragees or other substances, for example in powder or granular form.
  • the plug engages the container with an annular projection, which may have a bulging shape in cross-section on the outside, so that it can be removed from the container only by applying a force directed away from the container.
  • the plug also has a circular bottom portion integral with the annular shoulder which closes the container opening, and a molded head portion which projects beyond the container and which is slidably mounted in a slide which is advanceable beyond the container rim and forms a lever in this position with which the plug can be removed from the container.
  • a plug having the features of the preamble of claim 1, in the head portion of such a slider is arranged.
  • This slider has a recessed grip in the top into which a user engages with a finger to advance the slider beyond the edge of the container.
  • the slider is held in the retracted initial position by a projection on the bottom portion of the plug over which the slider can slide away without significant effort.
  • the recessed grip can attract the interest of a small child, pushing the slider out of the head section and then lifting the plug off the container.
  • EP 0 666 220 A1 discloses a closure, in the head portion of a slider is arranged, which can be pulled laterally against spring force from the head portion and returns after its release back to its original position.
  • the forward circumferential portion of the slider is held, for example, between the user's thumb and forefinger, and after being pulled out sideways, the slider is pressed down while maintaining this handle to pry the closure from the container.
  • This handling is relatively simple and easy for a child to find, so there is a significant risk that children can open the closure.
  • the present invention has for its object to provide a stopper of the type considered, which is child resistant, i. in which it is practically ensured that small children can not remove the plug from the associated container, so they do not get access to the potentially health-endangered container contents.
  • the invention provides that the slide against the force of a spring means in a direction over the edge of the container is advanceable, and that the slider returns after its release by the spring force in the retracted initial state, wherein the rear in the feed direction of the slider Unfangsabexcellent the slider the force application surface forms the feed of the slider.
  • the preferred frusto-conical edge of the container transmitting head portion of the plug and the corresponding shaped double-sided end portion of the slider have a maximum diameter which is at most as large as the outer diameter of the container at the container opening, so that neither a part of the plug nor a part of the Slider in its retracted initial position projects beyond the container and thus can not be attacked to pry the plug, the plug is only by means of the pushed over the edge of the container slide from the container can be withdrawn.
  • the slider has peripheral portions at both axial ends which fit smoothly into the preferably frusto-conical edge of the head portion of the plug.
  • the rear in the feed direction of the slider peripheral portion of the slider forms the force application surface to the feed.
  • the edge of the head section may for example also have a cylindrical shape.
  • the head portion of the plug contains two mutually spaced, preferably mirror image identical side portions which are interconnected by a top wall and define together with this and the bottom wall of the plug a channel through which the slider extends. It is expediently not only the rear edge portion of the slide, but also a portion of its top free, while the upper wall of the plug covers the rest of the upper side of the slider, so that only its front curved end face is exposed in the retracted initial position of the slider.
  • a stop is expediently formed, against which the slider rests in the retracted initial position under bias by the spring means.
  • the spring means against the force of the slide from the head portion of the plug can be pushed out and the snap back immediately after its release back into the retracted initial position can be formed in many ways.
  • a spring device a separate component can be used for example of a resilient metal, which acts between the slide and the plug and is elastically deformed during the advancement of the slider.
  • the spring device is formed integrally with the slide of an elastically deformable plastic, which in principle is also a one-piece design with the plug within the scope of the invention.
  • the spring device may be formed by at least one elastically deformable web which is attached or integrally formed on the slider or on the plug.
  • the slide on two laterally cut free-ended spring tongues which are bent inwardly during advancement of the slider by inwardly directed wall portions of the side portions of the head portion of the plug, wherein a return force directed to the initial position is caused.
  • the cut-free spring tongues may have curved outer contours, which are directed inwardly towards their free end and are pressed inwards by obliquely inwardly directed wall sections of the side sections, that the slider is pushed back after its release by the user along the obliquely inwardly directed wall sections ,
  • the front portion of the slider is narrower than its rear remainder, and a preferably integrally formed on the underside of the upper wall of the head portion of the plug projection abuts in the retracted initial position of the slider to a stop of the slider, preferably by a vertical front Boundary wall of a recess in the upper side of the slider is formed, in which engages the projection of the upper wall of the plug.
  • the slider comprises a substantially transversely to its longitudinal axis extending, in the feed direction bulged web which is resiliently pressed during advancement of the slider by a preferably arranged on the circular bottom portion of the stop stop, which also here to Initial position directed restoring force is caused, which causes the release of the slider to this back to the starting position, while serving as a spring means web assumes the bulged starting shape again.
  • the invention also relates to the combination of a stopper according to the invention with an associated container, at the upper edge or container neck, if such is provided, an inner annular shoulder should be formed, on which the bottom portion of the plug rests.
  • Figure 1 A shows a container 1, which is closed by a plug 2, in which centrally from one edge to the other edge a slider 3 is arranged.
  • a slider 3 is arranged in the in Figure 1 A shown retracted starting position of the slide forms the visible part of the plug together with the end-side peripheral portions of the slide a smooth continuous truncated cone shape, the slider 3 is also exposed at its rear portion with a part of its upper side.
  • the plug 2 includes a circular bottom portion 4, which closes the container 1 and rests with its edge on an annular shoulder 5 in the container wall, so that the periphery of the bottom portion offers no possibility of attacking to open the plug.
  • annular projection 6 is formed, (s. Figure 1E, 1H ) whose curved outer side 7 bears firmly against the inner wall of the container 1, whereby the plug 2 is held in a fixed clamping fit in the container opening.
  • a circumferential recess for receiving a bulging portion of the annular projection 6 may be formed.
  • annular projection 6 Radially inside the annular projection 6 is another annular projection 8, which is integrally formed on the bottom portion 4 and is provided as a desiccant chamber.
  • a head portion 9 projecting beyond the edge of the container is formed on the bottom portion 4, which contains two mutually spaced, mirror-image matching side portions 10 which are interconnected by a top wall 11, the top wall 11, the two side portions 10 with their longitudinal side walls 12 and the bottom portion 4 of the plug 2 define a channel through which the slider 3 extends.
  • the slider 3 includes two laterally cut, free-ending webs 13, which in Figure 1 F are shown in their undeformed initial state.
  • the two lateral webs 13 have a curved outer contour, which tapers inwardly towards the free end.
  • FIG. 1G shows, in this embodiment, a portion of the top of the slider 3, which is indicated generally by the reference numeral 17, free.
  • FIGS. 1B and 1D show the advanced position of the slider, in which it can be engaged at its protruding part to pry the plug from the container. In this case, the slider must be held against the spring force in the advanced position, what a small child is not able.
  • FIGS. 2A to 2D show a second embodiment of the plug according to the invention with slider.
  • the slider 18 is provided with a substantially transversely to the longitudinal axis of the slider extending, bulging web 1 9, which has a central recess and - as well as the webs 13 of the first embodiment described above - consists of an elastically deformable plastic.
  • the bridge 19 goes at both ends, like FIG. 2B shows, at an angle of about 45 ° in the side walls of the slider over, which has a plurality of other webs 20 at the bottom, which allow the displacement of the slider 18 relative to a formed on the bottom portion 21 stop 22.
  • the slider 18 in the representations of FIG. 2 When the slider 18 in the representations of FIG. 2 is pushed out to the left from the head portion of the plug, the web 19 is elastically pushed back, wherein the web 19 after release of the slider 18 by the user immediately returns to its original shape and thereby moves the slider back into the initial position shown.
  • the slider 18 is located on both sides paragraphs 23 at corresponding paragraphs of the side portions 24 of the plug, whereby the spring-loaded initial position of the slider is fixed.
  • the slider is preferably made of PP or POM, while the plug is preferably made of HDPE, without the invention being limited to these materials.

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Abstract

Le bouchon (2) met en prise un épaulement annulaire dans un siège de serrage d'un récipient (1) et comprend une partie inférieure circulaire qui entoure l'ouverture du récipient, et une partie supérieure, qui fait saillie en dehors du récipient et dans laquelle est disposée une coulisse (3), qui s'étend de manière centrale à travers la partie supérieure, le bord de la partie supérieure présentant un diamètre maximum, qui mesure au maximum la taille du diamètre extérieur du récipient au niveau de l'ouverture du récipient. Le bouchon est caractérisé en ce que la coulisse peut être déplacée contre la force d'une installation formant ressort dans une direction au-delà du bord du récipient et retourne à son état initial après sa libération grâce à la force du ressort. Le bouchon ne peut pas être retiré du récipient par des enfants en bas âge, de sorte qu'il doit être considéré comme conforme aux normes de sécurité pour enfants.

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  1. Bouchon (2), qui vient en prise avec un appendice (6) annulaire dans un siège de serrage dans un récipient (1), comportant une section de base (4) de forme circulaire, qui ferme l'ouverture de récipient, et comportant une section de tête (9), qui dépasse du récipient et dans laquelle est disposé un coulisseau (3, 18), qui s'étend de manière centrale à travers la section de tête, sachant que le bord de la section de tête présente un diamètre maximal qui est au maximum aussi grand que le diamètre extérieur du récipient au niveau de l'ouverture de récipient,
    caractérise en ce
    que le coulisseau (3, 18) peut être déplacé par coulissement dans une direction sur le bord du récipient (1) contre la force d'un dispositif à ressorts (13, 19) et revient dans l'état rétracté de départ après sa libération par l'effet de ressort, et
    en ce que la section périphérique arrière du coulisseau (3, 18) dans la direction d'avancée de ce dernier forme la surface d'attaque de force pour faire avancer le coulisseau (3, 18).
  2. Bouchon selon la revendication 1,
    caractérisé en ce
    que le coulisseau (3, 18) forme dans l'état rétracté de départ, conjointement avec la section de tête (9), un bord périphérique commun, et en ce que le coulisseau (3, 18) débouche des deux côtés dans des sections périphériques du bord.
  3. Bouchon selon la revendication 2,
    caractérisé en ce
    que le bord périphérique se rétrécit en direction du côté supérieure de manière à présenter une forme de cône tronqué.
  4. Bouchon selon l'une quelconque des revendications 1 à 3,
    caractérisé en ce
    que la section de tête (9) du bouchon (2) présente deux sections latérales (10) espacées l'une de l'autre, lesquelles sont reliées entre elles par une paroi supérieure (11) et délimitent conjointement avec cette dernière et avec la paroi de base (4) un canal, à travers lequel s'étend le coulisseau (3, 18).
  5. Bouchon selon l'une quelconque des revendications 1 à 4,
    caractérisé en ce
    que le dispositif à ressorts est formé par au moins une traverse (13, 19) élastiquement déformable qui est placée ou formée sur le coulisseau ou sur le bouchon.
  6. Bouchon selon la revendication 5,
    caractérisé en ce
    que le coulisseau (3) présente deux languettes élastiques (13) à extrémité libre, libérées par découpage latéralement, lesquelles sont courbées vers l'intérieur, lors de l'avancée du coulisseau (3), par des sections de paroi (14) des sections latérales (10), orientées de manière oblique vers l'intérieur, sachant qu'une force de rappel orientée en direction de la position de départ est générée.
  7. Bouchon selon la revendication 6,
    caractérisé en ce
    que les languettes élastiques (13) présentent des contours extérieurs voûtés qui se rétrécissent vers l'intérieur en direction de l'extrémité libre.
  8. Bouchon selon la revendication 5,
    caractérisé en ce
    que le coulisseau (18) présente une traverse (19) préalablement voûtée dans la direction d'avancée, s'étendant essentiellement de manière transversale par rapport à son axe longitudinal, laquelle traverse est enfoncée élastiquement lors de l'avancée du coulisseau (18) par une butée (22) disposée de préférence au niveau de la section de base (21) du bouchon, sachant qu'une force de rappel orientée en direction de la position de départ est générée.
  9. Bouchon selon la revendication 8,
    caractérisé en ce
    qu'une section avant du coulisseau (18) est plus large que le reste arrière du coulisseau, et en ce que les arêtes de bord (23) faisant saillie latéralement reposent, dans la position rétractée de départ du coulisseau (18), sur des gradations correspondantes des sections latérales (24) du bouchon.
  10. Bouchon selon la revendication 6 ou 7,
    caractérisé en ce
    qu'une section avant du coulisseau (3) est plus étroite que le reste arrière du coulisseau, et en ce qu'une partie faisant saillie (15) formée de manière préférée sur le côté inférieur de la paroi supérieure (11) repose dans la positon rétractée de départ du coulisseau (3), sur une butée du coulisseau.
  11. Bouchon selon l'une quelconque des revendications 1 à 10,
    caractérisé en ce
    que le côté supérieur du coulisseau (3, 18) est exempt de poignées encastrées et/ou de parties faisant saillie.
  12. Combinaison formée d'un bouchon selon l'une quelconque des revendications 1 à 11 et d'un récipient, tachant que le récipient présente sur le bord de son ouverture un épaulement annulaire (5) intérieur, sur lequel repose la section de base (4) du bouchon.
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DE102006018449A DE102006018449B3 (de) 2006-04-19 2006-04-19 Stopfen für einen Behälter
PCT/DE2007/000348 WO2007118438A1 (fr) 2006-04-19 2007-02-23 Bouchon pour récipient

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