EP2146907B1 - Procédé de scellement d'un contenant avec une structure de couvercle ayant une résistance améliorée aux mauvais traitements - Google Patents

Procédé de scellement d'un contenant avec une structure de couvercle ayant une résistance améliorée aux mauvais traitements Download PDF

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EP2146907B1
EP2146907B1 EP08736155.6A EP08736155A EP2146907B1 EP 2146907 B1 EP2146907 B1 EP 2146907B1 EP 08736155 A EP08736155 A EP 08736155A EP 2146907 B1 EP2146907 B1 EP 2146907B1
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plastic ring
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Michel Philippe
Jean-Marc Richeux
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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
    • B65D45/00—Clamping or other pressure-applying devices for securing or retaining closure members
    • B65D45/32—Clamping or other pressure-applying devices for securing or retaining closure members for applying radial or radial and axial pressure, e.g. contractible bands encircling closure member
    • B65D45/322—Clamping or other pressure-applying devices for securing or retaining closure members for applying radial or radial and axial pressure, e.g. contractible bands encircling closure member the clamping device being an annular member moved axially to clamp the closure by using radial pressure
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B44—DECORATIVE ARTS
    • B44D—PAINTING OR ARTISTIC DRAWING, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; PRESERVING PAINTINGS; SURFACE TREATMENT TO OBTAIN SPECIAL ARTISTIC SURFACE EFFECTS OR FINISHES
    • B44D3/00—Accessories or implements for use in connection with painting or artistic drawing, not otherwise provided for; Methods or devices for colour determination, selection, or synthesis, e.g. use of colour tables
    • B44D3/12—Paint cans; Brush holders; Containers for storing residual paint
    • B44D3/127—Covers or lids for paint cans
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65B—MACHINES, APPARATUS OR DEVICES FOR, OR METHODS OF, PACKAGING ARTICLES OR MATERIALS; UNPACKING
    • B65B7/00—Closing containers or receptacles after filling
    • B65B7/16—Closing semi-rigid or rigid containers or receptacles not deformed by, or not taking-up shape of, contents, e.g. boxes or cartons
    • B65B7/28—Closing semi-rigid or rigid containers or receptacles not deformed by, or not taking-up shape of, contents, e.g. boxes or cartons by applying separate preformed closures, e.g. lids, covers
    • B65B7/2842—Securing closures on containers

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  • This invention relates to a container and lid combination, which is relatively easy to open, whilst having the abuse resistance required for the carriage of dangerous goods e.g. UN legislation — “Recommendations on the Transport of Dangerous Goods”, European legislation — “The Carriage of Dangerous Goods” and “Use of Transportable Pressure Equipment Regulations 2004” (SI 200 4 / 5 68) (the Carriage Regulations) and the European agreement (Accord
  • the applicant's application no. WO 2006089819 describes a lid structure for a container that is easy to open by hand and which may be re-closed by simple application of downward pressure on the lid once aligned with the container.
  • the lid structure described in this application comprises a metal disc terminating in a peripheral annulus and a plastics ring, which is snap fitted around the periphery of the metal disc.
  • the lid is placed onto a container filled with product and a tool expands the lid annulus and the adjacent container to form a mutually cooperating bead or beads. This creates "snap beads" to secure the lid structure on the container and thereby maintain the "freshness" of the product.
  • a problem with this arrangement is that whilst the container / lid combination is able to withstand every day abuse (such as minor denting etc.) it is not able to meet the more rigorous requirements required by the UN for the carriage of dangerous goods, such as drop tests for example.
  • FR 1489081 A (KARL HUBER BLECHWARENFABRIK FA) 03.11.1967 describes a container/lid combination resistant to shock or impact.
  • the lid (3) is held in place on the container (2) by a separate tightening ring (1).
  • the lower arm (6) of the tightening ring holds the lid in place on the container by hooking underneath the outer curl (13) of the container.
  • the tightening ring is then firmly locked into place on the container when the tightening ring is deformed such that it presses onto the top of the outside curl (12) of the lid.
  • a user of the container/lid combination Upon opening, a user of the container/lid combination must remove the tightening ring, before the lid may be removed from the container.
  • a disadvantage of this arrangement is that the lid is not irreversibly attached to the tightening ring, which means that a user must separately remove the tightening ring from the lid/container package before the lid can be removed and the container/lid package is unlikely to be able to meet the stringent demands placed on it by current legislation.
  • the inventors have proposed a new method of sealing a metal can body with a lid structure to form an abuse resistant container as set out in the appended claim.
  • the method employs a lid structure that includes a metal disc having a centre panel, a generally U-shaped channel and an outer wall terminating in an outwardly extending annulus at its free edge, and a plastic ring having an inwardly extending annular shoulder and a peripheral skirt depending from the shoulder, the skirt having an inwardly extending lug which fits over the free edge of the metal disc to encapsulate the free end.
  • the recess may be of any shape that is able to accommodate the locking structure. As such the U-shaped contour at the free edge of the locking structure can project upwardly, downwardly or in any other direction suitable to engage with the recess.
  • the lid structure is then assembled by expanding the internal diameter of the plastic ring using an expansion tool and locating the metal disc inside the plastic ring, which is allowed to relax trapping the metal disc inside. Expansion of the plastic ring must be carefully controlled to ensure that the ring undergoes elastic deformation only and thereby returns to its original size and shape once the expansion tooling relaxes. At this stage, the metal disc is trapped in the plastic ring, but is not irreversibly secured therein.
  • the lid structure is then placed over a complimentary can body. Downward pressure is applied to force the lid structure downwardly onto the can body so that the sealing compound forms a seal between the lid and the can body. Whilst the downward pressure is maintained, the external diameter of the tooling expands forcing the outer wall of the U-shaped channel in the lid structure and an upper portion of the associated can body to expand. This locally expands the diameter of the lid and the can body to maintain the seal therebetween. Expansion of the U-shaped channel of the lid structure increases the external diameter of the metal disc, forcing the locking structure to irreversibly engage in the recess provided on the internal profile of the plastic ring.
  • the profile of the expanded section of the lid structure and upper portion of the metal can body secures the two together much more firmly than the "snap — bead" arrangement provided in WO 2006089819 .
  • the plastic ring and central metal disc are irreversibly secured together by the locking structure and thus, whilst the expanded section is more difficult to prise apart than in the packages described in the prior art, the force applied to the appropriate portion of the plastic ring is more efficiently transferred to the metal disc due to the lock provided therebetween.
  • wing structures may be provided on the plastic ring adjacent to any tamper evident feature to assist a user opening the container by hand.
  • the wing structures may by adapted to allow the insertion of a tool and thereby allow a user to apply the necessary force.
  • a lid structure is manufactured as follows.
  • a plastic ring 2 and metal disc 20 are prepared as previously described.
  • Tooling 60 is designed to expand the external diameter of the plastic ring 5 (as illustrated in Figures 1a and 1b ).
  • a prepared metal disc 20 with part of the outer wall 23 filled with compound 10 is lowered onto tooling 60 (as illustrated in Figure 1c ).
  • the expanded plastic ring 2 is then raised by tooling 65 to the level of the metal disc 20 (as illustrated in Figure 1d ) and tooling 60 contracts to allow the plastic ring 2 to encapsulate the free edge of the metal disc 20.
  • the lid structure manufactured as described above comprises a metal disc 20 (not shown) and a plastic ring 2 having a lug portion 6 and two wing structures 5 adjacent to a tamper evident feature (not shown).
  • the lid structure is then placed on a can body 30 and the metal disc 20 is locked irreversibly into the lug portion 6 of the plastic ring 2 (as shown in figures 3 and 4 )
  • the lid structure comprising plastic ring 2 and metal disc 20 is loosely fastened on a can body 30, with the lug portion 6 loosely aligned with a curl 31 at the open end of the can body 30.
  • Tooling 40 is then lowered onto the lid structure compressing the sealing compound 10.
  • a portion 41 of the tooling 40 extends into the U-shaped channel 22. Whilst the pressure is maintained, tooling 40 expands against a support 50 (as shown in Figure 4 ).
  • the portion 41 presses against the outer wall 23 of the U-shaped channel 22 and distorts both the U-shaped channel 22 and the sidewall of the can body 30.
  • the locking structure 25 is pressed into the recess 7 in the plastic ring 2, locking the metal disc 20 and the plastic ring 2 securely together. In this way the lid structure 2, 20 and can body 30 are fastened securely together.
  • Figure 5a illustrates the finished can body 30 and lid structure 2, 20, which are now fastened securely together.
  • Figures 5b — 5 c illustrate the method of breaking the seal between the can body 30 and lid structure 2, 20 using a tool 70.
  • the tool 70 is slotted into a hole in the wing structure 5.
  • the tool 70 is then used as a lever to lift / pivot the wing structures about the curl 31 on the can body 30.
  • this causes the lug 6 on the plastic ring 2 to release the curl 31 on the can body 30 and thereafter the lid structure 2, 20 may be simply lifted off the can body 30 by hand.

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  1. Procédé pour sceller un corps de boîte métallique avec une structure de couvercle pour former un récipient résistant aux manipulations abusives, dans lequel la structure de couvercle comprend :
    un disque métallique (20) ayant un panneau central (21), un canal généralement en forme de U (22) et une paroi extérieure (23) se terminant par un anneau s'étendant vers l'extérieur au niveau de son bord libre, et
    une bague en plastique (2) ayant un épaulement annulaire s'étendant vers l'extérieur et une jupe périphérique s'étendant depuis l'épaulement, la jupe ayant un ergot (6) s'étendant vers l'intérieur qui s'ajuste par-dessus le bord libre du disque métallique (20) pour encapsuler le bord libre,
    caractérisé en ce que
    le profil intérieur de la bague en plastique (2) comporte un retrait (7) adjacent au bord libre du disque métallique (20) et l'anneau s'étendant vers l'extérieur définit une structure de verrouillage (25) prévue pour être pressée subséquemment dans le retrait (7) pour s'engager avec le retrait et verrouiller le disque métallique (20) dans la bague en plastique (2), au cours du scellement de la structure de couvercle au corps de boîte métallique,
    le procédé comprenant :
    élargir le diamètre de la bague en plastique (2) avec un outil (60) ;
    disposer l'anneau s'étendant vers l'extérieur du disque métallique (20) dans la bague en plastique élargie (2) ;
    permettre à la bague en plastique (2) de se détendre de telle sorte que la structure de verrouillage (25) soit située dans le retrait (7) dans la bague en plastique (2) ;
    placer la structure de couvercle par-dessus l'extrémité ouverte d'un corps de boîte métallique (30) ;
    appliquer une pression vers le bas pour forcer la structure de couvercle vers le bas sur le corps de boîte (30) de telle sorte que l'ergot (6) de la bague en plastique (2) s'engage avec le bord supérieur du corps de boîte (30) et que la paroi extérieure (23) du canal en forme de U (22) soit adjacente à la portion supérieure de la paroi latérale du corps de boîte (30) ; et
    maintenir la pression vers le bas tout en appliquant une force d'élargissement radialement vers l'extérieur contre un support (50) pour déformer la paroi extérieure (23) du canal en forme de U (22) de la structure de couvercle et la paroi (30) du corps de boîte adjacente de manière à former des structures complémentaires et presser la structure de verrouillage (25) du disque métallique (20) dans le retrait (7) de la bague en plastique (2) de manière à verrouiller fermement le disque métallique à la bague en plastique.
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