EP2161206B1 - Calotte de dôme pour récipients métalliques permettant une fermeture avec une capsule - Google Patents

Calotte de dôme pour récipients métalliques permettant une fermeture avec une capsule Download PDF

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EP2161206B1
EP2161206B1 EP09161146A EP09161146A EP2161206B1 EP 2161206 B1 EP2161206 B1 EP 2161206B1 EP 09161146 A EP09161146 A EP 09161146A EP 09161146 A EP09161146 A EP 09161146A EP 2161206 B1 EP2161206 B1 EP 2161206B1
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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
    • B65D7/00—Containers having bodies formed by interconnecting or uniting two or more rigid, or substantially rigid, components made wholly or mainly of metal
    • B65D7/02—Containers having bodies formed by interconnecting or uniting two or more rigid, or substantially rigid, components made wholly or mainly of metal characterised by shape
    • B65D7/04—Containers having bodies formed by interconnecting or uniting two or more rigid, or substantially rigid, components made wholly or mainly of metal characterised by shape of curved cross-section, e.g. cans of circular or elliptical cross-section
    • 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
    • B65D7/00—Containers having bodies formed by interconnecting or uniting two or more rigid, or substantially rigid, components made wholly or mainly of metal
    • B65D7/12—Containers having bodies formed by interconnecting or uniting two or more rigid, or substantially rigid, components made wholly or mainly of metal characterised by wall construction or by connections between walls
    • B65D7/34—Containers having bodies formed by interconnecting or uniting two or more rigid, or substantially rigid, components made wholly or mainly of metal characterised by wall construction or by connections between walls with permanent connections between walls
    • B65D7/36—Containers having bodies formed by interconnecting or uniting two or more rigid, or substantially rigid, components made wholly or mainly of metal characterised by wall construction or by connections between walls with permanent connections between walls formed by rolling, or by rolling and pressing

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  • the present invention refers to an element defined herein as a 'dome-shaped' for use as the upper body in the production of metal containers with two or more parts provided with a crown cap.
  • Metal containers formed by two or more parts for packaging of liquids and semi-liquids, including foodstuffs, are increasingly widely available on the market. They are an improvement over glass containers in that they avoid damage due to the fragility of the material and allow considerable savings on transport and packaging thanks to their light weight.
  • Metal containers for packaging of olive oil formed by a plurality of parts the upper body of which comprises a threaded area so as to accept screw-on closure caps are known to the art. These metal containers with screw-on caps must be provided with safety devices against tampering with the cap. It is therefore necessary to provide on the upper body a groove suitable to accommodate the safety anchoring. This requires the upper body to be constructed in successive steps on a progressive series of dies and thus a long manufacturing operation. Furthermore, production of the upper parts comprising threaded areas requires a manufacturing process in a plurality of steps resulting in a greater amount of time taken.
  • GB 488427 discloses a dome-shaped member constituting the upper body for metal containers with two or more parts comprising a circular base, a tubular neck tapering outwards toward said base, a mouth and an area situated above the neck wherein the area comprises a peripheral annular ridge in the shape of a ring situated beneath the mouth adapted to interconnect with a crown cap, said member being obtained by drawing a metal disc cut from a sheet of tinplate material and subsequent pressing.
  • US 4313545 discloses a metallic pressure vessel or container, made of a thin aluminum or aluminum alloy sheet coated with a resin suitably, used for a small size beer container.
  • the vessel is composed of (a) a main body member of bottomed cylindrical form, and (b) a lid member, for covering the former body, which is made into an inverted bowl shape, with a mouth portion integrally formed for being crowned thereon, and provided with a plurality of small wave like patterns consisting of continuous and smooth hills and valleys.
  • Those two parts are generally made by multiple deep-drawing processes and joined together by the double seaming method.
  • GB 463950 (A ) discloses a bottle of metal wherein the neck for crown cap is turned inwardly at the mouth to provide a sealing surface 10 and is provided externally with an annular groove 14 affording a shoulder having a sloping undersurface beneath which shoulder the projections on a crown seal are adapted to engage, the interior surfaces of the bottle being protected by a coating extending into the seamed joints connecting the parts.
  • Object of the present invention is to overcome the drawbacks of the prior art relating to metal containers formed by multiple parts by providing a practical versatile and cheap upper body that is able at the same time to ensure a good closure.
  • the upper member (or dome-shaped member) for multiple-part metal containers comprises a circular base, a tapered and tubular neck enlarging towards said base, a mouth and an area situated above the neck in a distal position with respect to the circular base, which comprises a ring-shaped end suitable to couple with a crown cap closure and to retain said cap after pressure has been exerted, said ring being positioned beneath the mouth.
  • the dome-shaped member according to the invention comprises a tubular neck 2 which tapers outwards towards the circular base 3, away from the mouth 7.
  • the circular base 3 consists of a ring 8 which integrates a flange 9 the outer rim 10 of which is curved outwardly downwards and partially bent towards the inside of the dome top 1.
  • the ring 5 protrudes outwards with respect to the throat 13 in a radial direction with respect to the axis of the member 1 giving rise to an area 11 as shown in fig. 1a adapted for anchoring of the teeth of crown caps once closing pressure is exerted. In this manner anchoring of the teeth of the crown cap to said ring 5, and thus to the dome-shaped member 1, is ensured.
  • the upper rim 12 of the ring 5 is curved outwardly downwards and its free end bent towards the inside of the dome 1.
  • the throat 13 is joined to the neck 2 by means of a truncated conical area 6.
  • a flange 9 of the circular base 3 is used for subsequent coupling of the dome top 1 to the other parts generally used to form metal containers as shown in Figure 2 and as will be better described hereunder.
  • the circular base 3 can be of various diameters according to the dimensions of the other parts of the metal container.
  • a preferred diameter is, for example, about 65 mm measured as the outside diameter of the ring 8 of said base.
  • the upper member 1 may be made of electrolytic tinplate, plain or lithographed. What is meant by tinplate is a steel plate coated with a film of tin by means of an electrolytic process.
  • the upper element can be made of another metal such as aluminium, tin free steel, plain or possibly coated with paints or polymer films, such as, for example, polyethylene films, polypropylene films, etc. These materials can also be lithographed.
  • another metal such as aluminium, tin free steel, plain or possibly coated with paints or polymer films, such as, for example, polyethylene films, polypropylene films, etc. These materials can also be lithographed.
  • the upper member is preferably made of tinplate or tin free steel coated with polymer films.
  • the upper member 1 is obtained by means of process which comprises the stage of forming the neck by drawing a metal disc cut from a sheet of tinplate material, subsequent pressing and rolling.
  • the member 1 With reference to figure 2 , the member 1, once formed, is then coupled with the central body 14 and a bottom (not illustrated in the figure), and a crown cap 16 giving rise to a multiple-part metal container as illustrated in Figure 3 .
  • the central body 14 may be a single piece integral with the bottom.
  • Coupling of the parts is carried out so as to form a container using methods known to the art, for example, by mechanically clamping the rim 10 of the flange 9 of the dome-shaped member 1 to the upper edge 15 of the central body 14 and/or by means of welding etc.
  • the central body 14 and thus the relative bottom may be either cylindrical or of different shapes.
  • the central body 14 can be parallelepiped in shape with a quadrilateral outline preferably with equal sides. In this case a connection will have to be provided between the circular base 3 and the central body 14.

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  1. Elément de calotte de dôme (1) constituant le corps supérieur de récipients métalliques avec deux ou plusieurs parties comprenant une base circulaire (3), un col tubulaire (2) conique vers l'extérieur en direction de ladite base, une embouchure (7) et une surface (4) située au-dessus du col (2), la surface (4) comprenant une strie annulaire périphérique sous la forme d'une bague (5) située en-dessous de l'embouchure (7) adaptée pour s'interconnecter avec une capsule (16), ledit élément (1) étant obtenu en étirant une découpe de disque métallique à partir d'une tôle de matériau en fer blanc ou d'acier sans étain et le pressage consécutif, caractérisé en ce que l'élément (1) est formé après étirage et pressage par un roulage consécutif, en ce que en-dessous de la strie annulaire (5), une gorge (13) est prévue, la bague (5) faisant saillie vers l'extérieur par rapport à ladite gorge (13) dans une direction radiale par rapport à l'axe de l'élément (1), et en ce que ladite bague (5) a son bord supérieur (12) incurvé vers l'extérieur vers le bas et son extrémité libre pliée en direction de l'intérieur de l'élément de calotte de dôme (1) et formant une surface (11) comme montré sur la figure 1a adaptée pour l'ancrage des dents d'une capsule.
  2. Elément de calotte de dôme selon la revendication 1, caractérisé en ce que ladite base circulaire (3) consiste en une bague (8) qui intègre une bride (9) dont le bord extérieur (10) est incurvé vers l'extérieur vers le bas et partiellement penché en direction de l'intérieur de l'élément de calotte de dôme (1).
  3. Elément de calotte de dôme selon la revendication 1 ou 2, caractérisé en ce que ladite gorge (13) est jointe au col (2) au moyen d'une surface tronconique (6).
  4. Elément de calotte de dôme selon l'une quelconque des revendications 1 à 3, caractérisé en ce que ladite base circulaire (3) présente un diamètre d'environ 65 mm mesuré comme étant le diamètre extérieur de la bague (8) de ladite base.
  5. Elément de calotte de dôme (1) selon l'une quelconque des revendications 1 à 4, caractérisé en ce que le fer blanc est uni ou lithographié ; ou l'acier sans étain est uni ou revêtu avec des peintures ou des films polymères, de préférence des films polyéthylènes ou polypropylènes, optionnellement lithographiés ; de préférence l'élément supérieur est réalisé en fer blanc ou en acier sans étain, revêtu de films polymères.
  6. Elément de calotte de dôme (1) selon l'une quelconque des revendications 1 à 5, caractérisé en ce que ledit bord (10) de la bride (9) de la base circulaire (3) est adapté pour s'accoupler au bord supérieur (15) du corps central (14) de récipients métalliques.
  7. Récipient métallique à parties multiples comprenant un corps central (14) avec un fond et un corps supérieur (1) fermé par une capsule (16), caractérisé en ce que ledit corps supérieur est l'élément de calotte de dôme (1) tel que défini dans l'une quelconque des revendications 1 à 6.
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DE102016115660B3 (de) * 2016-08-23 2017-11-02 Desio Gmbh Aufschraubbarer Deckel mit einem Kronkorken sowie Trinkbehältereinheit und Verfahren zum Aufsetzen eines Kronkorkens

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GB463950A (en) 1935-10-03 1937-04-05 Continental Can Co Improvements in and relating to metal containers for beverages
GB488427A (en) 1936-01-11 1938-07-06 Crown Cork & Seal Co Improvements in metal bottles or containers and methods of manufacturing the same
US4313545A (en) 1979-02-13 1982-02-02 The Nippon Aluminum Mfg. Co., Ltd. Metallic pressure vessel with thin wall

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DE102016115660B3 (de) * 2016-08-23 2017-11-02 Desio Gmbh Aufschraubbarer Deckel mit einem Kronkorken sowie Trinkbehältereinheit und Verfahren zum Aufsetzen eines Kronkorkens
WO2018037010A1 (fr) 2016-08-23 2018-03-01 Desio Gmbh Couvercle pouvant être vissé comprenant un capsule-couronne ainsi qu'unité de récipient pour boisson et procédé permettant de placer un capsule-couronne

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