EP2178765A1 - Système de bouchage à ouverture automatique muni d'un canal d'entrée d'air pour emballages composites ou pour embouts de récipients à obturer par un matériau pelliculaire - Google Patents

Système de bouchage à ouverture automatique muni d'un canal d'entrée d'air pour emballages composites ou pour embouts de récipients à obturer par un matériau pelliculaire

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EP2178765A1
EP2178765A1 EP08772910A EP08772910A EP2178765A1 EP 2178765 A1 EP2178765 A1 EP 2178765A1 EP 08772910 A EP08772910 A EP 08772910A EP 08772910 A EP08772910 A EP 08772910A EP 2178765 A1 EP2178765 A1 EP 2178765A1
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self
indentation
opening
sleeve
opener
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EP2178765B1 (fr
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Roger Alther
Egon Lang
Thomas Hocker
Rolf Weiss
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SIG Combibloc Services AG
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SIG Technology AG
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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
    • B65D5/00—Rigid or semi-rigid containers of polygonal cross-section, e.g. boxes, cartons or trays, formed by folding or erecting one or more blanks made of paper
    • B65D5/42—Details of containers or of foldable or erectable container blanks
    • B65D5/72—Contents-dispensing means
    • B65D5/74—Spouts
    • B65D5/746—Spouts formed separately from the container
    • B65D5/747—Spouts formed separately from the container with means for piercing or cutting the container wall or a membrane connected to said wall
    • B65D5/748—Spouts formed separately from the container with means for piercing or cutting the container wall or a membrane connected to said wall a major part of the container wall or membrane being left inside the container after the opening
    • 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
    • B65D25/00—Details of other kinds or types of rigid or semi-rigid containers
    • B65D25/38—Devices for discharging contents
    • B65D25/40—Nozzles or spouts

Definitions

  • This invention relates to a self-opener closure with air inlet duct for composite packages as well as with foil material to be sealed container neck of all kinds. It is especially thought of liquid packages in the form of such composite packages of foil-coated paper, in which about milk, fruit juices, all kinds of non-alcoholic drinks or in general Liquids are also packaged from the non-food area.
  • This film-coated paper is a laminate material, such as a paper or board web coated with plastic such as polyethylene and / or aluminum. Common volumes of such packages range from 2OcI to 2 liters and more.
  • the self-opener closure can also be mounted on containers which are closed by a film material, for example on all kinds of containers made of glass or plastic or similar containers, which are tilted over a more or less defined axis for pouring the contents.
  • plastic closures are known in various designs, but without specifically defined air inlet duct. They form, when they are intended for a composite package, essentially a spout with radially projecting shoulder from its lower edge, which forms a final flange at this spout.
  • the nozzle is equipped with an external thread on which a threaded cap can be screwed as a closure.
  • Such a self-opening closure is flanged onto the composite package by using the underside of its projecting edge, so with the underside of its flange, is sealingly welded or glued to the composite package.
  • the free passage at the lower end of the nozzle is then closed by the laminate or the sealing film of the composite package.
  • a sleeve is arranged in the interior of the nozzle, which is driven when turning the screwed cap of this. By guides on the inside of the nozzle and on the outside of the sleeve, this moves when unscrewing the threaded cap, that is, when this moves against the liquid pack upwards, steadily down.
  • the lower edge of the sleeve is equipped with one or more incisors.
  • the sleeve cuts out as a result of their movement a disc from the film-reinforced paper passing through it or the membrane membrane there and then pushes it downwards.
  • Such conventional self-opener closures are still capable of improvement, especially as regards the pouring behavior. Because these self-opener closures do not form a defined air inlet during pouring, the pouring out occurs in the event of heavy tilting, which is unpleasant in practice and leads to the spilling of contents.
  • the object of the present invention is to provide a self-opener closure for composite packages or sealed with film material or sealed with foil material container neck, the one clean and controlled and steady pouring of the liquid contents allowed.
  • a self-opener closure for composite packages as well as for sealing with foil material container neck consisting of a spout nozzle, which is sealingly mounted on a composite package or on a sealing material with foil container neck, an associated rotary cap and a arranged inside the spout neck self-opening sleeve, which is displaceable by the rotary cap in rotation, and which is characterized in that the self-opening sleeve to form an air inlet channel at the upper edge forms a recess which is smaller towards the bottom and in the lower, in plan view circular edge expires.
  • Figure 1 The self-opener sleeve of the closure shown in perspective, with the viewer facing the point with the indentation;
  • Figure 2 The self-opener closure seen obliquely from below, with the in-lying self-opening sleeve in its initial state;
  • Figure 3 The complete self-opener closure with its three parts, namely the lid cap, the spout nozzle and the self-opening sleeve, after unscrewing and removing the cover cap;
  • FIG. 4 shows the self-opening closure in a diametrical section
  • Figure 5 A self-opening sleeve with a variant, namely a Cutout at the dent;
  • Figure 6 The complete self-opener closure with its three parts viewed obliquely from below, namely the lid cap, the spout nozzle and the self-opening sleeve, after unscrewing and replacing the cover cap;
  • Figure 7 The opened self-opener closure mounted on a composite package.
  • the self-opening sleeve 1 of this self-opener closure is shown as a separate part.
  • the lower edge 6 forms a plurality of incisors 2, each of which expire in a sharp edge. These incisors 2 are used to puncture a running under the self-opening shutter slide and their subsequent slicing, so that a disc is cut almost all around.
  • this self-opener sleeve 1 forms at its upper edge 5 a recess 4, which becomes smaller towards the lower edge 6 of the self-opening sleeve and finally ends in the circular lower edge seen from above.
  • This indentation 4 is curved, which is here indicated by the broken auxiliary lines 3, and forms the shape of a blade or a spoon.
  • the curvature or curvature of this indentation 4 does not have to be the same size everywhere, but can, as in the example shown, approximately form a corner on one side of the rounding, which is indicated here by a broken auxiliary line 7.
  • a shoulder 8 is formed in the upper region of the indentation 4, on the outside of the sleeve 1, which serves as a stop surface for a drive cam on the inside of the lid cap.
  • FIG. 2 shows the ready-to-mount self-opening closure from cover cap 9, pouring spout 10 and self-opening sleeve 1. It stores completely inside the spout-spout 10. Because in FIG. 2 the closure is seen obliquely from below, Nevertheless, one recognizes the incisors 2 with their sharp edges and the indentation 4, which is visible here from the inside of the self-opening sleeve 1 forth.
  • FIG. 3 shows all parts of this self-opener closure after its opening. Above you can see the lid cap 9, including the spout nozzle 10 and bottom, from the same outstanding, the self-opener sleeve 1.
  • the lid cap 9 was unscrewed with a left turn from the spout nozzle 10 and removed. When unscrewing the self-opening sleeve 1 was taken in the same direction. It therefore also made a left turn and was turned downwards as a result of guide means until it reached the end position shown here. In this end position, the incisors protrude from the spout nozzle 10, and the indentation 4 has passed the lower edge of the spout nozzle 10 about halfway.
  • the indentation 4 forms an air inlet channel during pouring.
  • the self-opener closure is mounted on a package such that when the closure is opened, when the package is tipped for pouring, the indentation 4 comes to lie in the upper zenith of the closure.
  • the necessary for the turning down of the self-opening sleeve 1 rotation of the lid cap 9 extends by about 120 °. Thereafter, the drive cam not visible here slides out of the indentation 4 on the underside of the lid cap 9 and then continues to rotate empty.
  • FIG. 4 shows the self-opener closure with air inlet channel in a diametrical section, the sectional areas being shown hatched. In this illustration, one recognizes the drive cam 11, which is formed axially on the inside of the cover cap 9.
  • This drive cam 11 engages in the embodiment of the closure shown in the concave indentation 4 on the self-opener sleeve 1 in, so it is on the outside of the self-opener sleeve 1 at.
  • the cover cap 9 is screwed onto the pouring spout 10 via an external thread 12.
  • the self-opener sleeve 1, however, is held and guided on the inner wall of this spout-neck 10.
  • An integrally formed on this inner wall projection 13 engages in corresponding guide means on the outside of the self-opening sleeve 1 a.
  • the drive cam 11 abuts on the shoulder 8 on the indentation 4 and thus rotates the self-opening sleeve 1 in the same direction of rotation and the self-opening sleeve 1 slides downwards, that is to say performs, for example, a helical downward movement.
  • the indentation 4 is such that one part is still inside the spout 10, while the other bottom protrudes from the spout 10, as shown in Figure 3 already.
  • the indentation 4 forms in its end position an air inlet channel during pouring. If, therefore, the composite package is tilted in the pouring position, then air flows from the outside through this formed air inlet channel into the interior of the composite package.
  • the indentation 4 is shaped so that the air inlet channel tapers against the container interior and is deflected inside the container with a radial component to the spout nozzle. By rejuvenating the air flow is accelerated there, and the further tilting of the composite packing, the liquid can not significantly disturb this incoming air jet, so that it is maintained.
  • FIG. 5 shows an alternative embodiment of the indentation 4 on the self-opening sleeve 1.
  • This indentation 4 is namely cut parabolic at its upper edge 14. It has been shown that such a parabolic upper edge 14 has a favorable effect on the flow conditions during pouring.
  • Figure 6 you can see this self-opener sleeve installed in the closure, in its end position, after opening the self-opener closure, here with screwed back afterwards cap.
  • a lower part of the indentation 4 protrudes down here from the spout nozzle 10, while an upper part still protrudes into the spout nozzle 10.
  • FIG 7 the open self-opener closure on a composite package 15 can be seen.
  • the indentation 4 in the self-opening sleeve 1 is exactly in the upper zenith with respect to the tilting position for pouring.
  • This guide for forcing a downward movement of the self-opener sleeve 1 when unscrewing the rotary cap can also be designed differently.
  • the self-opening sleeve 1 is moved downward until it reaches the end position shown here.
  • the indentation 4 forms on its directed against the inside of the spout nozzle outside an air channel for the incoming air.
  • the incoming air jet as well as the exiting liquid jet are formed by this indentation 4 so that the liquid jet remains steady and flows without generating spills.

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  • Closures For Containers (AREA)
  • Packages (AREA)
  • Cartons (AREA)
  • Details Of Rigid Or Semi-Rigid Containers (AREA)
EP08772910A 2007-08-22 2008-08-08 Système de bouchage à ouverture automatique muni d'un canal d'entrée d'air pour emballages composites ou pour embouts de récipients à obturer par un matériau pelliculaire Not-in-force EP2178765B1 (fr)

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PL08772910T PL2178765T3 (pl) 2007-08-22 2008-08-08 Samootwierające się zamknięcie z kanałem wlotowym powietrza dla opakowań kompozytowych lub dla przeznaczonych do zamykania materiałem foliowym króćców pojemników

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CH01318/07A CH699909B1 (de) 2007-08-22 2007-08-22 Selbstöffner-Verschluss mit Lufteinlasskanal für Verbundpackungen oder für mit Folienmaterial zu verschliessende Behälterstutzen.
PCT/CH2008/000339 WO2009023976A1 (fr) 2007-08-22 2008-08-08 Système de bouchage à ouverture automatique muni d'un canal d'entrée d'air pour emballages composites ou pour embouts de récipients à obturer par un matériau pelliculaire

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AT (1) ATE512067T1 (fr)
BR (1) BRPI0815632B1 (fr)
CA (1) CA2698997C (fr)
CH (1) CH699909B1 (fr)
EG (1) EG25222A (fr)
ES (1) ES2367406T3 (fr)
HR (1) HRP20110627T1 (fr)
MX (1) MX2010002000A (fr)
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MX2010002000A (es) 2010-07-02
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CA2698997C (fr) 2014-12-16
BRPI0815632B1 (pt) 2018-06-19
BRPI0815632A2 (pt) 2015-02-18
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ES2367406T3 (es) 2011-11-03
CN101835691A (zh) 2010-09-15
ATE512067T1 (de) 2011-06-15
PT2178765E (pt) 2011-09-05
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