EP2178765B1 - Selbstöffner-verschluss mit lufteinlasskanal für verbundpackungen oder für mit folienmaterial zu verschliessende behälterstutzen - Google Patents

Selbstöffner-verschluss mit lufteinlasskanal für verbundpackungen oder für mit folienmaterial zu verschliessende behälterstutzen Download PDF

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EP2178765B1
EP2178765B1 EP08772910A EP08772910A EP2178765B1 EP 2178765 B1 EP2178765 B1 EP 2178765B1 EP 08772910 A EP08772910 A EP 08772910A EP 08772910 A EP08772910 A EP 08772910A EP 2178765 B1 EP2178765 B1 EP 2178765B1
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Roger Alther
Egon Lang
Thomas Hocker
Rolf Weiss
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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

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  • 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 liquids in general be packed in 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 20cl up 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.
  • the film-reinforced paper passing through below the welded-on nozzle or the film membrane running inside the nozzle must be cut open, torn open or pushed away so that the passage is released and the liquid can be poured out of the container through the nozzle.
  • 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 a disk from the film-reinforced paper passing through it or from the film membrane there, and then presses it downwards.
  • the sleeve cuts out a disk from the film-reinforced paper passing through it or from the film membrane there, and then presses it downwards.
  • EP-A-1 262 412 and DE 30 39 299 A1 disclose or teach air passage solutions based on breakthroughs and / or through channels to improve pouring performance.
  • WO 2004/000667 A come from the applicant and show genus-related closures, but still without measures for improved pouring behavior.
  • Such conventional self-opener closures are still capable of improvement, especially as regards the pouring behavior. Because these self-opener closures have no defined air intake when Pouring out, the pouring is done in heavy tilting position, which is in practice unpleasant and leads to the spillage of content.
  • the object of the present invention is to provide a self-opener closure for composite packages or for container material to be sealed or already closed with film material container neck, which allows a clean and controlled and continuous pouring of the liquid contents.
  • 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 container material to be sealed with container neck, an associated rotary cap and one within the spout Stutzen arranged self-opener sleeve, which is displaceable by the rotary cap, 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 lower edge and in the lower, in plan view circular edge expires.
  • FIG. 1 is the self-opener sleeve 1 of this self-opener closure 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. This will be in the upper Region of the recess 4, formed on the outside of the sleeve 1, a shoulder 8, which serves as a stop surface for a drive cam on the inside of the lid cap.
  • a shoulder may be formed on the opposite side in the circumferential direction of the self-opener sleeve, so that then the drive cam engages the indentation 4 from within the self-opener sleeve 1 ago and thus abuts from the outside to the convex indentation 4 there.
  • FIG. 2 shows the ready-to-mount self-opener closure lid cap 9, spout 10 and self-opening sleeve 1. This stores completely in the interior of the spout 10. Because in the FIG. 2 sees the closure of obliquely below, you can still see the incisors 2 with their sharp edges and the indentation 4, which is visible here from the inside of the self-opening sleeve 1 ago.
  • 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-hand rotation of 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 so that the indentation 4 comes to lie in the upper zenith of the closure with the closure open when the package is poured for pouring.
  • the necessary for the turning down of the self-opening sleeve 1 rotation of the lid cap 9 extends by about 120 °.
  • 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.
  • the closure is therefore positioned in such a rotational position on the package, that the indentation 4 is seen from the top of the shutter initially at about 10.00 clock, if the pouring over the place 12.00 o'clock must be made on the closure neck.
  • the self-opening sleeve 1 is rotated in the same direction by 120 ° to the position 06.00 clock and is then in tilting position of the composite package in the upper zenith of the spout-neck 10th
  • FIG. 4 shows the self-opening closure with air inlet channel in a diametrical section, wherein the cut surfaces are shown hatched.
  • 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 is held and guided on the inner wall of this spout-neck 10.
  • this inner wall projection 13 engages in corresponding guide means on the outside of the self-opening sleeve 1 a. If the cover cap 9 is rotated counterclockwise when viewed from above, 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. In the end position, the indentation 4 is such that one part is still inside the spout-neck 10, while the other protrudes down from the spout-neck 10, as the in FIG. 3 already shown.
  • 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 further tipping the composite packing, the liquid is unable to interfere with this incoming air jet significantly, so that it remains intact.
  • FIG. 5 shows an alternative shape 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.
  • FIG. 6 you can see this self-opener sleeve installed in the closure, in its final 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.
  • here only a part of the upper parabolic edge 14 of the indentation 4 can be seen.
  • FIG. 7 the opened self-opener closure is seen on a composite package 15.
  • the indentation 4 in the self-opening sleeve 1 is exactly in the upper zenith with respect to the tilting position for pouring.
  • self-opening 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 out without generating any swells.

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EP08772910A 2007-08-22 2008-08-08 Selbstöffner-verschluss mit lufteinlasskanal für verbundpackungen oder für mit folienmaterial zu verschliessende behälterstutzen Not-in-force EP2178765B1 (de)

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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 (de) 2007-08-22 2008-08-08 Selbstöffner-verschluss mit lufteinlasskanal für verbundpackungen oder für mit folienmaterial zu verschliessende behälterstutzen

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