EP2230188B1 - Fermeture à vis en une pièce avec protection enfant - Google Patents

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EP2230188B1
EP2230188B1 EP10002616A EP10002616A EP2230188B1 EP 2230188 B1 EP2230188 B1 EP 2230188B1 EP 10002616 A EP10002616 A EP 10002616A EP 10002616 A EP10002616 A EP 10002616A EP 2230188 B1 EP2230188 B1 EP 2230188B1
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Joachim Lenz
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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
    • B65D41/00—Caps, e.g. crown caps or crown seals, i.e. members having parts arranged for engagement with the external periphery of a neck or wall defining a pouring opening or discharge aperture; Protective cap-like covers for closure members, e.g. decorative covers of metal foil or paper
    • B65D41/32—Caps or cap-like covers with lines of weakness, tearing-strips, tags, or like opening or removal devices, e.g. to facilitate formation of pouring openings
    • B65D41/34—Threaded or like caps or cap-like covers provided with tamper elements formed in, or attached to, the closure skirt
    • B65D41/3442—Threaded or like caps or cap-like covers provided with tamper elements formed in, or attached to, the closure skirt with rigid bead or projections formed on the tamper element and coacting with bead or projections on the container
    • B65D41/3447—Threaded or like caps or cap-like covers provided with tamper elements formed in, or attached to, the closure skirt with rigid bead or projections formed on the tamper element and coacting with bead or projections on the container the tamper element being integrally connected to the closure by means of bridges
    • 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
    • B65D50/046—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 and such deformation causes the disengagement of locking means, e.g. the release of a pawl-like element from a tooth or abutment, to allow removal of the closure by simultaneous rotation

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  • the invention relates to a one-piece, child-resistant screw cap made of resiliently elastic material, in particular of plastic, having an internal thread and below which is radially resiliently compressible to get out of the locking engagement with a matching container neck, which at its upper end to the internal thread matching external thread and including an upwardly tapered, continuous or interrupted collar, which tapers from the bottom up, and the other features of the preamble of claim 1.
  • the child safety device consists of two opposite, located between the thread and the collar, radially outwardly projecting ribs, each of which is engaged by an inwardly projecting formation of the closure so that the closure can not be unscrewed from the bottleneck. Only when the closure is compressed at the level of these ribs and approximately perpendicular to the connecting line of this and deformed away from the ribs outwards, with the wall of the closure and the training moves outward and release the ribs.
  • the originality strip of the EP 0 111 419 A1 known closure (and the closure of the EP 0 443 868 A1 ( Figure 10)) may adhere to the bottle, even if it has been torn off, so that the already opened but reclosed bottle is still kept closed for the original when viewed at a glance. In the case of inaccurate tolerances to the bottle, it is even possible that the tamper evident strips without tearing up over the covenant glides and then again intact on the bottle can be placed.
  • a safety closure cap for a container having a threaded portion for engagement with a thread of the container.
  • the safety cap has an elliptically shaped locking part. Between the threaded part and the locking part, a slot is arranged in the region of the long side of the elliptically shaped locking part, so that the locking part can be easily deformed by manual pressure.
  • the safety cap in its upper part has a dispensing opening, which must be additionally closed so that the container can be tightly sealed, this safety cap is not suitable as a one-piece, child-resistant screw cap.
  • a child-resistant bottle closure according to the preamble of claim 1 is known, on the one hand comprises an inner screw cap, by means of which the bottle cap can be screwed onto a bottleneck thread of a bottle.
  • the bottle closure also includes a radially outer cylindrical collar, which is arranged concentrically with respect to the inner screw cap and below the inner screw cap.
  • the cylindrical collar is characterized by two opposing tabs which project perpendicularly from the cylindrical collar and which point inwardly towards each other. These two tabs can engage behind the bottleneck threaded projections, when the bottle cap is properly screwed onto the bottle.
  • the object of the invention is achieved on the basis of a generic one-piece, child-resistant screw with the features of claim 1.
  • childproof screw cap can be achieved that tamper evident strips tear off completely on first opening, so that in any case is perfectly recognizable when the shutter has been opened, even if it is closed again.
  • the projections only engage under the waistband when the closure is completely closed.
  • the thread fits, provided that the distance from the top of the bottle to the bottom of their covenant has a maximum, the distance between the top of the internal thread, so the bottom of the transverse wall of the closure, and the top of the projections corresponds. If this measure is greater for the closure, then only a corresponding sealing insert must be inserted into the closure, which compensates the distance between the transverse wall of the closure and the top of the bottle.
  • the underside of the collar extends substantially transverse to the central axis of the thread and the bottle so that the outwardly deformed protrusions may engage under the collar when the closure is fully threaded onto the bottle but while attempting to unscrew the closure without it deformed in the right way, not released to the outside.
  • friction occurs between the projections and the collar, which compensates for a certain inclination of the underside of the federal government.
  • the closure Since the closure is deformable, it can basically have any shape. But to be particularly easy to use, he is, at least on its bottom and inside, approximately elliptical in shape, with the shorter axis passes through the centers of the projections. It is then simply compressed along the longer axis if it is to be unscrewed.
  • the closure may have projections along both axes. With an undeformed closure, the protrusions on the longer axis release the collar, while the protrusions on the shorter axis engage under the collar. If the closure now compressed over a certain amount or up to the stop on the collar, then give the projections on the shorter axis of the collar free, but the projections on the longer axis engage under the collar, so that the closure is still locked , Only in a very specific, only partially deformed position of the closure all projections release the federal government.
  • the shutter has only two projections opposite to each other on the shorter axis.
  • the projections just release this covenant. So the closure simply has to be squeezed together along the longer axis as far as it will go in order to be able to unscrew it so that even unskilled persons can operate it.
  • gripping grooves are preferably introduced at the level of the collar in the outside of the closure in the region of the longer axis.
  • a window is inserted in the wall of the closure.
  • This window allows the covenant to be closed when the closure is closed, as it is undercut by the projections. So a simple, almost automatic control of the proper closing is possible.
  • the wall is more easily deformable at the location of the window, so that a secure deformation and thus opening of the closure is ensured even if it remains stiff in the region of its internal thread.
  • the area between the windows preferably extends down to above the collar so that it still forms a stop when the closure is deformed.
  • the wall of the closure below the window is preferably stiffened or thickened.
  • the projections remain largely undeformed, even if they are moved by squeezing the closure radially outward.
  • the projections in the undeformed state can engage under a wide range of federal, but release this reliably when compressed.
  • each projection can span a range of slightly more than 90 °, so that it ensures a secure fit of the closure, even if it should be attempted to open this without properly compressing it.
  • embodiments without said thickened edge would also be conceivable.
  • each projection is chamfered inwards, so that the projection, when the closure is deformed or compressed, the outer edge of the collar safely releases.
  • each window between the projections a space is left out, which allows a better springing apart of the projections.
  • the projections spread slightly outwards as the closure is compressed.
  • the ends of the closure are also bevelled according to the deformed closure wall.
  • the closure when not in use, attaches more to the neck of the bottle than if it has been used before. This is to make the first opening more difficult, so that it is made clear to the user that he wants to open a previously unopened bottle.
  • the invention further proposes that in each free space a tamper evident strip is inserted with predetermined breaking points, which stiffen the shutter in the original state. These predetermined breaking points are provided in the circumferential direction, possibly also upwards.
  • the tamper strips sit right where the clasp on both sides is grabbed to be squeezed together. They sit, more precisely, just below the covenant. According to the invention, it is now preferred that the gripping grooves also extend over the tamper-evident strips.
  • the tamper evident strips are pressed firmly under the collar, so that they must be demolished when screwed because they can avoid either upward or outward and also the federal government is pressed into the gap between the the originality strip and the overlying wall of the closure is present.
  • the predetermined breaking point in between is already destroyed when pressing, so that the tamper evident strip gets under the covenant and from the closure, which inevitably moves upward when opening, is pulled down.
  • the tamper-evident strip is preferably thickened in order to stiffen the closure in its original state, which is still unopened.
  • the closure further preferably has the shape that the part of the closure having the internal thread is substantially cylindrical on the outside and becomes elliptical down towards the collar of the bottle. Stiffening ribs at the transition between cylindrical and conical part of the closure thereby stiff this shape and also complicate the deformation of the elliptical part, so that the wall thickness of the closure can be reduced and thus material and effort can be saved.
  • the non-round part is called elliptical here only for the sake of convenience, since an elliptical cross-section has two different, well-defined axes that the
  • closure or its non-circular part can not be exactly elliptical, but in other ways oval shaped.
  • the thread is designed such that it passes or snaps when opening the closure without unlocking the child safety device via the thread of the container. Therefore, in this case, the thread turns through, so that opening of the container is not possible.
  • a closure 1 which in the Fig. 1 and 2 is shown separately, can be placed on a bottle 3, as in 3 and 4 shown.
  • the closure 1 has on the outside an upper, circular-cylindrical section 3, to which an elliptically widening section 4 adjoins at the bottom.
  • the cylindrical portion 3 is filled by an internal thread 6, which extends over the cylindrical portion 3 a small distance down into the elliptical section 4 inside.
  • On the top of the cylindrical portion is closed by a transverse wall 6, the outside of which is smooth.
  • concentric Huten 7 are recessed, which sit on the bottle 2. If there is still room for this, a sealing insert can also be provided.
  • the elliptical portion 4 at the bottom on a final, thickened edge 12 which extends over the entire circumference, but is divided by predetermined breaking points 13 and possibly inner flats in the vicinity.
  • the edge 12 stiffens the closure 1 so that, at least when the edge 12 is undamaged, it is resistant to stresses.
  • the closure 1 consists of a limited spring plastic, so that the zones with stiffeners or thicker wall thickness are much harder than thinner, smooth zones.
  • the cylindrical portion 3 is particularly stiff due to the ribs of the internal thread 5, while the wall of the elliptical portion 4 is relatively soft and yielding, especially when the edge 12 is interrupted.
  • a window 9 is formed above the lower edge 12, which extends approximately to half the height of the elliptical section. The width of the two windows 9 is, at both ends of the shorter axis 10, each about 90 ° about the circumference.
  • Said lower edge 12 consists of two projections 14 and two tamper-evident strips 15. These tamper-evident strips 15 are connected by predetermined breaking points 13 in the circumferential direction with the projections 14 and upwards with the wall of the elliptical section 4. This entire, lower edge 12 is, as already stated, thicker than the wall of the elliptical portion 4 in order to give it, when the tamper evident strips 15 are still present, a dimensional stability.
  • a corrugation 16 of vertical grooves is arranged over almost the entire height of the outside of the elliptical section 4, on which the closure 1 is gripped and compressed between two fingers.
  • the bottle 2 is in 3 and 4 to see. At the neck, it has, seen from top to bottom, an external thread 17, a constriction 18 and a collar 19, below which again a second constriction 20 follows.
  • the collar 19 tapers upwards and has an almost horizontal surface below.
  • the closure 1 is, as it can be seen in the drawing, screwed after filling the bottle 2 under pressure.
  • the thick, lower edge 12 reaches the upwardly tapering surface of the collar 19, is pressed around and snaps with the projections 14 and the tamper evident strip 15 in the second constriction 20, wherein it again resiliently assumes its elliptical shape.
  • the bottle 2 is sealed.
  • the collar 19 can be seen, with the window 9 just so high are that the covenant 19 enters the windows 9 and fills them.
  • the insides of the two peripheral edges of the windows 9 are chamfered for this purpose. If the closure 1 incorrectly sit, then this is recognizable at a glance on the windows 9, if they are not filled by the collar 19.
  • closure 1 If the closure 1 is to be unscrewed again, it must first be compressed again at the corrugation 16, for which purpose, however, only little force is needed now.
  • closure according to the invention while structurally very simple, but childproof, in addition to the first opening an additional force is required.

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  1. Bouchon à vis (1) monobloc à sécurité enfant en matériau élastique flexible, en particulier en matière plastique, comportant un filet intérieur (5) et pouvant être élastiquement comprimé radialement en dessous de celui-ci pour défaire un serrage d'obturation avec un col correspondant d'un récipient (2), lequel comporte à son extrémité supérieure un filet extérieur (17) correspondant au filet intérieur (5), et en dessous de celui-ci un épaulement (19) se rétrécissant vers le haut, continu ou discontinu, et se rétrécissant vers le haut préférentiellement depuis sa face inférieure, deux saillies (14) étant réalisées intérieurement sur le bas du bouchon à vis (1), lesquelles ont prise contre l'épaulement (19) par en dessous lorsque le bouchon à vis (1) est complètement vissé, et le bouchon à vis (1) formant sensiblement à la hauteur des saillies (14), mais à une distance périphérique de celles-ci, une fente verticale avec l'épaulement (19) telle que la déformation du bouchon à vis (1) par pression contre l'épaulement (19) à l'emplacement de la fente dégage les saillies (14) de l'épaulement (19) et permet de dévisser le bouchon à vis (1),
    caractérisé en ce que
    le bouchon à vis (1) présente une forme sensiblement elliptique (section 4) au moins sur sa face inférieure et intérieure, un axe (10) court passant par le milieu des saillies (14), une fenêtre (9) étant ménagée dans la paroi du bouchon à vis (1) au-dessus de chacune des deux saillies (14), et l'épaulement (19) comblant de manière visible les fenêtres (9) lorsque le bouchon à vis (1) est correctement disposés sur le col du récipient (2).
  2. Bouchon à vis (1) selon la revendication 1,
    caractérisé en ce que
    les parois du bouchon à vis (1) sont déformées jusqu'à l'épaulement (19) le long d'un grand axe (11) de sa forme elliptique en état exempt de déformation, quand les saillies (14) libèrent justement ledit épaulement (19).
  3. Bouchon à vis (1) selon la revendication 2,
    caractérisé en ce que
    des rainures de préhension (16) sont ménagées à hauteur de l'épaulement (19) au niveau du grand axe (11) sur la face extérieure du bouchon à vis (1).
  4. Bouchon à vis (1) l'une des revendications 1 à 3,
    caractérisé en ce que
    la paroi du bouchon à vis (1) présente un bord (12) d'épaisseur renforcée en dessous de chacune des fenêtres (9).
  5. Bouchon à vis (1) selon l'une des revendications 1 à 4, caractérisé en ce
    qu'un espace libre est dégagé entre les saillies (14) de part et d'autre de chaque fenêtre (9), lequel améliore le débattement élastique des saillies (14).
  6. Bouchon à vis (1) selon la revendication 5,
    caractérisé en ce
    qu'une bande de garantie de non-ouverture (15) présentant des points de cassure obligée (13) est insérée dans chaque espace libre, et renforce le bouchon à vis (1) dans son état d'origine.
  7. Bouchon à vis (1) selon la revendication 3,
    caractérisé en ce que
    les rainures de préhension (16) s'étendent sur les bandes de garantie de non-ouverture (15).
  8. Bouchon à vis (1) selon la revendication 6 ou 7,
    caractérisé en ce que
    la bande de garantie de non-ouverture (15) est d'épaisseur renforcée.
  9. Bouchon à vis (1) selon l'une des revendications 1 à 8, caractérisé en ce que
    la partie du bouchon à vis (1) qui présente le filet intérieur (5) est sensiblement cylindrique (section cylindrique) à l'extérieur et devient elliptique (section elliptique) vers le bas, dans la direction de l'épaulement de la bouteille (2).
  10. Bouchon à vis (1) selon au moins une des revendications précédentes,
    caractérisé en ce que
    le filet (5) est réalisé de manière à arriver au-dessus du filet du récipient (2) sans déverrouiller la sécurité enfant lors de l'ouverture du bouchon à vis.
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