EP2354022B1 - Couvercle de boîte et procédé de fabrication d'un couvercle de boîte - Google Patents

Couvercle de boîte et procédé de fabrication d'un couvercle de boîte Download PDF

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EP2354022B1
EP2354022B1 EP10001041A EP10001041A EP2354022B1 EP 2354022 B1 EP2354022 B1 EP 2354022B1 EP 10001041 A EP10001041 A EP 10001041A EP 10001041 A EP10001041 A EP 10001041A EP 2354022 B1 EP2354022 B1 EP 2354022B1
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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
    • B65D17/00—Rigid or semi-rigid containers specially constructed to be opened by cutting or piercing, or by tearing of frangible members or portions
    • B65D17/28—Rigid or semi-rigid containers specially constructed to be opened by cutting or piercing, or by tearing of frangible members or portions at lines or points of weakness
    • B65D17/401—Rigid or semi-rigid containers specially constructed to be opened by cutting or piercing, or by tearing of frangible members or portions at lines or points of weakness characterised by having the line of weakness provided in an end wall
    • B65D17/4012—Rigid or semi-rigid containers specially constructed to be opened by cutting or piercing, or by tearing of frangible members or portions at lines or points of weakness characterised by having the line of weakness provided in an end wall for opening partially by means of a tearing tab
    • B65D17/4014—Rigid or semi-rigid containers specially constructed to be opened by cutting or piercing, or by tearing of frangible members or portions at lines or points of weakness characterised by having the line of weakness provided in an end wall for opening partially by means of a tearing tab and provided with attached means for reclosing or resealing
    • 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
    • B65D2517/00—Containers specially constructed to be opened by cutting, piercing or tearing of wall portions, e.g. preserving cans or tins
    • B65D2517/0001—Details
    • B65D2517/001—Action for opening container
    • B65D2517/0013—Action for opening container pull-out tear panel, e.g. by means of a tear-tab
    • 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
    • B65D2517/00—Containers specially constructed to be opened by cutting, piercing or tearing of wall portions, e.g. preserving cans or tins
    • B65D2517/0001—Details
    • B65D2517/0031—Reclosable openings
    • B65D2517/0038—Reclosable openings the plug being reinsertable into 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
    • B65D2517/00—Containers specially constructed to be opened by cutting, piercing or tearing of wall portions, e.g. preserving cans or tins
    • B65D2517/0001—Details
    • B65D2517/0031—Reclosable openings
    • B65D2517/0046—Unusual reclosable openings

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  • the invention relates to a can lid with a resealable opening, in particular for beverage cans, with a limited by a circumferential, provided in the metallic cover material Aufr Heinrichkerbe opening area, and a specific for breaking the Aufr hinderkerbe two-armed lever member, which is connected on the one hand with a pull tab and on the other hand to the opening area the lid surface acts and is supported by a force applied to the pull tab opening force translating bearing.
  • the invention is directed to a method of manufacturing a can lid as well as cans equipped with such a can lid.
  • US 2009/001081 A1 describes a resealable Dosendeclei with the features of the preamble of claim 1.
  • a sealing against the lid part to be pressed plastic seal is provided for sealing the once torn metal lid part when reclosing.
  • US 6,286,703 B1 describes a can lid, in which an opening gap in the cover metal bridging plastic seal is torn open during initial opening and the seal parts are placed together again when reclosing.
  • a can lid having a reclosable opening in which an opening is made in the metallic can lid and the edge of that opening is crimped to provide anchoring for a prefabricated plastic closure.
  • the plastic closure part comprises a base part to be connected to the beaded edge of the can opening, in which opening formed by a flat plug is formed.
  • the flat plug is connected to the opening edge via a plastic tear seam, so that the flat plug connected to a pull tab can be released by pulling over the tear tab of the plastic base part and pivoted into an open position.
  • the opening can be preferably conical by pressing the on its underside trained Flachstopfens be temporarily closed again.
  • a can lid having a reclosable opening in which an opening is also made in the metallic can lid into which a prefabricated, tearable plastic closure member is inserted, the prefabricated plastic member has a double flange at the edge into which engages the edge of the punched can opening and is fixed in it.
  • the prefabricated plastic element comprises a closure part, which is connected to the peripheral edge of the plastic part via a tear seam.
  • a pull tab connected to the closure part makes it possible to tear open the plastic tear seam between the peripheral area of the plastic part and the lid part and thus release the can opening.
  • the closure part which preferably remains in contact with the peripheral area via a tab region, can be pressed back into the opening.
  • a resealable can lid is known in which in particular the emergence of sharp edges should be avoided, as they arise when tearing ordinary tin cans over a tab.
  • a prefabricated plastic part is snapped into a provided in the metallic can lid punched, which has a lid part which is connected via a thin plastic wall with the snapped into the can opening base part.
  • the closure part is designed so that it engages to reclosure of the opening via a snap-locking connection in the base part.
  • a beverage can with a lid consisting of sheet metal in which a weakening line is formed and delimited by the weakening line lid part is detachable by means of a pull tab, wherein on the lid captive a substantially parallel to the lid surface pivotable closure part is attached to the removal opening.
  • a metal lid for beverage cans which has a pre-punched pouring opening in the lid surface, which is sealed by a closure element and after the first opening is again tightly closed.
  • the lid and closure element can be positively connected to one another by means of bayonet-like interlocking elements, which are formed directly from the lid material or the closure element.
  • the object of the invention is to provide a can lid, in particular for beverage cans, with a reclosable opening which not only processes a can filling line in the facilities available, i. applied to the can and can be connected to this air and gas-tight, but above all ensures a high-quality, gas-tight and liquid-tight seal in the reclosable opening, which withstand required pasteurization occurs high internal pressures, only low opening and Wiederver gleich concept requires and in particular also allows one-handed operation when opening and closing.
  • the opening portion is formed as a closure lid and adjacent to its outer edge of the tear notch frictionally connected to a collar part of a first plastic material that the collar part a outside the opening area and the tear notch adjacent to the lid surface frictionally connected lid receiving part is assigned from a second plastic material, that the collar part engages over the lid receiving part and between the collar part and the lid receiving part a sealing snap-locking connection is formed with a circumferential dome rib and a complementary shaped recess and that the pull tab is fastened radially outside the lid receiving part to a fixing region of the collar part and the two-armed lever for breaking the tear notch of a Fixing region associated part-circumferential region of the collar part is formed.
  • lid receiving part and collar part according to the invention in the lid having a circumferential tearing notch a very compact, liquid-tight and gas-tight reclosable unit is created on the one hand which can be opened with little force by exploiting a partial circumferential region of the collar part as supported on the lid receiving part lever and easily meets the required requirements for tightness in the case of reclosing the can opening due to the provided positive snap-locking connection.
  • a pivot plate connection is preferably provided opposite the fixing region between the collar part and at least one provided on the cover surface anchoring element, wherein anchoring element, pivot plate connection and collar part made of the same plastic material.
  • the pull tab consisting of a third plastic material rests on the collar part in the resting state and extends from the fixing region approximately to the opposite inner edge of the collar part, wherein the elasticity of the material of the pull tab is greater than the elasticity of the material the lid receiving part, which in turn is in turn more elastic than the material of the collar part when the lid receiving part of the snap-locking connection associated recess is provided.
  • This embodiment promotes easy handling while minimizing the space required for the pull tab.
  • an embodiment of the invention is characterized in that the non-positive connection of the collar part with the metallic opening portion and the lid receiving part with the lid surface respectively over The circumference distributed openings or passages provided in the lid material and these breakthroughs or passages on both sides of the lid material edge-spanning with the respective plastic material are gas-tight encapsulated. It is particularly advantageous if the faces and the adjacent edge regions of the openings or passages are previously encapsulated with a fourth plastic material in the form of an elastic sealing material and this sealing material by the surrounding him and connecting with him plastic material of the collar part or the lid receiving part under bias is set.
  • groove and / or teilnutförmige recesses in particular with undercuts and / or welded metallic for positive connection of the collar member with the metallic opening portion and the lid receiving part and the anchoring element with the lid surface in the opening area and in the lid surface Retaining elements are provided, and that collar part, lid receiving part and / or anchoring element are positively and non-positively fixed in the recesses by an injection molding process.
  • a known buckling spring element integrated, which holds during pivoting of the cover part performing collar part over a Aufschwenkwinkel of advantageously more than 90 ° this cover part in the pivoted position.
  • a pivoting back of the cover part is possible without problems in connection with such a buckling spring element.
  • the height of the above the metallic lid surface located structure of lid receiving part, collar part and pull tab is designed so that it is less than the distance between the lid surface and bead , It is also possible to keep the can lid circumference free while maintaining a second can, which is parked on a can lid, and at the same time to ensure that the plastic components are spatially compact enough to fit into the inside arch usually formed in a can bottom.
  • the pull tab for actuation is particularly easy to grasp or under attack, since between the pull tab and the opening area in the can wall always a defined, in particular by the collar part height given distance exists. This distance makes it possible to easily grasp the pull tab with a finger, slightly lift the pull tab and then apply the required for the purpose of full can opening traction. Any risk of injury or damage to a fingernail during the opening process is thus eliminated, and a one-hand or blind operation is possible without any problem.
  • the invention further relates to a method for producing a can lid with an outer bead and inwardly recessed lid surface in which a resealable opening is provided.
  • the inventive method which is characterized by particular simplicity and the achievable quality of resealable opening unit, is in particular that the lid punched and introduced into the cover surface a circumferential tear notch and the tear notch at least on the outside adjacent an annular groove is formed in the lid surface, that Subsequently, while anchoring in the annular groove, a lid receiving part is injected with a first coupling element of a predetermined elasticity possessing plastic material, that then used the can lid with the lid receiving part as a counter-mold and an annular collar part injected from a not with the material of the lid receiving part plastic material and the tear notch is frictionally connected inwardly adjacent the lid surface, said annular cantilever being configured to receive the lid rushes over and a complementary to the first coupling element second coupling element and both coupling elements form a snap-locking connection, and that in particular simultaneously with the collar part a pull tab made of elastic material is injected, which is anchored at one end in a radially outer portion of the collar part and extend
  • the individual injection molding operations required for the production of the can lid can be realized problem-free in conventional technology, wherein it is clearly advantageous that in the course of production the lid surface with the already molded lid receiving part can be used as a negative mold for the next injection process to form collar part and anchoring element, so that the optimal interaction and the required form-fit can be perfectly achieved in connection with the reclosability.
  • Fig. 1 shows a conventionally designed in its basic form can lid 1 made of metal, which carries a paint layer on both sides in a conventional manner and is connected via a flange 2, preferably with the interposition of a sealing material, liquid-tight and gas-tight with the respective associated can.
  • a buckling spring element 22 ensures that the lid is held in the open position, especially when more than an angle of 90 ° is pivoted.
  • FIG. 2 again shows those related to Fig. 1 already mentioned components, wherein in Fig. 2 additionally an anchoring element 14 is indicated.
  • the Fig. 2 illustrates that the reclosable opening with all its associated components is arranged off-center, in such a way that despite the presence of the resealable opening, the stackability is unchanged as in conventional doses.
  • Fig. 3 shows the basic structure of the integrated in the can lid resealable opening according to the invention in a sectional view along the line CC in Fig. 2 ,
  • a resealable can lid must be liquid-tight and gastight, especially in the area of the resealable opening. It is to take into account that in the can production, the filled cans are heated to about 80 ° C for about 20 minutes, creating an internal pressure in the range of about 6 bar and this internal pressure must not cause it immediately or when the cans are delivered , comes to a gas leak.
  • Fig. 3 shows that the resealable closure according to the invention is not a prefabricated unit which is inserted into a corresponding opening of the can lid, but a structure in which closure components are integrated in the metallic can lid and the tear-open area by a conventional tear notch in the metallic can lid is defined.
  • the essential components of the closure according to the invention are formed by a circumferential cover receiving part 10 and a cooperating with this snap-lock type collar part 5, which forms the hinged lid part together with the opening portion located within a tear notch, which via a pivot plate connection 16 with an anchoring element 14th connected is. On the collar part engages on the outside and the anchoring element 14 opposite the pull tab 15 at.
  • Fig. 4 shows the specific structure of a preferred embodiment of a can lid according to the invention with a reclosable opening.
  • an opening portion 11 is defined by a circumferential tear-4 of known type. Adjacent to the tear notch 4 and outside the opening portion 11 a circumferential annular groove 17 is introduced into the lid surface 3.
  • This annular groove 17 desirably increases the rigidity, but it also has an advantageous effect if an increased pressure, in particular the pressure of about 6 bar arising in the pasteurization step, occurs in the can, since this annular groove provides a certain length or area compensation, when the can inflates a bit. This length or area compensation also protects the adjacent tear score.
  • a perforation is provided, which may consist of mutually spaced round, oval or elongated holes. Instead of such perforations or mixed with such perforations, so-called passages may also be provided, i. Openings with downwardly extending, short wall approaches.
  • the perforations or passages make it possible for the area of the annular groove 17 to be enclosed on all sides by the plastic material used for the lid receiving part 10 when the lid receiving part 10 is sprayed. Since, due to the coating of the lid material with a lacquer can not be readily ensured that a perfect gas-tight connection between the can lid material and the plastic material is achieved, there is a special feature of the invention in that before spraying the lid receiving part, the free end faces and the surrounding areas of the openings 7 or passages are encapsulated with an elastic sealing material.
  • annular recess 12 When spraying the lid receiving part 10 an annular recess 12 is provided which has approximately the shape of a downwardly widening U in cross section and is suitable to form a snap-locking receptacle with a corresponding counter-element.
  • the circumferentially provided adjacent to the tear notch 4 cover receiving part 10 is associated with a collar part 5, which consists of a different from the lid receiving part 10 plastic material and is chosen so that it does not connect with the injection molding process with the material of the lid receiving part 10.
  • the collar part 5 is fixedly and gastightly connected to the opening part 11 of the can lid, to which adjacent to the tear notch 4 in the region of the outer periphery of the opening portion 11 openings or passages approximately analogous to the openings or passages at the bottom of the annular groove 17 are provided.
  • These breakthroughs 7 or passages - the can not be seen in the right part of the representation of the collar part 5 due to the cutting process - are in turn encapsulated in the region of their faces and the adjacent areas with an elastic sealing material 8, so that in the formation of the collar part the corresponding plastic material pass through the openings 7 or passages and below the opening portion 11 may form a fastening lug.
  • the plastic material of the collar part 5 and the elastic sealing material 8 also act together again in the same way, as has already been described in connection with the lid receiving part 10, that is, there is a mechanically strong, gas-tight connection between the material of the opening portion 11 and Collar part 5 created.
  • a rib 9 which is shaped complementarily to the recess 12 in the lid receiving part 10 is formed, so that the snap snap connection already mentioned can be created.
  • a swivel-plate connection 16 with a likewise simultaneously formed anchoring element 14 in the lid surface 3 is created.
  • the anchoring element 14 is formed in the same way and is constructed in the same way as the connection between the collar part 5 and the opening portion 11, ie it is also ensured due to the provided between can lid opening 7 and the plastic material of the anchoring element elastic sealing gas tightness.
  • Between film hinges 21, which are provided adjacent to the anchoring element 14, in the pivot plate connection 16 is an existing of the same material Buckling spring element 22 integrated by conventional design. This buckling spring element 22 holds the cover in the open position when it is swung open by more than 90 °. When closing the lid, the buckling spring element 22 snaps over and obstructs the closing process in any way.
  • the collar part 5 is connected to the fixing strap 13 with the flexibly formed pull tab 15, wherein the connection preferably takes place in the context of an injection process.
  • the pull tab 15 extends to the opposite inner region of the collar member 5, is applied to this and parallel to the plane of the opening portion 11, i. it is in the closed state of the resealable opening before a very space-saving, compact arrangement, the height is significantly less than the distance between the top surface 3 and the bead 2.
  • a plastic material is used for the lid receiving part, which is a slightly widening of the recess 12 when pressing the dome rib 9 and then holding this dome rib 9 via a rounded undercut and on the other hand the exercise of a necessary bias on the plastic material used for the elastic sealing material 8 after the Spraying guaranteed.
  • the plastic material for the elastic sealing material 8 is much more elastic than the plastic material of the lid receiving part.
  • a plastic material is used, on the one hand with the material of the lid receiving part 10 no connection and on the other hand is also much less elastic than This is also important because the collar part 5 must have a basic rigidity, which is required for the can opening operation.
  • the plastic material used for the pull tab preferably again differs from the three already mentioned plastic materials and is so elastic that the pull tab can be easily raised by grasping and then operated in the manner required to open.
  • an opening force ratio is provided in the subject of the application, which is realized in that the pull tab 15 is hinged to the radially outer fixing portion 13 of the collar member and by pulling the radially outer end of the collar member 5 by means of the pull tab Supporting the collar part on the radially inner leg of the recess 12 of the lid receiving part 10 takes place and thus the relatively long lever between this leg and the fixing portion 13 cooperates with the much shorter lever acting between this acting as a support leg radially inner leg of the lid receiving part and the attachment point of the Collar portion 5 is formed on the opening portion 11 and is effective.
  • the shorter lever is thereby moved inwards, ie toward the interior of the can and the resulting deformation causes - supported by the provision for increasing the rigidity local projection 25 - a local breaking of the tear-4, the is then separated on further pulling up the pull tab 15 with little force over the entire circumference.
  • the dome rib 9 leaves the corresponding recess 12 in the lid receiving part.
  • the lid can then be removed after complete separation of the snap-locking connection on the pivot plate connection 16 and the film hinges 21 of the formed free opening and swung up.
  • the existing buckling spring element 22 of the open lid is held in the open position.
  • the initial opening of a can differs from subsequent opening and closing operations as a rule by the fact that the force required for the first opening is several times as large as the force required for reopening after reclosure and, above all, the noise perceptible in each case is significantly different is.
  • the lid receiving part 10 and the collar part 5 at least one by the initial opening operation of the collar member 5 inevitably in its structure and / or its appearance and / or its position changed visual element can be provided.
  • Fig. 5 shows the already explained variant, in which between the metallic, provided with a top coat sheet 17 and the plastic material of the lid receiving part 10 or collar part 5, a sealing material in the region of the opening 7 is provided.
  • Fig. 6 shows a variant in which breakthroughs or passages in the can lid material can be avoided.
  • recesses 18 are formed in the material of the can lid, which are provided with at least one undercut 19. If the plastic material for the lid receiving part or the collar part is injected into such a recess, then there are force and form-fitting connections that ensure the required secure hold of the plastic material.
  • Fig. 7 shows a further embodiment, in which instead of in Fig. 6 provided undercut in the annular groove 17 specially shaped retaining elements 20 attached, z. B. are welded, which allow the same effect avoiding undercuts.
  • Fig. 8 shows a variant in which between the metallic sheet of the annular groove 17 and the plastic material used for the lid receiving part 10 or the collar part 5, a bonding agent 24 is provided which, even if the metal sheet is provided with a paint layer, a mechanically stable and especially ensures a gas-tight connection between plastic and metal.
  • the layer of bonding agent 24 is provided inside the can on the metal sheet.
  • Fig. 9 shows an embodiment in which in turn in the lid surface of the can lid no perforations are required, but the gas-tight fixing of collar part 5 and / or lid receiving part 10 takes place in a recess which is provided with a primer layer 24 having a gas-tight connection between plastic and metal ensures.
  • the inventive method for producing a can lid with a resealable opening comprises in particular the following method steps:
  • annular groove is formed in the lid surface on the outside adjacent to the intended circumferential tear-open notch.
  • annular groove can also be provided on the inside of the tear-open groove.
  • the opening region delimiting, circumferential tear-open notch is introduced into the lid surface.
  • annular grooves located on both sides of the tear notch these serve later for fixing the collar and lid holding parts to be formed.
  • an annular groove is provided only outside the tearing notch, in which a lid receiving part is fixed in a manner to be described.
  • Fig. 4 in particular in Fig. 4 is shown and provided in the outside of the tear notches perforations without annular groove and within the tear notch perforations in an annular groove are introduced simultaneously or offset in time to form the outer annular groove in the bottom of the annular groove and in the tear-open inside adjacent area perforations.
  • the perforations are encapsulated on the face side and in the vicinity of their end faces with an elastic sealing material.
  • the lid receiving part is injection-molded with the use of the corresponding mold parts while enclosing the elastic sealing material already present on all sides, preferably simultaneously with a support area for a pivoting lug located on the side of the anchoring element.
  • the resulting structure of metallic lid surface with integrated lid receiving part is used for the next injection molding process as a counter-mold, so that the annular recess in the lid receiving part forms the counter-form region for the positively engaging dome rib, which is an integral part of the annular collar part.
  • This annular collar part penetrates the plastic material through the already provided with an elastic sealing material breakthroughs, wherein on the elastic sealing material by the injection pressure and the resulting during spraying forcing a permanent bias is applied.
  • the plastic materials used for the collar part and the lid receiving part enter into a connection with the elastic sealing material. Simultaneously with the spraying of the collar part, the anchoring element and the pivot plate connection, in particular with buckling spring element, are preferably sprayed.
  • the pull tab is injected using an inclined shape, wherein in the fixing region between pull tab and anchoring element the pull tab material in correspondingly provided recesses of the Collar material can penetrate and in this way the pull tab is fixed.
  • connection possibilities between the lid material and collar part or lid receiving part can be modified.
  • the formation of perforations in the lid material omitted, as well as the application of these perforations associated sealing material.
  • process steps for applying a bonding agent or for attaching retaining elements are required.
  • all embodiments of the invention have in common that the resealable can lid in the conventional production process, i. the process of processing can lids without resealable opening, processable and thus applied with the available facilities a can filling line on the respective can and the can can be closed.
  • the gas-tightness achieved according to the invention also ensures that the durability of the particular contents of the can is in no way adversely affected in comparison with non-re-closable cans.

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  1. Couvercle de boîte présentant une ouverture refermable de manière étanche, en particulier pour des canettes de boissons, comprenant une zone d'ouverture (11) délimitée par une rainure de déchirage périphérique (4) ménagée dans le matériau métallique d'une surface (3) du couvercle, ainsi qu'un organe-levier à deux bras destiné à poinçonner la rainure de déchirage (4),
    lequel est relié d'une part à une languette de traction (15) et attaque d'autre part la zone d'ouverture (11) de la surface (3) du couvercle et est soutenu via un palier qui démultiplie la force d'ouverture appliquée sur la languette de traction (15),
    caractérisé en ce que
    la zone d'ouverture (11) est réalisée sous forme de couvercle obturateur et est reliée, au voisinage de sa bordure extérieure de la rainure de déchirage (4), à une pièce en collerette (5) en une première matière plastique,
    en ce qu'une pièce de réception de couvercle (10) en une seconde matière plastique, reliée en coopération de forces avec la surface de couvercle (3) à l'extérieur de la zone d'ouverture (11) et au voisinage de la rainure de déchirage (4), est associée à la pièce en collerette (5),
    en ce que la pièce en collerette (5) coiffe la pièce de réception de couvercle (10), et une liaison étanche à encliquetage/enclenchement comprenant une nervure d'accouplement périphérique (9) et un évidement de forme complémentaire (12) est réalisé entre la pièce en collerette (5) et la pièce de réception de couvercle (10), et
    en ce que la languette de traction (15) est fixée radialement à l'extérieur de la pièce de réception de couvercle (10) sur une zone de fixation (13) de la pièce en collerette (5), et le levier à deux bras destiné à poinçonner la rainure de déchirage (4) est formé par une zone périphérique partielle, associée à la zone de fixation (13), de la pièce en collerette (5).
  2. Couvercle de boîte selon la revendication 1,
    caractérisé en ce qu'il est prévu une liaison à languette pivotante (16) à l'opposé de la zone de fixation (13) entre la pièce en collerette (5) et au moins un élément d'ancrage (14) prévu sur la surface de couvercle (3), et l'élément d'ancrage, (14), la liaison à languette pivotante (16) et la pièce en collerette (5) sont réalisé(e)s avec la même matière plastique.
  3. Couvercle de boîte selon la revendication 1,
    caractérisé en ce que
    la languette de traction (15), formée en une troisième matière plastique, repose, à l'état de repos, sur la pièce en collerette (5), et s'étend depuis la zone de fixation (13) approximativement jusqu'à la bordure intérieure opposée de la pièce en collerette (5),
    dans lequel l'élasticité du matériau de la languette de traction (15) est supérieure à l'élasticité du matériau de la pièce de réception de couvercle (10), lequel est à son tour plus élastique que le matériau de la pièce en collerette (5).
  4. Couvercle de boîte selon la revendication 1, 2 ou 3,
    caractérisé en ce que, pour la liaison à coopération de forces de la pièce en collerette (5) avec la zone d'ouverture métallique (11) et de la pièce de réception de couvercle (10) avec la surface de couvercle (3), il est prévu des traversées (7) ou des poinçonnages respectivement réparti(e)s sur la périphérie dans le matériau du couvercle, et ces traversées (7) ou poinçonnages sont enrobé(e)s des deux côtés du matériau du couvercle (3, 11) de manière étanche aux gaz avec la matière plastique respective, d'une manière qui recouvre les bordures.
  5. Couvercle de boîte selon la revendication 4,
    caractérisé en ce que les surfaces frontales et les zones de bordures adjacentes des traversées (7) ou des poinçonnages sont enrobées avec une quatrième matière plastique sous la forme d'un matériau d'étanchement élastique (8), et en ce que ce matériau d'étanchement (8) est mis sous précontrainte par la matière plastique, qui l'entoure et qui établit une liaison avec lui-même, de la pièce en collerette (5) ou de la pièce de réception de couvercle (10).
  6. Couvercle de boîte selon la revendication 4 ou 5,
    caractérisé en ce que les traversées (7) ou les poinçonnages destinés à la liaison de la pièce de réception de couvercle (10) et de la surface de couvercle (3) sont prévus au fond d'une gorge annulaire (17) essentiellement en forme de U, qui s'étend vers le volume intérieur de la boîte.
  7. Couvercle de boîte selon la revendication 1, 2 ou 3,
    caractérisé en ce que, pour la liaison à coopération de forces de la pièce en collerette (5) avec la zone d'ouverture métallique (11) et de la pièce de réception de couvercle (10) ainsi que de l'élément d'ancrage (14) avec la surface de couvercle (3), il est prévu dans la zone d'ouverture (11) et dans la surface du couvercle (13) des renfoncements en forme de gorge et/ou de gorge partielle (18), en particulier avec des contre-dépouilles (19) et/ou il est prévu des éléments de retenue métalliques (20) soudés, et en ce que la pièce en collerette (5), la pièce de réception de couvercle (10) et/ou l'élément d'ancrage (14) sont fixés par coopération de formes et par coopération de forces dans les renfoncements (18) par une opération de moulage par injection.
  8. Couvercle de boîte selon la revendication 2,
    caractérisé en ce que la liaison à languette pivotante (16) comprend une charnière en film (21) à deux bras, et un élément à ressort pliant (22) réalisé entre les branches, lequel tient le couvercle d'obturation (5, 11) qui a été pivoté en ouverture dans une position ouverte sous un angle obtus.
  9. Couvercle de boîte selon la revendication 1,
    caractérisé en ce que la nervure d'accouplement périphérique (9) est prévue sur la pièce en collerette (5), et l'évidement de forme complémentaire (12) est prévu sur la pièce de réception de couvercle (10).
  10. Couvercle de boîte selon l'une des revendications précédentes,
    caractérisé en ce que la languette de traction (15), conçue en particulier en forme d'anneau, est tenue par la pièce en collerette (5) à distance par rapport à la zone d'ouverture métallique (11), et en raison de sa distance, la languette de traction (15) peut être saisie par le dessous au moyen d'un doigt et être actionnée en ouverture.
  11. Couvercle de boîte selon l'une ou plusieurs des revendications précédentes,
    caractérisé en ce qu'au moins un élément visible, qui est modifié obligatoirement par la première opération d'ouverture de la pièce en collerette (5) dans sa structure et/ou son aspect et/ou sa position, est prévu entre la pièce de réception de couvercle (10) et la pièce en collerette (5).
  12. Couvercle de boîte selon l'une ou plusieurs des revendications précédentes,
    caractérisé en ce que la hauteur de la structure, posée au-dessus de la surface métallique (3) du couvercle et formée de la pièce de réception de couvercle (10), de la pièce en collerette (5) et de la languette de traction (15), et plus faible que la distance entre la surface de couvercle (3) et la bordure de sertissage (2)
  13. Couvercle de boîte selon l'une ou plusieurs des revendications précédentes,
    caractérisé en ce que la surface de couvercle (11, 3) associée à la zone de réception des composants (5, 10, 14) en matière plastique est réalisée en renfoncement par rapport à la surface visible (23) qui l'entoure de tous les côtés.
  14. Procédé pour la réalisation d'un couvercle de boîte (1) comprenant une bordure de sertissage extérieure (2) et une surface de couvercle (3) en retrait vers l'intérieur par rapport à celle-ci, dans laquelle est ménagée une ouverture refermable,
    caractérisé en ce que
    le couvercle (1) est poinçonné et une rainure de déchirage (4) périphérique est ménagée dans la surface de couvercle (3) et une gorge annulaire (17) est réalisée dans la surface de couvercle au voisinage de la rainure de déchirage, au moins du côté extérieur,
    en ce que l'on injecte ensuite, avec ancrage simultané dans la gorge annulaire, une pièce de réception de couvercle (10) avec un premier élément d'accouplement en une matière plastique possédant une élasticité prédéterminée,
    en ce que l'on utilise alors le couvercle de boîte (1) avec la pièce de réception de couvercle (10) comme un contre-moule et l'on injecte une pièce en collerette (5) en forme d'anneau en une matière plastique qui n'établit pas de liaison avec le matériau de la pièce de réception de couvercle, et on relie cette pièce en collerette en coopération de forces avec la surface de couvercle (3) au voisinage de la rainure de déchirage (4) du côté intérieur,
    dans lequel ladite pièce en collerette (5) en forme d'anneau est conçue de telle façon qu'elle coiffe la pièce de réception de couvercle et comporte un second élément d'accouplement formé de manière complémentaire au premier élément d'accouplement, et les deux éléments d'accouplement forment une liaison à encliquetage/enclenchement, et
    en ce que l'on injecte, en particulier simultanément avec la pièce en collerette, une languette de traction (15) en un matériau élastique, laquelle est ancrée par une extrémité dans une zone partielle, située radialement à l'extérieur, de la pièce en collerette (5), et s'étend sous la forme d'une languette annulaire, vers la zone médiane du couvercle de boîte.
  15. Procédé selon la revendication 14,
    caractérisé en ce que l'on réalise à titre de premier élément d'accouplement un évidement d'accouplement (12) orienté essentiellement perpendiculairement à la surface du couvercle et avec une section transversale conçue approximativement en forme de U, et à titre de second élément d'accouplement, une nervure d'accouplement (9) formée de manière complémentaire.
  16. Procédé selon la revendication 14,
    caractérisé en ce que, simultanément avec la réalisation d'une gorge périphérique dans la surface du couvercle (3), on poinçonne des traversées ou des poinçonnages (7) dans la paroi du fond de la gorge périphérique et dans la zone voisine de la rainure de déchirage (4), réparti(e)s sur la périphérie, pour la fixation de la pièce en collerette (5), ces traversées ou poinçonnages sont traversé(e)s lors de l'opération d'injection par les matières plastiques respectivement associées pour la pièce de réception de couvercle (10) et pour la pièce en collerette (5), de sorte que les zones voisines des traversées ou des poinçonnages (7) des deux côtés de la surface de couvercle (3) sont noyées dans la matière plastique respective.
  17. Procédé selon la revendication 16,
    caractérisé en ce que, avant l'injection de la pièce en collerette (5) et avant l'injection de la pièce de réception de couvercle (10), on injecte un matériau d'étanchement élastique autour des surfaces frontales des traversées ou des poinçonnages (7) ainsi que les régions de bordure limitrophes, et ce matériau d'étanchement établit une liaison, lors de l'injection des matières pour la pièce en collerette et pour la pièce de réception de couvercle, avec ces matières et est mis sous précontrainte.
  18. Procédé selon la revendication 16,
    caractérisé en ce que, simultanément avec la réalisation de la gorge périphérique, disposée à l'extérieur de la rainure de déchirage (4), dans la surface du couvercle (3), on réalise également dans le matériau de la surface du couvercle (3) une gorge périphérique voisine de la rainure de déchirage (4) sur le côté intérieur, et les deux gorges périphériques sont dotées de contre-dépouilles et/ou d'éléments de retenue, et
    en ce que, dans les opérations d'injection successives, les matières pour la pièce en collerette (5) et pour la pièce de réception de couvercle (10) sont ancrées en coopération de formes et en coopération de forces dans ces gorges exemptes de traversées dans le matériau.
  19. Procédé selon l'une des revendications 14 à 18,
    caractérisé en ce que, simultanément avec l'injection de la pièce de réception de couvercle, on injecte un élément d'ancrage (14), diagonalement à l'opposé de la zone de fixation pour la languette de traction, à distance de la pièce de réception de couvercle (10), élément d'ancrage qui, lors de la même opération d'injection, est relié via une languette pivotante (16) avec la pièce de réception de couvercle (10), et est formé de la même matière.
  20. Procédé selon la revendication 19,
    caractérisé en ce que la liaison mécanique entre l'élément d'ancrage (14) et la surface du couvercle (3) est réalisée de la même manière que la liaison entre la pièce de réception de couvercle (10) et la surface du couvercle (3), et avec les mêmes opérations d'injection
  21. Procédé selon la revendication 20,
    caractérisé en ce que, lors de l'injection de la languette pivotante (16) entre l'élément d'ancrage (14) et la pièce de réception de couvercle (10), on forme simultanément une charnière en film à deux branches avec un élément à ressort pliant (22) réalisé entre les deux branches de cette charnière.
  22. Boîte pour l'emballage de produits liquides ou capables de s'écouler, en particulier pour l'emballage de boissons,
    caractérisée en ce que la boîte est refermée avec un couvercle de boîte (1) selon l'une ou plusieurs des revendications 1 à 10.
  23. Boîte selon la revendication 22,
    caractérisée en ce que, pour permettre d'empiler les boîtes, le fond des boîtes est bombé vers l'intérieur à la manière d'une coupole et est réalisé en vue de recevoir la structure, posée au-dessus de la surface métallique du couvercle, constituée de la pièce de réception de couvercle (10), de la pièce en collerette (5) et de la languette de traction (15), et en ce que le couvercle de boîte comprend une zone de bordure périphérique dépourvue de structures supérieures.
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