EP2641841A1 - Verschluss für Behälter mit verbesserter Dichtung - Google Patents

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EP2641841A1
EP2641841A1 EP13158522.6A EP13158522A EP2641841A1 EP 2641841 A1 EP2641841 A1 EP 2641841A1 EP 13158522 A EP13158522 A EP 13158522A EP 2641841 A1 EP2641841 A1 EP 2641841A1
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Silvia Ferrari
Guglielmo Ferrari
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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
    • B65D41/3404—Threaded or like caps or cap-like covers provided with tamper elements formed in, or attached to, the closure skirt with ratchet-and-pawl mechanism between the container and the closure skirt or the tamper element
    • B65D41/3409—Threaded or like caps or cap-like covers provided with tamper elements formed in, or attached to, the closure skirt with ratchet-and-pawl mechanism between the container and the closure skirt or the tamper element the tamper element being integrally connected to the closure by means of bridges
    • B65D41/3414—Threaded or like caps or cap-like covers provided with tamper elements formed in, or attached to, the closure skirt with ratchet-and-pawl mechanism between the container and the closure skirt or the tamper element the tamper element being integrally connected to the closure by means of bridges with drive means between closure and tamper element
    • 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
    • B65D41/02—Caps or cap-like covers without lines of weakness, tearing strips, tags, or like opening or removal devices
    • B65D41/04—Threaded or like caps or cap-like covers secured by rotation
    • B65D41/0407—Threaded or like caps or cap-like covers secured by rotation with integral sealing means
    • B65D41/0414—Threaded or like caps or cap-like covers secured by rotation with integral sealing means formed by a plug, collar, flange, rib or the like contacting the internal surface of a container neck
    • 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
    • B65D41/02—Caps or cap-like covers without lines of weakness, tearing strips, tags, or like opening or removal devices
    • B65D41/04—Threaded or like caps or cap-like covers secured by rotation
    • B65D41/0435—Threaded or like caps or cap-like covers secured by rotation with separate sealing elements
    • B65D41/0442—Collars or rings
    • 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
    • B65D41/02—Caps or cap-like covers without lines of weakness, tearing strips, tags, or like opening or removal devices
    • B65D41/04—Threaded or like caps or cap-like covers secured by rotation
    • B65D41/0435—Threaded or like caps or cap-like covers secured by rotation with separate sealing elements
    • B65D41/045—Discs
    • 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
    • B65D41/02—Caps or cap-like covers without lines of weakness, tearing strips, tags, or like opening or removal devices
    • B65D41/28—Caps combined with stoppers
    • 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
    • B65D41/325—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 with integral internal sealing means
    • 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
    • B65D2401/00—Tamper-indicating means
    • B65D2401/15—Tearable part of the closure
    • B65D2401/25—Non-metallic tear-off strips

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  • the present invention relates to a closure for containers with improved sealing.
  • This invention falls within the field of closures for containers, in particular containers having an opening provided with an outer threading on which a capsule is positioned.
  • this type of closure in particular for containers of special liquids, such as oils or similar products, the necessity is particularly felt for having an optimum closure with maximum sealing, in order to avoid any drawbacks due to unexpected leakages.
  • closures are in fact generally obtained by capsules equipped with respective washers which are positioned on the mouth of the container, provided with a relative guarantee ring.
  • the breakage of the guarantee ring is caused by rotation of the capsule, with breakage of the frangible bridges, normally positioned between the ring and lower edge of the capsule.
  • the guarantee bridges tend to stretch with the rotation of the capsule and do not break immediately. There is therefore a partial rotation of the capsule on the threading of the mouth of the container, and the inner part of the capsule and washer, if present, moves away from the upper edge of the mouth of the container.
  • the general objective of the present invention is therefore to solve the above-mentioned drawbacks of closures of this type of the known art, in a simple, economical, functional and reliable manner.
  • Another objective of the present invention is to provide a sealed closure also in the presence of a not-completely screwed position of the capsule on the mouth of the container.
  • Yet another objective is to provide a sealed closure which is maintained after its first opening.
  • a further objective of the present invention is to provide a sealed closure in which the possible washer is firmly positioned below the capsule.
  • a closure for containers with an improved sealing according to the present invention is illustrated hereunder, indicated as a whole with 11 in figure 1 .
  • the closure for containers essentially comprises a mouth 12 of a container 13, only partially shown, having an outer threading 24, and a covering and closing capsule 14, equipped with a guarantee ring 15, connected to the covering capsule 14 by means of a series of frangible bridges 16.
  • Figures 1 and 5 also show teeth 27 inserted in relative seats 28 which allow the correct assembly and centering of the capsule 14 with the guarantee ring 15 on the mouth 12 of the container without any breakage of the bridges 16.
  • the covering capsule 14 in the form of an overturned cup, internally comprises a threaded area 17 which terminates near the flat top with an annular rib protruding inwardly (18), having a smaller diameter than that of the threading 17, which forms a housing.
  • the guarantee ring 15 comprises a series of flaps (19) protruding inwardly which are engaged in flaps protruding outwardly 20 produced in a hollow annular portion 21 at the base of the mouth 12 of the container 13. As better illustrated in figure 6 , these flaps protruding outwardly 20 in the example shown, are produced in two short opposite sections of the hollow annular portion 21 of the mouth 12.
  • the flaps 19 protruding towards the inside of the guarantee ring 15, are flexible only in one rotation direction so that they become blocked in the other direction if engaged with the flaps protruding outwardly 20, at the base of the mouth 12. This torsion ensures a definite breakage of the bridges 16.
  • Figure 5 shows a raised half-sectional view of a first embodiment of the closure according to the invention.
  • This example in addition to what has been described before with respect to the covering capsule 14, also shows a flat circular washer 22.
  • This washer 22 is positioned between the flat top of the covering capsule 14 and the annular rib protruding inwardly 18 in the housing situated therein. Thanks to the presence of the annular rib protruding inwardly 18, as the washer 22 has a larger diameter than the inner diameter of the rib 18, it is firmly positioned therein.
  • the annular rib protruding towards the inside 18 of the capsule 14, advantageously has a diameter equal to or slightly smaller than the outer diameter of the upper end of the mouth 12, so that it is engaged on the latter and guarantees a good seal between the parts.
  • the breakage of the frangible bridges 16 between the guarantee ring 15 and covering capsule 14 is effected after a minimum rotation of the parts, as there is a double positioning of flaps 19 and 20 previously described.
  • Figure 7 shows a raised sectional view of a second embodiment of a closure according to the invention, which comprises a so-called "under-cap” 25 instead of the washer 22 shown in the first example.
  • the "under-cap” 25 is partially inserted inside the mouth 12 in order to close the container.
  • An annular cylindrical portion 26 extending towards the bottom of the "under-cap” 25 is positioned inside the mouth 12 of the container 13.
  • a folded peripheral end 29 of the "under-cap” 25 is positioned between the flat top of the covering capsule 14 and the annular rib protruding inwards 18 in the housing thus defined, remaining firmly constrained to the capsule 14.
  • the presence of the protruding annular rib protruding inwardly 18 inside the capsule 14 creates a seal with the end of the outer wall of the mouth 12 in a large section of the unscrewing phase of the capsule 14 from the mouth 12 of the container 13.
  • the flaps 19 protruding towards the inside of the guarantee ring 15 are also present and, with the unscrewing rotation of the capsule 14, they become engaged with the flaps protruding outwardly 20 situated at the base of the mouth 12, causing an immediate breakage of the frangible bridges 16.
  • Figure 8 shows a third embodiment of a closure according to the invention, in which the capsule has in its interior, a downward cylindrical extension 30 suitable for being inserted and engaged inside the end of the mouth 12. Furthermore, as previously in the capsule of the invention, there is the presence of the annular rib protruding inwardly 18 inside the capsule 14.
  • a small washer 31 is envisaged, which is "bun-shaped" or having a square or circular section, positioned between the downward cylindrical extension 30, annular rib protruding inwardly 18 and end of the mouth 12, when screwed, to obtain an even better sealing once the capsule 14 has been screwed onto the container 13.

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DE2828100A1 (de) * 1977-06-29 1979-01-18 Owens Illinois Inc Kindersicherer sicherheitsverschluss
US4394923A (en) * 1981-01-14 1983-07-26 Ricoh Co., Ltd. Threaded cap with inner plug
US4844273A (en) * 1988-09-06 1989-07-04 Sunbeam Plastics Corporation Closure with enhanced sealing
EP0417554A1 (de) * 1989-09-13 1991-03-20 Bayer Ag Behälter mit Schraubverschlusskappe
EP0679584A1 (de) * 1994-04-27 1995-11-02 Japan Crown Cork Co. Ltd. Kunststoffkappe
JPH0811906A (ja) * 1994-07-05 1996-01-16 Japan Crown Cork Co Ltd 容器と蓋との組合せ
EP1114781A2 (de) * 1999-12-20 2001-07-11 Walter E. Hidding Originalitätsverschluss und Hals einer Flasche
WO2003059769A1 (en) * 2002-01-16 2003-07-24 Vladimir Larionov Screw -cap closure for a container’s mouth and manufacture method
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US20110100947A1 (en) * 2009-11-02 2011-05-05 Long Charles J Anti-Backoff Closure

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Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
WO2020245346A1 (en) * 2019-06-07 2020-12-10 Creanova Universal Closures Ltd. Hinged closure

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