EP2648983A1 - Structure de goulot de bouteille et capuchon relatif réalisé en une matière plastique, en particulier pour de l'eau et des boissons - Google Patents

Structure de goulot de bouteille et capuchon relatif réalisé en une matière plastique, en particulier pour de l'eau et des boissons

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EP2648983A1
EP2648983A1 EP11815850.0A EP11815850A EP2648983A1 EP 2648983 A1 EP2648983 A1 EP 2648983A1 EP 11815850 A EP11815850 A EP 11815850A EP 2648983 A1 EP2648983 A1 EP 2648983A1
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neck
bottle
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Marco Cerracchio
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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
    • 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
    • B65D1/00—Containers having bodies formed in one piece, e.g. by casting metallic material, by moulding plastics, by blowing vitreous material, by throwing ceramic material, by moulding pulped fibrous material, by deep-drawing operations performed on sheet material
    • B65D1/02—Bottles or similar containers with necks or like restricted apertures, designed for pouring contents
    • B65D1/0223—Bottles or similar containers with necks or like restricted apertures, designed for pouring contents characterised by shape
    • B65D1/023—Neck construction
    • B65D1/0246—Closure retaining means, e.g. beads, screw-threads
    • 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
    • B65D41/0407—Threaded or like caps or cap-like covers secured by rotation with integral sealing means
    • B65D41/0428—Threaded or like caps or cap-like covers secured by rotation with integral sealing means formed by a collar, flange, rib or the like contacting the top rim or the top edges or the external 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
    • B65D41/32—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
    • 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

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  • the bottling companies are provided with preforms made of plastic material, usually, constituted by a tubular apically closed structure and by an open neck.
  • the neck remains unvaried under blowing constancy and thus also the relative thread, i.e. the entirety of the transverse reliefs which are present thereon and which guarantee the possibility of fastening to a type of cap made of plastic material, typically made of HDPE (polyethylene) or PP (polypropylene).
  • HDPE polyethylene
  • PP polypropylene
  • the main object of the present invention is therefore, in the previously described context, to provide an innovative neck structure and relative cap for bottles made of plastic material, especially for holding water and beverages, capable of allowing lightening the weight of the structure as much as possible, without deteriorating the functionalities not even in the use for holding carbonated beverages;
  • Another object of the present invention is to attain the aforementioned object through a solution concept capable of also allowing reducing the height (the axial development) of the neck.
  • Another object of the present invention is to attain the aforementioned objects through a solution concept having a corollary of embodiments coherent with the aforementioned objects.
  • a further object of the present invention is to attain the previous objects through a solution concept that is simple and efficient, safe during use and relatively inexpensive considering the results practically obtained therewith.
  • the bottle neck structure and relative cap made of plastic material, particularly for water and beverages, according to the present invention, comprising a neck (1) screw (4) with concave arc-shaped helical element and volutes mutually adjacent to define narrow crests (5) and female screw (15) of the cap (2) with spiral of the arc-shaped convex thread accurately convexly complementary to the concavity (4) of the helical element of the neck.
  • Figure 1 shows in schematic view a section of bottle neck according to the present invention with relative cap detached in sectional view
  • Figure 2 shows in schematic view a section of bottle neck according to the present invention with relative cap attached in sectional view;
  • Figure 4 shows in schematic view a plan sectional view of bottle neck according to the present invention. Static description of the embodiment
  • a bottle neck 3 made of plastic material according to the present invention particularly intended to hold water or even carbonated beverages, which will be described using the orientation terms of "high” and “low” with reference to the usual upright positioning of a container thus made on the relative base (not illustrated) is indicated in its entirety with 1.
  • the bottle 3 is preferably made using PET (polyethylene terephthalate) or PVC (polyvinyl chloride), while the relative cap 2 is preferably made of HDPE (polyethylene) or PP (polypropylene).
  • the volutes of the arched helical concavity 4, or screw, 4 are mutually adjacent to define crests 5, as narrow as possible.
  • the outer face 8 of the top annular edge 7 defining the opening 6 of the neck 1 is coplanar or, preferably, circumferentially sub-levelled with respect to the bottom of the arched helical concavity 4, with the aim of introducing the female screw 15 of the cap 2, as described hereinafter.
  • annular relief 9 with straight trapezoidal section, with inclined side 10 free and facing upwards.
  • the groove 12 is delimited at the lower part by a disc-shaped annular relief 13, for automatically handling the bottle 3 during filling and packaging, defined by adjacent lobes 14 (see figure 4).
  • the cap 2 is constituted by a cylindrical plane capsule 2, with an upper closure top part 16 and annular edge 17 defining the opening, within which there projects a female screw 15 with spiral of the arc-shaped convex thread in a convex manner, accurately complementary to the concavity 4 of the helical element of the neck 1, i.e. with arcature preferably not exceeding 120° (one hundred and twenty nonagesimal degrees).
  • the interior of the cap 2 is divided by a pronounced annular partition element 18, with relief 19 on the relative outer face, and by a smaller outer annular partition element 20, between which there is defined a circular interspace 21, whose bottom 22 is shaped degrading from the outer annular partition element 20 towards the annular partition element 18, for the purposes to be described hereinafter.
  • the arched profile of the helical concavity 4, or screw 4, on the neck 1 of the bottle 3, coupled with the convexly arched complementary profile of the female screw 15 in the cap 2, integrate a synergic combination which accumulates the two elements on the respective entire surfaces, thus not exclusively on limited unidirectional abutment fronts, as it occurs to threads that the screws of the bottle necks and caps are provided with according to the prior art.
  • the homogeneous accumulation on all the sections of the complementary profiles thus made is highlighted by the radial expansion of the neck 1, due to the pressure of the contained liquid and, in particular, due to the relative gas therein, still present even when the beverage is not naturally or artificially carbonated.
  • beverage-breaking when the beverage is carbonated, to a point that considering greater presence of gas, i.e. a greater pressure beneath the top part 16 of the cap 2 and potentially exposed to the risk of the crests 5 being broken by the part of the female screw 15 of the cap 2, i.e. the so-called "bead-breaking", correspond to a greater radial expansion of the neck 1 and thus a greater coupling between the elements, which is opposed to the bead-breakage of the crests 5 by the female screw 15, in a manner directly proportional to the pressure of the gas.
  • the firm anchoring allows reducing the screw 4 and female screw 15 volutes and thus the height of the neck 1 and the cap 2, thus allowing further saving the constituting material.
  • the bottle neck structure and relative cap made of plastic materials according to the present invention may be obtained using equivalent technical and mechanical materials using actuators of any type suitable for the purpose or provided with further supplementary solutions, same case applying to all configurations of the respective components which may vary to suit the purpose.
  • the annular relief underlying the arched thread on the bottle neck can be conceived notched with low relief, with the aim of attaining three objectives: facilitating the dispersion of gases released during the opening, saving weight and abutment of interior part of the security guarantee seal during unfastening, seal with notch preferably less close, so as to facilitate the breakage of the teeth that couple the seal to the cap and will have a smaller diameter due to the fact that the threads with low reliefs obtained in the neck structure reduce the diameter of the cap structure.
  • the bottle neck structure and relative cap made of plastic material according to the present invention offers advantages corresponding to the attainment of the preset objects as well as other objects:
  • the polymer structure is arranged so as to be less transparent to the gases; the neck in such machining does not attain this structural advantage and remains unvaried after the injection moulding, thus attaining a lower height of the neck also attains the advantage of a lower loss of carbonation of the liquids held therein, as well as greater duration of the stocked products, with good quality advantages and thus those of the image of the product as well as good advantages in the production and distribution logistics.
  • the lower height of the neck structure reduces the interior surface at contact with the liquids and subjected to the thrust stresses of the interior gases.
  • the arched grooves increase the contact surface with the thread of the cap, providing a greater interaction with respect to the relief thread according to the prior art which, on the contrary, does not counter the thread, given that it is parallel and conical over the entire surface; in other words, by frontally abutting the arched female screw of the cap, the arched screw of the neck, the cap is subjected to stress in the portion of relative greater thickness, so that the stress is uniformly distributed on the structure thereof.
  • the neck structure according to the invention subjects the interior of the fitting cap that surrounds it in the arched threads area a thickness that is added to the thickness of the structure on the circular wall and the arched threads being very close, i.e. the cap having a small height, smaller than that of the caps according to the prior art, they reinforce the entire circumference of the cap, creating a belt effect that is more resistant to the neck structure, to the thrust effect of the pressure of the liquids held in the bottle.
  • the annular relief underlying the arched thread on the bottle neck intended to interact with the security seal, co-diametrically at the lower part associated to the cap, has a smaller diameter with respect to the homologous ones according to the prior art, in that the concave arched threads obtained in the neck structure reduce the diameter of the cap structure.
  • the inlet edge of the bottle neck preferably having a greater thickness, equivalent to the height, with respect to the concave arched threads obtained in the neck structure, distributes the overlaying weights during paletisation and storage or transport, discharging the weights on the structure of the bottle and without interfering with the edges of the grooves of the relief thread.
  • the concave arched threads obtained in the neck structure constitute a concept of screw that is inexpensive to produce, hence allowing providing only one type of preform both for the carbonated products and for non-carbonated products, with a less expensive cap for the second, also attaining a considerable productive advantage of eliminating the times required to change the preform upon the variation of the liquid bottled in the automatic operation lines.

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Abstract

L'invention porte sur une structure de goulot de bouteille et sur un capuchon relatif réalisé en une matière plastique, en particulier pour de l'eau et des boissons, lesquels comprennent un goulot (1) vissé (4) à un élément hélicoïdal en forme d'arc concave et des volutes mutuellement adjacentes pour définir des crêtes étroites (5) et une vis femelle (15) du capuchon (2) à une spirale du filetage convexe en forme d'arc étant complémentaire de manière précise et convexe à la concavité (4) de l'élément hélicoïdal du goulot.
EP11815850.0A 2010-12-09 2011-12-08 Structure de goulot de bouteille et capuchon relatif réalisé en une matière plastique, en particulier pour de l'eau et des boissons Not-in-force EP2648983B1 (fr)

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ITPS2010A000028A IT1403118B1 (it) 2010-12-09 2010-12-09 Struttura di collo di bottiglia e relativo tappo in materiali plastici, particolarmente per acque e bibite.
PCT/EP2011/072231 WO2012076664A1 (fr) 2010-12-09 2011-12-08 Structure de goulot de bouteille et capuchon relatif réalisé en une matière plastique, en particulier pour de l'eau et des boissons

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