Classifications

• • 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
  • B65D51/00—Closures not otherwise provided for
  • B65D51/14—Rigid discs or spherical members adapted to be held in sealing engagement with mouth of container, e.g. closure plates for preserving jars
  • B65D51/145—Rigid discs or spherical members adapted to be held in sealing engagement with mouth of container, e.g. closure plates for preserving jars by means of an additional element connected directly to the container
• • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
  • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
  • B65B—MACHINES, APPARATUS OR DEVICES FOR, OR METHODS OF, PACKAGING ARTICLES OR MATERIALS; UNPACKING
  • B65B7/00—Closing containers or receptacles after filling
  • B65B7/16—Closing semi-rigid or rigid containers or receptacles not deformed by, or not taking-up shape of, contents, e.g. boxes or cartons
  • B65B7/28—Closing semi-rigid or rigid containers or receptacles not deformed by, or not taking-up shape of, contents, e.g. boxes or cartons by applying separate preformed closures, e.g. lids, covers
  • B65B7/2835—Closing semi-rigid or rigid containers or receptacles not deformed by, or not taking-up shape of, contents, e.g. boxes or cartons by applying separate preformed closures, e.g. lids, covers applying and rotating preformed threaded caps
• • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
  • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
  • B65B—MACHINES, APPARATUS OR DEVICES FOR, OR METHODS OF, PACKAGING ARTICLES OR MATERIALS; UNPACKING
  • B65B7/00—Closing containers or receptacles after filling
  • B65B7/16—Closing semi-rigid or rigid containers or receptacles not deformed by, or not taking-up shape of, contents, e.g. boxes or cartons
  • B65B7/28—Closing semi-rigid or rigid containers or receptacles not deformed by, or not taking-up shape of, contents, e.g. boxes or cartons by applying separate preformed closures, e.g. lids, covers
  • B65B7/2842—Securing closures on containers
  • B65B7/2878—Securing closures on containers by heat-sealing
• • 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
  • B65D51/00—Closures not otherwise provided for
  • B65D51/18—Arrangements of closures with protective outer cap-like covers or of two or more co-operating closures
  • B65D51/20—Caps, lids, or covers co-operating with an inner closure arranged to be opened by piercing, cutting, or tearing
• • 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
  • B65D2251/00—Details relating to container closures
  • B65D2251/0003—Two or more closures
  • B65D2251/0006—Upper closure
  • B65D2251/0018—Upper closure of the 43-type
• • 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
  • B65D2251/00—Details relating to container closures
  • B65D2251/0003—Two or more closures
  • B65D2251/0068—Lower closure
  • B65D2251/0093—Membrane
• • 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
  • B65D2543/00—Lids or covers essentially for box-like containers
  • B65D2543/00009—Details of lids or covers for rigid or semi-rigid containers
  • B65D2543/00444—Contact between the container and the lid
  • B65D2543/00564—Contact between the container and the lid indirect by means of a gasket or similar intermediate ring

Definitions

• the present invention relates to a lid unit for closing and sealing an opening of a container surrounded by a sealing edge, such as can, keg and the like, a container sealed with a lid unit according to the invention with an opening surrounded by a sealing rim and a method for sealing such a container.
• Containers are known from the prior art in which an end opening is closed and sealed by means of a membrane.
• a metal ring On the container, a metal ring is usually fixed by means of a fold with the container outer wall in the opening.
• the membrane is on the annular, facing the outside of the container surface of the
• Container top edge, the metal ring and the membrane covers A problem with such containers or closure systems is that in the production of the metal ring, a substantial portion of the material used is lost.
• the metal ring In order to provide a correspondingly large container opening for filling with and for the removal of filling material after opening the container, the metal ring has a correspondingly large recess in its inner region.
• the metal ring is manufactured by punching out of a metal sheet, so that the sheet material punched out to form the inner recess is produced as waste, which is inefficient, polluting and cost-intensive.
• the present invention seeks to provide a cover unit and a method for closing and sealing a container with it, which is materially or on the usual and simple Machines can be manufactured or carried out and used in various commercial containers and lids without their particular adaptation to the invention.
• the cover unit is to be delivered in particular as a ready-preassembled unit to a filler of a corresponding container and can be arranged and sealed by this after filling the contents easily, quickly, inexpensively and by means of conventional and simple machines on the container.
• the object underlying the invention is achieved by a lid unit for sealing and sealing, in particular originality sealing, one of a
• the lid unit has an adapter, a lid and a sealing film
• the adapter to the container in the opening or around the opening around the sealing edge is free to arrange and has a through hole
• the Lid is removably attached to the adapter and the sealing film between the lid and adapter whose passage opening is clamped covering.
• Lid unit in particular according to one of the appended claims, closed container with an opening surrounded by a sealing edge, wherein the sealing film circumferentially applied to or on the sealing edge of the container, closes the opening and is sealed in particular with the sealing edge.
• a container such as can, keg and the like, wherein a lid unit according to one of claims 1 to 7 on a container, in particular according to one of claims 8 to 13, with an opening and a surrounding sealing edge in the opening or around the opening is arranged so that the sealing film circumferentially rests against the sealing edge, and the sealing film is sealed by thermal action with the sealing edge.
• a two-part container has a lid unit (as the first part) and a one-piece container body (as the second part) which is closed or closable with the latter.
• the container body integrally forms a container wall and a container bottom and can be produced, for example, usually by means of deep-drawing or another forming process.
• a three-piece container has a lid unit (as a first part) and a sealed or closable with this two-piece container body consisting of container wall (as a second part) and container bottom (as a third part).
• Container wall and container bottom can be connected to each other, for example by means of a fold.
• the sealing foil and the container are the only units in contact with the contents.
• the lid and the adapter can therefore be made of almost any materials, regardless of the contents. This way you can cover and adapter
• cover and / or adapter are made entirely or partially of plastic.
• the adapter can be designed in particular as a plastic injection-molded element.
• the adapter is made inexpensively and easily in the particular shape required, z. B. injection molded.
• preassembled It can be preassembled for closing a suitable container and placed particularly easy after filling it.
• adapter, lid and sealing film can also be individually arranged for closing the container.
• the sealing film is placed on the adapter and the lid is subsequently arranged on the adapter, so that the sealing film between the adapter and the cover is and at least until sealed by this clamped and held on the sealing edge.
• the sealing film is subsequently (after pre-assembly) placed on the container, while it rests or rests on the sealing edge, and sealed with its sealing edge.
• the adapter is placed on the container before placing the sealing film.
• the arrangement of the lid on the adapter is preferably carried out by means of a thread or a bayonet closure.
• the lid at least partially, for. B. in the region of the front-side cover surface, has a certain elasticity, since then the sealing film over a certain compression when placing or screwing on the adapter and the resulting elastic restoring force can be kept safe.
• an elastic intermediate layer can be inserted in the lid on the adapter side between the sealing film and the lid, which assumes this spring function.
• the adapter may be formed substantially annular or have a substantially annular wall, for. B. as a coupling ring. In the latter case, this is preferably provided on the inside or outside with the thread or the lugs of the bayonet closure.
• the adapter has an annular, interrupted or uninterrupted
• the contact edge or surface which rotates in mounted on the adapter in this cover and with the sealing film against a surface of the lid, preferably against the end face, can be pressed.
• the contact edge for example, be the top of the adapter wall. It is particularly advantageous if the contact edge by upper
• the adapter has latching elements which, in its intended arrangement, catch on the container with a counter-structure of the container.
• the positioning and centering of the adapter can be done on the container via the locking elements.
• the locking elements There are at least three such locking elements necessary to ensure a clear radial positioning.
• the adapter has a plurality or plurality of such locking elements, which are arranged at a small distance from each other circumferentially, since then a particularly accurate centering and positioning of the adapter on the container is possible.
• the adapter can be over the
• the locking elements are arranged with an elastic web on the adapter.
• the web can, for example, radially jump and extend over a certain length in the axial direction, so that it has the corresponding spring properties.
• the clamping of the sealing film between the adapter and cover can be done via the locking elements, in particular on the upper, lid-side end region.
• the latching elements can be designed in particular by incisions which are spaced apart from one another in the annular wall of the adapter and the latching elements themselves are formed by wall regions which have remained standing between these incisions.
• the container may be a conventional packaging container preferably made of metal with a container bottom and a container wall, for.
• a standard can for coffee powder, milk powder and the like, but also for wet or wet products.
• the container may in principle be of any shape, preferably substantially cylindrical, and has a filling opening which is surrounded by a sealing edge. This can be formed by a flat sectional surface of the container material or by a flanged portion or bead. It is particularly advantageous if the container is axially spaced from the sealing edge or flanged edge with a shoulder, preferably oblique shoulder is provided. Between seal edge / bead and shoulder then a depression or more recesses are formed, preferably encircling.
• the container adapter whose locking elements.
• the rim forming the sealing edge or the beading edge forms the counterpart cooperating with the latching elements.
• the geometry of the locking elements is preferably matched to the geometry of the container and in particular to the recess or the neck region.
• the length of the latching elements may correspond to the height of the recess in the axial direction of the container or is slightly larger, so that the latching elements abut end side on the beading edge of the sealing edge and on its opposite side to the shoulder of the recess.
• the axial position of the adapter and the locking elements is clearly defined in this way and secured a defined contact pressure of the sealing film on the locking elements on the lid. In the radial direction, the adapter can be supported on the container via the latching elements and / or via its annular wall.
• the former has an inlet bevel, preferably in the form of a shoulder extending in the radial and axial direction. This can rest against the shoulder of the container wall with the adapter pushed on.
• the sealing film is sealed to the sealing edge of the container.
• sealing edge and sealing film are thermally fused together.
• the sealing film can be further attached according to the invention of the invention by means of a hot melt adhesive to the sealing edge.
• the sealing film can be self-adhesive.
• an anti-twist against the container is provided for the cover unit. This can basically by means of positive locking,
• At least one latching structure can be arranged or formed in the region of the container wall on which the adapter is arranged, especially in the region of the depression between the beaded edge and the shoulder. This can in particular protrude radially outward, for example in the form of a cam profile or a weld.
• the latching structure on the container interacts with the latching elements in a form-fitting manner and effects a rotation of the lid unit on the container.
• the latching structure on the container and the latching elements of the adapter engage each other in the radial direction and thus prevent rotation of the cover unit relative to the container.
• the rotation can be effected by the annular wall of the adapter with respect to the wall of the container, in particular with respect to the container wall on the side opposite the flange opposite side of the shoulder, formed as a press fit or by means of press fit.
• the adapter relative to the container by means of an adhesive or hot melt adhesive, in particular in the aforementioned range. This bond can alternatively or additionally to the two anti-rotation by means of molding and
• Frictional connection can be used. Such an anti-rotation device ensures that the lid can be simply and safely removed from the container by the user and then re-arranged, so that the container can be opened and closed again without problem.
• the invention also relates to a method for sealed sealing of a container, such as can, keg and the like, wherein a lid unit according to one of the appended
• the lid unit may be or may be completely preassembled and placed on the container as such a preassembled unit.
• the adapter can be mounted on the container, after which the sealing film is then placed on the adapter and passed through
• the locking elements of the adapter when pushed onto the container via a locking counter-element, preferably in the form of the bead, elastic and feathers upon reaching the intended axial end position of the adapter on the container back to its original position and interlock with the locking counter-element, preferably the bead.
• sealing edge and sealing film are heated and sealed via induction, preferably by undermining a surface induction coil.
• induction preferably by undermining a surface induction coil.
• a hot-melt adhesive is applied to at least parts of the sealing edge and / or the sealing foil, in particular by the lid unit passing through a hot-melt adhesive application as a preassembled unit.
• a self-adhesive film may be used.
• Fig. 1 is a schematic plan view of a with a
• FIG. 2 is a schematic sectional view of the container of FIG. 1.
• FIG. 3 is an enlarged sectional view of the in Fig. 2nd
• FIG. 4 is an exploded view of the in Figs. 1 to 3
• Fig. 5 is a partially cut container with a lid in
• FIG. 6 is a detail view of the container of Fig. 5,
• Fig. 7 is a partially cut container with a lid in
• FIG. 8 is a detail view of the container of FIG. 7th
• a metallic container 1 is shown in Fig. 1 in a plan view. It has a substantially cylindrical shape and has a container bottom 2 and a
• Container wall 3 on. Container bottom 2 and container wall 3 are tightly connected to each other via a fold 4. As can be seen in particular in Fig. 3, is the
• Container wall 3 is formed in its upper region to a neck portion 16.
• the container wall 3 is formed there in the direction of the container interior and forms an oblique shoulder 5 and a circumferential recess 6. At the top is the
• the filling opening 9 is closed by a cover unit 10. This one has an im
• the cover unit 10 is as a preassembled unit on the
• the adapter 11 has a substantially annular wall 17 which is provided on its outside with the thread 15. From the wall 17 are radially obliquely inwardly elastic webs 18 and form an inlet slope 23, which in turn each carry a locking element 19.
• the upper, the lid 12 facing end surface 20 of the locking element 19 is at the height of the upper, the lid 12 facing end face 21 of the wall 17 of the adapter 11.
• the locking elements 19 are - as Figure 4 shows in particular - circumferentially and evenly spaced on the adapter 11 trained. Due to the elasticity of the webs 18, they can elastically spring in the radial direction.
• the sealing film 13 is held clamped in the preassembled state between the lid 12 and adapter 11, such that it rests directly on the sealing edge 8 in the arrangement of the lid unit 10 on the container 1 and is preferably pressed with the pressure necessary for the sealing. It is in the preassembled state with the elastic intermediate layer 14 and the upper end surface 20 of the adapter 11 formed on the locking elements 19 and / or the upper end surface 21 of the wall 17 of the adapter 11 in contact.
• the adapter 11 is designed so that it does not cover the sealing edge 8 or only partially and the sealing film 13 after mounting the cover unit 10 to the container directly on the entire
• the elastic intermediate layer 14 By slightly compressing the elastic intermediate layer 14 further pushing the lid unit is made possible on the container 1 until the locking elements 19 snap. Instead of the elastic intermediate layer 14 can also ensure a certain elasticity of the lid 12 itself, in which case the intermediate layer can be omitted. In both cases, the Sealing film 13 is secured and fixed at fully deferred lid unit 10 on the sealing edge. A sealing and fastening of the sealing film 13 is then carried out by heating from above or from the side of the sealing area, for example by means of induction.
• An end user-side opening of the container 1 takes place in that the user unscrews the lid 12 from the adapter 11 and thus from the container 1.
• the sealing film 13 is then freely accessible and the container can be finally and completely opened by their removal. He is then closed by screwing the lid 12 again.
• the adapter 11 is secured by means of not visible in the figures attacks against rotation relative to the container.
• Figures 2, 4, 5 and 6 show the container 1 in a three-part embodiment, in which the container bottom 2 as the first part and the container wall 3 are connected to each other by means of the flange 4 with the second part.
• the lid unit 10 forms the third part.
• Figures 7 and 8 show the container 1 in a variant, namely in a two-part embodiment, in which the container 1 as a first part with container bottom 2 and
• Container wall 3 is integrally formed.
• the cover unit 10 forms the second part.
• the container 1 by means of

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