EP2906475B1 - Capuchon de fermeture, col de contenant, fermeture inviolable et procédé de fabrication d'une fermeture inviolable - Google Patents

Capuchon de fermeture, col de contenant, fermeture inviolable et procédé de fabrication d'une fermeture inviolable Download PDF

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EP2906475B1
EP2906475B1 EP13786184.5A EP13786184A EP2906475B1 EP 2906475 B1 EP2906475 B1 EP 2906475B1 EP 13786184 A EP13786184 A EP 13786184A EP 2906475 B1 EP2906475 B1 EP 2906475B1
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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
    • B65D41/3423—Threaded or like caps or cap-like covers provided with tamper elements formed in, or attached to, the closure skirt with flexible tabs, or elements rotated from a non-engaging to an engaging position, formed on the tamper element or in the closure skirt
    • B65D41/3428—Threaded or like caps or cap-like covers provided with tamper elements formed in, or attached to, the closure skirt with flexible tabs, or elements rotated from a non-engaging to an engaging position, formed on the tamper element or in the closure skirt the tamper element being integrally connected to the closure by means of bridges
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65D—CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES
    • 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
    • B65D41/32—Caps or cap-like covers with lines of weakness, tearing-strips, tags, or like opening or removal devices, e.g. to facilitate formation of pouring openings
    • B65D41/34—Threaded or like caps or cap-like covers provided with tamper elements formed in, or attached to, the closure skirt
    • B65D41/3442—Threaded or like caps or cap-like covers provided with tamper elements formed in, or attached to, the closure skirt with rigid bead or projections formed on the tamper element and coacting with bead or projections on the container
    • B65D41/3447—Threaded or like caps or cap-like covers provided with tamper elements formed in, or attached to, the closure skirt with rigid bead or projections formed on the tamper element and coacting with bead or projections on the container the tamper element being integrally connected to the closure by means of bridges
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65D—CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES
    • 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
    • B65D41/46—Snap-on caps or cap-like covers
    • 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
    • B65D43/00—Lids or covers for rigid or semi-rigid containers
    • B65D43/02—Removable lids or covers
    • B65D43/0235—Removable lids or covers with integral tamper element
    • B65D43/0277—Removable lids or covers with integral tamper element secured by rotation before removal of the tamper element
    • B65D43/0281—Removable lids or covers with integral tamper element secured by rotation before removal of the tamper element only on the inside, or a part turned to the inside, of the mouth of the container
    • 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
    • B65D2401/30—Tamper-ring remaining connected to closure after initial removal

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  • the invention relates to a guarantee closure comprising a closure cap and a container neck.
  • the invention further relates to a container neck.
  • the invention further relates to a method for producing the guarantee closure.
  • the publication WO 2007/031162 discloses a Informiesschraubver gleich for containers and bottles.
  • the ISieschraubver gleich consists of a screw cap, which has a hollow cylindrical jacket with internal thread, and an annular guarantee strip, which is connected via predetermined breaking webs with the free edge of the shell.
  • the guarantee strip also has locking elements which are intended for a positive engagement in a formed on a bottleneck abutment.
  • the document WO 95/14617 discloses a Informieschraubver gleich comprising a circular head portion and a hollow cylindrical shell, wherein in the jacket a guarantee part is arranged, which is connected via breakable bridges with the jacket.
  • a disadvantage of this Investigationieschraubver gleich is the fact that a considerable effort is required to open, and that the opening of the InvestigationieschraubverBankes is not always immediately obvious. The opening is then immediately obvious if the entire warranty part has been completely removed.
  • the document GB2307901 A describes a cap, wherein the guarantee part is arranged with respect to the shell part spaced.
  • the document EP2314520 A1 describes a guarantee closure comprising a plastic closure cap and a container neck with an engagement part.
  • the document US3841512 describes a container neck comprising an engagement member with a projection.
  • the object of the present invention is therefore to form a more advantageous guarantee closure, the opening of which is easier to see and / or which is also suitable for closing short container necks.
  • the object of the invention is also to form a more advantageous container neck.
  • the dependent claims 2 to 6 relate to further advantageous embodiments.
  • the object is further achieved with a container neck having the features of claim 7.
  • the dependent claims 8 to 12 relate to further advantageous embodiments.
  • the object is further achieved with a method for producing a guarantee closure having the features of claim 14.
  • the closure cap made of plastic for closing a container comprises a head part and a shell part, wherein the shell part is substantially hollow cylindrical and has a longitudinal axis, wherein the shell part extends from the head part along the longitudinal axis, wherein the shell part at the end opposite the head part an end portion, and wherein the closure cap comprises a guarantee part and bridge parts, wherein the guarantee part is arranged with respect to the shell part spaced and is connected via bridge parts with the end portion of the shell part, and wherein the guarantee part is arranged in the direction of the longitudinal axis along the end portion, so that the Guarantee part is arranged in the radial direction to the longitudinal axis spaced from the shell part and extends in the circumferential direction to the longitudinal axis outside along the shell part.
  • the object is achieved with a guarantee closure comprising the closure cap, and comprising a container neck, wherein the container neck and the closure cap are mutually movably connected to one another via a thread or via a push-pull connection, so that the closure cap can rotate about the longitudinal axis and / or into
  • the container neck comprises an engagement part, which is connected via a connection point with the container neck, wherein the engagement part extends in the longitudinal direction of the longitudinal axis, and wherein the engagement part is arranged such that the engagement part at extends with the container neck cap along the outside of the shell part, wherein the engagement part has a projection such as a barb, wherein the projection is arranged in the direction of the longitudinal axis between the head part and the guarantee part, and wherein the guarantor Partially projecting radially over the projection to the longitudinal axis, so that the guarantee part during initial opening of the cap comes into contact with the projection and is damaged by this.
  • the object is further achieved, in particular, with a container neck having a pouring channel extending in the direction of a longitudinal axis, which opens into an outlet opening, wherein the container neck has a front section toward the outlet opening and has a rear section in the direction of the longitudinal axis adjoining the front section, and wherein the container neck on the outside of the front portion has an external thread or an engagement means for fixing a closure cap, wherein the external thread or the engagement means has a depth radially to the longitudinal axis, and wherein the container neck at the rear portion has a connection point and an engagement part, wherein the connection point extends radially to the longitudinal axis, and wherein the engagement part extends from the connection point in the direction of the longitudinal axis and towards the outlet opening, and wherein the container neck has a support part, which is arranged opposite the engagement part, so that between the support member and the engagement part forms a longitudinal axis extending gap, and wherein the support member has radially to the longitudinal axis has a width which is
  • the object is further achieved in particular with a method for producing a guarantee closure by connecting a closure cap to a container neck, wherein a front portion of the container neck is introduced by bouncing or turning into the closure cap, and wherein a guarantee part of the closure cap during the connection of the closure cap the container neck is pressed by the engagement member against a shoulder of the closure cap, so that the guarantee part rests at least temporarily in a defined position on the shoulder during the connection in order to avoid excessive tensile forces on bridge parts during the connection, the bridge parts connect the guarantee part with the closure cap.
  • the guarantee closure according to the invention has the advantage that its initial opening is usually easily recognizable, since the guarantee part is arranged outside the casing part of the closure cap, and since the guarantee part is damaged during the initial opening of the closure cap, so that the Damaged warranty part is clearly visible from the outside.
  • the guarantee closure according to the invention comprises the closure cap with the guarantee part extending at least along a partial section in the circumferential direction of the closure cap, and comprises a container neck, preferably a bottle with a bottle neck, on which the closure cap is fastened.
  • the container neck comprises an engaging part, which is designed and arranged such that the guarantee part is damaged during the opening of the closure cap.
  • the guarantee closure according to the invention has the advantage that the casing part of the closure cap can be made relatively long in its longitudinal direction.
  • a bottle usually has a bottleneck ring.
  • a known guarantee closure consists of a closure cap which is connected via predetermined breaking points with a guarantee strip, wherein the guarantee strip is arranged immediately after the bottle neck ring, and after the guarantee strip in the direction of the bottle neck successively the predetermined breaking points and the closure cap are arranged.
  • Such a guarantee closure is made relatively long in the direction of the neck of the bottle.
  • the guarantee part is arranged to extend outside the closure cap, with the result that the closure cap can be arranged immediately after the bottle neck ring.
  • the length which was required in the known guarantee closure for the warranty part, can be used in the inventive guarantee closure to increase the length of the cap accordingly.
  • the inventive guarantee closure thus allows the To increase the total length of the cap, or, more advantageously, to leave the total length of the cap at the usual level, and to shorten the bottleneck. This allows the guarantee closure and / or the container neck or bottleneck to be made with less material. In view of the large number of plastic bottles that are produced, the inventive guarantee closure allows significant material savings.
  • FIG. 1 shows a perspective view of a first embodiment of a guarantee closure 1 comprising a closure cap 2 and a container neck 3a with a container neck ring 3b and with a non-visible outlet opening 3h.
  • the closure cap 2 comprises a disc-shaped head part 2a and a shell part 2b with a partially structured surface 2c.
  • a plurality of mutually circumferentially spaced guarantee parts 2e are arranged.
  • An engagement part 3d with a projection 3q is arranged on the container neck ring 3b, the engagement part 3d being configured as a hook part and the projection 3q as a barb 3e in the exemplary embodiment shown.
  • at least one guarantee part 2e will be attached to the barb 3e and thereby damaged, so that due to the condition of the guarantee parts 2e it can be seen from the outside whether the closure cap 2 has already been opened once.
  • FIG. 2 shows a side view and FIG. 3 a cut of the guarantee closure 1.
  • the closure cap 2 comprises a head part 2a as well as a shell part 2b, wherein the shell part 2b is configured substantially hollow-cylindrical and has a longitudinal axis L.
  • the casing part 2b extends from the head part 2a in the direction of the longitudinal axis L, the casing part 2b at the end opposite the head part 2a, such as in the Figures 3 and 7 shown having an end portion 2f.
  • the closure cap 2 comprises an annular guarantee part 2e and a plurality of bridge parts 2i, wherein the guarantee part 2e is arranged radially spaced with respect to the shell part 2b and is connected to the end section 2f of the shell part 2b via bridge parts 2i, the guarantee part 2e extending in the direction of the longitudinal axis L is arranged along or within the end portion 2f, so that the guarantee part 2e is arranged in a direction radial to the longitudinal axis L direction spaced from the casing part 2b and extends in the circumferential direction to the longitudinal axis L outside along the casing part 2b.
  • the warranty part 2e as in the Figures 2 and 7 shown, a plurality of circumferentially spaced vulnerabilities 2k to specify defined break points.
  • the surface of the jacket part 2b is provided with a structured surface 2c.
  • the guarantee closure as seen FIG. 3 seen, designed as a rotary closure, wherein the container neck 3a has an external thread 3c, and wherein the closure cap 2 on the inside 2d an external thread 3c adapted internal thread 2h has, so that the closure cap 2 about the longitudinal axis L rotatably from the container neck 3a can be solved.
  • the container neck 3a comprises an engagement part 3d, which is connected to the container neck 3a via a connection point 3b, wherein the engagement part 3d extends in the direction of the longitudinal axis L, and wherein the engagement part 3d is arranged such that the engagement part 3d with the Container neck 3 connected cap 2 extends outside along the shell portion 2b.
  • the Engaging part 3d has a barb 3e designed as a projection 3q, wherein the barb 3e is arranged in the direction of the longitudinal axis L between the head part 2a and the guarantee part 2e.
  • the warranty part 2e stands, as from the Figures 2 and 3 can be seen, radially to the longitudinal axis L on the barbs before 3e, so that the guarantee part 2e during the initial opening of the cap 2 comes into contact with the barb 3e and is damaged by this by the guarantee part 2e, for example, torn and / or torn the bridge part 2i and / or the vulnerability 2k is torn.
  • the projection 3q or the barbs 3e can be configured in many different ways, for example as a stop member, which prevents or impedes passage of the guarantee part 2e, and therefore damages the guarantee part 2e.
  • container neck 3a has a extending in the direction of a longitudinal axis L Ausgieschanal 3m, which opens into an outlet 3h, wherein the container neck 3a to the outlet opening 3h toward a front portion 3k and in the direction of the longitudinal axis L subsequent to the front portion 3k a rear Section 31 has.
  • the container neck 3a has on the outside of the front portion 3k an external thread 3c or an engagement means 3p for fastening a closure cap 2, wherein the external thread 3c or the engagement means 3p radially to the longitudinal axis L has a depth B1.
  • the container neck 3a has at the rear portion 31 a connection point 3b and an engagement part 3d, wherein the connection point 3b extends radially to the longitudinal axis L, and wherein the engagement part 3d starting from the connection point 3b in the direction of the longitudinal axis L and Outlet opening 3h directed towards.
  • the container neck 3a comprises a support part 3g, which is arranged opposite the engagement part 3d, so that a gap 3o running in the direction of the longitudinal axis L forms between the support part 3g and the engagement part 3d, wherein the support part 3g has a width B2 radially to the longitudinal axis L, which is at least as big as the depth B1.
  • the width B2 can also be greater than the depth B1. How out FIG.
  • the closure cap 2 in the region of the end portion 2 f an inner diameter which is equal to or slightly larger than the outer diameter of the support member 3 g, so that, as from FIG. 3 it can be seen that the closure cap comes to lie in the region of the end section 2f against the outer surface of the support part 3g.
  • the support member 3g prevents the cap wall from escaping in the direction of the longitudinal axis L, in particular when the projection 3q of the engagement member 3d bears against the guarantee member 2e and damages it.
  • width B2 is at least as great as the depth B1 ensures that the end portion 2f of the closure cap 2 can be guided past the external thread 3c during fitting onto the container neck 3a, and that the inside of the end portion 2f of the closure cap 2 at placed on the container neck 3a closure cap 2 almost or touching rests against the outer surface of the support member 3g.
  • the container neck 3a is as out FIG. 6 is configured such that the engagement part 3d at the junction 3b opposite end portion has a projection 3q, wherein the projection 3q is aligned with the support member 3g and protrudes into the gap 3o.
  • the engagement part 3d comprises a barb 3e, wherein the Projection 3q is a part of the barb 3e, so that the barb 3e is directed toward the support part 3g and projects into the gap 3o.
  • the engagement part 3d has, in the direction of the outlet opening 3h, a guide surface 3i which runs transversely to the longitudinal axis L, such that the guide surface 3i forms a tapering gap 3n in the direction of the connection point 3b.
  • the container neck 3a as in the FIGS. 4 and 5 shown, two engagement parts 3d, which are arranged offset with respect to the longitudinal axis L by 180 degrees.
  • the connection point 3b is designed as a container neck ring 3b.
  • the support member 3g in the circumferential direction as wide as the engagement part 3d configured.
  • the support member 3g is designed as a with respect to the longitudinal axis L by 360 ° circumferential projection.
  • the container neck 3a could also comprise a plurality of engagement parts 3d and support parts 3g, for example 3, 4, 5 or 6, which are distributed in the circumferential direction.
  • the guarantee closure 1 requires at least a single engagement part 3d with projection 3q as a barb 3e.
  • a plurality of engagement parts 3d with projections 3q or barbs 3e are arranged spaced apart in the circumferential direction. Particularly advantageous is, as in the Figures 2 . 3 . 5 and 6 illustrated, an arrangement in which two engagement parts 3d arranged mutually offset by 180 degrees.
  • connection point 3b can be configured in one possible embodiment as a bridge part, with in the circumferential direction of the same or a similar width as the engaging part 3d.
  • connection point 3b, as in the FIGS. 3 to 6 represented as a container neck ring 3b configured.
  • the warranty parts 2e may be configured in a variety of ways.
  • the closure cap 2 comprises at least one guarantee part 2e, which is connected to the shell part 2b via bridge parts 2i.
  • the guarantee part 2e extends in the circumferential direction of the longitudinal axis L by at least 5 degrees.
  • FIG. 1 and 10 shown arranged in the circumferential direction of the longitudinal axis L a plurality of mutually spaced warranty parts 2e.
  • the closure cap 2 as in FIG. 11 shown, two guarantee parts 2e, which are mutually offset in the circumferential direction of the longitudinal axis L by 180 degrees.
  • the closure cap 2 comprises an odd number of guarantee parts 2e and / or an odd number of bridge parts 2i. This ensures that, for example, at the in FIG. 5 shown arrangement with two offset by 180 degrees engaging parts 3d at least one of the two engagement parts 3e a guarantee part 2e is applied in such a way that this reliable and preferably reproducibly damaged during opening similar.
  • closure cap 2 as in the Figures 2 . 7 and 9 shown, a single warranty part 2e, wherein the guarantee part 2e is designed annular and extends over 360 degrees.
  • the closure cap 2 as in the detail views according to FIGS. 12a and 12b represented in such a way configured that the shell portion 2b on the outer surface has a shoulder 21, wherein the shoulder 21 is offset starting from the attachment point of the bridge part 2i with the shell part 2b in the direction of the head part 2a out, the paragraph 21 to form a support surface 2n on the Jacket part 2b protrudes.
  • the paragraph 21 and the guarantee part 2e and the bridge part 2i are, as in the detail views according to FIGS. 13a and 13b illustrated, designed and arranged so mutually adapted that when a force toward the head part 2a acts on the guarantee part 2e, for example, as in the FIGS.
  • the engagement part 3d or the barbs 3e advantageously has, as in the Figures 13a and 13b represented, to the container neck 3a and the casing part 2b toward a longitudinal axis L obliquely extending guide surface 3i, wherein the guide surface 3i toward the connection point 3b towards the container neck 3a approaches, and forms a tapered gap 3n.
  • This embodiment has, as in the Figures 13a and 13b illustrated, the advantage that the guarantee part 2e is accurately supplied to the shoulder 21 and the support surface 2n.
  • the container neck 3a as in the FIGS.
  • a support member 3 g wherein the support member 3 g is preferably arranged opposite the engagement part 3 d, in which in the Figures 13a and 13b state shown to prevent escape of the jacket part 2b in the direction of the longitudinal axis L out.
  • the support member 3g thus ensures a reliable and reproducible damage to the warranty part 2e when first opening the guarantee closure. 1
  • FIG. 14 shows in a longitudinal section a further embodiment of a guarantee closure 1.
  • the cap 2 and the container neck 3a are adapted to each other adapted that a so-called push-pull connection is formed, that is, the cap 2 by a linear movement in the direction of the longitudinal axis L. separated from the container neck 3a, and if necessary, can be placed again.
  • the in FIG. 14 embodiment shown no thread 3c, 2h, but preferably circular engagement means 2p, 3p, which snap each other, and which hold the cap 2 in the position shown, the cap 2 can be removed and replaced, and wherein the first time removing the cap 2 the warranty part 2e is damaged.
  • FIG. 15 shows in a detailed view of another embodiment of an engagement part 3d, which in contrast to the in FIG. 3 illustrated embodiment a rectangular designed Projection has 3q, which rests on the removal of the cap 2 on the guarantee part 2e and this damaged.
  • the support part 3g could be dispensed with by the outer wall of the container neck 3a extending along the line 3r. If the jacket part 2b of the closure cap 2 is made so stable that it does not deform or only insignificantly in the direction of the longitudinal axis L when the closure cap 2 is opened in the region of the engagement part 3d, the support part 3g could be dispensed with.
  • the guarantee closure 1 is configured in an advantageous embodiment such that the closure cap 2 has an outer diameter D, that the container neck ring 3b aligned end 2m of the cap 2 is spaced in the direction of the longitudinal axis L with a distance L2 to the container neck ring 3b, and that the Distance L2 is less than 2% of the outside diameter D.
  • the distance L2 is less than 0.5 mm.
  • An advantage of this embodiment is that the height H of the closure cap 2 can be made particularly large, so that the shell part 2b is configured correspondingly long, so that the fingers can be very pleasantly applied to the shell part 2b or to the structured surface 2c.
  • closure cap 2 has a small height H, so that the closure cap 2 is difficult to open.
  • the closure cap 2 according to the invention has the advantage that it can be produced at a comfortable height H despite the short container neck 3a.
  • the inventive cap 2 also has the Advantageous that the length of the container neck 3a can be reduced, and the cap 2 still has a pleasant height for operating with his fingers H. By the shortened container neck 3a material can be saved.
  • the guarantee closure 1 is advantageously manufactured such that the closure cap 2 is connected to the container neck 3a by inserting a front portion 3k of the container neck 3a by bouncing or turning into the closure cap 2 by a guarantee part 2e of the closure cap 2 during the connection of the closure cap 2 with the container neck 3a is pressed by the hook part 3d against a shoulder 21 of the cap 2, and by the guarantee part 2e at least temporarily rests during the connection in a defined position on the shoulder 21 to avoid excessive tensile forces on the bridge parts 2i during the connection ,

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  1. Fermeture inviolable (1) comprenant un capuchon de fermeture (2) en plastique ainsi qu'un col de contenant (3a), le col de contenant (3a) et le capuchon de fermeture (2) étant connectés l'un à l'autre de manière mutuellement déplaçable par le biais d'un filetage ou par le biais d'une connexion à traction/poussée de telle sorte que le capuchon de fermeture (2) puisse être détaché du col de contenant (3a) par rotation autour de l'axe longitudinal (L) et/ou par coulissement dans la direction de l'axe longitudinal (L), le col de contenant (3a) comprenant une partie d'engagement (3d) qui est connectée au col de contenant (3a) par le biais d'une zone de connexion (3b), la partie d'engagement (3d) s'étendant dans la direction de l'étendue de l'axe longitudinal (L) et la partie d'engagement (3d) étant disposée de telle sorte que la partie d'engagement (3d) s'étende à l'extérieur le long de la partie d'enveloppe (2b) lorsque le capuchon de fermeture (2) est connecté au col de contenant (3a), caractérisée en ce que le capuchon de fermeture (2) comprend une partie de tête (2a) ainsi qu'une partie d'enveloppe (2b), la partie d'enveloppe (2b) étant configurée sous forme essentiellement cylindrique creuse et présentant un axe longitudinal (L), la partie d'enveloppe (2b) s'étendant depuis la partie de tête (2a) le long de l'axe longitudinal (L), la partie d'enveloppe (2b) présentant une portion d'extrémité (2f) à l'extrémité opposée à la partie de tête (2a) et le capuchon de fermeture (2) comprenant une partie d'inviolabilité (2e) ainsi que des parties de pont (2i), la partie d'inviolabilité (2e) étant disposée à distance de la partie d'enveloppe (2b) et étant connectée par le biais de parties de pont (2i) à la portion d'extrémité (2f) de la partie d'enveloppe (2b), et la partie d'inviolabilité (2e) étant disposée dans la direction d'étendue de l'axe longitudinal (L) le long de la portion d'extrémité (2f) de telle sorte que la partie d'inviolabilité (2e) soit disposée à distance de la partie d'enveloppe (2b) dans la direction radiale par rapport à l'axe longitudinal (L) et s'étende dans la direction périphérique par rapport à l'axe longitudinal (L) à l'extérieur le long de la partie d'enveloppe (2b), et
    la partie d'engagement (3d) présentant une saillie (3q), la saillie (3q) étant disposée dans la direction d'étendue de l'axe longitudinal (L) entre la partie de tête (2a) et la partie d'inviolabilité (2e), et la partie d'inviolabilité (2e) faisant saillie radialement par rapport à l'axe longitudinal (L) au-delà de la saillie (3q), de telle sorte que la partie d'inviolabilité (2e) vienne en contact pendant la première ouverture du capuchon de fermeture (2) avec la saillie (3q) et soit endommagée par celle-ci.
  2. Fermeture inviolable selon la revendication 1, caractérisée en ce que la partie d'engagement (3d) présente, vers le col de contenant (3a), une surface directrice (3i) s'étendant obliquement par rapport à l'axe longitudinal (L), la surface directrice (3i) se rapprochant du col de contenant (3a) dans la direction de la zone de connexion (3b).
  3. Fermeture inviolable selon la revendication 1 ou 2, caractérisée en ce que la partie d'engagement (3d) comprend une barbe (3e), la saillie (3q) constituant une partie de la barbe.
  4. Fermeture inviolable selon l'une quelconque des revendications 1 à 3, caractérisée en ce que le col de contenant (3a) comprend une partie de support (3g) et en ce que la partie de support (3g) est disposée en regard de la partie d'engagement (3d).
  5. Fermeture inviolable selon l'une quelconque des revendications 1 à 4, caractérisée en ce que la zone de connexion (3b) est configurée sous forme de bague de col de contenant (3b).
  6. Fermeture inviolable selon la revendication 5, caractérisée en ce que le capuchon de fermeture (2) présente un diamètre extérieur (D), en ce que l'extrémité (2m) du capuchon de fermeture (2) orientée vers la bague de col de contenant (3b) est espacée dans la direction de l'axe longitudinal (L) d'une distance (L2) de la bague de col de contenant (3b), et en ce que la distance (L2) est inférieure à 2 % du diamètre extérieur (D).
  7. Col de contenant (3a) présentant un canal de déversement (3m) s'étendant la direction d'un axe longitudinal (L), qui débouche dans une ouverture de sortie (3h), le col de contenant (3a) présentant, vers l'ouverture de sortie (3h), une portion avant (3k) et présentant, dans la direction de l'axe longitudinal (L), à la suite de la portion avant (3k), une portion arrière (31), et le col de contenant (3a) présentant au niveau du côté extérieur de la portion avant (3k) un filetage extérieur (3c) ou un moyen d'engagement (3p) pour la fixation d'un capuchon de fermeture (2), le filetage extérieur (3c) ou le moyen d'engagement (3p) présentant une profondeur (B1) radialement par rapport à l'axe longitudinal (L), et le col de contenant (3a), dans le cas de la portion arrière (31), présentant une zone de connexion (3b) et une partie d'engagement (3d), la zone de connexion (3b) s'étendant radialement par rapport à l'axe longitudinal (L) et la partie d'engagement (3d) s'étendant à partir de la zone de connexion (3b) dans la direction de l'axe longitudinal (L) et de manière orientée vers l'ouverture de sortie (3h), caractérisé en ce que le col de contenant (3a) présente une partie de support (3g) qui est disposée en regard de la partie d'engagement (3d) de sorte qu'une fente (3o) s'étendant entre la partie de support (3g) et la partie d'engagement (3d) dans la direction de l'axe longitudinal (L) soit formée, et la partie de support (3g) présentant, radialement par rapport à l'axe longitudinal (L), une largeur (B2) qui est au moins aussi grande que la profondeur (B1).
  8. Col de contenant selon la revendication 7, caractérisé en ce que la partie d'engagement (3d) présente au niveau de la portion d'extrémité opposée à la zone de connexion (3b) une saillie (3q), la saillie (3q) étant orientée vers la partie de support (3g) et pénétrant dans la fente (3o).
  9. Col de contenant selon la revendication 8, caractérisé en ce que la partie d'engagement (3d) comprend une barbe (3e), la saillie (3q) constituant une partie de la barbe (3e) de sorte que la barbe (3e) soit orientée vers la partie de support (3g) et pénètre dans la fente (3o).
  10. Col de contenant selon l'une quelconque des revendications 7 à 9, caractérisé en ce que la partie d'engagement (3d) présente, dans la direction de l'ouverture de sortie (3h), une surface directrice (3i) qui s'étend transversalement à l'axe longitudinal (L) de telle sorte que la surface directrice (3i) constitue, dans la direction de la zone de connexion (3b), une fente se rétrécissant (3n).
  11. Col de contenant selon l'une quelconque des revendications 7 à 10, caractérisé en ce que celui-ci comprend deux parties d'engagement (3d) qui sont disposées de manière décalée de 180° par rapport à l'axe longitudinal (L).
  12. Col de contenant selon l'une quelconque des revendications 7 à 11, caractérisé en ce que la zone de connexion (3b) est configurée sous forme de bague de col de contenant (3b).
  13. Contenant (3) ou col de contenant (3) comprenant une fermeture inviolable selon l'une quelconque des revendications 1 à 6.
  14. Procédé de fabrication d'une fermeture inviolable (1) selon l'une quelconque des revendications 1 à 6, en connectant le capuchon de fermeture (2) à un col de contenant (3a) selon l'une quelconque des revendications 7 à 12, caractérisé en ce qu'une portion avant (3k) du col de contenant (3a) est introduite par encliquetage ou rotation dans le capuchon de fermeture (2) et en ce qu'une partie d'inviolabilité (2e) du capuchon de fermeture (2) est pressée contre un épaulement (21) du capuchon de fermeture (2) pendant la connexion du capuchon de fermeture (2) au col de contenant (3a) par la partie d'engagement (3d) de telle sorte que la partie d'inviolabilité (2e) s'applique pendant la connexion au moins temporairement dans une position définie contre l'épaulement (21) afin d'éviter, pendant la connexion, des forces de traction excessives sur les parties de pont (2i).
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