EP3020650B1 - Kappenanordnung und verfahren zur montage davon - Google Patents

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EP3020650B1
EP3020650B1 EP13889129.6A EP13889129A EP3020650B1 EP 3020650 B1 EP3020650 B1 EP 3020650B1 EP 13889129 A EP13889129 A EP 13889129A EP 3020650 B1 EP3020650 B1 EP 3020650B1
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Takamitsu Isogai
Keita Iwamizu
Takeshi Isobe
Hideyuki Muroi
Souma TAKAMIYA
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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
    • 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
    • B65D51/22—Caps, lids, or covers co-operating with an inner closure arranged to be opened by piercing, cutting, or tearing having means for piercing, cutting, or tearing the inner closure
    • 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
    • B65D47/00—Closures with filling and discharging, or with discharging, devices
    • B65D47/36—Closures with frangible parts adapted to be pierced, torn, or removed, to provide discharge openings
    • 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
    • B65D51/22—Caps, lids, or covers co-operating with an inner closure arranged to be opened by piercing, cutting, or tearing having means for piercing, cutting, or tearing the inner closure
    • B65D51/228—Caps, lids, or covers co-operating with an inner closure arranged to be opened by piercing, cutting, or tearing having means for piercing, cutting, or tearing the inner closure a major part of the inner closure being removed from the container after the opening
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65D—CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES
    • B65D2251/00—Details relating to container closures
    • B65D2251/0003—Two or more closures
    • B65D2251/0006—Upper closure
    • B65D2251/0015—Upper closure of the 41-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
    • B65D2251/0075—Lower closure of the 39-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
    • B65D2251/0087—Lower closure of the 47-type

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  • the present invention is related to a cap, according to the preamble of claim 1, which is to be put over a mouth of a bottle and a method for assembling of the cap assembly.
  • a cap assembly according to the present invention to obtain the above-described object includes the features of claim 1 below.
  • the inner stopper and the cap respectively include the above-described configurations, and the cap is coupled with the inner stopper in a state in which the cap receives the lid section in the receiving section, the protrusion section is positioned below the lid section, and the lid section is arranged at a position which is inside the receiving section and has a space between the inner surface of the shell section and the lid section, the cap assembly according to the present invention does not have behaviors that cause a user to misunderstand like becoming temporarily heavy and then becoming light as the conventional cases when opening the inner stopper with the cap, and thus, the cap assembly according to the present invention has a configuration which is easy to handle.
  • the inner stopper includes a screw thread which circles helically on an outer circumference surface of the hollow section
  • the cap includes a screwing section which protrudes in a cylindrical shape and downward from the inner side upper surface of the shell section, and has a lower opening section, and on whose inner circumference surface a screw thread to be screwed to the screw thread of the inner stopper is formed.
  • the cap includes on an inner surface of the shell section a screw thread to be screwed to a screw thread formed in the bottle.
  • an upper end surface surrounding the upper opening and being oriented upward of the hollow section has a gradient rising outward.
  • a method for assembling according to the present invention includes the features of claim 5 below.
  • the method for assembling it is possible to make an arrangement in which the space between the lid section of the inner stopper and the inner surface of the shell section of the cap is securely expanded, and even in a case in which the cap is inadvertently pressed before opening, it is avoided that a force is applied to the lid section of the inner stopper, and thus, it is prevented that the inner stopper is inadvertently opened.
  • FIG. 1 is a vertical sectional view of a cap assembly of a comparative example.
  • a cap assembly 1A of the comparative example illustrated in this FIG. 1 includes a inner stopper 10 and a cap 20.
  • the inner stopper 10 is a component which is put over a mouth 31 of a bottle 30 to close the mouth 31.
  • the cap 20 is a component which is put over the mouth 31 of the bottle 30 upon the inner stopper 10 such that the cap 20 covers the inner stopper 10.
  • FIG. 1 illustrates a state in which the inner stopper 20 is already capped to the mouth 31 of the bottle 30, the cap 20 is put upon the inner stopper 10 and is in a predetermined relation with respect to the inner stopper 10.
  • the inner stopper 10 includes a main body 11 and a lid body 12.
  • the main body 11 includes a hollow section 111 and a holding section 112. Of them, the hollow section 111 has a hollow shape which has an upper opening and a lower opening, and communicates with the mouth 31 of the bottle 30, and a lower end section 111a of the hollow section 111 is inserted to the mouth 31 of the bottle 30.
  • the holding section 112 included in the main body 11 plays a role of receiving an insertion of an upper end section 32 of the bottle 30 to hold the upper send section 32 of the bottle 30 in cooperation with the lower end section 111a of the hollow section 111 which lower end section 111a is inserted to the mouth 31 of the bottle 30.
  • the holding section 112 has a configuration in which a rib 112a is formed to protrude inward in the holding section 112, and the rib 112a enters a depressed section 33 of the bottle 30 so that the holding section 112 firmly holds the upper end section 32 of the bottle 30 and is not removed from the mouth 31 of the bottle 30.
  • the lid body 12 included in the inner stopper 10 includes a lid section 121 and a junction section 122.
  • the lid section 121 is a portion which spreads in a plate shape and above the hollow section 111 such that the lid section 121 covers the hollow section 111.
  • the junction section 122 is junctioned circumferentially to an upper end edge 111b of the hollow section 111, and closes an opening on an upper end of the hollow section 111 together with the lid section 121.
  • the main body 11 and the lid body 12 which are included in the inner stopper 10 are integrally formed as a single component, and however, the junction section 122 is easily broken when the lid section 121 is pressed from above, and when the junction section 122 is broken, the lid body 12 becomes a part separate from the main body 11. This point will be described later.
  • a recess 121a is formed on an upper surface of the lid section 121 so that the lid section 121 is made to have a shape of being away from an upper surface of the cap 20, and even if a force is applied to the upper surface of the cap 20 and the upper surface is depressed, the force is not applied to the lid section 121.
  • the cap 20 included in the cap assembly 1A of the comparative example includes a shell section 21, a receiving section 22 and a protrusion section 23.
  • the shell section 21 is a portion which is formed to be hollow while opening downward, and is put over the mouth 31 of the bottle 30 upon the inner stopper 10 while covering the inner stopper 10.
  • a female screw thread 211 which is screwed to a male screw thread 34 provided in the bottle 30 is formed on an inner circumference surface of the shell section 21, and the cap 20 is rotated to be attached or removed.
  • the receiving section 22 is a portion which protrudes downward from an inner side upper surface of the shell section 22, has a lower opening section, and receives the lid section 121 of the main body 11 in an inside thereof to surround an edge 121b of the lid section 121.
  • the protrusion section 23 is a portion which has a shape of rib protruding inward from an inner circumference surface of the receiving section 22. As described later, the protrusion section 23 protrudes up to a position where the protrusion section 23 interferes with the edge 121b of the lid section 121.
  • the cap assembly 1A having the configuration illustrated in this FIG. 1 In order to attach the cap assembly 1A having the configuration illustrated in this FIG. 1 to the bottle 30, after the bottle 30 is filled with a content, the upper end section 32 of the bottle 30 is held between a lower end section of the hollow section 11 of the inner stopper 10 and the holding section 112. In other words, the inner stopper 10 is capped to the bottle 30. After this capping, the cap 20 is put thereover and rotated, and the cap 20 is attached such that the protrusion section 23 of the cap 20 comes to a postion immediately above the lid section 121 of the inner stopper 20, as illustrated in FIG. 1 . Then, shrink wrap packaging and the like are performed, and the cap 20 becomes a state in which the cap 20 is not rotated inadvertently from the position illustrated in this FIG. 1 .
  • FIG. 2 to FIG. 4 are views illustrating behaviors at the time of opening by a consumer as to the comparative example illustrated in FIG. 1
  • the consumer rotates the cap in a direction of closing further. Then, the cap 20 moves in a direction indicated by arrow A illustrated in FIG. 2 , and the lid section 121 moves and comes upper than the protrusion section 23 while the edge 121b of the lid section 121 of the inner stopper 10 interferes with the protrusion section 23 of the cap 20 to expand the receiving section 22 elastically ,as illustrated in FIG. 2 .
  • the cap 20 When the cap 20 is further rotated in the direction of closing so that the cap 20 is further moved in the direction of arrow A, the cap 20 presses the lid section 121, and the junction section 122 is broken, as illustrated in FIG. 3 .
  • the cap 20 When the cap 20 is rotated in the direction of closing and becomes the state illustrated in FIG. 3 , the cap 20 becomes not further rotating in the direction of closing, and then, the cap 20 is now rotated in a direction of opening. Then, as illustrated in FIG. 4 , the lid section 12 is removed from the bottle 30 together with the cap 20 while only the lid section 12 of the inner stopper 10 is separated from the main body 11 and remains entering the receiving section 22 of the cap 20. Since the protrusion section 23 is formed in the cap 20, the lid section 20 thereafter remains entering the receiving section 22 of the cap 20.
  • FIG. 5 is a view illustrating torque changes when the cap 20 is rotated temporarily in a direction of closing in order to open the cap 20 initially in the comparative example illustrated in FIG. 1 to FIG. 4 .
  • the cap 20 When the cap is further rotated in the direction of closing, the cap 20 now presses the lid section 121, and when the cap 20 is furthermore rotated in the direction of closing, the junction section 122 is broken while the torque is increasing (region c). Then, the cap 20 becomes not rotating in the direction of closing, and then, the cap 20 is now rotated in the direction of opening, so that the cap 20 is removed.
  • FIG. 6 is a vertical sectional view of a cap assembly of a first embodiment according to the present invention.
  • a cap assembly 1B of the first embodiment includes an inner stopper 40 and a cap 50.
  • the inner stopper 40 is a component which is put over a mouth 61 of a bottle 60 to close the mouth 61 (see FIG. 14 ).
  • the cap 50 is a component which is put over the mouth 61 of the bottle 60 upon the inner stopper 40 such that the cap 50 covers the inner stopper 40.
  • the inner stopper 40 includes a main body 41 and a lid body 42.
  • the main body 41 includes a hollow section 411 and a holding section 412. Of them, the hollow section 411 has a hollow shape which has an upper opening and a lower opening and communicates with the mouth 61 of the bottle 60, and at the time of capping, a lower end section 411a thereof is inserted to the mouth 61 of the bottle 60 (see FIG. 15 ).
  • a male screw thread 411c which circles helically on an outer circumference surface of the hollow section 411 and is screwed to a female screw thread 541 of the cap 50 is formed on the outer circumference surface in the hollow section 411.
  • the holding section 412 included in the main body 41 plays a role of receiving an insertion of an upper end section 62 of the bottle 60 to hold the upper end section 62 of the bottle 60 in cooperation with the lower end section 411 of the hollow section 411 which lower end section 411a is inserted to the mouth of the bottle 60.
  • the holding section 412 has a configuration in which a rib 412a is formed in the holding section 412, and the rib 412a enters a depressed section 63 (see FIG. 14 ) of the bottle 60 so that the holding section 412 firmly holds the upper end section 62 of the bottle 60 and is not removed from the mouth 61 of the bottle 60.
  • the lid body 42 included in the inner stopper 40 includes a lid section 421 and a junction section 422.
  • the lid section 421 is a portion which spreads in a plate shape above the hollow section 411 such that the lid section 421 covers the hollow section 411.
  • the junction section 422 is junctioned circumferentially to an upper end edge 411b of the hollow section 411, and closes an opening on an upper end of the hollow section 411 together with the lid section 421.
  • the main body 41 and the lid body 42 which are included in the hollow section 40 are integrally formed as a single component, and however, the junction section 422 is considerably easily broken when the lid section 421 is pressed from above. When the junction section 422 is broken, the lid body 42 becomes a part separate from the main body 41.
  • a recess 421a is formed on an upper surface of the lid section 421 so that the lid section 421 is made to be away as much as possible from an upper surface of the cap 50, and thus, even if a force is applied to the upper surface of the cap 50 and the upper surface is depressed, the force is not applied to the lid section 421.
  • the cap 50 includes a shell section 51, a receiving section 52, a protrusion section 53, a screwing section 54 which are illustrated in FIG. 6 , and further, hooks 55 (see FIG. 7 ).
  • the shell section 51 is a portion which is formed to be hollow while opening downward, and is put over the mouth 61 (see FIG. 15 ) of the bottle 60 upon the inner stopper 40 while covering the inner stopper 40.
  • the receiving section 52 is a portion which protrudes downward from an inner side upper surface of the shell section 51, has a lower opening section, and receives the lid section 421 of the main body 41 in an inside thereof to surround an edge 421b of the lid section 421.
  • the protrusion section 53 is a portion which has a rib shape protruding inward from an inner circumference surface of the receiving section 52.
  • the protrusion section 53 protrudes up to a position in which the protrusion section 53 interferes with the edge 421b of the lid section 421 when the cap 50 and the inner stopper 40 are assembled.
  • the screwing section 54 has a shape which protrudes in a cylindrical shape and downward from an inner side upper surface of the shell section 51 and opens downward.
  • the female screw thread 541 which is screwed to the male screw thread 411c formed on the outer circumference surface of the hollow section 411 of the inner stopper 40 is formed on an inner circumference surface of the screwing section 54.
  • the cap 20 is opened or closed with respect to the bottle 30, and in contrast, in the case of the cap assembly 1B of the first embodiment, it is configured such that the cap 50 is opened or closed with respect to the inner stopper 40 in terms of directly.
  • FIG. 7 is a partially enlarged sectional view of a cap included in the cap assembly 1B of the first embodiment illustrated in FIG. 6 .
  • FIG. 8 is a partially enlarged sectional view illustrating a portion of the cap assembly 1B of the first embodiment illustrated in FIG. 6 in a state in which the lid section 42 of the inner stopper 40 is received in the receiving section 52 of the cap 50.
  • the lid section 421 of the inner stopper 40 enters a space upper than the protrusion section 53 in the receiving section 52 of the cap 50.
  • the hooks 55 protruding inward are formed in a portion immediately above the protrusion section 53 and inside the receiving section 52 of the cap 50.
  • the hooks 55 are formed at plural locations with spaces with respect to a circumferential direction, respectively.
  • FIG. 9 is a partially enlarged sectional view illustrating a portion of an edge 421b of the lid section 421 in a section in which the lid section 421 is sectioned horizontally in a state in which the lid section of the inner stopper enters the receiving section of the cap.
  • rotation preventing protrusions 421d which are formed circumferentially in a circumferential direction on a circumference surface 421c of the lid section 421 of the inner stopper 40 in large numbers.
  • the rotation preventing protrusions 421d engage with the hooks 55 to prevent a positional relation between the cap 50 and the inner stopper 40 from being deviated from a predetermined relation.
  • FIG. 10 to FIG. 13 are explanatory views of a method for assembling of assembling the cap to the inner stopper in the cap assembly of the first embodiment which have been explained with reference to FIG. 6 to FIG. 9 .
  • the inner stopper 40 is placed on a jig 70 which agrees with a shape of the inner stopper 40.
  • Ribs 411e are formed on an inner circumference surface of the hollow section 411 in the inner stopper 40, and the ribs 411e are fitted in depressions (not illustrated in the drawings) of the jig 70 to prevent rotation.
  • the cap 50 is put on, and with the cap 50 being fixed, the jig 70 is moved up in a direction of arrow U while being rotated in a direction of arrow R1 as illustrated in FIG. 12 . Since the inner stopper 40 is prevented from rotating with respect to the jig 70, the inner stopper 40 rotates together with the jig 70, and the male screw thread 411c of the inner stopper 40 is screwed to the female screw thread 541 of the screwing section 54 of the cap 50. Then, the edge 421b of the lid section 421 of the inner stopper 40 interferes with the protrusion 53 (see FIG.
  • the receiving section 52 is expanded elastically by the lid section 421 of the inner stopper 40, and when the lid section 421 goes beyond the protrusion section 53 and comes to a side of the upper surface of the shell section 51, the receiving section 52 returns to an original shape.
  • the protrusion section 53 plays a role in which the protrusion section 53 is positioned below the lid section 421, and as described later, even after the junction section 422 is broken, the protrusion section 53 supports the lid section 421 to keep the lid section 421 in an inside of the receiving section 52.
  • the receiving section 52 is expanded and the torque to rotate the jig 70 increases, and when the lid section 421 goes beyond the protrusion section 53, the torque quickly decreases. Accordingly, by monitoring the torque, it is possible to detect that the lid section 421 has gone beyond the protrusion section 53. Or, instead of monitoring the torque, by using a rotation angle in the direction of arrow R1 or a movement amount in the direction of arrow U of the jig 70, it may be detected that the lid section 421 has gone beyond the protrusion section 53.
  • the jig 70 is moved downward in a direction of arrow D while the jig 70 is now inversely rotated in a direction of arrow R2, so that the lid section 421 is positioned immediately above the protrusion section 53. Since the torque to rotate the jig 70 begins to increase when the lid section 421 abuts against the protrusion section 53, it is possible to detect that the lid section 421 comes down up to immediately above the protrusion section 53 by monitoring the torque. Or, it may be detected that the lid section 421 reaches immediately above the protrusion section 53 by using a rotation angle in the direction of arrow R2, an amount of moving down in the direction of arrow D or the like.
  • the cap 50 and the inner stopper 40 are coupled with each other in a state in which the cap 50 receives the lid section 421 in the receiving section 52 and the protrusion section 53 is positioned below the lid section 421, and the lid section 421 is arranged at a position which is in the inside of the receiving section 52 and has a space between the lid section 421 and the inner surface of the shell section 51.
  • the hooks 55 for rotation prevention are provided only in a portion immediately above the protrusion section 53, and not provided in a portion further above in the receiving section 52. This is because, when the cap 50 is closed again, after delivered to a consumer and the cap 50 is opened together with the lid body 42 of the inner stopper 40, if the rotation preventing protrusions 421d remain engaging with the hooks 55, closing the cap 50 results in becoming heavy, and thus, when the cap 50 is closed again, the lid section 421 moves to an upper area where the hooks 55 are not provided, and thus, it is possible to close the cap 50 with a small force.
  • the inner stopper 40 and the cap 50 are assembled before being capped to a bottle.
  • assembling of the cap assembly 1B may be performed at a side of a manufacturer of the cap assembly 1B.
  • the assembling of the inner stopper 40 and the cap 50 is required to be performed under a substantially high precision control.
  • the respect that the assembling may be performed at a side of a manufacturer of the cap assembly 1B accordingly does not put a burden of manufacturing facilies on a side of manufacturer which fills the bottle 30 with a content and caps the bottle 30 from a technical viewpoint for the assembling, and thus, the first embodiment is preferable also in this respect.
  • FIG. 14 and FIG. 15 are explanatory views of a scene in which the cap assembly of the first embodiment is capped to a bottle.
  • the bottle 60 is filled with a content, and, as illustrated in FIG. 14 , the cap assembly 1B is pressed down, for example, with a flat plate 80 being put thereon, while the state in which the inner stopper 40 and the cap 50 are coupled with each other is maintained. Then, as illustrated in FIG. 15 , the upper end section 62 of the bottle 60 enters between the lower end section 411a of the hollow section 41 of the inner stopper 40 and the holding section 412, the rib 412a formed in the holding section 412 enters the depressed section 63 of the bottle 60, and thus, the inner stopper 40 is firmly fixed to the mouth 61 of the bottle 60.
  • the cap assembly 1B is capped to the bottle 60, shrink wrap packaging is performed.
  • FIG. 16 and FIG. 17 are explanatory views of a scene in which the cap is opened initially.
  • a product is delivered to a consumer, in the state illustrated in FIG. 15 .
  • the consumer After the consumer opens the shrink wrap, the consumer temporarily rotates the cap 50 in the direction of closing. Then, as illustrated in FIG. 16 , the cap 50 presses down the lid section 42 of the inner stopper 40, and with this, the junction section 421b is broken. Then, when the cap 50 is rotated in the direction of opening, as illustrated in FIG. 17 , the cap 50 is removed while the lid section 421 of the inner stopper 40 is kept in the receiving section 52 of the cap 50. At this moment, the mouth of he inner stopper 40 is in a state of opened already.
  • the upper end surface 411d being oriented upward and surrounding the upper opening of the inner stopper 40 is formed to be a surface which has a gradient rising outward, as illustrated in FIG. 8 .
  • the upper end surface 411d having the gradient rising outward has an effect that when the bottle 60 is inclined to pour a content thereof and then is stood up, the content is cut well, and thus, it is prevented that the content drips inadvertently.
  • FIG. 18 is a view illustrating torque changes when the cap 50 is rotated temporarily in the direction of closing in order to open the cap 50 initially in the first embodiment illustrated in FIG. 6 to FIG. 17 .
  • This FIG. 18 is a view which is compared to FIG. 5 in the above-described comparative example.
  • the peak P of the torque illustrated in FIG. 5 is passed when the inner stopper 40 and the cap 50 are assembled, and in the state in which the inner stopper 40 and the cap 50 have been assembled, the lid section 421 of the inner stopper 40 is inside the receiving section 52 of the cap 50 and on a side of the upper surface of the cap 50 than the protrusion section 53. Accordingly, the peak P of the torque illustrated in FIG. 5 does not appear at a stage in which the cap 50 is opened initially, and it is when the cap 50 presses the lid section 421 that the force (torque) to rotate the cap 50 increases.
  • cap assembly of a second embodiment according the present invention will be explained. Since the cap assembly of the second embodiment may be easily understood when being compared to the above-described comparative example, elements corresponding to the respective elements of the cap assembly 1A according to the comparative example will be illustrated while denoted with reference signs same as those denoted in the drawings ( FIG. 1 to FIG. 4 ) of the cap assembly 1A of the comparative example even if there are some slight differences as to shapes and the like, and only differences will be explained.
  • FIG. 19 is a vertical sectional view of a cap assembly of the second embodiment according to the present invention.
  • a cap 20 is coupled with an inner stopper 10 in a state in which the cap 20 receives a lid section 121 in a receiving section 22 and a protrusion section 23 is positioned below the lid section 121, and the lid section 121 is arranged at a position which is in an inside of the receiving section 22 and has a space between an inner surface of a shell section 21 and the lid section 121.
  • a size of the receiving section 22 is determined such that a sufficiently wide space is secured between the lid section 121 and the shell section 21 even when the lid section 121 is received upper than the protrusion section 23 in the receiving section 22.
  • cap assembly 1C of the second embodiment in order to assemble the inner stopper 10 and the cap 20, similarly to the comparative example, there are used such procedures that after the bottle 30 is filled with a content and is capped with the inner stopper 10, and then the cap 20 is attached.
  • a real bottle 30 is used instead of the jig 70 illustrated in FIG. 10 to FIG. 13 , and there is used the method for assembling explained with reference to FIG. 10 to FIG.
  • the cap assembly 1C When the cap assembly 1C is assembled as illustrated in FIG. 19 , it is packaged together with the bottle 30 by shrink wrap packaging, and with this, the cap 20 may not be rotated and becomes a state in which a position thereof with respect to the inner stopper 10 is fixed.
  • FIG. 20 and FIG. 21 are explanatory views of a scene in which the cap is opened initially in the cap assembly 1C of the second embodiment.
  • a product is to be delivered to a consumer, in the state illustrated in FIG. 19 .
  • the consumer After opening the shrink wrap, the consumer temporarily rotates the cap 20 in the direction of closing. Then, as illustrated in FIG. 20 , the cap 20 presses down the lid section 12 of the inner stopper 10, and with this, the junction section 121b is broken. Then, when the cap 20 is rotated in the direction of opening, as illustrated in FIG. 21 , the cap 20 is removed while the lid section 121 of the inner stopper 10 is kept in the receiving section 22 of the cap 20. At this moment, the mouth of the inner stopper 10 is in a state of already opened.
  • the peak P of the torque illustrated in FIG. 5 is passed when the inner stopper 10 and the cap 20 are assembled, and in the state in which the inner stopper 10 and the cap 20 have been assembled, the lid section 121 of the inner stopper 10 is inside the receiving section 22 of the cap 20 and on the side of the upper surface of the cap 20 than the protrusion section 23. Accordingly, at the stage when the cap is initially opened, the peak P of the torque illustrated in FIG. 5 does not appear, and it is when the cap 20 presses the lid section 121 that the force (torque) to rotate the cap 20 increases.

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  1. Kappenanordnung (1B, 1C) umfassend:
    einen inneren Stopfen (40), der über eine Mündung (61) einer Flasche (60) aufgesetzt werden soll, um die Mündung zu schließen; und
    eine Kappe (50), die derart über eine Mündung einer Flasche aufgesetzt werden soll, dass die Kappe den inneren Stopfen abdeckt, wobei
    der innere Stopfen umfasst:
    einen Hauptkörper (41), der einen hohlen Abschnitt (411) aufweist, der eine hohle Form mit einer oberen Öffnung und einer unteren Öffnung aufweist und mit der Mündung der Flasche verbunden ist, und dessen unterer Endabschnitt (411a) in die Mündung der Flasche eingesetzt ist, und einen Halteabschnitt, der einen oberen Endabschnitt (62) der Flasche für das Zusammenwirken mit dem unteren Endabschnitt des Hohlabschnitts hält, nachdem das Einsetzen ausgeführt wurde; und
    ein Deckelkörper (42), der einen Deckelabschnitt (421) aufweist, der sich derart über dem Hohlabschnitt erstreckt, dass der Deckelabschnitt den Hohlabschnitt abdeckt, und mehrere Drehverhinderungsvorsprünge (421d) aufweist, die ausgebildet sind, um in Umfangsrichtung an einer Umfangsfläche angeordnet zu sein, und einen Verbindungsabschnitt (422), der in Umfangsrichtung mit einer oberen Endkante des Hohlabschnitts verbunden ist und zusammen mit dem Deckelabschnitt (421) eine Öffnung an einem oberen Ende des Hohlabschnitts (411) verschließt,
    und der eine Komponente ist, die mit dem Hauptkörper integriert ist, der die Mündung der Flasche zusammen mit dem Hauptkörper (41) schließt,
    und durch eine Drehung in eine Richtung des Schließens der Kappe von oben Druck erhält, um den Verbindungsabschnitt (421b) zu durchbrechen, um ein vom Hauptkörper getrennter Teil zu werden,
    wobei die Kappe umfasst:
    einen Mantelabschnitt (51), der ausgebildet ist, um beim Öffnen nach unten hohl zu sein, und der über die Mündung der Flasche aufgesetzt ist, während er den inneren Stopfen (40) abdeckt;
    einen Aufnahmeabschnitt (52), der nach unten von einer Innenseitenoberfläche des Mantelabschnitts hervorsteht (51), der einen unteren Öffnungsabschnitt aufweist, und den Deckelabschnitt in einem Inneren aufnimmt, um eine Kante des Deckelabschnitts (421) zu umgeben;
    einen Vorsprungabschnitt (53), der nach innen von einer Innenumfangsfläche des Aufnahmeabschnitts vorsteht, die Kante (421b) des Deckelabschnitts (421) beeinträchtigt, um den Deckelabschnitt zu veranlassen, den Aufnahmeabschnitt (52) zu erweitern, wenn die Kappe und der innere Stopfen zusammengesetzt sind, und zu veranlassen, dass der Deckelabschnitt wieder in die ursprüngliche Position zurückkehrt, wenn der Deckelabschnitt zu einer Seite einer Oberfläche des Mantelabschnitts (51) kommt, dass er unter dem Deckelabschnitt (421) angeordnet wird,
    und den Deckelabschnitt stützt, wenn der Verbindungsabschnitt (422) gebrochen ist;
    dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die Kappe (50) ferner umfasst
    einen Haken (55) zum Verhindern eines Drehens der Kappe, die nach innen von der Innenumfangsfläche des Aufnahmeabschnitts (52) vorsteht und mit den Drehverhinderungsvorsprüngen (421d) in Eingriff kommt, und
    wobei der Haken (55) an einer Position angeordnet ist, die unmittelbar über den Vorsprungabschnitt (53) an der Innenumfangsfläche des Aufnahmeabschnitts (52) ist, an dem der Vorsprungabschnitt (53) gebildet ist, und in dem ein Raum zur Aufnahme des Deckelabschnitts (421) in einem Zustand, in dem der Haken aus dem Eingriff mit den Drehverhinderungsvorsprüngen entfernt (421d) wird, über dem Haken in dem Aufnahmeabschnitt verbleiben soll, und
    die mehreren Drehverhinderungsvorsprünge (421d) und der Haken miteinander in Eingriff stehen, um eine Positionsbeziehung zwischen der Kappe (50) und dem inneren Stopfen (40) daran zu hindern, von einer vorbestimmten Beziehung abzuweichen, und
    die Kappe (50) mit dem inneren Stopfen (40) in einem Zustand verbunden ist, in dem durch die Aufnahme des Deckelabschnitts (421) in einer Position, in der die Drehverhinderungsvorsprünge (421d) und der Haken (55) in dem Aufnahmeabschnitt (52) miteinander in Eingriff stehen, der Vorsprungabschnitt (53) unterhalb des Deckelabschnitts (421) angeordnet ist, und der Deckelabschnitt an einer Position angeordnet ist, die im Inneren des Aufnahmeabschnitts (52) ist und einen Raum zwischen dem Deckelabschnitt und der Innenfläche des Mantelabschnitts (51) aufweist.
  2. Kappenanordnung (1B, 1C) nach Anspruch 1, wobei
    der innere Stopfen (40) ein Schraubengewinde (411c) aufweist, das eine äußere Umfangsfläche des Hohlabschnitts (411) spiralförmig umkreist, und
    die Kappe (50) einen Schraubenabschnitt (54) aufweist, der in einer zylindrischen Form und nach unten von der Innenseite der Oberfläche des Mantelabschnitts (51) vorsteht, und einen unteren Öffnungsabschnitt aufweist, und an dessen Innenumfangsfläche ein Schraubengewinde (541) gebildet ist, das an das Schraubengewinde des innerem Stopfen geschraubt werden soll.
  3. Kappenanordnung (1B, 1C) nach Anspruch 1, wobei die Kappe (50) auf einer Innenfläche des Mantelabschnitts (51) ein Schraubengewinde (211) aufweist, das an das Schraubengewinde (34), das auf der Flasche (30) gebildet ist, geschraubt werden soll.
  4. Kappenanordnung (1B, 1C) nach einem der Ansprüche 1 bis 3, wobei eine obere Endfläche (411d), die die obere Öffnung umgibt und von dem Hohlabschnitt (411) nach oben orientiert ist, einen nach außen steigenden Verlauf aufweist.
  5. Verfahren für das Zusammensetzen einer Kappenanordnung (1B, 1C) nach Anspruch 1, wobei
    das Verfahren umfasst:
    Aufsetzen der Kappe (50) über den inneren Stopfen (40), und Veranlassen des Aufnahmeabschnitts den Deckelabschnitt (421) bis an eine Position aufzunehmen, in der der Vorsprungabschnitt (53) über den Deckelabschnitt hinausgeht, um unterhalb des Deckelabschnitts positioniert zu werden und der Raum zwischen dem Deckelabschnitt und der Innenfläche des Mantelabschnitts (51) relativ schmal wird; und
    Bewegen die Kappe nach oben relativ zu dem inneren Stopfen in einem Bereich, in dem ein Zustand aufrechterhalten wird, in dem der Vorsprungabschnitt unterhalb des Deckelabschnitts positioniert ist, um den Raum zwischen dem Deckelabschnitt und der Innenfläche des Mantelabschnitts derart zu erweitern, dass die Drehverhinderungsvorsprünge (421d) und der Haken (55) in Eingriff kommen.
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