EP3052394A1 - Container closure and container with such a closure - Google Patents
Container closure and container with such a closureInfo
- Publication number
- EP3052394A1 EP3052394A1 EP14801954.0A EP14801954A EP3052394A1 EP 3052394 A1 EP3052394 A1 EP 3052394A1 EP 14801954 A EP14801954 A EP 14801954A EP 3052394 A1 EP3052394 A1 EP 3052394A1
- Authority
- EP
- European Patent Office
- Prior art keywords
- container
- opening
- flange
- closure
- container closure
- Prior art date
- Legal status (The legal status is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the status listed.)
- Granted
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Classifications
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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
- B65D25/00—Details of other kinds or types of rigid or semi-rigid containers
- B65D25/38—Devices for discharging contents
- B65D25/40—Nozzles or spouts
- B65D25/42—Integral or attached nozzles or spouts
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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
- B65D39/00—Closures arranged within necks or pouring openings or in discharge apertures, e.g. stoppers
- B65D39/12—Closures arranged within necks or pouring openings or in discharge apertures, e.g. stoppers expansible, e.g. inflatable
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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
- B65D47/00—Closures with filling and discharging, or with discharging, devices
- B65D47/04—Closures with discharging devices other than pumps
- B65D47/06—Closures with discharging devices other than pumps with pouring spouts or tubes; with discharge nozzles or passages
- B65D47/12—Closures with discharging devices other than pumps with pouring spouts or tubes; with discharge nozzles or passages having removable closures
- B65D47/122—Threaded caps
- B65D47/123—Threaded caps with internal parts
Definitions
- the present invention relates to a container closure comprising two main components, namely a synthetic material flange which can be attached to an opening surface of a container, and also a lid releasably attached to a dispensing opening of the flange.
- the invention further relates to a container,
- beverage can in particular a beverage can or a comparable
- Liquid container with such a container closure Liquid container with such a container closure.
- Production costs are higher.
- mass products such as the conventional metal beverage cans
- the production costs are an essential criterion, so that the simplest possible forms are preferred here.
- Beverage cans are provided with opening areas in which a pre-punched area can be broken out to produce a dispensing opening. Such a opened beverage can can no longer be sealed tight without additional elements.
- DE 40 35 395 AI shows such
- Beverage can there referred to as packaging means with prefabricated desired opening and associated lift lever.
- the lift lever should serve as a reclosure for the manufactured opening in the beverage can.
- the lift ⁇ lever is pivotally mounted and has a closure surface, after the first opening in the prepared opening
- Edge of the opening produced are permanently wetted by the liquid contained in the can and increasingly tend to corrosion due to the lack of surface protection layer at this point.
- DE 295 11 368 Ul shows a beverage can closure, in the form of a latched onto the top of the can lid with a closable pouring opening.
- the lid has a cylindrical approach with a gradation.
- the pouring opening can be closed by a pivotably mounted cover section, which has a sealing cone which engages in a form-fitting manner in the pouring opening.
- the beverage ⁇ dose may, however, remain fluid between the can top, and the separately attached lid. There is also the risk of liquid on the edge of the latchable
- the beverage can closure is expensive to produce. Even with this arrangement, the opening edges in the opening area of the beverage can remain unprotected and prone to corrosion.
- DE 20 2011 101 705 U1 describes a closure for a liquid container, in particular for a beverage can.
- the closure has a closure bottom to the liquid stechniks réellen mounting in an opening in the liquid container, wherein the closure lower part has a passage for pouring a liquid contained in the liquid container.
- a closure top is provided, which is arranged on the closure lower part and has a passage for the liquid.
- the closure ⁇ top part is rotatable relative to the closure bottom, while the closure bottom is fixed in the liquid container.
- a base plate adapted ⁇ the closure to a drinking opening of a beverage can and has an opening corresponding to the shape after the drinking opening in the can.
- a second, mechanically connected to the base plate, middle plate is a sealing element which can be folded over the base plate and pressed into the drinking opening to close them partially, while leaving a flow opening open.
- the shape of the sealing element corresponds to the opening in the base plate.
- a final level shows a cover and is mechanically connected to the second sealing level by hinges.
- the covering plane is folded over the sealing element. In this case, two openings in the covering plane are snapped onto two opposite pins belonging to the base plate.
- the US 2012/0273490 AI shows a can lid made of aluminum or plastic, as part of a beverage can. in the original, closed delivery state of the beverage can, this is closed by a seal, which by
- the can lid has two mutually movable lid parts that can be opened or closed to each other.
- Upper and lower lid part have a circular shape and are mounted one above the other rotating bar.
- Both cover parts each have an opening which can be positioned one above the other by the rotational movement of the cover parts, so as to create a passage opening.
- Both cover parts are positively connected at their radial edges by a fold, which simultaneously forms a seal. It sits the edge of the upper
- a seated at an opening sealing element shows a radially encircling sealing bead with a groove which encloses the edge of the opening.
- An object of the present invention is a container closure for
- Another object is seen to provide a container which is equipped with a correspondingly improved container closure.
- Plastic existing flange a deformable mounting section.
- This comprises a radially outer sealing bead with circumferential in a cross-sectional plane groove.
- the width of the groove substantially corresponds to the thickness of an opening area of a container to be closed.
- the contour of the groove substantially corresponds to the contour of an opening in the opening area of the container.
- the attachment portion of the container closure further comprises a circumferential expansion joint, which runs between a radially inner wall portion of the flange and the radially outer sealing ⁇ bead.
- the container closure also includes a lid which is releasably attached to a discharge opening of the flange.
- This cover comprises a closure surface and an outer sleeve adjoining the closure surface. The cross section of the outer sleeve is so on the
- the outer sleeve has a longitudinal extent, which allows penetration of a spreading element located at its free end in the expansion joint.
- the expansion element of the outer ⁇ sleeve is designed such that the sealing bead in this
- the depth of the groove is between 1 and 5 mm. It is also advantageous if the width of the groove is slightly less than the material thickness of the opening surface, preferably in the range between 0.5 and 2.5 mm. The material of the opening surface then presses into the deformable material of the sealing bead particularly well.
- the groove can be an inside
- Advantageous embodiments are characterized by a decreasing wall thickness at the end of the outer sleeve of the lid.
- this free end which forms the spreading ⁇ element, designed wedge-shaped to support the wedging of the expansion joint during penetration into the expansion joint.
- flange and cover have a circular cross-section and on the outside of the flange and the inside of the outer sleeve of the cover respectively complementary threaded portions are mounted.
- the lid can then be screwed onto the flange, so that even small forces are sufficient to allow the free end of the outer ⁇ sleeve of the lid to penetrate into the expansion joint.
- a preferred embodiment of the container closure has on the cover driving elements, which at the onset of
- Container closure the spreader for turning
- a rotation of the flange can be effected via further drivers. This in turn supports the penetration of the edges of the opening of the opening surface in the groove of the sealing bead.
- the attachment portion of the flange has an outer diameter tapering towards the flange end.
- This configuration facilitates the penetration of the container closure in the opening of the beverage can or the Other pe ⁇ gen container. It is expedient if the flange end can be slightly reduced in its cross-section during insertion into the opening, in the context of an elastic
- the invention also provides a liquid container, preferably in the form of a beverage can, which has an opening in an opening area, wherein a container closure according to the invention is inserted in the opening.
- the container closure can be used by the manufacturer, if the beverage can already be sold with this closure. It is also possible to provide the user with a separate container closure, which can then be used after the first opening of the beverage can itself, if the beverage can is to be closed again.
- the beverage can at the edge of the opening has projections which serve in the manner of locking the permanent attachment of the container closure.
- the opening can be introduced in the beverage can, for example by punching or cutting.
- Figure 1 is a sectional view of a container closure according to the invention prior to insertion into an opening of a beverage can.
- Fig. 2 is a sectional view of the container closure after the
- Fig. 3 is a plan view of the contour of the opening in the
- Beverage can according to a first embodiment
- Fig. 4 is a plan view of the contour of the opening in the
- Figure 5 is a detail view of the container closure with Mitneh ⁇ numbers.
- Fig. 6 shows the components of the container closure according to a modified, three-part embodiment.
- Fig. 1 sections of the wesent ⁇ union elements of the container closure according to the invention are shown in a sectional view before it is inserted into an opening of a beverage can.
- the container closure is explained below by way of example as part of a use on a beverage can. In general, the container closure can also be used on other containers.
- the container closure as a first main component ⁇ part comprises a flange 01 which is preferably integrally formed of plastic.
- the flange 01 preferably has a tubular shape with a central discharge opening 02, through which the liquid stored in a container 03 can be dispensed.
- the container 03 is a beverage can having an opening area 04 at its top.
- Opening surface 04 is an opening 05 is mounted, in which the container closure can be used.
- the flange oil has at its end facing the container, so opposite to the discharge opening 02, a deformable mounting portion 06 which has a sealing bead 07 and a circumferential expansion joint 08.
- the Sp Drfuge 08 extends between a radially inner wall portion of the flange 01 and the radially outer sealing bead 07.
- the material of the flange has an elasticity, which allows pivoting of the sealing bead 07 when the Sp Schwarzfuge 08 is widened.
- In the sealing bead extends a groove 09 in a cross-sectional plane which is perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the flange.
- the groove 09 is open to the outside and adapted in width to the thickness of the opening surface 04 to receive these sealing.
- a second main part of the container closure is formed by a cover 10 which has a closure surface 11 and an outer sleeve 12 adjoining thereto.
- the closure surface 11 closes the discharge opening 02 of the flange, so that no liquid escapes there.
- the known shape designs can be used to create a tight connection, which will not be described in detail here.
- an expansion element 13 is provided, which during placement of the
- the spreading ⁇ element 13 may be formed integrally with the outer sleeve 12 or as a separate part. It is also at certain
- Embodiments possible that the expansion element 13 is first attached to the outer sleeve 12, after the penetration of the expansion joint, however, is released from the outer sleeve and remains on renewed removal of the cover in the expansion joint.
- Fig. 2 shows a sectional view of the beverage can 03 with the fully inserted container closure. It can be seen that the lower part of the flange 01 has been passed through the opening 05 in the opening surface 04 and the edge of the opening 05 engages in the groove 09. A sectional ⁇ ridge 15 which forms the contour of the opening 05 is thus protected from attacking liquid, because the sealing bead 07 engages the material of the opening area 04 completely, so that the cut edge 15 is sealed in the groove 09th
- the expansion element has penetrated into the spreading ⁇ fuge 08 13, whereby the sealing bead is pressed radially 07 outward.
- the penetration of the expansion element 13 takes place when placing the cover 10 on the flange 01, wherein in the example shown here, the cover 10 is screwed on ⁇ , using the threaded portions 16 on the outside of the flange and on the inside of the outer sleeve 12th
- FIG. 3 shows a plan view of the opening surface 04 of a first embodiment of the container 03. It can be seen that the opening 05 introduced in the opening surface 04 is essentially circular and is located centrally in the opening surface 04. Furthermore, it can be seen that the contour of the opening 05 several, evenly distributed around the circumference
- FIG. 4 shows a second embodiment of the container 03 in a plan view. It can be seen that the projections 17 are formed at the edge of the opening 05 in this case with a larger radial extent, so that there is a kind stakege leopard ⁇ pattern.
- Fig. 5 shows a detail of the container closure.
- Outer sleeve 12 of the cover 10 are mounted entrainment elements 18, with the stops 19 together ⁇ men chorus the spreading element 13, as to be rotatable at the first closing of this Be fiscalerver- circuit, whereby the penetration of the expander element is facilitated in the Sp Schwarzfuge 08. 13 If, during the subsequent opening of the container closure, the lid 10 is rotated in the opposite direction, the skip
- FIG. 6 shows a simplified perspective view of a modified embodiment of the Be Daveerverschlus ⁇ ses. Also in this case, a lid 10 and a flange 01 is provided, which together form the container closure. Notwithstanding the embodiment described above, the expansion element 13 is formed as a separate component, which is placed over the flange during insertion of the container closure into the opening of the beverage can and subsequently pressed by the cover into the expansion joint 08 and remains there. LIST OF REFERENCE NUMBERS
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Applications Claiming Priority (2)
Application Number | Priority Date | Filing Date | Title |
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DE201320105078 DE202013105078U1 (en) | 2013-11-11 | 2013-11-11 | Container closure and beverage can with such |
PCT/EP2014/073845 WO2015067671A1 (en) | 2013-11-11 | 2014-11-05 | Container closure and container with such a closure |
Publications (2)
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EP3052394A1 true EP3052394A1 (en) | 2016-08-10 |
EP3052394B1 EP3052394B1 (en) | 2017-02-08 |
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US3744662A (en) * | 1971-11-23 | 1973-07-10 | Nat Can Corp | Opening device with non-detachable tab |
DE2246277A1 (en) * | 1972-09-21 | 1974-03-28 | Manfred Maluche | CONTAINER LOCK |
DE4035395A1 (en) | 1990-11-07 | 1992-05-14 | Reinhard Hertel | Packet with opening and closure piece - has lever pivotally mounted on vertical axle, with rim around it, and hole in it for insert |
DE29511368U1 (en) | 1995-07-14 | 1995-09-14 | Fackelmann Gmbh & Co | Beverage can closure |
US8240498B2 (en) | 2006-10-31 | 2012-08-14 | Crown Packaging Technology, Inc. | Resealable closure |
US20120273490A1 (en) | 2009-02-11 | 2012-11-01 | Michael Keigan Jensen | Cover for Opening and Closing Cans |
IT1395834B1 (en) * | 2009-05-29 | 2012-10-26 | Invat Srl | SEALING ASSEMBLY OF A METAL CONTAINER FORMED BY A CLOSURE AND ITS LID CONTAINER |
DE202011101705U1 (en) | 2011-06-10 | 2011-09-12 | Euro-Cap Gmbh | Closure for a liquid container, in particular for a beverage can |
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- 2014-11-05 WO PCT/EP2014/073845 patent/WO2015067671A1/en active Application Filing
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