EP3122647A1 - Bouchage par capsule et procédé de bouchage - Google Patents

Bouchage par capsule et procédé de bouchage

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EP3122647A1
EP3122647A1 EP15713154.1A EP15713154A EP3122647A1 EP 3122647 A1 EP3122647 A1 EP 3122647A1 EP 15713154 A EP15713154 A EP 15713154A EP 3122647 A1 EP3122647 A1 EP 3122647A1
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Prior art keywords
sealing material
cap
closure system
container
crown
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Heinz Hillmann
Andreas Krieg
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KHS GmbH
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KHS GmbH
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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
    • B65D53/00—Sealing or packing elements; Sealings formed by liquid or plastics material
    • B65D53/06—Sealings formed by liquid or plastic material
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65D—CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES
    • B65D41/00—Caps, e.g. crown caps or crown seals, i.e. members having parts arranged for engagement with the external periphery of a neck or wall defining a pouring opening or discharge aperture; Protective cap-like covers for closure members, e.g. decorative covers of metal foil or paper
    • B65D41/02—Caps or cap-like covers without lines of weakness, tearing strips, tags, or like opening or removal devices
    • B65D41/10—Caps or cap-like covers adapted to be secured in position by permanent deformation of the wall-engaging parts
    • B65D41/12—Caps or cap-like covers adapted to be secured in position by permanent deformation of the wall-engaging parts made of relatively stiff metallic materials, e.g. crown caps

Definitions

  • the invention comprises a crown cap closure for containers, in particular for bottles (glass bottles), the closure system having on the inside in the region of the mold ends a deformable sealing material which closes cavities at least in the periphery of the container bottom pointing end.
  • Bottle caps are very common and known as closures for containers, in particular for beverage bottles made of glass, esp. For beer and soft drink bottles. These consist of a circular piece of sheet metal with a crown-shaped curved edge and a sealing insert. This was initially made of cork, which provided as a compressible intermediate piece between the bottleneck and sheet metal for the necessary tightness.
  • cork which provided as a compressible intermediate piece between the bottleneck and sheet metal for the necessary tightness.
  • PVC polyvinyl chloride
  • PE polyethylene
  • the most common crown cork has 21 points, the advantage of the odd number of teeth is that they are not directly opposite and thus prevents tilting in the feed units.
  • Crown corks are placed on the container by means of capping machine, which leads with the aid of, for example.
  • a magnetic stamp supplied crown cork and presses it on the bottle neck.
  • a cylindrical area around the crown cork lowers, which ensures that the serrated edge is bent over or around the mouth area of the container is crimped.
  • DE 4018121 A1 discloses such a method for closing off
  • Crown cork edge has movable pin elements. There is one
  • a particularly hygienic device is disclosed in DE 35 15 334 A1, wherein here the closure of the container takes place in a sterile room, which is generated by means of a protective gas.
  • the object of the invention is now to provide a crown cap closure or system which has improved hygienic properties.
  • crown cap closure or system which comprises on the inside in the region of the mold ends a deformable sealing material which closes the cavities at least in the circumference of the container bottom pointing end.
  • crown corks are provided which have a plurality of serrated or tooth-like shaping ends, as alternating elevations and depressions or valley sections. These are usually of an odd number, to avoid blockages in the transport routes.
  • These bottle caps are at least partially made of one
  • metallic and / or aluminum-containing material formed and may include an inner coating of one or more layers (rubber, plastic) to improve the sealing between the container mouth and the underside of the crown cap.
  • the bottle cap is shaped so that the mold ends according to the intended, the mouth of the container closing deformation, the generally known corrugated or jagged radial contour, so that one or more cavities between the outer mouth close container surface and the mold ends are formed, wherein in the region of the mold ends a deformable sealing material is provided which closes the aforementioned cavities.
  • the cavity closure does not have to be complete in the axial direction, but at least a wreath-like or annular closure or sealing element is achieved in the circumferential direction.
  • the sealing material is glued to the body, pressed or fastened suitably in any other way. This combination of the sealing material and the main body of the crown cork can on immediately before or in the
  • the sealing material in the blank of the base body is ideally introduced into the near-valley valleys of the inside, that it does not or only slightly surmounted the raised portions.
  • the sealing material should protrude the main body in the region of the elevations on the inside perpendicular not more than 1 mm, ideally, the should
  • Material supernatant of the sealing material in the range of 0 to 0.5 mm and priority is to choose a range of less than 0.2 mm.
  • the designated position in the direction of the container mouth has or rests there.
  • the outside of the body is the corresponding other side the main body and carries esp.
  • a decor In the central area regularly a decor, a logo and / or a logo to address end consumers.
  • the sealing material may be a rubber or foam material, esp. A rubber or foam-like material whose outer surface in the ratio of the inner surface has no or substantially no pores to complicate the incorporation of impurities.
  • a germicidal or proliferation-inhibiting ingredient may be added to the sealing material, such as silver, zinc or copper particles or other permissible substances.
  • the sealing material is formed as a disc or plate-like shaped piece in the manner of a sealing pad, which has at least two more or less concentric areas. One area is the radially outer area (edge area), which is formed as a bead-like rim or sealing contour. This may suitably match the
  • Contouring be contoured i. also have a tooth-like structure.
  • the inner area forms the shallower middle part, which the muzzle seal on the
  • Forms top of the container This may possibly have a mating to the container muzzle pad or contouring, as a muzzle seal.
  • the sealing pad can be so connected to the base body itself or be attached to this or be (before the closure of the container) that the sealing pad over the entire surface of the body rests, i. is fixed in position, for example by
  • a sealing material which is an activatable material in terms of volume.
  • activatable is to be understood as meaning that the sealing material has a first state shape and / or first before or during the attachment of the main body or the cap-like closure system
  • the activation takes place in particular by the entry of heat energy by the sealing material expands under the influence of heat and / or melts, so that all capillaries and cavities filling spatial redistribution occurs.
  • the main body of the crown cap can be heated by contact heating, radiator or inductively, so that by means of heat conduction, the sealing material is indirectly heated.
  • the heat may be advantageous for the heat to be in a very limited range from vertically from above is introduced into the material of the crown cap, namely the opening of the container covering portion, so that no or only a very small
  • the sealing material also serves as a thermal insulation.
  • the sealing material may have a so-called Menno bin, which is that a compressed, reduced volume shape after
  • the reduction in volume can be made such that the sealing material of the bottle caps is briefly pressed in the supply to the container or the crown caps and the sealing material are stored under pressure or pressure that the volume reduction in the sorting and Zuleitsystem to the capper or container is already given.
  • the reformation process can also be done by means of energy input supported or accelerated in a comparable manner, where executed above.
  • Dichtmatenal one or more orders of a hot and / or hot melt adhesive which then after shaping and closing by a suitable
  • a hot melt adhesive can be provided, which is softer and more elastic before the aforementioned heating, as after the fusion (embrittlement, curing). So that the opening of the crown cork or container, generates a kind of breakage in the adhesive, which can be perceived optically light by the consumer in particular.
  • the sealing material is radially beyond the forming ends, that this free sealing material forms a kind of circlip or -kränz, which must be injured in the opening of the container, because he e.g. partially deformed, breaks and / or splits.
  • the sealing material also serves as
  • the sealing material at least partially contains germicidal or germ-inhibiting substances, such as, for example, silver or copper compounds or other known chemicals.
  • the sealing material can additionally be acted upon at least partially, ie spatially limited, so that the sealing material hardens or embrittles more strongly in this area or altogether. If necessary, such an effect can take place by means of UV radiation, further energy input, cold shock or in any other suitable manner.
  • the sealing material contains, for example, components that are UV-curable. In this case, a chemical reaction takes place during the curing by a UV polymerization.
  • photoinitiators that occur in the initial form in a double bond. If a UV radiation is introduced by means of emitters, the photoinitiators are activated, whereby the double-bond of the photoinitiators is broken by the high-energy UV radiation, so that free radicals form and a non-reversible crosslinking with, for example, fillers and binders to macromolecules takes place. This results in a hardening and embrittlement.
  • a method for closing containers with a cap-like closure system is also included, which is followed by the step of forming the forming arutönsund / or activation step, in which by pressure relief or indirectly via energy input into the crown cap or directly by energy input into exposed surfaces of the sealing material, an at least temporary change in shape and / or state of the sealing material is caused. This is usually an increase in volume of the sealing material, in which the cavities are closed.
  • an improvement is that after the deformation and activation of the sealing material, the sealing material projects with a ring or coronary region, the free forming ends axially out and by the activation and / or by an additional treatment step the outstanding, free sealing material so esp. Also is enlarged in the radial direction that this covers the axially downwardly facing edges of the crown cap and thus forms a ring or ring below the free forming ends, which ideally has the same or a larger outer circumference, as the largest outer circumference of the forming ends in the deformed closure state.
  • Closing element can be filled with a flexible filler completely or partially.
  • this filling material should not project beyond the raised teeth in order not to be deported by the closing tool during the deformation of the basic body.
  • This filler material could be an analogous material to the aforementioned sealing materials and in particular also be activated.
  • Edges of the body are covered with an edge material, such as, for example, a sealing wax or a heating or hot melt adhesive.
  • This edge material forms an optically advantageous mechanical protective edge on the lower edge of the main body after mounting on a container.
  • the edge protection can be smoothed out in an analogous manner and finished as a manipulation safeguard.
  • the corresponding units such as heaters, radiators, compressors, etc. are provided, which are arranged in a suitable manner.
  • the corresponding units such as heaters, radiators, compressors, etc.
  • the possibly very small area heating or irradiation are advantageously corresponding laser and / or
  • energy-rich lasers which are directed from obliquely down onto free surfaces of the adhesive application and / or which are directed radially only onto the region of the molding ends under which the adhesive application is arranged are particularly advantageously suitable for fusion of a hot-melt adhesive.
  • the desired directional orientation is in such
  • an orifice shower can be provided before the actual closing step in order, for example, to wash away foam residues
  • the capper itself has known capping heads that can apply the described crown cap.
  • the capper is advantageously a
  • Closing stations comprising at least one closure tool.
  • the closure tool by means of which the base body is formed on the container mouth and this is closed, serves as a heat energy-conducting or -übertragendes element by this example. Is formed for inductive heat transfer or even inductively heated.
  • the energy input (esp. Of
  • Heat energy input additionally or solely in a treatment station, which is arranged downstream of the capper, wherein the means for
  • the container to be treated during transport in the treatment section is rotated about its vertical axis, the closure and the container mouth are exposed.
  • the devices for energy transfer for example. Heating elements, spotlights, etc., for example, can be arranged next to the transport path of the container.
  • the container is enclosed with an energizing gripper, rotation is not required.
  • the activation of the sealing material could be carried out on a discharge conveyor, esp. An outlet star with suitable heatable head and mouth grippers.
  • Curing and / or embrittlement unit provided, but this may also be an integral part of the Verschplierstation which activates as needed, i. can be switched on.

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  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Mechanical Engineering (AREA)
  • Closures For Containers (AREA)

Abstract

L'invention concerne un système de bouchage de type capuchon destiné à des récipients (capsules) qui comporte une pluralité d'extrémités profilées de type dents ou crêtes. Selon l'invention, ces capsules sont formées au moins partiellement à partir d'une matière métallique et/ou contenant de l'aluminium (corps de base) et elles peuvent comporter un revêtement intérieur constitué d'une ou plusieurs couches (caoutchouc, matière plastique) pour améliorer l'étanchéité entre l'embouchure du récipient et le côté inférieur de la capsule. La capsule est formée de telle sorte que les extrémités profilées présentent le contour radial ondulé ou dentelé bien connu qui est fonction de la déformation à réaliser pour fermer l'embouchure du récipient de sorte qu'une ou plusieurs cavités sont formées entre la surface extérieure du récipient qui est proche de l'embouchure et les extrémités profilées, un matériau d'étanchéité déformable, qui ferme les cavités susmentionnées, étant prévu au niveau des extrémités profilées. Le bouchage des cavités ne doit pas se faire complètement dans une direction axiale, mais au moins, un élément d'étanchéité ou de bouchage en forme d'anneau ou de couronne est obtenu dans la direction circonférentielle.
EP15713154.1A 2014-03-27 2015-03-24 Bouchage par capsule et procédé de bouchage Active EP3122647B1 (fr)

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SI201530211T SI3122647T1 (en) 2014-03-27 2015-03-24 Close crown closures and closing procedure

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DE102014104322.7A DE102014104322A1 (de) 2014-03-27 2014-03-27 Kronkorkenverschluss und Verschlussvorrichtung
PCT/EP2015/056264 WO2015144710A1 (fr) 2014-03-27 2015-03-24 Bouchage par capsule et procédé de bouchage

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US10730673B2 (en) 2020-08-04
WO2015144710A1 (fr) 2015-10-01

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