EP3140213A1 - Dispositif de mélange et de fermeture destiné à un récipient - Google Patents

Dispositif de mélange et de fermeture destiné à un récipient

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EP3140213A1
EP3140213A1 EP15725515.9A EP15725515A EP3140213A1 EP 3140213 A1 EP3140213 A1 EP 3140213A1 EP 15725515 A EP15725515 A EP 15725515A EP 3140213 A1 EP3140213 A1 EP 3140213A1
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chamber
container
opening
inner housing
closure device
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Martin Presche
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RPC Bramlage 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
    • B65D51/00—Closures not otherwise provided for
    • B65D51/24—Closures not otherwise provided for combined or co-operating with auxiliary devices for non-closing purposes
    • B65D51/28—Closures not otherwise provided for combined or co-operating with auxiliary devices for non-closing purposes with auxiliary containers for additional articles or materials
    • B65D51/2807—Closures not otherwise provided for combined or co-operating with auxiliary devices for non-closing purposes with auxiliary containers for additional articles or materials the closure presenting means for placing the additional articles or materials in contact with the main contents by acting on a part of the closure without removing the closure, e.g. by pushing down, pulling up, rotating or turning a part of the closure, or upon initial opening of the container
    • B65D51/2857—Closures not otherwise provided for combined or co-operating with auxiliary devices for non-closing purposes with auxiliary containers for additional articles or materials the closure presenting means for placing the additional articles or materials in contact with the main contents by acting on a part of the closure without removing the closure, e.g. by pushing down, pulling up, rotating or turning a part of the closure, or upon initial opening of the container the additional article or materials being released by displacing or removing an element enclosing it
    • B65D51/2864—Closures not otherwise provided for combined or co-operating with auxiliary devices for non-closing purposes with auxiliary containers for additional articles or materials the closure presenting means for placing the additional articles or materials in contact with the main contents by acting on a part of the closure without removing the closure, e.g. by pushing down, pulling up, rotating or turning a part of the closure, or upon initial opening of the container the additional article or materials being released by displacing or removing an element enclosing it the element being a plug or like element closing a passage between the auxiliary container and the main 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
    • B65D51/00—Closures not otherwise provided for
    • B65D51/24—Closures not otherwise provided for combined or co-operating with auxiliary devices for non-closing purposes
    • B65D51/28—Closures not otherwise provided for combined or co-operating with auxiliary devices for non-closing purposes with auxiliary containers for additional articles or materials
    • B65D51/2807—Closures not otherwise provided for combined or co-operating with auxiliary devices for non-closing purposes with auxiliary containers for additional articles or materials the closure presenting means for placing the additional articles or materials in contact with the main contents by acting on a part of the closure without removing the closure, e.g. by pushing down, pulling up, rotating or turning a part of the closure, or upon initial opening of the container
    • B65D51/2857—Closures not otherwise provided for combined or co-operating with auxiliary devices for non-closing purposes with auxiliary containers for additional articles or materials the closure presenting means for placing the additional articles or materials in contact with the main contents by acting on a part of the closure without removing the closure, e.g. by pushing down, pulling up, rotating or turning a part of the closure, or upon initial opening of the container the additional article or materials being released by displacing or removing an element enclosing it
    • B65D51/2892—Closures not otherwise provided for combined or co-operating with auxiliary devices for non-closing purposes with auxiliary containers for additional articles or materials the closure presenting means for placing the additional articles or materials in contact with the main contents by acting on a part of the closure without removing the closure, e.g. by pushing down, pulling up, rotating or turning a part of the closure, or upon initial opening of the container the additional article or materials being released by displacing or removing an element enclosing it the element, e.g. a valve, opening an aperture of the auxiliary 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
    • B65D39/00—Closures arranged within necks or pouring openings or in discharge apertures, e.g. stoppers
    • B65D39/08—Threaded or like closure members secured by rotation; Bushes therefor
    • 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
    • B65D41/04—Threaded or like caps or cap-like covers secured by rotation
    • 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
    • B65D41/04—Threaded or like caps or cap-like covers secured by rotation
    • B65D41/0492—Threaded or like caps or cap-like covers secured by rotation formed by several elements connected together
    • 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

Definitions

  • the invention relates to a closure device for a container, in particular a glass container, having a container opening, the closure device having a cover element for closing the container opening, a chamber arranged on the cover element and an inner housing, wherein the chamber and inner housing have mutually corresponding closure means and opening means which interact with one another such that a discharge opening associated with the chamber is releasable relative to the inner housing by movement of the cover element so that a medium stored in the chamber can exit into the container and the chamber and the inner housing correspond and correspond, respectively Having a thread rotation axis formed first thread.
  • Closure devices of the aforementioned type are known in the art.
  • closure devices serve to close a container, for example a beverage bottle, and at the same time to provide a chamber for the separate storage of liquid or powdered ingredients, for example tea essences, so that they do not immediately fill with the contents of the container, ie For example, water, come into contact and / or mixed, but only at the moment in which the closure device is removed from the container. This is usually the moment when a user wants to consume the beverage in the container.
  • the closure devices known in the prior art regularly consist of a cover element, on which the chamber is arranged, and an inner housing. The closure device is usually screwed onto the container as a whole, ie completely pre-assembled.
  • the inner housing has a form-fitting correspondence with the thread of the container. responding thread.
  • the cover element and the inner housing are connected to each other via form-fitting corresponding threads.
  • the cover element-and thus also the chamber arranged on the cover element- is moved relative to the inner housing.
  • the cover element is moved from a closed position to a discharge position, in which discharge position a medium stored in the chamber can escape into the container.
  • the chamber and inner housing have mutually corresponding closure means and opening means for closing or opening the discharge opening.
  • closure and opening means can be formed on the inner housing, for example in the form of a single plug element arranged on the inner housing, wherein a first end region forms the closure means and a second end region forms the opening means.
  • the plug element prevents or permits leakage of the medium into the container, depending on its position within the outlet opening of the chamber.
  • the closure and opening means may be formed on the chamber as a discharge opening, for example as a receptacle for the plug element, which cooperate in a first position with the closure and opening means of the inner housing so that no medium can escape from the chamber, and a second Position so that medium can escape.
  • the corresponding closing and opening means may also be separate, at least not directly cooperating elements in the closed state, such as, for example, the outlet opening of the
  • Chamber occluding membrane and arranged on the inner housing mandrel.
  • the document WO 2007/129116 A1 (US 2009/0321286 A1) relates, for example, to a closure device according to the prior art for attachment to a container.
  • the closure device comprises a lid member defining a chamber and an inner housing having a plug member sealingly engageable with a discharge opening in a lower wall of the chamber.
  • the cover member is threaded to engage a corresponding thread of the inner housing to allow the cover member to move relative to the inner housing from a closed position in which the plug member closes the discharge opening of the chamber to a discharge position in which the Plug element is at least partially withdrawn from the discharge opening, is moved to release a between chamber and container arranged discharge channel.
  • the closure devices of this type known in the prior art have proven to be suitable for sealing plastic containers, they are not readily suitable for the closure of glass containers.
  • the known closure devices for optimum fit and tightness require precise dimensioning of the container in the region of the container opening.
  • these requirements often can not be met in the manufacture of glass bottles. It is therefore an object of the present invention to provide a closure device which is particularly suitable for closing a glass container.
  • the invention proposes a closure device according to the preamble of claim 1, in which the first thread is arranged on the chamber as viewed from the thread rotation axis pointing radially outward.
  • the relative movement of the chamber to the inner housing is made possible by corresponding threads arranged on the chamber and the inner housing.
  • the formation of the first thread on the chamber makes it possible to arrange the chamber including the thread within the container. In this case, the chamber and inner housing remain in the discharge position in engagement with each other, so that the inner housing can be removed with the arranged on the lid member chamber from the container.
  • the fit of the closure device on the container no longer depends on a precise dimensioning of the container in the region of the container opening. Rather, the tightness of the container closed with the closure device can also be ensured if the container, in particular a glass bottle, has dimensional deviations.
  • a preferably elastic seal can be arranged in a particularly simple manner between the inner housing of the closure device and the inner wall of the container in the region of the container opening.
  • the inner housing on the side facing away from the first thread a press seal for abutment against a container in the Has area of the container opening.
  • This press seal can be welded particularly advantageous to the inner housing. Due to the elasticity of the press seal dimensional variations in the manufacture of the glass bottle can be compensated, so that the closure device seals the container opening optimally.
  • the cover element is an aluminum element which is rolled onto the container in order to form a second thread, wherein the second thread formed on the cover element corresponds to a second thread of the container.
  • serving as a lid element aluminum element is rolled onto the outer wall of the container in the region of the container opening, whereby the impression of the thread is made in the lid member.
  • Cover element and container are thus form-fitting corresponding elements, which ensure the tightness of the sealed container with the closure device. It is also advantageous that in the production of the cover element, a technology can be used, which is already used regularly in the closing of glass bottles with aluminum lids.
  • the invention further proposes that the chamber is welded to the cover element.
  • the closure device In the production of the closure device thus a conventional and very inexpensive connection method can be used.
  • the cover element In addition, in addition to this, it is also possible for the cover element to simultaneously close an opening formed in the chamber.
  • the lid member acts both as a closure element for the opening of the chamber and as a closure element for the container itself.
  • the Ver- Welding can be done in different ways, for example by means of ultrasound, induction or resistance heating.
  • the chamber has an opening with a collar-shaped folded edge area, to which edge region the cover element is welded to close the opening.
  • the chamber thus has a kind of connecting flange, which is aligned substantially parallel to an adjacent surface of the cover element.
  • the collar-shaped folded edge region may in particular be an area of the wall of the chamber which is bent by 90 °. This results in a particularly simple manner, an area which is aligned parallel to the surface of the cover element.
  • the chamber along this - preferably annular - area, d. H. along the opening, be connected to the lid member. In the welding process, this area is advantageously used to weld the lid member to the chamber.
  • the cover element is coated in the region of the weld with a lacquer. The paint is to be matched in its composition to the respective material of the chamber.
  • the bent edge region of the chamber protrudes in the radial direction of the closure element via an edge region of the inner housing arranged adjacent thereto.
  • a "projection” or a protruding "nose” is created on the cover element around which the aluminum of the cover element is rolled, so that the connection between the chamber and the cover element is additionally reinforced. It is thus ensured that at a twisting of the lid member of the container at the same time the chamber is moved.
  • the cover element is a plastic element which has a second thread corresponding to a second thread of the container. According to this embodiment variant, the second thread of the cover element is not pronounced first in the connection with the container, but rather already during the production of the cover element itself, ie before the final assembly on the container.
  • the inner housing has a press seal on the side facing away from the chamber for engagement with the container in the region of the container opening. In this respect, the necessary tightness of the bolted to the closure device container is ensured.
  • the chamber has an opening with a curvilinearly folded edge area, to which edge area a foil element for closing the opening is welded, which foil element is connected to the lid element.
  • the chamber is designed according to this embodiment as a one-sided open container, the opening points in the assembled state of the closure device in the direction of the cover element.
  • This opening can be used to equip the chamber in a simple manner with, for example, the closure means and opening means, so that before the connection of the chamber and cover element - as previously possible with respect to the aluminum lid - created a completely pre-assembled "chamber unit" which, at closing, only has to be connected to the cover element, making it possible to produce the closure device in a particularly quick and cost-effective manner.
  • Characterized in that between the chamber and the lid member is additionally arranged a fluid-tight closing the opening of the chamber foil element, the necessary tightness of the closure device is ensured.
  • the film element is welded to at least a portion of the chamber and at least a portion of the lid member.
  • the connection between the film element and the cover element can also be effected by other technologies, for example by gluing or the like.
  • a welding process it can be provided that either all three parts - chamber, film element, cover element - are welded together essentially at the same welding points, in particular also at the same time, or alternatively that the welding points deviate locally. The latter is especially useful when the melting points of the lid and chamber materials are so different that there is a risk that one of the materials will be heated above its melting point. In this case, it is advisable to separate the welding spots locally.
  • the cover element and the film element can be welded together in the area of the opening of the chamber, while the chamber and the film element are welded together in the region of the edge area of the chamber which is folded in the shape of a collar.
  • the material of the cover element is regular PP (polypropylene). PP has a melting point of about 210 ° C.
  • the material of the chamber PBT (polybutylene terephthalate), has a melting point of about 320 ° C.
  • the temperature required for the welding of the chamber and the film element is higher than the temperature required for the welding of the cover element and the film element.
  • the chamber and the foil element should thus be advantageously welded together independently of the lid member, so that the material of the lid member is not affected.
  • the cover element and the film element can then be welded together temporally and spatially separately.
  • the location of the welded connection between the cover element and the film element is then not fixed to the region of the curb-shaped folded edge region, but can in principle lie in the entire contact region of cover element and film element, for example also in the region of the opening of the chamber.
  • the film element is preferably an aluminum foil. Aluminum foils are gas- and air-tight, as well as soft and flexible after heat treatment. Therefore, they are particularly suitable for the packaging of food.
  • the aluminum foil is coated with a lacquer.
  • the paint is matched in its composition to the material of the chamber or the cover element.
  • the film element can also be a multi-layer film comprising plastics, wherein the plastics are adapted to the materials of the cover element and the chamber.
  • the cover element is made, for example, of PP and the chamber of PBT
  • a multilayer film is suitable which has the layers PP, EVOH, PBT in succession.
  • EVOH ethylene vinyl alcohol copolymer
  • EVOH ethylene vinyl alcohol copolymer
  • a primer be provided, which additionally increases the adhesion between the adjacent layers.
  • the chamber may alternatively be encapsulated by the material of the cover element for connection with the cover element.
  • the invention also proposes a container with an aforementioned closure device, wherein the container in the region of the container opening a second
  • the invention also proposes a method for dispensing a medium from a closure device into a container, in particular from a previously described closure device, wherein the closure device comprises a lid member for closing a container opening, a chamber disposed on the lid member and an inner housing, wherein corresponding closing means and opening means associated with the chamber and the inner housing interact with one another during movement of the cover element relative to the inner housing such that a discharge opening associated with the chamber is released, so that a medium stored in the chamber emerges into the container, wherein the chamber and Inner housing during the movement of the cover member to be moved by means of chamber and inner housing formed corresponding first thread to each other, wherein the chamber by means of a viewed from a threaded rotational axis of the closure device radially outwardly facing first thread is moved.
  • a method is thus proposed in which the rotational movement taking place in the prior art between the cover element and the inner housing takes place by means of a thread arranged on the chamber and the inner housing.
  • the method according to the invention is particularly advantageous for closure devices on glass containers.
  • FIG. 1 shows a closure device according to the invention with an aluminum cover element before being rolled onto a container
  • FIG. 2 shows a closure device according to the invention with aluminum cover element rolled onto the container in the closed position
  • FIG. 3 shows a closure device according to the invention with plastic cover element in the closed position
  • FIG. 5 closure device according to Figure 2 during unscrewing from a container
  • FIG. 6 closure device according to Figure 2 completely separate from the container; a representation according to Figure 1, but with the chamber 6 extends beyond an upper end face of the container 2, insofar as a first embodiment;
  • Fig. 8 is a view according to Figure 7, wherein the above the upper
  • FIG. 1 shows a closure device 1 according to a first embodiment variant with an aluminum cover element 4 before being rolled onto a container 2.
  • the cover element 4 does not yet have a thread in relation to an outer wall to be applied to a container 2.
  • FIG. 2 shows the closure device 1 according to FIG. 1 after being rolled onto a container 2.
  • the closure device 1 is completely pre-assembled and screwed to a container 2, so that a container opening 3 of the container 2 is closed. In this state, the container 2 can be stored for a long time without the contents being able to escape from the container 2.
  • a second thread 12 is formed on the lid member 4, which corresponds to a second thread 12 of the container 2.
  • the closure device 1 has a cover element 4, a chamber 6 arranged on the cover element 4 and an inner housing 5.
  • the cover element 4 is an aluminum cover.
  • the lid member 4 is welded to the chamber 6.
  • the chamber 6 may for example be made of a plastic, such as PBT (polybutylene terephthalate).
  • PBT polybutylene terephthalate
  • an aluminum with a lacquer for PBT is recommended for the cover element 4.
  • the chamber 6 has in its directed in the direction of the lid member 4 area an opening 13 which can be used before covering with the lid member 4 to further elements of To mount closure device 1.
  • These elements may be, for example, closure means 7 and opening means 9 for closing or opening a discharge opening 8 arranged in the chamber 6.
  • the discharge opening 8 is advantageously directed away from the cover element 4 (with reference to the closure device 1 shown in FIG. 2 "downwards").
  • the chamber 6 has in the region of the opening 13 on a collar-shaped folded edge region 14. At this edge region 14, the lid member 4 can be welded.
  • the chamber 6 is connected by means of corresponding first thread 10, 10 'with the inner housing 5.
  • the first thread 10 formed on the chamber 6, viewed from a thread rotation axis 18 of the closure device, is arranged radially outwardly facing the chamber 6.
  • the inner housing 5 has a corresponding thread 10 '.
  • the thread 10 ' points radially inward.
  • the inner housing 5 is pressed into the container 2 in the region of the container opening 13 by means of a rotation-preventing element formed here as a press seal 11.
  • the cover element 4 and the container 2 also have corresponding second threads 12, 12 ', by means of which the cover element 4 is connected to the container 2.
  • closure means 7 and opening means 9 are formed as an integrally formed plug element, which in the ⁇ kanns founded. Closing means of the chamber 6, here given by the discharge opening 8 of the chamber 6, is introduced.
  • the partial region pointing in the direction of the cover element 4, ie the closure means 7, is shaped such that it either closes this discharge opening 8 or releases a discharge channel 16, depending on the position within the discharge opening 8, through which the medium located in the chamber 6 enters into the chamber Container 2 can flow out.
  • the opening means 9, which is directed away from the cover element 4, has a discharge channel 16, through which the medium can flow into the container 2.
  • the opening means 9 is connected to the inner housing 5. In the example shown here, an edge region formed on the opening means 9 is encapsulated by the material of the inner housing 5. Alternatively, however, this could also be a press fit.
  • the welding of chamber 6 and cover element 4 can also take place only when the cover element 4 is screwed to the container 2.
  • FIG. 3 shows an alternative embodiment of a closure device 1 according to the invention.
  • the cover element 4 of this closure device 1 is preferably made of a plastic, for example PP (polypropylene) or PE (polyethylene).
  • the basic construction of the closure device 1 is similar to that shown in FIG. However, since the lid member 4 is not made of aluminum, but rather of a plastic, rolling up of the lid member 4 to the container 2 is not possible.
  • the chamber 6 is closed in the region of its opening 13 with a film element 15.
  • This film element 15 is advantageously an aluminum
  • it may also be made of a plastic material such as EVOH (ethylene vinyl alcohol copolymer), PET (polyethylene terephthalate) or the like.
  • EVOH ethylene vinyl alcohol copolymer
  • PET polyethylene terephthalate
  • the film element 15 is made of aluminum, this is preferably coated on the facing in the direction of the chamber 6 side with a paint for the material of the chamber 6, in particular PBT.
  • a paint is advantageously applied, which is suitable for connection to the lid member 4.
  • the cover element 4 is made of PP, for example, a paint for PP is recommended.
  • the film element 15 is welded to the chamber 6 or the cover element 4.
  • the welding can take place either in a common method step, or in successive steps, whereby the film element 15 is first welded to the chamber 6, for example, and only in a subsequent step to the cover element 4.
  • closure device 1 already has a second thread 12 formed on the cover element 4 for connection to the container 2.
  • closure devices 1 according to Figures 2 and 3 are in one
  • FIG. 4 shows, for example, the closure device 1 according to FIG. 2 in a discharge position.
  • the dumping position is shown here with reference to FIG. 2, it can also be embodied in a closure device 1 according to FIG.
  • the closure device 1 according to FIG. 4 thus serves only as an exemplary embodiment for the discharge position and is in no way restrictive.
  • the corresponding second threads 12, 12 'formed on the lid member 4 and the container 2 are rotated with each other.
  • the chamber 6 within the inner housing 5 simultaneously rotates. This rotation is made possible by the first threads 10, 10 'formed on the chamber 6 and the inner housing 5. Because the inner housing 5 is pressed firmly into the container 2 by means of the press seal 11, the inner housing 5 remains non-rotatable with the container during the unscrewing of the cover element 4 from the container 2 or the rotation of the chamber 6 within the inner housing 5 2 connected.
  • FIG. 5 shows a following position: As the chamber 6 advances, the closure means 7 can reach its upper end region into a position to the discharge opening 8, in which the discharge opening 8 is closed again, so that dripping of medium from the chamber 6 is prevented becomes.
  • the upper end region of the closure means 7 is regularly radially widened relative to the adjacent regions of the closure means 7. This position is optional.
  • the second threads 12 of the lid member 4 and the container 2 separate from each other, while the first threads 10 of the chamber 6 and the inner housing 5 are in an end position. Chamber 6 and inner housing 5 can not turn each other in this end position.
  • FIG. 6 shows the closure device 1 which is completely removed from the container 2.
  • the closure element 7 secures the discharge opening 8 of the chamber 6 against dripping of the medium out of the chamber 6.
  • the chamber 6 is initially formed in two parts. It is subdivided into an upper dome part 19 and a lower opening part 20. Above an upper end face 21 of the container 2, the opening part 20 merges with a conical widening into a connection shoulder 22.
  • This terminal paragraph 22 is connected to the dome portion 19, which is shown in the illustrated cross-section represents the position U-shaped. Overall, it is a drip-like, preferably rotationally symmetrical, namely rotationally symmetrical to the thread rotation axis 18 formed part.
  • the pot bottom is in use, as shown above and the pot edge points down.
  • the opening part 20, however, is formed substantially tubular. Preferably with a larger and a smaller opening. More preferably, as also shown in the exemplary embodiment, with a larger, the dome part 19th facing opening and a smaller, the bottom of the discharge opening 8 forming opening which receives the closure means 7 in the closed state.
  • the conically widening region is supported by one or more struts on either directly on a chamber flange 23 which also overlaps the end face 21 and / or on a flange section 24 of the chamber running essentially perpendicular to the thread rotation axis 18, which also overlaps ultimately to the end face 21, but here by means of the flange portion 24 extends.
  • connection section 22 adjoins the extension section 25 radially on the outside, approximately perpendicular thereto.

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L'invention concerne un dispositif de fermeture (1) destiné à un récipient (2) et présentant un élément couvercle (4) servant à fermer une ouverture (3) du récipient, une chambre (6) agencée au niveau de l'élément couvercle (4) et servant à stocker un fluide, et un carter intérieur (5). La chambre (6) et le carter intérieur (5) présentent des moyens de fermeture (7) et des moyens d'ouverture (9) correspondants. Une ouverture de décharge (8) associée à la chambre (6) peut être dégagée par un déplacement de l'élément couvercle (4) par rapport au carter intérieur (5), de sorte qu'un fluide peut sortir de la chambre (6) et entrer dans le récipient (2). La chambre (6) et le carter intérieur (5) présentent respectivement de premiers filetages (10) complémentaires et réalisés par rapport à un axe (18) de filetage, le premier filetage (10), qui se trouve sur la chambre (6), étant agencé radialement vers l'extérieur vu à partir de l'axe (18) de filetage.
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