EP3140213B1 - Dispositif de mélange et de fermeture destiné à un récipient - Google Patents

Dispositif de mélange et de fermeture destiné à un récipient Download PDF

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EP3140213B1
EP3140213B1 EP15725515.9A EP15725515A EP3140213B1 EP 3140213 B1 EP3140213 B1 EP 3140213B1 EP 15725515 A EP15725515 A EP 15725515A EP 3140213 B1 EP3140213 B1 EP 3140213B1
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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

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  • the invention initially relates to a closure device for a container according to the features of the preamble of claim 1.
  • the invention also relates to a method for dispensing a medium from a closure device according to the features of the preamble of claim 8.
  • Closure devices of the aforementioned type are known in the prior art. These 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 powdery ingredients, for example tea essences, so that they are not immediately filled with the contents of the container, i.e. 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 regularly the moment in which 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 screwed onto the container as a whole, ie completely preassembled.
  • the inner housing has a thread corresponding to the thread of the container in a form-fitting manner.
  • the cover element and inner housing are connected to each other via positively corresponding threads.
  • the cover element is moved from a closed position into a drain position, in which drain 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 drain opening.
  • These corresponding closing and opening means can be designed on the inner housing, for example, in the form of a single plug element arranged on the inner housing, a first end region forming the closing means and a second end region forming the opening means.
  • the stopper element prevents or allows the medium to escape into the container.
  • the closure and opening means can be designed on the chamber as a discharge opening, for example as a receptacle for the plug element, which in a first position interact with the closing and opening means of the inner housing so that no medium can escape from the chamber, and a second Position so that the medium can escape.
  • the corresponding closing and opening means can also be separate elements, at least not directly cooperating in the closed state, such as a membrane closing the outlet opening of the chamber and a mandrel arranged on the inner housing.
  • the pamphlet WO 2007/129116 A1 ( US 2009/0321286 A1 ) relates, for example, to a prior art closure device for attachment to a container.
  • the closure device has a cover element which defines a chamber, and an inner housing with a plug element which can be sealingly engaged in a drain opening in a lower wall of the chamber.
  • the cover element is provided with a thread which can engage in a corresponding thread of the inner housing in order to enable the cover element to move relative to the inner housing from a closed position in which the plug element closes the outlet opening of the chamber into a discharge position in which the Stopper element is at least partially withdrawn from the discharge opening, is displaced in order to free a discharge channel arranged between the chamber and the container.
  • a closure device with a cover element is known, the cover element being attached to the chamber.
  • the cover element is not attached directly to the container.
  • the known container is not attached directly to the container.
  • the known container can be opened in two places.
  • a closure device is known in which the cover element is received in an adapter part with first thread means and the adapter part in turn is screwed again to the container with second thread means.
  • the container can be opened twice.
  • the pamphlet EP 520207 A relates to a closure device according to the preamble of claim 1 and a method for dispensing a medium from a closure device according to the preamble of claim 8.
  • the object is also achieved in the subject matter of claim 8, the aim being that the cover element is used to implement a drain position and the container is removed from one another, for which purpose, in order to produce a longitudinal movement between the lid element and the container, corresponding second threads formed on the lid element and the container are rotated with respect to one another.
  • 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 seen from the thread rotation axis pointing radially outward, makes it possible to arrange the chamber including the thread inside the container.
  • the chamber and inner housing also remain in engagement with one another in the drain position, so that the inner housing with the chamber arranged on the cover element can be removed from the container.
  • the second thread means on the cover element for connection to the container only allow the container to be opened.
  • the fit of the closure device on the container no longer depends on the precise dimensioning of the container in the area 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 particularly easily in the region of the container opening.
  • the inner housing has a press seal on the side facing away from the first thread for contact with a container in the area of the container opening.
  • This press seal can particularly advantageously be welded to the inner housing. Due to the elasticity of the press seal, dimensional fluctuations in the manufacture of the glass bottle can be compensated, so that the closure device optimally seals the container opening.
  • the second thread formed on the cover element corresponds to a second thread of the container.
  • the aluminum element serving as the cover element is rolled onto the outer wall of the container in the region of the container opening, whereby the thread is impressed into the cover element.
  • Cover element and container are thus positively corresponding elements which ensure the tightness of the container closed with the closure device. It is also advantageous that a technology can be used in the production of the cover element which is already used regularly for the sealing of glass bottles with aluminum lids.
  • the chamber By welding the chamber to the cover element, a customary and particularly inexpensive connection method can thus be used in the manufacture of the closure device.
  • the cover element simultaneously closes an opening formed in the chamber.
  • the cover element thus functions both as a closure element for the opening of the chamber and as a closure element for the container itself.
  • the welding enables a particularly fluid-tight and creating a permanent connection between the chamber and the cover element.
  • the welding can take place in different ways, for example by means of ultrasound, induction or resistance heating.
  • the chamber advantageously has a type of connecting flange which is oriented essentially parallel to an adjacent surface of the cover element.
  • the edge area bent in the shape of a collar can in particular be an area of the wall of the chamber bent by 90 °. This creates an area in a particularly simple manner which is aligned parallel to the surface of the cover element.
  • the chamber can along this - preferably annular - area, d. H. along the opening to be connected to the cover element. During the welding process, this area is advantageously used to weld the cover element to the chamber.
  • the cover element be coated with a lacquer in the area of the weld. The composition of the lacquer must be matched to the respective material of the chamber.
  • the beveled edge region of the chamber protrudes in the radial direction of the closure element beyond an edge region of the inner housing arranged adjacent thereto. This creates a “projection” or a protruding "nose” 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 when the cover element is twisted off from the container, the chamber is also moved at the same time.
  • the invention proposes that the cover element is a plastic element which has a second thread corresponding to a second thread of the container.
  • the second thread of the cover element is not only formed when it is connected to the container, but rather during the manufacture of the cover element itself, ie. H. before final assembly on the container.
  • the inner housing has a compression seal on the side facing away from the chamber for contact with the container in the area of the container opening. In this respect, the necessary tightness of the container screwed to the closure device is ensured.
  • the chamber have an opening with a collar-shaped beveled edge region, to which edge region a film element is welded to close the opening, which film element is connected to the cover element.
  • the chamber is designed as a container open on one side, the opening of which 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 a pre-assembled "chamber unit" is created before the chamber and cover element are connected - as was previously possible with regard to the aluminum cover which then only needs to be connected to the cover element.
  • the closure device can thereby be produced particularly quickly and inexpensively.
  • the film element is welded to at least a partial area of the chamber and at least a partial area of the cover element.
  • the connection between the film element and the cover element can also be made 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 to one another essentially at the same welding points, in particular also at the same time, or that alternatively the welding points differ locally.
  • the latter is particularly useful when the melting points of the materials of the cover element and the chamber 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 locally separate the welding points from one another.
  • the cover element and the film element can be welded to one another in the region of the opening of the chamber, while the chamber and film element are welded to one another in the region of the edge region of the chamber which is beveled in the shape of a collar.
  • the material of the cover element is regularly PP (polypropylene). PP has a melting point of approx. 210 ° C. In contrast, the material of the chamber, PBT (polybutylene terephthalate), has a melting point of approx. 320 ° C.
  • the temperature required for the welding of the chamber and the foil element is thus higher than the temperature required for the welding of the cover element and the foil element.
  • the chamber and the foil element should therefore advantageously be welded to one another independently of the cover element, so that the material of the cover element is not impaired. The cover element and the film element can then be welded to one another separately in terms of time and location.
  • the location of the welded connection between the cover element and the film element is then not defined in the area of the edge region, which is folded in the shape of a collar, but can in principle lie in the entire contact area of the cover element and the film element, for example also in the region of the opening of the chamber.
  • the foil element is preferably an aluminum foil.
  • Aluminum foils are gas and airtight, and after heat treatment they are soft and pliable. They are therefore particularly suitable for packaging food.
  • the aluminum foil is coated with a lacquer.
  • the composition of the lacquer is to be matched to the material of the chamber or the cover element.
  • the film element can also be a multilayer film containing plastics, the plastics being adapted to the materials of the cover element and the chamber.
  • a multilayer film is suitable, which has the layers PP, EVOH, PBT one after the other.
  • EVOH ethylene vinyl alcohol copolymer
  • a primer can also be used between the layers of PP and EVOH or EVOH and PBT be provided, which additionally increases the adhesion between the adjacent layers.
  • the chamber is not provided with an opening, this can alternatively also be encapsulated by the material of the cover element for connection to the cover element.
  • the invention also proposes a container with the aforementioned closure device, the container having a second thread in the region of the container opening which is positively correspondingly connected to a second thread of a cover element of the closure device.
  • the invention also proposes a method for dispensing a medium from a closure device into a container, in particular from a closure device described above, the closure device having a cover element for closing a container opening, a chamber arranged on the cover element and an inner housing, wherein Corresponding closure means and opening means assigned to the chamber and the inner housing interact with each other when the cover element moves relative to the inner housing so that a discharge opening assigned to the chamber is released so that a medium stored in the chamber escapes into the container, the chamber and inner housing at the movement of the cover element by means of corresponding first threads formed on the chamber and inner housing are moved towards one another, the chamber pointing radially outward by means of a thread rotation axis of the closure device the first thread is moved.
  • a method is thus proposed in which the rotational movement between the cover element and the inner housing in the prior art takes place by means of threads arranged on the chamber and the inner housing.
  • the method according to the invention is particularly advantageous for closure devices on glass containers.
  • Figure 1 shows a closure device 1 according to a first embodiment variant with an aluminum cover element 4 before rolling onto a container 2.
  • the cover element 4 does not yet have a thread in relation to an outer wall to be placed on a container 2.
  • Figure 2 shows the closure device 1 according to Figure 1 after rolling onto a container 2.
  • the closure device 1 is completely pre-assembled and screwed onto a container 2, so that a container opening 3 of the container 2 is closed.
  • 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 cover element 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 cover element 4 is welded to the chamber 6.
  • the chamber 6 can 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 an opening 13 in its area directed in the direction of the cover element 4, which opening can be used before it is covered with the cover element 4 to allow further elements of the To assemble locking device 1.
  • These elements can be, for example, closure means 7 and opening means 9 for closing or opening a discharge opening 8 arranged in the chamber 6.
  • the drain opening 8 is advantageously directed away from the cover element 4 (with respect to the in Figure 2 shown locking device 1 "down").
  • the chamber 6 has an edge area 14 which is beveled in the shape of a collar.
  • the cover element 4 can be welded to this edge region 14.
  • the chamber 6 is connected to the inner housing 5 by means of corresponding first threads 10, 10 ′.
  • 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 area of the container opening 13 by means of an anti-rotation element designed 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.
  • the chamber 6 has, in a cross section transversely to the thread rotation axis 18, the edge region 14 protruding radially outward in the manner of a flange, the first thread 10 being formed radially inward with respect to an outer edge of the edge region 14.
  • the aforementioned closure device 1 and its arrangement on the container 2 are produced, for example, in such a way that the chamber 6 is first equipped with the closure means 7 or opening means 9 that close or open the outlet opening 8 of the chamber 6.
  • the closing means 7 and opening means 9 are designed as a one-piece plug element which is introduced into the opening or closing means of the chamber 6, here given by the outlet opening 8 of the chamber 6.
  • the portion pointing in the direction of the cover element 4, i.e. the closure means 7 is shaped in such a way that, depending on the position within the discharge opening 8, it either closes this discharge opening 8 or releases a discharge channel 16 through which the medium located in the chamber 6 can flow out into the container 2.
  • the opening means 9, which is directed away from the cover element 4, has an outlet channel 16 through which the medium can flow into the container 2.
  • the opening means 9 is connected to the inner housing 5.
  • 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 cover element 4 After the preparation of the chamber 6 has been completed, it is connected to the cover element 4, whereby the opening 13 of the chamber 6 is closed at the same time.
  • the beveled edge area 14 of the chamber 6 is welded to the cover element 4.
  • the cover element 4 is still a type of blank which does not yet have a second thread 12 for connection to the container 2.
  • the inner housing 5 is let into the container 2 via the container opening 3.
  • the inner housing 5 is pressed into the container opening 3 together with a press seal 11 arranged on the inner housing 5.
  • the chamber 6 with the cover element 4 arranged thereon is introduced into the inner housing 5, the chamber 6 and inner housing 5 being screwed together by means of the corresponding first thread 10, 10 ′.
  • the cover element 4 is also rolled onto the second thread 12 ′ of the container 2 at the same time, with a second thread 12 likewise being formed in the cover element 4.
  • the welding of the chamber 6 and the cover element 4 can also only take place 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 structure of the closure device 1 is similar to that in FIG Figure 1 shown. However, since the cover element 4 is not made of aluminum, but rather a plastic, it is not possible for the cover element 4 to roll onto the container 2.
  • the chamber 6 is closed with a film element 15 in the region of its opening 13.
  • This foil element 15 is advantageously an aluminum foil, however, it can also consist of a plastic material, for example EVOH (ethylene vinyl alcohol copolymer), PET (polyethylene terephthalate) or the like.
  • the film element 15 consists of aluminum, this is preferably coated with a lacquer for the material of the chamber 6, in particular PBT, on the side pointing in the direction of the chamber 6.
  • a varnish is advantageously applied which is suitable for connection to the cover element 4. If 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 either take place in a common method step or in successive steps, with the film element 15, for example, first being welded to the chamber 6 and only in a subsequent step to the cover element 4.
  • closure device 1 according to FIG Figure 3 already has a second thread 12 formed on the cover element 4 for connection to the container 2.
  • closure devices 1 according to FIGS Figures 2 and 3 are shown in a closed position.
  • the container 2 is connected to the closure device 1 in a fluid-tight manner, that is, the closure means 7 is located within the outlet opening 8 of the chamber 6 so that the medium stored in the chamber 6 cannot drain through the outlet channel 16, but rather is enclosed in the chamber 6 is.
  • the medium enclosed in the chamber 6 is preferably under pressure.
  • a pressurized gas space can be formed above a liquid level.
  • FIG Figure 4 shows, for example, the closure device 1 according to Figure 2 in a drain position. Although the drain position here in relation to Figure 2 is shown, this can also be done with a closure device 1 according to FIG Figure 3 be executed.
  • the closure device 1 according to Figure 4 thus serves only as an exemplary embodiment for the discharge position and is in no way restrictive.
  • the cover element 4 and the container 2 are to be removed from one another in order to achieve a discharge position.
  • the chamber 6 arranged on the cover element 4 and the inner housing 5 arranged on the container 2 are also displaced with respect to one another. Since the closing means 7 and the opening means 9 are arranged on the inner housing 5, the displacement of the chamber 6 relative to the inner housing 5 also simultaneously shifts the closing means 7 or the opening means 9 within the closing and opening means of the chamber 6, here the Drain opening 8. This releases the drain opening 8 so that the medium stored within the chamber 6 can flow through the drain opening 8 and the drain channel 16 formed within the opening means 9 into the container 2.
  • the corresponding second threads 12, 12 ′ formed on the cover element 4 and the container 2 are rotated with respect to one another.
  • This rotation causes the chamber 6 to rotate within the inner housing 5 at the same time.
  • This rotation is made possible by the first threads 10, 10 ′ formed on the chamber 6 and inner housing 5. Because the inner housing 5 is firmly pressed into the container 2 by means of the press seal 11, the inner housing 5 remains connected to the container 2 in a rotationally fixed manner during the unscrewing of the cover element 4 from the container 2 or the rotation of the chamber 6 within the inner housing 5.
  • the chamber 6 is first moved relative to the inner housing 5, so that the chamber 6 simultaneously moves past the closure means 7 or opening means 9 connected to the inner housing 5.
  • a partial area of the outlet opening 8 is opened between the closure means 7 and the inner housing 5, so that the medium stored in the chamber 6 can flow through the outlet channel 16 of the opening means 9 into the container 2.
  • Figure 5 shows the following position: As the chamber 6 continues to rise, the upper end region of the closure means 7 can move into a position in relation to the drain opening 8 in which the drain opening 8 is closed again, so that medium dripping from the chamber 6 is prevented.
  • the upper end area of the closure means 7 is regularly expanded radially in relation to the adjacent areas of the closure means 7. This position is optional.
  • the second threads 12 of the cover element 4 and of the container 2 separate from one another, while the first threads 10 of the chamber 6 and of the inner housing 5 are in an end position. Chamber 6 and inner housing 5 cannot rotate any further in relation to one another in this end position.
  • closure device 1 is completely removed from the container 2.
  • the closure means 7 secures the outlet opening 8 of the chamber 6 against dripping of the medium from the chamber 6.
  • the chamber 6 is initially formed in two parts. It is divided 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 into a connection shoulder 22 with a conical widening. This connection shoulder 22 is connected to the dome part 19, which is shown in a U-shape in the cross-sectional representation shown. Overall, it is a drop-like, preferably rotationally symmetrical, namely rotationally symmetrical to the thread rotation axis 18 formed part. The bottom of the pot is in use, as shown, at the top and the edge of the pot faces down.
  • the opening part 20, is formed in a substantially tubular manner. Preferably with a larger and a smaller opening. More preferably, as also shown in the exemplary embodiment, with a larger, dome part 19 facing opening and a smaller, underside, the drain opening 8 forming opening which receives the closure means 7 in the closed state.
  • the conically widening area is supported via one or more struts on 23 either directly on a chamber flange 23 that also overlaps the end face 21 and / or on a flange section 24 of the chamber which extends essentially perpendicular to the thread rotation axis 18 and which also overlaps ultimately to the end face 21, but here by means of the flange section 24.

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  1. Dispositif de fermeture (1) pour un récipient (2), en particulier un récipient en verre, avec une ouverture de récipient (3), dans lequel le dispositif de fermeture (1) présente un élément de couvercle (4) pour fermer l'ouverture de récipient (3), une chambre (6) associée à l'élément de couvercle (4) et un boitier intérieur (5), dans lequel la chambre (6) et le boitier intérieur (5) présentent des moyens de fermeture (7) et des moyens d'ouverture (9) se correspondant mutuellement, qui interagissent entre eux de manière qu'une ouverture d'évacuation (8) associée à la chambre (6) puisse être ouverte par un mouvement de l'élément de couvercle (4) par rapport au boîtier intérieur (5) de sorte qu'un fluide stocké dans la chambre (6) peut s'échapper dans le récipient (2), et la chambre (6) et le boîtier intérieur (5) présentent chacun des premiers filetages (10) correspondants qui sont formés par rapport à un axe de rotation de filetage (18), dans lequel en outre le premier filetage (10) est agencé au niveau de la chambre (6) en étant, vu depuis l'axe de rotation du filetage (18), dirigé radialement vers l'extérieur, caractérisé en ce qu'un deuxième filetage (12) pour la liaison avec le récipient (2) est formé au niveau de l'élément de couvercle (4), dans lequel l'élément de couvercle (4) est un élément en matière plastique et présente le deuxième filetage (12) ou l'élément de couvercle (4) est un élément en aluminium et présente le deuxième filetage (12) moleté, et en ce que, lors d'une opération de dévissage, les deuxièmes filetages (12) de l'élément de couvercle (4) et du récipient (2) se séparent l'un de l'autre tandis que les premiers filetages (10) de la chambre (6) et du boîtier intérieur (5) se trouvent dans une position finale dans laquelle ils ne tournent plus l'un par rapport à l'autre.
  2. Dispositif de fermeture (1) selon la revendication 1, caractérisé en ce que la chambre (6) est soudée à l'élément de couvercle (4).
  3. Dispositif de fermeture (1) selon la revendication 2, caractérisé en ce que la chambre (6) présente une ouverture (13) avec une région de bord (14) pliée en forme de collerette, région de bord (14) à laquelle est soudé l'élément de couvercle (4) pour fermer l'ouverture (13).
  4. Dispositif de fermeture (1) selon l'une des revendications précédentes, caractérisé en ce que le boîtier intérieur (5) présente, sur le côté opposé au premier filetage (10), un joint d'étanchéité à pression (11) destiné à venir en appui contre un récipient (2) dans la région de l'ouverture (3) du récipient.
  5. Dispositif de fermeture (1) selon l'une des revendications 2 à 4, caractérisé en ce que la région de bord pliée (14) de la chambre (6) dépasse, dans la direction radiale de l'élément de fermeture (1), d'une région de bord du boîtier intérieur (5) avoisinante.
  6. Dispositif de fermeture (1) selon l'une des revendications 2 à 5, caractérisé en ce qu'un élément de feuille (15) pour la fermeture de l'ouverture (13) est soudé à la région de bord pliée en forme de collerette (14), lequel élément de feuille (15) est lié à l'élément de couvercle (4).
  7. Dispositif de fermeture selon l'une des revendications précédentes, caractérisé en ce que la chambre (6) présente une ouverture d'évacuation (8) pourvue d'un moyen de fermeture (7), qui peut être ouverte au moyen d'un moyen d'ouverture (9) associé au boîtier (5).
  8. Procédé pour décharger un fluide d'un dispositif de fermeture (1) dans un récipient (2), en particulier d'un dispositif de fermeture (1) selon l'une des revendications 1 à 11, dans lequel le dispositif de fermeture (1) comprend un élément de couvercle (4) pour fermer une ouverture de récipient (3), une chambre (6) associée à l'élément de couvercle (4) et un boîtier intérieur (5), dans lequel des moyens de fermeture (7) et des moyens d'ouverture (9) associés à la chambre (6) et au boîtier intérieur (5) interagissent entre eux lors d'un déplacement de l'élément de couvercle (4) par rapport au boîtier intérieur (5), de manière à ouvrir une ouverture d'évacuation (8) associée à la chambre (6) de sorte qu'un fluide stocké dans la chambre (6) s'échappe dans le récipient (2), dans lequel en outre la chambre (6) et le boîtier intérieur (5) sont déplacés l'un par rapport à l'autre lors du déplacement de l'élément de couvercle (4) au moyen de premiers filetages (10) correspondants formés au niveau de la chambre (6) et du boîtier intérieur (5), dans lequel la chambre est déplacée au moyen d'un premier filetage (10) qui, vu depuis un axe de rotation de filetage (18) du dispositif de fermeture, est dirigé radialement vers l'extérieur, caractérisé en ce que l'élément de couvercle (4) et le récipient (2) sont retirés l'un de l'autre pour obtenir une position de décharge en faisant tourner des deuxièmes filetages correspondants (12, 12') formés au niveau de l'élément de couvercle (4) et du récipient (2) pour provoquer un déplacement longitudinal entre l'élément de couvercle (4) et le récipient (2).
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