EP3152124B1 - Emballage de produit consommable muni d'un bouchon refermable - Google Patents

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EP3152124B1
EP3152124B1 EP15727706.2A EP15727706A EP3152124B1 EP 3152124 B1 EP3152124 B1 EP 3152124B1 EP 15727706 A EP15727706 A EP 15727706A EP 3152124 B1 EP3152124 B1 EP 3152124B1
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Philippe Lutringer
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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
    • B65D47/20—Closures with discharging devices other than pumps comprising hand-operated members for controlling discharge
    • B65D47/26—Closures with discharging devices other than pumps comprising hand-operated members for controlling discharge with slide valves, i.e. valves that open and close a passageway by sliding over a port, e.g. formed with slidable spouts
    • B65D47/28—Closures with discharging devices other than pumps comprising hand-operated members for controlling discharge with slide valves, i.e. valves that open and close a passageway by sliding over a port, e.g. formed with slidable spouts having linear movement
    • B65D47/286—Closures with discharging devices other than pumps comprising hand-operated members for controlling discharge with slide valves, i.e. valves that open and close a passageway by sliding over a port, e.g. formed with slidable spouts having linear movement between planar parts
    • 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
    • B65D2517/00—Containers specially constructed to be opened by cutting, piercing or tearing of wall portions, e.g. preserving cans or tins
    • B65D2517/0001—Details
    • B65D2517/0031—Reclosable openings
    • B65D2517/004—Reclosable openings by means of an additional element

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  • the invention relates to the field of packaging and more specifically to the packaging of liquid and / or gaseous consumable products; cans are particularly concerned by the invention which is aimed at a device (or stopper) for opening and closing such a package.
  • the packaging concerned by the invention are in particular cans, that is to say substantially cylindrical containers, usually steel or aluminum, intended to contain a consumable product such as a liquid beverage.
  • the lower end of such packages is closed, often one-piece with the cylindrical wall.
  • the upper end is generally in the form of a cup provided with an orifice initially defined by a cap itself attached to a tongue by a point of attachment.
  • the tongue by a lever movement relative to its point of attachment, presses on the lid so as to tear a pre-cut portion of the periphery of the lid. By tearing thus, the seal creates an orifice through which the liquid contained in the container can escape to be consumed.
  • the lid is folded inside the volume defined by the container while being held inside by a non-detached part of its periphery.
  • This type of can has the disadvantage of being able to be opened only once, after which it is no longer reclosable so that the user must drink all the contents of his can relatively quickly; small volume cans are known to partially overcome this problem, but their cost being close to that of other cans, consumers are generally not attracted by these small cans.
  • non-reclosable cans are related to the fact that they must not be spilled as long as liquid is present at the interior, hence the precautions for use not compatible with nomadic use including foreign bodies can penetrate inside the bobbin once opened, resulting in pollution unacceptable to the user.
  • the liquid present inside the can is gaseous, after a few hours of opening, the gas present is evaporated resulting in a problem of inappropriate consumption.
  • the invention aims to overcome the disadvantages of the state of the art and in particular to provide a package of consumable product type bobbin, provided with a substantially flat wall and provided with an orifice. This is to offer a package with a cap (or opening and closing device) that can open and close at will.
  • the package is equipped with a plug which is movable with respect to said orifice and which comprises a first part external to the internal volume defined by the package and a second part inside the package. volume defined by said package, said first and second parts being of the same material as the package; said plug further comprises a seal cooperating with the edge of the orifice and with the movable plug to ensure a perfect seal when the plug closes the orifice.
  • the package can be opened, closed and then opened again, at will, without the liquid present inside losing its initial properties, including its gas when it comes to soft drink.
  • the cap is advantageously in the same material as the rest of the package (except the seal), optimized recycling can be achieved. No special supply unit is needed, the materials used being the same for the packaging and for most of the cork.
  • first and said second parts are assembled by complementary deformation of material, by stamping or crimping.
  • stamping or crimping The skilled person will choose the most appropriate solution depending on the mechanical, economic, ergonomic or other constraints.
  • the second part comprises at least one stud which is stamped on a conjugate orifice of the first part.
  • said seal has a slot in its thickness, adapted to receive the edge of the orifice.
  • the first part of the plug comprises a gripping zone.
  • This gripping zone can have various ergonomic shapes; a peripheral bead, reinforced at a zone may be provided.
  • the first portion of the plug comprises a flat area of surface substantially equal to or less than the surface of said orifice. It is a question of adapting the shape to the useful surface of the orifice; this adaptation is made easy by the fact that the first part is made of the same material as the rest of the packaging, for example aluminum.
  • the second portion of the cap comprises temporary connection means with the seal, in the closed position.
  • said temporary connection means comprise conjugate deformations, grooves and grooves, respectively belonging to the second part of the plug and said seal.
  • the flange can be connected by connection points to the first part of the plug.
  • the figure 1 illustrates by an external perspective a bobbin-like packaging that is to say generally cylindrical which is provided in said upper part of a substantially planar wall 1 which belongs to a so-called transversal plane that is to say perpendicular to the longitudinal axis or main XX of the package, Of course the same flat parol (not referenced) is provided in part said lower to form the bottom of the package.
  • the wall 1 is provided with an orifice 2 for exhausting the fluid initially contained inside the package,
  • the package is equipped with a plug 3 movable vis-à-vis the orifice 2.
  • the comparison of Figures 1 and 2 shows the movement of the plug 3 between its closed position and its open position.
  • the cap 3 or closure device of the package comprises a first portion 31 which is disposed outside the interior volume defined by the package; a second part 32, disposed inside the volume defined by the package, is part of the plug 3 and is functionally connected to the first part 31.
  • the first part 31 and the second part 32 are preferably assembled by complementary material deformation : stamping, crimping or other method of assembly.
  • the plug further comprises a seal 33 which cooperates in particular with the edge of the orifice 2; according to one embodiment of the invention, the seal 33 has a slot 331 formed in its thickness, visible on the Figures 5 and 6 .
  • the slot 331 is able to receive the border 20 of the orifice 2.
  • any shape can be envisaged for the orifice 2; a disc is often preferred or an elliptical shape, oval .. as needed.
  • the Figures 3 and 4 as well as Figures 5 and 6 show in more detail such a plug, in place on the flat wall 1 of the package.
  • connection between the first portion 31 and the second portion 32 of the cap 3 can be achieved by means of a stud 321 provided in the upper surface of the second portion 32 which is housed, crimped and retained in an orifice of the flat surface of the first part 31.
  • This assembly allows immobilization in the transverse plane of the package of the first portion 31 and the second portion 32 of the plug 3.
  • these two parts are movable together in this plane; this mobility allows the openings-closures of the orifice 2 as will be explained below.
  • the two parts 31, 32 are immobilized along the axis XX of the package.
  • the plug 3 has at least one gripping zone 310 allowing the user to take this portion of the plug 3, in order to move it relative to the orifice 2.
  • the gripping zone 310 may have various ergonomic shapes; it may consist of one or more parts; its outer surface, able to be contacted by the user, can be treated, frosted for example, to ensure good contact with the hand of the user.
  • the gripping zone 310 is a kind of bulge disposed on the axis of displacement of the plug, marked with an arrow to illustrate the direction of movement of the plug.
  • the first part 31 of the plug comprises a flat zone 315 with a surface substantially equal to or smaller than the surface of the orifice 2.
  • This flat zone 315 substantially corresponds to a flat zone 325 of the second part 32 of the plug 3.
  • the two zones are spaced, along the axis XX, a distance substantially equal to the height of the plug (measured along the axis XX).
  • the planar zone 315 of the first part 31 is bordered by a bulge of which the gripping zone 310 is part.
  • the second part 32 further comprises a bulge 322 which is a protuberance oriented towards the first part 31 of the plug, the height of which corresponds substantially to the height of the seal 33.
  • height is meant the dimension measured along the longitudinal axis XX.
  • the bulge 322 has a surface parallel to the transverse plane (that of the wall 1) whose dimensioning is defined so that the bulge forms a stop on the seal 33 in the closed position (as shown in FIG. figure 5 ) and a stop on the seal 33 in the open position (as shown in the figure 6 ). The skilled person is thus quite free in the choice of the size of the bulge 322.
  • the second portion 32 of the cap 3 has means 5 for temporary connection with the seal 3.
  • these means consist of a groove 5 which cooperates with a protuberance 6 of conjugate form provided in the seal 3.
  • the seal fluid present in the packaging is also enhanced by the cooperation of the means 5, 6.
  • a tamper-evident flange 7 is provided; it is part of the first part 31 of the cap 3 and may consist of several bridges of material connected by points (or tenons) to the first part of the plug, and between them.
  • This collar is destroyed during the first opening of the plug 3 because it is sized to flush with the wall 1 and cover the seal 33 so that the translation of the plug 3 puts the flange 7 in contact with the portion of the seal 33 which protrudes from the upper surface of the wall 1, which breaks the tenons and detaches the flange 7 vis-à-vis the cap 3.
  • the seal 33 which is nested and held by the rim 20 of the orifice 2, has a generally toric shape, with a so-called bottom surface 332 disposed inside the package and a so-called upper surface 333 placed outside the package or more precisely the flat wall 1.
  • the first portion 31 of the cap is in contact with the upper surface 333 of the seal 33 while the second portion 32 of the cap is in contact with the surface bottom 332 of the cap; in other words the seal 33 which is fixed on the wall 1, is interposed between the two parts 31, 32 of the cap 3 which are movable in translation relative thereto.
  • the present invention therefore relates to a package with an effective and reclosable closure system, which is easily recyclable because formed of the same material as the rest of the package.
  • the effectiveness of the closure system is very interesting because this system is both simple and reliable.
  • the closure system is easy to handle which is essential because this type of packaging is used nomadically, under more or less comfortable conditions.
  • the package according to the invention with its movable cap can be placed on another package.
  • the plug does not interfere in any way such a superposition, which is very advantageous in terms of storage.
  • the packages can thus form piles of high height, formed of packagings superimposed in a stable manner.

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EP15727706.2A 2014-06-06 2015-05-28 Emballage de produit consommable muni d'un bouchon refermable Not-in-force EP3152124B1 (fr)

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PCT/FR2015/051414 WO2015185829A1 (fr) 2014-06-06 2015-05-28 Emballage de produit consommable muni d'un bouchon refermable

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