EP3166863B1 - Bouchon muni d'une bande de sécurité pour le verrouillage absolu des goulots de bouteilles - Google Patents

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EP3166863B1
EP3166863B1 EP15742194.2A EP15742194A EP3166863B1 EP 3166863 B1 EP3166863 B1 EP 3166863B1 EP 15742194 A EP15742194 A EP 15742194A EP 3166863 B1 EP3166863 B1 EP 3166863B1
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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
    • 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
    • B65D41/32—Caps or cap-like covers with lines of weakness, tearing-strips, tags, or like opening or removal devices, e.g. to facilitate formation of pouring openings
    • B65D41/34—Threaded or like caps or cap-like covers provided with tamper elements formed in, or attached to, the closure skirt

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  • the present invention relates to safety of bottled beverages, food and medical products such that it is not possible to open and close the bottle again in a sealable and safe manner as it was handled in the first time, for keeping the safety of product and health of the consumer, which is not available now.
  • the present invention arises from the need for keeping beverages, food and medical products safe and keeping them tamper proofed and ensuring safety and health of consumer which is not available now, after proving weaknesses and defects of closure method for containers of different kinds and shapes, any person can open any container, very simply and easily, and close it back as it was before with no marks indicating opening of the container and tampering it, thus making safety strip available in markets ineffective. There might be severe risk on the health and safety of consumer worldwide, which necessitates providing an alternative solution absolutely effective and safe, thus keeping product safe and keeping safety and health of consumer.
  • WO 2013/120617 A2 discloses a safe and sealed closure method for the neck of food and medical bottle, wherein the stopper used and the container to be closed are such that they form one integral part upon closing of the container with the stopper via intervention and engagement so that the stopper is engaged with the container.
  • a safe and sealed closure method as defined in claim 1 is provided.
  • a bottle according to the present invention is defined in claim 4.
  • the dependent claims show some examples of such a method.
  • the invention related to safety of medical and food products currently available in markets characterized by safe closure is inadequate and does not fulfill the need for that due to said drawbacks, there is a need to amend and change this method to suitable with the desired full safety specification.
  • the stopper and the container are two separate parts and upon closure of the container provided with appropriate stopper they form two combined overlapped bodies so that the stopper closes the container in a sealed, but unsafe manner so that one can separate them from each other in a manner other than normal opening, i.e. by heating the stopper so that it gets detached from the container after expansion by returning it back to its original position with safety strip as it was produced such that it can be reused again, further the neck of the bottle can be internally heated, detaching the stopper totally from the bottle by returning it back to its original position and reusing it several times thus container's content is at risk of being easily tampered with. Therefore the optimal solution provided by this invention is to make the two bodies, i.e.
  • the container and stopper one body upon the closure of the container with the stopper by intervention and engagement such that the stopper engages with the container by inserting a part of stopper into another part of the container forming one interposing part undetectable unless either the stopper, the container or both are tampered with, which makes it difficult to use them again in their first safe closure as they were first produced nor by any other way.
  • the closure is safe once first and only once and cannot be reused again to avoid risks.
  • the present invention relates to safe and sealed closure method for the neck of food and medical bottle via intervention and engagement of the part of stopper into a part of the bottle's neck to be closed to tightly seal the container and product to deliver it safely to the consumer thus prevent occurrence of tampering after manufacturing the product and coming out of the plant, in this way the original product can be delivered with its desired quality to the consumer without any amendments in the product.
  • the parts overlapped over each other may be shown in both of the stopper and the neck of the bottle to achieve absolute closure mentioned in the figures.
  • Figure 1 shows the closure of a bottle to be sealed, in the following we will describe the numbers used in the figures:
  • the ridge contains moving parts as fins that fold upon entry into the part of the neck, then they open inside to prevent exit of the ridge without disrupting safety strip, such fins or moving parts of the ridge are positioned on the sides.
  • safety part (the ridge) (8, 10) shown in figure 2 has different shape together with appropriate difference in the shape of the part in the neck of the container.
  • the ridges i.e. moving parts that lead to closure of the stopper with the neck of the container are not positioned on the sides of the ridge, but they have the same functions in a different way and they may have different various shapes, achieving the same role of absolute closure.
  • the part (2, 4) shown in figure1 is positioned on the container's neck to be entered by the ridge of the stopper in one way direction, i.e. entry without exit thereby safety strip is disrupted in the stopper when it is opened.
  • the part (9, 11) shown in figure 2 present on the neck of the container is entered by the ridge in a different shape, which is appropriate with the shape of the ridge which differs in figure (1 , 3 ).
  • FIG. 1 the figure also shows the final shape upon closure (5) and how the ridge enters into the part of the neck in its final stages, safe closure is achieved since the ridge enters into the part in one irreversible way, whereby safety strip of the stopper can be cut upon opening of the container, they are non-detachable from one another in any way unless the stopper is tampered with and the safety strip is cut, because it's impossible to reach it as it is positioned between the stopper's wall and the wall of container's neck.
  • the present invention discloses a closure method using safety part (the ridge) that enters into a part of the container neck or of the stopper and keeping products safe as required, the safety part takes two different shapes, so the position of the ridge can be on the stopper or on the container's neck as shown in figure 3 such that it is present on container's neck(16) with its rear end contacting the neck of the container, being separated from the neck of the container by its front part such that it can enter the part positioned on the safety strip present on the stopper.
  • the ridge the ridge

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  1. Procédé de fermeture sûre et étanche pour le goulot d'une bouteille alimentaire et médicale, dans lequel le bouchon (1, 10, 15, 20) utilisé et le récipient (2, 11, 16, 21) à fermer sont tels qu'ils forment une partie solidaire (5, 12, 17, 22) après la fermeture du récipient avec le bouchon via intervention et mise en prise de sorte que le bouchon (1, 10, 15, 20) est mis en prise avec le récipient (2, 11, 16, 21) par :
    (a) la pénétration d'une bande de sécurité (6, 13) dudit bouchon dans une partie (4, 9) positionnée sur le goulot du récipient de sorte qu'elle pénètre dans la partie du goulot du récipient d'une manière irréversible, la rendant solidaire, en en faisant une partie solidaire, non détachable à moins que le bouchon ne soit altéré et que la bande de sécurité ne soit coupée, étant donné qu'elle ne peut pas être atteinte en raison de son emplacement entre la paroi du bouchon et la paroi du goulot de bouteille, et qu'elle ne peut pas être réutilisée après la fermeture, à l'étape de production ; ou bien
    (b) la pénétration de la bande de sécurité (18, 23) positionnée sur le goulot du récipient dans une partie (15, 20) dudit bouchon de sorte qu'elle pénètre dans la partie du bouchon d'une manière irréversible, en en faisant une partie non détachable solidaire à moins que le bouchon ne soit altéré et que la bande de sécurité ne soit coupée, étant donné qu'elle ne peut pas être atteinte en raison de son emplacement entre la paroi du bouchon et la paroi du goulot de la bouteille, et qu'elle ne peut pas être réutilisée après la fermeture, à l'étape de la production.
  2. Procédé selon la revendication 1, dans lequel ladite bande de sécurité comprend une crête qui est formée comme une flèche (6, 18), la bande de sécurité comprend des parties mobiles telles que des ailettes présentes sur les côtés (6, 18) ou sur l'arrière de ladite crête (13, 23) de sorte qu'elle se plie lorsqu'elle pénètre dans la partie du goulot du récipient ou la partie du bouchon (2, 11, 15, 20), ensuite elle s'ouvre à l'intérieur afin d'empêcher la sortie de la crête (1, 10, 16, 21) sans interrompre la bande de sécurité.
  3. Procédé selon la revendication 1, caractérisé en ce que ladite bande de sécurité comprend une crête formée comme une flèche avec des ailettes immobiles fixées à cette dernière, moyennant quoi la partie du goulot du récipient ou du bouchon est mobile de sorte que lorsque la flèche y pénètre, elle s'ouvre par rapport à la partie étroite arrière, et elle revient dans sa position fermée naturelle après l'entrée de la flèche, empêchant la sortie de la flèche à moins que la bande de sécurité ne soit altérée.
  4. Bouteille, à savoir une bouteille alimentaire et médicale, avec la bouteille qui a un récipient (2, 11, 16, 21) et un bouchon (1, 10, 15, 20), dans laquelle le récipient (2, 11, 16, 21) est prévu avec un goulot, dans laquelle l'un parmi le goulot du récipient et le bouchon est prévu avec une bande de sécurité, et dans laquelle l'autre parmi le goulot du récipient et le bouchon est prévu avec une partie pour coopérer avec la bande de sécurité, dans laquelle la bande de sécurité est configurée pour pénétrer, de manière irréversible, dans ladite partie, et dans laquelle, lorsque le bouchon ferme le récipient, l'élément de fermeture et la bande de sécurité pénétrant dans ladite partie, sont agencés entre une surface externe du goulot du récipient, et une surface interne du bouchon, et dans laquelle le bouchon est configuré pour fermer le récipient (2, 11, 16, 21) de sorte que bouchon (1, 10, 15, 20) et le récipient (2, 11, 16, 21) à fermer forment une partie solidaire (5, 12, 17, 22) via la mise en prise de sorte que le bouchon (1, 10, 15, 20) est mis en prise avec le récipient (2, 11, 16, 21) par :
    (a) la pénétration de la bande de sécurité (6, 13) dudit bouchon dans une partie (4, 9) positionnée sur le goulot du récipient de sorte qu'elle pénètre dans la partie d'une manière irréversible, en en faisant une partie non détachable, solidaire à moins que le bouchon ne soit altéré et que la bande de sécurité ne soit coupée, étant donné qu'elle ne peut pas être atteinte en raison de son emplacement entre la paroi du bouchon et la paroi du goulot de la bouteille, et qu'elle ne peut pas être réutilisée après la fermeture, à l'étape de la production ; ou bien
    (b) la pénétration de la bande de sécurité (18, 23) positionnée sur le goulot du récipient dans une partie (15, 20) dudit bouchon de sorte qu'elle pénètre dans la partie de manière irréversible, en en faisant une partie non détachable, solidaire à moins que le bouchon ne soit altéré et que la bande de sécurité ne soit coupée, étant donné qu'elle peut pas être atteinte en raison de son emplacement entre la paroi du bouchon et la paroi du goulot de la bouteille, et qu'elle ne peut pas être réutilisé, après la fermeture, à l'étape de la production.
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