EP3256396B1 - Dispositif de fermeture pour un récipient - Google Patents

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EP3256396B1
EP3256396B1 EP16706808.9A EP16706808A EP3256396B1 EP 3256396 B1 EP3256396 B1 EP 3256396B1 EP 16706808 A EP16706808 A EP 16706808A EP 3256396 B1 EP3256396 B1 EP 3256396B1
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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
    • B65D51/2892—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
    • 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
    • B65D41/28—Caps combined with stoppers
    • 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
    • B65D2251/00—Details relating to container closures
    • B65D2251/0003—Two or more closures
    • B65D2251/0006—Upper closure
    • B65D2251/0015—Upper closure of the 41-type
    • 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
    • B65D2251/00—Details relating to container closures
    • B65D2251/0003—Two or more closures
    • B65D2251/0068—Lower closure
    • B65D2251/0093—Membrane

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  • the invention relates to a closure device for a container, in particular a glass container, having a container opening
  • the closure device comprises a lid member for closing the container opening, a chamber arranged on the lid member and an inner housing, said chamber and inner housing having 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 respectively corresponding and with respect to a thread rotation axis having trained first thread means.
  • Closure devices of the aforementioned type are known in the art. These serve to seal a container, for example a beverage bottle, and at the same time provide a chamber for the separate storage of liquid or powdered ingredients, such as tea essences, so that they do not immediately upon filling with the contents of the container, i. 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.
  • liquid or powdered ingredients such as tea essences
  • 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 called Whole, ie completely pre-assembled, screwed onto the container.
  • the inner housing has a form-fitting corresponding to the thread of the container thread.
  • the cover element and the inner housing are connected to each other via form-fitting corresponding threads.
  • the chamber and inner housing have mutually corresponding closure means and opening means for closing or opening the discharge opening.
  • corresponding closure and opening means may, for example, be in the form of a single stopper 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 corresponding closure and opening means may also be separate elements, such as a membrane occluding the outlet opening of the chamber and a mandrel disposed on the inner housing.
  • the publication WO 2007/129116 A1 For example, there is a prior art closure device 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 the plug member closes the discharge opening of the chamber, is displaced to a discharge position in which the plug member is at least partially retracted from the discharge opening to release a discharge channel disposed between the chamber and the container.
  • the state of the art is further on the EP 520207 A1 , the generic CN 102785846 A , the US 2008/314775 A1 and the US 2014/110281 A1 to refer.
  • the closure means in a sealing plane are each uniformly formed from a material in these known closure devices.
  • the invention is concerned with the task of specifying a closure device of the type mentioned, which is advantageously designed with respect to a connection of the chamber with the lid member.
  • the chamber is welded to the cover element, wherein the chamber has an opening with a collar-shaped folded edge portion as a connecting flange, which is aligned substantially parallel to an adjacent surface of the cover element is, and that the chamber is connected along the annularly formed thereby region with the lid member.
  • the lid member simultaneously closes the opening formed in the chamber.
  • the lid member can serve both as a closure element for the opening of the chamber and as a closure element for the container itself.
  • the welding can be done in different ways, for example by means of ultrasound, induction or resistance heating.
  • 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. In the welding process, this area is advantageously used to weld the lid member to the chamber. In order to increase the adhesion between the aluminum cover element and the chamber, it is also recommended that 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 lid member, around which the aluminum of the lid member is rolled, so that the connection between the chamber and lid member 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.
  • closure means in a sealing plane radially outwardly comprise a soft plastic and radially inside a hard plastic.
  • Such an embodiment offers the production of the closure means in a 2-component manufacturing process.
  • the outer soft plastic can, as preferred, take over sealing properties, whereby the optionally separate use of a seal in the sealing plane can be omitted.
  • the closure means may comprise completely or even partially radially outwardly a soft plastic, optionally correspondingly partially interrupted by hard plastic regions.
  • the chamber has a second region above and / or in horizontal overlap to the first thread means and / or below the first thread means, wherein with respect to the thread rotation axis, the first region is made radially larger than the region in which the chamber extends laterally beyond the first thread means above the first thread means (first area).
  • the second region can be limited in terms of its radial extent by restricting dimensions of the container, in particular the container opening.
  • the second area may extend in assignment and use position within a container neck.
  • the first region extending vertically upwards at this second region may be associated with the container in such a way that there is no restriction with respect to the radial extension dimension of the first region, so that it is chosen to be larger than the second region transverse to a thread rotation axis can.
  • the first region may in this case have a radial dimension which corresponds to that of an associated container section, for example a container neck having the container opening. Further, the radial dimension of the first region of the chamber may correspond to 1.2 times or more up to a 5 times, preferably about 2 times, the corresponding radial dimension of the second region.
  • the chamber has a horizontal division on the upper side of the first thread means, with reference to a utilization position.
  • a chamber upper part may be formed as a chamber lid, for preferably sealing assignment to the chamber bottom after filling the chamber with the liquid to be stored.
  • the connection between the upper chamber part and lower chamber part can be realized by a threaded connection or by a Klips constituting a welding or (food-safe) bonding is possible.
  • the horizontal division preferably relates to a utilization position of the closure device or of the container, in which a device longitudinal axis or a container longitudinal axis extends in a vertical direction. Also, the dividing plane may extend transversely directed to a container neck axis.
  • the chamber may be composed of several parts and, based on a use position of the container, continue vertically above the first thread means, a first part having an extension vertically upwards from a connection region with the second part and at least partially above the first thread means is arranged.
  • the chamber extends laterally beyond the first thread means above the first thread means.
  • a radial chamber extension above the first thread means can be achieved, which leads to an overall increase in volume the chamber at the same container opening or the same container neck diameter leads.
  • the lateral or with respect to a device axis radial extension of the chamber above the first thread means may be dimensionally oriented on a, preferably cooperating with the container neck via a threaded cover element. Further, the radial extension of the chamber above the first thread means may be oriented to the outer diameter of the container in the region of the container opening.
  • the chamber is in addition positively connected to the cover element.
  • the form-fitting connection can be mitverlagert on the lid member during a rotation of the same chamber.
  • the chamber with the cover element can be moved linearly along a longitudinal axis of the device or a longitudinal axis of the container opening during rotational actuation of the cover element and / or can be rotated about the longitudinal axis as a result of a rotationally fixed connection.
  • the chamber may have radially projecting projections or ribs with respect to a longitudinal axis of the device, which cooperate with correspondingly positioned counter-positive engagement means of the cover element.
  • Such counter-form-fitting means on the lid member may be formed or formed in the course of the production of the lid member or in the course of the arrangement of the lid member to the container opening associated closure device, for example by rolling in training of the lid member made of aluminum.
  • an end face of the closure means facing a chamber interior is wholly or partially formed from a soft plastic.
  • This also makes it possible to use a material which is matched to the liquid to be stored in the chamber, if appropriate taking into account a sufficient (core) stability, which can be provided by the radially inner (harder) material.
  • the second region may have an extension region required for adaptation to the first region, which is preferably integrally formed integrally with material.
  • the extension region extends in the usual use position of the container vertically above the container opening.
  • the extension region may be formed stepwise with respect to a vertical section.
  • the enlargement region can also have a cone region with respect to a vertical section, in particular a cone region which slopes radially inward in the use position.
  • the two chamber parts can, as also preferred, consist of plastics which can be welded together.
  • the two chamber parts consist of identical thermoplastic materials.
  • the widening region of the chamber may have a radial extension which corresponds to 0.8 to 1.2 times the diameter at the root of a second thread for cooperation with the container.
  • the cooperating with the second thread of the container lid member is not or not significantly increased in diameter in the region of the chamber extensions relative to the threaded portion.
  • the engagement surface of the substantially concentric with the thread rotation axis extending Deckelelementwandung by extending beyond the container opening vertically extending chamber area which may result in a reduced effort when opening the closure device result.
  • the chamber may be surrounded by an outer metallic sleeve. This is further preferably rotatably connected to the chamber parts. It may be an aluminum sleeve.
  • the radial extension portion of the chamber is taken even after removing the chamber from the container to the sleeve.
  • a radially retracted portion of the sleeve can serve in the usual use position vertically below the extension region. This can be formed in a conventional rolling the sleeve wall to the container-side second thread.
  • the total enclosed volume of the chamber may be up to 40% or more, for example 60% or even 80%, up to 95% of the total volume above a plane resulting from sealing means formed on the closure device for sealing on an end face a container are provided results.
  • the first thread means may be disposed on the chamber as viewed from the thread rotation axis pointing radially outward.
  • the relative movement of the chamber to the inner housing may be made possible by corresponding, arranged on the chamber and the inner housing thread.
  • the formation of the first thread means on the chamber, as seen from the thread rotation axis radially outward, makes it possible to arrange the chamber including the thread within the container. Stick to it Chamber and inner housing 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 has on the side facing away from the first thread a press seal for engagement with a container in the region 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 for the purpose of forming 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 the tightness of the closure device ensure closed container. 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 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 pronounced only when it is connected to the container, but rather already in the production of the cover element itself, d. H. before final assembly to the container.
  • the inner housing on the side facing away from the chamber has a press seal 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.
  • a film element for closing the opening is welded to the collar-shaped edge region of the chamber, which film element is connected to the cover element.
  • the chamber is designed as a container open on one side, the opening of which in the assembled state of the closure device points 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 - a completely pre-assembled "chamber unit" is created, which then only has to be connected to the cover element.
  • the film element is welded to at least a portion of the chamber and at least a portion of the lid member.
  • 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 region of the opening of the chamber, while the chamber and film element are welded together in the region of the collar-shaped folded edge region of the chamber.
  • 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 film element should thus advantageously be welded together 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 together temporally and spatially separately.
  • the location of the weld of lid element and film element is then not set to the region of the collar-shaped folded edge region, but can in principle be in the entire contact region of the cover element and the film element, for example, 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.
  • a multilayer film is suitable which has the layers PP, EVOH, PBT in succession.
  • EVOH ethylene vinyl alcohol copolymer
  • a primer may be provided between the layers of PP and EVOH or EVOH and PBT, which additionally increases the adhesion between the adjacent layers.
  • the chamber is not provided with an opening, this may alternatively be encapsulated by the material of the cover element for connection to the cover element.
  • the chamber has a drain opening provided with a closure means, which can be opened by means of an opening means arranged on the inner housing.
  • closure means and opening means may be a membrane and a mandrel piercing the membrane or a cutting element; Alternatively, however, closure element and opening means may also be formed as a one-piece plug element, which closes or releases a discharge channel depending on its position within the discharge opening.
  • the closure device in any case, a cover member for closing a container opening, arranged on the lid member chamber and an inner housing.
  • corresponding confining means and opening means associated with the chamber and the inner housing interact with one another during movement of the lid member relative to the inner housing such that a discharge opening associated with the chamber is released, such that one in the chamber stockpiled medium exits into the container, wherein the chamber and inner housing are moved to each other during movement of the cover member by means formed on the chamber and inner housing corresponding first thread, wherein the chamber is moved by means of a viewed from a threaded axis of rotation of the closure device radially outwardly facing first thread.
  • the ranges and / or ranges of values or multiple ranges indicated above and below also include all of them with regard to the disclosure Intermediate values, in particular in one-tenth steps of the respective dimension, if necessary also dimensionless.
  • the disclosure of up to 40% or more also includes the disclosure of up to 40.1% or more, the disclosure of 0.8 to 1.2 times also the disclosure of a 0.8 to 1.19 Times, 0.81 to 1.2 times, 0.81 to 1.19 times, etc.
  • This disclosure may, on the one hand, be used to delimit a specified range limit from below and / or above, alternatively or additionally to the disclosure of one or more embodiments serve multiple singular values from a given range.
  • a closure device 1 according to a first embodiment with an aluminum cover element 4 after rolling against a container. 2
  • the closure device is completely pre-assembled and screwed to the 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 of the container 2 can escape. By rolling against the container 2, a thread 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 inner housing 5 forms a radially outwardly projecting flange 22, via which the inner housing 5 is supported with the interposition of a sealing means 23 on an end face of the container 2.
  • Chamber 6 and cover element 4 can only be positively connected.
  • the chamber 6 or the chamber 6 forming part wall outside radially projecting form-fitting ribs 19 which are viewed over the circumference of the chamber wall spaced from each other.
  • a rotationally secure form-locking engagement results in the area of the interlocking form-fitting ribs 19, so that rotation of the cover element 4 results in a corresponding turning of the chamber 6 or the part forming the chamber 6.
  • the rotation of the chamber 6 about the thread rotation axis 18 leads to a linear displacement of the chamber 6 along the thread rotation axis 18, according to engagement of the first thread means 10, which are formed on the outer wall of the chamber 6, in a correspondingly positioned internal thread of an inner housing. 5
  • the chamber 6 extends above the first thread means 10, further in use position, above a container rim surrounding the container openings 3, laterally beyond the first thread means 10.
  • the chamber 6 has approximately a diameter adapted to the container neck outer diameter.
  • the outer diameter of the first chamber region A can correspond approximately to the diameter in the thread root of the second thread 12.
  • this radially expanded first region A extends over an axial dimension that is approximately one-quarter to one-third to one-half the axial length of the radially reduced second region B of the chamber 6, i. in particular a region of the chamber which is associated with the container neck corresponds.
  • the radially smaller region B may be formed with respect to the thread means 10 above and / or below this thread means 10 as well as in horizontal overlap to these first thread means 10 ..
  • the expansion area 28 connecting the areas A and B may be step-like or, for example, in the FIGS. 11 to 13 shown conically tapering vertically downwards and radially inside.
  • the chamber 6 - based on a use position according to FIG. 1 - Upper side of the first thread means 10 in assignment position, more preferably on the upper side of the free end face of the container opening 3, ie preferably in the radially widened chamber area A, a horizontal pitch T.
  • the chamber 6 is subdivided into a chamber lower part 6 'and a chamber upper part 6 ", wherein the chamber upper part 6" can be placed on the chamber lower part 6', in particular after filling the chamber 6 with the liquid.
  • a detent connection here. Also may be provided in this regard a welding or bonding.
  • the form-fitting ribs 19 may be formed on the outside of the cap 6 'on the outside of the hood.
  • a closure means 7 designed to cooperate with the foot-side chamber outlet region can be produced in a 2-component injection molding process, in particular with a radially inner hard plastic 21 and a radially outer soft plastic 20.
  • the closing means 7 can be completely surrounded by the soft plastic 20 on the outside of the wall so that an end face of the closing means 7 facing the interior of the chamber is formed of a soft plastic 20.
  • the soft plastic 20 can, as preferred, have sealing properties, in particular in cooperation of the closure means 7 with opening-side wall sections of the chamber 6.
  • FIGS. 1 to 4 With respect to the further embodiment and mode of operation of the closure device 1 of the first embodiment ( FIGS. 1 to 4 ) is also referred to the following remarks.
  • FIG. 5 shows a closure device 1 according to the invention with an aluminum cover member 4 before rolling against a container 2.
  • the cover member 4 has in relation to a to be applied to a container second outer wall not yet thread.
  • FIG. 6 shows the closure device 1 according to FIG. 5 after rolling against a container 2.
  • the closure device 1 is completely pre-assembled and screwed to a 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 formed from 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 direction in the direction of the lid member 4 directed area an opening 13 which can be used before the cover with the cover member 4 to mount other elements of the 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 respect to FIGS FIG. 6 Shutter device 1 shown "down").
  • 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 means 10 with the inner housing 5.
  • the first thread means 10 viewed from a thread rotation axis 18 of the closure device, is arranged radially outwardly facing the chamber 6.
  • the inner housing 5 is pressed by means of a press seal 11 into the container 2 in the region of the container opening 13.
  • the cover element 4 and the container 2 furthermore have corresponding second threads 12, by means of which the cover element 4 is connected to the container 2.
  • the chamber 6 in a cross-section transverse to the thread rotation axis 18 to the flange radially outwardly projecting edge portion 14, wherein the first thread member 10 is formed radially inwardly with respect to an outer edge of the edge portion 14.
  • closing means 7 and opening means 9 are designed as an integrally formed plug element, which is introduced into the discharge opening 8 of the chamber 6.
  • 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 Outlet container 2 can.
  • 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.
  • 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 is still a kind 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 together with a pressure seal 11 arranged on the inner housing 5 is pressed into the container opening 3.
  • the chamber 6 is introduced with the cover element 4 disposed thereon in the inner housing 5, wherein the chamber 6 and the inner housing 5 by means of the corresponding first thread means 10 are screwed together.
  • the cover element 4 is also rolled onto the second thread 12 of the container 2 at the same time, wherein a second thread 12 likewise forms in the cover element 4.
  • 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. 7 shows an alternative embodiment of a closure device according to the invention 1.
  • 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 FIG. 5 shown.
  • 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 foil, but may also consist of a plastic material, for example 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 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 take place either in a common process step, or in successive steps, wherein the film element 15, for example, first welded to the chamber 6, and only in a subsequent step to the lid member 4th
  • closure device 1 according to FIG. 7 already formed on the lid member 4 second thread 12 for connection to the container 2.
  • closure devices 1 according to the FIGS. 6 and 7 are shown in a closed position.
  • the container 2 is connected in a fluid-tight manner to the closure device 1, ie, the closure means 7 is located within the discharge opening 8 of the chamber 6 so that the medium stored in the chamber 6 can not flow away through the discharge channel 16, but rather is enclosed in the chamber 6 is.
  • FIG. 8 shows, for example, the closure device 1 according to FIG. 6 in a discharge position. Although the discharge position here in terms of FIG. 6 is shown, this can just as in a closure device 1 according to FIG. 7 be executed.
  • the closure device 1 according to FIG. 8 thus serves only as an exemplary embodiment of the discharge position and is in no way limiting.
  • the corresponding second threads 12 formed on the lid member 4 and the container 2 are rotated relative to each other.
  • the chamber 6 within the inner housing 5 simultaneously rotates. This rotation is made possible by the first thread means 10 formed on the chamber 6 and the inner housing 5. Due to the fact that the inner housing 5 is pressed firmly into the container 2 by means of the press seal 11, the inner housing 5 remains firmly connected to the container 2 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 once 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 region of the discharge 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 into the container 2 through the discharge channel 16 of the opening means 9.
  • FIG. 9 shows a subsequent position: With advancing raising the chamber 6, the closure means 7 can reach with its upper end portion in a position to the discharge opening 8, in which the discharge opening 8 is closed again, so that a dripping of medium from the chamber 6 is prevented.
  • 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 thread means 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. 10 shows the completely removed from the container 2 closure device 1.
  • the closure means 7 secures the discharge opening 8 of the chamber 6 against dripping of the medium from the chamber. 6
  • FIG. 11 shows a non-inventive embodiment, based on the in FIG. 1 illustrated embodiment, wherein this compared to the volume of the extension region (first chamber area A) is increased. This is achieved according to one of the version in Fig. 1 in the vertical direction, that is along the thread rotation axis 18 chosen magnification, in particular the wall of the chamber upper part 6 ".
  • a volume fraction of about 60% in the first region A compared to the total volume it follows in the embodiment according to FIG. 11 a partial volume in the first region A of about 80%, this at preferably the same outer diameter in the extension region.
  • the second region B passes - with reference also to the illustrated valve closure position - approximately at the level of the inner housing-side flange 22 - over into a cone region 25 (extension region 28).
  • the cone area 25 extends starting from the second region B radially outward and in the usual state of use to vertically above. In the area of the circumferential free edge of the cone region 25, the chamber upper part 6 "is fixed.
  • the cone region 25 is supported by one or more struts 26 either directly on the also the end face of the container 2 cross-flange 22 and / or on a flange 27 of the chamber 6 and the chamber lower part 6 ', which in the basic position shown in FIG 11 supported on the flange 22.
  • FIG. 12 shows a further alternative embodiment of a closure device 1.
  • the cover element 4 of this closure device 1 is preferably made of a plastic, for example polypropylene or polyethylene.
  • the basic structure of the closure device 1 is similar to that in FIG FIG. 11 shown.
  • the lid member 4 is not made of aluminum, but rather of a plastic, rolling up of the lid member 4 on the container 2 is not possible. Instead, a counter-thread formed to the second thread 12 is provided directly on the cover element 4.
  • the rotationally fixed connection between the cover element 4 and the chamber wall, in particular the camera upper part 6 ", can be achieved as a result of adhesive bonding or welding.
  • the wall of the chamber area B material uniformly and in one piece in the wall of the chamber area A, wherein a chamber ceiling of the area A through a film element 15, for example.
  • a film element 15 for example.
  • Aluminum foil is closed. This is preferably a film element 15 according to the FIG. 7 described.

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  1. Dispositif de fermeture (1) pour un récipient (2), en particulier un récipient en verre, ayant une ouverture de récipient (3), dans lequel le dispositif de fermeture (1) comprend un élément formant couvercle (4) pour fermer l'ouverture de récipient (3), une chambre (6) associée à l'élément formant couvercle (4) et un boîtier intérieur (5), dans lequel la chambre (6) et le boîtier intérieur (5) comprennent des moyens de fermeture (7) et des moyens d'ouverture (9) qui se correspondent et qui interagissent ensemble de manière qu'une ouverture de décharge (8) associée à la chambre (6) puisse être libérée par un mouvement de l'élément de recouvrement (4) par rapport au boîtier intérieur (5) de manière à permettre à une substance stockée dans la chambre (6) de sortir dans le récipient (2), et la chambre (6) et le boîtier intérieur (5) présentent chacun des premiers moyens de filetage correspondants (10) formés par rapport à un axe de rotation de filetage (19), caractérisé en ce que la chambre (6) est soudée à l'élément formant couvercle (4), la chambre (6) ayant une ouverture présentant une zone de bord pliée en forme de collerette en tant que bride de raccordement qui est orientée sensiblement parallèlement à une surface adjacente de l'élément formant couvercle, et en ce que la chambre est liée à l'élément formant couvercle le long de la zone annulaire ainsi formée.
  2. Dispositif de fermeture selon la revendication 1, caractérisé en ce que la chambre (6) présente une division horizontale (T) qui, par rapport à une position d'utilisation, est au-dessus des premiers moyens de filetage (10).
  3. Dispositif de fermeture selon l'une des revendications précédentes, caractérisé en ce que les moyens de fermeture (7) présentent, dans un plan d'étanchement, une matière plastique souple (20) radialement à l'extérieur et une matière plastique dure (21) radialement à l'intérieur.
  4. Dispositif de fermeture selon l'une des revendications précédentes, caractérisé en ce qu'une face frontale des moyens de fermeture (7) tournée vers l'intérieur de la chambre est formée entièrement ou partiellement en matière plastique souple (20).
  5. Dispositif de fermeture selon l'une des revendications précédentes, caractérisé en ce que la zone de bord pliée de la chambre (1) fait saillie dans la direction radiale de l'élément de fermeture au-delà d'une zone de bord adjacente du boîtier intérieur (5).
  6. Dispositif de fermeture selon l'une des revendications précédentes, caractérisé en ce que l'élément formant couvercle (4) est revêtu d'une laque dans la zone de soudage.
  7. Dispositif de fermeture selon l'une des revendications précédentes, caractérisé en ce qu'il est prévu entre la chambre (6) et l'élément formant couvercle (4) un élément en feuille qui ferme en plus l'ouverture de la chambre (6) de manière étanche aux fluides.
  8. Dispositif de fermeture selon la revendication 7, caractérisé en ce que l'élément en feuille est soudé à au moins une zone partielle de la chambre (6) et à au moins une zone partielle de l'élément de recouvrement (4).
  9. Dispositif de fermeture selon la revendication 7 ou 8, caractérisé en ce que l'élément en feuille est une feuille d'aluminium.
  10. Dispositif de fermeture selon la revendication 9, caractérisé en ce que la feuille d'aluminium est revêtue d'une laque.
  11. Dispositif de fermeture selon la revendication 7 ou 8, caractérisé en ce que l'élément en feuille est une feuille multicouche présentant un matériau plastique, dans lequel les matériaux plastiques sont adaptées aux matériaux de l'élément formant couvercle (4) et de la chambre (6), à savoir dans le cas où l'élément formant couvercle (4) est par exemple en PP et la chambre en PBZ, les feuilles multicouches comprennent successivement les couches PP, EVOH et PBT.
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