EP3653527B1 - Fermeture de bouteille destinée au placement axial sur une bouteille ainsi qu'une bouteille - Google Patents

Fermeture de bouteille destinée au placement axial sur une bouteille ainsi qu'une bouteille Download PDF

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EP3653527B1
EP3653527B1 EP19206251.1A EP19206251A EP3653527B1 EP 3653527 B1 EP3653527 B1 EP 3653527B1 EP 19206251 A EP19206251 A EP 19206251A EP 3653527 B1 EP3653527 B1 EP 3653527B1
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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
    • B65D41/46—Snap-on caps or cap-like covers
    • B65D41/47—Snap-on caps or cap-like covers push-on and twist-off
    • 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
    • B65D1/00—Containers having bodies formed in one piece, e.g. by casting metallic material, by moulding plastics, by blowing vitreous material, by throwing ceramic material, by moulding pulped fibrous material, by deep-drawing operations performed on sheet material
    • B65D1/02—Bottles or similar containers with necks or like restricted apertures, designed for pouring contents
    • B65D1/0223—Bottles or similar containers with necks or like restricted apertures, designed for pouring contents characterised by shape
    • B65D1/023—Neck construction
    • B65D1/0246—Closure retaining means, e.g. beads, screw-threads
    • 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
    • B65D41/0471—Threaded or like caps or cap-like covers secured by rotation with means for positioning the cap on the container, or for limiting the movement of the cap, or for preventing accidental loosening of the cap
    • 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
    • B65D41/3442—Threaded or like caps or cap-like covers provided with tamper elements formed in, or attached to, the closure skirt with rigid bead or projections formed on the tamper element and coacting with bead or projections on the container
    • B65D41/3447—Threaded or like caps or cap-like covers provided with tamper elements formed in, or attached to, the closure skirt with rigid bead or projections formed on the tamper element and coacting with bead or projections on the container the tamper element being integrally connected to the closure by means of bridges

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  • the present invention relates to a bottle cap for axially slipping onto a mouth area of a bottle and to a bottle with a mouth area for axially slipping a bottle cap.
  • the bottle cap and the bottle are used in particular in connection with non-alcoholic or alcoholic beverages such as wine.
  • WO 2018/055429 A1 discloses a bottle closure according to the preamble of claim 1 and a bottle according to the preamble of claim 2.
  • the catch means on the closure side and the counter catch means on the bottle side can be exactly aligned with one another in the push-on direction.
  • the catching means and the counter-catching means catch each other without a rotational movement of the bottle closure taking place relative to the mouth area of the bottle.
  • a relative position between the catch means and the counter catch means that is exactly aligned in the direction of insertion should only rarely occur, since when the bottle closure is axially pushed onto the finish area of the bottle in the bottling plant, the relative rotational position between the bottle closure and the finish area should not be taken into account.
  • the catching means and the counter-catching means work together according to the invention in such a way that they only change over after a limited rotary movement of the bottle closure relative to the mouth area engage a certain closing angle of rotation.
  • the catching means and the counter-catching means work together in the sense of forced guidance, so that the limited rotational movement when the bottle cap is pushed onto the mouth area around the closing angle of rotation is generated forcibly.
  • This limited rotational movement is tolerable within the bottling plant in which, when the bottle is first closed, a closure head pushes the bottle closure onto the mouth area of the bottle in the push-on direction.
  • the bolt head only has to be mounted in such a way that it can rotate passively within the scope of the limited rotary movement.
  • the forcibly guided, limited rotational movement of the bottle cap is then effected by its axial movement in the direction of attachment.
  • the wall forming the side area of the bottle cap is designed to be elastically expandable overall, so that the elastic widening of the side area that occurs temporarily when the bottle cap is pushed onto the mouth area can be seen or ascertained in a side view of the bottle cap. This is not the case if an elastic material is chosen only for the inner wall of the side area.
  • the present invention makes it possible in an advantageous manner that no actively rotary-driven screw head has to be provided in the bottling plant. At the same time, when opening and closing the bottle, the user will always find that a limited rotational movement of the bottle cap relative to the mouth area is always required for opening and almost always for closing.
  • the opening rotation angle through which the bottle cap must be rotated when opening the bottle is always the same and depends on the geometric design of the catching means and the counter-catching means.
  • the closing angle of rotation by which the bottle cap is twisted when the bottle is closed is not always the same and depends not only on the geometry of the catching means and the counter-catching means, but also on the relative rotational position of the bottle closure is placed with its catch means on the muzzle area with its counter catch means.
  • the closing angle of rotation is always smaller than the opening angle of rotation, since when the bottle cap is placed on the mouth area, the catching means usually do not hit the counter-catching means in such a relative rotational position that they cause the rotary movement limited according to the invention within the scope of the constant opening angle of rotation. If the catch means are exactly aligned with the counter catch means in the direction of attachment, then there is no closing rotation movement at all and the closing rotation angle is accordingly 0°.
  • the present invention has the effect that the expense of a rotary-driven screw head in the bottling plant is avoided, that the user of the bottle always has to rotate the bottle cap to the extent of a constant opening angle of rotation when opening the bottle cap and that the user of the bottle has to rotate when closing the bottle cap of the bottle cap is required within the scope of a closing angle of rotation that is smaller than the opening angle of rotation.
  • the catching means and the counter-catching means preferably correspond to one another geometrically in terms of a shape and counter-shape.
  • the catching or counter-catching means designed as a projection then fills out essentially completely when it engages in the counter-catching or counter-catching means designed as a depression.
  • the catching means and the counter-catching means do not correspond to one another geometrically, but merely catch one another within the meaning of the present invention and can slide relative to one another during the rotary movement between the bottle closure and the mouth area. This does not require a geometric correspondence between the shapes of the catch means and the counter catch means.
  • the catching means on the closure side can be designed as catching depressions which are made in the inner wall of the side area.
  • the counter-catching means on the bottle side are designed as catching projections which protrude in a raised manner from an outer wall of the mouth area of the bottle.
  • the catching projections in the radial direction have the furthest protruding from the estuary peaks on a summit circle with a specified outside diameter.
  • the inner wall of the side portion has a predetermined inner diameter.
  • the outside diameter of the summit circle is larger than the inside diameter of the side area.
  • the catching means on the closure side are designed as catching projections which protrude from the inner wall of the side area.
  • the counter-catching means on the bottle side are then designed as catching depressions which are made in an outer wall of the mouth area of the bottle.
  • the catch projections have crests that protrude furthest inward from the inner wall in the radial direction and lie on a crest circle with an inner diameter. This inner diameter is smaller than the outer diameter of the outer wall of the mouth area in which the catching indentations are formed. The effect of this is that the catch projections on the closure side are supported on the outer wall when the bottle closure is placed on the mouth area and thereby widen or press open the inner wall of the side area before the catch projections are caught by the catch depressions or engage in them.
  • catch projections are arranged on the bottle side on the mouth area or on the closure side on the side area, they can protrude to different extents from the outer wall of the mouth area or to different distances from the inner wall of the side area. This creates summit circles with different diameters.
  • the diameter of the summit circle that runs through the summit point or those summit points that is furthest from the outer wall is used for the aforementioned geometric condition that the outer diameter of the summit circle is larger than the inner diameter of the side area of the muzzle area stands out or stand out.
  • the diameter of the summit circle that runs through the summit point or those summit points that extends furthest is used as the inner diameter for the aforementioned geometric condition that the inside diameter of the summit circle is smaller than the outside diameter of the outer wall of the mouth area protrudes from the inner wall of the side portion.
  • Catching projections that protrude less far in certain peripheral sections of the outer wall of the mouth area or in certain peripheral sections of the side area can be advantageous for manufacturing reasons, in particular when the bottle or the bottle cap is produced using molds. With catching projections that protrude to different extents and thus engage into the catching depressions at different depths, the magnitude of the initial opening force that a user of the bottle must initially apply in order to twist the bottle cap off the mouth area can also be influenced.
  • the limited rotational movement preferably extends over an opening angle of rotation of 5° to 30°, more preferably over an opening angle of rotation of 10° to 20°.
  • the catch means are advantageously arranged and spaced within a peripheral band of the inner wall on the closure side in such a way that every imaginary cylinder-generating straight line running on the inner wall in the attachment direction runs through or intersects at least one of the catch means. In this way, it can be ensured that the catching means and the counter-catching means can at least partially engage with one another in any desired rotational position of the bottle closure relative to the mouth area. When the bottle cap is attached to the mouth area, no counter-catching means can pass through the catching means without coming into contact with the latter.
  • the peripheral band with the catch means arranged in it preferably runs in a half of the side area facing away from the closing area of the bottle cap. It is advantageous if the peripheral band has a width which is 30% or less of the height of the side portion of the bottle cap. The width of the peripheral band corresponds to the extent of the catch means in the push-on direction.
  • the catch means which are preferably formed by a large number of catch elements, are arranged at equal distances from one another inside the peripheral band on the closure side.
  • the individual catch elements accordingly have the same spacing from one another in the circumferential direction.
  • the counter-catching means within a bottle-side peripheral band of the outer wall of the mouth area can be arranged and spaced apart in such a way that one or more sections of the peripheral band remain free of counter-catching means. In this way it can be determined how many catches and counter catches engage with one another. This in turn influences in particular the size of the initial opening force that a user of the bottle must initially apply in order to twist the bottle cap off the mouth area.
  • the catch means and/or the counter catch means have an elongate geometry.
  • it is a non-curved, elongate geometry with a straight longitudinal axis.
  • the straight longitudinal axis forms an angle of 30° to 60°, in particular an angle of 40° to 50°, with the attachment direction.
  • the angle can be the same for all existing catches and/or counter catches.
  • the catch depressions each have a first end facing the closing area and a second end facing away from the closing area.
  • At least the second end is closed in such a way that the catch recesses and the catch projections engage in one another in a form-fitting manner. Thereby they hold the bottle cap on the mouth area of the bottle.
  • the catch depressions each have a first end facing the mouth opening and a second end facing away from the mouth opening.
  • At least the first end is closed in such a way that the catch recesses and the catch projections engage in one another in a form-fitting manner. Thereby they hold the bottle cap at the mouth area.
  • catch depressions can each have a depression end side wall in the area of their second end or in the area of their first end, which at least in sections has a constant or changing inclination relative to the inner wall or to the outer wall runs so that it can slide along a geometrically corresponding projection end side wall of the catch projections.
  • the associated wedging action between the recessed end side wall and the projected end side wall facilitates a temporary, at least partial, radially outward expansion of the inner wall or side region when the bottle cap is released from the mouth region.
  • the catch depressions each have a first end facing the closing area and a second end facing away from the closing area, at least the second end being open. This second end lies in a plane which is spanned by an edge of the side area which faces away from the closing area and on which a tear-off ring can be located when the bottle cap is first fitted onto the mouth area in the bottling plant.
  • the effect of this is that the catch projections cannot positively hold the bottle cap on the mouth area when it engages in the catch depressions.
  • separate latching means are therefore present on the bottle cap for the form-fitting latching of the bottle cap on the mouth area.
  • the catching depressions and catching projections that work together cause only the radial expansion of the inner wall or the side area in this variant as well as the limited rotational movement of the bottle cap during its opening process by the opening rotation angle.
  • the catching indentations can have a first end facing the mouth opening and a first end away from the mouth opening have a remote second end, wherein at least the first end is open.
  • the catch projections on the closure side cannot hold the bottle closure in a form-fitting manner on the mouth area when it engages in the catch depressions.
  • separate counter-locking means for positive locking of the bottle cap on the mouth area are therefore present at the mouth area of the bottle.
  • the catching recesses and catching projections working together in the sense of the present invention cause only the radial widening of the inner wall or the side area as well as the limited rotary movement of the bottle cap during its opening process by the opening angle of rotation.
  • catching depressions of any shape are provided in the bottle cap and thus catching projections of any shape are provided on the mouth area of the bottle, with the side area of the bottle cap having a tear-off ring with protruding locking elements at its end remote from the closing area of the tear-off ring may have at the mouth area.
  • latching elements are designed in such a way that when the bottle cap is first placed on the finish area, they are caught in the spaces between the catch projections on the bottle side and cause the bottle cap to rotate relative to the finish area in such a way that the catch depressions on the closure side exactly match those on the bottle side in the push-on direction Catch projections are aligned before the catch depressions and the catch projections engage with each other.
  • the tear-off ring with its protruding locking elements thus causes a rotary movement of the bottle cap, which precedes the locking of the catching depressions and catching projections, which are aligned with one another after the end of the aforementioned rotary movement.
  • the radially inwardly protruding latching elements on the tear-off ring consequently have a dual function.
  • the first function is to cause the bottle cap to rotate relative to the finish in such a way that the catching indentations are exactly aligned with the catching projections.
  • the second function consists in locking the bottle cap in a form-fitting manner on the mouth area of the bottle and thereby holding it.
  • FIG. 1 shows a side view of a first exemplary embodiment of a bottle closure 1 according to the invention Closing a mouth opening of a bottle. at his in 1 At the lower end, the bottle cap 1 has a so-called tear-off ring 13, which detaches from the side area 4 in a predetermined breaking plane 19 when the bottle cap 1 is opened for the first time and remains attached to the mouth area of the bottle.
  • the tear-off ring 13 and the predetermined breaking plane 19 thus form originality features of the bottle cap 1 which are known per se and which can be used to identify whether the bottle cap 1 has already been opened for the first time.
  • On the second and each subsequent opening of the bottle closure 1 only the side area 4 and the closing area 5, which form a one-piece plastic unit in the exemplary embodiment shown, are removed from the mouth area of the bottle.
  • FIG 2 is a perspective view of FIG 1 shown bottle cap 1 shown obliquely from below.
  • a plurality - in the embodiment shown a total of 24 pieces - formed of elongate, rectilinearly extending catch recesses 8, which act as catch means.
  • the tear-off ring 13 has latching elements 14 protruding radially inwards on its inner circumference.
  • FIG 3 shows the sectional view according to section BB in 1 and 4 shows that in 3 Marked detail A in an enlarged view.
  • the side area 4 has a 3 upper, slightly frustoconical section and an in 3 lower, cylindrical section.
  • the inner wall 7 of the side area 4 that is relevant here is the inner wall 7 of its lower cylindrical section.
  • the catch depressions 8 are arranged in an imaginary circumferential band VUB on the closure side, which runs closed on the inner wall 7 of the side area 4, ie over an angular extent of 360°.
  • the catch depressions 8 are arranged in this circumferential band VUB at equal intervals.
  • the latching elements 14 of the tear-off ring 13 are also arranged at equal intervals around its inner circumference by 360°.
  • the inner wall 7 of the lower, cylindrical section of the side area 4 has an inner diameter D i . Accordingly, the low points of two diametrically opposite catch depressions 8 are at a distance from one another that is greater than this inner diameter D i .
  • the peripheral band VUB with the catch depressions 8 is in the lower half of the side area 4 which faces away from the closing area 5 .
  • the width B of the peripheral band VUB characterizes the extent by which the catch indentations 8 in 3 shown attachment direction AR, in which the bottle cap 1 is attached to the mouth area of a bottle. In the embodiment shown, the width B is approximately 22% of the total height H of the side area 4 of the bottle cap 1.
  • the width B of the peripheral band VUB should preferably be equal to or less than 30% of the total height H of the side area 4.
  • each of the catch depressions 8 has a longitudinal axis 10 .
  • the angle ⁇ between the longitudinal axis 10 of each catch recess 8 and the attachment direction AR is 45°.
  • the angle ⁇ is preferably in the range from 30° to 60°, even more preferably in the range from 40° to 50°.
  • figure 5 shows the in 4 marked section CC along the longitudinal axis 10 of a catch depression 8.
  • the in 4 The enlarged part of the peripheral band VUB is conceptually developed in one plane, so that the course of the catch recess 8, which is slightly curved in the direction of the longitudinal axis 10, in figure 5 been neglected.
  • the oblong geometry of the catch recess 8 molded into the inner wall 7 can be seen. It has a first end 11 in the Figures 3 to 5 forms the upper end of the catching recess 8 and faces the closing portion 5 .
  • the catch recess 8 also has a second end 12 in the Figures 3 to 5 forms the lower end of the catch depression 8 and faces away from the closing area 5, ie at the same time faces the lower edge 16 of the side area 4.
  • the catch recess 8 has a figure 5 characterized indentation end side wall 18, which has an inclination ⁇ to the plane of the imaginary inner wall 7 developed within the scope of the present invention. je larger the angle of inclination ⁇ is chosen, the larger will be the forces required to release the bottle cap 1 from the mouth area.
  • FIG. 6 shows the upper part of an exemplary embodiment of a bottle 3 according to the invention.
  • the bottle cap 1 is pushed onto the mouth area 2 in the push-on direction AR.
  • its closing area 5 closes the mouth opening 6 and its side area 4 encompasses the mouth area 2 of the bottle 3.
  • the details B and C are off 6 shown enlarged. It can be seen that the mouth region 2 comprises an upper, slightly frustoconical section facing the mouth opening 6, a lower cylindrical section facing away from the mouth opening 6 and a closed circumferential tear-off ring retaining bead 21.
  • the cylindrical, lower section of the mouth area 2 forms an outer wall 17 of the mouth area 2, which is relevant here.
  • the cylindrical outer wall 17 is formed almost entirely by an imaginary, bottle-side peripheral band FUB, in which a large number - in the illustrated embodiment a total of 18 pieces - of catch projections 9 protrude from the outer wall 17, which act as counter-catching means. Depending on requirements, more or fewer than 18 catch projections 9 can be provided.
  • Each of the elongate catching projections 9 extending in a straight line can thus in each case essentially completely fill out an associated catching depression 8 .
  • This geometric correspondence of the geometries of the catching projections 9 and the catching depressions 8 in the embodiment shown is not mandatory.
  • catching projections 9 and the catching depressions 8 there are also different geometries for the catching projections 9 and the catching depressions 8 on the other hand conceivable within the scope of the present invention, for example an elongate catching depression as shown in combination with a catching projection consisting of two or more point or pin-like elevations, which are arranged in a straight line in a row.
  • the bottle-side peripheral band FUB is not completely covered with elongate catch projections 9 .
  • the peripheral band FUB or the outer wall 17, which is somewhat wider in the attachment direction AR, has two diametrically opposite peripheral sections (only one in 7 visible), in which no catch projections 9 are present. In this way, the number of engagement pairs of catching projections 9 and catching depressions 8 and thus the opening force required to remove the bottle closure 1 from the mouth area 2 can be influenced. In principle, however, it is also conceivable for there to be as many evenly spaced catch projections 9 on the bottle side as there are catch depressions 8 in the inner wall 7 of the bottle closure 1.
  • each catch projection 9 has a summit line consisting of a plurality of summit points 22, which is characterized in that it is formed by summit points 22 that protrude furthest from the outer wall 17 in the radial direction.
  • the Figures 9 and 10 show different side views of the in 6 shown, upper part of the bottle 3.
  • the viewing direction of the 9 is directly on the free of catch projections 9 and in 6 visible peripheral section of the bottle-side peripheral band FUB directed.
  • the direction of the 10 is rotated by 90°, ie it is looking at the in from the right 9 shown bottle 3.
  • the peaks 22 of all catch projections 9 are in the embodiment shown on an outer diameter D a , the 9 is marked.
  • This outer diameter D a of the peaks 22 of the catching projections 9 is larger than the inner diameter D i of the inner wall 7 of the side area 4 of the bottle closure 1.
  • the bottle-side catching projections 9 can catch the inner wall 7 or the side area 4 of the Expand the bottle cap 1 elastically when it is attached to the mouth area 2 .
  • the elastic widening of the inner wall 7 or of the side area 4 only decreases again when the catching projections 9 engage completely in the catching depressions 8 . It is advantageous if the elastic expansion does not go back completely, but the catch depressions 8 are still pressed radially inward against the catch projections 9 with a certain residual restoring force. This prevents the bottle cap 1 from being seated loosely and with play on the mouth area 2 .
  • the catching projections 9 have a projection end side wall 23 at their lower end facing away from the mouth opening 6, the inclination of which to the imaginary outer wall 17 being developed is the same as that in FIG figure 5 marked inclination angle ⁇ of the depression end side wall 18 relative to the unwound imaginary inner wall 7.
  • the respective depression end side wall 18 can slide off the respective projection end side wall 23, so that the inner wall 7 or the side area 4 is elastically widened again.
  • the wedge effect created between the depression end side wall 18 and the projection end side wall 23 thus supports the user of the bottle 3 when opening the bottle closure 1.
  • the catch depressions 8 open at their respective second end 12 .
  • the respective catch projection 9 can then not be held positively in the catch depression 8 by the second end 12 .
  • only static friction forces which hold the catching projection 9 in the catching depression 8 by friction, act between the elongated, abutting flanks of the catching projection 9 and the catching depression 8 .
  • These static friction forces can be sufficient to securely hold the catch projection 9 in the catch depression 8 .
  • the catch projection 9 in figure 5 slide down and out of the catch depression 8 to the right.
  • additional locking means can be provided on the side area 4 if necessary for the positive locking of the bottle cap 1 on the mouth area 2 .
  • the longitudinal axis 10 of a catch projection 9 is marked.
  • the angle ⁇ between the attachment direction AR and the longitudinal axis 10 is 8 in the exemplary embodiment shown, as is the case with the catch recesses 8 on the closure side 45°.
  • the bottle-side angle ⁇ becomes identical to the cap-side angle ⁇ according to FIG 4 chosen and is preferably 30 ° to 60 °, particularly preferably 40 ° to 50 °.
  • the latching elements 14 present on the tear-off ring 13 of the bottle cap 1 are dimensioned in such a way that they can slide along the gaps 15 . This means that the latching elements 14 can perform a dual function. On the one hand, they hold the tear-off ring 13 in a manner known per se on the tear-off ring retaining bead 21 on the bottle side and, on the other hand, before the catch projections 9 finally engage in the catch depressions 8, they perform a guiding function according to the invention, during which the bottle cap 1 is pre-rotated and the catch depressions 8 and the catch projections 9 are aligned with one another in the insertion direction AR.
  • FIGS Figures 11a and 12a2 The following is based on the Figures 11a to 11e as well as the Figures 12a1, 12a2 to 12e describes how the bottle cap 1 according to the first exemplary embodiment is attached to the mouth area 2 in the direction AR and which relative movements take place between the bottle cap 1 and the mouth area 2 of the bottle 3 .
  • reference numbers have essentially only been used in FIGS Figures 11a and 12a2 intended.
  • the other figures always show the same bottle cap 1 and the same mouth area 2 as those Figures 11a and 12a2 in other positions relative to one another, so that the individual elements of the bottle closure 1 and the mouth area 2 are the same in the other figures as in FIGS Figures 11a and 12a2 .
  • the bottle closure 1 When the bottle 3 is closed for the first time after it has been filled in the bottling plant, the bottle closure 1 is adjusted accordingly Figure 11a automatically placed by a suitable handling unit in the bottling plant in the insertion direction AR on the mouth area 2.
  • Figures 12a1 and 12a2 two different relative rotational positions of the bottle cap 1 relative to the mouth area 2 are shown as an example, which the bottle cap 1 can assume randomly at this point in time.
  • Figure 12a1 are they running Latching elements 14 more or less directly into the gaps 15 between the catch projections 9 on the bottle side.
  • the bottle cap Based on the relative rotational position according to Figure 12a2 the bottle cap has 1 on its way into the in Figure 12b shown position executed exclusively a linear axial movement in the attachment direction AR, as can be seen from the rotation indicator DI.
  • the latching elements 14 have moved over the beveled upper ends of the catch projections 9 and thus the Figure 12b position shown.
  • the bottle cap 1 After a further, purely axial movement in the insertion direction AR, the bottle cap 1 finally reaches the Figures 11e and 12e shown, final closed position in which it closes the mouth opening 6 of the bottle 3.
  • the catch projections 9 on the bottle side have caught the catch recesses 8 on the closure side and are fully engaged or snapped into the catch recesses 8, as shown in FIG Figure 11e can be seen.
  • the elastic restoring force which acts against the in 11c shown radial direction RR strives to press the side area 4 of the bottle cap 1 against the mouth area 2 of the bottle.
  • This elastic restoring force results from the intrinsic elasticity of the material from which the bottle cap 1 is made. In this context, for example, plastics or metals such as aluminum are suitable.
  • the catch depressions 8 and the catch projections 9 are thus congruent on top of each other and can no longer be distinguished from one another in the graphic representation.
  • the tear-off ring 13 is also pulled upwards. Since it is positively held by the locking elements 14 on the tear-off ring retaining bead 21 in the opposite direction to the insertion direction AR, it is released when the bottle cap 1 is opened for the first time due to the axial forces acting against the push-on direction in the predetermined breaking plane 19 from the lower edge 16 of the side area 4.
  • the tear-off ring 13 remains on the mouth area 2 of the bottle 3 .
  • the bottle cap 1 is then only formed by its closing area and its side area 4 . He lost the demolition ring 13, so to speak.
  • the opening of the bottle cap 1 is only possible in connection with a limited rotary movement of the bottle cap 1 by a predetermined, constant opening angle of rotation.
  • the size of the opening rotation angle is measured in the circumferential direction of the bottle-side circumferential band FUB distance of the in 8 lower end of a catch projection 9 from the in 8 upper end of the same catch projection 9 set.
  • the opening angle of rotation is approximately 15°.
  • the opening angle of rotation is preferably selected in the range from 5° to 30°, more preferably in the range from 10° to 20°.
  • the second exemplary embodiment of the bottle closure 1 differs from the first exemplary embodiment in that its tear-off ring 13 has no latching elements 14 that can enter the spaces 15 between the catch projections 9 on the bottle side.
  • the Figures 13a to 13c 15a to 15e of the second exemplary embodiment of the bottle closure 1 can be designed so wide, for example, that they simply run over the catch projections 9 on the bottle side. In contrast to the first exemplary embodiment, they therefore do not cause any forced rotary movement of the bottle cap 1 when the tear-off ring 13 with its latching elements runs over the bottle-side peripheral band FUB with its catch projections 9 .
  • the Figures 13a and 14a show a relatively rare situation in which the bottle cap 1 can be placed on the mouth area 2 for the first time in the bottling plant or when the bottle 3 is closed again by a user.
  • this constellation is characterized in that the catch recesses 8 and the catch projections 9 are exactly aligned with one another in the push-on direction AR when the bottle cap 1 is initially pushed onto the mouth region 2 .
  • the catch depressions 8 are located exactly above the catch projections 9.
  • the Figures 13c and 14c show the final closed state of the bottle cap 1, which corresponds to that in Figure 12e corresponds to the state of motion shown. He is from the in Figure 14b shown state of motion by a further, purely axial movement in the attachment direction AR.
  • the catch projections 9 engage In this state, they completely enter the catch depressions 8 and can therefore no longer be shown in the drawing so that they can be distinguished from one another.
  • Opening the in Figure 14c shown bottle cap 1 by removing it from the mouth area 2 takes place in the same way as described above in connection with the first exemplary embodiment of the bottle cap 1, ie initially by means of a combined axial and rotary movement, the rotary movement taking place through a relatively small opening angle of rotation .
  • the Figures 15a and 16a show a further constellation of an initial relative rotational position between the bottle closure 1 and the mouth area 2, which by its nature should occur much more frequently when the bottle is closed for the first time in the bottling plant or when the bottle is closed again by a user than in 14a relative rotational position shown with precisely aligned catch recesses 8 and catch projections 9. Since the Figures 15b to 15e and 16b to 16e the same bottle cap 1 and the same mouth area 2 as the Figures 15a and 16a show only in other relative positions, for reasons of clarity only in the Figures 15a and 16a Reference numbers used.
  • the bottle cap 1 can be seen with an initial angle of rotation offset between the cap-side peripheral band VUB with the catching depressions 8 and the bottle-side peripheral band FUB with the catching projections 9 .
  • the offset in terms of the angle of rotation here corresponds to approximately half the extension of the catch depressions 8 or the catch projections 9 in the circumferential direction.
  • FIGs 15b and 16b 1 shows a state of movement in which the bottle cap 1 has moved downwards by means of a purely linear, axial movement in the attachment direction AR, which can be read using the rotary indicator DI.
  • the tear-off ring 13 has run over the bottle-side peripheral band FUB with the catch projections 9 in a straight line and accordingly has not caused the bottle cap 1 to rotate.
  • the catch projections 9 begin to widen the side area 4 elastically in the radial direction RR.
  • the catching projections 9 partially engage in the catching depressions 8 both in the circumferential direction (relating to the longitudinal extension of the immersion of the catching projections 9 in the catching depressions 8) and in the radial direction (relating to the depth of the immersion of the catching projections 9 in the catching depressions 8).

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  1. Bouchon de bouteille (1) pour l'emboîtement axial sur une zone d'embouchure (2) d'une bouteille (3) avec une ouverture d'embouchure (6) dans une direction d'emboîtement (AR), dans lequel le bouchon de bouteille (1) présente une zone latérale (4) pour entourer la zone d'embouchure (2) et une zone de fermeture (5) pour fermer l'ouverture d'embouchure (6), dans laquelle
    la zone latérale (4) présente une paroi intérieure (7) avec des moyens de capture (8) qui servent à capturer des moyens de contre-capture (9) au niveau de la zone d'embouchure (2) de la bouteille (3), dans lequel au moins la paroi intérieure (7) peut être élargie élastiquement en direction radiale au moins partiellement au moyen des moyens de contre-capture (9) ou des moyens de capture (8) pendant l'emboîtement du bouchon de bouteille (1) sur la zone d'embouchure (2), dans lequel les moyens de capture (8) et les moyens de contre-capture (9) coopèrent de telle sorte, qu'un retrait du bouchon de bouteille (1) de la zone d'embouchure (2) à l'encontre de la direction d'emboîtement (AR) ne peut être effectué qu'au moyen d'un mouvement de rotation limité du bouchon de bouteille (1) par rapport à la zone d'embouchure (2) d'un angle de rotation d'ouverture, dans lequel les moyens de capture (8) et/ou les moyens de contre-capture (9) présente une géométrie allongée, et dans lequel les moyens de contre-capture sont des saillies de capture, caractérisé en ce que
    les moyens de capture sont des creux de capture (8) et la paroi intérieure (7) présente un diamètre intérieur (Di), dans lequel les saillies de capture (9) présentent des points de sommet (22) s'écartant le plus de la zone d'embouchure (2) dans la direction radiale, qui se trouvent sur un cercle de sommet avec un diamètre extérieur (Da) qui est plus grand que le diamètre intérieur (Di), dans lequel les creux de capture (8) présentent chacun une première extrémité (11) tournée vers la zone de fermeture (5) et une deuxième extrémité (12) opposée à la zone de fermeture (5), et dans lequel au moins la deuxième extrémité (12) est adaptée fermée, de sorte que les creux de capture (8) et les saillies de capture (9) s'engagent les uns dans les autres par enclenchement positif et peuvent ainsi maintenir le bouchon de bouteille (1) sur la zone d'embouchure (2).
  2. Bouteille (3) avec une zone d'embouchure (2) et une ouverture d'embouchure (6), dans lequel un bouchon de bouteille (1) avec une zone latérale (4) pour entourer la zone d'embouchure (2) et une zone de fermeture (5) pour fermer l'ouverture d'embouchure (6) peuvent être enfilé axialement dans une direction d'emboîtement (AR) sur la zone d'embouchure (2), dans lequel la zone d'embouchure (2) présente une paroi extérieure (17) avec des moyens de contre-capture (9) qui servent à capturer des moyens de capture (8) sur une paroi intérieure (7) de la zone latérale (4) du bouchon de bouteille (1), dans lequel au moins la paroi intérieure (7) peut être élargie au moins partiellement de manière élastique au moyen des moyens de contre-capture (9) ou des moyens de capture (8) pendant l'emboîtement du bouchon de bouteille (1) sur la zone d'embouchure (2), et dans lequel les moyens de contre-capture (9) et les moyens de capture (8) coopèrent de telle sorte qu'un retrait du bouchon de bouteille (1) de la zone d'embouchure (2) à l'encontre de la direction d'emboîtement (AR) ne peut être effectué qu'au moyen d'un mouvement de rotation limité du bouchon de bouteille (1) par rapport à la zone d'embouchure (2) d'un angle de rotation d'ouverture, dans lequel les moyens de capture (8) et/ou les moyens de contre-capture (9) présentent une géométrie allongée, dans lequel les moyens de capture sont des saillies de capture,
    caractérisé en ce que les moyens de contre-capture sont des creux de capture qui sont disposés dans une paroi extérieure (17) de la zone d'embouchure (2), dans lequel la paroi extérieure (17) présente un diamètre extérieur, dans lequel les saillies de capture présentent des sommets qui s'écartent le plus de la paroi intérieure (7) dans la direction radiale et qui se trouvent sur un cercle de sommet avec un diamètre intérieur qui est inférieur au diamètre extérieur, dans lequel les creux de capture présentent chacun une première extrémité tournée vers l'ouverture de l'embouchure (6) et une deuxième extrémité opposée à l'ouverture de l'embouchure (6), et dans lequel au moins la première extrémité est réalisée fermée, de sorte que les creux de capture et les saillies de capture s'enclenchent les uns dans les autres par complémentarité de forme et peuvent ainsi maintenir le bouchon de bouteille (1) sur la zone d'embouchure (2).
  3. Bouchon de bouteille ou bouteille selon l'une des revendications précédentes,
    caractérisé en ce que l'angle de rotation d'ouverture est compris entre 5° et 30°, notamment entre 10° et 20°.
  4. Bouchon de bouteille selon l'une des revendications 1 ou 3,
    caractérisé en ce que les moyens de capture (8) sont disposés et espacés à l'intérieur d'une bande périphérique (VUB) de la paroi intérieure (7) de telle sorte que chaque ligne droite imaginaire formant un cylindre et s'étendant sur la paroi intérieure (7) dans la direction d'emboîtement (AR) traverse au moins l'un des moyens de capture (8), de sorte que les moyens de capture (8) et les moyens de contre-capture (9) peuvent s'engager au moins partiellement les uns dans les autres dans n'importe quelle position de rotation du bouchon de bouteille (1) par rapport à la zone d'embouchure (2).
  5. Bouchon de bouteille selon la revendication 4,
    caractérisé en ce que la bande périphérique (VUB) s'étend dans une moitié de la zone latérale (4) opposée à la zone de fermeture (5).
  6. Bouchon de bouteille selon la revendication 4 ou 5,
    caractérisé en ce que la bande périphérique (VUB) présente une largeur (B) égale ou inférieure à 30 % d'une hauteur (H) de la zone latérale (4).
  7. Bouteille selon la revendication 2 ou 3,
    caractérisée en ce que les moyens de contre-capture (9) sont disposés et espacés à l'intérieur d'une bande périphérique (FUB) de la paroi extérieure (17) de telle sorte qu'une ou plusieurs portions de la bande périphérique (FUB) restent libres de moyens de contre-capture (9).
  8. Bouchon de bouteille ou bouteille selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes,
    caractérisé en ce que la géométrie allongée présente un axe longitudinal (10) rectiligne.
  9. Bouchon de bouteille ou bouteille selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes,
    caractérisé en ce que les cavités de capture (8) présentent chacune, au niveau de leur deuxième extrémité (12) ou de leur première extrémité, une paroi latérale d'extrémité de cavité (18) qui s'étend, au moins par sections, avec une inclinaison constante ou variable par rapport à la paroi intérieure (7) ou à la paroi extérieure (17), de manière à pouvoir glisser le long d'une paroi latérale d'extrémité de saillie (23) géométriquement correspondante des saillies de capture (9), dans lequel l'effet de coin ainsi obtenu facilite un élargissement temporaire, au moins partiel, de la paroi intérieure (7) dans la direction radiale lors du détachement du bouchon de bouteille (1) de la zone d'embouchure (2).
  10. Bouchon de bouteille selon l'une quelconque des revendications 1, 3 à 6, 8 ou 9,
    caractérisé en ce que
    la zone latérale (4) comporte, à son extrémité opposée à la zone de fermeture (5), une bague d'arrachement (13) comportant des éléments d'encliquetage (14) en saillie destinés à immobiliser la bague d'arrachement (13) sur la zone d'embouchure (2), et qui sont en outre conçus de manière à, lors du premier emboîtement du bouchon de bouteille (1) sur la zone d'embouchure (2), être pris dans des espaces intermédiaires (15) entre les saillies de capture (9) et provoquent une rotation du bouchon de bouteille (1) par rapport à la zone d'embouchure (2) de telle sorte que les creux de capture (8) sont alignés avec les saillies de capture (9) dans la direction d'emboîtement (AR) avant que les creux de capture (8) et les saillies de capture (9) ne viennent en prise les uns avec les autres.
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