EP3736227A1 - Système de fermeture pour un conteneur - Google Patents

Système de fermeture pour un conteneur Download PDF

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EP3736227A1
EP3736227A1 EP20173676.6A EP20173676A EP3736227A1 EP 3736227 A1 EP3736227 A1 EP 3736227A1 EP 20173676 A EP20173676 A EP 20173676A EP 3736227 A1 EP3736227 A1 EP 3736227A1
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closing system
metal
cap
casing body
bottle
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Guido Ambrosone
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Cosmotec Srl
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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
    • B65D41/02—Caps or cap-like covers without lines of weakness, tearing strips, tags, or like opening or removal devices
    • B65D41/16—Snap-on caps or cap-like covers
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A45—HAND OR TRAVELLING ARTICLES
    • A45D—HAIRDRESSING OR SHAVING EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT FOR COSMETICS OR COSMETIC TREATMENTS, e.g. FOR MANICURING OR PEDICURING
    • A45D34/00—Containers or accessories specially adapted for handling liquid toiletry or cosmetic substances, e.g. perfumes
    • A45D34/02—Scent flasks, e.g. with evaporator
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A45—HAND OR TRAVELLING ARTICLES
    • A45D—HAIRDRESSING OR SHAVING EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT FOR COSMETICS OR COSMETIC TREATMENTS, e.g. FOR MANICURING OR PEDICURING
    • A45D2200/00—Details not otherwise provided for in A45D
    • A45D2200/05—Details of containers
    • A45D2200/054—Means for supplying liquid to the outlet of the container
    • A45D2200/057—Spray nozzles; Generating atomised liquid

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  • the invention relates to a closing system for a container for a cosmetic product, in particular for a perfume bottle.
  • a closing system for perfume bottle is known whose cap has a metal outer part: the choice of metal as a material for making the outer part of the cap arises from the need to provide users with a perception of an important and high quality luxury product, increasingly neglecting, at least relatively to the niche perfumes, the use of plastics that although painted or surface treated are not able to create in the user the same sensation as metal material.
  • this cap of known type is not completely devoid of parts made of plastics.
  • this cap is provided, inside, with a cladding element made of plastics, the presence of which is necessary for permitting snap locking of the cap on the neck of the perfume bottle.
  • annular protrusion is generally obtained with which a corresponding annular ridge inside the cap has to engage.
  • This annular ridge is obtained on the inner cladding made of plastics as it has to be provided with a certain degree of elasticity necessary to enable the annular ridge to overcome the annular protrusion during the snap coupling operation, by getting positioned therebelow.
  • One object of the present invention is to provide a closing system that is able to solve the limits inherent in prior art systems.
  • one object of the present invention is to provide an improved closing system for perfume bottles, the cap of which is provided with a new mechanism for hooking with the bottle, such as to ensure an effective and reliable mechanical coupling and, and at the same time, such as to make possible the use of only metal material to make the cap itself.
  • a closing system for a container, in particular for a perfume bottle, said closing system comprising a cap suitable for closing a mouth portion of said perfume bottle.
  • the cap is made completely of metal and comprises engaging elastic means for snap coupling with said mouth portion.
  • a closing system 1 for closing a container 2 is shown, in particular for a perfume bottle 2.
  • the closing system 1 comprises a cap 3, made completely of metal, suitable for closing a mouth portion 4 of the bottle 2.
  • a pressure device can be fitted for dispensing a spray, i.e. a little pump that is drivable by the user to spray on herself or himself the perfume.
  • the cap 3 is provided with engaging elastic means 5, which are also made of metal, which are suitable for snap engaging with an annular protrusion 9 provided on the bottle 2.
  • annular protrusion 9 can be obtained directly on the neck of the glass bottle 2, or, as in the example shown in the appended figures, can be part of a ferrule element 10, and constrained on the bottle 2, defining at least in part the mouth portion 4 thereof.
  • FIG 4 an example of configuration of the ferrule element 10 is shown better.
  • the ferrule element 10 abuts below on an upper bounding surface 11 bounding the bottle 2, and has above a curved edge portion 12 inside an annular recess 13 with which it engages and remains firmly constrained.
  • the annular recess 13 is obtained on a static component 14, fixed to the bottle 2, which is part of the little pump device that is not shown.
  • the cap 3 comprises an outer casing body 3A made of metal and an inner cladding body 3B which is also made of metal and is fixed inside said casing body 3A.
  • the outer casing body 3A is made of a metal alloy with a high level of zinc of significant purity, combined with small percentages of aluminium, magnesium and copper.
  • a metal alloy of this kind is commonly known by the commercial name "Zama”.
  • the outer casing body 3A can be made of brass or aluminium, or other metals or suitable metal alloys.
  • the use of the metal material to make the outer casing body 3A gives the closing system 1, in particular the cap 3, a valued and pleasing aesthetic appearance, very appreciated by a user who perceives the product as being provided with high quality.
  • the inner cladding body 3B extends longitudinally inside the cavity of the casing body 3A for a large part of the longitudinal dimension of the cavity itself.
  • the inner cladding body 3B is made of aluminium or aluminium alloy, or another suitable metal material.
  • the inner cladding body 3B can be coupled with the outer casing body 3A by joint, or by mechanical interference or by gluing.
  • the assembly defined by the outer casing body 3A and by the inner cladding body 3B is thus completely made of metal.
  • the casing body 3A and the inner cladding body 3B define together a housing seat 6 for the aforesaid engaging elastic means 5.
  • the cap 3 can consist of only the casing body 3A.
  • the cap 3 can be devoid of the cladding body 3B, and the inside of the casing body 3A can be for example painted.
  • the housing seat 6, obtained for example by removing in the thickness of the casing body 3A, will be shaped with a suitable geometry that is suitable for housing the engaging elastic means 5.
  • the engaging elastic means comprises a metal elastic ring 5, configured to expand elastically radially when it interacts in contact with the aforesaid annular retaining protrusion 9 provided on the mouth portion 4 of the bottle 2.
  • the metal elastic ring 5 made of iron or another suitable metallic material, has a zone of discontinuity 7 that enables the metal elastic ring 5 to expand elastically in a radial direction.
  • the engaging elastic ring 5, in the rest condition, has a lesser inner diameter than the outer diameter of the annular protrusion 9.
  • the zone of discontinuity 7 enables the engaging elastic ring 5 to expand temporarily to advance beyond the annular protrusion 9 and be positioned below the latter.
  • the annular protrusion 9 thus secures the engaging elastic ring 5 in the engagement position, and thus the cap 3 is firmly coupled with the bottle 2. Exerting appropriate tensile force on the cap 3 to remove it from the bottle 2 means that the engaging elastic ring 5 expands again to pass beyond the annular protrusion 9. At this point, the cap 3 is easily separable from the mouth portion 4.
  • the housing seat 6 is shaped as an annular groove obtained in the casing body 3A and is bounded above partially by the inner cladding body 3B.
  • the inner cladding body 3B of cylindrical shape, extends, in the casing body 3A for a lesser length than the longitudinal extent of the cavity of the casing body 3A itself.
  • the lower end of the inner cladding body 3B ends at the annular groove obtained in the casing body 3A and concurs therewith to define the housing seat 6 for the elastic ring 5.
  • the outer diameter of the annular housing seat 6 is sized to enable the metal elastic ring 5 to expand radially during snap coupling of the cap 3 with the bottle 2.
  • the cap 3 comprises an annular, also metal, retaining element 8, fixed to a base portion of the casing body 3A and which is shaped to retain in the housing seat 6 the engaging elastic ring 5.
  • the annular element 8 has a lesser inner diameter than the outer diameter of the elastic ring 5, and this ensures the correct operation of retaining the latter in the seat 6 thereof.
  • the annular element 8 is housed in a respective seat 15 of circumferal shape, or another shape, which extends below the seat 6 of the elastic ring 5.
  • the circumferal seat 15 has a maximum diameter that is greater than the seat 6.
  • the cap 3 consists of the following parts:
  • the cap 3 In order to close the bottle 2, the cap 3 is put on the mouth portion 4, and pressed thereupon.
  • the passage from the position above the annular protrusion 9 to the position below it is rapid and of snap type and this hooking operation provides the user with pleasing tactile feedback, which assures the user that the bottle 2 has been closed correctly.
  • the user In order to open the bottle 2, the user has to exert appropriate tensile force on the cap 3 that is sufficient to force the engaging elastic ring 5 to expand again to pass above the annular protrusion 9. At this point, the cap 3 is easily removable from the mouth portion 4.
  • an improved closing system 1 is provided, the cap 3 of which is provided with a new spring mechanism for hooking with the bottle 2.
  • the hooking mechanism with metal elastic element 5 ensures an effective mechanical coupling that is more reliable and precise over time. At the same time, this solution makes it possible to use only metal material to make the entire cap 3, thus fully meeting current market needs.
  • the ferrule element 10 can be made of aluminium by drawing or can be made of Zama and be constrained by interference or other coupling systems to the bottle 2.
  • the ferrule element 10 can also be made of plastics by injection.

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FR3117317A1 (fr) * 2020-12-15 2022-06-17 Axilone Metal Sa Élément et ensemble de fermeture pour contenant pour produit cosmetique

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GB666293A (en) * 1949-05-27 1952-02-06 Paton Co Ltd Calvert Improvements in or relating to canisters
GB2244479A (en) * 1988-12-09 1991-12-04 Glud & Marstrand As A container with a lid
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US2415609A (en) * 1944-12-15 1947-02-11 Bell Products Corp Container
GB666293A (en) * 1949-05-27 1952-02-06 Paton Co Ltd Calvert Improvements in or relating to canisters
GB2244479A (en) * 1988-12-09 1991-12-04 Glud & Marstrand As A container with a lid
US20150246758A1 (en) * 2012-10-05 2015-09-03 Qualipac Method for assembling a packaging device

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FR3117317A1 (fr) * 2020-12-15 2022-06-17 Axilone Metal Sa Élément et ensemble de fermeture pour contenant pour produit cosmetique
EP4014786A1 (fr) * 2020-12-15 2022-06-22 Axilone Metal SA Clip alu
US11834238B2 (en) 2020-12-15 2023-12-05 Axilone Metal Sa Closing element and assembly for a cosmetic product container

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