EP3741703A1 - Schraubverschluss, der nach seiner öffnung am behälter fixiert bleibt - Google Patents

Schraubverschluss, der nach seiner öffnung am behälter fixiert bleibt Download PDF

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EP3741703A1
EP3741703A1 EP20174759.9A EP20174759A EP3741703A1 EP 3741703 A1 EP3741703 A1 EP 3741703A1 EP 20174759 A EP20174759 A EP 20174759A EP 3741703 A1 EP3741703 A1 EP 3741703A1
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cylindrical wall
tongue
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Mathias MÉLAN-MOUTET
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Societe Lorraine de Capsules Metalliques Manufacture de Bouchage SOLOCAP MAB SAS
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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
    • B65D55/00—Accessories for container closures not otherwise provided for
    • B65D55/16—Devices preventing loss of removable closure members
    • 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
    • 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
    • B65D2251/10—Details of hinged closures
    • B65D2251/1008—Means for locking the closure in open position
    • 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
    • B65D2401/00—Tamper-indicating means
    • B65D2401/15—Tearable part of the closure
    • B65D2401/30—Tamper-ring remaining connected to closure after initial removal

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  • the present invention relates to a screw cap intended to be mounted by screwing to close (or seal) the neck of a container and to remain attached to the container after opening the neck.
  • a friction stopper intended to be attached to its container after opening the neck of the container is already known. These friction plugs are intended to close a container while remaining linked to the neck of the container by the effect of friction (or friction) or by clipping between the stopper and the neck of the container.
  • this friction cap does not have the advantages of a screw cap which allows the neck of a container to be closed securely.
  • bottling lines that are configured to mount screw caps on their containers require sometimes complex and costly adaptation to adapt the bottling line to these friction caps.
  • the document JP 2014 031202 describes a screw cap intended to remain attached to a container after opening the container.
  • the object of the present invention is to overcome these drawbacks by providing a screw cap intended to remain attached to the container which does not require adaptation of the assembly lines.
  • the invention relates to a screw cap intended to remain attached to a container after opening the container.
  • a portion of the cylindrical wall forms a first tab extending between a first end and a second end parallel to the longitudinal axis, the first end being connected to the cylindrical wall by a first hinge, the second end being connected to the safety ring by means of a connecting element, the connecting element being arranged to allow the displacement of the cylindrical wall along the longitudinal axis during unscrewing of the cylindrical wall.
  • the screw cap remains attached to its container after opening the container.
  • the connecting element allows the translation of the cylindrical wall during unscrewing and the first tab allows the cylindrical wall to be articulated to the container. Furthermore, thanks to this cap, it is not necessary to carry out major modifications to the bottling lines intended to mount screw caps which do not remain attached to their container.
  • first tab has longitudinal edges parallel to the longitudinal axis, each of the longitudinal edges being respectively connected to the cylindrical wall by a tear line, each tear line being arranged to tear after the first unscrewing of the cylindrical wall and a first opening of the container neck.
  • the connecting element comprises two arms, each of the arms having a first end and a second end, the arms being joined to each other by the first end and separating symmetrically on either side. from the first tab to the second end, the second end being connected to the safety ring.
  • the connecting element further comprising a second hinge connecting the second end of the first tongue to the arms.
  • the second end of the cylindrical wall comprises an edge portion having a first notch, the arms being housed in the first notch by completing the edge of the second end of the cylindrical wall at the level of the first notch, in that the fracturable connection connects the safety ring, on the one hand, to the second end of the cylindrical wall and, on the other hand, to the arms, the second end of each of the arms having a portion deviating from the first notch for connect the safety ring.
  • each tear-off line also connects each of the arms to the cylindrical wall.
  • the safety ring comprises at least one support element arranged so that the safety ring facing the arms can rest against the arms during a force passage of the safety ring on the retaining element to mount the cap on the container.
  • the cap further comprises a second tongue extending the first tongue and arranged in the same plane as the first tongue, the second tongue being separated from the first tongue by the connecting element, the safety ring having a cutout adapted to accommodate the second tab, the second tab being adapted to prevent rotation of the stopper about the longitudinal axis when the cylindrical wall is in the open position, the rotation of the stopper around the longitudinal axis being prevented by the support of the second tongue caused by the tilting of the plane comprising the first tongue and the second tongue around the connecting element when the cylindrical wall is brought into the open position.
  • the stopper comprises a third tab extending the first tab and arranged substantially in the same common plane as the first tab, the safety ring having a cutout adapted to accommodate the third tab, the third tab comprising at least a stopper projecting from the third tab outwardly of the cylindrical wall, the stopper (s) being arranged to rest against a shoulder arranged on the container after a tilting of the common plane when the cylindrical wall is brought into a configuration of locking of the stopper, the two arms of the connecting element being configured to bring the common plane towards the safety ring after tilting until the stop (s) rest against the shoulder, the corresponding locking configuration to a configuration of the open position of the cylindrical wall in which the circular wall is prevented from reentering the po closed sition.
  • the stop or stops have an elongated shape having a first part and a second part, the first part being configured to be in abutment against the shoulder when the cylindrical wall is in the blocking configuration, the second part having a shape facilitating a passage towards the blocking configuration when the cylindrical wall is in the open position.
  • the stopper comprises a cylindrical internal sealing skirt carried by the bottom and configured to penetrate into the neck of the container when the cylindrical wall is screwed towards the closed position.
  • cylindrical skirt comprises a free edge having a second indentation facing the first tongue.
  • the cylindrical wall has an external surface comprising gripping reliefs.
  • the safety ring comprises an external circular part and an internal circular part, the external circular part extending from the cylindrical wall, the internal circular part being turned over with respect to the external circular part inside the safety ring. safety, the safety ring being intended to be retained at the neck by the cooperation of the internal circular part with the retaining element.
  • the figure 1 shows a view of a first embodiment of the screw cap 1 intended to remain attached to a container 2, in particular a bottle, after opening of the container 2.
  • the figure 9 shows a view of a second embodiment of the screw cap 1 intended to remain attached to a container 2.
  • the cap 1 is made of plastic material by injection molding technology.
  • the plastic material can be high density polyethylene (HDPE) or polypropylene (PP).
  • the stopper 1 comprises a cylindrical wall 3 having a longitudinal axis 4.
  • the cylindrical wall 3 has the shape of a cylinder of revolution.
  • the longitudinal axis 4 coincides with the cylinder axis.
  • the cylindrical wall 3 has one end 5 closed by a bottom 6 and one end 7 open.
  • the cylindrical wall 3 has an internal surface 8 comprising a thread 9 arranged to cooperate with a thread 10 arranged on a neck 11 of the container 2 ( figures 4 , 7 , 11 and 12 ).
  • the cylindrical wall 3 is configured to lie alternately in a closed position ( figures 7 and 11 ) in which the cylindrical wall 3 is screwed onto the neck 11 and an open position ( figures 8 and 12 ) in which the cylindrical wall 3 is unscrewed from the neck 11 and the neck 11 is open.
  • the stopper 1 further comprises a safety ring 12 extending the cylindrical wall 3.
  • the safety ring 12 is intended to be retained on the neck 11 by a retaining element 13 arranged on the container 2 ( figures 4 and 11 ).
  • the retaining element 13 may be a circular projection or at least a portion of a circular projection arranged on the neck 11 of the container 2.
  • the safety ring 12 is connected to the end 7 of the cylindrical wall 3 by at least one fracturable connection 14.
  • the fracturable connection 14 is arranged to fracture during a first unscrewing of the cylindrical wall 3.
  • a portion of the cylindrical wall 3 forms a tongue 15 which extends between an end 16 and an end 17 parallel to the longitudinal axis 4.
  • the end 16 is connected to the cylindrical wall 3 by a hinge 18.
  • the hinge 18 can correspond to a thinning of the thickness of the cylindrical wall 3 which connects the tongue 15. This thinning of thickness allows the tongue 15 to be able to be articulated to the cylindrical wall 3 at the level of the thinning.
  • the end 17 is connected to the safety ring 12 by means of a connecting element 19.
  • the connecting element 19 is arranged to allow the displacement (in translation) of the cylindrical wall 3 along the axis. longitudinal 4 when unscrewing the cylindrical wall 3.
  • the tongue 15 has longitudinal edges 20 parallel to the longitudinal axis 4. Each of the longitudinal edges 20 can be connected respectively to the cylindrical wall 3 by a tear line 21. Each tear line 21 is arranged to tear after the first unscrewing of the cylindrical wall 3 and a first opening of the neck 11 of the container 2. Thus, each tear-off line 21 may correspond to a precut line which tears when the cylindrical wall 3 is released from the neck 11 of the container 2 and then tilted with respect to the tab 15, after the first unscrewing of the cylindrical wall 3.
  • the connecting element 19 can comprise two arms 22. Each of the arms has an end 23 and an end 24.
  • the arms 22 are joined to each other by the end 23 and are symmetrically separated from each other. either side of the tab 15 towards the end 24.
  • the end 24 is connected to the safety ring 12.
  • Each of the arms are dimensioned to provide flexibility allowing the cylindrical wall 3 to move in translation along the longitudinal axis 4 when unscrewing the cylindrical wall 3 until the cylindrical wall is completely unscrewed.
  • the tongue 15 and the connecting element 19 then retain the cylindrical wall 3 to the safety ring 12 which is retained at the neck 11 of the container 2.
  • the arms are dimensioned to withstand a maximum tensile force sufficient to prevent the tearing of the cylindrical wall 3 of the container.
  • the tensile force can be set based on normal use of the plug.
  • the maximum tensile force can be defined as a function of standards set for opening a cap 1.
  • the arms 22 are dimensioned so that the maximum tensile force is substantially equal to 35 N.
  • the connecting element 19 further comprises a second hinge 25 connecting the end 17 of the tongue 15 to the arms 22 (at the level of the end 23 of each of the arms).
  • the second end 7 of the cylindrical wall 3 may include an edge portion having a notch 26.
  • the arms 22 are housed in the notch 26.
  • the arms 22 complete the edge of the end 7 of the cylindrical wall 3 at the level of the notch 26.
  • the arms 22 thus fill the space left by the notch 26.
  • the notch 26 may have a shape making it possible to facilitate the screwing of the cylindrical wall 3 while avoiding a collision between the thread 9 and the neck 11 of the container 2. For example, the spacing between the edge of the notch 26 and the arm 22 widens progressively from end 24 to end 23.
  • the fracturable connection 14 can connect the safety ring 12 to the end 7 of the cylindrical wall 3.
  • the fracturable connection 14 also connects the safety ring 12 to the arms 22.
  • the end 7 of each of the arms 22 can present a portion 27 moving away from the notch 26 to connect the safety ring 12.
  • each tear-off line 21 also connects each of the arms 22 to the cylindrical wall 3.
  • the tear-off line 21 which connects each of the longitudinal edges 20 to the cylindrical wall 3 extends to connect each of the arms 22 to the cylindrical wall 3.
  • the tear line 21 between each of the arms 22 and the cylindrical wall 3 makes it possible to improve the tightness of the stopper 1 when the cylindrical wall 3 is in the closed position before the first unscrewing of the cylindrical wall 3.
  • the safety ring 12 may comprise at least one support element 28. This or these support elements 28 are arranged so that the safety ring 12 facing the arms 22 can rest against the arms 22 during a force passage of the safety ring 12 on the retaining element 13 to mount the cap 1 on the container 2 on a bottling line.
  • the figures 3 and 6 show four support elements 28 distributed over the safety ring 12 opposite the arms 22.
  • the support element or elements 28 may correspond to a or projections of substantially parallelepipedal shape in one piece with the safety ring 12.
  • the stopper 1 can also include a tongue 29 extending the tongue 15 and arranged substantially in the same plane as the tongue 15.
  • the tongue 29 is separated from the tongue 15 by the connecting element 19.
  • the safety ring 12 has a cutout 30 adapted to accommodate the tongue 29.
  • the tongue 29 is adapted to prevent rotation of the stopper 1 around the longitudinal axis 4 when the cylindrical wall 3 is in the open position.
  • the rotation of the stopper 1 around the longitudinal axis 4 is prevented by the frictional forces caused by the pressing, on the container 2, of the tab 29.
  • the pressing of the tab 29 on the container 2 is a consequence of tilting of the plane comprising the tongue 15 and the tongue 29 around the connecting element 19 when the cylindrical wall 3 is brought into the open position.
  • the stopper 1 also comprises a tongue 29 extending the tongue 15 and arranged substantially in the same common plane as the tongue 15 ( figures 9 and 10 ).
  • the safety ring 12 also has a cutout 30 adapted to accommodate the tongue 29.
  • the tongue 29 comprises at least one stop 34 projecting from the tongue 29 towards the outside of the cylindrical wall 3.
  • the stop or stops 34 are arranged to rest against a shoulder 35 arranged on the container 2 after a tilting of the common plane when the cylindrical wall 3 is brought into a locking configuration of the stopper 1 ( figure 12 ).
  • the blocking configuration shown in figure 12 corresponds to a configuration of the open position of the cylindrical wall 3 in which the circular wall 3 is prevented from returning to the closed position.
  • the two arms 22 of the connecting element 19 being configured to bring the common plane towards the safety ring 12 after tilting until the stop or stops 34 bear against the shoulder 35.
  • the shoulder 35 may correspond at least in part to the retaining element 13 which retains the safety ring 12 to the neck 11 of the container 2.
  • the stop or stops 34 have an elongated or gadroon shape projecting from the tongue 29.
  • the elongated shape has, in a direction going towards the free end of the tongue 29, a part 341 and a part 342 ( figures 11 and 12 ).
  • Part 341 is configured to abut against shoulder 35 when cylindrical wall 3 is in the locking configuration.
  • the part 342 having a shape facilitating a passage to the blocking configuration when the cylindrical wall 3 is in the open position.
  • this or these abutments 34 form a hard point around which the tilting is carried out to pass towards the locking configuration.
  • the part 341 has a straight shape substantially perpendicular to the tongue 29.
  • the straight shape has a first end located on the upper surface of the tongue 29 which is directed towards the outside of the cylindrical wall 3 and a second free end.
  • Part 342 has a rounded shape. The rounded shape joining the upper surface of the tongue 29 and the second free end of the part 341.
  • the passage to the blocking configuration is effected by sliding the shoulder 35 against the part 342.
  • the rounded shape of the part 342 facilitates the sliding. This sliding causes a biasing of the hinge 18 by the approach of the free end of the tongue 29 towards the inside of the stopper 1.
  • the shoulder 35 reaches the second free end of the part 341
  • the free end of the tab 29 moves away from the inside of the stopper 1 thanks to the elasticity of the hinge 18.
  • the two arms 22 then allow the support of the part 341 against the shoulder 35.
  • the elongated shape of the stop or stops 34 has a longitudinal axis forming a non-zero angle with the longitudinal axis 4.
  • the figure 9 shows two stops 34 whose elongated shapes move apart symmetrically as one approaches the hinge 18 at a non-zero angle with respect to the longitudinal axis 4.
  • the stopper 1 can further comprise a cylindrical internal sealing skirt 31 carried by the bottom 6 and configured to penetrate into the neck 11 of the container 2 when screwing the cylindrical wall 3 towards the closed position.
  • the cylindrical skirt 31 has a longitudinal axis or cylinder axis coinciding with the longitudinal axis 4 of the cylindrical wall 3.
  • the bottom 6 of the stopper 1 is arranged so that the free end of the neck 11 abuts against the bottom 6 of the stopper 1 when the cylindrical wall is in the closed position.
  • the part of the bottom 6 which is located in correspondence with the cylindrical skirt 31 is externally raised to increase the external surface of the stopper 1.
  • the cavity delimited by the cylindrical skirt 31 and the cavity generated by the external raising of the base 6 s 'adding to form a single large, smooth-walled cavity.
  • a circular recess is formed between the raised part and the non-raised part of the bottom 6.
  • the free end of the neck 11 of the container abuts against the non-raised part of the bottom 6, when the cylindrical wall is in the closed position. This ensures that the cap 1 is leaktight.
  • the end 16 connecting the tab 15 to the cylindrical wall 3 may be at a height less than or equal to a height located at the level of the bottom 6 of the stopper 1 against which the free end of the neck 11 of the container 2 comes into abutment, when the cylindrical wall 3 is in the closed position.
  • the cylindrical skirt 31 comprises a free edge having a notch 32 facing the tongue 15.
  • This notch 32 makes it possible to facilitate the release of the cylindrical wall 3 from the neck 11 of the container 2 after its unscrewing. It also makes it possible to facilitate the positioning of the cylindrical wall 3 on the neck 11 of the container 2 before the cylindrical wall 3 is screwed on the neck 11.
  • the cylindrical wall 3 may have an external surface comprising gripping reliefs 33.
  • the gripping reliefs correspond to diametral fins regularly distributed over the external surface of the cylindrical wall 3.
  • the safety ring 12 comprises an outer circular part and an inner circular part.
  • the outer circular part comes by extending the cylindrical wall 3.
  • the inner circular part is turned over with respect to the outer circular part inside the safety ring 12.
  • the safety ring 12 is thus intended to be retained at the neck 11. by the cooperation of the internal circular part with the retaining element 13.
  • the cap can be used for any container 2 having a screw neck 11.
  • the stopper 1 can also have a diameter suitable for any neck 11 of a screw container. The diameter of the stopper 1 can therefore be equal to any diameter in order to be able to be used on any diameter of the neck 11 screwed onto a container 2.
  • the stopper 1 can be used for a container 2 which can contain any type of liquid or drink.
  • the container 2 can be a container 2 which can contain a flat liquid, a gaseous liquid, a fruit juice, milk, etc.
  • the different parts of the stopper 1, such as the cylindrical wall 3, the bottom 6, the cylindrical skirt 31, the thread 9 can be sized according to the liquid or the drink intended to be contained in the container 2. For example, these different parts can be more or less thick. Likewise, the thread 9 may have more or less tight and / or more or less thick threads. Likewise, the threads of the thread 9 may have interruptions depending on the liquid or the drink intended to be contained in the container 2.

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FR1905345A FR3096362B1 (fr) 2019-05-21 2019-05-21 Bouchon à vis destiné à rester attaché à un récipient après ouverture du récipient.
FR1912697A FR3096361B1 (fr) 2019-05-21 2019-11-14 Bouchon à vis destiné à rester attaché à un récipient après ouverture du récipient.

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