EP3752431A1 - Fermeture à bouchon de bonde pourvue d'un ensemble soupape pour contenants à bonde - Google Patents

Fermeture à bouchon de bonde pourvue d'un ensemble soupape pour contenants à bonde

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EP3752431A1
EP3752431A1 EP19700370.0A EP19700370A EP3752431A1 EP 3752431 A1 EP3752431 A1 EP 3752431A1 EP 19700370 A EP19700370 A EP 19700370A EP 3752431 A1 EP3752431 A1 EP 3752431A1
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bung
plug
valve cover
valve
cover
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EP3752431B1 (fr
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Bernd Klatt
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Schuetz GmbH and Co KGaA
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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
    • B65D39/00—Closures arranged within necks or pouring openings or in discharge apertures, e.g. stoppers
    • B65D39/08—Threaded or like closure members secured by rotation; Bushes therefor
    • B65D39/082—Bung-rings and bungs for bung-holes
    • B65D39/086—Separated bung-rings made by several elements
    • 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
    • B65D39/00—Closures arranged within necks or pouring openings or in discharge apertures, e.g. stoppers
    • B65D39/08—Threaded or like closure members secured by rotation; Bushes therefor
    • 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
    • B65D51/16—Closures not otherwise provided for with means for venting air or gas
    • B65D51/1633—Closures not otherwise provided for with means for venting air or gas whereby venting occurs by automatic opening of the closure, container or other element
    • B65D51/1644—Closures not otherwise provided for with means for venting air or gas whereby venting occurs by automatic opening of the closure, container or other element the element being a valve
    • 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
    • B65D2205/00—Venting means

Definitions

  • the present invention relates to a bung plug closure for
  • Bung stoppers of the type mentioned above are used for the closure of liquid containers, which can be designed in particular as barrels or inner containers for intermediate bulk containers (IBC).
  • IBC intermediate bulk containers
  • bung stoppers are provided depending on the nature of the liquid received in the container with a bung formed valve means disposed in the bottom of the plug well and having a valve disposed in a bottom opening of the valve body, the Druckaus equal to a flow through the valve allows.
  • the known valve devices regularly have a formelasti's valve body, which is inserted into a fens formed in the bottom recess of the bungstop valve opening.
  • the valve device is provided with a Ven tilabdeckung that is designed as a welded to the bung stopper plastic grid.
  • the present invention is therefore based on the object to provide a bung stopper that allows the provision of a provided with a Ventilabde ckung valve device with relatively clotting gem manufacturing cost.
  • the bung plug closure has the features of claim 1.
  • the valve cover is formed as an elastically deformierba re disc having a diameter d which is smaller than a diameter D of the receiving space, wherein the connection between the valve cover and the bung plug is formed such that the valve cover with a counter-locking elements radially outwardly projecting peripheral edge between the locking projection of the engagement body and a trough edge of the bottom recess is received.
  • valve cover By arranging the valve cover between the latching projection of the engagement body and the trough edge of the base recess, the relative arrangement of the valve cover with respect to the valve device is secured solely by the already required connection between the sealing cap and the bung plug, without the connection between the two aforementioned Components of the bung plug closure are required.
  • valve cover which has a diameter of at least slightly reduced by the diameter of the receiving space, introduced until it rests against the counter-locking elements and finally te under elastic deformation on the Gegenrastelemen te further towards the bottom recess in the bung plug until it reaches the valve device covering position leads are.
  • connection between see the valve cover and the bung stopper as a clamp connection is formed, such that the valve cover between the Rastvor crack of the latched in the stopper recess received Eingriffskör pers of the sealing cap and the trough edge is received axially clamped, the defined relative arrangement of the valve cover against the valve device itself by transport and handling of the container can not be affected.
  • the key approaches in the interstices by insects are interconnected, such that radially inwardly directed front surfaces of insects together with adjacent to the trough edge lower surface portions of the nen lake in the key approaches form the trough edge radially bounding enclosure.
  • the peripheral edge of the valve cover is received over its entire circumference in the bung stopper, so that in addition to the protective effect additionally excluded protection against contamination of the valve device by a radial dust entry who can.
  • the counter-locking elements are arranged in the region of Eisenhoff me on the front surfaces of the Eisenraumpartei, so that during assembly of the valve cover by axially inserting the valve tilabdeckung in the plug well a handling tool for automa tized equipping the bung plug with the valve cover without the risk of collision the key approaches immediately adjacent the counter-latching elements on the valve cover can be used. It proves to be particularly advantageous if the inner surfaces of the key lugs and the front surfaces of the Eisenraumpasteeste when inserting the valve cover into the plug well a fauxhang ing guide surface, such that the inner surfaces and the front surfaces guide surfaces for radially guiding the peripheral edge of the valve cover to the Form the valve cover against the edge of the bowl. If the valve cover is formed as a cover plate with a closed up to a ventilation opening for forming the ventilation device NEN surface, the effect of the cover as pollution protection for the valve device without affecting a still be improved.
  • valve cover is designed as a cover with a closed surface and formed on an underside of the cover or on the edge of the bung plug distancing device for forming the ventilation device as Belüf- tung gap.
  • Fig. 1 a arranged on a bung of a container
  • Fig. 2 shows the bung stopper shown in Figure 1 in Einzeldarstel ment with a arranged in a trough bottom of the bung valve device, which is provided with a Ventilabde ckung.
  • Fig. 3 the bung stopper shown in Fig. 2 in isometric
  • FIG. 1 shows a bung plug closure with a sealing cap 1 1 arranged on a bung stopper 10.
  • the bung stopper 10 is seen ver with an external thread 12 for screwing into a bung 24.
  • the bung stopper 10 has a stopper recess 13 with key lugs 15 formed on an inner wall 14 of the stopper trough 13 and separated from each other by spaces 16.
  • the interstices 16 are limited in the circumferential direction of the bung plug 10 by Mitauer lake 17, which are used to bear radial entrainment of an inserted into the plug recess 13, not shown here Spundstopfen knowls to 10 for screwing or unscrewing the bung plug 10 a screw torque on the bung stopper 10 transfer.
  • the key projections 15 also define, with concave inner surfaces 18, a receiving space 19 formed inside the plug recess 13 for receiving an engaging body 20 disposed on the sealing cap 11, which is provided with an annular locking projection 21 at its lower end.
  • the bung stopper 10 counter-latching elements 32.
  • the counter-locking elements 32 are above an annular Einfas solution 35 which is outside of the key approaches 15 voneinan the separating spaces 16 through lower portions 36 of the inner surfaces 1 8 of the key approaches 15 is formed, the inner surfaces 18 are preferably made concave.
  • the enclosure 35 therefore has both the portions 36 of the inner surfaces 1 8 and further Abschnit te in the region of the interstices 16 which are formed by front surfaces 38 formed in the spaces 34 Eisenraumpodesten 39 ge.
  • the skirt 35 is designed as a continuous cylinder surface with a constant radius of curvature r relative to a central axis M of the plug 3 1.
  • the annular skirt 35 is bounded in the region of the intermediate spaces 16 upwards by the radially inwardly extending counter-latching elements 32.
  • valve device 49 is arranged with a valve body 50 which is set in a bottom recess 46 formed in the valve opening 5 1 is.
  • the valve body 5 1 is formed as an elastic, approximately mushroom-shaped molded body formed with a stem-shaped fastening part 52 and a subsequently formed valve cover 53.
  • valve cover 53 seals against a annular bead formed on the underside of the bottom surface 46 valve seat 54 from such, that at a above the bottom 44 against a container internal pressure to overpressure the valve opens and over the circumference of the fastening part 52 formed valve passages 54 and formed between the Ven tildeckel 53 and the valve seat 54 due to the upcoming overpressure, not shown here valve gap a Fluidver connection between the container interior and the environment is made.
  • the valve device 49 is provided with a disc-shaped valve cover 55, which is formed of egg nem form-elastic plastic, such as PE, and a peripheral edge 56 which projects beyond the counter-locking elements 32 radially outwardly and in the axial direction between the Yurastele - Menten 32 and the trough edge 43 is added.
  • the valve cover 55 is positioned by the enclosure 35, which, as already stated above, is formed by the front surfaces 38 of the intermediate room bottoms 39 and lower surface areas 36 of the inner surfaces 18 of the key projections 15.
  • valve cover 55 As can be understood in particular with reference to the illustration in Fig. 3, he follows the assembly, ie the axial insertion of the valve cover 55 into the plug well 13 to rest against the trough edge 43, such that the inner surfaces 18 of the key approaches 15 and the front surfaces 38 of the Eisenraumpodeste 39th in the plug recess 13 form a together hanging guide surface, such that the peripheral edge 56 of the diameter d at least slightly reduced by the diameter D of the formed in the plug recess 13 receiving space 19 valve cover 55 (FIG. 2) first to the axial contact with the Counter-locking elements 32 out, then elastically deformed to overcome the counter-locking elements 32 and after overcoming the counter-locking elements 32 in the in Figs. 2and 3 shown position on the ground 44 passes.
  • the valve cover 55 fulfills its function as a dust cover, to prevent a possibly the valve function impairing Schmutzabla delay on the valve body 50.
  • the sealing cap 1 1 is inserted with its engagement body 20 in the plug recess 13 such that the formed at the bottom of the engagement body 20, here annular configured latching projection 21 behind the Gegenrastelemen th 32 is locked
  • the connection between the valve cover 55 and the bung stopper 10 is designed as a clamping connection. Det, such that the valve cover 55 now jump between the Rastvor 21 of the latched in the plug recess 13 recorded a handle body 20 and the trough edge 43 is received axially clamped.
  • valve cover 55 which is formed as a cover plate with a closed except for a ventilation opening 58 surface 59, about a valve cover 60 can be easily seen, the has a completely closed surface 61.
  • the valve cover 60 rests with its underside 62 on spacer bodies 63, which form a ventilation gap 64 between a peripheral edge 65 of the valve cover 60 and the trough edge 43 on the trough edge 43 are.

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  • Mechanical Engineering (AREA)
  • Closures For Containers (AREA)
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Abstract

L'invention concerne une fermeture à bouchon de bonde pour des contenants à bonde, la fermeture comprenant un bouchon de bonde (10) pour un manchon (24) de bonde et un capuchon de scellement (11) destiné à fermer une cavité de bouchon formée dans le bouchon de bonde (10). Ladite cavité présente un espace de logement (19) destiné à loger un corps d'encastrement (20) qui est formé sur le capuchon de scellement (11) et qui est pourvu d'une partie saillante d'encliquetage (21) radiale. Dans un fond de la cavité de bouchon est disposé un ensemble soupape (49) pourvu d'un corps (50) de soupape, qui est disposé dans une ouverture de soupape d'une cavité de fond et qui est pourvu d'un couvercle (55) de soupape relié au bouchon de bonde (10). Le couvercle (55) de soupape est réalisé sous la forme d'un disque déformable élastiquement et, pour sa fixation, est logé entre la partie saillante d'encliquetage (21) du corps d'encastrement (20) et un bord de la cavité de fond.
EP19700370.0A 2018-02-13 2019-01-10 Fermeture à bouchon de bonde pourvue d'un ensemble soupape pour contenants à bonde Active EP3752431B1 (fr)

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DE102018103137.8A DE102018103137B3 (de) 2018-02-13 2018-02-13 Spundstopfenverschluss für Spundbehälter
PCT/EP2019/050521 WO2019158283A1 (fr) 2018-02-13 2019-01-10 Fermeture à bouchon de bonde pourvue d'un ensemble soupape pour contenants à bonde

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EP3752431A1 true EP3752431A1 (fr) 2020-12-23
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US (1) US11352174B2 (fr)
EP (1) EP3752431B1 (fr)
JP (1) JP6990779B2 (fr)
KR (1) KR102466285B1 (fr)
CN (1) CN111712439B (fr)
AR (1) AR114108A1 (fr)
AU (1) AU2019221337B2 (fr)
CA (1) CA3090603C (fr)
CL (1) CL2020001921A1 (fr)
CO (1) CO2020008734A2 (fr)
DE (1) DE102018103137B3 (fr)
DK (1) DK3752431T3 (fr)
ES (1) ES2914817T3 (fr)
HU (1) HUE059404T2 (fr)
IL (1) IL276391B (fr)
MA (1) MA51816B1 (fr)
MX (1) MX2020007593A (fr)
PH (1) PH12020551247A1 (fr)
PL (1) PL3752431T3 (fr)
RU (1) RU2750930C1 (fr)
SA (1) SA520412626B1 (fr)
SG (1) SG11202007229XA (fr)
TW (1) TWI719404B (fr)
UA (1) UA126604C2 (fr)
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MA51816B1 (fr) 2022-05-31
SA520412626B1 (ar) 2022-11-10
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AU2019221337B2 (en) 2021-05-06
DE102018103137B3 (de) 2018-11-08
IL276391A (en) 2020-09-30
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US11352174B2 (en) 2022-06-07
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KR20200099589A (ko) 2020-08-24
JP6990779B2 (ja) 2022-01-12
AR114108A1 (es) 2020-07-22
KR102466285B1 (ko) 2022-11-10
ZA202004871B (en) 2022-06-29
PL3752431T3 (pl) 2023-01-02
DK3752431T3 (da) 2022-05-23
AU2019221337A1 (en) 2020-07-30
UA126604C2 (uk) 2022-11-02
CN111712439B (zh) 2022-04-05
CA3090603C (fr) 2022-11-29
CO2020008734A2 (es) 2020-10-30
CL2020001921A1 (es) 2020-10-09
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