EP3766797A1 - Verschluss für behälter mit leichtem öffnen und zurückhalten der kappe nach dem öffnen - Google Patents

Verschluss für behälter mit leichtem öffnen und zurückhalten der kappe nach dem öffnen Download PDF

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EP3766797A1
EP3766797A1 EP20184188.9A EP20184188A EP3766797A1 EP 3766797 A1 EP3766797 A1 EP 3766797A1 EP 20184188 A EP20184188 A EP 20184188A EP 3766797 A1 EP3766797 A1 EP 3766797A1
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Silvia Ferrari
Guglielmo Ferrari
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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
    • B65D41/34—Threaded or like caps or cap-like covers provided with tamper elements formed in, or attached to, the closure skirt
    • B65D41/3423—Threaded or like caps or cap-like covers provided with tamper elements formed in, or attached to, the closure skirt with flexible tabs, or elements rotated from a non-engaging to an engaging position, formed on the tamper element or in the closure skirt
    • 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
    • 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 cap for easy-to-open containers and retention of the cover, once opened.
  • caps For the closure of containers of liquids, caps can generally be provided of which at least a part is unscrewed from the mouth and caps that provide that their cover can be removed for opening and/or brought to close the mouth through a simple rotation around a hinge forming part of the cap.
  • caps of which at least a part is unscrewed from the mouth provide a cover connected to a ring which are arranged in a single piece on the screw mouth of the container.
  • the cover In order to have access to and use the liquid placed inside the container, the cover must be removed by unscrewing it from the screw mouth of the container.
  • the cover and the ring are held together by frangible bridges and the cover provides, in its interior, a threading complementary to that of the mouth.
  • the main drawback is that once the cover is separated it can become dispersed in the environment and this violates the anti-pollution laws of plastic materials. Furthermore, if the cover is to be repositioned on the mouth of the container, extreme care must be taken not to drop it or bring it however into contact with materials or products that represent a source of pollution of the liquid contained in the container.
  • caps which provide that their cover can be removed during opening and/or closure of the mouth of the container by simple rotation around a hinge forming part of the cap, must provide a hinge between the cover and fixing ring to the container.
  • This hinge is arranged at the height of the container opening, i.e. at the level of a pouring area if present, which is at the maximum upper height of access to the container.
  • This close arrangement between cover, hinge and outlet opening of the liquid limits the space of access to the mouth of the container, when drinking, to a minimum.
  • a small hinge is in fact provided between the cover and the ring, which, also in an open position between the parts, keeps them very close to each other, impeding access by a user who wishes to drink.
  • the cover can even come into contact with the user's mouth or with the chin or face in general. All of this causes a significant obstacle for the use of this type of container.
  • the general objective of the present invention is to provide a cap for containers capable of solving the above-mentioned drawbacks of the known art in an extremely simple, economic and particularly functional way.
  • a further objective of the present invention is to provide a cap for containers of the screw-coupling type with the container which allows it to be opened and allows easy access to the mouth of the container, once the cover has been removed from it, without however being completely separated by an attachment ring to the container.
  • a further objective of the present invention is to provide a cap for containers, which is particularly compact in a sealed and closed position and with a cover that does not hinder access to the mouth of the container once removed from the same, without being totally separated from it.
  • Another objective of the present invention is to provide a cap for containers which can be produced by moulding plastic material.
  • an embodiment is shown, of an easy-to-open cap for containers, with retention of the cover, once opened, produced according to the present invention.
  • This kind of cap essentially comprises a base ring 12, to prevent its separation from a container or bottle mouth 13, and a cover 14 for opening and closing the container or bottle mouth 13.
  • this cap 11 can be made in a single piece by moulding plastic material.
  • the cover 14 having an essentially cylindrical inverted-cup shape, has an upper closing wall 15 and a side wall 16 internally equipped with threadings 17 suitable for collaborating with threadings 19 provided externally with respect to the bottle mouth 13.
  • the cover 14 in its lower part, provides an area in which a hinge arrangement 18 is obtained and positioned, which allows a stable, variously articulated connection between the base ring 12 and the cover of the cap 14.
  • the hinge arrangement 18 also generally allows the cover 14 to be brought from its closed position, aligned and integral with the base ring 12 ( figure 1 ) to an open position rotated with respect to the base ring 12 ( figure 7 ) in the first embodiment of figures 1-7 . Further on, it can also be seen how, according to the invention, the cover 14 can remain stably rotated in this open position thanks to its specific characteristics according to the invention.
  • the base ring 12 is also essentially cylindrical in shape and is produced in various parts.
  • a first part 20 of the base ring 12 is arranged at one end of the cap for its complete cylindrical extension and is suitable for being positioned below an annular protrusion 21 formed for externally extending radially with respect to the bottle mouth 13.
  • this first part 20 of the base ring 12 provides an annular engagement lip 22 which is directed upwards towards the cover 14 and is abutted below the annular protrusion 21. This provision is such as to prevent the cap from slipping off the bottle mouth 13, once the cap 11 is engaged on it.
  • a second part 23 of the base ring 12 is separated by a circumferential notch 24 from the cover of the cap 14 and ends of string extensions 26 are connected to it, which are described hereunder.
  • This circumferential notch 24 extends along the whole external surface of the cap except for the area in which there is the hinge arrangement 18.
  • Opposite ends 25 of an area of the cover 14 in which the hinge arrangement 18 is formed, are in fact connected to the second part 23 of the base ring 12 by a respective string extension 26.
  • the base ring 12 comprises a first part 20, which is arranged at one end of the cap for its complete cylindrical extension suitable for being firmly abutted on a mouth of a container, and a second part 23 separated by said circumferential notch 24 from the cover 14 of the cap to which the ends of the string extensions 26 are connected.
  • the second part 23 of the base ring 12 extends only for a part of the cylindrical extension of the cap integral with the first part 20, whereas the missing part can be said to be composed of the two string extensions 26 and by a connection rod 28 which will be discussed further on.
  • a second notch 33 is defined between the two string extensions 26 and the connection rod 28 of the second part of the base ring 12 on one side and the first part 20 of the base ring 12 on the other side.
  • Figure 7 shows how the hinge arrangement 18 allows the cover 14 to be rotated by 180° and beyond with respect to the closed position, once the cover 14 has been completely unscrewed from the bottle mouth 13. In this way, a stable opening position is obtained so that the cover 14 does not disturb a user who wishes to have access to the contents of the container, for example by bringing the mouth of the container or bottle 13 to his mouth.
  • the various figures clearly show how the hinge arrangement 18 provides a pair of bridges 27, which are foldable and which form the stable connection between the cover 14 and said connection rod 28.
  • connection rod 28 is in turn connected at its ends to the ends 25 of each of the string extensions 26 which extend from the second part 23 of the base ring 12.
  • This feature of the hinge arrangement 18 causes the cover 14 in the first embodiment to be arranged in a complete and stable opening position, as shown in figure 7 .
  • This positioning occurs, once the cover 14 has been completely unscrewed from the bottle mouth 13, when the cover 14 is rotated with respect to the base ring 12 around the hinge arrangement 18 and the tooth 29 is stably snap-engaged, for example, in the hole or housing 30 formed above the connection rod 28 providing stable positioning means of the cover 14 open and rotated by at least 180° with respect to the base ring 12.
  • Figures 1 and 2 show the cap of the first embodiment of the present invention when it has never been used and is arranged on an opening of a container closing the same.
  • the cap of the invention must also indicate like all caps of this type that the contents of the container are the original contents filled by the packer of the same.
  • Frangible bridges 31 can therefore be seen, arranged inside the circumferential notch 24 of the cap between the cover 14 and the second part 23 of the base ring 12.
  • a further frangible bridge 32 is also arranged between the connection rod 28 of the pair of string extensions 26 and the first part 20 of the base ring 12 which keeps the hinge arrangement 18 in its initial position of figures 3 and 4 .
  • Said frangible bridges 31 and 32 break when the cover 14 is unscrewed from the bottle mouth 13 to open the cap and have access to the contents of the container.
  • FIGS. 8 to 13 show a second embodiment of a cap according to the invention in which the same elements are indicated with the same reference numbers.
  • a tooth 36 is formed above the cover 14 in correspondence with its edge adjacent to the upper closing wall 15 in a recess 35, protruding upwards from the cover according to an axis parallel to that of the cap.
  • Figures 8 , 10 and 11 show the cap of the second embodiment of the present invention when it has never been used and is arranged on an opening of a container closing the same.
  • the hinge arrangement 18 and the string extensions 26 allow the cover 14 of the second embodiment to be brought, by unscrewing from the mouth, to a position of complete and stable opening, as shown in figures 12 and 13 .
  • the cover 14 can be rotated with respect to the base ring 12 around the hinge arrangement 18. This rotation causes the tooth 36 protruding upwards from the cover 14 to be inserted in a V-shaped seat 37, formed in the first part 20 of the base ring 12 and facing upwards, blocking the cover 14 in this position ( figures 12 and 13 ).
  • a cap for a container of the screw-coupling type with the container of the present invention allows its ample opening and allows easy access to the mouth of the container on which it is positioned.
  • the cap for containers is particularly compact in a sealed and closed position and with a cover that never hinders access to the mouth of the container, once removed from the same, without being totally separated from it.
  • this type of cap is extremely simple and convenient to produce as it can be produced by moulding plastic material in a single piece.

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EP3909884A1 (de) * 2020-05-12 2021-11-17 AFFABA & FERRARI S.r.l. Kompakte kappe und kappe und behälteranordnung
US20230278765A1 (en) * 2021-05-24 2023-09-07 Betapack, S.A.U. Stopper Device Intended to be Attached to the Neck of a Container

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WO2014200165A1 (ko) * 2013-06-09 2014-12-18 함익진 포장용기 마개

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US20120024815A1 (en) * 2007-10-10 2012-02-02 Si Joong Kwon Container with anti-loss and anti-idle-rotation cap
KR100880006B1 (ko) * 2007-12-07 2009-01-22 (주)베스트이지캡 마개가 버팀지지되는 용기
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EP3909884A1 (de) * 2020-05-12 2021-11-17 AFFABA & FERRARI S.r.l. Kompakte kappe und kappe und behälteranordnung
US20230278765A1 (en) * 2021-05-24 2023-09-07 Betapack, S.A.U. Stopper Device Intended to be Attached to the Neck of a Container

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