EP3784591A2 - Dispositif de fermeture - Google Patents

Dispositif de fermeture

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Publication number
EP3784591A2
EP3784591A2 EP19722536.0A EP19722536A EP3784591A2 EP 3784591 A2 EP3784591 A2 EP 3784591A2 EP 19722536 A EP19722536 A EP 19722536A EP 3784591 A2 EP3784591 A2 EP 3784591A2
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Prior art keywords
cap
skirt
base
lid
aerosol
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EP19722536.0A
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German (de)
English (en)
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EP3784591B1 (fr
Inventor
Claude Benoit-Gonin
Antonio Gonzales
Felipe GRINO
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Obrist Closures Switzerland GmbH
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Obrist Closures Switzerland GmbH
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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
    • B65D50/00—Closures with means for discouraging unauthorised opening or removal thereof, with or without indicating means, e.g. child-proof closures
    • B65D50/02—Closures with means for discouraging unauthorised opening or removal thereof, with or without indicating means, e.g. child-proof closures openable or removable by the combination of plural actions
    • B65D50/04—Closures with means for discouraging unauthorised opening or removal thereof, with or without indicating means, e.g. child-proof closures openable or removable by the combination of plural actions requiring the combination of simultaneous actions, e.g. depressing and turning, lifting and turning, maintaining a part and turning another one
    • B65D50/045—Closures with means for discouraging unauthorised opening or removal thereof, with or without indicating means, e.g. child-proof closures openable or removable by the combination of plural actions requiring the combination of simultaneous actions, e.g. depressing and turning, lifting and turning, maintaining a part and turning another one where one action elastically deforms or deflects at least part of the closure, the container or an intermediate element, e.g. a ring
    • B65D50/046—Closures with means for discouraging unauthorised opening or removal thereof, with or without indicating means, e.g. child-proof closures openable or removable by the combination of plural actions requiring the combination of simultaneous actions, e.g. depressing and turning, lifting and turning, maintaining a part and turning another one where one action elastically deforms or deflects at least part of the closure, the container or an intermediate element, e.g. a ring and such deformation causes the disengagement of locking means, e.g. the release of a pawl-like element from a tooth or abutment, to allow removal of the closure by simultaneous rotation
    • 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
    • B65D83/00—Containers or packages with special means for dispensing contents
    • B65D83/14—Containers for dispensing liquid or semi-liquid contents by internal gaseous pressure, i.e. aerosol containers comprising propellant
    • B65D83/16—Actuating means
    • B65D83/20—Actuator caps
    • 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
    • B65D83/00—Containers or packages with special means for dispensing contents
    • B65D83/14—Containers for dispensing liquid or semi-liquid contents by internal gaseous pressure, i.e. aerosol containers comprising propellant
    • B65D83/16—Actuating means
    • B65D83/22—Actuating means with means to disable actuation
    • 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
    • B65D83/00—Containers or packages with special means for dispensing contents
    • B65D83/14—Containers for dispensing liquid or semi-liquid contents by internal gaseous pressure, i.e. aerosol containers comprising propellant
    • B65D83/40—Closure caps
    • 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
    • B65D2251/0003—Two or more closures
    • B65D2251/0006—Upper closure
    • B65D2251/0015—Upper closure of the 41-type
    • 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
    • B65D2251/0003—Two or more closures
    • B65D2251/0068—Lower closure
    • B65D2251/0078—Lower closure of the 41-type

Definitions

  • the present invention relates generally to a closure and particularly, although not exclusively, to a child-resistant aerosol cap.
  • the system is designed to protect children in front of dangerous product dispensed with a standard aerosol bottle.
  • a child-resistant aerosol cap comprising a base which is attachable onto an aerosol container, and a lid which is attachable to the base, the lid includes locking means for releasably locking the lid onto the base.
  • the closure/cap is a two-piece cap.
  • the base and lid may have cooperating screw thread formations (such as single or multi start threads); for example the base may have an external screw thread and the lid may have an internal screw thread.
  • the cap may include a skirt.
  • the skirt may be provided with one or more locking formations such as internal fins, lugs, teeth or the like.
  • the base may be a non-removable base.
  • the base may be provided with one or more abutments for cooperating with the fins, lugs or the like.
  • the skirt must be deformed to move the fins, lugs or the like clear of the abutments.
  • the skirt is generally circular in section and is ovalized to move the fins, lugs or the like clear of the abutments.
  • the base may be provided with two abutments/locking teeth/lugs or the like and/or the lid may be provided with two fins, teeth lugs or the like.
  • the abutments are positioned approximately diametrically opposite to each other and/or the fins, lugs or the like may be positioned approximately diametrically opposite to each other.
  • the cap skirt may be provided with one or more pressing pads for squeezing the skirt.
  • the cap skirt is provided with two pads which are approximately diametrically opposite to each other.
  • the base may be provided with a snap bead for engaging an aerosol container.
  • the base is configured to engage an aerosol valve.
  • the cap is generally dome-shaped. In some embodiments the cap is generally frusto conical with a generally flat top.
  • the base may be provided with means for preventing rotation relative to the aerosol container, for example one or more (radial) ribs may be provided.
  • the lid has an outer side skirt and locking means are provided at or towards a free end of the outer side skirt.
  • the lid may also comprise an inner skirt (which may depend from the interior of the outer skirt, for example part way along, such as approximately half way along), and the inner skirt may carry the screw thread formation.
  • a further aspect provides a child resistant aerosol cap.
  • the cap may be movable between a first, non-actuatable position and a second, actuatable position and in which the cap includes child-resistant locking means for preventing movement from the first to the second position.
  • the cap may comprise an actuator, and in some embodiments in the first position the actuator cannot be actuated and in the second position the actuator can be actuated.
  • the actuator may move (for example by pivoting and/or rotating and/or lifting) as the cap is moved between the first and second positions.
  • the actuator is at least partly revealed when the cap moves to the second position. In the first position the actuator may be at least partly concealed.
  • the cap may include a base and a lid, the base and lid including corresponding locking formations for preventing unwanted movement from the first to the second position.
  • the cap may include locking means for cooperating with locking means provided on or by an associated aerosol container.
  • the child-proof cap may comprise a push-and-turn and/or a squeeze-and-turn child- resistant locking mechanism.
  • a further aspect provides a child resistant, squeeze-and-turn or push-and-turn aerosol cap.
  • a further aspect provides a child resistant, squeeze-and-turn aerosol cap.
  • a further aspect provides a child resistant, push-and-turn aerosol cap.
  • the present invention also provides an aerosol having a cap as described herein.
  • aerosols examples include deodorants, cosmetics, pharmaceuticals, chemicals and the like. Different aspects and embodiments of the invention may be used separately or together.
  • the cap 10 comprises a base 15 and a lid 20.
  • the base 15 is intended to be snapped on an aerosol bottle/ can/container (see below).
  • the base 15 comprises a generally L-section annular collar 25 which comprises a generally axial leg 26 and a radial leg 27 (it is inclined slightly upwardly) that provides a step.
  • a generally L-section neck 30 upstands and comprises an axial leg 3 I and a radial leg 32.
  • the axial leg 3 I is equipped with a thread 33 (the leg effectively comprises external skirt and the threads extend around the skirt) to collaborate with the threads of the lid (see below).
  • the radial leg/step 27 is equipped with two anti-rotation teeth 28, 29 which are positioned, in this embodiment, approximately diametrically opposite each other.
  • Each of the teeth 28, 29 comprises a generally flat abutment face 28a, 29a and a curved/inclined face 28b, 29b.
  • the interior of the leg 3 1 is provided with an annular snap bed 34, which in this embodiment is just above the intersection of the leg 31 with the leg 27.
  • the underside of the leg 32 is provided with a plurality of radial ribs 35.
  • the lid 20 is shown in Figures I I to 14.
  • the lid 15 comprises a flat top plate 40 from the periphery of which depends a curved outer sidewall/skirt 45.
  • an axial inner skirt 50 depends from the interior thereof.
  • an internal screw thread 55 is provided and cooperates with the thread 33 to allow the lid to be screwed onto the base.
  • each of the teeth 65, 70 comprises a generally flat abutment face 65a, 70a and a curved/inclined face 65b, 70b.
  • the outer skirt 45 is also provided with two press/squeeze zones/pads 46, 47.
  • the pads 46, 47 are positioned diametrically opposite to each other and circumferentially offset from the teeth 65, 70 so that the pads are between the teeth (the pads and the teeth are therefore a little like the four points on a compass, with approximately 90 degrees spacing as they alternate tooth-pad-tooth-pad). This means that when the pads are moved towards each other the skirt ovalises; in turn this means that the two areas of the skirt which carry the teeth 65, 70 are moved radially outwards, as represented by A.
  • the cap In use the cap can be screwed onto the base using the threads 33, 55. In the screwing on direction the inclined faces of the teeth can pass over each other. However, in the unscrewing direction abutment faces of two pairs of the teeth will prevent rotation. To remove the cap the pads must first be pressed to allow the teeth to pass each other in a squeeze-and-turn operation.
  • Figures 15 to 18 show the cap 10 attached to an aerosol container 75.
  • the base is snapped on the container without the possibility to be removed.
  • the base is shown fitted onto a valve/mounting cup 80 that receives a valve (not show) and an actuator/nozzle 82, with the snap bead 34 clipped under the free end of the roll-top cup wall 81.
  • the valve cup end 81 is therefore sandwiched between the rolled end of the can 83 and the leg 3 I .
  • the base leg 26 extends down to the domed end 85 of the metal container/can 90.
  • Figure 19 shows a child-resistant aerosol 101 formed according to an alternative aspect.
  • the aerosol 101 comprises a can 102 and a cap 103.
  • the cap 103 comprises a spout/nozzle 104 and an actuator 105 for dispensing product from the nozzle.
  • the cap In order to be able to use the actuator the cap must be rotated/twisted to the position shown in the right hand image, so as to cause the actuator to rise.
  • the cap is prevented from rotation by a child-resistant locking mechanism, which in this embodiment uses a similar squeeze-and-turn approach to the cap on Figures I to 18.
  • a pair of pressing pads 106 are provided.
  • the skirt of the cap must be pressed in to disengage locking formations (teeth, lugs etc) from corresponding formations provided either on the can itself, or an intermediate piece such as a non-removable base (as used in relation to the cap of Figures I to 18).

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  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Mechanical Engineering (AREA)
  • Chemical & Material Sciences (AREA)
  • Dispersion Chemistry (AREA)
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Abstract

Un capuchon d'aérosol résistant aux enfants comprend une base qui peut être fixée sur un récipient d'aérosol, et un couvercle qui peut être fixé à la base, le couvercle comprenant des moyens de verrouillage pour verrouiller de manière libérable le couvercle sur la base.
EP19722536.0A 2018-04-26 2019-04-25 Fermeture de sécurité Active EP3784591B1 (fr)

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GBGB1806853.6A GB201806853D0 (en) 2018-04-26 2018-04-26 A closure
PCT/EP2019/060602 WO2019207037A2 (fr) 2018-04-26 2019-04-25 Dispositif de fermeture

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EP3784591A2 true EP3784591A2 (fr) 2021-03-03
EP3784591B1 EP3784591B1 (fr) 2023-01-18

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WO2019207037A3 (fr) 2020-01-16
EP3784591B1 (fr) 2023-01-18

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