EP3880575B1 - Fesselnder kunststoff-schraubverschluss - Google Patents

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EP3880575B1
EP3880575B1 EP19884687.5A EP19884687A EP3880575B1 EP 3880575 B1 EP3880575 B1 EP 3880575B1 EP 19884687 A EP19884687 A EP 19884687A EP 3880575 B1 EP3880575 B1 EP 3880575B1
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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
    • 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
    • B65D41/3428—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 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
    • 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
    • B65D55/00—Accessories for container closures not otherwise provided for
    • B65D55/16—Devices preventing loss of removable closure members

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  • a container in the field of liquid packaging, it is very common to seal the aperture of a container with a stopper, often made from a plastic material.
  • a stopper often made from a plastic material.
  • Such container is usually a plastic or glass bottle, but other materials may be used as well,
  • the bottle neck includes outer fixation feature, such as thread(s) for screw type stopper or annular fixation, rings for snap type stopper, to secure the stopper on the bottle neck;
  • outer fixation feature such as thread(s) for screw type stopper or annular fixation, rings for snap type stopper, to secure the stopper on the bottle neck;
  • the roof may be removable.
  • the bridges form a weakness line and may be to-m apart from the roof separating it from the bottle.
  • the weakness line may be torn when user unscrews the tamper shell of the stopper or when user lifts the roof by tilting.
  • One solution includes linking the roof to the tamper shell secured on the bottle neck, so the roof stays attached to the bottle after bottle opening.
  • Such an attached stopper may be called a "tethered stopper.”
  • U.S. 8,490,805 teaches a plastic screw stopper comprises a helicoidal strip between a tamper shell and a roof. Such helicoidal strip is obtained by cutting the tamper shell around the stopper. The outer wall of the tamper shell is placed against a blade and the stopper is moved in rotation relative to the blade according to an angular stroke greater than an entire turn or more than 360°. During rotation, the stopper is being moved in an axial movement relative to the blade. The cut line forms a helieoidal weakness line which remains attached at one end to the tamper shell and at its opposite end to the roof after opening,
  • tethered stopper comprising a spiral strip.
  • the spiral strip is made during the stopper molding so there is no cutting or slitting operations.
  • Other known prior art systems includes tethered stoppers comprising two strips linking the closure shell to the tamper band secured on the bottle.
  • the bottom weakness line 114 comprises at least one hinge 118 configured to connect the strip 108 and the tamper band 106.
  • the bottom weakness line 114 comprises two hinges 118 where each hinge 118 connects a respective strip 108 to the tamper band 106.
  • the two hinges 118 can be spaced through a hole or a less thick material managed into the tamper band 106 between the two hinges 118.
  • the top bridges 112 and bottom bridges 116 are each configured to be stretched and ultimately broken when unscrewing the closure shell 104.
  • the top and bottom bridges 112, 11 6 are regularly or irregularly positioned around the perimeter of the top and bottom weakness lines 110, 114 respectively. However, in other examples not forming part of the invention, at the location of the hinge(s) 118, the top and bottom bridges 112, 11 6 are not present.

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Claims (3)

  1. Angebundener Kunststoffschraubstopfen (100), umfassend:
    eine Verschlussschale (104),
    ein Manipulationsnachweisband (106), das über eine Vielzahl von Brücken (112, 116) trennbar mit der Verschlussschale (104) verbunden ist, und zwar eine Vielzahl von oberen Brücken (112), die eine obere Schwächungslinie (110) bilden, und eine Vielzahl von unteren Brücken (116), die eine untere Schwächungslinie (114) bilden, wobei die Brücken einen unteren Rand der Verschlussschale (104) mit einem oberen Rand des Manipulationsnachweisbands (106) verbinden, wobei jede der Brücken (112, 116) dazu ausgestaltet sind, gedehnt und zerbrochen zu werden, wenn die Verschlussschale (104) aus einer ersten Ausrichtung vor dem Öffnen in eine zweite Ausrichtung nach dem Öffnen bewegt wird,
    eine Leiste (108), die an einer Verbindungsstelle (120) mit der Verschlussschale (104) verbunden ist, wobei die Leiste (108) eine Extremität an einem Ende der oberen Schwächungslinie (110) umfasst, wobei die Extremität die Leiste (108) an der Verbindungsstelle (120) mit der Verschlussschale (104) verbindet, und
    ein Scharnier (118), das die Leiste (108) und das Manipulationsnachweisband (106) verbindet, wobei das Scharnier (118) unter einem Satz Brücken (112), die entlang der oberen Schwächungslinie (110) angeordnet sind, positioniert ist,
    wobei bei einer Stopfenkonfiguration mit einer Schraubbewegung im Uhrzeigersinn
    das Ende der oberen Schwächungslinie (110), das links von dem Scharnier (118) des Stopfens (100) angeordnet ist, über einer unteren Brücke (116) der unteren Schwächungslinie (114) angeordnet ist, die in Bezug auf die Schraubrichtung im Uhrzeigersinn als nächstes von dem Scharnier (118) angeordnet ist,
    die Leiste (108) eine erste Leiste (108) ist,
    der Schraubstopfen (100) ferner eine zweite Leiste (108) mit einer Extremität an dem anderen Ende der oberen Schwächungslinie (110) umfasst, die die zweite Leiste (108) an einer zweiten Verbindungsstelle (120) mit der Verschlussschale (104) verbindet,
    ein zweites Scharnier (118), das die zweite Leiste (108) und das Manipulationsnachweisband (106) verbindet, wobei das zweite Scharnier (118) unter einem zweiten Satz Brücken (112), die entlang der oberen Schwächungslinie (110) angeordnet sind, positioniert ist,
    wobei die zweite Leiste (108) gegenüber der ersten Leiste (108) um einen Durchmesser des Manipulationsnachweisbands (106) positioniert ist, und
    die erste Leiste (108) und die zweite Leiste (108) durch die obere Schwächungslinie (110) trennbar mit der Verschlussschale (104) und durch die untere Schwächungslinie (114) mit dem Manipulationsnachweisband (106) verbunden sind,
    dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass
    die obere Schwächungslinie (110) bezüglich der unteren Schwächungslinie (114) asymmetrisch ist, die bezüglich einer einen Durchmesser des Stopfens (100) durchquerenden vertikalen Ebene symmetrisch ist.
  2. Angebundener Kunststoffschraubstopfen (100) nach Anspruch 1, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass das Ende der oberen Schwächungslinie (110) links von dem Scharnier (118) angeordnet und winkelmäßig innerhalb von 40° einer vertikalen Achse der unteren Brücke (116) positioniert ist, die dem Scharnier (118) bei einer Konfiguration mit einer Schraubbewegung im Uhrzeigersinn am nächsten angeordnet ist.
  3. Angebundener Kunststoffschraubstopfen (100) nach Anspruch 1, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass das Ende der oberen Schwächungslinie (110) links von dem Scharnier (118) angeordnet und winkelmäßig innerhalb von 20° einer vertikalen Achse der unteren Brücke (116) positioniert ist, die dem Scharnier (118) bei einer Konfiguration mit einer Schraubbewegung im Uhrzeigersinn am nächsten angeordnet ist.
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EP24180692.6A EP4403487A3 (de) 2018-11-12 2019-11-12 Fesselnder kunststoff-schraubverschluss
EP23171082.3A EP4234431B1 (de) 2018-11-12 2019-11-12 Stopper für angebundenen kunststoffschraubstopfen

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PCT/US2019/060808 WO2020102122A2 (en) 2018-11-12 2019-11-12 Tethered plastic screw stopper

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