EP4153527A1 - Adaptateur permettant de relier un contenant de recharge - Google Patents

Adaptateur permettant de relier un contenant de recharge

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Publication number
EP4153527A1
EP4153527A1 EP21727415.8A EP21727415A EP4153527A1 EP 4153527 A1 EP4153527 A1 EP 4153527A1 EP 21727415 A EP21727415 A EP 21727415A EP 4153527 A1 EP4153527 A1 EP 4153527A1
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Prior art keywords
adapter
break
open
container
wall
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English (en)
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Oliver UNTERLECHNER
Klemens Bösch
Danilo GRIECO
Daniel SCHNETZER
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Alpla Werke Alwin Lehner GmbH and Co KG
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Alpla Werke Alwin Lehner GmbH and Co KG
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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
    • B65D81/00—Containers, packaging elements, or packages, for contents presenting particular transport or storage problems, or adapted to be used for non-packaging purposes after removal of contents
    • B65D81/32—Containers, packaging elements, or packages, for contents presenting particular transport or storage problems, or adapted to be used for non-packaging purposes after removal of contents for packaging two or more different materials which must be maintained separate prior to use in admixture
    • B65D81/3205—Separate rigid or semi-rigid containers joined to each other at their external surfaces
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B67—OPENING, CLOSING OR CLEANING BOTTLES, JARS OR SIMILAR CONTAINERS; LIQUID HANDLING
    • B67B—APPLYING CLOSURE MEMBERS TO BOTTLES JARS, OR SIMILAR CONTAINERS; OPENING CLOSED CONTAINERS
    • B67B7/00—Hand- or power-operated devices for opening closed containers
    • B67B7/24—Hole-piercing devices
    • B67B7/26—Hole-piercing devices combined with spouts
    • 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
    • B65D71/00—Bundles of articles held together by packaging elements for convenience of storage or transport, e.g. portable segregating carrier for plural receptacles such as beer cans or pop bottles; Bales of material
    • B65D71/50—Bundles of articles held together by packaging elements for convenience of storage or transport, e.g. portable segregating carrier for plural receptacles such as beer cans or pop bottles; Bales of material comprising a plurality of articles held together only partially by packaging elements formed otherwise than by folding a blank
    • B65D71/502—Coaxial connections

Definitions

  • the present invention relates to an adapter for connecting a refill container to a container during a refilling process according to the preamble of the independent claims.
  • a refill container which has a special closure.
  • This closure has a breakable wall which is broken open by screwing the refill container together with the closure onto the container to be refilled.
  • This closure is complex to manufacture, has a high consumption of material and can only be used once. If, for example, not all of the liquid can be dispensed from the refill container into the refill container, the refill container can no longer be closed. This is particularly disadvantageous if, for example, there is only one concentrate in the refill container that has to be diluted. Typically, such refill containers are larger in content than the container.
  • the closure of the GB 2 342 347 A connects the refill container to the container to be refilled. Due to the specific design of the closure, it is not possible to completely empty the refill container.
  • connecting pieces have become known from the prior art which are used to connect a refill container to the container to be refilled. These are removed again after the process so that the containers can be closed again. After use, these connecting pieces either have to be disposed of or cleaned, so that they can be stored temporarily until they are used again.
  • the refilling of containers is particularly desirable if the container is provided with a pump system or a spray system. These systems are relatively expensive compared to the container on which they are arranged. So there is a need to reuse these pump or spray systems.
  • These systems each have at least one suction or connection hose that is guided into the interior of the container. Often these suction or connecting hoses are arranged eccentrically to its output opening in the assembled state of the container. These systems are either incompatible with the previously known refill systems or the known refill systems have to be removed after each refill process and cleaned or disposed of.
  • an adapter is to be provided for connecting a refill container with a loading container during a refill process, which is easy to manufacture, can be used several times and thus in particular conserves resources and is especially compatible with different spray and pump systems.
  • An adapter for connecting a refill container to a container during a refilling process has a first open end and a second open end.
  • the first open end and the second open end are connected to one another by a wall, in particular a circumferential wall.
  • a break-open element is arranged within the adapter. This break-open element extends in the direction of the first open end and is connected on one side via a web to the wall.
  • opening element to be arranged between the first open end and the second open end and, in particular, the opening element to be arranged within, in particular centrally, the wall.
  • the break-open element is connected to the wall on one side via a web. This means that it is only connected on one side and has no other connections.
  • This one-sided connection has the consequence that a coherent free space is created around the break-open element, which stretches at least along half the circumference of the wall, preferably along 75% of the circumference of the wall and particularly preferably along 90% of the circumference.
  • the break-open element makes it possible to use refill containers with the adapter located in front of them, which, for example, have an output opening without a separate or openable closure.
  • a break-open element can be provided to break open a seal of quality or quality at an output opening on the refill container.
  • refill containers often have a so-called seal that closes the dispensing opening. Opening or breaking this seal is with a, as presently arranged, break-open element simply he makes possible.
  • the arrangement within the wall in particular in the center of the wall, enables the seals of refill containers to be broken, the dispensing opening of which, for example, have a smaller diameter than a corresponding inner diameter of the adapter.
  • the web forms a stop which prevents a dispensing opening of a refill container from being inserted too deeply into the adapter.
  • the extension of the break-open element from the second open end in the direction of the first open end is not limited by the first open end.
  • the break-open element can therefore extend over the first open end and protrude beyond this at least in some areas.
  • the uppermost point of the break-open element is arranged set back towards the first open end. This enables the refill container to be inserted into the adapter without breaking the seal prematurely.
  • the break-open element preferably extends radially inward from the wall in the direction of a central axis of the adapter, in particular beyond this.
  • the central axis of the adapter is essentially defined by a connection between the first end and the second end of the adapter, in particular by a connection between the focal points of the respective ends. In the generic use, this central axis extends essentially along a longitudinal axis of the container through its opening or a correspondingly additionally designed refill opening.
  • This arrangement of the break-open element enables a simple and, in particular, symmetrical introduction of a force, which acts on the break-open element, into the wall of the adapter.
  • the web via which the opening element is connected to the wall extends preferably over at least 25% and at most over 75% of the axial length of the opening element.
  • the area of the break-open element that is not connected to the web protrudes in the direction of the first open end of the adapter. A free space is created into which a wall of the dispensing opening of the refill container can be inserted.
  • the maximum values and minimum values mentioned ensure that the break-open element is fastened to the wall with a sufficiently high degree of stability via the web and that the break-open element protrudes sufficiently from the web so that a refill container is guided in the adapter and one that has to be broken On the one hand, the seal is reliably broken and, on the other hand, it is pressed into the refill container by the opening element so that the refill container can be completely emptied.
  • the break-open element can have a flank inclined to the central axis.
  • the flank is designed to slope down towards the central axis in particular.
  • the breaking element has, viewed in the direction of the web, a shorter axial extent near the central axis than further away from it.
  • the highest point of the Aufbrechele Mentes in the direction of the central axis is thus arranged decentrally in the adapter.
  • the direction of the central axis corresponds to the pouring direction.
  • This tip simultaneously defines the highest point of the break-up element and is thus arranged decentrally in relation to the adapter.
  • the highest point is located starting from the central axis in the radial direction preferably at least after the first third of the distance between the central axis and the wall, particularly preferably after half, especially in the last third tel.
  • a cutting edge is preferably formed at an end of the inclined flank facing the first opening.
  • the cutting edge is formed out in particular at the tip of the break-open element.
  • the cutting edge enables the easy initial penetration of the break-open element into the seal to be broken.
  • the break-open element can extend in the direction of the central axis of the adapter over more than 50% of an open cross section of the adapter, in particular over more than 70%.
  • the break-open element extends from the wall of the adapter up to at least the central axis and preferably away over it.
  • the broken seal is pushed successively through the flank into the refill container and, after the end of the opening process, is fixed in a substantially vertical position by the flank of the opening element opposite the web, i.e. the exposure.
  • the break-open element has a sliding edge opposite the web.
  • the flank opposite the web can be formed as a sliding edge.
  • the broken seal can slip on this sliding edge and is guided through this sliding edge and pressed into the refill container.
  • the sliding edge can be inclined etcbil det with respect to the central axis.
  • the sliding edge is preferably inclined in such a way that an angle enclosed between the sliding edge and the central axis opens in the direction of the first open end. This corresponds to a slope opposite to the flank.
  • the sliding edge and the flank preferably merge into one another via a curvature.
  • the adapter can be manufactured in one piece, in particular in an injection molding process.
  • the one-piece training allows simple and uncomplicated production.
  • the injection molding process allows adapters, as described here, to be manufactured simply and inexpensively.
  • the wall of the adapter is preferably formed from a circular cylinder, that is, it forms a circular ring.
  • the adapter can simply be inserted into appropriately designed openings in a container.
  • the wall in particular opposite the web, is completely or partially interrupted.
  • an outside diameter can be provided on the adapter which is slightly larger than an inside diameter of an opening of a container.
  • An interruption is also taken into account when assessing the length of a circumference of the wall.
  • the break-open element preferably has a flat design together with the web, the break-open element having a thickness that is less than three times the thickness of the wall amounts to.
  • the thickness is in particular less than twice the thickness of the wall.
  • the flat design allows simple and inexpensive manufacture.
  • the maximum limitation of the thickness of the web and / or the breaking element ensures that it is not excessively stiff compared to the adapter and that excessively large jumps in the force and / or tension curve are avoided.
  • the adapter has a holding element at its first open end, the holding element being designed in particular as a radially extending collar running around the first end.
  • the adapter can be held stationary in the opening of a loading container in relation to the direction of the central axis, the holding element in particular being supported on an edge of the opening of the container.
  • the holding element can comprise several individual elements such that the holding element is only supported at certain points on the opening of the container.
  • the adapter is placed in the container once.
  • the present embodiment of the break-open element and its one-sided connection with a web on the wall makes it possible to leave the adapter in the container, even if a pump or spray system is subsequently attached to the container.
  • the only one-sided connection as already described here, provides a sufficiently large free space to also lead eccentrically arranged hoses or connecting lines into the interior of the container past the break-open element and to rotate an attached pump or spray system there, for example, to align a spray head of such a system.
  • a further aspect of the invention thus relates to a container comprising an adapter as described here.
  • FIG. 1 a perspective view of an adapter
  • FIG. 2 a vertical sectional view of the adapter of FIG. 1;
  • FIG. 3 a sectional view of the adapter inserted in an original container
  • FIG. 4 the sectional view according to FIG. 3 after inserting a refill container.
  • FIG. 1 shows a perspective view of an adapter 100.
  • the adapter 100 has a first open end 10 and a second open end 11.
  • the first open end 10 is connected to the second open end 11 by means of a wall 12.
  • the wall 12 is designed as an essentially circular-cylindrical sleeve, that is to say has an annular cross-section.
  • a break-open element 20 is arranged within the wall 12.
  • the break-open element 20 is connected to the wall 12 by a web 21 (see FIG. 2 in this regard).
  • FIG. 2 shows a vertical sectional view of the adapter 100 of FIG. 1.
  • the section extends in the vertical direction through the break-open element 20.
  • the adapter 100 has a first open end 10 and a second open end 20.
  • the first open end 10 has a larger diameter than the second open end 11.
  • the circular cylindrical wall 12 is therefore conical and has one from the first open end 10 towards the second open end 11 towards ver tapering outer diameter.
  • a holding element is formed which is formed as a radially extending collar 13 which runs around the first end 10.
  • FIG. 2 Also shown in FIG. 2 is a central axis A which runs from the second open end 11 to the first open end 10.
  • the break-open element 20 which extends in the direction of the first open end 10, is arranged within the wall 12.
  • the break-open element 20 is set back with respect to the first open end 10. This allows a refill container to be guided during the refilling process before the seal is broken (see also FIG. 4).
  • the break-open element 20 is connected on one side to the wall 12 by a web 21.
  • the web 21 extends over 30% of the axial length of the break-open element 20.
  • the axial length of the break-open element 20 corresponds in the present case to the greatest extent of the break-open element 20 in the direction of the central axis A.
  • the break-open element 20 projects over the web 21 by approximately 70% of its length in the direction of the central axis.
  • This protrusion forms, together with the wall 12, an exposure 24 into which a corresponding wall of a refilling container can be introduced.
  • the break-open element 20 has a sliding edge 23 which is inclined in relation to the central axis A.
  • the inclination of the sliding edge is such that an angle opens between the sliding edge 23 and the central axis A in the direction of the first open end 10.
  • the break-open element 20 closes in the direction of the first open end 10 with a flank 22 which in the direction of the web 21 ends in a tip 221.
  • the tip 221 can be designed as a cutting edge.
  • the flank 22 is inclined relative to the central axis A.
  • the inclination is sloping in the direction of the central axis. In other words, this means that between the flank 22 and the central axis, on the side of the web 21, an angle is formed which is acute, that is, less than 90 °.
  • a corner not designated in any more detail in the present case, is formed which is farthest away from the web 21 in the radial direction.
  • this corner enables a specific guiding of a seal to be broken (see also FIG. 4).
  • FIG. 3 shows a sectional view of the adapter 100 inserted in an original container 300.
  • FIG. 3 shows a refill container 200 which has an output opening 201 which is closed with a seal 202.
  • the gel is designed as a cap encompassing an edge of the dispensing opening 201 and bounced onto the refill container 200.
  • a thin material point 203 is formed on the seal 202, which in the present case runs along the periphery of the seal 202.
  • the adapter 100 is inserted into an opening 301 of the container 300.
  • the adapter 100 rests with its collar 13 on one end of the opening 301.
  • the wall 12 of the adapter 100 has a diameter in the region of the collar, or directly adjoining the collar 13, which is slightly larger than an inner diameter of the opening 301.
  • the adapter 100 is pressed into the opening 301 and is securely held in this opening.
  • the adapter 100 can therefore remain within the opening 301 of the container 300.
  • FIG it can be seen that the cross-section of the opening 301 remains almost completely free even after the adapter 100 has been introduced, with the exception of the thickness of the web 21 or the break-open element 20.
  • a pumping or spraying system that is returned to the container 100 after the refilling process can therefore be carried out without A substantial restriction can be placed on the container 100.
  • FIG. 4 shows the sectional view according to FIG. 3 after a refill container 200 has been inserted.
  • the refill container 200 shown in FIG. 3 has been moved in the direction of the container 300.
  • the refill container is guided through the wall 12 of the adapter from the start and with a delay there is contact between the tip 221 and the seal 202 and in particular the thin material point 203.
  • the thin material point 203 is moved further by moving the refill container 200 in the direction of the container 300 set off.
  • An unspecified wall of the dispensing opening 201 of the refill container 200 is inserted into the clearance 24.
  • the seal 202 is pushed open further by the flank 22 and the thin point 203 is gradually torn open.
  • the refill container 200 is moved in the direction of the container 300 until one end of the dispensing opening 201 rests on the stop 211 of the web 21. During this process, the seal 202 is pressed on until it is aligned almost parallel to an inner wall of the refill container 200 and / or to the central axis A of the adapter 100. Depending on the position of the corner (not shown in more detail) between the flank 22 and the sliding edge 23, the now pressed-on seal 202 is held more or less parallel to the central axis A.
  • the dispensing opening 201 of the refill container 200 is exposed.
  • material to be filled for example a liquid
  • the refill container 200 is accordingly removed again.
  • the adapter 100 can remain in the container 300.

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Abstract

Un adaptateur (100) pour relier un contenant de recharge (200) à un contenant (300) lors d'un processus de remplissage est divulgué. L'adaptateur (100) comporte une première extrémité ouverte (10) et une seconde extrémité ouverte (11). La première extrémité ouverte (10) et la seconde extrémité ouverte (11) sont reliées à une paroi notamment périphérique (12). Un élément de rupture (20) est agencé à l'intérieur de l'adaptateur (100). Ledit élément de rupture (20) s'étend dans la direction de la première extrémité ouverte (10) et est relié d'un côté par l'intermédiaire d'une bande (21) à la paroi (12).
EP21727415.8A 2020-05-18 2021-05-17 Adaptateur permettant de relier un contenant de recharge Pending EP4153527A1 (fr)

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CH00594/20A CH717439A1 (de) 2020-05-18 2020-05-18 Adapter zum Verbinden eines Nachfüllbehälters mit einem Behälter.
PCT/EP2021/062981 WO2021233821A1 (fr) 2020-05-18 2021-05-17 Adaptateur permettant de relier un contenant de recharge

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