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EP4206083A2
EP4206083A2 EP22210820.1A EP22210820A EP4206083A2 EP 4206083 A2 EP4206083 A2 EP 4206083A2 EP 22210820 A EP22210820 A EP 22210820A EP 4206083 A2 EP4206083 A2 EP 4206083A2
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Ivan Maria Rovelli
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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
    • B65D50/06—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 different actions in succession
    • B65D50/063—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 different actions in succession the closure or container being provided with two spaced sets of screw threads or the like
    • 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
    • B65D1/00—Containers having bodies formed in one piece, e.g. by casting metallic material, by moulding plastics, by blowing vitreous material, by throwing ceramic material, by moulding pulped fibrous material, by deep-drawing operations performed on sheet material
    • B65D1/02—Bottles or similar containers with necks or like restricted apertures, designed for pouring contents
    • B65D1/0223—Bottles or similar containers with necks or like restricted apertures, designed for pouring contents characterised by shape
    • B65D1/023—Neck construction
    • B65D1/0246—Closure retaining means, e.g. beads, screw-threads
    • 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
    • B65D41/02—Caps or cap-like covers without lines of weakness, tearing strips, tags, or like opening or removal devices
    • B65D41/04—Threaded or like caps or cap-like covers secured by rotation
    • B65D41/0471—Threaded or like caps or cap-like covers secured by rotation with means for positioning the cap on the container, or for limiting the movement of the cap, or for preventing accidental loosening of the cap
    • 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
    • B65D47/00—Closures with filling and discharging, or with discharging, devices
    • B65D47/04—Closures with discharging devices other than pumps
    • B65D47/06—Closures with discharging devices other than pumps with pouring spouts or tubes; with discharge nozzles or passages
    • B65D47/08—Closures with discharging devices other than pumps with pouring spouts or tubes; with discharge nozzles or passages having articulated or hinged closures
    • B65D47/0804—Closures with discharging devices other than pumps with pouring spouts or tubes; with discharge nozzles or passages having articulated or hinged closures integrally formed with the base element provided with the spout or discharge passage
    • B65D47/0833—Hinges without elastic bias
    • B65D47/0838—Hinges without elastic bias located at an edge of the base element
    • 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
    • B65D41/02—Caps or cap-like covers without lines of weakness, tearing strips, tags, or like opening or removal devices
    • B65D41/04—Threaded or like caps or cap-like covers secured by rotation

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  • the present invention relates to a container.
  • a container equipped with a cap preferably of the flip-top type.
  • Caps especially flip-top caps, are usually snap-fitted onto bottles or flasks. In this way, such caps cannot be removed.
  • the flip-top cap can feature a breakable seal located near the openable part of the cap.
  • caps can be screwed to flasks or bottles which have standardised necks featuring threads.
  • the screwing-fitting thereof is carried out using automatic machines. In this case, it is often useful to seal the cap and part of the container with a film to demonstrate that the cap has not been unscrewed and therefore the contents are intact.
  • the film must be applied after the container has been filled, which is particularly inconvenient.
  • this film is not very ecological as it must be disposed separately from the container.
  • the object of the present invention is to provide a container which is an improvement on the prior art.
  • a further object of the invention is to provide a container which is more environmentally compatible than those according to the prior art.
  • a still further object of the invention is to provide a container wherein the removal of the cap is essentially prevented but the cap can still be fitted by means of the automatic machines already used for standard threaded necks.
  • reference number 1 is used to denote, as a whole, a container.
  • the container 1 comprises a hollow body 8 (shown only partially in Figure 5 ), which can have any shape.
  • the hollow body 8 features, in proximity to the opening 5, a first thread 7.
  • the container also comprises a cap 6, which is shown separately in Figures 1 to 4 .
  • the cap 6 comprises a substantially cylindrical body 2 equipped with a dispensing port 3 and a second thread 4 for coupling with the first thread 7 on the hollow body 8.
  • one of either the first thread 7 or the second thread 4 is axially discontinuous.
  • the first thread 7 is provided on a neck of the hollow body 8, while the second thread 4, which is the axially discontinuous thread, is provided on the cap 6.
  • the second thread 4 which is the axially discontinuous thread
  • the term 'axially discontinuous' means that the thread has interruptions arranged in an axial direction.
  • the axially discontinuous thread 4 can be provided on a substantially cylindrical surface 12.
  • substantially cylindrical means a perfectly cylindrical or only slightly tapered surface, with a taper of between 0° and 2°.
  • This taper may be useful to facilitate mutual centring of the hollow body and the cap.
  • the substantially cylindrical surface 12 can comprise a first substantially cylindrical portion 12A featuring a first part 10 of the discontinuous thread 4, a second substantially cylindrical portion 12B without a thread (corresponding to the said plane or strip), and a third substantially cylindrical portion featuring a second part 11 of the discontinuous thread 4.
  • the second portion 12B can be interposed between the first portion 12A and the third portion 12C.
  • the second portion 12B can be configured to house a flange 14 in such a way that when the flange 14 is located in the said second portion 12B, it is difficult or impossible to unscrew the cap 6 from the hollow body 8.
  • the flange 14 can be radially continuous, essentially as already featured on the standard mouths of threaded flasks or bottles according to the prior art.
  • the said flange can be radially discontinuous, formed of a series of teeth or protuberances aligned on a plane.
  • the flange 14 has a perimeter such as to engage in an undercut manner with the first thread 7 on the hollow body 8 (or at least with the crest of the said thread) when the thread is engaged (or at least partially in contact) with the flange 14.
  • the first part 10 of the discontinuous thread 4 can extend axially in such way that when the flange 14 is positioned in the second portion 12B, the first part 10 of the discontinuous thread is disengaged from the thread 7.
  • the thread pitch should be optimised according to the cap diameter, which can be anything.
  • the circumferential length of the first part 10 of the thread 4 can be three quarters of a turn (i.e. 270°) and, in any case, less than a full turn (i.e. less than 360°).
  • the first part 10 of the discontinuous thread and the second part 11 of the discontinuous thread have the same pitch and circumferential length.
  • the second part 11 of the thread 4,7 can comprise a portion 11A which is substantially perpendicular to an axis A of the container, the said portion 11A being preferably adjacent to the said second portion 12B.
  • the axially discontinuous thread 4 is provided on an internal surface of said cap 6, and the said flange 14 is provided on an external surface of the said hollow body 8; preferably the substantially cylindrical surface 12 is an internal surface of the said cap 6.
  • the axially discontinuous thread is provided on an external surface of the said hollow body 8
  • the said flange is provided on an internal surface of the said cap; preferably the substantially cylindrical surface 12 is an external surface of the said hollow body 8.
  • the cap 6 is of the flip-top type and comprises a lid 6A configured to hermetically seal the port 3 in the body of the cap 6.
  • the cap 6 is made of a single piece of a plastic material.
  • the hinging 21 between the body and the lid can be made as a single piece, in a conventional way, by injection moulding a plastic material.
  • the cap can also feature a sealing lip 20 which cooperates with the mouth 5 of the hollow body 8, again made as a single piece.
  • the cap can be made of one or more of the following plastic materials: PP, PE, PA, and PLA, and possibly also appropriate 'green' or 'bio' materials.
  • a seal (of a conventional kind, not shown) which shows that the cap has been opened.
  • the invention is particularly effective, since the cap can be mounted on hollow bodies (bottles, flasks etc.) with a standard screw neck, produced with standard design preforms.
  • the cap can be fitted using the fitting machines already used for screwing on standard caps.
  • the greatest advantage of the axially discontinuous thread is that the cap can be 'locked' on to the container in such a way that it cannot be tampered with or detached from the container during normal product use.
  • a container of this kind is particularly useful for bottles containing oil or, in any case, edible products, which cannot therefore be refilled (except through the port 3 in the cap, which is very difficult).
  • a cap according to the invention remains permanently secured to the bottle or flask and is very hard (almost impossible) for the end user to remove.

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IT102021000030926A IT202100030926A1 (it) 2021-12-09 2021-12-09 Contenitore

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EP4206083A2 true EP4206083A2 (de) 2023-07-05
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Citations (3)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US3690496A (en) 1971-04-01 1972-09-12 Gibson Ass Inc Safety closure for bottles
US3844437A (en) 1972-07-18 1974-10-29 Connor J O Safety closure
FR2790456A1 (fr) 1999-03-04 2000-09-08 Seriplast Sa Dispositif de fermeture de recipient a l'epreuve des enfants

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WO2019178363A1 (en) * 2018-03-16 2019-09-19 Mccormick & Company, Incorporated Dispenser package with flip-up lid and method of making the same

Patent Citations (3)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US3690496A (en) 1971-04-01 1972-09-12 Gibson Ass Inc Safety closure for bottles
US3844437A (en) 1972-07-18 1974-10-29 Connor J O Safety closure
FR2790456A1 (fr) 1999-03-04 2000-09-08 Seriplast Sa Dispositif de fermeture de recipient a l'epreuve des enfants

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