Classifications

• • 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
  • B65D1/10—Jars, e.g. for preserving foodstuffs
• • 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
  • B65D1/40—Details of walls

Definitions

• TITLE Hollow glass container with specific rim profile
• the present invention relates to a hollow glass container comprising a ring having a specific rim profile.
• the rim designates the upper part of the ring forming the opening of the container.
• the caps with notches intended to close these containers have a circular groove at the bottom of which there is a seal. When the container is closed, this seal is intended to compress on the edge of the ring forming the opening of the container.
• the high opening torque required to open conventional containers may be due to the fact that current container ring and cap geometries allow free compression of the seal. This compression of the gasket can lead to excessive deformation of the latter, also called punching of the gasket. It can also lead to an increase in the surface in contact between the rim and the seal. Consequently, the tribological constraint to be overcome in order to open the container is aggravated.
• Figure 1 is shown a hollow glass container 1 of the prior art, for example intended for packaging jam.
• the container 1 comprises a generally cylindrical body 2 having a closed lower end 2a forming the bottom of the container 1, and an upper end 2b opened.
• the upper end 2b is formed of a ring 3 having an outer wall 3a provided with threads 4 and an upper part called rim 5.
• the container 1 of the prior art of Figure 1 is intended to be closed in a conventional manner by means of a cap 6 having notches 7 configured to cooperate with the threads 4 of the outer wall 3a of the ring 3 in order to screw the cap 6 onto the ring 3.
• the cap 6 also has a circular groove 8 at the bottom of which there is a seal 9 which is also circular.
• the seal 9 compresses on the rim 5.
• the rim 5 may have differences in flatness, with high points 5a and low points 5b.
• FIG. 3 and Figure 4 which is a partial view on a larger scale, is shown the profile of a cross section of the rim 5 of a conventional container 1 of the prior art as shown in Figure 1 .
• This standard 5 rim profile has the shape of a 5c arch which is generally close to what could be called a semicircular arch with a slight flat 5d at the top of the arch.
• FIG 5 is shown a cross section of a circular groove 8 of a capsule 6 of Figure 2, with the seal 9 in new condition, in other words before any use of the capsule 6 for closing a container 1.
• the seal 9 is for example a joint cast in PVC (polyvinyl chloride).
• This contact Arc length is calculated after surveying the profile by a feeler or by non-contact optical method.
• the contact Arc length corresponds to the sum of the distances calculated between the successive points involved in the zone of contact mouth/seal.
• a height of this arc of contact corresponding to the punching height, indicated by Hp in Figure 6, is also measured for the cavity 10.
• the present invention aims to remedy this need by providing a hollow glass container comprising a ring having a specific rim profile.
• the present invention thus relates to a hollow glass container comprising a ring intended to cooperate with a notched cap to close said container, characterized in that said ring has a rim whose cross section has a profile substantially in the shape of an ogive, said profile defining for the ogive a base having a center, two flanks, and an apex, said apex being aligned with a point located at the center of the base or offset in the direction of an interior of the container with respect to said point located at the center of base.
• the profile of the rim of the container according to the invention approximates a broken arch whose top is free of flats.
• the specific profile of the rim of the container according to the invention makes it possible to significantly reduce the length of the arc of contact between the rim and the seal of a cap closing the container, at a comparable punching height.
• the specific rim profile of the container according to the invention makes it possible to reduce the contact arc lengths by 27 to 60% compared to a standard rim profile as shown in Figure 4.
• said vertex has the shape of an arc of a circle having a radius Rs ranging from 0.10 to 1.25 mm, preferably from 0.40 to 1.00 mm.
• the top of the ogive is thus free of any flats.
• Rs can be equal to 0.80 mm.
• the top of the ogive is aligned with a point at the center of the base of the ogive.
• the profile of the rim can thus define a symmetrical warhead.
• the profile of the rim of the container according to the invention defines an asymmetrical ogive, the top of the ogive being offset in the direction of inside the container, with respect to a point located at the center of the base of the ogive.
• Such an embodiment can have the advantage of more easily controlling the reflux of material from the joint of the cap onto the sides of the rim during storage of the closed container.
• Such an embodiment also makes it possible to advantageously reduce the length of the arc of contact between the rim and the seal of a capsule closing the container, at a comparable punching height, compared to an embodiment, not according to the invention, in which the top of the ogive would be offset in the direction of the outside of the container with respect to a point located at the center of the base of the ogive.
• the base of the ogive has a width Lp ranging from 1.0 mm to 10.0 mm, preferably from 2.0 mm to 6.0 mm. In one embodiment of the invention, the height Hs of the ogive, from the base to its top, ranges from 0.5 mm to 5 mm, preferably from 1.0 mm to 3.0 mm.
• the flank of the ogive located towards the inside of the container joins the generally rectilinear profile of an inner wall of the ring according to an arc of a circle having a radius Ri ranging from 0.10 mm to 1, 25 mm, preferably ranging from 0.40 mm to 1.00 mm.
• the flank of the ogive located towards the interior of the container may itself be slightly curved or substantially straight.
• the flank of the ogive located towards the outside of the container joins the generally rectilinear profile of an outer wall of the ring according to an arc of a circle having a radius Re ranging from 0.10 mm to 1, 25 mm, preferably ranging from 0.40 mm to 1.00 mm.
• the flank of the ogive located towards the outside of the container may itself be slightly curved or substantially straight.
• the ring of the container according to the invention can also be provided on its outer wall with special threads making it possible to limit the tightening of the capsule on the container when closing the container. This limitation of the tightening of the capsule also makes it possible to reduce the opening torque necessary to open the container. Thus, people with little strength in their hands can open the container according to the invention more easily.
• the outer wall of the ring is provided with at least one thread of a first type, said thread of the first type being intended to cooperate with the notches of the cap intended to close said container, said net of the first type comprising, from top to bottom, a first segment of net, inclined, a second segment of net, substantially horizontal, and a third segment of net, inclined, said third segment of net being further provided with a anti-screwing stopper.
• the outer wall of the ring is provided with at least two such threads of a first type, diametrically opposed.
• the first thread segment inclined, allows the initiation of screwing and the progressive crushing of the seal during tightening.
• the presence of the anti-screwing abutment on the third thread segment makes it possible to prevent excessive tightening of the capsule. This is particularly advantageous when the caps are screwed onto the containers industrially by machines, such as cappers, which apply tightening torques automatically.
• the outer wall of the ring can be provided with at least four such threads of the first type, said four threads of the first type being diametrically opposed in pairs.
• the outer wall of the ring is provided with at least one thread of a second type, said thread of the second type being intended to cooperate with the notches of the cap intended to close said containing, said net of the second type comprising, from top to bottom, a first segment of net, inclined, a second segment of net, substantially horizontal, and a third segment of net, said third segment of net being free of anti- screwing.
• the outer wall of the ring can for example be provided with at least two such threads of the second type, diametrically opposed.
• the outer wall of the ring can be provided with four threads of the second type, said four threads of the second type being diametrically opposed in pairs.
• the outer wall of the ring may be provided with both threads of the first type and threads of the second type.
• the outer wall of the ring is provided with threads of the second type only.
• the distance from the second thread segment, horizontal, of the threads of the first type to the top of the ogive of the rim has a value k ranging from 4.0 mm to 20.0 mm, preferably from 7.0mm to 15.0mm.
• the container according to the invention can be manufactured by known methods for manufacturing glass containers, such as for example the press-and-blow process or the blow-and-blow process.
• FIG. 1 is a side view of a prior art container with a standard rim
• FIG. 2 is a side view of the container of the prior art of Figure 1 closed by a notched cap
• FIG. 3 is a half-view in longitudinal section of the container of the prior art of Figure 1, showing the profile of the standard rim,
• FIG. 4 is a partial view on a larger scale of Figure 3 showing more precisely the profile of the standard rim of the container of the prior art
• FIG. 5 is a partial sectional view of a groove of a snap cap with a seal, before use of the cap,
• FIG. 6 is a partial sectional view of the groove of Figure 5 after screwing and tightening the cap on the container of the prior art of Figures 1-4 and keeping the container thus closed for seven days,
• FIG. 7 is a sectional view showing an ogival profile of the rim of a container according to the invention.
• FIG. 8 is a view of Figure 7 indicating the various possible variable parameters for the ogival profile of the rim of the container according to the invention
• FIG. 9 is a side view of a ring of the container according to the invention showing the threads of the first type and the threads of the second type,
• FIG. 10 represents the graph of the comparison of the contact arc lengths measured for a container of the prior art having a standard rim (dotted curve) and a container according to the invention having a rim having a profile in the shape of an warhead (solid line curve),
• FIG. 11 represents the graph of Figure 10 expressed in the form of a difference in arc length of contact of the rim according to the invention as a percentage compared to the standard rim.
• the container 20 is hollow and is made of glass. It comprises a cylindrical body 21 defining an interior 20a of the container 20, having a closed lower end 21a forming the bottom of the container 20 and an open upper end 21b.
• the upper end 21b is formed by a ring 22 having an outer wall 22a provided with threads 23, an inner wall 22b, and a rim 24 having an ogive-shaped profile.
• the threads 23 are intended to cooperate with the notches 7 of a cap 6 as described in Figure 2, intended to be screwed and tightened on the ring 22 to close the container 20.
• the profile of the rim 24 of the container 20 defines for the ogive a base 25, a first side 26a located towards the inside 20a of the container 20, a second side 26b, located towards the outside of the container 20, and a top 27.
• the base 25 is formed of the horizontal line connecting the place where the first flank 26a joins the generally straight profile of the inner wall 22b of the ring 22 to the place where the second flank 26b joins the generally rectilinear profile of the outer wall 22a of the ring 22.
• the top 27 is aligned vertically on a point (not shown) which would be located at the center of the base 25.
• the warhead defined by the profile of the rim 24 is a symmetrical warhead.
• the top 27 has the shape of an arc of a circle having a radius Rs as indicated in FIG. 8. The top of the ogive is thus free of any flattening.
• the radius Rs can range from 0.10 to 1.25 mm, preferably from 0.40 to 1.00 mm.
• Rs can be equal to 0.80 mm.
• the base 25 of the ogive can have a width Lp ranging from 1.0 mm to 10.0 mm, preferably from 2.0 mm to 6.0 mm.
• the height Hs of the ogive, from the base 25 to its top 27, can range from 0.5 mm to 5 mm, preferably from 1.0 mm to 3.0 mm.
• the first flank 26a of the ogive located towards the inside 20a of the container 20, joins the generally rectilinear profile of an inner wall 22b of the ring 22 according to an arc of a circle having a radius Ri.
• the radius Ri can range from 0.10 mm to 1.25 mm, preferably ranging from 0.40 mm to 1.00 mm.
• the second flank 26b of the ogive located towards the outside of the container 20, joins the generally rectilinear profile of the outer wall 22a of the ring 22 according to an arc of a circle having a radius Re.
• the radius Re can range from 0, 10 mm to 1.25 mm, preferably ranging from 0.40 mm to 1.00 mm.
• the ogive defined by the profile of the rim 24 could be asymmetrical, the top 27 of the ogive being offset in the direction of the interior 20a of the container 20 with respect to a point located at the center from the base 25 of the warhead.
• Such an embodiment has the advantage of more easily controlling the reflux of material from the joint of the capsule closing the container 20 during storage of the closed container 20.
• the threads 23 of the ring 22 of the container 20 are described more precisely.
• the threads 23 include first type threads 28.
• Each first type thread 28 includes from top to bottom, as shown Figure 8, a first segment 28a of net, inclined, a second segment 28b of net, substantially horizontal, and a third segment 28c of net, inclined.
• the third segment 28c of thread is provided with an anti-screwing abutment 29.
• the first segment 28a of thread, inclined allows the initiation of the screwing and the progressive crushing of the seal 9 of the capsule 6 during tightening .
• the presence of the anti-screwing stop 29 on the third thread segment 28c makes it possible to prevent excessive tightening of the cap 6.
• first thread segments 28a may have an angle of inclination, with respect to a horizontal straight line, of approximately 6.3°.
• the length of these first thread segments 28a, on the circumference of the circular outer wall 22a of the ring 22, can for example be approximately 12°.
• the length of the second thread segments 28b, on the circumference of the circular outer wall 22a of the ring 22, can for example be approximately 22°.
• the threads of the first type 28 can be present on the circumference of the outer wall 22a of the ring 22 in the number of at least one, even two, four, six or more, diametrically opposed two by two.
• the threads 23 also include threads of the second type 30.
• Each thread of the second type 30 comprises, from top to bottom, a first segment 30a of thread, inclined, a second segment 30b of thread, substantially horizontal, and a third segment 30c of thread, said third segment 30c of thread being free of anti-screwing abutment.
• the second type threads 30 can for example be present on the circumference of the outer wall 22a of the ring 22, two in number.
• the ring 22 is provided with a total of six threads 23, for example four threads of the first type 28 and two threads of the second type 30.
• the ring is only provided with threads of the second type.
• the threads of the first type 28 and/or of the second type 30 make it possible to limit the tightening of the cap 6 on the container when the container 20 is closed.
• the profile of the rim 24 of the container 20 according to the invention had the ogive shape shown in Figure 8 with the following dimensions:
• the profile of the standard rim 5 had the shape shown in Figure 4.
• the containers 20 according to the invention and the containers 1 of the prior art were closed by caps 6 with notches 7 as shown in FIG. 2.
• the seal 9 was a standard cast PVC seal.
• the caps were screwed and tightened using a capper with an identical tightening torque for all the containers.
• the contact arc lengths were calculated after recording the profile using a "MarTalk" measuring instrument from the Mahr company with the following parameters:
• Figure 10 shows the evolution of the contact arc length (Arc) as a function of the punching height (Hp) for the containers 1 of the prior art having a standard rim 5 (dotted curve) and for the containers 20 according to the invention having the rim 24 (solid line curve).
• the containers 20 according to the invention make it possible to significantly reduce the arc length of contact between the rim 24 and the seal 9 of the capsule 6.
• the opening torque that it is necessary to exert in order to manage to open the containers 20 according to the invention is significantly less important than that which it is necessary to exercise to open the containers 1 of the prior art.
• Figure 11 repeats the graph of Figure 10 by expressing it in the form of a difference in length of arc of contact of the rim 24 of the containers 20 according to the invention as a percentage relative to the standard rim 5 of the containers 1 of prior art.
• the rim 24 of the containers 20 according to the invention it is possible, thanks to the rim 24 of the containers 20 according to the invention, to reduce the contact arc lengths by 27 to 60% respectively for punching heights Hp commonly between 0.2 mm and 0.9mm.
• the contact arc length can be reduced by 38% compared to containers 1 of the prior art.
• the reductions in contact arc length obtained with the rim 24 of the containers 20 according to the invention make it possible to significantly reduce the value of the opening torque necessary to succeed in opening the containers 20 after screwing, capping and storage.
• the opening torque can be reduced by at least 10%, preferably by at least 15%, and for example up to 36%, with the rim 24 of the container 20 according to the invention.
• the containers according to the invention thus have the advantage of being able to both preserve food in a sealed and safe manner for significant periods, while having an easy opening.
• the containers according to the invention can be opened by people with little strength in their hands or by elderly people.

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