FR2518502A1 - CAN AND SET OF CONTAINERS COMPRISING A CAN AND A BOTTLE - Google Patents

Abstract

1. Can or similar container comprising a pouring neck (1) which may be closed off by a stopper secured to said neck and which is provided on the inside with a permanently fixed destruction device (4) for the destruction of a closing member (7) secured in tight manner on the end of the neck (5) of the bottle (6), said device (4) comprising at least an opening (8) to alow the flow of the liquid contained in the bottle (6), a guiding bore (9) for the neck (5) of the bottle (6) and a cutting member (13) provided at the level of the opening (8), characterized in that the destruction device (4) comprises, on the one hand, a cylindrical wall (10) of which the inner face (12) defines the guiding bore (9), and on the other hand, at its upper end, an annular stop member (20) adapted to receive in resting contact a truncated widened part (30) of a bottle (6), the inner face (21) of said stop member being likewise truncated and being connected, by its lower edge, to the inner face of said cylindrical wall (10), and in that the cutting member (13) is provided at the lower end of said cylindrical wall (10) and projects towards the axis (14) of the guiding bore (19).

Description

Can and container set consisting of a can

and a bottle.

  The subject of the present invention is a

  gift or similar container with a 'glass neck'

  It can be closed by means of a plug which is fixed on said neck, preferably by screwing. Such drums with a capacity of, for example, one liter are often made from a thermoplastic material and are destined to

  to contain a detergent or other cleaning liquid

  such as bleach These cans contain

  a cleaning fluid of low concentration and ser-

  wind, after consumption of their contents, to the mixture

  a certain amount of water with a dose of deter-

  concentrated gent content usually in cartons

  soft plastics whose handling is different

  ficulty if dangerous from their opening until their

  complete emptying -To obtain a solution of bleach-

  For household use, for example, a bleach of 250 milliliters concentrated to 48 chlorometric with 750 milliliters of water is mixed to obtain one liter of chlorometric bleach of which the

  concentration is suitable for household purposes.

  To be able to realize this mixture of a

  dose of concentrated detergent with water in the

  don, it is necessary to cut the soft carton and pour its contents into the can This operation is dangerous

  because a few drops of concentrated liquid can always

  days fall on the skin or clothing of the manipula-

  tor. The purpose of the present invention is to eliminate these disadvantages and to propose a can

  to safely transfer the dose

centered in the can.

  This goal is achieved by the fact that the can

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  -2- is provided with a destruction device for a closure member sealingly attached to the end of the neck of a bottle or similar container and that this destruction device is disposed inside of the neck of the can and has at least one opening

  passage for the liquid contained in the bottle.

  Thanks to this conception, the body of

  turation of the vial-or similar container containing the

  concentrated dose, is destroyed only after its introduction

  inside the container so (kill the liquid)

  concentrate flows directly into the container.

  tense, it is preferable that at least the bottleneck of

  con presents-a certain rigidity but one can also use berlingots whose very thin walls

  only when the said cartons are

  filled with a liquid or a paste and one end ends with a kind of neck which is introduced into the neck of the can where it can be

  * destroyed, for example breakthrough, by the device des-

truction of said can.

  The invention also relates to a set of containers consisting on the one hand of a canister provided in its neck with a destruction device and, on the other hand, a bottle whose contents must be poured into the can and whose the neck is closed tightly

by a shutter member.

  This set of containers is characterized in that the neck of the bottle has dimensions

  such that its shutter member can be

  in the destruction device and presented

  the cutting device of the latter -

  This adaptation of the neck of the bottle and its closure member to the destruction device

  provided in the neck of the can provides safe access

  during the opening of the bottle and the transfer of its liquid content in the canister since said contents of the bottle can flow elsewhere than in said can from the opening of the bottle, the portion of the bottle that rests on the neck of the bottle. can forming a kind of screen against the projections of

  which could occur during the opening

bottle.

  Other features and benefits

  of the invention will emerge from the description of

  several embodiments, description

  Referring to the accompanying drawings in which: Figure 1 is an elevation view of a radial section of a first embodiment of the neck of a can according to the broken radial plane I-1

  of FIG. 2, with a representation in broken lines

  terminated with a bottle neck adapted to this first embodiment and introduced into the neck of the can;

  FIG. 2 is a plan view of the

  lot of the can according to figure I with a representation

  in horizontal section of the shutter member of the

  con, according to the line II-II of Figure 1 Figure 3 is a vu-e in elevation of the upper end of the bottle adapted to the neck of the can according to Figures I and 2

  FIG. 4 is an elevational view of

  radial section of a second embodiment of the neck of a can, and the adapted neck of a corresponding bottle-presented in front of the destruction device of the neck of said can, according to the broken plane IVIV of Figure 5 Figure 5 is a plan view of the bottle neck according to FIG. 4, and

  FIG. 6 is an elevation view of

  -4- an axial section of the neck of a bottle adapted to the second embodiment of the goul ot tin, the bottle neck being, for example, closed by a

simple heat-sealable lid.

  In the drawing, we only represented

  the upper end, namely the pouring neck-

  1 of a can 2 or similar container preferably made of a thermoplastic material The neck 1 has a thread 3 on which is screwed a plug not shown Inside the neck 1 of a shape, preferably, cylindrical, is permanently fixed a destruction device 4 intended to act

  on and to destroy an obturator that

  integral part of a neck 5 of a bottle 6 or is sealingly attached to the bottle neck The closure member 7 of the bottle neck 5 may be a simple cover of thermoplastic material which, at the very

  less on the side, is in contact with the neck 5 and is it

  heat-sealed on it when the bottle 6 is in

  thermoplastic material (Figure 6).

  as shutter member 7 plugs-

  hollow, preferably made of thermoplastic material, having the end of their skirt glued or heat-sealed on the neck 5 of the bottle 6 (see FIGS. 1 to 4) It is also possible to use capsules or elements

  analogous as a shutter member in measuring

  re-o these can be destroyed without difficulty

  by the destruction device 4 provided for in the

lot 1 of can 2.

  In a general way, the bottle 6 contains

  a small dose of a liquid product with a high concentration

  tion and the can 2 is intended to contain a larger quantity, for example a liter of a liquid,

  for example, low concentration detergent resulting from

  both of the mixture in can 2 of a certain amount

  water with the concentrated contents of the bottle 6.

  The destruction device 4 disposed inside the neck I of the can 2 comprises at least one passage opening 8, on the one hand to the liquid contained in the bottle 6 after destruction of the closure member 7 thereof to flow into the can 2, and, secondly, to the contents of the can to be poured out of said can 2 Advantageously, the destruction device 4 comprises, above the passage opening 8, a bore guide 9 for

  the neck 5 of the bottle 6 in the inverted position; otherwise

  * *, this destruction device 4 has a wall,

  preferably cylindrical 10, the transverse section

  dirty at a periphery of configuration adapted to the shape of the inner face 11 of the neck I of the can 2, the inner coaxial face 1-2 of the cylindrical wall 10

  * delimiting the guide bore 9 At the level of the

  passage 8 (FIGS. 1 and 2) or passage openings 8 (FIGS. 4 and 5) is provided with a cutting member 13 which, according to the embodiment of FIGS. 1 and 2, is constituted by a tip, preferably triangular having a shape similar to a double 7 share for slicing from the right and / or left, this cutting member 13 being disposed, for example, on the vertical edge

  17 of the passage opening 8 and extends, by its tip, radial-

  towards and perpendicular to the axis 14 of the neck 1 of the can 2.

  As can be seen in FIGS. 1 and 2, the cup-shaped cutting member 13 is provided at the lower end of the cylindrical wall 10 of the destruction device 4 and protrudes radially towards the axis of the bore

  guide 9, axis coincides with the axis 14 of the neck 1.

  Near its lower end, the cylindrical wall

  10 has a lower annular abutment 15 materialized by an internal shoulder whose face

  upper ring 16 is located above and

  proximity of the cutting member 13 and whose inner face

  coaxial rim 17 carries said cutting member 13 and defines the passage opening 8 The faces 16 and 17 being connected,

  preferably, by a frustoconical chamfer 47.

  At the upper end of the destruction device 4, upper end which may be flush or slightly below the edge 18

  neck I of the bottle 2 is provided with an annular abutment

  re superior 20 whose inner face 21 is truncated

  conical and has a lower edge which corresponds to the small base of the truncated cone delimited by said inner face 21 and which is connected downwards, to

  the inner face 12 of the cylindrical wall 10.

  The outer face 22 of the upper annular abutment

  is preferably cylindrical and has a

  turn which is substantially identical to that of the inner face of the bottle neck 1 so that said

  upper annular abutment 20 of the destructive device

  tion 4 is mounted by friction and force in the government.

  lot I of can 2 The lower edge of the outer face

  22 of the annular abutment 20 is connected to the

  outer face 23 of the cylindrical wall 10 to ni-

  The outer end of the outer end 22 of the upper annular abutment 20 is provided with an inner annular shoulder 24.

  can be slightly frustoconical so

  very weakly from top to bottom, the outer diameter

  said stop 20 being such that it can be

  forcibly engaged in the neck I of the can 2

  It will easily be taken that the upper annular abutment 20 not only acts as a stopper, but also serves, in cooperation with an enlarged part 25 of the neck 5 of the vial 6, to form a sort of baffle or screen preventing the liquid out of the neck I during the transfer of the concentrated liquid from the bottle

6 to the can 2.

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  The outer face 22 of the annular abutment

  The top 20 is provided with a series of grooves and ribs 25,26 which extend parallel to the axis 14 of the device 4 and each groove 25 alternates with a neighboring rib 26 The ribs 26

  cling to the inside of the neck of the neck

  don 2 and can, if necessary, with the grooves

  and the corresponding parts of the inner face II of the.

  neck 1, define ventilation channels 27 whose section

  cross section is insufficient to allow the passage of a liquid.

  The inner face 21 of the annular abutment

  re superior 20 can also be provided with a

  grooves and radial ribs of small cross-section to facilitate the passage of air when

  bottle 6 is introduced into the neck 1 of the can 2.

  The outer face 23 of the cylindrical wall

  10 of the destruction device has, in general, a smaller diameter of a few millimeters at least than the inner face 11 of the neck I of the can 2 and comprises a plurality of radial outer stiffening ribs 28 The vertices 29 of the stiffening ribs 28, by four examples, fit into the cylinder or very weak trunk c 8 determined by the outer face 22 of the upper annular abutment 20 and apply against

  the inner face II of the neck of the can 2.

  Although can 2 equipped with a device

  of destruction 4 in accordance with the embodiment

  shown in Figures I and 2 can cooperate with various structures of bottles provided that they comprise a destructible closure member or an element similar to a destructible closure member that can be presented in front of the cutting member 13 and be destroyed by it, it can be advantageous to associate with the can 2 of Figures 1

  and 2 a bottle 6 as shown in FIG.

  The bottle 6 of FIG. 3 comprises a neck 5 whose outside diameter is smaller, for example.

  a few millimeters to the inner diameter of the bore

  guide 9 delimited by the inner face 12 of the cylindrical wall 10 and its height can be lower

  at the height of said bore 9-at its lower end

  re, the neck 5 of the bottle 6 is connected to a widened frustoconical or pyramidal portion 30 which, when necessary, does not oppose the rotation of the neck 5 in the neck I of the can 2 and which flares downwards and has a shape and an inclination adapted to those of the inner face 21 of the abutment

  upper ring 20 of the destruction device 4.

  Preferably, at least the bottle 6 and, where appropriate, its closure member 7 is made of a thermoplastic and heat-sealable material and is chosen at least for the neck 5, and preferably also for the 30 of the bottle 6 a wall thickness sufficient for that for a given material, said neck 5 and the enlarged portion 30 are at least

  semi-rigid otherwise, preferably, rigid.

  As we can see on the drawing,

  the place where the shutter member is fastened 7.

  on the edge of the neck 5 of the bottle 6, said organ

  shutter 7 (FIGS. 1 and 3) or said neck 5 (FIG.

  gures 4 and 6) comprises an annular bead of guiding

  31 which engages without lateral play-noticeable in the guide bore 9 of the destruction device 4 and which, when the height of the neck 5 eles-sus of the enlarged part 30 -le allows, door, the case - appropriate, against the upper face 16 of the annular abutment

  lower part of said destruction device 4 (

  FIG. 1) The guide bead 31 comprises, on its cylindrical periphery, a series of vertical grooves 32, preferably uniformly distributed over its entire periphery. According to the embodiment shown in FIG. 6, the closure member 7 of the neck 5 of the vial 6 is a cap attached to the end of the vial neck 5 in an inner shoulder 33 formed in the bead of the vial. guiding 31 of the neck 5. By cons, according to the embodiments shown

  in FIGS. 1 to 4, the closure member 7 of the flap

  con 6 is constituted by a plug comprising a

  front closure king 34 and a cylindrical side skirt 35 whose lower end is fixed

  permanently on the edge of the neck 5 of the bottle 6

  fastening of the skirt 35 on the neck 5 can va-

  However, what is important is that the connection between at least a portion of the skirt 35 and the neck 5 remains permanently even after the destruction of the cap to find out more. details of the various embodiments and fixing caps, reference should be made to the parallel patent application filed that same day and entitled "Destructible stopper"

  disposable and containers with such a cap ".

  According to the embodiment shown in FIGS.

  1 to 3, the outer diameter of the cylindrical skirt

  that 35 of the shutter member 7 is slightly more

  small than that of the opening of passage 8 of the

  sitif de destruction and cylindrical side skirt

  and vertical 35 has a vertical flat 36 allowing

  both of said skirt 35 in front of the cutting member 13 of the destruction device 4 from this position, in which the neck 5 rests via the guide bead 31 on the lower annular abutment 15 or the vial 6 rests by means of its frustoconical enlarged portion on the upper annular abutment 20, simply rotate the bottle 6 about the axis 14 of the

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  can 2 so that the cutting member 13 cuts the most

  much of the side skirt 35 with the exception of

  central part of the flat part 36, central part which

  can not come into contact with said cutting member 13.

  To facilitate cutting, that is to say the destruction of the closure member 7 and the opening of the bottle 6, there can be provided an annular notch 37 on the zone

  skirt that will appear in front of the cutting member 13.

  According to the embodiment shown

  in FIGS. 4 and 5, the cutting member 13 of the arrangement

  4 has a c 8 ne or a pyramid

  Hollow recess 38 which is arranged coaxially inside the guide bore 9 This pyramid-shaped cutter 13 comprises, from top to bottom, an upwardly directed tip 39 and, preferably, located

  in the axis 14 of the neck I of the can 2, a part inter-

  openwork medial 40 whose openings are the 'passage openings 8 previously mentioned, and a continuous lower portion 41, that is to say without

  opening, which at its base is connected to the end

  of the cylindrical wall 10 The openings or-

  8 of the intermediate portion 40 of the cutting member 13 are delimited, on the one hand,

  laterally by cutting bars 42 which

  tending along the generatrices of c 8 ne 38 or the arches of the pyramid 38, and, on the other hand, at their lower edge, by the upper edge 43 of the part

  lower portion 41 of the cutting member 13,38.

  In some cases, it is advantageous to give the tip 39 and the lower continuous portion 41 of the cutting member 13, 38 the same inclination with respect to the axis.

  14 of the neck I of the can 2, and the destructive device

  tion, this inclination being relatively low, for example of the order of 5 to 15 ', and substantially lower than that of the intermediate portion 40 f.

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  11 - with respect to said axis 14 of the destruction device 4 The inclination of the intermediate portion 40, that is to say cutting bars 42 relative to the axis

  14 is in the range of 15 to 50

  S tion, is torn first with the tip 39 the central portion of the front wall closure 34 or

  the seal of the shutter and cutting member

  subsequently radially outwardly said wall 34 by means of the cutting bars 42 over the entire extent of the intermediate portion 40 so as to obtain triangular flaps of plug 44 which are spaced from the passage openings or openings 8 when their

  base is placed over the lower

  41 of the cutting member 13,38 Thus 1-e liquid, con-

  center contained in the bottle can easily pass through the uncovered through openings 8 of the intermediate portion 40 of the cutter 13,38 o The base of the cutter 13,38 is connected to the lower extramite of the cylindrical wall 10 to

  using radial connecting tabs 45 which define

  two by two and with the lower edges corresponding to

  of said cylindrical wall 10 and the

  lower portion 41 of the cutting member 13-38 of the communication holes 46 which are oblong and curved in shape and allow the amounts of liquid that are passed between the lower portion 41 of the cutting member 13, 38 and the base rags of stopper 44, to fall

  also in the can 2 The destructive device

  4 can be made of a metal lager or an alloy

  of light metals but also of a plastic material

  It goes without saying that the various embodiments previously described can undergo a certain number of modifications without it being necessary for this to come out of the protective field whose limits are

  defined by the appended claims

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Claims (20)

  1. Can or the like container having a pouring neck (1) closable by a plug attaching to said neck; preferably, by screwing, characterized in that it is provided with a destruction device (4) for a closed closure member (7) of   sealingly on the end of the neck (5) of a fia-   con (6) and that this device (4) is arranged in the   the neck (1) of the can (2) -and comprises at least one passage opening (8) for the contained liquid in the bottle (6) ,.   Can according to Claim 1, characterized in that the destruction device (4) comprises a   guide bore (9) for the neck (5) of the bottle (6).   3. Can according to any one of the claims   1 or 2, characterized in that the destruction device (4) comprises a cylindrical wall (10) having the inner face (12) delimits the guide bore (9).   4. Can according to any one of the claims   1 to 3, characterized in that the device of   truction (4) comprises a cutting member (13) which is   provided at the passage opening (8).   5. Can according to any one of the claims   1 to 4, characterized in that the cutting member   (13) is provided at the lower end of the cymbal wall.   lindrique (10) of the destruction device (4) and   projecting towards the axis (14) of the guide bore (9).   6. Can according to any one of the claims   1 to 5, characterized in that at the upper end   the destruction device (4) is provided with an annul-upper stop (20) whose inner face   (21) is frustoconical and connects by its lower edge   the inner face (12) of the cylindrical wall   qbe (10) and whose outer face (22) is cylindrical 13 - and is connected to the outer face (23) of the cylindrical wall (10) at the upper end thereof by an inner annular shoulder ( 24)   the outside diameter of said annular abutment   (20) being such that it can be engaged by force in the neck (1) of the can (2).   7. Can according to any one of the claims   1 to 6, characterized in that the outer face (22) of the upper annular abutment (20) is provided with   vertical splines and ribs (25,26) of which each   that groove (25) alternates with a rib (26) and whose ribs (26) cling to the inner face the neck (1) of the can (2).   8. Can according to any one of the claims   1 to 7, characterized in that the outer face (23) of the cylindrical wall (10) comprises a plurality of radial stiffening ribs (28) whose vertices   fit into the cylinder defined by the outer face   upper (22) of the upper annular abutment (20> and apply against the inner face of the neck (1) can (2).   9. Can according to any one of the claims   1 to 8, characterized in that the cylindrical wall (10) has, near its lower end, a   lower annular abutment (15) constituted by a shoulder   internally with the upper face (16)   above and close to the cutting member (13).   Can according to any one of the claims   1 to 9, characterized in that the cutting member (13) is a triangular point having the shape a double soc.   1 i. Can according to any one of the claims   1 to 10, characterized in that the cutting member (13) is c-shaped or hollow pyramid-shaped (38).   which is arranged coaxially inside the bore 14 -   guide (9) and which comprises a point (39) which   upwardly, a perforated intermediate portion (40) and a continuous lower portion (41) which, at its base,   is connected to the lower end of the cy- lindrique (O 10).   12. Can according to any one of the claims   1 to 11, characterized in that the openings (8) of the intermediate portion (40) of the cutting member (13)   are delimited laterally by cutting bars.   (42) extending along the generatrices of a c 8 ne or ar 8 of a pyramid and at their lower edge by the upper edge (43) of the lower part (41) of the cutting member (13).   13. Can according to any one of the claims   1 to 12, characterized in that the tip (39) and the lower part (41) of the cutting member (13)   have the same inclination with respect to the axis (14),   the clinching is weaker than that of the part   intermediate (40) with respect to said axis (14) of the dis- positive of destruction (4).   14. Can according to any one of the claims   1 to 13, characterized in that the base of the   cutter (13) is connected to the lower end   of the cylindrical wall (10) with the aid of   radial connecting webs (45) which delimit two by two and with the corresponding lower edges of the cylindrical wall (10) and the cutting member   (13) communication holes (46).   15. Set of containers consisting of a can   (2) according to any one of claims 1 to 14   and at least one bottle (6) having a neck (5) obtur-   resealed by a closure member (7),   characterized in that the neck (5) of the bottle (6)   dimensions such as its shutter member   (7) can be introduced into the device of   truction (4) and presented in front of the cutting member (13) of it.   16. Set of containers according to the claim   15, characterized in that the neck (5) of the flange   con (6) has an outside diameter of a few millimeters   much smaller than the inside diameter of the cylindrical wall   drique (10) of the destruction device (4) and that at the location of the attachment of the closure member (7) on the edge of the neck (5) of the bottle (6), said member   shutter (7) or said neck (5) comprises a bell   annular guide bearing (31) which engages without play   lateral noticeable in the guide bore (9) of the disc positive of destruction (4).   17. Set of receptacles in any one   than claims 15 or 16, characterized in that   the guide bead (31) has, on its   cylindrical tower, a series of vertical grooves (32)   evenly distributed all around.   18. Set of containers according to any one   claims 15 to 17, characterized in that   the shutter member (7) of the bottle (6) is constituted   by a stopper comprising a frontal wall of   (34) and a side skirt (35) whose lower end is fixed permanently on the edge of the neck (5) of the bottle (6).   19. Set of receptacles according to any one   claims 15 to 18, characterized in that   the outer diameter of the vertical cylindrical skirt   (35) is slightly smaller than the diameter of the   passageway (8) of the destruction device   (4) and said skirt (35) has a vertical flat   cal (36) for passing said skirt-in front   the cutting member (13) of said device (4).   20. Set of containers according to any one   claims 15 to 19, characterized in that 16 -   the closure member (7) of the bottle (6) is an operculum   attached to the end of the bottle neck (5).   21. Set of receptacles in any one   claims 15 to 20, characterized in that   its lower end, the neck (5) of the bottle (6)   is connected to a widened frustoconical part (30)   downward, with a shape and inclination   adapted to those of the inner face (21) of the upper annular abutment (20) of the destruction (4).   22 Set of containers according to one of the following   claims 15 to 21, characterized in that   less the bottle (6) and its closure member (7) are   made of a thermoplastic and heat-sealing material corn.