NL2023034B1 - A closure assembly comprising a cap with integrated tamper-evident ring and strap - Google Patents

A closure assembly comprising a cap with integrated tamper-evident ring and strap Download PDF

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NL2023034B1
NL2023034B1 NL2023034A NL2023034A NL2023034B1 NL 2023034 B1 NL2023034 B1 NL 2023034B1 NL 2023034 A NL2023034 A NL 2023034A NL 2023034 A NL2023034 A NL 2023034A NL 2023034 B1 NL2023034 B1 NL 2023034B1
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closure assembly
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Adriaan Van Spronsen Frederik
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Scholle Ipn Ip Bv
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Priority to CN202080032352.9A priority patent/CN113710587A/en
Priority to US17/607,856 priority patent/US20220204235A1/en
Priority to EP20720849.7A priority patent/EP3962830B1/en
Priority to PCT/EP2020/061896 priority patent/WO2020221801A1/en
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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
    • B65D75/00—Packages comprising articles or materials partially or wholly enclosed in strips, sheets, blanks, tubes, or webs of flexible sheet material, e.g. in folded wrappers
    • B65D75/52—Details
    • B65D75/58—Opening or contents-removing devices added or incorporated during package manufacture
    • B65D75/5861—Spouts
    • B65D75/5872—Non-integral spouts
    • B65D75/5883—Non-integral spouts connected to the package at the sealed junction of two package walls
    • 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
    • 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
    • B65D2401/00—Tamper-indicating means
    • B65D2401/15—Tearable part of the closure
    • 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
    • B65D2401/00—Tamper-indicating means
    • B65D2401/15—Tearable part of the closure
    • B65D2401/30—Tamper-ring remaining connected to closure after initial removal
    • 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
    • B65D2575/00—Packages comprising articles or materials partially or wholly enclosed in strips, sheets, blanks, tubes or webs of flexible sheet material, e.g. in folded wrappers
    • B65D2575/52—Details
    • B65D2575/58—Opening or contents-removing devices added or incorporated during package manufacture
    • B65D2575/583—Opening or contents-removing devices added or incorporated during package manufacture the non-integral spout having an elongate cross-sectional shape, e.g. canoe or boat shaped
    • 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
    • B65D2575/00—Packages comprising articles or materials partially or wholly enclosed in strips, sheets, blanks, tubes or webs of flexible sheet material, e.g. in folded wrappers
    • B65D2575/52—Details
    • B65D2575/58—Opening or contents-removing devices added or incorporated during package manufacture
    • B65D2575/586—Opening or contents-removing devices added or incorporated during package manufacture with means for reclosing
    • 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
    • B65D41/16—Snap-on caps or cap-like covers
    • B65D41/17—Snap-on caps or cap-like covers push-on and twist-off
    • 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

Abstract

A closure assembly comprising an article with a tubular neck and a cap including an integrated tamper-evident ring and an integrated strap. The tamper-evident ring is integrally formed to the lower edge of the skirt of the cap and comprises an annular base portion which is connected via one or more breakable bridges to the skirt. The cap is a snap-on type cap and comprises a pair of wing-shaped handles that each have, seen in side view thereon, an outer periphery with a bottom side, a top side, and a tip remote from the skirt. The strap is integral at a first end thereof to the annular base portion and at a second end thereof to one of the wing-shaped handles and is adapted to remain connected to both the annular portion of the tamper-evident ring and the respective wing-shaped handle upon removal of the cap from the neck of the article by the user.

Description

P34020NLO0 A CLOSURE ASSEMBLY COMPRISING A CAP WITH INTEGRATED TAMPER-EVIDENT
RING AND STRAP The present invention relates to a closure assembly, a container provided with the closure assembly, and to a method for producing filled containers provided with the closure assembly.
Closure assemblies are known with a plastic cap that can be removed by a user through a lifting and/or rotational movement from a neck, e.g. the neck of a plastic container with integrally molded neck or the neck of a spout that has been fitted on a collapsible pouch container.
In manufacturing a closure assembly, a tamper-evident structure is often integrally molded as a part of the plastic cap. Examples of such closure assemblies are for example shown in WO2014/007612, WO2012/044168, EP2380820, GB 2492586, and WO2017/135824.
The present invention aims to provide an improved closure assembly, or at least aims to provide an alternative for known closure assemblies.
In particular the invention aims to provide an easy to operate closure assembly that also seeks to avoid that the cap becomes separated from the article, e.g. reducing the chance that the cap ends up in the environment instead of being properly disposed of, e.g. in view of recycling.
According to the present invention one or more of the above-mentioned objects are achieved by a closure assembly according to claim 1.
The inventive closure assembly allows for attractive manufacturing of the cap, as well as easy opening by the user and allows for a simple and attractive structural design of the strap as the cap is of the snap-on type which requires little relative motion of the cap relative to the article to disengage the snap connection, e.g. compared to a screw-type cap.
In embodiments, the strap, prior to first time removal of the cap by the user, is located in a vertical plane that is in common with a panel portion of the respective wing-shaped handle. This allows for efficient molding of the cap as well as for an attractive design.
2. In embodiments, the strap, prior to first time removal of the cap by the user, extends outward from the annular portion of the tamper-evident ring towards the tip of the respective wing- shaped handle, e.g. the second end of the strap being inward of the tip of the wing-shaped handle.
In embodiments, the strap extends outward from the annular portion of the tamper-evident ring towards the tip of the respective wing-shaped handle along the bottom side of the wing- shaped handle, further about the tip of the wing-shaped handle, and along a portion of the top side of the wing-shaped handle to the second end of the strap, e.g. the second end being located at a distance outward of the skirt. In embodiments, the integrated strap of the cap comprises a strap inner contour side, facing towards the respective wing-shaped handle prior to the first time removal of the cap, and a strap outer contour side, facing away from the wing-shaped handle.
In embodiments, the annular base portion of the tamper-evident ring comprises one or more integrally formed hook members, wherein the article comprises one or more hook member passages, each hook member passage being adapted to receive a hook member when the cap is mounted on the neck, for example wherein the article is provided with an annular flange portion on the neck of the article and wherein a hook portion of each hook member engages, e.g. snaps, underneath a bottom face of said annular flange portion on the neck of the article. This cap can be mounted, e.g. in an axial securing motion, on the article so that the one or more hook members engage the related passage. Preferably, said one or more hook members are configured to establish a permanent securing of the annular base portion tothe article. Thereby, upon first time removal of the cap by a user, the base portion remains connected to the article. In an embodiment, the integrated tamper-evident ring member is embodied with an annular ring member flange portion and with multiple hook members that are integrally formed to the bottom of the ring member flange portion. These hook members are distributed in a circumferential direction of the ring member flange portion. Each hook member comprises a leg having an upper end integral with the ring member flange portion and protruding downward from the ring member flange portion. Each hook member comprises a hook portion at the lower free end of the leg.
In an embodiment, the hook members passages are located directly adjoining the neck.
-3- In an embodiment, the legs of the hook members each have an inner leg face, this inner leg face adjoining the inner face of the flange portion of the ring member. This effectively locates the hook members closely adjacent the exterior of the neck, which is found effective when it comes to providing retention strength for the ring member using little plastic material compared to a location of the hook members further outward relative to the neck of the article. In practical embodiments, the hook portion protrudes outwardly and away from the neck.
In an alternative design, the hook portion could protrude from the leg in a circumferential or tangential, direction relative to the neck.
In an embodiment, a hook member has two legs, or a single leg forked at its lower end, wherein each of said legs, or each forked end, has a corresponding hook portion. For example an inverted V-shaped hook member is envisaged with two legs, or a forked leg. The legs or forked lower ends are then, preferably, located in an arrangement that is tangential or relative to the main axis, e.g. with the associated hook portions protruding in opposed tangential directions.
In an embodiment, the leg of at least one hook member, e.g. of all hook members, has an inner bevel face at the lower end thereof, e.g. at a junction of an inner leg face and a lower end face of the leg. Herein the neck is integrally formed with a corresponding bevel faced boss at a location below the corresponding hook member passage, such that upon axially mounting the cap with the integrated tamper-evident ring member on the neck by means of said axial securing motion along the main axis, the bevelled face of the boss contacts the inner bevel face of the leg and thereby assists in keeping the hook portion of the hook member engaged, e.g. snapped, underneath the bottom face of the annular flange portion on the neck of the article. This embodiment is most practical when the hook portion is directed outward, away from the neck.
In embodiments, the annular base portion of the tamper-evident ring comprises an annular ring member flange portion that has a top face, a bottom face, an inner face, and an outer face, wherein multiple hook members are integrally formed to the bottom of the ring member flange portion, the hook members being distributed in a circumferential direction of the ring member flange portion, wherein each hook member comprises a leg having an upper end integral with the ring member flange portion and protruding downward from the ring member flange portion, wherein each hook member comprises a hook portion at the lower free end of
-4- the leg, wherein the article further comprises a circumferential flange structure which comprises an annular flange portion that is integrally formed to the neck and extends around the neck, which flange portion has a top face, a bottom face, and a periphery, wherein the annular flange portion on the neck of the article is provided with multiple hook member passages that each extend between the top face and the bottom face through said annular flange portion, each hook member passage being adapted to receive a hook member when the cap with the integrated tamper-evident ring member is mounted on the neck, wherein the hook portion of each hook member engages, e.g. snaps, underneath the bottom face of the annular flange portion on the neck of the article, and wherein the closure assembly is embodied such that upon first time opening of the closure assembly by removal of the cap by a user the one or more breakable bridges break and the ring member is retained by means of the hook members.
In an embodiment of the closure assembly addressed in the preceding paragraph, the flange structure further comprises a peripheral protective rim portion that is integral to and extends upwards from the flange portion at the periphery thereof, so that the top face of the flange portion and the protective rim define an annular recess around the neck, wherein the periphery of the annular flange portion of the ring member is shaped to fit within the protective rim portion as the annular flange portion is at least partially inserted in said annular recess upon mounting of the cap with the integrated tamper-evident ring member on the neck, wherein the peripheral protective rim portion is adapted to obstruct lateral access from outside to the interface between the top face of the flange portion of the article and the bottom face of the flange portion of the ring member, and wherein the closure assembly is embodied such that upon first time opening of the closure assembly by removal of the cap by a user the one or more breakable bridges break and the ring member is retained in the recess of the article by means of the hook members.
In an embodiment, the protective rim portion has a height such that, in the secured position of the cap provided with the integrated tamper-evident ring member, an outer annular zone of the top face of the flange portion thereof does not protrude above the protective rim portion. Preferably, this outer annular zone of the top face is located lower than the top of the rim portion. Hereby lateral access to the ring member is even further obstructed, thus reducing the practical possibility to exert a force thereon that would pull the ring member off the neck of the article.
-5. In an embodiment, the outer periphery of the annular flange portion of the ring member and the inner periphery of the protective rim portion are shaped non-circular, e.g. thereby providing enhanced resistance against the ring member being rotated along with the cap upon first time opening of the closure.
In an embodiment, the outside of the protective rim provides at least one pair of opposed parallel side faces, preferably two pairs that are orthogonal to one another, e.g. the protective rim being four-sided preferably with rounded corner faces. This embodiment e.g. allows for the parallel side face pairs to be used in the course of guidance of the article, e.g. of a pouch provided with a spout embodied like this, in a production and/or filling line. Having two orthogonal pairs of such parallel side faces e.g. allows for guidance in two orthogonal directions, e.g. in a pouch manufacturing line along one direction, and in a filling line of pouches directly downstream thereof in another, orthogonal direction. It will be appreciated that the inside of the protective rim, preferably also the periphery of the flange portion of the ring member, may have the same design. In an embodiment, the upper face of the flange portion on the neck of the article is substantially planar, preferably radial to the main axis, wherein the bottom face of the ring member flange portion is substantially planar, preferably radial to the main axis. Thereby the interface between these flange portions is in a plane that is preferably radial or perpendicular to the main axis, in other words in this context horizontal. In an embodiment these faces of the flange portions are flat and smooth, in another embodiment these faces have mating reliefs, e.g. ribs and grooves, to provide an axial form locking engagement of these faces that, e.g., counters any torque on the ring member about the main axis (e.g. upon first time opening of the cap). This embodiment, with axially mating relief on these faces may, e.g. be combined with a circular periphery of the flange portions and of the protective rim. In embodiments, the strap has a cross-section that is adapted to withstand a pulling force of atleast 90N at 20°C without breaking. In embodiments, the tip of the wing-shaped handles is a rounded tip seen in side view thereon. In embodiments, the cap comprises two straps, each strap connecting the annular base member to a respective one of the pair of wing-shaped handles.
-B- In embodiments, the strap comprises at least one hinge section, preferably a hinge section wherein the cross-section of the strap is reduced allowing the strap to bend at the hinge, e.g.
the hinge configured to allow for pivoting in and out of the plane of the wing-shaped handle. In embodiments, the hinge section is located at the second end of the strap where the strap connects to the respective wing-shaped handle.
In embodiments, the cap comprises one or more breakable tamper-evident bridges located between the strap and the respective wing-shaped handle, said one or more breakable tamper-evident bridges breaking upon first time removal of the cap by a user.
In embodiments, the cap is a quarter turn lift cap. In embodiments, the closure assembly comprises: - at least one first cam portion defining a cam surface, which cam surface is angled with respect to the main axis, which first cam portion is integrally formed on one of the lower edge of the skirt and a portion, e.g. a flange portion, of the tamper-evident ring member, and - at least one second cam portion defining a cam follower surface adapted to interact with the cam surface of the first cam portion and which second cam portion is integrally formed on the other one of the lower edge of the skirt and said portion, e.g. said flange portion, of the tamper-evident ring member, wherein — upon first time opening of the closure assembly by rotation of the cap relative to the article about a main axis — the first and second cam portions interact in order to cause axial lifting of the cap relative to the neck, e.g. so that the co-operating snap connector formations disengage.
In a practically preferred embodiment, the cap is a quarter-turn opening snap-on type cap, so that rotating the cap over about a quarter turn causes sufficient lift to disengage the snap retention of the cap and, also, break the breakable bridges. Depending on the design of the first cam portion and the second cam portion the cap may be rotatable about the neck for opening the closure in both directions, so clockwise and counter clockwise, or the design may be such that the cap is rotatable in just one direction, e.g. only clockwise.
In an embodiment, a pair of first cam portions is integrally formed at a top face of said ring member flange portion, at diametrically opposed locations, and a pair of second cam portions is integrally formed at the lower end of the skirt, at diametrically opposed locations.
-7- In an embodiment, the first cam portion has an arched first cam surface with a centre raised above the flange portion and with a first and second ends where the arched first cam surface adjoins the top face of the flange portion. In an embodiment, a breakable bridge is present at each end of the upwardly arched first cam surface. In an embodiment, the second cam portion comprises an outwardly extending tab integrally formed at the lower end of the skirt and adapted to cooperate with the first cam surface, preferably the cap having two diametrically opposed tabs. In an embodiment, the pair of wing-shaped handles extend in an imaginary vertical plane through the main axis of the neck, and the cam portions of the pair of first cam portions () are located on diametrically opposed locations relative to said imaginary vertical plane.
For example, the neck is provided, axially spaced from a circumferential flange structure, with a series of snap ridge segments that are circumferentially spaced from one another, e.g. in combination with a circumferentially continuous snap ridge inside the skirt of the cap. For example, the cap can be replaced on the neck after first time opening, with the snap features then properly retaining the cap on the neck. For example, the neck has a smooth, e.g. main cylindrical, exterior, at least in the region between any snap-on ridge and the mouth, preferably also between any snap-on ridge on the circumferential flange structure. Such a smooth design is, for example, advantageous if the neck is designed to be placed between the lips of a consumer for drinking a product out of a container provided with the closure assembly. In a practically preferred embodiment, a pair of first cam portions, preferably a single pair only, is integrally formed at the top face of the ring member flange portion, at diametrically opposed locations, wherein a pair of second cam portions is integrally formed at the lower end of the skirt, at diametrically opposed locations. In a practical embodiment the first cam portions extend in part above the height of the protective rim, so that their presence is well visible enhancing the understanding by a user of the closure assembly.
In an embodiment, the first cam portion has an arched first cam surface with a centre raised higher than the top face of the flange portion and with a first and second ends where the arched first cam surface adjoins the top face of the flange portion. Hereby the arched first
-8- cam surface provides two oppositely inclined slopes allowing for opening of the closure by rotation of the cap in either direction about the neck, so clockwise and counter clockwise, when the second cam portion has a correspondingly shaped, e.g. arched, cam follower surface. In an embodiment hereof, a breakable bridge is present at each of said first and second ends of the upwardly arched first cam surface. The arched first cam surface may have a flattened centre, and/or the arc need not have a constant radius.
In a practical embodiment, the second cam portion is at least in part formed by a complementary section, e.g. arched, curved, polygonal, of the lower end of the skirt of the cap, e.g. an upwardly arched section of the lower end that is located just above the arched first cam surface with a centre raised relative to the flange portion of the ring member, wherein the breakable bridges initially maintain said arrangement.
In another embodiment, the at least one first cam portion defines a cam surface that is functional only when rotating the cap in clockwise direction, e.g. with the first came portion also defining a stop face, e.g. vertical or nearly vertical, for the cap that cooperates with a stop face on the skirt of the cap when attempting to rotate the cap in counter clockwise direction.
In a practical embodiment, e.g. in combination with the feature of the preceding paragraph, the cap comprises an outwardly extending tab integrally formed at the lower end of the skirt and adapted to cooperate with the first cam surface, preferably the cap having two diametrically opposed tabs. Therefore, the cap may have a lower skirt edge with two upwardly arched sections at diametrically opposed locations, and in addition a pair of outwardly extending tabs, each tab located at the section of the lower skirt edge between the upwardly arched sections.
In a practically preferred embodiment, there are six hook members and corresponding hook member passages. For example the neck of such assembly has an external diameter between 7 and 15 millimeters.
In an embodiment, the article is a fitment to be secured or secured to a container body. For example the article is a spout, e.g. having a lower connector portion, e.g. a seal boat portion, adapted to be secured or secured between opposed film walls of a collapsible pouch container or having a lower circumferential flange or plate portion to be secured or secured onto a panel of a container, e.g. a panel of a carton or a wall of a collapsible pouch.
-9- In an embodiment the article is a spout which comprises a lower connector portion secured or to be secured, e.g. by heat sealing, between opposed film walls of a collapsible pouch container, e.g. wherein the lower connector portion is a seal boat. The present invention also relates to a container provided with a closure assembly as described herein, e.g. a collapsible pouch container. The present invention also relates to a method for manufacturing a pre-assembled closure assembly as described herein for later mounting thereof as a unit on a container, the method comprising: - making, e.g. moulding, e.g. injection moulding, the article of plastic material, - making, e.g. moulding, e.g. injection moulding, the cap provided with an integrated temper- evident ring member, - securing the cap and integrated tamper-evident ring member and integrated strap onto the neck of the article by means of an axial securing motion along the main axis such that the cap seals the product passage, wherein the hook members enter into and through the respective hook member passages and their hook portions snap underneath the bottom face of the annular flange portion on the neck, wherein the flange portion of the ring member is at least partially inserted in the annular recess.
The present invention also relates to a method for manufacturing and filling a container, comprising the steps of: - providing a container having the article thereon without the cap and integrated tamper- evident ring member, -filling the container e.g. via the product passage in the article, - securing the cap and integrated tamper-evident ring member and integrated strap onto the neck of the article by means of an axial securing motion along the main axis such that the cap seals the product passage, wherein the hook members enter into and through the respective hook member passages and their hook portions snap underneath the bottom face of the annular flange portion on the neck, and wherein the flange portion of the ring member is at least partially inserted in the annular recess. The present invention also relates to a method for manufacturing and filling a container, said method comprising the steps of: - providing a container having an article mounting location, e.g. an opening, e.g. an opening in a top edge or seam of a pouch packing, adapted to mount the article with the cap and integrated tamper-evident ring member of the type discussed herein on the container,
-10- - filling the container, e.g. via the opening, - mounting an assembly of the article and cap including the integrated tamper-evident ring member and integrated strap as a unit on the container at the article mounting location.
The invention will now be described with reference to the drawings.
In the drawings: - Fig. 1 shows a first example of a closure assembly according to the invention in assembled state, - Fig. 2 shows the closure assembly of figure 1, in a perspective view from below, - Fig. 3 shows the closure assembly of figure 1, in side view, - Fig. 4 shows a cross-section of the closure assembly of figure 1 in a vertical plane that is in common with a panel portion of the wing-shaped handle, - Fig. 5 shows a cross-section of the closure assembly of figure 1, in a perspective view, - Fig. 6 shows the cap of the closure assembly of figure 1, in a perspective view, - Fig. 7 shows the cap of the closure assembly of figure 1, in a perspective view from below, - Fig. 8 shows a cross-section of the cap of the closure assembly of figure 1 in a vertical plane that is in common with a panel portion of the wing-shaped handle, - Fig. 9 shows a cross-section of the cap of the closure assembly of figure 1 in a vertical plane that is perpendicular to the vertical plane that is in common with a panel portion of the wing-shaped handle, - Fig. 10 shows the article of the closure assembly of figure 1, in a perspective view from above, - Fig. 11 shows the article of the closure assembly of figure 1 in a perspective view from below - Fig. 12 shows a cross-section of the article of the closure assembly of figure 1, - Fig. 13 shows a second example of a closure assembly according to the invention in assembled state, in a perspective view, - Fig. 14 shows a third example of a closure assembly according to the invention in assembled state, in a perspective view, - Fig. 15 shows the closure assembly of figure 14, in side view, - Fig. 16 shows the cap of the closure assembly of figure 14, in a perspective view, - Fig. 17 shows the cap of the closure assembly of figure 14, in side view, - Fig. 18 shows the article of the closure assembly of figure 14, in a perspective view - Fig. 19 shows the article of the closure assembly of figure 14, in side view, - Fig. 20 shows a detail of the hinge section of the cap of figure 16, in side view,
-11- - Fig. 21 shows a detail of the hinge section of the cap of figure 18, in top view. With reference to figures 1 — 12 a first example of a closure assembly according to the invention will be described in more detail.
Figure 1 shows a closure assembly 1 in assembled stated. As explained, in an embodiment, this pre-assembled closure assembly can be fitted to a container, e.g. a collapsible pouch container.
The closure assembly 1 is composed of two components, namely on the one hand an article 10, here embodied as a spout 10, and on the other hand a cap 30 provided with an integrated tamper-evident ring 50 and an integrated strap 70.
The spout 10 is made, e.g. injection moulded, of a plastic material and forms a tubular neck 11 around a product passage 13 in the spout. The neck has a main axis A, which is discussed herein as being vertical. The neck 11 forms a mouth 14 at a top end of the product passage 13. It will be appreciated that the term vertical, as well as top, bottom, upper, lower, etc. are merely used to identify relative orientation and location of components and details thereof in the closure assembly. In practical use the spout or other article may be arranged at the top of a container, e.g. pouch container, but also other arrangements, e.g. the neck facing sideways, being inclined, facing downwards, etc. are comprised within the invention. The spout 10 further comprises a circumferential flange structure 16 which comprises an annular flange portion 17 that is integrally formed, e.g. injection molded, to the neck 11 and extends around the neck 11. The flange portion 17 has a top face 17a, a bottom face 17b, and a periphery 17c, here a circular outer contour periphery.
The flange structure 16 further comprises a peripheral protective rim portion 18 that is integral to and extends upwards from the flange portion 17 at the periphery 17c thereof, so that the top face 17a of the flange portion 17 and the protective rim portion 18 define an annular recess 19 around the neck 11.
The spout 10 represents one embodiment of a fitment that is configured to be secured to a container body, e.g. of a collapsible pouch container.
The spout 10 has a lower connector portion 22, here embodied as a seal boat, that is adapted to be secured, e.g. by heat-sealing, between opposed film walls of a collapsible
-12- pouch container. The neck 11 extends upwards from the top of the lower connector portion
22. In this example the seal boat portion 22 is provided with horizontal welding ribs 22a,b,c in vertically spaced apart horizontal planes, the ribs serving to be welded to the film walls of the pouch container as is known in the art.
In another embodiment, the lower connector portion 22 may be embodied with a lower circumferential flange or plate portion that is adapted to be secured or secured onto a panel of a container, e.g. a panel of a carton or a wall of a collapsible pouch. The cap 30 that is provided with the integrated tamper-evident ring member 50 and the integrated strap 70 is made, e.g. injection moulded, as one piece of a plastic material. The cap 30 with ring member 50 and strap 70 is adapted to be secured on the neck 11 of the spout 10 and is adapted to be manually removed from the neck 11 of the article 10 by a user to open the product passage 13. The cap 30 has a closed position and an open position, wherein in the closed position the cap 30 is positioned on the neck 11 thereby sealing the product passage 13. This position is shown in figures 1-5. In the open position the cap 30 is removed from the neck 11, thereby leaving the product passage 13 open. The cap 30 has a top wall structure 31 and a downward depending skirt 32. As illustrated in figures 4 and 5 the top wall structure 31 may comprises a W-seal arrangement protruding into the neck 11. Herein the W-seal arrangement comprises a downward projecting bulbous and annular top wall section around a central raised top wall section. It will be appreciated that the top wall structure 31 could have other designs, e.g. like a substantially planar disc, or with a downwardly protruding hollow pin design that fits inside the neck to provide a seal at a position well below the mouth, etc.
The skirt 32, as shown in figure 9, has an interior side 32a, an exterior side 32b, and a lower edge 32c that is remote from the top wall structure 31. The tamper-evident ring member 50 comprises an annular base portion 51 that is integrally formed to the lower edge 32c of the skirt 32 of the cap 30 and is connected to this lower edge via one or more breakable bridges 53.
-13- The cap 30 is adapted to seal the product passage 15 in the closed position of the cap on the neck 14. The cap 30 is adapted to be manually removed from the neck 11 by a user to open the product passage 13. In this example, as preferred in the context of the invention, the cap 30 is a quarter-turn type opening snap-on type cap, so that rotating the cap over about a quarter turn causes sufficient lift to disengage a snap retention of the cap on the neck and also to break the breakable bridges 53 as will be discussed below.
The annular base portion 51 of tamper-evident ring member 50 comprises an annular ring member flange portion 54 that has a top face 54a, a bottom face 54b, an inner face 54c directed to the neck 11, and an outer face 54d as shown in figure 9.
Multiple hook members 52 are integrally formed to the bottom face 54b of the ring member flange portion 54. These hook members 52 are distributed in a circumferential direction of the ring member flange portion 54.
Each hook member 52 comprises a resilient leg 52a having an upper end integral with the ring member flange portion 54 and protruding downward from the ring member flange portion
54. Each hook member 52 further comprises a hook portion 52b at the lower free end of the leg 52a. In the depicted embodiment, as practically preferred, the hook portion 52b is directed outwards. As preferred the flange portion 54 extends further outwards than the hook portion 52b.
The annular flange portion 17 on the neck 11 of the spout 10 is provided with multiple hook member passages 15, distributed in circumferential direction about the neck, which passages 15 each extend between the top face 17a and the bottom face 17b through this annular flange portion 17.
Each hook member passage 15 is adapted to receive a respective hook member 52 when the cap 30 with the integrated tamper-evident ring member 50 and integrated strap 70 is secured on the neck 11. Herein the hook portion 52b of each hook member 52 engages, e.g. snaps, underneath the bottom face 17b of the annular flange portion 17 on the neck 11 of the spout 10.
The periphery of the annular flange portion of the ring member 54, here of non-circular contour, is shaped to fit within the, here equally non-circular contoured, protective rim portion
-14- 18 as the annular ring member flange portion 54 is inserted in the annular recess 19 upon mounting of the cap 30 with the integrated tamper-evident ring member 50 and integrated strap 70 on the neck 11.
It will be appreciated that the adjoining contours of the annular flange portion 54 and of the rim portion 18 may also be of other non-circular designs, e.g. square, hexagonal, oval, etc. The mating non-circular contours may be present in view of an anti —rotation locking effect, so that the ring member 50 is hindered from rotating about the neck. The same anti-rotation effect may also, or alternatively, be provided for by other measures, e.g. by the hook members and their corresponding passages, and/or by mating reliefs on the adjoining lower face of the flange portion 54b and upper face of the flange portion 17a. In an embodiment the adjoining contours of the annular flange portion 54 and of the rim portion 18 may be circular. The peripheral protective rim 18 is configured to obstruct a lateral access from the outside to the interface between the top face 17a of the flange portion 17 of the spout 10 and the bottom face 54b of the flange portion 54 of the ring member 50. For example one cannot access said interface by biting on the assembly, e.g. when used in combination with a child food or beverage container, or with cutlery, e.g. a knife, etc. in an attempt, e.g. unconscious, to dislodge the ring member 50, possibly along with the cap 30, from the spout 10.
The closure assembly 1 is embodied such that upon first time opening of the closure assembly by removal of the cap 30, here a quarter turn of the cap 30, by a user the one or more breakable bridges 53 break and the ring member 50 is retained in the recess 19 of the spout 10 by means of the hook members 52.
As shown here it is preferred that the protective rim portion 18 is devoid of openings therein. This strengthens the portion 18, and thus the entire circumferential flange structure, and further reduces the possibility for lateral access to the ring member 50.
The protective rim portion 18 has a height such that in the secured position of the cap provided with the integrated tamper-evident ring member an outer annular zone of the top face 54a of the flange portion 54 thereof does not protrude above the protective rim portion
18. Even more preferred, this outer annular zone of the top face is located lower than the top of the rim portion 25. Hereby access to the flange portion 54 is difficult.
As illustrated, e.g. in figures 10, 11 and 12 the hook members passages 15 are located directly adjoining the neck 11, e.g. radially spaced from the rim portion 18.
-15- The closure assembly 1 here, as preferred, comprises a snap-on type cap 30 providing in use of the closure assembly a snap-on functionality so that the securing motion causes the cap 30 to snap onto the neck 11. Here, as preferred, the interior side 32a of the skirt 32 of the cap 30 and the exterior side 11a of the neck 11 of the article 10 have co-operating snap connector formations 21,34. A first snap ridge 21 is provided on the exterior side 11a of the neck 11, between the mouth 14 and the circumferential wall structure 16, and a second snap ridge 34 is provided on the interior side 32a of the skirt 32 in order to provide the snap-on functionality. As preferred and as shown the first snap ridge 21, axially spaced from the circumferential flange structure 16, is formed by a series of snap ridge segments that are circumferentially spaced from one another. The inside 32a of the skirt 32 of the cap 30 here forms a circumferentially continuous snap ridge. For example, the snap-on type cap 30 can be replaced on the neck 11 after first time opening, with the snap features 21, 34 properly retaining the cap 30 on the neck 11.
In order to facilitate the opening of the closure assembly by the user, who is here expected to turn the cap 30 over a quarter turn for opening of the closure, the closure assembly comprises: - at least one first cam portion 61 defining a cam surface 62, which cam surface 82 is angled with respect to the main axis A, seen when the cap 30 with ring member 50 are secured on the neck 11, which first cam portion 61 is integrally formed on the flange portion 54 of the tamper-evident ring member 50, and - at least one second cam portion 83 defining a cam follower surface 64 adapted to interact with the cam surface 62 of the first cam portion 61, which second cam portion 63 is integrally formed on the lower edge 32c of the skirt 32, wherein — upon first time opening of the closure assembly by rotation of the cap 30 relative to the spout 10 about the main axis A — the first and second cam portions 61, 63 interact in order to cause axial lifting of the cap 30 relative to the neck 11, so that the co-operating snap connector formations 21 and 34 disengage.
In another, not illustrated, embodiment a pair of first cam portions 61 is integrally formed at the top face 54a of the ring member flange portion 54, at diametrically opposed locations relative to the opening through which the neck 11 extends. A pair of second cam portions 63 is integrally formed at the lower end of the skirt 32 of the cap, at diametrically opposed locations.
-18- In the illustrated embodiment, each first cam portion 81 has an arched first cam surface 62 with a centre 62a raised above, or higher than, the flange portion 54 and with a first and second ends 62b,c where the arched first cam surface 62 adjoins the top face 54a of the flange portion 54. A breakable bridge 53 is present at each end 62b,c of the upwardly arched first cam surface 62.
Preferably, the bridges 53 in the pair of breakable bridges 53 associated with each of the first cam portions 61 of the ring member 50 are not arranged symmetrically such that, once the cap is removed and then placed back on the neck in a position 180° rotated relative to the initial molded position, the remains of each of the bridges 53 do not line up. They would do so of the arrangement of the bridges 53 was symmetrical. Due to this arrangement any tampering may be better visible. Of course, embodiments are possible with another arrangement and/or other number of breakable bridges between the lower edge of the skirt of the cap and the ring member 50.
In a preferred embodiment, each second cam portion 63 comprises an outwardly extending tab 65 that is integrally formed at the lower end of the skirt 32 and is adapted to cooperate with the first cam surface 61. As preferred the cap has two diametrically opposed tabs 85.
In order to enhance grip on the cap and/or to enhance anti-choke properties of the cap 30, the cap has two diametrically opposed, substantially planar wing-shaped handles 33 that extend outwardly from the skirt 32 in an imaginary vertical plane through the main axis A of the neck 11.
It can be seen that at least one pair of hook members 52 and corresponding hook member passages 15 is located on diametrically opposite locations relative to the neck 11 and in the imaginary vertical plane through the panel portions 35 of the wing-shaped handles 33 of the cap 30.
It can be seen that at least one hook member 52, here as preferred two hook members 52, and corresponding hook member passages 15 are located on diametrically opposed locations relative to the imaginary vertical plane through the panel portions 35 of the cap 30. In the illustrated embodiment, each wing-shaped handle 33 have, seen in sideview thereon, an outer periphery 34 comprising a bottom side 34a, a top side 34b and a tip 34c remote from the skirt 32 where said bottom side 34a and top side 34b adjoin. This can be seen for example in figure 8.
-17- In the illustrated embodiment, the tip 34c is a rounded tip, but it will be appreciated that the tip and by extension the wing-shaped handle may also be of other designs.
In order to avoid that the cap 30 becomes separated from the article 10, the cap 30 comprises an integrally formed strap 70. The strap 70 is integral at a first end 71 thereof to the annular base portion 51 of the tamper-evident ring 50 and integral at a second end 72 thereof to one of the wing-shaped handles 33. The strap 70 is adapted to remain connected to both the annular base portion 51 of the tamper-evident ring 50 and the wing-shaped handle 33 upon removal of the cap 30 from the neck 11 by the user. Since, as explained above, the annular ring member flange portion 54 of the tamper-evident ring 50 is retained on the article 10 upon opening of the closure assembly 1 and the strap 70 is integral to the tamper-evident ring 50, the cap 30 will remain connected to the article 10 by means of the strap 70 upon opening of the closure assembly 1 by the user.
It can be seen that the strap 70, prior to first time removal of the cap 30 by the user, is located in a vertical plane that is in common with the panel portions 35 of the wing-shaped handles 33.
Inthe illustrated embodiment, the strap 70 extends outward from the annular base portion 51 of the tamper-evident ring 50 towards the tip 34c of the wing shaped handle 33 along the bottom side 34a of the wing-shaped handle 33, further about the tip 34c, and along a portion of the top side 34b of the wing-shaped handle to the second end 72 of the strap 70.
The strap 70 comprises a strap inner contour side 73, facing towards the wing-shaped handle 33 prior to the first time removal of the cap 30, and a strap outer contour side 74, facing away from the wing-shaped handle 33 prior to the first time removal of the cap 30. With reference to figures 13 a second example of a closure assembly according to the invention will be described in more detail. The same reference numerals as in the first example are used to indicate the same components.
The closure assembly 1 comprises an article 10 and a cap 30 provided with an integrated tamper-evident ring 50, an integrated strap 70 and a pair of wing-shaped handles 33.
-18- In this example, the strap 70 extends outward from the annular base portion 51 towards, yet not to, the tip of 34c of the wing-shaped handle 33 to the second end 72 which is inward of the tip 34c of the wing-shaped handle 33.
With reference to figures 14 — 21 a third example of a closure assembly according to the invention will be described in more detail. The same reference numerals as in the first example are used to indicate the same components.
The closure assembly 1 comprises an article 10 and a cap 30 provided with an integrated tamper-evident ring 50, an integrated strap 70 and a pair of wing-shaped handles 33. In this example the strap 70 extends outward from the annular base portion 51 of the tamper- evident ring 50 towards the tip 34c of the respective wing-shaped handle 33 along the bottom side 34a of the wing-shaped handle 33, further about the tip 34c, and along a portion of the top side 34b of the wing-shaped handle 33. In the illustrated embodiment, the strap 70 comprises a hinge section 75, preferably a hinge section 75 wherein the cross-section, here the thickness perpendicular to the plane portion 35 of the respective wing-shaped handle 33, of the strap 70 is reduced in order to allow the strap 70 to easily bend at the hinge. In this example, the hinge allows for pivoting the cap 30 in and out of the plane of the wing-shaped handle. Preferably, the hinge section 75 is located at the second end 72 of the strap 70 where the strap 70 connects to the wing-shaped-handle
33.

Claims (1)

-19--19- CONCLUSIESCONCLUSIONS 1. Afsluitsamenstel (1) omvattende een artikel (10) en een dop (30) die een geïntegreerde tamper-evident ring (50) omvat en een geïntegreerde band (70), waarbij: - het artikel een buisvormige nek (11) rond een productpassage (13) in het artikel vormt, waarbij de nek een mond (14) vormt aan een bovenuiteinde van de productpassage, - de dop (30) die de geïntegreerde tamper-evident ring (50) en de geïntegreerde band (70) omvat is vervaardigd als één stuk van een kunststof materiaal, bijv. gegoten, en verschillend is van het artikel (10), welke dop op de nek (11) van het artikel is vastgezet of geschikt is om daarop te worden vastgezet, waarbij de dop is aangepast om door een gebruiker handmatig te worden verwijderd van de nek van het artikel om de productpassage te openen, waarbij de dop (30) een gesloten positie en een geopende positie heeft, waarbij de dop in de gesloten positie op de nek (11) is gepositioneerd en daarbij de productpassage (13) afsluit, waarbij de dop in de open positie van de nek (11) is verwijderd, waarbij deze de productpassage open laat, waarbij de dop een bovenste wandstructuur (31) en een neerwaarts afhangend schort (32) heeft dat een binnenzijde (32a), buitenzijde (32b}, en een onderrand (32c) op afstand van de bovenste wandstructuur (31) heeft, waarbij de tamper-evident ring (50) integraal is gevormd met het onderuiteinde van het schort van de dop, waarbij de tamper-evident ring een ringvormig basisgedeelte (51) heeft dat via één of meer verbreekbare bruggen (53) met het schort is verbonden, waarbij de dop een dop (30) van het opklikbare type is, dat bij gebruik van het afsluitsamenstel een opklikfunctionaliteit verschaft, waarbij een buitenzijde van de buisvormige nek van het artikel en de binnenzijde van het schort zijn voorzien van samenwerkende klikconnectorvormingen, bijv. gevormd door eerste en tweede klikranden (21,34) om de opklikfunctionaliteit te verschaffen, waarbij de dop een paar vleugelvormige handvatten (33) heeft, bijv. slechts één paar vleugelvormige handvatten, waarbij het paar vleugelvormige handvatten zich uitwaarts van het schort (32) van de dop (30) uitstrekken in onderling tegenovergestelde richtingen en zijn ingericht om door een gebruiker te worden aangegrepen voor het verwijderen van de dop,A closure assembly (1) comprising an article (10) and a cap (30) comprising an integrated tamper-evident ring (50) and an integrated band (70), wherein: - the article has a tubular neck (11) around a product passage (13) in the article, the neck forming a mouth (14) at an upper end of the product passage, - the cap (30) comprising the integrated tamper-evident ring (50) and the integrated band (70) manufactured as one piece of a plastics material, e.g. molded, and different from the article (10), which cap is fixed to the neck (11) of the article or suitable to be fixed thereon, the cap being adapted to be manually removed by a user from the neck of the article to open the product passage, the cap (30) having a closed position and an open position, the cap positioned in the closed position on the neck (11) and thereby occluding the product passage (13), with the cap in the open position from the neck (11), leaving the product passage open, the cap having an upper wall structure (31) and a down-hanging apron (32) having an inside (32a), outside (32b}, and a bottom edge ( 32c) spaced from the top wall structure (31), the tamper-evident ring (50) being integrally formed with the lower end of the cap's apron, the tamper-evident ring having an annular base portion (51) that via one or more frangible bridges (53) is connected to the apron, the cap being a snap-on type cap (30) which provides snap-on functionality when using the closure assembly, an outer side of the tubular neck of the article and the insides of the apron are provided with cooperating snap-connector formations, e.g. formed by first and second snap-on edges (21,34) to provide snap-on functionality, the cap having a pair of wing-shaped handles (33), e.g. poorly s one pair of wing-shaped handles, the pair of wing-shaped handles extending outwardly from the skirt (32) of the cap (30) in mutually opposite directions and adapted to be engaged by a user to remove the cap, -20 - waarbij de vleugelvormige handvatten (33) elk, bekeken in een zijaanzicht daarop, een buitenomtrek (34) hebben die een onderzijde (34a), een bovenzijde (34b), en een top (34c) op afstand van het schort (32) omvatten, waarbij de onderzijde en bovenzijde aan de tip (34c) op elkaar aansluiten, waarbij de band (70) aan een eerste uiteinde (71) daarvan integraal is met het ringvormige basisgedeelte (51) van de tamper-evident ring (50) en aan een tweede uiteinde (72) daarvan integraal is met één van de vleugelvormige handvatten (33), waarbij de band (70) is aangepast om verbonden te blijven met zowel het ringvormige gedeelte van de tamper- evident ring en met het respectieve vleugelvormige handvat wanneer de dop (30) door de gebruiker van de nek (11} van het artikel wordt verwijderd.-20 - wherein the wing-shaped handles (33) each, viewed in a side view thereon, have an outer circumference (34) having a bottom (34a), a top (34b), and a top (34c) spaced from the apron (32 ), the bottom and top of the tip (34c) interlocking, the band (70) being integral with the annular base portion (51) of the tamper-evident ring (50) at a first end (71) thereof and at a second end (72) thereof is integral with one of the wing-shaped handles (33), the strap (70) being adapted to remain connected to both the annular portion of the tamper-evident ring and to the respective wing-shaped handle when the cap (30) is removed from the neck (11} of the article by the user. 2. Afsluitsamenstel volgens conclusie 1, waarbij de band (70), voorafgaand aan de eerste keer dat de dop door de gebruiker wordt verwijderd, zich in een verticaal vlak bevindt dat samenvalt met een paneelgedeelte van het respectieve vleugelvormige handvat (33).The closure assembly of claim 1, wherein the strap (70), prior to the first time the cap is removed by the user, is in a vertical plane coinciding with a panel portion of the respective wing-shaped handle (33). 3. Afsluitsamenstel volgens conclusie 1 of 2, waarbij de band (70), voorafgaand aan de eerste keer dat de dop door de gebruiker wordt verwijderd, zich uitwaarts van het ringvormige basisgedeelte (51) van de tamper-evident ring naar de tip (34c) van het respectieve vleugelvormige handvat uitstrekt, bijv. waarbij het tweede uiteinde van de band zich inwaarts van de tip van het vleugelvormige handvat bevindt.The closure assembly of claim 1 or 2, wherein the band (70), prior to the first time the cap is removed by the user, extends outwardly from the annular base portion (51) of the tamper-evident ring toward the tip (34c). ) of the respective wing-shaped handle, e.g., with the second end of the strap inwardly of the tip of the wing-shaped handle. 4. Afsluitsamenstel volgens conclusie 1 of 2, waarbij de band (70) zich langs de onderzijde (34a) van het vleugelvormige handvat uitwaarts van het ringvormige gedeelte van de tamper-evident ring naar de tip (34c) van het respectieve vleugelvormige handvat uitstrekt, verder om de tip (34c) van het vleugelvormige handvat, en langs een gedeelte van de bovenzijde (34b} van het vleugelvormige handvat (33) naar het tweede uiteinde (72) van de band, waarbij het tweede uiteinde (72) zich bijvoorbeeld op een afstand uitwaarts van het schort (32) bevindt.The closure assembly of claim 1 or 2, wherein the strap (70) extends along the underside (34a) of the wing-shaped handle outwardly from the annular portion of the tamper-evident ring to the tip (34c) of the respective wing-shaped handle, further around the tip (34c) of the wing-shaped handle, and along a portion of the top (34b} of the wing-shaped handle (33) to the second end (72) of the strap, the second end (72) being, for example, on a distance outward from the apron (32). 5. Afsluitsamenstel volgens één of meer van de conclusies 1 - 4, waarbij de geïntegreerde band (70) van de dop een binnenste bandcontourzijde (73) omvat, die voorafgaand aan de eerste keer dat de dop wordt verwijderd naar het respectieve vleugelvormige handvat (33) is gericht, en een buitenste bandcontourzijde (74), die van het respectieve vleugelvormige handvat af is gericht.Closure assembly according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein the integrated band (70) of the cap comprises an inner band contour side (73), which leads to the respective wing-shaped handle (33) prior to the first time the cap is removed. ) is facing, and an outer band contour side (74) facing away from the respective wing-shaped handle. 6. Afsluitsamenstel volgens één of meer van de conclusies 1 - 5, waarbij het ringvormige basisgedeelte (51) van de tamper-evident ring één of meer integraal gevormde haakelementen (52) omvat,The closure assembly of any of claims 1 to 5, wherein the annular base portion (51) of the tamper-evident ring comprises one or more integrally formed hook elements (52), -21- en waarbij het artikel één of meer haakelementpassages (15) omvat, waarbij elke haakelementpassage is aangepast om een haakelement (52) te ontvangen wanneer de dop (30) aan de nek (11) is bevestigd, bijvoorbeeld waarbij het artikel is voorzien van een ringvormig flensgedeelte (17) aan de nek (11) van het artikel en waarbij een haakonderdeel (52b) van elk haakelement onder een onderoppervlak (17b} van het ringvormige flensgedeelte aan de nek van het artikel aangrijpt, bijv. Klikt.-21- and wherein the article comprises one or more hook element passages (15), each hook element passage being adapted to receive a hook element (52) when the cap (30) is attached to the neck (11), for example, the article being provided of an annular flange portion (17) on the neck (11) of the article and wherein a hook member (52b) of each hook member engages, e.g., under a bottom surface (17b} of the annular flange portion, on the neck of the article. 7. Afsluitsamenstel volgens één of meer van de conclusies 1 - 5, waarbij het ringvormige basisgedeelte (51) van de tamper-evident ring een ringvormig ringelementflensgedeelte (54) dat een bovenoppervlak (54a), een onderoppervlak (54b), een binnenoppervlak (54c) en een buitenoppervlak (54d) heeft, waarbij meerdere haakelement (52) integraal met de onderzijde van het ringelementflensgedeelte (54) zijn gevormd, waarbij de haakelementen in een omtreksrichting van het ringelementflensgedeelte zijn verdeeld, waarbij elk haakelement een poot (52a) omvat dat een bovenuiteinde heeft dat integraal is met het ringelementflensgedeelte en neerwaarts uitsteekt van het ringelementflensgedeelte, waarbij elk haakelement een haakgedeelte (52b) omvat aan een onderste vrije uiteinde van de poot, waarbij het artikel verder een omtreksflensstructuur (16) omvat welke een ringvormig flensgedeelte (17) omvat dat integraal met de nek is gevormd en zich rond de nek (11) uitstrekt, welk flensgedeelte (17) een bovenoppervlak, een onderoppervlak, en een omtrek heeft, waarbij het ringvormige flensgedeelte (17) aan de nek van het artikel is voorzien van meerdere haakelementpassages (15) die zich elk tussen het bovenoppervlak en het onderoppervlak door het ringvormige flensgedeelte (17) uitstrekken, waarbij elke haakonderdeelpassage is aangepast om een haakelement (52) te ontvangen wanneer de dop (30) met de geïntegreerde tamper-evident ring (50) op de nek is vastgezet, waarbij het haakgedeelte van elk haakelement onder een onderoppervlak van het ringvormige flensgedeelte aan de nek van het artikel aangrijpt, bijv. Klikt, en waarbij het afsluitsamenstel (1) zodanig is belichaamd dat wanneer het afsluitsamenstel voor de eerste keer wordt geopend door verwijdering van de dop (30) door een gebruiker de één of meer verbreekbare bruggen (53) breken en het ringvormige ringelementflensgedeelte (17) door middel van de haakelementen (52) wordt vastgehouden.The closure assembly of any one of claims 1 to 5, wherein the annular base portion (51) of the tamper-evident ring has an annular annular element flange portion (54) that has a top surface (54a), a bottom surface (54b), an inner surface (54c). ) and has an outer surface (54d), wherein a plurality of hook members (52) are integrally formed with the underside of the ring member flange portion (54), the hook members being distributed in a circumferential direction of the ring member flange portion, each hook member including a leg (52a) that having an upper end integral with the ring member flange portion and projecting downwardly from the ring member flange portion, each hook member including a hook portion (52b) at a lower free end of the leg, the article further comprising a peripheral flange structure (16) having an annular flange portion (17). ) formed integrally with the neck and extending around the neck (11), which flange portion (17) has a top and surface, has a bottom surface, and a circumference, the annular flange portion (17) on the neck of the article having a plurality of hook member passages (15) each extending between the top surface and the bottom surface through the annular flange portion (17), wherein each hook member passage is adapted to receive a hook member (52) when the cap (30) with the integrated tamper-evident ring (50) is secured to the neck, with the hook portion of each hook member below a lower surface of the annular flange portion on the neck of the article, e.g., snaps, and wherein the closure assembly (1) is embodied such that when the closure assembly is opened for the first time by removal of the cap (30) by a user, the one or more frangible bridges (53) break and the annular ring member flange portion (17) is held by the hook members (52). 22.22. 8. Afsluitsamenstel volgens conclusie 7, waarbij de flensstructuur (16) verder een perifeer beschermend randgedeelte (18) omvat dat integraal is met en zich opwaarts uitstrekt van het ringvormige flensgedeelte (17) aan de omtrek daarvan, zodat het bovenoppervlak van het ringvormige flensgedeelte en het beschermende randgedeelte een ringvormige inkeping (19) rond de nek afbakenen, waarbij de omtrek van het ringvormige ringelementflensgedeelte (54) gevormd is om binnen het beschermende randgedeelte (18) te passen gezien dat het ringvormige ringelementflensgedeelte ten minste gedeeltelijk in de ringvormige inkeping (19) is ingebracht bij op de nek vastzetten van de dop (30) met de geïntegreerde tamper-evident ring (50), waarbij het perifere beschermende randgedeelte (18) is aangepast om laterale toegang van buitenaf naar het raakvlak tussen het bovenoppervlak van het flensgedeelte (17) van het artikel en het onderoppervlak van het flensgedeelte (54) van de ring te belemmeren, en waarbij het afsluitsamenstel (1) zodanig is belichaamd dat wanneer het afsluitsamenstel voor de eerste keer wordt geopend door verwijdering van de dop door een gebruiker de één of meer verbreekbare bruggen (53) breken en het ringvormige ringelementflensgedeelte (17) door middel van de haakelementen (52) in de inkeping van het artikel wordt vastgehouden.The closure assembly of claim 7, wherein the flange structure (16) further comprises a peripheral protective edge portion (18) integral with and extending upwardly from the annular flange portion (17) at the periphery thereof so that the top surface of the annular flange portion and the protective rim portion defining an annular notch (19) around the neck, the circumference of the annular annular flange portion (54) being configured to fit within the protective rim portion (18) since the annular annular flange portion is at least partially in the annular notch (19) ) is inserted when securing the cap (30) to the neck with the integrated tamper-evident ring (50), the peripheral protective edge portion (18) being adapted to allow lateral access from the outside to the interface between the top surface of the flange portion ( 17) of the article and the lower surface of the flange portion (54) of the ring, and where h The closure assembly (1) is embodied such that when the closure assembly is opened for the first time by removal of the cap by a user, the one or more frangible bridges (53) break and the annular annular element flange portion (17) by means of the hook elements (52) ) is held in the notch of the item. 9. Afsluitsamenstel volgens één of meer van de voorgaande conclusies, waarbij de band (70) een doorsnede heeft die is aangepast om een trekkracht van ten minste SON bij 20°C te weerstaan zonder te breken.The closure assembly of any one of the preceding claims, wherein the band (70) has a cross-section that is adapted to withstand a tensile force of at least SON at 20 ° C without breaking. 10. Afsluitsamenstel volgens één of meer van de voorgaande conclusies, waarbij de tip (34c) van de vleugelvormige handvatten (33) een afgeronde tip is, bekeken in een zijaanzicht daarop.The closure assembly of any one of the preceding claims, wherein the tip (34c) of the wing-shaped handles (33) is a rounded tip, viewed in a side view thereon. 11. Afsluitsamenstel volgens één of meer van de voorgaande conclusies, waarbij de dop twee banden omvat, waarbij elke band het ringvormige basiselement met een respectief vleugelvormig handvat van het paar vleugelvormige handvatten verbindt.Closure assembly according to one or more of the preceding claims, wherein the cap comprises two bands, each band connecting the annular base element to a respective wing-shaped handle of the pair of wing-shaped handles. 12. Afsluitsamenstel volgens één of meer van de voorgaande conclusies, waarbij de band (70) ten minste één scharniersectie (75) omvat, bij voorkeur een scharniersectie waarbij de doorsnede van de band (70) lokaal is gereduceerd om het de band mogelijk te maken bij het scharnier om te buigen, bijv. waarbij het scharnier is ingericht om in en uit het vlak van het vleugelvormige handvat draaien mogelijk te maken.A closure assembly according to any one of the preceding claims, wherein the strap (70) comprises at least one hinge section (75), preferably a hinge section where the diameter of the strap (70) is locally reduced to allow the strap bending at the hinge, e.g., wherein the hinge is arranged to allow pivoting in and out of the plane of the wing-shaped handle. -23.-23. 13. Afsluitsamenstel volgens conclusie 12, waarbij de scharniersectie (75) zich aan het tweede uiteinde van de band bevindt waar de band met het respectieve vleugelvormige handvat (33) is verbonden.The closure assembly of claim 12, wherein the hinge section (75) is located at the second end of the strap where the strap is connected to the respective wing-shaped handle (33). 14. Afsluitsamenstel volgens één of meer van de voorgaande conclusies, waarbij de dop één of meer verbreekbare tamper-evident bruggen omvat die zich tussen de band en het respectieve vleugelvormige handvat bevinden, waarbij de één of meer verbreekbare tamper- evident bruggen breken wanneer de dop voor de eerste keer wordt verwijderd door een gebruiker.A closure assembly according to any one of the preceding claims, wherein the cap comprises one or more frangible tamper-evident bridges located between the strap and the respective wing-shaped handle, the one or more frangible tamper-evident bridges breaking when the cap deleted for the first time by a user. 15. Afsluitsamenstel volgens één of meer van de voorgaande conclusies, waarbij de dop (30) een kwartslagdraai-en-hefdop is.Closure assembly according to any of the preceding claims, wherein the cap (30) is a quarter turn twist and turn cap. 16. Afsluitsamenstel volgens één of meer van de conclusies 1 - 15, waarbij het afsluitsamenstel omvat: - ten minste één eerste nokgedeelte (61) dat een nokoppervlak (62) definieert, welk nokoppervlak (62) onder een hoek ten opzichte van een hoofdas (A) staat, welk eerste nokgedeelte (61) integraal is gevormd aan één van de onderrand van het schort en een gedeelte, bijv. een flensgedeelte (54), van de tamper-evident ring (50), en -ten minste één tweede noktedeelte (63) dat een nokvolgeroppervlak (64) definieert dat is aangepast om te interageren met het nokoppervlak (62) van het eerste nokgedeelte (61), en welk tweede nokgedeelte integraal is gevormd aan de andere van de onderrand van het schort (32) en het gedeelte, bijv. het flensgedeelte (54), van de tamper-evident ring (50), waarbij - wanneer het afsluitsamenstel voor de eerste keer wordt geopend door rotatie van de dop (30) ten opzichte van het artikel (10} om de hoofdas (A) - de eerste en tweede nokgedeelten interageren om een axiaal heffen van de dop ten opzichte van de nek (11) te bewerkstelligen, bijv. zodat de samenwerkende klikconnectorvormingen (21,34) van elkaar los raken.The closure assembly of any one of claims 1 to 15, wherein the closure assembly comprises: - at least one first cam portion (61) defining a cam surface (62), said cam surface (62) at an angle to a major axis ( A) state, which first cam portion (61) is integrally formed on one of the lower edge of the skirt and a portion, e.g. a flange portion (54), of the tamper-evident ring (50), and at least one second cam portion (63) defining a cam follower surface (64) adapted to interact with the cam surface (62) of the first cam portion (61), and which second cam portion is integrally formed on the other of the lower edge of the skirt (32) and the portion, e.g. the flange portion (54), of the tamper-evident ring (50), wherein - when the closure assembly is opened for the first time by rotation of the cap (30) relative to the article (10} to major axis (A) - the first and second cam portions interact about an axi To effect lifting of the cap relative to the neck (11), e.g. so that the cooperating snap-connector formations (21,34) become detached from each other. 17. Afsluitsamenstel volgens conclusie 16, waarbij een paar eerste nokgedeelten (61) integraal is gevormd aan een bovenoppervlak van het ringelementflensgedeelte, op diametraal tegenovergelegen locaties, en waarbij een paar tweede nokgedeelten (62) integraal is gevormd aan het onderuiteinde van het schort (32), op diametraal tegenovergelegen locaties.The closure assembly of claim 16, wherein a pair of first cam portions (61) are integrally formed on an upper surface of the annular member flange portion, at diametrically opposed locations, and wherein a pair of second cam portions (62) are integrally formed at the lower end of the skirt (32). ), in diametrically opposite locations. 18. Afsluitsamenstel volgens conclusie 16 of 17, waarbij het eerste nokgedeelte een gekromd eerste nokoppervlak (62) heeft met een midden (62a) dat boven het flensgedeelteThe closure assembly of claim 16 or 17, wherein the first cam portion has a curved first cam surface (62) with a center (62a) extending above the flange portion -24- omhoog is gebracht en met eerste en tweede uiteinden (62b,c) waar het gekromde eerste nokoppervlak op het bovenoppervlak (54a) van het flensgedeelte aansluit.-24- is raised and with first and second ends (62b, c) where the curved first cam surface joins the top surface (54a) of the flange portion. 19. Afsluitsamenstel volgens conclusie 18, waarbij zich aan elk uiteinde (62b,c) van het opwaarts gekromde eerste nokoppervlak (62) een verbreekbare brug (53) bevindt.The closure assembly of claim 18, wherein a frangible bridge (53) is located at each end (62b, c) of the upwardly curved first cam surface (62). 20. Afsluitsamenstel volgens één of meer van de conclusies 16 - 19, waarbij het tweede nokgedeelte (62) een zich uitwaarts uitstrekkende lip (65) omvat die integraal aan het onderuiteinde van het schort is gevormd en is geschikt is om met het eerste nokoppervlak (62) samen te werken, waarbij de dop bij voorkeur twee diametraal tegenovergelegen lippen (65) omvat.The closure assembly of any of claims 16 to 19, wherein the second cam portion (62) includes an outwardly extending lip (65) integrally formed at the lower end of the skirt and adapted to engage with the first cam surface ( 62), the cap preferably comprising two diametrically opposed lips (65). 21. Afsluitsamenstel volgens één of meer van de conclusies 18 - 19, waarbij het paar vleugelvormige handvatten zich uitstrekken in een imaginair verticaal vlak door de hoofdas (A) van de nek, en waarbij de nokdelen van het paar eerste nokgedeeltes (61) zijn gesitueerd op diametraal tegenoverliggende locaties, relatief ten opzichte van het imaginaire verticale vlak.Closure assembly according to any of claims 18-19, wherein the pair of wing-shaped handles extend in an imaginary vertical plane through the main axis (A) of the neck, and wherein the cam portions of the pair of first cam portions (61) are located. at diametrically opposite locations, relative to the imaginary vertical plane. 22. Afsluitsamenstel volgens één of meer van de voorgaande conclusies, waarbij het artikel (10) een aansluitstuk is om op het lichaam van een houderlichaam te worden vastgezet, waarbij het artikel bijv. een spout is, die bijv. een onderste verbindingsgedeelte heeft, bijv. een lasbootgedeelte, waarbij het aansluitstuk is geschikt is om te worden bevestigd of is bevestigd tussen tegenover elkaar gelegen foliewanden van een als samenklapbare zak uitgevoerde houder, of een onderste omtreksflens of -plaatgedeelte heeft om vast te zetten, of vastgezet is, aan een paneel van een houder, bijv. een paneel van een kartonnen pak of een wand van een samenklapbare zak.A closure assembly according to any one of the preceding claims, wherein the article (10) is a connector to be fastened to the body of a container body, the article being e.g. a spout having e.g. a lower connecting portion e.g. previous level a welding boat portion, wherein the connector is adapted to be attached or attached between opposed foil walls of a collapsible bag container, or has a lower peripheral flange or plate portion for securing, or secured, to a panel of a container, e.g., a panel of a cardboard pack or a wall of a collapsible bag. 23. Afsluitsamenstel volgens één of meer van de voorgaande conclusies, waarbij het artikel (10) een spout is die een onderste connectorgedeelte heeft dat is vastgezet, of vast te zetten is, bijv. door warmtelassen, tussen tegenover elkaar gelegen foliewanden van een als samenklapbare zak uitgevoerde container, bijv. waarbij het onderste connectorgedeelte een lasboot (12) is.A closure assembly according to any one of the preceding claims, wherein the article (10) is a spout having a lower connector portion which is secured, or is secured, e.g. by heat sealing, between opposed foil walls of a collapsible bag-shaped container, e.g. where the bottom connector portion is a welding boat (12). 24. Houder voorzien van een afsluitsamenstel (1) volgens één of meer van de voorgaande conclusies, bijv. een als samenklapbare zak uitgevoerde houder.Container provided with a closing assembly (1) according to one or more of the preceding claims, for example a container designed as a collapsible bag. 25. Werkwijze voor het vervaardigen en vullen van een houder, waarbij de werkwijze de stappen omvat van:25. A method of manufacturing and filling a container, the method comprising the steps of: - 25.- 25. - het voorzien van een houder die een artikelbevestigingslocatie heeft, bijv. een opening, bijv. een opening in een bovenrand of naad van een zakverpakking, geschikt om het artikel met de dop en geïntegreerde tamper-evident ring van één van de conclusies 1 - 22 op de houder te bevestigd te hebben, - het vullen van de houder, bijv. via de opening, - het als een eenheid op de artikelbevestigingslocatie op de houder bevestigen van een samenstel van het artikel (10) en de dop {30) omvattende de geïntegreerde tamper-evident ring (50) en geïntegreerde band (70) van één van conclusies 1 - 21.providing a container having an article attachment location, e.g. an opening, e.g. an opening in a top edge or seam of a bag package, adapted to hold the article with the cap and integrated tamper-evident ring of any one of claims 1 to 22 to the container, - filling the container, e.g. via the opening, - attaching an assembly of the article (10) and the cap (30) comprising the container as a unit at the article mounting location integrated tamper-evident ring (50) and integrated band (70) of any one of claims 1 to 21.
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