US20060163188A1 - Hinged closure moulded in closed position - Google Patents

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US20060163188A1
US20060163188A1 US10/563,338 US56333803A US2006163188A1 US 20060163188 A1 US20060163188 A1 US 20060163188A1 US 56333803 A US56333803 A US 56333803A US 2006163188 A1 US2006163188 A1 US 2006163188A1
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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
    • 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
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65D—CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES
    • B65D47/00—Closures with filling and discharging, or with discharging, devices
    • B65D47/04—Closures with discharging devices other than pumps
    • B65D47/06—Closures with discharging devices other than pumps with pouring spouts or tubes; with discharge nozzles or passages
    • B65D47/08—Closures with discharging devices other than pumps with pouring spouts or tubes; with discharge nozzles or passages having articulated or hinged closures
    • B65D47/0804—Closures with discharging devices other than pumps with pouring spouts or tubes; with discharge nozzles or passages having articulated or hinged closures integrally formed with the base element provided with the spout or discharge passage
    • B65D47/0809—Closures with discharging devices other than pumps with pouring spouts or tubes; with discharge nozzles or passages having articulated or hinged closures integrally formed with the base element provided with the spout or discharge passage and elastically biased towards both the open and the closed positions
    • 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

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  • the present invention is directed to a hinged closure moulded in closed position and a container suitable to be used with the hinged closure according to the preamble of the independent claim.
  • screw caps e.g. drinking bottles made of polyethylene (PET) and bottles made of glass are know.
  • PET polyethylene
  • One disadvantage of these closures is that a lot of physical strength is necessary to open and to close them.
  • the known screw cap closures are in general difficult to mould due to the thread on the inside which often causes problems in demoulding.
  • a further disadvantage is that the screw caps can not be operated single handed and after opening the cap has to be held separately.
  • EP 0 532 471 shows a hinged closure moulded in a closed position.
  • the conventional type of hinge incorporated in this closure has a single band of plastic which forms a direct connection between the lower part, the body, and the upper part, the lid. Particularly due to the main hinge connection the lid can not be moved out and away from the orifice such that drinking from the bottle is not possible.
  • This type of closures was therefore never used for drinking bottles.
  • the only known application is a niche product on a bottle for cooking oil in France.
  • a plastic closure having a lower part (body) and an upper part (lid) that can be produced in a closed condition.
  • the upper part is connected to the lower part by a main film hinge connection such that the upper part moves on a circular path with respect to the lower part
  • the upper part has, on its inner side, an extending portion with projecting sealing elements which form, with the outlet of a container, a sealing connection.
  • the upper part is additionally connected with the lower part in a pivoting manner by a spring element
  • the spring element is connected with the upper part by a film hinge, and connected with the lower part by a film hinge.
  • the film hinge connecting the upper part and the lower part is bent. Due to the small opening angle and the disadvantages of a main hinge connection between the closure parts this closure concept is not suitable e.g. for beverage containers.
  • a further closure moulded in closed position is known from FR 2 715 381.
  • This closure does have a dead hinge without snap action which is based on two plastic bands which are twisted while opening or closing of the closure.
  • the mould utilization factor is relatively low due to the large diameter of the closure.
  • a further disadvantage is the small opening angle.
  • Closures for drinking bottles are products which are extremely under pricing pressure.
  • the price is mainly determined by the material used per closure, the cycle time for manufacturing and the mould utilization factor, which is mainly determined by the space which a closure requires in a mould.
  • the mould utilization factor of a closed moulded closure is mainly determined by the base area, respectively the diameter.
  • a closure with a vertically arranged side wall does therefore have a better mould utilization factor than a closure with an inclined side wall. Best mould utilization factors are achieved with closures having cylindrical side walls.
  • Hinged closures moulded in a closed position in general comprise a ring shaped lower part (body) and a cap like upper part (lid) which is connected by a hinge to the lower part.
  • the cap like upper part in general does incorporate a built in sealing device and/or a separate sealing mean.
  • the ring like lower part in general does comprise holding means which are suitable to fix the closure on a s corresponding neck of a bottle.
  • the lower and the upper part of the closure are connected by a hinge structure and may be connected directly or indirectly by further means such as locking means or means which are indicating temper evidence or initial opening.
  • the hinge structure may be living, with snap effect, or dead, without snap effect If appropriate the parts of the closure are additionally equipped with temper evidence means, e.g. a tear-off band or thin material bridges, which are removed or destroyed, indicating initial opening of the package.
  • a mould cavity for a closure in general comprises a core defining the inner shape of a closure and at least two mould halves forming the outer shape of the closure. Further elements, such as stripping-rings may be necessary to demould the closure or to remove the closure from the core.
  • a large opening angle, which guaranties that in open position the lid is sufficiently far away from the orifice is not achievable by conventional type of hinges, having a main hinge connection which connects the body and the lid directly, due to the reason that the opening angle of these conventional hinges is in the range of 130° only.
  • the hinge of a closure according to the present invention does not have a main hinge connection between the closure parts, such that the opening angle ⁇ may be in the range of 200° to 240°.
  • the definition of the angles are described in EP 0 836 576. This application is hereby incorporated in the present description with respect to the definition of the angles ⁇ , ⁇ and ⁇ (see below).
  • the hinged closure preferably can be striped from the core. Good results are obtained by a stripping-ring which is moved along the surface of the core of the mould which forms the inside of the closure. To prevent collision between the stripping-ring and the hinge it is important that especially the hinge is designed in a way that it does not protrude over the main radius (diameter) of the core on the inside of the closure. Due to the reason that conventional type of hinges neither do offer a large opening angle nor do offer the capability to be designed in a way such that no collision occurs, the present invention comprises a special type of hinge which is designed such that all needs may be satisfied.
  • the hinge of the closure comprises two trapezoid elements which are forming a coordinated double hinge mechanism providing an appropriate kinematical behaviour of the closure parts with respect to each other while opening and closing the closure.
  • the kinematical concepts of the double hinge mechanism guarantees that the closure parts are not moving on circular paths with respect to each other, which is in general necessary to ensure appropriate functionality.
  • Conventional hinge concepts which are submitted to the restrictions of a main hinge connection between the lid and the body of the closure, are not appropriate to solve the above mentioned problems. Further disadvantages of conventional hinges are the restricted opening angle in the range of 130° and the large stress in the material often causing hinge failure.
  • the trapezoid elements are preferably arranged substantially vertical (parallel to the side walls of the closure) with respect to the base plane of the closure.
  • Each of the trapezoid elements is connected by a film hinge (thin web of plastic, defining a clear hinge action) to the body and the lid of the closure.
  • the two film hinges adjoining the first and the second trapezoid element are arranged in a first and in a second plane.
  • the film hinges of the first and the second plane are, with respect to each other intersecting at an angle ⁇ .
  • the first and the second plane, with respect to each other are intersecting at an angle ⁇ .
  • the first and the second plane are preferably arranged parallel to the axis of the closure/core, respectively to the strip-off direction.
  • each trapezoid, element which are not connected by film hinges to the lid or the body of the closure are in general free such that they do not hinder the movement of the closure parts while opening or closing the closure. Due to the trapezoidal shape of the trapezoid elements one of the two free edges is longer than the other. In general the longer free edge always remains free, in specific embodiments the shorter free edges of the trapezoid elements may be connected directly or indirectly by at least one film hinge and/or an intermediate part to each other.
  • the trapezoid elements are preferably built with a certain torsional stiffness such that they do not twist under along their length under torsional load/moment which occurs while opening or closing of the closure.
  • Optimized value of torsional stiffness depends on the size of the closure and the hinge. In general torsional stiffness should be high enough that the closure parts are coordinated with respect to each other while opening and closing of the closure.
  • the trapezoid elements are preferably built sufficiently stiff such that the do not collapse under pressure load acting in the direction of their length axis.
  • sealing concepts to seal the orifice of the container are applicable depending on the field of application.
  • Preferred sealing means are in general surrounding the upper rim of the neck of the orifice and/or are at least reaching partly into the orifice, working as a plug from the inside. Due to the reason that these sealing concepts in general demand that the sealing mean moves at least approximately in the longitudinal direction of the opening while opening and closing of the closure, hinge concepts having a main hinge connection between the lid and the body are difficult to apply. Hinges having a main hinge connection between the body and the lid are not applicable because of the main hinge connection the lid is moving on a circular path around the main hinge connection.
  • the herein foreseen hinge mechanism is preferably an improved multi-hinge mechanism as described in EP 0 746 512, EP 0 836 576 and EP 1 075 432 and which does not have a main hinge connection between the closure parts.
  • the restrictions inherent to the hinges known from the state of the art do not apply.
  • a preferred temper evidence mean is a at least one thin moulded bridge connecting the lid and the body directly or indirectly. This bridge is made such that it is destroyed while first opening
  • FIG. 1 shows in a perspective rear view a hinged closure
  • FIG. 2 shows in a perspective front view a hinged closure
  • FIG. 3 shows in a perspective front view a second embodiment of a hinged closure with a latching mechanism
  • FIG. 4 shows the hinged closure according to FIG. 3 in a side view
  • FIG. 5 shows a hinged closure and a bottle in a top view
  • FIG. 6 shows a cut through the closure and the bottle according to FIG. 5 in a plane view
  • FIG. 7 shows a hinged in a top view
  • FIG. 8 shows the closure according to FIG. 7 in a sectional view along line DD;
  • FIG. 9 shows a detail P of FIG. 8 ;
  • FIG. 10 shows the closure from FIG. 3 in a side view
  • FIG. 11 shows the closure according to FIG. 10 in a sectional view along line EE;
  • FIG. 12 shows a detail F of FIG. 11 .
  • FIG. 1 illustrates a hinged closure 1 according to the present invention moulded in closed position in a perspective view from the back.
  • the closure 1 comprises a ring shaped lower part 2 (body) and a cap like upper part 3 (lid) which are interconnected by a snap hinge 4 .
  • the snap hinge 4 does not have a main hinge connection between the body 2 and the lid 3 .
  • the snap hinge 4 comprises a first and a second trapezoid element 5 , of which each is connected to the body 2 and the lid 3 by a first and a second film hinge element 6 . 1 , 6 . 2 , respectively 6 . 3 , 6 . 4 .
  • each of the trapezoid elements 5 has a shorter and a longer free edge 7 , 8 , which are delimited to the body 2 and the lid 3 by a first shorter and a second longer gap 45 , 46 which are arranged in the present embodiment substantially vertical and in x-direction such that they can easily be demoulded.
  • the trapezoid elements 5 are spaced apart separated by a cutout 9 .
  • the intermediate elements 5 may be connected to each other along their shorter free edge 7 directly or indirectly by at least one additional film hinge (not visible in this embodiment). Such connection may result in a weaker hinge and/or delimiting of the opening angle.
  • each trapezoid element 5 are defining a first and a second plane 48 , 49 , which are intersecting at an angle ⁇ to each other.
  • the definition of the angles are described in EP 0 836 576. This application is hereby incorporated in the present description with respect to the definition of the angles ⁇ , ⁇ and ⁇ .
  • the body 2 and the lid 3 are separated by a circumferential gap 10 .
  • thin bridges 11 of plastic material may be arranged in the gap 10 . These bridges are designed such that they are preventing collapsing of the closure while demoulding due to strip of forces. Simultaneously the bridges 11 are acting as tamper evidence elements which are destroyed while initial opening indicating initial opening of the closure. Good results are obtained when the bridges are having a pyramidal shape.
  • a tear off band (not displayed) may be incorporated which is removed before initial opening.
  • the closure 1 is arranged on the neck of a bottle 12 which is only partially visible.
  • the orifice of the bottle 12 is arranged in the lid 3 (not visible), sealed off in closed position by a sealing mean.
  • the body 2 is fixed on the neck of the bottle 12 , in general by press on. On the inside the body 2 does have holding means (not visible) which are suitable to be engaged with corresponding elements on the neck of the bottle 12 guarantying secure fixation of the closure 1 .
  • Axis A of closure 1 is arranged parallel to z-Axis of the global coordinate system.
  • Angle ⁇ is the angle between the film hinges 6 adjoining the trapezoid element 5 .
  • the film hinges 6 ( 6 . 1 , 6 . 2 , respectively 6 . 3 , 6 . 4 ) of each trapezoid element 5 may not be arranged parallel due to lack of functionality.
  • FIG. 2 is showing an embodiment of a closure 1 moulded in closed position in a perspective front view.
  • the hinge 4 of the closure 1 is not visible because it is arranged on the rear side of the closure 1 .
  • On the front of the closure 1 a finger recess 20 is visible arranged at the upper rim of lid 3 .
  • the is lid 3 of the closure 1 comprises on the inside nearby to the circumferential gap 10 first elements (not visible) protruding radially inward which are in closed position of the closure engaged with corresponding second elements (not visible) of the neck of the bottle 12 .
  • the first and the second elements are preventing unforeseen opening of the closure.
  • the shown closure 1 is mainly designed for still water/beverages (non-carbonized water/beverages) without internal pressure.
  • the mould (not visible) used to make the closure 1 in general comprises preferably two parts on the outside, whereby the parting plane of the mould, indicated by line 13 , is arranged parallel to the closure axis A (yz-plane of shown coordinate system) and perpendicular to the snap hinge 4 .
  • the inside of closure 1 is preferably formed by a single core.
  • FIG. 3 is showing a further embodiment of the closure 1 in a perspective front view on the neck of a bottle 12 .
  • the hinge 4 is on the back of the closure 1 and therefore not visible in detail.
  • a latching mechanism 15 is incorporated which prevents unforeseen opening of the closure 1 .
  • the latching mechanism 15 comprises a latch 16 which is part of the body 2 . In the closed position of the closure the latch 16 is engaged with a corresponding notch 17 .
  • the latch 16 which is arranged movably in radial direction in the outer side wall of the lid 3 comprises a neck 18 and a head 19 which is wider than the neck 18 forming in the closed position a tangentially undercut with the notch 17 preventing unforeseen opening of the closure.
  • the circumferential gap 10 does surround the latch 16 and the notch 17 .
  • the latch 16 is pressed inside in the direction of arrow F 1 versus the neck of the bottle 12 until the head 19 of the latch 16 releases the notch 17 and the lid 3 can be opened.
  • the latch 16 is preferably formed such that while closing the lid 3 the latch 16 is moved automatically away outside or inside such that the lid 3 and the notch 17 may pass.
  • the upper edge of the latch 16 preferably is formed round or inclined.
  • tamper evidence features, such as bridges 11 may be arranged to indicate initial opening.
  • the shown closure 1 is mainly designed for carbonized water/beverages causing an increased internal pressure in the bottle.
  • FIG. 4 is showing the closure 1 according to FIG. 2 in a side view in open position.
  • the snap hinge 4 is designed such that the opening angle ⁇ (angle between the closed and the open position) is in the range of 220°. This guarantees that drinking from an orifice 21 of the bottle 12 is not hindered by the lid 3 .
  • the trapezoid elements 5 are arranged in an inverse position at a position corresponding approximately to half of the opening angle ⁇ .
  • Closure 1 is designed such that the parts and elements of closure 1 are in the closed and in the open position stress free. In-between the open and the closed position snap hinge 4 causes deformation of the parts of snap hinge 4 and the other parts of closure 1 and/or bottle 12 .
  • FIG. 5 is showing a closed closure 1 in a top view.
  • the snap hinge 4 is arranged on the left hand side of the drawing and the finger recess 20 on the right hand side.
  • the trapezoid elements 5 which are arranged parallel to the cylindrical side wall 22 of the closure 1 are displayed in a top view.
  • the axis of the hinge elements (film hinges) 6 are indicated by a dot-dash line.
  • the angle ⁇ between the normal on the ground projection (xy-plane) of the axis of the film hinges 6 is an important factor for calculating of the snap action of the hinge and the opening angle.
  • ⁇ / 2 a ⁇ ⁇ tan ⁇ [ sin ⁇ ( ⁇ ) 1 - cos ⁇ ( ⁇ ) ⁇ sin ⁇ ( ⁇ 2 ) ] .
  • the cross cut along line BB is displayed in FIG. 6 .
  • FIG. 6 is showing a cross cut along line BB of FIG. 5 .
  • a sealing element 23 is arranged on the inside of lid 3 .
  • the sealing element 23 is in the closed position of the closure engaged with the neck 24 of the bottle 12 .
  • the sealing element 23 has a protruding rim 25 which is formed out on the inside of the horizontal (xy-plane) base 26 of the lid 3 .
  • the protruding rim 25 has in the shown embodiment a slightly conical shape divergent from ground 26 of lid 3 .
  • the largest diameter of rim 25 is in the contact area 38 with the inside surface 36 of orifice 37 .
  • Rim 25 is designed such that in the closed position of the closure 1 it is engaged with the neck 24 exposed to a certain radial compression, sealing of orifice 37 of bottle 12 .
  • Neck 18 of bottle 12 has on it's outside on the level of lid 3 a radially protruding circumferential holding rim 39 .
  • the holding rim 39 engages with a radially inwardly protruding holding element 29 formed out on the inside of lid 2 avoiding unintentional opening of closure 1 .
  • Neck 18 of bottle 12 comprises a fixing mean built out in the shown embodiment as radially protruding fixing rims 40 .
  • Closure 1 comprises circumferential recesses 41 , arranged between three corresponding radial flanges 42 , which are cooperating with the fixing rims 40 of bottle 12 , serving as holding means on the inside of closure 1 .
  • Alternative means to securely fix closure 1 on the neck 18 of bottle 12 are applicable.
  • the fixing mean of closure 1 may be preferably built such that it can be demoulded by force. To reduce demoulding forces (circumferential) the radial flanges 42 may be segmented.
  • FIG. 7 is showing a top view of a closure 1 .
  • Line DD illustrates the cut as displayed in FIG. 8 .
  • Line DD is arranged through the middle of a trapezoid element 5 and the adjoining film hinges 6 of the snap hinge 4 .
  • the trapezoid elements 5 , the film hinges 6 , the cutout 9 and the circumferential gap 10 , such as the bridges 11 and vertical first and second gaps 45 , 46 are made such that they lo can be demoulded by opening the outer section of the mould (not visible) in +x and in ⁇ x direction.
  • the trapezoid elements 5 , the film hinges 6 and the bridges 11 are preferably arranged along the inner wall 28 of the closure 1 such that no hindering overlapping exists in x-direction.
  • the circumferential gap 10 and the vertical first and second vertical gap 45 , 46 may be, if required, delimited by non-parallel side walls, e.g. conical.
  • FIG. 8 is showing the cut along line DD according to FIG. 7 .
  • the cut runs through a trapezoid element 5 and the two adjoining hinge elements 6 , the sealing element 23 and a radially inwardly protruding holding element 29 which is arranged near the circumferential gap 10 .
  • bridges 11 are visible which are acting as tamper evidence means which are destroyed while initial opening.
  • the film hinges 6 and the trapezoid elements 5 . 1 , 5 . 2 are designed on the inside of the closure 1 such that they can easily be demoulded in ⁇ z direction by stripping the closure 1 of a core of the mould (both not visible). As visible in this embodiment, the film hinges 6 are formed straight for optimized hinge performance.
  • the inner periphery of this closure 1 is designed here as a flat plane 31 being arranged at a radius R 2 which is smaller then the main inner radius R 1 of the closure 1 . In this view one flat plane 5 . 1 of one trapezoid element is perpendicular to the drawing plane and therefore only visible as a line.
  • the flat plane 31 . 2 of the opposite trapezoid element 5 . 2 is fully visible.
  • All elements on the inside of the closure 1 are arranged on a smaller radius than the main inner radius R 1 , because otherwise it would be difficult to demould the closure 1 by a stripper-ring having an inner radius corresponding to R 1 .
  • the snap hinge 4 is preferably designed that it does not form any undercut which has to be demoulded by force.
  • the inner periphery of the film hinges 6 is arranged as a secant to a circle having a radius R 1 equal to the main inner radius R 1 of the closure 1 .
  • FIG. 9 is showing detail P of FIG. 8 in a magnified manner.
  • FIG. 9 is showing detail P of FIG. 8 in a magnified manner.
  • the film hinges 6 are preferably designed in a way that they are straight over there entire length.
  • the periphery of the film hinge 6 is on the outside of the closure 1 formed by two straight (flat) boundary planes 35 and a cylindrical lo boundary surface 33 connecting the two boundary surfaces 35 tangentially having a radius R 3 .
  • the two boundary surfaces 35 are arranged at an angle ⁇ to each other.
  • opening the film hinge 6 is hinging around a hinge axis 34 .
  • Angle ⁇ is designed such that the closure can be opened without collision of the two boundary planes 35 such that no hindering occurs.
  • the hinge is designed in a way that the (theoretical) hinge axis 34 of the film hinges 6 is aligned tangentially to the cylindrical boundary surface 33 .
  • the thickness T of the film hinges 6 is, depending on the size of the closure, preferably in the range of 0.2 mm to 0.6 mm.
  • the film hinges 6 are formed such that the closure can be completely opened without collision of blocking of the movement.
  • Alternative embodiments of film hinges, having a different cross-section may be incorporated.
  • FIG. 10 is showing the closure 1 according to FIG. 3 in closed position from the front In the circumferential gap 10 bridges 11 are visible.
  • Latch 16 is arranged in notch 17 preventing unintentional opening of lid 3 . Due to the reason that bridges 11 , which are serving as tamper evidence means, are still connecting body 2 and lid 3 it becomes clear that the closure 1 never was opened.
  • Snap hinge 4 which is arranged on the back of closure 1 , is not visible in detail.
  • Line FF illustrates the cut displayed in FIG. 11 .
  • FIG. 11 is showing a cross cut through the closure 1 of FIG. 10 along line EE.
  • the closure 1 is arranged on the neck 24 of the bottle 12 .
  • the body of closure 1 is hold by radial fixing rim 40 of the bottle 12 which is engaged with the circumferential recess 41 of the closure 1 .
  • the hinge 4 is visible only partially.
  • Behind the neck 24 of the bottle 12 an inner surface of trapezoid element 5 is visible.
  • a sealing device 43 is visible having a conical rim-like shape which is directed inwardly with respect to the orifice 37 of neck 24 .
  • the sealing device 43 is centred on axis A of closure 1 and with respect to neck 24 of bottle 12 .
  • the sealing device is fixedly connected to the lid 3 an rests in closed position of the lid 3 on rim 44 of the orifice 37 .
  • the sealing device 43 of the herein shown embodiment is made of a different material which is more elastic than the material of the closure 1 and the neck 24 of the bottle 12 . In certain embodiments it is possible to use the same material.
  • the sealing device 43 is having a chamber 45 on the inside which is exposed to internal pressure P of the bottle 12 .
  • the sealing device 43 is built such that the when the chamber 45 is exposed to internal pressure P the sealing device 45 is deformed. The deformation due to internal pressure P is restricted by the rim 44 of the orifice 37 which results in that the sealing effect of the sealing device increases.
  • the sealing device 43 shown in this embodiment has a nipple 46 arranged on the outer surface versus the latch 16 having approximately the width of the nipple 46 .
  • Detail F is displayed in FIG. 12 .
  • FIG. 12 is showing detail F of FIG. 11 .
  • the nipple 46 is designed such that when pressing the latch 16 by force F 1 (see FIG. 12 ) radially inwardly (deformation indicated by arrow s 1 ) the latch 16 contacts the nipple 46 causing local deformation of the sealing device 43 .
  • the sealing device 43 is locally disengaged (indicated by arrow s 2 ) from the upper rim 44 of the orifice 37 such that controlled release of the internal pressure P occurs.
  • latch 16 is pressed further radially inwardly until latch 16 disengages notch 17 and the lid 3 may be opened.
  • the bridges 11 are designed such that they are destroyed when latch 16 is pressed radially inwardly indicating initial opening of the closure 1 .

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