US20070042084A1 - Device for fixing in a container such as a metal can a device automatically extracting the straw, and its associated device - Google Patents

Device for fixing in a container such as a metal can a device automatically extracting the straw, and its associated device Download PDF

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US20070042084A1
US20070042084A1 US11/588,316 US58831606A US2007042084A1 US 20070042084 A1 US20070042084 A1 US 20070042084A1 US 58831606 A US58831606 A US 58831606A US 2007042084 A1 US2007042084 A1 US 2007042084A1
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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
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    • B65D77/24—Inserts or accessories added or incorporated during filling of containers
    • B65D77/28—Cards, coupons, or drinking straws
    • 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
    • B65D17/00—Rigid or semi-rigid containers specially constructed to be opened by cutting or piercing, or by tearing of frangible members or portions
    • B65D17/28—Rigid or semi-rigid containers specially constructed to be opened by cutting or piercing, or by tearing of frangible members or portions at lines or points of weakness
    • B65D17/401—Rigid or semi-rigid containers specially constructed to be opened by cutting or piercing, or by tearing of frangible members or portions at lines or points of weakness characterised by having the line of weakness provided in an end wall
    • B65D17/4012—Rigid or semi-rigid containers specially constructed to be opened by cutting or piercing, or by tearing of frangible members or portions at lines or points of weakness characterised by having the line of weakness provided in an end wall for opening partially by means of a tearing tab
    • 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
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    • B65D2517/0001—Details
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    • B65D2517/0014—Action for opening container pivot tab and push-down tear panel
    • 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
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    • B65D2517/0047—Provided with additional elements other than for closing the opening
    • B65D2517/0049—Straws, spouts, funnels, or other devices facilitating pouring or emptying
    • 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
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  • the present invention relates to a method of positioning in a container, such as a can, a device for automatically extracting a straw, and its associated device.
  • a device for automatically extracting a straw has been developed to equip the cylindrical metallic cans of the type having a container closed by a crimped cover, which includes opening means constituted of a push ring adapted to displace a precut tongue inward of the can.
  • Such an extraction device is described, for example, in the published French Patent No. 2 772 731, and includes a straw-supporting member constituted by an elastically deformable retention arm, one of the ends of which is connected to a peripheral ring, and the other of which includes means for retaining the straw.
  • the peripheral ring is adapted to be sandwiched between the cover and more particularly its crimping groove and the upper peripheral rim of the container, whereas the retention arm is tensioned before being displaceably positioned and placed in support on a fixed abutment affixed to the peripheral ring.
  • Such a method which consists of deforming the arm before it is positioned beneath the cover requires a complex, expensive, and unreliable assembly line, particularly in view of the imposed high filling rates.
  • the present invention therefore proposes to resolve these disadvantages by proposing a device without fixed abutment for the deformed straw retention arm, and its embodiment method.
  • the device is of the type which includes a straw-supporting member constituted by an elastically deformable retention arm adapted to be tensioned by elastic deformation.
  • the arm includes a retention tube for the straw.
  • the method is characterized in that it provides for tensioning the arm by the direct or indirect effect of the cover during the coupling of the cover to the device.
  • the method includes the following preliminary steps:
  • the method may also include the following complementary steps:
  • the method provides for tensioning the retention arm by the action of the cover on a projection affixed to the retention arm, or on the straw retained by the arm.
  • the invention also relates to a device for extracting a straw adapted to implement the method, which comprises a straw-supporting member constituted by an elastically deformable retention arm, one of the ends of which is connected to a peripheral ring or annular ring, whereas the free end of the arm includes a mechanism for retaining the straw.
  • the mechanism for retaining the straw includes a retaining tube portion.
  • the device is obtained in a single piece made of injected plastic material, whereas the annular ring includes a succession of deformable lips that are peripherally sandwiched, during the crimping of the can, between the cover and more particularly its crimping groove and the upper peripheral rim of the opening of the container.
  • the invention also provides for a method of coupling a device for automatically extracting a straw in a container to a cover, wherein the device includes a straw-supporting member that is adapted to be subjected to elastic deformation, and wherein the method includes coupling together the cover and the device and causing the straw supporting member to move from a first position to a second position.
  • the causing may comprise one of deflecting the straw supporting member and tensioning the straw supporting member.
  • the straw supporting member may move from the first position to the second position when, directly or indirectly, the cover is coupled to the device.
  • the straw supporting member may comprise an elastically deformable retention arm that is adapted to be tensioned by elastic deformation.
  • the elastically deformable retention arm may include a retention mechanism adapted to retain the straw.
  • the method may further comprise fixing the straw to the straw-supporting member to thereby form an intermediate subassembly and coupling of the intermediate subassembly to the cover to form a closure subassembly.
  • the fixing may comprise fixing the straw to an elastically deformable retention arm of the straw-supporting member to thereby form an intermediate subassembly.
  • the method may further comprise filling a container with a desired beverage, positioning the closure subassembly in the container, and securing the cover on the container.
  • the securing may comprise crimping the cover on the container.
  • the straw-supporting member may comprise an elastically deformable retention arm having a projection and the method may further comprise engaging the cover with the projection, whereby the elastically deformable retention arm is deflected or tensioned.
  • the straw-supporting member may comprise an elastically deformable retention arm and the method may further comprise engaging the cover with the straw, whereby the elastically deformable retention arm is deflected or tensioned.
  • the invention also provides a device for extracting a straw comprising a straw-supporting member having an elastically deformable retention arm which comprises a free end and at least another end.
  • a body comprises one of a peripheral portion and an annular portion.
  • the at least another end of the elastically deformable retention arm is connected to the body.
  • the free end includes a straw retaining mechanism.
  • the device is adapted to be coupled to a container.
  • the straw retaining mechanism may comprise a retaining tube portion.
  • the straw retaining mechanism may be made as a single piece.
  • the straw retaining mechanism may comprise an injected plastic material.
  • the body may comprise a succession of deformable lips, whereby the deformable lips are adapted to be peripherally sandwiched upon crimping of a cover onto a container.
  • the deformable lips may be adapted to be peripherally sandwiched between a crimping groove and an upper peripheral rim of the container.
  • the straw retaining mechanism may comprise a retention arm and an actuation arm that is adapted to be actuated and displaced during an opening of the container.
  • the straw retaining mechanism may comprise a first and a second elastically deformable zone, the first elastically deformable zone enabling a retention arm to move in a first pivoting direction and the second elastically deformable zone enabling a retention arm to move in a second pivoting direction.
  • the first pivoting direction may comprise movement about a vertical pivoting axis
  • the second pivoting direction may comprise movement about a horizontal pivoting axis.
  • the invention also provides for a method of coupling a device for automatically extracting a straw to a cover, wherein the device includes a straw-supporting member that is adapted to be subjected to elastic deflection, wherein the method comprises coupling together the cover and the device and causing the straw supporting member to move from a first position to a second position.
  • the straw supporting member may move from the first position to the second position when the cover is coupled to the device.
  • the straw supporting member may comprise an elastically deflecting retention arm.
  • the elastically deflecting retention arm may include a retention mechanism adapted to retain the straw.
  • the method may further comprise fixing the straw to the straw-supporting member to thereby form an intermediate subassembly and coupling of the intermediate subassembly to the cover to form a closure subassembly.
  • the fixing may comprise fixing the straw to an elastically deflecting retention arm of the straw-supporting member to thereby form an intermediate subassembly.
  • the method may further comprise filling a container with a desired beverage, positioning the closure subassembly in the container, and securing the cover on the container.
  • the invention also provides a device for extracting a straw comprising a straw-supporting member having an elastically deflectable retention arm which comprises a free end and at least another end.
  • a body comprises one of a peripheral portion and an annular portion. The at least another end of the elastically deformable retention arm is connected to the body. The free end includes a straw retaining mechanism.
  • the device is adapted to be coupled to at least one of the cover and a container.
  • the straw retaining mechanism may comprise a retaining tube portion.
  • the body may comprise a succession of deformable lips, whereby the deformable lips are adapted to be peripherally sandwiched upon crimping of a cover onto a container.
  • the straw retaining mechanism may comprise a retention arm and an actuation arm that is adapted to be actuated and displaced during an opening of the container.
  • the straw retaining mechanism may comprise a first and a second elastically deflectable zone, the first elastically deflectable zone enabling a retention arm to move in a first pivoting direction and the second elastically deflectable zone enabling a retention arm to move in a second pivoting direction.
  • the retaining arm includes an actuation arm adapted to be actuated and displaced by the cover during the opening of the can, whereas the elastic connection of the retention arm to the peripheral ring is obtained by the succession of two elastically deformable zones: a first deformation zone enabling the am to move in horizontal pivoting about a vertical pivoting axis, and a second deformation zone, distinct from the first deformation zone, enabling the arm to move in vertical pivoting about a horizontal pivoting axis.
  • FIGS. 1 and 2 respectively, show a perspective view of the opening of a container such as a metallic cylindrical can including the device of the invention wherein:
  • FIG. 1 shows the sealed can
  • FIG. 2 shows the open can, once the cap has enabled the straw to project out of the opening
  • FIGS. 3, 4 , 5 , 6 , 6 a and 7 show a first embodiment of the extraction device
  • FIGS. 8, 9 , 10 , 11 , 11 a and 12 show a second embodiment of the extraction device
  • FIGS. 13, 14 , 15 , 16 , 17 and 18 show the phases of the method, using the first embodiment of the extraction device
  • FIGS. 19, 20 , 21 , 22 , 23 , and 24 show the phases of the method, using the second embodiment of the extraction device.
  • FIG. 25 is a perspective bottom view of an alternative of the second embodiment of the device.
  • the invention relates to a method of positioning a straw automatic extraction device, generally designated by the reference numeral 1 .
  • the device is adapted to automatically extract, when it is being opened, a straw 2 arranged within a container 3 .
  • the extraction device 1 is advantageously described in the particular case of metallic cylindrical cans whose opening systems are constituted in a known fashion by a push ring 4 and a precut tongue 5 , also called a cap.
  • the cap 5 can pivot inwardly of the container 3 under the effect of the ring to free the orifice 6 of the opening system, as shown in FIGS. 1 and 2 .
  • the automatic extraction device 1 according to the invention could be modified to be adapted to other types of containers, or to other types of opening systems without leaving the scope of protection of the invention.
  • the extraction device 1 is adapted to be used with the method of the invention and comprises a straw-supporting member 7 constituted by an elastically deformable retention arm 8 , one of the ends of which is connected to a peripheral ring or annular ring 9 . Furthermore, the free end of the arm 8 includes a mechanism for retaining the straw 2 , which includes a retaining tube portion 10 that is advantageously open to provide it with enough elasticity to ensure pinching of the straw 2 .
  • the extraction device 1 is advantageously obtained or made in a single piece of injected plastic material.
  • the annular ring 9 includes a succession of deformable lips 15 that are peripherally sandwiched during the crimping of the can 3 between the cover 14 , and more particularly its crimping groove and the upper peripheral rim of the opening of the container 3 , as seen in FIGS. 6 a and 11 a.
  • the mechanism 10 for retaining the straw is extended upwardly by a projection 11 for deforming the arm that extends upwardly.
  • the projection 11 is constituted by a cylindrical wall portion whose upper end 12 is adapted to come into abutment on the lower wall 13 of the cover 14 during its coupling to the device 1 , as shown in FIGS. 6 and 16 , and, of course, during the crimping of the cover 14 , thus causing the downward deformation along direction F of the arm 8 , as shown in FIG. 6 and FIG. 16 .
  • the retention arm 8 does not include a deforming projection.
  • the deforming of the arm occurs by the direct effect of the cover on the straw.
  • the arm 8 includes an actuating arm 18 that is adapted to be actuated and displaced by the cap or tongue 5 during the opening of the can.
  • the elastic linkage of the retention arm 8 with the peripheral ring 9 is obtained by the succession of two elastically deformable zones: a first deformation zone 16 for enabling the retention arm 8 to displace in horizontal pivoting about a vertical pivoting axis XX′, and a second deformation zone 17 , distinct from the first deformation zone 16 , for enabling the arm 8 to displace in vertical pivoting about a horizontal pivoting axis YY′.
  • the second deformation zone 17 is a deformable flat section, but it could have any other shape, and may, in particular, have a arrangement similar to that which is shown in FIG. 25 .
  • the retention arm 8 extends from the peripheral ring inwardly, substantially horizontally, at least in a plane substantially parallel to the general plane H of the ring 9 .
  • the retaining arm 8 forms, together with the general plane H of the peripheral ring 9 , a sharp angle A comprised between 20 and 60 degrees and, for example, 40 degrees.
  • the retention arm 8 is elastically biased downwardly along direction F, such that, during opening, this elasticity is restored in order to have the straw 2 move or be extracted out of the opening 6 , as shown in FIGS. 6, 11 , 16 and 22 .
  • the stressing of the arm is done at the time the cover 14 is coupled to the device 1 , as shown in FIGS. 6, 11 , 16 , 17 , 22 , and 23 by the direct or indirect effect of the cover 14 on the retention arm 8 .
  • the lower wall 13 of the cover 14 biases the retention arm 8 into a downward elastic prestress by its direct effect on the end 12 of the projection 11 for deforming the arm.
  • the lower wall 13 of the cover 14 biases the retention arm 8 into a downward elastic prestress by its direct effect on the end 21 of the straw 2 retained by the tubular retaining portion 10 .
  • the cap or tongue 5 releases the retention arm 8 of the straw 2 which, having been elastically prestressed, returns to its inactive position to drive with it the end of the straw 2 which then projects out of the opening 6 .
  • the end of the actuation arm 18 is arranged in the trajectory of the cap or tongue 5 .
  • the cap or tongue 5 acts on or engages the actuation arm 18 to pivot the assembly which it forms with the retention arm 8 about the axis XX′, and thus to place the end of the straw 2 in the zone of the opening 6 .
  • the straw 2 is allowed to project immediately through this opening 6 by the release of the prestress.
  • the invention provides for a method that includes the following preliminary steps:
  • the subassembly 30 is engaged beneath the cover 14 and clipped to the latter by cooperation of the succession of lips 15 with the peripheral groove 31 of the cover (see FIGS. 15, 16 , and FIGS. 21 and 22 ).
  • the positioning of the device with its straw with the cover is done with a relative predetermined angular orientation.
  • the lower wall 13 of the latter directly or indirectly, forces the retention arm 8 downwardly so as to place it in the prestress position, as shown in FIGS. 6, 16 , and FIGS. 11 and 22 .
  • the second deformation zone 17 is a hollow open section, especially omega-shaped so as to provide the zone with appropriate elasticity.
  • the straw 2 used is advantageously a telescopic, flexed straw, i.e., one which includes a deformation accordion.
  • the device can include a guiding ramp 90 for the end of the straw 2 , as seen in FIGS. 9, 10 , and 25 .

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