US20070090111A1 - Closure arrangement for cans - Google Patents

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US20070090111A1
US20070090111A1 US10/571,999 US57199904A US2007090111A1 US 20070090111 A1 US20070090111 A1 US 20070090111A1 US 57199904 A US57199904 A US 57199904A US 2007090111 A1 US2007090111 A1 US 2007090111A1
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Antonio Alvares
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  • the present invention refers to an improvement in a closure arrangement for a can obtained in metallic sheet and of the type which comprises a tubular body, with the lower edge affixing or incorporating a bottom wall, and with the upper edge carrying, directly by means of a deformed portion of the tubular body or by means of an annular upper wall portion which can take the form of a structural ring, a seat for the seating and retention of a press-fit plastic lid.
  • the invention is particularly related to a closure arrangement with a plastic lid for a can of the type considered above and which is used to contain products of progressive consumption, such as certain food products.
  • the cans provided with a press-fit lid, which is fitted, by pressure, in a peripheral structural ring, internal to the upper edge of the body of the can and hermetically double seamed thereto.
  • the tightness of the content is guaranteed in this type of construction, by the lid fitting in the seating and retention seat, which can be provided in the structural ring that defines the annular upper wall of the can or in the tubular body of the latter.
  • the plastic lid comprises a sealing portion, which is removably seated and retained in the seat, and a manually breakable seal, which is disposed on and around the upper end of the tubular body of the can and connected to the sealing portion by breakable connections.
  • the lid is mounted with its seal disposed on and around the upper end of the can body and said upper end presents a contour which is substantially equal to the cross section contour of the tubular body of the can.
  • the lid is positioned with its seal projecting radially outwardly from the cross section contour and thus susceptible to collide with the seal of the lid of a can disposed side by side and adjacent in relation to another can.
  • the seals should incorporate, preferably in their peripheral region, a small upper circumferential wall which remains external to the lower end contour of the tubular body of a can stacked over an inferior can, in order to define a stop means to avoid undue radial displacements of a can outside the vertical alignment of a stack in which it is stored.
  • a can of the type which comprises: a tubular body having a closed lower end and an open upper end provided with a seat; and a lid in a single piece of plastic material, comprising a sealing portion to be removably and hermetically seated in the seat, and projecting radially outwardly from the latter; and a seal axially breakable in a region of its circumferential extension and which presents a lower skirt to be tightly seated around the upper end of the tubular body, and an upper edge internally incorporated to the sealing portion by means of breakable radial bridges which are ruptured when submitted to a certain pulling force for separating the seal from the sealing portion upon the first opening of the lid.
  • the upper end of the tubular body presents a cross section contour that is smaller than the largest cross section contour of the remainder of the tubular body, so that the contour of the lid is maintained internal to said largest cross section contour of the tubular body, avoiding the mutual contact of the lids of two adjacent cans disposed side by side.
  • the above-defined construction allows the lids to be totally protected against contacts and collisions with the lids of other adjacent cans during different operational situations in which these cans are joined in groups of at least two units, and subject to manual or mechanical handling or transportation movements. Besides the technical effect mentioned above, the new construction allows the seating to occur with a better load distribution of the bottom of a can over the lid of a can disposed immediately below.
  • FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a can carrying a plastic lid in a closure arrangement, according to the present invention
  • FIG. 2 is an exploded perspective view of the can and the lid of FIG. 1 , after rupturing the seal of the lid;
  • FIG. 3 is an upper plan view of the can and of the plastic lid illustrated in FIG. 1 ;
  • FIG. 4 is a partial diametrical cross-sectional view of both the can and the lid illustrated in FIGS. 1-3 , taken according to line IV-IV of FIG. 3 ;
  • FIG. 5 is a view similar to that of FIG. 4 , but with the section being taken according to line V-V in FIG. 3 .
  • the present closure arrangement is applied to a can made of metallic sheet, comprising a tubular body 10 , with a lower end 11 affixing a bottom wall 12 and with an upper end 13 affixing, by a double seam 14 , an annular upper wall 15 which internally defines a seat 16 for the hermetic seating of a lid 20 .
  • the illustrated tubular body 10 presents a circular cross section, it being understood however that said cross section might present other embodiments rather than the circular.
  • the construction of the annular upper wall 15 and of the seat 16 can be made in different manners, as long as it allows the lid 20 to be hermetically and securely fitted in the upper part of the can. In FIGS.
  • the lid 20 is preferably constructed as described in the co-pending patent application of the same applicant, filed on Jul. 24, 2003 with the number PI 0303138-1. Said lid 20 is obtained in a transparent or not transparent plastic material comprising a sealing portion 21 to be removably seated and retained in the seat 16 , and presenting an external edge 21 b which is seated on the upper end 13 of the tubular body 10 of the can.
  • the lid 20 further comprises, in a single piece with the sealing portion 21 , a seal 25 having a lower skirt 25 a generally tightly seated around the upper end 13 of the tubular body 10 and which presents an upper edge 25 b which is incorporated, by means of manually breakable bridges 26 , to the external edge 21 b of the sealing portion 21 .
  • the bridges 26 are ruptured when submitted to a certain pulling force for separating the seal 25 from the sealing portion 21 , when the lid 20 is opened for the first time.
  • the sealing portion 21 incorporates a gripping tab 27 which is axially downwardly projected through an interruption 25 c provided in the circumferential extension of the seal 25 , for example, remaining substantially leveled with the lower skirt 25 a.
  • the seal 25 comprises at least one breakable lock 28 connecting the gripping tab 27 to the lower skirt 25 a .
  • the gripping tab 27 is manually operable only when part of the seal 25 is ruptured, for example upon rupture of each breakable lock 28 .
  • the lower skirt 25 a incorporates the ends off a seal bridge 25 d circumferentially extended over the interruption 25 c of the seal 25 and over the gripping tab 27 .
  • the seal bridge 25 d presents a first end 25 e , which is incorporated to the lower skirt 25 a by connecting means 25 f , which are broken when said first end 25 e is forced away from the lower skirt 25 a , in order to permit the manual access to the gripping tab 27 .
  • the gripping tab 27 is inferiorly incorporated to the seal bridge 25 d by means of a breakable lock 28 , in the form of one or more axial bridges which are manually broken upon the first opening of the lid.
  • the external edge 21 b of the sealing portion 21 incorporates a small cylindrical lower rib 21 c which involves, preferably tightly, a circumferential extension of the upper end 13 of the tubular body 10 and from which depend the bridges 26 inferiorly incorporated to the upper edge 25 b of the lower skirt 25 a.
  • the lower skirt 25 a may incorporate an internal circumferential projection 25 h , axially spaced from the external edge 21 b of the sealing portion 21 and which is dimensioned to be seated and axially locked under the double seam 14 in the upper end 13 of the tubular body 10 and around the latter.
  • the upper end 13 of the tubular body 10 is shaped to present a cross section contour that is smaller than the largest cross section contour of the tubular body 10 , so as to prevent the mutual contact of the lids 20 with two adjacent cans disposed side by side.
  • the tubular body 10 presents an upper portion 10 a which contains the upper end 13 of the tubular body 10 and which has substantially the same cross section contour as said upper end 13 .
  • Said upper portion 10 a of the tubular body 10 presents a height or an extension that is larger than the height of the lower skirt 25 a of the seal 25 of the lid 20 .
  • the height of the upper portion 10 a of the tubular body 10 is approximately twice the height of the lower skirt 25 a of the lid 20 .
  • the upper portion 10 a of the tubular body 10 is inferiorly incorporated to a transition portion 10 b , which presents a cross section profile defined by two upwardly converging straight line segments, said transition portion 10 b uniting the upper portion 10 a of the tubular body 10 to a basic portion 10 c of the latter.
  • the basic portion 10 c of the tubular body 10 defined below the transition portion 10 b , presents a substantially constant cross section contour which is generally circular, said basic portion 10 c being inferiorly limited by the lower end 11 of the tubular body 10 .
  • the cross section contour of the basic portion 10 c is substantially larger than that of the upper portion 10 a , allowing the lid 20 , more particularly its lower skirt 25 a and its seal bridge 25 d , to define a contour contained inside the cross section contour of the basic portion 10 c.
  • the construction proposed by the present invention allows the contour of the lower end 11 of a tubular body 10 of a can to be sufficiently larger than the contour of the upper end 13 , so as to be positioned external to the upper end 13 of a tubular body 10 disposed immediately below, when the cans are stacked.
  • the bottom wall 12 of a tubular body 10 is seated on the lid 20 of a tubular body 10 disposed immediately below in the stack, guaranteeing a better distribution of the stacking load over the lid 20 .
  • the locking between the stacked tubular bodies 10 is made, by interference in the radial direction, between the lower end 11 of the upper tubular body 10 and the lower skirt 25 a of the lid 20 of the tubular body 10 disposed immediately below.

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