US20080217336A1 - Can for Beverages Comprising a Protective Lid - Google Patents

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US20080217336A1
US20080217336A1 US12/091,269 US9126906A US2008217336A1 US 20080217336 A1 US20080217336 A1 US 20080217336A1 US 9126906 A US9126906 A US 9126906A US 2008217336 A1 US2008217336 A1 US 2008217336A1
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Benjamin Dawidowicz
Julien Savino
Alain Savino
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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
    • B65D51/00—Closures not otherwise provided for
    • B65D51/18—Arrangements of closures with protective outer cap-like covers or of two or more co-operating closures
    • B65D51/20—Caps, lids, or covers co-operating with an inner closure arranged to be opened by piercing, cutting, or tearing
    • 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
    • B65D2251/00—Details relating to container closures
    • B65D2251/0003—Two or more closures
    • B65D2251/0006—Upper closure
    • B65D2251/0015—Upper closure of the 41-type
    • 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
    • B65D2251/00—Details relating to container closures
    • B65D2251/0003—Two or more closures
    • B65D2251/0068—Lower closure
    • B65D2251/0071—Lower closure of the 17-type
    • 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
    • B65D2517/00—Containers specially constructed to be opened by cutting, piercing or tearing of wall portions, e.g. preserving cans or tins
    • B65D2517/0001—Details
    • B65D2517/0031—Reclosable openings
    • B65D2517/004—Reclosable openings by means of an additional element
    • B65D2517/0041—Reclosable openings by means of an additional element in the form of a cover
    • 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
    • B65D2517/00—Containers specially constructed to be opened by cutting, piercing or tearing of wall portions, e.g. preserving cans or tins
    • B65D2517/0001—Details
    • B65D2517/0098—Means for preventing dust contacting pouring opening, e.g. a cover over the tear panel

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  • the present invention concerns a metal can for beverages which is provided with a lid and protecting cover.
  • Metal drink cans that are made of steel or aluminum, enjoy an increasing market development for sparkling or non sparkling beverages, due both to the preservation quality they ensure for the beverages they contain and to their being easy to store, to transport and to use.
  • opening lids formed in the can upper face, that can be torn off or more recently pushed in, which permits in particular to drink the beverage direct out of the can by bringing it up to the mouth.
  • Such known cans suffer from several drawbacks. Whereas the cans are filled and closed in a sterile atmosphere, their storage and transportation conditions will only afford a limited protection, when for instance a whole set of cans are wrapped together in a thermo-retractable film, generally on a pallet. Even that limited protection disappears when the cans are placed on store shelves, either individually or grouped in cardboard packages. As a consequence, drinking the beverage directly from the can will expose the consumer to a pollution that can be dangerous for his or her health.
  • Such covers, or caps are generally made of polymer materials. They can be connected with the metal can by means of a ring attached to the latter, together with a tongue connecting the cap to that ring. Manufacturing and mounting this assembly are complicated and costly, even when the cap, tongue and ring are made integral. And again, mounting the one-piece assembly on cans already filled and sealed raises health problems.
  • the present invention aims at solving the problems of known metal cans with protecting caps while still keeping costs at a minimum.
  • the invention provides a metal box, or can, designed for beverages, that is provided with a protecting cover fitting all over the top edge of the can, said protecting cover being connected with the can through a tongue integral with the cover, characterized in that the cover and the tongue are integrally made as a single piece of the same metal or metal alloy as the can, and in that the end of the tongue opposite to the cover is fixed to the can.
  • the tongue can be attached to the can after it has been filled and closed, and filling and closing the cans can be performed without having to modify whatsoever the techniques and equipments used up to now for those operations.
  • the end of the tongue is provided with slots that form between them articulating members adapted for cooperation with the top edge of the can.
  • the free end of the tongue is sticked on the can.
  • the free end of the tongue is welded on the can.
  • the free end of the tongue is fixed to the can by means of an adhesive or self-adhesive strip, and the latter is preferably made out of the same metal as the can and the cover with the tongue.
  • the free end of the tongue is crimped in between the can upper face and the can top edge.
  • the tongue is made integral with the upper face of the can.
  • FIG. 1 is a schematic three-dimensional exploded, view of a first embodiment of the invention
  • FIG. 2 is a view similar to FIG. 1 concerning an alternative embodiment of the invention
  • FIG. 3 is a view similar to FIG. 1 relative to another alternative embodiment of the invention.
  • FIG. 4 is a view similar to FIG. 1 for I another further alternative embodiment of the invention.
  • FIGS. 1 and 2 refer to embodiments of the invention wherein it is possible to attach the tongue to the can after filling and closing the latter.
  • same reference numbers are used to designate same components.
  • the can of the invention consists of a body 1 closed by an upper face 2 which usually includes an opening lid 10 .
  • a cover 3 made of the same metal or metal alloy as the body 1 and upper face 2 of the can, is integrally provided with a tongue 4 , and the end of this tongue opposite to the cover 3 is fixed to the can 1 , 2 .
  • the end of the tongue 4 is cut and divided into three articulation members, among which the two external articulation members are curved in one direction, and the central articulation member is curved in the opposite direction, so as to allow attaching the top edge of the can by forming a pivot hinge for the cover 3 .
  • the cover 3 is provided with a peripheral groove 6 , that will allow stacking an identical can in order to reduce the overall dimensions during storage and transportation or in automatic vending machines, as well as with a grasping appendix 7 that allows an easy seizure of the can for opening it.
  • the axis of the tongue 4 is not aligned with the axis of this opening lid, but it is angularly shifted, preferably by an angle of about 140 degrees, from the axis. That is in order to prevent the cover 3 from potentially coming up in front of the eyes of the drinker, after the can has been opened and the opening lid 10 has been torn off or pushed in.
  • the cover 3 can advantageously be conformed so that it can be clipped over the top edge of the can 1 - 2 , which can be for instance by having radial slots (not shown) cut off from a folded outside edge thereof, thereby forming elastically deformable tabs between the slots.
  • a seal (not shown) be interposed between the cover 3 and the can, which seal can be formed for instance as a thin elastomer layer coated on the cover at the place where it contacts with the can. Due to its very small volume, such a seal will not be prejudicial to the recycling of the assembly, since it will form a practically negligible impurity.
  • the central zone of the cover 3 be dome-shaped towards the upper face 2 such that it can be deformed in the reverse direction under the gas pressure inside the can, without any loss of this gas, after a can containing a sprinkling beverage and provided with the lid 10 has been opened and the cover 3 has been tilted back.
  • either the free end 8 a is curved upwards to allow for its being sticked or welded on the top end of the body 1 of the can, or the free end 8 b is curved downwards to allow for its being sticked or welded lower down on the body 1 .
  • the free end 8 a or 8 b is attached to the body 1 of the can by means of an adhesive or self-adhesive strip, preferably based on the same metal or alloy as the body 1 and the cover 3 with the tongue 4 thereof.
  • FIGS. 3 and 4 refer to embodiments of the invention wherein the cover is attached during the filling and closing process of the can.
  • the end of the tongue 4 opposite to the cover 3 is crimped between the top edge 11 of the body 1 and the crimping edge 12 of the upper face 2 of the can. It can then be provided that the free end of the tongue 4 be sticked or welded on the upper face 2 of the can before the crimping operation, so as to be fixedly attached to it.
  • the upper face of the can is made integral with the tongue 4 and hence with the cover 3 .
  • Health safety can still be reinforced by enclosing the seal interposed between the cover and the body in a tight ring, such as a sleeve made of a retracted polymer material that can be torn off before drinking, which sleeve further offers the additional advantage of constituting a guarantee that the cover has not been previously opened.
  • a tight ring such as a sleeve made of a retracted polymer material that can be torn off before drinking, which sleeve further offers the additional advantage of constituting a guarantee that the cover has not been previously opened.

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FR0510816A FR2892393B1 (fr) 2005-10-24 2005-10-24 Boite metallique pour boissons munie d'un couvercle et procede pour sa fabrication
FR0510816 2005-10-24
FR0601898A FR2898110A1 (fr) 2006-03-03 2006-03-03 Boite metallique pour boissons comportant un couvercle de protection
FR0601898 2006-03-03
FR0601896 2006-03-03
FR0601896A FR2892394A1 (fr) 2005-10-24 2006-03-03 Boite metallique pour boissons munie d'un couvercle de protection
PCT/FR2006/002335 WO2007048897A2 (fr) 2005-10-24 2006-10-16 Boite metallique pour boissons comportant un couvercle de protection

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JP2009520645A (ja) 2009-05-28
EA012549B1 (ru) 2009-10-30
WO2007048897A3 (fr) 2007-10-25
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AP2008004479A0 (en) 2008-06-30
KR20080063524A (ko) 2008-07-04
CA2627093A1 (fr) 2007-05-03

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