US20090101619A1 - Closure with Hinged Lid for Bottles and the Like with an Automatic Lid Opening System Comprising an Improved Button - Google Patents

Closure with Hinged Lid for Bottles and the Like with an Automatic Lid Opening System Comprising an Improved Button Download PDF

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US20090101619A1
US20090101619A1 US12/227,136 US22713607A US2009101619A1 US 20090101619 A1 US20090101619 A1 US 20090101619A1 US 22713607 A US22713607 A US 22713607A US 2009101619 A1 US2009101619 A1 US 2009101619A1
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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
    • 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
    • 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
    • B65D47/0828—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 the open position only
    • 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
    • B65D2251/10—Details of hinged closures
    • B65D2251/1016—Means for locking the closure in closed position
    • B65D2251/1025—Integral locking elements penetrating in an opening, e.g. a flap through a slit, a hook in an opening
    • 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
    • B65D2251/10—Details of hinged closures
    • B65D2251/1016—Means for locking the closure in closed position
    • B65D2251/1033—Protuberances and cavities provided on a horizontal flange respectively of the container or base and the closure, and penetrating one into the other, e.g. of the press-button 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
    • B65D2251/10—Details of hinged closures
    • B65D2251/1066—Actuating means

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  • the invention relates to the field of closures with hinged lids for bottles and the like. More particularly, the invention relates to a closure with a hinged lid for bottles and the like having an automatic lid opening system comprising an improved button, said closure comprising:
  • documents EP0826606, EP0839735 and EP0975526 describe a closure of the type described at the beginning.
  • a first characteristic of this closure is that the elastic element made from elastomer material extends over the lid and the main body covering the anchoring means, so that said anchoring means are pleasant to touch when the user acts upon them to release them.
  • these anchoring means do not form a proper button and suffer from the drawback that an additional amount of elastomer material is required that must be moulded according to a relatively complicated shape, which has a negative affect on the closure's manufacturing cost.
  • a second characteristic of the closure disclosed by said documents EP0826606, EP0839735 and EP0975526 is that the elastic element has an extendible section that passes from one side to the other of the hinge joint when the lid pivots between its open and hinged positions. Consequently, said extendible section is extended to the maximum when the lid is in an intermediate position, whereby the lid has two rest positions: the open position and the hinged position.
  • the lid When the lid is in the hinged position and the user wants to open it, he must release the anchoring means and push the lid against the force of the elastic element, beyond the intermediate position.
  • This mode of operation suffers from the drawback that it complicates the lid opening operation for the user, and does not open the lid automatically and completely with one simple pressing action.
  • a third characteristic of the closure disclosed in said documents EP0826606, EP0839735 and EP0975526 is that, in addition to forming an extendible section on level with the hinge joint so as to produce a spring-back function for the lid, the elastomer material also extends over part of the lid to ensure the seal of the supply hole.
  • the elastomer material extends over the outer wall of a pin that is provided on the lid and which is forcibly inserted into the supply mouth, whereby the elastomer material is compressed between the outer wall of the pin and the inner wall of the supply mouth.
  • Document EP0976663 discloses a closure of the type considered at the beginning, but which is different to the closure disclosed in the said documents EP0826606, EP0839735 and EP0975526 because the lid's only rest position is the open position, which corresponds to a minimum extension of the extendible section of the elastic element.
  • This mode of operation is obtained by virtue of the elastic element having an extendible section that is arranged between two ribs that form the hinge joint, and is joined to said ribs, so that said extendible section cannot pass freely from one side to the other of the hinge joint.
  • the closure comprises an elastic button made from the elastomer material.
  • the lid is provided with a pin that is inserted into said supply mouth, but contrary to the closures cited above, the elastomer material does not extend over the pin, instead it forms the top edge of the supply mouth on the main body.
  • the extendible section of the elastic element must exert a strong spring-back force.
  • said extendible section has limited elasticity, since it is attached to the ribs forming the hinge joint. Consequently, the lid's opening movement is fairly abrupt, which is not very pleasant for the user.
  • the design of the push button formed by the elastomer material has a negative affect on the closure's manufacturing costs.
  • Document JP8113260 relates to a closure that resembles the type of closure referenced in the invention, but wherein the anchoring means are not released by means of a button, but rather by traditional means, pulling a visor provided on the lid.
  • the elastomer material only performs the lid's spring-back function, and it consists of a separate part that fits at its ends into housings provided in the lid and in the main body of the closure, and has an intermediate extendible section that is freely positioned externally with respect to the hinge joint.
  • the lid's only rest position is the open position, which corresponds to a maximum extension of the extendible section.
  • the aim of the invention is to provide a closure of the type indicated at the beginning, which enables the lid to be opened automatically and completely by acting upon a button with a simple, comfortable action, and which does not suffer from the drawbacks of the known closures mentioned above.
  • the main aim of the invention is to provide a closure with a button that acts quickly releasing the anchoring means between the lid and the main body, without it being necessary to use elastomer material to form the button and without significantly complicating the manufacturing process.
  • the main body has a side wall and an upper base on which the supply mouth is provided;
  • the button is made up of a movable area that is moulded integrally together with said main body in rigid plastics material and which comprises at least one front portion delimited on said side wall and joined at its lower end thereto by a joining line that defines a pivoting axis for said movable area, said front portion having a pressing surface that is suitable for receiving a user's finger; and the anchoring means comprises a first part formed in said movable area and a second part formed on said lid and suitable for being anchored in said first part.
  • This closure according to the invention does not require using elastomer material to form the button; it is based on local geometric forms defined in the actual rigid plastics material of the main body and the lid. Moreover, thanks to the fact that the first part of said anchoring means is provided in the movable area of the main body, when the button is activated, the second part of the anchoring means are released directly and the lid is opened.
  • the surface for activating the button is located in the actual movable area, whereby the user acts directly on the movable area.
  • This direct activation and release combined with the spring-back force exerted by the elastic element provided between the lid and the main body, easily and effectively opens the lid.
  • the user acts upon the pressing surface defined on the front portion of the button, in other words on the side wall of the main body, so that the lid can be opened comfortably with one simple finger movement, while holding the bottle in one hand.
  • said movable area is delimited on said main body by a deformable contour defined by a geometric weakening of the actual wall of said main body.
  • This deformable contour makes the button more robust and, since it is deformable, allows the movable area limited but sufficient pivoting around the joining line.
  • the geometric weakening of the wall of the main body that forms said deformable contour has, in section, a toggled shape and a reduced thickness with respect to the adjacent areas of said wall.
  • the deformable contour can be slightly stretched and contracted, allowing the movable area sufficient movement to release the anchoring means.
  • this geometric arrangement can be obtained easily during the moulding operation for the closure's main body.
  • said deformable contour has an upper section that defines in said upper base an upper part of the movable area and respective side sections that define in said side wall the front portion of the movable area, said side sections extending the ends of said upper section as far as said joining line.
  • said geometric weakening forms said deformable contour in the shape of a groove the depth of which decreases in said side sections towards the lower ends thereof, which reinforces the button without considerably affecting the pivoting of the deformable area around the joining line.
  • the anchoring means consist of a window in said front portion of the movable area and a hook-shaped projection formed on the lid.
  • the moveable area is moved away from the side wall thereby unhooking the projection from the window.
  • said deformable contour defines a continuous joining surface between said movable area and the rest of said main body, thereby preventing dirt or any external element from entering through the deformable contour.
  • the invention contemplates, optionally, some advantageous embodiments including characteristics regarding the elastic element and the parts of the main body and the lid that interact with it to perform the lid's spring-back function. These characteristics, in combination with those described above in connection with the button, contribute to obtaining an improved performance of the lid's automatic opening, in particular, a more effective opening that is not too abrupt, and which does not negatively affect closure manufacturing costs.
  • the closure is shaped as follows:
  • One of these advantageous solutions consists in the projection defining the seating surface extending from a lower end of the main body next to said first joining area of the elastic element, to an upper end that projects from said main body and that is next to said second joining area of the elastic element when the lid is in its hinged position.
  • said seating surface has a convex shaped section on which the elastic element's extendible section rests in the lid's hinged position, therefore providing gentle support that prevents localised tension.
  • said second joining area of the elastic element has an elongated shape that extends parallel to the axis of said hinge joint, and said elastic element has two of said first joining areas, separated by an open space facing said hinge joint, and two of said free extendible sections defined between said first joining areas and said second joining area, said main body comprising two of said projections that respectively define two of said seating surfaces positioned externally with respect to the hinge joint and respectively facing said two extendible sections of the elastic element.
  • said main body and said lid have a contour that is truncated by respective flat surfaces joined by a bridge that forms said hinge joint, said projection protruding from the flat surface of the main body, and said flat surface of the lid having at least one window through which said projection and said extendible section of the elastic element protrude when the lid is in the hinged position.
  • the invention also contemplates, optionally, some advantageous embodiments including characteristics regarding the lid's seal of the supply mouth. These characteristics are intended to provide a closure wherein the interaction between the lid and the supply mouth does not produce significant friction between these elements, so that when the anchoring means are released by acting upon the button, the lid opens without any impediment, stretched by the spring-back action of the elastic element, without the latter having to exert any significant force to unblock the supply mouth.
  • said lid is provided on its inner surface with a flat contact area made from elastomer material and facing said supply mouth in the lid's hinged position, so that said flat contact area of the elastic element is applied against the upper edge of said supply mouth.
  • This flat contact area made from elastomer material ensures the supply mouth has an airtight seal, without any outer or inner coupling with the supply mouth, whereby said supply mouth is unblocked simply by lifting the lid, without it being necessary to overcome any strong friction force.
  • the inner surface of said lid has a hollow area that houses said flat contact area, and makes it easier to join it to the lid when manufacturing the closure.
  • said elastic element made from elastomer material that ensures the lid's spring-back action, also forms said flat contact area. This avoids having different pieces of elastomer material and facilitates the closure manufacture process by overmoulding the elastomer material over the rigid plastics material of the main body and the lid.
  • said elastic element comprises a connection strip that extends between said flat contact area and the part of the elastic element where the second joining area is provided, and the inner surface of said lid has a channel that leads into said hollow area and houses said connection strip.
  • this solution facilitates forming the elastic element made from elastomer material with an overmoulding method, because the channel and the hollow area act as a mould.
  • said flat contact area and said connection strip are arranged level with said hollow area and said channel, respectively, thereby preventing any projections on the inner surface of the lid where dirt could accumulate.
  • the elastic element made from elastomer material is overmoulded on the piece of rigid plastics material made up of said main body and said lid, for example using a bi-injection method.
  • said elastic element goes through the thickness of said lid from said contact area and forms an outer layer of elastomer material that extends over at least part of the lid's outer surface. This way the elastomer material can be injected over the lid's outer surface and, at the same time, an outer coating of elastomer material can be obtained that is suitable for forming a publicity or geometric motif that personalises the closure.
  • FIGS. 1 , 2 and 3 respectively, a lower, side and upper view of a closure according to a first embodiment of the invention, with the lid in the open position;
  • FIG. 4 an upper perspective view of said closure
  • FIGS. 5 and 6 lower perspective views, respectively front and back, of said closure
  • FIGS. 7 and 8 respectively, upper and lower perspective views of said closure, sectioned along a middle plane;
  • FIG. 9 a side view of said closure sectioned along a middle plane, with the lid in the hinged position
  • FIGS. 10 and 11 upper perspective views of said closure, with the lid in the open position;
  • FIG. 11 is a fictitious breakdown of FIG. 10 wherein the elastic element made from elastomer material has been shown apart as it appears in the position shown in FIG. 10 .
  • FIGS. 12 and 13 upper perspective views of said closure, with the lid in the hinged position;
  • FIG. 13 is a fictitious breakdown of FIG. 12 wherein the elastic element made of elastomer material has been shown apart as it appears in the position shown in FIG. 12 ;
  • FIG. 14 a side view, sectioned along a middle plane, of a closure according to a second embodiment that differs from the first only in that the elastomer material extends along the outer surface of the lid;
  • FIGS. 15 and 16 upper perspective views of a third embodiment of the closure, which differs from the previous ones in that the elastic element has one single extendible section in the central position;
  • FIG. 16 is a fictitious breakdown of FIG. 15 wherein the elastic element made of elastomer material has been shown apart as it appears in the position shown in FIG. 15 ;
  • FIG. 17 a partial perspective view, sectioned along a middle plane, of the closure in FIGS. 15 and 16 .
  • FIGS. 1 to 13 illustrate a first embodiment of a closure according to the invention, which is intended to be applied to bottles of water and which enables the lid to be opened easily with the same hand that is holding the bottle, by using a finger to press a button provided on the closure's main body.
  • the closure is made up of a main body 1 , which has a supply mouth 2 , and a lid 3 that is joined to the main body 1 by a bridge 4 that performs the functions of a hinge joint.
  • Main body 1 and lid 3 are moulded as an integral part in a rigid plastics material, for example polypropylene. Lid 3 can pivot with respect to the axis formed by the hinge joint 4 between an open position and a hinged position wherein lid 3 blocks supply mouth 2 .
  • An elastic element 7 made from elastomer material, for example a thermoplastic elastomer (TPE), joins main body 1 and lid 3 so that it exerts a spring-back force on lid 3 towards its open position.
  • TPE thermoplastic elastomer
  • elastic element 7 has an extendible section 7 c freely positioned externally with respect to hinge joint 4 , so that when lid 3 is closed, making it pivot from its open position, extendible section 7 c gradually becomes tenser and therefore always exerts a spring-back force on lid 3 towards its open position.
  • Main body 1 has an overall cylindrical shape, with a side wall 11 and an upper base 12 in which supply mouth 2 is provided, and it has a movable area 5 delimited by a deformable contour 8 defined by a geometric weakness in the actual wall of main body 1 , as can be seen in greater detail in FIGS. 4 to 6 .
  • the geometric weakness that shapes deformable contour 8 has, in section, a toggled shape and a reduced thickness with respect to the adjacent areas of the wall of main body 1 , and defines a continuous joining surface between said movable area 5 and the rest of main body 1 , as can be seen in particular in FIGS. 7 to 9 .
  • the thus formed deformable contour 8 has a U-shaped upper section 8 a provided in upper base 12 of main body 1 and respective side sections 8 b that extend into side wall 11 extending the ends of upper section 8 a and defining in said side wall 11 a front portion 5 a of movable area 5 .
  • the lower end of said front portion 5 a in to which the two side sections 8 b lead, is joined to side wall 11 forming a joining line 22 around which movable area 5 pivots.
  • the depth of the groove formed by the geometric weakness that shapes contour 8 decreases towards the lower ends of side sections 8 a , as far as joining line 22 .
  • a pressing surface 13 suitable for receiving a user's finger, is provided on front portion 5 a of movable area 5 .
  • the closure comprises anchoring means between lid 3 and main body 1 consisting of a window 6 a in front portion 5 a of movable area 5 and a hook-shaped projection 6 b formed on lid 3 .
  • anchoring means between lid 3 and main body 1 consisting of a window 6 a in front portion 5 a of movable area 5 and a hook-shaped projection 6 b formed on lid 3 .
  • the user pivots it by acting against the spring-back force of elastic element 7 , until the lid reaches the hinged position shown in FIG. 9 , wherein projection 6 b is anchored in window 6 a.
  • the thus formed movable area 5 forms a button suitable for operating the release of said anchoring means 6 a , 6 b and causing the subsequent automatic opening of lid 3 .
  • the user presses pressing surface 13 with his finger causing movable area 5 to pivot slightly, the top part of which moves away from wall 11 , whereby projection 6 b withdraws from window 6 a and releases lid 3 , which pivots to its open position thanks to the spring-back force exerted by elastic element 7 .
  • the pivoting of movable area 5 around joining line 22 is accompanied by a transverse contraction of upper section 8 a and a sideways deformation of side sections 8 b and the longitudinal sides of said upper section 8 a.
  • This embodiment of the closure according to the invention also includes some particular characteristics regarding elastic element 7 , and the parts of main body 1 and lid 3 that interact with it to perform the spring-back function of lid 3 .
  • elastic element 7 has two joining areas 7 a integral with main body 1 and one second joining area 7 b integral with lid 3 . Between the first joining areas 7 a and the second joining area 7 b respective extendible sections 7 c of the elastic element are provided, which are freely positioned externally with respect to hinge joint 4 . The first joining areas are separated by an open space 23 that faces said hinge joint 4 .
  • Main body 1 comprises two projections 9 that define seating surfaces 10 positioned externally with respect to hinge joint 4 and face the elastic element's extendible sections 7 c .
  • Each projection 9 extends from a lower end located on main body 1 , next to a first joining area 7 a of the elastic element, to an upper end that projects from main body 1 and is located next to the second joining area 7 b of the elastic element in the lid's hinged position 3 .
  • Surface 10 formed on each projection 9 has a convex shaped section at the top thereof, whereas the lower part is flat to facilitate mould stripping.
  • Main body 1 and lid 3 have a contour that is truncated by respective flat surfaces 19 , 20 joined by the bridge 4 that forms the hinge joint.
  • Projections 9 project from flat surface 19 of the main body and flat surface 20 of the lid has respective windows 21 through which projections 9 and extendible sections 7 c of elastic element 7 protrude in the hinged position of lid 3 , as can be seen in FIGS. 11 , 12 and 13 .
  • this embodiment of the closure according to the invention includes particular characteristics regarding the lid's airtight seal of the supply mouth.
  • Elastic element 7 made from elastomer material extends, from the part where the second joining area 7 b is provided, along a connection strip 15 to form at the end of the latter a flat contact area 14 between lid 3 and supply mouth 2 .
  • the inner surface of lid 3 has a channel 16 that leads into said central hollow area 17 .
  • Elastic element 7 made from elastomer material is formed by an overmoulding method over the piece of rigid plastics material formed by main body 1 and lid 3 , so that connection strip 15 and flat contact area 14 are provided on level, respectively, with said channel 16 and said hollow area 17 .
  • FIG. 9 in the hinged position of lid 3 flat contact area 14 made from elastomer material is applied against the upper edge of supply mouth 2 , without being inserted therein through friction.
  • FIG. 14 illustrates a second embodiment that is a variant of the first.
  • lid 3 has a central hole through which the elastomer material is injected in the overmoulding process, so that elastic element 7 that is made from elastomer material and is formed by this process goes through the thickness of lid 3 from said flat contact area 14 and forms an outer layer 18 of elastomer material that extends over part of the outer surface of lid 3 .
  • the shape and appearance of said external layer 18 can be personalised for each closure.
  • FIGS. 15 to 17 illustrate a third embodiment of the invention wherein an elastic element 7 has been provided with a single joining area 7 a joined to the second joining area 7 b by a single extendible section 7 c .
  • Main body 1 has a single central projection 9 .
  • main body 1 and lid 3 do not have a contour that is truncated on level with hinge joint 4 as in the preceding embodiments, instead said contour is substantially circular.
  • Hinge joint 4 is made up of two parts arranged on each side of central projection 9 .

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