US20100314390A1 - Container closure comprising a sound-producing means - Google Patents

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US20100314390A1
US20100314390A1 US12/446,060 US44606007A US2010314390A1 US 20100314390 A1 US20100314390 A1 US 20100314390A1 US 44606007 A US44606007 A US 44606007A US 2010314390 A1 US2010314390 A1 US 2010314390A1
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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
    • B65D51/24—Closures not otherwise provided for combined or co-operating with auxiliary devices for non-closing purposes
    • B65D51/248—Closures not otherwise provided for combined or co-operating with auxiliary devices for non-closing purposes the closure being provided with transient audible or visual signaling means, e.g. for indicating dispensing, or other illuminating or acoustic devices, e.g. whistles
    • 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
    • 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
    • B65D41/10—Caps or cap-like covers adapted to be secured in position by permanent deformation of the wall-engaging parts
    • B65D41/12—Caps or cap-like covers adapted to be secured in position by permanent deformation of the wall-engaging parts made of relatively stiff metallic materials, e.g. crown caps
    • 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
    • B65D41/62—Secondary protective cap-like outer covers for closure members
    • 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
    • B65D51/185—Arrangements of closures with protective outer cap-like covers or of two or more co-operating closures the outer closure being a foil membrane
    • 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
    • B65D51/24—Closures not otherwise provided for combined or co-operating with auxiliary devices for non-closing purposes

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  • the invention relates to a closure for a pressurised container with means for producing an opening sound.
  • bottles with crown caps and on the other hand bottles with swing top closures are preferred by users due to the striking deep sound (“plop”) that occurs upon opening.
  • plop striking deep sound
  • a clear opening sound which is caused by pressure equalisation between the content of the bottle and the surroundings has the advantage of indicating the integrity of the bottle closure, and so when it is missing suggests that the content of the bottle may have been tampered with or that the content of the bottle has been manipulated.
  • swing top closures are more expensive to produce and additionally have the disadvantage of the bottles being equipped with them being difficult to introduce into a deposit circuit or a disposal system.
  • the object which forms the basis of the invention is to provide sound-producing means with which different opening sounds can be produced, which is inexpensive to produce, and which does not come into contact with the content of the container. Moreover, it should be made possible for the sound-producing means to be fitted subsequently to a container already produced and filled without taking into account the technical requirements of the sound production.
  • the essential advantage results from the fact that the sound-producing means (wrapping) is fitted outside of the container interior. Therefore, when designing the sound producer, as regards shape and material, one need hardly take into account the requirements of the container seal or the cleanliness of the container content.
  • the plurality of materials and shapes which it thus becomes possible to use enables different designs for the production of different sounds, in particular popping, plopping or whistling sounds.
  • the properties of the wrapping in particular strength, hardness and rigidity, can be varied such that upon opening the actual container closure, the wrapping rips or not—and dependently upon this the sounds are produced at the ripping point or at another point where the content flows out of the container.
  • drink bottles are provided with a crown cap closure of a known design, and in particular with a so-called twist-off crown cap, or cans of drink are provided with a pull closure of a known design which additionally have a sound-producing wrapping.
  • the life of the closure, and in particular of the sound-producing wrapping can be increased by the wrapping being designed to have two or more layers.
  • One possibility is e.g. a two-layer design with which the lower layer serves to cushion the upper layer from cutting and shearing forces, whereas the upper layer bursts upon opening and produces the sound.
  • FIG. 1 shows a section of the closure in the closed state, the sound-producing wrapping being made from an elastic tube
  • FIG. 2 shows a section of the closure during the opening process.
  • FIG. 3 shows a section of the closure in the closed state, the sound-producing wrapping being made from a capsule
  • FIG. 4 shows a section of the closure during the opening process
  • FIG. 5 shows a section of the can closure in the closed state, the sound-producing wrapping being made from an elastic piece of tube,
  • FIG. 6 shows a section of the closure during the opening process.
  • the cover 1 is a commercially available crown cap 1 which with its bent over edge covers the neck of the bottle 2 with a form fit.
  • An elastic piece of tube 3 is pulled and tensioned over the cover 1 .
  • the properties of the piece of tube 3 correspond approximately to the mouthpiece of an inflatable balloon, as known as a child's toy and as an advertising medium.
  • On the pressing point 4 where the piece of tube 3 rests directly against the neck of the bottle, it is pressed against the bottle 2 by means of a ring formed here on the tube which can be formed e.g. by rolling up the tube, along the circumference of the neck and with greater pressure than on the rest of the surface of the piece of tube 3 . Therefore, when opening the bottle 2 ( FIG.
  • the pressurised content of the bottle escapes, not through the pressing point 4 , but along the path 5 at another point through an opening 6 in the piece of tube 3 —this can be a previously formed opening 6 in the piece of tube 3 or a hole which is produced in the piece of tube 3 when opening the closure.
  • the escaping content of the bottle produces a clear outflow sound because upon flowing out it displaces the elastic tube edge 7 on the edge of the hole and/or sets the surrounding air vibrating and/or starts to vibrate itself.
  • a film or similar in the form of a capsule 16 is placed over the crown cap 1 on the bottle 2 and placed against the neck of the bottle.
  • the capsule 16 can be formed e.g. by a pre-shaped plastic capsule being shrunk on or by a sheet of paper or plastic film being laid over the cover 1 and the overlaying parts of the sheet being laid along the neck of the bottle in substantially uniformly distributed folds so that a capsule 16 is produced which nestles against the neck of the bottle.
  • the capsule 16 is securely attached (e.g. stuck) to the bottle 2 along the circumference of the neck or at least is pressed tightly against the neck of the bottle so that upon opening the bottle ( FIG. 4 ) the excess pressure caused by the escaping gas 8 forces open the capsule 16 before pressure equalisation can be implemented in any other way; the forcing open produces a popping sound.
  • Premature occurrence of leakages when handling the bottle or at the start of the opening process can be counteracted by the film being provided with a crêpe-type structure or being arranged in folds.
  • a film made of brittle material e.g. of aluminium foil, can be used.
  • premature leakages can also be prevented by the film being impregnated on one or both sides with paste.
  • a conventional tear-back can closure 13 comprising pre-marked tear lines 14 in the cover material and a riveted on pull ring 15 .
  • An elastic piece of tube 11 is pulled and tensioned over the top surface 18 of the can 12 .
  • the piece of tube 11 ends against the can wall lateral surface
  • it is securely attached (e.g. stuck) to the can wall or at least is pressed tightly against the can wall such that upon opening the can 12 ( FIG.
  • the excess pressure cased by escaping gas 8 escapes at a different point through an opening 9 in the piece of tube 11 —this can be an opening 9 previously made in the piece of tube 11 or a hole which is produced in the piece of tube 11 upon opening the closure 13 .
  • the escaping content of the can produces a clear outflow sound because upon flowing out it sets the elastic tube edge 10 on the edge of the hole and/or the surrounding air vibrating and/or starts to vibrate itself.
  • the wrapping (piece of tube or capsule) is given dimensions such that the container content escaping under the effect of the pressure not only escapes through a burst opening in the wrapping, but the container content spreads at least partially in the gap between the outer wall of the container and the wrapping, it can escape at least partially on the edge of the cap, producing sounds by setting the wrapping and/or the surrounding air vibrating and/or starting to vibrate itself.
  • the plurality of sounds that can be produced further increases if one adds specific sound-producing means on the flow path, the space between the outer wall of the container and the wrapping in particular being considered as the flow path.
  • These specific sound-producing means can be bursting membranes, break-through tongues, disintegrating tongues, holed or flue pipes.
  • Such means can be added as ready-made objects between the outer wall of the container and the wrapping. They can also be produced by special moulding of the outer wall of the container or of the wrapping.
  • the special sound-producing means can be fitted at any point to the outer wall of the container because the flow of dispersing container content or a flow caused by the latter between the outer wall of the container and the wrapping can be conveyed to the specific sound-producing means.

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