US20200361675A1 - Container having a sealing cap and a tear-off ring - Google Patents

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US20200361675A1
US20200361675A1 US16/961,367 US201916961367A US2020361675A1 US 20200361675 A1 US20200361675 A1 US 20200361675A1 US 201916961367 A US201916961367 A US 201916961367A US 2020361675 A1 US2020361675 A1 US 2020361675A1
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  • the invention relates to a container having a mouth section and a sealing cap that is removably fixed to the container, which have interacting latching elements, wherein the mouth section has a circumferential protrusion and, furthermore, a ring is provided which is circumferentially connected to the outer surface via a tear-off film.
  • the prior art discloses a multiplicity of variants of containers and seals which have a tamperproof seal and/or a childproof device. They can be implemented by means of different arrangements, e.g. with the help of partially circumferential cams and with tear-off bands. It is often necessary for such a container in its original, still unopened state to seal the content against the environment. Furthermore, it may be required that a desiccant is provided inside the container to protect moisture-sensitive contents.
  • U.S. Pat. No. 5,398,829 shows an arrangement of an attachment that is fitted on a container and a sealing cap fixed to it. Before the sealing part of the sealing cap can be removed, a tear-off band must be removed, which thus represents a tamperproof mark. Furthermore, the sealing cap must be brought into a certain position in relation to the attachment in order to be able to remove it. This mechanism represents a childproof device.
  • the seal should be tight to allow a longer shelf life of the elements contained in the container, e.g. pharmaceutical tablets or the like.
  • the opening of the container it is known to cover the opening of the container with a sealing foil.
  • the disadvantage here is that the desiccant must be introduced into the container in a separate work step before the sealing foil is applied. In this case, however, it is not possible to attach the desiccant to the inside of the sealing cap of the container because the sealing foil would prevent the desiccant from fulfilling its function with respect to the content of the container.
  • a container of the aforementioned type in which the tear-off film is in contact with the first protrusion.
  • the container therefore has an opening and a mouth section that extends substantially cylindrical starting from the opening.
  • a sealing cap is provided on the container, which sealing cap closes the opening in a closed position and can be removed from the opening, and which has a substantially cylindrical shell surface which, in the closed position, at least partially encloses the mouth section.
  • the shell surface completely encloses the mouth section in the circumferential direction.
  • first interacting latching elements are provided so that in the closed position, the sealing cap and the container are reliably connected to each other and the sealing cap is held on the container, e.g. when turning the sealing cap from the intended position of use of the container, in which the opening is located at the top, in the vertical direction to an inverted position, with the container opening being at the bottom.
  • These first interacting latching elements may, for example, constitute a childproof mechanism or part of a mechanism for childproofing the sealing cap of the container.
  • a first circumferential protrusion is provided in the mouth section of the container. Furthermore, a ring is provided, the upper edge of which is circumferentially connected to the shell surface by a tear-off film.
  • the ring is configured in particular in such a manner that the sealing cap cannot be removed from the container without opening or breaking the ring; i.e. the ring is designed in particular as a tamperproof cap.
  • the tear-off film is in contact with the first protrusion in a closed position. The tear-off film is thus at the same time a sealing film which, in contact with the first projection, provides a sealing effect against moisture entering the container.
  • the tear-off film is preferably in circumferential contact with the first protrusion.
  • the first protrusion can also serve, for example, as a protection against manipulation of the sealing cap of the container with a tool. In particular, it can prevent a sharp object from being driven under the shell surface of the lid.
  • the container has a second preferably circumferential protrusion and that the ring has a protrusion on its inside, the two protrusions being formed as second latching elements and being in a latching connection with each other. Since the ring is connected to the sealing cap via the tear-off film, these second latching elements can prevent the sealing cap from being removed and/or twisted as long as the tear-off film is intact.
  • one or both of the protrusions are circumferential and are in a latching connection with each other in such a manner that axial movement relative to the substantially cylindrical mouth section is prevented.
  • This latching connection may also have a sealing effect and/or additional sealing may be provided between the second latching elements.
  • it may preferably be provided that the ring itself protrudes below the second protrusion of the container in the closed state.
  • the second latching elements are preferably connected under tensile force acting substantially in the longitudinal direction of the container.
  • the tear-off film is under tension, so that the tear-off film is pressed against the first protrusion, thus improving the sealing between tear-off film and protrusion.
  • the ring has a predetermined breaking point.
  • the ring can therefore serve in particular as a tamperproof seal, which can be torn open at the predetermined breaking point and subsequently separated from the sealing cap by tearing the tear-off film.
  • the predetermined breaking point is preferably configured as a material thinning.
  • the ring can also serve as a sealing, as it is tight all around.
  • the ring preferably has a grip element.
  • the latter is shaped in such a manner that pulling on it breaks the ring at the predetermined breaking point and tears the tear-off film so that the ring is separated from the sealing cap.
  • the grip element is located near the predetermined breaking point. More preferably, it has a label and/or a symbol, for example an arrow, which indicates the direction in which the ring should be pulled to separate the ring from the sealing cap.
  • first interacting latching elements are formed as an outwardly protruding snap bead on the mouth section and as an inwardly protruding snap bead on the shell surface.
  • the snap bead in the mouth section extends substantially around the container, except for a mouth section.
  • the snap bead on the shell surface is divided into at least one retaining bead and one opening bead, and the snap bead is interrupted between these two beads, the opening bead being smaller than the mouth section.
  • the opening bead can be moved through the opening section by pulling in the direction of the opening of the container.
  • the retaining bead extends substantially over one half or a fraction less than one half of the circumference of the shell surface. More preferably, this half is located approximately opposite the opening bead.
  • the retaining bead has one or more interruptions, wherein the one interruption is located, for example, in the middle of the retaining bead.
  • the container has an indicator which shows the position of the mouth-section-side opening section.
  • this indicator can be configured in the form of an engraving, a bulge, sections of a knurling and/or a label.
  • the extent of the indicator can correspond approximately to that of the mouth section and/or be aligned with it in the radial direction.
  • the sealing cap advantageously has an opening tab on an outer surface, which opening tab is substantially aligned with the opening bead in the radial direction.
  • the opening tab can be configured as a ramp, the extent of which in the radial direction can correspond approximately to the extent of the opening bead.
  • the lower side of the ramp is preferably the side closer to the lower edge of the sealing cap.
  • the opening tab is located directly above the lower edge of the sealing cap. All these embodiments also make it easier to remove the sealing cap, because by pulling/pressing on the opening tab when the opening bead is aligned with the opening section, the opening bead can be pulled through the opening section and/or the sealing cap is deformed elastically in such a manner that the retaining bead can be pulled over the outwardly protruding snap bead of the mouth area.
  • the sealing cap has a holder on the side facing the container in the closed position, which holder can be used, for example, to hold a desiccant.
  • This allows the desiccant to be attached already to or in the sealing cap before the cap is placed on the container.
  • a separate step of inserting the desiccant into the container is not required.
  • the holder is configured as a holder for a desiccant tablet.
  • the desiccant tablet is a silica gel or a desiccant based on a molecular sieve.
  • the desiccant can be used, among other things, to extend the shelf life of the content of the container.
  • the holder for holding a desiccant tablet is formed cylindrically and has a preferably circumferential holding element in which the desiccant tablet can be accommodated. This facilitates the production process since the desiccant tablet can simply be pushed into the holder after the sealing cap has been manufactured and the desiccant tablet is held in place by the preferably circumferential holding element in the form of a hook-shaped latching element.
  • the outer surface of the shell surface of the sealing cap has a knurling.
  • the knurling may cover part of the shell surface of the sealing cap or extend around it on part of the height of the sealing cap or the entire height of the sealing cap.
  • a multiplicity of other shape variations which facilitate handling of the sealing cap may also be provided.
  • the knurling may be in the form of a grooved or serrated profile, with the grooves/serrations advantageously running parallel to an axial direction of the shell surface.
  • the inner surface of the shell surface of the sealing cap may advantageously have a substantially circumferential sealing cam and the mouth section may have a sealing surface, the sealing cam and the sealing surface being in contact.
  • the sealing cap and the ring are injection-molded in one piece and thus have the same material and/or the sealing cap and/or the ring have a softer plastic material, in particular a plastic material with a lower Shore A hardness, for example, a lower Shore A hardness or Shore D hardness, than the container.
  • the cap and/or the ring are made of polyethylene and/or an aromatic and/or aliphatic copolyester, for example ECOFlex® or ECOVia® from BASF SE.
  • the container prefferably be made of polyethylene (PE), polyethylene terephthalate (PET), polyethylene furanoate (PEF) and/or polylactide (PLA), particularly preferably polypropylene (PP) and/or high-density polyethylene (HDPE).
  • PE polyethylene
  • PET polyethylene terephthalate
  • PET polyethylene furanoate
  • PLA polylactide
  • PP polypropylene
  • HDPE high-density polyethylene
  • the sealing cap and ring are suitable for being slid onto the container in one production step, thus creating a pretension between the container and the sealing cap, the ring and the tear-off film.
  • This can be achieved, for example, in that some or all of the protrusions, parts or all of the first latching elements, the snap beads of the mouth section and/or of the shell surface and/or the sealing cam are designed to be ramp-shaped in the direction of attachment.
  • the pretensioning serves in particular to create or enhance the sealing effect.
  • the invention described herein is particularly suitable for the storage of drugs, but should not be limited to this field of application.
  • FIG. 1 shows a container with a sealing cap and a ring attached thereto in a frontal view
  • FIG. 2 shows the container with the sealing cap and the ring attached thereto in an oblique top view
  • FIG. 3 shows the container in a frontal view from the front
  • FIG. 4 shows the container in a frontal view from behind
  • FIG. 5 shows the container in a view at an angle from above
  • FIG. 6 shows the sealing cap and the ring frontally from the front
  • FIG. 7 shows the sealing cap and the ring frontally from the side
  • FIG. 8 shows the sealing cap and the ring at an angle from below and at an angle from the front
  • FIG. 9 shows the sealing cap and the ring at an angle from below and at an angle from behind
  • FIG. 10 shows the sealing cap and the ring in cross-section through plane B
  • FIG. 11 shows the sealing cap at an angle from below and at an angle from behind
  • FIG. 12 shows the sealing cap from below
  • FIG. 13 shows the container and sealing cap in a position in which the sealing cap cannot be removed
  • FIG. 14 shows the container and the sealing cap in a position in which the sealing cap can be removed
  • FIG. 15 shows the mouth section of the container, the sealing cap and the ring in a cross-section through plane A.
  • FIGS. 1 and 2 show an embodiment of the container 1 with a sealing cap 3 attached thereto and a ring 5 connected to the sealing cap.
  • the container 1 is formed here as a cylinder. On its mouth section 10 , which is at least partially covered here, cf., e.g., FIG. 3 , the sealing cap 3 and the ring 5 are seated.
  • the sealing cap 3 has a shell surface 30 .
  • the upper edge 50 of the ring 5 is circumferentially connected to the shell surface 30 via a tear-off film 4 .
  • the shell surface 30 has a knurling 31 and an opening tab 32 .
  • the ring 5 has a predetermined breaking point 52 and, close to it, a grip element 51 , which additionally has a marking in the form of an arrow indicating the preferred pulling direction.
  • a predetermined breaking point 52 is configured as a material thinning 53 .
  • FIGS. 3, 4 and 5 show an embodiment of the container 1 with the mouth section 10 and an opening 9 .
  • first latching elements 17 which here are designed as a snap bead 11 which has an opening section 12 , a first circumferential protrusion 13 , a sealing surface 14 above the snap bead 11 , and a second circumferential protrusion 15 .
  • an indicator 16 indicates the position of the opening section 12 .
  • FIGS. 6 and 7 show the sealing cap 3 and the ring 5 from a frontal view, wherein the shell surface 30 of the sealing cap 3 is connected to the upper edge 50 of the ring 5 via a tear-off film 7 . Furthermore, shown are the opening tab 32 , the grip element 51 , the predetermined breaking point 52 , which is formed as a material thinning 53 , and the knurling 31 .
  • the sealing cap 3 and the ring 5 are shown in FIGS. 8 and 9 at an angle from below and in FIG. 10 in a cross-section through plane B (cf. FIG. 6 ).
  • the sealing cap has shell-surface-side first latching elements which are formed as an inwardly protruding snap bead 34 which is divided into an opening bead 35 and a retaining bead 36 .
  • the retaining bead 36 is larger than the opening bead 35 and extends over approximately one half of the circumference of the shell surface 30 opposite the opening bead 35 , cf. also FIG. 12 , the retaining bead 36 having an interruption 37 .
  • the sealing cap 3 has a holder 38 on its side 4 facing the container 1 in the closed position, for example for a desiccant tablet. Furthermore, the sealing cap 3 has a sealing cam 39 which is formed above the first latching elements 33 . Furthermore, on its inner side, the ring has a protrusion 54 which, in the closed position before ring 5 is torn off, is in a latching connection with the second preferably circumferentially extending protrusion 15 of the container.
  • FIGS. 11 and 12 show the sealing cap 3 , wherein the ring 5 , which is not shown, has been torn off.
  • the shell-surface-side first latching elements 33 can be seen, which are formed as an inwardly protruding snap bead 34 consisting of an opening bead and a retaining bead 36 .
  • the retaining bead 36 is larger than the opening bead 35 and extends over approximately one half of the circumference of the shell surface 30 that is situated opposite the opening bead 35 .
  • the retaining bead 36 has an interruption 37 .
  • FIGS. 13 and 14 again show an embodiment of the container 1 and the sealing cap 3 attached to container 1 , from which the ring 5 has already been removed.
  • the sealing cap 3 includes the opening tab 32 and the container 1 includes the indicator 16 .
  • the sealing cap 3 is in a position relative to the container 1 in which the sealing cap 3 cannot be removed from the container 1 .
  • the sealing cap 3 is in a position relative to the container 1 in which the opening tab 32 is aligned with indicator 16 and the sealing cap 3 can therefore be removed from the container 1 .
  • FIG. 15 shows an embodiment of the container 1 with the sealing cap 3 and the ring 5 in a cross-section along plane A (cf. FIG. 1 ).
  • the container includes the snap bead 11 with the interruption 37 , the first protrusion 13 , the second protrusion 15 , the indicator 16 , the sealing surface 14 and a holder 38 .
  • the substantially cylindrical holder 38 in this embodiment has a holding element 40 in the form of a circumferential hook-shaped latching element.
  • the sealing cap 3 has a shell surface 30 with a sealing cam 39 which rests on the sealing surface 14 .
  • a sealing cam 39 which rests on the sealing surface 14 .

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