US3438529A - Plastic closure with outside ring and inside tube for beer and beverages - Google Patents

Plastic closure with outside ring and inside tube for beer and beverages Download PDF

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US3438529A
US3438529A US685920A US3438529DA US3438529A US 3438529 A US3438529 A US 3438529A US 685920 A US685920 A US 685920A US 3438529D A US3438529D A US 3438529DA US 3438529 A US3438529 A US 3438529A
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Joseph Bernhard Lohrer
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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
    • 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
    • B65D41/32—Caps or cap-like covers with lines of weakness, tearing-strips, tags, or like opening or removal devices, e.g. to facilitate formation of pouring openings
    • B65D41/46—Snap-on caps or cap-like covers
    • B65D41/48—Snap-on caps or cap-like covers non-metallic, e.g. made of paper or plastics
    • B65D41/485—Snap-on caps or cap-like covers non-metallic, e.g. made of paper or plastics with integral internal sealing means
    • 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
    • B65D2401/00—Tamper-indicating means
    • B65D2401/15—Tearable part of the closure
    • B65D2401/20—Frangible elements completely enclosed in closure skirt
    • 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
    • B65D2401/00—Tamper-indicating means
    • B65D2401/15—Tearable part of the closure
    • B65D2401/30—Tamper-ring remaining connected to closure after initial removal

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  • the invention concerns a bottle cover cap made of an elastic or resilient material, preferably synthetic material, with a jacket encasing the neck of the bottle, an open generally cylindrical sheathing penetrating the neck of the bottle, and a bottom connecting the jacket and the sheathing.
  • Such closing elements are used particularly for bottles which are to contain a gas releasing liquid; they serve especially for the closure of bottles for beer, lemonade or similar drinks.
  • the bottom will have a base ring of the sheathing between an outside edge and a center disk, which ring is connected through articulated rings with the outside edge and the center disk.
  • the center disk is preferably shifted in relation to the outside edge in the direction of the inside of the bottle.
  • the base ring of the sheathing in the case of such a development of the design, will tilt and will lift the center disk.
  • the base of the sheathing for practical purposes, between the outside edge and the center disk will develop a step in its state or rest.
  • the outside edge will preferably have a reinforcing ring, whereas the center disk is preferably provided with an annular reinforcing rib.
  • the outside wall of the sheathing will appropriately extend, starting out from the free edge, in the direction of the bottom and beginning with a point which has the greatest thickness in a direction parallel to the axis.
  • FIGURE 1 is a bottom view of a bottle cap embodying the principles of the present invention
  • FIGURE 2 is a vertical sectional view of the cap of FIGURE 1;
  • FIGURE 3 is a sectional view taken on the line II-I'III of FIGURE 2.
  • the cap as shown has a center disk 1 whose edge is reinforced by an outside rib 2.
  • the bottom runs obliquely from this edge and fairly steeply outward, whereby it forms the inside articulated ring 3.
  • the base ring 4 of the sheathing which carries the sheathing 5 on its bottom side and which has an even limit toward the outside, follows this inner articulated ring 3.
  • the transition from the sheathing 5 to the base ring 4 of said sheathing has been encircled on the outside by an annular groove 6, which together with the inside groove 7, which is part of the inside articulated ring 3, encloses a weakened spot of the sheathing 5.
  • a weakened zone is created which serves as an outside articulated ring 8.
  • This outer articulated ring 8 is considerably stiffer than the inner articulated ring 3.
  • the outside edge '9 adjoins the outside articulated ring -8, which outside edge has a reinforcing ring 10 immediately at the outside articulated ring 8.
  • the lower side of the outside ring 9 has the purpose of fitting the lip of the bottle.
  • the sheathing 5 broadens out on the inside, taken from the edge 11 in the direction of the bottom 1. 4, 9, so that a conic surface 12 will be developed here.
  • the outside of the sheathing 5 at first broadens out quite strongly with the cone 13. Beginning with the zone 14 of the largest cross section of the material, the outside surface then runs at point 15 in a purely cylindrical manner and thus in parallel to the axis.
  • the 'latter will advantageously have a lifting tab 16, which may be stiifened by a tab support 17 against the outside edge.
  • the cap 1, 4, 9 is connected via a weakening line 18, which can have several interruptions in the vicinity of the lifting cam 16, with a jacket 20, which has a bead 21 on its inside which reaches below the edge of the opening of the bottle.
  • An outside, axis-parallel reinforcing strip forms a joint 22 opposite the lifting cam 16.
  • the head 21 can be slotted at point 23 in the neighborhood of this joint 22, so that the jacket 20 can be torn open here in the case of need or can be cut open.
  • the closing cap for bottles is pressed onto the opening of the bottle, then, first of all, the edge of the bottle will press the conical surface 13 radially inward. At the same time, the sheathing 5 will first swing around the weakened zone between the annular grooves 6 and 7. The original cylindrical outside wall 15 of the sheathing has now a slightly conical shape. Upon further pressing down of the closing cap of the bottle, the inside diameter of the bottle will slide along the surface 15 and will thus decrease its diameter each time to the inside diameter of the opening of the bottle. The surface 15 will again resume its cylindrical shape, whereby, however, it now has a smaller diameter than it had before.
  • the base ring 4 of the sheathing is tipped around the reinforcing ring 10 upward.
  • the outside articulated ring 8 which was extended during the preceding movement, will permit the surface of the base ring 4 of the sheathing to enter the outside plane of the reinforcing ring 10.
  • the inside articulated ring 3 is compressed and the center disk 1 moves outward under the starting excess pressure in the bottle, whereby it will preserve its even shape because of the presence of the reinforcing rib 2.
  • the center disk 1 likewise enters the surface of the reinforcing ring 10 with its surface, so that a smooth surface will be maintained practically throughout.
  • the upper thinner part of the sheathing 5 between the annular grooves 6 and 7 is pressed in a two-fold manner against the inside wall of the bottle neck: on the one hand, the extended outside articulated ring 8 pulls toward the outside and, on the other hand, the compressed inside articulated ring 3 presses in the same direction. In this manner, one will obtain an excellent seal. On the other hand, one will obtain a smooth surface despite the originally graduated outside shape of the cap against which a tin-foil sheathing or something similar, which had been placed on it, will fit well.
  • a closure cap for bottles constructed of resilient material comprising: an outer lip-encircling portion adapted to engage the lip of bottle; a generally cylindrical inner sheath concentric with the lip-encircling portion for extending into the neck of the bottle, the sheath having a base and a free end; a relatively rigid center disk concentric with the sheath; an inner flexible ring portion integral with and connecting the disk with the base of the sheath; and an outer flexible ring portion integral with and connecting the lip-encircling portion, said flexible ring portions rendering the disk and the sheath movable with respect to the lip-encircling portion.

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US4555038A (en) * 1984-07-20 1985-11-26 Nagel Jr James H Tamper-evident resealable cap
US4860907A (en) * 1987-12-08 1989-08-29 Duma Ab Closure for containers
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USD379133S (en) * 1995-12-11 1997-05-13 Rubbermaid Incorporated Food storage container lid
US6341707B1 (en) * 2000-10-12 2002-01-29 Stanpac Inc. Push-on tamper resistant closure
US6669018B2 (en) * 2001-10-26 2003-12-30 Finest Industrial Co., Ltd. Disk security device
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US4033472A (en) * 1974-08-19 1977-07-05 Albert Obrist Ag Closure for containers
US4129226A (en) * 1974-09-20 1978-12-12 Johnsen & Jorgensen (Plastics) Ltd. Hinged closures for containers
US4555038A (en) * 1984-07-20 1985-11-26 Nagel Jr James H Tamper-evident resealable cap
US4860907A (en) * 1987-12-08 1989-08-29 Duma Ab Closure for containers
US5605240A (en) * 1994-05-06 1997-02-25 Rical S, A, Cap for a container having a neck having a single attachment flange
FR2719559A1 (fr) * 1994-05-06 1995-11-10 Rical Sa Capsule de bouchage pour un récipient ayant un col à collerette d'accrochage unique.
AU693862B2 (en) * 1994-05-06 1998-07-09 Rical S.A. Cap for a container having a neck having a single attachment flange
EP0680887A1 (fr) * 1994-05-06 1995-11-08 Rical S.A. Capsule de bouchage pour un récipient ayant un col à collerette d'accrochage unique
USD379133S (en) * 1995-12-11 1997-05-13 Rubbermaid Incorporated Food storage container lid
US6341707B1 (en) * 2000-10-12 2002-01-29 Stanpac Inc. Push-on tamper resistant closure
US6669018B2 (en) * 2001-10-26 2003-12-30 Finest Industrial Co., Ltd. Disk security device
US7882977B2 (en) * 2003-08-01 2011-02-08 Liqui-Box Corporation Fitment assembly for a container having a tamper indication band attached thereto
US20070181578A1 (en) * 2003-08-01 2007-08-09 James Johnson Tamper evident fitment assembly
US8231025B2 (en) 2003-08-01 2012-07-31 Liqui-Box Corporation Dispensing process using tamper evident fitment assembly for a container
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US20110024438A1 (en) * 2008-01-15 2011-02-03 Anheuser Busch Inbev S.A. Assembly of a container and a closure
US20110024422A1 (en) * 2008-01-15 2011-02-03 Anheuser Busch Inbev S.A. Closure
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US9362766B2 (en) 2012-01-06 2016-06-07 Goal Zero Llc Reconfigurable energy storage and power supply device
US20150027976A1 (en) * 2013-07-24 2015-01-29 Royal Summit Inc. Bottle cap
US9923393B2 (en) 2014-07-09 2018-03-20 Goal Zero Llc Energy storage and power supply system
USD782408S1 (en) * 2014-07-31 2017-03-28 Morgan Solar Inc. Solar panel optic

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