US3927784A - Tamper-proof bottle cap and container - Google Patents

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US3927784A
US3927784A US549512A US54951275A US3927784A US 3927784 A US3927784 A US 3927784A US 549512 A US549512 A US 549512A US 54951275 A US54951275 A US 54951275A US 3927784 A US3927784 A US 3927784A
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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
    • B65D2401/25—Non-metallic tear-off strips

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  • the cap is composed of a top disk, :1 thin-walled outer skirt and a thin-walled inner skirt both attached to the disk.
  • the outer skirt is weakened along two circumferential score lines to form a weakened cylindrical band around the outer skirt.
  • a tab is attached to the cylindrical band and extends outwardly to provide a means whereby a person may grasp the tab between the fingers and tear the band from the cap.
  • the outer skirt also has two circumferential beads attached to the inside of the skirt with one bead being disposed above the band and one below the hand. These beads fit in grooves in the container neck.
  • the cap Prior to tearing the band from the skirt, the cap is tamper-proof. When the band is removed the portion above the band functions as a reclosure cap.
  • TAMPER-PROOF BOTTLE CAP AND CONTAINER This invention relates to a new improved bottle cap. More particularly, this invention relates to an improved recloseable plastic bottle cap.
  • Plastic caps for narrow necked plastic bottles are typically of the type disclosed in US. Pat. No. 3,338,446.
  • the caps have a depending thin-walled skirt weakened approximately midway of its length with a circumferential score line so that the portion of the skirt below the score line may be torn off.
  • the cap has two beads which extend circumferentially around the inside of the cap. These beads fit into grooves in the bottle neck and prevent the cap from being removed from the container. When both beads are in place the cap cannot be removed thereby preventing any tampering with the bottle contents.
  • the lower bead is torn away when the lower skirt is removed. This then allows the cap to be easily pried over the upper bead to allow access to the contents.
  • the upper bead remains with the cap thereby allowing the cap to be used repeatedly for reclosure until the contents of the bottle are exhausted.
  • a major problem is the splitting of the lower portion of the cap when it is forced onto bottle neck.
  • the score line for the tear-away lower section extends diagonally through the lower portion of the cap skirt and terminates at its rim. This score line weakens the cap rim and when pressure is exerted in an attempt to push the cap onto the bottle, the cap rim often tears along this score line. Bottles with torn rims must be removed from the packaging line, the cap manually removed and the bottle and contents recycled. This tearing problem, referred to as a cap splitting, is a substantial burden and significantly increases operating expenses.
  • Another problem with the prior art caps is the difficulty by the consumer in tearing the lower skirt from the cap.
  • the problem is caused, in part, by the manufacturer when it strengthens the score line for the purpose of reducing cap splitting" as discussed supra.
  • By strengthening the score line the amount of force or difficulty" required to tear the lower skirt from the cap is proportionately increased.
  • the score line as it extends diagonally through the lower skirt of the cap must penetrate the lower bead which extends circumferentially around the inside of the cap. Because the bead increases the thickness of the skirt at this point, the score line does not cut into the skirt as deeply thereby increasing the difficulty in tearing the lower skirt from the cap.
  • Another object of this invention is to provide an improved plastic cap which fits tightly on the container neck and provides improved sealing of the container contents.
  • a deformable plastic cap comprising l) a top disk, (2) a cylindrical thin-walled outer skirt integrally attached to and extending substantially perpendicularly from said disk and (3) a cylindrical inner skirt integrally attached to and substantially perpendicular to the disk positioned inward and enclosed within said outer skirt and substantially coaxial therewith and extending for a shorter distance than the outer skirt.
  • the outer skirt is scored and weakened along a circumferential first score line downwardly spaced from the disk.
  • the outer disk is also scored and weakened along a circumferential second score line downwardly spaced from the first score line to form a weakened cylindrical band within the outer skirt.
  • a tear tab is attached to the cylindrical band and extends outwardly from the outer skirt and downwardly from the cylindrical band.
  • An area connecting the first and second score lines, adjacent the tear tab, is weakened to allow easy tearing of the cylindrical band from the cap.
  • two narrow radial beads are provided which extend circumferentially around the inside and integrally attached to the outer skirt. One head is positioned above the cylindrical band and one bead is positioned below the band.
  • This cap is not burdened with the splitting problem of its prior art caps since there is no score line extending to the bottom of the cap.
  • the cap of this invention can be manufactured with a strong lower skirt without increasing the difficulty of removing the tear band by the consumer. Also, the cap can be inserted onto a container with a tighter fit thereby realizing an improved seal for the container contents. Moreover, since the score line in the cap of this invention does not bisect the lower bead, this cap is not burdened by the difficulty in tearing the lower skirt from the cap as experi' enced with many of the prior art caps.
  • FIG. I is a top view of a cap in accordance with thl invention.
  • FIG. 2 is a sectional view of a cap taken substantially along line 2-2 of FIG. 1.
  • FIG. 3 is a side view of the cap showing the kirt.
  • FIG. 4 is a fra mentary side view of a sap shewin the connection of a tear tab to the skirt.
  • FIG. 5 is a perspective view 6f the cap.
  • FIG. 6 is a perspective view of the top portion of the cap with the tear band and lower skirt removed.
  • FIG. 7 is a perspective view of the tear band after its removal from the cap.
  • FIG. 8 is a perspective view of the lower skirt after its removal from its cap.
  • FIG. 9 is a cross-sectional view of the cap on a container neck.
  • Cap 1 is constructed in accordance with the present invention from a resilient and moderately flexible plas tic substance so that it will deform slightly to snap on and off of the container.
  • Exemplary plastic materials which may be employed include polyethylene, polystyrene, polyvinyl, chloride, polyacrylates, polyamides, polypropylene, etc.
  • the preferred plastics are polyethylene and polystyrene.
  • Cap 1 is comprised of three different sections, a top disk 2, an outer skirt 4 and an inner skirt 6.
  • the top disk 2 is preferably a flat circular plate having a substantially planer exterior surface. This flat exterior surface provides a convenient place for labels or instructional material.
  • the disk can have a shape other than circular.
  • the disk can be rectangular, oval, or other.
  • the disk is circular and extends beyond the cylindrical outer skirt to form a circumferential lip 10 around the cap. This lip thereby provides a convenient means for facilitating the removal of the upper portion of the cap from the container.
  • the consumer after removing the tear band from the cap, can open the container by applying pressure upwardly on the lip 10 by the thumb or finger. This action will unseat the upper bead from the upper groove and allow the cap to slide off the container neck.
  • the outer skirt 4 of Cap 1 is integrally attached to the top disk 2 and extends substantially perpendicularly from the planner surface of the disk.
  • the outer skirt 4 is a thin-walled cylindrical shell and is composed of the thin shell, an upper score line 14, a lower score line 16, tear tab 24, an upper circumferential bead l8 and a lower circumferential bead 20.
  • the thickness of the skin is not critical to the practice of this invention as long as the cap is sufficiently resilient to allow the internal beads 18 and to expand over the wide areas of the container neck and snap into the container grooves without tearing of the cap or container. Generally, however, the skirt thickness is governed by economies with the thinnest functional cap being preferred.
  • the thin shell will have a thickness ranging from 0.3 millimeters (mm) to [.5 millimeters and more usually from 0.5 mm to l mm.
  • the upper score line 14 extends circumferentially around the skirt 4 forming a circular weakened line entirely enclosing the skirt.
  • the score line 14 may be made on either the inner or. outer surface of the skirt.
  • the lower score line 16 is the same as the upper score line except that it is disposed at a lower position around the skirt. Like the upper score line, the lower score line may be made on either the inner or outer surface of the skirt.
  • the portion of the outer skirt between score line 14 and score line 16 is the tear band 22. This band is removed when the consumer wishes to open the container and after it is removed from the cap it is dis- 4 carded. Because it is discarded, it is preferred to make the band as narrow as possible without weakening the band to the point where it could break during removal. Generally, the tear band will range in width from 2 mm to 10 mm.
  • a tear tab 24 is attached to the tear band 22 and provides a means for the tear band to be torn from the cap by the consumer.
  • the tear tab 24 may be any projecting tab which allows the consumer to easily grasp the tab by the fingers.
  • the tab 24 extends outwardly from the tear band 22 and then downwardly terminating a position below the rim 26 of its outer skirt. By extending the tab below the rim of the skirt, the tab may be used as a guide in automatic capping machines to guide the cap within the machine and onto the container.
  • the tab is preferably grooved with serrates 28 or the like.
  • a weakened area extends from the lower score line 16 to the upper score line 14 substantially adjacent to tear tab 24.
  • the weakened area is provided so that the tear band may be a gap in the band such as shown in the drawings or may be a score line extending vertically between the two circumferential score lines 16 and 14.
  • Upper and lower internal circumferential beads are provided around the interior of the outer skirt which fit into grooves in the container and hold the cap firmly onto the container neck.
  • the upper bead l8 isdisposed above the first score line between the score line 14 and the top disk 2.
  • the lower bead 20 is disposed below the second score line between the score line, 16 and the rim 26.
  • the beads 18 and 20 are substantially uniform raised surfaces projecting inwardly from the skirt.
  • the raised surface has a semi-circular cross'section; in another it may be triangular.
  • the raised surface may extend substantially horizonally at its upper area and curve downwardly and outwardly to the skirt at its lower area.
  • the type, shape and size of the beads can be the same as the beads discussed in US. Pat. Nos. 3,338,446 and 3,672,528, which patents are herein incorporated by reference.
  • the inner skirt 6 of cap 1 is integrally attached to the top disk 2 inward from the outer disk and extends substantially perpendicular to the planner surface of the disk.
  • the inner skirt 6 is disposed inward and enclosed within the chamber of the outer skirt and substantially co-axial therewith.
  • the inner skirt 6 extends for a dis tance shorter than the outer skirt and preferably terminates before the first score line 14. More preferably the inner skirt 6 terminates adjacent to or before the upper bead 18.
  • the inner skirt 6 and the outer skirt 4 form an annular chamber in which the container neck is held.
  • the inner skirt is disposed so that it tightly fits into the opening of the container neck, and the outer skirt is disposed so that it tightly fits along the outside of the container neck.
  • the annular chamber 34 is preferably shaped at its top with rounded interior surface 28 to provide a seal with the rounded exterior surface 30 of the container neck lip.
  • the terminus of the inner skirt 6 is preferably slanted inward such as by inwardly curving exterior surface 32. Tenninating the inner skirt in this manner allows the inner skirt to guide the top of the container neck into the annular chamber 34.
  • the caps are conveniently prepared by an injection mold technique. Although the injection mold is by far the most convenient, it is recognized that other methods for making the cap can be used.
  • the cap I is primarily for use with a thin-walled plastic container 36.
  • the container is usually fairly strong and lightweight. Although the walls are reasonably rigid, there is generally sufficient resiliency in the plastic materials so that they will flex slightly under pressure.
  • Neck 38 projects upwardly from the main portion of the container.
  • Neck 38 is an elongated upwardly-inwardly shaped cylindrical thinwalled shell.
  • At the upper end of neck 38 are two pcripherally disposed circumferential grooves 40 and 42.
  • a cylindrical shell 44 extends up from the upper groove 40 and terminates, in a perferred embodiment, in a smooth rounded container lip 30,
  • the upper groove 40 is disposed so that it encounters bead 18 of cap I when the cap is inserted onto the container.
  • the lower groove 42 is disposed so that it encounters bead of cap 1 when the cap is inserted onto the container.
  • the circumferential grooves may be of triangular, circular, rectangular or other cross-section and are preferably of the same cross-section as the cap beads.
  • the type, size and shape of the container can be as shown and described in U.S. Pat. No. 3,338,446.
  • the cap 1 is installed. Automatic machinery may be used for this purpose.
  • Outer skirt 4 is slipped on outside neck 38 and a downward pressure is applied.
  • the top rim of the container neck encounters slanted surface 32 which guides the lip between skirts 4 and 6.
  • the beads 18 and 20 slide over the surface of neck 38 and snap into grooves 40 and 42.
  • the flexible nature of the plastic material of which the cap is fabricated permits this temporary deformation of the parts.
  • the container is sealed since the cylindrical shell 44 is held tightly between skirts 4 and 6 and the rounded lip 30 is contacted by the rounded interior surface 28 of the cap. It is nearly impossible to remove the cap 1 while skirt 4 is intact.
  • a deformable plastic cap comprising ill a top disk. (2) a cylindrical thin-walled outer skirt integrally attached to and extending substantially perpendicularly from said disk and (3) a cylindrical inner skirt integrally attached to and substantially perpendicular to said disk positioned inward and enclosed within said outer skirt and substantially co-axial therewith and extending for a shorter distance than said outer skirt; said outer skirt scored and weakened along a circumferential first score line downwardly spaced from said disk, and score and weakened along a circumferential second score line spaced downwardly from said first score line to form a weakened cylindrical band within said outer skirt, a tab attached to said cylindrical band and extending from said band and outwardly from said outer skirt, a weakened area extending between said first score line and said second score line immediately adjacent said tab, a narrow radial first bead extending circumferentially around the inside and integrally attached to said outer skirt between said first score line and said disk, and a narrow radial second bead extending circumferentially around the inside
  • a weakened area extending between said first score line and said second score line immediately adjacent said tab, a narrow first bead extending circumferentially around the inside and integrally attached to said outer skirt between said first score line and said disk and spaced so as to fit into said upper groove, and a narrow radial see ond bead extending circumferentially around the inside and integrally attached to said outer skirt below said second score line and spaced so as to fit into said lower groove,

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GB2754/76A GB1525533A (en) 1975-02-13 1976-01-23 Tamperproof bottle cap and container
DE19762605090 DE2605090A1 (de) 1975-02-13 1976-02-10 Verformbare kunststoffkappe
JP51014335A JPS51106583A (ja) 1975-02-13 1976-02-12
FR7603869A FR2300716A1 (fr) 1975-02-13 1976-02-12 Capsule de bouteille inviolable et bouteille pour une telle capsule

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