EP0215366B1 - Récipient pour moyen de nettoyage - Google Patents

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EP0215366B1
EP0215366B1 EP86112067A EP86112067A EP0215366B1 EP 0215366 B1 EP0215366 B1 EP 0215366B1 EP 86112067 A EP86112067 A EP 86112067A EP 86112067 A EP86112067 A EP 86112067A EP 0215366 B1 EP0215366 B1 EP 0215366B1
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Peter Kittscher
Herbert Bücheler
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Henkel AG and Co KGaA
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47L—DOMESTIC WASHING OR CLEANING; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47L15/00—Washing or rinsing machines for crockery or tableware
    • A47L15/42—Details
    • A47L15/44—Devices for adding cleaning agents; Devices for dispensing cleaning agents, rinsing aids or deodorants
    • A47L15/4445—Detachable devices
    • 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

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  • the invention relates to a detergent container or the like, with a melt closure, which consists of a stopper located in a closure hole of the container, in particular in the lid, of melting at a predetermined temperature and the closure hole for the outlet of product located in the container, preferably made of paraffin , is formed, with a ring raised in the direction of the axis of the sealing hole to hold the still unmelted plug on the peripheral surface of the sealing hole (EP-A-32 682).
  • Liquid-tight fuses are used for product containers that are to be opened in a closed room during a process sequence at a certain temperature.
  • containers with a melt closure are used to hold machine cleaners to be used in dishwashers.
  • the unopened container is placed in the machine room.
  • the machine is then started after the machine room has been closed.
  • the material of the melt closure is selected in such a way that the stopper in question melts only at the temperature that is most favorable for the use of the product, i.e. the product only at this moment enters the engine room.
  • the plug must also not be able to slide out of its position in the closure hole of the container without melting, so a bulge projecting in the direction of the hole axis was formed on the circumferential surface of the closure hole in order to hold the plug in a circular manner.
  • an overpressure inside the container is to be expected in the case of products gassing due to an increase in temperature below the melting temperature of the stopper.
  • the overpressure may also act on the stopper.
  • the material of the stopper is usually already relatively soft at elevated temperature, since it is intended to melt as the temperature increases further. For example, in the case of strong temperature fluctuations (e.g. day / night), the stopper acts like a pump due to changing overpressure and underpressure and transports product adhering to the inner surface to the outside.
  • the invention is generally based on the object of creating a seal preventing the premature escape of the product located in the container, which seal is also effective with different temperature expansion behavior of the container or cover wall on the one hand and the stopper located in the closure hole of the container on the other. In particular, it is to be prevented that the stopper can be changed in its position relative to the sealing hole by changing the internal pressure of the container due to temperature.
  • the solution according to the invention is that the ring extends radially from the peripheral surface in the course of its radial extension has an increase in thickness in the direction of the hole axis.
  • the ring should preferably have an increase in thickness that is mirror-symmetrical to the plane perpendicular to the hole axis, approximately through the hole center.
  • a ring with a dovetail profile or a T-profile can be used.
  • the sealing plug itself can be stabilized by an annular increase on the outside of the container, in particular the lid, around the sealing hole for particularly reliable sealing Closure film is provided.
  • the film covering the sealing hole on the outside of the container becomes particularly stable if it consists of finely embossed aluminum coated with polypropylene lacquer, in particular with a thickness of approximately 40 micrometers. If the film is equipped with a free-standing tab, it can be easily removed before use.
  • the wall thickness should preferably be in the range between a minimum value corresponding to the predetermined stack height, in particular of at least about 0.7 mm, on the one hand, and a maximum value permitting elastic stretching and shrinking in the event of a temperature-related pressure change, in particular of at least about 0.05 bar, on the other hand lie.
  • the inventive design of the inner circumferential surface of the closure hole - that is, the ring profile completely surrounded by the stuffing material to be melted - means that a melt closure that shrinks relative to the container material even more closely adjoins the ring when shrinking than originally when it was poured into the closure hole . If the cross-section of the ring increases from the circumferential surface of the closure hole in the direction of the hole axis in the manner according to the invention, a completely sealed closure results, even with plugs shrunk relative to the material of the closure hole wall, which - if possible with the avoidance of excessive pressure - only increases when the plug melts is open. This advantage is further enhanced by the fact that the path that the product in the container would have to cover - past the stopper - in order to get out of the container is enlarged in a labyrinth-like manner by the shape of the ring according to the invention.
  • a generally designated 1 bottle made of polyethylene with a square cross-section is shown schematically.
  • the bottle 1 has a neck 3 with a lid 4 on the shoulder or upper side 2.
  • the square cross section of the bottle 1 requires a relatively high crushing load when stacking.
  • the lid top 5 can be formed over a large area as well as flat or parallel to the bottle base 6. With a relatively small wall thickness of the bottle body, the compression load can be additionally increased by the dome-like design of the upper side 2.
  • the rectangular polyethylene bottle 1 according to FIG. 1 is preferably designed in such a way that a sufficient compressive load is achieved at a given stack height, but the walls remain so elastic that they can yield to a temperature-related pressure change inside the bottle.
  • the walls of the bottle 1 should, in particular, be so easy to inflate or contract that pressure changes in the bottle interior cannot impair the stopper provided in the bottle neck 3 according to FIG. 2.
  • FIG. 2 shows a section through the lid 4 of a detergent container, e.g. 1 in the exemplary embodiment is a screw cap 4 with an internal thread 8 and with a cap top 5 which has a total of 9 closure hole.
  • the closure hole 9 is preferably arranged symmetrically to the hole axis 10 and in the direction of the hole axis 10 long made that melt material filled into the hole 9, such as paraffin, forms a sealing plug 7, which is also sufficiently secure for storage up to a predetermined temperature.
  • a premature release of the sealing plug 7 from the sealing hole 9 is prevented by a ring 12 formed on the inner surface or on the inner circumferential surface 11 of the sealing hole 9 and formed circumferentially symmetrical to the hole axis 10.
  • the plug 7 can be produced, for example, by pouring the melt material into the sealing hole 9.
  • the sealing hole 9 is closed on the top 5 of the lid with a sealing film 13, and the melting material is poured into the sealing hole 9 when the lid 4 is upside down, ie on the top 5 of the lid.
  • a concave meniscus 14 can form in the solidified stopper 7 on the inside of the lid.
  • the ring 12 formed on the inner circumferential surface 11 of the locking hole 9 has a thickness-symmetrical increase in thickness, for example, in the plane 15 perpendicular to the hole axis 10 in the center of the ring, e.g. with a dovetail profile or T-profile.
  • the sealing hole 9 is provided on its inner circumferential surface 11 with an integrally formed ring 12 with a dovetail profile and the profile is completely enclosed by the cast-in plug material, the plug 7 shrinks more and more, since the shrinking material is even narrower than originally applied during casting to the outer flanks 16 of the dovetail profile facing the peripheral surface 11 and facing away from the hole axis 10.
  • the path that the product contained in the respective container would have to travel past the still fixed plug 7 in order to get through the sealing hole 9 is increased in a labyrinthine manner.
  • the sealing film 13 is also provided. This can consist of aluminum coated with polypropylene lacquer of about 40 micrometers thickness and can have a free-standing tab 17 to make it easier to pull off.
  • the stable application by heat sealing the film 13 to the top side 5 of the lid is simplified if an annular elevation 18 for sealing the closing film 9 is provided around the closing hole 9 on the top side 5 of the lid.
  • the extent of the increase 18 relative to the remaining, preferably flat, top 5 of the lid can be of the order of magnitude of the thickness of the sealing film 13. If the sealing film 13 is anchored relatively firmly on the top 5 of the lid in this way, it can support the stability of the stopper 7 against overpressures or underpressures acting from the inside of the container.
  • a favorable stiffening of the sealing film 13 in this sense can be achieved by finely embossing the film material.

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Claims (7)

1. Bidon pour produits de nettoyage ou récipient similaire comportant une fermeture à fondre, constituée par un bouchon (7) situé dans un orifice de fermeture (9) du bidon (1), plus particulièrement dans son couvercle (4), et étant fabriqué dans un matériau qui fond à une température donnée, en paraffine de préférence, et libère l'orifice de fermeture (9) pour laisser passer le produit qui se trouve dans le bidon (1), cet orifice de fermeture comportant une bague convexe (12) qui épouse son pourtour (11) dans le sens de son axe vertical (10) afin de maintenir le bouchon (7) avant qu'il ne soit fondu; cet ensemble de fermeture étant caractérisé par le fait que la bague (12), au cours de son extension radiale sur le pourtour (11), s'épaissit radialement vers l'intérieur dans le sens de l'axe 10 de l'orifice de fermeture (9).
2. Bidon selon la revendication 1, caractérisé par le fait que l'augmentation d'épaisseur de la bague (12) est symétrique par rapport à un plan (15) passant par le milieu de la bague et perdendiculaire par rapport à l'axe (10).
3. Bidon selon l'une ou l'autre des revendications 1 ou 2, caractérisé par le fait que la bague (12) a un profil en queue d'aronde.
4. Bidon selon l'une ou l'autre des revendications 1 ou 2, caractérisé par le fait que la bague (12) a un profil en T.
5. Bidon selon l'une quelconque des revendications 1 à 4, caractérisé par le fait que sur la partie externe du bidon (1 et plus particulièrement du couvercle (4), une protubérance annulaire est prévu tout autour de l'orifice de fermeture (9) pour sceller une feuille de fermeture (13), et plus particulièrement une feuille comportant une patte d'arrache isolée (17).
6. Bidon selon la revendication 5, caractérisé par le fait que la feuille (13) qui recouvre l'orifice de fermeture (9) est fabriquée en aluminium à grain fin recouvert d'une couche de laque en polypropylène ayant une épaisseur d'environ 40 microns et destinée à renforcer sa rigidité.
7. Bidon selon l'une quelconque des revendications 1 à 6, caractérisé par le fait qu'il est conçu sous forme d'une bouteille en polyéthylène (1), ayant de préférence une section transversale quadrangulaire, dont l'épaisseur des parois se situe, d'une part, entre une valeur minimale correspondante à une hauteur d'empilement déterminée, plus précisement d'environ 0,7 mm minimum et d'autre part, une valeur maximale à l'interieur de la bouteille permettant une dilatation et une retractation élastiques en cas de modification de pression due à la température, plus précisément d'environ 0,05 bar minimum.
EP86112067A 1985-09-09 1986-09-01 Récipient pour moyen de nettoyage Expired EP0215366B1 (fr)

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DE3601016A1 (de) 1987-03-19
CA1273901A (fr) 1990-09-11
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