EP0218096A1 - Couvercle en tôle pour boîtes non rondes, en particulier pour boîtes de section ovale longiforme du format Hansa - Google Patents

Couvercle en tôle pour boîtes non rondes, en particulier pour boîtes de section ovale longiforme du format Hansa Download PDF

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EP0218096A1
EP0218096A1 EP86112196A EP86112196A EP0218096A1 EP 0218096 A1 EP0218096 A1 EP 0218096A1 EP 86112196 A EP86112196 A EP 86112196A EP 86112196 A EP86112196 A EP 86112196A EP 0218096 A1 EP0218096 A1 EP 0218096A1
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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
    • B65D17/00—Rigid or semi-rigid containers specially constructed to be opened by cutting or piercing, or by tearing of frangible members or portions
    • B65D17/28—Rigid or semi-rigid containers specially constructed to be opened by cutting or piercing, or by tearing of frangible members or portions at lines or points of weakness
    • B65D17/401—Rigid or semi-rigid containers specially constructed to be opened by cutting or piercing, or by tearing of frangible members or portions at lines or points of weakness characterised by having the line of weakness provided in an end wall
    • B65D17/4011—Rigid or semi-rigid containers specially constructed to be opened by cutting or piercing, or by tearing of frangible members or portions at lines or points of weakness characterised by having the line of weakness provided in an end wall for opening completely by means of a tearing tab
    • 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
    • B65D17/00—Rigid or semi-rigid containers specially constructed to be opened by cutting or piercing, or by tearing of frangible members or portions

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  • the invention relates to a lid made of sheet metal for non-round cans, in particular long oval cans in Hansa format with the features of the preamble of claim 1.
  • a lid made of sheet metal of this type is the subject of the earlier patent application P 34 30 382.0 by the same applicant.
  • This design of the lid ensures that the risk of splashing or injury at the tear edge of the tear-open part in the last phase of the detachment process of the tear-off part from the can can be prevented in a much stronger and more reliable manner than was previously possible that the handling of the can when opening is much easier. This is ensured above all by the predetermined polygonal course of the score line in the end region of the tear-open part.
  • Such covers are already known in the start section and in the end region of the tear-open part with differently oriented or differently shaped beads.
  • This stiffening of the end area is of particular importance in connection with the special polygonal formation of the score line in the end area of the tear-open part according to the teaching of application P 34 30 382.0.
  • the sheet of the tear-open part has a stiffness at least over the entire width of the chord-shaped notch line section and over a substantial length, measured along the longitudinal center line of the cover , shows a board-like behavior, by means of which a bending of the sheet right up to the straight or tendon-shaped notch line section is decisively reduced.
  • the two outer beads of the bead group are preferably oriented towards the end points of the chord-shaped notch line section in accordance with the teaching of claim 2. In this way, the breaking process along the score line to the end points is carried out safely, since the bead ends are close to the transition point between the end points and the adjacent score line sections. At the same time, it is ensured that deformation of the sheet during the last cutting process is largely excluded even in the end point areas.
  • the cover can be made of aluminum sheet or other thin sheet. It is a lid with a long oval outline, as it is widely used for fish cans in the so-called Hansa format. It can be sheets of small thickness, in particular less than 0.24 mm.
  • the cover 1 has a flanged edge 2 which merges into the cover mirror 3 via a core wall.
  • a tear-open part 6 is delimited by a self-contained score line 7, the course of which deviates from the course of the core wall.
  • the score line has a start section 8 at the left end of FIG. 2, in the vicinity of which a handle tab 5 of conventional design is fastened by means of a rivet 4 formed from the sheet metal.
  • the score line diverges from the break-open start line 8 into two straight sections 9, which delimit the entire start section 16 of the tear-open part 6.
  • two transverse beads 21, 22 are formed, which have increasing length in the tear direction.
  • a flat depression 20 of approximately square outline is provided, which is delimited by a corresponding shoulder. On both sides of the depression 20 extend parallel to the two outer straight notch line sections 10 beads 26, 27, which run parallel to the longitudinal center line 19 of the cover and the core wall.
  • the beads 26, 27 can be arranged at substantially equal distances from the score line 10 or from the shoulder delimiting the depression 20.
  • the distance 33 between the beads 26 and 27 and the notch line sections 10 is as small as possible in the preferred embodiment and corresponds at most to the bead width (31).
  • the beads 26 and 27 end in the end region 18 of the tear-open part 6 directly in the region of a transition point between the score line sections 12 and 13, namely at a short distance of a few millimeters.
  • the score line sections 12 and 13 belong to a polygonal train of individual, straight score line sections 11, 12 and 13, which are connected via points 14 to the lateral straight score line sections 10 and determine the end region 18 of the tear-open part 6.
  • the middle section 11 of this polygonal train consists of a notch line 11 running in a tendon-shaped manner with respect to the arcuate core wall, the straight length 38 of which corresponds approximately to half the total width 39 of the tear-open part 6.
  • the notch line section 11 is at a distance from the core wall, measured on the longitudinal center line 19, which can be between 2 and 15 mm and is preferably about 10 mm.
  • the beads are assigned to this middle straight or chord-shaped notch line section 11 in the end region 18 of the tear-open part 6.
  • the two outer beads 25a and 25d have a mutual center distance approximately equal to the length 38 of the chord-shaped notch line section 11, that is to say that their longitudinal center lines 38a are almost aligned with the end points 15 of the score line section 11.
  • the beads preferably have a completely uniform distribution over the length 38 of the notch line section 11.
  • the bead width 31 in the preferred exemplary embodiment shown is approximately equal to the width 32 of the undeformed sheet metal region lying between adjacent beads.
  • the length 36 of the beads 25 is also the same, this length in the preferred embodiment according to FIG.
  • the beads extend as far as possible to the polygonal score line in the end area 18 of the tear-open part.
  • the distance 30 of the end points of the beads 25 to the chord-shaped notch line section 11 is between approximately 1 mm and approximately 7 mm and is preferably smaller than the width 31 of the beads and is approximately 0.5 mm to approximately 3 mm in the preferred exemplary embodiment shown.
  • the bead distribution in conjunction with the polygonal course of the score line in the end region 18 of the tear-open part 6 makes it particularly secure against springback when the tear-off part is separated from the remaining cover plate, effective handling when opening is guaranteed. Due to the ribs and the resulting stiffening, the tearing force is aligned parallel to the longitudinal center line 19 of the cover without special attention when opening, the tearing process automatically ending at the end points 15 of the tendon-shaped notch line section 11, so that an unexpected resilient tearing off of the tear-open part is excluded is. The final separation process is carried out extremely securely by the uniform stiffening of the cover plate, so that uniform separation is also ensured by moving the tear-open part back and forth about the hinge axis formed by the tendon-shaped notch line section 11.
  • the new measures make handling the tear-open part much easier and more convenient when opening.

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EP86112196A 1985-10-02 1986-09-03 Couvercle en tôle pour boîtes non rondes, en particulier pour boîtes de section ovale longiforme du format Hansa Expired EP0218096B1 (fr)

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AT86112196T ATE38193T1 (de) 1985-10-02 1986-09-03 Deckel aus blech fuer unrunde dosen, insb. langovale dosen im hansa-format.

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DE19853535226 DE3535226A1 (de) 1985-10-02 1985-10-02 Deckel aus blech fuer unrunde dosen, insb. langovale dosen im hansa-format

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JP (1) JPS62122945A (fr)
KR (1) KR910000162B1 (fr)
AT (1) ATE38193T1 (fr)
AU (1) AU588359B2 (fr)
BR (1) BR8604748A (fr)
CA (1) CA1266625A (fr)
DD (1) DD252164A5 (fr)
DE (2) DE3535226A1 (fr)
DK (1) DK166956B1 (fr)
ES (1) ES2002174A6 (fr)
IS (1) IS1367B6 (fr)
NO (1) NO169113C (fr)
PL (1) PL148335B3 (fr)
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GB1207769A (en) * 1968-07-16 1970-10-07 Schmalbach Lubeca Easy opening can end
DE1959353A1 (de) * 1969-11-26 1971-06-03 Leckermaeulchen Fischkonserven Nietverbindung zwischen Grifflasche und Aufreissflaeche von Behaeltern,Dosen od.dgl.
DE2909076A1 (de) * 1979-03-08 1980-09-11 Schmalbach Lubeca Menuedose
EP0171650A2 (fr) * 1984-08-17 1986-02-19 Schmalbach-Lubeca AG Couvercle en tôle pour boîtes de section ovale longiforme, en particulier pour boîtes de forme "Hansa"

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US3478918A (en) * 1968-08-14 1969-11-18 American Can Co Full open end closure
DE1959353A1 (de) * 1969-11-26 1971-06-03 Leckermaeulchen Fischkonserven Nietverbindung zwischen Grifflasche und Aufreissflaeche von Behaeltern,Dosen od.dgl.
DE2909076A1 (de) * 1979-03-08 1980-09-11 Schmalbach Lubeca Menuedose
EP0171650A2 (fr) * 1984-08-17 1986-02-19 Schmalbach-Lubeca AG Couvercle en tôle pour boîtes de section ovale longiforme, en particulier pour boîtes de forme "Hansa"

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FR3088913A1 (fr) * 2018-11-27 2020-05-29 Ardagh Mp Group Netherlands B.V. Couvercle pour un corps de contenant, en particulier pour un contenant du genre boîte de conserve
FR3088914A1 (fr) * 2018-11-27 2020-05-29 Ardagh Mp Group Netherlands B.V. Couvercle pour un corps de contenant, en particulier pour un contenant du genre boîte de conserve
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CA1266625A (fr) 1990-03-13
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SU1431672A3 (ru) 1988-10-15
KR870003923A (ko) 1987-05-06
KR910000162B1 (ko) 1991-01-21
DK466286D0 (da) 1986-09-30
EP0218096B1 (fr) 1988-10-26
DE3660999D1 (en) 1988-12-01
IS3137A7 (is) 1987-04-03
DD252164A5 (de) 1987-12-09
JPS62122945A (ja) 1987-06-04
JPH0329667B2 (fr) 1991-04-24
ES2002174A6 (es) 1988-07-16
BR8604748A (pt) 1987-06-30
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NO169113B (no) 1992-02-03
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