EP0773891B1 - Recipients comportant un lot surprise - Google Patents

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EP0773891B1
EP0773891B1 EP95927824A EP95927824A EP0773891B1 EP 0773891 B1 EP0773891 B1 EP 0773891B1 EP 95927824 A EP95927824 A EP 95927824A EP 95927824 A EP95927824 A EP 95927824A EP 0773891 B1 EP0773891 B1 EP 0773891B1
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Richard Alfred Reichinger
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Zweite Bridgepoint Beteiligungsgesellschaft Mbh
Ardagh Metal Packaging Germany GmbH
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Continental Can Co Ltd
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    • BPERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65DCONTAINERS 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
    • B65D77/00Packages formed by enclosing articles or materials in preformed containers, e.g. boxes, cartons, sacks or bags
    • B65D77/22Details
    • B65D77/24Inserts or accessories added or incorporated during filling of containers
    • BPERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65DCONTAINERS 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
    • B65D17/00Rigid or semi-rigid containers specially constructed to be opened by cutting or piercing, or by tearing of frangible members or portions
    • B65D17/28Rigid 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
    • B65D17/401Rigid 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
    • BPERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65DCONTAINERS 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
    • B65D51/00Closures not otherwise provided for
    • B65D51/24Closures not otherwise provided for combined or co-operating with auxiliary devices for non-closing purposes
    • B65D51/28Closures not otherwise provided for combined or co-operating with auxiliary devices for non-closing purposes with auxiliary containers for additional articles or materials
    • BPERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65DCONTAINERS 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
    • B65D2517/00Containers specially constructed to be opened by cutting, piercing or tearing of wall portions, e.g. preserving cans or tins
    • B65D2517/0001Details
    • B65D2517/0047Provided with additional elements other than for closing the opening
    • B65D2517/0052Prizes, tokens, badges or other information carrying devices
    • BPERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65DCONTAINERS 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
    • B65D2517/00Containers specially constructed to be opened by cutting, piercing or tearing of wall portions, e.g. preserving cans or tins
    • B65D2517/0001Details
    • B65D2517/0058Other details of container end panel
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  • This invention relates to prize-holding cans. It is to be understood that where reference is made below to a prize, this includes not only articles which might be desired as such by the winner, for example a quantity of money, but also tokens or the like which a winner would be entitled to exchange for a desirable article or service.
  • a plurality of externally substantially identical cans the majority of which have a single internal space and a single lid and a minority of which each comprises: a can body and a lid assembly seamed to the can body, the lid assembly comprising a genuine lid for the can body and a dummy lid which is openable and not reclosable, the dummy lid being such that in a closed condition it conceals the existence of the genuine lid, but, when opened, it reveals the existence of the genuine lid, the lids defining between them a region which holds a prize.
  • the dummy lid is preferably provided with a ring-pull.
  • the genuine lid is openable, for example by being provided with a ring-pull, and the can body holds the same liquid or other substance which is normally held in cans which are of the same type as the prize-holding can but which lack the prize.
  • the genuine lid is not openable, and the can body may therefore contain something other than the liquid held in the normal cans, for example it may contain water.
  • the ordinary cans lack the dummy lid, so that the can manufacturer only needs to provide dummy lids for that proportion of cans, which may be very small, which hold a prize.
  • the embodiment illustrated in Figures 1 and 2 comprises a genuine lid 1 which is of conventional type.
  • This has a central, substantially planar portion 2 on which is formed a ring-pull 3 by means of which the lid 1 can be opened.
  • Surrounding the portion 2 is a downwardly facing annular channel 4, and surrounding that is an annular curl portion 5 which, in the complete can, is seamed to the can body.
  • a dummy lid 10 covers the major portion of the genuine lid, and the major portion of the dummy lid has an external appearance which is substantially identical to that of the genuine lid.
  • it comprises a substantially circular portion 12 provided with a ring-pull 13.
  • the channel 4 and curl 5 being provided instead with a short downwardly directed lip 14 which extends into a recess defined between the channel 4 and curl 5.
  • the dummy lid 10 can be made from a genuine lid by severing the perimetral region therefrom and flattening the adjacent remaining portion. This can be done in a conventional single action blanking press.
  • the lids 1 and 10 define between them a compartment 15 in which is held a prize, for example one or more banknotes, a cheque, or a voucher exchangeable for money, goods or services.
  • a prize for example one or more banknotes, a cheque, or a voucher exchangeable for money, goods or services.
  • the dummy lid is fixed to the genuine lid after the prize has been put in place, by suitable means, for example by means of an adhesive applied to the region where the dummy lid meets the upper portion of the channel 4 in the genuine lid.
  • the adhesive may, for example, be a fast-acting glue such as a cyanoacrylate, a hot melt, moisture curable adhesive such as that available from National Starch Adhesives as PUR254, or a heat-curable adhesive.
  • a double-sided adhesive tape may be used, for example that sold by 3M United Kingdom plc as type 4430 double-sided foam tape.
  • the adhesive will be chosen depending on the materials of which the lids are made and the contents of the can. The latter is of relevance, since if the can contains a product such as a food or drink, the adhesive must meet the requirements of the relevant legislation.
  • the adhesive may be applied as a continuous circular band running round the lower surface of the dummy lid and the upper surface of the genuine lid, or the adhesive may be applied at a number of discrete points.
  • the area of the adhesive bond between the two lids is chosen, having regard to the strength of the adhesive, to enable the can to be opened in the manner which is described below.
  • a waxy weld might be used.
  • Another possibility is for the dummy lid to be fixed to the genuine lid by pressing and crimping.
  • a manufacturer would produce mainly cans which lacked the dummy lid, and a small proportion of cans having the dummy lid would be introduced randomly into the ordinary cans. This could be effected either by adding a dummy lid to the required proportion of conventional cans as an additional stage at the end of the filling line in which the cans are filled, or the cans with the two lids could be produced and filled separately and subsequently mixed with the ordinary cans.
  • the cans which have the dummy lids and the cans which lack them appear identical to the purchaser, and the purchaser will therefore not know whether the purchased can has a dummy lid, and hence contains a prize.
  • the purchaser has in fact acquired a can with a dummy lid, when he seeks to open the ring-pull 13 the effect is to detach the dummy lid 10 completely from the genuine lid 1, rather than opening the ring-pull in the normal way. This is assisted by virtue of the fact that the act of attempting to open the ring pull 13 causes the underside thereof to exert a force against the adjacent part of the ring-pull 3 of the genuine lid, and this force is sufficient to overcome the adhesive bond between the two lids. The purchaser can then take the prize revealed by the removal of the dummy lid and, thereafter, can open the ring-pull 3 to gain access to the contents of the can.
  • the lid 1 has been described as providing access in the normal way to the contents of the can.
  • the lid 1 it is alternatively possible for the lid 1 to be non-openable, being merely a closure for the upper end of the can body.
  • the genuine lid is denoted by reference 31 and lacks any ring-pull.
  • the can might still have a liquid or other contents therein, in order to avoid a purchaser being able readily to detect which were the prize-holding cans, though in that case the contents need not be the same as in ordinary cans which lacked the dummy lid.
  • the prize-holding cans might be filled with water rather than with the drink which the can was normally intended to hold. Indeed, the same could be true even where the lid 1 was openable, but in that case the can would need to bear a message instructing the purchaser not to consume the contents.
  • the lid 1 is non-openable, and therefore does not have a ring-pull 3
  • the dome may at least be omitted where the prize in compartment 15 is of sufficient thickness to provide something against which the ring-pull 13 can exert a force.
  • FIG 3 shows a further embodiment of the invention, in which the lid end of the can is formed of three components, rather than two as in Figure 2.
  • a genuine lid 21 is produced by taking a conventional can lid and reforming it so that it terminates in an outer annular flange 24 which extends upwards from the central planar portion 25 at an angle of 90°.
  • the dummy lid is substantially identical to the dummy lid 10 used in the preceding embodiments.
  • the annular support member 23 is formed from a conventional lid by blanking out the centre thereof and turning over the inner lip to avoid any possibility of the sharp edge formed by the blanking process coming into contact with the consumer.
  • the turned over portion 26 acts as a support for the dummy lid 22, which is secured thereto by adhesive.
  • the outer flange 27 of the support member rests against the flange 24 of the genuine lid 21 and is secured thereto by adhesive, the curl 28 thereof passing over the top of the flange 24.
  • the action of securing the dummy lid to the genuine lid forces the flange outwards from its manufactured angle of 90° to something rather less (about 75° in the illustration).
  • the upper end of the flange 26 may be recoated with lacquer after the genuine lid has been formed, in order to cover any aluminium that may be exposed either at the cut edge, or in the form of scratches that may be produced during the reforming of the end. This may be done either by a conventional spraying process or by electrocoating.

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Claims (8)

  1. Une pluralité de boítes essentiellement identiques extérieurement dont la majorité ont un seul espace intérieur et un seul couvercle, et une minorité comportant chacune : un corps de boíte et un ensemble à couvercle soudé au corps de la boíte, l'ensemble à couvercle comportant un couvercle réel (1) pour le corps de la boíte et un faux couvercle (10) qui peut être ouvert et ne peut pas être refermé, le faux couvercle étant tel que, à l'état fermé, il dissimule l'existence du couvercle réel mais, lorsque ouvert, il révèle l'existence du couvercle réel, les couvercles définissant entre eux une zone qui contient un lot surprise.
  2. Une pluralité de boítes selon la revendication 1, chaque corps de boíte de ladite minorité de boítes étant généralement cylindrique avec une première extrémité fermée, et ledit ensemble à couvercle servant à fermer l'autre extrémité du corps.
  3. Une pluralité de boítes selon la revendication 2, dans laquelle chaque faux couvercle (10) de ladite minorité est doté d'un anneau d'ouverture (13).
  4. Une pluralité de boítes selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, dans laquelle chaque couvercle réel (1) de ladite minorité peut être ouvert.
  5. Une pluralité de boítes selon la revendication 4, lorsque dépendante de la revendication 2, dans laquelle les deux couvercles (1, 10) de ladite minorité sont dotés d'un anneau d'ouverture.
  6. Une pluralité de boites selon l'une quelconque des revendications 1 à 3, dans laquelle chaque couvercle réel de ladite minorité ne peut pas être ouvert.
  7. Une pluralité de boítes selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, dans laquelle les deux couvercles de ladite minorité de boítes sont visuellement identiques.
  8. Une pluralité de boítes selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, dans laquelle chaque faux couvercle (10) de ladite minorité est supporté sur le couvercle réel par un élément de support annulaire.
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GB9415782 1994-08-04
GB9415782A GB9415782D0 (en) 1994-08-04 1994-08-04 Prize-holding container
PCT/GB1995/001827 WO1996004181A1 (fr) 1994-08-04 1995-08-02 Recipient comportant un lot surprise

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