Classifications

• • 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
  • B65D55/00—Accessories for container closures not otherwise provided for
  • B65D55/02—Locking devices; Means for discouraging or indicating unauthorised opening or removal of closure
  • B65D55/026—Locking devices; Means for discouraging or indicating unauthorised opening or removal of closure initial opening or unauthorised access being indicated by a visual change using indicators other than tearable means, e.g. change of colour, pattern or opacity
• • 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
  • B65D2401/55—Tamper-indicating means based on a change or a contrast in colour
• • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
  • Y10—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC
  • Y10T—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION
  • Y10T292/00—Closure fasteners
  • Y10T292/25—Cylinder

Definitions

• the present invention relates to a closure device with a control device which indicates in a simple manner and with a high degree of certainty whether the closure object provided with this closure device has already been opened.
• control locks of this type often have a safeguard against unintentional opening and, upon closer inspection, also allow a check to be made as to whether the lock has already been opened.
• the control function is often inadequate, and control is not possible without a close look.
• the perforation creates sharp edges, particularly in the case of metal collars, which can lead to injuries, or these cause problems when recycling the container, such as a reusable deposit bottle.
• the invention is therefore based on the object of providing a closure device which indicates in a simple manner and with a high degree of certainty whether the closure object provided with this device has already been opened.
• the closure device has at least one first section and at least one second section arranged movably relative to the first section, the at least one first section and the at least one second section. cut at least a first and at least a second relative position to each other, and wherein at least one section has at least one display area that is essentially permanently changeable in at least one physically perceptible property.
• the essentially permanent change in the physically perceptible property of a display area is brought about directly by the fact that the movement necessary to open and / or close the closure device at least temporarily moves the relative position of at least one first section with respect to at least one second section from the first position to the second Location transferred.
• the physically perceptible property of the display is gene range taken from a group, which in particular; but not exclusively, color @, transparency, reflectivity and gloss.
• At least two essentially rigid closure components that are movable relative to one another are provided. At least two closure components are preferably connected so that they can move relative to one another via a connecting device.
• At least two closure components have shapes which are taken from a group which, in particular, but not exclusively, has cylindrical, spherical, conical, elliptical, annular and cubic shapes.
• essentially rigid bodies are understood as closure components or caps, preferably with at least one opening each, which are geometrically matched to one another such that a smaller body can preferably be positioned through the opening within a correspondingly larger body.
• closure components or caps preferably with at least one opening each, which are geometrically matched to one another such that a smaller body can preferably be positioned through the opening within a correspondingly larger body.
• two closure components nested one inside the other form the main components of the closure device according to the invention.
• a connection device is understood to mean a device which connects at least two, preferably nested, closure components, as described above, preferably movably with one another such that the movement in the direction and maximum path length is essentially guided through the connection device.
• closure components can be, for example, collars, rods or fitting rings on one or more closure components which are essentially matched to the circumference, holes or recesses of at least one other closure component, so that the closure component fitted therein can slide, for example, only along a circumferential hole or in a recess ,
• at least two closure components ⁇ " i ; are designed as at least one outer and at least one inner cap". At least one inner cap is preferably at least partially positioned within at least one outer cap, preferably essentially concentrically.
• At least one outer cap has at least one transparent section which is arranged such that at least a section of at least one inner cap is visible as a result.
• At least one inner cap has at least one first locking engagement device, in particular but not exclusively, threads, fitting and / or bead and / or sealing rings, which have a releasable engagement between the inner cap and at least one correspondingly coordinated , allow second locking engagement device on the locking object.
• At least one guide device such as in particular, but not exclusively, a collar, a rail, a ring or the like is provided on at least one outer and / or inner cap such that at least one outer and at least one inner Cap can be moved against each other essentially only along a preferred direction.
• At least one latching device is provided on at least one of the at least two closure components, which after the transfer of at least one first or at least one second section into the second position, in particular through the engagement of a non-positive and / or positive connection or a resistance to be overcome essentially fixes the two closure components with respect to one another.
• the movable arrangement of the at least two closure components takes place in such a way that relative movements between these closure components are made possible, which are taken from a group that include radial rotation, axial and lateral displacement, lateral deformation and axial tilting with respect to. the common geometric longitudinal axis of the closure components.
• At least a first section is at least partially provided with a layer of paint, which can be at least partially removed by mechanical action, and at least a second section has at least one scraping device, which at least at a time of transfer into the second layer, and at least partially acts mechanically on the color layer.
• At least a first section below its color layer preferably has a different color.
• a scraping device is understood to mean a shaped element, preferably arranged on a closure component, such as, for example, a longitudinal or transverse web, which moves with one closure component relative to another during the movement required for opening, and thereby via the mechanical engagement of the shaped element on at least part of a detachable ink layer of the second closure component, this ink layer is at least partially scraped off.
• a closure component such as, for example, a longitudinal or transverse web
• At least a first section below its color layer is provided with images, characters, logos, lettering or combinations thereof.
• a shape is provided for at least one scraping device that is taken from a group that has rod-shaped, screw-shaped, star-shaped, spiral and / or ring-shaped shapes.
• a first portion of a reversible means is substantially outward-facing side of the closure orcardi is tomentsst ns ⁇ at least one respect. Proceed, comprising at least one first and at least a second side, wherein said sides in at least distinguish a physically perceptible property.
• At least one reversible device is connected to at least one first and at least one second section, with at least at least at one point in time during the transfer of the first section and second section connected to the reversible device from their first to the second position the other side of the reversible device essentially faces each other on a side of the closure device that faces essentially outwards.
• At least one second section has at least one turning device which, at least at least at one point during the transfer into the second position, acts at least partially mechanically on the reversible device in such a way that essentially the other side of the reversible device Facing an essentially outwardly facing side of the closure device.
• shapes are provided for the turning device that are taken from a group that has rod-shaped, star-shaped and / or ring-shaped shapes.
• At least one side of at least one reversible device is provided with images, characters, logos, lettering or combinations thereof.
• the action of the action device is of a mechanical, thermal, chemical, electrostatic and / or combination thereof.
• at least one first section has at least one gas-sensitive display area consisting of a material which under the influence of at least one Reaction gas, preferably contained in the atmosphere, such as in particular, but not exclusively, oxygen, changes at least one of its physically perceptible properties.
• the gas-sensitive display area in the first position is essentially gas-tightly delimited from its surroundings and has no contact with the reaction gas.
• the gas-tight delimitation is in the second layer. of the gas-sensitive display area against its surroundings, and the display area comes at least partially into contact with part of the reaction gas present in its surroundings.
• a securing device which prevents inadvertent transfer of at least one first section with respect to at least one second section from the first to the second te location through in particular, but not exclusively, a force and / or form-fitting securing,. one too. overcoming resistance, or a ⁇ predetermined breaking parts prevented.
• a fixing device which, after the transfer of at least one first section with respect to at least one second section into the second position, allows at least one section to remain in this position through, but not exclusively, the engagement of a force and / or positive locking or resistance to be overcome.
• Fig. '1 is a perspective view of the possible relative movements of each two locking components
• FIG. 2 shows a perspective view of an exemplary embodiment of the closure device according to the invention with scraping devices
• FIG. 4 shows a perspective view of an exemplary embodiment of the closure device according to the invention with turning devices
• FIG. 1 designates an embodiment in which the two closure components are formed by an outer, essentially cylindrical cap 1 a and a smaller inner, also essentially cylindrical cap 1 b, the inner cap 1 b being essentially concentric inside the outer cap la is positioned.
• the relative movement of at least two sections required according to the invention takes place here by the radial rotation of the outer 1a relative to the inner cap 1b. It is possible for the caps 1a, 1b to be two separate components which are only rotated in the rotary movement, for example, by means of a collar (not shown) or ring designed accordingly on the underside of the outer cap 1a.
• this collar can also be designed such that it engages in a correspondingly coordinated bead on the underside of the inner cap 1b, which according to a preferred development represents a connecting device.
• Such an embodiment is a movably coupled, but only one component.
• Reference number 2 denotes a further exemplary embodiment, which shows two essentially cubic caps 2a, 2b, which are nested one inside the other in accordance with the exemplary embodiment shown in FIG. 1, the intersection of the geometric spatial diagonals of the caps 2a, 2b being essentially identical.
• a relative movement between the caps 2a, 2b is particularly conceivable, which is initiated by axial pressure or tension along the common geometric central longitudinal axis of the two cubic caps 2a, 2b and the outer cap 2a axially downwards relative to the inner cap 2b or moves up.
• the reference symbol 3 denotes a device according to the invention which corresponds to a closure device 1, but by the arrows pointing outwards from the long sides to the right and left, - -that here the movement of the cylindrical caps la, lb, which can be moved relative to one another, to trigger the color coding of the first opening, is initiated by pulling sideways, as a result of which the outer cap la moves laterally to the right or left relative to the inner cap lb
• the lateral pulling can also be effected indirectly by pressing in a direction substantially perpendicular to the jacket side of the outer cap la.
• the closure device 4 shows a further exemplary embodiment with two cylindrical caps 1a, 1b as closure components.
• the arrows pointing inwards on the long sides indicate that the relative movement according to the invention takes place by lateral squeezing, which causes a deformation in the form of an inward indentation of the outer side of the outer cap 1a, which thereby lobes relative to the outer side of the inner cap emotional.
• Reference number 5 denotes a further exemplary embodiment, which schematically represents two essentially hemispherical caps 5a, 5b which are nested concentrically one inside the other and which function as closure components according to the invention.
• the color change according to the invention on the closure device is triggered in that the outer cap 5a with respect to the inner cap 5b.
• the common geometric central axis M protruding from the leaf plane is axially tilted, i.e. the geometrical central perpendicular of the circular opening cross section of the outer hemispherical cap 5a is inclined by a certain angle with respect to the central axis M.
• the exemplary embodiment has an essentially cylindrical outer cap 10 as the first closure component, and the smaller and likewise essentially cylindrical cap 20, positioned essentially concentrically therein, as the second closure component.
• the outer lateral outer surface of the inner cap 20 is provided with a removable paint layer 50, which has a predetermined color.
• a removable paint layer 50 which has a predetermined color.
• four scraping devices 30 are arranged essentially at regular intervals from one another. Any number of scraping devices 30 distributed over the circumference are suitable, but preferably between one and ten. These are preferably distributed uniformly over the circumference, but special distributions are also conceivable, for example in order to scrape shapes, images, logos or the like from the color layer.
• the scraping devices 30 preferably have a length substantially corresponding to the height of the inner cap 20, but shorter scraping devices are also conceivable, which accordingly cover a part of the outer lateral surface of the inner cap 20 when opened.
• scraping devices Single webs that only scrape with one edge and webs with sawtooth-shaped, parallelogram-shaped, S- or Z-shaped cross-section are suitable.
• the central edge 80 of the scraper device 30 scrapes past the outer jacket side of the inner cap 20 in the circumferential direction in such a way that the preferably easily removable paint layer 50 is removed, and preferably at least partially through the different colored outer surface 51 of the inner cap 20, which is created by the abrasion, can be recognized by the preferably at least partially transparent outer cap 10.
• the color residues 60 of the removed ink layer 50 are preferably caught by the radial collar 70 formed on the underside of the outer cap 10, which in the radial direction is essentially perpendicular to the outer surface of the outer cap 10 in a lower region of the cap 10 from the inside of the cap 10 extends to the outside of the inner cap 20.
• the collar 70 fulfills the function of guiding the relative movement, that is to say the radial rotation of the outer cap relative to the inner cap 20 in the sense of a guide device of a preferred development. It is also possible that the collar 70 is in positive and / or non-positive engagement with an appropriately coordinated bead, not shown, on the lower outside of the inner cap, the collar and bead together forming a preferred connecting device between the two closure components 10 and 20 ,
• the inner cap 20 preferably has threads on its inside (not shown) which engage in corresponding threads on the object to be closed.
• a predetermined breaking point can be provided, which must first be broken through in order to be able to rotate the two caps 10 and 20 radially against each other.
• the latter are preferably arranged such that, in the unopened initial state, the central edges 80 of the scraping devices 30 essentially abut one side of the elevations or webs and can be opened by rotating the scraping devices 30 with the outer cap over the webs or elevations on the outside of the inner cap must be moved away, which represents a certain resistance to be overcome.
• the webs or elevations fulfill the function of a safety device in the sense of a preferred further development.
• a releasable gluing of the scraping devices 30 to the outer surface of the inner cap 20 can also function as such a securing device.
• the outer cap 10 after being rotated by a predetermined angle with respect to the inner cap 20, and thereby at least a part of the color layer 50 that is clearly recognizable by the transparent outer cap 10, essentially comes into contact with a locking device (not shown) non-rotatable engagement with the inner cap 20.
• a locking device not shown
• outer cap 10 thereby engages inner cap 20 substantially in a manner that is similar to that Safety device described above, which prevents a " deliberate " twisting of the inner and outer cap against each other, for example ⁇ the scraping devices 30 with their central edges 80 meet other (not shown) preferably higher web or other types of elevations on the outside of the inner cap 20, which prevent the caps from twisting beyond this.
• the central edges 80 of the scraping devices 30 have to overcome further, less steeply rising or barb-like with triangular cross sections on the outside of the inner cap 20 shortly before the stop webs preventing further twisting between the inner and outer cap, so that one in An essentially non-positive and / or positive connection is created between the outer and inner cap and even when the closure object is closed again by rotating in the opposite radial direction, both caps remain in a fixed relative position to one another.
• Such interlocking webs are also conceivable in the lower collar area of the two caps.
• the outside of the inner cap 20 is not only a different color than the color layer, but is provided with images, characters, logos, lettering or combinations thereof.
• the reference numeral 31 denotes, for example, a closure device which, compared to the closure device shown in FIG. 2, has additional rod-shaped scraping devices.
• the reference numeral 32 denotes helical scraping devices which are similar to a thread can be carried out with one or more gears. 'Here, by rotation of the. ""? ⁇ uße en cap 10 relative to the inner in case of a counterclockwise ⁇ ffnuhgsrectung the color obliquely downwards away.
• Reference numerals 33 and 34 denote star-shaped or spiral-shaped scraping devices which remove a layer of paint from the end face of the inner cap, scraping in the circumferential direction in the case of scraping devices 33 and scraping in the radial direction in the case of scraping devices 34.
• the spiral scraper device has the additional advantage that the paint residues are transported to the outside when turning.
• the reference numerals 35 and 36 denote two further cylindrical cap closures, the movement necessary to remove the closure device from the closure object being initiated by axial pulling or pressing.
• the ring-shaped scraping devices 35 have been found to be suitable for removing the paint from the outside of the inner cap 20 in the axial direction, and also the screw-shaped scraping devices 36. In this case, the paint then becomes obliquely downward during lifting or pulling movements away .
• the closure device again essentially consists of an essentially cylindrical outer cap 10, in which a likewise cylindrical inner cap 20 is arranged essentially concentrically.
• the outer cylindrical surface of the inner cap 20 is essentially covered by four reversible foils 55 as a reversible device in the sense of the invention, a longitudinal axis parallel to the geometric central axis of the caps side of the film abuts the outer lateral surface of the inner cap 20, and only one side of a reversible film 55 is essentially firmly connected to the outer lateral surface of the inner cap 20, one fastened side of a reversible film 55 directly to the adjacent side of the adjacent reversible film 55 borders.
• turning devices 40 are arranged on the inner circumferential surface of the outer cap 10 at substantially the same distance from one another on the circumference.
• the turning devices 40 in the sense of the present invention are formed by webs with a sawtooth-shaped cross section that extend obliquely from the inner lateral surface of the outer cap, whose edge 80 facing away from the inner lateral surface of the outer cap 10 on the outer lateral surface of the inner cap 20 is present.
• the web-like turning devices 40 Similar to the scraping devices 30 in the exemplary embodiment in FIG. 3, the web-like turning devices 40, with their edge 80 lying obliquely against the outer surface of the inner cap 20, turn counterclockwise when rotating in the circumferential direction in such a way under the turning foils 55 lying only against the outer outer surface of the inner cap 20 assume that the edges 80 of the turning devices 40 abutting the inner cap slide under the turning foils 55, and when turning further push them clockwise radially outward, and finally take the free end of the turning foil 55 further in the circumferential direction.
• the outer cap 10 is rotated at least to such an extent that the free ends 56 of the turning foils 55 are carried along by the turning devices 40 beyond the point at which the same turning foil is fastened to the inner cap and also beyond, so that finally the sides of the reversible foils 55 initially facing the outer lateral surface of the inner cap 20 face outwards.
• These preferably have a clearly different color than the initially outwardly facing sides of the reversible foils 55, which is due to the at least at least partially transparent shell side of the outer cap can be seen from the outside.
• images, characters, logos, lettering or combinations thereof can additionally or instead be provided on the initially hidden sides of the reversible foils.
• web-like locking devices are preferably also provided on the outer lateral surface of the inner cap 20, which prevent the caps from being able to be turned further in the same direction or back after the foils have been turned over and so the slides could possibly be turned back.
• the reference number 41 denotes additional circumferentially offset rod-shaped turning devices.
• the reference numeral 42 denotes star-shaped turning devices which, when the outer cap is rotated radially, turns circular segment-shaped foils arranged on the end face.
• the foils are turned by pulling or pushing the outer cap vertically.
• the foils are preferably slotted or have at least one elastic section in order to facilitate turning.
• the closure When turning by pulling or pushing movement, it may be the case that, especially during the pulling movement, the closure is also opened by the pulling movement. However, it is also possible that after the outer cap 10 has been brought into an end position with respect to the inner cap by a pulling or pushing movement, a rotary movement is made possible for the actual opening of the closure device.
• the scraping devices arranged on the inside of the outer cap it is also possible for the scraping devices arranged on the inside of the outer cap to be arranged on the outside of the inner cap, and reversed the color layer is provided on the inside of an at least partially transparent outer cap. It is also conceivable that for the connecting device according to FIG. 4, the turning devices ah on the outside of the inner cap, and the turning foils on the transparent inside of the. Outer cap are arranged.

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