EP1899231A2 - Couvercle en tole a montants de guidage pour un contenant - Google Patents

Couvercle en tole a montants de guidage pour un contenant

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EP1899231A2
EP1899231A2 EP06755280A EP06755280A EP1899231A2 EP 1899231 A2 EP1899231 A2 EP 1899231A2 EP 06755280 A EP06755280 A EP 06755280A EP 06755280 A EP06755280 A EP 06755280A EP 1899231 A2 EP1899231 A2 EP 1899231A2
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Prior art keywords
lid
opening
edge
lid according
guide element
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EP06755280A
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German (de)
English (en)
Inventor
Wolfgang Kasper
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Ardagh Metal Packaging Germany GmbH
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Ball Packaging Europe GmbH
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Priority claimed from EP05104502A external-priority patent/EP1726529B1/fr
Priority claimed from DE102005024219A external-priority patent/DE102005024219B3/de
Application filed by Ball Packaging Europe GmbH filed Critical Ball Packaging Europe GmbH
Priority to EP06755280A priority Critical patent/EP1899231A2/fr
Publication of EP1899231A2 publication Critical patent/EP1899231A2/fr
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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
    • B65D17/4012—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 partially 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
    • B65D2517/00—Containers specially constructed to be opened by cutting, piercing or tearing of wall portions, e.g. preserving cans or tins
    • B65D2517/0001—Details
    • B65D2517/0031—Reclosable openings
    • B65D2517/004—Reclosable openings by means of an additional element

Definitions

  • the invention relates to a lid for containers with an edge region for - preferably dense and permanent - connecting with the existing body of the hull wall and bottom of the body.
  • Such containers are available for many purposes, e.g. for filling with food or drink.
  • additional elements themselves are not the subject of the invention.
  • an element may be mentioned for safely re-closing a free lid opening.
  • the cover according to the invention has at least one or more guide elements in the essentially flat area (as a central surface area, panel or cover mirror) which is surrounded by the edge area serving for connection to the container body. These are aligned as a pin or columnar guide elements substantially with its axis approximately parallel to the axis perpendicular to the lid mirror extending axis of the lid (claim 2).
  • a corresponding device as a sealing closure element can be reliably guided linearly relative to the cover mirror and approximately in the direction of the axis (cover axis) on this guide element (s) (claim 28).
  • a guide element as a projecting element of such a height and training that it is suitable for guiding, so a stroke or a directed away from the surface area displacement in the height direction allowed.
  • rivets There are no pre-pronounced rivets from the cover plate or projections on which, for example, a SOT tab is permanently mounted and possibly rotatable. These Mounting rivets have no guiding property and no such geometric design.
  • the at least one guide element is arranged outside the opening (claim 2).
  • the guide elements can extend from the cover top side and / or from the underside of the cover, preferably inwards toward the interior of the container body.
  • the border area surrounds the central area. It is adapted to be attached to the container body by a rabbet joint.
  • This hull may be formed in one piece, that is to say with a bottom without hump directly attached to the hull wall, which is often called "hull", but the hull itself is not the subject of the cover according to the independent claims (claims 1, 2, 23 and 28).
  • the dense and permanent joining is responsive to the seam seam, which results when the edge area of the cover is crimped or folded against the matching hull flange, ie the upper end of the fuselage as the edge of the fuselage and permanent connection of the lid for closing the container body achieved.
  • a then possibly occuring closing function and an opening function via re-closing of an additional element can be controlled and guided via the guide elements, which are associated with the cover plate.
  • the guide elements As far as the position of the guide elements is concerned, they can not lie or lie in the free opening, they are provided outside this relatively large opening.
  • the at least one pin or columnar guide element is provided in this intermediate region. It protrudes to one side or the other side, preferably to the interior of the container body and thus to the side that defines the edge region of the lid so that it can be connected to the hull edge by laying on the hull edge. Due to the formation of the edge region, this is usually a channel-like curvature area. From this form of curvature range the skilled person can recognize which side of the lid is assigned to the container and which side faces outwards.
  • the guide element has a substantially constant thickness. This thickness extends over the length of the guide element (claim 3). A preferred height is above 5 mm (claim 4). Along this height, the cross section of the at least one guide element can remain the same.
  • the arrangement of the at least one guide element near the opening edge is to be understood as being adjacent to the opening (claim 5).
  • the guide element is thus much closer to the opening edge, as the connection edge region.
  • the guide elements in the intermediate area are displaced much further inward than outward. They are at the edge of the "free opening" (claim 21).
  • a slight inclination of the guide elements should not be excluded (claim 7). This inclination is oriented closer to 90 °, ie above 75 ° and below 90 °, the latter being the parallel orientation to an axis perpendicular to the central region (claim 2).
  • the formation of the at least one guide element can be made of sheet metal or plastic (claims 8, 9 and 10).
  • the lid can be produced together with the guide elements (claim 11).
  • This joint production as a unit is preferably carried out in the injection molding technique.
  • This injection molding technique is a representative of a printing forms, with which the guide elements can be molded (claim 23) or can be formed (claim 12).
  • a coherent plastic layer which carries the one or more guide elements, respectively, is integrally formed with these guide elements.
  • the bonding of the plastic layer to the cover mirror creates the grip of the guide elements on the metallic cover sheet.
  • This stop can be done by a circumferential strip at the edge of the opening (claim 13). He can be formed on one or two sides as a strip, which may result in a U-profile (claim 23, 24).
  • the attachment of the profile-shaped layer (claim 25) ensures reliable positioning and alignment of the guide elements. The layer and with it the guide elements can then no longer be separated without destruction of the lid. It is understood that a resulting by injection molding or pressure forming plastic layer is integrally formed with guide elements (claim 26).
  • the one-piece attachment can be described otherwise as "cohesive” (claim 31).
  • this at least one guide element is suitable to allow a guided shift in the height direction, which is not just an indication of use, but a paraphrase technical function and thus a functional definition of such structurally designed guide elements that allow this shift in the vertical direction, and such "holding elements", which just do not allow this shift relative to the cover plate (claim 28, 29).
  • DE-U 202 19 794 (Blechwarenfabrik Limburg) illustrates a stackable container with an edge region 5 for sealing and permanent connection with the container body consisting of the fuselage 2 and the bottom 4 (the reference numerals are taken from the publication there).
  • a substantially planar central area (there 3), in which an opening bounded by an opening edge for filling or removal of the contents is provided (the opening is denoted there by 17).
  • the opening is denoted there by 17
  • a handle (there 18 and FIG. 3) is held on the lid mirror.
  • Fig. 1 shows a container in axial section, closed with a lid, which is made according to an example of the invention.
  • Fig. 2 shows the lid of FIG. 1 on a larger scale and in supervision with a free opening in the panel.
  • Fig. 3 shows the lid of Fig. 2 in cross section.
  • FIG. 4b shows a perspective view of the lid cutout according to FIG. 4a after the shaping of the guide elements.
  • Fig. 5c in perspective view three guide elements with different examples of their cross-sectional shape.
  • Embodiments of a lid with guide elements Embodiments of a lid with guide elements.
  • Figure 1 shows a typical container body 4 (body or "body”), as he z. B. from sheet metal by deep drawing or stretching for drinks is common. It comprises a cylindrical fuselage wall 5 with a longitudinal axis 9 and a bottom 6 integrally connected to the fuselage wall.
  • the container body 4 is a lid designed or manufactured according to several examples of the invention by means of a tight and permanent seam formed over the fuselage edge and lid edge 2 is formed as a fold 2a connected.
  • rebate 2a and panel 3 as surface area is a damping bead 2b (anti-peaking bead).
  • the cover 1 has a "cover mirror” (as a panel or central area 3), which is substantially flat and is connected by the cover edge 2 via a damping bead 2b (with the chuck wall).
  • the cover panel has three guide elements 7 ', 7 "and 8.
  • the two guide elements 7 extend parallel upwards, while the guide element 8 extends downwards from the panel 3 (or inside to the container) All three guide elements are parallel They are in the form of a rod, column or pin and can extend over a length of between 5 mm and 15 mm.
  • the cross section of the guide elements is approximately circular. However, as shown in examples 5, 31, 32 and 33, the cross-section may also be quite different. The shape of the cross section depends on the intended use, ie on the type of device to be guided on the guide elements, which itself is not the subject of the invention.
  • the cross section is constant over the (leading) length of the two guide elements 7 ', 7 "or T and 8.
  • the at least one guide element can also be oriented less than 90 ° relative to the plane of the cover mirror, for example between 75 ° and below 90 °, as shown symbolically by the angle ⁇ in FIG.
  • the guide element 8 or also the guide element 7 is aligned at an angle of less than 90 ° .
  • the guide elements respectively represent longitudinal axes, which then no longer parallel to the longitudinal axis 9.
  • the longitudinal axis 9 was previously described as a container axis, but is also a congruent longitudinal axis with respect to the lid, as shown in Figure 2 at the midpoint of the lid panel 3.
  • the lid shown in Figures 2 and 3 is made with a limited by an opening edge 10 filling and / or removal opening 11, which is arranged eccentrically in the lid mirror 3.
  • the two outer guide elements 7 ', 7 are close to the Opening edge 10 and arranged diametrically opposite. Their distance from the opening edge 10 is advantageously 0 to 5 mm. Nevertheless, they are located between opening 11 and edge bead 2.
  • the lower-side guide element 8 is in this case placed in alignment with the outer-side guide element 7 "The opening is relatively large In an example not shown, the guide elements 7 ', 7" project downwards / inwards, 8 becomes 7 "and T is diametrical across from.
  • the guide elements can be produced or formed in various ways in the manufacture of the lid.
  • FIGS 4a and 4b show the example of a cover made of sheet metal, the shaping of the guide elements by bending the cover plate.
  • two opposing metal tabs 18 ', 18 are left in the cover panel 15 when the opening 16 is delimited by the opening edge 17. At their attachment point at the opening edge 17, they are cut in on both sides at 19', 19", leaving a bridge region 20 At this, the tabs are bent by about 90 ° to the lid mirror (bending point 20a) and rolled into a respective cylinder 18a.
  • the guide elements can be produced by deep drawing or the like. Directly from the lid material.
  • the guide elements can be applied by applying a plastic mass using pressure and elevated temperature together with a continuous plastic layer by "pressure molding" on the material of the lid mirror.
  • cover and guide elements can be formed as a unit of a non-metallic material.
  • a continuous plastic layer 43 has been applied by pressure molding along the edge 42 of the opening 41 in the panel 40 in the section and in the cutout from the metallic cover panel 40 in FIG. 6 in the example shown, the opening edge 42 at least partially surrounds (at 43a) and integrally attached the at least one, preferably both guide elements 43b 1 , 43b "has.
  • lid mirror formed with the guide elements made of plastic and be firmly connected by pressure molding with a cover edge having ring member made of metal in the manner described above.
  • the lid can be varied easily and with high precision for each appropriate use without much effort. It is preferred for the sector of closing beverage cans, which describes its panel, its size (with a diameter of 60 mm) and its edge bead 2 suitable for folding. Likewise the thin plate thickness.

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  • Mechanical Engineering (AREA)
  • Closures For Containers (AREA)

Abstract

L'invention concerne un couvercle de contenant dont la périphérie (2) sert à le relier de manière fixe et hermétique à un corps de contenant composé d'une trémie et d'un fond. Le couvercle comprend également une zone centrale sensiblement plane formant le panneau ou la surface (3) du couvercle, sur laquelle est façonné au moins un élément de guidage (7',7",8) en saillie de type broche ou montant, s'étendant de la surface (3) vers l'un ou l'autre des côtés, sensiblement parallèlement à un axe (9) perpendiculaire à la surface (3) du couvercle. Les montants peuvent être pourvus d'éléments additionnels qui constituent alors une unité fonctionnelle avec le couvercle.
EP06755280A 2005-05-25 2006-05-22 Couvercle en tole a montants de guidage pour un contenant Ceased EP1899231A2 (fr)

Priority Applications (1)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
EP06755280A EP1899231A2 (fr) 2005-05-25 2006-05-22 Couvercle en tole a montants de guidage pour un contenant

Applications Claiming Priority (4)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
EP05104502A EP1726529B1 (fr) 2005-05-25 2005-05-25 Couvercle avec des colonnes de guidage pour un conteneur
DE102005024219A DE102005024219B3 (de) 2005-05-25 2005-05-25 Deckel mit Führungssäulen für einen Behälter
EP06755280A EP1899231A2 (fr) 2005-05-25 2006-05-22 Couvercle en tole a montants de guidage pour un contenant
PCT/EP2006/062507 WO2006125772A2 (fr) 2005-05-25 2006-05-22 Couvercle en tole a montants de guidage pour un contenant

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EP (1) EP1899231A2 (fr)
JP (1) JP5328347B2 (fr)
CN (1) CN101203435B (fr)
AU (1) AU2006251211B2 (fr)
BR (1) BRPI0611417A2 (fr)
RU (1) RU2386574C2 (fr)
WO (1) WO2006125772A2 (fr)

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