EP2013100B1 - Kunststoff-verschluss mit trink- oder ausguss-stutzen und folienstech-einrichtung - Google Patents

Kunststoff-verschluss mit trink- oder ausguss-stutzen und folienstech-einrichtung Download PDF

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EP2013100B1
EP2013100B1 EP07720084A EP07720084A EP2013100B1 EP 2013100 B1 EP2013100 B1 EP 2013100B1 EP 07720084 A EP07720084 A EP 07720084A EP 07720084 A EP07720084 A EP 07720084A EP 2013100 B1 EP2013100 B1 EP 2013100B1
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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
    • B65D47/00—Closures with filling and discharging, or with discharging, devices
    • B65D47/04—Closures with discharging devices other than pumps
    • B65D47/06—Closures with discharging devices other than pumps with pouring spouts or tubes; with discharge nozzles or passages
    • B65D47/08—Closures with discharging devices other than pumps with pouring spouts or tubes; with discharge nozzles or passages having articulated or hinged closures
    • B65D47/0804—Closures with discharging devices other than pumps with pouring spouts or tubes; with discharge nozzles or passages having articulated or hinged closures integrally formed with the base element provided with the spout or discharge passage
    • B65D47/0833—Hinges without elastic bias
    • 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
    • B65D51/18—Arrangements of closures with protective outer cap-like covers or of two or more co-operating closures
    • B65D51/20—Caps, lids, or covers co-operating with an inner closure arranged to be opened by piercing, cutting, or tearing
    • B65D51/22—Caps, lids, or covers co-operating with an inner closure arranged to be opened by piercing, cutting, or tearing having means for piercing, cutting, or tearing the inner closure
    • B65D51/221—Caps, lids, or covers co-operating with an inner closure arranged to be opened by piercing, cutting, or tearing having means for piercing, cutting, or tearing the inner closure a major part of the inner closure being left inside the container after the opening
    • B65D51/222—Caps, lids, or covers co-operating with an inner closure arranged to be opened by piercing, cutting, or tearing having means for piercing, cutting, or tearing the inner closure a major part of the inner closure being left inside the container after the opening the piercing or cutting means being integral with, or fixedly attached to, the outer closure
    • B65D51/224—Caps, lids, or covers co-operating with an inner closure arranged to be opened by piercing, cutting, or tearing having means for piercing, cutting, or tearing the inner closure a major part of the inner closure being left inside the container after the opening the piercing or cutting means being integral with, or fixedly attached to, the outer closure the outer closure comprising flexible parts
    • 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
    • B65D51/18—Arrangements of closures with protective outer cap-like covers or of two or more co-operating closures
    • B65D51/20—Caps, lids, or covers co-operating with an inner closure arranged to be opened by piercing, cutting, or tearing
    • B65D51/22—Caps, lids, or covers co-operating with an inner closure arranged to be opened by piercing, cutting, or tearing having means for piercing, cutting, or tearing the inner closure
    • B65D51/221—Caps, lids, or covers co-operating with an inner closure arranged to be opened by piercing, cutting, or tearing having means for piercing, cutting, or tearing the inner closure a major part of the inner closure being left inside the container after the opening
    • B65D51/222—Caps, lids, or covers co-operating with an inner closure arranged to be opened by piercing, cutting, or tearing having means for piercing, cutting, or tearing the inner closure a major part of the inner closure being left inside the container after the opening the piercing or cutting means being integral with, or fixedly attached to, the outer closure
    • B65D51/225—Caps, lids, or covers co-operating with an inner closure arranged to be opened by piercing, cutting, or tearing having means for piercing, cutting, or tearing the inner closure a major part of the inner closure being left inside the container after the opening the piercing or cutting means being integral with, or fixedly attached to, the outer closure and further comprising a device first inhibiting displacement of the outer closure
    • 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
    • B65D2251/00—Details relating to container closures
    • B65D2251/0003—Two or more closures
    • B65D2251/0006—Upper closure
    • B65D2251/0025—Upper closure of the 47-type
    • 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
    • B65D2251/00—Details relating to container closures
    • B65D2251/0003—Two or more closures
    • B65D2251/0068—Lower closure
    • B65D2251/0093—Membrane
    • B65D2251/0096—Membrane integral with the container

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  • This invention relates to a plastic closure with a drinking or pouring spout and a foil dosing device, which offers a first-opening guarantee and also serves to open a film-sealed container or container spout equipped with this closure, without the actual drinking or pouring spout. Having to touch the nozzle with your fingers.
  • This closure is suitable for containers of all kinds, especially those made of plastic, composite board, glass, but also for tubes or other containers made of a combination of the aforementioned materials. It is especially suitable for contents of liquid or pasty consistency.
  • plastic closures with a drinking or spout nozzle which are commonly known as sports closures. They usually consist of a closure bottom, which is screwed onto a threaded connector, and a hinged thereto molded cap. In the center of the closure part a drinking and pouring nozzle is attached, which is axially displaceable for opening and closing. For initial use, the entire closure must be unscrewed from the container, then the sealing film on the container neck can be torn away and then the closure is screwed back onto the container, after which the cap is removed or opened and the drinking or pouring spout releases.
  • the object of the present invention is therefore to provide a closure with drinking and pouring spout, which offers a Siegö Stammsgarantie, with which the sealing film of a container equipped therewith or container neck can be opened without the actual drinking or spout nozzle must be touched with your fingers and without the entire closure of the container must be removed.
  • this closure should be made in one piece, ie in a single injection.
  • a plastic closure with drinking or pouring spout and Folienstech device consisting of a closure lower part, which forms a drinking and spout nozzle, and a closure cap which is pivotally connected via a hinge to the closure bottom, and characterized in that the drinking and pouring spout sits in a flat disc on which the hinge of the cap is formed, that below the disc of the spout and pouring spout is enclosed by a deformable wall, the one inside arched cone or an outwardly domed dome, and which wall from the nozzle leads obliquely downwards and is connected to the outer edge of the closure base, wherein the drinking and pouring spout projects beyond this deformable wall on its underside and its lower edge at least two Lancing elements forms, and that at the bottom of the cap a Distanzban d is formed over one or more material bridges acting as predetermined breaking points, wherein the spacer strip encloses the deformable wall in the closed state of the closure cap and rest
  • FIG. 1 shows the shutter 1 in the view from the side. It can be seen in turn from top first the closure cap 2, at the lower edge of which a spacer strip 5 is formed over some material bridges 14 intended to act as predetermined breaking points. This also acts as a spacer tape and is on the closure part 4, so that therefore the cap 2 can not be folded down or pressed down. At the bottom of the closure, a further spacer band 6 is formed over the material bridges 15. A lip 16 on the cap 2 helps to fold it up to open. On the other side of the cap you can see the hinge 21, via which the cap is connected to the upper edge with a disc not visible here, which is located at the height of the upper edge of the spacer strip.
  • the closure bottom forms here a threaded cap, which is screwed onto the threaded connector to a container. So that it can be unscrewed from this if necessary, it is externally provided with ribs 3.
  • the spacer strip 5 forms in the vicinity of the hinge 21, a tab with ribs 11, which can be taken to tear away.
  • FIG. 2 shows the closure with unfolded cap 2.
  • the spacer strip 5 is integrally formed on the lower edge of the closure cap 2.
  • a ring 25 which is placed over the drinking and pouring spout 13 on closing the cap 2 and then encloses it at the top.
  • This drinking and pouring spout 13 is arranged here centrally in a flat disc 7, with which the closure cap 2 is connected via the hinge 21. Outside of this flat disc 7 latching elements 12 are formed.
  • the disk 7 with the enclosed by her drinking and pouring spout 7 can be pressed axially downwards, after which the latching elements 12 snap on matching snap elements on the closure part 4 and the disc 7 together with the drinking and pouring spout 13 in this lowered position hold or arrest.
  • the drinking and pouring spout 13 has at the upper edge on the outside a bead 10. This is positively enclosed by the ring 25 on the inside of the cap 2, when the cap 2 is pivoted down to the neck.
  • a star-shaped reinforcement 31 molded In the clear opening 9 of the drinking and pouring spout 13 is a star-shaped reinforcement 31 molded.
  • closure cap 2 is pivoted from the position shown here onto the closure bottom part 4, then the ring 25 snaps over the upper edge of the drinking and pouring spout 13 and keeps the cap 2 pivoted downwards. Then the closure shows up as in FIG. 1 shown.
  • FIG. 3 shows the shutter again in this position, but in a different angle, so you can see the area below the flat disc 7.
  • a deformable wall 8 which forms a kind of vault or dome here, that is, the wall is curved outward and extends obliquely down and is at her lower end connected to the upper edge of the closure part 4.
  • This wall 8 may also form a cone with inwardly curved wall or a bellows.
  • FIG. 4 This condition of the closure is in FIG. 4 illustrated by a cross section.
  • the cap 2 With a finger or with the hand now the cap 2 is moved down.
  • the drinking and pouring spout 13, with its inner reinforcement 31 and the disk 7 surrounding it also shifts axially downward, while the wall 8, which is arched in this way, deforms.
  • the lower, serrated edge of the drinking and pouring spout 13 has pierced with its lancing elements 22, the sealing film which is mounted over the closure equipped with threaded connector or glued to the shoulder 30, which on the inside of the closure part. 4 is formed. Only now is the cap 2 swung open and thus releases the drinking and pouring spout 13. The sealing film was therefore bitten and opened, without the drinking and pouring spout 13 had to be touched with your fingers!
  • FIG. 5 the shutter is shown in perspective from below. At the back of the closure you can see the hinge 21. In the center of the closure can be seen the drinking and pouring spout 13 with the piercing elements 22 at its lower edge.
  • the spout 13 is enclosed from below by the deformable wall 8. This forms here the underside of a vaulted raise. It is also provided with areas 17,18 which form bulges up or down, and facilitate the deformation of the wall 8 during depression of the nozzle 13 by the cap 2. In the example shown, S-shaped ribs 19 are still formed.
  • FIG. 7 shows the closed shutter as seen from behind. You can see the hinge 21, the closed cap 2 and at its lower edge then the spacer strip 5, which acts as a spacer by rising with its lower edge on the lower closure part 4 and prevents the depression of the cap 2 on the closure part 4. For depressing this spacer band 5 must first be removed. For this purpose, it can be taken on the tab with the ribs 11 and be torn off under breakage of the various fine material bridges from the lower edge of the cap 2.
  • FIG. 8 shows a cross section through such a closure after the depression of the cap 2.
  • the drinking and pouring spout 13 was depressed and its lower, equipped with lancing elements 22 edge has the sealing film 26, which closed the container neck 23, torn.
  • the disk 7 latched on the bottom of the closure 4 and now holds the drinking and pouring spout 13 in this position, even if the cap 2 is swung open.
  • the spacer strip 5 is no longer visible because it was previously demolished.
  • the closure bottom is designed as a threaded cap with internal thread 27.
  • FIG. 9 shows a very similar closure, with the only difference that here the closure bottom is not designed as a threaded cap, but as Aufpresskappe with a circumferential in-lying bead 29, with which it can be aufprellbar on a correspondingly shaped container neck.
  • An existing between the closure and the container edge film can be glued on both sides or welded with induction heat.
  • FIG. 10 shows a again similar closure, the closure bottom is formed in a flange 28, with which the closure over the foil-sealed hole of a container, for example, a carton pack is glued or welded.
  • a container for example, a carton pack is glued or welded.
  • FIG. 11 some different types of containers are shown, which can be equipped with such a closure, namely a bottle made of plastic, namely a PET bottle, or a sheet metal or glass, then a composite cardboard in any form, for example a round or cylindrical Composite package or a brick composite package. But it is also suitable for a closed with a plastic lid with sealing foil cardboard cup or for a tube.

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