EP2072416A1 - Flüssigkeitsverpackung - Google Patents

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EP2072416A1
EP2072416A1 EP08171191A EP08171191A EP2072416A1 EP 2072416 A1 EP2072416 A1 EP 2072416A1 EP 08171191 A EP08171191 A EP 08171191A EP 08171191 A EP08171191 A EP 08171191A EP 2072416 A1 EP2072416 A1 EP 2072416A1
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Bruno Guillon
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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
    • B65D51/00—Closures not otherwise provided for
    • 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
    • B65D39/00—Closures arranged within necks or pouring openings or in discharge apertures, e.g. stoppers
    • B65D39/0005—Closures arranged within necks or pouring openings or in discharge apertures, e.g. stoppers made in one piece
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65B—MACHINES, APPARATUS OR DEVICES FOR, OR METHODS OF, PACKAGING ARTICLES OR MATERIALS; UNPACKING
    • B65B55/00—Preserving, protecting or purifying packages or package contents in association with packaging
    • B65B55/02—Sterilising, e.g. of complete packages
    • B65B55/04—Sterilising wrappers or receptacles prior to, or during, packaging
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65B—MACHINES, APPARATUS OR DEVICES FOR, OR METHODS OF, PACKAGING ARTICLES OR MATERIALS; UNPACKING
    • B65B55/00—Preserving, protecting or purifying packages or package contents in association with packaging
    • B65B55/24—Cleaning of, or removing dust from, containers, wrappers, or packaging ; Preventing of fouling
    • 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
    • B65D2401/10—Tearable part of the container

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  • the invention relates to a container for packaging a fluid comprising a reservoir with a filling orifice and a closure element, such as a plug, for closing the reservoir.
  • a conventional package comprises a first portion constituting a reservoir and a second portion constituting a plug.
  • the liquid must be introduced into the tank and then the tank can be closed with the cap.
  • a need is identified for cleaning, for example, sterilizing the reservoir and the stopper in a position in which both are ready to receive the liquid. This is to avoid a complex process after the liquid is received in the tank.
  • the patent GB 221,019 discloses a combination of a fill port and a cap for bottles adapted to receive hot water. According to this patent, the plug is received in a cylinder.
  • hooking means for receiving elements connected to the plug. With hooking means, these elements can hold the plug in a first filling position. In this filling position, there is sufficient space between the outside of the cap and the filling port to let in this space a liquid such as hot water.
  • an object of the present invention is to provide a package for more efficient filling of a container.
  • the invention also aims to provide a relatively simple package to produce and offering a certain exterior aesthetics.
  • a first object according to the invention is a container for packaging a fluid comprising a reservoir with a filling orifice and a closure element, such as a stopper, for closing the reservoir in which the container is provided with hooking means for positioning the closure element in a filling position of the reservoir, near the filling orifice, in which the attachment means are adapted to allow the moving the closure element from this first position to a second position to close the filling orifice, wherein the attachment means are mainly in the form of a ring connected to the neck of the reservoir with at least one breakable element.
  • the container according to the invention is provided with hooking means for positioning the closure element, such as a plug, near the filling orifice.
  • the technical effect of this measurement lies in the fact that the user can, in a first step, prepare the container so that the closure element is placed in a first position to allow a fluid to be introduced into the reservoir. Once the liquid is received in the reservoir, the closure member can, by a relatively simple movement, advance to its final position to close the fill port.
  • the fact that the closure element is already in a position near the filling orifice has several advantages to facilitate the filling and the final closing of the container.
  • the filling and closing can, for example, be performed with the container already introduced into a basin filled with a fluid.
  • Several containers can thus be placed inside a fluid and, when the tanks of the containers are filled, the closure elements can be advanced to close the different containers.
  • the hooking elements are in the form of a ring connected to the tank with at least one breakable element.
  • the technical effect resulting from the presence of the breakable elements lies in the fact that when the closure element is advanced towards its final position, to close the filling orifice, the closure element is kept in its final position by means of attachment means.
  • the closure member can be moved from its second position to a position to open the fill port using breakable elements.
  • the hooking means and the closure element can be moved, together, to open the filling orifice and thus give access to the interior of the container
  • the attachment means form an extension of the reservoir.
  • the reservoir is, for example, in the form of a cylinder.
  • the attachment means, to keep the closure element in its first position, may be in the form of an extension of the walls of this cylinder.
  • the attachment means are provided with fastening elements for fixing the closure element in its second position.
  • the technical effect of this measurement lies in the fact that the attachment means can be used, in a first step, to put the closure element in its first position.
  • the same attachment means can be used to fix the closure element in its second position.
  • the fastening means are provided at their end with elements such as ribs for improving the grip. Elements such as ribs may facilitate the removal of the entire closure member and attachment means.
  • the assembly can, for example, be grasped with the hands and removed from its position to close the filling port to a position to give access to the interior of the container.
  • the tank fill port is round.
  • liquid is used.
  • liquid reference is made to all substances such as a fluid, a cream or the like, which can be introduced into a reservoir through a space between the filling orifice and an element closure. This means that a powder or other substance that can slide inside a tank may be affected by the term "liquid”.
  • the method according to the invention has the advantage that the closure element is already in a position and ready to be advanced to a final position to close the container. This means that several manipulations can be performed, such as cleaning or filling the package, even after closing.
  • the method comprises the step of sterilizing the container through the closure element, in its first position, before filling the reservoir with a liquid.
  • the method comprises the step of cleaning the outside of the container after the liquid has been introduced into the reservoir and the closure element is moved to its second position.
  • the figure 1 shows the container 1 according to the invention.
  • the container comprises a reservoir 10 and a closure element such as a cap 30.
  • the reservoir 10 is provided, near its filling orifice, with attachment means 20.
  • the hooking means 20 are adapted to receive the plug 30 and keep it, in a first position, at a distance from the filling orifice of the tank 10.
  • the means for hooking 20 are adapted to allow the plug 30 to advance to a second position in order to close the tank 10 by using the plug 30.
  • the container 1, according to the figure 1 is shown in a side view.
  • the container 10 and the fastening elements 20 are partially shown in cross-section.
  • the figure 2 shows that the reservoir 10 is essentially in the form of a cylinder.
  • the tank 10 can be of any shape depending on the user's preferences.
  • the walls of the cylinder 10 are elongated and the attachment means 20 form an extension of the walls of the tank 10.
  • the attachment means 20 forming an extension of the walls of the tank 10 means that the tank 10 and the Hooking means 20 may be produced in a single step using plastic injections.
  • Fastening means 20 are attached to the reservoir 10 by means of several breakable elements 21. Between the various breakable elements 20 are several stops 22. These stops 22 are used to remove an end product from a mold. In addition, the fastening means are provided, at their end, with fixing elements 23 making it possible to fix complementary means 33 of the cap 30, once the plug is completely inserted into the fastening elements 20.
  • the hooking elements 20 and the plug 30 are adapted so that the plug 30 can be introduced into the fastening elements 20 in order to keep the plug 30 in an intermediate position in order to leave open the filling orifice of the tank 10. This means that the space between the reservoir 10 and the attachment means 20 is used to let a fluid enter the tank 10. This is shown in FIG. figure 3 .
  • a basin 40 is shown (schematically) with a liquid 41.
  • the container 1 is completely introduced into the liquid 41.
  • the liquid can enter the tank 10 by the free space between the attachment means 20 and the walls of the tank 10.
  • the introduction of the liquid 41 into the tank 10 is diagrammatically indicated by means of the arrows 42.
  • FIG 3 it is clearly shown that the plug 30 has entered the hooking means in an intermediate position. This means that the stopper 30 does not close, in this position, the filling orifice of the reservoir 10.
  • the method for filling the container 1 according to the invention can be used with, for example, a few hundred containers 1 in a basin 40.
  • the containers 1 When the containers 1 are filled with the liquid 41, the containers 1 can be closed . After their closure, as shown in figure 1 the outside of the containers 1 can be cleaned and the final product can be made available to a user.
  • FIG 5 the container 1 is shown with the cap 30, in its intermediate position, in the attachment means 20.
  • the cap 30 is fully advanced to penetrate the attachment means 20.
  • the cap 30 and the attachment means 20 behave as a unit that can not be dismantled.
  • the cap 30 is completely inserted into the attachment means 20, the latter can no longer be separated from the attachment means 20.
  • the means 23 and 33 guarantee the fixing of the cap 30 in the attachment means 20.
  • the means 22 form a stop for defining the final position of the cap 30 relative to the attachment means 20.
  • FIG 7 it is schematically shown the possibility of separating the cap 30 and the attachment means 20 of the reservoir 10.
  • the outside of the reservoir 10 can be held with the fingers.
  • the gripping of the outside of the attachment means can be performed with the other fingers.
  • This exterior is provided with a rib 24 which improves the contact between the fingers and the outside of the attachment means 20.
  • the user can, initially, rotate the hooking means relative to the tank 10. By pivoting, the breakable links can be destroyed. Then, the user can pull, in an axial direction, the combination of the cap 30 and the attachment means 20 to separate them from the reservoir 10.
  • the rotating movement, indicated by the arrow 71 and the movement in the axial direction, indicated by the arrow 72 are schematically indicated in figure 7 .
  • the container can be used for care products for the human body, for cosmetics, pharmaceuticals or even for food products (shampoo, tanning cream or sauces).
  • the package can be, for example, cleaned in an autoclave. In this case, the package is sterilized (at a temperature of about 120 ° C) in a humid space.
  • sterilized at a temperature of about 120 ° C

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EP3692826A1 (de) * 2019-02-07 2020-08-12 Modulpac AB Verpackung mit manipulationssicherer dichtung

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GB221019A (en) 1923-06-07 1924-09-04 Herbert William Cousins Improvements in or relating to stoppers for hot water bottles and like vessels
EP0517121A2 (de) * 1991-06-07 1992-12-09 Becton, Dickinson and Company Kapillarisches Röhrchen mit einer Entlüftungskappe
EP0614819A1 (de) * 1993-03-09 1994-09-14 GAPLAST GmbH Mit einem Stopfen verschliessbarer Behälter

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Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
GB221019A (en) 1923-06-07 1924-09-04 Herbert William Cousins Improvements in or relating to stoppers for hot water bottles and like vessels
EP0517121A2 (de) * 1991-06-07 1992-12-09 Becton, Dickinson and Company Kapillarisches Röhrchen mit einer Entlüftungskappe
EP0614819A1 (de) * 1993-03-09 1994-09-14 GAPLAST GmbH Mit einem Stopfen verschliessbarer Behälter

Cited By (1)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
EP3692826A1 (de) * 2019-02-07 2020-08-12 Modulpac AB Verpackung mit manipulationssicherer dichtung

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