EP2567908A1 - Récipient amélioré pour la poudre et les granulés - Google Patents

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EP2567908A1
EP2567908A1 EP12179828A EP12179828A EP2567908A1 EP 2567908 A1 EP2567908 A1 EP 2567908A1 EP 12179828 A EP12179828 A EP 12179828A EP 12179828 A EP12179828 A EP 12179828A EP 2567908 A1 EP2567908 A1 EP 2567908A1
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Enrico Invernizzi
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  • TFE tetrafluoroethylene
  • cylindrical containers made of fiber, kraft paper and plastic material are used for the packaging thereof.
  • These have various shape, the most common of which is the "vessel" shape (or slightly conical shape).
  • the aforesaid containers generally comprise a body, to which a closure cover is coupled.
  • the body comprises a bottom, from which a perimeter wall is upwardly extended delimiting the opening of the body on which the cover is placed.
  • the cover has a central part adapted to be arranged above such opening and a perimeter wall, which is separated from such part, adapted to externally enclose the body.
  • Such wall is provided with a flanged perimeter end edge that is adapted to cooperate with an external flange of the body, externally projecting from the perimeter wall of the latter and lying on a plane orthogonal to the longitudinal axis of the body itself.
  • the flanged edge of the cover has one or more annular projections projecting towards the external flange of the body and adapted to cooperate with the latter.
  • Such two sealing points have continuous circular form and are respectively constituted by the edge of the body (which delimits its opening) and by an annular groove in the lower side of the cover, as well as by the annular surface of the external flange of the body on which a rib is sealingly abutted; such rib is obtained on a flanged end part of the cover wall, integrally formed therewith and adapted to press against the surface of the flange.
  • Such rib is movable on such surface when an annular tightening device is coupled to the aforesaid flange and to the flanged end part of the cover.
  • the containers obtained according to the knowledge of the state of the art provide that the cover, without gasket, is specifically obtained in order to be sealingly connected to the body of the container through specifically provided form coupling parts (as is also described in the abovementioned patent EP1255680 ).
  • the covers adapted to be sealingly coupled by means of gasket to the body normally lack the aforesaid specific coupling parts.
  • EP 328512 describes a device for closing container openings, said closure being obtained by means of the interposition of a gasket that presses on the edge of the container collar.
  • the latter also provides for a sleeve adapted to be mounted on the collar of the container and adapted to be optionally used with various cover types.
  • This prior art always provides for the use of the sealing gasket.
  • the object of the present invention is to offer a container for powder or granular products that is improved with respect to the previously known containers and which faces and resolves at least one of the abovementioned problems.
  • the object of the invention is to offer a container of the type mentioned above which while having a high moisture seal, is capable of passing the safety tests of the airline companies, in which the container endures the hyperbaric chamber tests without collapsing.
  • a further object is to offer a container of the abovementioned type which has a generally usable cover, i.e. which can be sealingly closed on the body both with possible gasket and without.
  • Another object is to offer a container of the abovementioned type in which the cover cannot come into contact with possible product particles or granules deposited on the edge of the body at the time of its filling.
  • a container according to the invention is generally indicated with 1. It comprises a body 2 preferably having vessel or frustoconical conformation, with a bottom 3 from which one wall 4 is upwardly extended and terminating with an opening 5, through which a powder or granular product (for example of PTFE) can be inserted in the internal volume 6 of the container.
  • a powder or granular product for example of PTFE
  • the opening 5 is adapted to be sealingly closed by a cover 7 having one part 8 adapted to be arranged in the opening 5, closing it.
  • a wall 10 projects from the part 8 of the cover 7, and such wall 10 is adapted to be arranged at the wall 4 of the body 2.
  • the wall 4, at a distance from the opening 5, has a projecting external flange 11 with a surface portion (upper surface portion in the figures) 12 lying on a plane orthogonal to the longitudinal axis W of the body 2 (and of the container 1).
  • a portion 15 of the wall 4 of the body is placed between the opening 5 and the external flange 11.
  • the wall 10 of the cover 7 is adapted to cooperate with such portion 15, on an annular surface or zone K preferably up to a distance of 5-10 mm from the opening 5, said cooperation occurring via interference and 50 creating a moisture seal between the cover and the body, due in fact to the coupling between the portion 15 and the wall 10 on the annular surface of the wall 4 of length equal to 5-10 mm, as stated above.
  • Such cooperation occurs via (slight) deformation of the body 2 (having conicity opposing with that of the wall 10) which at the wall portion 15 is bent towards the internal volume 6 (as is visible in the figures 1B , 2B , 3B and 4B ) when it is coupled to the cover 7.
  • the cover 7 also has a flanged end edge 19 at the end of its wall 10 adapted to abut against the surface portion 12 of the external flange 11 of the body in a discrete manner.
  • flanged edge 19 has, towards the flange 11, a free end having a conformation such to obtain said discrete abutment on the surface portion 12 of the flange 11; for example, such conformation comprises a zigzag progression obtained with a plurality of projections 22 (which can have any shape and size) spaced from each other and projecting from such edge towards the external flange 11 (as in figures 1A-B and 2A-B ) or a corrugated progression (as in figures 3A-B and 4A-B ).
  • the container according to the invention shown in particular in figures 1A-B and 3A-B , has an optimal seal closure (through the coupling of the wall portion 15 of the body 2 and the wall 10 of the cover 7 on the annular zone K) and at the same time it can resist the hyperbaric chamber test through the air that passes between the flanged edge 19 of the cover and the external flange 11 of the body 2.
  • a tightening ring 31 is coupled to such edge 19 and to the flange 11, so as to constrain them. Nevertheless, such ring 31 does not create a coupling seal and the air can still pass through the spaces or openings 23 between the aforesaid edge and the flange.
  • the part 8 of the cover 7 is situated within the volume 6 of the body when the cover is coupled to the latter (as in the case shown in figures), it is important that there is no contact between said edge 33 and the aforesaid cover.
  • the latter has the part 8 with an edge 35 (raised in the figures, from which the wall 10 is projected) having, in one face thereof directed towards the body, an annular notch or loop 36 with depth such to allow the raised edge itself (and thus the cover) to be spaced from the edge 33 of the opening 5 when the cover is sealingly coupled to the body 2.
  • Such loop 36 which at most partially contains the wall 10, has a rounded conformation (as in the figures), such that such raised edge 35 has a cross section conformation that is substantially U-shaped; nevertheless, such loop or notch can also have a conformation with acute angle so that the edge 35 assumes a V-shape in cross section.
  • the presence of the loop or notch 36 allows the cover 7 to be provided with a gasket 40 or to lack the latter (which is inserted in such notch, as is visible in the figures 2A-B and 4A-B ), thus to allow the use with a body if the primary requirement of the product type contained in the latter is moisture protection.
  • such container is capable of overcoming the trials or tests in hyperbaric chamber, if these are necessary for the air shipment of the product.

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Citations (5)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
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US4471880A (en) * 1983-10-03 1984-09-18 Rubbermaid Incorporated Center press outer seal bowl lid
EP0328512A2 (fr) 1988-02-08 1989-08-16 Wilfried Waldenhofer Fermeture pour récipients à goulot large, seaux, fûts, etc.
DE4133270A1 (de) * 1991-08-03 1993-02-04 Mauser Werke Gmbh Deckelfass
DE20104919U1 (de) * 2001-03-21 2002-08-22 Emsa-Werke Wulf GmbH & Co. KG, 48282 Emsdetten Behälter
EP1255680A1 (fr) 2000-02-09 2002-11-13 Sulo Eisenwerk Streuber & Lohmann GmbH Recipient comprenant un corps et un couvercle

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* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US4471880A (en) * 1983-10-03 1984-09-18 Rubbermaid Incorporated Center press outer seal bowl lid
EP0328512A2 (fr) 1988-02-08 1989-08-16 Wilfried Waldenhofer Fermeture pour récipients à goulot large, seaux, fûts, etc.
DE4133270A1 (de) * 1991-08-03 1993-02-04 Mauser Werke Gmbh Deckelfass
EP1255680A1 (fr) 2000-02-09 2002-11-13 Sulo Eisenwerk Streuber & Lohmann GmbH Recipient comprenant un corps et un couvercle
DE20104919U1 (de) * 2001-03-21 2002-08-22 Emsa-Werke Wulf GmbH & Co. KG, 48282 Emsdetten Behälter

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