EP3344560B1 - Dispositif de fermeture à moyens anti-altération non accessibles - Google Patents

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EP3344560B1
EP3344560B1 EP16788207.5A EP16788207A EP3344560B1 EP 3344560 B1 EP3344560 B1 EP 3344560B1 EP 16788207 A EP16788207 A EP 16788207A EP 3344560 B1 EP3344560 B1 EP 3344560B1
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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
    • B65D41/00—Caps, e.g. crown caps or crown seals, i.e. members having parts arranged for engagement with the external periphery of a neck or wall defining a pouring opening or discharge aperture; Protective cap-like covers for closure members, e.g. decorative covers of metal foil or paper
    • B65D41/62—Secondary protective cap-like outer covers for closure members
    • 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
    • B65D55/022—Locking devices; Means for discouraging or indicating unauthorised opening or removal of closure with ratchet effect between relatively rotating 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
    • 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
    • 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
    • B65D49/00—Arrangements or devices for preventing refilling of containers
    • B65D49/02—One-way valves
    • B65D49/04—Weighted valves

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  • the present invention refers to a closing device for bottles.
  • the present invention refers to a closing device for bottles of the type provided with anti-tampering means capable of giving an immediate visual indication to the user of whether the bottle has or has not been opened at least once.
  • the present invention refers to a closing device for bottles of the type provided with anti-tampering means where such anti-tampering means are arranged in a position not accessible when the cap is assembled.
  • cap has an internal threading adapted for engaging, to open or close the bottle, with a corresponding threading provided on the outer surface of the pourer.
  • the latter is press-fit in the opening of the neck of the bottle or, through known means, to the neck of the bottle.
  • a further jacket for covering the cap made of aluminum or plastic film.
  • anti-tampering means for bottles capable of making a prior first opening of the bottle immediately visible.
  • Most of these anti-tampering means consist of mobile, elastic or in any case shaped portions inside the cap, configured so that, after the first opening of the bottle, they interpose internally between cap and diffuser, limiting the reclosing stroke of the cap. Such a lower stroke leaves a previously hidden portion of the closure in view, therefore reliably highlighting that the first opening of the bottle has occurred.
  • Document US 2010/0170898 A1 illustrates a closing device for bottles, according to the preamble of claim 1, that comprises an inner cap, rotatably associated with the diffuser, and an outer cap, fitted and associated with such an inner cap.
  • the teeth and the counter-teeth of the closing device illustrated in document US 2010/0170898 A1 are shaped in a diametrically symmetrical manner, so that the mutual rotation of the outer cap with respect to the inner cap can take place freely in a single direction.
  • the teeth of the inner cap can pass beyond the corresponding counter-teeth of the outer cap.
  • the teeth of the inner cap are locked by the corresponding counter-teeth of the outer cap, limiting the re-screwing stroke of the outer cap on the inner cap.
  • the purpose of the present invention is therefore to make a closing device for bottles that provides an alternative solution to those currently known for clearly showing whether a bottle has been opened at least once after its original packaging, wherein the anti-tampering means intended for this purpose are not accessible, either from inside or outside, when the closing assembly is assembled.
  • Another purpose of the present invention is to make a closing device for bottles, of the type provided with an inner cap and with an outer cap, wherein the anti-tampering means can effectively operate irrespective of the type of material with which such inner cap and outer cap are manufactured.
  • Such a closing device for bottles 10 comprises:
  • the cap group comprises an inner cap 11, rotatably associated with the diffuser 14, and an outer cap 12, fitted and associated with the inner cap 11.
  • the anti-tampering means are configured for limiting the re-screwing stroke of the outer cap 12 on the inner cap 11, thus exposing a previously hidden portion thereof.
  • These anti-tampering means comprise on one side, in a per se known way, a plurality of teeth 29 of a ratchet mechanism, projecting from the outer side surface 16 of the inner cap 11, and on the other side a plurality of first rigid barrier projections 30, arranged on the inner side surface 18 of the outer cap 12.
  • the anti-tampering means also comprise, on one side, a plurality of side flaps 15 manufactured with a deformable elastic material, arranged at an angle in a radial pattern starting from the outer side surface 16 of the inner cap 11, and on the other side a plurality of second rigid barrier projections 17 arranged on the inner side surface 18 of the outer cap 12.
  • Each elastic side flap 15 projects radially from the outer side surface 16 of the inner cap 11 by a greater length with respect to the length of each tooth 29.
  • the cap group also comprises means for locking the relative opening rotation of the outer cap 12 on the inner cap 11 that are configured so that, after an initial relative rotation where the rigid barrier projections 30 and 17 respectively pass beyond the teeth 29 and the elastic side flaps 15, the cap group rotates as a single rigid body with respect to the diffuser 14 along a suitable threaded coupling 26, 27.
  • the means for locking the relative opening rotation of the outer cap 12 on the inner cap 11 comprise an annular projection 19 formed on the inner side surface 18 of the outer cap 12 that, after the relative opening rotation of the outer cap 12 on the inner cap 11, rests on an abutment 28 formed on the outer side surface 16 of the inner cap 11.
  • the closing device 10 can comprise a covering jacket 20, in turn comprising an upper portion 21 and a lower portion 22 connected together along a breaking line 23 equipped with a plurality of connecting bridges.
  • the upper portion 21 of the covering jacket 20 is arranged to mate and cover the outer cap 12.

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  1. Dispositif de fermeture (10) pour bouteilles, comprenant :
    - un groupe de bouchons (11, 12), actionnables en rotation par l'utilisateur pour ouvrir et fermer le dispositif (10), ledit groupe de bouchons (11, 12) comprenant des moyens anti-altérations (15, 17, 29, 30) configurés pour rendre visuellement évident le fait que la première ouverture dudit dispositif (10) a eu lieu ;
    - un diffuseur (14) agencé pour être couplé, au niveau de la partie supérieure, audit groupe de bouchons (11, 12) et, au niveau de la partie inférieure, au goulot d'une bouteille ;
    ledit groupe de bouchons (11, 12) comprenant un bouchon interne (11), associé de manière rotative audit diffuseur (14), et un bouchon externe (12), ajusté et associé audit bouchon interne (11), et lesdits moyens anti-altérations (15, 17, 29, 30) étant configurés pour limiter la course de re-vissage dudit bouchon externe (12) sur ledit bouchon interne (11) et comprenant, sur un côté, une pluralité de dents (29) d'un mécanisme à rochet, se projetant à partir de la surface latérale externe (16) dudit bouchon interne (11), et, sur l'autre côté, une pluralité de premières saillies de barrière rigides (30), disposées sur la surface latérale interne (18) dudit bouchon externe (12), le dispositif de fermeture (10) étant caractérisé par le fait que lesdits moyens anti-altérations (15, 17, 29, 30) comprennent en outre, sur un côté, une pluralité de volets latéraux (15) fabriqués avec un matériau élastique déformable, disposé à un angle dans un motif radial commençant à partir de la surface latérale externe (16) dudit bouchon interne (11), et, sur l'autre côté, une pluralité de secondes saillies de barrière rigides (17), disposées sur la surface latérale interne (18) dudit bouchon externe (12), chaque volet latéral élastique (15) se projetant radialement à partir de la surface latérale externe (16) du bouchon interne (11) sur une longueur supérieure à la longueur de chaque dent (29), de telle sorte que, pendant l'ouverture, à la fois lesdites premières saillies de barrière rigides (30) et lesdites secondes saillies de barrière rigides (17) peuvent respectivement passer au-delà desdites dents (29) et desdits volets latéraux élastiques (15) et, pendant la fermeture, lesdites premières saillies de barrière rigides (30) et lesdites secondes saillies de barrière rigides (17) sont respectivement verrouillées par lesdites dents (29) et lesdits volets latéraux élastiques (15), limitant la course de re-vissage dudit bouchon externe (12) sur ledit bouchon interne (11).
  2. Dispositif de fermeture (10) selon la revendication 1, caractérisé par le fait que ledit groupe de bouchons (11, 12) comprend des moyens (19, 28) pour verrouiller la rotation d'ouverture relative dudit bouchon externe (12) sur ledit bouchon interne (11), configurés de telle sorte qu'après une rotation relative initiale où à la fois lesdites premières saillies de barrière rigides (30) et lesdites secondes saillies de barrière rigides (17) peuvent respectivement passer au-delà desdites dents (29) et desdits volets latéraux élastiques (15), ledit groupe de bouchons (11, 12) tourne comme un seul corps rigide par rapport audit diffuseur (14).
  3. Dispositif de fermeture (10) selon la revendication 2, caractérisé par le fait que lesdits moyens (19, 28) pour verrouiller la rotation d'ouverture relative dudit bouchon externe (12) sur ledit bouchon interne (11) comprennent une saillie annulaire (19) formée sur la surface latérale interne (18) dudit bouchon externe (12) qui, après la rotation d'ouverture relative dudit bouchon externe (12) sur ledit bouchon interne (11), repose sur une butée (28) formée sur la surface latérale externe (16) dudit bouchon interne (11).
  4. Dispositif de fermeture (10) selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, caractérisé par le fait que lesdites parois latérales (16, 18) desdits bouchons interne (11) et externe (12) sont dépourvues de fissures de telle sorte que, avec le dispositif de fermeture (10) assemblé, lesdites dents (29), lesdits volets latéraux élastiques (15) et les premières saillies de barrière rigides (30) et secondes saillies de barrière rigides (17) respectives ne sont pas accessibles depuis l'intérieur ou l'extérieur dudit dispositif de fermeture (10).
  5. Dispositif de fermeture (10) selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, caractérisé par le fait qu'il comprend une chemise de recouvrement (20), comprenant à son tour une partie supérieure (21) et une partie inférieure (22) reliées ensemble le long d'une ligne de rupture (23) munie d'une pluralité de ponts de liaison, ladite partie supérieure (21) de ladite chemise de recouvrement (20) étant agencée pour s'accoupler et recouvrir ledit bouchon externe (12).
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