WO1998003413A1 - Bouchons plurivalents pour la fermeture et la liaison de recipients, et lots de recipients lies par de tels bouchons - Google Patents
Bouchons plurivalents pour la fermeture et la liaison de recipients, et lots de recipients lies par de tels bouchons Download PDFInfo
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- WO1998003413A1 WO1998003413A1 PCT/FR1997/001357 FR9701357W WO9803413A1 WO 1998003413 A1 WO1998003413 A1 WO 1998003413A1 FR 9701357 W FR9701357 W FR 9701357W WO 9803413 A1 WO9803413 A1 WO 9803413A1
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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
- B65D67/00—Kinds or types of packaging elements not otherwise provided for
- B65D67/02—Clips or clamps for holding articles together for convenience of storage or transport
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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
- B65D81/00—Containers, packaging elements, or packages, for contents presenting particular transport or storage problems, or adapted to be used for non-packaging purposes after removal of contents
- B65D81/36—Containers, packaging elements, or packages, for contents presenting particular transport or storage problems, or adapted to be used for non-packaging purposes after removal of contents adapted to be used for non-packaging purposes after removal of contents
- B65D81/361—Modular elements with complementary shapes, interengageable parts or the like
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- the present invention relates to purulent caps for closing and linking containers; It also targets the packaging or batches or sets of containers assembled by means of such caps.
- the invention may be of a strictly utilitarian nature, for example for keeping together containers containing identical or complementary liquids; IT can also have a playful character resulting from the use of more specially shaped containers for this use and of their plugging and connecting pieces, as components of assembly and construction games.
- An object of the invention is therefore to remedy the the aforementioned shortcomings.
- this object is achieved thanks to a plurivalent stopper consisting of a body comprising at least two stoppering parts making it possible to assemble and stopper hermetically, at least two bottles or similar containers.
- the plug has six plugging and connecting parts, the axes of which are concurrent.
- the stopper can be constituted by a cube, each face of which is arranged so as to constitute a stoppering and connecting part, so as to allow the obturation and assembly of two to six bottles.
- the containers intended to be closed and assembled by the plugs described above are of a compressible and deformable type making it possible, thanks to their assembly by means of said plugs, to combinations of various shapes appearing very diverse characters, animals or objects.
- the containers and the caps, after the said containers have been emptied of their contents can be reused as elements of awakening games, educational and harmless.
- the bottles comprise, in their bottom, a shaped depression to allow the assembly of two bottles, either by the engagement and the blocking of the neck of one of them, in the depression of the other, either by the engagement and the blocking of a connecting piece in the depressions of the two bottles butted bottom-to-bottom.
- Figure 1 is a perspective view of a first very advantageous embodiment of the plug Ion l i ivent i on.
- FIG. 3 is a perspective view illustrating an alternative embodiment of the plug shown in FIG. 1.
- Figure 4 is a front view of Figure 3.
- Figure 5 is a perspective view of another embodiment of the plug according to the invention.
- Figure 6 is a top view of Figure 5.
- Figure 7 is a perspective view of a third embodiment of the plug according to L 'i nvent i on.
- Figure 8 is an elevational view in axial half-section of a compressible and pLoyable bottle, usable for the implementation of the i nvent i on.
- Figure 8bis is a view of a container according to Figure 8, shown in the folded and slightly compressed state.
- Figure 9 is an elevational view in axial half-section of another type of bottle allowing the implementation of the invention.
- Figures 10, 11 and 12 are perspective views showing three examples of figures obtained by the assembly of a plurality of containers, by means of plugs according to the invention.
- Figure 13 is a perspective view of an accessory allowing the assembly "bottom-to-bottom" of two containers arranged in the extension of one of the other.
- FIG. 14 is a front view of FIG. 13.
- Figure 15 is a cross-sectional view along Line 15-15 of Figure 14.
- the stopper according to the invention is notably remarkable in that it is constituted by a body comprising at least two opercuLar elements or stopper parts making it possible to assemble and stopper hermetically at least two bottles or similar containers.
- This plurivalent stopper can be made of any material having the qualities required for its use, for example rigid or semi-rigid plastic material having the desirable robustness. It can have various forms, in particular depending on the number of its plugging elements or parts.
- the plug is constituted by a body 1 of cubic shape, the six sides 2a, 2b, 2c, 2d, 2e, 2f each having a central blind cavity, respectively 3a, 3b, 3c, 3d, 3e, 3f intended for the engagement and fixing of the neck of a bottle or similar container.
- each of the blind cavities 3a, 3b, 3c, 3d, 3e, 3f is provided with a retaining means, for example constituted by a thread or a portion of thread 4 allowing screwing and blocking the neck of a bottle with complementary threads.
- the height h or depth of the blind cavities 3a, 3b, 3c, 3d, 3e, 3f is less than the height or length L of the necks of the bottles of the lots of bottles capped and assembled by means of the stopper, so that the end of said necks is always pressed against the bottom 5 of said cavities, to thus ensure the tight closure of said corked and assembled bottles by means of said cap.
- the plug comprises six plugging parts constituted by the cavities 3a, 3b, 3c, 3d, 3e, 3f whose axes are concurrent.
- a stopper with these characteristics could have other shapes.
- Each cylindrical closure element 6a, 6b, 6c, 6d, 6e, 6f of this plurivalent stopper can be full or hollow.
- each closure element may include, externally, a thread or one or more portions of threads intended to cooperate with a complementary internal thread formed in the neck of the bottles or other container.
- the plugging elements each have a cavity 3a, 3b, 3c, 3d, 3e, 3f similar to the cavities of the embodiment shown in Figures 1, 2a and 2b.
- Figures 5 and 6 illustrate another mode execution of the plurivalent plug according to the invention which, in this case, is executed in the form of a regular tetrahedron.
- the plurivalent stopper has four identical triangular faces 7a, 7b, 7c, 7d in the central part of each of which opens a cylindrical blind cavity 3a, 3b, 3c, 3d whose cylindrical wall is provided with a thread or portions of fillet and whose axes are concurrent.
- Such a stopper makes it possible to stop and assemble 2, 3 or 4 bottles or other containers.
- Figure 7 is an alternative embodiment of Figure 6 and which, in a manner comparable to the embodiment of Figure 3, shows a plurivalent stopper comprising four cylindrical branches 8a, 8b, 8c, 8d, hollow or solid, also spaced from
- closure elements 8a, 8b, 8c, 8d When the closure elements 8a, 8b, 8c, 8d are full, they comprise, externally, a thread or one or more portions of thread intended to cooperate with a complementary internal thread formed in the neck of bottles or similar containers .
- closure elements When the closure elements are hollow, they each comprise a cylindrical blind cavity 3a, 3b, 3c, 3d, similar to the cavities of the embodiment illustrated in FIGS. 1, 2a and 2b.
- FIGS. 8 and 9 illustrate two examples of conformation of bottles or flasks which can be used to constitute sets or Lots of capped and assembled containers by means of the plurivalent stopper of the invention.
- FIG. 9 represents a bottle or flask 9A fairly close, by its general shape, to conventional containers of the same kind, the neck 10 of which is provided with a thread 11 or portions of net and the very interesting feature of which is that it comprises . at its bottom, a cylindrical recess 12 constituting a housing designed to allow the embedding and retaining of the neck of a bottle which may or may not be identical, or of a portion of a junction piece described below.
- the cylindrical wall of this recess is provided with a thread or with portions of thread 17 intended to cooperate with the thread 11 of the neck 10 of a bottle or with the thread that the two opposite portions of the junction piece could have.
- This arrangement allows the assembly of two containers such as bottles or the like, arranged in the extension of one another, either by the engagement and the retention of the neck 10 of one of them, in the depression 12 on the other, either by engaging and retaining a connecting piece in the recesses 12 of two receptacles butted bottom-to-bottom.
- the bottle 9B illustrated in FIG. 8, also includes a recess 12 shaped as indicated above and intended to fulfill the above-mentioned function, but it is, in this case, a compressible and deformable bottle or container, for example of the kind described in document FR-A-2,467,146.
- These containers the body of which is made up of a plurality of superimposed bellows or waves 13 of section of essentially triangular shape, can be more or less compressed to have a variable length comprised between a maximum deployed state and a maximum compressed state. They can also be bent in any direction; the bellows 13 being executed in such a way that the containers can maintain a stable compressed and / or flexed position after compression and flexed.
- FIG. 8a illustrates an example of stable conformation which may result from the compression and the bending of a container of the kind previously described.
- An advantage of caps and batches of containers assembled and capped by means of such caps is that they can be used as elements of assembly games, the aim of which is the production of figures representing characters, animals and various objects.
- the containers and the caps will preferably be made of a material having one or more bright and attractive shades.
- Figure 10 illustrates a kind of puppet consisting of six containers 9B and 3 pLurivaLents 1 caps;
- FIG. 11 represents a chair formed by eleven identical containers 9B and six pLurivaLents caps 1, each container 9B disposed between two caps 1 being connected to one of them by means of its neck 10 and to the other by means of 'a connecting piece described below.
- Figure 12 shows a kind of dinosaur made up of five identical 9B containers, a larger diameter container 9B 'and 3 pLurivaLents plugs 1. We can see that it is possible to produce a wide variety of subjects, which can still be increased by collecting containers and caps of different colors and sizes.
- Figures 13 to 15 illustrate a junction element 14 allowing this assembly.
- This element consists of a small cylindrical sleeve 15 provided, externally, in its middle part, with an annular rib 16 dividing the lateral surface of said sleeve into two half-parts of identical length.
- the lateral surface of the sleeve 15 has, on either side of its annular rib, a diameter substantially identical to that of the cylindrical recess 12 of the containers 9A or 9B.
- the two half-parts of the sleeve 15 can be embedded, in a slightly forced manner, in the recesses 12 of the containers.
- the external surface of one of the two half-parts of the sleeve 15 of the junction piece 14 or of these two half-parts can advantageously be provided with a thread (not shown) intended to cooperate with the thread 4 of the plugs 1 or with the thread 17 of the recesses 12, with the aim of improving the solidity of the assemblies.
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Priority Applications (4)
| Application Number | Priority Date | Filing Date | Title |
|---|---|---|---|
| EP97934608A EP0932562B1 (fr) | 1996-07-24 | 1997-07-22 | Bouchons plurivalents pour la fermeture et la liaison de recipients, et lots de recipients lies par de tels bouchons |
| AU37755/97A AU3775597A (en) | 1996-07-24 | 1997-07-22 | Multi-purpose caps for sealing and connecting containers, and batches of containers connected therewith |
| DE69703452T DE69703452T2 (de) | 1996-07-24 | 1997-07-22 | Mehrzweckkappen zum verschliessen und verbinden von behältern, und gruppen von behältern verbunden durch solche mehrzweckkappen |
| AT97934608T ATE197275T1 (de) | 1996-07-24 | 1997-07-22 | Mehrzweckkappen zum verschliessen und verbinden von behältern, und gruppen von behältern verbunden durch solche mehrzweckkappen |
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| FR96/09539 | 1996-07-24 | ||
| FR9609539A FR2751620B1 (fr) | 1996-07-24 | 1996-07-24 | Bouchons plurivalents pour la fermeture et la liaison de recipients, et lots de recipients lies par de tels bouchons |
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| WO1998003413A1 true WO1998003413A1 (fr) | 1998-01-29 |
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| PCT/FR1997/001357 Ceased WO1998003413A1 (fr) | 1996-07-24 | 1997-07-22 | Bouchons plurivalents pour la fermeture et la liaison de recipients, et lots de recipients lies par de tels bouchons |
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| EP (1) | EP0932562B1 (fr) |
| AT (1) | ATE197275T1 (fr) |
| AU (1) | AU3775597A (fr) |
| DE (1) | DE69703452T2 (fr) |
| ES (1) | ES2153678T3 (fr) |
| FR (1) | FR2751620B1 (fr) |
| WO (1) | WO1998003413A1 (fr) |
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| Publication number | Priority date | Publication date | Assignee | Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WO2001051386A1 (fr) * | 2000-01-14 | 2001-07-19 | Rabatic Miso Georg | Conteneur interconnectable modulaire |
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| GB2410493A (en) * | 2004-01-08 | 2005-08-03 | Colin O'donoghue | Bottle cap building block |
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| FR464926A (fr) * | 1913-10-27 | 1914-04-03 | Adolf Huck | Boite de construction |
| FR956423A (fr) * | 1950-02-01 | |||
| FR1405842A (fr) * | 1964-02-12 | 1965-07-16 | Model Magic Proprietary Ltd | Jeu de construction |
| US3640018A (en) * | 1970-05-18 | 1972-02-08 | Stanley Light | Knockdown structural toys |
| NL7802775A (nl) * | 1977-03-24 | 1978-09-26 | Intermatch Sa | Bouwdoos voor het construeren van voorwerpen. |
| US5120253A (en) * | 1991-03-13 | 1992-06-09 | Gelardi John A | Connectors for forming structures |
| GB2262081A (en) * | 1991-12-06 | 1993-06-09 | Tsao Ye Ming | Contaminant-proof collapsible container |
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- 1997-07-22 AT AT97934608T patent/ATE197275T1/de active
- 1997-07-22 AU AU37755/97A patent/AU3775597A/en not_active Abandoned
- 1997-07-22 ES ES97934608T patent/ES2153678T3/es not_active Expired - Lifetime
- 1997-07-22 WO PCT/FR1997/001357 patent/WO1998003413A1/fr not_active Ceased
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| Publication number | Priority date | Publication date | Assignee | Title |
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| FR956423A (fr) * | 1950-02-01 | |||
| FR464926A (fr) * | 1913-10-27 | 1914-04-03 | Adolf Huck | Boite de construction |
| FR1405842A (fr) * | 1964-02-12 | 1965-07-16 | Model Magic Proprietary Ltd | Jeu de construction |
| US3640018A (en) * | 1970-05-18 | 1972-02-08 | Stanley Light | Knockdown structural toys |
| NL7802775A (nl) * | 1977-03-24 | 1978-09-26 | Intermatch Sa | Bouwdoos voor het construeren van voorwerpen. |
| US5120253A (en) * | 1991-03-13 | 1992-06-09 | Gelardi John A | Connectors for forming structures |
| GB2262081A (en) * | 1991-12-06 | 1993-06-09 | Tsao Ye Ming | Contaminant-proof collapsible container |
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| Publication number | Priority date | Publication date | Assignee | Title |
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| WO2001051386A1 (fr) * | 2000-01-14 | 2001-07-19 | Rabatic Miso Georg | Conteneur interconnectable modulaire |
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| AU3775597A (en) | 1998-02-10 |
| DE69703452D1 (de) | 2000-12-07 |
| FR2751620A1 (fr) | 1998-01-30 |
| EP0932562A1 (fr) | 1999-08-04 |
| FR2751620B1 (fr) | 1998-09-25 |
| EP0932562B1 (fr) | 2000-11-02 |
| ATE197275T1 (de) | 2000-11-15 |
| DE69703452T2 (de) | 2001-06-21 |
| ES2153678T3 (es) | 2001-03-01 |
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