CA1289513C - Pouring insert - Google Patents

Pouring insert

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CA1289513C
CA1289513C CA000493746A CA493746A CA1289513C CA 1289513 C CA1289513 C CA 1289513C CA 000493746 A CA000493746 A CA 000493746A CA 493746 A CA493746 A CA 493746A CA 1289513 C CA1289513 C CA 1289513C
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container
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Klaus-Peter Hoffmann
Harald Prahs
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Colgate Palmolive Co
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    • BPERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65DCONTAINERS 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
    • B65D47/00Closures with filling and discharging, or with discharging, devices
    • B65D47/04Closures with discharging devices other than pumps
    • B65D47/06Closures with discharging devices other than pumps with pouring spouts or tubes; with discharge nozzles or passages

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  • Closures For Containers (AREA)
  • Auxiliary Devices For And Details Of Packaging Control (AREA)
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Abstract

ABSTRACT OF THE DISCLOSURE
A pouring insert for a container is disclosed which is adapted to be used with a cup-shaped dosing, metering or propor-tioning cap. The pouring insert is cup-shaped and has openings extending into the side wall and into the base area. The rate of flow of the contents is reduced thereby providing a measuring control of product dosage.

Description

Description The invention relates to a pouring insert for a container closable with a cup-shaped dosing, metering or proportioning cap which is jammed into the container neck and reduces the original cross-section of the container neck to 1/10 or less, the base area of the inserted pouring insert being positioned lower in the container than its opening area.
In a known pouring insert of this type (EU-OS 0,109,704) the side wall is cylindrical and has in the lower part a sloping partition forming the base area and from which projects a cylindrical pouring connection. An additional opening is provided in the lowest area of the partition. In a represented embodiment, this known pouring insert reduces the original cross-section of the container neck into which it is inserted to approximately 1/10, so that the liquid is discharged from the container in a smaller stream than in the case of a completely free container neck, so that the dosing cap can be filled much more easily, as is e.g. desirable in the case of soft scourer bottles and the like.
In the known pouring insert, pouring takes place through the pouring connection and during this pouring process the additional opening in the partition should be in a position above the discharge opening of the pouring connection, so that a pressure compensation can be obtained through the opening. If the container is held in such a way that liquid can also flow out through the opening ln the partition, this means that the liquid stream through the opening does not pass into the dosing cap and instead flows down alongside the latter.
The problem of the present invention is to provide a pouring insert, which is simply constructed and which permits a controlled pouring to take place without it being necessary to hook the container in a specifically oriented manner during the pouring proce3s.
The invention provides pouring insert for container closable with a cup-shaped dosing cap which is jammed into the container neck and reduces the original cross-section of the container neck to one-tenth or less, the base area of the inserted pouring insert being lower in the container than its opening area, characterized by said pouring insert having at least three uniformly circumferentially distributed openings, in each case extending into the side wall and into the base area of said pouring lnsert.
Thus, the pourlng lnsert according to the lnvention ls cup-shaped. When lt is inserted into the container neck, lts base area ls located further within the container than its openlng area and, lndependently of the way ln which the container is held during pouring, llquid only passes through some of the clrcumferentlally distributed slots and out of the opening area, whilst at least one opening i5 available for producing a pressure compensation in the container.
As the openings extend into the base area, liquid residues can flow downwards out of the dosing cap after mounting the latter on the container and can then pass through the openings back lnto the container.
Admittedly, a cup-shaped pouring insert is already known (German Patent 1,607,982), which can be inserted in a container neck and has two facing openings in its side wall adjacent to the base area.
However, this pouring insert can only be inserted in `
the container neck in such a way that its base wall is located outside the container and its opening area forming the cup opening inside the container. In addition, this known pouring insert is not suitable for use in conjunction with containers to be closed by dosing caps, because the residual material flowing downwards from the re-fitted dosing cap flows into an annular area of the pouring insert, but cannot get back into the container again.
According to a preferred development of the invention, the base area of the pouring insert is convex in the direction of the open end thereof and between the side wall and the convex base area it is possible to provide an annular transition area into which extends the openings.
Due to the convexity of the base area, an additional strength and stability of the pouring insert are obtained and the residual material flowing back out of the dosing cap is also passed from the central part of the convex base area in the direction of the slots and consequently into the container.
In order to beable to mechanically insert the pouring insert according to the invention to a predetermined position within the container neck, it is possible to provide on its open end an outwardly directed annular shoulder, adjacent to whi_h a sealing ~289~;13 surface is formed on the outer face of the side wall.
The autornatic inserting movement of the pouring insert is in this way limited by the engagement of the annular shoulder on the end face of the container neck and due to the sealing surface, there is simultaneously a sealing fit in the container neck.
In order to be able to firmly anchor the pouring insert on the container, an outer holding wall can emanate from the annular shoulder and run parallel to the side wall. This holding wall passes in the direction of the base area and has an anchoring projection on its inner face.
On inserting the pouring insert in the container neck, the anchoring projection can pass over a corresponding anchoring projection on the outer face of the container neck, accompanied by elastic deforroation of the holding wall, so as to lockingly engage behind said neck in the inserted end position.
With such a construction, a thread can be formed on the inner face of the side wall, into which is screwed an outer thread of the dosing cap.
With such a construction, the pouring insert and screwed-in dosing cap can be inserted as one unit and in a single operation into the container neck.
In order to achieve a reliable seal between the pouring insert and the dosing cap mounted on the container neck, an annular sealing surface can be provided on the pouring insert on the wall area forming the annular shoulder and on the side remote from the base area. This sealing surface sealingly engages with ~Z895~3 a corresponding sealing surface of the dosing cap, when the latter has been fltted.
According to a further feature of the present lnventlon there ls provlded a closure assembly for a container havlng a threaded neck, a pouring insert disposed in said neck, a dosing cap threadedly secured to said neck, seallng means between sald insert and said neck, said insert having a base area provlded wlth an opening therein, characterized by said dosing cap extendlng into said insert, said insert including sealing means extending outwardly of said neck and engageable with said dosing cap.
According to yet a further feature of the invention there is provided a closure assembly for a container comprising: a cup-shaped pourlng insert jammed into the neck of said contalner so as to reduce the cross-section of said neck to one-tenth or less its original area, said cup-shaped insert consistlng of a base and peripheral slde walls extendlng upward from said base, and a cup-shaped dosing cap for closing said container, characterlzed ln that sald insert is located wlthln said container wlth its base at a level lower than its upper end and with at least one opening provided circumferentially within the cup-shaped construction of said insert, said openlng extending through sald side walls and lnto said base and in that the walls of said doslng cap extend lnto said cup-shaped insert when said container is closed by sald dosing cap, sald doslng cap being provided with screw-threaded means for securing it to said container or to said pouring insert.
The invention is described in greater detail hereinafter relative to non-limitative embodiments and the attached drawings, wherein show:

~289513 7a Figure 1 a partial section through a container with an lnserted pouring insert and a screwed-on dosing cap.
Pigure 2 a view corresponding to Figure 1 of another pouring insert conflguration.
The container 1, which is partly shown in Fiqure 1 and e.g. a soft scourer bottle has a container neck 2, on whose outer face i8 formed a thread 3, onto which is screwed by means of its inner thread 5 a doslng cap 4.
A cup-shaped pourlng insert 7 ls pressed into container neck 2, so that the ba~e area 9, 10 thereof is located in the lnterlor of container 2, whilst the opening area is in the vicinlty of the discharge opening of container neck 2. The pouring insert, whlch ls conventionally made from elastlc plastlc engages with an outer annular shoulder 14 on the end face of contalner neck 2 and wlth an outer or sealing surface 12 of side wall 8 connected to annular shoulder 14 ls in seallng engagement wlth the lnnerface of container neck 1.
The cup-shaped pouring insert has a base area 9 curved in the direction of lts openlng area and whlch is connected by means of an annular transltion area 10 to side wall 8. Slots 11 parallel to the A

~513 longitudinal axis of pouring insert 7 are provided in side wall 8 and extend through the transition area 10 and just into the convex base area 9. The six slots 11 in this embodiment are uniformly circumferentially distributed.
If for removing the container content, the dosing cap 4 is unscrewed and the container 1 is tilted in such a way that its content flows out, then only a relatively small amount ~ liquid passes through some of the slots 11, because as a result of the pouring insert 7 the original opening cross-section of container neck 2 is considerably reduced and specifically to 1/10 or less. The much smaller quantity of outflowing content as compared with the completely free container neck can be very easily filled into the dosing cap 4.
Filling can be controlled without difficulty in such a way that the dosing cap 4 is filled up to a given level. It is unimportant in what "turning position"
the container neck 2 and consequently the pouring insert 7 are located during pouring out, because as a result of the uniform distribution of the slots 11 liquid passes out through some slots in each pouring position, whilst other slots remain connected to the ambient air for producing a pressure compensation in the interior of container 1.
When the filled dosing cap 4 has been emptied, it can again be screwed onto thread 5, its sloping sealing surface 6 sealingly engaging on the sloping sealing surface 13 at the upper end of pouring insert 7. In this position, as shown in Fig 1, the liquid ~ 1 3 residues still remaining in dosing cap 4 trickle down the inner face of cap 4 and drip substantially onto the transition area 10 and partly onto the convex base area 9, so that said liquid residues gradually pass through slots 11 back into container 1.
The embodiment according to Fig 2 corresponds with that accordingto Fig 1 in that a pouring insert 17 is inserted in container neck 2' of a container 1 said insert having slots 21 in each side wall 18 and which extend into an annular transition area 20, corresponding to transition area 10 in Fig 1. In accordance with the embodiment of Fig 1, a convex base area 19 is linked with the annular transition area 20. By means of a sealing surface 22 formed on the outer face of side wall 18, the pouring insert sealingly engages on the inner face of container neck 2' and the insertion depth of the pouring insert 17 is limited by the outwardly directed annular shoulder 24 connected to sealing surface 22 and which rests on the end face of container neck 2'.
An outer holding wall 26 passes downwards substantially parallel to side wall 18 from the wall area forming the annular shoulder 24 in Fig 2. In holding wall 26 is formed an inwardly directed, annular anchoring projection 28, which engages behind a correspondingly shaped anchoring projection 27 on the outside of container neck 2'. This engaging behind is obtained in that holding wall 26 is elastically outwardly expanded on inserting pouring 1289~13 --1 o--insert 17, so that anchoring projection 28 slides over anchoring projection 27 and then "snaps" behind the latter.
A thread 25 is formed on the inner face in the opening area of pouring insert 17 and into it is screwed by means of a corresponding outer thread 5' the dosing cap 4'. In this screwed-down position, a sloping sealing surface 6' of dosing cap 4 formed on an annular rib sealingly engages with a sloping sealing surface 23 formed on the upper end of pouring insert 17 in Fig 2.
The operation of the ~uring insert 17 during the pouring process, as well as during the return of residual liquid from dosing cap 4' into container 1' corresponds to the operation of the embodiment according to Fig 1.

Claims (10)

1. Pouring insert for container closable with a cup-shaped dosing cap which is jammed into the container neck and reduces the original cross-section of the container neck to one-tenth or less, the base area of the inserted pouring insert being lower in the container than its opening area, characterized by said pouring insert having at least three uniformly circumferentially distributed openings, in each case extending into the side wall and into the base area of said pouring insert.
2. Pouring insert according to claim 1, characterized in that the openings are formed by slots.
3. Pouring insert according to claim 1, characterized in that the base area is curved in the direction of the open end of the pouring insert.
4. Pouring insert according to claim 3, characterized in that an annular transition area is provided between side wall and the convex base area and into it extend openings.
5. Pouring insert according to claim 1, characterized in that on the open end is provided an outwardly directed annular shoulder, adjacent to which a sealing surface is formed on the outer face of side wall.
6. Pouring insert according to claim 5, characterized in that an outer holding wall running substantially parallel to side wall emanates from the annular shoulder and extends in the direction of base area and has on its inner face an anchoring projection.
7. Pouring insert according to claim 6, characterized in that a thread is formed on the inner face of side wall.
8. Pouring insert according to claim 5, 6 or 7, characterized in that an annular sealing surface is provided on the side remote from base area of the wall area forming annular shoulder.
9. A closure assembly for a container having a threaded neck, a pouring insert disposed in said neck, a dosing cap threadedly secured to said neck, sealing means between said insert and said neck, said insert having a base area provided with an opening therein, characterized by said dosing cap extending into said insert, said insert including sealing means extending outwardly of said neck and engageable with said dosing cap.
10. A closure assembly for a container comprising: a cup-shaped pouring insert cammed into the neck of said container so as to reduce the cross-section of said neck to one-tenth or less its original area, said cup-shaped insert consisting of a base and peripheral side walls extending upward from said base, and a cup-shaped dosing cap for closing said container, characterized in that said insert is located within said container with its base at a level lower than its upper end and with at least one opening provided circumferentially within the cup-shaped construction of said insert, said opening extending through said side walls and into said base and in that the walls of said dosing cap extend into said cup-shaped insert when said container is closed by said dosing cap, said dosing cap being provided with screw-threaded means for securing it to said container or to said pouring insert.
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