EP0270134B1 - Pouring closure - Google Patents

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EP0270134B1
EP0270134B1 EP87200543A EP87200543A EP0270134B1 EP 0270134 B1 EP0270134 B1 EP 0270134B1 EP 87200543 A EP87200543 A EP 87200543A EP 87200543 A EP87200543 A EP 87200543A EP 0270134 B1 EP0270134 B1 EP 0270134B1
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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
    • B65D51/18—Arrangements of closures with protective outer cap-like covers or of two or more co-operating closures
    • B65D51/20—Caps, lids, or covers co-operating with an inner closure arranged to be opened by piercing, cutting, or tearing
    • B65D51/22—Caps, lids, or covers co-operating with an inner closure arranged to be opened by piercing, cutting, or tearing having means for piercing, cutting, or tearing the inner closure
    • B65D51/221—Caps, lids, or covers co-operating with an inner closure arranged to be opened by piercing, cutting, or tearing having means for piercing, cutting, or tearing the inner closure a major part of the inner closure being left inside the container after the opening
    • B65D51/222—Caps, lids, or covers co-operating with an inner closure arranged to be opened by piercing, cutting, or tearing having means for piercing, cutting, or tearing the inner closure a major part of the inner closure being left inside the container after the opening the piercing or cutting means being integral with, or fixedly attached to, the outer closure
    • B65D51/225—Caps, lids, or covers co-operating with an inner closure arranged to be opened by piercing, cutting, or tearing having means for piercing, cutting, or tearing the inner closure a major part of the inner closure being left inside the container after the opening the piercing or cutting means being integral with, or fixedly attached to, the outer closure and further comprising a device first inhibiting displacement of the outer closure
    • 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
    • B65D47/00—Closures with filling and discharging, or with discharging, devices
    • B65D47/04—Closures with discharging devices other than pumps
    • B65D47/20—Closures with discharging devices other than pumps comprising hand-operated members for controlling discharge
    • B65D47/24—Closures with discharging devices other than pumps comprising hand-operated members for controlling discharge with poppet valves or lift valves, i.e. valves opening or closing a passageway by a relative motion substantially perpendicular to the plane of the seat
    • B65D47/241—Closures with discharging devices other than pumps comprising hand-operated members for controlling discharge with poppet valves or lift valves, i.e. valves opening or closing a passageway by a relative motion substantially perpendicular to the plane of the seat the valve being opened or closed by actuating a cap-like element
    • B65D47/242—Closures with discharging devices other than pumps comprising hand-operated members for controlling discharge with poppet valves or lift valves, i.e. valves opening or closing a passageway by a relative motion substantially perpendicular to the plane of the seat the valve being opened or closed by actuating a cap-like element moving helically
    • 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
    • B65D47/00—Closures with filling and discharging, or with discharging, devices
    • B65D47/36—Closures with frangible parts adapted to be pierced, torn, or removed, to provide discharge openings
    • 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
    • B65D47/00—Closures with filling and discharging, or with discharging, devices
    • B65D47/36—Closures with frangible parts adapted to be pierced, torn, or removed, to provide discharge openings
    • B65D47/38—Closures with frangible parts adapted to be pierced, torn, or removed, to provide discharge openings with piercing means arranged to act subsequently as a valve to control the opening
    • 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
    • B65D2251/00—Details relating to container closures
    • B65D2251/0003—Two or more closures
    • B65D2251/0006—Upper closure
    • B65D2251/0025—Upper closure of the 47-type
    • 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
    • B65D2251/00—Details relating to container closures
    • B65D2251/0003—Two or more closures
    • B65D2251/0037—Intermediate closure(s)
    • B65D2251/0056—Intermediate closure(s) of the 47-type
    • 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
    • B65D2251/00—Details relating to container closures
    • B65D2251/0003—Two or more closures
    • B65D2251/0068—Lower closure
    • B65D2251/0093—Membrane
    • 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
    • B65D2401/15—Tearable part of the closure
    • 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
    • B65D2401/15—Tearable part of the closure
    • B65D2401/20—Frangible elements completely enclosed in closure skirt

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  • the subject of the invention is a pouring stopper device in particular for a flexible container of the type of those intended to contain a pasty or viscous product, comprising a stopper proper shaped according to a cover provided with means for fixing to the neck of the container and a cap. or movable capsule with respect to said cap itself as well as a guarantee or tamper-proof band connected in a detachable manner to said cap and which cooperates with said cap itself to prevent any relative movement of the cap with respect to the cap itself says as long as it hasn't been ripped off.
  • Such devices are known.
  • It relates, in particular, to such a device suitable for being used for capping receptacles of the type of bottles or flasks intended to contain pasty or viscous products.
  • the caps of containers containing such products must meet various conditions, sometimes contradictory, such as being easy to handle, low cost, good sealing to avoid alteration of the qualities of the packaged product, while making it possible to ensure the guarantees of safety required both by the users of the products having regard to the integrity of the contents of the container during its first use and as regards the manufacturing of the products having regard, also, to the conservation of the qualities of said products in the container over time.
  • pouring caps comprising an internal cap which closes the opening of the container and which can be cut when the cap is screwed in completely the first time.
  • a lid is provided for closing the opening of the container and a central stud which causes the tearing of a small central plug following the pressure exerted from the inside by a stud forming part of the container.
  • the pouring orifice caused in the stopper when the small central stopper has been pushed aside, can then be closed by a central stud when the stopper is screwed onto the container.
  • the object of the present application is therefore to describe a pouring plug device which is of a simplified construction and of reliable use.
  • the pouring plug device is characterized in that the cap and the plug proper are provided with complementary means preventing the separation of one from the other while by guiding the movement of the first relative to the second, the first movement of said cap relative to the plug proper which follows the tearing of the guarantee strip causing the piercing of a seal secured by its two faces, d on the one hand, at the orifice of the opening of the container and, on the other hand, at the cap itself, this first actuation simultaneously causing in said cap the opening of an outlet for the product contained in the container, openings are provided in the top wall of the plug proper, said openings, closed as long as the cover has not been drilled, serving to allow passage to piercing members of said cover integral with the cap during the first relative movement of the cap and said cap, the cap itself carrying on its top wall a finger directed towards the outside of the container when the cap is in place, height such that the first actuation of the cap relative to the cap proper causes the end of said finger
  • the top face of the plug proper which carries the finger mentioned above also carries a chimney coaxial with said finger and whose diameter is substantially that of a circle limiting the openings in said face and shaped according to parts of annular crowns.
  • the piercing members are formed by punches or the like provided at the ends of a skirt which depends on the cap, provision is advantageously made for the diameter of said skirt to be slightly less than that of the chimney of the plug proper, favoring in a to some extent the translational / rotational movement of the cap relative to the plug proper on the one hand and, on the other hand, the sealing of the plugging if provided on the free edge of the cap and the chimney, respectively, of the beads or the like.
  • FIGS. 1 to 5 illustrate the structure of a device according to the invention, intended to equip a container R, of the type of those with flexible walls and intended to enclose a pasty or viscous product. It essentially comprises a plug proper 10, FIGS. 2 and 3 and a cap or capsule 11, FIGS. 4 and 5.
  • the plug 10 proper of PPO type plastic 2 for example, is molded according to a cylindrical body 12, having on its internal face a thread 13 intended to cooperate with the conjugate thread of the neck C of the container R, and a flat end wall 15 connected to the body 12 by a fold or shoulder 14.
  • the wall 15 is pierced with at least two opposite openings 16 and 17 having in plan somewhat the shape of a part of a crown and between which there is erected, projecting from the external face 18 of the wall 15, a hollow finger 19 directed opposite the body 12 with respect to to said wall 15. From the latter, also protrudes, a chimney 20 coaxial with the finger 19, the diameter of which is substantially that of the circle limiting the openings 16 and 17 on their external periphery and which has at its free end and on its face int erne a slight bead 20a.
  • the body 12 At its end distant from that of connection to the wall 15, the body 12 is shaped according to a frustoconical skirt 25, providing on its external face a planar support zone 26 connected to the external face 27 of said body by a cutaway 28 and on its internal face 29 has a toothing, of the rack type, not shown, adapted to cooperate with a corresponding toothing, also not shown, of the neck C of the container R to oppose the removal of the plug proper with respect to said container which , prior to the establishment of the plug proper and after filling is closed at its outlet by a cover 30, advantageously a thermosealed membrane on the flat end face 31 of the neck C.
  • FIG. 4 With the plug 10 proper is suitable for cooperating the cap or capsule 11, Figures 4 and 5 and which, in the embodiment described and shown, comprises a cylindrical body 40 on the inner face 41 of which are cam tracks 42 one of which is shown in FIG. 4, said cam paths extending from a circular groove 42a formed in the vicinity of the free edge of the body and being designed to cooperate with at least two pins 45 and 46 of shapes and dimensions conjugates provided in equidistant zones on the external surface 27 of the body 12 of the plug 10 proper.
  • a tamper-evident band 50 At the free end of the body 40 of the cap 11 is attached a tamper-evident band 50, one end of which has a gripping tongue 51 allowing the easy pulling of said tongue relative to the body 40 to which it is connected by a zone 52 very thin or with bridges, the height of said strip 50, as measured parallel to the axis A of the device, being substantially equal to the distance between the circular lower edge 53 of the body 40 of the bearing face 26 of the plug proper when the latter and the cap are secured to each other, in a first condition of the pouring plug which is that shown in FIG. 1 and which corresponds to that on leaving the packaging plant, that is to say say in particular with the cover 30 intact and the pins 45 and 46 in the groove 42a.
  • the body 40 At its end distant from that at which is initially attached to the guarantee strip 50, the body 40 continues with a frusto-conical part 60 which ends in a wall 61 substantially orthogonal to the axis A of the device and the central zone of which is cut along arcs of a circle, as shown at 62 , 63 and 64 in Figure 5 to provide a central patch 70 connected to the rest of the wall by bridges 65, 66, 67, thin and easy to break when a force directed in the direction of arrow F is applied by finger 19 on said patch.
  • a skirt 71 From the wall 61 depends, towards the inside of the cap, a skirt 71 with an external diameter corresponding substantially to the internal diameter of the chimney 20 and which, at its free end, has a slight bead 71a, similar to the bead 20a of the chimney 20.
  • the skirt 71 is also shaped, on its free edge 72, along at least two opposite punches 73 each comprising a point 74 and which, when the device is assembled, are opposite the slots 16 and 17 of the plug 10 proper , then masked by the cover 30.
  • the cover 30 After filling the container R with the product it is intended to contain, the cover 30 is heat sealed on the opening of the container in the case of conduction heat sealing and the entire device, that is to say the cap. 10 proper and the cap 11, is attached to the neck C of the container by screwing.
  • the cap / seal assembly is, after filling, screwed onto the bottle and heat sealed.
  • the first step is to tear off the tamper-evident band 50, by a simple pull on the tab 51.

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A pouring-stopper device for a container, comprising a stopper and a cover or seal movable relative to said stopper, in which said cover and stopper are provided with complementary means preventing separating the one from the other, the first movement of said cover relative to the stopper, which follows tearing the guarantee strip away, causing piercing of a lid, said first movement simultaneously causing in said cover, an outlet to be formed for the product contained in said container.

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L'invention a pour objet un dispositif de bouchon verseur notamment pour un récipient souple du type de ceux destinés à contenir un produit pâteux ou visqueux, comportant un bouchon proprement dit conformé suivant un capot muni de moyens de fixation au goulot du récipient et une coiffe ou capsule mobile par rapport audit bouchon proprement dit ainsi qu'une bande de garantie ou d'inviolabilité reliée d'une façon arrachable à ladite coiffe et qui coopère avec ledit bouchon proprement dit pour interdire tout mouvement relatif de la coiffe par rapport au bouchon proprement dit aussi longtemps qu'elle n'a pas été arrachée. De tels dispositifs sont connus.The subject of the invention is a pouring stopper device in particular for a flexible container of the type of those intended to contain a pasty or viscous product, comprising a stopper proper shaped according to a cover provided with means for fixing to the neck of the container and a cap. or movable capsule with respect to said cap itself as well as a guarantee or tamper-proof band connected in a detachable manner to said cap and which cooperates with said cap itself to prevent any relative movement of the cap with respect to the cap itself says as long as it hasn't been ripped off. Such devices are known.

Elle vise, en particulier, un tel dispositif propre à être utilisé pour le bouchage de récipients du type des bouteilles ou flacons prévus pour renfermer des produits pâteux ou visqueux.It relates, in particular, to such a device suitable for being used for capping receptacles of the type of bottles or flasks intended to contain pasty or viscous products.

Les bouchons de récipients contenant de tels produits doivent satisfaire à des conditions variées, parfois contradictoires, comme être d'une manipulation aisée, d'un faible coût, d'une bonne étanchéité pour éviter l'altération des qualités du produit emballé, tout en permettant d'assurer les garanties de sécurité exigées à la fois par les utilisateurs des produits eu égard à l'intégrité du contenu du récipient lors de sa première utilisation et en ce qui concerne les fabrications des produits eu égard, également, à la conservation des qualités desdits produits dans le récipient au cours du temps.The caps of containers containing such products must meet various conditions, sometimes contradictory, such as being easy to handle, low cost, good sealing to avoid alteration of the qualities of the packaged product, while making it possible to ensure the guarantees of safety required both by the users of the products having regard to the integrity of the contents of the container during its first use and as regards the manufacturing of the products having regard, also, to the conservation of the qualities of said products in the container over time.

Pour répondre à ces conditions, en particulier à celles mentionnées ci-dessus, on a déjà proposé des bouchons verseurs comprenant un opercule interne qui obture le débouché du récipient et qui peut être découpé lorsque le bouchon est vissé à fond une première fois.In order to meet these conditions, in particular those mentioned above, pouring caps have already been proposed comprising an internal cap which closes the opening of the container and which can be cut when the cap is screwed in completely the first time.

Un exemple d'un tel dispositif est décrit dans le document US 2,006,390. Selon ce document il est prévu un opercule de fermeture du débouché du récipient et un téton central qui provoque l'arrachement d'un petit bouchon central suite à la préssion exercée de l'intérieur par un téton faisant partie du récipient. L'orifice de versement provoqué dans le bouchon, lorsque le petit bouchon central a été écarté pouvant être ensuite obturé par un téton central lorsque le bouchon est vissé sur le récipient.An example of such a device is described in document US 2,006,390. According to this document, a lid is provided for closing the opening of the container and a central stud which causes the tearing of a small central plug following the pressure exerted from the inside by a stud forming part of the container. The pouring orifice caused in the stopper, when the small central stopper has been pushed aside, can then be closed by a central stud when the stopper is screwed onto the container.

La présente demande a donc pour objet de décrire un dispositif de bouchon verseur qui est d'une construction simplifiée et d'un usage fiable.The object of the present application is therefore to describe a pouring plug device which is of a simplified construction and of reliable use.

Pour réaliser cet objectif conformément à l'invention, le dispositif de bouchon verseur selon l'invention est caractérisé en ce que la coiffe et le bouchon proprement dit sont munis de moyens complémentaires interdisant la séparation de l'un par rapport à l'autre tout en assurant le guidage du déplacement de la première par rapport au second, le premier déplacement de ladite coiffe par rapport au bouchon proprement dit qui suit l'arrachement de la bande de garantie provoquant le perçage d'un opercule solidarisé par ses deux faces, d'une part, à l'orifice du débouché du récipient et, d'autre part, au bouchon proprement dit, ce premier actionnement provoquant simultanément dans ladite coiffe le débouchage d'un orifice de sortie du produit contenu dans le récipient, des lumières sont ménagées dans la paroi de sommet du bouchon proprement dit, lesdites lumières, obturées aussi longtemps que l'opercule n'a pas été percé, servant à livrer passage à des organes de perçage dudit opercule solidaires de la coiffe lors du premier mouvement relatif du bouchon et de ladite coiffe, le bouchon proprement dit portant, sur sa paroi de sommet un doigt dirigé vers l'extérieur du récipient lorsque le bouchon est en place, de hauteur telle que le premier actionnement de la coiffe par rapport au bouchon proprement dit amène l'extrémité dudit doigt distante du bouchon à coopérer avec une pastille d'obturation d'un orifice de ladite coiffe pour provoquer l'arrachage de celle-ci et ainsi former l'orifice de sortie du produit contenu dans le récipient.To achieve this objective in accordance with the invention, the pouring plug device according to the invention is characterized in that the cap and the plug proper are provided with complementary means preventing the separation of one from the other while by guiding the movement of the first relative to the second, the first movement of said cap relative to the plug proper which follows the tearing of the guarantee strip causing the piercing of a seal secured by its two faces, d on the one hand, at the orifice of the opening of the container and, on the other hand, at the cap itself, this first actuation simultaneously causing in said cap the opening of an outlet for the product contained in the container, openings are provided in the top wall of the plug proper, said openings, closed as long as the cover has not been drilled, serving to allow passage to piercing members of said cover integral with the cap during the first relative movement of the cap and said cap, the cap itself carrying on its top wall a finger directed towards the outside of the container when the cap is in place, height such that the first actuation of the cap relative to the cap proper causes the end of said finger distant from the cap to cooperate with a sealing plug for an orifice of said cap to cause it to be torn off and thus form the outlet for the product contained in the container.

Selon encore une autre caractéristique préférée de l'invention, la face de sommet du bouchon proprement dit qui porte le doigt mentionné ci-dessus, porte également une cheminée coaxiale audit doigt et dont le diamètre est sensiblement celui d'un cercle limitant les lumières ménagées dans ladite face et conformées suivant des parties de couronnes annulaires.According to yet another preferred characteristic of the invention, the top face of the plug proper which carries the finger mentioned above, also carries a chimney coaxial with said finger and whose diameter is substantially that of a circle limiting the openings in said face and shaped according to parts of annular crowns.

Lorsque les organes de perçage sont ménagés par des poinçons ou analogues prévus aux extrémités d'une jupe qui dépend de la coiffe, on prévoit avantageusement que le diamètre de ladite jupe soit légèrement inférieur à celui de la cheminée du bouchon proprement dit, favorisant dans une certaine mesure le mouvement de translation/rotation de la coiffe par rapport au bouchon proprement dit d'une part et, d'autre part, l'étanchéité du bouchage si l'on prévoit sur le bord libre de la coiffe et de la cheminée, respectivement, des bourrelets ou analogues.When the piercing members are formed by punches or the like provided at the ends of a skirt which depends on the cap, provision is advantageously made for the diameter of said skirt to be slightly less than that of the chimney of the plug proper, favoring in a to some extent the translational / rotational movement of the cap relative to the plug proper on the one hand and, on the other hand, the sealing of the plugging if provided on the free edge of the cap and the chimney, respectively, of the beads or the like.

L'invention sera mieux comprise par la description qui suit, faite à titre d'exemple, et en référence aux dessins annexés dans lesquels :

  • La figure 1 est une vue d'ensemble du dispositif de bouchon verseur selon l'invention préalablement à sa première utilisation.
  • La figure 2 est une vue du bouchon proprement dit, en coupe selon la figure 2-2 de la figure 3.
  • La figure 3 est une vue de dessus de ce bouchon proprement dit.
  • La figure 4 est une vue en coupe selon la ligne 4-4 de la figure 5 montrant la capsule ou coiffe munie de sa bande d'inviolabilité.
  • La figure 5 est une vue de dessus de la capsule ou coiffe du dispositif du bouchon verseur selon l'invention.
  • La figure 6 montre deux demi-vues du dispositif de bouchon verseur pour des conditions différentes d'utilisation de celui-ci.
The invention will be better understood from the following description, given by way of example, and with reference to the appended drawings in which:
  • Figure 1 is an overview of the pouring plug device according to the invention prior to its first use.
  • FIG. 2 is a view of the plug proper, in section according to FIG. 2-2 of FIG. 3.
  • Figure 3 is a top view of the plug itself.
  • Figure 4 is a sectional view along line 4-4 of Figure 5 showing the capsule or cap provided with its tamper-evident band.
  • Figure 5 is a top view of the capsule or cap of the pouring plug device according to the invention.
  • FIG. 6 shows two half-views of the pouring plug device for different conditions of use thereof.

On se réfère d'abord aux figures 1 à 5 qui illustrent la structure d'un dispositif selon l'invention, destiné à équiper un récipient R, du type de ceux à parois souples et prévu pour enfermer un produit pâteux ou visqueux. Il comprend essentiellement un bouchon proprement dit 10, figures 2 et 3 et une coiffe ou capsule 11, figures 4 et 5. Le bouchon 10 proprement dit en matière plastique du type PPO 2, par exemple, est moulé suivant un corps cylindrique 12, présentant sur sa face interne un filetage 13 destiné à coopérer avec le filetage conjugé du col C du récipient R, et une paroi plane d'extrémité 15 reliée au corps 12 par un pli ou épaulement 14. La paroi 15 est percée d'au moins deux lumières opposées 16 et 17 ayant en plan quelque peu la forme d'une partie de couronne et entre lesquelles est érigé, en saillie sur la face externe 18 de la paroi 15, un doigt creux 19 dirigé à l'opposé du corps 12 par rapport à ladite paroi 15. De cette dernière, fait également saillie, une cheminée 20 coaxiale au doigt 19, dont le diamètre est sensiblement celui du cercle limitant les lumières 16 et 17 sur leur périphérie externe et qui présente à son extrémité libre et sur sa face interne un léger bourrelet 20a.Reference is first made to FIGS. 1 to 5 which illustrate the structure of a device according to the invention, intended to equip a container R, of the type of those with flexible walls and intended to enclose a pasty or viscous product. It essentially comprises a plug proper 10, FIGS. 2 and 3 and a cap or capsule 11, FIGS. 4 and 5. The plug 10 proper of PPO type plastic 2, for example, is molded according to a cylindrical body 12, having on its internal face a thread 13 intended to cooperate with the conjugate thread of the neck C of the container R, and a flat end wall 15 connected to the body 12 by a fold or shoulder 14. The wall 15 is pierced with at least two opposite openings 16 and 17 having in plan somewhat the shape of a part of a crown and between which there is erected, projecting from the external face 18 of the wall 15, a hollow finger 19 directed opposite the body 12 with respect to to said wall 15. From the latter, also protrudes, a chimney 20 coaxial with the finger 19, the diameter of which is substantially that of the circle limiting the openings 16 and 17 on their external periphery and which has at its free end and on its face int erne a slight bead 20a.

A son extrémité distante de celle de raccord à la paroi 15 le corps 12 est conformé suivant une jupe tronconique 25, ménageant sur sa face externe une zone d'appui plane 26 reliée à la face externe 27 dudit corps par un pan coupé 28 et sur sa face interne 29 présente une denture, du type crémaillère, non représentée, propre à coopérer avec une denture correspondante, également non représentée, du col C du récipient R pour s'opposer à l'enlèvement du bouchon proprement dit par rapport audit récipient lequel, préalablement à la mise en place du bouchon proprement dit et après remplissage est obturé à son débouché par un opercule 30, avantageusement une membrane thermo-scellée sur la face plane d'extrémité 31 du col C.At its end distant from that of connection to the wall 15, the body 12 is shaped according to a frustoconical skirt 25, providing on its external face a planar support zone 26 connected to the external face 27 of said body by a cutaway 28 and on its internal face 29 has a toothing, of the rack type, not shown, adapted to cooperate with a corresponding toothing, also not shown, of the neck C of the container R to oppose the removal of the plug proper with respect to said container which , prior to the establishment of the plug proper and after filling is closed at its outlet by a cover 30, advantageously a thermosealed membrane on the flat end face 31 of the neck C.

Avec le bouchon 10 proprement dit est propre à coopérer la coiffe ou capsule 11, figures 4 et 5 et qui, dans la forme de réalisation décrite et représentée, comprend un corps cylindrique 40 sur la face interne 41 duquel sont ménagées des chemins de came 42 dont une est montrée sur la figure 4, lesits chemins de came s'étendant à partir d'une gorge circulaire 42a ménagée au voisinage du bord libre du corps et étant prévues pour coopérer avec au moins deux têtons 45 et 46 de formes et de dimensions conjugées prévues en des zones equidistantes sur la surface externe 27 du corps 12 du bouchon 10 proprement dit.With the plug 10 proper is suitable for cooperating the cap or capsule 11, Figures 4 and 5 and which, in the embodiment described and shown, comprises a cylindrical body 40 on the inner face 41 of which are cam tracks 42 one of which is shown in FIG. 4, said cam paths extending from a circular groove 42a formed in the vicinity of the free edge of the body and being designed to cooperate with at least two pins 45 and 46 of shapes and dimensions conjugates provided in equidistant zones on the external surface 27 of the body 12 of the plug 10 proper.

A l'extrémité libre du corps 40 de la coiffe 11 est attachée une bande d'inviolabilité 50 dont une extrémité présente une languette 51 de préhension permettant l'arrachage facile de ladite languette par rapport au corps 40 auquel elle est reliée par une zone 52 de très faible épaisseur ou par des pontets, la hauteur de ladite bande 50, comme mesurée parallèlement à l'axe A du dispositif, étant sensiblement égale à la distance qui sépare le bord inférieur circulaire 53 du corps 40 de la face d'appui 26 du bouchon proprement dit lorsque celui-ci et la coiffe sont solidarisés entre eux, dans une première condition du bouchon verseur qui est celle montrée sur la figure 1 et qui correspond à celle de sortie de l'usine de conditionnement, c'est-à-dire en particulier avec l'opercule 30 intact et les têtons 45 et 46 dans la gorge 42a.At the free end of the body 40 of the cap 11 is attached a tamper-evident band 50, one end of which has a gripping tongue 51 allowing the easy pulling of said tongue relative to the body 40 to which it is connected by a zone 52 very thin or with bridges, the height of said strip 50, as measured parallel to the axis A of the device, being substantially equal to the distance between the circular lower edge 53 of the body 40 of the bearing face 26 of the plug proper when the latter and the cap are secured to each other, in a first condition of the pouring plug which is that shown in FIG. 1 and which corresponds to that on leaving the packaging plant, that is to say say in particular with the cover 30 intact and the pins 45 and 46 in the groove 42a.

A son extrémité distante de celle à laquelle est initialement attachée la bande de garantie 50, le corps 40 se poursuit par une partie tronconique 60 laquelle se termine par une paroi 61 sensiblement orthogonale à l'axe A du dispositif et dont la zone centrale est découpée suivant des arcs de cercle, comme montrés en 62, 63 et 64 sur la figure 5 pour ménager une pastille centrale 70 reliée au reste de la paroi par des pontets 65, 66, 67, de faible épaisseur et faciles à briser lorsqu'une force dirigée dans le sens de la flèche F est appliquée par le doigt 19 sur ladite pastille.At its end distant from that at which is initially attached to the guarantee strip 50, the body 40 continues with a frusto-conical part 60 which ends in a wall 61 substantially orthogonal to the axis A of the device and the central zone of which is cut along arcs of a circle, as shown at 62 , 63 and 64 in Figure 5 to provide a central patch 70 connected to the rest of the wall by bridges 65, 66, 67, thin and easy to break when a force directed in the direction of arrow F is applied by finger 19 on said patch.

De la paroi 61 dépend, vers l'intérieur de la coiffe, une jupe 71 d'un diamètre externe correspondant sensiblement au diamètre interne de cheminée 20 et qui, à son extrémité libre, présente un léger bourrelet 71a, analogue au bourrelet 20a de la cheminée 20. La jupe 71 est aussi conformée, sur son bord libre 72, suivant au moins deux poinçons 73 opposés comportant chacun une pointe 74 et qui, lorsque le dispositif est assemblé, sont en regard des lumières 16 et 17 du bouchon 10 proprement dit, alors masquées par l'opercule 30.From the wall 61 depends, towards the inside of the cap, a skirt 71 with an external diameter corresponding substantially to the internal diameter of the chimney 20 and which, at its free end, has a slight bead 71a, similar to the bead 20a of the chimney 20. The skirt 71 is also shaped, on its free edge 72, along at least two opposite punches 73 each comprising a point 74 and which, when the device is assembled, are opposite the slots 16 and 17 of the plug 10 proper , then masked by the cover 30.

Le fonctionnement du dispositif selon l'invention résulte immédiatement de ce qui précède.The operation of the device according to the invention results immediately from the above.

Après remplissage du récipient R par le produit qu'il est destiné à contenir, l'opercule 30 est thermoscellé sur le débouché du récipient dans le cas du thermoscellage par conduction et l'ensemble du dispositif, c'est-à-dire le bouchon 10 proprement dit et la coiffe 11, est rapporté sur le col C du récipient par vissage. Lors du thermoscellage par induction, l'ensemble bouchon/opercule est, après remplissage, vissé sur le flacon et thermoscellé. Lorsque, à partir de cette condition, on souhaite utiliser le récipient pour la première fois, on procède d'abord à l'arrachage de la bande d'inviolabilité 50, par une simple traction sur la languette 51. Il n'existe alors plus d'obstacle au mouvement relatif de la coiffe par rapport au bouchon proprement dit et l'on peut alors percer l'opercule 30 en déplaçant la coiffe 11 par rapport au bouchon proprement dit, en faisant progresser la coiffe par un mouvement hélicoïdal qui fait coopérer les chemins de came 42 et les têtons 45 et 46 jusqu'à amener ladite coiffe dans la position montrée sur la partie gauche de la figure 6. Au cours de ce mouvement, les poinçons 73 perforent l'opercule 30 et le découpent sensiblement suivant la périphérie des lumières 16, 17.After filling the container R with the product it is intended to contain, the cover 30 is heat sealed on the opening of the container in the case of conduction heat sealing and the entire device, that is to say the cap. 10 proper and the cap 11, is attached to the neck C of the container by screwing. During induction heat sealing, the cap / seal assembly is, after filling, screwed onto the bottle and heat sealed. When, from this condition, it is desired to use the container for the first time, the first step is to tear off the tamper-evident band 50, by a simple pull on the tab 51. There then no longer exists obstacle to the relative movement of the cap relative to the cap itself and one can then pierce the cover 30 by moving the cap 11 relative to the cap itself, by advancing the cap by a helical movement which makes cooperate the cam tracks 42 and the pins 45 and 46 until bringing said cap in the position shown on the left-hand side of FIG. 6. During this movement, the punches 73 perforate the cover 30 and cut it out substantially along the periphery of the lights 16, 17.

Simultanément, au cours de ce premier actionnement, la coopération du doigt 19 et de la pastille 70 de la paroi 61 provoque la rupture des pontets 65, 66 et 67 pour former l'orifice de sortie O du produit, comme montré sur la partie droite de la figure 6 où le trajet de sortie du produit est montré par la flèche en pointillés T à partir du récipient, au travers des lumières 16, 17, dans l'espace ménagé entre le doigt 19 et la jupe 71, jusqu'à l'orifice O.Simultaneously, during this first actuation, the cooperation of the finger 19 and the patch 70 of the wall 61 causes the bridges 65, 66 and 67 to rupture to form the outlet orifice O of the product, as shown on the right side in Figure 6 where the product outlet path is shown by the dotted arrow T from the container, through the slots 16, 17, in the space between the finger 19 and the skirt 71, up to l orifice O.

Lorsque, après utilisation du récipient, celui-ci doit être rebouché, un actionnement inverse de la coiffe par rapport au bouchon assure la fermeture, c'est-à-dire le retour dans la condition montrée sur la partie gauche de la figure 6.When, after use of the container, it must be capped, an inverse actuation of the cap relative to the cap ensures the closure, that is to say the return to the condition shown on the left side of FIG. 6.

La présence des bourrelets 71a et 20a qui coopèrent avec la cheminée 20 et la jupe 71, respectivement, contribue à la bonne étanchéité.The presence of the beads 71a and 20a which cooperate with the chimney 20 and the skirt 71, respectively, contributes to good sealing.

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  1. A pourer cap device, in particular for a flexible container (R) of the type intended to contain a pasty or viscous product, comprising a cap proper (10) formed in the shape of a cowl provided with means for fastening to the neck (C) of the container and an end cover or cap (11) which is movable in relation to the cap proper, and also a guarantee or tamper-proof strip (50) which is so connected with said end cover that it can be torn off and which co-operates with said cap proper so as to prevent any relative movement of the end cover in relation to the cap proper as long as it has not boon torn off, characterised in that the end cover (11) and the cap proper (10) are provided with complementary means (45,46 - 42, 42a) preventing the separation of one in relation to the other, while ensuring guidance of the displacement of the first one in relation to the second one, the initial displacement of said end cover (11) in relation to the cap proper (10), which follows the tearing-off of the guarantee strip (50), induces the piercing of a cover (30) joined on its two sides, on the one hand, to the orifice of container mouth and, on the other hand, to the cap proper (10), maid first operation inducing simultaneously in said end cover (11) the opening of an outlet orifice (O) for the product contained in the container, holes (16, 17) being provided in the wall of the top of the cap proper (10), said holes, which are closed as long as the cover (30) has not been pierced, serving to allow the passage of members (73, 74) for piercing said cover (30), which are attached to the end cover (11), during the the initial relative movement of the cap and of said end cover, the cap proper (10) having on its top wall (15) a finger (19) which is directed towards the outside of the container when the cap is in position and which is of such a height that the first operation of the end cover (11) in relation to the cap proper (10) causes the end of said finger remote from the cap to co-operate with a pad (70) for closing on orifice (O) of said end cover so as to induce the tearing-off of the latter, thereby forming the outlet orifice for the product contained in the container.
  2. A device according to claim 1, characterised in that said complementary means comprise a cam path (42) and paired projections (45, 46) for helical screwing, one of which is provided on the end cover (11) and the others are provided on the cap proper (10).
  3. A device according to either of the preceding claims, characterised in that the top wall (15) of the cap proper (10) provided with the finger (19) also has a shaft (20) coaxial with said finger and the diameter of which is substantially that of a circle bounding the holes (16, 17) provided in said wall and formed in the shape of annular crown portions.
  4. A device according to any one of the preceding claims, characterised in that the piercing members are formed by spikes (73, 74) or the like provided at the ends of a skirt (71) depending from the end cover (11), said skirt being of a diameter which is slightly less than that of the shaft (20) of the cap proper with sealing beads (71a, 20a) on said skirt and said shaft respectively.
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