EP0327373A2 - Accessoires de sécurité pour un récipient pour boissions - Google Patents

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EP0327373A2
EP0327373A2 EP89301033A EP89301033A EP0327373A2 EP 0327373 A2 EP0327373 A2 EP 0327373A2 EP 89301033 A EP89301033 A EP 89301033A EP 89301033 A EP89301033 A EP 89301033A EP 0327373 A2 EP0327373 A2 EP 0327373A2
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closure member
fitting
tamper evident
threading
deformable
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EP0327373A3 (fr
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Henry Gotch
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Alumasc Grundy Ltd
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Grundy Teddington Ltd
Alumasc Grundy Ltd
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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
    • B65D39/00—Closures arranged within necks or pouring openings or in discharge apertures, e.g. stoppers
    • B65D39/08—Threaded or like closure members secured by rotation; Bushes therefor
    • B65D39/082—Bung-rings and bungs for bung-holes
    • 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
    • B65D55/06—Deformable or tearable wires, strings, or strips; Use of seals, e.g. destructible locking pins
    • B65D55/08—Annular elements encircling container necks
    • B65D55/0818—Destructible or permanently removable bands, e.g. adhesive
    • B65D55/0836—Metallic strips, e.g. soldered on container and lid
    • B65D55/0845—Metallic strips or cap-like collars having their edges crimped over part of the container and closure or other element, e.g. with C-shaped cross-section
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B67—OPENING, CLOSING OR CLEANING BOTTLES, JARS OR SIMILAR CONTAINERS; LIQUID HANDLING
    • B67D—DISPENSING, DELIVERING OR TRANSFERRING LIQUIDS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • B67D1/00—Apparatus or devices for dispensing beverages on draught
    • B67D1/08—Details
    • B67D1/0829—Keg connection means

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  • This invention relates to a tamper evident fitting for a beverage container such as a cask or keg which includes an outlet having internal screw threading to receive a complementary externally threaded closure member which also forms a means for coupling with an outlet fitting.
  • This invention seeks to provide a means which is intended to prevent replacement and preferably also removal of the closure member from the outlet and to additionally provide evidence of tampering.
  • a tamper evident fitting for a beverage container outlet comprising an annular member of which the outer peripheral portion is deformable to form a clench around a part of the outlet housing of a container, the inner peripheral portion of the annular member having inwardly directed deformable parts which embrace an upper zone of a closure member so that on attempted removal of the closure member the deformable members are distorted to produce a jamming effect against the threading of the closure member.
  • a tamper evident fitting for a beverage container outlet, the fitting comprising an annular member of which the outer peripheral portion is deformable to form a clench around a lip of the outlet housing, the inner peripheral portion of the annular member having inwardly directed deformable parts which embrace an upper zone of the closure member above the threading thereof and are so arranged that removal of the closure member causes the deformable members to be lifted and distorted through abutting engagement with the screw threading whereby the deformable members adopt a generally upwardly directed alignment and produce a jamming effect against the threading of the closure member when an attempt is made to screw said member back into the outlet housing.
  • the inwardly directed deformable parts comprise a plurality of segments separated by radial slits.
  • the inwardly directed deformable parts may be inclined with respect to the plane of the annular member.
  • peripheral portion of the fitting has a depending skirt or wall to coaxially embrace a lip of an outlet housing, the lower edge of the skirt being deformable to form the clench.
  • the inwardly directed deformable parts may embrace the closure member body above the threaded portion, the fitting being trapped on said member by the threading.
  • the deformable parts define a nominal diameter less than the overall diameter of the threaded portion of the closure member but such that the said fitting may be forced over the threading to embrace an unthreaded upper zone of the closure member.
  • This invention is preferably to be used in conjunction with the subject of co-pending British patent applications nos. 8821291.5 and 8826762.0 and European application 88310834.2 which provide for a means preventing removal of the closure member from an outlet housing by virtue of a projecting tang or flange part.
  • the tang part prevents removal of the closure member and the annular member according to this invention prevents the closure member being screwed back into the housing.
  • a customary form of outlet arrangement for a beverage container comprises an upstanding housing 1 mounted on the top of the container (not shown) and including an internal screw threading 2 and an enlarged annular lip portion 3.
  • the outlet housing is intended to receive a closure member 4 including threading 5 and a top flange 6 which serves as a coupling plate for a fitting allowing outflow of beverage and inflow of pressure gas.
  • the various types of fitting to which this invention relates are well known in the art and are therefore not described in detail.
  • the fitting referred to generally in the drawings is of one kind only and many different types are available to which this invention may be applied.
  • This invention provides a means whereby such reassembly is not possible thus affording obvious evidence of tampering.
  • annular member 7 which is located on the closure member above the threading 5.
  • the skirt 7a of member 7 locates over the projecting lip portion 3 of the outlet housing 1 (see Figure 3) and is thereafter clenched by deforming the lower part of the skirt 7b around the top lip 3 of the housing (see Figure 4).
  • the inner peripheral portions of the annular member comprise leaf like parts 8 (see Figure 2) which are directed inwardly and downwardly as shown in Figure 1.
  • the leaf parts 8 are delineated by slits 10 which permit the individual parts 8 to deform independently. This has been found to produce a different relative displacement between adjacent parts 8 leading to cross­threading.

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EP89301033A 1988-02-03 1989-02-02 Accessoires de sécurité pour un récipient pour boissions Withdrawn EP0327373A3 (fr)

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GB888802406A GB8802406D0 (en) 1988-02-03 1988-02-03 Tamper evident fitting for beverage container
GB8802406 1988-02-03

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EP0327373A2 true EP0327373A2 (fr) 1989-08-09
EP0327373A3 EP0327373A3 (fr) 1990-06-13

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WO1991002694A1 (fr) * 1989-08-24 1991-03-07 Micro Matic A/S Agencement de vanne
WO2005113413A1 (fr) * 2004-05-20 2005-12-01 Inbev S.A. Anneau inviolable pour tonneau a biere
EP1642843A1 (fr) * 2004-09-29 2006-04-05 Oberhofer Werkzeugbau GmbH Couvercle protecteur pour le bouchon de bonde d'un récipient
WO2012075972A1 (fr) * 2010-12-09 2012-06-14 Dsi Getränkearmaturen Gmbh Ensemble robinet de tonneau
USD830767S1 (en) 2017-07-19 2018-10-16 Camelbak Products, Llc Beverage container cap
EP4249390A1 (fr) * 2022-03-23 2023-09-27 AS Strömungstechnik GmbH Ensemble comprenant un récipient et une garantie d'inviolabilité

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US2772017A (en) * 1953-12-21 1956-11-27 Ricke Metal Products Corp Plastic drum closure
EP0089727A2 (fr) * 1982-03-22 1983-09-28 Koninklijke Emballage Industrie Van Leer B.V. Ensemble à soupape pour récipients de liquide
GB2170488A (en) * 1985-02-01 1986-08-06 Grundy Extractor tube fitting

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EP0142966B1 (fr) * 1983-11-16 1988-01-13 Alumasc Limited Fermeture à soupape pour tonnelets ou fûts

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Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US2772017A (en) * 1953-12-21 1956-11-27 Ricke Metal Products Corp Plastic drum closure
EP0089727A2 (fr) * 1982-03-22 1983-09-28 Koninklijke Emballage Industrie Van Leer B.V. Ensemble à soupape pour récipients de liquide
GB2170488A (en) * 1985-02-01 1986-08-06 Grundy Extractor tube fitting

Cited By (7)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
WO1991002694A1 (fr) * 1989-08-24 1991-03-07 Micro Matic A/S Agencement de vanne
US5242092A (en) * 1989-08-24 1993-09-07 Micro Matic A/S Valve arrangement for transportable container for storing and distributing liquid under pressure
WO2005113413A1 (fr) * 2004-05-20 2005-12-01 Inbev S.A. Anneau inviolable pour tonneau a biere
EP1642843A1 (fr) * 2004-09-29 2006-04-05 Oberhofer Werkzeugbau GmbH Couvercle protecteur pour le bouchon de bonde d'un récipient
WO2012075972A1 (fr) * 2010-12-09 2012-06-14 Dsi Getränkearmaturen Gmbh Ensemble robinet de tonneau
USD830767S1 (en) 2017-07-19 2018-10-16 Camelbak Products, Llc Beverage container cap
EP4249390A1 (fr) * 2022-03-23 2023-09-27 AS Strömungstechnik GmbH Ensemble comprenant un récipient et une garantie d'inviolabilité

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