EP0338935A1 - Kappe mit schwenkbarer Tülle zum Ausgeben von flüssigen oder pastösen Substanzen - Google Patents

Kappe mit schwenkbarer Tülle zum Ausgeben von flüssigen oder pastösen Substanzen Download PDF

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EP0338935A1
EP0338935A1 EP89401118A EP89401118A EP0338935A1 EP 0338935 A1 EP0338935 A1 EP 0338935A1 EP 89401118 A EP89401118 A EP 89401118A EP 89401118 A EP89401118 A EP 89401118A EP 0338935 A1 EP0338935 A1 EP 0338935A1
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Georges Robert
Claude Grussen
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LES VERRERIES FRANCAISES VARAUT
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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
    • B65D47/00—Closures with filling and discharging, or with discharging, devices
    • B65D47/04—Closures with discharging devices other than pumps
    • B65D47/06—Closures with discharging devices other than pumps with pouring spouts or tubes; with discharge nozzles or passages
    • B65D47/08—Closures with discharging devices other than pumps with pouring spouts or tubes; with discharge nozzles or passages having articulated or hinged closures
    • B65D47/0857—Closures with discharging devices other than pumps with pouring spouts or tubes; with discharge nozzles or passages having articulated or hinged closures made separately from the base element provided with the spout or discharge passage
    • B65D47/0876—Hinges without elastic bias
    • B65D47/089—Hinges without elastic bias located within a flat surface of the base element
    • B65D47/0895—Hinges without elastic bias located within a flat surface of the base element one part of the hinge being integral with the hinged closure and the other part with the base element, without any other additional hinge element
    • 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
    • B65D47/30—Closures with discharging devices other than pumps comprising hand-operated members for controlling discharge with plug valves, i.e. valves that open and close a passageway by turning a cylindrical or conical plug without axial passageways
    • B65D47/305—Closures with discharging devices other than pumps comprising hand-operated members for controlling discharge with plug valves, i.e. valves that open and close a passageway by turning a cylindrical or conical plug without axial passageways provided with a spout, e.g. "escargot"-type valve

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  • the present invention relates to a swivel shutter cap for dispensing liquid or pasty materials packaged in bottles or similar containers.
  • Such swivel shutter plugs successfully used for example for food products, cosmetic products, etc., comprise a plug body having a general cup shape, with a bottom and a skirt extending downwards from the bottom, the skirt being provided with means for fixing the cap body to the neck of a bottle, and the bottom being pierced with a through hole and provided, on either side of this hole, with aligned bearings, open up.
  • These plugs further comprise an elongated dispensing spout, traversed over its entire length by a channel and comprising, in the vicinity of a first of its ends, pins capable of being snapped into the bearings of the bottom of the plug body to allow the pivoting of the spout.
  • Said inner end of the spout is rounded so as to be in contact with the bottom surface around the passage hole of the latter, in all the pivoting positions of the spout.
  • This spout in a first extreme position in which it is substantially perpendicular to the axis of the plug body, closes the passage hole of the latter and, in a second extreme position, in which it is substantially parallel to the axis of the plug body allows said hole to communicate with the outside through the channel of the spout.
  • plugs with pivoting shutter comprises, instead of an elongated, hollow dispensing spout, a simple pallet pivotally mounted by trunnions snapped into bearings, as on swivel spout caps, this pallet comprising a stud which cooperates with a through hole provided in the bottom of the plug body, in a position offset from the axis of the bearings.
  • This stud penetrates, by closing it, in the through hole of the bottom of the cap body, in a first position in which the pallet is substantially perpendicular to the axis of the cap body.
  • This stud is removed from said through hole when the pallet is raised by pivoting and in particular completely clears the hole when the pallet occupies a second position in which it is substantially perpendicular to the axis of the plug body.
  • caps with swivel spout or swivel pallet are not of the inviolable type, while this inviolability which consists in providing means indicating that an opening or attempted opening has taken place is increasingly demanded by consumers.
  • the subject of the present invention is a plug of the pivoting shutter type which, while being able to be manufactured by molding at a high rate, is provided with tamper-evident means, without said tamper-evident means complicating manufacture or appreciably increasing the price. of the cap.
  • the swivel shutter cap according to the invention for dispensing liquid or pasty materials packaged in bottles or similar containers comprises a plug body having a general cup shape, and a swivel shutter.
  • the plug body has a bottom and a skirt extending downward from said bottom.
  • the skirt is provided with means for fixing the stopper body to the neck of a bottle, and the bottom is pierced with a through hole and provided with aligned bearings, open upwards.
  • the elongated pivoting shutter comprises, in the vicinity of a first of its ends, pins which can be snapped into said bearings at the bottom of the plug body, to allow pivoting of the shutter which, in a first extreme position, in which it is substantially perpendicular to the axis of the plug body, closes the through hole of the plug body and which, in a second extreme position, in which it is substantially parallel to the axis of the plug body, releases said through hole.
  • said bearings are formed projecting upwards on the bottom of the stopper body and the shutter, in said first extreme position, is surrounded by and produced in one piece with a cap capable of to be attached by snapping onto the bottom of the cap body, the shutter being connected to the cap by bridges of tearable material.
  • the plug according to the invention consists of two parts molded separately, namely a plug body on the one hand, and a pivoting shutter and cap assembly.
  • a plug body on the one hand
  • a pivoting shutter and cap assembly allows for example to make the cap and the shutter in a material different from the material of the cap body and in particular in a different color, which offers interesting possibilities of color combinations for the entire cap, but allows above all to have a plug with a pivoting shutter of the tamper-evident type, any attempt to open on the shutter causing the bridges of tearable material between the shutter and the cap to break.
  • tearable bridges In order for said tearable bridges to be clearly visible, it is advantageous for them to be disposed between the upper face of the cap and the upper face of the pivoting shutter.
  • the tearing means can be constituted for example by a veil or by at least two discrete bridges between each lateral edge of the shutter and each of the two edges facing a substantially radial notch provided in the cap for the pivoting shutter.
  • the swivel spout cap illustrated in FIGS. 1 to 4 is made up of two molded plastic parts, namely a cap body 1 and a spout / cap assembly 2 attached by snap-fastening to the cap body 1.
  • the cap body 1 has the general shape of a cup with a bottom 3 and a skirt 4 extending downward from the bottom 3 and comprising means for its attachment to a bottle neck, namely in the example shown an inner groove 5 for snap fastening on the outer bead of a bottle neck not shown.
  • the bottom 3 has, projecting from its underside, an internal sealing skirt 6 which fits into the end of the bottle neck to seal the cap body 1 on the neck.
  • the bottom 3 is provided, in its center, with a through hole 7 opening upwards in a hollow 8 in the form of a cylinder segment formed in the upper face of the bottom 3.
  • the bottom 3 On two opposite sides of the hole 7, the bottom 3 carries, on the top, two bearings 9 with aligned horizontal axes, open upwards, each bearing being in the form of a double inverted U-shaped boss, the two branches of which are slightly tightened at their upper end.
  • the bottom 3 carries, projecting upwards on the upper face, several tongues 10 distributed around the periphery, the tongues being slightly recessed radially inwards with respect to the outer edge of the bottom 3. It can be seen from the figures 1 and 3 that one of the tongues 10 is arranged in the cutting plane II and the other two in the cutting plane III-III according to FIG. 2.
  • the bottom 3 carries, projecting upwards, three pairs of legs 11, 12 radially spaced each comprising an inner leg 11 with a flat outer surface and an outer leg 12 having in its inner surface a horizontal groove 13.
  • a tab 14 is formed projecting upwards on the bottom 3 opposite the tongue 10 in the section plane II.
  • cap / swivel spout 2 assembly which is formed by a cap 15 and a spout 16, the two parts being produced in one piece by molding.
  • the cap 15 has a general cup shape, with a flat bottom 17 and a skirt 18 extending downwards in the form of a rim on the bottom 17.
  • the bottom 17 of the cap 15 has a rectangular central recess 19, as well as a radial notch 20 extending from said central recess 19 outwards to the edge of the cap 15 , this notch containing the spout 16 which extends from the edge of the cap 15 to beyond the center of the latter, that is to say inside the central recess 19.
  • the spout 16 is constituted, as shown above in FIG. 4, by a tubular part 21, of rectangular section, traversed over its entire length by a channel 22 also of rectangular section opening out at the two ends of the part 21.
  • the spout 16 is rounded in the shape of a cylinder segment 23 at its inner end and comprises, in the vicinity of this end, two opposite journals 24 whose horizontal axes coincide with the axis of curvature of the end 23 in the cylinder segment of the spout 16.
  • the part 21 of the spout 16 is connected to the bottom 17 of the cover 15, in the plane of the upper face of the bottom 17 and of the part 21, by several bridges of material 25 distributed over the notch length 20.
  • the cover 15 finally carries, on the underside of its bottom 17, three legs 26 projecting downward, in the same reciprocal angular positions as the pairs of legs 11 and 12 of the bottom 3 of the cap body 1, each tab 26 having a smooth internal face and an external face provided with a bead 27.
  • the cap / spout 2 assembly is made in one piece by molding, the spout 16 being connected to the cap 15 only by the bridges 25.
  • the two parts are connected together by fixing the cap / spout 2 assembly by snapping onto the body plug 1, the tabs 26 at the bottom 17 of the cap 15 snap between the pairs of tabs 11, 12 at the bottom 3 of the plug body 1.
  • the tabs 10 at the bottom 3 of the plug body 1 have the function of keep the skirt 18 of the cap 15 aligned with the skirt 4 of the plug body 1.
  • the cap body 1 with the cap / spout assembly 2 which is attached thereto can then be mounted on the neck of a bottle containing a liquid or pasty product to be dispensed.
  • the unbroken bridges 25 are proof that the stopper has not yet been opened or attempted to open.
  • the outer end of the spout 16 is lifted with a finger, which breaks the bridges 25 and then allows the spout 16 to pivot upwards into a substantially vertical position, in which the channel 22 of the spout 16 is aligned with the through hole 7 of the bottom 3 of the plug body 1.
  • the interior space of the the bottle therefore communicates with the outside through the hole 7 and the channel 22, which allows the product contained in the bottle to be distributed through the spout 16.
  • the spout 16 is brought back by pivoting into the position according to FIG. 1, in which the spout 16 is substantially horizontal, so that the hole 7 does not communicate no longer with the channel 22, but is on the contrary closed in a leaktight manner by the cylinder segment end 23 of the spout 16.
  • the plug body 1, on the one hand, and the cap / spout assembly 2 on the one hand, can advantageously be made of different plastics. It is preferable to use a harder material such as polypropylene for the cap body 1 and a softer material such as for example low density polyethylene for the cap / spout assembly 2. This not only improves the seal between the end in cylinder segment 23 of the spout 16 and the bearing 8 of corresponding shape on the plug body 1, but also facilitates the tearing of the bridges 25 between the spout 16 and the cap 15.
  • the two parts 1 and 2 can be made either in the same color or in different colors.
  • the stopper according to FIGS. 5 and 6 differs from the stopper according to FIGS. 1 to 4 essentially by the fact that a pivoting pallet / cover assembly 102 is attached by snap-fastening to a stopper body 101.
  • the stopper body 101 includes a bottom 103 and a skirt 104 having several internal studs 105 for snap-fastening of the stopper body 101 to a bottle neck.
  • the thin skirt 104 is reinforced by internal ribs 106.
  • the seal between the cap body 101 and the neck of the bottle is ensured by a shoulder 108 between the skirt 104 and the bottom 103, a seal that can optionally be added between the neck and the shoulder 108.
  • the bottom 103 is provided, in the eccentric position, with a through hole 107.
  • the bottom 103 In an eccentric position in opposition to the hole 107, the bottom 103 carries, on the top, two bearings 109 with aligned horizontal axes, open upwards.
  • the bottom 103 carries tongues 110 comparable to the tongues 10 according to FIGS. 1 and 3, and pairs of legs 111, 112 corresponding to the pairs of legs 11 and 12 of FIGS. 1 and 3, the legs 112 having, in their inside face, a horizontal groove 113.
  • the swivel cap / pallet assembly 102 attached to the plug body 101 is formed by a cap 115 and a swivel pallet 116, the two parts being produced in one piece by molding.
  • the cap 115 has a general bucket shape, with a flat bottom 117 and a skirt 118 extending downward.
  • the bottom 117 has a rectangular recess 119 eccentric and a radial notch 120 extending from said recess 119 to the opposite edge of the cap 115.
  • the pallet 116 is disposed in said recess 119 and said notch 120.
  • the pallet 116 comprises, in the vicinity of its inner end, two opposite lateral pins 124 whose horizontal axes are aligned.
  • the pallet 116 is connected to the bottom 117 of the cover 115, in the plane of the upper face of the bottom 117 and of the pallet 116, by several bridges of material arranged between the two lateral edges of the pallet 116 and the edges opposite the notch 120, being distributed over the length of the notch 120.
  • the pallet 116 carries on its underside a stud 122 which, in the position shown, is pressed into the hole 107 of the bottom 103 and closes said hole.
  • the cap 115 carries lugs 126 corresponding to the lugs 26 according to FIGS. 1 and 3 and cooperating with the lugs 111 and 112 for the purpose of snap-fastening of the cap on the plug body.
  • the cap / pallet assembly 102 is made in one piece by molding, the pallet 116 being connected to the cap 115 only by the bridges 125 which serve as a tamper-evident means, just like the bridges 25 in the embodiment of the figures. 1 to 4.
  • the end of the pallet 116 opposite the journal 124 is raised using a finger, which is facilitated by a chamfer 114 of the stopper body 101.
  • This lifting which immediately causes the bridges to break 25 releases the stud 122 from the pallet 116 from the hole 107 in the bottom 103. It is therefore possible to distribute through hole 107 the liquid or pasty product contained inside the bottle, in particular by inverting the bottle.
  • the fixing of the cap body on the neck of a bottle or similar container could also be done for example by screwing rather than by snap-fastening.

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FR8805310A FR2630403B1 (fr) 1988-04-21 1988-04-21 Bouchon a obturateur pivotant pour la distribution de matieres liquides ou pateuses
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EP0569747A1 (de) * 1992-05-11 1993-11-18 Wilhelm Wiesinger Einteilig hergestellter Flaschenverschluss
WO2001054991A1 (en) * 2000-01-25 2001-08-02 Valid L.L.C. Drinking spout for a fluid container

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DE2357611A1 (de) * 1973-11-19 1975-05-22 Metal Box Co Ltd Mit einem ausgiesser versehener verschluss fuer behaelter
DE2644758A1 (de) * 1976-03-11 1977-09-22 Polytop Corp Kindersicherer abgabeverschluss
WO1982004028A1 (en) * 1981-05-15 1982-11-25 Sidney M Libit Dispensing type cap closure
DE3233803A1 (de) * 1982-09-11 1984-03-15 Hans 8801 Schillingsfürst Heinlein Verschlusskappe

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DE2357611A1 (de) * 1973-11-19 1975-05-22 Metal Box Co Ltd Mit einem ausgiesser versehener verschluss fuer behaelter
DE2644758A1 (de) * 1976-03-11 1977-09-22 Polytop Corp Kindersicherer abgabeverschluss
WO1982004028A1 (en) * 1981-05-15 1982-11-25 Sidney M Libit Dispensing type cap closure
DE3233803A1 (de) * 1982-09-11 1984-03-15 Hans 8801 Schillingsfürst Heinlein Verschlusskappe

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EP0569747A1 (de) * 1992-05-11 1993-11-18 Wilhelm Wiesinger Einteilig hergestellter Flaschenverschluss
WO2001054991A1 (en) * 2000-01-25 2001-08-02 Valid L.L.C. Drinking spout for a fluid container

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