EP1442998B1 - Elastische Verschlussvorrichtung und Behälter - Google Patents

Elastische Verschlussvorrichtung und Behälter Download PDF

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EP1442998B1
EP1442998B1 EP04290156A EP04290156A EP1442998B1 EP 1442998 B1 EP1442998 B1 EP 1442998B1 EP 04290156 A EP04290156 A EP 04290156A EP 04290156 A EP04290156 A EP 04290156A EP 1442998 B1 EP1442998 B1 EP 1442998B1
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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
    • B65D83/00—Containers or packages with special means for dispensing contents
    • B65D83/14—Containers or packages with special means for dispensing contents for delivery of liquid or semi-liquid contents by internal gaseous pressure, i.e. aerosol containers comprising propellant for a product delivered by a propellant
    • B65D83/40—Closure caps

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  • the present invention relates to a container having a reservoir and a cap for attachment to the reservoir by engaging a bead in a groove.
  • the manufacturing tolerances are such that the shape and / or the dimensions of the groove as well as those of the bead can vary slightly, which can cause an axial and / or lateral play between the cover and the reservoir.
  • the clearance that can exist between the covers and the tanks obtained is not always identical to a container at the same time.
  • each mold has several cavities and the hoods resulting from a given imprint are not always associated with reservoirs from the same footprint. The large number of footprints therefore leads to a relatively large number of tank-hood combinations and therefore a large number of different games.
  • the document FR 2,224,362 discloses a container having a reservoir provided with a peripheral groove and a cover having tabs whose end is projecting so as to be housed in the groove of the reservoir.
  • a container comprising a reservoir part and a cover, of longitudinal axis X, intended to be fixed on the reservoir by the engagement of a bead in a groove formed respectively on the hood and on the tank or vice versa
  • the container comprising means, preferably separate from the groove and the bead, intended to limit axial and transverse movement between the bead and the groove when the bead is in engagement with the groove, characterized in that the means comprise at least one vane sufficiently fine to be able to deform.
  • the means may comprise a plurality of fins angularly spaced from each other, and in particular at least three radial fins arranged for example at 120 ° from each other.
  • Such fins have a relatively small thickness, namely of the order of a millimeter so that they can be deformed in particular to conform to the shape of the groove with which they come into contact.
  • the fin (s) can (wind) be contiguous to the bead. It (s) can (wind) extend axially from the top of the bead, or from its base.
  • the (the) fin (s) is (are) for example of triangular shape.
  • the bead may be formed on the inner wall of the cover and the groove may be formed on the outer wall of the reservoir.
  • the groove may be an annular groove that extends in a plane perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the reservoir.
  • the bead may be an annular bead which extends continuously in a plane perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the bonnet. This allows in particular to obtain a relatively hard coupling.
  • the bead may be discontinuous, that is to say formed by several arcuate portions of angularly spaced apart and extending in a plane perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the hood.
  • the container 10 illustrated at figure 1 comprises a reservoir 20 on which is fixed a hood 40.
  • the reservoir is in the form of a bottle which is intended to contain a product, for example a cosmetic product.
  • the bottle is for example made by extrusion blow molding of a thermoplastic material, for example polypropylene.
  • the product can be dispensed by a dispensing head 30 which comprises for example a pump, and a push button provided to actuate the pump.
  • a dispensing head 30 which comprises for example a pump, and a push button provided to actuate the pump.
  • the container may not have a dispensing head and the product can be dispensed directly through an opening of the bottle, by simply turning the bottle or by deforming the walls of the bottle, when the product is in fluid form .
  • the bottle 20 comprises a substantially cylindrical body 21, of longitudinal axis X, closed at a first end by a bottom 22. At the end opposite the bottom, the cross section gradually decreases to a hooking portion 23 section transverse circular, which allows the fixing of the cover on the bottle.
  • the attachment portion 23 has an annular groove 24 delimited, on the one hand, by a flat annular wall 25 which extends radially from the body 21 in a plane perpendicular to the axis X, to the bottom of the annular groove 24 and, secondly, by an annular bead 26 formed above the annular groove 24.
  • the hooking portion 23 is connected to a neck 27 of longitudinal axis X whose free edge defines an opening for the outlet of the product contained in the tank.
  • the dispensing head 30 is fixed on the neck 27, for example by means of a threaded ring.
  • the cover 40 is intended to be fixed on the bottle 20 by cooperating with the hooking portion 23 of the bottle so as to close the bottle by wrapping the neck and the dispensing head.
  • the cover is for example made by injection of a thermoplastic material, for example a polypropylene.
  • the cover can be made of polyethylene, ionomeric resin (for example Surlyn ® ), or polyethylene terephthalate (PET), styrene acrylonytrile (SAN), or acrylonitrile butadiene styrene (ABS).
  • the cover is formed by a cylindrical skirt 41 closed at a first end by a transverse wall 42 which may be flat or curved as shown in FIG. figure 2 .
  • the skirt 41 ends, at its second end, with a free edge 43.
  • annular bead 44 is formed near the free edge 43, on the inner surface of the skirt 41.
  • the bead extends radially continuously on the entire periphery of the skirt to allow a relatively hard coupling.
  • the bead is formed only by annular portions angularly spaced and formed in the same plane, which eases the attachment.
  • the bead 44 extends in a plane perpendicular to the longitudinal axis X of the hood.
  • the bead has a convex profile and its rounded top 440 defines a minimum inside diameter for the hood.
  • the bead connects to the free edge 43 of the cover by a chamfer 441 whose slope is such that it facilitates the insertion of the cover on the bottle.
  • the bead is connected to the wall 41 by a portion 442 whose slope is such that it allows the hooking against the upper edge of the groove 24 while allowing the demolding force of the bead.
  • Triangular radial fins 45 are formed in a plane parallel to the X axis, above the bead 44. They extend from the top 440 of the bead to the inner surface of the skirt 41, and have a free edge 450 straight. It is obvious that they could comprise a curved free edge, for example concave or convex.
  • the fins 45 are very thin so as to be deformed unlike the bead 44 which is relatively rigid.
  • the cover comprises for example 8 identical fins regularly spaced angularly.
  • the bead 44 elastically crosses the cord 26 before being housed in the groove 24.
  • this fixing position represented in part at the figure 3B
  • the free edge 43 of the skirt 41 is in abutment against the flat annular wall 25.
  • the bead 44 is housed in the groove 24.
  • the internal diameter of the skirt 41, above the bead is approximately equal to outer diameter of the cord 26 so that the latter is intended to be in contact with the wall.
  • the portion 442 of the bead is intended to come into contact with the lower edge of the cord 26.
  • the outer diameter of the cord is slightly less than the internal diameter of the skirt 41 and / or that the portion 442 of the bead is slightly set back from the lower edge of the cord 26.
  • the edge 450 of the fins crushes on the cord 26 and is deformed due to the small thickness of the fins to fit the shape of the cord 26, as seen on the figure 3B .
  • the cover can not move axially or transversely relative to the bottle.
  • the internal diameter d of the skirt 41, above the bead is approximately equal to 31.06 mm, ⁇ 0.2 mm.
  • the length l measured between the free edge 43 and the junction between the portion 443 of the bead and the wall 41 is equal to 2.1 mm ⁇ 0.1 mm.
  • the thickness e of the bead measured radially is equal to 0.5 mm ⁇ 0.1 mm.
  • the axial height p of the groove 24 is for example equal to 1.5 mm ⁇ 0.1 mm.
  • the fins 46 have a thickness of about 0.45 mm and extend over an axial height h of about 1.2 mm.
  • the width of the fins decreases linearly along this axial height, between a lower end located at the axial height of the top of the bead, and an upper end. At their lower end, the width of the fins is equal to the radial thickness e of the bead and then decreases to reach the wall 41 at the upper end.
  • the dimensions of the fins are determined according to the game to catch up between the hood and the throat. They are also chosen according to the material in which they are made and in particular according to the flexibility of the material. In fact, the stiffer the material used, the finer must be so that it can deform and conform to the shape of the groove.
  • the groove may be formed on the inner wall of the cover in the thickness thereof.
  • the bead and the fins are then formed on the outer surface of the vial.
  • the bottle in order to to form precisely the fins, the bottle will preferably be made not by extrusion blow molding but by injection blow molding, the neck of the bottle and the base of the neck comprising the bead and the fins being made by injection and the body of the bottle being blown.
  • the container that has just been described comprises a tank in the form of a bottle, but it is obvious that it can be formed by a tank of any other shape, for example in the form of a pot.

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  • Filling Or Discharging Of Gas Storage Vessels (AREA)
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  1. Behälter (10), der einen ein Reservoir (20) bildenden Teil und eine Kappe (40) mit einer Längsachse X aufweist, die dazu bestimmt ist, auf dem Reservoir durch Eingriff eines Wulsts (44) in eine Kehle (24) befestigt zu werden, die auf der Kappe bzw. dem Reservoir oder umgekehrt ausgebildet sind, wobei der Behälter Mittel (45) aufweist, die dazu bestimmt sind, eine axiale Bewegung und eine Querbewegung zwischen dem Wulst und der Kehle zu begrenzen, wenn der Wulst mit der Kehle in Eingriff ist, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die Mittel (45) mindestens eine Rippe aufweisen, die ausreichend dünn ist, um sich verformen zu können.
  2. Behälter nach dem vorhergehenden Anspruch, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die Mittel (45) mehrere Rippen in Abstand zueinander aufweisen.
  3. Behälter nach einem der vorhergehenden Ansprüche, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die Rippe(n) (45) an den Wulst (44) angrenzt (angrenzen).
  4. Behälter nach dem vorhergehenden Anspruch, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die Rippe(n) eine Dreieckform hat (haben).
  5. Behälter nach einem der vorhergehenden Ansprüche, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass der Wulst (44) auf der Innenwand der Kappe (40) und die Kehle (21) auf der Außenwand des Reservoirs (20) ausgebildet ist.
  6. Behälter nach einem der vorhergehenden Ansprüche, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die Kehle (24) eine Ringkehle ist, die sich in einer Ebene lotrecht zur Längsachse des Reservoirs (20) erstreckt.
  7. Behälter nach einem der vorhergehenden Ansprüche, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass der Wulst (44) ein durchgehender oder nicht durchgehender Ringwulst ist, der sich in einer Ebene lotrecht zur Achse X der Kappe (40) erstreckt.
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FR0301149A FR2850635B1 (fr) 2003-01-31 2003-01-31 Recipient comportant un reservoir et un capot se fixant par engagement d'un bourrelet dans une gorge

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