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EP1950144B1
EP1950144B1 EP07119042A EP07119042A EP1950144B1 EP 1950144 B1 EP1950144 B1 EP 1950144B1 EP 07119042 A EP07119042 A EP 07119042A EP 07119042 A EP07119042 A EP 07119042A EP 1950144 B1 EP1950144 B1 EP 1950144B1
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Dmitriy Ivanovich Pakhomov
Hicolai Petrovitch Birucov
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Inostrannoye Chastnoe Proizvodstvennoye Unitarnoye
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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
    • B65D49/00—Arrangements or devices for preventing refilling of containers
    • 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
    • B65D41/00—Caps, e.g. crown caps or crown seals, i.e. members having parts arranged for engagement with the external periphery of a neck or wall defining a pouring opening or discharge aperture; Protective cap-like covers for closure members, e.g. decorative covers of metal foil or paper
    • B65D41/62—Secondary protective cap-like outer covers for closure members
    • 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
    • B65D55/026—Locking devices; Means for discouraging or indicating unauthorised opening or removal of closure initial opening or unauthorised access being indicated by a visual change using indicators other than tearable means, e.g. change of colour, pattern or opacity

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  • the technical solution relates to the closures for containers, mainly for bottles with elite alcohol drinks preventing refilling thereof, particularly to closures with tamper-evident means.
  • analogues are "A closure unit for bottles with high-quality alcohol drinks” RU patent 2232116 , IPC B 65 D 41/34, published 10.07.2004; “Closure” RU patent 2150417 , IPC B 65 D 49/02, published 2000; "Tamper-proof cap for containers” GB patent 2219570 , IPC B 65 D 49/02, published 13.12.1989.
  • analogues are rather intricate in structure so that batch production of their elements presents certain problems. Some of the closures are unable to provide pouring out a needed quantity or quality emptying of the liquid due to numerous design elements and insufficient distance between them.
  • the majority of mentioned devices employ a ball-shaped element as a gate known to be unstable in positioning, wherefore some auxiliary elements are to be introduced that complicate the design and confine mobility of the element limiting thereby quick shift from one position into another.
  • a tamper-proof closure for bottles and the like that prevents from substitution of the valuable liquid for a counterfeit to mislead the customer.
  • the closure contains a locking ring snapped between the inner and outer caps, said outer cap having enfeebled joint with the indicator collar wherein inner denticles are made so that engage with the denticles on the sleeve enabling thereby break-away of said collar upon unscrewing of the cap for the first time ( RU patent 2229424 , IPC B 65 D 41/38, publ. 27.05.2004).
  • a closure for bottles comprising a cap and a warranty collar in the form of a strap united in a single part.
  • the collar is fit with denticles over the interior surface forming a frangible joint with an incision such that the first opening of the closure results in breakage of the frangible joint and separation of the collar ( USA patent 4062466 , IPC B 65 D 41/34, publ. 1976).
  • the disadvantage common for above-described closures is the probability of reassembling the breakable collar in its initial position after unauthorized opening of the bottle, which may mislead the customer when buying a counterfeit of a high-quality beverage.
  • One more problem connected with the breakable indicator collars is that the infringer may try to remove the cap and the indicator collar without disturbing said collar or frangible strips in order to spoil or substitute the contents of the container and then place the closure on its place.
  • Such infringement can be made by a thing like a knife blade inserted between the indicator collar and bottleneck capped by said closure. To prevent such unauthorized opening some auxiliary means should be involved.
  • the closest in its engineering essence and the result attained is "Tamper-proof device" ( EA patent 5536 , IPC B65D 49/04, publ. 28.04.2005).
  • the device comprises an outer cap consisting of two parts joined together by frangible strips, an internal screw sleeve, a closure element and a means to create in-between a spacer in the form of an indicator collar made as a whole with said sleeve.
  • the first opening of the container leads to rupture or breakage of the frangible strips whereby the first and second parts turn to be spaced apart when you try to reclose the container.
  • the purpose of the present invention consists in developing a simpler and more reliable closure to prevent refilling by a more efficient tamper-evident means visualizing clearly that the bottle has been open.
  • the closure comprises an outer cap installed onto the internal threaded sleeve, a discharge element with a facility to be fixed on the bottleneck, a cylindrical casing sealingly adjoining the discharge element, a threaded joint between the discharge element and the internal sleeve for the cap to be screwed on and unscrewed, a base with a tight seal in the bottleneck connected to said discharge element, aforesaid device being provided additionally with a visual control unit of the first opening of the cap containing an indicator collar able to displace vertically, and at least one cut-through aperture in the side wall of the cylindrical casing through which the indicator collar becomes visible when the cap is unscrewed warning thereby about opening of the bottle, wherein the diameter of the indicator collar cedes slightly the diameter of the cylindrical casing, and the upper external portion of said indicator collar is threaded.
  • the indicator collar is made in a color spectrum contrasted to the color of the cylindrical casing.
  • the lower internal part of the indicator collar is fit with denticles to be engaged with the ring on the discharge element.
  • a particular embodiment of the invention presumes that identification marks can be made on the external lower surface of the indicator collar in the form of words, letters or symbols.
  • the internal upper surface of the indicator collar is fit with retaining ribs to be engaged with the ribs on the discharge element so as to interplay when the cap is screwed but lock-up at unscrewing.
  • the slotted aperture on the cylindrical casing may contain identification lettering in the form of words, letters or symbols, and the lettering is made of the material of the casing and molded as a single unit.
  • An additional thread is made on the lower part of the internal sleeve threadedly engaged with the thread of the indicator collar. It is preferable to have the pitch of the lower thread of the internal sleeve much larger than the pitch on the upper part of the sleeve engaged with the thread of the discharge element, said lower thread of the sleeve being multistart while the upper thread of the sleeve is single-start.
  • a particular embodiment of the invention presumes that the number of turns in the lower thread of the internal sleeve exceeds much the number of turns in the upper thread.
  • the spline coupling between the interior surface of the outer cap and exterior surface of the internal sleeve is made with spherical ridges on the splines.
  • the interior surface of the cylindrical casing is fit with annular projections while the discharge element is made with the grooves engaged with the annular projection on the cylindrical casing and preventing thereby removal of the casing from the discharge element.
  • the discharge element has a ring fixed by its lower part to the denticles on the indicator collar. There are retaining ribs made on the external lower portion of the discharge element.
  • the retaining ribs on the internal lower portion of the cylindrical casing are made so as to engage with the ribs on the discharge element.
  • the base In the lower part of the base there is an annular folding tab to hold the base within the discharge element.
  • the base is made with the outer and inner projections forming open-top annular cavity, said outer projection of the base protruding beyond the inner projection.
  • the discharge element contains an internal sleeve deaden on top and a circular projection in its lower part.
  • the discharge element is fit with a tamper-evident means to prevent refilling of the bottle, said means being formed by the circular projection on the internal sleeve of the discharge element and the annular cavity of the base.
  • the bottle closure comprises outer cap 1, internal screw sleeve 2, indicator collar 3, casing 4, discharge element 5, and base 6.
  • Outer cap 1 has on its inner surface splines with spherical ridges 7.
  • the internal screw sleeve 2 is made with outer splines 8 engaged with splines 7 of cap 1, upper thread 9 and supplementary lower thread 10.
  • Indicator collar 3 is fit with thread 11 on its external upper part to be engaged with thread 10 on sleeve 2.
  • the internal surface of indicator collar 3 is provided with retaining ribs 12 and denticles 13.
  • Slotted apertures 14 (three apertures are shown in Fig. 3 ) are made in the side wall of cylindrical casing 4. On the internal surface of casing 4 there is annular projection 15 and retaining ribs 16.
  • Discharge element 5 is also fit with ribs 20 to be engaged with ribs 12 of indicator collar 3 such that they interplay at screwing and latch when being unscrewed.
  • Discharge element 5 is provided with annular tag 21 on its internal surface for fastening on the bottle, ring 22 over the external surface of discharge element 5 adjoining in the lower part denticles 13 of indicator collar 3, and four upright projections 23.
  • base 6 In the lower part of base 6 there is a folding tag 24 to keep the base in the discharge element 5 by means of upright projections 23.
  • the base is made with outer 25 and inner projections 26 forming open-top annular cavity 27, wherein the outer projection 25 of base 6 protrudes beyond the inner projection 26. This fact provides an additional sealing of the discharge element against leakage of the liquid at tilting.
  • discharge element 5 contains internal sleeve 28 deaden on top 29 and having lower annular projection 30, said sleeve being connected via ribs 31 with the casing of discharge element 5.
  • discharge element 5 contains a tamper-proof means preventing refilling of the bottle.
  • Aforesaid tamper-proof means for preventing refilling is formed by annular projection 30 of internal sleeve 28 of discharge element 5 and annular cavity 27 of base 6, annular projection 30 of the internal sleeve being accommodated at a certain clearance in the annular cavity 27 of the base.
  • the device operates as follows.
  • indicator collar 3 is unscrewed too from internal sleeve 2. Due to the difference in pitch of the upper and lower thread of sleeve 2, indicator collar 3 turns to be unscrewed earlier than the cap does, so it shifts vertically inside the cylindrical casing 4, comes to a stop opposite slotted apertures 14, engages by denticles 13 with ring 22 of discharge element 5, and is retained in this position. In that way, indicator collar 3 contrasted in color to casing 4 appears in slotted apertures 14 thus indicating that the bottle has been open. When cap 2 is screwed on again, indicator collar 3 is kept back owing to engagement of denticles 13, can not return in the initial position and remains visible.
  • Various identification marks can be made on the indicator collar with characteristics of the manufacturer, trade name of the product or state of the closure, e.g. "open" or other.
  • the constituent parts of the closure are molded of ecologically pure polymer materials, such as polyethylene and polystyrene using high-capacity thermoplastic injection molding machines in molds with the hot runner system and dies.
  • the bottles are closed by pushing top down with the help of a closing machine.
  • the preferred embodiment of the invention ensures an additional level of protection against unauthorized opening by making the tamper-evident means easily visible and discernible, giving a clear and irreversible identification that the bottle has been open, improves reliability of operation during pouring of the liquid thanks to the absence of mechanical parts in the discharge sleeve able to result in undesirable aftereffects connected with their sticking or wedging.

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  1. Une fermeture comprenant un capuchon extérieur (1) engrené au moyen d'un filet avec le manchon fileté intérieur (2), un élément de vidange (5) avec un moyen d'encastrement sur le goulot de la bouteille, un corps cylindrique (4) qui est engrené au moyen d'une garniture d'étanchéité avec l'élément de vidange (5), un assemblage à filet entre l'élément de vidange (5) et le manchon intérieur (2) pour le vissage et le dévissage du capuchon, une pièce de base (6) avec un moyen pour le fixage serré dans le goulot de la bouteille, ladite pièce de base étant liée avec l'élément de vidange (5), caractérisée en ce que ladite fermeture contient une unité de contrôle visuel de la première ouverture du capuchon, laquelle est composée d'un collier indicateur (3), qui peut être déplacé verticalement, et au moins d'un alésage cannelé (14) qui est formé sur la paroi latéralle du corps cylindrique (4), cela permettant que le collier indicateur (3) devienne visible quand le capuchon est dévissé, et que le fait de l'ouverture de la bouteille soit visualisé, le diamètre dudit collier indicateur (3) étant plus petit que le diamètre du corps cylindrique (4) et ledit collier indicateur (3) étant muni d'un filet sur sa partie supérieure extérieure.
  2. La fermeture selon la revendication 1, caractérisée en ce que les petites dents (13) sont fabriquées sur la partie inférieure intérieure du collier indicateur (3) et qu'il y a un filet (11) sur la partie supérieure extérieure du collier indicateur.
  3. La fermeture selon la revendication 1, caractérisée en ce que les nervures d'arrêt (12) sont fabriquées sur la surface supérieure intérieure du collier indicateur (3).
  4. La fermeture selon la revendication 1, caractérisée en ce que la partie inférieure extérieure du collier indicateur (3) est fabriquée en couleur qui est en contraste, dans le spectre des couleurs, avec celui du corps cylindrique (4).
  5. La fermeture selon la revendication 1, caractérisée en ce que des marques identificatives sous la forme de mots, lettres ou symboles peuvent être inscrites sur la surface inférieure extérieure du collier indicateur (3).
  6. La fermeture selon la revendication 1, caractérisée en ce que l'alésage cannelé (14) sur le corps cylindrique (4) peut contenir une inscription identificative sous la forme de mots, lettres ou symboles et que cette inscription est fabriquée du materiau du corps et moulée en pièce unitaire.
  7. La fermeture selon la revendication 1, caractérisée en ce qu'un filet additionnel (10) est fabriqué sur la partie inférieure du manchon intérieur (2) et que ledit filet doit être engrené avec le filet (11) du collier indicateur (3).
  8. La fermeture selon la revendication 5, caractérisée en ce que le pas du filet inférieur (10) du manchon intérieur (2) est plus grand que celui du filet supérieur (9) dudit manchon (2) qui est engrené au moyen du filet avec l'élément de vidange (5).
  9. La fermeture selon la revendication 5, caractérisée en ce que le filet inférieur (10) du manchon (2) est fabriqué comme un filet multiple et que le filet supérieur (9) du manchon (2) est fabriqué comme un filet simple, où le nombre des tours dans le filet inférieur du manchon intérieur est beaucoup de fois plus grand que le nombre des tours dans le filet supérieur.
  10. La fermeture selon la revendication 1, caractérisée en ce qu'entre la surface intérieure du capuchon extérieur (1) et la surface extérieure du manchon intérieur (2) il y a un assemblage à clavettes, dans lequel les bords des clavettes sont arrondis.
  11. La fermeture selon la revendication 1, caractérisée en ce qu'une saillie annulaire (15) est fabriquée sur la surface intérieure du corps cylindrique (4) et qu'il y a des cannelures (19) sur l'élément de vidange (5) qui sont fabriquées dans le but d'être engrenées avec la saillie annulaire (15) du corps cylindrique (4) et d'empêcher de telle manière l'enlèvement du corps de l'élément de vidange (5).
  12. La fermeture selon la revendication 1, caractérisée en ce que l'élément de vidange (5) est fabriqué avec un anneau (22), qui est fixé dans la partie inférieure par les petites dents (13) du collier indicateur (3), et des saillies extérieures (23) qui sont engrenées avec les nervures (12) du collier indicateur (3).
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