EP3743348A1 - Flip-top cap with warranty seal for pouches - Google Patents
Flip-top cap with warranty seal for pouchesInfo
- Publication number
- EP3743348A1 EP3743348A1 EP18830959.5A EP18830959A EP3743348A1 EP 3743348 A1 EP3743348 A1 EP 3743348A1 EP 18830959 A EP18830959 A EP 18830959A EP 3743348 A1 EP3743348 A1 EP 3743348A1
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- European Patent Office
- Prior art keywords
- warranty
- closure
- cap
- hook
- cap according
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Classifications
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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
- 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
- B65D55/024—Closures in which a part has to be ruptured to gain access to the contents
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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
- B65D47/0804—Closures with discharging devices other than pumps with pouring spouts or tubes; with discharge nozzles or passages having articulated or hinged closures integrally formed with the base element provided with the spout or discharge passage
- B65D47/0809—Closures with discharging devices other than pumps with pouring spouts or tubes; with discharge nozzles or passages having articulated or hinged closures integrally formed with the base element provided with the spout or discharge passage and elastically biased towards both the open and the closed positions
- B65D47/0814—Closures with discharging devices other than pumps with pouring spouts or tubes; with discharge nozzles or passages having articulated or hinged closures integrally formed with the base element provided with the spout or discharge passage and elastically biased towards both the open and the closed positions by at least three hinge sections, at least one having a length different from the others
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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
- B65D2401/00—Tamper-indicating means
- B65D2401/15—Tearable part of the closure
Definitions
- the present invention is placed in the field of plastic caps, and in particular in the field of "flip top" caps, which may be opened easily, for example, with a movement of the thumb.
- the present invention provides for the application of a flip-top cap to the spout of a flexible thin-walled bag, usually called a "pouch".
- the object of the present invention is to create a flip-top cap that overcomes the drawbacks mentioned and at the same time satisfies the requirements of the sector.
- FIG. 3a and 3b show the cap of figures la and lb in a closed configuration
- FIG. 4 shows a plan view of the cap of figures la and lb;
- figure 5 shows a first side view of the cap of figure 4 (hinge side) ;
- figure 6 represents a second side view of the cap of figure 4 (warranty hook side) ;
- figure 7 shows an enlargement of the detail VII of figure 6;
- FIG. 8 shows a section of the cap, according to the sectional plane VIII-VIII of figure 4;
- figure 9 shows an enlargement of the detail IX of figure 8.
- figure 10 represents the cap in an initial configuration of first closure
- a flip- top cap suitable to be applied to a spout of a thin- walled flexible bag, known as a "pouch”, is indicated collectively at 1.
- the cap 1 comprises a skirt 2, consisting of a tubular skirt wall 4.
- said skirt 2 has an underlying region 6, for example rectangular, preferably provided with a succession of straight ridges, so that touching with the thumb indicates the correct position for opening.
- the cap 1 further has a flat main reference surface 8, typically placed at the top of the skirt 2, and a tube 10 protruding from said main surface 8 along a main axis
- the main surface 8 lies on an imaginary plane orthogonal to the main axis X.
- the main surface 8 has a rhomboidal shape, that is, wider in the central portion where the tube 10 is placed and tapered laterally to the tube towards rounded vertices.
- the skirt 2 also has a rhomboidal cross-section that resembles the shape of the main surface.
- the tube 10 comprises a tubular tube wall 12, for example frustoconical , ending with a tube edge 14, typically circular, which delimits the mouth 16 of said tube 10.
- the cap 1 comprises a tube extension 11, which extends axially below the main surface 8, as an extension of said tube 10, inside the skirt wall 4.
- the cap 1 further comprises a tubular connection portion 13, having an axial extension, arranged inside the skirt wall 4 and radially spaced therefrom; the connection portion 13 is internally threaded and is continuously connected to the tube 10.
- a gap 15 is therefore created between the connection portion 13 and the skirt wall 4, which, when the cap is applied to the spout, is closed at the bottom by a portion of the spout.
- connection portion 13 By means of the connection portion 13, the cap 1 may be screwed to the spout of the flexible pouch to create a fluidic continuity between it and the tube 10.
- the same tube is threaded internally and may be screwed to the spout of the flexible pouch.
- the cap 1 further comprises at least one warranty window 20a, 20b on the main surface 8, through or blind, arranged in a predefined angular position around the tube 10.
- the cap 1 has a first warranty window 20a and a second warranty window 20b, arranged diametrically opposite relative to the tube 10.
- said warranty openings 20a, 20b are flanked by the tube 10, each in its respective tapered portion of the main tapered surface 8.
- Each warranty window 20a, 20b comprises a warranty tab 22 suitable for making a coupling for a corresponding warranty hook, which will be discussed hereinafter.
- warranty tab 22 is an example of embodiment of coupling means suitable for making a coupling for a warranty hook.
- said warranty tab 22 comprises a tab wall 24 protruding from the edge of the warranty window 20a, 20b, inclined towards the inside of the same opening 20a, 20b, so as to form a guide for the entrance of said warranty hook and a hook that opposes the escape of the same.
- the cap 1 further comprises a closure 30 to close the mouth 16 of the tube 10.
- the closure 30 comprises a cover 32 suitable to overlap the tube 10, inside of which there is arranged a tubular tang 34 suitable to penetrate in the tube 10 through the mouth 16, so as to close it tightly. [0027] When the closure 30 closes the tube 10, the tang 34 is coaxial with the tube 10 along the main axis X.
- the cover 32 comprises a cover wall 35 having at its base an annular cover edge 36, having, for example, a shape corresponding to that of the main surface 8.
- cover edge 36 rests on the main surface 8.
- said closure 30 comprises an opening ridge 38, protruding externally from the cover 32, in a predefined angular position of the cover edge 36.
- the cap 1 further comprises a hinge 40 for hinging the closure 30 with the skirt 2.
- Said hinge 40 comprises at least one shank 42a, 42b that joins the skirt 2 to the cover 32.
- Said shank 42a, 42b preferably has two parts: a first shank part 44 joined to the skirt 2 and a second shank part 46 joined to the cover 32; said parts are joined together so as to form a bendable knee.
- first shank 42a and a second shank 42b spaced apart from each other, arranged in the rear area of the cap 1, i.e. on the side opposite to the opening ridge 38.
- the cap 1 comprises elastic means suitable to bring the closure 30 towards a closed configuration .
- said elastic means comprise a sheet 50, preferably placed between the two shanks 42a, 42b of the hinge 40, which is elastically deformable and connected to the skirt 2 and the cover 32, so as to push the closure 30 towards the closed configuration.
- Said elastic means are also suitable to bring the closure 30 into a fully open configuration when said closure 30 is beyond an angular limit closing position.
- said angular limit closing position corresponds to an inclination of 45° of the closure with respect to the main surface 8.
- the cap 1 further comprises at least one warranty hook 60, 70 joined, in an unopened cap configuration, to the cover 32 of the closure 30, and in particular protruding from the cover edge 36.
- the warranty hook 60, 70 is joined to the cover 32 by breakable elements 62, 72, for example in the form of very thin feet, which join the warranty hook 60, 70 to the cover edge 36 or to blocks 64, 74 joined to the cover
- first warranty hook 60 and a second warranty hook 70 are arranged diametrically opposed.
- Each warranty hook 60, 70 is joined to the cover 32 by means of three breakable elements 62, 72, protruding from three blocks 64, 74 joined to the cover 32 at the cover edge 36.
- said blocks 64, 74 are accommodated in a respective loop 66, 76 formed by the cover wall 35 of the cover 32.
- the cover wall 35 is shaped so as to form a first loop 66, which accommodates the first warranty hook 60, and a second loop 76, which accommodates the second warranty hook 70; said loops 66, 76 are diametrically opposed, for example, obtained at the tapered portions of the main rhomboidal surface 8.
- the warranty hook 60, 70 is suitable to pass through the respective warranty window 20a, 20b and to snap into place with the respective warranty tab 22.
- the cap 1 is made of a single piece of plastic material, by means of injection molding, in the completely open initial configuration. [0048] Once the pouch is filled, the cap is applied to the pouch; alternatively, the cap is first closed and then applied to the pouch.
- the warranty hook 60, 70 passes through the respective warranty window 20a, 20b, the insertion thereof being made easier by the shape of the warranty tab 22.
- the warranty tab 22 is flexible and bends by the action of the warranty hook 60, 70 (figure lib), until the warranty hook 60, 70 has penetrated sufficiently to release the warranty tab 22 (figure 11c) .
- the warranty tab 22 thus returns to its original shape and forms a coupling able to engage the warranty hook 60, 70.
- a suitable action on the closure 30 causes the further rotation of the cap 1, until the continuity between the warranty hook 60, 70 and the cover 32 breaks, due, for example, to the breakage of the breakable elements 62 , 72.
- the warranty hook 60, 70 remains confined in the gap 15 formed between the connection portion 13 and the skirt wall 4 and, being detached from the cover 32 that supported it, tends to fall by gravity along said gap 15, which is closed at the bottom by the spout portion.
- the warranty flap 22 acts as an obstacle preventing the warranty hook 60, 70 from escaping through the warranty window 20a,
- the cap according to the present invention overcomes the drawbacks mentioned with reference to the known art.
- the warranty seal allows tampering or the first opening of the cap to be seen, without making the cap difficult to open.
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- Closures For Containers (AREA)
Abstract
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Applications Claiming Priority (2)
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IT201800001718A IT201800001718A1 (en) | 2018-01-24 | 2018-01-24 | FLIP-TOP CAP WITH WARRANTY SEAL FOR POUCH |
PCT/IB2018/060194 WO2019145772A1 (en) | 2018-01-24 | 2018-12-17 | Flip-top cap with warranty seal for pouches |
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US (1) | US20210039850A1 (en) |
EP (1) | EP3743348A1 (en) |
IT (1) | IT201800001718A1 (en) |
WO (1) | WO2019145772A1 (en) |
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BR112022008836A2 (en) * | 2019-11-07 | 2022-08-16 | Aptar Freyung Gmbh | CLOSING DEVICE FOR A CONTAINER IN WHICH FLOW MATERIAL IS STORED |
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- 2018-12-17 EP EP18830959.5A patent/EP3743348A1/en active Pending
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