US20070108153A1 - Drinking and pouring closure with a piercing cutter device for composite packagings or container and bottle spouts sealed with a film material - Google Patents

Drinking and pouring closure with a piercing cutter device for composite packagings or container and bottle spouts sealed with a film material Download PDF

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US20070108153A1
US20070108153A1 US10/565,705 US56570504A US2007108153A1 US 20070108153 A1 US20070108153 A1 US 20070108153A1 US 56570504 A US56570504 A US 56570504A US 2007108153 A1 US2007108153 A1 US 2007108153A1
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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
    • B65D47/36—Closures with frangible parts adapted to be pierced, torn, or removed, to provide discharge openings
    • 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
    • B65D5/00—Rigid or semi-rigid containers of polygonal cross-section, e.g. boxes, cartons or trays, formed by folding or erecting one or more blanks made of paper
    • B65D5/42—Details of containers or of foldable or erectable container blanks
    • B65D5/72—Contents-dispensing means
    • B65D5/74—Spouts
    • B65D5/746—Spouts formed separately from the container
    • B65D5/747—Spouts formed separately from the container with means for piercing or cutting the container wall or a membrane connected to said wall
    • B65D5/748—Spouts formed separately from the container with means for piercing or cutting the container wall or a membrane connected to said wall a major part of the container wall or membrane being left inside the container after the opening
    • 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
    • B65D2251/00—Details relating to container closures
    • B65D2251/0003—Two or more closures
    • B65D2251/0006—Upper closure
    • B65D2251/0025—Upper closure of the 47-type
    • 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
    • B65D2251/00—Details relating to container closures
    • B65D2251/0003—Two or more closures
    • B65D2251/0068—Lower closure
    • B65D2251/0093—Membrane

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  • This invention relates to a drink- and pour closure with pierce cutting facility (henceforth called “d p closure”) for opening a composite pack, fitted with it or for opening the neck of a container or bottle, which is closed with a thick foil and which is fitted with such a d p closure.
  • d p closure pierce cutting facility
  • packs made of foil-coated paper are used, in which milk, fruit juices, mineral water and all other kinds of drinks are packed.
  • the paper for such composite packs is a laminate, usually a paper or a board, which is coated with plastic (polyethylene for example) and/or aluminum. Volumes of such packs usually range from 20 cl to 2 liters and more.
  • the pour closure can also be mounted on containers or bottles, whose necks are closed with a thick foil of foil material, somewhat like on all kinds of bottles, made out of glass or PET plastic or similar containers.
  • Closures of such type and made out of plastic are known in different configuration. When these are intended to be used in a composite pack, they essentially form a pouring rim or a pouring collar with a shoulder projecting out radially from its bottom edge, the shoulder forming a terminating flange at this edge or collar.
  • a pouring collar In the case of a pouring collar, it is mostly equipped with an external thread, on which a threaded cap can be screwed as closure.
  • the pouring collar In the case of a bottle closure, the pouring collar can be placed or threaded over a bottle mouth.
  • Other pouring closures have a shaped, folding cover, which hinges on an integral hinge.
  • Such a pouring closure is flanged up on the composite pack in such a way that it is tightly welded on the composite pack with the bottom side of its projecting rim, that is, with the bottom side of its flange.
  • the free passage at the bottom end of the rim or the collar of the closure is then closed tightly by the composite laminate of paper and thick foil of the composite pack.
  • the foil reinforced paper, passing below the welded collar or the pouring closure or the foil membrane, passing below the collar or the closure, must be cut open, tom open or pushed out for opening purpose, so that the passage becomes clear and the liquid from the container can be poured out or emptied through the collar/end connector or the pouring closure.
  • a sleeve is arranged for this purpose at the inside of the end connector; when the cap is turned to unscrew it, this sleeve is taken up by it and is hence turned in the same direction.
  • the bottom edge of the sleeve is equipped with one or more tearing or cutting teeth. Through its turning and continuous downward movement, the sleeve is able to push out or cut through a disc from the foil reinforced paper or the local foil membrane, which run below it.
  • the sleeve which moves slowly downward, rotating at the same time, touches with its complete bottom edge virtually simultaneously the foil reinforced paper web to be cut, and pushes it totally downward and turns itself on it till a hole is made, more as if it is scraped through or broken through than it is cut.
  • the foil material or the joining substance are pre-weakened at the intended place of tear by means of laser or a punching tool to make the breaking off or tearing off easier.
  • This pre-weakening technically involves considerable expenditure. Costly equipment is required and treatment of the penetration area on the foils is time consuming.
  • the conventional self-opening closures do not cut cleanly but tear off the paper or plastic foil earlier than cut them cleanly, as is evidenced by the large amount of resistance to turning.
  • the force transmitting device often breaks, which is supposed to transmit the turning moment of the threaded cap to the penetrating sleeve, or the provided follower cams, which engage with the grooves on the penetrating sleeve, jump out from these grooves. When this happens, the self-opening closure is no longer functional.
  • a further problem is that the disc of foil, which has been tom off or cut off to some extent by the penetrating sleeve, turns a little downwards or it does not remain turned downwards all the time during the time of use of the closure, since the penetrating sleeve is not securely fixed in its end position. For a proper drink-closure, all these problems should be adequately fixed.
  • the configurations which are known already, are, furthermore, of relatively large built up height.
  • an end connector In the case of an end connector, it must take up a penetrating sleeve, which has to be moved down by a few millimeters to open the composite laminate, irrespective of whether the sleeve is then rotated or not.
  • the force transmitting device for pushing it down or setting it in rotation require much space and a corresponding built up height, which is, however, at a disadvantage for the stackability of the composite packs, which are fitted with the same.
  • the individual components are complicated in their construction. They are produced separately—as end connector, as cover, which can be unscrewed and also as penetrating sleeve, which can be inserted in the end connector. After getting injection molded, these three parts must be assembled together, which becomes expensive and, for large number of parts, as is the case here, require specially designed and expensive assembly equipment.
  • a d p closure for composite packs or for necks of containers- and bottles which are closed with a foil material, comprising an end connector/collar with a radially projecting flange below, which is meant for welding on a composite pack or depositing in a composite pack, or comprising an end connector/collar with a formed threaded cap below for screwing on a collar thread and which is characterized by the feature that a mouth or pouring piece is put on the collar, the said piece forming a piercing cutter, suitably passing as nipple on the inner side of the collar, the cutter forming with its bottom rim at least one piercing point and from which at least one cutting edge, rising at an angle to the turning axis of the nipple and swung, is formed and that the mouth- or pouring piece on the outer side of the collar forms a sleeve, which surrounds the collar and is movable at the collar.
  • FIG. 1 The d p closure, to be welded on a composite pack, with open cover cap in perspective view.
  • FIG. 2 The closure as per FIG. 1 with open cover cap in a view, as seen from the side.
  • FIG. 3 The d p closure as per FIG. 1 with open cover cap in a diametric section through the mouth- or pouring piece with its pierce-cutter as well as through the collar with projected flange.
  • FIG. 4 The d p closure as per FIG. 1 with pressed down mouth- or pouring piece in a diametric section
  • FIG. 5 The d p closure as per FIG. 1 with open cover cap and pressed down mouth- or pouring piece and corresponding pierce-cutter, which is rotated downwards.
  • FIG. 6 The d p closure for screwing on the threaded neck of a bottle or of a container with open cover cap in a perspective view.
  • FIG. 7 The d p closure as per FIG. 6 with open cover cap in a view, as seen from the side.
  • FIG. 8 The d p closure as per Figure with open cover cap in a diametric section through the mouth- or pouring piece with the pierce-cutter and the threaded cap.
  • FIG. 9 The d p closure as per FIG. 6 with pressed down mouth- or pouring piece, as seen from the side.
  • FIG. 10 The d p closure as per FIG. 6 with open cover cap and pressed down mouth- or pouring piece in a diametric section along the line B-B of FIG. 9 and corresponding pierce-cutter, which is turned downwards.
  • FIG. 11 An alternative pour closure for pasty contents as seen at an angle from below, with opened up cover and turning cap and before the first opening, that is with the guarantee strip intact.
  • FIG. 12 The pour closure for pasty contents as per FIG. 11 as seen at an angle from above, with opened up cover and turning cap and before the first opening.
  • FIG. 13 The end connector/collar with threaded cap for pour closure for pasty contents as per FIG. 11 , as seen at an angle from above.
  • FIG. 14 A d p closure as seen at an angle from below, with opened up cover and turning cap and before the first opening, that is with the guarantee strip intact.
  • FIG. 15 A d p closure as in FIG. 14 as seen at an angle from below, but with threaded cap.
  • FIG. 16 The d p closure as per FIG. 15 as seen at an angle from above, with opened up cover and turning cap and before the first opening, that is with the guarantee strip intact.
  • the d p closure with open cover cap is shown in perspective view in FIG. 1 . It comprises altogether only two parts, which can be assembled together, namely an end connector 1 with a projected bottom rim 5 , which constitutes a flange, by which the closure can be tightly welded on a composite pack, and a mouth- or pouring piece 2 , which can be placed over this end connector 1 and on which an one-piece cover cap 3 is further formed through a flexible safety strip 4 . At its bottom side, it has a sealing lip so that, when pressed on the opening of the mouth- or pouring piece, it acts as a dust and sealing cap.
  • the mouth- or pouring piece 2 forms a ring with projected, round rim 6 .
  • a sleeve 7 projects downward below the rim 6 and below the sleeve 7 , a continuously running band 8 , with its external side aligned with the sleeve, is formed over several material bridges, which are laid as breaking points.
  • This band 8 acts as safety and guarantee strip, as would be made clear. As long as this band 8 lies on the sleeve 7 , the d p closure cannot be opened.
  • FIG. 2 the d p closure as per FIG. 1 is shown from the side, but before it was opened for the first time.
  • band 8 is formed in the shape of a tongue at the end of its run.
  • Outwardly projecting flange 5 which is a part of the collar of the closure (not visible here), can be identified below the band 8 .
  • the cap cover 3 is open and it always hangs on the elastic flexible safety strip 4 . By bending the safety strip 4 , the cap cover can be put on the mouth- or pouring piece 2 .
  • a sealing collar 12 with sealing lip is formed at the inner side of the cap cover, which fits drip proof into the internal width of the mouth- or pouring piece 2 .
  • FIG. 3 shows this d p closure in a diametric section through the mouth- or pouring piece 2 with its pierce-cutter 13 and the collar 14 , which is a part of the closure.
  • the collar 14 with its projected rim at bottom, which forms a flange 5 is welded in a leak-proof way on a composite pack.
  • the mouth- or pouring piece 2 is put on this collar 14 , which includes a special pierce-cutter 13 .
  • This pierce-cutter in principle, comprises a nipple, which is formed as pointing downward on the mouth- or pouring piece 2 and fits into the internal width of the collar 14 .
  • the external sleeve 7 over the mouth- or pouring piece 2 is thereby turned up.
  • the collar 14 has a small overhang 15 , projecting inwards, at its upper edge and the nipple, which makes the pierce cutter 13 , has on its outer side a small projecting step 16 , pointing upward.
  • the mouth- or pouring piece 2 is pressed and thus the step 16 with its surface, which is beveled downward, slides over the projected rim and the step 16 works afterwards as a barb in a way, so that the mouth- or pouring piece 2 can no longer be pulled away from the collar 14 and is held securely and drip-proof on the same.
  • the guarantee strip 8 At the lower portion of the nipple, which forms the pierce-cutter 13 , one can see its downward-swung edge 18 , progressively getting steeper, forming the sharp cutting edge. At two preferred spots, the bottom edge 18 runs into a point 17 in the sense that it runs upto these points 17 with its downward-swung bottom edge. To open this drink-closure, the guarantee strip 8 must first be tom off and removed completely, whereby it can get seized at the tongue 11 . Only when this guarantee strip 8 is totally removed, the mouth- or pouring piece 2 can be displaced downward.
  • the pierce-cutter 13 is pressed downward with some force so that the pierce-cutter 13 pricks the composite pack or the thick foil under it and when it is pressed down further under enforced rotation, it cuts up along the inner edge of the collar 14 with its swung, sharp edge 18 , through which, the closure and the thick foil lying under it, are opened. It is not imperative, however, that the mouth- or pouring piece is twisted, when it is pressed down on the collar 14 .
  • a guide can also be provided, along which the mouth- or pouring piece with its lower, sharp edge 18 can merely be pressed down axially in the collar without any rotation, thereby cutting up the thick foil underneath.
  • a locking device is formed between the pierce-cutter and the collar, so that the pierce-cutter 13 gets locked on the collar 14 in the position, where it has been rotated down and remains so.
  • FIG. 4 an enlarged view of the mouth- or pouring piece 2 with pressed down pierce-cutter 13 is shown and, with reference to FIG. 3 , it is shown as seen from the right side so that the cover cap 3 is at the back of the mouth- or pouring piece 2 .
  • the step 16 formed externally on pierce-cutter/nipple 13 , can be better seen here as well as the inward projection 15 at the upper part of end connector/collar 1 .
  • the guiding device can also be seen here, on the strength of which, the mouth- or pouring piece 2 experiences a turning moment when it is pressed down, so that the entire mouth- or pouring piece 2 , together with the pierce-cutter 13 , twist simultaneously by 90 to 180 degrees when the same is axially pressed down.
  • This guiding device comprises two helical grooves 19 , which are carried on the outer side with steep gradients and in which two appropriate cams 20 run or glide, these cams being formed at the mouth- or pouring piece 2 on the inner side of the bottom rim of the external sleeve 7 .
  • the pierce-cutter 13 as shown here, have two points 17 for piercing the composite laminate or the thick foil and these are connected with each other over the swung, sharp edges 18 .
  • the two points are arranged somewhat shifted on the periphery of the pierce-cutter sleeve 13 and are not intentionally positioned at 180 degrees to each other.
  • the pierce-cutter 13 pierces the foil at two places when the mouth- or pouring piece 2 is pressed down and further cuts it immediately as the same is turned.
  • the amount, by which the pierce-cutter 13 is rotated, is determined through proper designing of the guiding device, that is, through choosing the gradient of the groove 19 and the rotation it provides, in such a way that the cut-off disc finally is kept hanging at one place on the composite material; this ensures that the almost completely cut-off disc from the composite material by the pierce-cutter 13 , swings downwards but is still held by a small material connection, so that it does not fall in the composite pack.
  • FIG. 5 the d p closure with pressed down mouth- or pouring piece 2 , as seen from the side, is shown.
  • the guarantee strip was first tom off and then the mouth- or pouring piece 2 with the cap 3 still put on, could be pressed down by pressing on top.
  • the points 17 of the pierce-cutter 13 first puncture the composite pack or the thick foil, which lie under the closure and then, when the pouring piece 2 is pressed down further, they inevitably rotate themselves together with the cover cap 3 , through which the pierce-cutter 13 cuts open the composite pack or thick foil further along the inner edge of the collar, till finally the cutter 13 takes up its shown end position and the disc, which is almost completely cut off, swings downward.
  • FIG. 6 shows a functionally identical drink closure, whose collar flange is integral in a threaded cap 21 .
  • this drink closure as seen from the side, is shown, where the ‘first opening’ intact guarantee strip 8 and tongue 11 for tearing off this strip 8 are shown.
  • this drink closure with threaded cap 21 is shown in a diametric section, as seen from the side, but with the exception of cover cap 3 .
  • the cover cap 3 acts here also as dust and sealing cap such that when the closure is not in use, it can be closed in a drip-proof way.
  • the closure is made exactly in the same way as the closure, which has been illustrated in FIGS.
  • this drink closure is shown after the “first opening” guarantee strip has been tom off and also after the mouth- or pouring piece 2 has been pressed down, the pouring piece 2 having been now compulsorily pressed down through rotation until it impacted the upper side 22 of the threaded cap 21 .
  • the d p closure is shown in a diametric section along line B-B of FIG.
  • the cover cap 3 is therefore found in this sectional view behind the mouth- or pouring piece 2 .
  • the guiding device for forced rotation of the mouth- or pouring piece 2 and the pierce cutter 13 , formed below it, are the same as already described for the embodiments in FIGS. 1 to 5 .
  • FIG. 11 an alternative embodiment of such a pour-closure has been shown, which is specially suited for pasty contents, having consistency of mayonnaise or similar substances.
  • This closure is shown, as seen at an angle from bottom, with opened cover- and turning cap 3 and before the first opening.
  • This closure likewise comprises an end connector, which is here, however, not seen and also a pouring piece 2 , which has a dome shaped upper end, which is opened through diametric incisions 24 .
  • the pouring piece 2 runs into a pierce cutter 13 , which has a sharp bottom edge 18 .
  • the edge forms here three cutting points 17 , which are distributed around the periphery of the pierce cutter 13 .
  • the pouring piece 2 forms at its lower side a sleeve 7 , which surrounds the pierce cutter 13 , maintaining a gap.
  • a rim 25 is formed, which is connected with the guarantee strip 8 through few fine material bridges.
  • a tongue 11 is formed, which is gripped and through breakage of the material bridges at rim 25 , it can be tom off from the pouring piece 2 .
  • a toothed rim 26 is formed, which makes a kind of gear wheel and whose functioning is made clearer through the drawings, which are given ahead.
  • this pour-closure for pasty contents is shown, as seen at an angle from top.
  • the dome shaped tip of the pouring piece 2 is opened by a number of diametric incisions 24 . They join at the center of a pour opening 29 .
  • the cover and the cover cap 3 here is opened through the integral hinge 27 .
  • the cover- and turning cap 3 is shaped into a toothed inner surface 28 at its bottom or along its opening. These teeth match exactly with those of the toothed rim 26 on the end connector 2 .
  • the cover- and turning cap 3 is held through an integral hinge 27 .
  • FIG. 13 shows the end connector 1 singly, as seen at an angle from top.
  • a helical groove 19 is take out on its outer side, in which special cams, which are provided on the sleeve 7 at the bottom side of the pouring piece 2 , engage and when the pouring piece 2 is pressed down on the end connector 1 , forces the same into a rotation. But the real turning moment at the pierce cutter is then generated, when the cover cap with its toothed lower inner rim engages with the external, toothed rim on the pouring piece 2 and the pierce cutter on the pouring piece can be rotated forcefully, when the knurled outer face of the cap is rotated.
  • a threaded cap 21 joins here at the bottom side of end connector 1 , by means of which the closure can be screwed on the threaded collar of a container or a bottle.
  • FIG. 14 shows an embodiment, in which the pouring piece 2 is formed as a pouring- or drinking collar. Otherwise it is no different from the ones as in the FIGS. 11 to 13 . Only the upper part of the pouring piece 2 here is shaped differently. In place of a dome shaped upper end, a tubular end piece with blunt edge is used here. On one hand, this can be used for pouring out the contents of a container or bottle, and also for putting it to the mouth for drinking straight from a bottle.
  • FIG. 15 shows this d p closure, as seen at an angle from bottom, with opened cover- and turning cap and FIG. 16 shows it at an angle from top.
  • FIG. 15 shows this d p closure, as seen at an angle from bottom, with opened cover- and turning cap
  • FIG. 16 shows it at an angle from top.

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