EP0444005A1 - Capsule inviolable pour récipient - Google Patents

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Publication number: EP0444005A1
Authority: EP; European Patent Office
Prior art keywords: band; guarantee; container; circumference; tamper
Prior art date: 1990-01-23
Legal status (The legal status is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the status listed.): Granted

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EP91890006A

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German (de)

English (en)

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EP0444005B1 (fr

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Dietmar F. Aichinger

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VESAG VERPACKUNGSSYSTEM AG

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Individual

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1990-01-23

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1991-01-15

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1991-08-28

1991-01-15 Application filed by Individual filed Critical Individual

1991-08-28 Publication of EP0444005A1 publication Critical patent/EP0444005A1/fr

1994-08-31 Application granted granted Critical

1994-08-31 Publication of EP0444005B1 publication Critical patent/EP0444005B1/fr

2011-01-15 Anticipated expiration legal-status Critical

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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
- 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
- B65D41/32—Caps or cap-like covers with lines of weakness, tearing-strips, tags, or like opening or removal devices, e.g. to facilitate formation of pouring openings
- B65D41/34—Threaded or like caps or cap-like covers provided with tamper elements formed in, or attached to, the closure skirt
- B65D41/3442—Threaded or like caps or cap-like covers provided with tamper elements formed in, or attached to, the closure skirt with rigid bead or projections formed on the tamper element and coacting with bead or projections on the container
- B65D41/3447—Threaded or like caps or cap-like covers provided with tamper elements formed in, or attached to, the closure skirt with rigid bead or projections formed on the tamper element and coacting with bead or projections on the container the tamper element being integrally connected to the closure by means of bridges
- 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
- B65D2401/35—Vertical or axial lines of weakness

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the invention relates to a guarantee closure for containers, such as bottles and the like.
a plastic closure cap designed as a screw cap, the jacket of which is connected in the region of the jacket inner circumference via tear-off webs with a warranty tape which carries at least one holding member on its inside, which contributes to on the container mouth screwed cap engages below the container screw thread arranged annular locking projection of the container
the tamper-evident band has at least one predetermined breaking point over its circumference, which is formed by a slot in the tether band body, which is bridged by a band section connecting the tether bands.
Such guarantee tapes which can be mechanically anchored to the container have the advantage over heat-shrinkable guarantee tapes, for example known from DE-OS 32 45 820, that the anchoring process for the guarantee tape and thus also the application device in question are simplified. It is sufficient if they are pushed over the locking projection when the screw cap is screwed on for the first time onto the container mouth designed according to the MCA standard, because their elasticity means that they can snap under the locking projection, the holding element possibly bending upwards and remaining in this position. After the retaining element of the guarantee band has snapped into place, the closure cap can only be unscrewed again by destroying the guarantee band, which indicates that the container is opened for the first time.
the inside of the guarantee bands are provided with several holding fingers, for example.
the band section connecting the guarantee band ends is web-shaped and extends in the extension of the band ends.
the guarantee bands described above are sometimes not flexible enough, particularly as a result of manufacturing tolerances of the closure cap and the container mouth, in order to ensure perfect demolding during the manufacture of the closure cap and damage-free application to the container.
the guarantee band will tear prematurely at the predetermined breaking point if it is pushed under stretch over the annular locking projection of the container, which the holding members then engage under.
the invention aims to provide a guarantee closure of the type specified in the introduction, in which the risk of premature and unintentional tearing of the guarantee band is avoided.
the guarantee closure according to the invention is characterized in that the slot in the guarantee band body passes from the upper to the lower body edge and the band section connecting the guarantee band projects essentially radially outward from the band circumference in the form of a loop.
the closure cap 1 is screwed onto a container mouth 4 designed according to the MCA standard on its outside carries a screw thread 5 and below it is equipped with an annular locking projection 6 designed as a bead, the outside diameter of which is about 28 mm according to the MCA standard.
a guarantee tape 8 is attached via a series of vertical, tearable webs 7, which is made in one piece with the cap.
the webs 7 and the upper section of the guarantee band have essentially the same or slightly larger inner diameter as the jacket 2.
the guarantee band 8 has on its outer side an outer wall section 9 which widens conically downward from the webs 7 and an adjoining cylindrical outer wall section 10.
the guarantee band 8 On its inside, the guarantee band 8 is provided with a circumferential recess 11 which is delimited by an upper wall section 12 which widens conically outwards and downwards from the inner wall of the guarantee band in the example shown and a cylindrical lower wall section 13 adjoining this.
the circumferential recess 11 is thus open towards the lower end of the guarantee band.
a plurality of holding fingers 14 project inwards over the circumference of the band and engage under the locking projection 6 of the container when the closure cap is screwed on (FIG. 1).
the guarantee band also has at least one vertical predetermined breaking point, which is shown in the right half of FIG. 1 and in FIG. 2 and is formed by a slot 15 which extends from the upper to the lower edge of the guarantee band.
the guarantee band ends delimiting the slot are connected by a substantially loop-shaped band section 16 bridging the slot 15, which projects radially outward from the band circumference.
This connecting section of the guarantee band extends, as shown in FIG. 1, over part of the band height.
the guarantee tape 8 When applying the closure cap 1 on the container mouth, the guarantee tape 8 at the transition over the annular locking projection of the container, which is designed according to the MCA standard as an annular bead, radially stretched. This deformation is absorbed elastically by the loop-shaped guarantee tape piece 16, thereby preventing the guarantee tape from being torn open unintentionally.
the size of the loop is dimensioned such that the loop is essentially stretched at the height of the largest outer diameter of the annular locking projection.
the connecting band section 16 projecting radially outward from the guarantee band can originate from the outside of the guarantee band, as in the exemplary embodiment shown, or from the inner edges of the slot 15. It is understood that the development length of the loop is greater than the mutual spacing of the edges of the undeformed slot is.

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Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
Mechanical Engineering (AREA)
Closures For Containers (AREA)
Table Devices Or Equipment (AREA)
Package Frames And Binding Bands (AREA)
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EP91890006A 1990-01-23 1991-01-15 Capsule inviolable pour récipient Expired - Lifetime EP0444005B1 (fr)

Applications Claiming Priority (2)

Application Number	Priority Date	Filing Date	Title
AT150/90		1990-01-23
AT0015090A AT405045B (de)	1990-01-23	1990-01-23	Garantieverschluss für behälter

Publications (2)

Publication Number	Publication Date
EP0444005A1 true EP0444005A1 (fr)	1991-08-28
EP0444005B1 EP0444005B1 (fr)	1994-08-31

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Application Number	Title	Priority Date	Filing Date
EP91890006A Expired - Lifetime EP0444005B1 (fr)	1990-01-23	1991-01-15	Capsule inviolable pour récipient

Country Status (5)

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EP (1)	EP0444005B1 (fr)
AT (2)	AT405045B (fr)
DE (1)	DE59102677D1 (fr)
DK (1)	DK0444005T3 (fr)
ES (1)	ES2059103T3 (fr)

Citations (3)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number	Priority date	Publication date	Assignee	Title
US3902621A (en) *	1974-08-05	1975-09-02	Walter E Hidding	Tamperproof closure with grippable handle
US4813562A (en) *	1988-05-04	1989-03-21	Continental White Cap, Inc.	Reversed-arc band for tamper-evident cap
EP0329640A1 (fr) *	1988-02-16	1989-08-23	Dietmar F. Aichinger	Fermeture inviolable pour un récipient et moule à injection pour la fabrication de la fermeture

Family Cites Families (2)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number	Priority date	Publication date	Assignee	Title
CH653307A5 (de) *	1981-12-11	1985-12-31	Walter Wiedmer	Schraubverschluss mit garantiestreifen fuer behaelter.
DE3623765A1 (de) *	1985-07-18	1987-01-22	Friedrich Stettler	Garantie-verschlussdeckel sowie mit diesem deckel ausgeruestetes behaeltnis

1990
- 1990-01-23 AT AT0015090A patent/AT405045B/de not_active IP Right Cessation
1991
- 1991-01-15 DE DE59102677T patent/DE59102677D1/de not_active Expired - Fee Related
- 1991-01-15 AT AT91890006T patent/ATE110675T1/de active
- 1991-01-15 DK DK91890006.9T patent/DK0444005T3/da active
- 1991-01-15 EP EP91890006A patent/EP0444005B1/fr not_active Expired - Lifetime
- 1991-01-15 ES ES91890006T patent/ES2059103T3/es not_active Expired - Lifetime

Patent Citations (3)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number	Priority date	Publication date	Assignee	Title
US3902621A (en) *	1974-08-05	1975-09-02	Walter E Hidding	Tamperproof closure with grippable handle
EP0329640A1 (fr) *	1988-02-16	1989-08-23	Dietmar F. Aichinger	Fermeture inviolable pour un récipient et moule à injection pour la fabrication de la fermeture
US4813562A (en) *	1988-05-04	1989-03-21	Continental White Cap, Inc.	Reversed-arc band for tamper-evident cap

Also Published As

Publication number	Publication date
ES2059103T3 (es)	1994-11-01
AT405045B (de)	1999-04-26
DK0444005T3 (da)	1994-11-14
EP0444005B1 (fr)	1994-08-31
ATE110675T1 (de)	1994-09-15
DE59102677D1 (de)	1994-10-06
ATA15090A (de)	1998-09-15

Publication	Publication Date	Title
EP0593396B1 (fr)	1996-01-31	Fermeture de garantie en matière plastique
EP0281514B2 (fr)	1994-01-05	Capsule de fermeture à bande de garantie
DE69413152T2 (de)	1999-05-20	Diebstahlsicherer Verschluss aus Kunststoff
DE2149942C3 (de)	1974-03-14	Schnapp -Kappenverschluß eines Behälters
DE2910178B1 (de)	1980-06-26	Originalitaets-Schraubverschluss fuer Flaschen u.dgl.
DE3111692A1 (de)	1982-01-07	Einstueckig geformte verschlusskappen zum abdichten eines behaelters, insbesondere einer flasche
DE2819947A1 (de)	1979-06-21	Behaelterverschluss
EP0243531B1 (fr)	1991-10-30	Fermeture de sécurité pour bouteilles et récipients
DE2142297C2 (de)	1983-04-14	Gegen unbefugtes Öffnen gesicherter Verschluß für Behälter
DE2753080A1 (de)	1979-05-31	Verschlusskappe mit originalitaetssicherung
DE2638351C3 (de)	1981-04-30	Garantieverschluß für Flaschen
DE2233305A1 (de)	1974-01-31	Schraubverschluss mit originalitaetssicherungsring
CH667249A5 (de)	1988-09-30	Verschluss aus kunststoff mit garantieband.
DE68914393T2 (de)	1994-08-25	Mehrteiliger Originalitätsschnappverschluss.
DE3216868C2 (de)	1983-08-11	Abreißkappe zum Verschließen von Flaschen
EP0343102B1 (fr)	1992-06-17	Capuchon en matière plastique
EP0444005B1 (fr)	1994-08-31	Capsule inviolable pour récipient
DE2120701A1 (de)	1971-11-11	Stopfen mit herausziehbarem Ring
EP0886606B1 (fr)	1999-10-20	Orifice de contenant et bouchon de fermeture
WO1992013773A1 (fr)	1992-08-20	Capsule de bouteille a anneau garantissant la fermeture d'origine
DE2263763A1 (de)	1974-07-04	Behaelterverschluss mit garantiesicherung
WO1997033799A1 (fr)	1997-09-18	Bouchon en plastique garantissant l'inviolabilite
DE1285904B (de)	1968-12-19	Wieder verwendbare aus thermoplastischem Kunststoff bestehende einteilige Verschlusskappe
DE69202489T2 (de)	1995-11-09	Sicherheitsverschluss.
CH620886A5 (en)	1980-12-31	Container, which can be closed by means of a screw-on cap, with anti-opening lock

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