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EP1461263B1
EP1461263B1 EP03709851A EP03709851A EP1461263B1 EP 1461263 B1 EP1461263 B1 EP 1461263B1 EP 03709851 A EP03709851 A EP 03709851A EP 03709851 A EP03709851 A EP 03709851A EP 1461263 B1 EP1461263 B1 EP 1461263B1
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tamper
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Grégory ANTIER
Georges Adabachian
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Tetra Laval Holdings and Finance SA
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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
    • B65D41/46—Snap-on caps or cap-like covers
    • B65D41/48—Snap-on caps or cap-like covers non-metallic, e.g. made of paper or plastics
    • B65D41/485—Snap-on caps or cap-like covers non-metallic, e.g. made of paper or plastics with integral internal sealing means
    • 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
    • B65D2209/00—Provisions for used articles
    • 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
    • B65D2401/25—Non-metallic tear-off strips

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  • the invention also relates to a container provided with a neck on which is mounted a closure device of the aforementioned type.
  • the tamper-evident tab is removed by tearing the frangible means, so that the shutter can be moved away from the neck.
  • a completely separable tab closure device does not have such disadvantages, since its tamper evident tab is intended to be removed from the first and second portions of the device.
  • the invention aims at least to make more practical the closure devices of the aforementioned type.
  • a closure device of this type which defines storage means of the tamper-evident tab, once this tamper-evident tab separated from the first and second portions, this device being characterized in that the second portion comprises a wall forming an annular skirt, the storage means comprising a passage formed through the wall of the skirt and adapted to allow the insertion of the tamper-evident tongue into an interior storage space that the skirt and the col are intended to delimit between them.
  • the invention also relates to a container provided with a neck, characterized in that it comprises a closure device as defined above, mounted on the neck, this collar and the skirt of the closure device delimiting between them an interior storage space to which gives access to the passage formed through the skirt and in which can be inserted the tamper-evident tab.
  • a closure device 1 is shown either alone or mounted on the neck 2 of a container, which is a bottle 3 partially figured.
  • the closure device 1 made by plastic molding, is still intact or blank. It is then monobloc and, for the most part, symmetrical with respect to an axis X-X '. It comprises three portions, one of which forms a shutter 4, and another of which is an annular skirt 5 for mounting the device 1 on the neck 2. The last portion, which extends between the other two around the X axis -X ', is a tamper-evident tongue 6 which, until it is removed from the device 1, associates the shutter 4 with the skirt 5.
  • One of the two ends of the tamper-evident tongue 6 is provided with a gripping member 7.
  • Frangible means intended to be torn during removal of the tamper-evident tongue 6 comprise two continuous lines of least mechanical strength 8 and 9, each resulting from the presence of a groove on the outer face of the closure device 1.
  • the line of least mechanical resistance 8 extends between the tamper-evident tab 6 and the shutter 4.
  • the line of least mechanical resistance 9 extends between the tamper-evident tab 6 and the skirt 5.
  • a hinge joint 10 with a pivot axis A-A ' is provided between the two ends of the tamper-evident tongue 6 and comprises two elastic strips 11 which connect the shutter 4 to the skirt 5 and are angularly offset of the XX 'axis of each other.
  • the line of least mechanical resistance 9 inclines towards the free edge 12 of the skirt 5, then defines a hoop 13, whose concavity is turned towards the shutter 4 and which extends diametrically opposite the articulation 10.
  • closure device 1 is mounted on the neck 2.
  • the skirt 5 is then retained around this neck 2 by latching means consisting of two complementary annular beads, one of which is referenced 15 and provided inside the skirt 5, and the other of which is referenced 16 and provided outside the collar 2.
  • the collar 2 has a helicoidal and external thread 17, by means of which a not shown cap can be screwed onto this neck 2, in the absence of the closure device 1.
  • This thread 17 is axially offset towards the free edge of this neck 2, relative to the bead 16.
  • the skirt 5 and the neck 2 delimit between them an annular storage space 18, to which access the hole 14.
  • the tamper evident tab 6 opposes the removal of the shutter 4, which sealingly closes the passage defined by the collar 2.
  • the tamper-evident tab 6, grasped by the gripping member 7, is completely removed by tearing the lines of least resistance 8 and 9, which releases the shutter 4, which can then be tilted about the axis AA 'of the hinge 10, away from the neck 2, in the position illustrated in Figure 6.
  • the user is not embarrassed by the tamper tab 6 removed, since it can slide in the storage space 18, through the hole 14.
  • he first insert the end of the tamper-evident tab 6 opposite the gripping member 7 in the hole 14, then in the storage space 18. Then, it gradually penetrates the tamper-evident tab 6 in the storage space 18, exerting a thrust symbolized by the arrow F in Figure 4.
  • the frangible means are formed by two continuous lines of least mechanical strength, the side edges of the tamper-evident tongue 6 are substantially regular, so well that this tamper-evident tongue passes into the hole 14 without hanging.
  • the tamper-evident tongue 6 can be pushed in this way until the gripping member 7 abuts against the edge of the hole 14 and locks at the entrance to the storage space 18.
  • the tamper-evident tab 6 is then in the position shown in Figures 5 and 6: it is mounted or, if preferred row, in the storage space 18 and only its gripping member 7 protrudes outside.
  • this gripping member 7 does not cause any inconvenience when the contents of the bottle 3 is poured into another container or when a user drinks at the neck by placing his mouth opposite the hinge 10.
  • the hole 14 facilitates rapid drainage of a liquid that can be trapped between the neck 2 and the skirt 5 during assembly of the closure device 1, and / or it promotes and accelerates the evaporation of this liquid which can be a residue of a foodstuff poured into the bottle 3 or cleaning water.
  • a closure device 101 according to a first embodiment of the invention is shown in Figures 7 to 9. In Figures 8 and 9, it is mounted on the neck 102 of a bottle 103 according to this first embodiment of the invention. 'invention. In what follows, only what distinguishes the closure device 101 and the bottle 103 from the closure device 1 and the bottle 3 will be described. In addition, the references denoting parts of this closure device 101 or of this bottle 103 will be constructed by increasing by 100 the references designating the similar parts on the device 1 or the bottle 3.
  • the neck 102 and the skirt 105 are respectively longer than the neck 2 and the skirt 5.
  • the storage space 118 is offset axially and extends between the inner bead 115 of the skirt 105 and the free edge 112 of this skirt 105, as can be seen in FIG. 8.
  • the passageway through the wall of the skirt 105, to give access to the storage space 118 is not formed by a hole, but by a notch 114, delimited from the free edge 112 and elongated towards the shutter 104.
  • the tamper-proof tongue 106 is stored inside the storage space 118.
  • a radial crown 21, intended for handling the bottle 103 and equipping the neck 102, is then opposed to a possible axial displacement of the tamperproof tab 106 outside the housing 118.
  • a bottle 203 according to a second variant embodiment of the invention is shown in FIG. 10.
  • FIG. 10 A bottle 203 according to a second variant embodiment of the invention is shown in FIG. 10.
  • certain references designating parts of this bottle 203 are built by increasing by 200 the referenced designating the similar parts on the bottle 3.
  • the neck 202 of the bottle 203 is devoid of the net 17 of the bottle 3. On the other hand, it defines an annular bead 222. The latter extends outside the neck 202, between the annular bead 216 and the free edge of the bottle. this collar 202.
  • a closure device 1 identical to that shown in Figures 1 to 6 is mounted on the neck 202, in the same way that the closure device 1 shown in Figures 1 to 6 is mounted on the neck 2 of the bottle 3, on the Figures 3 to 6.
  • the skirt 5, inside which is the annular bead 222, is applied on the latter.
  • the storage space 218 is jointly delimited by the skirt 5 and the neck 202, as well as, laterally, by the annular beads 222 and 216.
  • annular bead 222 may be defined not by the neck of the bottle, but the skirt 5 of the closure device 1.

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Claims (9)

  1. Abdichtungsvorrichtung für einen Behälter (3; 103: 205), versehen mit einem Hals (2; 102; 202) versehen ist, wobei diese Vorrichtung:
    - einen ersten Abschnitt, der dazu bestimmt ist, einen Verschluss zu bilden (4; 104).
    - einen zweiten, ringförmigen, Abschnitt (5: 105), der dazu bestimmt ist, um den Hals (2: 102) herum gehalten zu werden, und
    - einen dritten Abschnitt, der eine Unversehrtheitslasche (6; 106) bildet, die den ersten (4: 104) mit dem zweiten Abschnitt (5; 105) verknüpft, die mit diesen ersten und zweiten Abschnitten (4, 5: 104, 105) durch zerbrechliche Mittel (8, 9) verbunden ist, und die dazu bestimmt ist, bei der ersten Verwendung zurückgezogen zu werden, um den Verschluss freizulegen (4; 104),
    umfasst,
    wobei diese Vorrichtung Mittel (14; 114) zum Verstauen (F) der Unversehrtheitslasche (6; 106) definiert, sobald diese Unversehrtheitslasche vom ersten und zweiten Abschnitt (4, 5: 104, 105) getrennt wird, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass der zweite Abschnitt eine Wand umfasst, die eine ringförmigen Manschette (5: 105) bildet, wobei die Mittel zum Verstauen einen Gang (14: 114) umfassen, der durch die Wand der Manschette (5; 105) führt, und in der Lage ist, die Einführung der Unversehrtheitslasche (6; 106) in einen inneren Raum zum Verstauen (18; 118; 218) zu ermöglichen, wobei die Manschette (5; 105) und der Hals (2; 102) dazu bestimmt sind, eine Grenze zwischen den beiden zu bilden.
  2. Vorrichtung nach Anspruch 1, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass der Gang durch ein Loch (14) gebildet wird.
  3. Vorrichtung nach Anspruch 1, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die Manschette (105) mit einem freien Rand (112) gegenüber dem Verschluss (104) endet, der eine Kerbe (114) begrenzt, die den Gang bildet.
  4. Verfahren nach einem der Ansprüche 1 bis 3, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass auf jeder Seite der Unversehrtheitslasche (6; 106), die zerbrechlichen Mittel die Form einer durchgehende Linie mit geringster mechanischer Festigkeit (8. 9) aufweisen.
  5. Verfahren nach einem der vorstehenden Ansprüche, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass ein Gelenk (10), das den Verschluss (4: 104) mit dem zweiten Abschnitt (5: 105) verbindet, wobei die zerbrechlichen Mitteln mindestens eine Linie mit geringster mechanischer Festigkeit (9) umfassen, die sich zwischen der Unversehrtheitslasche (6: 106) und dem zweiten Abschnitt (5: 105) ausdehnt, und, diametral gegenüber dem Gelenk (10) liegt, den Rand (13) einer Einbuchtung (20) definiert, dazu bestimmt durch den zweiten Abschnitt (5: 105) zu begrenzen und um einen Teil des Halses (2; 102: 202) nach der Zurückziehung der Unversehrtheitslasche (6; 106) abzudecken.
  6. Behälter, versehen mit einem Hals (2: 102: 202), dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass er eine Abdichtungsvorrichtung (1; 101) nach einem der vorstehenden Ansprüche umfasst, die auf dem Hals (2; 102; 202) angebracht ist, wobei der Hals und die Manschette (5; 105) zwischen sich einen inneren Raum zum Verstauen (18; 118: 218) begrenzen, zu dem der Gang (14; 114) Zugang verschafft und in den die Unversehrtheitslasche (6; 106) eingeführt werden kann.
  7. Behälter nach Anspruch 6, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass mindestens eines der Elemente der Gruppe die den Hals (2: 102: 202) umfassen, und die Manschette (5; 105) der Abdichtungsvorrichtung (1: 101) mindestens eine Sicherheitsschiene (16: 21, 115: 222) der Unversehrtheitslasche (6: 106) in dem inneren Raum zum Verstauen (18: 118: 218) definiert.
  8. Behälter gemäß Anspruch 7, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die Sicherheitsschiene ein ringförmiger Überhang (16: 21, 115: 222) ist, der seitlich den inneren Raum zum Verstauen (18: 118: 218) begrenzt.
  9. Behälter nach einem der Ansprüche 6 bis 8, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die Abdichtungsvorrichtung (1: 101) eine Vorrichtung gemäß Anspruch 6 ist, und dadurch, dass in Höhe der Einbuchtung (20), der Hals (2; 102; 202) den zweiten Abschnitt (5; 105) mehr als anderswo übersteigt.
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FR0200048 2002-01-03
FR0200048A FR2834276B1 (fr) 2002-01-03 2002-01-03 Dispositif de bouchage et recipient pourvu d'un tel dispositif
PCT/FR2003/000003 WO2003059770A2 (fr) 2002-01-03 2003-01-02 Dispositif de bouchage

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