MXPA04007219A - Crown cork comprising 27 grooves. - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a crown closure with 27 grooves that is opened or removed by applying a rotating force or a removal twist with a torque of from about 2 in lb to 9 in lb. The crown closure has a smaller contact surface between the grooves and the lip of the container that reduces friction and requires less force to open and therefore advantageously diminishes any potential harm the hands of those opening the closure.

Description

CAP 27 CORONA STRAY PRODUCT BACKGROUND IN 1892 WILLIAM PAINTER WORK IN A PATENT TO SEAL DRINKS, I CALL IT CROWN BY THE LIKE TO THE CROWNS USED BY THE NOBILITY; THE PRINCIPLE OF THE CROWN AND THE MEANS TO CLOSE CONTINUE BEING THE SAME AFTER 110 YEARS.

THROUGH MANY YEARS THEY WERE USING COMBINED INSERTS WITH PACKAGING TO PRESERVE THE CARBONATED BEVERAGES, UNTIL WE ARRIVED AT WHAT IS ESTABLISHED AS THE STANDARD CROWN OF 21 STRINGS. THE SYSTEM OF TAPAROSCA WAS ADDED TO THE SAME THINGS AND WAS KNOWN OF VARIOUS NAMES ON THE MARKET, SUCH AS TWIST-OFF OR ABBREVIATION. THAT CONSISTS OF A COMBINATION OF CROWN AND THREADED COVER THAT ALLOWS TO REMOVE THE CROWN THROUGH THE APPLICATION OF MANUAL TURNING FORCE.

DURING 1998, ON TRIPS TO THE USA, IT WAS SEEN THAT THE COVER WAS REMOVED FROM THE BOTTLES WITH THE HELP OF DESTAPADORES FOR CAPS PRY-QFF OR OF REMOVAL FOR LEVER LO-CUAJ-FST-A OUTSIDE THE STANDARDS OF PERFORMANCE FOR A COVER TWIST-OFF CROWN OR REMOTE BY TURN. IMMEDIATELY IT WAS PROCEDED TO START THE INVESTIGATION OF THE CAUSES AND POSSIBLE IMPROVEMENTS TO THE PRODUCT; THE INITIAL OUTLINE OF THIS PROJECT WAS CONCLUDED FOR 1999.

AT THE END OF THE YEAR 2001, FOR THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE MARKET, THE EVALUATION OF TAPAS THAT OFFER LESS STRENGTH TO BE REMOVED AND THAT WOULD NOT DAMAGE THE FINAL CONSUMER HAND IS BEGAN. STARTING THE EVALUATION OF 21 STRIP COVERS IN THE SMOOTH VERSION -SUAVE- AND 29 STRIP COVERS AT THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR 2002. BOTH PROJECTS WERE REJECTED: THE COVER SMOOTH -SUAVE-, OF ROUND STRAYS, FOR MAINTAINING A VERY HIGH REMOVAL TORQUE AND / OR SIMILAR TO THE REGULAR CROWN CAP OF 21 STRIKES, AND THE COVER OF 29 STRIKES FOR PRESENTING LOSSES OF CARBONATION OUT OF THE SPECIFICATION - WITH A LOSS GREATER THAN 5% -. 1.- THE CROWN CAP OF 21 ROUND STRINGS GIVES A REMOVAL TORQUE 10.66 inlb -FOR AGAINST TABLE 1- TABLE 1.

MAXIMUM 12.20 inlb AVERAGE 10.66 inlb MINIMUM 8.60 Inlb EQUAL OR GREATER TO THE REGULAR CROWN OF 21 STRIKES 10.64 inlb. - FROM AGREEMENT TO TABLE 2- TABLE 2 MAXIMUM 13.05 inlb PROMEDY 10.64 inlb MINIMUM 8.80 inlb 2. - THE 29 STRESS CROWN PRESENTS LOSS OF CARBONATION OUT OF THE SPECIFICATION IN 76% OF THE TEST SPECIMENS. LOSS OF CARBONATION ABOVE 5% ESTABLISHED. CONCLUSION 1,2: THE CORONA CAPS OF 21 ROUND STRANDS AND 29 STRANDS ARE REJECTED FOR NOT PRESENTING ADVANTAGE IN PERFORMANCE AT THE TIME OF REMOVAL OF THE CONTAINER.

THESE RESULTS ALLOWED TO RESTART AND CONTINUE WITH THE DEVELOPMENT OF OUR CAP CORONA 27 ESTRIAS. THIS COVER PRESENTS A BETTER USE OF CONSUMER, BECAUSE IT IS REQUIRED LESS STRENGTH OR TORQUE TO REMOVE IT FROM THE CONTAINER OR BOTTLE. THE TORQUES OBTAINED IN FIELD WITH 27 STRIKES ARE LESS, GO FROM 4 NLB TO 9 INLB, COMPARED WITH THE VALUES CURRENTLY OBTAINED IN THE CORONA TAPAS OF 21 STRIKES, WHICH RANGE FROM 8 NLB TO 13 NLB, PRESENTING ON SOME OCCASIONS TORQUES UP TO 15 INL ADDITIONALLY THE AGGRESSION OF THE COVER IS REDUCED AGAINST THE HAND OF THE PERSON WHO REMOVES OR UNLOCKS THE BOTTLE. THE DIFFERENCE IN SOFTNESS AT THE TIME OF REMOVING THE CROWN COVER OF 27 GENERA MAJOR BENEFITS IN THE CONSUMERS 'OPINION. HELPING WITH THIS TO REDUCE THE CALLS OF UNSATISFIED CLIENTS.

THE CROWN CAP IS PROVIDED WITH PLASTIC PACKING INSIDE, WHICH, OPTIONALLY, MAY BE PVC, PVC FREE OR OTHER THERMOFORMED MATERIALS, FOR THE GENERATION OF HERMETIC SEAL (1), MUST RESIST AT LEAST 90 PSI (POUNDS PER SQUARE INCH); ACCOUNT WITH A TRANSVERSE PANEL FOR THE CONTAINMENT OF THE PACKING AND FORMATION OF THE SEAL AT THE TIME OF ASSEMBLING THE COVER WITH THE CONTAINER (2); AND ADJACENT TO THE PANEL, A SKIRT WITH 27 STRIKES, WHICH IS THE MAIN SUBJECT OF PATENT OF THIS INVENTION, FOR ITS BEST PERFORMANCE, IN COMPARISON AGAINST THE CURRENT CROWNS OF 21 STRIKES (3); WHICH CONSISTS OF 27 STRIKES THAT DECREASE, IN ITS FORM, THE AREA OF CONTACT BETWEEN THE COVER AND THE FINISH STRINGS OR GLASS CROWN (4). IN COMBINATION WITH THE STRIPS, OPERATE THE CIRCULAR ASSEMBLY ANGLE (5). OUTSIDE, THE AGGRESSION AGAINST THE HAND IS DECREASED BY THE LARGER AMOUNT OF STRIKES AND THE CIRCULAR CONTOUR OF THEM, AT THE TIME OF OPENING OR REMOVING THE CROWN CAP; ANOTHER ADVANTAGE AGAINST THE TRADITIONAL CROWN OF 21 STRIANS, OF COMMON USE IN THE PRESENT DAY., PREFERRED EMBODIMENT OF THE INVENTION THE PRESENT INVENTION REFERS TO A CROWN CAP OF STEEL, CHROME OR ALUMINUM STEEL, OF 27 STRINGS FOR THE BUCKLES OR FINISH OF BOTTLE OF SERIES 500 AND 600 OF GPI -GLASS PACKAGING INSTITUTE-. THE STRIES ARE OF ROUNDED FORM AND MAKE LESS CONTACT WITH THE SURFACE OF CLOSING OR CAPPING OF THE BOTTLE AND / OR CONTAINER, REDUCING WITH THIS THE FRICTION BETWEEN THE GLASS AND THE CAP CORONA.

THE HERMETICITY IS OBTAINED FROM A PACKAGING¬ PLASTIC TADURA ASSEMBLED INSIDE THE SAME TO MAINTAIN THE CHARACTERISTICS AND / OR ATTRIBUTES OF BEVERAGES OR FOODS PACKAGED OR BOTTLED. THESE CORONA TAPAS SHOULD RETAIN THE INTERNAL PRESSURE OF 90 PSI - BLOCKS BY SQUARE INCH - AS MINIMUM AND THE CARBONATION VOLUMES SPECIFIED IN THE MARKET, A MAXIMUM PERCENTAGE OF 5% WITH RESPECT TO THE INITIAL VALUE OF CARBONATION. THIS COVER IS REMOVED FROM THE CONTAINER OR BOTTLE BY APPLYING A TORQUE OR TORQUE STRENGTH.

IMPROVEMENTS TO THE PRODUCT FROM THE ANALYSIS OF THE CURRENT CROWNS OF 21 STRINGS, WE HAVE THE CONCLUSION THAT BY REDUCING THE SURFACE OF CONTACT BETWEEN COVER AND BOTTLE OR CONTAINER: FROM 1.39mm TO 1.69mm BY STRESS, FROM A CONTACT AREA FLAT, TO A CIRCULAR AREA OF 0.69mm TO 0.89mm BY STRESS, THE AVERAGE AREA TOTAL OF 33.34mm IS DECREASED IN THE CROWN OF 21 STRIKES, TO 21.43mm IN THE CROWN OF 27. WITH A REDUCTION IN THE FRICTION OF 35%. ADDITIONALLY WITH THE INCREASE OF STRIKES AND THE CIRCULAR FORM OF THEMSELVES THE AGGRESSION TO THE USER'S HAND AT THE TIME OF OPENING OR REMOVING THE CAP OF THE CONTAINER OR BOTTLE. THE PRESENT CROWN CAP OF 21 STRIKES LASTIMA AND IN SOMETIMES SHORTEN THE SKIN OF THE CONSUMERS. AFTER EVALUATING THE RESULTS OF TORQUE, CARBONATION AND THE OPINIONS WHEN HANDLING THIS NEW DESIGN, THE AUTHORIZATION WAS FINALLY OBTAINED TO START WITH THE DEVELOPMENT OF THIS NEW 27-STRAY CROWN TO PRODUCE IT AT INDUSTRIAL LEVEL TECHNICAL FIELD WHERE THIS COVER IS USED FOR BOTTLING ANY TYPE OF PRODUCT, BEING HIS MAJOR USE IN CARBONATED BEVERAGES; PREFERABLY FOR BEER, ISOTONIC, JUICES OF NATURAL FRUIT, ALL TYPES OF BEVERAGES WITH ALCOHOLIC GRADUATION, ETC ,. OF THE GPI 500 AND 600 SERIES.

PROCESS FOR OBTAINING THE PRODUCT THE PROCESS TO OBTAIN THE CROWN CAP IS BASICALLY THE FOLLOWING: I. - CUTTING AND REFINING THE VIRGIN LAMP FOR LITHOGRAPHY. IT IS WHERE THE SHEET IS CUT TO THE SIZE REQUIRED FOR THE NEXT OPERATIONS OF THE PROCESS. II. - LITHOGRAPHY, DECORATIVE METAL SHEET IS WHERE THE PRINTS WITH SPECIFIC DESIGN ARE PRINTED, ACCORDING TO THE ART REQUIRED BY THE CLIENT. III. - DIEING AND EMBEDDING DECORATIVE SHEET, WHERE THE SHEET IS PROCESSED TO OBTAIN THE 27 STRIKES REASON OF THIS PATENT. IV.- ASSEMBLY WHERE PLASTIC PACKING IS PLACED INSIDE THE CROWN FOR THE GENERATION OF THE SEAL. -

Claims (6)

1. CLAIMS: 1.- THE CROWN CAP OF 27, CHARACTERIZED BECAUSE THE TORQUES OBTAINED IN FIELD ARE FROM 4 INLB TO 9 INLB, LESS THAN 2 TO 4 INL.
2. 2.- CROWN CAP OF 27 STRIANS ACCORDING TO CLAIM 1, THIS CHARACTERIZED BECAUSE IT CAN CONTAIN A HERMETIC SEAL.
3. 3. - CROWN CAP OF 27 STRIKES ACCORDING TO THE REVINDICATION 1, EACH STRESS PRESENTS A SMALLER DIMENSION OF CONTACT AGAINST FINISH OR GLASS MOUTH, AND IS FROM 0.69mm TO 0.89mm.
4. 4. - CROWN CAP OF 27 STRIKES ACCORDING TO REVINDICATION 1 to 3, WHERE THE TOTAL AREA OF CONTACT BETWEEN THE FINISH OR MOUTH OF GLASS AND THE INSIDE OF THE CROWN IN AVERAGE IS 21.33mm.
5. 5. - CROWN CAP OF 27 STRIKES ACCORDING TO REVINDICATION 1 to 4, WHERE THE CONTACT AREA IS REDUCED BETWEEN THE FINISH GLASS AND THE INSIDE OF THE CROWN BETWEEN 32% AND 39%.
6. 6. - PROCESS FOR THE OBTAINING OF THE CORONA 27 STRIKES OF CLAUSES 1 TO 5, CHARACTERIZED BECAUSE IT CONSISTS OF THE FOLLOWING STEPS: I. - CUTTING AND REFINING VIRGIN LAMINA FOR LITHOGRAPHY. IT IS WHERE THE SHEET IS CUT TO THE SIZE REQUIRED FOR THE NEXT OPERATIONS OF THE PROCESS. II. - LITHOGRAPHY, DECORATIVE METAL SHEET IS WHERE THE PRINTS WITH SPECIFIC DESIGN ARE PRINTED, ACCORDING TO THE ART REQUIRED BY THE CLIENT. III. - DIEING AND EMBEDDING OF DECORATIVE SHEET, WHERE THE SHEET IS PROCESSED TO OBTAIN THE 27 STRIKES. IV. - ASSEMBLED WHERE PLASTIC PACKING IS PLACED INSIDE THE CROWN FOR THE GENERATION OF THE SEAL.