WO2003097475A1 - Plastic capsule for large bottles - Google Patents
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- WO2003097475A1 WO2003097475A1 PCT/IT2002/000320 IT0200320W WO03097475A1 WO 2003097475 A1 WO2003097475 A1 WO 2003097475A1 IT 0200320 W IT0200320 W IT 0200320W WO 03097475 A1 WO03097475 A1 WO 03097475A1
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- capsule
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B67—OPENING, CLOSING OR CLEANING BOTTLES, JARS OR SIMILAR CONTAINERS; LIQUID HANDLING
- B67D—DISPENSING, DELIVERING OR TRANSFERRING LIQUIDS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
- B67D3/00—Apparatus or devices for controlling flow of liquids under gravity from storage containers for dispensing purposes
- B67D3/0029—Apparatus or devices for controlling flow of liquids under gravity from storage containers for dispensing purposes provided with holders for bottles or similar containers
- B67D3/0032—Apparatus or devices for controlling flow of liquids under gravity from storage containers for dispensing purposes provided with holders for bottles or similar containers the bottle or container being held upside down and provided with a closure, e.g. a cap, adapted to cooperate with a feed tube
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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
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- the invention relates to a plastic capsule for large bottles with high capacity, destined to be used in drinks dispensers.
- bottles usually 20 litres
- these bottles have to be of standard shape and size, especially as regards their mouths.
- These bottles are generally closed by a single-use capsule, usually made of plastic, which has an opening zone that is accessible from the outside, so that at the moment when the bottle is inserted in the distributor a spout of the dispenser is also inserted, enabling the water in the bottle to be accessed.
- the openable zone is normally located in the centre of the capsule, and is closed by a cap which is pushed into the bottle itself by the spout when the bottle is inserted in the dispenser.
- the openable zone of the bottle capsule is externally protected by a guard, usually a cover or a thin paper or plastic disc glued onto the upper part of the capsule, which is removed before inserting the bottle in the dispenser.
- a guard usually a cover or a thin paper or plastic disc glued onto the upper part of the capsule, which is removed before inserting the bottle in the dispenser.
- Internally of the capsule there is a seal disc which, when the capsule is inserted on the bottle, stays at the bottle mouth to guarantee a seal.
- the main aim of the present invention is to provide a capsule having a limited number of pieces and which uses a limited quantity of material for realising the various pieces, thus considerably reducing manufacturing costs.
- An advantage of the present invention is that it provides a capsule which is extremely easy to use.
- a further advantage of the present invention is that it provides a capsule which can be used on standard-sized bottles.
- figure 1 is a section in vertical elevation of the capsule of the invention applied on a large bottle illustrated partially and with some parts removed;
- figure 2 is a view from above of the capsule of figure 1.
- 1 denotes a capsule destined to be used for closing large bottles 2, normally with a 20-litre capacity and destined to contain water.
- the bottles are inserted in special distributors which dispense water through a tap valve.
- the bottles are of a standard size and shape, especially around the area of their mouths, which exhibit a cylindrical annular projection 2a fashioned on the neck of the bottle at a predetermined distance from the mouth of the bottle, and a specially-shaped external annular projection 2b made on the external surface of the bottle 2 close to the mouth.
- Both the cylindrical annular projection 2a and the external annular projection 2b have standard locations and dimensions in the various bottles.
- the capsule of the invention comprises an openable zone 4 which is delimited by a cylindrical wall Id which projects coaxially and internally of the capsule from the upper surface la of the capsule itself.
- the openable zone 4 is, as will be described in more detail herein below, accessible from the outside.
- the openable zone is inferiorly closed by a cap 3 which is inserted sealingly in the cylindrical wall Id. Water is removed through the openable zone 4, as will be better described herein below.
- the capsule of the invention comprises a protection element for the openable zone 4 which in turn comprises a disc 5 which is fashioned superiorly of the openable zone 4 and made in a single piece with the capsule.
- the disc 5 is peripherally connected with the opening of the openable zone 4 by means of easy-break ribs 6, and is coplanar to the upper surface la of the capsule.
- two opposite ribs are preferable as illustrated in the figure of the drawings, though three could also be provided.
- the protection element of the capsule further comprises a thin annular skin 6a which is made in a single piece with the capsule during its injection-forming.
- the skin 6a is very much thinner than the upper surface la, the disc 5 and the ribs 6.
- the skin 6a provides a hermetic closure of the annular space between the upper surface 1 a of the capsule and the disc 5.
- the thin annular skin 6a is manufactured as a sort of fin or burr, which is very easily obtained by leaving, in the zone corresponding to the annular skin 6a, a slight distance between the upper die and the lower die used for making the capsule.
- the capsule further comprises an external annular hoop lc which effectively constitutes the lateral wall of the capsule.
- the dimensions of the hoop lc are such that, when the capsule is mounted on the container, the hoop lc rests on the annular projection 2a of the bottle neck and does not laterally project from the neck of the bottle. In this way the capsule remains very small with respect to known capsules.
- the arrangement of the hoop lc means that the capsule is difficult to remove from the neck of the bottle, as it is both difficult to grip the bottle by hand and difficult to introduce tools between the hoop lc and the neck of the bottle.
- the capsule of the invention also comprises an internal hoop lb which is fashioned internally of the capsule 1 and coaxially thereto.
- the internal hoop lb projects from the internal surface of the capsule 1 and is so dimensioned as to fit sealingly internally of the mouth of the bottle 2 when the capsule 1 is inserted on the bottle.
- the internal hoop lb is obtained directly during the moulding of the capsule, and guarantees the seal of the capsule, eliminating the need for seal discs internally of the capsule.
- the capsule further comprises an internal annular projection le which is internally fashioned on the capsule 1 ; the annular projection 1 e defines, with the internal annular hoop lb, a seating in which, when the capsule is inserted on the bottle, the external annular hoop 2b made on the external surface of the bottle neck 2 inserts. In this way a good and solid grip of the capsule on the bottle neck 2 is obtained.
- the upper part of the capsule has a slightly larger diameter than the diameter of the external hoop lc and defines, in the connection zone between the external hoop lc and the upper part of the capsule, an annular projection If having a hook-shape. This resulting hook means that the capsule is easily gripped by known-type machines typically used in bottling plants.
- the capsule of the invention is press-inserted on the bottle in the bottling plant.
- the capsule Up until moment of use, the capsule remains solidly anchored to the bottle and its removal is particularly difficult because the external hoop 1 c constitutes a sort of single surface with the external surface of the annular projection 2a of the neck of the bottle, making a manual extraction (even using tools) of the capsule from the bottle difficult.
- the bottle cannot be opened without signal thereof due to the presence of the easy-break ribs 6 and the skin 6a, which constitute a sort of anti- tamper security device.
- both the protection in the openable zone and the security device are obtained directly during the manufacturing of the capsule, without any need, as there is in known capsules, to add further elements, such as glued-on discs and the like.
- the disc 5 When in use, the disc 5 is manually removed; the operation is particularly easy because, following a slight pressure, the disc 5 rotates around the ribs, after rupturing the thin skin 6a, and can therefore be gripped by hand and pulled to break the ribs.
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Priority Applications (10)
Application Number | Priority Date | Filing Date | Title |
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AT02735992T ATE334070T1 (en) | 2002-05-16 | 2002-05-16 | PLASTIC CAP FOR LARGE-VOLUME BOTTLES |
US10/491,591 US7228980B2 (en) | 2002-05-16 | 2002-05-16 | Plastic capsule for hermetically closing large bottles |
DE60213481T DE60213481D1 (en) | 2002-05-16 | 2002-05-16 | PLASTIC CAP FOR LARGE-VOLUME BOTTLES |
ES02735992T ES2269707T3 (en) | 2002-05-16 | 2002-05-16 | PLASTIC CAPSULE FOR BOTTLES. |
AU2002309269A AU2002309269A1 (en) | 2002-05-16 | 2002-05-16 | Plastic capsule for large bottles |
BR0209349-9A BR0209349A (en) | 2002-05-16 | 2002-05-16 | Plastic capsule for large bottles |
MXPA04003473A MXPA04003473A (en) | 2002-05-16 | 2002-05-16 | Plastic capsule for large bottles. |
EP02735992A EP1503943B1 (en) | 2002-05-16 | 2002-05-16 | Plastic capsule for large bottles |
PCT/IT2002/000320 WO2003097475A1 (en) | 2002-05-16 | 2002-05-16 | Plastic capsule for large bottles |
CA002462111A CA2462111A1 (en) | 2002-05-16 | 2002-05-16 | Plastic capsule for large bottles |
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PCT/IT2002/000320 WO2003097475A1 (en) | 2002-05-16 | 2002-05-16 | Plastic capsule for large bottles |
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PCT/IT2002/000320 WO2003097475A1 (en) | 2002-05-16 | 2002-05-16 | Plastic capsule for large bottles |
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US (1) | US7228980B2 (en) |
EP (1) | EP1503943B1 (en) |
AT (1) | ATE334070T1 (en) |
AU (1) | AU2002309269A1 (en) |
BR (1) | BR0209349A (en) |
CA (1) | CA2462111A1 (en) |
DE (1) | DE60213481D1 (en) |
ES (1) | ES2269707T3 (en) |
MX (1) | MXPA04003473A (en) |
WO (1) | WO2003097475A1 (en) |
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- 2002-05-16 AU AU2002309269A patent/AU2002309269A1/en not_active Abandoned
- 2002-05-16 US US10/491,591 patent/US7228980B2/en not_active Expired - Fee Related
- 2002-05-16 BR BR0209349-9A patent/BR0209349A/en not_active IP Right Cessation
- 2002-05-16 DE DE60213481T patent/DE60213481D1/en not_active Expired - Lifetime
- 2002-05-16 AT AT02735992T patent/ATE334070T1/en not_active IP Right Cessation
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- 2002-05-16 WO PCT/IT2002/000320 patent/WO2003097475A1/en active IP Right Grant
- 2002-05-16 CA CA002462111A patent/CA2462111A1/en not_active Abandoned
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US1713321A (en) * | 1928-10-01 | 1929-05-14 | Bert M Kent | Bottle cap |
EP1041035A1 (en) * | 1992-10-01 | 2000-10-04 | Walter E. Hidding | Valved bottle cap |
EP0816283A1 (en) * | 1996-07-03 | 1998-01-07 | Walter E. Hidding | Protective tamper-evident label and bottle cap |
US5687867A (en) * | 1996-07-22 | 1997-11-18 | Crealise Packaging Inc. | One-piece cap for liquid dispenser container |
US5937921A (en) * | 1997-10-01 | 1999-08-17 | Rical | Stopper device for a bottle for a water fountain type liquid dispenser |
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FR2975673A1 (en) * | 2011-05-27 | 2012-11-30 | Tetra Laval Holdings & Finance | PACKAGING ASSEMBLY COMPRISING A CONTAINER AND A CAP, WITHOUT SEAL, FOR CLOSING THE CONTAINER TANK |
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ATE334070T1 (en) | 2006-08-15 |
ES2269707T3 (en) | 2007-04-01 |
US7228980B2 (en) | 2007-06-12 |
DE60213481D1 (en) | 2006-09-07 |
CA2462111A1 (en) | 2003-11-27 |
EP1503943A1 (en) | 2005-02-09 |
US20040238476A1 (en) | 2004-12-02 |
BR0209349A (en) | 2004-07-13 |
MXPA04003473A (en) | 2004-07-30 |
EP1503943B1 (en) | 2006-07-26 |
AU2002309269A1 (en) | 2003-12-02 |
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