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EP0464061B1
EP0464061B1 EP90904731A EP90904731A EP0464061B1 EP 0464061 B1 EP0464061 B1 EP 0464061B1 EP 90904731 A EP90904731 A EP 90904731A EP 90904731 A EP90904731 A EP 90904731A EP 0464061 B1 EP0464061 B1 EP 0464061B1
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Peter Lewis Revill
Alan George Dalli
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Broken Hill Proprietary Company Pty Ltd
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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
    • B65D17/00—Rigid or semi-rigid containers specially constructed to be opened by cutting or piercing, or by tearing of frangible members or portions
    • B65D17/28—Rigid or semi-rigid containers specially constructed to be opened by cutting or piercing, or by tearing of frangible members or portions at lines or points of weakness
    • B65D17/401—Rigid or semi-rigid containers specially constructed to be opened by cutting or piercing, or by tearing of frangible members or portions at lines or points of weakness characterised by having the line of weakness provided in an end wall
    • 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
    • B65D17/00—Rigid or semi-rigid containers specially constructed to be opened by cutting or piercing, or by tearing of frangible members or portions
    • 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
    • B65D2205/00—Venting means

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  • the invention relates to push-in easy-open closure in a sheet metal container member comprising: an opening in the container member; an integral closure member for the opening formed by at least partially severing the container member to form the closure member and the opening, said closure member having a free edge portion terminating in a free edge, said free edge portion being disposed in a first stratum and in overlapping relationship with a free edge portion of said container member around said opening, said free edge portion of said container member being disposed in a second stratum and having a free edge, said first stratum underlying said second stratum; sealant means applied to the closure member and to an adjacent portion of the free edge portion of said container member on an inside of the container member; and at least one latch member formed at said free edge portion of said closure member, said at least one latch member including a narrow portion of the free edge portion of the closure member which has been displaced from said first stratum to increase a push-in force required to open said closure member such that said sealant means in broken when said closure member is opened, said latch member further substantially inhibiting
  • a push-in easy-open closure of this type is disclosed in the document AU-A-444068.
  • the free edge portions forming the latch members have been displaced from the first stratum to a position above the second stratum where they are in contact with or closely overlying the exterior surface of the free edge portion of the container member. This prevents the closure member from being opened by accidental contact or by atmospheric pressure.
  • the opening force required is largely uncontrolled.
  • the present invention solves the problem of providing a push-in easy-open closure of the type indicated above which is so constructed that the opening force required to be applied to the closure is closely controlled.
  • this problem is solved in that at least one latch member has been displaced from said first stratum to said second stratum to form an end face of the edge portion of said latch member which abuts against an end face of said free edge of said container member.
  • the or each latch member forceably engages said free edge so that the force required to open the closure member is closely controlled.
  • the or each latch member is formed in the closure member to define said edge portion of said latch member in a position inwardly of said closure member free edge to leave an adjacent portion of said closure member edge in underlying relationship with said free edge portion of said container member.
  • the closure member is integrally connected to the container member by means of a narrow neck of metal defining a hinge connection for the closure member.
  • the closure member is preferably formed with two angularly spaced latch members, each positioned at about 90° to 140° from the centre of the narrow neck of metal. In the case of small closure members, and some large closure members, only one latch member need be provided and it is preferably positioned directly opposite the hinge connection.
  • the closure member is formed with a central upstanding portion and an outwardly extending rim portion which includes said free edge portion, said upstanding portion being dimensioned to be in such close proximity to said free edge portion of said container member to restrict the entry of foreign objects between said free edge portion of said container member and said closure member without visibly opening said closure.
  • the upstanding portion preferably has sides which are as close to the perpendicular to the rim as may be practically achieved. This further increases the difficulty in inserting an object between the closure member and the free edge portion surrounding the opening.
  • the closure member will be seen to comprise a generally circular pouring opening 1 and a smaller pressure releasing/venting opening 1a formed in a can end 2 by partially severing the sheet metal to form closure members 3 and 3a which are integrally connected to the can end 2 by means of narrow necks of metal 4 and 4a defining a hinge means for each closure member 3 and 5.
  • An upstanding semi-circular bead B partly surrounds the pressure releasing closure 3a to protect it against inadvertent opening during handling. Since the closure members 3 and 3a are essentially the same in construction, only the pouring closure 3 will be further described below.
  • the closure members 4 and 5 formed with an upstanding domed portion 5 surrounded by an outwardly extending rim 6.
  • the rim 6 is disposed in overlapping and underlying relationship with a free edge portion 7 of the can end around said opening 1 achieved by flattening a dome formed in said free edge portion 7 in the manner described in greater detail in the document AU-A-444 068.
  • the closure member 3 may additionally be coined at the rim 6, prior to the flattening operation,to increase the diameter of the closure member 3 and increase the amount of overlap provided.
  • the top of the dome 5 may also be coined to further increase the diameter of the closure member 3.
  • the overlapping regions are covered by a suitable sealant S to hermetically seal the closure members 3 and 3a with respect to the openings 1 and 1a.
  • the rim 6 of the closure is formed with two latch members 8 and 9 which overlap and overly the free edge portion 7 of the can end 2 at positions displaced about 120° from the centre of the hinge 4 in either direction. It will be appreciated that the latch members 8 and 9 may be located at other positions, such as at 90° from the centre of the hinge 4, or a single latch member may be located opposite the hinge 4.
  • the latches 8 and 9 shown in figure 4 which are similar to the claimed latches but do not correspond thereto are formed during or immediately after the sheet metal severing operation in which the closure member 3 and the opening 1 are initially defined.
  • the closure member 3 is displaced below the free edge portion 7 prior to the flattening of the free edge portion 7 to reduce the diameter of the opening 1, while the latches 8 and 9, being upwardly inclined with respect to the remaining portion of the rim 6, as shown in Figure 4, are disposed in overlying relationship to the free edge portion 7 after flattening.
  • the amount of overlap between the latch members 8 and 9 and the free edge portion 7 shown in Figure 4 is exaggerated for clarity, but is selected to be sufficient to increase the opening force required to be approximately equal to the force required to rupture the sealant S which is applied to the inner face of the can end 2 in the region of the rim 6 and free edge portions 7. Since the latch members 8 and 9 are larger in effective diameter than the opening 1, the closure member 3 is not able to return to the fully closed position after opening. In this way, opening of the closure member 3 may be readily detected visually and the contents of the can will be more likely to leak from the can to provide further evidence of tampering.
  • the construction of the closure is essentially the same as in the preceding embodiment, with the exception that the latch members 8' and 9' are positioned in abutting relationship with the free edge portion 7 of the can end 2, in the manner shown most clearly in Figure 8 of the drawings. Since the rim 6 is usually in overlapping underlying relationship with the free edge portion 7, the latch members 8' and 9' forcibly engage the free edge portion 7 so that the force required to open the closure member 3 is increased sufficiently to ensure that closure member 3 will be fully opened by the application of the necessary push-in force. Accordingly, opening of the closure member 3 will be much more visible than in the past, and the contents of the can will tend to leak from the can as further evidence of its opening. In Figures 6 and 7, the height of the latch means 8' and 9' has been exaggerated for clarity.
  • FIG. 5 to 8 The embodiment of Figures 5 to 8 is presently preferred as it performs acceptably in practice and is not as noticeably different from a standard prior art construction as the embodiment of Figures 1 to 4.
  • the flattening of the free edge portion 7 to produce the necessary overlap can result in displacement of the closure 3, caused by the flattening of the hinge region 4, causing unacceptable binding of the latch means 8' and 9'.
  • the radial sever lines L defining the hinge 4 (and the hinge 4a) are extended as shown in broken outline in Figures 1 and 2, to allow this part of the metal to absorb some of the free metal resulting from the flattening operation, and reducing the displacement of the closure 3 to acceptable levels.
  • the closures 3 and 3a are each formed with additional abutments 10, which are similar in appearance to the latch means 8' and 9' but are not fully formed to engage the free edge portion 7, as shown most clearly in Figure 10 of the drawings.
  • the purpose of the abutments 10 is to further deter the insertion of small thin probes, which must be angularly inserted at the periphery of the opening 3 in a sliding motion around the periphery.
  • the abutments 10 and the latches 8' and 9' prevent this sliding motion and further deter such activities.

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Claims (8)

  1. Fermeture d'un élément (2) formant conteneur en feuille métallique à ouverture facile par poussée vers l'intérieur comportant:
       une ouverture (1, 1a) agencée dans l'élément (2) formant conteneur,
       un élément venu de matière (3,3a) formant fermeture de l'ouverture (1, 1a) formé par découpe au moins partiellement de l'élément (2) formant conteneur pour former l'élément (3, 3a) formant fermeture et l'ouverture (1, 1a), ledit élément (3, 3a) formant fermeture ayant une partie (6) formant bord libre se terminant par un bord libre; ladite partie (6) formant bord libre étant disposée dans une première strate et recouvrant une partie (7) formant bord libre dudit élément (2) formant conteneur située autour de ladite ouverture (1, 1a) ladite partie (7) formant bord libre dudit élément (2) formant conteneur étant disposée dans une seconde strate et ayant un bord libre, ladite première strate étant sous-jacente à ladite seconde strate,
       des moyens d'étanchéité (S) appliqués sur l'élément (3, 3a) formant fermeture et sur une partie adjacente de la partie (7) formant bord libre dudit élément (2) formant conteneur, sur le côté intérieur de l'élément (2) formant conteneur, et
       au moins un élément (8', 9') formant verrou formé au niveau de ladite partie (6) formant bord libre dudit élément (3, 3a) formant fermeture ledit au moins un élément (8', 9') formant verrou comportant une partie étroite de la partie (6) formant bord libre de l'élément (3, 3a) formant fermeture qui a été déplacée à partir de ladite première strate pour augmenter la force de poussée vers l'intérieur nécessaire pour ouvrir ledit élément (3, 3a) formant fermeture de telle sorte que lesdits moyens d'étanchéité (S) soient brisés lorsque ledit élément (3, 3a) formant fermeture est ouvert, ledit élément (8', 9') formant verrou empêchant en outre pratiquement ledit élément (3, 3a) de fermeture d'assurer à nouveau l'étanchéité après ouverture,
       caractérisée en ce que
       ledit au moins un élément (8', 9') formant verrou est déplacé à partir de ladite première strate vers ladite seconde strate pour former une face d'extrémité de la partie formant bord dudit élément (8' 9') formant verrou qui vient en butée contre une face d'extrémité dudit bord libre (7) dudit élément (2) formant conteneur.
  2. Fermeture selon la revendication 1, caractérisée en ce que l'élément ou chaque élément (8', 9') formant verrou est formé dans l'élément (3, 3a) formant fermeture pour définir ladite partie formant bord dudit élément (8', 9') formant verrou, dans une position dirigée vers l'intérieur dudit bord libre (7) de l'élément de fermeture pour laisser une partie dudit bord (6) de l'élément de fermeture adjacente dans une relation de sous-jacence par rapport à ladite partie (7) formant bord libre dudit élément (2) formant conteneur.
  3. Fermeture selon la revendication 1 ou 2, caractérisée en ce que ledit élément (3, 3a) formant fermeture est relié en étant venu de matière avec l'élément (2) formant conteneur par l'intermédiaire d'un col étroit (4, 4a) de métal définissant une liaison formant articulation de l'élément (3, 3a) formant fermeture.
  4. Fermeture selon la revendication 3, caractérisée en ce que deux éléments (8', 9') formant verrous espacés angulairement sont chacun positionnés entre environ 90° et 140° à partir du centre du col étroit (4, 4a) de métal.
  5. Fermeture selon la revendication 3, caractérisée en ce qu'un élément formant verrou est positionné pratiquement à l'opposé de ladite liaison formant articulation.
  6. Fermeture selon l'une quelconque des revendications 3 à 5, caractérisée en ce que des butées (10) s'étendant vers le haut sont formés dans ledit bord (6) de l'élément de fermeture au niveau de positions écartées à partir dudit col étroit (4, 4a) de métal mais adjacentes à celui-ci, en ce que lesdites butées (10) ont une forme similaire auxdits éléments (8', 9') formant verrous mais ne sont pas complètement formées pour venir en butée avec ladite partie (7) formant bord libre dudit élément (2) formant conteneur, et en ce que lesdites butées (10) sont positionnées pour empêcher encore l'insertion de petites cales minces entre ledit élément (3, 3a) formant fermeture et ladite partie (7) formant bord libre dudit élément (2) formant conteneur.
  7. Fermeture selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, caractérisée en ce que ledit élément (3, 3a) formant fermeture est formé muni d'une partie centrale dirigée vers le haut et d'une partie formant rebord s'étendant vers l'extérieur qui constitue ladite partie (6) formant bord libre, et en ce que ladite partie dirigée vers le haut est dimensionnée de manière à être à proximité étroite de ladite partie (7) formant bord libre dudit élément (2) formant conteneur pour limiter l'entrée d'objets étrangers entre ladite partie (7) formant bord libre dudit élément (2) formant conteneur et ledit élément (3, 3a) formant fermeture sans ouvrir de manière visible ladite fermeture.
  8. Fermeture selon la revendication 7, caractérisée en ce que les côtés (5) de ladite partie dirigée vers le haut sont pratiquement perpendiculaires audit rebord (6).
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ES2066197T3 (es) 1995-03-01
KR920701004A (ko) 1992-08-10
EP0464061A1 (fr) 1992-01-08
JPH04504093A (ja) 1992-07-23
AU634762B2 (en) 1993-03-04
WO1990011226A1 (fr) 1990-10-04
EP0464061A4 (en) 1992-07-08
DE69015351D1 (de) 1995-02-02

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