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EP0700831A2 - Appareil de distribution et d'application de couvercles jetables de gobelets - Google Patents

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EP0700831A2
EP0700831A2 EP95830349A EP95830349A EP0700831A2 EP 0700831 A2 EP0700831 A2 EP 0700831A2 EP 95830349 A EP95830349 A EP 95830349A EP 95830349 A EP95830349 A EP 95830349A EP 0700831 A2 EP0700831 A2 EP 0700831A2
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lid
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Antonio D'amato
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65B—MACHINES, APPARATUS OR DEVICES FOR, OR METHODS OF, PACKAGING ARTICLES OR MATERIALS; UNPACKING
    • B65B7/00—Closing containers or receptacles after filling
    • B65B7/16—Closing semi-rigid or rigid containers or receptacles not deformed by, or not taking-up shape of, contents, e.g. boxes or cartons
    • B65B7/28—Closing semi-rigid or rigid containers or receptacles not deformed by, or not taking-up shape of, contents, e.g. boxes or cartons by applying separate preformed closures, e.g. lids, covers
    • B65B7/2842—Securing closures on containers

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  • the present invention relates to a dispenser-applicator device for lid elements for disposable drinking cups.
  • lid element it is known that in premises serving drinks in disposable drinking cups, for example made of paper or plastic, it is usual to apply a lid element to the filled cup, said lid element usually being provided with a central hole through which to pass a drinking straw.
  • a dispenser-applicator device for lid elements for disposable drinking cups is known from document WO 95/03972 to Continental Cup Company Pty., Ltd., published on 9 February 1995, entitled "Apparatus for fitting a lid to a container”.
  • This document foresees the use of lid elements provided with tongues that engage with an applicator device, which is provided with means for engaging the tongues and with a suction cup.
  • the system described in this document involves high manufacturing costs for the lid elements due to the presence of the tongues, and somewhat unsatisfactory connection of the single lid elements on the applicator device due to the need to use the suction cup.
  • the object of the present invention is to provide a device to pick up and apply lid elements for disposable drinking cups that is easy to use, reduces the amount of labour required, and renders the operation of applying the lid element on the filled cup faster.
  • the dispenser-applicator device comprises two basic elements; a dispenser device and magazine indicated as a whole in 10, which houses a pile of lid elements 11, and a pick-up and applicator device for the lid elements, indicated as a whole in 12.
  • the dispenser device and magazine 10 comprises a base 13, to which are fixed a plurality of column elements 14, 15, 16 and 17, arranged to retain a plurality of lid elements 11 piled one on top of the other, and forming a guide for a crown portion 18 of the pick-up and applicator device 12, which will be illustrated in greater detail hereafter.
  • the pick-up and applicator device basically comprises the above mentioned crown element 18, a plate element 19 integral with a shaft 20, on the upper end of which is fixed a knob 21.
  • a sleeve element 22 is slidingly mounted on the shaft 20.
  • the crown element 18 is provided with means, not shown in figure 1, to grip the lid elements 11 one at a time by applying pressure in the direction of the arrows F1, while the plate element 19 provides for insertion of the lid elements 11 when, after knob 21 has been pressed in the direction of the arrown F2, the plate 19 inserts the lid element 11 onto the cup.
  • a typical drinking cup for example made of paper, comprises a body 30 substantially shaped like a truncated cone, provided with an overturned lip 31, and a raised band 32 essentially formed by a convex rib curving outward from the body 30 and which in practice defines a cavity in which to house and retain a lid element of circular shape indicated with 33 in figure 7.
  • Sizing of the diameter of the lid element 33, and the geometry of the raised band 32 are such that the lid element 33 can be inserted into position by means of a limited pre-set pressure so that the combined elasticity of both the cup element 30 and the lid element 33 co-operate to hold the lid element 33 in position once it has been inserted.
  • the lid 33 is provided, in a substantially central position, with a cut 34 having a tongue 35 that is not completely cut, so that the cut portion may be pushed inwards into the filled cup in order to allow the passage of a conventional drinking straw (not shown).
  • the crown element 18 is provided with a stepped portion 40, arranged to house the plate element 18 in a position reaching to the dotted line 41, at a distance from the edge 42 of the crown element 18 slightly less than that of the thickness of the lid elements 33. In this way, when the crown element 18 with the plate element 19 is housed within it, a space 43 is formed corresponding with slightly less than the thickness of one of the lid elements 33.
  • the arrangement is such that when the elements 18 and 19 are in the position indicated in figure 1, and pressure is exerted in the direction of the arrows F1, pick-up takes place by a combined mechanical action of elasticity and plastic deformation of the elements 33, so that only one of them is captured, that is to say the one on the top of the pile of lid elements 11. In this way, when the pick-up and applicator group 12 is lifted using the handle 22, one and only one of the lid elements 33 is also lifted up from the relative pile.
  • the operator holding the filled cup on which the lid element 33 has been applied can use the straw to deform the tongue 35, in order to insert the drinking straw (not shown).
  • the double movement of the handle element 22 and the knob element 21 is of fundamental importance for operation of the device according to the present invention in order to perform in sequence the operation of capture and pick-up of one of the lid elements 33, and after that, by acting on knob 21, to insert the lid element by pressure into the rib 32 in the cup 30.
  • the crown element 18 is provided with four indentations 45, 46, 47, 48, destined to cooperate with the columns 14, 15, 16 and 17 in the magazine container in order to center and position the element 18 inside the structure indicated generally in 10 and to guide the vertical movement of the group 12 during the operation of capturing and picking-up one of the lid elements 33.
  • the inner part of the crown element 18 is provided with surfaces 48, 49, 50, 51 broken by slots 52, of which only one is indicated with a number in the drawing. These slots define an internal circumference, just a little smaller than the external circumference of the lid elements 33, and calculated in such a way that in cooperation with the elasticity and deformability of the material of which the lid elements 33 are formed, the lid elements 33 are held in a safe but non-permanent manner in the area now defined by the element 18.
  • the plate element 19 which has an outer circumference smaller than that defined by areas 48, 49, 50, 51 in order to ensure relative movement between the border of element 19 and element 18 in order to allow free sliding after activation of knob 21 to perform the actual operation of positioning and force fitting the lid element 33 inside the rib 32 on the cup 30.
  • the cup 30 and the lid elements 33 are made of cardboard, treated if necessary, of the type normally used for the manufacture of containers for use with foodstuffs, as is well known from the state of the art.
  • the actual form of the areas 48, 49, 50, 51 can clearly be subject to variation, according to the type of material and the mechanical coefficients of said material, as will be clear to a person skilled in the art.
  • the element 22 and the knob 21 are shown as elements sliding freely with respect to each other, the relative movements of which take place as a result of the manual operations of picking up and inserting the lid element 33 to be inserted in the cup 30.
  • a spring may be provided, not shown in the figures, so as to guarantee in all cases that the operations of pick-up and application of the lid element 33 inside the cups 30 takes place in the correct sequence.
  • This spring may be advantageously positioned between the top end of the element 22 and the base of the knob 21, so as to encourage the element 22 and the knob 21 to move away from each other.
  • the rib 32 in the upper portion of the cup 30 to hold the lid element 33 in a fixed fit must be considered a precaution to ensure a positive mechanical blockage between the edge of the lid element 33 and the rib 32. Should positive mechanical blockage not be required, the rib 32 may be omitted and connection may take place by an interference fit between the edge of the element 33 and the conical inner surface of the cup.

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  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Mechanical Engineering (AREA)
  • Closures For Containers (AREA)
  • Closing Of Containers (AREA)
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  • Seal Device For Vehicle (AREA)
  • De-Stacking Of Articles (AREA)
  • Supplying Of Containers To The Packaging Station (AREA)
EP95830349A 1994-09-07 1995-08-01 Appareil de distribution et d'application de couvercles jetables de gobelets Expired - Lifetime EP0700831B1 (fr)

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ITRM940158U 1994-09-07
IT94RM000158U IT233702Y1 (it) 1994-09-07 1994-09-07 Dispositivo erogatore-applicatore di elementi a coperchio per bicchieri monouso.

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EP0700831A2 true EP0700831A2 (fr) 1996-03-13
EP0700831A3 EP0700831A3 (fr) 1996-06-12
EP0700831B1 EP0700831B1 (fr) 2001-11-21

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AT (1) ATE209138T1 (fr)
DE (1) DE69524012T2 (fr)
HU (1) HU9502299D0 (fr)
IT (1) IT233702Y1 (fr)
PL (1) PL310285A1 (fr)

Cited By (2)

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Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
GB2561565A (en) * 2017-04-18 2018-10-24 Ian Carpenter Murdoch Lid grabbing device
US12116199B2 (en) 2021-12-16 2024-10-15 Cfs Brands, Llc Dispenser assembly for disposable lids

Citations (1)

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WO1995003972A1 (fr) 1993-07-27 1995-02-09 Continental Cup Company Pty. Ltd. Appareil de pose de couvercle sur recipient

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US4068449A (en) * 1976-08-17 1978-01-17 Our Mother Of Sorrows Church Tool for placing lids on cups

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WO1995003972A1 (fr) 1993-07-27 1995-02-09 Continental Cup Company Pty. Ltd. Appareil de pose de couvercle sur recipient

Cited By (3)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
GB2561565A (en) * 2017-04-18 2018-10-24 Ian Carpenter Murdoch Lid grabbing device
GB2561565B (en) * 2017-04-18 2019-12-04 Ian Carpenter Murdoch Lid grabbing device
US12116199B2 (en) 2021-12-16 2024-10-15 Cfs Brands, Llc Dispenser assembly for disposable lids

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EP0700831B1 (fr) 2001-11-21
DE69524012D1 (de) 2002-01-03
HU9502299D0 (en) 1995-09-28
EP0700831A3 (fr) 1996-06-12
DE69524012T2 (de) 2002-07-11
IT233702Y1 (it) 2000-02-03
ITRM940158V0 (it) 1994-09-07
PL310285A1 (en) 1996-03-18
ATE209138T1 (de) 2001-12-15
ITRM940158U1 (it) 1996-03-07

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