WO1994022734A1 - Container having a child-proof, cup-shaped closure - Google Patents
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- WO1994022734A1 WO1994022734A1 PCT/DK1994/000143 DK9400143W WO9422734A1 WO 1994022734 A1 WO1994022734 A1 WO 1994022734A1 DK 9400143 W DK9400143 W DK 9400143W WO 9422734 A1 WO9422734 A1 WO 9422734A1
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- container
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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
- B65D50/00—Closures with means for discouraging unauthorised opening or removal thereof, with or without indicating means, e.g. child-proof closures
- B65D50/02—Closures with means for discouraging unauthorised opening or removal thereof, with or without indicating means, e.g. child-proof closures openable or removable by the combination of plural actions
- B65D50/04—Closures with means for discouraging unauthorised opening or removal thereof, with or without indicating means, e.g. child-proof closures openable or removable by the combination of plural actions requiring the combination of simultaneous actions, e.g. depressing and turning, lifting and turning, maintaining a part and turning another one
- B65D50/045—Closures with means for discouraging unauthorised opening or removal thereof, with or without indicating means, e.g. child-proof closures openable or removable by the combination of plural actions requiring the combination of simultaneous actions, e.g. depressing and turning, lifting and turning, maintaining a part and turning another one where one action elastically deforms or deflects at least part of the closure, the container or an intermediate element, e.g. a ring
- B65D50/046—Closures with means for discouraging unauthorised opening or removal thereof, with or without indicating means, e.g. child-proof closures openable or removable by the combination of plural actions requiring the combination of simultaneous actions, e.g. depressing and turning, lifting and turning, maintaining a part and turning another one where one action elastically deforms or deflects at least part of the closure, the container or an intermediate element, e.g. a ring and such deformation causes the disengagement of locking means, e.g. the release of a pawl-like element from a tooth or abutment, to allow removal of the closure by simultaneous rotation
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- the present invention relates to a container with a child- resistant cup-shaped closure, the opening of the said con ⁇ tainer being a neck with an external thread in the form of a thread groove for interaction with a radial projection on the internal circular side wall of the cup-shaped closure, whereby the thread has a blocking device in that side of the thread which is in frictional engagement with the pro ⁇ jection when the closure is being unscrewed, so that the projection is caught by the blocking device when unscrewing the closure.
- a container is known from US patent no. 3 497 096 with a child-resistant cup-shaped closure of the above indicated kind.
- the closure is provided with a single internal pro ⁇ jection which normally slides along a helical groove on the neck of the container towards a position where the closure seals the container.
- the projection may op ⁇ tionally pass through a passageway into a locking device or locking groove which in opposite directions of rotation extends a distance away from the passage.
- the thread and the locking groove has the same width everywhere.
- the projection By rotating the closure in opposite directions, the projection will slide backwards and forwards in the locking groove, in that the rotations will inevitably cause it to hit either the one or the op ⁇ posite end of the locking groove. Since the locking groove extends to each side away from the passageway, it is neces ⁇ sary when unscrewing the closure to know the position of the passageway and the projection on the thread and the closure, respectively, in order for the projection to catch the passageway and have the projection pulled out through it so as for the projection by its engagement with the thread to permit the closure to be unscrewed from the con ⁇ tainer.
- the known container is thus encumbered with the disadvant ⁇ age that it is difficult to determine the position of the - passageway of the locking groove in relation to the projec ⁇ tion, even if one is familiar with the mode of operation of the locking device. Moreover, it is difficult to screw the closure onto the known container.
- This object is obtained by a container of the kind referred to in the preamble, which container according to the inven- tion is characteristic in that the width of the thread groove on the last portion of the rotation which is closest to the container, is expanded in axial direction in rela ⁇ tion to the width of the remaining outermost portion of the thread groove, and in that the passage between the expanded portion and the remaining portion of the thread groove is configured as a .stop to catch the projection of the clos ⁇ ure.
- the projection When the closure is screwed onto the thread of the contain ⁇ er, the projection will initially move in a frictional en- gagement with that side of the thread groove which is farthest away from the container until a seal on the end wall of the cup-shaped closure abuts the neck opening of the container. Due to the compression of the seal the frictional engagement of the projection with the said side of the thread groove will be increased in that the seal will thus become sufficiently compressed to seal the con ⁇ tents of the container.
- the thread groove thus has the ap ⁇ pearance of a usual thread groove.
- the pro ⁇ jection When the closure is unscrewed from the container, the pro ⁇ jection will initially continue to be in frictional engage ⁇ ment with that portion of the thread groove which turns away from the container due to the flexibility of the seal which will seek to resume its normal thickness. After turn- ing of the closure the tension stemming from the flexibil ⁇ ity of the seal will be relaxed, after which the projection will be in frictional engagement with that side of the thread groove which is closest to the container. The pro ⁇ jection will therefore now hit the stop formed by the pas- sage between the expanded and the normal portion of the thread groove and be caught by the stop so that the closure cannot just be twisted past it.
- the closure must therefore be turned a small angle in the opposite direction, after which an axial force can be ex ⁇ erted on the closure in the direction away from the con- tainer so that the projection is brought into frictional engagement with the side of the thread groove turning away from the container so as to permit the unscrewing of the closure from the container, at least until the projection has passed the stop.
- the projection When the projection is configured as a stop to catch the projection when this touches the stop, it is prevented that the application of an axially directed force on the closure in the direction away from the container by this position of projection and locking groove will bring the projection in frictional engagement with that side of the thread groove which turns away from the container.
- the container and the child- resistant cup-shaped closure according to the invention devise a far more simple technical effect, because it is possible when unscrewing the closure to feel when the pro ⁇ jection meets the stop and is caught by it. Then, the clos- ure must be turned in the opposite direction and be lifted followed by a new turning.
- Fig. 1 shows a side view of part of a container according to the invention, which container has a neck with an external thread groove for interaction with a cup-shaped closure
- fig. 2 shows a side view and a partial section of a cup- shaped closure to be used on the container shown in fig. 1, and
- fig. 3 shows an enlarged section of the thread groove shown in fig. 1 where an internal projection in the closure shown in fig. 2 is implied as being in engagement with the thread groove in three differ- ent positions.
- Fig. 1 shows the whole of a container with the reference numeral 1.
- the container 1 has a neck 2 provided with an external thread 3 which in the form of a thread groove 4 extends helically in a known manner on the outside 5 of the neck 2.
- the thread groove 4 has two sides 4a, 4b, of which the side 4a is the side farthest away from the container 1, and the side 4b is closest to the container 1.
- the thread groove 4 extends round along the outside 5 of the neck 2 of the container 1; if required, however, it may also describe more rounds.
- the neck 2 ends in an end sur ⁇ face 6 which can form the contact face for a seal 14 in a cup-shaped closure as shown in figure 2 and as a whole re- ferred to by the reference numeral 10.
- the outermost portion of the thread groove 4 i.e. that portion which is farthest away from the container 1 and forms the entrance to the thread groove, has a first width a seen in the axial direction of the neck 2, and the inner ⁇ most portion of the thread groove has a width b which com ⁇ pared to the width a is preferably twice as wide.
- the in ⁇ nermost portion of the thread groove 4 with the width b extends the last distance around the outside 5 of the neck 2.
- the passage between the narrow and the wide portion of the thread groove 4 is configured in such a manner that a stop 8 is provided extending a distance below the wall 4b at the passage to the narrow portion of the thread groove 4 as shown more clearly in fig. 3. This embodiment of the stop 8 produces a beak 7 which can catch a projection 15 on the closure 10 as will be explained below.
- the closure 10 is cup-shaped and has a circular side wall 11 with an inner surface 12.
- the closure furthermore has an end wall 13 which can be provided with the said seal 14.
- the inside 12 has a radial projection 15 designed so as to be able to engage and interact with the thread 3 on the neck 2 of the container 1 so that the closure can be screw- ed onto the container 1.
- the projection 15 is preferably made with a circular cross section and is easy to manufacture.
- the projection 15 is thus placed at such a distance from the end wall 13 of the closure 10 and the seal 14 that the seal 14 is compressed for the sealing of the contents of the container 1 when the closure 10 is screwed so tightly to the neck 2 of the container 1 that the projection 15 has passed the passage between the narrow and the wide portion of the thread groove 4.
- the projection 15 When the closure 10 is screwed onto the thread 3 of the container 1 the projection 15 will initially move in a frictional engagement with that side 4a of the thread groove 4 which is farthest away from the container 1 until the seal 14 on the end wall 13 of the cup-shaped closure 10 rests on the neck opening or end surface 6 of the con ⁇ tainer.
- the fric- tional engagement of the projection 15 with the said side 4a of the thread groove 4 will be increased, thus providing the required sealing of the contents of the container 1.
- the projection 15 When the closure 10 is unscrewed from the container 1, the projection 15 will at first still be in frictional engage ⁇ ment with the side 4a of the thread groove 4 being farthest away from the container 1 due to the flexibility of the seal 14 which seeks to resume its normal thickness. After a certain rotation of the closure 10 the tension stemming from the flexibility of the seal 14 will be relaxed, after which the projection 15 will be in frictional engagement with the side 4b of the thread groove 4 closest to the con ⁇ tainer 1. The projection 15 will therefore now hit the stop 8 produced by the passage between the wide and the narrow portion of the thread groove 4 and be caught there so that the closure 10 can not just be turned past the stop 8.
- the design of the passage is configured complementary to the circular cross section of the projection 15, whereby a beak 7 is produced at the said passage or stop 8 which beak receives the projection 15.
- the closure 10 must therefore be turned a small angle in the opposite direction, after which an axial force implied by the arrow 16 can be exerted on the closure 10 away from the container 1 causing the projection 15 to be brought in frictional engagement with that side 4a of the thread groove 4 turning away from the container 1, at least until the projection 15 is brought past the stop 8 for unscrewing the closure 10 from the container 1.
- the container 1 with a child- resistant cup-shaped closure 10 is described with an ex- ternal thread 3 on the neck 2 of the container and with a projection 15 inside the cup-shaped closure.
- the thread in stead may be configured on the inside of the cup-shaped closure and the projection on the neck of the container. It is also obvious that the thread can be double or multi ⁇ threaded although the invention is explained by a single- threaded embodiment.
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Priority Applications (3)
Application Number | Priority Date | Filing Date | Title |
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DE69408529T DE69408529D1 (en) | 1993-04-07 | 1994-04-06 | CONTAINER WITH A CHILD-LOCKED, MUG-LOCK |
AU65347/94A AU6534794A (en) | 1993-04-07 | 1994-04-06 | Container having a child-proof, cup-shaped closure |
EP94913039A EP0691920B1 (en) | 1993-04-07 | 1994-04-06 | Container having a child-proof, cup-shaped closure |
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DK41893A DK171176B1 (en) | 1993-04-07 | 1993-04-07 | Container with a child-proof, cup-shaped closure |
DK0418/93 | 1993-04-07 |
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PCT/DK1994/000143 WO1994022734A1 (en) | 1993-04-07 | 1994-04-06 | Container having a child-proof, cup-shaped closure |
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EP (1) | EP0691920B1 (en) |
AU (1) | AU6534794A (en) |
DE (1) | DE69408529D1 (en) |
DK (1) | DK171176B1 (en) |
WO (1) | WO1994022734A1 (en) |
Cited By (4)
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US7918356B2 (en) | 2006-01-27 | 2011-04-05 | Amcor Limited | Preform and container having thread groove |
US8308002B2 (en) | 2006-01-27 | 2012-11-13 | Amcor Limited | Preform and container having thread groove of varying depth |
US8413829B2 (en) | 2006-01-27 | 2013-04-09 | Amcor Limited | Blow-molded container having finish with thread groove and tamper evident features |
KR20230007871A (en) * | 2021-07-06 | 2023-01-13 | 이정문 | Labyrinth type stopper lock structure |
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DK9800023U4 (en) | 1998-01-23 | 1999-08-13 | Nielsen Arne Bendix | Container with a child-proof, cup-shaped closure |
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US3497096A (en) * | 1968-09-04 | 1970-02-24 | Lok A Way Inc | Container and safety closure therefor |
US3595417A (en) * | 1969-05-13 | 1971-07-27 | Arthur Albert Musher | Safety closure |
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EP0042603A1 (en) * | 1980-06-19 | 1981-12-30 | Ethyl Products Company | Child resistant container cover |
US5184741A (en) * | 1990-08-17 | 1993-02-09 | Techpack International, Tpi Societe Anonyme | Receptacle with orientable screw-threaded cap |
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- 1994-04-06 EP EP94913039A patent/EP0691920B1/en not_active Expired - Lifetime
- 1994-04-06 AU AU65347/94A patent/AU6534794A/en not_active Abandoned
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US2264792A (en) * | 1939-04-10 | 1941-12-02 | Hazel Atlas Glass Co | Centering device for container caps |
US3497096A (en) * | 1968-09-04 | 1970-02-24 | Lok A Way Inc | Container and safety closure therefor |
US3595417A (en) * | 1969-05-13 | 1971-07-27 | Arthur Albert Musher | Safety closure |
DE2421292A1 (en) * | 1973-05-03 | 1974-11-21 | Sunbeam Plastics Corp | SECURITY LATCH |
US3941268A (en) * | 1975-01-08 | 1976-03-02 | Owens-Illinois, Inc. | Safety closure and container |
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Cited By (5)
Publication number | Priority date | Publication date | Assignee | Title |
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US7918356B2 (en) | 2006-01-27 | 2011-04-05 | Amcor Limited | Preform and container having thread groove |
US8308002B2 (en) | 2006-01-27 | 2012-11-13 | Amcor Limited | Preform and container having thread groove of varying depth |
US8413829B2 (en) | 2006-01-27 | 2013-04-09 | Amcor Limited | Blow-molded container having finish with thread groove and tamper evident features |
KR20230007871A (en) * | 2021-07-06 | 2023-01-13 | 이정문 | Labyrinth type stopper lock structure |
KR102673533B1 (en) * | 2021-07-06 | 2024-06-11 | 이정문 | Labyrinth type stopper lock structure |
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DE69408529D1 (en) | 1998-03-19 |
EP0691920B1 (en) | 1998-02-11 |
DK171176B1 (en) | 1996-07-15 |
DK41893A (en) | 1994-10-08 |
DK41893D0 (en) | 1993-04-07 |
EP0691920A1 (en) | 1996-01-17 |
AU6534794A (en) | 1994-10-24 |
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