CN1339005A

CN1339005A - Packaging device

Info

Publication number: CN1339005A
Application number: CN00803527A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 弗兰克·勒默尔
Original assignee: Georg Menshen GmbH and Co KG
Current assignee: Georg Menshen GmbH and Co KG
Priority date: 1999-12-08
Filing date: 2000-11-30
Publication date: 2002-03-06
Also published as: ES2202205T3; EP1150903B1; ATE245587T1; EP1150903A1; DE50002995D1; WO2001042108A1; AU2164501A; US20020030032A1; DE29921614U1

Abstract

The invention relates to packaging means comprising a first section, in particular a container (1), tube or bottle, comprising a peripheral wall (4) which is at least partially flexible in sections running perpendicularly to the peripheral direction and a second section in the form of a cap (2) which encompasses the peripheral wall (4), comprising first projecting lugs (30, 31), which can engage in complementary first retaining lugs (11, 12) on the peripheral wall of the first section (1), in such a way that the cap and the peripheral wall can be jointly deformed in a perpendicular direction in relation to the peripheral direction. The cap (2) can consist of a synthetic material with a softer surface structure than that of the synthetic material of the peripheral wall (3).

Description

Packing device

The present invention relates to a kind of packing device, comprise one first element, particularly container or bottle, it has a circumferential wall, and the direction perpendicular to circumferential direction is flexible to this circumferential wall in its a part of upper edge at least.

The present invention be more particularly directed to a kind of container that is used to store cleaning supplies and cosmetics.Although this container is often made by the relatively large synthetic material of rigidity, but because their shape, thereby the product that is stored in the container is under pressure and when helping vessel empty when apply external force to it, they can produce required distortion or to projecting inward.Container can be made by the bigger polyolefin of relative rigidity such as PE or PP, thus they have usually smoothly, feel harder can labelled surface.

The packing device that the purpose of this invention is to provide a kind of the above-mentioned type, this packing device have the different surface portion of surface texture, thereby can not damage its function and outer shape basically.Particularly, by the present invention, will provide a kind of packing device, this packing device has an outside face, and this outside face is flat under usual manner, and can be hard in the part of its some expectation, and can be soft in its desired other parts.

According to the present invention, this purpose is to realize like this, a kind of second element of cranse form is provided, this cranse is around the circumferential wall of first element or container and comprise first device of working in coordination, this first device of working in coordination is suitable for by this way cooperating with complementation first device of working in coordination on the above-mentioned circumferential wall, promptly cranse with circumferential wall along being out of shape perpendicular to the direction of circumferential direction.Packing device of the present invention like this is a two-part structure, and wherein this two elements can be made by the different synthetic material with different surfaces structure.However, two elements can be linked together by this way, and promptly from the outside, what present to the user is a single element with conventional vessel external structure, and thereby can control in an identical manner.Therefore, the present invention makes container have harder and level and smooth surface in its some part, and will be more soft rough surface with the other parts that economized form is made, thereby satisfied for the long-term expectation of this kinds of structures and in the requirement that not have realization in the past at it.Other advantageous embodiment of relevant the present invention can be with reference to claim.

Below by embodiment and accompanying drawing the present invention is described in more detail, wherein

Fig. 1 is the perspective disassembled view of the combination of the container of a partial illustration among the present invention and a cranse;

Fig. 2 is the longitudinal sectional view when the cranse Rotate 180 among Fig. 1 °;

Fig. 3 is the birds-eye view of cranse shown in Fig. 2;

Fig. 4 is the transparent view of container shown in Fig. 1; And

Fig. 5 is the birds-eye view of container shown in Fig. 4.

Packing device of the present invention can be a container, as bottle, pipe etc., comprises first element or a container with overall reference number 1 expression, and a cranse or a complementary elements with overall reference number 2 expressions.Container 1 only at close its one axial end place, represent with partial view by the upper end under the situation promptly of the present invention.But should be appreciated that the present invention is not limited to this part of container 1, but can be arranged on another axial end or two axial end portion of container in a similar manner, if desired like this.

Container 1 has a circumferential wall 3, and this circumferential wall 3 has noncircular cross section, for example the rectangular shape of ellipse or rounding.Therefore, circumferentially wall 3 has the

wide sidepiece

5,6 of positioned opposite and the narrow sidepiece 7,8 of positioned opposite, with reference to Fig. 5, face area is bigger because wide sidepiece radian is less, the rigidity of

wide sidepiece

5,6 is less than narrow sidepiece 7,8, thereby they are easily owing to applying that superincumbent outside manual force is out of shape or inwardly protruding radially.This distortion needs, because can exert pressure on the product in being stored in container 1 like this, thereby helps its delivery port that passes through unshowned container 1 to discharge.Container 1 can be made by any suitable synthetic material, as polyolefin, and for example polyethylene (PE) or polypropylene (PP), and preferably well known to a person skilled in the art that mode makes with blow molding process.But if desired, other synthetic material also can be used for container 1.

As shown in fig. 1, a circumferential wall portion 4 is arranged on circumferential wall 3, these circumferential wall portion 4 slight radial are to bias internal, and are limited by a shoulder 9, and this shoulder 9 is around container 1 extension, can be made into to have attracting profile.Circumferentially wall portion 4 is axially limited by an end wall 10.With reference to Fig. 4, circumferentially wall portion 4 can be contained in the cranse 2.Radially relative position in circumferential wall portion 4 is provided with the

base

11,12 of working in coordination, and this

base

11,12 overlaps with the

wide sidepiece

5,6 of the circumferential wall 3 of container, only can see one of them base among Fig. 1.Each base of working in

coordination

11,12 has a groove 13, and this groove 13 is along the longitudinal extension of container 1, and as shown in Figure 4, has the inlet of an axially open at end wall 10 places.With reference to Fig. 2 and 3, as below describing in detail, the cross sectional shape of groove 13 is like this, makes that the rib 30,31 L shaped or that T shape is worked in coordination on the cranse 2 can be contained in wherein.Groove 13 can have the part 14 that broadens near end wall 10 places, the

rib

30,31 that this part 14 that broadens helps to work in coordination inserts.

In addition, each can be set to the circumferential isolated recess of working in

coordination

15,15 ' and 16,16 ' in the position of the circumferential wall portion 4 that overlaps with the narrower side 7,8 of container 1.With reference to Fig. 4, basically each recess of working in

coordination

15,16 has identical structure, and comprising one, to be positioned at the rear surface 17, of axial plane radially outward spaced apart from here and be positioned at the surface 18 of working in coordination, and the bottom surface 19 at the

recess

15,16 of working in coordination away from the axial end sealing of container 1 end wall 10 of an axial plane.It is open that the

recess

15,16 of working in coordination is held to axial near another of end walls 10, thereby the

element

32 or 33 of respectively working in coordination of cranse 2 can be inserted in the

recess

15,16 of working in coordination of corresponding align, and other details will provide below.Work in

coordination recess

15,16 and the

element

32,33 of working in coordination helps to prevent the relative rotation of container 1 and cranse 2.

On the rear surface 17 of each

recess

15,16 of working in coordination, be provided with a radially outward outstanding locking protuberance 20, above-mentioned protuberance can be by the radially inwardly outstanding lock projection 34 on the

element

32,33 of working in coordination that is positioned at cranse 2 from following cooperation, thus on axial meaning with respect to the fixing cranse 2 of container 1.

Below with reference to Fig. 2 and 3 cranse 2 is described in more detail.As shown in Figure 2, cranse 2 comprises a circumferential wall 21, and this circumferential wall 21 relatively is provided with

wide sidepiece

22,23 and

narrow sidepiece

24,25 in the mode similar to the circumferential wall portion 4 of container 1.An axial length that can have in the

narrow sidepiece

24,25 greater than another narrow sidepiece.Circumferentially wall 21 has an end edge 26, and this end edge 26 can cooperate with the shoulder 9 of the circumferential wall 3 of container by this way, and in the time of promptly in the upper end of container 1 is packed cranse 2 into, the outside face of the circumferential wall 21 of cranse 2 and the circumferential wall 3 of container 1 is concordant each other.In addition, as shown in Figure 2, cranse 2 has a bottom 28, in this bottom 28 opening 29 can be set.

One works in coordination, and leniently each inside face of

sidepiece

22,23 is inwardly outstanding for rib 30,31.Each

rib

30 and 31 of working in coordination can be packed in work in coordination accordingly

base

11 and 12 of container 1, and have and the

base

11,12 of working in coordination accordingly in the axial length that is complementary of groove 13, the cross-sectional structure of rib can worked in

coordination rib

30,31 and work in coordination and obtain the relation of working in coordination of dovetail joint form between the

base

11,12.

Although other cross-sectional structure can be provided, the

rib

30,31 of working in coordination here has respectively and is substantially L shaped cross-sectional structure, thereby is shaped corresponding to the cross-sectional plane of the groove 13 in the

base

11,12 of working in coordination of container 1.If necessary, can provide T shape or other head/trunk structure.

The work in coordination cross section of

base

11,12 is preferably tapered from its end wall side direction opposite end, thereby when the

rib

30,31 of working in coordination enters in the

base

11,12 of working in coordination, interlocking is not only arranged therebetween, and frictional fit is arranged.

Because above-mentioned measure, be applied to the circumferential wall 3 of container 1 or the distortion that external force caused in the circumferential wall portion 4 and will be delivered to cranse 2 by the

rib

30,31 of working in coordination, make the latter will participate in distortion, thereby the profile of container 1 and cranse 2 will correspond essentially to and not have the container of cranse profile and change in substantially the same mode.

As can from Fig. 2 and 3, further seeing, each can axially stretch out in the radially relative position of cranse 2 near the bottom 28 of

narrow sidepieces

24,25 from cranse 2 with 33 circumferential isolated locking element 32, thus these locking elements can pack into container 1 attached to the

recess

15,15 of working in coordination ' and 16,16 ' in.Each

element

32,33 of working in coordination has angled cross section, therefore can form the relation of working in coordination with the surface 18 of working in coordination of the

cooresponding recess

15,16 of working in coordination.In addition, lock projection 34 is stretched out from the

element

32,33 of working in coordination, and above-mentioned projection can be worked in coordination accordingly at container 1 and be cooperated below the locking belt 20 of

recess

15,16, thereby with respect to the fixing axial location of cranse 2 of container 1.For this reason, also be provided with a protrusion 35, this protrusion 35 stretches out near the circumferential edge 26 of the cranse 2 the narrow sidepiece 24, and is suitable for cooperating near below the mating surfaces 36 at shoulder edge 9 on the container circumferential portion 4.

Consider its surface texture, cranse 2 can be independent of the circumferential wall 3 of container and be shaped in any way.Particularly, cranse 2 can be all or at least outside it circumferential surface make by synthetic material, this has produced the surface that softness more and/or different structure are compared in a surface with the circumferential wall 3 of container 1.For example, cranse 2 can be the bicomponent injection molding parts that are shaped by the different synthetic material of injection moulding, thereby forms the outside face of cranse 2 and be molded onto by on suitable first kind of synthetic material such as the polyolefin internal layer that for example PP or PE make by the skin that suitable, soft second kind of synthetic material such as elastomeric material are made.The bicomponent injection molding technology of using this class material itself is that oneself knows, thereby needn't describe in detail here.

Softer material can also be introduced in a plurality of holes that distribute on the circumferential wall 21 of cranse 2, thereby circumferentially form a plurality of column structures on wall 21 outside faces by this softer material.

With the cranse be above the basis invention has been described, this cranse is constructed in the mode of complete storage container 1 end.But cranse also can be a form of only not having end element around the annular of the circumferential wall of container portion.In addition, cranse also can be provided with a cap member form simultaneously, can enter internal tank by the opening that is positioned at the cranse bottom like this.In addition, although on cranse, be provided with first rib of working in coordination of working in coordination device, and the container in the embodiment of the invention of Miao Shuing is provided with the recess of working in coordination in front, but can also be conversely with structure, if packing device particularly of the present invention is a moulding rather than blowing part.For second of the element form of working in coordination on the respective element of work in coordination recess and the packing device device of working in coordination, situation also is like this.

Claims

1. packing device, comprise one first element, container particularly, pipe or bottle, it has a circumferential wall, at least the direction perpendicular to circumferential direction is flexible to this circumferential wall in its a part of upper edge, it is characterized in that, second element that also comprises a cranse (2) form, this cranse (2) is around circumferential wall (3,4), and comprise first device (30 of working in coordination, 31), this first device (30,31) of working in coordination is suitable for and circumferential first device (11 of working in coordination of the complementation on the wall of first element (1), 12) cooperate, thereby cranse can be out of shape along described direction perpendicular to circumferential direction with circumferential wall.

2. packing device according to claim 1, it is characterized in that, this first device of working in coordination is included at least one pair of rib (30 of working in coordination on one of them said elements, 31), this rib of working in coordination (30,31) extends substantially vertically, and is arranged on the position of positioned opposite of circumferential wall (3) of first element (1) and cranse (2), the above-mentioned rib of working in coordination can axially insert in the base of working in coordination (11,12) of the extension complementally on another that is arranged in said elements.

3. packing device according to claim 2 is characterized in that, each rib of working in coordination (30,31) has a basic cross sectional shape for L shaped or T shape.

4. according to claim 1,2 or 3 described packing devices, it is characterized in that first device (11,12,30,31) of working in coordination has the pyramidal structure of a complementation, be used for producing extraly a location that clamps.

5. according to claim 2,3 or 4 described packing devices, it is characterized in that each base of working in coordination (11,12) is arranged on the circumferential wall (3) of first element (1), each rib of working in coordination (30,31) is arranged on the cranse (2).

6. according to each the described packing device in the aforementioned claim, it is characterized in that, second device (32 of working in coordination, 33) being arranged on cranse (2) goes up and the first different position of device of working in coordination, above-mentioned second device of working in coordination is suitable for going up complementary second device (15 of working in coordination with the circumferential wall (3) of first element (1), 16) cooperate, thereby prevent relatively rotating between cranse and the circumferential wall.

7. packing device according to claim 6 is characterized in that, this second device (15,16,32,33) of working in coordination also comprises complementary latching device (20,34), is used for respect to the fixing axial location of cranse (2) of circumferential wall (3).

8. according to claim 6 or 7 described packing devices, it is characterized in that this second device (15,16,32) of working in coordination is arranged on cranse (2) and circumferential wall (3) position of going up positioned opposite.

9. according to claim 6,7 or 8 described packing devices, it is characterized in that, second device of working in coordination is circumferentially comprising a pair of circumferentially isolated groove (15 of working in coordination respectively on the wall (3), 16), be suitable for holding the isolated element of working in coordination (32,33) of a pair of complementation on the cranse (2).

10. packing device according to claim 6 is characterized in that, first and second devices (11,12,30,31 of working in coordination; 15,16,32,33) be arranged on the position of vertically staggering mutually, these positions have the different rigidity of circumferential wall (3) and cranse (2).

11. each the described packing device according in the aforementioned claim is characterized in that, cranse (2) in lid shape mode around the end (4) of circumferential wall (3) and comprise a bottom (28).

12. each the described packing device according in the aforementioned claim is characterized in that cranse (2) is made by a synthetic material, this synthetic material has the more soft outer surface structure of synthetic material than circumferential wall (3).

13. packing device according to claim 11 is characterized in that, this synthetic material with more soft outer surface structure is an elastomeric material.

14. each the described packing device according in the aforementioned claim is characterized in that, this cranse (2) and circumferentially wall (3) have complementary flexible wide sidepiece and the narrow sidepiece of rigidity, this first device (11,12 of working in coordination; 30,31) be arranged on the flexible wide sidepiece.