GB2408734A - Sealing cap for use on partly consumed drinks cans - Google Patents
Sealing cap for use on partly consumed drinks cans Download PDFInfo
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- GB2408734A GB2408734A GB0327357A GB0327357A GB2408734A GB 2408734 A GB2408734 A GB 2408734A GB 0327357 A GB0327357 A GB 0327357A GB 0327357 A GB0327357 A GB 0327357A GB 2408734 A GB2408734 A GB 2408734A
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- sealing cap
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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
- B65D17/4012—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 for opening partially by means of a tearing tab
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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
- B65D2517/00—Containers specially constructed to be opened by cutting, piercing or tearing of wall portions, e.g. preserving cans or tins
- B65D2517/0001—Details
- B65D2517/001—Action for opening container
- B65D2517/0014—Action for opening container pivot tab and push-down tear panel
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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
- B65D2517/00—Containers specially constructed to be opened by cutting, piercing or tearing of wall portions, e.g. preserving cans or tins
- B65D2517/0001—Details
- B65D2517/0031—Reclosable openings
- B65D2517/004—Reclosable openings by means of an additional element
- B65D2517/0041—Reclosable openings by means of an additional element in the form of a cover
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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
- B65D2565/00—Wrappers or flexible covers; Packaging materials of special type or form
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- B65D2565/381—Details of packaging materials of special type or form
- B65D2565/385—Details of packaging materials of special type or form especially suited for or with means facilitating recycling
- B65D2565/386—Details of packaging materials of special type or form especially suited for or with means facilitating recycling packaging containers consisting of two or more parts made of the same material
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- Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
- Y02—TECHNOLOGIES OR APPLICATIONS FOR MITIGATION OR ADAPTATION AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE
- Y02W—CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION TECHNOLOGIES RELATED TO WASTEWATER TREATMENT OR WASTE MANAGEMENT
- Y02W30/00—Technologies for solid waste management
- Y02W30/50—Reuse, recycling or recovery technologies
- Y02W30/80—Packaging reuse or recycling, e.g. of multilayer packaging
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Abstract
A sealing cap is of the same size and aluminium rolled edge rim construction 2 as a drinks can top, including a ring-pull tab (1, Fig 1) with a tear line. The leading edge 3 of the sealing cap is constructed like a fish hook barb 6 to snap into position under the rolled edge 2 and has slits 4 equally spaced about its circumference. The inner circular groove, situated just below the rolled edge rim construction 2, is fitted with a suitable sealing material 5. The sealing cap creates a permanent tamper seal that can withstand any pressure build up in the can, providing a gas tight seal.
Description
- 2408734
SEALING CAP
The invention relates to an aluminium drinks can which is used for the containment of carbonated soft drinks, lagers and beers.
The aluminium drinks can is of the type that has the can top permanently attached to the body of the can by use of the rolled edge method of construction.
The can top also includes a ring-pull tab and a pear shaped tear line which defines the periphery of a pouring / drinking aperture.
Such drinks cans are now common everyday items, but suffer from the disadvantage that, if the contents of the cans are only partly consumed, then the residual contents of the cans are open to the outside environment and therefore liable to contamination from flying insects, dust, dirt, sand etc., through the open pouring / drinking aperture.
Also the residual carbonated contents of open cans are likely to lose there gases, and therefore go flat. Whilst great care also has to be taken to make sure the drinks can is always kept in an upright position to prevent spillage of the contents.
The object of this invention is to provide a sealing cap, which allows partly consumed drinks cans to be re-sealed for later consumption and carried around in coat pockets, handbags, school bags, lunch boxes etc., without fear of spillage.
Accordingly, this invention provides a sealing cap that pushes onto and hooks under the rolled edge rim of an opened drinks can top, making an air / gas-tight seal that can withstand any build-up of carbonated gas pressure within the re-sealed drinks can. The sealing cap is of the same material, size and construction as the drinks can top, including a ringpull tab, and is a one-off permanent seal, that once clicked on it cannot be removed and becomes part of the drinks can, to be discarded and recycled along with the empty can.
When using a sealing cap to re-seal a partly consumed drinks can it would be preferable to approximately line up the ring-pull and open aperture on the can top with the ring-pull and closed aperture on the sealing cap. The sealing cap ring-pull closure panel which is defined by a tear line, could be made smaller than the aperture in the drinks can top, to facilitate the downward bending of the sealing cap closure panel into the open aperture of the drinks can top.
A preferred embodiment of the invention will now be described with reference to the accompanying drawing in which: FIGURE I shows a plan view of the sealing cap.
FIGURE 2 shows a side view of the sealing cap.
FIGURE 3 shows an enlarged cross-section view ( X - X) of the sealing cap.
FIGURE 4 shows a side view of a drinks can fitted with a sealing cap.
FIGURE 5 shows an enlarged cross-section view of the sealing cap f tted onto a can top. l
As shown in Figure 1, the sealing cap has the same profile as a drinks can top, including a ring-pull tab with a pear shaped tear line 1 and an aluminium rolled edge rim construction 2.
Figure 2 shows that the leading edge 3 of the sealing cap has slits 4 around its circumference to allow for a certain amount of resiliency when the sealing cap is pushed onto the drinks can top.
Figure 3 is an enlarged section view X-X of the sealing cap showing the inner seal 5, which is made of a suitable sealing material, situated in the groove just below the rolled edge rim construction 2.
Figure 3 also shows an enlarged section view of the leading edge 3 which is constructed like a fish hook barb 6 to ensure that once the sealing cap is pushed onto the drinks can top it makes a permanent seal that cannot be removed.
The leading edge 3 is to ensure that the sealing cap is correctly located and aligned before pushing down on the sealing cap and allowing the fish hook barbed inner rim 6 to snap into position under the rolled edge rim of the drinks can top.
Figure 4 shows a drinks can that has been re-sealed with a sealing cap.
Figure 5 is an enlarged cross-section view of the sealing cap fitted onto the top of a drinks can, showing how the inner seal 5 and the fish hook barb 6 on the leading edge 3 is located on the rolled edge rim 2 of a drinks can top, creating a permanent one-off seal that can withstand any pressure build-up in the can, and once the sealing cap is clicked into position on the drinks can top, it cannot be removed and becomes part of the drinks can, to be discarded and recycled along with the empty can.
Claims (6)
1. A sealing cap that pushes onto and hooks under the rolled edge rim of partly consumed carbonated soft drinks, lager or beer cans, so that resealed drinks cans can be carried around in clothes pockets, bags, lunch boxes etc. for later consumption, without the fear of spillage.
2. A sealing cap as claimed in Claim 1 which creates an air / gas tight seal that can withstand any build up of carbonated gas pressure within the re-sealed drinks can.
3. A sealing cap as claimed in Claim 1 and Claim 2 which is a one-off permanent seal, that once pushed on and clicked into position it cannot be removed, and becomes part of the drinks can, to be discarded and recycled along with the empty can.
4. A sealing cap as claimed in any preceding claim, of the same size and rolled edge rim construction as a drinks can top, including a ring-pull tab and pear shaped tear line which defines the periphery of a pouring / drinking aperture.
5. A sealing cap as claimed in any proceeding claim which is made from the same aluminium or aluminium alloy material as the drinks can.
6. A sealing cap substantially as herein described and illustrated in the accompanying drawings.
Priority Applications (1)
| Application Number | Priority Date | Filing Date | Title |
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| GB0327357A GB2408734A (en) | 2003-11-25 | 2003-11-25 | Sealing cap for use on partly consumed drinks cans |
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| Application Number | Priority Date | Filing Date | Title |
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| GB0327357A GB2408734A (en) | 2003-11-25 | 2003-11-25 | Sealing cap for use on partly consumed drinks cans |
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| GB0327357D0 GB0327357D0 (en) | 2003-12-31 |
| GB2408734A true GB2408734A (en) | 2005-06-08 |
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| GB0327357A Withdrawn GB2408734A (en) | 2003-11-25 | 2003-11-25 | Sealing cap for use on partly consumed drinks cans |
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Cited By (2)
| Publication number | Priority date | Publication date | Assignee | Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WO2007142613A1 (en) * | 2006-06-07 | 2007-12-13 | Cavusoglu Muzaffer | A cap |
| IT201700001846A1 (en) * | 2017-01-10 | 2018-07-10 | Magnoni Simone Nisi | COVER FOR CANS AND CAN INCLUDING THIS LID |
Citations (6)
| Publication number | Priority date | Publication date | Assignee | Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US5054640A (en) * | 1990-10-15 | 1991-10-08 | Terence Tucker | Protective cap for beverage containers |
| US5088614A (en) * | 1991-04-25 | 1992-02-18 | Camille Dumestre | Canned drink cover apparatus |
| US5402904A (en) * | 1991-01-07 | 1995-04-04 | Close; William T. | Reusable beverage can cover or lid |
| US5720408A (en) * | 1993-10-25 | 1998-02-24 | Schmid; Dieter | Sealing cap for cans of various diameters provided with an edge beading |
| GB2319019A (en) * | 1996-11-06 | 1998-05-13 | Rankin Brothers & Sons | Tamper Proof Seal |
| US5984127A (en) * | 1998-03-10 | 1999-11-16 | Fenton; Robert C. | Resealable can cover |
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Patent Citations (6)
| Publication number | Priority date | Publication date | Assignee | Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US5054640A (en) * | 1990-10-15 | 1991-10-08 | Terence Tucker | Protective cap for beverage containers |
| US5402904A (en) * | 1991-01-07 | 1995-04-04 | Close; William T. | Reusable beverage can cover or lid |
| US5088614A (en) * | 1991-04-25 | 1992-02-18 | Camille Dumestre | Canned drink cover apparatus |
| US5720408A (en) * | 1993-10-25 | 1998-02-24 | Schmid; Dieter | Sealing cap for cans of various diameters provided with an edge beading |
| GB2319019A (en) * | 1996-11-06 | 1998-05-13 | Rankin Brothers & Sons | Tamper Proof Seal |
| US5984127A (en) * | 1998-03-10 | 1999-11-16 | Fenton; Robert C. | Resealable can cover |
Cited By (2)
| Publication number | Priority date | Publication date | Assignee | Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WO2007142613A1 (en) * | 2006-06-07 | 2007-12-13 | Cavusoglu Muzaffer | A cap |
| IT201700001846A1 (en) * | 2017-01-10 | 2018-07-10 | Magnoni Simone Nisi | COVER FOR CANS AND CAN INCLUDING THIS LID |
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| GB0327357D0 (en) | 2003-12-31 |
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| WAP | Application withdrawn, taken to be withdrawn or refused ** after publication under section 16(1) |