Closing device for containers

• US 4,898,293 A
• Filed: 05/25/1988
• Issued: 02/06/1990
• Est. Priority Date: 05/25/1987
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Societe de Conseils et D'Etudes Des Emballages SCEE
• Original Assignee: Societe de Conseils et D'Etudes Des Emballages SCEE
• Inventors: Morel, Simone
• Primary Examiner(s): Norton, Donald F.
• Application Number:
  US07/202,572
• Time in Patent Office: 622 Days
• Field of Search: 215/250, 215/257, 206/222, 222/83, 222/81
• US Class Current: 215/250
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 2251/0025 of the 47-type
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 2251/0093 Membrane
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 51/225 and further comprising a device first inhibiting displacement of the outer closure B65D51/223 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 71/502 Coaxial connections
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 81/3211 coaxially and provided with means facilitating admixture

Abstract

The closing device is provided for a container in which a cap is put in position on one end of the container forming a neck. The cap comprises an encasing portion for the container and a portion including opening and closing means. A membrane is sealed to a portion forming the neck of the container. A perforation member is placed in the vicinity of the membrane and provided for folding back this membrane toward walls of the neck. Means are arranged such that the perforation member can occupy a first position for which it cannot act on the membrane and at least a second position for which the membrane is broken and folded back.

Claims

1. A closing device for a container in which a cap is put in position on a neck of the container, said neck defining a mouth sealed by a membrane, said cap comprising a side wall surrounding said neck and engagement means for engaging the neck of said container and opening and closing said container, a perforation member mounted in the vicinity of said membrane and carried by a partition of the cap, said partition having at least one hole therethrough, said perforation member being provided for folding back said membrane toward an inner surface of said neck side wall, and control means for controlling the position of said perforation member so that said perforation member occupies a first position in which it cannot act on the membrane and at least a second postion in which said membrane is broken and folded back by said perforation member in order to provide free communication between said container and inside of said cap.

2. The device as set forth in claim 1, wherein the perforation member is made of an S-shaped blade having a point member and slanting edges.

3. The device as set forth in claim 1, wherein the perforation member is made of a helical-shaped blade.

4. The device as set forth in claim 1, wherein the perforation member has a width at most equal to inner width of the neck of said container.

5. The device as set forth in claim 1, wherein the cap comprises a cover.

6. The device as set forth in claim 1, wherein the cap comprises a cuttable end-piece.

7. The device as set forth in claim 1, wherein said control means comprises a removable band abutting against the container and determining a first position for the cap, which corresponds to said first position for the perforation member.

8. The device as set forth in claim 7, wherein the removable band which determines the first position for the cap with respect to the container comprises a pilfer-proof ring.

9. The device as set forth in claim 7, wherein said engagement means comprise screw threads correspondingly provided on an outer wall of said neck and on an inner wall of said cap.

10. The device as set forth in claim 1, further comprising a ring partially screwed onto the neck of said container and on a base of an extra container provided for containing a product different from that provided to be contained in said container, at least one removable immobilization member for securing said ring against motion prior to use of the products contained in the container and in the extra container.

11. The device as set forth in claim 10, wherein a base of the extra container is closed by a membrane and communicates with inside of the extra container, a perforator with two cutting blades being further provided for cutting simultaneously the membranes of said container and said extra container.

12. The device as set forth in claim 11, wherein the perforator is hollow and is connected to the ring via a web supporting the perforator.

13. The device as set forth in claim 12, wherein the web connecting the perforator to the ring carries a sleeve having ends engaged within annular grooves respectively formed in the base and in the neck.

14. The device as set forth in claim 13, wherein the sleeve is connected to the neck and to the base in a tight manner.

15. The device as set forth in claim 10, wherein the immobilization member for the ring is made of a member forming a distance-piece between the containers.

16. The device as set forth in claim 10, wherein the immobilization member includes thicker portions interposed between ends of the ring and said container and said extra container.

17. The device as set forth in claim 10, wherein the extra container is provided with a neck and with a closing device.