Closure to be screwed onto a container

• US 8,556,103 B2
• Filed: 10/08/2008
• Issued: 10/15/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 10/08/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Sanner Gmbh
• Original Assignee: Sanner Gmbh
• Inventors: Tiesberger, Kai
• Primary Examiner(s): Stashick, Anthony
• Assistant Examiner(s): POOS, MADISON LYNN
• Application Number:
  US13/122,915
• Publication Number:
  US 20110226770A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,833 Days
• Field of Search: 220/254.1, 220/254.8, 220/256.1, 220/259.3, 220/259.4, 220/288, 220/293, 220/296, 220/521, 215/227, 215/DIG.8, 206/219, 206/221
• US Class Current: 220/254.8
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 51/2864 the element being a plug or like element closing a passage between the auxiliary container and the main container

Abstract

With an eye towards achieving the objective of configuring and refining a closure in such a way that an available space defined by the support element is effectively utilized while the volume of the chamber is maximized, a closure to be screwed onto a container, comprises a closure cap and a screw cap that can be twisted together with each other as well as relative to each other, whereby the closure cap has a support element that can be screwed to the screw cap, whereby the closure cap and the screw cap delimit a chamber that holds a substance and that can be opened by twisting the screw cap relative to the closure cap, thereby opening up at least one passage, and whereby the screw cap has a chamber wall whose free end surrounds a chamber bottom that is formed in the closure cap, wherein the screw cap has a lid section onto which the chamber wall is formed.

Claims

1. A closure to be screwed onto a container, comprising:

a closure cap and a screw cap that can be twisted together with each other as well as relative to each other, the closure cap including a support element that is screwed to the screw cap, whereby the closure cap and the screw cap define a chamber that holds a substance and that is opened by twisting the screw cap relative to the closure cap, thereby opening up at least one passage that is in communication with the container, wherein the screw cap has a chamber wall whose free end surrounds a chamber bottom formed in the closure cap and a lid section onto which the chamber wall is formed,

wherein the screw cap and the support element of the closure cap are locked by at least one thread locking mechanism configured as a spring-loaded finger located in an outer thread of the support element and that, under elastic pre-tensioning, is laid with its blocking surface against an inner thread of the screw cap such that after a few twists of the screw cap relative to the closure cap, further relative twisting of the screw cap is blocked.

2. The closure according to claim 1, wherein the screw cap can be twisted a designated rotational distance relative to the closure cap without the closure cap being twisted with the screw cap, and then, after the designated rotational distance has been passed, the screw cap carries along the closure cap.

3. The closure according to claim 1, wherein at least one individual thread of the inner thread of the screw cap is configured with an interruption into which the spring-loaded finger can click.

4. The closure according to claim 3, wherein the interruption has a steep flank against which the blocking surface of the spring-loaded finger is laid.

5. The closure according to claim 1, wherein a slanted or beveled surface of the chamber bottom faces the chamber.

6. The closure according to claim 5, wherein the surface is configured as a conical surface.

7. The closure according to claim 1, wherein the passage is configured as a recess in a connection wall that has a U-shaped cross section so that the chamber bottom is shaped onto the closure cap.

8. The closure according to claim 1, wherein the free end of the chamber wall of the screw cap has a first encircling sealing bead that is laid against the chamber bottom so as to create a seal.

9. The closure according to claim 1, wherein the chamber wall of the screw cap has a second encircling sealing bead that faces away from the free end of said chamber wall and that lies against an inner wall of the support element of the closure cap so as to create a seal.

10. The closure according to claim 1, wherein the chamber wall of the screw cap is surrounded by a first threaded crown on which a first safety ring having predetermined breaking points is arranged.

11. The closure according to claim 10, wherein the first safety ring grasps behind a first edge that is formed around the support element of the closure cap.

12. The closure according to claim 1, wherein the support element of the closure cap is surrounded by a second threaded crown on which a second safety ring having predetermined breaking points is arranged, whereby the second safety ring is provided in order to grasp behind a second edge that encircles a container.

13. The closure according to claim 1, wherein on the support element of the closure cap, a third encircling sealing bead protruding outwards is provided that is laid against an interior of the container so as to create a seal.