IPC분류정보
국가/구분 |
United States(US) Patent
등록
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국제특허분류(IPC7판) |
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출원번호 |
US-0221281
(2001-03-02)
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우선권정보 |
DE-0004152 (2000-03-08) |
국제출원번호 |
PCT//EP01/02361
(2003-01-21)
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§371/§102 date |
20030121
(20030121)
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국제공개번호 |
WO01//66431
(2001-09-13)
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발명자
/ 주소 |
- G?tz, Hermann
- Ackermann, Bruno
- Folland, Dieter
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인용정보 |
피인용 횟수 :
11 인용 특허 :
8 |
초록
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The invention to a container, especially a beverage container. The lid wall (2) is provided with a specified rupture line (6) which, when torn open, frees an opening (9) provided for drinking and pouring. A lid turn-lock fastener (10) comprises a wall (13), which spans the lid wall (2), and comprise
The invention to a container, especially a beverage container. The lid wall (2) is provided with a specified rupture line (6) which, when torn open, frees an opening (9) provided for drinking and pouring. A lid turn-lock fastener (10) comprises a wall (13), which spans the lid wall (2), and comprises means for tearing open the opening (9) provided for drinking and pouring. The lid turn-lock fastener is supported on the can when it is turned in order to tear open the opening (9) provided for drinking and pouring. The opening (9) provided for drinking and pouring extends between the rotational axis (4) and the circular periphery of the lid wall (2) and, in a radial direction, measures at least half of the radius length. The wall (13) of the lid turn-lock fastener (10) comprises an opening (15) which is left free, which, to a large extent, has the shape and size of the opening (9) provided for pouring, and which, by turning the lid turn-lock fastener (10), can be placed into a position in which it is located directly above said opening (9). The means used for tearing open comprise a projection (16) placed on the lid turn-lock fastener and comprise an inclined surface (5a) provided on the lid wall (2).
대표청구항
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1. A container comprising:a rotationally symmetrical wall region having a circumference which defines a container axis; a lid wall, said lid wall having a top side and a circular circumference of a given radius length and being fixed to and along said circumference of said rotationally symmetrical w
1. A container comprising:a rotationally symmetrical wall region having a circumference which defines a container axis; a lid wall, said lid wall having a top side and a circular circumference of a given radius length and being fixed to and along said circumference of said rotationally symmetrical wall region; a bounded region of said lid wall, said bounded region extending between said container axis and said circular circumference of said lid wall and being enclosed by a predetermined breaking line which, once fractured, releases a single drinking and pouring opening; a depression having a sloping surface formed by wall portions of said lid wall within said predetermined breaking line; a rotary lid closure having a wall which spans said lid wall, an opening cut out therein and a protrusion for sliding on said sloping surface and to break open said drinking and pouring opening; means for supporting said rotary lid closure when the latter is rotated about said axis for opening said drinking and pouring opening and for moving said rotary lid closure between a fully open position and a fully closed position; wherein said depression with sloping surface of said lid wall is arranged at a location of said bounded region which is overlapped by said cut-out opening when said rotary lid closure has been rotated in said fully open position of said drinking and pouring opening; wherein said protrusion is formed from wall portions of said rotary lid closure; and wherein said wall of said rotary lid closure engages said top side of said lid wall elastically and with pressure thereon so as to seal said drinking and pouring opening once the latter has been opened and said rotary lid closure has been rotated in said fully closed position. 2. The container as claimed in claim 1, wherein there is a spacing between said protrusion and said container axis which is in the range of from 0.3 to 0.6 radius length of said lid wall, andwherein said drinking and pouring opening has a radial dimension of at least half said radius length. 3. The container as claimed in claim 1 or 2, wherein said rotationally symmetrical wall region is connected to said lid wall via an edge seam and said rotary lid closure is designed in the form of a cap for engaging round said edge seam, so as to form said supporting means at least partially, andwherein said rotary lid closure has a grip region which has a lever length which relative to the axis of rotation which is greater than the spacing between said protrusion and said container axis. 4. The container as claimed in claim 3, wherein a number of clips are provided on said cap for engaging round said edge seam.5. The container as claimed in claim 3, wherein said grip region of said rotary lid closure is corrugated.6. The container as claimed in claim 1, wherein said bounded region of said lid wall is surrounded by a sealing coating.7. The container as claimed in claim 6, wherein interacting latching means are provided on said lid wall and said rotary lid closure for arresting said rotary lid closure in said fully open position or in said fully closed position.8. The container as claimed in claim 1, wherein said bounded region has a kidney-shaped outline.9. The container as claimed in claim 1, wherein said predetermined breaking line is only nearly closed, so that some wall material of said line around said bounded region remains unbroken and attached to said lid wall in captive fashion in the form of a lug, when the drinking and pouring opening is initially opened.10. The container as claimed in claim 1, wherein said rotary lid closure has an annular corrugation arranged to press said rotary sliding wall resiliently onto said lid wall.11. A container comprisingside walls, a bottom wall, a top wall and an opener-shutter; said top wall being joined to said side walls along a cylindrical edge seam and including a substantially flat region and a depressed region; said depressed region having a sloping surface formed by wall portions of said top wall; a weakened region on said top wall bounded by a notched line which surrounds said depressed region; said opener-shutter including a substantially flat wall portion having an opening in it and a downward extending projection on its lower side, and an annular wall portion which is joined to said flat wall portion; said annular wall portion of the opener-shutter being adapted to cooperate with said side walls and said cylindrical edge seam of the container so as to support and guide said opener-shutter when the same is rotated between a fully closed and a fully opened position of the container; said downward extending projection on the opener-shutter comprises wall material of said substantially flat wall portion and, in said fully closed position of the container, is nested within said depressed region, and when the opener-shutter is rotated, rides up the slope of the depressed region and breaks said notched line of said weakened region so as to create a dispensing opening for the container; said substantially flat wall portion of the opener-shutter engages said substantially flat region of said top wall elastically and with pressure thereon so as to seal said dispensing opening once the latter has been opened and said opener-shutter has been rotated in said fully closed position. 12. The container set forth in claim 11, wherein said cylindrical edge seam comprises an outer lower surface andwherein said annular wall portion of said opener-shutter is formed with clip means adapted to engage said outer lower surface of said cylindrical edge seam. 13. The container set forth in claim 11, wherein said annular wall portion of said opener-shutter includes an annular portion corrugated in a radial plane and connected to said substantially flat wall portion in such a manner as to create some pressure between said substantially flat wall portion of said opener-shutter and said substantially flat region of said top wall.14. The container set forth in claim 12, wherein said opener-shutter is in the shape of a cap adapted to cover said top wall and an upper zone of said side walls of the container which upper zone is adjacent to the top wall.15. The container set forth in claim 14, wherein said cap has an outer wall which is corrugated along the periphery thereof.16. The container set forth in claim 11, wherein said shutter opening and said dispensing opening have the same size and shape with the exception of a captive region on the container top wall which projects from the outlines of the shutter opening when the same registers to the dispensing opening, said captive region being a top wall region where the wall portions bounded by said notched line remain attached to the top wall also when the container has been opened.17. The container set forth in claim 16, wherein said downward extending projection of said opener-shutter, in said fully open position of the container when the shutter opening and the dispensing opening register, is arranged in said captive region.18. The container set forth in claim 11, wherein said flat wall portion of the opener-shutter is of circular cross-section having a rotary axis and a radius r, said downwardly extending projection of said opener-shutter being of a lengthy configuration at an angle of from approximately 30° to 60° to a radial line between the projection and the rotary axis of the opener-shutter, and a spacing in a range from 0.3 to 0.6 r to said rotary axis.19. The container set forth in claim 11, wherein means for limiting the rotation of said opener-shutter relative to said top wall is provided, said rotation limiting means defining said fully closed and said fully open positions.20. The opener-shutter of claim 11, wherein said opener-shutter is in the shape of a cap adapted to cover said top wall and an upper zone of said side walls of the container which upper zone is adjacent to the top wall.21. The opener-shutter of claim 20, wherein said cap has an outer wall which is corrugated.
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