U.S. patent number 3,848,767 [Application Number 05/322,845] was granted by the patent office on 1974-11-19 for container with lid.
This patent grant is currently assigned to Koninklijke Emballage Industrie Van Leer B.V.. Invention is credited to Willy B. Naf.
United States Patent |
3,848,767 |
Naf |
November 19, 1974 |
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CONTAINER WITH LID
Abstract
A container having a lid which extends, with a reversed,
channel-shaped edge, over the upper edge of the container which is
open at the top, and is attached to the outer wall of the container
with the outer leg of the reversed, channel-shaped edge. The outer
leg is provided with a number of peripheral openings which fit over
a number of radially extending projections of the upper edge of the
container. The outer leg is radially confined by a thickened
portion, ridge or similar projecting part on each projection and
axially by the projection themselves. Both the lid and container
are made of a synthetic material.
Inventors: |
Naf; Willy B. (Waltenschwil,
CH) |
Assignee: |
Koninklijke Emballage Industrie Van
Leer B.V. (NL)
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Family
ID: |
4186222 |
Appl.
No.: |
05/322,845 |
Filed: |
January 11, 1973 |
Foreign Application Priority Data
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Jan 11, 1972 [CH] |
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00403/72 |
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Current U.S.
Class: |
220/786;
220/279 |
Current CPC
Class: |
B65D
45/20 (20130101); B65D 43/0258 (20130101); B65D
77/32 (20130101); B65D 2543/00972 (20130101); B65D
2543/00777 (20130101); B65D 2543/00814 (20130101); B65D
2543/00509 (20130101); B65D 2543/00092 (20130101); B65D
2543/00296 (20130101); B65D 2543/00629 (20130101); B65D
2543/00555 (20130101); B65D 2543/00537 (20130101); B65D
2543/00703 (20130101) |
Current International
Class: |
B65D
43/02 (20060101); B65D 45/00 (20060101); B65D
45/20 (20060101); B65D 77/22 (20060101); B65D
77/32 (20060101); A47j 027/08 (); B65d
045/00 () |
Field of
Search: |
;220/59,60,47,49
;215/41,46R ;150/.5 |
References Cited
[Referenced By]
U.S. Patent Documents
Primary Examiner: Hall; George T.
Attorney, Agent or Firm: Stevens, Davis, Miller &
Mosher
Claims
What we claim is:
1. A container with lid, which are both made of synthetic material,
which lid extends with a reversed, channel-shaped edge over the
upper edge of the container which is open at the top, and is
attached to the outer wall of the container with the outer leg of
the reversed channel-shaped edge, characterized in that said outer
leg is provided with a number of peripheral openings which fit over
a number of radially extending projections of the upper edge of the
container, in which embodiment said outer leg is radially confined
by a thickened portion, ridge or similar projecting part on each
projection and axially by the projections themselves.
2. A container according to claim 1, characterized in that the
thickened portion takes the form of a peripheral flange on the
upper and side edges of every projection.
3. A container according to claim 1, characterized in that the
thickened portion is obtained by heating the ends of the
projections after the outer leg of the lid has been placed over
them and the projections extend through the openings of said outer
leg.
4. A container according to claim 1, characterized in that the lid
is provided with a tear-off thread arranged above the openings.
5. A container according to claim 2, characterized in that the free
ends of the tear-off thread extend downwardly between two adjacent
projections and project from underneath the edge.
Description
The invention relates to a container with lid, both of which are
made of synthetic material, preferably of thermoplastic synthetic
material, which lid extends with a reversed, channel-shaped edge
over the upper edge of the container, which is open at the top, and
is connected with the outer leg of the reversed, channel-shaped
edge to the outside wall of said container. Containers of this type
are generally known in the art. They are generally given the shape
of a bucket, so that they allow themselves to be simply stacked
together when empty, while the lid may be fastened in several ways,
for instance by means of a clamping strip, which can be tightened,
or by means of a metal ring which engages the upper edge of the
lid, the lower edge of which ring is provided with lips which can
be deflected inwardly. The clamping strip may easily get lost and
does not guarantee against unauthorized use of the contents, while
special tools are required not only for closing said metal ring but
for opening the same as well.
Due to the deformability of the closure construction, e.g., when
the container falls, bumps or gets jammed, containers of this type
rely as far as their closeness is concerned entirely upon the
sealing function of the sealing ring or packing between lid and
upper edge of the container.
Experience did show that this closeness cannot be guaranteed under
all normal circumstances of transportation and storage.
It is the object of the present invention to provide a container
with a simple attachment of said lid to said container, and this
object is achieved according to the invention by the fact that the
outer leg of the edge of the lid is provided with a number of
peripheral openings which fit over a number of radially extending
projections of the upper edge of the container, whereby this outer
leg is retained radially by a thickened portion, ridge or similar
projecting part on every projection and axially by the projections
themselves. In this manner an excellent closure may be obtained,
which is simple to realize in various manners.
Furthermore the closure is liquid-tight because it is necessary to
press the lid in axial direction upon the container before the
openings in the lid fit over the corresponding projections. Due to
this the sealing between lid and the upper end of the container is
compressed and this guarantees a leakfree closure. A metal ring is
no longer needed, while various tools may be used to open the
container. It might be possible, for instance, to cut off the
head-like portions with a hot knife, for instance, but it is
preferred according to the invention to provide a tear-off thread
in the lid above the openings. It is possible also to cut free the
lid with a cutting tool, e.g., as described in Dutch Pat.
application No. 72.00405. With this it is achieved in a simple way
that the lid can be entirely or partly detached from the container,
and that if part of the contents are used the lid can be used again
to close the container. Furthermore the body of the container
remains reinforced by the edge of the lid which remains connected
to it. If the free ends of the tear-off thread according to the
invention are passed downwardly between two adjacent projections,
and are made to extend from underneath the edge, on ripping off the
edge of the lid with the aid of the tear-off thread, part of the
edge of the lid will still be attached to the container, thus
forming a hinged connection.
The projections with their thickened portions can be manufactured
prior to being fixed to the container, and the outer leg of the
edge of the lid with the openings present in the same is slid over
the thickened portions, the dimensions of said openings having to
be such that they will snap over the thickened portions in a
resilient way and are thereupon retained between the outer rim of
the container and the thickened portions on the projections. This
press-stud fastening, as it were, between lid and container is
achieved when the thermoplastic material is cold and provides a
most reliable confinement.
The thickened portion may take the form of a peripheral flange
along upper edge and side edges of the projection. This embodiment
promotes the press-stud fastening and is self-releasing in the
mould by means of which the container is manufactured.
It is possible according to the invention to obtain the thickened
portion by heating the ends of the projections after the outer leg
of the lid has been arranged over them and the projections are
projecting through the openings of this outer leg. By applying heat
and pressure with heated pressure shows the head-like portions are
flattened like rivet heads and the lid is confined.
The invention will now be explained in more detail with reference
to the drawings.
FIG. 1 shows in side view, partly in section, the upper part of a
container according to the invention.
FIG. 2 is a top view of the container of FIG. 1.
FIG. 3 is a cross-sectional view through the upper edge of the
container on an enlarged scale.
FIG. 4 is a top view of a projection.
FIG. 5 is an end view of a projection.
FIG. 6 is a side view of an alternative embodiment of a container
according to the invention without lid.
FIG. 7 is a top view of the edge of the container of FIG. 6.
FIG. 8 shows a sectional view through the upper edge of the
container with the lid in the unfastened position.
FIG. 9 shows the edge of the lid in the closing position in a
similar manner as FIG. 8.
FIG. 10 shows the final confinement of the edge of the lid.
FIG. 11 shows a sectional view at the site of the end of the
tear-off thread along the line XI--XI of FIG. 12.
FIG. 12 is a plan view on that portion of the upper edge where the
ends of the tear-off thread are arranged.
The container 1 shown in the FIGS. 1 and 2 has been provided with a
great number of specially shaped projections 2 on the upper edge of
the same. The lid 3 fastens in a reversed channel-shaped manner
about the upper edge of the container and the outer leg 4 is
provided with a great number of openings, the number and mutual
distance of which correspond with the number of projections 2 and
the dimensions of which are such that they fit over said
projections. In the embodiment of the FIGS. 1 to 5 inclusive the
projections have been embodied such, as have been the openings in
the outer leg of the lid that a snap action takes place when the
edge of the lid with the openings is pushed over the
projections.
In FIG. 3 the upper edge of the container 1 is shown on an enlarged
scale and it appears both from FIG. 3 and the FIGS. 4 and 5 that
the projections have been given a flange or thickened portion along
the upper edge and the side edges, which thickened portion is
indicated with 5. The openings in the edge of the lid are
tunnel-shaped and fit about the neck 6 of the projections with an
identical sectional shape. The projections are bevelled off at the
lower edge, at 7. The thickness of the outer leg of the edge of the
lid corresponds with the length of the neck 6 on the understanding
that said neck fits between the outside wall of the container and
the inwardly deflected edge of the flange 5.
In addition to this the end of every projection is provided with
tapering edges 8 in order to turn the projection into a searching
and aligning projection.
It will be apparent that with the great number of projections,
particularly clearly shown in FIG. 2, an extremely solid connection
between lid and container, can be obtained. The sealing of the
container is in this embodiment obtained in a way known as such by
fitting a sealing means 9 between the upper edge of the container
and in the bottom of the reversed channel-shaped portion of the
edge of the lid.
The container 10 shown in the FIGS. 6 and 7 has been given the
shape of a bucket and has been provided with a number of
projections on the upper edge, mutually spaced below the edge, said
projections 12 being uniformly spaced about the periphery of said
upper edge.
FIG. 8 shows the upper edge 13 of the container 10 with a
projection 12 on an enlarged scale, and also the edge 14 of the lid
15, which edge has an outer leg 16 which is provided with openings
17, the number of which corresponds with the projections 12. The
outer leg 16, in the non-attached position, has such a spread that
it can easily be placed on the upper edge of the container together
with a sealing means 18 without being interfered with by the
projections.
The closure is obtained by pressing the outer leg 16 inwardly in
the position of FIG. 9 and by subsequently providing the projection
12 with a head-like portion 19 by subjecting said projection to a
heating process, as is shown in FIG. 10. The outer leg, above the
projections 12, is provided with a tear-off thread 20 which is
embedded in the thermoplastic material of the lid by melting. FIGS.
11 and 12 show that the tear-off thread extends vertically
downwardly between two adjacent projections and projects from
underneath the outer leg 16 of the edge of the lid.
If the tear-off thread is utilized, the lid is cut through above
the projections with the exception of the area between two adjacent
projections shown in FIG. 12.
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