Receptacles – Closures – Closure members having alignable openings
Patent
1999-05-17
2000-12-12
Cronin, Stephen K.
Receptacles
Closures
Closure members having alignable openings
220258, 220269, B65D 5118
Patent
active
061586080
DESCRIPTION:
BRIEF SUMMARY
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The invention pertains to a container, and more particularly, a beverage can. Furthermore, the invention pertains to a container lid or container seal.
Beverage cans with a can body made of metal, for example, an aluminum alloy, and having a can lid, which is also made of metal, and forming a sealing tab on the surface of the lid that can either be pulled out of the lid, or pushed into the interior of the can in order to open the can, are known and widely used. The disadvantage of this type of can is that after opening such a container, it cannot be re-closed for further consumption of the contents of the container (working seal).
It is an object of the present invention to improve a container, or a container seal, of the type mentioned above, in such a way that a convenient and tight working seal is achieved, without the necessity of the user having to use additional elements not already present on the lid.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
In order to solve this problem a container and a container lid or seal is provided.
Due to the rotatable lid element the container can be sealed effectively even after the first opening. In one embodiment of the invention, the rotatable lid element is located, seen from the top of the lid, above the lid element that is affixed to the body of the can, whereby the bases of both lid elements are adjacent to one another. In another possible embodiment of the invention, the rotatable lid element is located beneath the lid element and is affixed to the body of the can in the interior of the body of the container. In this embodiment, the bases of the two lid elements are likewise adjacent to one another. In all preferred embodiments, it is intended that the perimeter of the respective rotatable lid element has a positive fit, while being able to be rotated in the lid element that is affixed to the body of the container, so as to prevent the two lid elements from lifting off of each other on the perimeter, so that a tight sealing of the container aperture is achieved, especially for the working seal.
DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
In the following, the invention is described in more detail with examples of embodiments with reference to the figures, which depict:
FIG. 1 is a simplified depiction in top view of a beverage can with the original seal intact;
FIG. 2 is a sectional view of the upper part of the beverage can through the can seal there with the original seal intact;
FIG. 3 is a top view of the opened can;
FIGS. 4 and 5 are a sectional view of the upper part of the opened beverage can (FIG. 4) and of the closed beverage can for further use or consumption;
FIG. 6 is the beverage can of FIGS. 1-5 in side view, and partially in sectional view;
FIG. 7 is a top view of a second embodiment of the can according to the present invention in its original, sealed condition;
FIG. 8 is a sectional view through the can in FIG. 7;
FIG. 9 is a top view of the can in FIG. 7, however in opened condition;
FIGS. 10 and 11 are sectional views through the beverage can in FIG. 9 in opened condition as well as through the working seal in closed condition;
FIG. 12 is a view as in FIG. 3, however with a reclosed lid; and
FIGS. 13-15 are enlarged sectional views of the lid elements of the can lid in the vicinity of the seals.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
In the figures, there is a beverage can 1 that is intended for soft drinks, for example, and has a body 2 made of metal, for example an aluminum or aluminum alloy, that is manufactured by deep drawing. The can 1 has a sealed peripheral wall and a sealed bottom. On the top, the open can body 2 is sealed by a can lid 3 that is affixed in the customary manner and with the customary means by a lock seam 4 along one rim of the can with the can body 2, that hermetically seals the interior 5 of the beverage can to the outside.
The can lid 3 has a lid element 6, that is preferably manufactured from a sheet of aluminum, or aluminum alloy, by deep-drawing; a base 7 and a rim 8 that extends upward beyond the top of the ba
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Cronin Stephen K.
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