EP 1132335 B1 20030115 - Method for closing containers
Title (en)
Method for closing containers
Title (de)
Verfahren zum Schliessen von Gefässen
Title (fr)
Méthode pour fermer des conteneurs
Publication
Application
Priority
DE 10001200 A 20000114
Abstract (en)
[origin: US6484477B1] Method and device to close containers with a closure that contains a reclosable drinking opening and a protective cap to cover such a drinking opening. Closures of this type for the closure of containers are supplied in the form of a complete unit with a pressed-on protective cap and a closed drinking opening, and in this condition they are cleaned from inside, preferably prior to the actual closing. The closure is then placed on the bottle. During the cleaning and/or sterilization process, it is unavoidable that traces of fluid will remain in the internal structure of the closure, which is constructed of a number of different parts. Such fluid traces represent a major disadvantage, in particular in the beverage industry, and are therefore undesirable. The invention teaches a method of the type described above in which, prior to the closing process, the closures are subjected to a cleaning with the drink opening opened, and then the opened drinking opening is placed on the mouth of the container, during which process the drinking opening is closed, and then the protective caps are placed on the closures.
IPC 1-7
IPC 8 full level
B67B 1/03 (2006.01); B65D 47/24 (2006.01); B67B 3/20 (2006.01); B67C 7/00 (2006.01)
CPC (source: EP US)
B67B 3/003 (2013.01 - EP US); B67B 3/2033 (2013.01 - EP US); B67C 7/008 (2013.01 - EP US)
Designated contracting state (EPC)
AT BE CH CY DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE TR
DOCDB simple family (publication)
US 6484477 B1 20021126; AT E231099 T1 20030215; DE 10001200 A1 20010719; DE 50001085 D1 20030220; EP 1132335 A1 20010912; EP 1132335 B1 20030115; ES 2189724 T3 20030716; JP 2001219993 A 20010814; JP 3584212 B2 20041104
DOCDB simple family (application)
US 75998501 A 20010112; AT 00128332 T 20001222; DE 10001200 A 20000114; DE 50001085 T 20001222; EP 00128332 A 20001222; ES 00128332 T 20001222; JP 2001003791 A 20010111