Global Patent Index - EP 2276675 B1

EP 2276675 B1 20150225 - SCREW CAP

Title (en)

SCREW CAP

Title (de)

SCHRAUBKAPPE

Title (fr)

CAPUCHON VISSÉ

Publication

EP 2276675 B1 20150225 (DE)

Application

EP 09722270 A 20090312

Priority

  • EP 2009052901 W 20090312
  • DE 102008014952 A 20080319

Abstract (en)

[origin: WO2009115443A2] The invention relates to a screw cap (1) produced in the plastic injection-molding process, comprising a cap base (2), a cap wall (3) and a cap opening (4, 4'), wherein an inner threading (5) is provided at the cap wall (3), said threading having one thread turn in any case, wherein the thread turn is further provided with a varying cross sectional area (Q1, Q2, Q3) along its length and extends over 360° or more beginning at the cap opening. In order to provide a screw cap manufactured in the plastic injection-molding process, said cap meeting the complex requirements place on such screw caps in automatic applications and in consumer applications as much as possible, it is proposed that the thread turn comprise a second cross sectional area (Q2) extending along a length corresponding to 120° or more as seen beginning from the cap opening (4, 4'), said second cross sectional area being larger in size than the first cross sectional area (Q1), said first cross sectional area (Q1) being configured in a length corresponding to 0° to 100 ° or more beginning at the cap opening (4, 4').

IPC 8 full level

B65D 41/04 (2006.01); B65D 41/34 (2006.01); B65D 51/16 (2006.01)

CPC (source: EP)

B65D 41/3447 (2013.01)

Designated contracting state (EPC)

AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC MK MT NL NO PL PT RO SE SI SK TR

DOCDB simple family (publication)

DE 102008014952 A1 20090924; EP 2276675 A2 20110126; EP 2276675 B1 20150225; WO 2009115443 A2 20090924; WO 2009115443 A3 20091210

DOCDB simple family (application)

DE 102008014952 A 20080319; EP 09722270 A 20090312; EP 2009052901 W 20090312