Metal container comprising a neck capable of receiving a screw cap-type sealing element
AssigneeArdagh Mp West France
InventorLuc Jean-Pierre Vanon
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Abstract
Disclosed is a metal container including a neck, wherein a screw thread and a ring collar are provided. The screw thread: —includes a top radius between 0.85 and 1.2 mm and a bottom radius between 0.5 and 0.7 mm; —the lower flank of the ring collar, which diverges from the top flank in the direction of the longitudinal axis, defines an angle of between 20° and 30° relative to a plane perpendicular to the longitudinal axis; —the outer rim of the bottom flank of the ring collar has a radius between 0.7 and 0.9 mm, and—the inner rim of the lower flank of the ring collar is provided at a distance of between 13 and 15 mm relative to the free rim of the neck.
Claims14
A metal container comprising a neck defining a longitudinal axis, wherein said neck includes a wall of constant, or at least approximately constant, thickness which is ended by a free edge delimiting an orifice and in which are arranged at least two beads:
- a first bead forming at least one thread, and
- a second, convex bead forming a ring collar arranged between said thread and a neck base,
- wherein said ring collar includes a lateral face extended by two flanks, a lower flank and an upper flank, and said lower flank is delimited by a rounded external edge and by a rounded internal edge, connected to said lateral face and to said neck base, respectively,
- wherein:
- a) said thread includes:
- a1) a cross-section radius at a crest comprised between 0.85 and 1.2 mm, and
- a2) a cross-section radius at a root comprised between 0.5 and 0.7 mm,
- b) the lower flank of the ring collar, diverging with respect to the upper flank towards the longitudinal axis, defines an angle comprised between 20° and 30° with respect to a plane perpendicular to the longitudinal axis,
- c) the external edge of the lower flank of the ring collar has a cross-section radius comprised between 0.7 and 0.9 mm, and
- d) the internal edge of the lower flank of the ring collar is arranged at a distance comprised between 13 and 15 mm with respect to said free edge of the ring.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.