Closeable opening device for a sealed package
AssigneeRobert Bosch GmbH
InventorDan Barron
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AssigneeRobert Bosch GmbH
InventorDan Barron
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The invention relates to a closeable opening device (1) made of a spout fitting (2), a cutting element (3), and a screw cap (4), optimized for assembly and use. To this end, the spout fitting (2) and cutting element (3) are produced as semi-finished goods (5). The cutting element (3) comprises an upper edge (33) at the cylindrical part (30), having recesses (36) distributed uniformly around the circumference. The screw cap (4) comprises ring wall segments (46) on the inner underside of the cover surface thereof, designed diametrically opposite the recesses (36). The upper edge (33) and the ring wall segments (46) slide against each other during assembly, until the ring wall segments (46) engage in the recesses (36) in a form-fit manner. A stable form-fit connection thus exists between the two said parts, allowing greater torque to be transmitted without the problems known from the state of the art occurring.
A closeable opening device (1) for a sealed packaging, which contains a flowable medium, wherein the device comprises a spout fitting (2) having a cylindrical pipe section (20) and flange (21), said pipe section being furnished with an internal thread (23) and an external thread (22), as well as a cylindrical cutting element (3), a lower edge of which being equipped with one or a plurality of teeth (35) and an internal jacket surface of which being furnished with driving dogs (37) that protrude in a radial direction and interact with driving dogs (45) in a screw cap (4) comprising a jacket wall (41) and cover surface (40), wherein the spout fitting (2) and the cylindrical cutting element (3) are produced as a one-piece semi-finished good (5) connected to one another via predetermined breaking point bridges (34), characterized in that the cylindrical cutting element (3) has at an upper edge thereof (32) a plurality of recesses (36) uniformly distributed around a circumference and in that ring wall segments (46) diametrically opposite the recesses (36) are integrally formed on the cover surface (40) in the screw cap (4), wherein said ring wall segments, when rotated, are able to slide onto the upper edge (33) of the cutting element (3) until said segments engage in the recesses (36) in the upper edge (33).
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