Bung Stopper Closure For Bung-type Container

Abstract

A bung stopper closure includes a bung stopper and a sealing cap for bung-type containers, which is particularly suitable for machine closing of bung-type barrels in automatic filling plants for liquids.

1 . A bung stopper closure for bung-type containers, in particular for bung-type barrels made of plastic for liquids, said bung stopper closure comprising:
 a cup-shaped bung stopper made of plastic or metal, which can be screwed into a bung connecting piece of the container, implemented as a threaded connecting piece, and   a sealing cap made of plastic, which can be snapped onto the bung stopper, for detection of manipulations, the bung stopper having a cylindrical outer wall having an external thread, on whose internal circumference socket engagement eyes for a socket are situated concentrically to the stopper central axis, which extend radially and axially in the stopper depression of the bung stopper, said sealing cap including a central, delimited elastic clamping sleeve ( 16 ), attached using tear-off webs ( 15 ) to the inner side ( 13 ) of the sealing cap disc ( 14 ), which extends axially in a stopper depression ( 12 ) and has an annular detent element ( 18 ) on its inner end ( 17 ) protruding radially into the stopper depression ( 12 ) for locking with counter detent elements ( 19 ), which are in the form of ring segments and protrude radially into the stopper depression ( 12 ), on the lower section ( 20 ) of the outwardly curved inner walls ( 21 ), in the form of cylinder segments, of the socket engagement eyes ( 10 ), the external diameter (D 1 ) of the annular detent element ( 18 ) on the clamping sleeve ( 16 ) of the sealing cap ( 5 ) being approximately equal to the diameter (D 2 ) of the inner walls ( 21 ) of the socket engagement eyes ( 10 ) of the bung stopper ( 4 ) in such a manner that when the sealing cap ( 5 ) is snapped onto the bung stopper ( 4 ), which is screwed into the bung connecting piece ( 3 ), the annular detent element ( 18 ) on the inner end ( 17 ) of the clamping sleeve ( 16 ) of the sealing cap ( 5 ) is guided by the inner walls ( 21 ) of the socket engagement eyes ( 10 ) before locking with the counter detent elements ( 19 ) on the inner walls ( 21 ) of the socket engagement eyes ( 10 ) of the bung stopper ( 3 ).   
     
     
         2 . The bung stopper closure according to  claim 1 , in which the annular detent element ( 18 ) on the inner end ( 17 ) of the clamping sleeve ( 16 ) of the sealing cap ( 5 ) and the counter detent elements ( 19 ) in the form of ring segments on the socket engagement eyes ( 10 ) of the bung stopper ( 4 ) have hooked cross-sectional profiles ( 22 ,  23 ). 
     
     
         3 . The bung stopper closure according to  claim 1 , in which the annular detent element ( 18 ) on the inner end ( 17 ) of the clamping sleeve ( 16 ) of the sealing cap ( 5 ) and the counter detent elements ( 19 ) in the form of ring segments on the socket engagement eyes ( 10 ) of the bung stopper ( 4 ) have a tongue-shaped cross-sectional profile. 
     
     
         4 . The bung stopper closure according to  claim 1 , in which the annular detent element ( 18 ) on the inner end ( 17 ) of the clamping sleeve ( 16 ) of the sealing cap ( 5 ) is equipped with multiple toothed rings ( 24 ) for locking with corresponding toothed ring segments ( 25 ) of the counter detent elements ( 19 ) on the socket engagement eyes ( 10 ) of the bung stopper ( 4 ). 
     
     
         5 . The bung stopper closure according to  claim 1 , in which the clamping sleeve ( 16 ) of the sealing cap ( 5 ) is connected to the sealing cap disc ( 14 ) via tear-off webs ( 15 ) and a tear-off tab ( 26 ), which is integrated in the sealing cap disc ( 14 ). 
     
     
         6 . The bung stopper closure according to  claim 1 , including an outer tear-off tab ( 27 ), which is molded onto a tear-off ring ( 28 ), and which is attached by tear-off webs ( 29 ) and a retention web ( 30 ) to a downwardly directed outer edge ( 31 ) of the sealing cap ( 5 ). 
     
     
         7 . A bung stopper closure for bung-type containers, in particular for bung-type barrels made of plastic for liquids, said bung stopper closure comprising:
 a bung stopper having a stopper depression defined by a cylindrical outer wall having an external thread threadably engageable with a threaded connecting piece of a bung connecting piece of the container, said bung stopper having socket engagement eyes situated concentrically to a stopper central axis on an internal circumference of the outer wall and extending radially and axially in the stopper depression of the bung stopper, said socket engagement eyes including outwardly curved inner walls defining a diameter (D 2 );   a sealing cap snapped onto the bung stopper, said sealing cap including a sealing cap disc and a central, delimited elastic clamping sleeve attached to said sealing cap disc by tear-off webs, said sleeve extending axially into the stopper depression and having an annular detent element on an inner end of said sleeve protruding radially into the stopper depression; and   counter detent elements protruding radially into the stopper depression from a lower section of the outwardly curved inner walls of the socket engagement eyes lock with said annular detent element, wherein an external diameter (D 1 ) of the annular detent element on the clamping sleeve of the sealing cap being approximately equal to the diameter (D 2 ) of the inner walls of the socket engagement eyes of the bung stopper in such a manner that when the sealing cap is snapped onto the bung stopper, which is screwed into the bung connecting piece, the annular detent element on the inner end of the clamping sleeve of the sealing cap is guided by the inner walls of the socket engagement eyes before locking with the counter detent elements on the inner walls of the socket engagement eyes of the bung stopper.   
     
     
         8 . The bung stopper closure according to  claim 7 , in which the annular detent element on the inner end of the clamping sleeve of the sealing cap and the counter detent elements in the form of ring segments on the socket engagement eyes of the bung stopper have hooked cross-sectional profiles. 
     
     
         9 . The bung stopper closure according to  claim 7 , in which the annular detent element on the inner end of the clamping sleeve of the sealing cap and the counter detent elements in the form of ring segments on the socket engagement eyes of the bung stopper have a tongue-shaped cross-sectional profile. 
     
     
         10 . The bung stopper closure according to  claim 7 , in which the annular detent element on the inner end of the clamping sleeve of the sealing cap is equipped with multiple toothed rings for locking with corresponding toothed ring segments of the counter detent elements on the socket engagement eyes of the bung stopper. 
     
     
         11 . The bung stopper closure according to  claim 7 , in which the clamping sleeve of the sealing cap is connected to the sealing cap disc via tear-off webs and a tear-off tab, which is integrated in the sealing cap disc. 
     
     
         12 . The bung stopper closure according to  claim 7 , including an outer tear-off tab, which is molded onto a tear-off ring, and which is attached by tear-off webs and a retention web to a downwardly directed outer edge of the sealing cap.