US 12,168,557 B2
Device for accurately cutting off a seal securing a container
Diethelm Hirz, Neunkirchen (DE)
Assigned to SSI SCHÄFER PLASTICS GMBH, Neunkirchen (DE)
Appl. No. 18/109,927
Filed by SSI SCHÄFER PLASTICS GMBH, Neunkirchen (DE)
PCT Filed Aug. 3, 2021, PCT No. PCT/EP2021/071604
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Feb. 15, 2023,
PCT Pub. No. WO2022/037929, PCT Pub. Date Feb. 24, 2022.
Claims priority of application No. 10 2020 121 536.3 (DE), filed on Aug. 17, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0406584 A1, Dec. 21, 2023
Int. Cl. B65D 55/06 (2006.01)
CPC B65D 55/06 (2013.01) [B65D 2401/60 (2020.05)] 16 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A device for accurately cutting off a tamper proofing seal (3) that secures a connection between a lid (1) and a container (2), comprising:
a closure mechanism (11) configured to move within the lid (1) or the container (2) between a secured state in which the lid (1) is secured to the container (2) and an open state in which the lid (1) can be released from the container (2);
a pin (111) attached to the closure mechanism (11);
an aperture (112) extending through the pin (111);
an associated aperture (141) extending through a reinforcement rib (14) in the lid (1) or the container (2); and
a plate (12) connected in a stationary manner to the reinforcement rib (14), the plate (12) having an edge (121) suitable for shearing off the tamper proofing seal (3),
wherein the aperture (112) and the associated aperture (141) are aligned when the closure mechanism (11) is in the secured state and the tamper proofing seal (3) extends through the aperture (112) and the associated aperture (141),
wherein the tamper proofing seal (3) is cut off at the edge (121) of the plate (12) when the closure mechanism (11) is moved relative to the lid (1) or the container (2).