Combination of a bottle and a snap-on adapter and/or a sealing cap

Abstract

The invention relates to a combination of a bottle ( 1 ) comprising a bottle neck ( 3 ) and a snap-on adapter ( 6 ) and/or a sealing cap ( 7 ) that is/are held on the bottle neck ( 3 ). The aim of the invention is to produce a structural shape of great mechanical strength that is easy to assemble. To achieve this, both a snap-on projection ( 8 ) and an alignment projection ( 9 ) are configured on the bottle neck ( 3 ).

I claim:  
     
         1 - 48 . (cancelled)  
     
     
         49 . A combination of a bottle ( 1 ) having a bottle neck ( 3 ) and a latchable element that is an adapter ( 6 ) or a closure cap ( 7 ), which element is held latched on the bottle neck ( 3 ), both a latching projection ( 8 ) and an orientation projection ( 9 ) being formed on the bottle neck ( 3 ), wherein the latching projection ( 8 ) and the orientation projection ( 9 ) are formed next to one another, and a latching recess ( 10 ) and an orientation recess ( 11 ) are formed on the latchable element.  
     
     
         50 . A combination according to  claim 49 , wherein the latching projection ( 8 ) and the orientation projection ( 9 ) are formed on the bottle neck ( 3 ) in the circumferential direction, and the latching projection ( 8 ) and the orientation projection ( 9 ) are formed next to one another in the circumferential direction.  
     
     
         51 . A combination according to  claim 49 , wherein the latching projection ( 8 ) and the orientation projection ( 9 ) are formed next to one another in such a manner that at least an upper part of an orientation projection ( 11 ) can be disposed above the latching projection ( 8 ), as seen in the vertical direction.  
     
     
         52 . The combination according to  claim 49 , wherein the latching recess ( 10 ) is formed as a window.  
     
     
         53 . The combination according to  claim 52 , wherein a lower edge ( 12 ) of the window, running in the circumferential direction, is formed so as to run obliquely radially inward and vertically upward.  
     
     
         54 . The combination according to  claim 53 , wherein an upper edge ( 13 ) of the latching projection ( 8 ) runs in the circumferential direction and runs obliquely radially outward and vertically downward.  
     
     
         55 . The combination according to  claim 49 , wherein at least one peripheral end face ( 14 ) of the latching projection ( 8 ) is oriented on a vertical plane which incorporates a center axis (x-x) of the bottle neck ( 3 ).  
     
     
         56 . The combination according to  claim 49 , wherein another peripheral end face ( 15 ) runs beveled in such a way that its vertical projection line is part of a secant which intersects the bottle neck ( 3 ) or is part of a tangent on the bottle neck ( 3 ).  
     
     
         57 . The combination according to  claim 49 , wherein at least an upper part of the orientation projection ( 11 ) lies above the latching projection ( 8 ), as seen in the vertical direction.  
     
     
         58 . The combination according to  claim 49 , wherein the latching projection and the orientation projection are part of a plurality of latching projections ( 8 ) and a plurality of orientation projections ( 9 ) provided on the bottle neck in the circumferential direction.  
     
     
         59 . The combination according to  claim 58 , wherein the orientation projections ( 9 ) are formed as button-like disks.  
     
     
         60 . The combination according to  claim 58 , wherein the orientation projections ( 9 ) are formed as wedge-shaped protuberances.  
     
     
         61 . The combination according to  claim 58 , wherein the orientation projections ( 9 ) lie along a diameter of the bottle neck ( 3 ), which neck is circular in cross section.  
     
     
         62 . A combination of a bottle ( 1 ) having a bottle neck ( 3 ) and a latchable element that is an adapter ( 6 ) or a closure cap ( 7 ), which element is held latched on the bottle neck ( 3 ), wherein a single or multiple screw thread ( 16 ) is formed on the bottle neck ( 3 ), and the closure cap ( 7 ) or the adapter ( 6 ) have a corresponding mating screw thread ( 17 ), wherein the mating screw thread ( 17 ) is formed by template-like openings in a cap connection piece ( 18 ), an opening which is associated with a thread turn of the bottle neck ( 3 ) comprises two partial openings which are separated from one another by a dividing web ( 19 ) in the wall of the cap connection piece ( 18 ), the dividing web being disposed in a cleft ( 21 ) crossing the thread ( 16 ).  
     
     
         63 . The combination according to  claim 62 , wherein the dividing web ( 19 ) runs vertically.  
     
     
         64 . The combination according to  claim 62 , wherein an opposite partial opening is open.  
     
     
         65 . The combination according to  claim 62 , wherein the dividing web ( 19 ) has an undulation transversely with respect to its extent.  
     
     
         66 . The combination according to  claim 62 , wherein the dividing web ( 19 ) can be stretched in the vertical direction.  
     
     
         67 . The combination according to  claim 62 , wherein the dividing web ( 19 ) can be torn off so as to act as a tamperproofing means.  
     
     
         68 . A combination of a bottle ( 1 ) having a bottle neck ( 3 ) and a latchable element that is an adapter ( 6 ) or a closure cap ( 7 ), which element is held latched on the bottle neck ( 3 ), wherein a single or multiple screw thread ( 16 ) is formed on the bottle neck ( 3 ), and the closure cap ( 7 ) or the adapter ( 6 ) has a corresponding mating screw thread ( 17 ), and the mating screw thread ( 17 ) is formed by template-like openings in a cap connection piece ( 18 ).  
     
     
         69 . The combination according to  claim 68 , wherein the cap connection piece ( 18 ) is cylindrical.  
     
     
         70 . The combination according to  claim 68 , wherein the thickness of a wall of the cap connection piece ( 18 ) in the radially outward direction corresponds to only a fraction of the projecting extent of a threaded projection on the bottle neck ( 3 ).  
     
     
         71 . The combination according to  claim 68 , wherein the cap connection piece ( 18 ), in a closed state, engages so closely against the bottle neck ( 3 ) that the screw thread ( 16 ) projects outward through the opening.  
     
     
         72 . A combination of a bottle having a bottle neck, and a latchable element that is a closure cap ( 7 ) or an adapter ( 6 ) for fitting onto the bottle neck ( 3 ), wherein the adapter ( 6 ) has a latching button ( 22 ) cut free in a radially outer wall, which button engages in an associated through-opening ( 25 ) in an outer lateral wall of the closure cap ( 7 ).  
     
     
         73 . The combination according to  claim 72 , wherein the adapter ( 6 ) is of double-walled form.  
     
     
         74 . The combination according to  claim 72 , wherein the latching button ( 22 ) has a lower stop face ( 29 ) which runs horizontally or faces radially inward by means of a diverting slope.  
     
     
         75 . The combination according to  claim 74 , wherein the lower stop face ( 29 ) is formed as a peripheral-edge surface of the latching button ( 22 ).  
     
     
         76 . The combination according to claims  75 , wherein the closure cap ( 7 ) has a blocking face ( 30 ) which is associated with the stop face ( 29 ).  
     
     
         77 . The combination according to  claim 76 , wherein the blocking face ( 30 ) is part of a boundary face of an inner edge of the through-opening ( 25 ).  
     
     
         78 . The combination according to claims  72 , wherein the closure cap ( 7 ), in a surrounding position with respect to the through-opening ( 25 ), has an inclined face ( 31 ) which falls away.  
     
     
         79 . The combination according to  claim 72 , wherein the latching button ( 22 ) is part of a tongue ( 32 ), the thickened end of which, passing through the through-opening ( 25 ), projects into an indentation which is achieved as a result of the inclined face ( 31 ).  
     
     
         80 . A bottle ( 1 ), in particular a plastic bottle, preferably blow-molded from a preform, having a bottle neck ( 3 ) and a latchable element that is an adapter ( 6 ) or a closure cap ( 7 ), which element is latched on the bottle neck ( 3 ) by means of a latching formation, wherein both a latching projection ( 8 ) and an orientation projection ( 9 ) are formed on the bottle neck ( 3 ).  
     
     
         81 . The bottle according to  claim 80 , wherein the latching projection ( 8 ) and the orientation projection ( 9 ) are formed next to one another.  
     
     
         82 . A latchable element for the neck of a bottle, the latchable element being a closure cap ( 7 ) or an adapter ( 6 ), wherein latching is accomplished by a latching recess ( 10 ) and an orientation recess ( 11 ) in the latchable element.  
     
     
         83 . The latchable element that is a closure cap ( 7 ) or adapter ( 6 ) according to  claim 82 , wherein the closure cap ( 7 ) and/or the adapter ( 6 ) have a single or multiple mating screw thread ( 17 ) for a screw thread ( 16 ) on the bottle neck ( 3 ) on which the closure-cap ( 7 ) or the adapter ( 6 ) is to be secured, and wherein the mating screw thread ( 17 ) is formed by template-like openings in a cap connection piece ( 18 ).  
     
     
         84 . The latchable element according to  claim 82 , wherein the cap connection piece ( 18 ) is cylindrical.  
     
     
         85 . The latchable element that is a closure cap or adapter according to  claim 82 , wherein an opening which is associated with a thread turn of the bottle neck ( 3 ) comprises two partial openings which are separated from one another by a dividing web ( 19 ) in the wall of the cap connection piece ( 18 ), the dividing web being disposed in a cleft ( 21 ) crossing the thread ( 16 ).  
     
     
         86 . A closure on a latchable element that is a closure cap ( 7 ) or on an adapter ( 6 ) for fitting to a bottle neck ( 3 ), wherein the closure has a latching button ( 22 ) which engages in an associated through-opening ( 25 ) in an outer lateral wall of the closure cap ( 7 ) or of the adapter ( 6 ).  
     
     
         87 . The closure for the latchable element according to  claim 86 , comprising a double-walled construction, and wherein the latching button is cut free in an outer wall of the double-walled construction.  
     
     
         88 . The closure for the latchable element according to  claim 86 , wherein the latching button ( 22 ), which is produced as a rocker button, is formed into a tamperproofing means (S) by means of a thin-skinned connection.  
     
     
         89 . The closure for the latchable element according to  claim 88 , wherein the thin-skinned connection is reduced to a web ( 39 ) which is remote from a tilting point.  
     
     
         90 . The closure for the latchable element according to  claim 86 , wherein the latching button ( 22 ) of the tongue ( 32 ), when it is first used, becomes trapped on a stationary blocking bar ( 41 ) of the adapter ( 6 ) or of the closure cap ( 7 ).  
     
     
         91 . The closure for the latchable element according to  claim 90 , wherein the blocking bar ( 41 ) is in a paired arrangement of plural blocking bars.  
     
     
         92 . The closure for the latchable element according to  claim 91 , wherein the blocking bars ( 41 ) are seated on the rear side of an outer wall ( 27 ) of the closure cap ( 7 ).  
     
     
         93 . The closure for the latchable element according to  claim 90 , wherein the blocking bars ( 41 ) converge as they move away from the latching button ( 22 ).  
     
     
         94 . The closure for the latchable element according to  claim 91 , wherein a direct distance between the parallel ends of the blocking bars ( 41 ) is less than a width of the latching button ( 22 ) measured in this direction.  
     
     
         95 . The closure for the latchable element according to  claim 86 , wherein the latching button ( 22 ) has a round basic outline and tapers frustoconically toward the outside.  
     
     
         96 . The closure for the latchable element according to  claim 91 , wherein ends of the blocking bars ( 41 ) are configured so as to taper to a cutting edge, as seen in cross section.  
     
     
         97 . The combination according to  claim 72 , further comprising tamperproofing means, and wherein the latching button ( 22 ) is cut free in the radially outer wall up to a thin-skinned wall of the tamperproofing means.