Closure for a receptacle

Abstract

A closure for a receptacle having two receptacle parts, the closure being arranged on a first receptacle part and having a first connecting element for detachably connecting to a complementary, second connecting element of the second receptacle part. A shaft for holding an information carrier is also provided.

Claims

1. A closure for a receptacle with two receptacle parts in which the closure is arranged on a first receptacle part and has first connecting means for detachable connection with complementary second means of a second receptacle part, wherein the closure includes a shaft to accommodate an information carrier, which carries information concerning the contents of the receptacle, the shaft being circumscribed by a plurality of walls forming one or more portions of the first connecting means, wherein the shaft has fastening means that are designed for detachable securing of the information carrier in the shaft, the fastening means comprising two elastic retaining tabs arranged on opposite sides of the shaft.

2. The closure according to claim 1, wherein the closure is arranged to be pivotable about a pivot axis on the first receptacle part.

3. The closure according to claim 2, wherein a direction of insertion of the information carrier into the shaft is perpendicular to the pivot axis of the closure.

4. The closure according to claim 1, wherein the shaft has a recess, through which the accommodated information carrier is visible from outside the shaft.

5. The closure according to claim 4, wherein a normal of the recess at a visible plan of the recess runs essentially perpendicular to the shaft.

6. The closure according to claim 1, wherein the shaft is designed with a flat cross section to accommodate a disk-like information carrier.

7. The closure according to claim 1, wherein the shaft has a semicircular end to accommodate an optical information carrier.

8. The closure according to claim 1, further including the information carrier, wherein the information carrier is an optical, RFID or NFC information carrier.

9. A receptacle with two receptacle parts and at least one closure according to claim 1.

10. A closure for a receptacle with two receptacle parts in which the closure is arranged on a first receptacle part and has first connecting means for detachable connection with complementary second means of a second receptacle part, wherein the closure includes a shaft to accommodate an information carrier, which carries information concerning the contents of the receptacle, the shaft being circumscribed by a plurality of walls forming one or more portions of the first connecting means, wherein the shaft has fastening means comprising two elastic retaining tabs arranged on opposite sides of the shaft and formed from a portion of at least one wall of the plurality of walls, the two elastic retaining tabs are configured to be elastically displaced by contact with the information carrier for detachable securing of the information carrier in the shaft.

Description

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

(1) Further details and advantages of the invention are apparent from the following description of a preferred embodiment example with reference to the drawing. In the drawing:

(2) FIG. 1 shows a perspective view of a closure arranged on the receptacle,

(3) FIG. 2 shows a sectional view of the closure with the accommodated information carrier,

(4) FIG. 3 shows a depiction of the back side of the closure,

(5) FIG. 4 shows a perspective view of a closure with a recess arranged on a receptacle, and

(6) FIG. 5 shows a sectional view of the closure with recess and accommodated information carrier.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

(7) A perspective view of a closure on a receptacle 1 is shown in FIG. 1, which comprises two receptacle parts 2, 3, which are closed in a closed state by means of closure 4 in order to permit transport of the receptacle. The closure 4 is then arranged on a first receptacle part 2 and has first connecting means 5 for detachable connection with complementary second connecting means 6 of the second receptacle part 3. The information carrier 7 can be used both in the closed position of closure 4, i.e., when the receptacle parts 2, 3 are closed and the closure closes the two receptacle parts 2, 3, and in the open position of the closure 4.

(8) As can be deduced from FIG. 2, the closure 4 according to the invention is shown in a sectional view with an accommodated information carrier 7 preferably consisting of a plastic material. As already described, the closure 4 is arranged on the first receptacle part 2 and has a pivot axis 8, about which the closure 4 arranged on the receptacle part 2 can be pivoted. For closure and locking of the two receptacle parts 2, 3 the closure 4 has first connecting means 5 in the form of protrusions, which snap into complementary second connecting means 6. The second connecting means 6 can be a recess which is formed on the second receptacle 3.

(9) A shaft 9 is provided in closure 4 to accommodate the information carrier 7, into which the information carrier 7 can be inserted. The shaft 9 then runs essentially perpendicular to the pivot axis 8 of closure 4.

(10) For detachable securing of the information carrier 7, fastening means 10 are provided according to FIG. 3 into shaft 9, which are designed as elastic retaining tabs and are arranged on opposite sides of shaft 9. The information carrier 7 is preferably designed to be disk-like, for which reason the shaft 9 has a flat cross section and a semicircular end 11 to accommodate the disk-like information carrier 7.

(11) In another embodiment, which is shown in FIGS. 4 to 5, the same reference numbers are used to the extent that they correspond to the features of the previous figures. The closure 4 shown in FIG. 4 has a recess 12, through which the accommodated information carrier 7 is visible from the outside.

(12) As is apparent from FIG. 5, the normal line of the recess 12 then runs essentially perpendicular to the shaft 9 of closure 4. The inserted information carrier 7 is optically recognizable because of recess 12.

(13) The information carrier 7 used in the two embodiment examples are optical, RFID or NFC information carriers, whose data can be read manually or mechanically. When the RFID or NFC technique is used, a recess 12 is not necessary to read the data stored on the information carrier. Instead of using intelligent data carriers, the use of information carriers designed in the form of colored chips or those provided with icons would also be conceivable.

(14) As an alternative to disk-like information carriers 7, card-like information carriers can also be used.

(15) In an alternative embodiment, not shown, the closure 4 is not arranged to be pivotable on the first receptacle part 2 but movable horizontally or vertically in one plane. By movement of closure 4, the closed receptacle parts 2, 3 are closed. The information carrier 7 is also accommodated in the closure 4 via a shaft 9.