Abstract: Disclosed herein are tethered cap and spout combinations. The tethered cap and spout combinations prevent loss of the cap after opening. In an implementation, the tethered cap and spout combinations may provide mechanisms for puncturing or opening a seal that may be present at a throat or neck of the container which provides both an anti-tampering and freshness function. In an implementation, the tethered cap and spout combinations may provide anti-tampering mechanisms. In an implementation, the tethered cap and spout combinations may provide mechanisms to hold an opened and tethered cap away from the container opening during use.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are foilless caps. In an implementation, the foilless caps provide sealing of the container without the use of a foil and are environmentally friendly. In an implementation, the foilless caps include tamper evident mechanisms to provide evidence of prior or attempted use. In an implementation, the foilless caps further include tether mechanisms to prevent loss of the cap after opening. In an implementation, the foilless caps provide sealing and resealing of the container with enough closure to maintain freshness. In an implementation, the foilless caps provide a non-backoff feature which may include audible and tactile indications to the user that the container is closed. In an implementation, the foilless caps may provide mechanisms to hold an opened and tethered cap away from the container opening during use.

Abstract: A grinder assembly removably connectable to a container of a spice dispenser includes a stationary grinder component and a rotatable grinder component associated with said stationary grinder component to define a grinding chamber between a portion of said stationary grinder component and a portion of said rotatable grinder component. The rotatable grinder component is rotatable relative to said stationary grinder component about a grinding axis. The grinder assembly additionally includes a first feature for coupling the grinder assembly to said container and a second feature movable to selectively decouple the grinder assembly from the container.

Abstract: The present invention involves a storage device system and method which receives and stores complex data. The storage device includes a bulk storage for storing the complex data, a descriptor storage for storing descriptive data relating to the complex data, and a service module with a processor and software. The software enables the processor to receive the complex data and derive descriptive data relating to the complex data. Further, the software also enables the processor to organize and store descriptive data in the descriptor storage. The storage device thus may receive the complex data, derive descriptive data relating to the complex data from the complex data, and organize and store the descriptive data.

Abstract: The present development is for a closure which provides a liner for abutting a surface and maintaining an effective pressure against a peelable seal affixed to a container lip as the sealed container is exposed to relatively high temperature and pressure conditions. The liner which abuts a surface of the seal sandwiches the seal between the liner and the container lip. The liner defines a resting thickness at ambient temperature and pressure conditions and is made from a material capable of being compressed to a thickness less than the resting thickness and of recovering to a recovery thickness sufficient to allow the liner to maintain a positive pressure against the seal upon exposure to elevated temperatures, elevated pressure, or a combination of elevated temperature and elevated pressure.

Abstract: A safety latch automatically stops a drawer or cabinet door both when opening and closing. In a preferred embodiment, the safety latch is a one-piece design and catches on the front face of the cabinet.

Abstract: A self-draining container neck and closure comprising a container neck having an upper sidewall portion and a lower sidewall portion, the upper sidewall portion being inset from the lower sidewall portion. The container neck also includes a tamper indicating bead having at least one draining notch therein. The instant invention also includes a closure having a plurality of drainage slots disposed in a spaced configuration. The closure is threadably connected to the container neck, the closure and container threads rotatably engage and provide a drainage path there between.

Abstract: An automatically opening pour spout fitment to be applied to a container over location where the container wall has a weakened area. The automatically opening fitment is comprised of a cap which is threadably attached to the fitment and which has a depending cam extending downward from the top wall. The fitment is comprised of a annular sidewall which defines a pouring zone and which provides a boundary for a hinged flap. The flap has an upwardly extending cam follower which is engaged by the cam of the cap such that when the cap is removed from the fitment, the cam initially applies a horizontal force on the cam follower to open the package to which the fitment is attached to.

Abstract: A self-draining container neck and closure comprising a container neck having an upper sidewall portion and a lower sidewall portion, the upper sidewall portion being inset from the lower sidewall portion. The container neck also includes a tamper indicating bead having at least one draining notch therein. The instant invention also includes a closure having a plurality of drainage slots disposed in a spaced configuration. The closure is threadably connected to the container neck, the closure and container threads rotatably engage and provide a drainage path there between.

Abstract: The present development is for a closure which provides a means for maintaining an effective pressure against a peelable seal affixed to a container lip as the sealed container is exposed to relatively high temperature and pressure conditions. The closure includes a liner which abuts a surface of the seal so as to sandwich the seal between the liner and the container lip. The liner defines a resting thickness at ambient temperature and pressure conditions and is made from a material capable of being compressed to a thickness less than the resting thickness and of recovering to a recovery thickness sufficient to allow the liner to maintain a positive pressure against the seal upon exposure to elevated temperatures, elevated pressure, or a combination of elevated temperature and elevated pressure.

Abstract: An automatically opening pour spout fitment to be applied to a container over location where the container wall has a weakened area. The automatically opening fitment is comprised of a cap which is threadably attached to the fitment and which has a depending cam extending downward from the top wall. The fitment is comprised of a annular sidewall which defines a pouring zone and which provides a boundary for a hinged flap. The flap has an upwardly extending cam follower which is engaged by the cam of the cap such that when the cap is removed from the fitment, the cam initially applies a horizontal force on the cam follower to open the package to which the fitment is attached to.

Abstract: A container (1) having an open-ended and externally screw threaded cylindrical neck (4) is fitted with a closure cap (2) having an internal screw thread (10) adapted to cooperate with the thread (7) on the container neck and a planar end wall (8) adapted to form a seal with the open end (6) of the container neck. At least one of the opposing surfaces of the screw threads on the cap and the container neck is sufficiently inclined to the plane perpendicular to the axis of the neck of the container at an angle of at least 60° so that the screw threads can slip laterally on one another to enable the side wall of the cap or the neck of the container to deform when the cap is tightened onto the container to form a seal.

Abstract: A container closure has a generally planar base (2) with an aperture (5) therein which is adapted to be mounted on a wall of a container to surround an aperture therein with the two apertures in register. A flap (3) is connected to the base for movement between a closed position in which the flap overlies the base and an open position in which the base is exposed. A plug (7) formed on the flap enters into and closes the base aperture when the flap is in the closed position and a removable film strip (4) is detachably mounted on the outer surface of the base to cover and close the base aperture. The film is so constructed that it can extend around the plug when the plug is located in the base aperture.

Abstract: A safety closure providing a top wall, an annular outer wall depending downwardly from an outer periphery of the top wall, an annular inner wall depending downwardly from an underside surface of the top wall, and, at least one locking lug integrally molded with the outer wall, whereby downward displacement of the top wall causes outward displacement of the at least one locking lug.

Abstract: System for analyzing a protein sample, comprising a reactor vessel, a chromatographic column, a mass spectrometer, and a computer system. The reactor vessel comprises an enzyme activity capable of digesting the protein sample in order to provide a plurality of peptide digests, an inlet port for receiving the protein to be digested, and an exit port for discharging the peptide digests. The chromatographic column comprises a chromatographic medium capable of chromatographically fractionating the peptide digests as the peptide digests are eluted through the column, wherein the chromatographic column comprises an inlet port for receiving the peptide digests, said inlet port being in flow communication with the exit port of the reactor vessel, and wherein the chromatographic column comprises an exit port for discharging an effluent comprising the chromatographically fractionated peptide digests.

Abstract: A tamper indicating closure is formed with connecting frangible straps between the cap and the tamper indicating band by molding connecting straps which are oversized and reforming the straps to produce reduced thickness frangible straps.

Abstract: Reverse gating is added to a conventional compression molding machine so that when the molding cavity is filled with material in excess of the amount required to mold a part, the material flows from the cavity to a pressure chamber to be vented. Pressure in the chamber allows back flow of the material from the chamber to the molding cavity during cooling to compensate for shrinkage.

Abstract: A tamper indicating closure has a tamper indicating band which is retained on a container by a container neck flange without the use of a cooperating bead or flange on the tamper indicating band. The retention is accomplished by providing a flexure at the bottom of the cap skirt which permits the band to move outwardly over and under the container flange. The closure can have a tear strip which provides the flexure on the closure.

Abstract: A method of injection molding a container cap with a precision thread having a tamper indicating band depending from the bottom of the cap skirt. Collet jaws form at least a frangible connection between the bottom of the cap skirt and the top of the tamper indicating band, and these jaws are moved radially outward specified amounts during the molding process to provide clearance for stripping an inwardly directed retaining element on the band from the core and for ejection of the finished cap.