Abstract: A mechanism for opening and reclosing the outflow opening for emptying a container, especially a beverage container, incorporating a latch to open and reclose the said outflow opening in the container lid, where the latch is fitted with hatching elements connected slidingly to the container lid, and where the lid features technical means suitable for moving the lid, characterised in that it contains at least one pair of sliding surfaces (3, 103), each of them incorporating at least one section in the shape of a convex arch, where moving on the said pair of sliding surfaces (3, 103) when shifting the latch (6, 106) is at least one pair of hatching elements (7, 107), and where ends (3a, 3b, 103a, 103b) of the sliding surfaces (3, 103) are positioned at different heights with respect to the bottom surface of the lid (1, 101) around the opening (2, 102).

Abstract: A dispensing lid includes a port through the lid, a slider in sliding engagement with the lid, and a detent on the slider. The slider is selectively movable between a closed position that closes the port, an open position that opens the port, and removal from the lid. The detent includes a wall extending from the slider, a lever attached to the slider at a pivot, a pawl extending from the lever, and a catch extending from the pawl. The lever is in an orientation opposing the wall with a gap between the lever and the wall. The catch engages a first stop in the lid when the slider is in the closed position with the lever released, engages a second stop in the lid when the slider is in the open position with the lever released, and does not engage the lid when the slider is removed.

Abstract: Closure unit for a container, comprising a substantially flat cover element, for closing off the aperture in the container which cover element is provided with a tension element, for creating a pressure force that presses the cover element to a rim that surrounds the aperture of the container. The invention also prides a closure unit and a container as well as to methods for closing and opening a container with such a closure unit.

Abstract: An antiseptic cap and packaging for use with a connector are provided. The antiseptic cap includes a material containing an antiseptic solution. Upon application of the cap to the connector, the material compresses thereby releasing the antiseptic solution. Packaging of the antiseptic cap typically includes a cap holder and a lid. A user could remove the cap from the cap holder before applying it to a connector. Alternatively, the cap holder may be used to apply the cap to the connector.

Abstract: A paint dispensing apparatus having a housing with a turntable rotatably mounted to the housing about a vertical axis. A plurality of stations on the turntable are circumferentially spaced from each other and each station is adapted to receive a paint dispenser having a plunger in which movement of the plunger dispenses paint from the paint dispenser. An indexing drive, upon activation, rotates the turntable to sequentially position the stations at a dispensing position. When at the dispensing position, an actuator mounted to the housing mechanically engages the plunger of the paint dispenser positioned at the dispensing station. A receptacle is mounted to the housing beneath the turntable and aligned with the dispensing position.

Abstract: A lid assembly for a beverage container having a lid housing, a seal assembly and a trigger member. The seal assembly has a drink seal to close the drink aperture. The seal assembly is rotatedly connected to the lid housing and movable between a use position and a cleaning position to allow the drink aperture to be open for cleaning. The trigger member is connected to the lid housing and is capable of engaging the seal assembly in the use position, but it cannot engage the seal assembly in the cleaning position. Additionally, a trigger lock is connected to the lid housing to prevent engagement of the seal assembly by the trigger member when the trigger lock is locked. The trigger lock may also contain a visual indicator to indicate that the lock is in the locked position.

Abstract: A resealable, thin-walled packaging having snap-in closure wherein the packaging sheath has an, open plug-in collar that receives a snap-in closure with a form-shaping support part that extends into the collar.

Abstract: A tamper-evident closure may include a base, a lid, and a tamper-evident member. The tamper-evident member may be irreversibly moveable between a first position in which part of the member is visible prior to initial opening of the closure and a second position in which the part is masked by the lid so as to be partly hidden from view. Upon initial opening of the closure, the tamper-evident member may be moved from the first position to the second position.

Abstract: Multi-conduit connector apparatuses for use in negative pressure wound therapy (NPWT) apparatuses to wound dressing, and methods for installing multi-conduit connector apparatuses in NPWT apparatuses.

Abstract: A drink container with suction pipe is provided. The container comprises a container body, a cap assembly and a flexible straw; the cap assembly comprises an inner cap and a valve assembly which can open and close the passage between inside and outside of the container body by respectively extending and bending the flexible straw; and the cap assembly also comprises a venting switch assembly which comprises a venting valve hole mounted on the inner cap, a float venting valve, protrusions mounted respectively on both ends of the inner side of the slide sheet, and hollow portion mounted between two the protrusions. The float venting valve is movably mounted to the venting valve hole and comprises one or a plurality of elastic protrusions on its contact surface.

Abstract: A closure device includes a base (1) and a top (23). The base (1) has an aperture (13) and the top (23) has an aperture (27). The top (23) is movable laterally relative to the base (1) between a first position in which the aperture (13) of the base and the aperture (27) of the top are not in alignment and a second position in which the apertures are in alignment. Biasing spring (22, 43) is provided with in the top so as to extend laterally between the base and the top with a free end of the biasing spring urging the top towards the first position in which the apertures (13, 27) are not in alignment.

Abstract: A hygienic dispensing package includes a container having a top panel with a dispensing aperture selectively covered by a slide closure. The closure rides within a flat channel of the top panel and is in tongue and groove engagement with parallel side walls of the channel. One of a pair of spaced sockets in the channel is engaged by a detent formed on the underside of the closure when the aperture is covered; the detent seats in the other socket when the aperture is uncovered. The detent is formed as a protrusion on an integral cantilever leaf of the closure to assure intimate sliding contact between the faces of the channel and the closure and effective sealing of the aperture.

Abstract: A closure device includes a base (1) and a top (23). The base (1) has an aperture (13) arranged within a surface of predetermined configuration. The top (23) has an aperture (27) arranged within a surface of complementary configuration to the surface of the base, the surface of the top being positioned adjacent to the surface of the base so as to inhibit the passage of material between the two surfaces. The top (23) is adapted to be movable laterally relative to the base (1) between a first position in which the aperture (13) of the base and the aperture (27) of the top are not in alignment and a second position in which the apertures are in alignment. Biasing means (22, 43) is provided within the top so as to extend laterally between the base and the top with a free end of the biasing means urging the top towards the first position in which the apertures (13, 27) are not in alignment.

Abstract: A container for storing and dispensing liquids such as gasoline has a gate valve wherein the gate valve comprises a thin, substantially flat slide member optionally angled at a portion thereof. The gate valve member is slidably positioned within a similarly shaped channel formed into a surface of a reservoir (storage) portion of the container, or other area of the container.

Abstract: The closing device consisting of a sleeve that seals onto the neck of a bottle and that comprises an internal channel which opens, via a new orifice in a sliding-contact surface with associated slopes and slideways acting as guide means to a shut-off plate for closing the new orifice which is moved translationally by a knob, which sliding-contact surface may be planar or in the form of a sector of a cylinder of revolution or in the form of a portion of a sphere.

Abstract: A self-closing cap for a bottle that includes a fixed portion that engages the neck of the bottle, a movable portion that is movably attached to the fixed portion, and apparatus that movably attaches the movable portion to the fixed portion. The apparatus includes a pair of resilient bands that engage in an aligned pair of throughbores in a pair of tabs of the fixed portion and in a pair of tabs in the movable portion so as to allow the movable portion to return to the closed position thereof when the movable portion is moved to the open position thereof and released.

Abstract: A lid to dispense granular material. The lid includes a hole through which the granular material may flow and is closable by a combination seal and dispenser slidably mounted thereto. The dispenser has exit passages when extended located outwardly of the lid rim. A guide wall mounted to the lid main body extends into the seal and dispenser passage.

Abstract: A bottle cap with improved structure includes a special cap that covers the container and prevents the liquid inside from spills. A hollow arch is mounted on the top of the cap with a hole (i.e., mouth of the container) and a rectangle slot cut out of the top thereof. An arched sliding board is arranged just below the rectangle slot. The sliding board shifts along the two side of the rectangle slot to determine the size of the hole opened.

Abstract: A lid member for an original container of a liquid paint component. The lid member is usable with a system for dispensing the paint component from its original container into a paint receptacle according to a paint formula to form a liquid paint mixture. The lid member includes a base portion that is adapted to releasably engage an open top of the paint component container. The base portion has a pour spout through which the paint component can be dispensed, and a movable cover element. The cover element is movable between a closed state, wherein the cover element covers the pour spout, and an opened state, wherein the pour spout is uncovered and the paint component can be dispensed from its original container and into the paint receptacle. A resilient seal mechanism is positioned between the pour spout and the movable cover element for preventing leakage of the paint component, upon tilting of the original container, out of the pour spout past the cover element in the closed state of the cover element.

Abstract: A combined bottle opener and stopper comprises a metal plate with side edges bent downward and inwardly. Opening is performed with the use of a conventional pry off method. Opened bottles are closed with a rubber pad attached to the bottom of a recess on the inner face of the plate. The opener-stopper has three bent edges which have different heights with the difference corresponding to the pitch of the thread on a threaded bottle neck. For temporary closing the bottle, i.e., with beer or carbonated water, the device is screwed onto the threaded bottle neck as a nut until the rubber pad is tightly pressed to the upper face of the bottle to hermetically close the latter. For closing bottles with nonthreaded bottle necks, the device is moved onto the bottle neck by guiding the convergent bent edges over the neck in a direction transverse to the bottle's axis until the device is fixed tightly on the bottle due to convergence of the bent edges with the rubber pad, thereby to seal the bottle's opening.

Abstract: The combination of a cap and a container. The cap is provided with an internal structure and an external structure movable with respect to one another among closed, intermediate and open cap positions. A plurality of hooks is provided on the internal structure for grasping a bead on the container when the cap is in the closed and intermediate cap positions. Ribs, disposed on the external structure, include upper extremities which prevent the cap from being placed directly from the closed cap position into the open cap position. Pressure relief of the container, if any, occurs in the intermediate cap position. The external structure of the cap defines a safety seal for indicating that the cap has been moved from the closed position.

Abstract: A lead dispensing storage container that can be opened or closed by a single hand. The container body has a lead case formed therein, and a lead outlet allowing release of leads one by one. A gate member mounted in the container body can be moved to open or close lead paths between the lead case and lead outlet. An elastic arm portion forces the gate member to move in direction to close the lead paths. The number of parts is reduced, and supplying leads can be made easier by a case that has a lead supply opening projecting from the tip thereof. A leading end of the case has an inclined slope toward the lead supply opening therein, and a chuck containing leads having a knocking portion that is pressed into the case so that it can be opened by the knocking portion being pushed to press an opening actuator toward the inclined slope or is closed by an elastic force as the opening actuator is released.

Abstract: A dispensing container, such as a double-barrel cartridge used in dispensing dental material, matingly receives a sliding cap that maintains a seal between material in the barrels and the atmosphere. The cap includes a body and a gasket within the body, and the cap also includes a cam portion that shifts the body slightly away from an outlet of the container as the cap is moved toward a closed position to seal the container. Once the cap is in a fully closed position, the cam portion enables the body to shift somewhat closer to the container outlet in order to increase the compression of the gasket between the body and the outlet. Optionally, an orienting section is provided for insuring that the cap is coupled to the container in only one certain orientation, so that the likelihood of cross-contamination of material within the barrels due to residual material on the gasket is substantially reduced.

Abstract: A cosmetics compact having mechanism for producing an audible sound to indicate when the compact is completely closed, the compact being opened and closed by slidably rotating the cover and the base in relation to one another.

Abstract: A closure apparatus for a container includes an adapter which is mounted on or otherwise integrally formed with the container adjacent the container opening, and a cap which is moveable between an opened position and a closed position over the container opening. A coupling mechanism is provided for interconnecting the cap to the adapter so as to enable the cap to slide relative to the adapter between the opened and a closed position. A clamping mechanism, preferably provided by opposing ramped surfaces on the adapter and cap, is provided ton cooperate with the coupling means whereby the cap is urged into pressing engagement with the adapter over the container opening as the cap slides into the closed position.

Abstract: A closure device for drinking from a liquid container (2) is sealingly mounted with a bottom part (3) of a main body thereof extending into an opening of the container. A top part (4) has a circular-arc portion with a groove (6) therein. Liquid-emitting and air-admitting bore holes (10, 11) are positioned in a base of the groove. A pivotally movable cap (14) is mounted on the top part covering the groove. When the cap is pivoted, it causes a flexible hose (12) mounted in the liquid-emitting bore hole to bend and thereby closes it. At the same time, the bent hose closes the air-admitting opening.

Abstract: A reagent vessel and support rack for use in an automated clinical analyzer are disclosed. Characteristic features of the vessel are a membrane covering which is puncturable and preferably self-sealing, and characteristic features of the support rack are a rigid wall and retaining members to hold the vessel in the rack with the membrane against the rigid wall of the rack, thereby providing structural support to the membrane, with holes in the wall to permit access to the membrane and hence to the contents of the receptacle.

Abstract: A dispensing assembly includes a seal that is induction-bonded to an outlet of a container. A cap is detachably connected to the container over the seal to protect the seal during shipping. Once the cap is removed, the seal can be peeled away from the outlet. The absence of the seal can be observed when an attempt is made to reconnect the cap to the container after the seal has been removed.

Abstract: A closure device for fermentation test tubes or flasks comprises a cylindrical cap which fits snugly over the mouth and neck of a test tube or flask to maintain the sterility of the tube or flask contents while permitting the free flow of gases into and out of the tube or flask. An aperture in the end cap of the closure device permits free access to the tube or flask contents for sampling and is closed by a moveable aperture cover.

Abstract: A closure device includes a substantially planar body member having a rectilinear slot receiving a slide element. Provided on one side of the body is an internally threaded flange defining an inlet port and a funnel projects from the opposite side of the body terminating in an externally threaded outlet port. A pusher connects with the slide element through a slot in the planar body to move the slide element between positions occluding the channel between the inlet and outlet ports and opening the channel. The internally threaded flange and externally threaded funnel are complementarily threaded such that the flange may be threaded about the externally threaded opening of a container and the cap normally threaded about the container opening may be threaded to the outlet port of the closure device to seal the closure device when the latter is left on the container.

Abstract: The capsule has a capsule body provided for closing one end of a container. The capsule body includes a top wall formed with a port and from which is formed a slide for a drawer covered by a top of an envelope fixedly connected to the capsule body and formed with an incision for a control knob. The control knob controls the drawer and is associated with a cursor closing the incision.

Abstract: A closure device for a container provided with an aperture, comprising a slider carrying a stopper and slidable within guides provided on the container, the stopper and/or the aperture being elastically deformable such that by using a suitable trajectory for the slider, snap-closure of the container is obtained by virtue of the elasticity.

Abstract: A reusable cap for assuring the sealed seating of a stopper against the open end of a vial neck is provided with a unitary body of rigid material having a base which overlies the head of the resilient stopper and the open end of the vial neck. The base is provided with a plurality of downwardly extending ribs which seat against the resilient stopper head. A pair of jaw portions project downwardly from the base and peripherally grip the underside of a bead at the open end of the vial neck, so that the stopper head and vial neck bead are sealed and clamped between the ribs and the jaws. The resilience of the stopper surface beneath the ribs is utilized to accommodate variation in the thicknesses of the vial neck bead and stopper head as well as allowing for expansion of the stopper vial neck during the heating and cooling conditions of repeated sterilization cycles.

Abstract: A jug for pouring liquids such as milk packaged in flexible rectangular pouches has a cross section and height such as to enclose the bag for its full height, the base of the jug being inclined so as to tilt the bag against a flattened front wall of the jug with a top corner projecting through a spout opening where it can be cut to form a pouring spout. The jug has a removable lid which is arched and has inturned side flanges which are pressed apart by out-turned side flanges at the top edges of the sides of the jug as the lid is pushed forward onto the jug so that the lid frictionally grips the jug. Rearward and downward pressure on the arch of the lid tends to force the inturned flanges apart and release the lid.

Abstract: A combined bottle opener and stopper (10) comprises a metal plate (12) with side edges (14) and (16) bent downward and inwardly. A rubber pad 26 is attached to the bottom face of the plate. Teeth (38a, 38b) are formed on the inner sides of the bent edges for engagement with serrations on the periphery of the cap to be removed. These teeth allow removal of threaded crown caps by unscrewing the caps in the position of engagement between their serrations and the teeth of the opener. Bent edges (14, 16) have different heights with the difference corresponding to the pitch of the thread on a threaded bottle neck. For temporary closing the bottle, i.e., with beer or carbonated water, the device is screwed onto the threaded bottle neck as a nut until the rubber pad is tightly pressed to the upper face of the bottle to hermetically close the latter.

Abstract: A slide type cap closure is disclosed comprising a cylindrically shaped closure member and a slidably interfitting disk member. The closure member forms a seal about the opening of the container on which it is mounted and includes an orifice extending upward from a recess formed along the top surface of the member. The recess has a pair of grooves extending along its length into which downwardly depending rails of the disk member slidably interfit. The disk member is dimensioned so as to move in a snap action manner along the upper surface of the closure member between open and closed positions. The disk member does not extend beyond the periphery of the closure member. The disk member in combination with the slightly protruding upper termination of the orifice forming member forms an extremely tight seal with the orifice when in the closed position.