Removably Attached To Receptacle By Relative Rotation Between Keepers (e.g., Screw Threads Or Lugs) Patents (Class 215/329)
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Publication number: 20120211460Abstract: A plastic cap for a container, such as a bottle or flexible package, in particular for liquid foods for children, comprising projecting ribs for attaching to a similar, laterally adjacent cap and axial teeth for attaching to a similar axially overlapping cap.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 17, 2012Publication date: August 23, 2012Applicant: Guala Pack S.p.A.Inventor: Stefano Tamarindo
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Patent number: 8231020Abstract: A closure including a top panel and a transition section extending from a peripheral edge of the top panel is provided. The closure includes a skirt extending from a peripheral edge of the transition section such that the skirt extends away from the top panel. The skirt includes a plurality of projections extending outwardly and away from an outer surface of the transition section.Type: GrantFiled: May 27, 2010Date of Patent: July 31, 2012Assignee: Silgan White Cap LLCInventors: James M. Taber, Darren R. Neputy
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Publication number: 20120187071Abstract: The embodiments described herein disclose a bottle and cap. The cap seals the bottle and thereby defines a compartment within the bottle for storing liquid or other material. The cap also includes an internal compartment for storing a liquid or other material in a sealed manner. The cap is designed to readily allow for sterilization during manufacturing, maintaining proper sealing of the compartments, dispensing material from one compartment into the other and providing a tamper-resistant closure.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 25, 2011Publication date: July 26, 2012Applicant: Cap Craft Corp.Inventors: Andrej Martinovic, Richard J. Zakka
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Publication number: 20120168400Abstract: A beverage container made of plastic by blow molding process has three chambers all along a same axis—an upper conical chamber with a removable cap to contain carbon dioxide gas (but not limited to), a lower outer cylindrical chamber, connected to the upper conical chamber, to contain a carbonated drink (but not limited to), and an inner cylindrical open chamber, smaller in diameter & height than the lower outer cylindrical chamber and isolated from the two other chambers, to store a sealed cylindrical tube containing a pasteurized drink (but not limited to). A liquid ratio of the carbonated drink to the pasteurized drink is the ratio of an optimum mixture of the two beverages into a certain desired cocktail punch. At the time of bottling, the sealed cylindrical tube containing the pasteurized drink will be inserted into the frictionally fitted inner cylindrical open chamber, then the other two chambers will be filled with the carbon dioxide and the carbonated drink accordingly and capped.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 30, 2010Publication date: July 5, 2012Inventor: Sheng-Ming Wang
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Patent number: 8210377Abstract: Metal closure components and methods for making the same are provided. The closures may be formed from a metal sheet having a pre-formed polymer film adhered on at least one face. A circular blank may be cut from the sheet, such that the blank may have a circular “raw” cut edge unprotected by the polymer film. The metal blank may then be formed such that the cut edged may be embedded into the film.Type: GrantFiled: March 20, 2008Date of Patent: July 3, 2012Assignee: Crown Packaging Technology, Inc.Inventors: James L. Martin, Larry A. Hottle
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Patent number: 8210375Abstract: A pour cap for a fluid container includes a cap body, a gasket mounted to the cap body, and a threaded ring attached to the cap body. The cap can be positioned on the container in a closed position wherein the container is hydraulically sealed with a high pressure seal, or in an open position wherein fluid flow occurs through flow passages on the gasket and the cap body with first and second low pressure seals preventing unwanted leakage between joining parts on the cap.Type: GrantFiled: April 4, 2008Date of Patent: July 3, 2012Assignee: REV 8 Inc.Inventor: Robert A. Heiberger
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Patent number: 8201700Abstract: Provided is a container 1 for inspection which stores and pours out contents therein, and the container is provided with a container main body 2 having a mouth portion 22 formed thereon, a cover portion 3 attached to the mouth portion 22 to seal the container main body 2, and an opening cap 4 attached to the cover portion 3. The cover portion 3 has a closing wall 34 for closing the mouth portion 22, and the opening cap 4 is provided with an pouring outlet 421, and a cutting portion 431 for cutting the closing wall 34. When the opening cap 4 is attached to the cover portion 3, the cutting section 431 cuts the closing wall 34 to enable pouring out the contents. Thus, in the provided container 1 for inspection, sealing properties of the container main body 2 are ensured by the cover portion 3, and the closing wall 34 of the cover portion 3 is cut by the opening cap 4 attached to the cover portion 3 without removing the cover portion 3, whereby the contents can be poured out.Type: GrantFiled: January 18, 2008Date of Patent: June 19, 2012Assignees: Toyo Seikan Kaisha, Ltd., Eiken Kagaku Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Tomoyuki Shibata, Manabu Hosokawa, Hiroaki Hayashi, Natsuki Masuya, Yoshiaki Seto, Shingo Saito, Hidetoshi Kanda
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Patent number: 8181803Abstract: The present invention consists of an improvement made on the patent “Means for sealing bottle caps with evidence of opening” with Spanish application number P200202864, which made use of a concealed tongue that was revealed after the first opening without allowing to recover the original situation. The present invention maintains a connection between the top and bottom segments of the capsule, preventing their rotation relative to each other and providing an audible evidence of opening.Type: GrantFiled: October 26, 2007Date of Patent: May 22, 2012Assignee: Compania de Tapones Irrellenables, S.A.Inventor: David Torrent Ortega
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Publication number: 20120091092Abstract: A combined tube set for a disposable water bottle for an endoscope includes a cap with threads suitable for attachment to various water bottles. The combined tube set provides a first tube set for rinsing that includes an air and water tubes, air/water connector, and anchor. The combined tube set also provides a second tube set for irrigation that includes an irrigation connector, backflow valve(s), and flexible tubing section.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 20, 2011Publication date: April 19, 2012Applicant: Byrne Medical, Inc.Inventors: Christopher Steven Adams, Travis Henry Bendele, Don Byrne
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Patent number: 8152008Abstract: A bottle cap including an additive holding unit which is supported in a mouth of a bottle has in a lower portion thereof an opening for discharging the additive, and is open at the top. An open-and-shut unit is seated to be coaxial with the additive holding unit and moves up and down to open or shut the opening. An outer cap unit includes a sealing tube which is placed between the open-and-shut unit and the additive holding unit and performs a sealing function. A skirt having a forgery preventing function is integrally provided on a lower end of the outer cap body. A delay hook retains the skirt for a period when the opening is opened, thus delaying separation of the skirt.Type: GrantFiled: August 7, 2008Date of Patent: April 10, 2012Inventor: Young Kook Cho
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Publication number: 20120074091Abstract: Provided is a shatter-resistant glass bottle for transporting stored liquids. In particular, the invention is a safety-coated glass bottle with a wide-mouthed body and a detachable lid, providing a consumer with easy access to the reservoir of the bottle for adding items such as ice cubes, tea bags, and pieces of fruit.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 23, 2011Publication date: March 29, 2012Inventor: Walter D. Himelstein
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Publication number: 20120048827Abstract: A vial including an end wall with a given perimeter, a side wall depending from the end wall about the given perimeter, and a plug wall depending from the end wall such that an outer surface of the plug wall is radially inward and spaced from the side wall. The plug wall has an attached end portion and a free end portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 31, 2010Publication date: March 1, 2012Applicant: Wheaton Industries Inc.Inventor: Benjamin Levin
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Publication number: 20120037589Abstract: A container closure assembly includes a container neck having an opening at one end, a lip extending around the opening; a cap for said neck, the cap having a base portion and a threaded skirt; a screw thread on the neck; a screw thread on an inner surface of the threaded skirt of the cap; the screw threads enabling a user to secure, remove and resecure the cap into a sealing position on the neck; an olive sealing plug extending from the cap inside and substantially concentric with said threaded skirt portion of the cap, the sealing plug forming a seal against an inside surface of the neck; and a sealing skirt extending from said base of the cap intermediate said sealing plug and said threaded skirt portion of the cap and concentric with said sealing plug and said threaded skirt portion of the cap, wherein said cap can be displaced towards said neck from said sealing position by application of an axial force without rotation of the cap on the neck and substantially without plastic deformation of the cap.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 28, 2010Publication date: February 16, 2012Applicant: Beeson and Sons LimitedInventor: Roger Milner King
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Patent number: 8113366Abstract: A maze type package that includes a cylindrical container member that has a plurality of mazes thereon is disclosed. The package includes a coaxial closure member that employs studs for engaging the mazes and to releasably secure the closure to the container.Type: GrantFiled: February 5, 2008Date of Patent: February 14, 2012Assignee: MazeTech, LLCInventors: Randall F. House, Barry A. Goldberg
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Publication number: 20110290756Abstract: A threaded cap is disclosed. The threaded cap may form a portion of a closure assembly comprising also comprising a threaded transition. The closure assembly may be utilized to seal a liquid containing bottle, particularly one containing a liquid fabric composition.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 21, 2011Publication date: December 1, 2011Inventors: Richard Lawrence Horstman, Bradley Scott Neufarth, Kerry Lloyd Weaver, Alfredo Pagan
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Publication number: 20110290755Abstract: A closure that includes a top panel and a transition section extending downwardly from a peripheral edge of the top panel is provided. The closure includes a skirt extending from a peripheral edge of the transition section such that the skirt extends away from the top panel and a plurality of raised ribs. Each of the plurality of raised ribs includes a first portion extending outwardly from an outer surface of the skirt and extending axially along at least a portion of the skirt and a second portion positioned above the first portion and extending outwardly from an outer surface of the transition section.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 27, 2010Publication date: December 1, 2011Inventors: James M. Taber, Kevin W. Orth, Darren R. Neputy
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Publication number: 20110290754Abstract: A closure including a top panel and a transition section extending from a peripheral edge of the top panel is provided. The closure includes a skirt extending from a peripheral edge of the transition section such that the skirt extends away from the top panel. The skirt includes a plurality of projections extending outwardly and away from an outer surface of the transition section.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 27, 2010Publication date: December 1, 2011Inventors: James M. Taber, Darren R. Neputy
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Patent number: 8061542Abstract: A drinking bottle assembly includes a bottle having a cavity for storing a fluid and a neck that forms an opening at a dispensing end of the bottle. A removable collar at least partially covers the bottle neck and provides a generally smooth outer surface for a person's mouth and lips to contact when drinking from the bottle. The collar includes a neck attachment for retaining the collar on the bottle. A removable cap can be selectively attached to the collar for opening and closing the bottle.Type: GrantFiled: September 16, 2008Date of Patent: November 22, 2011Assignee: Murray Waters, Inc.Inventors: Timothy J. Poupore, Stacey Charlene Gay, Stephen Douglas Armstrong
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Publication number: 20110259847Abstract: A bottle packaging includes a groove on the neck of a bottle with the groove spaced longitudinally from a shoulder of the bottle a distance greater than or equal to a width of the groove, and upper and lower portions of the neck may have outer transverse cross-sectional dimensions that are substantially equal to one another. An upper circumferential sidewall of the groove may be chamfered, while a lower circumferential sidewall may be concave. The bottle may be combined with an adapter such that when the adapter is releasably connected to the bottle, a lowermost rim of the adapter is spaced longitudinally from an upper reach of the groove. The adapter may include a detent on an inner surface thereof adapted to removably seat in the groove to releasably connect the adapter to the bottle. A closure member may include at least one of a detent and a sealing member removably seated in the groove.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 8, 2011Publication date: October 27, 2011Applicant: ABBOTT LABORATORIESInventors: Christopher A. Cox, Terrence B. Mazer, Thomas D. Loughrin
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Publication number: 20110253666Abstract: A bottle closure includes a cap having a cylindrical shaped body and a closed end. The bottle closure further includes a liner disposed on an interior surface of the closed end of the cap, the liner for contacting a bottle opening. The closed end of the cap further includes a recess formed therein for urging a central portion of the liner into a bottle opening when applied thereto (e.g., by a bottling press). The bottle closure may further include or have applied thereto a support structure or central mass to support the recess during the bottling process and thereafter.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 18, 2011Publication date: October 20, 2011Inventor: Timothy P. KELLER
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Publication number: 20110226721Abstract: A threaded closure assembly comprising a transition and a cap is disclosed. The threaded closure assembly may be utilized to seal a liquid containing bottle, particularly one containing a liquid fabric composition.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 21, 2011Publication date: September 22, 2011Inventors: Richard Lawrence Horstman, Bradley Scott Neufarth, Kerry Lloyd Weaver, Alfredo Pagan
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Publication number: 20110204016Abstract: Retort liners and containers including a container body such as a bottle or jar, a closure, and the retort liner, wherein the retort liners exhibit attractive properties such as low compression set under retort conditions, desirable adhesion to a polymeric closure such as a cap or lid, and beneficial oxygen barrier properties. In particular, the retort liners are thermoplastic elastomers formed from compositions including one or more styrenic block copolymers, one or more polyolefins and a softener. In a preferred embodiment, the retortable containers are all plastic packages, wherein the bottle or jar and the closure are thermoplastic compositions and the liner is a thermoplastic elastomer composition.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 27, 2011Publication date: August 25, 2011Applicant: Taknor Apex CompanyInventor: Biing-Lin Lee
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Patent number: 7971760Abstract: A divot mix dispenser having an annular body sized to mate with a holder mounted to a golf cart. The body includes a spout located at the upper end of the body with the spout having an opening offset from a centerline of the container through which the divot mix flows out of the dispenser. The lower end of the body defines an inlet for removable attachment with a cap so that the cap can be removed to fill the dispenser with divot mix and attached to secure the divot mix within the dispenser.Type: GrantFiled: November 30, 2007Date of Patent: July 5, 2011Inventor: David R. Winkler
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Patent number: 7967159Abstract: The present invention relates to a reversible child resistant cap and a closure system having two positions, the first being a child resistant position and the other being a non-child resistant position.Type: GrantFiled: May 30, 2008Date of Patent: June 28, 2011Assignee: Tri State Distribution, Inc.Inventors: David A. Miceli, Joseph A. Miceli
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Publication number: 20110139741Abstract: Embodiments of the disclosed technology comprise a bottle, such as a prescription bottle, with an added safety feature, namely, tabs extending from the cap and bottle itself with portals extending there-through for a shackle of a lock. In this manner, prescription bottles, such as those known in the art of dispensing medicine, including those with safety caps, can be secured to a greater extent by way of a lock holding the cap to the bottle or preventing turning or removal of the cap.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 10, 2009Publication date: June 16, 2011Inventor: Joseph John Gartner
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Publication number: 20110139746Abstract: A closure 1 for closing a container, especially for closing the mouth piece 10 of a bottle, comprises a closure body, which has a front wall 3, a side wall 2 and a transition portion 4 between the front wall 3 and the side wall 2. An annular projection 8, extending from the front wall 3, is provided for contact by the projection 8 on the top side 10a of the mouth piece 10. An outer seal 9 is formed as a tongue 9 which extends from the side wall 2 and/or from the transition portion (4) in the direction of a central axis A of the closure 1. The tongue 9 is formed so as to be thin, such that it rests flexibly against the contour of the outer edge 10b and/or outside 10c of the mouth piece 10 when the closure 1 is attached to the mouth piece 10 of the container.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 31, 2007Publication date: June 16, 2011Inventors: Frank Schellenbach, Philip Schellenbach, Fabian Schellenbach
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Patent number: 7958703Abstract: A positive orientation container and closure combination is provided. The container includes at least one flange segment having a front and a back face. The container further includes a gap defined by the front face of one of the flange segments and the back face of one of the flange segments. The closure includes a plurality of collar segments. The closure includes at least one collar segment having an engagement face to establish a positive orientation of the closure at a predetermined position.Type: GrantFiled: October 7, 2009Date of Patent: June 14, 2011Assignee: Seaquist Closures Foreign, Inc.Inventors: Margaret M. Miota, Alan P. Hickok
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Patent number: 7959022Abstract: A container, such as a flask or a flexible tube, provided with a cap, the container including a side wall and a plastic head with a neck and a shoulder linking the neck to the side wall. The cap is provided with a circular cylindrical skirt on its inner surface with one or more first screwing means. The wall of the neck is substantially shaped like a prism where the cross-section is globally a polygon having a symmetry of order n about an axis A substantially parallel to the generatrix of the prism, n being an integer strictly greater than 1, and the neck is provided on its outer surface with n second screwing means, uniformly distributed about the axis A. The assembly of n second screwing means of the neck co-operates with the first screwing means of the cap.Type: GrantFiled: May 22, 2006Date of Patent: June 14, 2011Assignee: Cebal S.A.S.Inventors: Eric Kerman, Herve Zakrzewski
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Publication number: 20110132941Abstract: A spout for a pouch includes a body integrally and fixedly connected with the pouch via a joint and having an outlet through which contents are discharged, a sealing end tube integrally formed with the outlet via a thin and breakable sheet portion so as to block the outlet, a cap spirally coupled with the body so as to cover and protect the sealing end tube, and a breaking means for opening the sealing end tube only upon opening of the cap such that the breakable portion is forcedly broken from the outlet.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 8, 2009Publication date: June 9, 2011Inventor: SANG SOON KIM
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Publication number: 20110132864Abstract: The present invention provides a cap or closure comprising a polypropylene composition, wherein said composition comprises: (i) a random propylene ethylene copolymer having an ethylene content of 3.3-7% wt, and (ii) an additive selected from an antistatic agent, an antioxidant, an acid scavenger and a nucleating agent.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 8, 2008Publication date: June 9, 2011Applicant: BOREALIS TECHNOLOGY OYInventors: Svein Jamtvedt, Balakantharao Kona
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Publication number: 20110114595Abstract: A pour cap for a fluid container includes a cap body, a gasket mounted to the cap body, and an open or closed position communication structure. The pour cap can be positioned on the fluid container in a closed position wherein the container is hydraulically sealed with a high pressure seal, or in an open position wherein fluid flow occurs through flow passages on the gasket and the cap body with first and second low pressure seals preventing unwanted leakage between joining parts on the pour cap. The open or closed position communication structure can include a rib and mating detent for producing a clicking sensation upon manipulation of the pour cap by the user, and/or visual features on the cap body viewable by the user, or a cap body having a asymmetrical shape configured for viewing or tactile interpretation by the user.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 15, 2010Publication date: May 19, 2011Inventor: Robert A. Heiberger
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Patent number: 7942287Abstract: A threaded container closure assembly, comprising: a container neck (10) having an opening; a closure (12) for said neck, the closure having a base portion (22) and a skirt portion (24), a first screw thread on the neck said first screw thread comprising one or more first thread segments (16), and a second screw thread on an inner surface of the skirt of the closure, said second screw thread comprising one or more second thread segments (26); a first locking projection (44) on the container neck separate from the first thread segments (16) and a second locking projection (46) on the inner surface of the skirt of the closure separate from the second thread segments (26), said first and second locking projections being configured to resist unscrewing of the closure from the fully engaged position on the container neck after the closure has been secured or resecured on the container neck until a predetermined minimum opening torque is applied; wherein said first and second locking projections (44, 46) longitudinType: GrantFiled: December 3, 2004Date of Patent: May 17, 2011Inventor: Roger Milner King
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Patent number: 7942281Abstract: A closure includes a plastic shell having a generally flat base wall, a peripheral skirt for mounting the closure on a container neck finish and an annular portion integrally connecting the skirt to the periphery of the base wall. A flexible resilient sealing liner is disposed on at least an inner surface of the annular portion. The annular portion has an inverted V-shape with an outer leg integrally connected to the skirt and an inner leg integrally connected to the periphery of the base wall such that the base wall is disposed axially beneath the annular connection between the inner and outer legs. The inner leg is resiliently flexible with respect to the outer leg upon engagement with an end of a container neck finish so as to flex the inner leg and the base wall outwardly with respect to the skirt and thereby draw the outer leg into engagement with an outer surface of the container neck finish.Type: GrantFiled: March 29, 2007Date of Patent: May 17, 2011Assignee: Rexam Closure Systems, Inc.Inventors: Kenneth S. Bloom, Terry D. Patcheak
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Publication number: 20110100949Abstract: A multi-layer sheet designed for the sealing of a container (10) made of glass by heat sealing on the sealing ring (12) of the container treated by means of oxides and/or of metal salts comprises at least a support layer (21) and a lower layer (22) made of a polymeric heat-sealable material onto which is grafted an unsaturated carboxylic acid.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 9, 2009Publication date: May 5, 2011Applicant: AMCOR FLEXIBLES SELESTAT SAS FRESH, DAIRY & CAPSInventors: Alain Grayer, Guy Boiron
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Patent number: 7918355Abstract: A blow-molded plastic container includes an upper portion having a finish, a body portion and a base. At least one groove is formed in a radial sidewall of the finish. The groove slopes gradually downward along the radial sidewall and away from an opening into the container. A method of making the blow-molded plastic container includes disposing a preform into a mold cavity having a surface defining a body forming region, a finish forming region and a moil forming region. The preform is blown against the mold surface to form an intermediate container having a body portion, a finish and a moil portion. The moil is severed from the finish to define the opening into the container. A closure member is adapted to selectively mate with the finish on the container. At least one thread is formed on the closure member.Type: GrantFiled: January 25, 2007Date of Patent: April 5, 2011Assignee: Amcor LimitedInventor: Michael E. Penny
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Patent number: 7918356Abstract: A finish for a plastic container and a preform adapted to be molded into the plastic container. The finish and the preform include an upper portion having a mouth defining an opening into the container. At least one groove is defined around a radial sidewall of the upper portion. The groove slopes gradually downward along the radial sidewall to a terminal end.Type: GrantFiled: January 25, 2007Date of Patent: April 5, 2011Assignee: Amcor LimitedInventor: Michael E. Penny
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Publication number: 20110062108Abstract: The invention relates to a polyethylene moulding composition having a multimodal molecular mass distribution and comprising a first ethylene homopolymer fraction (I), a second ethylene copolymer fraction (II) and a third ethylene copolymer fraction (III). The moulding composition has a density at a temperature of 23° C. in the range from 0.945 to 0.953 g/cm3, an MFR (190° C./5 kg) in the range from 2 to 7 g/10 min and a viscosity number VN3 of the total mix of ethylene homopolymer fraction (I), copolymer fraction (II) and ethylene copolymer fraction (III), measured in accordance with ISO/R 1191 in decalin at a temperature of 135° C., in the range from 200 to 250 cm3/g. The invention further relates to the use of such a moulding composition for producing high-strength injection-molded screw cap closures for bottles comprising beverages, especially carbonated beverages.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 13, 2008Publication date: March 17, 2011Inventors: Joachim Berthold, Diana Doetsch nee Boos, Gerhardus Meier, Albert Weber
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Publication number: 20110031209Abstract: The present invention concerns a compact closure for containers with a neck and mouth, comprising a threaded pourer (14) which has a drip-stop lip (19) and a threaded cap (3) designed to screw-engage with the threaded pourer, the pourer body comprising a part which has a cross-section substantially in the form of an upside-down “U” and the drip-stop lip being formed on the substantially annular upper portion (18) of the part with a cross-section in the form of an upside-down “U”.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 24, 2009Publication date: February 10, 2011Applicant: GUALA CLOSURES PATENTS B.V.Inventor: Mauro Arecco
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Publication number: 20110024384Abstract: The invention relates to the creation of a safe screw top for bottles, which prevents unauthorized and indiscernible opening and reclosing of the bottles. According to the invention, this object is achieved in that a cylinder is disposed at the base coaxially to the casing.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 29, 2008Publication date: February 3, 2011Inventors: Jehad Aiysh, Ismail Omar Dabbur
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Patent number: 7878351Abstract: A Cap arrangement comprises an opening-indicator device that has an outer edge wherefrom leads away fin members which in use extends towards the inside of said cap arrangement, said fin members comprising, in one of their portions nearest said edge, an elongated element having a substantially rectilinear extension, said fin members further comprising, in one of their portions further away from said edge, a flexible appendage elements; a cap arrangement comprises an opening-indicator device that has an outer edge wherefrom leads away fin members comprising a first portion suitable for interacting with a surface of a first collar arrangement extending radially from a neck of container arrangement, a second portion suitable for interacting with a further surface of a second collar arrangement extending radially from said neck and a third portion suitable for interacting with a yet further surface of said first collar arrangement.Type: GrantFiled: December 15, 2003Date of Patent: February 1, 2011Assignee: Sacmi Cooperativa Meccanici Imola Societa CooperativaInventors: Alessandro Falzoni, Fabrizio Pucci
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Publication number: 20110011883Abstract: A single pill distributing cap has a movable part and a fixed part The fixed part is releasably attached onto a bottle and the movable part is rotationally attached to the fixed part. The fixed part consists in a pill sorting chamber, and an exit chamber. The pill sorting chamber allows only one pill at a time to egress from the pill sorting chamber by way of a pill sorting chamber hole. Once a pill is out of the pill sorting chamber, upon continued rotation of the movable part, it aligns itself with the exit chamber. Once thus aligned, the pill drops into the exit chamber.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 26, 2009Publication date: January 20, 2011Inventor: Mohamed Farid Nakkouri
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Patent number: 7857155Abstract: A closure that can be threadingly screwed onto an associated container includes a body having a thread form for engaging a thread form on the container. The body has a wall with projecting hook-like ribs. By the provision of the hook-like ribs, the closure exhibits an enhanced capability for being gripped by the rollers of an automatic capping machine, to accommodate a relatively high torque installation without slipping in an automatic capping machine.Type: GrantFiled: March 6, 2007Date of Patent: December 28, 2010Assignee: Seaquist Closures L.L.C.Inventors: Charles E. Roberts, Stacy L. Beilke
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Patent number: 7850029Abstract: A plastic closure for a container is provided. The closure includes a top plate with a side skirt depending from the periphery thereof. A sealing strip depends from the top plate and is adapted to sealingly engage a container neck finish. The closure also comprises an abutment member including a guide surface for guiding the sealing strip towards the neck finish as the closure is applied, to increase the strength of the seal. The guide surface includes a guide member that projects from the abutment member, thereby minimizing friction between the strip and the abutment member. The sealing strip is inclined radially towards the neck finish to improve the sealing effect.Type: GrantFiled: September 22, 2004Date of Patent: December 14, 2010Assignee: Obrist Closures Switzerland GmbHInventors: Lino Dreyer, Maxime Pierre Gaillot, Philippe Gerard Odet, Sebastien Cedric Widmer
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Patent number: 7846395Abstract: A closure for a container includes: (a) an inner cylindrical wall having first and second ends and defining a space; (b) an outer cylindrical wall opposite the inner cylindrical wall and having the first and second ends to form an outer surface of the closure; (c) a first end wall extending across said first end, wherein the first end wall comprises a recess extending a least partially into the space, and a first set of threads disposed on the recess. An apparatus usable on a diagnostic analyzer container and includes: a threaded rotatable spindle adapted for threading into a closure having a threaded depression and for applying a rotational force to remove the closure; and a clutch having an element adapted to engage the closure and apply a rotational to the closure.Type: GrantFiled: July 16, 2003Date of Patent: December 7, 2010Assignee: Ortho-Clinical Diagnostics, Inc.Inventor: James D. Shaw
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Publication number: 20100282707Abstract: A stopper cap and method for its manufacture, the stopper cap including a shell with a head, a skirt and a seal, in which the seal is a form seal, and the form seal has a resilient layer and a set of adjacent layers. The adjacent layers include a barrier layer, a malleable support layer to provide the adjacent layers a global malleable property such that the seal can be shaped without creation of folds, and an outer layer having an outer surface which can be compressed by the axial compression resulting from stoppering so as to match the form of the mouth of the neck.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 24, 2007Publication date: November 11, 2010Applicant: ALCAN PACKAGING CAPSULESInventors: Jacques Granger, Jean-Marie Bourreau
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Publication number: 20100264110Abstract: The present invention provides a cap capable of improving sealing performance of a container, and suited for use in the case where the internal pressure of the container is high, for example, when the contents of the container is carbonated beverage, and a container having the cap.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 31, 2008Publication date: October 21, 2010Inventors: Katsuaki Sumimiya, Hiroshi Hamana
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Patent number: 7799284Abstract: A sample container includes a cap that covers a container body holding a liquid sample containing a reagent and a test body. The cap includes an outer lid that covers the container body, an inner lid that is slidably attached to the outer lid and has an opening for dispensing the liquid sample, a shutter that has a shaft engaging with the inner lid, a translating unit that is fitted to the outer lid and translates sliding movements of the inner lid against the outer lid to rotation of the shutter around the shaft, and a pressing member that presses the shutter in a direction to close the shutter. The rotation of the shutter opens and closes a hole formed in the translating unit for dispensing the liquid sample.Type: GrantFiled: February 4, 2008Date of Patent: September 21, 2010Assignee: Beckman Coulter, Inc.Inventors: Naoki Ohashi, Tetsuya Abe
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Publication number: 20100230374Abstract: In one embodiment there is provided a novel container neck finish having a substantially cylindrical exterior wall surface surrounding an orifice defined in the container and a thread structure positioned about the exterior wall surface. The thread structure in one aspect has at least a first portion, a second portion positioned substantially axially below the first portion, and a third portion positioned substantially axially below the second portion. The first, second, and third portions, being inclined with respect to the other portions provide a screw on neck finish. The effective maximum diameter of the first portion is less than the effective maximum diameter of the second portion to define a first to second separation distance. And the effective maximum diameter of the second portion is less than the effective maximum diameter of the third portion to define a second to third separation distance.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 7, 2010Publication date: September 16, 2010Applicant: PORTOLA PACKAGING, INC.Inventors: Mike Lynn Peters, RIchard D. Lohrman
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Publication number: 20100219151Abstract: A bottle comprises a cap, a reservoir having an open top closeable by the cap, and a filter holder that houses a filter, the filter holder being coupled to the cap such that a liquid in the reservoir is filtered by the filter as the liquid is being consumed, and the filter is fluidly decoupled from the reservoir when the cap is disengaged from the reservoir. Preferred filters can be constructed out of high reactivity carbon mixture, activated carbon, iodinated resin, combinations thereof, or any other suitable compositions for filtering water or other liquids, and can be molded into any suitable size and shape. Preferred filter holder can have a top portion and a bottom portion that couple together via a snap fitting, mating threads, or any suitable means, which allow access to the filter, and which have numerous vents that allow liquid to freely flow through the filter.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 11, 2010Publication date: September 2, 2010Inventor: Tareq Adel Risheq
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Patent number: RE42943Abstract: A bottle cap is provided that allows for venting of gases generated in a bottle. A single or multiple ridges are formed on the inner surface of the cap top such that the ridges sit on the bottle mouth rim when the cap is threaded onto the bottle. A single or multiple slots may be formed across each of the ridges. Alternatively, a single or multiple grooves may be formed on the inner surface of the cap top. The ridge(s) or groove(s) may also be formed on a disc fitted over the inner surface of the cap top. When the cap is threaded on to the bottle, gases generated in the bottle can escape through the slot(s) formed across the ridge(s) or through the groove (s) formed on the inner surface of the cap top. A liner having an opening formed through its thickness may be placed in the cap. The liner opening allows the passage of gases from the bottle to the slot(s) or groove(s) formed on the cap top or disc.Type: GrantFiled: January 24, 2005Date of Patent: November 22, 2011Assignee: Innovation Update, LLCInventor: Woodrow W. Pearce