Abstract: A plastic container closure comprising a top panel, a skirt portion, an annular protruded portion that is formed inwardly from the inner surface of the top panel and on the inside of a portion near the root of the skirt maintaining a small gap therebetween, and a sealing liner that is fitted by press-molding on the inside of the top panel, wherein a substantially vertical portion is formed on said liner along the inner surface of the annular protruded portion, and sealing performance is maintained by the engagement between the outer edge of the mouth of the container and the substantially vertical portion. Since the sealing is accomplished over a surface having a predetermined width in the up-and-down direction, the sealing performance is not impaired even when the top panel is deformed by the pressure. Moreover, favorable sealing performance is maintained even against shock that is given to the container at the time of fitting the closure.

Abstract: The resin cap of this invention comprises a cap proper provided with a skirt portion and a continuous ring member provided so as to cover the outer surface of the skirt portion of the cap proper. A plurality of axially extending cuts are circumferentially spaced in the skirt portion of the cap proper, and the skirt portion of the cap proper and the ring-like member are separated via a cutting surface, but are integrally formed via a plurality of frangible bridge portions or connecting portions upwardly or downwardly of the cutting surface. The outer surface of the skirt portion of the cap proper and the inner surface of the ring-like member are intimately adhered at a portion of the cutting surface. This cap can form a sealing structure having sealing reliability, and can be opened without using any particular tool. Furthermore, it has excellent tamper-evident characteristics.

Abstract: A container closure includes a plastic shell, and a liner molded by fluidizing a plastic material within the shell. Depressions are formed at circumferentially spaced positions at an upper end portion of the inner peripheral surface of the skirt wall. The depressions each have a circumferential length increased radially outwardly at least in part thereof. A plurality of projections are formed on the outer peripheral surface of the liner in correspondence with the depressions.

Abstract: A plastic cap having a peripheral band 4 which is provided at the lower end of the skirt-like side wall portion of the cap body, wherein the lower end of the skirt-like side wall portion outwardly protrudes, the peripheral band 4 downwardly extends from the protruded portion 10 at the lower end via a breaking line 11 that is circumferentially formed leaving a plurality of bridges 12, a downwardly extending stopper piece 20 is disposed on the side of closing the cap with respect to at least one of the bridges 12, the stopper piece 20 comes into contact with the bridge 12 at the time of closing the cap, and the cap body and the peripheral band 4 turn together. There is no need of providing space for forming stoppers between the lower end of the skirt-like side wall and the upper end of the peripheral band portion. Therefore, the coupling portion between the two is easily formed by providing a breaking line in the subsequent working of cutting.

Abstract: An internal thread is formed on the inner peripheral surface of a skirt wall in a container closure of a plastic. The cross-sectional shape of the internal thread is defined by an upper side edge extending radially inwardly in an axially downwardly inclined manner, a lower side edge extending radially inwardly in an axially upwardly inclined manner, a front edge extending substantially vertically, two concave arcs, and two convex arcs.

Abstract: A synthetic resin material feeding apparatus, for use in a system for forming a sealing liner on the inner surface of a top panel wall of container closure shell, has an extruder and a gear pump. The driving mechanisms of the extruder and the gear pump have an intermittent rotation-driving output for intermittently operating the extruder and the gear pump.

Abstract: A cap has a circumferential band with flap pieces formed at the lower end of a cylindrical skirt portion via a weakened portion, and a feature resides in a circumferential curled portion that is formed at the lower end of the circumferential band. When the cap is opened, the flap pieces effectively prevents the circumferential band from entirely escaping.

Abstract: An apparatus equipped with a molding means for molding an annular liner on the inside surface of top panel of a container closure shell. The molding means includes an anvil on which the container closure shell is placed in an inverted state, and a press tool assembly which is disposed above the anvil to ascend or descend relative to the anvil. The press tool assembly includes a punch member, an excess resin counter member arranged on the outside of the punch member, a bushing member arranged on the outside of the excess resin counter member, and a sleeve member arranged on the outside of the bushing member. The sleeve member has a passage notch and a non-passage notch. A feeder nozzle is disposed to feed a synthetic resin material into the press tool assembly, the nozzle having a discharge port positioned in the moving path of passage notch. The synthetic resin material discharged from the discharge port enters into the sleeve member through the non-passage notch and is cut away from the discharge port.

Abstract: An apparatus for forming an annular liner is equipped with a molding assembly which includes a press tool assembly and an anvil. The container closure shell is fed onto the anvil. The press tool assembly has a resin flow path and a means for forcibly flowing a synthetic resin material through the resin flow path. A notch is formed in the upstream portion of the resin flow path. When the molding assembly moves with respect to the feeding nozzle, the synthetic resin material discharged from the discharge port of a feeding nozzle enters into the upstream portion of the resin flow path via the notch, and is cut away from the feeding nozzle.

Abstract: A container closure is disclosed having a metallic body and a plastic grip piece. The body includes a top panel wall, a skirt wall extending down from the perepheral edge of the top panel wall, and a linking protruding piece that protrudes from the lower end of the skirt wall. The grip piece includes a linking base portion that covers at least both surfaces of the end portion of the linking protruding piece of the body, and a grip portion that extends from the linking base portion. The grip piece is formed and is, at the same time, linked to the linking protruding piece of the body by flowing a plastic material from one side of the linking protruding piece that positions in the space of the mold. A plastic material inflow groove that extends from the free end thereof toward the lower end of the skirt wall is formed on the side of the other surface of the linking protruding piece of the body.

Abstract: A compression molding apparatus equipped with a rotary support member on which are mounted a plurality of molds. The molds are successively conveyed passing through a plastic material feed zone, a compression molding zone and a discharge zone by the rotation of said rotary support member. A plastic material feed device is disposed in said plastic material feed zone to feed a softened and molten plastic material to each of the molds. The plastic material feed device includes an extruder, an extruding block in which a plastic material flow path is formed, and a plastic material flow control device disposed between the extruder and the extruding block. The plastic material flow control device includes a main body that has an inlet path communicating with the extruder, a feed path communicating with the extruding block, and a discard path.

Abstract: Disclosed is a vessel closure having a liner formed from a composition comprising (i) a hydrogenated styrene/butadiene block copolymer having a melt index smaller than 0.1 g/10 min as measured at a temperature of 200.degree. C. under a load of 5 kg, (ii) liquid paraffin and (iii) a propylene resin.In this liner, the compression permanent strain and permanent elongation under high temperature conditions are extremely small, and therefore, even if a divergence is produced between the liner and the mouth portion of a vessel by thermal deformation or thermal shrinkage, a good sealing property can be maintained.

Abstract: Disclosed is a plastic cap comprising a top plate and a skirt hanging down from the peripheral edge of the top plate, which are integrally formed of a plastic material, and a mechanism for clamping the cap to a vessel, which is arranged on the inner circumferential face of the skirt, wherein a receiving seat to be substantially exactly engaged with the top edge or peripheral edge of the vessel mouth and at least one sealing projection protruding from the receiving seat through a groove by a very small distance from the face of the receiving seat are arranged in an inner corner portion between the top plate and the skirt or in the vicinity thereof, and sealing is effected by the pressure generated by compression deformation of the sealing projection. In this plastic cap, plastic deformation of the sealed portion is prevented and a high durable sealing pressure is obtained. Accordingly, this plastic cap has an excellent pressure-resistant sealing property and an excellent venting property in combination.

Abstract: Disclosed is a composite vessel lid comprising an outer lid of a plastic material to be engage with a neck of a vessel and an inner lid of a thin metal sheet held within the outer lid. Fine projections are formed at predetermined intervals in the abutting portion between the outer and inner lids, and a gas-releasing path is formed among the fine projections.Since the gas-releasing path is not formed in a portion engaging with a vessel, such as a screwed portion of the outer lid, the engaging force is not reduced and the strength of the outer lid is not reduced, and release of gas is promptly accomplished effectively at the initial stage of opening.

Abstract: A closure to be applied to a container for holding a liquid such as shampoo. The closure comprises a closure body, a discharge liquid tube extending through the closure body and a reciprocating air pump mechanism built in the closure body. The air pump mechanism includes a cylinder whose discharge side communicates with the inside of the container and whose intake side communicates externally of the container, a piston, and a spring for elastically biasing the piston toward the intake side. The piston has a rod whose free end portion extends outwardly of the closure body.

Abstract: A closure for containers comprises an automatic opening-closing mechanism and an outside closure member having a pour opening. The automatic opening-closing mechanism includes a plug member having a centrally formed air introduction hole and a plurality of liquid discharge ports formed around the air introduction hole, a first valve member for opening and closing the liquid discharge ports and a second valve member for opening and closing the air introduction hole.

Abstract: A rotational plastic compression molding apparatus including a plurality of circumferentially spaced female molds and a plurality of circumferentially spaced male molds cooperating respectively with the plurality of the female molds. The female molds and the male molds are rotated in synchronism and thus moved round successively through a material loading zone, a compression molding zone and an article discharge zone. In the material loading zone and the article discharge zone, each said female mold and each corresponding mold are maintained in a spaced-apart inoperative relation, and in the compression molding zone, they are maintained in an approaching operative relation to define a mold space therebetween. In the material loading zone, a heat-melted plastic material is loaded in the female molds, and in the article discharge zone, the compression-molded plastic article is discharged from between each said female mold and each corresponding male mold.

Abstract: A container and closure maintain pilferproof characteristics without impairment. The container has a mouth-neck portion having an external thread and an annular anchoring flange located beneath the external thread. The closure is comprised of a cylindrical skirt wall having a circumferentially extending breakable line to divide the skirt wall into a main portion above the breakable line and a pilferproof skirt portion below it. The inner surface of the pilferproof skirt portion has a plurality of circumferentially spaced anchoring flaps extending radially inwardly. A projecting flange projects radially outwardly below the annular anchoring flange. When the closure has been fully mounted on the mouth-neck portion, the lower end of the pilferproof skirt portion contacts or approaches the upper surface of the projecting flange. Furthermore, a plurality of protrusions are spaced circumferentially below the annular anchoring flange on the peripheral surface of the mouth-neck portion.

Abstract: A pilfer-proof plastic closure comprising a top panel wall and a cylindrical skirt wall extending downwardly from the peripheral edge of the top panel wall. The skirt wall has formed therein a circumferentially extending breakable line dividing the skirt wall into a main portion above the breakable line and a pilfer-proof bottom portion below it. The main portion has formed on its inner surface an internal thread and the pilfer-proof bottom portion has formed on its inner surface a plurality of radially inwardly projecting engaging flaps at circumferentially spaced positions. Each of said engaging flaps has a first portion extending from the inner surface of the pilfer-proof bottom portion and a second portion extending further from the forward end of the first portion inclinedly to the first portion in the closing direction of the closure for mounting the closure on the mouth-neck portion.

Abstract: A pilferproof plastic closure comprising a top panel wall and a cylindrical skirt wall extending downwardly from the peripheral edge of the top panel wall. A circumferential weakening line extending circumferentially is formed in the skirt wall, and the skirt wall is divided into a main portion above the weakening line and a pilferproof bottom portion beneath it. An internal thread to be screwably fitted with an external thread formed on the mouth-neck portion of a container is formed on the inner surface of the main portion, and a plurality of radially inwardly projecting and circumferentially spaced engaging flaps are formed on the inner surface of the pilferproof bottom portion. An axial breaking line is formed in the pilferproof bottom portion which extends downwardly from the upper end of the pilferproof bottom portion but is non-existent in at least a greater portion of the lower part of the pilferproof bottom portion.