Abstract: A container closure is provided and comprises a shell with a skirt for securement to a container neck finish, a tamper-evident means for indicating if the closure has been removed from a container in use and electrically conductive multi-touch contact points co-axially located around the skirt.

Abstract: A flip-top dispensing closure is provided and comprises a base connectable to a container neck and a lid connected to the base by a hinge so as to be movable between a closed position and an open position. The closure comprises a tamper-evident drop band irreversibly moved from a first position to a second position to indicate if the lid has been opened. The lid comprises retention means for non-frangibly holding the band in the first position in an initial closed position, and as the lid is moved towards the open position the band is released from the retention means and moves to the second position.

Abstract: A tamper-evident closure is provided and comprises a body and a separate plug member. The body has a sidewall including screw thread formations for screwing the closure onto a screw threaded container neck and the plug member is locatable on the neck to seal it. The closure comprises a tamper-evident member at least part of which is movable from a first position to a second position when the closure is unscrewed from the neck for the first time and, in use, when the body is unscrewed the body moves axially with respect to the plug member to cause the tamper-evident member to move from the first to the second position.

Abstract: An orientatable closure for a container comprises a body with a screw thread, the thread comprising a first portion having a first thickness and a second portion having a second thickness. The first and second thicknesses are different and the interface between the first and second portions defines a stop such that a co-operating screw thread on a container is not rotatable past the interface, whereby to define a predetermined relative orientation between the closure and container.

Abstract: A closure includes a base and a lid, the base and lid being joined by a double hinge arrangement so that the lid is movable between a closed position and an open position. The double hinge arrangement includes a first hinge and a second hinge. The lid may be held stably in the open position via tongues or the like, which are provided on or by the lid, base, and/or hinge arrangement.

Abstract: A child-resistant closure for a container, the closure comprising outer and inner nested caps each having a top panel and a side skirt depending generally peripherally therefrom, said outer cap loosely generally encompassing said inner cap to allow relative rotary and axial movement there between, the outer and inner caps having corresponding drive formations which can be brought into driving engagement when the caps are moved axially towards one another to a first axial position, one of the inner and outer caps comprising one or more spring members for urging the inner and outer caps axially away from each other to a second axial position, the other of the inner and outer caps comprising one or more ramps.

Abstract: A moulding machine suitable for producing an article having two or more parts, the moulding machine comprising two or more mould sections for respective article parts and an in-mould pick and place mean. A moulding machine including one or more moulds and a robot pick-and-place system, in which the robot pick-and-place system is fixed to a mould. A method of forming an article having two or more parts, in which a first part of the article is moulded in a first mould section of a moulding machine comprising two or more mould sections for respective article parts and an in-mould pick and place means, and the in-mould pick and place means moves a moulded first part of the article from the first mould section to a second mould section of the two or more mould sections.

Abstract: A closure for a container comprises tamper-evident means for indicating if the closure has been removed from the container. The tamper-evident means is provided within the interior of the closure.

Abstract: A dispensing closure is provided and comprises a base and a lid. The base comprises a dispensing spout defining a dispensing orifice and a self-closing valve is provided to control fluid flow out of the orifice in use. The lid comprises a spout sealing arrangement including an external seal for sealing against an outer face of the spout and an internal seal for sealing against an inner face of the spout.

Abstract: A container closure (10) is provided and comprises a base (50) and a lid (55), and the footprint of the lid is larger than the footprint of the base.

Abstract: A tamper-evident closure for a container comprises a shell having a break line along which it is separated during a first opening of the closure. The shell further comprises a first shell portion on one side of the break line, a second shell portion on the other side of the break line, and a distortable portion, which is distorted during the first opening of the closure. The distortable portion is spaced from and separate to the break line.

Abstract: A closure combination (101) comprising a dispensing closure body (102) and a container neck (103). The dispensing closure body (102) and container neck (103) comprise co-operable screw threads (104, 105) that allow the dispensing closure body (102) to be screwed onto the container neck (103) into an engaged condition. The co-operable screw threads (104, 105) prevent the dispensing closure body (102) from being unscrewed from the container neck (103) after the dispensing closure body (102) has been screwed onto the container neck (103) into a locked condition. A dispensing closure body (102) comprising an internal screw thread (10) that comprises a reversed-thread run out portion (107). A container with a container neck (103) comprising an external screw thread (105) that comprises a reversed-thread run out portion (108). A method of providing a tamper-resistance container closure combination (101).

Abstract: A tamper-evident closure (1) for a container, the closure comprising: a shell comprising a first shell part (3A) and a second shell part (3B); and a tamper-evident overcap, the overcap comprising a cap (4A) which is fixed to the exterior of the first shell part and a tamper-evident member (4B) which is releasably connected to the cap (4A) and releasably located around the exterior of at least part of the second shell part (3B), such that the first and second shell parts (3A, 3B) cannot be separated unless the member (4B) is released, and thereafter the cap (4A) is removable together with the first shell part (3A).

Abstract: A closure assembly has a closure cap (2) adapted to be fitted to the neck of container to close the container. The cap (2) has an upper wall (4) and a cylindrical skirt (5) depending therefrom. A reservoir (7) is formed on the underside of the upper wall (4) radially within the skirt (5) and has a dispensing opening (9). A closing member (3) is fitted into the closure cap (2) to close the dispensing opening in the reservoir. When the closure cap (2) is removed from the container, the closing member (3) remains held within the neck of the container and is separated from the closure cap so that the dispensing opening is opened and material contained therein is dispensed into the container. The closure cap is provided with sealing means for directly sealing against the neck of a container such as an annular wall (12) extendin downwardly from the underside of the upper wall of the closure cap (2) to fit sealingly into the neck of the container.

Abstract: A security closure 5 for a container is provided. The closure comprises a body 25 formed from a plastics material and a metal retention member 10 for retaining the body on a container neck 40.

Abstract: A tamper-evident closure (10) for a container (20) is provided. The closure (10) comprises a first portion (25) including inner (35) and outer (45) parts, and a second portion (30). The outer part (45) is movable relative to the inner part (35) from a first position in which the outer part (45) is immediately adjacent the second portion (30) to a second position in which there is an empty unobstructed gap (G) therebetween. The inner (35) and outer (45) parts are adapted to become irreversibly locked in the second position so that the outer part (45) cannot be moved back to the first position to close the gap (G). A combination of such a closure (110) with an in-bore filament (100) connectable to a container (120) is also provided.

Abstract: A pierceable, induction sealable seal for a container opening, the seal comprising a plurality of layers at least one of which is metallic and at least one of which is non-metallic, at least one of the non-metallic layers is complete and in use extends across a container opening to seal it. The area over which the at least one of the metallic layers extends is restricted to the region of the periphery of the seal whereby to facilitate induction sealing to the opening but to remain isolated from product in a container upon piercing of the seal.

Abstract: A trigger pump dispenser has a dispensing passage, an outlet nozzle movable between an “on” position and an “off” position, and a shroud. First and second indicator tabs project from the outlet nozzle and correspond with first and second indicator windows in the shroud. When the outlet nozzle is in the “on” position, the first indicator tab resides in the first indicator window and the second indicator tab is hidden by the shroud, and when the outlet nozzle is in the “off” position, the second indicator tab resides in the second indicator window and the first indicator tab is hidden by the shroud.

Abstract: A dispensing closure for a flowable product is provided. The closure has: a dispensing orifice; a pre-dispensing chamber with an inlet; and a valve member. The valve member is movable between a first position in which inlet is blocked and a second position in which inlet is unblocked and is in fluid communication with the orifice.