Abstract: An unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) includes a body, a plurality of rotated propulsion systems, and at least one air bag. The rotated propulsion systems are connected to the body and each includes a blade and an actuator configured to actuate the blade. The air bag is disposed on the body.

Abstract: A life vest stowage device 1 according to one embodiment of the disclosure comprises a receptacle 2 with an receptacle opening 3. The life vest stowage device 1 has first and second tabs 17, 18 with first and second tab apertures 25, 26. In a closed configuration, a closure flap 10 is in a folded position in which it at least partially covers the opening 3. The first and second tabs 17, 18 are exposed through the closure flap 10 to allow access to the first and second tab apertures 25. 26 from an outer side of the closure flap 10. A pull strap 12 extends from the interior volume through the opening 3 and over the outer side of the closure flap 10. The pull strap 12 has a pull strap aperture 15 securable to the first and second tab apertures 25, 26 by a frangible seal 31 in such a way that the closure flap 10 can only be moved to an unfolded position by moving the pull strap aperture 15 and the first and second tab apertures 25, 26 away from one another so as to break the frangible seal 31.

Abstract: Seat assemblies and aircraft interiors are provided. An aircraft interior includes a floor, a seat base fixed to the floor, a seat frame, a seat body, an obstacle, and a seat maze. The seat frame is selectively fixed to the seat base and includes a frame rail circumscribing the seat base to define a bounding area in which the seat base may translate relative to the seat frame. The seat body is mounted on the seat frame and includes an arm portion. The obstacle is proximate the arm portion of the seat body. The seat maze is configured to guide the seat frame around a clearance area within the bounding area to maintain a predetermined clearance between the arm portion and the obstacle.

Abstract: An aircraft fuselage including a fuselage skin, cross-members supporting a floor of the aircraft, wherein the fuselage includes a multifunctional substructure fixed to at least one of the cross-members in a lowered part of the cross-member. The multifunctional substructure comprises: at least one duct of an air distribution system having a substantially rectangular section at the location of the at least one cross-member and having lateral walls of the duct that are substantially vertical; a seat fixing track or a stiffener fixed on a first lateral wall of the duct of the multifunctional substructure, and; a seat fixing track or a stiffener fixed on a second lateral wall, opposite the first lateral wall, of the duct of the multifunctional substructure.

Abstract: A cabin air compressor (CAC) motor cooling flow enhancement cowl includes a cowl body contoured to extend from a CAC motor cooling duct discharge of a ram air outlet header. The cowl body includes a backward facing step to form an air dam in a ram air flow path to divert ram system air away from the CAC motor cooling duct discharge. The CAC motor cooling flow enhancement cowl also includes a coupling interface formed at an upstream end of the cowl body to engage with a transition edge of the CAC motor cooling duct discharge.

Abstract: Apparatus and associated methods relate to providing redundant heating elements to a surface of an aircraft skin for the purpose of controlling ice accretion thereon. Each of the redundant heating elements can be used alone or in conjunction with the other(s) of the redundant heating elements. In some embodiments, a second heating element can be used if or when a first heating element fails and/or is insufficient to perform the heating task. In some embodiments, the first and second heating elements can be controlled so as to create a heating profile of the surface of the aircraft skin. A heat controller provides electrical control signals to the first and second heating element. In some embodiments, the heat controller can provide such electrical control signals in response to detected ice accretion, flight conditions, and/or detected atmospheric conditions.

Abstract: A pneumatic deicer includes a base layer, a forming layer, a first chamber, and a first sensor. The base layer has an inlet, a first side, and a second side. The forming layer is connected to the base layer along at least two seams and has inner side and an outer side with the outer side being distant from the base layer. The first chamber is formed between the base layer and the forming layer and configured to be inflated by air passing into the first chamber through the inlet in the base layer. The first sensor is situated within the first chamber.

Abstract: A system to deploy a parachute is disclosed. In various embodiments, a plurality of rockets are attached to a perimeter of the parachute. Each of the rockets is configured to fly initially in a first direction substantially in a direction of deployment of the parachute and to fly subsequently along a trajectory that includes a component that is substantially perpendicular to the direction of deployment and extends radially from a center of the parachute.

Abstract: Disclosed is a deceleration apparatus comprising a main center shaft; a plurality of disks; and, a means for moving each disk along the longitudinal axis of the main center shaft; wherein each disk comprises an outer annular ring, a plurality of vanes, and an inner annular ring; wherein each vane having an outer end and an inner end; wherein each vane extends between the outer annular ring and the inner annular ring; wherein the outer end is coupled to the outer annular ring; wherein the inner end is coupled to the inner annular ring; and, wherein the inner annular ring of each disk is movably attached to the main center shaft. The deceleration may further comprise a connector and a cargo container. The means for moving each disk along the longitudinal axis of the main center shaft may include a motorized winch.

Abstract: Systems and methods for distributing in an aircraft are provided. More particularly, in one embodiment, a system can include one or more gas turbine engines configured to provide propulsion and electrical power to an aircraft. The system can further include one or more electrical engines configured to provide propulsion for the aircraft. The system can include one or more first electrical power systems configured to provide power to the one or more electrical engines for one or more electrical power propulsion loads for the aircraft. The system can further include one or more second electrical power systems configured to provide power for one or more non-propulsion electrical power loads of the aircraft.

Abstract: A turbofan engine includes: a core engine, a primary flow channel, a secondary flow channel, a machine axis and a thrust nozzle that is a separate thrust nozzle for the secondary flow channel or an integral thrust nozzle for the primary flow channel and the secondary flow channel, and that has a center line and a nozzle exit surface. The thrust nozzle is tilted with respect to the machine axis while forming an articulation angle that the center line of the thrust nozzle forms with respect to the machine axis at least at the nozzle exit, and the nozzle exit surface of the thrust nozzle is oriented obliquely with respect to the center line of the thrust nozzle while forming an angle of inclination that a normal of the nozzle exit surface forms with respect to the center line of the thrust nozzle.

Abstract: A flight deck timer management system includes a database storing conditions representing a first monitoring mode defining at least a first rule, a first timing characteristic defining a first time period for compliance with the first rule, and a first advisory value relative to the first time period at which a first advisory is initiated. A control unit is configured to identify input states based on the input data, and to evaluate the input states in view of the first monitoring mode conditions. When the input states trigger the first monitoring mode, the control unit evaluates the input states in view of the first rule, initiates a first timer based on the first timing characteristic, monitors a first timing status of the first timer relative to the first advisory value, and generates display commands representing the first advisory when the first timer status reaches the first advisory value.

Abstract: A lens structure for placement over a light source and for attachment to a circuit board around the light source includes a circuit board engagement portion for being placed towards the circuit board, a recess provided in the circuit board engagement portion for receiving the light source upon attachment of the lens structure to the circuit board, a light entry surface around the recess, a lens body, a light exit surface distal from the circuit board engagement portion, and an attachment structure, the attachment structure being partially molded into the lens body and partially extending from the lens body for attaching the lens structure to the circuit board.

Abstract: A dual mode light assembly for a forward position light of an aircraft includes a base, a visible light source mounted to the base that is configured to emit visible light, a covert light source mounted to the base that is configured to emit covert light, and a light shield mounted to the base. The light shield is configured to restrict transmission of the visible light to a visible light pattern and to restrict transmission of the covert light to a covert light pattern.

Abstract: A method for providing flight information related to an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) includes receiving, at a remote terminal, UAV state information comprising at least attitude information of the UAV when the UAV is airborne; determining, based on sensing data from one or more sensors of the remote terminal, remote terminal state information; processing the received UAV state information and the remote terminal state information to determine a spatial relationship between the UAV and the remote terminal; and simultaneously displaying, in a same display area on a display of the remote terminal, the determined spatial relationship between the UAV and the remote terminal, and a non-numeric, graphical attitude indicator that indicates the attitude information of the UAV.

Abstract: A docking assembly for unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs). The docking assembly includes a dock having a shaft. The present invention further includes UAVs. Each of the UAVs include a slot sized such that the shaft may slidably and linearly engage the slot. The shaft of the dock inserts through the slot of the UAVs, thereby docking the UAVs on the dock.

Abstract: A method for evaluating a rate of change of a failure between a first unit type and a second unit type of an avionic system, the method taking into account, for each aircraft comprising the unit type, the number of flights made and the number of fault messages associated with the failure.

Abstract: Systems and methods for assessing and quantifying the environmental impact on a mechanical component are provided. In one embodiment, a method can include receiving one or more first set(s) of data from one or more first data acquisition system(s) configured to communicate with an onboard system of an aircraft. The method can further include receiving one or more second sets of data from one or more second data acquisition systems that are remote from the aircraft. The method can include determining an aggregate amount of the environmental condition experienced by a mechanical component of the aircraft based at least in part on the first sets of data and the second sets of data. The method can include predicting a level of distress associated with the mechanical component based at least in part on the aggregate amount of the environmental condition experienced by the mechanical component.

Abstract: A system architecture for an active chassis system in a motor vehicle has a vehicle electrical system with a first subsystem and a second subsystem. The first subsystem has a first voltage level that is lower than a second voltage level of the second subsystem (14). At least one electric assembly unit for an active chassis element and at least one control device are provided. The electric assembly unit and the control device are supplied with the second voltage level. A vehicle having a system architecture of this kind is also described.

Abstract: A control moment gyroscope includes: an inner gimbal; a rotor that is held by the inner gimbal to be rotatable around a spin axis; a spin motor that is disposed on the inner gimbal, and that rotates the rotor around the spin axis; a stator that holds the inner gimbal to be rotatable around a gimbal axis that is perpendicular to the spin axis; gimbal bearings that are disposed between the inner gimbal and the stator to face each other from opposite sides of a plane that is perpendicular to the gimbal axis and that includes the spin axis, to be in contact with the plane in question, or to include the plane in question; and a torque module that is disposed on the stator, and that rotates the inner gimbal around the gimbal axis.

Abstract: A fuel tank for use with a spacecraft, the fuel tank being configured to store therein fuel for driving the spacecraft, includes a carbon fiber reinforced plastic layer and a metallic plating layer, the carbon fiber reinforced plastic layer has a polished surface having been subjected to polishing processing, the polished surface being on an inner side of the fuel tank, and the metallic plating layer is provided on the polished surface.

Abstract: A radiator comprising at least one heat conductive layer having an in-plane heat conductivity of at least 500 W/mK and at least one heat emission layer in contact with the heat conductive layer, wherein the emission layer has an exposed surface with an emissivity of at least 0.7. Preferably, the heat conductive layer comprises a carbon-based material. The radiator is to be used in combination with a space vehicle structure, and due to its flexible character may be conformed to the particular shapes of such structure.

Abstract: A spacecraft. The spacecraft includes a rocket engine; a first stage connected to the rocket engine; and a payload stage connected to the first stage. The spacecraft also includes a payload structure inside the payload stage between a first compartment of the payload stage and a second compartment of the payload stage. The payload structure may be a single shell that has a corrugated shape such that an inside surface and an outside surface of the payload structure vary in shape to form the corrugations.

Abstract: A purgeable fill needle for dispensing pharmaceutical fluid into a pharmaceutical container comprises a fill needle hub, a fill needle tubing extending through the fill needle hub; a fill needle dispensing tip; a fill needle sheath removably mated with and seal aseptically to the fill needle hub to form an aseptically sealed volume enclosing the dispensing tip; and a terminal fluid ejector for removing fluid retained by the tip after halting dispensing of pharmaceutical fluid. The terminal fluid ejector may be based on automatic injection of an aseptic gas into the fill needle tubing, automated action of a gas bladder at the dispensing tip, or the automated operation of a compression actuator at the dispensing tip. The removal of terminal fluid retained at the tip after halting dispensing of the fluid may also be effected by automatically blowing attached droplets off the tip and automatically shaking the fill needle tubing.

Abstract: A device and method for producing a filled container from a preform using liquid contents introduced under pressure into the preform that includes a molding and filling station having a mold in which the preform is converted into the filled container and a molding and filling head to which the liquid contents are supplied under pressure via a supply line. The molding and filling head has a filling valve for controlling a supply of the liquid contents to the preform that includes a first and a second pipe stub of substantially identical diameter arranged at a distance from one another, a valve body arranged between the stubs having a largest diameter that corresponds to the diameter of the pipe stubs, and a sleeve that is displaceable along and bridges the distance between the pipe stubs in a leak-tight manner.

Abstract: A unit for boxing packaged food products including a rotary element with at least one first seat for receiving a blank; a first transfer station for transferring the blank from a magazine for feeding blanks to a folding mould; a folding station for opening up, at least partly, the blank; a second transfer station for transferring the blank folded open from mould to the first receiving seat; an insertion station for inserting the packaged food products inside the blank folded open positioned on the first receiving seat; a closing station for closing the blank folded open, positioned on the second receiving seat and containing the packaged food products.

Abstract: Packaging apparatus (1) comprises a packaging assembly (8) which has a supply unit (300) configured to supply electric energy to a conductive element of a heating head by causing an electric current flow through this conductive element; the conductive element defining a heating surface configured to heat seal one or more parts of said film. The electric conductive element comprising: a supporting substrate (206), at least a conductive structure engaged on the supporting substrate (206), at least one protective layer (208) covering the conductive structure as this latter is engaged between the supporting substrate (206) and the protective layer (208). The conductive element comprising at least one first and one second contacting tabs each integral with said conductive structure; each of said contacting tabs protruding transversally from a prevalent development surface of the conductive structure towards the supporting substrate (206) for defining a terminal contacting end.

Abstract: Packaging method using extensible film and machine therefor includes feeding the groups of products, spaced apart and separate from each other, into a first and a second winding units to wind the groups of products with a first and a second extensible film disposed in opposite rotation directions to form a continuous packaging wrapped in two layers of film in opposite directions; and advancing the continuous packaging into a cutting unit, which cuts the continuous packaging transversally into finished groups of products. The winding step in each of the two ring winding units is selectively and alternately actuated with one of two ring winding machines provided at each of the two ring winding units, thereby achieving a continuous winding of groups of products even when the extensible film in at least one of the two ring winding machines at each of the two ring winding units is exhausted.

Abstract: The invention relates to an upper sealing tool comprising an edge area (21) and a recess with which the upper film web is formed and the recess comprises a transitional area (22) and an inner area (23). The transitional area is located between the edge area and the inner area. The invention also relates to a packaging machine and to a method for producing a skin packaging.

Abstract: A valve device includes a control device adapted to control a valve without being supplied with electricity. The control device includes at least one rotatable control cam having an outer periphery with a concave and convex shape, and a driving device adapted to rotate the control cam only in a first rotational direction, out of the first rotational direction and a second rotational direction opposite from the first rotational direction, by being supplied with a pressurized medium. The valve is placed such that a switch portion comes in contact with the outer peripheral portion of the control cam, in order that the valve is opened and closed by the control cam being rotated.

Abstract: The sealing device includes a bag conveying mechanism, a sealing module, and a module conveying mechanism. The sealing module includes a base and an actuator, and a first sealing block and a second sealing block arranged on the base. The actuator is configured to open and close the clamping opening and includes a push rod and a horizontal actuation track. When the sealing module is moved along the conveying path of the module conveying mechanism, the horizontal guide post slides along the horizontal actuation track, and the horizontal actuation track drives the push rod via the horizontal guide post to move horizontally. Thus, the clamping opening is opened or closed.

Abstract: A system is presented for monitoring and controlling in a sterilizable environment the peeling of a cover from a tub sealed by the cover. The system employs a platform having a fiducial source locating structure for holding the tub, a cover removal station disposed to engage with the cover and to peel the cover from the tub, a light source disposed to illuminate a portion of the platform proximate the cover removal station, a light sensor sensitive to light from the light source and disposed to preferentially collect and measure light diffusely reflected from the illuminated portion of the platform, and a controller with software to operate the system. An associated method for monitoring and controlling the peeling of the cover involves moving a peeled portion of the cover into a predetermined peeling monitor zone within the illuminated portion of the platform, and measuring an intensity of light from the light source diffusely reflected specifically from the peeling monitor zone.

Abstract: Shown and described are a method and a device for sterilisation during the filling of foodstuffs into packaging containers with a preheating zone, a sterilisation zone, a drying zone, a filling zone and a sealing zone, which form a sterile space and are arranged immediately adjacent to one another and are sealed at the top by a cover which accommodates the necessary supply elements and supply lines. In order to reliably prevent the penetration of microbes into the packaging units, open at the top, passing through the treatment zones, and into the sterile space formed by the treatment zones, essentially horizontal air guide elements having a plurality of openings are provided in the sterile space underneath the cover and that these are supplied with sterile air from above through the cover, so that underneath the air guide elements a laminar flow directed evenly downwards is formed.

Abstract: A thermoform packaging machine comprising a forming station, a sealing station, and a cutting station for separating sealed packaging troughs from one another. The cutting station may comprise at least one cutting unit which is adapted to be positioned within the cutting station at different positions in the production direction. The cutting station may comprise a support that supports bottoms of the sealed packaging troughs conveyed into the cutting station for the purpose of separation from below. The support may comprise a plurality of support elements arranged in a horizontal bearing plane and which form a gap at a position in the support at which a cutting operation takes place according to the position of the cutting unit. The gap may be repositioned by moving the support elements to different positions to position the gap to accommodate a different position of the cutting unit within the cutting station.

Abstract: A method of custom labeling products in which users specify, via a purchasing interface, product label images in correspondence with products. A label group is generated for each of the users. The label group includes an indicator label image providing a purchase identifier and product identifiers, and the product label images arranged in a sequence specified by the product identifiers. The label groups are printed to produce printed label groups. The printed label groups are transferred to a labeling machine. A conveyor system is controlled to release, for each of the printed label groups, the sequence of the products specified by the product identifiers. Printed product labels of each of the printed label groups are applied to the corresponding sequence of the products.

Abstract: A portable food container that includes: a lid; a plurality of closing tabs; a container where the lid is adapted to cover the container; and a plurality of food serving sections. The portable food container preferably includes four sides and the container includes four sides and the plurality of tabs includes at least one tab on each side. The portable food container may include at least three serving sections.

Abstract: The invention relates to a sub unit (200) and a packaging system (100) comprising a plurality of sub units (200). The sub unit (200) is formed with a tapered body (300) having sidewalls (304) towards a narrow end (307, 308) from a first opposing or outer surface (204) at an end opposite the narrow end. The packaging system (100) comprises a plurality of sub units (200), where the sub units (200) are configured to be positioned so that the first opposing surfaces form an outside of the packaging system.

Abstract: A carton defines a bottom wall, a first side wall coupled to the bottom wall, a second side wall disposed opposite the first side wall and coupled to the bottom wall, a first end wall coupled to both the bottom wall and first and second side walls, and a second end wall disposed opposite the first end wall and coupled to both the bottom wall and the first and second side walls. The carton is formed from a blank having a first side and a second side disposed opposite said first side. The first side defines the interior surface of the bottom wall and the interior and exterior surfaces of the first and second side walls and the first and second end walls.

Abstract: A cardboard container includes a removable top tear panel that when removed enables picking of items from the container and a removable front tear panel that when removed enables picking of items from the container. Either or both the top tear panel and the front tear panel may be removed. The front panel includes an un-removable, U-shaped lip for inhibiting items from accidental removal from the container.

Abstract: A carton for holding one or more articles includes a plurality of panels extending at least partially around an interior of the carton, the plurality of panels including a front panel, a back panel, and at least one side panel. The carton also includes a plurality of end flaps foldably connected to respective panels of the plurality of panels and forming a closed top portion of the carton, the closed top portion of the carton is reconfigurable between a first configuration having a substantially flat profile and a second configuration forming a handle of the carton. The carton also includes locking features for engaging at least one other carton.

Abstract: A blank for forming a container is provided. The blank includes a top panel, a first and second side panels, and a bottom panel coupled together in series by a plurality of generally parallel fold lines, wherein the bottom panel includes a free side edge, the first side panel includes a first separation line, and the second side panel includes a second separation line. The blank also includes a first end flap and a second end flap extending from opposing side edges of the first side panel, and a third end flap and a fourth end flap extending from opposing side edges of the second side panel, wherein the second and fourth end flaps are configured for removal with the top panel after the container is formed and the first and second separation lines are separated.

Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for securing cargo on a pallet using a series of interconnected inflatable members. The system is secured to the pallet using securement straps connected to a fastener. The system prevents cargo from damage or loss as a result of falls from the pallet or collisions with other objects in the environment. Walls of the system can be gradually raised or lowered as cargo is added or removed to provide access to the highest cargo in a stack while protecting the cargo in a lower part of the stack. In some embodiments, the inflatable members can be filled with heated or cooled liquids to improve environmental storage conditions of cargo on the pallet.

Abstract: A pallet container for storing and transporting liquid contents includes a rigid thin-walled inner container made of thermoplastic, a tube grid frame tightly surrounding the plastic inner container as a supporting jacket, and a base pallet, on which the plastic container rests and to which the tube grid frame is securely connected. The base pallet includes an upper support plate of steel sheet, upper support pipes parallel and diagonally directly under the support plate, corner feet, central feet, and a base pipe assembly of steel pipes. The assembly circulating below the corner and central feet. At least one central foot has an outer central foot part and an inner central foot part fixed between the upper support pipes and the base-side circulating base pipe assembly in the final assembled state. Both central foot parts loosely engage into each other in a plugged formfitting manner.

Abstract: The invention is an integrally blow-moulded bag-in-container and preform and a method for making it. The bag-in-container has an inner layer forming the bag and an outer layer forming the container, and a mouth fluidly connecting the volume defined by the bag to the atmosphere. The container further has at least one interface vent fluidly connecting the interface between inner and outer layers to the atmosphere, wherein the at least one vent runs parallel to the interface between inner and outer layers and opens to the atmosphere at a location adjacent to, and oriented coaxially with the bag-in-container's mouth. Processes for manufacturing a preform and a bag-in-container as defined above are defined too.

Abstract: The invention provides a postal matter and the like enabling to reduce the burden of postage or delivery charge and printing cost for an advertisement client, and includes an address-described section which a postal address and an addresser-described portion; a first advertising information-described portion which a first advertising information of a first advertisement client; a second advertising information-described portion which a second advertising information or a second advertisement client; a first pre-addressed return mail on which a first response portion and a first pre-addressed return mail for responding to a first advertising information are provided; and a second pre-addressed return mail on which a second response portion and a second pre-addressed return mail for responding to a first advertising information are provided.

Abstract: A first embodiment of a secure food transport bag has front and rear walls. An upper portion of the front wall has an attached tamper-proof compound affixed to its interior surface. To seal the bag, a protective strip is removed from the compound and the upper portion is pivoted upwardly and pressed to an interior surface of the back wall of the bag. A folded strip handle is attached to the back wall and sealed between the front and back walls. A second embodiment of the bag has a tamper-proof adhesive compound affixed to an interior portion of the back wall and covered with a protective strip. A folded portion of the front wall is sealed to the front wall at side edges and two center seals adjacent the center of the bag. These center seals form a handle opening when the back wall is sealed to the folded portion.

Abstract: A zipper tape includes a pair of belt-shaped bases bondable to a film of a bag body, and mutually engageable engagement portion each integrally provided to corresponding one of the belt-shaped bases. One of the belt-shaped bases includes at least two portions having different bonding strengths to the film on a side opposite a side provided with the engagement portion and between an edge of the one of the belt-shaped bases in a width direction orthogonal to a longitudinal direction to a point at which the engagement portions are provided. A bonding strength of a first portion of the at least two portions to the film may be larger than a bonding strength of a second portion to the film.

Abstract: A locking ring for a plastic container for fluids, comprising a U-shaped channel fitting over a rim and a lid of the container, and also comprising a novel guide below a sealing ridge, said locking ring having a pre-installed position on the rim and the lid, and in said pre-installed position said guide being balanced evenly and fitting snugly against an outer portion of the rim of the container, said pre-installed position, and so that the locking ring may be pressed onto the rim and the lid with less force than otherwise.

Abstract: A dispensing head for a system for dispensing a product is described herein. The head includes a body having a housing that is provided with an anvil around which a nozzle is mounted. The nozzle includes an outlet orifice to place the housing in communication with the exterior, and wherein the head includes a membrane added around the periphery of the anvil in the housing in such a way as to form between the membrane and the nozzle a path for dispensing the product.

Abstract: A closure includes a polymeric top wall portion, a polymeric annular skirt portion, and a polymeric tamper-evident band. The polymeric annular skirt portion depends from the polymeric top wall portion. The annular skirt portion includes an internal thread formation for mating engagement with an external thread formation of a container, and first and second false threads. The internal thread formation includes a first closure lead and a second closure lead. Each of the first and second closure leads is in the form of a helix. Each of the false threads is located on roughly opposing sides of the closure. The first false thread assists in maintaining the contact between the first closure lead and a first finish lead of the container. The second false thread assists in maintaining the contact between the second closure lead and a second finish lead of the container.