Abstract: The invention provides a closure, for a container, in which the closure is provided with means to engage with the wall of a container when the closure is in operative position so that the closure cannot be removed until the closure and/or the container is manipulated to disengage the closure from the container and in which the closure includes a tamper-resistant band connected to the main part of the closure by frangible means so that the closure cannot be removed initially from the container without first breaking the frangible means.

Abstract: Tamper-evident closures which are useful in conjunction with various bottles and containers are disclosed. The closures are intended to be used in connection with containers having threaded necks above an annular collar, and they comprise one-piece closures including a horizontal end wall, a cylindrical side wall including an internally threaded upper portion, a depending lower skirt portion which includes an inwardly projecting bead adapted to engage the annular collar on the container, and an intermediate side wall portion therebetween. The intermediate side wall portion of the closure includes an area of weakness which is designated to fracture when the closure is unthreaded from the container, thereby leaving the lower skirt portion engaged to the annular collar on the container after the end wall and internally threaded upper portion of the closure have been removed.

Abstract: This invention provides a tamper-resistant and child-resistant container and cap assembly in which a container body with a substantially cylindrical neck including an externally screw threaded portion near to the top and a plurality of lugs at the bottom, a cap with a cap body which tapers internally outwardly from an internally screw-threaded part near to the top and which has a corresponding number of depending webs near to the bottom for engagement with the lugs of the container body in the manner of a ratchet and pawl mechanism and a tamper-resistant band provided below the cap body and connected thereto by frangible tongues, the band being shaped to engage with the container body so that when the cap is unscrewed the cap body rises but the band is held down and the frangible tongues are broken.

Abstract: A medicine container has a closure to prevent tampering prior to sale. A lock ring has a closure integrally formed to it for enclosing the contents of the container. A locking device is formed on the lock ring and on the container sidewall so as to allow the lock ring to be pushed into the container, but preventing its removal without destroying the container or the lock ring. An annular score line is provided between the lock ring and the closure. This score line allows opening of the contents by breaking the closure from the lock ring, which then remains with the container. A conventional cap can then be secured to the sidewall of the container for subsequent use.

Abstract: This invention provides a closure which is both tamper-resistant and child-resistant. The closure has a cap part including a top and a skirt, a tear band and a captive band, the tear band being connected to the skirt and to the captive band by lines of weakness and tell tale bridge members are provided so that the tear band cannot be removed without breaking the bridge members to provide the tamper-resistant feature. To provide the child-resistant feature the skirt of the cap part has an internal projection which can pass through an opening in an arcuate bead on an associated container only when the cap part is turned into a predetermined position.

Abstract: A tamper proof closure for threaded container for spirits or liquor having a retainer thereon, with said closure having a body with an internally threaded straight side wall and a breakaway skirt located thereon which is adapted to slide over the retainer on the container, the breakaway skirt being separated from the remainder of the side wall by a number of frangible straps.

Abstract: A container closure which has a cap part with an internal screw thread to engage with an external screw thread on the container, a tear away band connected to the skirt of the cap part to show whether the closure has been tampered with and a captive band connected to the tear away band.

Abstract: An assembly for a locking cap for containers with a threaded neck, having an inner cap, an intermediate cap, and an outer cap. The inner cap 1 has on its upper edge a circumferential knurl. The intermediate cap has on its inner face another knurl and on its top face. The outer cap has on its inner bottom face downwardly pointing projections 15. The knurl of the intermediate cap engages in the circumferential knurl of the inner cap. A container with this assembly can only be opened if pressure is applied to the top face of the outer cap.

Abstract: Device for storing separately at least two products which are to be dispensed simultaneously comprises a container defining a first compartment, a hollow closure for said container defining a second compartment, an ejectable capsule closing said second compartment, and an elastic collar carried by said hollow closure member and positioned to cause separation of said capsule from said second compartment when said hollow closure is removed from said container. The device is characterized by the fact that the collar is convex toward the bottom of the container and radially slotted to permit compression of the collar when it is forced through the neck of said container.

Abstract: A tamper proof closure for use in combination with a threaded container for spirits or liquor having a retaining means thereon, with said closure having an internally threaded straight side wall and a breakaway portion located thereon which is adapted to slide over the retaining means on the container, the breakaway portion being separated from the remainder of the side wall by a serrated line, said portion being provided with a continuous circumferential extending wedge shaped ring having locking lugs located thereon which are adapted to engage the retaining means to cause the breakaway portion to become detached from the side wall and remain on the container so as to indicate to the consumer tampering thereof.

Abstract: Tamper-evident closures which are useful in conjunction with various bottles and containers are disclosed. The closures are intended to be used in connection with containers having threaded necks above an annular collar, and they comprise one-piece closures including an end wall, an internally threaded upper portion and a depending lower skirt portion which includes an inwardly projecting bead adapted to engage the annular collar on the container. The depending lower skirt portion has a substantially uniform thickness throughout its entire area intended to contact the annular collar on the container, and theclosure includes an area of weakness which is designed to fracture in a substantially horizontal plane across the closure or, in another embodiment, in a plane which neither passes through nor is tangential to the annular collar on the container.

Abstract: A container closure comprising cap means adapted for a turning on and off connection with holding means provided at the container opening to be closed, such as screw connection or bayonet connection, said cap means containing an outer cap means having elements for manupulation and an inner cap means having elements of said turning on and off connection and being mounted substantially within said outer cap means to be turned in and to be pushed into said outer cap means to a limited extent against the force of a spring, cooperating turning coupling elements, provided at said inner and outer cap means to be in engagement with each other when said inner cap means has been pushed axially into the outer cap means, cooperating supporting means at said inner and outer cap means comprising a supporting band extending round the circumference at the open end of said inner cap means to substantially improve supporting and guiding the said outer and inner cap means for their relative movements, and cooperating catch elem

Abstract: A tamperproof closure is described for sealing containers such as soda, liquor or other bottles. The closure is a unitary molded closure cap which includes a tamper indicating band. The indicating band is applied with the closure cap and is locked onto a bead on the container so that it is torn free from the upper sealing portion of the cap as soon as an attempt is made to turn the closure cap off of the container.

Abstract: An opening device is taught for packages comprising a substantially rigid outer wall portion and an inner layer of substantially gas-tight material (preferably a metallic foil), wherein the outer wall portion includes a first tearing notch defining an opening and a second tearing notch defining a grip tongue. The outer wall and the inner wall being interconnected substantially over their total surfaces facing each other with said outer wall portion and said inner layer being separated within an area substantially under said grip tongue. Preferably, the grip tongue is located completely within the opening defined by said first tearing notch.

Abstract: A new tamper-proof closure includes a cap having a plurality of circumferentially spaced slits separated by bridges with a plurality of lines of weakness extending perpendicular to the slits and aligned with the respective bridges. The lines of weakness have a residual thickness which varies between opposite ends.

Abstract: A partial opening patch top closure member for containers is disclosed including at least one layer of monoaxially oriented synthetic plastic film the grain pattern of which extends in a given direction. The closure member includes body and tab portions so arranged relative to the grain pattern of the film that upon pulling of the tab portion, a section of the body portion is torn from the body portion along a line of tear parallel with the grain pattern, thereby leaving bonded to the container a residual body portion section containing a dispensing opening. Preferably the line of tear is at least partially defined by a tear-initiating cut contained in a juncture between the tab and body portions.

Abstract: A tamper-proof cap and neck assembly made of stretchable plastic material in which the neck has portions fitted within and about a short metal neck portion of a container which serves as a rigidifying back up for the plastic neck and for a locking shoulder on the neck to provide a deflection resistant structure and thereby prevent a tamper-indicating ring connected to the cap from slipping off the shoulder without tearing upon initial unthreading of the cap. This rigidified structure also facilitates application of the tamper-indicating ring during initial threading of the cap onto the threaded neck at which time the ring is stretched over the shoulder by a capper bead which engages force-transmitting posts integral with the ring for forcing the ring over the locking shoulder, the band being stretched between the posts and extending beneath the shoulder as chordal segments.

Abstract: A closure structure for a vial or container, preferably of the two-compartment type, wherein lyophilized medication is contained in one compartment and a solvent is contained in the other compartment with a displaceable, moisture-proof plug disposed between the two compartments. The closure structure is comprised of a stopper which is partially inserted into the neck of a vial and is covered by a cap member having a fastening portion for securing the cap member to the open end of the vial neck and a sleeve portion of reduced diameter which snugly surrounds the protruding portion of the stopper and is disconnectible from the fastening portion in order to move with the protruding portion of the stopper into the neck of the bottle under manually applied pressure. A dust shield is secured to the free end of the sleeve portion and is preferably removed after which the needle of a syringe can be inserted through the stopper to communicate with the interior of the vial.

Abstract: A pilfer-proof closure for use in combination with a standard container having a threaded neck portion and a collar below said threaded portion, comprising a body having an internally threaded upper portion followed by a lower skirt portion for protecting a flexible locking member attached to the inside of the body by frangible connectors situated on the outside circumference of the locking member. The locking member extends partially below the skirt portion so that it may be easily viewed. The skirt, however, extends past the frangible connectors to protect the connectors from tampering and severing. The flexible locking member carries a top surface which engages beneath the collar when the closure is threaded onto the container. When the closure is unthreaded from the container, the frangible connecting means are broken to completely disconnect the locking member from the threaded portion of the closure.

Abstract: A container closure with a screw cap that after the opening of the container remains attached to the same, by means of a hinge. A sealing ring is joined to the lower end of the cap and rotatably connected to the container, but impossible to remove, as the inner diameter of the ring is smaller than the outer diameter of a bulge on the container. Between the cap and the sealing ring is a breakable connection and an unbreakable part serving as the hinge. When the cap is unscrewed the sealing ring is after a while obstructed by the bulge, which causes the breakable connection to break, whereafter the unscrewed cap can be swung aside around the hinge so that the contents of the container can be freely poured out.

Abstract: A closure structure for a vial or container, preferably of the two-compartment type, wherein lyophilized medication is contained in one compartment and a solvent is contained in the other compartment with a displaceable, moistureproof plug disposed between the two compartments. The closure structure is comprised of a stopper which is partially inserted into the neck of a vial and is covered by a cap member having a fastening portion for securing the cap member to the open end of the vial neck and a sleeve portion of reduced diameter which snugly surrounds the protruding portion of the stopper and is disconnectible from the fastening portion in order to move with the protruding portion of the stopper into the neck of the bottle under manually applied pressure. A dust shield is secured to the free end of the sleeve portion and is preferably removed after which the needle of a syringe can be inserted through the stopper to communicate with the interior of the vial.

Abstract: A closure comprising a cap and downwardly depending band or skirt severable therefrom along a substantially annular predetermined tear line is disclosed. The band provides a tamper-proof or guarantee type closure. At least the band is made of heat deformable thermoplastic material whereby after positioning of the cap on the container the band is heat deformed to tightly encircle the container.

Abstract: Liquid scintillation counters are now the instruments of choice for use in counting most radioactive samples. While preferred, liquid scintillation counters are still subject to the disadvantages of their inability to effect high photon detection from within the counting vial, and of their inability to retain volatile cocktail solvents within the instrument for relatively long periods. A liquid scintillation counter is provided having a sample vessel with means which increase photon impingement on the photosensing device of the instrument, and with closure means better preventing escape of volatile materials.

Abstract: This tamper-proof plastic closure device with safety means comprises an internally screw-threaded plug matching the screw-threaded and beaded neck of a container. Said plug is retained by the neck bead engaging a groove formed in the outer skirt of said plug and the plug itself is covered by a cap in smooth frictional contact therewith; the central area of the internal surface of the flexibile and bulged top wall of said cap which is bounded by a rigid projecting circular rib, comprising means adapted to co-act with matching means provided in the central area of said plug when a sufficient pressure is exerted on said area, so as to rotatably drive said plug and release same from said retaining bead. This closure device is intended more particularly for bottles that should not be opened by children.

Abstract: An easy opening closure comprising an end wall, a peripheral wall joined to the end wall, and a tear strip on the peripheral wall. The tear strip extends generally circumferentially of the peripheral wall and divides the closure into a closure section and a retainer section. The tear strip is completely removable from one of the sections without removing the tear strip from the other of the sections so that the sections can be separated with the tear strip remaining attached to such other section.

Abstract: A thermoplastic cap having an annular skirt with external left-handed screw threads thereon and a lateral external frangible brim at a lower end of this cap. The cap fits over a dispensing outlet of a thermoplastic bottle and the brim is precision fused to the bottle to form a hermetically sealed container for sterile medical liquids. An annular jacking ring with internal left-handed threads screws onto the cap skirt to open the container by fracturing the cap at its laterally extending frangible brim.

Abstract: A safety closure device for threaded neck bottles which can not be opened by young children because to open it, it is necessary to simultaneously press and turn the closure cap. The closure cap is made of two parts housed the one within the other, the outer one comprising a guarantie ring and ratching formations cooperating with ratching formations of the inner part. Driving members provided on said outer and inner parts coopering together only when these two parts are displaced relatively against a spring means.

Abstract: A child-resistant closure for a liquid container having a threaded neck. The closure comprises an inverted cup-shaped cap which has a shirt and on the inner side of its skirt has a thread that mates with the neck thread. The child-resistant means consists of an outwardly extending ring attached to the end of the skirt by frangible webs. The ring has a gap that is defined by an abutment at one end and a stop at the other end. A tab which permanently is connected to the cap skirt lies in the gap. The cap, ring and tab are unitary and are turned onto the neck to liquid sealing position at which time the ring engages a shoulder formed on the container at or near the base of the neck. The ring is then affixed to the shoulder. The container is opened by flexing the tab upwardly above the level of the abutment on the ring and rotating the cap and tab in a retrograde direction relative to the ring which breaks the frangible webs.

Abstract: Decorative cover for valved end of pressurized container comprises inner and outer cylindrical walls. The inner edge of the outer wall terminates in a retaining ring attached to engage over a peripheral abutment on the container and is surmounted by a tear strip. The inner cylindrical wall terminates at its lower end in lugs adapted to snap over another abutment on the container.

Abstract: A bottle or similar container is provided with a safety closure comprising a push-on cap having a sealing plug on its base penetrating into the bottle mouth and having projections on the inside of its peripheral wall which engage behind an annular beading on the bottle neck to retain the cap on the bottle. In addition to the beading, mutually opposite cams project from the bottle neck each providing an upper surface which ascends in a circumferential direction towards the bottle mouth. The peripheral wall of the cap, which is made of a slightly flexible material, is spaced from the bottle neck and at mutually opposite positions on its inside there are inwardly projecting cam followers which clear the cams when the cap is rotated normally but which engage and ride up the upper cam surfaces when the cap is pressed inwards in the regions of the followers and the cap is simultaneously rotated in the same direction as the cam surfaces ascend, thereby pushing the cap off the bottle.

Abstract: A safety screw closure for use with a container having an inner screw cap on to the bottom edge of which an elastically expandable securing ring is attached by at least one rupturable bridge member. An outer cap is mounted on the inner cap and slidable axially between a first position remote from the inner cap and second position. A spring is located between the caps to normally urge the outer cap into the first position. The caps are provided with at least one set of cooperating coupling means which are in cooperation in any axial position of the outer cap when the closure is screwed on to the container whereas they are ineffective when rotating the outer cap in the opposite direction and when the outer cap is ints first position in which it is not depressed against the spring. The outer cap being dimensioned so that when in the first position it extends above the securing ring.