Abstract: A container top having an integral cover, for example, an integral dust cover, is provided. The container top includes a cap having a cylindrical skirt with a top, a bottom, a first outside diameter at the top of the skirt, a second outside diameter at the bottom of the skirt, and an inside surface adapted to engage a container; and a ring mounted to the top of the cylindrical skirt, the ring having an opening; and a cover removably mounted to the cap and occluding the opening in the ring. The container top may include a septum positioned in the opening, for example, a septum that can be pierced with a syringe. The container cap may be used in a wide range of industries, for example, the medical, pharmaceutical, the general scientific community, or in any industry where liquid or gaseous samples are handled.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to a closure with an improve sealing means. The sealing means is three-dimensionally shaped an inserted into a closure shell. The sealing means comprises a sealing disc with a side seal. The sealing disc positively engages with the outer shell of the closure.

Abstract: A container cap includes a housing having an inner thread for engaging with an outer thread of a mouth of a receptacle, and a casing extended inwardly from an upper wall and spaced from the housing for forming an inner peripheral space between the casing and the housing, and a compartment formed in the casing for receiving a liquid-dissolvable additive, a membrane attached to the casing for retaining the liquid-dissolvable additive within the compartment of the casing, and a piercing device may be used for selectively piercing the membrane to allowing the liquid-dissolvable additive to be released from the compartment of the casing and introduced into the receptacle.

Abstract: A carbonation retaining closure assembly device for beverage containers. The device comprising a cap member manufactured to seal and adapted to engage with the mouth of the beverage container. An inner groove surrounds the outer peripheral edge of the cap member forming a stud within the center of the cap member. The stud has a threaded outer wall. A connector member has an internal bore dimensioned to accommodate the length and circumference of the stud. The bore has means for securely engaging upon the outer wall of the stud. A cutting means is internally mounted within the top layer of the bore wherein a slit is punctured within the outer wall as the connector member is engaged upon the stud. A dispensing mechanism is disposed upon the top of the connector member for dispensing the beverage through the slit such that the carbonation level in the beverage container is retained.

Abstract: Disclosed is a bottle used for a dispenser for dispensing oral cleaning liquid. The bottle comprises a bottle body capable of containing liquid; a bottle neck part formed at an upper part of the bottle body; a first cap engaged with an outer surface of the bottle neck part; and a second cap provided between the bottle neck part and the first cap and engaged at an upper end of the bottle neck part. The second cap is formed with a plurality of tear lines at an interval, which enable the second cap to be easily ruptured by an external force. A center of the second cap to which the tear lines are converged is formed with a recessed portion into which a protrusion provided to the dispenser is fitted.

Abstract: A cap for the hygienic sealing of bottles for drinkable liquids, which in one embodiment includes a closed bottom cylindrical, i.e. cup-shaped, aluminum sleeve, an insert composed of a lower hollow cylindrical base, a truncated cone also having a hollow shape, and a tapered wall having two or more elongate and vertical apertures formed therein. Said cap is further characterized by a stretchable plastic membrane that is stretched to externally cover the truncated cone-shaped section of said insert as well as its top opening, by an elastic plastic ring for clamping said membrane against the insert, and by an additional plastic structure concentric with the sleeve that sealingly occupies at least its closed bottom and acts as a seal.

Abstract: A process of producing a container closure by molding a gob of elastomeric material in a mold cavity

Abstract: A package is provided including a container and a cap attached thereto. The container has an open and a closed end, the former having a dispensing opening surrounded by a shoulder. A pair of first buttresses are molded into the shoulder arranged along a cross-sectional major axis bisecting the opening. A pair of second buttresses are also molded into the shoulder and arranged along a minor axis bisecting the opening. Each of the buttresses have an upper edge tapering downwardly away from the opening. Upper edges of the second buttresses have a steeper taper angle than those of the first buttresses. The cap includes a lid hingedly connected to an edge of a fitment, the latter having a platform surrounded by a skirt wall and a product exit orifice formed in the platform. On a lower surface of the platform are four legs surrounding the orifice, projecting downwardly with each leg being asymmetrically shaped and lockingly fitted between first and second adjacent buttresses.

Abstract: A corrosion inhibitor for metallic crown caps used in packed products. The corrosion inhibitor comprises: one or more zinc sources of food grade, such as zinc oxide; one or more acid sources like carboxylic acids, such as citrus acid; a pH regulator compouse, such as sodium hydroxide; and water, preferably soft water, as aqueous phase for the concentrate formed by the combination of said compounds, as well as soft water as a concentrate solvent for its application. A method and system for applying the corrosion inhibitor is also presented, which ensure that the corrosion inhibitor impregnates both the crown cap perimeter rim and the crown cap internal surface adjacent to the surface of the nozzle of the container.

Abstract: A container closure adapted to be used with a container to allow for the selected removal of the contents of the container. The container closure includes a body adapted to be mounted to the container, a flip-top cap, and a hinge used to couple the flip-top cap to the body. The flip-top cap is adapted to move from a closed position on the body to an open position away from the body.

Abstract: A bottle closure assembly 101, consisting of a decorative overcap 102 coupled with a bottle top closure 103. A decorative overcap 102 is coupled with a bottle closure 103 which may or may not already be secured on the bottle 104. The decorative overcap 102 can be coupled to the bottle closure 103 with adhesive 105, by interference fit or by interlocking fit. Additionally the method for coupling could be achieved by use of materials such as the overcap 102 being made of a heat shrink material or the bottle closure 103 being made of an expanding material. Additionally the method can be done mechanically or manually. The bottle closure assembly can be fixed or removably affixed. Once the decorative overcap 102 is coupled with the bottle closure 103, creating the assembly 101, an ordinary bottle 104 is transformed into a decorative bottle 100.

Abstract: 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.

Abstract: A plastic closure includes a plastic closure shell having a base wall with a central opening and a skirt for securing the closure to a container neck finish. A plastic disk includes angularly spaced fingers extending into the central opening of the shell base wall and external beads on the fingers for engaging an inner periphery of the central opening to retain the disk within the shell. The beads have flat undersurfaces and the inner periphery of the central opening has a ledge with a conical surface engaged by the beads. Any doming that occurs in the disk and/or the closure shell base wall increases the surface contact between the finger beads and the opposing surface of the ledge so that removal of the shell from a container neck finish will simultaneously lift and remove the disk from the neck finish without having the beads snap through the central opening in the shell so that the shell is removed while the disk is retained on the neck finish.

Abstract: Simplified cap for oil bottles that allows reduction of cap size, with the subsequent advantages in terms of lower weight and savings on raw material, being comprised of a body that includes a tilting cap and lower flap fixed to the bottle neck, in addition to a pouring spout body disposed between the cap body and bottle neck, where said pouring spout body adopts a flat bottom with radial slots emerging from a flat central area, while a circumferential rib that defines an annular area ending in a second circumferential rib for anchoring the end of the bottle neck emerges from the central outer area of the pouring spout wall.

Abstract: A pump dispenser has a large ergonomic actuator designed to ergonomically deliver a composition to a substrate in the consumer's hand without the consumer having to pick up the pump dispenser. The ergonomic design allows the composition to be delivered in a proper aspect ratio to the substrate. The composition can be delivered in such a way that the composition is not aerosolized into the air or delivered to an unintended surface. The method of delivery can be made intuitive to the consumer by providing an actuator skirt that suggests the pumping mechanism or by providing a depiction of a hand or substrate over the pump dispenser. The pump dispenser is also useful for compositions or substrates that are not stable together. The pump dispenser may be designed with refill bottle capping systems such that only certain refill bottles may fit into the pump dispenser.

Abstract: In a method for the at least partial detachment or separation of a sealing film or foil 14 that is sealingly attached to a rim 11 of a neck 3 of a container, vessel, bottle 1, or the like, which rim 11 has a circular sealing surface 12 and the neck 3 has a male thread 4 and a center axis 5, and a screw cap 7 having a female thread 6 complementary to said male thread 4 is screwed down onto the male thread 4 of the sealed neck 3 whilst the screw cap 7 can be unscrewed at any later point in time, as desired, when the screw cap 7 is unscrewed from the neck 3, said sealing film 14 is at least partially detached from said rim 11 of the neck 3, radially, starting from the periphery of the rim and progressing inwardly toward the center axis 5, to be subsequently lifted off from said rim 11.

Abstract: An apparatus for inverting the stop flange on a tamper-indicating closure, from an axially outwardly oriented position as molded to an axially inwardly oriented position for use, includes a support base for supporting the closure such that the stop flange as molded is spaced from and oriented away from the support base. A pedestal is movably carried by the support base at a position spaced from the support base. A locator ring is carried by the pedestal and movable with the pedestal to engage the stop flange on a closure carried by the support base and to bend the stop flange radially inwardly. An inversion ring moves through the locator ring to engage and invert the stop flange that is bent radially inwardly by the locator ring.

Abstract: A method of fusing a component to a sterilized storage or delivery device formed of a cyclic olefin polymer which includes forming the storage or delivery device from a cyclic olefin polymer, forming a second member or component having at least a surface layer formed of the second polymer, wherein the Hansen relative energy distance Ra/Ro of the second polymer relative to the cyclic olefin polymer is equal to or less than 0.7, applying the second member to the storage or delivery device, and heating the assembly to the sterilization temperature, thereby causing the second polymer to chemically interact with the cyclic olefin polymer, fusing the second component to the storage or delivery device. The preferred embodiment of the invention is a medical container, such as a vial, wherein the vial is formed of a cyclic olefin polymer and the cap, closure or collar is formed of a second polymer heat fused to the vial or container.

Abstract: A method of fusing a component to a sterilized storage or delivery device formed of a cyclic olefin polymer which includes forming the storage or delivery device from a cyclic olefin polymer, forming a second member or component having at least a surface layer formed of the second polymer, wherein the Hansen relative energy distance Ra/Ro of the second polymer relative to the cyclic olefin polymer is equal to or less than 0.7, applying the second member to the storage or delivery device, and heating the assembly to the sterilization temperature, thereby causing the second polymer to chemically interact with the cyclic olefin polymer, fusing the second component to the storage or delivery device. The preferred embodiment of the invention is a medical container, such as a vial, wherein the vial is formed of a cyclic olefin polymer and the cap, closure or collar is formed of a second polymer heat fused to the vial or container.

Abstract: A sealing member for a cap featuring excellent cap performance as well as excellent safety and environmental friendliness, and a metallic cap. A foamed polyurethane elastomer having a JIS A hardness of from 15 to 65 and a foaming magnification of from 1.1 to 10 times is used as the sealing member so as to obtain excellent sealing performance, durability, safety and environmental friendliness. The sealing member is provided for a metallic cap shell that has a polyester film formed on the inner surface of the cap, thereby to obtain a cap featuring excellent sealing performance, durability, safety and environmental friendliness.

Abstract: The present invention provides a container closure, including: a metal closure shell having a top surface and a bottom surface, the top and bottom surfaces having at least one varnish coating thereon; a detachable sealing liner in contact with a portion of the bottom surface; and a print layer containing a polyester ink and interposed between the bottom surface and the liner; wherein the liner includes a PVC resin, wherein the print layer is in direct contact with the liner and the varnish coating on the bottom surface. Other embodiments include methods for making and using the closure.

Abstract: A composite laminar tape (1) for mass-sealing bottles (15) or similar containers consists, according to the invention, of at least one extensible laminar tape (16), made of an extensible plastomeric film, which is possibly provided with closed lines for a predetermined separation of areas being meant to act as sealing membranes.

Abstract: A cap assembly for a container has a hollow housing with an upper end that receives a fluid transfer device and a lower end that engages a stopper on the container. The housing has an internal cavity open at the upper and lower ends and a radially outwardly extending portion at the lower end. A penetrator is received in the internal cavity. The penetrator has a pointed distal end opposite the stopper and an upper end constructed to be engaged by a fluid transfer device. A cap is constructed the hollow housing. The cap has a closed upper end, an open lower end, a radially outwardly extending portion at the open end, and a circumferential line of weakness connecting the upper and lower ends. A ferrule is over the radially outwardly extending portion of the hollow housing and the radially outwardly extending portion of the cap.

Abstract: A sealing rubber closure is provided for use with a syringe/container specified by ISO (the International Organization of Standardization) and having a Luer nozzle to be inserted into a Luer-nozzle-receiving part of the sealing rubber closure. The Luer-nozzle-receiving part is configured, on a side of an inner end portion thereof, in an untapered cylindrical form to assure tight-fitted insertion of a free end portion of the Luer nozzle and, on a side of a Luer-nozzle-receiving opening thereof, in a tapered, substantially cylindrical form to assure tight-fitted insertion of a basal end portion of the Luer nozzle. A plastic film is laminated on the sealing rubber closure at least in an area of the Luer-nozzle-receiving part, where a free end of the Luer nozzle is to be maintained in contact with the sealing rubber closure.

Abstract: A closure has a first screw thread (11) capable of cooperating with a second screw thread formed by a container intended to receive the closure. An elastically deformed part (28, 31) is capable, when the first (11) and second screw threads are engaged, of keeping the closure bearing elastically on the container in at least one direction oriented radially with respect to the closure, so as to improve the holding and working of the closure on the container.

Abstract: Rotary seal valve/container assembly allowing withdrawal of a medical fluid contained in the container by the use of a device such as a syringe or IV set having a luer connector. The rotary seal valve includes: an elastomeric stopper having a cavity; a rotary seal bottom insert positioned in the bottom portion of the cavity; a rotary seal top insert, equipped with threads and serving as a male luer connector, rotatably engaging the bottom insert. One or more holes are provided in the bottom inset and top insert which holes are alignable with each other, by rotating the top insert, forming one or more channels through which the medical fluid is accessed. Upon rotating the top insert in opposite direction the rotary valve can be closed. A removable cap positioned over the rotary seal valve maintains the rotary seal valve in aseptic condition.

Abstract: The invention relates to a thermocycler apparatus for implementing chemical and/or biological reactions and a method for activating the thermocycler apparatus. The thermocycler apparatus in accordance with the invention comprises a basebody in which for accommodating one or more reaction vessels open at the top an accommodating portion is configured. For closing off the accommodating portion of the basebody a cover is provided. Spring elements are arranged on the thermocycler apparatus such that the cover and the reaction vessel(s) are urged together and the reaction vessels are closed off directly by the cover or by means of an interlayer.The invention is characterized by an electrochemical linear motor arranged such that the cover and the reaction vessel(s) are urged together by a pressure higher than that produced by the spring.

Abstract: The present invention provides methods and compositions for the safe, effective, and efficient storage and transport of microbial cultures and comprises a vial and cap combination wherein the cap comprises an immobilized desiccant and the vial comprises viable microorganisms lyophilized in a lyophlization medium. In particular, the present invention provides compositions and methods for the storage and transport of bacterial cultures. The present invention is suitable for use in circumstances where long-term storage of microbial cultures is desired.

Abstract: A blood-tube cap has a generally tubular collar having a front end adapted to fit with a needle holder and a rear end adapted to fit with a blood tube and forming an axially extending passage between its ends, a pierceable membrane in the passage adjacent the front end, a flow-calming body in the passage rearward of the membrane, and a coating of a blood-reacting substance on the body. The passage is generally cylindrical and centered on an axis and the body is wedged in the passage. Furthermore the body is of cruciform cross section so as to leave spaces around itself through which the blood can flow, while effectively contacting the coating substance.

Abstract: A cannula cap embodiment includes a monolithic elastomeric cap body having a sidewall portion for engaging a proximal end of a cannula, and an end portion connected to the cylindrical sidewall portion. The cannula cap also includes a monolithic flapper valve positioned within an interior of the cap body. The monolithic flapper valve includes a flapper portion, a ringed-shaped flapper mounting portion connected to adjacent interior portions of the cap body, and an integrally formed hinge portion connecting the flapper mounting portion to the flapper portion for permitting the flapper portion to move to an open position when an instrument is positioned within the instrument receiving passageway, and for biasing the flapper portion toward a closed position when an instrument is removed from the instrument receiving passageway.

Abstract: An device and a method for exploring the transferring of motion from one body to another body which utilizes motion transfer surfaces is presented. Further, a kit for recycling bottles caps into a construction toy where the caps are typically formed of plastic and have a motion transfer surface affixed thereon to form fritches is shown. Additionally, a toothed ribbon suitable for use as a motion transfer surface is described.

Abstract: The invention relates to a mixing apparatus comprising a mixing bowl (10) and a lid (70) for vacuum-sealing the mixing bowl (10), which lid is provided with a passage (84) for a mixing rod. The lid (70) is relatively rigid in the axial direction of the mixing bowl (10), whereas at least the portion of the lid (70) which surrounds the passage (84) is radially movable. (FIG. 3.

Abstract: The invention relates to a mixing apparatus comprising a mixing bowl and a lid for vacuum-sealing the mixing bowl, which lid is provided with a passage for a mixing rod. The lid is relatively rigid in the axial direction of the mixing bowl, whereas at least the portion of the lid which surrounds the passage is radially movable.

Abstract: An improved container and closure therefore particularly adapted for use in storing pressurized liquid contents, such as carbonated beverages. As contrasted with conventional crown seals which employ a sealing gasket, the closure effects a sealing action between corresponding frustoconical sealing surfaces on the container finish and an inner surface of the cap, thus eliminating the need for a gasket. The closure includes a tamper indicating means at a lower peripheral edge thereof which is damaged upon engagement with an opening tool or other object.

Abstract: A sealing composition for a container closure comprises a polymeric matrix material and its oxygen permeability is reduced by incorporating ethylene vinyl alcohol polymer into the composition. The composition can be in fluid or meltable form ready for application to a closure or it can be present as a deposit on the closure, for instance a gasket around the closure.

Abstract: A sealing composition for a container closure comprises a polymeric matrix material and its oxygen permeability is reduced by incorporating ethylene vinyl alcohol polymer into the composition. The composition can be in fluid or meltable form ready for application to a closure or it can be present as a deposit on the closure, for instance a gasket around the closure.

Abstract: A screw cap of thermoplastic material, particularly intended for the closure of glass containers used in the food industry, is provided on the outer surface of its horizontal end wall (1) with a thin covering layer (13) of a composite laminated material which is adapted to form a barrier against the passage of gases through the wall. This composite, laminated material is constituted by a disc (13a) incorporated in the outer face of the horizontal end wall (1) of the cap during the injection moulding of the cap. The disc (13a) is permanently bonded to the horizontal end wall (1) of the cap and to a downwardly-curved wall (10) connecting the peripheral edge of the horizontal end wall (1) to a rounded annular shoulder (11) provided at the top of the cylindrical skirt (2) of the cap.

Abstract: An infusion catheter adapter and cap assembly, the catheter adapter has a housing with an input, an output and a side port, normal to the housing axis, which has a cap. The cap is fixedly attached to the housing by a living hinge with a retaining knob. The retaining knob on the living hinge conjugates with a groove on the housing. The groove is formed as a transverse channel defined by two opposing locking fingers. The position of the retaining knob in the groove is further ensured by a recess on the knob which conjugates with a peak in the groove to center and lock the retaining knob in the groove.

Abstract: A preformed container closure element, preferably a cap, is formed of a polymeric matrix containing an ethylene vinyl alcohol polymer to reduce oxygen permeability of the cap. The cap is of special value for sealing filled jars or bottles, especially of glass, wherein the filling is beer.

Abstract: A yeast package is provided which can be used during the second fermentation in a bottle for the production of sparkling wines starting from basic wine containing sugar. A drastic reduction in time and in labor is possible due to easy separation of yeast and beverage.

Abstract: Several embodiments of a novel closure are disclosed for closing and/or opening the neck of a container of the semi-rigid type. The first embodiment of the closure consists of a top having a elastic spring with a plurality of prongs for holding a closure top to the inside of the container. In the second and third embodiments of the closure, an elastic bulbous insert or compressible substantially wedge shaped or cylindrical shaped inserts are used to seal the opening of the container. In the fourth embodiment of the invention, use is made of a closure having spaced peripheral flanges in a ring with bulbous or straight ends for sealing a rigid type container.

Abstract: A moldable plastic closure comprising a selectively foamed, unitarily molded layer and at least one layer of barrier resin adapted to retard the migration of oxygen-containing gasses through the closure.

Abstract: A food covering is provided constructed of thin-film material which is substantially impervious to the flow of air and/or water therethrough. The food covering includes a method of tightening the food covering, on a bowl or other receptacle, which may be constructed utilizing either a tightenable string or other tie material passed through a pocket located near the perimeter of the food covering, or slits together with adhesive material to facilitate holding the food covering snugly against a receptacle. A slide-lock may also be utilized to hold the string tight after cinching.

Abstract: A vial or other container includes a hinged closure member having a latch for securing the closure member in a closed position. The latch includes a "child resistant" configuration wherein it is very difficult for adolescents to open the container and an "easy open" configuration wherein it is relatively simple for persons with limited manual dexterity to open the closure member. The latch includes a bipositional tongue hingedly attached to either the container or closure member. The tongue is hinged to allow for the various configurations and, when in the child proof configuration, substantially requires use of both hands and a substantial amount of dexterity in order to open the closure member. Various devices are further provided to protect the tongue from manipulation by adolescents and for indicating previous tampering with the container. The closure member is connected by a hinge to the container.

Abstract: Caps consisting of a closure panel and a cylindrical side wall that are relatively permeable to water vapor and/or oxygen are rendered less permeable by moulding into and permanently bonding to the inner face or, more usually, the outer face of the closure panel a relatively vapor impermeable lamina. The cap is made by a process in which a lamina is inserted into the cavity of a mould, usually an injection mould, and then the material for forming the cap is introduced into and mould in the cavity.

Abstract: A clean funnel including a funnel shaped housing having a large substance intake opening and a small substance outlet opening; an entirely removable first closure cap for sealing the large substance intake opening and an entirely removable second closure cap for sealing the small substance outlet opening, the first cap and the second cap each being sufficiently tight when in place to remain in place under conditions of funnel handling and movement and to prevent contamination of the funnel during periods of nonuse.

Abstract: A quick release closure for bottles which provides access to fluids contained therein. The closure includes a U-shaped spider portion having two opposed pairs of legs, and a disk-shaped plug portion having two opposed pairs of slots for receiving the legs and for fitting within the spider. Each leg includes an inward facing lip at a distal end for engaging a flange around a bottle neck, and an outward seal face for abutting an O-ring encircling the plug. The legs also include, at a proximal end, an inward facing wedge for engaging the slots of the plug whereby the legs may be urged outward as the plug rides up over the wedge. The plug further includes a ring-shaped cavity for sealingly receiving the mouth of a bottle, and a pair of fluid channels, having internal openings formed within the ring-shaped cavity, and external openings formed between the slots of the plug.

Abstract: A water cooler bottle closure made of a closure cap adapted to fit over the neck of a water cooler bottle, which closure cap has an opening formed at its bottom. A flange projects around the periphery of the opening to define an inner chamber. A base is provided to close the opening so as to enable the formation of an ice plug in the inner chamber when the latter has been filled with water and subjected to freezing conditions. A water bottle filled with such a closure, after having removed its base, can be tilted over a water cooler and during that process no spill takes place. The plug of ice then slowly melts and water runs into the cooler in the usual manner.

Abstract: A plastic cap for glass or plastic carbonated beverage bottles is shaped so that in use pressure is exerted around the edges of a gasket to give enhanced sealing. A single cap can fit the different necks of standard glass and plastic bottles. Its heat-shrinkable skirt has longer portions between connectors.

Abstract: An improved package is described of the type used for packaging food products and other products. A molded plastic container is sealed with a closure cap. In order to prevent unauthorized or undetected opening of the container, a tamperproofing means is provided in the form of a tamperproofing band molded integrally with the container. This band is positioned so that it encloses at least the bottom edge of the closure cap skin when the cap is applied to the container. This requires at least a portion of the band to be removed before the cap can be removed from the container.