Combined With Stopper Structure Patents (Class 215/320)
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Patent number: 11964800Abstract: The present invention provides a container lid. The container lid includes a lid main body. The lid main body includes a top wall, a first elastic side wall extending from the top wall, and a second elastic side wall extending from the top wall. The first elastic side wall and the second elastic side wall are encircled to form a sealing groove. The sealing groove is provided with a groove opening. The sealing groove is configured to press and seal a container opening. Through the above structure, the container opening can be sealed through the sealing groove. Specifically, the first elastic side wall presses and seals an inner side wall of the container opening, and the second elastic side wall presses and seals an outer side wall of the container opening.Type: GrantFiled: October 13, 2023Date of Patent: April 23, 2024Inventor: Guangcheng Li
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Patent number: 11939124Abstract: The invention concerns a plastic closure for fitting on to the neck of a liquid container in positively locking and sealed relationship comprising a head plate (1) provided for covering a container opening and an outer seal (7) which is circumferential along the edge of the head plate (1) and is provided for engagement with the outside of a container neck (20) defining the container opening, and an inner seal (5) which is circumferential within the outer seal (7) and parallel thereto and which is provided for engagement with the inside of the container neck, wherein the outer and the inner seals (7, 5) respectively extend approximately perpendicularly or slightly inclined from an inside (11) of the head plate (1).Type: GrantFiled: July 2, 2019Date of Patent: March 26, 2024Assignee: BERICAP GMBH & CO. KGInventor: Gunter Krautkramer
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Patent number: 11897663Abstract: The invention includes a snap type plastic stopper having a closure shell with a roof wall and a tamper band to be secured on a bottle neck. The stopper includes a first weakness line with first bridges, where the first bridges separably link the bottom edge of the closure shell and the top edge of the tamper band; at least one hinge which extends through the first weakness line, where the hinge pivotably links the closure shell and the tamper band; and a tongue which is diametrically situated at the opposite of the hinge, where the tongue outwardly extends relative to a peripheral wall of the closure shell. The stopper also includes within the closure shell and/or tamper band at least one tamper evident feature such as a toggle.Type: GrantFiled: November 12, 2020Date of Patent: February 13, 2024Inventor: Stéphane Graux
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Patent number: 11603237Abstract: A flip-top closure includes first and second polymeric closure portions. The first closure portion includes a top wall portion, a sealing mechanism and an annular skirt portion. The second closure portion includes a tamper-evident band. The closure portions are attached by a line of weakness. The closure portions are further attached via a hinge. The hinge includes a locking tab, a flexible tab and linking segments. The locking tab extends further outwardly from a center of the closure in a closed position than the flexible tab and the linking segments. During the opening of the flip-top closure, the locking tab moves and passes the flexible tab such that the flip-top closure locks in a fully open position.Type: GrantFiled: October 2, 2020Date of Patent: March 14, 2023Assignee: CLOSURE SYSTEMS INTERNATIONAL INC.Inventors: Jeremiah Migas, Marina Lennartz, Jeremy Morin
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Patent number: 11557601Abstract: Embodiments of 3D memory devices and methods for forming the same are disclosed. In an example, a 3D memory device includes a substrate, a peripheral circuit on the substrate, a memory stack including interleaved conductive layers and dielectric layers above the peripheral circuit, a P-type doped semiconductor layer above the memory stack, a plurality of channel structures each extending vertically through the memory stack into the P-type doped semiconductor layer, and a source contact above the memory stack and in contact with the P-type doped semiconductor layer. An upper end of each of the plurality of channel structures is flush with or below a top surface of the P-type doped semiconductor layer.Type: GrantFiled: June 26, 2020Date of Patent: January 17, 2023Assignee: YANGTZE MEMORY TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.Inventor: Kun Zhang
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Patent number: 11352177Abstract: A re-sealable container is disclosed having a lid, a body, an attachment mechanism, and a seal. The seal may extend from, or be attached to, the lid and engage at least a portion of the body, such as the side wall, including the body sealing surface and/or the lip. The engagement of the seal and body creates a seal that prevents the ingress of moisture and ambient conditions into an interior space of the body. The attachment mechanism may retain the lid in a seated, closed position on the body. The configuration of the seal and attachment mechanism accommodate a degree of error in the joining and placement of the lid and body while allowing for both the formation of a seal between the lid and body and the locking of the lid when the lid is in a closed position.Type: GrantFiled: October 28, 2016Date of Patent: June 7, 2022Assignee: CSP TECHNOLOGIES, INC.Inventors: John Belfance, Ronald Supranowicz
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Patent number: 11242181Abstract: A liquid dispensing device includes a dispensing end piece and a neck of a reservoir for storing the liquid, the end piece being attached to the neck, which has a tubular internal surface. The end piece has a tubular internal skirt that is mounted in the neck and defines, with the internal surface, at least one annular sealing zone, preventing the liquid from passing between the internal skirt and the neck. The skirt defines, with the internal surface, a separate zone for retaining shavings, which prevents shavings that are formed in the sealing zone while the end piece is being fitted into the neck from getting into the reservoir.Type: GrantFiled: March 27, 2015Date of Patent: February 8, 2022Inventors: Thierry Decock, Benjamin Quaglia, Gaëtan Painchaud
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Patent number: 10532859Abstract: An invertible container for display and dispensing of product, that uses a lid with a raised surface or solid plug that aligns with the interior of the container neck, such that when closed the lid forms a flat surface with the interior of the container and no product is permitted to enter the neck of the container where it would be obscured from view.Type: GrantFiled: November 7, 2018Date of Patent: January 14, 2020Assignee: CMG PARTNERS, INC.Inventors: Sarah Rose Rothrock, Jr., Marcus LeJay, Tracy Liang Ogishi, Dennis Robert O'Malley, Adrian X. Trejo
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Patent number: 10514124Abstract: A plug for sealing an interior of a tube and including a cylindrical body having a first end that is open and includes an annular surface, and a second end that is closed by a conical end wall. The cylindrical body having a plurality of ribs that are configured to engage the interior of the tube and provide a seal between the plug and the interior of the tube. The plug also includes a handle unitary with the cylindrical body that extends from the annular surface. The handle has a cylindrical inner surface that is coextensive with an interior surface of the cylindrical body and an outer surface that is coextensive with an exterior surface of the cylindrical body.Type: GrantFiled: April 18, 2018Date of Patent: December 24, 2019Assignee: Mueller Industries, Inc.Inventors: John Webb, Michael Baum, Christie Shumpert, Robert Merrill Sutton, Christopher Charles Saylor, Kenneth Mark Shane, Daniel J. Steffan
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Patent number: 10377534Abstract: An apparatus and a method are provided for a container cap comprising a plurality of tamper evidence bridges configured to provide evidence that the container cap has been removed from a container by other than a manufacturer of the container. The tamper evidence bridges comprise a small tab of material that extends from a bottom-most edge of the container cap to a neck ring of the container. The tamper evidence bridges are configured to break, or snap, when the container cap is rotated relative to the neck ring. Broken tamper evidence bridges provide readily visible evidence to an end-user of the container that the container cap has been removed by other than the manufacturer of the container. The high visibility of the tamper evidence bridges serves to discourage vendors from attempting to refill and resale of the used containers.Type: GrantFiled: February 2, 2017Date of Patent: August 13, 2019Assignee: Niagara Bottling, LLCInventor: Jay Clarke Hanan
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Patent number: 9889971Abstract: The invention relates to a stopper device with an external cap made from plastic and an internal insert for fixing the device around the neck of the container. The sleeve of the cap forms a head, into which the insert may be introduced and permanently fixed and a skirt extending axially from the insert. According to the invention, contamination on the neck of the container may be limited and the appearance improved. Particularly at the base of the neck, the skirt essentially forms a frustum converging towards the axis of the sleeve on extending from the head, before the installation of the device around the neck, the frustum forming, at the end opposite the head, an internal surface to come into contact against the container neck under the influence of an elastic deformation of the sleeve as a result of the installation of the device around the neck.Type: GrantFiled: May 12, 2006Date of Patent: February 13, 2018Assignee: SOLOCAP-MAB S.A.Inventors: Michel Luzzato, Gregory Antier
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Patent number: 9764102Abstract: Dispenser cap arrangements for enclosing a portion of a dispenser of a medicament are described herein.Type: GrantFiled: October 31, 2012Date of Patent: September 19, 2017Assignee: EURO-CELTIQUE S.A.Inventors: Cathal Duignan, Peter Prior
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Patent number: 9750902Abstract: The present invention relates to dispensers, in particular to dispensers for dispensing a dose of a gaseous, gas borne or droplet substance from a substance source and dispensers comprising dosage counters. The present invention therefore provides a dispenser for dispensing a dose of a gaseous, gas borne or droplet substance from a substance source, the dispenser comprising: a body (1) for receiving a substance source, the body having a mouthpiece (2); a junction member (41) slideably arranged in the body for movement in a longitudinal axis of the body to release a dose of a substance from a substance source (C), the junction member receiving a spout (S) of a substance source in a socket (43); and a dispenser driver for moving the junction member in the longitudinal axis of the body to release a dose of a substance from a substance source.Type: GrantFiled: March 10, 2014Date of Patent: September 5, 2017Assignee: EURO-CELTIQUE S.A.Inventors: Cathal Duignan, Iain Grierson McDerment, Peter Prior
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Patent number: 9676513Abstract: A pull-tab sealing member for a container containing an upper laminate forming a pull-tab bonded to a lower laminate capable of being heat sealed to a container's mouth or opening. The upper laminate defines the pull tab wholly within a perimeter or circumference of the seal. The sealing member further includes a sub tab layer or member under the gripping tab for concentric structural support.Type: GrantFiled: March 13, 2014Date of Patent: June 13, 2017Assignee: SELIG SEALING PRODUCTS, INC.Inventor: Robert William Thorstensen-Woll
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Patent number: 9580212Abstract: A packaging assembly includes a bottle, which may be used upside-down such that a neck is turned towards the ground, and a closure without any added seal gasket for closing the neck. This closure includes a cap for obturating the neck, and a skirt for attachment to the neck. The cap includes an inner sealing lip, delimiting on its outer face, a convex tight bearing surface for bearing tightly against the inner face of the neck, and a substantially flat ramp surface, which connects the tight bearing surface to a lower axial end of the lip, and which, while the lip is deformed with the remainder of the closure when an inner clip of the skirt interferes with an outer bead of the neck during placement of the closure on the neck, may interfere with a free end of the neck to guide engagement of the lip inside the neck.Type: GrantFiled: May 25, 2012Date of Patent: February 28, 2017Assignee: TETRA LAVAL HOLDINGS & FINANCE S.A.Inventors: Stéphane Graux, Richard Lamoureux, Michel Luzzato
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Patent number: 9555933Abstract: There is a closure 1, which is, in this case, shown as closing a mouth 2 of a bottle 3, wherein the bottle is made of glass and has an external outwardly extending integral collar 4 which extends fully around an outside of the neck of the bottle and is of a constant shape and size at any location around the periphery. The seal 5 is held under compression against an uppermost rim 6 of the bottle mouth 2 and surface 7, which is adapted to engage with compression force the seal 5. Upon extraction of portion 8 from within the mouth of the bottle, a “popping” sound is achieved by having the position of the seal somewhat below the mouth prior to extraction so that there will be upon extraction an evacuation of the headspace within the bottle.Type: GrantFiled: October 12, 2010Date of Patent: January 31, 2017Assignee: Scholle IPN CorporationInventors: Conor McKenna, John Brooks
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Patent number: 9221579Abstract: A pull-tab sealing member for a container containing an upper laminate forming a pull-tab bonded to a lower laminate capable of being heat sealed to a container's mouth or opening. The upper laminate defines the pull tab wholly within a perimeter or circumference of the seal. The sealing member further includes a sub tab layer or member under the gripping tab for concentric structural support.Type: GrantFiled: April 8, 2015Date of Patent: December 29, 2015Assignee: SELIG SEALING PRODUCTS, INC.Inventor: Robert William Thorstensen-Woll
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Patent number: 9027774Abstract: A drinking cup lid is disclosed. The drinking cup lid includes a body with a deck and an annular wall that depends downwards. The annular wall is adapted to insert into a drinking cup. A first gasket and a second gasket extend outward from the annular wall and are configured for sealing engagement with the drinking cup. A closure is pivotally attached to the annular wall and configured and arranged to pivot between a closed position, sealing the drinking cup closed, and an open position, opening the drinking cup.Type: GrantFiled: March 6, 2012Date of Patent: May 12, 2015Assignee: Ecotop, LLCInventor: Douglas Palmer
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Publication number: 20150001173Abstract: A plug for closing a neck of a carboy is disclosed. The plug comprises a cap for obturating the neck and a skirt for attachment to the neck. The skirt includes a first skirt portion, provided with a bulging line for interfering by jamming with the neck, and a second skirt portion, adapted for substantially encircling snugly an outer face of the neck. In order to avoid the presence of liquid between an outside of the neck and an inside of the skirt after placement of the plug, an inner face of the second skirt portion is provided with draining means adapted for delimiting fluid flow passages between the second skirt portion and the neck, which connect with each other opposite axial ends of the second skirt portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 11, 2013Publication date: January 1, 2015Inventors: Stéphane Graux, Richard Lamoureux
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Patent number: 8783485Abstract: Container (100) for loosely stored products comprising a container body (10), a cover (20), and a hinge (22) placed between the container body (10) and the cover (20) wherein the cover (20) has a cylindrical inner wall (30) and a cylindrical outer wall (32), and the inner wall (30) is provided with a sealing portion (34) at the outer edge of the inner wall (30), wherein the vertical position. (A) of an apex (36) of the sealing portion (34) is smaller than the vertical height (B) of the outer wall (32).Type: GrantFiled: November 17, 2008Date of Patent: July 22, 2014Assignee: Clariant Production (France) S.A.S.Inventors: Valere Logel, Dominique Bois
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Patent number: 8763831Abstract: A reusable bottle cap having identification means coupled to a novel bottle cap cover is disclosed and described herein. In a specific embodiment, the bottle cap has a stem having a series of successive U-shaped grooves or ridges. A slight taper in the stein provides that bottles of varying diameters can be accommodated by a single design. Further, the design is made from pliable polyethylene or polyurethane material to form an effective seal to the mouth of bottles of varying diameter. In a preferred embodiment, the novel bottle cap cover is generally bell (or alternatively barrel or conical) shaped and has a crown, a mid-portion, and a mouth portion. The mouth portion further has a lip wherein an inner recessed groove is machined around a circumference thereof. Additionally, the bottle cap comprises a flanged ring portion having a complementary lip to mate with the groove of the bottle cap cover.Type: GrantFiled: August 6, 2010Date of Patent: July 1, 2014Inventor: Daniel L. Garcia
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Patent number: 8678212Abstract: A receptacle sealing system includes a container with a rim defined at an upper opening thereof, and an adjustable closure for covering the opening of the container and having a sealed orientation and an unsealed orientation. The adjustable closure includes a rigid lid, and an integral annular seal having an outer annular wall, wherein when the adjustable closure is disposed in the unsealed orientation, the outer annular wall is oriented in the first position to face the top surface of the rigid lid, and, wherein when the adjustable closure is disposed in the sealed orientation, the outer annular wall is oriented in the second position in order to substantially seal onto the upper exterior wall of the container.Type: GrantFiled: August 27, 2004Date of Patent: March 25, 2014Assignee: Sunrise Kitchen Co., Ltd.Inventor: Sang-Kee Kim
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Publication number: 20130240476Abstract: A stopper device including a stopper, cap and ring provided with tabs for locking onto a container neck and a body for handling the ring. The body includes a first mechanism for transmitting a thrust force to the ring and a second mechanism for activating the tabs. The ring and the handling body are respectively provided with first and second retainers that hold the handling body in a waiting position. The handling body is mobile parallel to the thrust force direction and in relation to the ring, between a first position activating the tabs of the ring and is mobile in translation only in the thrust force direction, and a second position that also activates the tabs and is immobilized in relation to the ring in axial translation. The tabs extend from a continuous edge of the ring and are each arranged in an opening with a closed contour.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 23, 2011Publication date: September 19, 2013Applicant: West Pharmaceutical Services Deautschland GmbH & Co. KGInventor: Antoine Aneas
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Publication number: 20130233822Abstract: The invention relates to a device for stopping a container (1) having a neck (12), said device comprising a stopper (51) and a cap (52) consisting of a plastic material and able to surround both the stopper (51) and the neck (12). The cap (52) comprises a ring (53) that can surround the stopper and the neck when mounted and is provided with means (537) for locking onto the neck, and a body (54) for handling the ring, provided with first means for transmitting a thrust force to the ring and second means (541) for activating means for locking the ring. The ring (53) is provided with a continuous outer peripheral collar (5311), and the handling body (54) is provided with at least one raised element (5431) designed to abut (E4) against the continuous outer peripheral collar (5311) when it activates the locking means (537).Type: ApplicationFiled: November 22, 2011Publication date: September 12, 2013Applicant: West Pharmaceutical Services Deutschland Gmbh & CO.KGInventor: Antoine Aneas
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Patent number: 8403174Abstract: A overcap is provided which covers the opening of a container. The overcap, in one form, engages an exterior of the container around the rim and along an inwardly directed flange which defines an opening of the container. The overcap snappingly engages with the container to produce an audible indication that the overcap is firmly attached to the container and that air is being expelled from inside the container. In another form, the overcap includes an invertible dome which is transformable between an upward convex position and an upward concave position.Type: GrantFiled: August 28, 2006Date of Patent: March 26, 2013Assignee: Kraft Foods Global Brands LLCInventors: John Blake, Jiayan Gu, Glenn Gruskin, Robert A. Ziegler, E. Joel Carpenter
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Publication number: 20130055681Abstract: The invention relates in first instance to a closure (1) for a container (9), for example an ampoule (9), in which preferably a medicament is accommodated, having a closure cap (2) and a closure stopper (5) accommodated in the closure (2). Detent moldings (6) are formed on the closure cap (2) for latchingly holding the closure (1) on the ampoule (9), and a sliding part (3) is provided which is movable relative to the closure cap (2) in order to displace the closure stopper (5) into the closed position, In order to advantageously provide, with respect to carrying out a freeze-drying process, a closure for a container, in particular an ampoule, in which a medicament is accommodated, it is proposed that the closure stopper (5) is displaceable relative to the cap (2) by means of the sliding part (3) in order to move the closure stopper into the closed position.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 6, 2011Publication date: March 7, 2013Applicant: DATWYLER PHARMA PACKAGING INTERNATIONAL NVInventors: Ronny Prosper Elisabeth Vrijens, Reinhard Louis Jozef Waeben
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Patent number: 8328036Abstract: There is provided a double rib overcap with a plug for a container with a removable membrane. The skirt of the overcap includes two inside surfaces axially separated a rib. The container opening is encircled by a rim and the membrane covers the opening such that the membrane extends radially onto an outer surface of the rim. The two inside surfaces of the skirt are dimensionally sized to create an interference-fit with the rim when the overcap is connected to the container when the membrane is either attached or removed. The overcap also includes a circumferential ring radially inward of the skirt that is axially positioned to engage the top surface of the membrane when the membrane is attached to the container and is diametrically dimensioned to engage an inner wall of the container when the membrane is removed from the container.Type: GrantFiled: May 8, 2006Date of Patent: December 11, 2012Assignee: Sonoco Development, Inc.Inventor: James P. Stevens
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Patent number: 8317060Abstract: A overcap is provided which covers the opening of a container. The overcap, in one form, engages an exterior of the container around the rim and along an inwardly directed flange which defines an opening of the container. The overcap snappingly engages with the container to produce an audible indication that the overcap is firmly attached to the container and that air is being expelled from inside the container. In another form, the overcap includes an invertible dome which is transformable between an upward convex position and an upward concave position.Type: GrantFiled: August 28, 2006Date of Patent: November 27, 2012Assignee: Kraft Foods Global Brands LLCInventors: Jiayan Gu, John Blake, Glenn Gruskin
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Patent number: 8210384Abstract: Disclosed is a closure cap (1) comprising a exterior marginal web (5), a shielding section (4) that protrudes past the marginal web (5), and a hot-melt adhesive (11) which is arranged in the area of the shielding section (4) and is deformable in a plastic manner when heated above a softening temperature. A number of gripping abutment elements (7) are embodied on the marginal web (5) while a joint zone (3) having a reduced flexural rigidity is configured between the marginal web (5) and the shielding section (4). The distance between the abutment elements (7) and the bottom side of the hot-melt adhesive, which faces the marginal web (5), is smaller than the thickness of the material of a basic part (13) in the area of the opening such that an initial tension is created in the joint zone (3) when the closure cap (1) is inserted into the opening, resulting in a simple self-acting closing process after heating the hot-melt adhesive (11).Type: GrantFiled: June 23, 2004Date of Patent: July 3, 2012Assignee: A. Raymond & CieInventors: Martin Kurth, Eric Bügner
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Patent number: 8186527Abstract: A vacuum sealing cap for a container includes an outer cap body, an inner cap body movable toward or away from the outer cap body, a sealing gasket compressible by the outer cap body to abut sealingly against the mouth of the container when the inner cap body moves toward the outer cap body, a slide member connected to the inner cap body, and an operating member connected pivotally to the slide member and pivotable between first and second positions, where the operating member pulls upwardly and pushes downwardly the slide member to move the inner cap body upwardly toward and downwardly away from the outer cap body. The sealing gasket is pressed and is not pressed sealingly against the mouth of the container in the first and second positions, respectively.Type: GrantFiled: May 4, 2009Date of Patent: May 29, 2012Assignee: Free-Free Industrial Corp.Inventor: Sheng-Yu Liu
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Patent number: 8177083Abstract: A threadless cap for closing a liquid bottle, the liquid bottle having a neck with an upper edge defining a discharge opening. The threadless cap comprises a lid for overlying the upper edge, the lid including a surface for facing the upper edge and a projection extending from the surface toward the upper edge. The threadless cap also comprises a skirt depending from the lid. The threadless cap further comprises a seal member on the surface for establishing a sealing engagement with the upper edge. The seal member includes an arcuate bead of resilient material located on the surface in a position to register with at least a portion of the upper edge. The projection engages and extends along the arcuate bead of resilient material. A blank for such a threadless cap and a method for manufacturing such a threadless cap are also provided.Type: GrantFiled: May 24, 2006Date of Patent: May 15, 2012Assignee: Tetra Laval Holdings & Finance S.A.Inventors: Richard Lamoureux, Gérard Perrin, Henri Pionchon
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Patent number: 8097224Abstract: Embodiments of the invention provide to apparatuses and media used in drug elution studies and methods for making and using them. Such methods and materials can be used for example to assess and control the manufacturing process variability of drug eluting implantable devices such as cardiac leads. One embodiment of the invention is a drug elution method that can be used for in-vitro studies of a matrix impregnated with a compound such as a drug blended polymer matrix. A related embodiment of the invention is an apparatus that is used for example to facilitate the practice of the above-noted methods by inhibiting the evaporation of dissolution media from the vessels in which elution is observed.Type: GrantFiled: December 21, 2009Date of Patent: January 17, 2012Assignee: Medtronic MiniMed, Inc.Inventors: Sarnath Chattaraj, Elango S. Minnoor, Eugene Levin, Poonam S. Gulati, John Pennala
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Patent number: 7909188Abstract: A composite lined closure for use with a container having a container neck crown includes a top having a periphery and an underside, a skirt depending downward from the periphery, the skirt including an inner surface and a locking bead radially extending inward from the skirt, and a resilient seal liner extending along the underside and along the inner surface above the sealing bead. Preferably, the liner is formed of an elastomeric material. A method of using the composite lined closure is also described.Type: GrantFiled: February 9, 2005Date of Patent: March 22, 2011Assignee: Portola Packaging, Inc.Inventors: Sungsuk Steve Kim, Richard D. Lohrman, Charles A Webster
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Patent number: 7614426Abstract: A cap for a connector which can fill a male luer connector with only a fluid, such as a medicinal fluid, without leaving gas in the male luer connector. The cap for the connector comprises the cap body, the sliding part movable relative to the cap body, and the air filter placed at the tip end opening of the gas flow path forming part included in the sliding part. Also, the cap body comprises the cylindrical fitting part for liquid tightly fitting with the tip end opening of the male luer connector, and the cylindrical guide provided with the liquid outlet on its peripheral surface. Further, the liquid outlet can be opened or closed by shifting the gas flow path forming part within the cylindrical guide. Moreover, the cylindrical guide is placed within the recess portion to be guided between the gas flow path forming part and the containing wall.Type: GrantFiled: January 23, 2008Date of Patent: November 10, 2009Assignee: Tyco Healthcare Group LPInventors: Ichiro Kitani, Katsuki Nagata, Shigeaki Funamura
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Publication number: 20090045159Abstract: Bottling system for bottles and receptacles of various kind, comprising a sleeve (5) screwable and unscrewable on to the neck (12) of the bottle or the receptacle, an anchor (6) insertable into the stopper (26), which is forced into the neck (12), an anchor ring nut (7) housed on the sleeve (5) and engaging frusto-conical portions (30) of the anchor (6), and a closing capsule (8) applied onto the whole. The system allows the stopper (26) to be extracted directly during the unscrewing of the sleeve (5) with respect to the neck (12) of the bottle or the receptacle.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 22, 2006Publication date: February 19, 2009Inventors: Lorenzo Rosso, Roberto Mossa
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Patent number: 7476048Abstract: A device for containing and dispensing a product includes a housing configured to contain the product having at least one aperture formed in one end of the housing. A sealing member is provided separately from the housing and includes at least one projection on a first surface of the sealing member, wherein the at least one projection is configured to be engaged with the at least one aperture to prevent the product from being discharged from the housing through the at least one aperture.Type: GrantFiled: September 7, 2006Date of Patent: January 13, 2009Assignee: L'OrealInventor: David Prague
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Publication number: 20080283486Abstract: The invention relates to a closure for a container, especially a bottle, comprising an upper covering panel and a circumferential collar adjoining the panel on the outside, wherein a scaling insert is arranged on the underside of the covering panel which has a circumferential profile seal on the outside. The upper covering panel has at least one partly circumferential embossing which interacts with the profile seal forming a valve.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 18, 2005Publication date: November 20, 2008Inventor: Sven-Ake Magnusson
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Publication number: 20070284331Abstract: A positive orientation container and closure combination is provided. The container includes at least one flange segment having a front and a back face. The container further includes a gap defined by the front face of one of the flange segments and the back face of one of the flange segments. The closure includes a plurality of collar segments. The closure includes at least one collar segment having an engagement face to establish a positive orientation of the closure at a predetermined position.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 9, 2006Publication date: December 13, 2007Inventors: Margaret M. Miota, Alan P. Hickok
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Patent number: 7213727Abstract: A lower portion of a nozzle is held hermetically in contact with an inner circumferential surface of the tubular neck of a container, and an inner surface of a cap is mounted to an outer surface of the tubular neck. A discharging hole of the nozzle is hermetically sealed by an inner top surface of the cap. A ring-shaped projection is formed on an upper portion of the nozzle for hermetically contacting an inner surface of the cap. Thereby, double sealing is provided in cooperation with hermetic sealing of the discharging hole of the nozzle by the inner top surface of the cap. The nozzle prevents a liquid leak and liquid dripping from the nozzle and form liquid drops independently of a dripping angle.Type: GrantFiled: October 14, 2003Date of Patent: May 8, 2007Assignee: Rohto Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.Inventor: Shigehiko Kokubo
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Patent number: 7114625Abstract: A cap for sealing a container having a threaded spout. The cap is arranged so that it can be snapped onto and off the spout and so that it can also be screwed on and off the spout.Type: GrantFiled: April 5, 2001Date of Patent: October 3, 2006Assignee: Scholle CorporationInventors: Robert Jones, Andrew Mark Crick
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Publication number: 20040232101Abstract: An apparatus for removing a stopper from a bottle by rotating a threaded capsule surrounding the threaded neck of a bottle. The capsule is preferably received over a narrowed neck of the bottle to maintain the appearance of a foil-wrapped and cork-closed bottle. The bottle may be sealed with plugs (natural cork, synthetic cork, molded plugs), planar seals, or a combination thereof. The capsule may engage the stopper directly or by way of a stopper anchor. Aspects of the invention include preventing uncontrolled egress of stoppers from pressurized bottles, the resealing of various forms of bottles after removal of the stopper, locking the closure in place, and providing evidence of tampering.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 12, 2003Publication date: November 25, 2004Inventors: William A. Gardner, Patrick M. Whelan, Alan Virdee
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Patent number: 6817479Abstract: A closure (2A) overlies a liner (6) which seals a container mount defined by a peripheral edge (12) of the container. The liner (6) includes a sealing flange (31) having an upstanding outermost terminal rim (40) of resilient material which is folded inwardly during closing movement of the closure shell (2A) toward the sealing flange (31) to form an unflattened fold constituting a biasing means for biasing the periphery of the sealing flange (31) against the peripheral edge (12) of the container mouth.Type: GrantFiled: August 29, 2001Date of Patent: November 16, 2004Assignee: Crown Cork & Seal Technologies CorporationInventors: Andrew Ferry, Peter Douglas Kerr, David Senior
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Publication number: 20040200837Abstract: Larger gas tight containers for products such as carbonated or pressurised drinks require a resealable sealing assembly. The gas leakage through the assembly in its ex-factory sealing condition determines the shelf life of the product. The present assembly provides a foil (8) across a neck (10) of the bottle. The foil is supported in the ex-factory sealing condition by a plate (4) of a plug (36) which depends from an over cap (4). The over cap is screwed to an outer wall of a tubular spout (6) that surrounds the neck (10) of the bottle. In the resealed condition the plug can be screwed deeper into the neck so that a secondary seal is formed between the plate and the neck.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 9, 2003Publication date: October 14, 2004Inventors: Henning von Spreckelsen, Peter Michael McGeough
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Patent number: 6769564Abstract: A breech for a dual-component cartridge with a breech plug with two sealing bolts which can be inserted into the two mutually separated outlet openings at the cartridge throat and seal these openings tightly, and with a retaining nut that can be screwed onto the cartridge throat. This nut can turn relative to the breech plug and can be locked to it in an axial direction and released therefrom. In order that the breech plug will be held by the retaining nut without additional parts and so that it can again be easily separated from it, between the retaining nut and the breech plug a manual-detachable snap-in connection is formed by the relative movement of the breech plug in the axial direction.Type: GrantFiled: March 21, 2002Date of Patent: August 3, 2004Assignee: Sulzer Chemtech AGInventor: Eugen Prestele
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Publication number: 20040131506Abstract: A closure assembly is provided for a specimen collection container. The closure assembly includes a bottom ring and top ring assembly. The bottom ring is removably attachable to the open end of the container. The top ring assembly, which is removably attached to the bottom ring, includes a mounting ring and a pierceable, resealable septum that closes the bottom ring and permits pierceable instrument access therethrough. The container interior can also be accessed by the removal of the bottom ring from the open end of the container or by the removal of the top assembly from the bottom ring.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 6, 2003Publication date: July 8, 2004Applicant: Becton, Dickinson and CompanyInventor: Robert G. Zurcher
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Publication number: 20040099629Abstract: A two-piece cap assembly for closing an opening in a neck portion of the container is provided that includes a cap body having a top wall and a depending annular skirt for screw attachment to the neck portion of the container. A plug seal is attachable to the underside of the top wall of the cap body. The plug seal and the cap body are relatively rotatably coupled for independent rotation of the cap body with respect to the plug seal upon attachment and detachment of the cap to the neck portion of the container.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 19, 2003Publication date: May 27, 2004Inventor: Kenneth W. Whitley
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Publication number: 20040055991Abstract: A tamper-evident, snap-on, screw-off closure is used with a specially shaped container neck. One neck has double lead external threads and, below the threads, a conical wall having external ratchet teeth. The closure has an upper skirt having internal threads mating with the neck threads. A conical lower skirt is connected to the upper skirt by a plurality of frangible bridges. The lower skirt has internal ratchet teeth to mate with the neck ratchet teeth. The cap skirt threads are double pitch and slightly over 360° in length. When the cap is applied to the neck it snaps on in two stages. The lower skirt has a tear tab which, when pulled, fractures the lower skirt on a vertical line. Continued pulling on the tab sequentially fractures the bridges. Another neck has a neck stretch with multiple neck threads and a locking wall below the neck stretch with a plurality of external teeth.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 22, 2003Publication date: March 25, 2004Inventor: Daniel Luch
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Patent number: 6662957Abstract: A resealable barrier closure for a container with an open top and an annular snap ring below the open top. The closure includes a shell having an outer skirt dimensioned to telescope over the open top of the container. The outer skirt has a snap ring for engaging the snap ring on the container. The shell further includes an inner skirt to telescope into the open top of the container. An elastomeric diaphragm is sealingly engaged in the inner skirt. A barrier cup extends across the bottom face of the diaphragm and telescopes upwardly over the inner skin. The barrier cup initially is sealed hermetically to the container and to the plastic shell. The container may be opened by urging the plastic shell upwardly with sufficient force to break the seal between the barrier cup and the container. The container then may be resealed by merely urging the closure back over the open top of the container.Type: GrantFiled: March 1, 2002Date of Patent: December 16, 2003Assignee: Becton Dickinson and CompanyInventors: Robert Zurcher, C. Mark Newby
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Patent number: 6637611Abstract: A tamper-evident, snap-on, screw-off closure is used with a specially shaped container neck. One neck has double lead external threads and, below the threads, a conical wall having external ratchet teeth. The closure has an upper skirt having internal threads mating with the neck threads. A conical lower skirt is connected to the upper skirt by a plurality of frangible bridges. The lower skirt has internal ratchet teeth to mate with the neck ratchet teeth. The cap skirt threads are double pitch and slightly over 360° in length. When the cap is applied to the neck it snaps on in two stages. The lower skirt has a tear tab which, when pulled, fractures the lower skirt on a vertical line. Continued pulling on the tab sequentially fractures the bridges. Another neck has a neck stretch with multiple neck threads and a locking wall below the neck stretch with a plurality of external teeth.Type: GrantFiled: July 30, 2002Date of Patent: October 28, 2003Assignee: Portola Packaging, Inc.Inventor: Daniel Luch
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Publication number: 20030196985Abstract: A combination bottle cap and stopper is provided. A pin is embedded in the stopper and adhered to the cap to provide for a one piece closure on a bottle. The combination allows for a combination of seals including between the bottle cap and bottle top, and the stopper and the bottle neck. This combination of seals allows for greater efficacy in the sealing of bottles, especially wine bottles.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 20, 2002Publication date: October 23, 2003Inventor: Angela R. Wheeler