Abstract: The present invention relates to a closure for a container the contents of which are to be pressurized characterized by having a crown and a depending skirt, retaining means provided in or on said skirt adapted to co-operate with a neck of the container to which the closure is to be applied, a flexible annular sealing ring extending from an internal surface of the closure adapted to engage in sealing relationship with a container neck and a support ring depending from the crown of the closure and disposed substantially concentrically within the sealing ring and arranged to limit the flexing of the sealing ring relative to the axis of the closure whereby the pressure of the contents of the container permeates between the support of the sealing rings to urge the ring into sealing engagement with the neck of the container to which the closure is applied the skirt has a bead at the level of the sealing ring extremity to center the closure on the neck as the sealing ring and neck are brought into sealing engagemen

Abstract: A one piece screw type bottle cap, a method of applying it and a method of molding it. The cap includes an internal sealing skirt having a cylindrical portion that seals against the internal surface of the bottle neck. The skirt flares inwardly and terminates at an outwardly extending collar which is bent upwardly before applying the cap to the bottle neck, and which engages the neck to form an additional seal only after the threads of the cap interengage with the threads of the neck.

Abstract: A plastic closure is disclosed which has an integral sealing means formed by an annular resiliently deflectable V-shaped wall section with a downwardly and outwardly projecting corner on it for sealing against an upwardly facing sealing surface on a container. The closure also has a stop member projecting downwardly and inwardly from near the top of the closure skirt for engagement against the container mouth during application of the closure on a container to arrest the axial travel of the closure on the container. The closure may have paraffin or wax lubricant either in the plastic material of the closure or on the inside surface to reduce the torque required to seal the closure on a container.

Abstract: A vehicle lamp comprising a housing having a base wall and a peripheral wall surrounding the base wall and having a free edge and a first lens adapted to overlie the free edge of the peripheral wall. The peripheral wall has an opening therein extending toward the lens and a second lens is provided in the opening and has a free edge aligned with the free edge of the peripheral wall. An annular gasket is positioned on the peripheral wall and engages and holds the second lens in position. The first lens and the gasket have cooperating portions to provide a seal between the first lens and the gasket.

Abstract: A cap for a bottle has a top portion for covering the open mouth of the bottle and two spaced rings extending therefrom to define a groove to receive an annular lip portion of the bottle. One of the rings can be angled toward the other and be flexible such that the lip of the bottle is fully grasped and maintained in the groove. The radially outer ring of the cap is provided with a plurality of circumferentially spaced weakened areas so that when the cap is removed from the bottle the outer ring will tear at at least one of the weakened areas to identify a cap which has become unsealed from its bottle.

Abstract: The present invention is concerned with a one-piece pressure resistant container closure including a pilfer proof ring and associated sealing means provided in or towards the crown of the closure whereby it is possible to apply the closure to a container without substantial risk of rupture between a skirt extension portion of the closure constituting a security ring and the remainder of the closure.

Abstract: A plastic cap for vacuum sealing glass containers such as bottles or jars is disclosed. The cap includes a top wall and a depending annular side wall which extends over and is adapted to be threadedly secured to the neck of a container. The depending side wall has at its lower edge a lead-in chamfer and suitable threads adapted to engage corresponding threads formed on the exterior of the container to which it is to be secured. In a preferred form, serrations are provided on the exterior surface of the cap for gripping purposes, and a reinforcement shoulder is located on the outer perimeter of the side wall adjacent the lower edge thereof to prevent excessive cap expansion upon application to a container. Vacuum sealing is attained by means of two annular flanges depending from and integrally formed with the top wall of the cap.

Abstract: A hermetically sealed recloseable container is disclosed wherein continuous sealing means on the underside of the container closure are bonded to a coating on the rim surrounding the opening in the upper end of the container. Also disclosed is a closure and method of forming such a container using such a closure.

Abstract: A child-proof container and cap combination is disclosed which seals the contents of the container against moisture vapor deterioration by making a seal which is "tight" by industry standards. The cap requires less than seven inch pounds of torque for removal. The seal is obtained by the cooperation of a flexible sealing lip on a separate element supported or disposed on the interior surface of the cap and cooperating with a rigid tapered sealing surface on the container.

Abstract: A closure for glass containers is formed with a top end wall and a depending annular skirt wall. A base ring depends downwardly from the top end wall and supports a small sealing fin which projects downwardly from base ring to engage the finish of a glass container neck in sealing relation when the closure is applied to the container. The preferred base ring is tapered downwardly and outwardly and facilitates the flow of plastic into the sealing fin during molding of the closure. The closure is threaded onto the container neck and the sealing fin comes into contact with the finish. The application of additional closure torque causes the sealing fin to deform and be crushed. Polypropylene has the desired structural properties of flexural stiffness, hardness and compressive strength to be used for the closure.

Abstract: A plastic water-tight cap for a water bottle that has a tearable portion that permits the reuse of the cap having a tab portion depending from a skirt portion, score lines alongside the tab portion and extending about the skirt portion and a pair of reinforcement members extending along the skirt portion whereby upon pulling upwardly on the tab portion, the latter and a part of the skirt portion are severed from the cap leaving the skirt portion at the position of the reinforcement members as a tab that permits the reuse of the cap for resealing the water bottle.

Abstract: A container-closure combination is disclosed which meets current industry standards for tightness promulgated by the United States Pharmacopoeia XIX and The National Formulary XIV with an application torque of seven inch pounds or less.

Abstract: A screw-type bottle cap molded in one piece from plastic material comprises an internal sealing skirt depending from the top of said cap and adapted to be force-fitted into the externally threaded neck of a bottle, a first sealing lip concentric with said skirt and positioned to engage the upper end of the neck of said bottle when said cap has been screwed home, and a second sealing lip adapted to cooperate with the upper outer surface of said bottle neck. The sealing skirt comprises a short upper portion having a slight outward conicity when unstressed, and the external diameter of which, at its connection to the top of said cap, is greater than the maximum internal diameter of said neck, allowing for manufacturing tolerances. Said upper portion merges into a central portion having an inward conicity, and terminating in a substantially radial collar, the periphery of which is adapted to bend upwardly as the cap is screwed down to form an additional seal with the inner surface of said bottle neck.

Abstract: A screw threaded cap for stoppering and re-stoppering of bottles enclosing gaseous beverages such as beer, has a base comprising a resilient lip adapted to co-operate with the junction of the bore of the bottle neck and its end surface. Ribs limit the distance between the latter and the corresponding surface of the base. The upper portion of the skirt has a rounded profile preventing cracks.

Abstract: A container having a neck portion provided with an inwardly turned downwardly extending flange element is engaged with a cap device having a depending skirt portion which engages the flange element of the neck of the container so that when the container is filled with an aerated beverage or the like the pressure thereof is exerted against the cap device so as to enhance the sealing engagement of the cap device in the neck of the bottle.

Abstract: A linerless closure for a container having a neck portion terminating at its end in an annular rim defining the periphery of an open mouth, the annular rim including a substantially flat portion lying in a plane normal to the longitudinal axis of the neck and a primary sealing portion tapering downwardly from the flat portion. The closure includes a top panel with a cylindrical skirt depending from the periphery thereof and adapted to engage the neck of the container. A downwardly and outwardly depending annular sealing fin is provided on the inside of the top panel of the closure and is adapted to sealingly engage the primary sealing portion on the annular rim of the neck portion of the container.

Abstract: A linerless closure for a container having a neck portion terminating at its end in an annular rim defining the periphery of an open mouth, the closure including a top panel with a depending cylindrical skirt adapted to engage the neck of the container. A downwardly and outwardly depending annular sealing fin is provided on the inside of the top panel of the closure and is adapted to engage the annular rim of the container to close and seal the open mouth of the container. An annular wedge or stop member depends downwardly from the inside of the top panel at a location radially outwardly from the annular sealing fin and has and inwardly inclined lower surface adapted to bias or wedge the sealing fin into firm engagement with the annular rim of the container.

Abstract: A closure for a container characterized by a crown and a depending skirt, retaining means provided on the skirt adapted to cooperate with corresponding means on a container to retain the closure about a neck of the container defining a dispensing opening thereof, a flexible annular sealing ring extending from an internal surface of the closure adapted to engage in sealing relationship with the container neck, a sealing ring support adapted to assist said ring into sealing engagement with the container and means for permitting pressure of the container contents to act upon the sealing ring to urge the ring into sealing engagement with the neck of the container to which the closure is applied.

Abstract: The open top of a container is surrounded by a rim having a curved upwardly presented surface and a slight ridge projecting upwardly from the curved surface. A seal membrane containing a metal foil extends over the open top of the container and seats against the ridge on the container rim. A flexible lid fits over the membrane and interlocks with the rim so that the membrane is interposed between the ridge and the lid. The lid has a downwardly opening annular groove which receives the container rim and this causes the seal to wrap generally around the curved upper surface of the rim. Once the lid and membrane are in place, the membrane is induction heated above the melting point of the container material, while a downwardly directed force is applied to the lid. The ridge, which is in contact with the seal membrane, melts down and thereafter is allowed to cool while the force is maintained on it, so that when the material solidifies, it is bonded to the membrane.

Abstract: A pail assembly, preferably all plastic, is provided in which a pail has peripherally spaced pail lugs on its side wall adjacent the rim of the pail. The pail lugs have an inclined cam surface at one end and a bearing surface substantially parallel to the rim along a margin remote from the rim. A lid has an internal annular skirt on and integral with it, of a shape and outside diameter complementary to the inside surface of the pail side wall adjacent the rim so that the skirt and pail surface engage one another snugly when the lid is rotated into mounted condition on the pail. The lid has an annular flange integral with it, spaced radially outboardly of the skirt and defining with the skirt a channel having a closed bottom wall and an open mouth. A plurality of peripherally spaced, radially inwardly extending lugs are formed integrally with the flange.

Abstract: A container having an external screw thread is closed by a synthetic plastics stopper comprising an internally threaded cap with a seal part protruding from the cap top, this seal part having an outwardly protruding seal section which in use is bent back outwardly by the inner wall of the container neck. The screw thread on the container neck, the screw thread on the cap and the seal section are such in relation to one another that in applying the stopper the seal section contacts the container neck and is bent back thereby before the external screw thread on the container and the internal thread on the cap come into engagement with one another. The seal section preferably consists of permanently deformable material so that on unscrewing the stopper, the seal between the stopper and the container opening is broken before the threads come out of engagement.

Abstract: A plastic bottle cap for large capacity water bottles has a central disc with a depending skirt which fits snugly around the exterior of the bottle neck and, so long as it remains intact, prevents tampering with the contents. The lower part of the skirt is scored and provided with a pull tab so that it may be partially torn off, permitting removal of the cap from the bottle neck. The score line slants upwardly from the bottom edge of the skirt to a circumferential score line extending only part way around the cap and located slightly below the maximum diameter area of the external bead of the cap which is installed over the external bead on the bottle neck. A pair of internal, thin, flexible circumferential rings are formed in the cap immediately above the score line and at about said maximum diameter to engage the neck bead and prevent leakage. In one form of the invention, the skirt is internally tapered to facilitate installation of the cap.

Abstract: The invention concerns apparatus, preferably a trigger-actuated portable gun, for dispensing adhesive comprising a housing containing a feed passage for receiving normally solid but heat-liquefiable adhesive block(s) having a flange for forming a fluid-tight yet yieldable seal with the feed passage, an outlet for liquefied adhesive, a coupling for connection to a source of pressurized fluid whereby in use fluid pressure is applied directly to the block(s) in the feed passage without the intermediation of a mechanical piston to advance the block(s) towards the outlet, and a heater for progressively liquefying the leading and of the block the remainder which serves as a piston for the liquefied portion thereof.

Abstract: A one-piece, linerless, plastic cap for a container. The cap includes an annular top wall section and an integral, generally cylindrical skirt section depending from the top wall. The interior wall of the skirt portion of the cap may be provided with threads for attachment to the threaded neck of a container or with an annular, inwardly projecting bead adapted to be received in a recess in the neck of a container. An integral, flexible, annular sealing ring projects inwardly and downwardly from the underside of the top wall section of the cap and is adapted to make sealing contact with the rim of the neck portion of the container when the cap is secured to the container neck.

Abstract: A plastic puck having a magnetic ring secured to its bottom is employed for magnetically conveying a can. The interior of the puck preferably includes deflectable plastic fins for securely holding the can within the puck.