Abstract: A self-wound, self-adhesive, resealable tamper-evident tape is provided. The tape is used to seal any container requiring a self-adhesive closure, such as bags or pouches, and provides clear visual evidence if the self-adhesive seal is peeled apart. The tape comprises a backing sheet, the upper surface of which is coated with a release layer, and the bottom surface with an adhesive. The release layer is relatively non-adherent to the adhesive so that the tape may be wound or rolled up without a separating liner. A non-visible patterned varnish layer is applied to the adhesive to create a hard surface onto which an colored ink layer is subsequently applied. The colored ink layer breaks or chips when the self-adhesive seal is peeled apart and retains this appearance if the tape is reapplied to seal the container, thereby providing visible evidence of tampering.

Abstract: A tamperproof container 1 has a main body portion 2 with an opening 3 and a closure 4. The closure 4 is releasably engageable with the neck portion 5 of the body portion 1. One or more tamperproof indicators 10 have leg portions 11 engageable within respective of apertures 12 around a peripheral ledge 13 of the closure 4. Rotation of the closure 4 relative to the neck 5 will result in the legs 11 engaging with a respective abutment 15 provided on a shoulder 14 of the body portion 2 breaking off the legs 11 and showing that the closure 4 has been removed or an attempt to do so has been made.

Abstract: A plastic bung seal forming two separate seals with the plug and collar of a receptacle. The bung seal allows ready detection of unauthorized access to the contents of the receptacle, since the double seal prevents its removal without visually perceptible destruction of the bung seal.

Abstract: Tamper indicating closure and container assembly which prior opening of the assembly is indicated by exposing projections formed integrally with the closure with such projections remaining concealed in the originally closed position of the assembly. In one embodiment the tamper indicating features are associated with the label on the container and in another embodiment of the invention the tamper indicating features are associated with a pouring spout on a gable-top container.

Abstract: The present invention is a tamper evident container sealing system for sealing a cap to a container. The system includes a shrink band, shrinkable at a shrink temperature, positioned about the cap and container circumferentially, a colorant bonded to the shrink band and an adhesive bonded to the colorant. The adhesive is thermally activatable at the shrink temperature. The adhesive is in contact with the container.

Abstract: A tamper-evident closure is provided with a base having a deck with a discharge aperture. A lid is included for covering the discharge aperture on the base. The lid defines a latch aperture. The base has a resilient locking lever that projects from the base deck and through the lid latch aperture when the lid is closed. The lever engages the lid and holds the lid closed. A tamper-indicating element is provided on the lid to prevent operation of the lever. The element is attached to the lid with frangible portions which can be broken when sufficient force is applied to remove at least a part of the element and permit operation of the lever whereby another part of the element remains on the lid to provide evidence that part of the element has been removed.

Abstract: A tamper-evident dispensing closure is provided with a base suitable for attachment to a container. The base has a deck defining a dispensing orifice and an anchor-receiving opening with an adjacent anchor-retention structure. A lid is provided to close the orifice and defines an aperture spaced from the dispensing orifice when the lid is seated on the base. A tamper-indicating element is provided with an anchor retained in the opening below the deck in the base. The element has a first segment extending from the anchor through the base opening, between the base and lid, and through the lid aperture. A second segment extends from the first segment and is disposed adjacent a portion of the lid to inhibit movement of the lid from the closed position. A first frangible connection joins the first and second segments at the lid aperture. Preferably, a second frangible connection joins the first segment to the anchor at the anchor-receiving opening in the base.

Abstract: A plastic tamper-proof sealing plug assembly for use in securely sealing the vale outlet of a pressurized bottle or any other type of container. The tamper-proof assembly has a tubular gasket provided with a central opening, sized to fit into and seal a valve outlet, and a sealing plug element with a plug projecting from it, which is sized to snugly fit into the tubular gasket in order to close the valve outlet. The tamper-proof assembly also has a security seal in the form of a strap has one end attached to one side of the sealing plug element and also has another free end. The strap projects outwards from the side of the sealing plug element and is long enough to surround the valve. The tamper-proof assembly further has a fastener for irreversibly fastening the free end of the strap to the sealing plug element so that the strap must be broken in order to remove the plug and the gasket if necessary, from the valve outlet.

Abstract: A container is disclosed for packaging food, paint or the like. The container includes a cover having a lip which engages a top edge of the container and is sealed on the container by one or more sealing elements. The sealing elements include a hook which engages a skirt located on the container and a jaw which engages the cover lip. The hook and jaw are lockable together. The skirt further includes handles and a recess so that the cover can be easily removed from the container.

Abstract: A fluid dispensing apparatus is disclosed. The apparatus includes a fluid container defining a fluid cavity. A manifold assembly is mounted over a container bunghole. A tube assembly including a fill tube extends into the fluid cavity. Keyed couplings are mounted on the manifold assembly. One of the couplings is in communication with the fill tube and another coupling is in communication with the cavity. A pressure relief valve is mounted adjacent the manifold assembly. Tamper evident assemblies are provided on the manifold assembly for determining if the fluid container has been opened.

Abstract: A container, suitable for receiving and shipping various products, includes a hollow body member and a removable cover positioned on an open upper end of the body member and has a tamper-evident seal device connecting the body member and the cover to evidence any premature removal of the cover. The seal device includes two sets of superimposed apertures extending through the body member and the cover, a closed sealing wire or member extending through the sets of apertures and around respective inside and outside portions of the body member and cover between the sets of apertures and being sealed to form a closed loop. A patch member is secured to the inside surface of the body member and covers the apertures to prevent contaminants from entering the container through the apertures and to strengthen the area of the body member having the apertures.

Abstract: A high security tamper evident package for the shipping and storing of a variety of highly proprietary electronic components. The package has a lid and a multi-compartmented base which are threaded together to actively engage an automatic locking system enabled by breakaway tabs on the wall of the base sliding over and engaging behind ramps protruding from the inner surface of the lid. Upon unscrewing the base from the lid, the tabs break off as pressure is applied by movement against the back of the ramps, leaving permanent evidence of the package having been opened. A textured grip on the bottom of the package provides ease of handling and fits snugly onto a raised ring on the top of another package to allow for easy stacking and efficient storage.

Abstract: A two part clamshell web cassette is provided with a central recess for receiving a web roll core. The core and cassette half shells have mating surfaces which form a labyrinth light seal when the cassette is closed and which prevent rotation of the core during handling of the cassette to provide a core brake. Surfaces on the cassette parts clamp the web rail of a partially dispensed web roll when the cassette is closed. The core brake and web clamping surfaces facilitate transport of the cassette without loss of intra-roll web tension. The cassette is provided with a latch for retaining the cassette half shells in a closed light sealed condition. A frangible covering over a latch release means indicates when broken that the cassette may have been opened prematurely. The cassette further includes a web end retaining means which retains the web end portion to the underlying convolution.

Abstract: A container adapted to securely engage a cover displaying a peripheral depending skirt comprises a body with side walls having an upper edge portion adapted to engage the skirt of the closure. The side walls include a peripheral inverted L-shaped flange. Integrally formed with the flange on two sides of the container is a downward projection including a frangible tab which must be broken to remove the cover from the container; however, the broken tabs do not hinder the reclosure of the container, nor the handling of the container. The side projections are so shaped as to allow similarly constructed containers to be nested one into the other.

Abstract: A tamperproof seal arrangement for the pin index outlet valve of a gas cylinder, comprising a body capable of being positioned closely and securely around the pin index valve and having a number of faces matching those of the valve, one face having at least one inwardly directed projection engaging in and matching either the outlet of the valve and/or the pin index hole or holes of the valve, and another face having non-removably associated with it a unique identification marking, that face being joined to adjacent faces by rupturable means, whereby removal of that face with the identification marking will destroy the continuity of the body, whereafter the rest of the body can be removed from the pin index valve to allow use of the pin index valve while it is apparent that the seal arrangement has been destroyed or otherwise visibly damaged.

Abstract: A seal engaging ring comprising an annular ring having an upper portion, a lower portion, an inner diameter and an outer diameter, the inner diameter having at least one major relieved area and the annular ring having at least one aperture for receiving a tamper indicating seal.

Abstract: The plastic lid (1) for blow-molded bung barrels (7) and widemouthed barrels exhibits a central, flat storage chamber (12) arranged on the outside (11) within the lid contour, for papers accompanying goods of all types and the like, with a cylindrical wall (13) formed on the outside (11) of the barrel lid (1), with a removable sealing lid (14) of plastic, as well as with a blind bung (15) formed centrally at the barrel lid (1) for centering and supporting the chamber lid (14).

Abstract: A vent system adapted to be installed on a standard container, in place of a shipping and storage plug, for use in venting the container without requiring any modification to the container. The vent system includes a knob which is turnable in one direction to place the vent system in a vent closed condition, as for example for shipping the container, and turnable in the opposite direction to place the vent system in a vent open condition to permit air to be vented into the container during fluid removal. A vent housing is adapted to be screwed into a threaded opening of the container. The knob includes a cap and a ring which are held together by a tamper evident seal. The knob is captured by the vent housing to prevent unwanted removal of the knob and to prevent unwanted access to the container. The tamper evident seal must be removed for access to the vent housing and for removal of the vent system from the container.

Abstract: A tamper evident device for use on a soft drink syrup container (a figal) comprising a one-piece body including a pair of spaced-apart arms with a socket on the distal end of each arm, the socket including internal locking teeth to lock onto a plug of the syrup container. The sockets include fracture zones and must be broken to be removed. A handle portion joins the two arms and includes a large flat upper surface for use in applying a label thereon identifying the syrup in the container.

Abstract: The disclosure herein describes a container adapted to securely engage a cover displaying a peripheral depending skirt; it comprises a body with side walls having an upper edge portion adapted to engage the skirt of the closure. The side walls include a peripheral inverted L-shaped flange. Integrally formed with the flange is a pair of handles each including a frangible tab which must be broken to remove the cover from the container; however, the broken tabs do not hinder the reclosure of the container, nor the handling of the container. The handles are so shaped as to allow similarly constructed containers to be nested one into the other.

Abstract: A sealable lid assembly and a method of using same to form a tamper evident seal for a container involves a heat shrinkable strip which is preformed on a container lid prior to assembly. The strip includes a first strip of pressure sensitive adhesive tape which is adhered to a lower rim of the container lid, and a second strip of rigid heat shrinkable material adhered to a lower portion of the first strip. The container lid is placed upon a container and heat is then applied to the shrinkable strip, which creates a tamper evident seal between the lid and the container.

Abstract: A lid-to-container locking assembly for lock sealing containers utilized in the transporting, storage and disposal of low level radioactive contaminated material. The locking assembly gives visual indications of a locked, sealed condition of the container through the utilization of a closure element that is ensconced in a latched position upon the lid to be secured, as well as to the container to be sealed. Detachment of the closure element at either of these points of its locking engagement with the lid and/or container will visually indicate an open and unsealed condition.

Abstract: A tamper evident seal for a container is provided by a tab which is preferably of a different color from the container. This tab has a portion that will be left on the container sidewall or lid. When only this portion of the tab is on the container sidewall or lid, there is clear evidence of tampering.

Abstract: A simple, inexpensive storage container for newspapers and the like is described for attachment to an apartment door or the like, such that papers can be inserted from the top but cannot be removed until the door is opened so as to expose an open side of the container. The container is secured in tamper proof manner by adhesive or simple slot and screw means.

Abstract: A container system and method for indicating the proper orientation of the closure of a container. The system comprises a container and rotatable closure, and a label applied in an overlapping relation to the closure and container. The label has an area which can be separated, and alignment indicators on the two segments of the label which are unaligned. In use, after the label has been applied, the closure is removed by unscrewing, breaking the label. Thereafter, when the closure is reapplied, the closure is overtightened to align the previously unaligned alignment indicators of the label to insure a leak-free containeer system after the closure has been reapplied.

Abstract: A cartonless recyclable package for protectively enclosing a product, such as photographic film, comprises a recyclable plastic container and mating cap with recyclably compatible plastic labels thereon bearing product information. One such label on the cap has readily tearable tab portions extending therefrom and tautly secured to the container, to tear apart when the cap is first removed. A second label, secured to the container and overlapping the tearable tab portions, includes inner and outer sheets separably adhered together. The outer sheet can be peeled back to reveal information on the interfacing surfaces of both sheets, and then re-adhered to the inner sheet. A third label, separably adhered to the first label on the cap, may be peeled away and re-adhered to some other surface for reference after the product has been removed.

Abstract: A rotatable seal which includes two inter-fitted relatively rotatable members. A sealing wire is passed through a hasp and through aligned apertures in the members. Relative rotation of the members causes the sealing wire to be wrapped at least partially around one of the members. Relative axial displacement of the members causes the apertures to be mis-aligned and the seal to be locked.

Abstract: A tamper evident container assembly for perishable foods such as dairy products. A container is provided with a removable lid which mechanically interlocks with the container in a conventional fashion. A fragible ring is wedged onto the lid to prevent release of the mechanical interlock and removal of the lid. A frangible tab section of the ring must be broken away to release the ring and permit removal of the lid. Absence or breakage of the ring provides visual evidence of possible product tampering.

Abstract: A specimen collection apparatus particularly useful for urine samples is disclosed the apparatus includes a container or beaker and a screw on self-locking top that cannot be removed without damage either to the top or the beaker.

Abstract: A protective covering for the closure lid of a beverage can has a tear-away access strip which exposes the pull-tab and pouring aperture. The access strip remains attached to the protective covering even after tearing to expose the pouring aperture. The covering is adhered to the can in a closely conforming manner so as not to interfere with the normal 6-pack clustering and stacking of the cans.

Abstract: A tamper indicator for placement over valves and other regulating type devices used on storage containers to detect any unlawful operation of the valve or other device. This indicator has a sleeve-like body, closed at one end, for encasing the valve or other device. A locking bar is passed through openings in the body near the open end, this bar positioned so as to engage the base of the valve or other regulating device. One end of the bar has a restriction to prevent passage of that end through the openings, and the other end of the bar is provided with an aperture to receive a seal member. This seal member must be destroyed for removal. A broken seal member thus indicates tampering. By providing a unique indicia on the seal member, any attempt to install another seal member after tampering has occurred can be detected. The device of the present invention is of particular value when used as a tamper indicator on valved containers of uranium hexafluoride or other controlled substances.

Abstract: A port and closure assembly is provided. The closure includes a cap that cooperates with the port to produce a friction fit. The cap and port are hermetically sealed together by a coating. The coating provides a method of determining if the closure has been opened.

Abstract: To eliminate the necessity for additional seals or indicator tapes in a closure for a sterilizing container comprising a bottom part and a lid, with a pivotable locking bar which in a closed position fixes the lid in the closed position on the bottom part and in an open position releases the lid for removal from the bottom part, and with a safety closure for the locking bar which is damaged when the locking bar is pivoted from the closed position to the open position, the safety closure includes (i) a data carrier card which can be pushed into or put into a holding device on the locking bar, on the lid, or on the bottom part, (ii) a securing member to prevent removal of the data carrier card from the holding device when the locking bar is in the closed state, and (iii) a marking element to penetrate the data carrier card secured in the holding device during pivotal motion of the locking bar from the closed position to the open position.

Abstract: A hermetic multi-barrier tamperproof package for encasing articles such as pharmaceutical products and the like, is disclosed. The package comprises: a first container typically being made of a substantially impervious plastic material into which the articles to be protected are placed prior to hermetically sealing the container so as to enclose the articles, and so as to further enclose normal atmosphere air within the container. A second container typically being made of a substantially impervious plastic material completely encloses the first container. The first and second containers are simultaneously separated from and connected to one another by attaching means comprising one or a number of discs having appertures in their centers, so as to allow a hermetic cavity defined between the first and second containers to extend continuously therebetween.

Abstract: A document tray is provided with a plurality of interior partitions having a wedging connection with hollow buttresses of the container wall. The transparent lid is provided with hooks at its rear end for engaging within correspondingly shaped apertures of the rear end wall of the container, and hooks at its front end for engaging within corresponding shaped apertures within the container front end wall. Security ties tightly lock the lid and container together at the rear end wall. The hooks at the front end wall are provided with notch sensitive areas that provide weakened portions such that the hooks will break off prior to any successful tampering with the front hook aperture connection.

Abstract: A container closure includes a cap having depending interior tines in engagement with a tamper-indicating element and thereby moving the element into registry with a container access port. Load-sharing structure is incorporated in the cap to provide additive force for movement of the tamper-indicating element, such force being imposed on the element at a location spaced from the location of engagement of the tines and the element. The load-sharing structure may also provide for sealably reclosing the container upon opening of the closure and removal of the tamper-indicating element.

Abstract: A container closure includes a closure member defining container closing expanse, a tamper-indicating element in the closure interiorly of the closure member and tines movable with the closure member for both retaining the tamper-indicating element with the closure and for selectively tearing the tamper-indicating element. The movable tines are inaccessible through the closing expanse of the closure member and the closure affords visibility therethrough of the condition of the tamper-indicating element.The tamper indicating element includes a compressible foam layer and the movable tines reside essentially in the foam layer.

Abstract: A container closure providing tamper indication includes tines therein in engagement with a tamper-indicating assembly which is nested in the closure and retained therein by the tines up to the point of telltale activation on container opening. The closure includes a member adapted to engage the tamper-indicating assembly subsequent to telltale activation both to remove the assembly from secured relation to a container and to retain the assembly with the closure in the course of its removal from the container and reapplication thereto.

Abstract: A tamper-indicating capped container includes an indicating member sealed across the container access port and the container cap is transparent and has capability for effecting visible change in the indicating member selectively in the course of container-opening sense movement of the cap. Tines may depend in cantilever manner from the cap interior to provide for tearing of the indicating member and the indicating member may be paper sheet material or a color change telltale.

Abstract: A hydrant securing device is adapted for use on a conventional fire hydrant having an exposed upper valve nut and a pair of caps each formed with a cap nut. The device preferrably comprises a one-piece steel yoke having a generally U-shaped configuration dimensioned for seating directly on the valve and cap nuts. The yoke has a a generally horizontal base formed with an opening dimensioned for location about the valve nut, and a pair of downwardly-directed arms, each arm having an opening dimensioned for location about one of the cap nuts. The openings conform generally to the shape of the nuts and prevent rotation of the nuts relative to the yoke so that the caps cannot be removed and water flow cannot be initiated. The yoke is sufficiently resilient that the arm portions can be elastically separated to permit simultaneous location of the openings about the valve and cap nuts and to permit removal of the hydrant securing device in the event of a fire.

Abstract: YA tamper indicating dispensing closure for attachment to an originally filled container to indicate prior opening or tampering. The closure has a base cap with a dispensing orifice therethrough and an upstanding retention sleeve. A lid is hinged to the base cap and has a tamper indicating disk attached to it by a pin extending through the lid. In its originally packaged condition, the pin extends into the retention sleeve with the lid closed. A frangible area on the disk around the pin breaks upon initial opening providing evidence of tampering or prior opening.

Abstract: A closure for a container with a top cut tamper evident feature and including an overcap rotatably attached to a container end portion. The container end portion is provided with an integral, hollow raised annular rib having a first truncated end and a second, inclined end, the two ends separated by a weakened hinge portion. The overcap is provided with a raised, open-bottomed, channel with a first open end and a second inclined end forming a knife blade, the channel overlaying and engaging the raised rib so that when the overcap is rotated, the knife blade severs the rib and moves it up the inclined end. Once the entire rib is severed, the combined container end and overcap may be detached from the container by tearing the hinge. The overcap and closure may be provided with cooperating means to permit the closure to be reattached to the container.

Abstract: A container cap comprising a cover member, at least one opening in the cover member, lid means including at least one lid to close said opening, flexible hinge means connecting the lid means to the cover member, and defining a free edge opposite said hinge means, and tamper evidencing means in the form of arrowhead locks positioned at opposite corners of said free edge secured to the cover member, including breakable webbing connecting said locks to said lid means.

Abstract: A security system for a sterilization container (10) comprises a first member (18) and a second member (24) of a clamp (16). The first member (18) is adjacent to the second member (24) when the container (10) is closed, and is in a position spaced from the second member (24) when the container (10) is open. A non-stick surface (28) is formed on the first member (18) on an area remote from the second member (24) when the first and second members are adjacent. A security band (30) is placed around portions (22, 26) of the first and second members (18, 24) while they are adjacent, the band (30) shrinking during a sterilization treatment of the container (10) to bind the first member (18) to the second member (24). The band (30) releases from the first member (18) when the second member (24) is moved to a position spaced from the first member (18 ).

Abstract: A collapsible container in which end and side walls are hinged to a rectangular base plate along the opposite short and long sides thereof. The vertical edges of the walls in their erect positions have ridges of triangular shape to abut at flanks lying diagonally. These flanks have formations enabling them to interengage. Cover plates have lips engaging in grooves of the side walls and are hinged to the end walls.

Abstract: Three hinged flaps of a plastic container closure are molded while in open positions and, during molding of the flaps, an elongated tear-away strip is formed along the front edges of the flaps and is integrally connected to the flaps by tearable webs. After the newly molded flaps have first been closed, the strip is anchored releasably to the top panel of the closure and prevents the flaps from opening during shipment of the container, the strip also serving as a visual indicator that the seal of the closure is intact. The closure is opened by lifting and pulling on the strip to tear the latter completely away from the top panel and the flaps and to free the flaps for swinging to open positions. The absence of the strip or the presence of a partially torn strip indicates that tampering has occurred and that the seal may not be intact.

Abstract: An end closure for a container comprising an end cap and a cover rotatable with respect to the end cap. The end cap has a raised portion connected to the main part of the end cap by a thinned, severable wall. The raised portion fits within an opening in the cover, which opening is defined at least in part by a knife edge. Upon rotation of the cover relative to the end cap, the knife edge will cut through the severable wall and sever the raised portion from the end cap. A pour opening is defined in the end cap when the raised portion is severed. When the opening in the cover is aligned with the pour opening in the end cap, the contents of the container may be dispensed. When the opening in the cover is out of registry with the pour opening in the end cap, no contents may be discharged. Complementary inter-engaging flanges on the end cap and cover retain the parts in assembled relationship.A tamper evident element is detachably secured within the opening in the cover by frangible sections.

Abstract: A sterilizer container includes a seal member so positioned on the container that movement of the outer cover of the container to a contaminating position requires fracturing the seal, thereby destroying the utility of the seal member and thus providing a visual indication that the articles within the container are contaminated. Further, the seal member includes a sterilization indicator which provides a further indication that the articles contained within the container are sterile.

Abstract: Device for storing and dispensing a flowable substance that includes a container (20) having container apertures (50) and a multiply positionable lid (21) having lid apertures (49). With the lid (21) in the closed position, the lid (21) cannot be lifted from the container (20) and there is not access to the flowable substance. When the lid (21) is in the access position, the container and lid apertures align, allowing access to the flowable substance when an access seal (37) is altered. A third position, the remove position, allows removal of the lid (21) after the breaking of a lid removal indicator (51) so that tampering with the interior of the container (21) may be ascertained by, for example, the food supplier.

Abstract: The tank fill locking system includes a special coupling adapted to fit upon the top of the tank fill pipe within the manhole. A flat top cap is removably attached to the coupling and includes aligned lock receiving openings when the handle is moved to the closed position. An upper, first, hardened steel plate overfits the fill cap within the manhole and is provided with suitable brackets to engage both the handle and the locks. Preferably, straight shackle locks are employed. A second or inner locking plate secures within the coupling below the flat cap and is also provided with a lock to lock the second plate within the coupling and thereby prevent access to the tank through the fill pipe.