Abstract: The reclosable opening device (1) has a frame (2) integratable with a package to be opened, a pouring opening (6) defined by the frame member, and a reclosable cap (4) releasable connected by screw threads (5) to the frame (2) for sealing the pouring opening (6). An indicator member (7) is rotatably associated with the frame (2) and releasably connected to the reclosable cap (4) by rupturable connection bridges (12a-12f) for indicating a sealed condition of the opening device in a first position. A ratchet mechanism (13 , 15-17) is interposed between the frame (2) and the indicator member (7) for retaining the indicator member (7) in a second position, which is spaced from the first position, for indicating an opened condition of the reclosable cap (4).

Abstract: The Invention provides a waste storage device comprising a main body and a lid, the main body including a waste aperture inlet arranged to receive a storage bag, the lid comprising storage bag severing means movably mounted thereon and a formation arranged to hold the storage bag against movement relative to the lid when the lid is in a closed position, for operation of the severing means, in which the lid is movably fastened to the main body between said closed position and an open position.

Abstract: An opening arrangement for packaging containers which is manufactured from a flexible packaging laminate and includes a prefabricated outlet opening which is covered by a tear-off strip or pull-tab. To facilitate pouring of the contents and permit reclosure of the packaging container, the container also displays a prefabricated pouring device surrounding the outlet opening, the pouring device being applied on the outside of the packaging container and comprising a reclosable lid. In order to ensure satisfactory function and facilitate application of the pouring device onto the packaging container, the pull-tab extends, according to the present invention, in beneath the pouring edge of the pouring device and is fixedly sealed between the pouring device and the upper side of the packaging container.

Abstract: A closure is provided for a container and includes a base and a lid. The base includes a body for mounting to the container, and the body defines a dispensing orifice. A tamper-evident seal extends across the dispensing orifice. The lid includes a peripheral frame, a flexible panel, and a penetrator member extending from the panel for penetrating the seal.

Abstract: A dual aperture beverage container is disclosed, consisting of a beverage container of traditional cylindrical shape, with a traditional pouring aperture assembly on the top of the container, such as a scored section and a tab. Located along the container side wall is a second scored portion. A venting aperture opener is included which hooks onto the top container rim and opens the venting scored portion to reveal a venting aperture. The venting aperture container can be used to provide additional air to the pouring aperture, or can itself be used as a pouring aperture. Also disclosed is a venting scored portion and venting tab, located on the container bottom, serving the same purpose as the venting aperture located on the container side wall.

Abstract: The invention relates to a lid for tins, cans and the like, which lid is made of a layer of sheet metal or plastic that is attached to the wall (3) of the container by means of a seam-folded or other type of joint. The lid has a groove (5) in which the tip of a spoon or other suitable utensil can be inserted so that the latter can act as a lever therein and open the lid by tearing the material along a first line of weakness (6) located on the bottom of the groove (5). The lid advantageously has a second line of weakness (7) that is located in the area where the cross section of the groove (5), which is essentially U-shaped, joins the central portion of the lid; this second line of weakness contributes to weakening the lid material locally, in the above mentioned area, thereby enhancing the leverage exerted in order to open the lid.

Abstract: The air vent has a body with a central axis, a top end, a bottom end, a flat surface on the top end and a flat surface on the bottom end. A gripping surface extends from the top flat surface to a stop surface that is transverse to the axis. The small diameter end of an upper conical surface joins the stop surface. A large diameter end of a lower conical surface joins the large diameter end of the upper conical surface. A cutting edge formed by the flat bottom surface and the lower conical surface pierces a container when the air vent is forced into the container. The lower conical surface expands the opening made by the cutting edge. The stop surface limits penetration and the upper conical surface urges the container wall toward the stop surface. An air vent passage through the top flat surface and the bottom flat surface lets air into the container. A cap closes the air vent passage. The air vent is removed from an empty container for use in another container.

Abstract: A closure is provided for a container and includes a base and a lid. The base includes a body for mounting to the container, and the body defines a dispensing orifice. A tamper-evident seal extends across the dispensing orifice. The lid includes a peripheral frame, a flexible panel, and a penetrator member extending from the panel for penetrating the seal.

Abstract: A guard for preventing spilling or splashing of hot or cold liquids from a drinking container when the container is moved or when drinking therefrom. The guard includes a lower lid attached to the drinking container and an upper lid attachable to the lower lid which is selectively movable between an open position and a closed position. The lower lid includes a resilient sidewall for sealably engaging the inner surface of the drinking container to prevent the beverage from flowing therebetween when the container is moved or when drinking therefrom. A plurality of openings evenly spaced around the center of the lower lid are also provided in the lower lid for allowing the beverage to pass from beneath the lower lid to a position thereabove when the upper lid is in the open position.

Abstract: A package opening and closing device for a brick-type package is fastened thereon near an opening region defining a pouring region for the product contained in the package. The opening region is provided with prescoring to allow the package to be opened during the first use. The device includes a peripheral ring fastened to the package near the perimeter of the opening region, a lid to seal off the opening region reversibly and being fixed to the peripheral ring, and a lever hinged by a hinge pin in the horizontal plane containing the device to rupture the pouring region along the prescoring.

Abstract: A container for holding contents such as particulate material under pressure. A lid of the container has a bend that operatively engages the inside sidewall of the container, preferably a bead located in said sidewall to form a restricted passage therebetween. The restricted passage enables venting of the pressurized gas within the container while substantially retaining the particulate product. The restricted passage can additionally have a spray control material located therein.

Abstract: An apparatus for dispensing a substance in a liquid beverage contained in a container includes a receptacle containing the substance formed in the interior of the container and a tab attached to the top of the container for bursting the receptacle to dispense the substance and for opening a pour panel in the top of the container so that the liquid beverage container be drunk from the container. The receptacle can be formed in the top of the container such that it is upwardly openable so that a dispenser containing the substance to be dispensed can be added to the receptacle after the container has been manufactured.

Abstract: Apparatus for heating and venting a container. The apparatus has a heating station for the container. A heater is disposed to supply heat to the heating station. A drive has a body and a reciprocable member. The body is mounted in predetermined relation to the receiving station. The reciprocable member is movable relative to the receiving station between a first position and a second position. A cannula is joined to the reciprocable member. The cannula has a hollow bore. The cannula is movable between a retracted position and an extended position by movement of the reciprocable member between the first position and the second position. A vent line communicates with the bore and the ambient environment.

Abstract: A vessel for containing a batch quantity of chemicals for preparation of physiologic, therapeutic, or irrigation solutions, such as dialysate. The vessel has a cap and a bottle shell having features that make the vessel suitable for mounting to an apparatus for automatically opening the vessel. In a preferred embodiment, the cap has a frangible membrane sealing the vessel. A protective overcap is removable mounted to the cap to protect the cap from puncture prior to installation on the opening apparatus.

Abstract: An end panel for a full-open end closure for a container comprising a rim portion, a removable central panel portion connected to the rim portion for detachment by an opening implement, an array of closely spaced push-in closure members dimensioned and spaced to receive the prongs of a standard domestic fork as the opening implement. The closure members are in a generally linear array adjacent the rim portion and the fork engages the openings defining the closure members and is levered against the rim to remove the central panel portion from the rim. Alternatively, the closure members are in a radial linear array extending towards the center of the central panel portion with the outermost closure member adjacent the rim portion so that the central panel portion can be conveniently levered from the rim portion without the need for a special opening implement.

Abstract: Apparatus for forming a reclosable opening in a top wall of a fluid pack while maintaining sealing integrity of the pack until it is first opened includes an opening member secured to the top wall of the pack. The opening member includes an inner disk portion having a central opening and an outer annular portion with the disk portion and the annular portion being separated by a slot which is interrupted by a bridging portion so that it extends circularly over almost 360.degree.. A tongue is mounted for rotation about the central opening and includes a blade extending from the underside of the tongue. The blade is spaced along the tongue to be received within the slot. The blade is longer than the opening member is deep so that the blade pierces the pack and opens the pack as the tongue is rotated to move the blade along the slot.

Abstract: A tamper resistant and tamper evident detachable cover is provided for a dispensing container so that any premature removal of the cover before customer purchase can be visually detected. The cover employs a closed opening in the top surface for subsequent perforation by the customer after purchase in order to release the cover.

Abstract: A beverage container 10 suitable for liquids includes a vessel 12 which defines a filling orifice proximate a first end thereof. A drinking straw 14 is integral with, and external of, the vessel 12 so that the straw 14 and the vessel 12 form a one-piece article, the straw 14 communicating with the interior of the vessel 12 proximate ends thereof remote from the filling orifice. A free end of the straw 14 is sealed by a rupturable membrane. A closure element 40 sealingly closes the filling orifice of the vessel 12. The closure element 40 includes a tamper indicating means. A closure cap 56 is formed integrally, as a one-piece article, with the tamper indicating means of the closure element 40. The closure cap 56 is mountable on said free end of the straw 14, after rupturing of the membrane, to close off said free end of the straw 14.

Abstract: A snap-on flexible lid for a container comprises a flat lid face and an annular, peripheral flange extending normally of the lid face to enclose and grip an annular lip of a container. The term "annular" is intended to include all closed loops, for example those of rectangular containers. The flange comprises spaced panels angled inwardly from the remainder of the flange to engage the underside of the container lip. This promotes retention of the lid on the container and permits a container where the flange is essentially free of circumferential tear lines, avoiding problems of lid pop-off, and undesired tearing of the circumferential tear lines in the event the container is dropped. The angled panels are defined between pairs of cutting apertures to permit the separation of the sections defining the panels by a pair of vertical cuts, for opening of the container.

Abstract: A closure device for a container having an opening sealed with a membrane comprises: a cap adapted to engage the opening of the container for closing same and comprising a first cylindrical wall connected to one side of a circular base; and a membrane-penetrating element comprising a second cylindrical wall connected to the reverse side of the circular base and, within the second cylindrical wall, means for penetrating a membrane when the element is pressed into contact with the opening of a container sealed with the membrane, the means comprising a plurality of arciform cutters that are connected to the base and are coaxial with and in close proximity to the inner surface of the second cylindrical wall, the plurality of arciform cutters together comprising a total of at least 300 degrees.

Abstract: A closure assembly for piercing a diaphragm over a discharge opening in a container comprising a cap of cup-like form having internal thread means and a generally tubular spout member mounted on the container surrounding the diaphragm and a piercing fitment disposed interiorly of the spout member having a series of depending teeth arranged in a circular array and cooperating interengaging means between the spout member and piercing fitment and cap whereby rotational movement of the cap in one direction effects downward displacement of the piercing fitment to pierce the diaphragm.

Abstract: The present invention relates to the use of a pop top mechanism of a disposable beverage container which includes a lance in the pop top lever which can be pressed downwardly to penetrate the top of the container allowing a refrigerant inside the container to be released into the atmosphere thereby cooling the contents of the container by evaporation of the refrigerant coolant.

Abstract: A method of cleaning a drain by opening a container within a dispenser and dispensing drain cleaner from the container, through an outlet of the dispenser, and into the drain. The dispenser may have an upwardly extending pin for opening the container. Alternatively, the dispenser may have a cutter for opening an angled end of the container. In another alternative, the container may include a plug and a cooperating stem for opening the bottom of the container.

Abstract: A method of cleaning a drain by unlocking and opening a container within a dispenser and dispensing drain cleaner from the container, through an outlet of the dispenser, and into the drain. The dispenser may have an upwardly extending pin for opening the container. Alternatively, the dispenser may have a cutter for opening an angled end of the container. In another alternative, the container may include a plug and a cooperating stem for opening the bottom of the container. A mechanism for locking the dispenser in an unused state is included in the dispenser.

Abstract: A multi-function cover is composed of a lid, a seat, and a fixture ring. The lid is pivotally attached to the seat at one end and has a circular groove at inner end for seating on a circular protuberance on the seat when the lid is closed. A cutter is formed at the inside of the seat and extends downward. A plurality of posts are formed at a bottom portion of the seat for insertion into holes on the fixture ring for connecting purposes. A circular groove is formed in the fixture ring for grasping the leading edge of a cap firmly.

Abstract: A liquid container with a spout is disclosed. A composite sheet for the container body comprises an innermost layer of a low-smelly and low-adsorbent resin and an outermost layer of a polyolefine resin. A sealing film comprising a liquid-contacting layer and a sealing layer both made of the low-smelly and low-adsorbent resin seals a spouting hole in the container body from inside the container body. The container body and the spout sandwich a connecting film and a spout-attached film. The connecting film has a hole in alignment with and adjoining the hole in the container body. The connecting film comprises an innermost layer of a polyolefine resin and an outermost layer of the same resin as the innermost resin of the container body. The connecting film is heatsealed to the outermost layer of the container body. The spout-attached film has a hole in alignment with and adjoining the hole in the container body. The hole in the spout-attached film has a smaller diameter than the hole in the container body.

Abstract: An improved lid for a pail of the type in which chain or cordage is typically stored and shipped allows a user access to the chain or cordage within the pail without removing the entire lid and provides a means for retaining the end of the chain or cordage in an easily accessible position for the next user. The lid uses a uniquely shaped area of the lid defined by a perimeter of reduced thickness designed to be easily cut out or punched out with a hammer. The resulting hole allows easy hand access to the chain or cordage and has a notch at one side for hanging the loose end of the chain or cordage on for subsequent use.

Abstract: A large easy opening plastic lid, such as for a five gallon paint can, having a peripheral flange with an annular locking ring that engages an annular bead on a container sidewall to retain the lid in sealed engagement with the container. The flange is formed with a plurality of peripherally spaced frangible lines of weakness, which, when broken, segment the peripheral flange into separate flange segments, each having a segment of the locking ring. Following rupture of the flange along the frangible lines of weakness, each of the flange segments is independently pivotable between two positions, a first lowered position in which the respective segments of the locking ring engage with the container bead to securely retain the lid on the container, and a second raised or winged position in which all of the respective segments of the locking ring are disengaged from the container bead to facilitate easy removal and replacement of the lid.

Abstract: A closure is used with a container having an annular end portion defining a radially outwardly opening annular recess. The closure comprises a generally circular closure wall, a generally cylindrical continuous sidewall having an upper edge connected to the closure wall and a continuous annular lower edge. The sidewall has an inner diameter slightly greater than the outer diameter of the container annular end portion, and a radially inwardly extending ridge on an inside of the sidewall between the upper and lower ridges. The ridge has an inner diameter less than the container annular end portion outer diameter yet greater than an outer diameter of the annular recess so that when the closure is installed on the container at least one of the container end portion and the sidewall is temporarily deformed to permit reception of the ridge in the recess to lock the closure on the container.

Abstract: A seal and closure member of elastomeric material adapted to be cast in situ and including a cylindrical body portion and an integral frusto-conical skirt therewithin. The skirt includes two weakened narrow annular portions of different size, on different centers, across the smaller diameter end portion of the skirt, and another weakened narrow annular portion on the skirt, axially displaced from the smaller diameter end portion.

Abstract: A disposable nursing rectangular container having an interior space for holding a nursing liquid. A removably covered nipple attachment piece having an attached nipple, is located on the top of the container. A puncture piece on the nipple piece is used to pierce an access port on the top of the container so that liquid can flow into the nipple. Preferably the container has a liquid level gauge area on an end to allow viewing of the amount liquid in the container.

Abstract: A container cap for vise with a self-heating tin container having a chemical compound on one end for releasing heat upon mixing with a liquid catalyzer. The container cap has an annular groove on the bottom around the border into which a peripheral flange on a self-heating tin container is inserted for positioning, a pointed member on the inside surface of the elastic top edge thereof, a film covering covered over the pointed member to hold a liquid catalyzer. Pressing the elastic top edge of the container cap against the tin container to which the container cap is fastened causes the pointed member to pierce the film covering permitting the liquid catalyzer to flow out of the container cap for mixing with the chemical compound in the tin container.

Abstract: A system of cleaning a drain by opening a container within a dispenser and dispensing drain cleaner from the container, through an outlet of the dispenser, and into the drain. The dispenser may have an upwardly extending pin for opening the container. Alternatively, the dispenser may have a cutter for opening an angled end of the container. In another alternative, the container may include a plug and a cooperating stem for opening the bottom of the container.

Abstract: A method and apparatus of cleaning a drain by unlocking and opening a container within a dispenser and dispensing drain cleaner from the container, through an outlet of the dispenser, and into the drain. The dispenser may have an upwardly extending pin for opening the container. Alternatively, the dispenser may have a cutter for opening an angled end of the container. In another alternative, the container may include a plug and a cooperating stem for opening the bottom of the container. A mechanism for locking the dispenser in an unused state is included in the dispenser.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a device comprising a supported apical piercing spike oriented and stabilized in supported relation on a support adapted to be positioned within a container. The container has a hollow interior defined between a distal end and a contiguous side wall extending upwardly from the distal end to a proximal end which opens into the interior. The support means is positionable adjacent the distal end with the apical piercing spike extending within the interior, away from the distal end and towards the above mentioned opening. In use, a frangible container of goods that is introduced into the interior of the container through the opening is impaled on the piercing spike, thereby permitting the contents thereof to be released form the frangible packaging into the interior of the container.

Abstract: A container is provided with a top to which is secured at least one strip. The strip or strips can be free of prestress bias or are provided with a prestress bias so that when the top is severed from the container, the strip or strips are lifted away from the top so that the strip can be grasped easily to provide a means for lifting the top away from the container. An indentation is provided in the container wall to prevent a severed container top from sinking into the contents of the container.

Abstract: A closure for lids made of sheet metal and secured as by a folded seam to the container body of cans and the like comprises, formed on the lid, a circular line of weakening and a circular groove adapted for engagement by a teaspoon or the like, to pry open the can, the groove having a U-shaped cross-sectional configuration and the line of weakening being a substantially V-shaped nick formed in the groove bottom close to the inboard wall thereof.This closure affords easy-opening features for the can using a teaspoon for a lever, while making the can virtually break-proof against undesired opening due to incidental shocks in handling and in transit.

Abstract: Wastes are placed in a container, and the container is closed by a lid having a port sealed by a disc. A cutting tool having a hollow drive stem pierces the disc. A grout slurry is fed through the stem so as to discharge into the container and embed the wastes in the grout when set. The wastes may be contained in a crate in the container, and may also take the form of a glove box which itself contains waste objects.

Abstract: A cap apparatus includes a cylindrical cap body hingedly mounting a lid thereto, wherein the lid includes a rigid lid arm projecting exteriorly of the lid, including an "L" shaped spring leg arranged to maintain the lid arm in an orthogonal orientation relative to a conduit bore directed through the cap body. A conical piercing cone is mounted to a bottom surface of the lid projecting interiorly of the conduit bore to effect piercing of a seal member of an associated container, wherein the cap body includes a plurality of spring clips arranged to secure the cap body relative to the associated container. A modification of the invention includes the cap member apparatus defined as spaced flanges utilizing a piercing cone coaxially aligned with a presser plate to effect the clamping and piercing of a fluid container therebetween.

Abstract: A cap is disclosed, for use on a container having a neck defining an opening sealed by a protective foil that has to be removed when the container is used for the very first time. The cap comprises a top sized to close the opening and a peripheral skirt that projects from the top and is detachably connectable to the wall of the neck. The cap also comprises at least one and preferably two open slots made in the skirt, the slots extending at angle from the bottom edge of the slot and being wide engage to receive the wall of the neck. The slots make the skirt to define spikes that preferably are oppositely oriented for use by right-handed or left-handed persons to perforate and remove the protective foil sealing the neck of the container when the latter has to be opened for the very first time.

Abstract: A container is provided with a top to which is secured at least one strip. The strip or strips are provided with a prestress bias so that when the top is severed from the container, the strip or strips are lifted away from the top and over the container rim so that the strip can be grasped easily to provide a means for lifting the top away from the container.

Abstract: A closure for a rigid or deformable container. The contents of the container are protected by a seal. The closure has a bottom part and a cap fixed thereon by a hinge. The lower part is closed by a cover face, through which only a pouring spout extends. A tear-off element is positioned on an underside of the cap in such a way that it extends through the pouring spout as far as the seal located below it. The tear-off element is in active contact with the seal, for example, it is bonded or glued to it. At the time of a first opening, the tear-off element pulls the seal upwards, which is simultaneously broken by a cutting element below the pouring spout. Such closures are structurally simple in their manufacture as well as in operation and can be attached to various types of containers.

Abstract: Difficulties in removing a film-like seal (14) from the access opening (12) of a container (10) may be avoided in a container and cap construction including a container (10) whose access opening (12) has an edge (20) of circular shape and of a particular inside diameter, a cap (16) for the opening (12), snap-fit components (28, 30) or threads (140, 142) for removably holding the cap (16) on the container (10) to occlude the access opening (12), a membrane or foil-like seal (14) bonded to the container (10) about the access opening (12) to be free of the cap (16) and at least one cutting tooth (50, 104) carried by the cap (16) and displaced from a rotation point (54) on the cap (16) about which the cap (16) may be rotated relative to the access opening (12) a distance equal to or slightly more than one-half of the particular diameter.

Abstract: A device for opening a flexible package is embodied by a planar tab which has a first tab portion for being secured to a flexible surface of a package to be opened and a second tab portion which contains lines of weakening which define a cutter having a cutting edge for enabling the cutter, by finger pressure, to be broken from the second tab portion at the lines of weakening and to be bent out of a plane defined by the second tab portion for exposing the cutting edge of the cutter for piercing the flexible package surface for opening the package.

Abstract: This relates to the double seaming of an end unit to a metal can body where the end unit is of the full opening, easy opening type incorporating a pull tab for the purpose of initiating a rupture followed by pull out of an end panel of the end unit. Most specifically, the end unit is of an oblong rectangular or generally other than round outline so as to have a fixed orientation with respect to a double seam forming double seaming chuck. By having a fixed relationship between each end unit and the double seaming chuck and the pull tab with respect to the configuration of the end unit, it is possible to form a notch in the underside of the double seaming chuck to clear the pull tab. This permits the pull tab to have a force applying nose thereof positioned closely adjacent to a chuck wall of the end unit so that it may overlie a score line or weakening line formed in the chuck wall radius between the chuck wall and the end panel.

Abstract: A closure for lids made of sheet metal and secured as by a folded seam to the container body of cans and the like comprises, formed on the lid, a circular line of weakening and a circular groove adapted for engagement by a teaspoon or the like, to pry open the can, the groove having a U-shaped cross-sectional configuration and the line of weakening being a substantially V-shaped nick formed in the groove bottom close to the inboard wall thereof.This closure affords easy-opening features for the can using a teaspoon for a lever, while making the can virtually break-proof against undesired opening due to incidental shocks in handling and in transit.

Abstract: A liquid container comprises an open topped vessel of generally rectangular cross-section which tapers from top to bottom and has a lid pivoted to one side wall. The lid has projecting puncture structure which pierces the top of a sealed, semi-rigid package of a beverage, such as fruit juice, when the package is located in the vessel and the lid is closed. A slider closure member is mounted in a slideway structure on the top of the lid so as to be slidable along a rectilinear path over two apertures to either close or open both the apertures. The apertures communicate with the interior of the semi-rigid package in the vessel via passage in the puncture structure when the lid is closed. One aperture is an outlet through which liquid is poured and the other is a vent hole. Recesses in each side wall are provided for holding the package.

Abstract: A closure is provided for selectively closing an opening of a container, including a base element arranged to be affixed to a container adjacent an opening therein. In one embodiment, the closure is provided with tamper-evident film fixed to the base element, and a control element is pivotally movable relative to the base element between open and closed positions. When the base element is affixed to the container, the tamper-evident film obstructs the container opening. When the control element pivots to the open position, the tamper-evident film is visible, and can be punctured or otherwise removed. According to another embodiment of the invention, a closure is provided for a container having a tamper-evident film secured thereto overlying the opening in a container.

Abstract: Fail safe externally-applied releasible locks and internally-disposed seals for capped centrifuge containers, cryogenic vials and the like to insure closure integrity against specimen loss in whole or in part and contamination, the containers with cap being suitable for use in centrifuging, boiling and freezing of liquid specimens and during shipping.

Abstract: A container opening device for use in combination with a conventional container having a bottom wall flexible walls a extending from said bottom wall to an upper opening, and a closure cap threadably engaged about the container opening. A closure film or seal member is provided to form a secondary seal about the periphery of the opening. A seal perforation blade is carried on an angular rod which is loaded internally of the container, and wherein the user, by pressing the walls of the container inwardly, causes the seal perforation blade and rod to extend outwardly and puncture the secondary seal, thereby making it possible to remove the contents on a safe, expedient basis, and normally without making physical contact with the contents.