Abstract: A container for transporting and storing vessels containing hazardous liquids and a method for making such a container. The container has a cylindrical housing and a cap that screws into the mouth of the housing and is locked by a latch. When the cap is screwed into place, an elastomeric sealing ring on the cap is compressed against the housing to provide a liquid-tight seal between the housing and cap. Interlocking hook-shaped members that project from the housing and from a central location of the latch act as a fulcrum on which the latch can be pivoted. Under the bias of a serpentine tongue, a locking member that projects from an end of the latch protrudes through a bore in the housing and is adapted to be received by a hole in the cap, thus locking the cap until the other end of the lever is depressed to disengage the locking member from the hole of the cap.

Abstract: A reusable collapsible container includes a bottom wall and a relatively flexible, peripheral side wall extending upwardly from the bottom wall, the side wall movable between axially extended and collapsed positions. The side wall includes lower and upper relatively thicker portions and an intermediate relatively thinner portion, and the upper portion joins with an annular rim adapted to receive a removable cap. The intermediate side wall portion is tapered radially inwardly and downwardly, and the lower side wall portion is tapered radially outwardly and downwardly substantially to the bottom wall, such that in a collapsed position, the lower side wall portion is partially telescoped within the upper side wall portion, with the intermediate portion reverse folded therebetween.

Abstract: A container for transporting a syringe includes a tubular body and a tubular cap. The body has an open end to receive a syringe and that end has a pair of notches to receive and hold projections on the syringe so that movement of the syringe in the container is restricted. Threaded tabs extend longitudinally from the body in-between the notches and the cap threads onto the tabs to enclose the syringe. When the cap is tightened fully onto the body, the projections of the syringe are captured in the notches.

Abstract: A fuel tank comprises a rotationally molded tank wall having a recessed neck unitarily formed with the tank wall during the rotational molding process. The neck receives a correspondingly threaded cap so that a top surface of the cap remains substantially at the level of the tank wall surface when a stem on the cap is threadedly engaged in the correspondingly threaded neck of the tank. In addition, a process for recessing a fill cap in a fuel tank comprises rotational molding of a plastic powder to form a hollow body within at least two mold parts. An insert carried by the one of the mold parts forms a threaded neck recessed inwardly from the tank wall surface. In addition, the process molds a cap with a handle having a top surface at the level of the tank wall surface.

Abstract: A container for containing a semi-solid product to be dispensed from the container by deformation in the axial direction, the container including a flexible part, a body part, and a cap part, each part having an open end, the cap part being securable to the body part to form a cylindrical container assembly, the side walls of the body part and of the cap part being deformable in the longitudinal direction to reduce the internal volume of the assembly and the assembly having a substantially constant external dimension over the side walls of the body part and the cap part, the body part having threads least towards its open end in its side wall and the cap part having threads towards its open end and in its side wall where the cap part and the body part may be secured to one another by interengagement of the threads, one of the parts having an outlet opening through which the contents of the assembly may be discharged upon deformation of the container assembly.

Abstract: A threaded closure and container arrangement having complementary annular surfaces on the closure and container which engage each other during threading and unthreading to guide the closure and container into axial alignment and to shape the relatively flexible neck opening of the container into an accurate circular shape so that complementary sealing surfaces are brought into accurate engagement with each other and so that the complementary surfaces maintain an axial force tending to maintain the closure and container in sealing relationship during at least initial unthreading movement of the closure from a fully closed position on the container

Abstract: A space saving rectangular container having a child resistant lid assembly wherein the rectangular container has a rectangular closure provided with a central opening. The child resistant lid assembly is removably mounted on the closure to close the opening and is positioned inwardly of the container side walls so that when placing a plurality of the containers having child resistant lid assemblies thereon in a stacked or side-by-side relationship, the child resistant lid assembly is positioned inwardly from the side wall of an adjacent container to thereby prevent damage to the lid assembly by the adjacent container during shipment and storage.

Abstract: An over-pack container for an industrial drum has a body portion with an outwardly extending flange thereon that has a flat outer surface of a polygonal shape and an inwardly extending upper lip that terminates as a downwardly depending leg with threads on the inner surface thereof. A hollow lid has a circular member with threads on the outer wall which engage with the threads of the leg of the body portions, and an outwardly extending portion having a lower sealing surface that engages the lip of the body portion, with upwardly spaced projections about the periphery of the lid.

Abstract: A tubular fitting of sheet metal is formed in one piece of a container, for example, a bung container and an internally threaded bushing is press fitted into tubular fitting or is held therein by formations, texturing and/or adhesive and is braced axially against a bead formed on the free end of the tubular fitting.

Abstract: A fitment to be attached to an apertured wall of a container or the like is initially formed (as by plastic molding) with a thin cylindrical plastic molding) with a thin cylindrical wall dimensioned to fit inside the aperture in the container. A flange is formed on the exterior of the cylindrical wall to fit against the exterior of the container wall, surrounding the aperture therein. Preferably the flange slants downward-outward. A curling tool is forced against the end of cylindrical wall, curling it outward-upward to fit tightly against the interior of the container wall opposite the flange, thereby crimping the fitment to the container. Curling of the cylindrical wall may be performed either before or after the fitment is installed on the carton. The fitment is formed to be closed by a cap and preferably to engage the cap in a tamper-evident manner. In a preferred form of the invention the cap and fitment are initially molded as a unitary member.

Abstract: A container (10) of the type having side walls and top and bottom ends, the top end (2) including an access hole 4 surrounded by an upstanding neck (5) adapted to receive a suitable closure, wherein the neck is integrally formed from the material of the top end. There is also provided a closure (12) comprising a cap having a top (13) and a skirt (15) extending downwardly therefrom, the skirt having an internal thread (12a) to engage the external thread of the neck, wherein the top (13a) of the cap is formed in a concave shape, the opposite surface (13b) being convex and extending downwardly towards the interior of the cap.

Abstract: A closure is used for selectively closing an opening of a container, the container including a tubular collar defining an opening and surrounded at the opening by an annular collar flange. An embossment includes a tubular collar retainer having an outer diameter slightly less than an inner diameter of the container collar and defining a through passage. A cap is threaded into the through passage to close the same. An annular retainer flange extends outwardly from an outer wall of the collar retainer and is seated on the collar flange incident to the retainer being inserted in the container collar. The retainer flange is secured to the collar flange by vibration welding so that the cap closes the container opening.

Abstract: A blow molded container has a cylindrical neck portion with novel seven circumferentially spaced continuous spiral thread configurations on its exterior to immediately receive and engage an improved tamper indicating flexible cap comprising a top with an annular depending wall on its peripheral edge and seven circumferentially spaced continuous spiral thread configurations on the inner surface surface of the annular depending wall. The novel constructions enable the tamper indicating flexible cap to immediately engage the lead-in ends of the seven circumferentially spaced thread patterns on the exterior of the neck of the container without the heretofore necessary rotation of the prior art caps in order to engage the single spiral thread configuration on the neck of the container.

Abstract: A container with a plug is described, with at least one plug hole, sealable n a liquid-tight manner by means of the plug. The container with plug is characterized by the plug hole surrounded by a collar made from the material of the container, the collar having at least one locking element to secure the plug, and having a sealing surface provided thereon, between which surface and the plug a sealing element for sealing the plug hole tightly is insertable.

Abstract: A closure member for sealing an opening for a cavity in a housing to prevent fluid from being communicated to the surrounding environment. The closure member has a shaft with an end member having a irregular radial surface thereon. A first torque is applied to the irregular surface to move threads into corresponding threads in the housing to join the closure member to the housing. A self locking fastener has as stem with threads that extend from a head that engages the housing when a second torque is applied to the head. A washer retained on the stem engages the irregular surface and deforms as the second torque is applied to the head. The deformation prevents relative rotation to thereafter occur between the closure member and housing to assure that the opening in the cavity remains sealed.

Abstract: A safety container having an array of ratchet teeth cooperating with a pawl stop is provided. The cover of the container can only be removed by counterclockwise rotation while the pawl is urged out of engagement with the ratchet teeth.

Abstract: A blanking cover for the filler neck of a motor vehicle fuel tank has a grip protruding from the blanking cover body so as to ensure that reliable filler neck sealing is maintained in the case of a crash when a collision occurs between the grip and a body part. The grip can be released from the blanking cover body under the action of crash forces.

Abstract: A plastic molded cap made in two parts to have a cap body, and a closing disc. Making a cap in two parts conserves material and permits fine molding detail substantially without defects to be placed at the proximal end of the cap.

Abstract: A bottle for packaging beverages for individual use, comprising a wide mouth container and a closure lid; the container having a neck with a circular opening; the closure lid having a concentric inner skirt and outer skirt; the container and the closure lid having corresponding fastening means for opening and closing the container; the corresponding fastening means respectively located on an inner circumferential area of the circular opening of the neck and on an outer circumference of the inner skirt; the outer circumferential area of the neck being smooth; the outer diameter of the neck being equal to the inner diameter of the outer skirt, wherein the outer skirt covers and protects the smooth outer circumferential area of the neck when the closure lid is fastened to the container, the environment outside the bottle.

Abstract: A cap-type container has a tube stub formed directly from sheet metal of the container cover and from which the opening can be shaped. The tube stub is externally threaded and cooperates with a cap provided with a sealing ring engaging an annular surface of the tube stub. The latter can be double walled and a reinforcing ring inserted between the walls.

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: A waste container includes a generally cylindrical double-wall drum having separate spaced-apart inner and outer sidewalls and separate spaced-apart inner and outer bottom walls. The inner and outer sidewalls are continuously connected along their upper ends and the inner and outer bottom walls are connected at a plurality of spaced-apart locations. A double-wall lid is provided to seal the container. A neck portion is formed at the upper end of the drum and includes a series of buttress threads on the interior face thereof adapted to engage buttress threads on the lid. A vertically-oriented annular trough is formed below and inwardly of the threads in the neck portion and is adapted to engage an annular toe depending from the lid. An upwardly projecting annular lid is formed immediately adjacent to and inwardly of the annular trough in the drum portion, so as to form an annular S-shaped surface with the annular trough.

Abstract: A fitment and cap therefor are integrally molded with lugs interconnecting the part. The fitment has a flange to be attached to a container and an internally threaded spout. The cap has an externally threaded skirt. The lugs are diametrically spaced and interconnect the bottom edge of the skirt and upper edge of the spout. After molding, force is applied to break the lugs and snap the skirt inside the spout, the threads slipping past each other and inter-engaging. A temper-evident band extends around the skirt and is connected thereto by frangible bridges. At diametrically spaced locations vertically projecting fingers extend down from the tamper evident band and are received in sockets on the fitment flange shaped so that the band fingers prevent unscrewing the cap without removing the tamper-evident band. A pull tab and thumb tab assist the consumer in removing the tamper evident band so that the cap may be unscrewed from the fitment.

Abstract: A thermoplastic pressure vessel consisting of a container having an exterior sidewall, a bottom and an annular top rim. An annular seal surface encircles the top rim. An annular collar extends outwardly and downwardly from the sidewall adjacent the top rim. The downward portion of the collar is spaced from and substantially parallel to the sidewall of the container such that an air cavity is formed between the collar and the sidewall. The collar has a threaded exterior surface. A closure is provided having a top with a depending annular skirt. The skirt has an upper portion of a first diameter with an interior sealing surface and a lower portion of a second diameter larger than the first diameter having a threaded interior surface.

Abstract: A cover 10 for a waste disposal container 12 is disclosed. The cover 10 includes a body configured to cover an opening 68 defined by a waste disposal container 12. The body 14 has an orifice 20 therethrough for permitting access to a waste disposal container 12 upon which the cover 10 is placed. A lid 26 is threadably removably attachable to the body 14 for blocking the orifice 20 and preventing access to a waste disposal container 12 upon which the cover 10 is placed. A plurality of posts 36,38,40,42 are provided on the top 16 of the planar body 14 for releasably holding the lid 26 in a fixed storage position on the body when the lid 26 is not in its operative position of the body.

Abstract: A plastic container and lid both of resilient material with the container having spaced thread segments below its upper edge and the lid having a central section from which extends an outer sealing section with a curved upwardly sloping inner wall and thread segments on the inside of a skirt wall extending downwardly from the sealing section. Threading of the lid onto the container in a downward direction brings the inner periphery of the container upper edge into an increased contact with the lid sealing section curved upwardly sloping inner wall and the latter also exerts an outward radial force on the container wall to enhance the sealing action and which also tightens the engagement between the lid skirt and container wall in the areas of their mating threads.

Abstract: A safety container having an array of ratchet teeth cooperating with a pawl stop is provided. The cover of the container can only be removed by counterclockwise rotation while the pawl is urged out of engagement with the ratchet teeth.

Abstract: A child-resistant molded container lid assembly for an open head container, wherein a closure having a pouring spout is fixedly secured to the top edge of the container. A lid having an integral cap portion is threadably connected to the container and the spout portion, wherein the cap portion closes the pouring spout. The cap portion of the lid is provided with a shock absorber to prevent damage to the cap portion and associated pouring spout during the transportation and/or stacking of the filled container.

Abstract: A non-corrosive, non-metallic hatch apparatus is provided for use on a container having a container opening with a container flange surrounding the container opening. A hatch base includes a base flange complementary to and constructed to be bolted to the container flange. The hatch base has a hatch opening defined therethrough and includes a base thread surrounding the hatch opening. A non-metallic hatch lid includes a lid thread defined thereon which is complementary to the base thread so that the hatch lid can be attached to the hatch base to close the hatch opening by threaded engagement of the lid thread with the base thread.

Abstract: A pour spout carton for extended shelf life paperboard containers, such as those of the gable top type. A dispensing opening is formed, as by die cutting, in a panel of the carton. A pour spout carries a flange extending from the edge of the dispensing hole to a location radically beyond the dispensing opening, the flange sonically bonded to the outer barrier layer along an annular outermost knurled zone. The knurled zone sonic horn configuration yields pour spout attachment times and spout attachment integrity superior to known prior spout attachment methods and spout constructions.

Abstract: A torque-override cap is provided for use in a filler neck of a tank. The cap includes a housing configured to engage the filler neck, a shell for providing a hand grip, and a ratchet wheel and a biasing mechanism disposed between the shell and the housing for providing a driving connection between the shell and the housing. The shell includes a plurality of drive teeth, while the ratchet wheel includes a plurality of driven teeth configured to engage the drive teeth to provide a torque-limited connection in the cap-advancing direction and a positive connection in the cap-removal direction. The biasing mechanism operates to yieldably bias the driven teeth of the ratchet wheel into engagement with the drive teeth of the shell to establish the torque-limited and positive connections.

Abstract: A polyethylene shipping drum especially suited for shipping hazardous materials is disclosed. The drum comprises a molded container and closure which are threadably connected to each other to form a seal therebetween. A thread lock is provided for the threaded connection between the container and closure. The container has a plurality of indentations in the side wall thereof to provide ledges for stacking the containers one inside the other in a stable, nested relationship. An annular rim is provided on the closure with an inclined annular surface for retaining the sealing gasket in a groove without adhesives.

Abstract: A gable top container is provided with a bottom wall, an upstanding side wall enclosure connected to and extending from the bottom wall, and a gable top. The gable top is defined by an opposed pair of triangular top panels hingedly connected to opposed portions of the side wall enclosure, and a pair of opposed rectangular top panels hingedly connected to the side walls and folded over the triangular top panels. The triangular top panels and the rectangular top panels are connected to one another by triangular top web panels. One of the triangular top panels is provided with a pouring aperture formed therethrough or with an array of perforations for defining a pouring aperture. A resealable closure assembly is affixed to the triangular top panel having the pouring aperture therein. The resealable closure assembly includes a base securely affixed to the triangular top panel. The base includes an aperture in register with the aperture in one of the triangular top panels.

Abstract: A cuboid package suitable as a container for a liquid or a food comprises a body formed from a blank of packaging material having a plurality of longitudinal, transverse, and oblique groove lines thereon, said body being shaped into a base, four side walls, a flat top, and gable pocket adjoining one of the side walls and extending under the flat top so that the gable pocket lies within the cuboid outer contour of the body. The gable pocket comprises an inclined surface formed from a re-entrant fold of the blank and lateral pocket surfaces. A pouring spout or an adapter which receives a pouring spount is disposed on the inclined surface of the gable pocket.

Abstract: A cap-type container has a tube stub formed directly from sheet metal of the container cover and from which the opening can be shaped. The tube stub is externally threaded and cooperates with a cap provided with a sealing ring engaging an annular surface of the tube stub. The latter can be double walled and a reinforcing ring inserted between the walls.

Abstract: Method for preparing a closure of a container. The container is provided with an outwardly directed collar wherein a threaded ring is placed. After position of the threaded ring this is welded to the free edge of the collar.

Abstract: A tube stub is formed from the material of a sheet metal cover to define the bunghole of a drum, cask or barrel and is provided with a screwthread into which the bung is threadedly fitted so that the bung will press a seal against an annular sealing surface defined by the tube stub.

Abstract: An integral cryogenic refrigerator, or cryocooler, for cooling an electronic device to cryogenic temperature. The cryocooler has a minimum number of moving parts. A lightweight flexure links a compressor piston to a coupler which is also connected to a regenerator via a lightweight vane. An electric motor with an offset shaft drives the coupler via a bearing through a circular path to impart properly timed motion to the compressor piston and regenerator. This arrangement minimizes the weight and number of moving parts, resulting in maximum efficiency and operating life. Vibration transmission is minimized by mounting the device to be cooled on an end cap having a raised castlated rim. A reusable access port allows the cryocooler to be readily recharged.

Abstract: A film spool storage case includes a main housing having a base and a side wall, the base and the side wall defining a cavity for receiving a plurality of film spools therein, the side wall having a height at least as great as the heights of the spools and the side wall defining an opening at an upper end thereof; a cover releasably securable to the housing in covering relation to the opening; and a plurality of positioning projections secured to the base for positioning the film spools in the cavity in spaced relation.

Abstract: A child-resistant molded plastic container lid for open head containers wherein a threaded connection is provided between the container and lid. The lid is provided with at least one and in certain instances with a pair of diametrically disposed resiliently biased locking members, pivotally connected to the closure, which cooperate with locking teeth on the container. The lever arms of the locking members are offset and substantially parallel to each other on opposite sides of the pivotal connection. An elliptical spring is integrally connected to each lever arm and cooperates with portions of a gusset wall enclosing the lever arm to provide continued biasing memory on the locking member. A seal arrangement is also provided between the lid and the container to provide a tight and rigid seal and to reinforce the top of the container and lid to prevent the lid from popping off the container when it is dropped while full of liquid or powder material.

Abstract: A construction for attaching a flanged pour spout to a gable top type paperboard carton blank for packaging potable liquids. The blank is provided with a barrier layer on its inner and outer forming surfaces, and a pour spout extending out from one gable forming panel. An opening is die cut in this panel, and the barrier layers applied. These layers span the opening. Thereafter, a pouring aperture is cut in the barrier layers which span the opening. An annular seal between the two barrier layers is formed by pressing the layers together while applying ultrasonic vibrations to them. The flange of the pour spout is adhered to the outer barrier layer, also by pressing and applying ultrasonic vibrations. By this construction, the edges of the opening in the paperboard are sealed and cannot contaminate the liquid within a carton formed from the blank.

Abstract: The invention is a close out fitting for installing in a structural element, the structural element having a port extending from a first surface to a second surface thereof, the port countersunk at both ends, and a method of installing the closeout fitting. In detail, the fitting comprises a hollow, tubular sleeve having a flared first end, a flarable second end and internal threads therebetween. The fitting further comprises a plug having a head portion and a shank portion attached to the head portion with the shank portion having external threads.

Abstract: A plastic oil pan for internal-combustion engines is disclosed which includes an oil drain plug screwed into a threaded insert. This oil drain plug is braced with respect to the threaded insert. In order to avoid an undesirable discharge of oil when the oil drain plug is fixed, a radial seal is operative between the oil drain plug and a recess in a local thickening of the oil pan.

Abstract: A triple sealing outlet for use in plastic containers comprises a first cylindrical surface, preferably threaded, extending from an outer wall of the container; a flat, annular surface perpendicular to the first surface and lying within the wall; and a second cylindrical surface of smaller diameter, parallel to the first surface and perpendicular to the flat annular surface, extending from an inner collar which is part of the inner wall of the container. These three surfaces are adapted to engage and mate with three corresponding surfaces of a connector, or of an appropriately designed valve, to provide fluid tight seals.

Abstract: A liquid-containing paperboard laminate carton including a one-piece plastic spout having a pair of opposing flanges sealed about an aperture in one of the carton walls to both the innermost and outermost surfaces of the carton wall. The double flange configuration not only forms a mechanically positive interlock between the plastic spout and the carton wall, but even more importantly, isolates the cut edges of the aperture from exposure to liquid either from within the container or from the environment through which the carton must pass from the point of manufacture until it is ready for disposal after its contents have been consumed. The spout preferably includes a liquid passageway having a membrane-type seal across its discharge orifice to provide evidence of tampering and a resealable closure member such as a screw cap or a snap-on closure held in place by means of a mating ring or groove on the spout.

Abstract: A lightweight metal protective closure for covering the threaded dispensing openings in steel shipping drums during the drum exterior painting process. The closure is formed as a shallow cup having a bottom wall surrounded by an upstanding sidewall. The sidewall is formed with a single embossed thread and terminates in a circumferentially extending radially fluted lip. The lip is contoured to closely overlie and protect the exposed top surfaces of the upstanding opening neck from deleterious paint coverage leaving the lower neck surfaces exposed.

Abstract: The invention relates to a bunged vessel of thermoplastic synthetic material having bungs arranged in the head end area. At least one of the bungs is arranged laterally outwardly of the center of the head end with the interior wall surface thereof generally flush with the interior wall surface of the cylindrical part of the shell of the vessel.

Abstract: A gas cylinder locking mechanism is provided to maintain threaded gas cylinders firmly in position on a manifold. The mechanism requires the use of at least two gas cylinders, each of which is provided with a locking tab. The tabs are in interfering relationship with each other to prevent inadvertent unthreading of the gas cylinders.

Abstract: A fuel cap comprises a cap body, a flange member projecting outward in radial direction on upper side of the cap body, and a weak portion which is easily broken and provided at the flange member and enables separation of the flange member from the cap body. The weak portion is formed by a plurality of V-like grooves at upper surface side which are formed on the upper surface of the flange member in concentric relation and a plurality of V-like grooves at lower surface side which are formed on the lower surface of the flange member in concentric relation and adjacent to the V-like grooves at upper surface side.

Abstract: A multiple water color combination set comprised of a plurality of flexible plastic tubes connected by means of connecting means made on each plastic tube, letting a socket cap be heat sealed with the flexible plastic tubes to form an integral unit immediately after said flexible plastic tubes being well filled with respective color pigment.