Swinging And Rotary Patents (Class 220/291)
  • Patent number: 12227344
    Abstract: There is described a spout for a package having a designated pour opening and being filled with a pourable product. The spout comprises at least a collar extending along a longitudinal axis, carrying a pouring outlet at a first axial end and an inlet opening for the pourable product at a second axial end and delimiting a flow channel for the pourable product extending between the pouring outlet and the inlet opening a closing element configured to interrupt a fluidic connection between the pouring outlet and the inlet opening. The closing element is interposed between the inlet opening and the pouring outlet and is rupturably fixed to an inner surface of the collar.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2025
    Assignee: TETRA LAVAL HOLDINGS & FINANCE S.A.
    Inventors: Davide Morciano, Pietro Martini, Rocco De Paola, Paolo Zanon, Ivan Orlandi, Anna Rosa Vietri, Cristian Costarelli, Davide Corradi
  • Patent number: 12038117
    Abstract: An improved closure assembly for a pressure vessel or pipeline is described, where the closure assembly includes a davit assembly pivotally connecting a closure door to a closure hub where the closure door threadably attaches to the closure hub. The closure door is also threadably attached to the davit assembly where the threaded attachment between with the davit assembly is synchronized or timed with the threaded attachment between the closure door and the closure hub.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2024
    Assignee: IN-LINE FLOW PRODUCTS LTD.
    Inventor: Keith Alan Kozak
  • Patent number: 11971128
    Abstract: A plug removal tool may include a mount for attaching the plug removal tool to a structure and a plug nut. Additionally, the plug removal tool may include at least one rigid arm extending between the mount and the plug nut. Further, the at least one arm may have at least one translational degree of movement and at least one rotational degree of movement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: Schlumberger Technology Corporation
    Inventors: Hugues Trifol, Matthieu Dezaphix
  • Patent number: 11685575
    Abstract: A tamper-evident closure comprising a cap and a retaining ring, the retaining ring is connected to the sidewall by a plurality of bridges, at least one of the bridges is frangible and at least one of the bridges is non-frangible whereby to form a link between the ring and the sidewall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignee: Obrist Closures Switzerland GmbH
    Inventors: Lino Dreyer, Graeme Hood, Claude Benoit-Gonin, Jean-Yves Rognard, Axel Rognard
  • Patent number: 11548775
    Abstract: A protective cap for a container's spigot is configured with a looped section and a cap. The looped section may have one or more loops to secure and hang around a spigot's neck for convenient use. The looped section may have an upper loop distal from the cap and a lower loop proximal to the cap, in which the lower loop has a relatively smaller diameter than the upper loop. A bottom of the looped section may have an incline that provides additional support to the looped section. The cap includes an opening that leads to a bottom surface that covers the outlet along with the cap's sidewalls and enhances cleanliness.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Inventors: Saul Lopez, Reginaldo Lopez, Erik Lopez
  • Patent number: 11472611
    Abstract: A pourable jar lid designed to removably engage with a jar, such as a mason jar, may include a lid body having a top surface and a lid lip extending away from the top surface, the lid lip having interior body threads thereon, wherein the interior body threads are designed to removably engage with threads on a neck of the jar; a pour spout extending upward from the top surface of the lid body, the pour spout including a raised wall defining a channel extending through the lid body, wherein an inner surface of pour spout has spout threads; and a pour spout cap hingeably attached to the top surface of the lid body, the pour spout cap including cap threads designed to removably engage with the spout threads, wherein the spout threads may have a thread gap therein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Inventor: Kyle Lee Hove
  • Patent number: 11458785
    Abstract: A valve stem cap assembly for inhibiting a valve stem cap from being lost when the valve stem cap is removed from a valve stem includes a cap that is threadable onto a valve stem of an inflatable tire. In this way the cap inhibits debris from collecting in the valve stem. A tether is rotatably coupled between the cap and the valve stem. In this way the tether inhibits the cap from being lost when the cap is removed from the valve stem.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2022
    Inventors: Kenneth Fetters, Meagan Fosdick
  • Patent number: 10246058
    Abstract: A driver for retaining a windscreen washer liquid pipe includes an orifice arranged to receive a rotation shaft, an outer contour when the driver is observed along the rotation axis, and a housing arranged to receive a curved portion of the windscreen washer liquid pipe around the orifice. The rotation shaft is rotated about a rotation axis. The housing is arranged so that, when the driver is Observed along the rotation axis and when the windscreen washer liquid pipe is installed on the driver, the curved portion of the windscreen washer liquid pipe is set back from the outer contour of the driver.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2019
    Assignee: Valeo Systèmes d'Essuyage
    Inventor: Philippe Picot
  • Patent number: 10118745
    Abstract: A pressurized closure assembly is provided which has a connector assembly to allow improved application of torque in limited space conditions to rotate a head away from the hub of the closure assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2018
    Assignee: Sypris Technologies, Inc.
    Inventor: William L. Schmidt
  • Patent number: 8678222
    Abstract: An airtight compact that contains a volatile product until a time of use. The airtight compact includes a translucent and fragile pot partially encased by a base assembly, which has a rotatable lid assembly pivotably coupled to the base assembly. The rotatable lid assembly comprising a liner over-molded to an inner lid that directly seals to a rim of the fragile pot partially encased by the base. The fragile pot may be formed of a translucent glass, which is protected by the base and the rotatable lid assemblies.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2014
    Assignee: HCT Asia Ltd
    Inventors: Timothy Thorpe, Adrian C. Apodaca
  • Publication number: 20140014659
    Abstract: An airtight compact that contains a volatile product until a time of use. The airtight compact includes a translucent and fragile pot partially encased by a base assembly, which has a rotatable lid assembly pivotably coupled to the base assembly. The rotatable lid assembly comprising a liner over-molded to an inner lid that directly seals to a rim of the fragile pot partially encased by the base. The fragile pot may be formed of a translucent glass, which is protected by the base and the rotatable lid assemblies.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 17, 2013
    Publication date: January 16, 2014
    Applicant: HTC Asia Ltd
    Inventors: Timothy Thorpe, Adrian C. Apodaca
  • Patent number: 8590733
    Abstract: A filter housing having a lid that mates with the vessel portion. An arm with an inclined feature is secured to the lid and is movable with respect to the vessel portion. A rotational member that is rotatable with respect to the vessel portion engages the inclined feature. The rotational member is restrained from longitudinal movement so that rotation of it causes movement of the arm with respect to the vessel portion and therefore, moves the lid with respect to the vessel portion so that the lid may be separated from the vessel portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2013
    Inventor: Mark Blue
  • Patent number: 8353420
    Abstract: A horizontal hinged closure with a large diameter track ring attached directly to the rear of a female threaded head. The threaded female head is designed to removably attach to a male threaded structure. A bearing ring with cam followers that engage the track ring to allow the threaded head to be rotated relative to the male threaded structure to attach and remove the threaded head there from. The bearing ring is attached to a hinge arm that allows the removed threaded head to be moved away from the male threaded structure and then rotated about a vertical axis. Direct attachment of the large diameter track ring to the rear of the threaded head moves the center of gravity forward, resulting in the threaded head remaining essentially vertical when it is removed from the male threaded structure and thereby making it easier to reattach to the male threaded structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 15, 2013
    Assignee: Map Group LLC
    Inventor: James D. Carlson
  • Patent number: 8038041
    Abstract: A dispensing closure has a flow conduit that provides a sufficient flow restriction to prevent unwanted spurting of the product when the container is initially opened. The dispensing closure includes a closure body with an upper deck and a flow conduit extending through the upper deck. The flow conduit includes an entry orifice having an entrance axis and an exit orifice having an exit axis. The entrance axis is offset from the exit axis to provide a non-linear flow path from an interior of the closure to the exterior of the closure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2011
    Assignee: Polytop Corporation, a Rhode Island corporation
    Inventors: Clifford Skillin, Sergey Romanov, Patrick J. Brannon
  • Patent number: 7083063
    Abstract: A handled cover for water bag comprises a cover, a locking element and a connecter. The locking element is provided on the water bag for coupling with the cover. A handle integrally formed with a buckle ring is mounted on the locking element. Engagement clamps are correspondingly provided on the sides of the buckle ring, while a handle bar of special figure is provided on a side of the buckle ring. A hole is provided on the center of the handle bar. The connecter is connected to the outside of the cover, and provided with a strip in the form of a blunt-headed hook extruding from the rim. By way of having the strip passing through the locking hole on the handle, after the cover is released from the locking element, the cover would not depart from the handle via the connection of the strip on the connecter. And the handle may be freely dismounted and changed the position for resemblance, such that a user may carry the water bag to ease filling water or movement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2003
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2006
    Inventor: Chien-Ping Lien
  • Patent number: 7040499
    Abstract: Capped containers for use on a residence counter have caps which swingably connect the cap to the container for closure. If the contents of the container is a thin or watery liquid the ordinary closure may not prevent leakage during vibration, travelling or pressure. There is here provided a container with an additional closure formed when a sleeve is arranged to move to an extended position and then to thread to both the cap and the container to provide a fluid tight connection to each.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2003
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2006
    Inventor: Michael Y. Reif
  • Patent number: 6923335
    Abstract: A case capable of airtightly closing an opening of a mouth of a case body by screwing a lid on the case body; and rotating the lid smoothly in the circumferential direction when the lid is screwed on or unscrewed from the case body. The case including a case body having a mouth, and a lid detachably screwed on the mouth so as to close an opening of the mouth and connected to the case body via an opening and closing hinge so as to pivot in directions of opening and closing the mouth is provided with a rotary ring fitted and held around the mouth so as to rotate in a circumferential direction thereof and connected to the lid via the opening and closing hinge so that the lid rotates together with the rotary ring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2003
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2005
    Assignee: M.F.V. Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takahiro Fujita, Michitoshi Takeda
  • Publication number: 20040211778
    Abstract: A handled cover for water bag comprises a cover, a locking element and a connecter. The locking element is provided on the water bag for coupling with the cover. A handle integrally formed with a buckle ring is mounted on the locking element. Engagement clamps are correspondingly provided on the sides of the buckle ring, while a handle bar of special figure is provided on a side of the buckle ring. A hole is provided on the center of the handle bar. The connecter is connected to the outside of the cover, and provided with a strip in the form of a blunt-headed hook extruding from the rill By way of having the strip passing through the locking hole on the handle, after the cover is released from the locking element, the cover would not depart from the handle via the connection of the strip on the connecter. And the handle may be freely dismounted and changed the position for resemblance, such that a user may carry the water bag to ease filling water or movement.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2003
    Publication date: October 28, 2004
    Inventor: Chien-Ping Lien
  • Publication number: 20040118849
    Abstract: A lever system cover for sealing a vessel. The cover has a lever system thereon and the cover is fittable to the vessel. Receiving members are mounted to the vessel. A rotatable lever locating plate is attached to the cover having multiple lever bars attached. The lever locating plate is rotated moving multiple lever bars into engagement with receiving members on the vessel and the lever bars thus providing leverage to the cover to seal the cover to the vessel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2003
    Publication date: June 24, 2004
    Inventor: Borje O. Rosaen
  • Publication number: 20030192892
    Abstract: A case capable of airtightly closing an opening of a mouth of a case body by screwing a lid on the case body; and rotating the lid smoothly in the circumferential direction when the lid is screwed on or unscrewed from the case body. The case including a case body having a mouth, and a lid detachably screwed on the mouth so as to close an opening of the mouth and connected to the case body via an opening and closing hinge so as to pivot in directions of opening and closing the mouth is provided with a rotary ring fitted and held around the mouth so as to rotate in a circumferential direction thereof and connected to the lid via the opening and closing hinge so that the lid rotates together with the rotary ring.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2003
    Publication date: October 16, 2003
    Applicant: M.F.V CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takahiro Fujita, Michitoshi Takeda
  • Patent number: 6540268
    Abstract: A closure device for a container, which possesses a locking element for mutually locking of two container parts when the container is closed. The locking element has first and second locking instrumentalities, which are arranged on the different container parts. By way of an actuating member, which is able to be switched over between a closed position and an open position a first engagement member may be shifted between a locking position and a released position. The open position of the actuating member corresponding to the locking position may be secured by an obstructing member in order to prevent unauthorized unlocking of the container. An opening mechanism renders possible an overriding of the obstructing action and a switching over of the actuating member into the open position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2001
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2003
    Assignee: PARAT-Werk Schönenbach GmbH +Co. KG
    Inventor: Herbert Berhard Pauser
  • Patent number: 6361633
    Abstract: A method and device for producing a two chamber pressure pack comprised of an outer container (1) and an inner sack (2) which are glued in an edge area. After inserting the inner sack into the outer container, the edge area of the inner sack is expanded by means of a tool, said tool being guided into said area, and is pressed against the inner surface of the edge area of the outer container. Afterwards, the edge areas which are connected to one another are mutually bordered by the outer container and inner sack. A valve cover is placed on the bordering edge in a sealed manner. In order to be able to uniformly expand the edge area of the inner sack, a compressible elastic body (5) is used as a tool, said body being arranged approximately vertical in relation to the opening plane. When the inner sack is being inserted into the outer container, the outer periphery of said body is smaller than that of the inner wall of the inner sack edge area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 1999
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2002
    Assignee: Lechner GmbH
    Inventors: Konrad Böhm, Norbert Achten
  • Publication number: 20020014467
    Abstract: A bottle closure assembly for providing access to the fluids within a bottle without the complete removal of the closure. The bottle closure apparatus comprising a cap and a sleeve connected by a hinge. Both the cap and the sleeve containing internal threads for twisting the closure apparatus onto a threaded bottle opening. The closure sealing the container when fully threaded on to the threaded opening, while providing access to the fluid therein when only partially threaded (sleeve only) by allowing the cap to pivot about the hinge. In addition, position nubs may be provided along the threads to resistively indicate when the cap is pivotable.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 23, 2001
    Publication date: February 7, 2002
    Inventor: Bryan L. Reidenbach
  • Publication number: 20010035389
    Abstract: A single piece injection molded flip top cap for a beverage (or any other non-beverage) container is comprised of a base portion and a lid portion. The base portion forms a substantially large opening to allow for liquids to freely flow through the cap. When the lid is in the closed position, the contents of the container are sealed within the container. By pressing up on a thumb lever, the lid is flipped to an open position allowing the contents to be poured from the container without removing the cap from the container.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 3, 2001
    Publication date: November 1, 2001
    Inventor: Raymond G. Anderson
  • Publication number: 20010032827
    Abstract: A two stage dispensing cap for a carbonated beverage container is described. The cap has a flip top which is hingedly connected to a collar wherein the collar is rotatable on the container. The cap, upon rotation of the collar, is first opened into a venting position wherein the flip top vents the pressurized contents of the container but remains locked partially closed. Continued rotation of the cap releases the locked flop top to allow the container to be fully opened. A set of cams on the container neck work in conjunction with annular beads to first allow partially opening of the flip top into the venting position and then allowing it to fully open.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 18, 2001
    Publication date: October 25, 2001
    Inventors: Gary V. Montgomery, Joseph M. Ladina
  • Patent number: 6264051
    Abstract: A bottle closure assembly for providing access to the fluids within a bottle without the complete removal of the closure. The bottle closure apparatus comprising a cap and a sleeve connected by a hinge. Both the cap and the sleeve containing internal threads for twisting the closure apparatus onto a threaded bottle opening. The closure sealing the container when fully threaded on to the threaded opening, while providing access to the fluid therein when only partially threaded (sleeve only) by allowing the cap to pivot about the hinge. In addition, position nubs may be provided along the threads to resistively indicate when the cap is pivotable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 1999
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2001
    Inventor: Bryan L. Reidenbach
  • Patent number: 6170683
    Abstract: A two stage dispensing cap for a carbonated beverage container is described. The cap has a flip top which is hingedly connected to a collar wherein the collar is rotatable on the container. The cap, upon rotation of the collar, is first opened into a venting position wherein the flip top vents the pressurized contents of the container but remains locked partially closed. Continued rotation of the cap releases the locked flop top to allow the container to be fully opened. A set of cams on the container neck work in conjunction with annular beads to first allow partially opening of the flip top into the venting position and then allowing it to fully open.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 1999
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2001
    Assignee: Rexam Medical Packaging Inc.
    Inventor: Gary V. Montgomery
  • Patent number: 6085935
    Abstract: A pressure vessel which includes a door operating apparatus which enables a door to the pressure vessel to be moved between open and closed positions quickly and easily is provided. The door operating apparatus includes a translation rod supported on the pressure vessel for sliding movement relative to the housing of the pressure vessel such that the sliding movement of the translation rod guides the door in a direction perpendicular to the plane of the door opening in the housing between the open and closed positions. The translation rod further being supported on the pressure vessel for pivotal movement with respect to the pressure vessel housing so as to enable the door to pivot about an axis defined by the translation rod into a fully open position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 1998
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2000
    Assignee: Alliance Laundry Systems LLC
    Inventors: Gregory L. Malchow, Stephen L. Harris, Andrew Kegler
  • Patent number: 5984123
    Abstract: A packaging container having a container body and a lid unit which is undetachably mounted on the container body. The container body has a neck portion provided with an opening. An external thread cut in the outer periphery of the neck portion, and a lid mounting portion is provided below the external thread. The lid unit has a lid body and a fitting member. The lid body is provided with an internal thread engageable with the external thread of the container body, and has a function of hermetically sealing the opening of the container body. The fitting member is rotatably fitted around the lid mounting portion of the container body, but vertical movement of the fitting member is restricted within a predetermined range. The fitting member is held undetachable from the lid mounting portion by a collar of the container body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 1997
    Date of Patent: November 16, 1999
    Assignees: Eisai Co., Ltd., Taisei Kako Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tatsuro Mogami, Akira Miyazaki, Sumio Watanabe, Masaharu Nakao
  • Patent number: 5975093
    Abstract: A case (1) has a bottom (2) which has a first screw thread (7), and a lid (3) with a second screw thread capable of engaging with the first screw thread (7), in order to screw (or unscrew) the lid onto (or from) the bottom. A connector (16) is capable, when the first screw thread (7) is not engaged with the second (8), of forming an articulation between the lid (3) and the bottom (2) so as to allow the case to be opened (or closed). The connector (16) is at least in part free to rotate with respect to either the bottom (2) or the lid (3) and connect the bottom (2) to the lid (3) regardless of their respective angular positions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 1998
    Date of Patent: November 2, 1999
    Assignee: L'Oreal
    Inventor: Gerard Joulia
  • Patent number: 5957318
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a brewing vessel comprising a manhole opening which is closable by a lockable lid. To obtain a simple locking mechanism which, in particular, does not create any unaccessible space, the locking ring is supported on the outside of the frame and comprises at least one locking bolt which cooperates with a recess formed in a collar of the lid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 1998
    Date of Patent: September 28, 1999
    Assignee: Anton Steinecker Maschinenfabrik GmbH
    Inventors: Friedrich Banke, Harald Gratzer, Rudolf Flossmann
  • Patent number: 5918756
    Abstract: A pressure vessel according to the present invention includes a housing with a cylindrical upper portion having a plurality of radially extending catch members on its circumference and a lid for mating with the housing with a cylindrical side edge having a plurality of hook-shaped retaining members spaced about its circumference to correspond with the catch members. A control system operates a lift to lower the lid onto the housing. A drive cylinder connected between the lid and the housing is then enabled to rotate the lid relative to the housing about its central axis between a locked position and an unlocked position. Spacers mounted to the inner surfaces of the retaining members act as bearings, guiding the lid as it rotates. As the lid rotates toward its locked position, finger portions of the retaining members cam into underlocking engagement with the catch members to draw the lid onto the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 1997
    Date of Patent: July 6, 1999
    Inventor: H. William Morgan
  • Patent number: 5632394
    Abstract: A cosmetics compact having mechanism for producing an audible sound to indicate when the compact is completely closed, the compact being opened and closed by slidably rotating the cover and the base in relation to one another.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 1995
    Date of Patent: May 27, 1997
    Assignee: Jerhel Plastics, Inc.
    Inventors: Anna Mecca, John J. Slink
  • Patent number: 5542561
    Abstract: A compact or other container creates, when closed, an airtight closure for holding, storing or packaging material, such as cosmetics. The cap of the container screws onto the jar portion of the container via complementary threads, but the cap is permanently connected to the jar by a collar which allows the cap to freely rotate. The cap of the container contains a liner which is forced against the lip of the jar, thereby forming an airtight seal. Also disclosed is a compact or other container which need not have an airtight closure but with a cap that is permanently connected to the jar.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 1994
    Date of Patent: August 6, 1996
    Assignee: Jerhel Plastics, Inc.
    Inventors: John J. Slink, Anna Mecca
  • Patent number: 4930655
    Abstract: An easy-open beverage container with a non-detachable closure assembly includes a container body and integral end wall. In one embodiment, the end wall is formed to defined an opening through which the container contents can be dispensed and a threaded lip extends about the periphery of the opening. Another embodiment reveals that the wall contains a selectively separable region of predetermined weakness defining an openable panel in the wall. An opening and reseal cap has a depending threaded skirt adapted for operative engagement with the threaded lip of end wall. The cap can be threaded onto the lip to seal the can or unthreaded to open up the can for use. An arm is pivotally attached at one end to the can end wall and the cap is rotatably attached to the other end of the arm such that the cap is non-detachably mounted to the end wall through the arm. The cap can thus be unscrewed to open the container and the cap and arm pivoted to displace the cap from the opening for dispensing the container contents.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 1989
    Date of Patent: June 5, 1990
    Inventor: Robert A. Wells
  • Patent number: 4519519
    Abstract: A quick opening hatch for use on a transfer tube of a nuclear reactor plant that is adapted to replace the conventional hatch on the transfer tube. A locking ring is provided with a plurality of screw openings that is adapted for connection to the transfer tube, and a hatch cover fitably received within the locking ring for closing-off the transfer tube. To lock the cover to the ring, latches are movably connected with the cover for locking engagement with the locking ring, and a sprocket with a plurality of crank arms is movably connected with the cover and the latches for movement thereof into locking engagement with a latch housing on the locking ring for locking the cover to the ring and out of engagement with the latch housing for releasing the cover from the locking ring so as to permit removal of the hatch cover from the locking ring to provide access to the transfer tube.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 1982
    Date of Patent: May 28, 1985
    Assignee: Westinghouse Electric Corp.
    Inventors: Robert E. Meuschke, Donald G. Sherwood, Bernard L. Silverblatt
  • Patent number: 4381879
    Abstract: A weatherproof housing and rotatable cover have radial lugs which are engaged when the cover is closed in a specific position and rotated clockwise. The cover is hingedly attached to the housing by a J-shaped arm and the cover has a skirt, one surface of which faces walls formed on the arm. The skirt has cam and stop surfaces defining a recess which engages a wall on the arm in the specific position, acting as a detent to inhibit rotational movement of the cover when it is open. Limited tilting movement of the cover is permitted by a sinuous spring in the mounting of the cover on the arm. A stop pin on the skirt prevents the cover from being rotated by 180.degree..
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 1981
    Date of Patent: May 3, 1983
    Assignee: Harvey Hubbell Incorporated
    Inventors: Alfred L. Ehrenfels, Michael R. Marks
  • Patent number: 4091958
    Abstract: A filler cap assembly for containers of liquids, particularly of those which require periodic replenishing, checking or replacement, such as for rotating machines, internal combustion engines and motors. The filler cap is locked in a vibration-proof manner in its closed position by means of a mechanical spring and bosses arranged exteriorly with respect to the filler neck and is tiltable about bosses on the filler neck into the open position remaining captive with the filler neck. Additional elements can be mounted on top of the filler cap for specific operational purposes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 1977
    Date of Patent: May 30, 1978
    Assignee: Technical Development Company
    Inventor: Julius Zemke
  • Patent number: 3950055
    Abstract: A threaded cover is pivotally secured to a strap that is hinged to the base of the cover plate, the strap and base having cooperative means for holding the cover in an up position away from the access port to the receptacle merely by raising the strap to a position substantially perpendicular from the base, such as by the strap being L-shaped with a loop in the leg of the L encircling a pin secured to the base with the loop being shaped to slide over the pin when the cover is raised and to bear against the base in a locked open position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 1974
    Date of Patent: April 13, 1976
    Assignee: Westinghouse Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Allen J. Samuels, Roy O. Wiley