Patent application number | Description | Published |
20100200532 | LOW WEIGHT CONTAINER CLOSURE - A container closure comprising a top wall portion and a skirt portion depending from the top wall portion is provided. The skirt portion can include corrugation on an interior and exterior thereof, and the corrugation can reduce the weight of the container closure and provide strength of the skirt portion. | 08-12-2010 |
20120000910 | PULL-TAB LINER - A closure package includes a closure cap and a liner having a pull-tab. The liner is configured for use with a container having a finish or lip portion having a sealing surface at an uppermost portion thereof. The closure cap has a top wall portion and a depending skirt portion depending from the top wall portion. The top wall portion and sealing liner is adapted to coact with the container sealing surface to form a seal therebetween. The liner of the subject invention is for use with a closure package and is disposed in cap, positioned intermediate the top wall portion and the container sealing surface when the cap is positioned on the container. The liner is circular and has a central portion and a tab portion integral with the central portion, extending outwardly from a periphery thereof. The tab is folded on or above a tangent to the periphery of the liner, over the central portion into a folded position, and defines a hinge region at the juncture of the tab and above the tangential line to the liner circumference. | 01-05-2012 |
20120285959 | CLOSURE FOR USE IN HOT-FILL CONTAINERS - An open top closure for use in conjunction with a liner. The closure has sidewalls and the upper portion of the closure is open, with at least one rib positioned a spaced distance above the plane of the liner. When in place on a container, the rib serves to limit the travel of the liner upward as it expands after the hot-fill of a product. The open upper portion of the closure permits any accumulated moisture to be blown off after the hot-fill is cooled. | 11-15-2012 |
20120285965 | TWO-PIECE CLOSURE FOR USE IN HOT-FILL CONTAINERS - A two-part closure for use in conjunction with a liner. An upper part of the closure is substantially plate like and clips or snaps onto the lower part of the closure. The lowest part of the closure has sidewalls with interior threads or a snap-on rib, as desired. The upper portion of the lower part is open, with crossing ribs positioned a spaced distance above the sealing lip for the lower part. | 11-15-2012 |
20120312818 | KNURLED PULL-TABS - A closure package includes a closure cap and a liner having a pull-tab. The liner is configured for use with a container having a finish or lip portion having a sealing surface at an uppermost portion thereof. The closure cap has a top wall portion and a depending skirt portion depending from the top wall portion. The top wall portion and sealing liner is adapted to coact with the container sealing surface to form a seal therebetween. The liner of the subject invention is for use with a closure package and is disposed in cap, positioned intermediate the top wall portion and the container sealing surface when the cap is positioned on the container. The liner is circular and has a central portion and a tab portion integral with the central portion, extending outwardly from a periphery thereof. The tab is folded on or above a tangent to the periphery of the liner, over the central portion into a folded position, and defines a hinge region at the juncture of the tab and outside the tangential line to the liner circumference. The tab is knurled to provide an improved, secure grip. | 12-13-2012 |
20130032449 | COMPONENT HOLDBACK SYSTEM - A system with rotatable levers spaced and positioned to alternately retain or release components from a plurality of lanes simultaneously into slots of a component receiving mechanism. The levers may be differently sized and shaped to hold back certain components at different positions than others, or the levers may be attached to a rotatable member at varying angles to one another to accomplish such varying holdback patterns. Alternatively, a cam and pin arrangement may be utilized. | 02-07-2013 |
20130334225 | HOT-FILL CROSS CAP WITH VENTS - A two-part closure for use in conjunction with a liner. An upper part of the closure is substantially plate like and clips or snaps onto the lower part of the closure. The lower part of the closure includes recessed vents which allow air and/or moisture to escape from beneath the closure. The lowest part of the closure has sidewalls with interior threads or a snap-on rib, as desired. The upper portion of the lower part is open, with crossing ribs positioned a spaced distance above the sealing lip for the lower part. | 12-19-2013 |
20150069007 | SLITTING TOOL - A tamper-evident closure is disclosed, having a skirt, threads on an interior of the skirt, and a tamper-evident band secured to the closure body by frangible bridges along a circumferential lower surface of the closure. The band and the closure have a plurality of equidistant vertical upper and lower teeth along an interior wall. Further the subject invention includes a mandrel for use in cutting slits in tamper-evident closures. The mandrel is supported for rotational movement within a closure, and comprises a disc with a circumferential surface with a plurality of equidistant slots for meshing with complementary teeth on the interior surface of the closure. | 03-12-2015 |