| Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
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| 215252000 | Twist-off motion frees reusable closure | 47 |
| 20080197101 | Screw Top Closures - A screw top closure for a two liter bottle containing carbonated drink comprises a conventional hard plastic main member with a resilient ring therearound. The ring provides a purchase to enable the closure to be tightly closed on to the neck of the bottle. | 08-21-2008 |
| 20080217286 | High torque installation closure - A closure is provided for being threadingly screwed onto a container. The closure includes a body having a thread form for engaging a thread form on the container. The body has a wall with projecting hook-like ribs. | 09-11-2008 |
| 20080264893 | Bottle Closure - Closure for bottles, particularly for a bottle with a neck ( | 10-30-2008 |
| 20080272083 | Closure - The present invention is directed to a closure for container. The closure comprises an outer shell, made out of a shell material, with a top portion and an outer skirt with an internal thread. The closure further comprises a sealing-liner, made out of a liner material, with at least one downward leg. In the process to make to closure the sealing-liner is made first. | 11-06-2008 |
| 20080296248 | Method of Producing Plastic Tops for Sealed Containers of Pourable Food Products, and Container Plastic Tops So Produced - There is described a method of producing plastic tops ( | 12-04-2008 |
| 20080314856 | Container thread design - The present disclosure provides a container and a method of making a container. In one example, the container includes a body having an upper portion, a sidewall portion and a base portion. The upper portion includes a blown finish defining a longitudinal axis and an opening into the container. A tamper evident (TE) band is formed on the finish and defines a first diameter at an outermost surface. The TE band defines at least two disconnected radial protrusions. At least one thread is formed on the finish. The at least one thread defines a second diameter at an outermost surface. The first diameter is greater than the second diameter. The TE band defines a gap between each respective disconnected radial protrusion. Each thread defines a thread start portion and a thread run-out portion. A line parallel to the longitudinal axis extends through the thread run-out portion and the gap. | 12-25-2008 |
| 20090020494 | Closing Device Comprising a Non-Continuously Circular Cutting Ring - The invention relates to a plastic closing device comprising a bottom part, a closing cap, and a cutting ring which is mounted inside the neck of the bottom part so as to be helically movable. A driving cam ( | 01-22-2009 |
| 20090057260 | Tamper-Evident Container - A container includes a finish having a mouth and a first engagement structure that secures a closure to the finish. The container is characterized by a frangible portion of the finish that engages the closure when the closure is secured to the container such that the frangible portion must be separated from the finish at a frangible connector to remove the closure from the container. | 03-05-2009 |
| 20090057261 | TAMPER EVIDENT BOTTLE CAP - A closure for sealing the opening of a container. The closure may include an angled plug. The container includes an external thread configuration and the closure includes an internal thread configuration which are adapted to pass over each other with one of the external and internal thread configurations having at least one thread lead and the other having at least twice as many thread leads. The closure includes an inwardly turned retaining rim extends at least partially upwardly. The retaining rim has an attachment boss and an upwardly extending line of weakness adjacent the attachment boss such that when the closure is removed from the container, the line of weakness tears allowing the tamper-evidencing band to remain with the closure upon removal from the container. The closure may include a top having a periphery, an annular skirt depending downwardly from the periphery and including a lower edge and a line of weakness extending upwardly from the lower edge, a tear tab extending downwardly from the skirt below the lower edge, and a tamper-evidencing locking member including an inwardly extending locking ring that extends radially inwardly from the skirt intermediate the top and the bottom edge, the retaining rim including a free edge that is adapted to engage the radially extending locking bead of the container when the closure is removed from the container neck. A method of molding a closure including a tamper-evidencing band is also disclosed. | 03-05-2009 |
| 20090057262 | Bottle cap with additive supplying structure - A bottle cap including an additive holding unit which is supported in a mouth of a bottle has in a lower portion thereof an opening for discharging the additive, and is open at the top. An open-and-shut unit is seated to be coaxial with the additive holding unit and moves up and down to open or shut the opening. An outer cap unit includes a sealing tube which is placed between the open-and-shut unit and the additive holding unit and performs a sealing function. A skirt having a forgery preventing function is integrally provided on a lower end of the outer cap body. A delay hook retains the skirt for a period when the opening is opened, thus delaying separation of the skirt. | 03-05-2009 |
| 20090277861 | CLOSURE WITH TAMPER EVIDENT STRIP - The present invention relates generally to a closure for a container, such as a bottle or the like, and more particularly, to a resealable, tamper evident closure for a container. The closure consists of a top section connected to a lower skirt portion. The closure is structured such that it would be evident if one were to attempt to remove the closure or tamper with the closure and that the contents of the container should not be consumed due to the risk of possible contamination. | 11-12-2009 |
| 20090301986 | CLOSURE - A one-piece closure for sealing a container having a neck portion includes a top wall ( | 12-10-2009 |
| 20090308833 | OPENING DEVICE, SCREW CAP FOR USE IN SUCH AN OPENING DEVICE AND METHOD OF FORMING SUCH AN OPENING DEVICE - An opening device for a packaging container comprises a neck portion and a screw cap. The opening device comprises a wall of the first part of the screw cap being with a weakening extending in a circumferential direction of the first part and a recess extending in a longitudinal centre axis direction of the first part. The recess is arranged to receive a projection of the neck portion, which projection is directly injection-moulded in the recess. A tamper flap of the first part, which tamper flap is defined by the weakening and the recess, is automatically deformable in connection with a first time opening of the packaging container by cap rotation. | 12-17-2009 |
| 20090321380 | Cap for holding powder to mixed with a fluid in a bottle - A cap for holding a powder to be mixed with a fluid in a bottle has a product cap with a reservoir. The product cap has a top wall and a side wall. The product cap has a number of inner protrusions on the side wall and a number of outer protrusions on the side wall. A cylindrical safety gate has a number of grooves. The inner protrusions of the product cap mate with the grooves of the safety gate. The cylindrical safety gate has a gate and an aperture at an end of the cylindrical safety gate. A bottle cap with a cylindrical body has a threaded end and a gate end. The gate end has a number of grooves that mate with the outer protrusions. The bottle cap has a gate and an aperture between the threaded end and the gate end. | 12-31-2009 |
| 20100012614 | SEALING SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SEALING CONTAINERS - A capping system in combination with a container having a mouth and a wall segment disposed proximate to the mouth is provided. The capping system includes a cap having a bottom for selectively covering the mouth, a jacket extending from the bottom, and a guarantee ring disposed at a distal edge of the jacket. At least one cam extends from an outer surface of the wall segment, is at least partially overlapped by the guarantee ring, and applies a force on the guarantee ring when the cap is rotated a predetermined distance relative to the container to at least partially sever the guarantee ring. The guarantee ring includes an overlapping region extending over the cam that provides clearance for the cam when the cap is initially installed on the container to prevent deformation of the guarantee ring during the installation. | 01-21-2010 |
| 20100018942 | TAMPER EVIDENT CLOSURE FOR CONTAINERS PROVIDED WITH A THREADED NECK - The present invention relates to a closure, preferably for containers which have a standard threaded neck, which comprises a metal cap to prevent liquid from escaping from the container, a metal sleeve and a polymer ring which are coaxial relative to the latter, wherein the polymer ring comprises a first portion which has a diameter D | 01-28-2010 |
| 20100032402 | Tamper Evident Closure Cap, Container and Combination Thereof - The invention relates to a tamper evident closure cap ( | 02-11-2010 |
| 20100072164 | Lid and Container for Carbonated Beverage - A beverage container comprises a bottle ( | 03-25-2010 |
| 20100089863 | PLASTIC BOTTLE WITH A MOUTH - To provide a plastic bottle whose weight can be reduced without sacrificing strength of a bottle mouth, the plastic bottle is provided with a bottle mouth having a circumferential wall, including a threaded section formed on an outer circumferential surface of the circumferential wall, a support ring protruding from the outer circumferential surface below the threaded section, and punched sections formed on the circumferential wall. | 04-15-2010 |
| 20100116773 | Structure for prevent the liquid from leaking of a cap - The present invention relates to a bottle cap with leakage-proof feature for liquid therein, which comprises a bottle cap and a dividing disk, wherein bottle cap having an internal hollow cavity, an internal communicating channel and an internal concentric lining ring with inwards buckling groove ring being crotched in the inner wall of the hollow cavity facing the communicating channel such that a flexible rift ring being formed between the peripheral surface of the lining ring and the inner surface of the communicating channel; And the dividing disk having an up-facing flexible cleft ring being notched near the peripheral of the top surface. By means mutual counter elastic stress by the strained flexible rift ring and flexible cleft ring reciprocally, the buckling-fitting condition between the lateral surface of the dividing disk and the inner surface of the lining ring is more firmly tight. | 05-13-2010 |
| 20100140210 | IMPROVEMENTS IN AND RELATING TO TAMPER EVIDENT SEALS - A tamper evident seal for a container includes a screw thread and a closure adapted for use with the container. The seal comprises a normally circular ring which is frangibly linked to the closure. The ring has one or more inwardly extending protrusions, and the container has one or more corresponding outwardly extending protrusions adjacent its screw thread. Faces of the protrusions are configured such that the leading face of each ring protrusion approaches the forward face of each container protrusion when the closure is fitted onto the container. Protrusions are situated in spaced apart locations about a perimeter of the container or ring and the normally circular ring is able to pass over the protrusion or protrusions on the container substantially without stretching by deforming out of round. The closure is adapted for use as a drinking vessel and the container is substantially bottle shaped. | 06-10-2010 |
| 20100258520 | METHOD AND MACHINE FOR MAKING A STOPPER FOR THE NECK OF A CONTAINER, AND STOPPER AS PRODUCED BY THIS METHOD - This method makes it possible to fabricate a stopper ( | 10-14-2010 |
| 20100326948 | Closure with spring loaded tether docking - A closure for a container has an integral tether section of the closure skirt attached to a tamper band at frangible sections. In the open position, the tether section has a free length providing for a plurality of resiliently docked closure positions retaining the closure on the container and not interfering with the transfer of contents therefrom. | 12-30-2010 |
| 20110155687 | Method For Detaching or Separating A Sealing Film or Foil Sealingly Attached to The Rim of The Neck of A Bottle, or The Like, And A Screw Cap For Implementation of Said Method - In a method for the at least partial detachment or separation of a sealing film or foil | 06-30-2011 |
| 20110174760 | STOPPER HAVING A SUBDIVIDED LINE OF WEAKNESS AND A METHOD OF FABRICATING SUCH A STOPPER - The invention relates to a cap ( | 07-21-2011 |
| 20120018401 | TAMPER EVIDENT CLOSURE - A tamper evident closure (TEC) includes a closure cap and at least one tamper evident ring forming a recessed space therein. The ring has a body attached by at least one frangible bridge member to the cap. The ring includes at least one protrusion member spaced there around such that the protrusion members are formed by being stamped to protrude into the recessed space. Also described is a related protrusion member forming apparatus. The apparatus including a base end and forming end, and the forming end including shaped protuberances which during use cause a stamping or deforming action with respect to a holding action on an inner ring member and outer ring member of a tamper evident ring of a tamper evident closure, to form the protrusion members in the inner ring member. There is also included a method of manufacture of a tamper evident closure TEC. | 01-26-2012 |
| 20120024814 | TWIST-CUT UNSEALING MECHANISM FOR CONTAINER - Provided is a twist-cut unsealing mechanism in which an operator can surely sense the fact that twist-cutting of a seal member has completed in assembling of spout and cap of such a type that a container is unsealed by twisting and cutting a seal member for the liquid passage of a spout by means of a cap. A twist-cut unsealing mechanism includes both-side protrusions arranged along a virtual circle rounding around the center line of rotation and an abutment protrusion movable relatively to the both-side protrusions along the virtual circle, and is configured so that one of the both-side protrusion and the abutment protrusion for indicating completion of twist-cut is fixed to a spout ( | 02-02-2012 |
| 20120228257 | Bottle Cap with Releasable External Formations - The invention relates to a cap. More particularly, the invention relates to a bottle cap which has engaging formations which allow it to be releasably secured to other caps of the same kind. The cap includes a sleeve moulded integrally to an end wall, the sleeve having at least one line of weakness spaced apart from the end wall for separation of at least one ring portion from the sleeve. The cap further includes primary external co-operating engaging formations provided on either side of the line of weakness, such that the cap is connectible side-to-side, via the primary external cooperating engaging formations, to other caps or ring portions, or to bottles having corresponding primary external cooperating engaging formations. | 09-13-2012 |
| 20120305517 | TAMPER-EVIDENT CLOSURE WITH DIRECTIONAL MOLDED RETENTION TABS - A closure is provided for connection to a container. The closure includes a cap and a tamper band. The tamper band includes retention tabs that retain the tamper band to the container. | 12-06-2012 |
| 20120312769 | Container Sealing Device - The utility model can be used in food industry and it is designated for storage and/or transportation of containers filled with low-viscosity and normal-density fluids. | 12-13-2012 |
| 20130001185 | LID HAVING A BREAK LINE - The invention relates to a lid comprising a tubular skirt including a non-removable portion permanently retained about a container neck and a removable portion attached removably to the neck, said non-removable and removable skirt portions being connected by a break line suitable for breaking the first time the lid is opened. | 01-03-2013 |
| 20130043207 | CAP FOR A CONTAINER NECK - A cap for a container neck includes a tubular skirt defining a longitudinal central axis, and a plurality of longitudinal ribs distributed around a periphery of the skirt, each having a free supporting end for the pad of at least one finger of a user. The plurality of ribs on the skirt includes main ribs and secondary ribs, the supporting ends of the main ribs having a radius of curvature greater than a radius of curvature of the supporting ends of the secondary ribs. At least one of the secondary ribs is arranged between the main ribs. A tamperproofing strip, centered on the axis, is connected to the skirt by a weakening line designed to break when the cap is first opened. The tamperproofing strip includes longitudinal ribs distributed around the outer periphery of the strip, each with a free supporting end for the pad of at least one finger. | 02-21-2013 |
| 20130126463 | Bottle Cap with Releasable External Formations - The invention relates to a cap. More particularly, the invention relates to a bottle cap which has engaging formations which allow it to be releasably secured to other caps of the same kind. The cap includes a sleeve moulded integrally to an end wall, the sleeve having at least one line of weakness spaced apart from the end wall for separation of at least one ring portion from the sleeve. The cap further includes primary external co-operating engaging formations provided on either side of the line of weakness, such that the cap is connectible side-to-side, via the primary external cooperating engaging formations, to other caps or ring portions, or to bottles having corresponding primary external cooperating engaging formations. | 05-23-2013 |
| 20130213923 | Screw Closure with Flexible Band - A screw closure ( | 08-22-2013 |
| 20130319968 | CLOSURE WITH APPLICATION GUIDE - A plastic closure includes a top wall portion, and an annular depending skirt portion having at least one internal thread formation. In order to facilitate high-speed closure application to an associated container, the closure includes an application guide feature positioned in circumferentially spaced relationship to a thread start of the internal thread formation of the closure. The application guide feature is configured to engage the lower surface of an external thread formation of the associated container, whereby cocking, tilting, and other misalignment of the closure is avoided as it is applied to the container with high-speed application equipment. | 12-05-2013 |
| 20140021157 | LIGHTWEIGHT CLOSURE AND CONTAINER PACKAGE - A closure and container package for pressurized products, such as carbonated beverages, includes a closure comprising a closure cap having a top wall portion, and an annular skirt portion depending from the top wall portion. Features of the closure construction, and selection of the polymer from which the closure is formed, permits the closure to meet sealing, impact resistance, and other performance criteria, with desirably reduced use of polymeric material. Significant cost savings can thus be achieved. | 01-23-2014 |
| 20140144869 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING AN INJECTED AND BLOWN PRODUCT - The present relates to a method of manufacturing a product by the steps of
| 05-29-2014 |
| 20140158660 | CAP FOR A CONTAINER NECK - A cap for a container neck includes a tubular skirt defining a central axis. The skirt includes an internal first skirt part, means for removably fixing the first skirt part to an exterior surface of the container neck, and a second skirt part. The second skirt part includes a first axial end connecting the second skirt part to the first skirt part, internally having at least one surface adapted to abut a free end of the container neck. The second skirt part also includes a second axial end opposite the first end, and an intermediate part extending between the first and second ends. Ribs project radially from the intermediate part in a direction substantially parallel to the axis. A radial dimension of the intermediate part is less than a radial distance between the exterior cylindrical surface of the first skirt part and the interior radial end of the abutment surface. | 06-12-2014 |
| 20140263155 | METAL CLOSURE AND SEAL COMBINATION FOR MAINTAINING THE SHAPE OF A PLASTIC CONTAINER NECK - A closure that includes a top panel and a skirt extending downwardly from a peripheral edge of the top panel is provided. The skirt terminates in a plurality of spaced thread engagement flanges for engaging the thread of the neck of a container. The closure includes a polymer-filled channel which connects the top panel to the skirt. When engaged with the threaded neck of a container, the neck is forced into the channel and engaged by the polymer so that the channel and polymer provide lateral rigidity to the neck. This rigidity prevents the neck from deflecting from the forces resulting between the threads and thread engagement lugs when the forces therebetween are increased to the level required to adequately seal the closure to the container. | 09-18-2014 |
| 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 |
| 20150129533 | POUCH CLOSURE ASSEMBLY WITH TAMPER INDICATION - A container closure assembly includes a cap and a spout assembly. The cap includes an internal thread that is configured to engage with an external thread located on the spout assembly. The cap further includes an engagement prong assembly that is configured to engage with the cylindrical band located on the spout assembly. The cylindrical band is supported by a plurality of tabs such that the engagement prong assembly extends between the band and the external threads when the internal and external threads are engaged and the cap is rotated such that the interaction of the threads moves the cap toward the band, the engagement prong assembly engaging the band when the cap seals the open end of the hollow cylinder, and the engagement prong assembly breaks the tabs when the cap is rotated causing the cap to unseal the open end. | 05-14-2015 |
| 20150298869 | TAMPER-EVIDENT CONTAINER CAP ASSEMBLY - A container cap assembly provides a tamper-evident component for detecting cap integrity on a container includes one or more elongate bridges connecting a tamper-evident ring to a cap. The cap assembly also provides radially-extending links on the cap and the tamper-evident ring to help protect the integrity of the bridges as the cap assembly is applied to a container. | 10-22-2015 |
| 20150298870 | STOPPER FOR A CONTAINER NECK - A stopper is disclosed. The stopper includes a tubular skirt, designed to surround a container neck and including, on either side of a weakening line, a removable skirt portion, inwardly provided with means for removable fastening to the neck, and a non-removable skirt portion, inwardly provided with a retaining strip permanently around the container neck. The strip comprises an annular main body whereof a first end is turned opposite the removable skirt portion and integral with the non-removable skirt portion, while a second end is provided to axially abut against a bulge of the container neck and to be radially inserted between the bulge and the skirt. | 10-22-2015 |
| 20150353241 | Tamper-Evident Closure Assembly Including Outer Shell, And Related Systems And Methods - A tamper-evident closure assembly for a container includes a cap configured to be secured with the container to cover the opening. A tamper-evidencing member is carried by the cap and is configured to provide an indication when the cap is removed from the container. The closure assembly further includes an outer shell having a central aperture through which the cap is received. The outer shell and the cap may be configured to cooperate with each other such that the cap is operatively secured to, and mounted so as to be non-rotatable relative to, the outer shell. A system for storing material and a method of closing a container are also provided. | 12-10-2015 |
| 20150353247 | CONTAINER SEALING DEVICE - The sealing device | 12-10-2015 |
| 20160176586 | CAP MADE OF SYNTHETIC MATERIAL | 06-23-2016 |
| 20190144175 | CHILD-RESISTANT CONTAINER | 05-16-2019 |
