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US3216632A
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Container wall closure combinations and assemblies
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Granted: 1965-11-09
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Expires: 1982-11-09
Abstract
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2026-10-26 17:42
CPC Classifications
B; B65; B65D; B65D39/00; B65D39/08; B65D39/082; B65D39/084; B65D39/088
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 2
Claim 1
Independent Claim
460 words
A CONTAINER WALL CLOSURE ASSEMBLY COMBINATION WHICH COMPRISES A CONTAINER WALL FORMED WITH A LARGE STANDARD OPENING THEREIN AND A CLOSURE ASSEMBLY SECURED THERETO, SAID STAND OPENING HAVING A BORDERING FORMATION IN THE FORM OF A NECK FORMED INTEGRALLY FROM THE STOCK OF SAID CONTAINER WALL SURROUNDING SAID OPENING, SAID OPENING NECK INCLUDING A FIRST PORTION OF SAID SINGLE THICKNESS OF CONTAINER WALL EXTENDING UPWARDLY FROM SAID CONTAINER WALL AND A SECOND PORTION FORMED AS AN EXTENSION OF SAID FIRST PORTION AND HAVING A DOUBLE THICKNESS OF SAID CONTAINER WALL MATERIAL, SAID SECOND PORTION HAVING AN UPWARDLY EXTENDING FIRST PART, A ROUNDED UPPER END AND AN INWARDLY EXTENDING SECOND PART EXTENDING DOWNWARDLY AND INWARDLY FROM SAID ROUNDED END, SAID FIRST PORTION OF SAID OPENING NECK BEING CURVED OUTWARDLY AND SAID SECOND PORTION EXTENDING OUTWARDLY FROM SAID CURVED PORTION IN FRUSTO CONICAL FORM AT AN ANGLE OF SUBSTANTIAL EXTEND WITH RESPECT TO THE AXIS OF SAID OPENING, SAID CLOSURE ASSEMBLY HAVING A SECURING FORMATION SECURED TO SAID OPENING NECK AND BEING CAPABLE OF PROVIDING VARIOUS SIZES AND TYPES OF POURING OPENINGS AND CLOSURES THEREFOR WITHIN THE CONFINES OF SAID STANDARD OPENING AND SAID ASSEMBLY BEING FORMED FOR APPLICATION IN SECURED SEALED RELATIONSHIP TO SAID OPENING NECK FROM THE OUTSIDE OF COMPLETED CONTAINER AFTER THE SAME IS FILLED, SAID CLOSURE ASSEMBLY INCLUDING A CLOSURE FLANGE AND A CLOSURE REMOVABLY SECURED THERETO, SAID FLANGE BEING FORMED AS AN ANNULAR MEMBER AND SAID SECURING FORMATION FORMING THE PERIPHERAL PORTION OF SAID FLANGE, SAID SECURING FORMATION HAVING AN UPWARDLY EXTENDING INNER PORTION OVERLYING THE ROUNDED UPPER END OF SAID OPENING NECK, AN OUTER PORTION EXTENDING DOWNWARDLY FROM SAID UPPER PORTION IN TIGHT ENGAGEMENT WITH THE OUTER PORTION OF SAID OPENING NECK TO FORM A TIGHT JOINT BETWEEN SAID NECK AND SAID SECURING FORMATION ON THE OUTER SIDE OF THE WALL OF SAID CONTAINER, ANNULAR GASKET MEANS COMPRESSIVELY ENGAGED BETWEEN CONFRONTING ANNULAR ZONES OF THE SECURING FORMATION AND THE OPENING NECK OF THE CONTAINER, AN ANNULAR WEB EXTENDING INTEGRALLY RADIALLY INWARDLY FROM SAID SECURING FORMATION, THE INNER PORTION OF THE SECURING FORMATION HAS A FIRST PART WHICH RISES FROM THE OUTER EDGE OF THE WEB SUBSTANTIALLY NORMAL THERETO AND A SECOND PART OF GENERALLY FRUSTO CONICAL SHAPE WHICH IS PARALLEL TO AND CLOSELY OVERLIES THE FRUSTO CONICAL INNER SURFACE OF THE INNER SURFACE OF THE OPENING NECK OF THE CONTAINER, A NECK FORMED WITH A DISPENSING OPENING THERETHROUGH, SAID NECK EXTENDING FROM THE RADIALLY INNERMOST PORTION OF SAID WEB AND IN SPACED RELATION TO SAID SECURING FORMATION, A GASKETING PORTION INTEGRAL WITH SAID NECK, A GASKET ENGAGING SAID GASKETING PORTION, SAID CLOSURE INCLUDING MEANS FOR ENGAGING SAID GASKET FOR EFFECTING A LEAKPROOF JOINT BETWEEN THE CLOSURE AND THE NECK OF THE FLANGE OF THE CLOSURE ASSEMBLY.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
460 words
A CONTAINER WALL CLOSURE ASSEMBLY COMBINATION WHICH COMPRISES A CONTAINER WALL FORMED WITH A LARGE STANDARD OPENING THEREIN AND A CLOSURE ASSEMBLY SECURED THERETO, SAID STAND OPENING HAVING A BORDERING FORMATION IN THE FORM OF A NECK FORMED INTEGRALLY FROM THE STOCK OF SAID CONTAINER WALL SURROUNDING SAID OPENING, SAID OPENING NECK INCLUDING A FIRST PORTION OF SAID SINGLE THICKNESS OF CONTAINER WALL EXTENDING UPWARDLY FROM SAID CONTAINER WALL AND A SECOND PORTION FORMED AS AN EXTENSION OF SAID FIRST PORTION AND HAVING A DOUBLE THICKNESS OF SAID CONTAINER WALL MATERIAL, SAID SECOND PORTION HAVING AN UPWARDLY EXTENDING FIRST PART, A ROUNDED UPPER END AND AN INWARDLY EXTENDING SECOND PART EXTENDING DOWNWARDLY AND INWARDLY FROM SAID ROUNDED END, SAID FIRST PORTION OF SAID OPENING NECK BEING CURVED OUTWARDLY AND SAID SECOND PORTION EXTENDING OUTWARDLY FROM SAID CURVED PORTION IN FRUSTO CONICAL FORM AT AN ANGLE OF SUBSTANTIAL EXTEND WITH RESPECT TO THE AXIS OF SAID OPENING, SAID CLOSURE ASSEMBLY HAVING A SECURING FORMATION SECURED TO SAID OPENING NECK AND BEING CAPABLE OF PROVIDING VARIOUS SIZES AND TYPES OF POURING OPENINGS AND CLOSURES THEREFOR WITHIN THE CONFINES OF SAID STANDARD OPENING AND SAID ASSEMBLY BEING FORMED FOR APPLICATION IN SECURED SEALED RELATIONSHIP TO SAID OPENING NECK FROM THE OUTSIDE OF COMPLETED CONTAINER AFTER THE SAME IS FILLED, SAID CLOSURE ASSEMBLY INCLUDING A CLOSURE FLANGE AND A CLOSURE REMOVABLY SECURED THERETO, SAID FLANGE BEING FORMED AS AN ANNULAR MEMBER AND SAID SECURING FORMATION FORMING THE PERIPHERAL PORTION OF SAID FLANGE, SAID SECURING FORMATION HAVING AN UPWARDLY EXTENDING INNER PORTION OVERLYING THE ROUNDED UPPER END OF SAID OPENING NECK, AN OUTER PORTION EXTENDING DOWNWARDLY FROM SAID UPPER PORTION IN TIGHT ENGAGEMENT WITH THE OUTER PORTION OF SAID OPENING NECK TO FORM A TIGHT JOINT BETWEEN SAID NECK AND SAID SECURING FORMATION ON THE OUTER SIDE OF THE WALL OF SAID CONTAINER, ANNULAR GASKET MEANS COMPRESSIVELY ENGAGED BETWEEN CONFRONTING ANNULAR ZONES OF THE SECURING FORMATION AND THE OPENING NECK OF THE CONTAINER, AN ANNULAR WEB EXTENDING INTEGRALLY RADIALLY INWARDLY FROM SAID SECURING FORMATION, THE INNER PORTION OF THE SECURING FORMATION HAS A FIRST PART WHICH RISES FROM THE OUTER EDGE OF THE WEB SUBSTANTIALLY NORMAL THERETO AND A SECOND PART OF GENERALLY FRUSTO CONICAL SHAPE WHICH IS PARALLEL TO AND CLOSELY OVERLIES THE FRUSTO CONICAL INNER SURFACE OF THE INNER SURFACE OF THE OPENING NECK OF THE CONTAINER, A NECK FORMED WITH A DISPENSING OPENING THERETHROUGH, SAID NECK EXTENDING FROM THE RADIALLY INNERMOST PORTION OF SAID WEB AND IN SPACED RELATION TO SAID SECURING FORMATION, A GASKETING PORTION INTEGRAL WITH SAID NECK, A GASKET ENGAGING SAID GASKETING PORTION, SAID CLOSURE INCLUDING MEANS FOR ENGAGING SAID GASKET FOR EFFECTING A LEAKPROOF JOINT BETWEEN THE CLOSURE AND THE NECK OF THE FLANGE OF THE CLOSURE ASSEMBLY.
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