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US3258179A
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Dispensing container closure
Assignee: Individual
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Filing: 1964-02-12
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Granted: 1966-06-28
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Expires: 1984-02-12
Abstract
No abstract record available.
Inventors
- 👤 Cherba Samuel
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-11-07 19:18
CPC Classifications
B; B65; B65D; B65D47/00; B65D47/04; B65D47/20; B65D47/26; B65D47/261; B65D47/263
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 2
Claim 1
Independent Claim
300 words
A DISPENSING CLOSURE DEVICE FOR A CONTAINER, SAID DEVICE HAVING A FIRST, TUBULAR MEMBER AND A SECOND, SLEEVELIKE MEMBER MOUNTED ON THE FIRST MEMBER ABOUT IN TELESCOPED RELATION WITH RESPECT THERETO, THE SECOND MEMBER BEING ROTATABLE WITH RESPECT TO THE FIRST MEMBERS ABOUT THE AXIS OF THE FIRST MEMBER, THE TWO MEMBERS HAVING PASSAGE PORTIONS SO DISPOSED THAT WHEN SAID PASSAGE PORTIONS ARE ALIGNED THEY ARE ADAPTED TO AFFORD COMMUNICATION OUTWARDLY THERETHROUGH FROM THE INTERIOR OF THE CONTAINER AND THAT THE CLOSURE DEVICE IS CLOSED WHEN THE FIRST AND SECOND MEMBERS ARE TURNED TO PLACE SAID PASSAGE PORTIONS OUT OF COMMUNICATION, THE FIRST AND SECOND MEMBERS HAVING INTERFITTING THREADS THEREON WHEREBY THE MEMBERS MAY BE SELECTIVELY ASSEMBLED AND DISASSEMBLED UPON TURNING THEM IN REVERSE DIRECTIONS RELATIVE TO EACH OTHER, THE THREADS HAVING SUBSTANTIAL AXIS PLAY DURING THEIR INITIAL AND INTERMEDIATE ENGAGEMENT WITH EACH OTHER DURING THEIR ASSEMBLY, MEANS ON THE MEMBERS WHICH ENGAGE TO STOP THE MEMBERS IN AN INNER TERMINAL AXIAL POSITION RELATIVE TO EACH OTHER, THE MEMBERS WHEN FULLY ASSEMBLED AXIALLY WITH RESPECT TO EACH OTHER BEING RECIPROCABLE A SUBSTANTIAL DISTANCE AXIALLY RELATIVE TO EACH OTHER UPON TURNING OF THE MEMBERS TO LOOSEN THE ENGAGEMENT OF THE THREADS THEREON, AND COOPERATING STOP MEANS ON EACH OF THE TWO MEMBERS HAVING STOP SURFACES POSITIONED TO ENGAGE EACH OTHER AT THE CLOSURE OPEN POSITION WHEN THE MEMBERS ARE FULLY TELESCOPED INWARDLY WITH RESPECT TO EACH OTHER IN ORDER NORMALLY TO PREVENT TURNING OF THE TWO MEMBERS PAST EACH OTHER IN A CLOSURE OPENING DIRECTION PAST THE OPEN POSITION OF THE CLOSURE, THE STOP MEANS BEING SO CONSTRUCTED AND ARRANGED THAT THE STOP SURFACES THEREOF MAY PASS EACH OTHER WHEN THE MEMBERS ARE PULLED OUTWARDLY WITH RESPECT TO EACH OTHER AND TURNED IN A MEMBER UNSCREWING DIRECTION RELATIVELY TO EACH OTHER.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
300 words
A DISPENSING CLOSURE DEVICE FOR A CONTAINER, SAID DEVICE HAVING A FIRST, TUBULAR MEMBER AND A SECOND, SLEEVELIKE MEMBER MOUNTED ON THE FIRST MEMBER ABOUT IN TELESCOPED RELATION WITH RESPECT THERETO, THE SECOND MEMBER BEING ROTATABLE WITH RESPECT TO THE FIRST MEMBERS ABOUT THE AXIS OF THE FIRST MEMBER, THE TWO MEMBERS HAVING PASSAGE PORTIONS SO DISPOSED THAT WHEN SAID PASSAGE PORTIONS ARE ALIGNED THEY ARE ADAPTED TO AFFORD COMMUNICATION OUTWARDLY THERETHROUGH FROM THE INTERIOR OF THE CONTAINER AND THAT THE CLOSURE DEVICE IS CLOSED WHEN THE FIRST AND SECOND MEMBERS ARE TURNED TO PLACE SAID PASSAGE PORTIONS OUT OF COMMUNICATION, THE FIRST AND SECOND MEMBERS HAVING INTERFITTING THREADS THEREON WHEREBY THE MEMBERS MAY BE SELECTIVELY ASSEMBLED AND DISASSEMBLED UPON TURNING THEM IN REVERSE DIRECTIONS RELATIVE TO EACH OTHER, THE THREADS HAVING SUBSTANTIAL AXIS PLAY DURING THEIR INITIAL AND INTERMEDIATE ENGAGEMENT WITH EACH OTHER DURING THEIR ASSEMBLY, MEANS ON THE MEMBERS WHICH ENGAGE TO STOP THE MEMBERS IN AN INNER TERMINAL AXIAL POSITION RELATIVE TO EACH OTHER, THE MEMBERS WHEN FULLY ASSEMBLED AXIALLY WITH RESPECT TO EACH OTHER BEING RECIPROCABLE A SUBSTANTIAL DISTANCE AXIALLY RELATIVE TO EACH OTHER UPON TURNING OF THE MEMBERS TO LOOSEN THE ENGAGEMENT OF THE THREADS THEREON, AND COOPERATING STOP MEANS ON EACH OF THE TWO MEMBERS HAVING STOP SURFACES POSITIONED TO ENGAGE EACH OTHER AT THE CLOSURE OPEN POSITION WHEN THE MEMBERS ARE FULLY TELESCOPED INWARDLY WITH RESPECT TO EACH OTHER IN ORDER NORMALLY TO PREVENT TURNING OF THE TWO MEMBERS PAST EACH OTHER IN A CLOSURE OPENING DIRECTION PAST THE OPEN POSITION OF THE CLOSURE, THE STOP MEANS BEING SO CONSTRUCTED AND ARRANGED THAT THE STOP SURFACES THEREOF MAY PASS EACH OTHER WHEN THE MEMBERS ARE PULLED OUTWARDLY WITH RESPECT TO EACH OTHER AND TURNED IN A MEMBER UNSCREWING DIRECTION RELATIVELY TO EACH OTHER.
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