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Assignee: Alcoa Corp
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Filing: 1966-02-11
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Granted: 1967-08-15
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Expires: 1986-02-11
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Abstract

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Inventors

  • 👤 Walter E Grundmann
  • 👤 Barge Robert L La

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction US
Data Source google_patents
Last Synchronized 2026-10-30 14:08
CPC Classifications
A; A61; A61J; A61J11/00; A61J11/0075; A61J11/008; A61J11/02; A61J11/04; A61J11/045; B; B65; B65D; B65D45/00; B65D45/32; B65D47/00; B65D47/04; B65D47/06; B65D47/12; B65D51/00; B65D51/18; B65D2251/00; B65D2251/0003; B65D2251/0006; B65D2251/0015; B65D2251/0037; B65D2251/0056; B65D2251/0068; B65D2251/0078; B65D2251/0087; B65D2401/00; B65D2401/15

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 2
Claim 1
Independent Claim 355 words
A UNITIZED SINGLE USE TAMPERPROOF HERMETICALLY SEALED PACKAGE COMPRISING: (A) RIGID CONTAINER ENCLOSING FLUID CONTENTS AND HAVING UPWARDLY FACING UPPER AND LOWER LATERALLY AND AXIALLY SEPARATED CONTIGUOUSLY CONNECTED SEALING FINISHES ADJACENT THE ENTRANCE THERETO, (B) AN ELASTICALLY DEFORMABLE RESILIENTLY FLEXIBLE CONTENTS DISPENSING MEMBER HAVING AN APERTURED DISCHARGE END AND A LOWER GENERALLY HOLLOW OPEN END BASE PORTION IN ABUTTING CONTACT AGAINST THE UPWARDLY FACING UPPER AND LOWER CONTAINER SEALING FINISHES, (C) AN IMPERFORATE RIGID DISK TRANSVERSELY ACROSS THE DISPENSING MEMBER SUPPORTED MARGINALLY WITHIN AN INWARDLY OPEN RECESS IN THE INTERIOR OF THE GENERALLY HOLLOW BASE PORTION OF THE DISPENSING MEMBER AXIALLY ABOVE ABUTTING CONTACT OF THE DISPENSING MEMBER AGAINST THE UPWARDLY FACING UPPER SEALING FINISH OF THE CONTAINER, (D) A SUBSTANTIALLY INELASTIC SHROUD ENCLOSING THE DISPENSING MEMBER AND ENGAGING THE SAME AT AXIALLY SEPARATED EXTERIOR SURFACES THEREOF OVERLYING THE MARGINALLY SUPPORTED DISK AND UPPER SEALING FINISH OF THE CONTAINER, AS WELL AS OVERLYING THE LOWER SEALING FINISH THEREOF, SAID SHROUD HAVING AN AXIALLY DEPENDING LOCKING BAND EXTENDING BELOW THE LOWER SEALING FINISH OF THE CONTAINER, (E) SAID DEPENDING LOCKING BAND BEING PERMANENTLY DEFORMED IN LOCKING ENGAGEMENT WITH THE CONTAINER BELOW THE LOWER SEALING FINISH THEREOF IN AXIAL RESTRAINT AND LATERAL CONFINEMENT OF THE BASE PORTION OF THE DISPENSING MEMBER IN ELASTIC RESILIENT DEFORMATION THEREOF IN HERMETIC SEALING RELATIONSHIP OF THE DISK WITHIN ITS SUPPORTING RECESS AND HERMETIC SEALING RELATIONSHIP OF THE DISPENSING MEMBER WITH THE UPPER AND LOWER SEALING FINISHES OF THE CONTAINER, AND (F) A TRANSVERSE FRANGIBLY RUPTURABLE FRACTURE ZONE IN SAID SHROUD AXIALLY BELOW THE UPPER SEALING FINISH OF THE CONTAINER RESPONDING TO LATERAL PRESSURE AGAINST THE SHROUD ABOVE THE FRACTURE ZONE TO EFFECT SEPARATION AND REMOVAL OF THE SHROUD THEREABOVE, WHEREBY (G) REMOVAL OF THE SHROUD ABOVE ITS FRACTURE ZONE RELIEVES HERMETIC SEALING RELATIONSHIP OF THE DISK WITHIN ITS SUPPORTING RECESS IN THE DISPENSING MEMBER TO ESTABLISH COMMUNICATION THROUGH THE RECESS TO OPPOSITE TRANSVERSE SURFACES OF THE DISK AND RELIEVES HERMETIC SEALING OF THE DISPENSING MEMBER AND UPPER SEALING FINISH OF THE CONTAINER, WHILE MAINTAINING PERMANENT SECUREMENT AND HERMETIC SEALING RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE DISPENSING MEMBER AND LOWER SEALING FINISH OF THE CONTAINER.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 355 words
A UNITIZED SINGLE USE TAMPERPROOF HERMETICALLY SEALED PACKAGE COMPRISING: (A) RIGID CONTAINER ENCLOSING FLUID CONTENTS AND HAVING UPWARDLY FACING UPPER AND LOWER LATERALLY AND AXIALLY SEPARATED CONTIGUOUSLY CONNECTED SEALING FINISHES ADJACENT THE ENTRANCE THERETO, (B) AN ELASTICALLY DEFORMABLE RESILIENTLY FLEXIBLE CONTENTS DISPENSING MEMBER HAVING AN APERTURED DISCHARGE END AND A LOWER GENERALLY HOLLOW OPEN END BASE PORTION IN ABUTTING CONTACT AGAINST THE UPWARDLY FACING UPPER AND LOWER CONTAINER SEALING FINISHES, (C) AN IMPERFORATE RIGID DISK TRANSVERSELY ACROSS THE DISPENSING MEMBER SUPPORTED MARGINALLY WITHIN AN INWARDLY OPEN RECESS IN THE INTERIOR OF THE GENERALLY HOLLOW BASE PORTION OF THE DISPENSING MEMBER AXIALLY ABOVE ABUTTING CONTACT OF THE DISPENSING MEMBER AGAINST THE UPWARDLY FACING UPPER SEALING FINISH OF THE CONTAINER, (D) A SUBSTANTIALLY INELASTIC SHROUD ENCLOSING THE DISPENSING MEMBER AND ENGAGING THE SAME AT AXIALLY SEPARATED EXTERIOR SURFACES THEREOF OVERLYING THE MARGINALLY SUPPORTED DISK AND UPPER SEALING FINISH OF THE CONTAINER, AS WELL AS OVERLYING THE LOWER SEALING FINISH THEREOF, SAID SHROUD HAVING AN AXIALLY DEPENDING LOCKING BAND EXTENDING BELOW THE LOWER SEALING FINISH OF THE CONTAINER, (E) SAID DEPENDING LOCKING BAND BEING PERMANENTLY DEFORMED IN LOCKING ENGAGEMENT WITH THE CONTAINER BELOW THE LOWER SEALING FINISH THEREOF IN AXIAL RESTRAINT AND LATERAL CONFINEMENT OF THE BASE PORTION OF THE DISPENSING MEMBER IN ELASTIC RESILIENT DEFORMATION THEREOF IN HERMETIC SEALING RELATIONSHIP OF THE DISK WITHIN ITS SUPPORTING RECESS AND HERMETIC SEALING RELATIONSHIP OF THE DISPENSING MEMBER WITH THE UPPER AND LOWER SEALING FINISHES OF THE CONTAINER, AND (F) A TRANSVERSE FRANGIBLY RUPTURABLE FRACTURE ZONE IN SAID SHROUD AXIALLY BELOW THE UPPER SEALING FINISH OF THE CONTAINER RESPONDING TO LATERAL PRESSURE AGAINST THE SHROUD ABOVE THE FRACTURE ZONE TO EFFECT SEPARATION AND REMOVAL OF THE SHROUD THEREABOVE, WHEREBY (G) REMOVAL OF THE SHROUD ABOVE ITS FRACTURE ZONE RELIEVES HERMETIC SEALING RELATIONSHIP OF THE DISK WITHIN ITS SUPPORTING RECESS IN THE DISPENSING MEMBER TO ESTABLISH COMMUNICATION THROUGH THE RECESS TO OPPOSITE TRANSVERSE SURFACES OF THE DISK AND RELIEVES HERMETIC SEALING OF THE DISPENSING MEMBER AND UPPER SEALING FINISH OF THE CONTAINER, WHILE MAINTAINING PERMANENT SECUREMENT AND HERMETIC SEALING RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE DISPENSING MEMBER AND LOWER SEALING FINISH OF THE CONTAINER.

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