Abstract A method of mounting a mouthpiece onto a container which comprises fitting a tubular mouthpiece having an externally threaded portion and an annular leg portion of reduced thickness at the lower portion of the externally threaded portion, around an upright tubular portion formed integral with a top plate of the container, bending the upper end of the tubular portion outward to cause the bent edge of the upper end to hold the upper end of the mouthpiece from above, pressing outward from inside the lower end of the tubular portion and the said lower end leg portion of the mouthpiece both at a plurality of portions to form a plurality of projections at the lower end of the tubular portion and also the same number of recessed portions in the said leg portion of the mouthpiece, and causing the projections to engage with the recessed portions.
A method of mounting a mouthpiece onto a container, comprising fitting a tubular mouthpiece having an externally threaded portion, around an upright tubular portion formed integral with a top plate of the container and fixing the former to the latter as they stand, wherein the improvement comprises: (a) preparing a tubular mouthpiece having an annular leg portion of reduced thickness at the lower portion of the externally threaded portion; (b) fitting the thus prepared tubular mouthpiece around the upright tubular portion of the top plate and bending the upper end of the tubular portion outward to cause the bent edge of the upper end to hold the upper end of the mouthpiece from above; (c) pressing outward from inside the lower end of the tubular portion and the said lower end leg portion of the mouthpiece both at a plurality of portions to form a plurality of projections at the lower end of the tubular portion and also the same number of recessed portions in the said leg portion of the mouthpiece; and (d) fixing the mouthpiece to the tubular portion by the engagement of the projections with the recessed portions.
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Independent Claim
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A method of mounting a mouthpiece onto a container, comprising fitting a tubular mouthpiece having an externally threaded portion, around an upright tubular portion formed integral with a top plate of the container and fixing the former to the latter as they stand, wherein the improvement comprises: (a) preparing a tubular mouthpiece having an annular leg portion of reduced thickness at the lower portion of the externally threaded portion; (b) fitting the thus prepared tubular mouthpiece around the upright tubular portion of the top plate and bending the upper end of the tubular portion outward to cause the bent edge of the upper end to hold the upper end of the mouthpiece from above; (c) pressing outward from inside the lower end of the tubular portion and the said lower end leg portion of the mouthpiece both at a plurality of portions to form a plurality of projections at the lower end of the tubular portion and also the same number of recessed portions in the said leg portion of the mouthpiece; and (d) fixing the mouthpiece to the tubular portion by the engagement of the projections with the recessed portions.