US4882210A
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Glass container
Assignee: West Pharmaceutical Services Inc
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Filing: 1988-09-26
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Granted: 1989-11-21
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Expires: 2008-09-26
Abstract
Abstract A container for use with a closure and a glass container having an access opening for a closure. The container was a crush strength increasing polyparaxylylene coating on at least one side of the glass container at a thickness of at least 0.1 microns to give at least 40% increased crush strength.
Inventors
- 👤 Val G. Romberg
- 👤 Patty H. Kiang
- 👤 Wayne T. Curry
- 👤 Ralph E. Pfister
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-10-29 14:12
CPC Classifications
C; C03; C03C; C03C17/00; C03C17/28; C03C17/32; B; B65; B65D; B65D23/00; B65D23/08; B65D23/0807; B65D23/0814; C08; C08G; C08G61/00; C08G61/02; C08G61/025; C08G2261/00; C08G2261/30; C08G2261/34; C08G2261/342; C08G2261/3424; Y; Y10; Y10S; Y10S215/00; Y10S215/06; Y10T; Y10T428/00; Y10T428/13; Y10T428/131; Y10T428/1317; Y10T428/1321; Y10T428/26; Y10T428/263; Y10T428/264; Y10T428/265; Y10T428/31504; Y10T428/31551; Y10T428/31645
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 12
Claim 1
Independent Claim
45 words
A container for use with a closure, comprising a glass container having an access opening for a closure and a crush strength increasing polyparaxylylene coating on at least one side of said glass container at a thickness of at least 0.1 to about 5 microns.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
45 words
A container for use with a closure, comprising a glass container having an access opening for a closure and a crush strength increasing polyparaxylylene coating on at least one side of said glass container at a thickness of at least 0.1 to about 5 microns.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
15 words
The container of claim 1, wherein said coating is on the inside of said container.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
15 words
The container of claim 1, wherein said coating is on both sides of the container.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
15 words
The coating of claim 1, wherein said coating thickness ranges from 0.5 to 5.0 microns.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
15 words
The container of claim 4, wherein said coating thickness ranges from 1 to 3 microns.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
12 words
The container of claim 1, wherein said closure is a rubber stopper.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
42 words
A container for use with a closure, comprising a glass container having an access opening for a closure and a crush strength increasing polyparaxylylene coating on the inside of glass container in a thickness of from about 0.5 to about 5 microns.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
42 words
A container for use with a closure, comprising a glass container having an access opening for a closure and a crush strength increasing polyparaxylylene coating on the inside of glass container in a thickness of from about 0.5 to about 5 microns.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
15 words
The container of claim 7, wherein said coating is on both sides of said container.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
17 words
The container of claim 7, wherein said coating thickness ranges from about 1 to about 3 microns.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
12 words
The container of claim 7, wherein said closure is a rubber stopper.
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