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US4915243A Expired / Lapsed US ⏱️ 0.0 years remaining

Resin-laminated rubber closure for a medical vial

Assignee: Daikyo Seiko Ltd
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Filing: 1988-04-19
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Granted: 1990-04-10
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Expires: 2008-04-19
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Abstract

Abstract A resin-laminated rubber closure for a medical vial is provided herein. This closure comprises an annular leg part to be inserted into the mouth of the vial, which leg part is notched or cut at least at one position and a flange part to be contacted with the front surface of the vial mouth, wherein the outer and inner surfaces of the annular leg part is provided with a chemical-resistant resin film laminated thereon except for the upper end of the leg part so that the rubber surface is exposed at the upper end of said leg portion, and wherein the leg part has at least one protrusion on the outer surface of the laminated portion. The present invention also relates to a molding process for economically producing said closure.

Inventors

  • 👤 Yutaka Tatsumi
  • 👤 Hideo Yoshitaka
  • 👤 Tatsuya Matsunaga
  • 👤 Denpei Sudo
  • 👤 Tamotsu Okuda

Bibliographic Details

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Jurisdiction US
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Last Synchronized 2026-10-29 21:19
CPC Classifications
B; B65; B65D; B65D51/00; B65D51/24; B65D51/241; B29; B29C; B29C43/00; B29C43/02; B29C43/14; B29C43/146; B29C43/18; B29C43/20; B29C43/203; B29C2043/148; B29K; B29K2021/00; B29K2027/00; B29K2027/12; B29L; B29L2031/00; B29L2031/56; B29L2031/565

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 4
Claim 1
Independent Claim 231 words
A resin-laminated rubber closure for a medical vial comprising an annular leg part to be inserted into the mouth of the vial, the leg part being notched at least at one position, and a flange part to be contacted with the front surface of the vial mouth, in which the outer and inner surfaces of the annular leg part are laminated with a chemical-resistant resin film except for the outer circumference of the upper end of the leg part to expose a rubber surface at this upper end leg part and to form an upper edge of the laminated portion and the leg part has a central ceiling part inside and one or more protrusions on the outer surface of the laminated portion, wherein the rubber surface above the upper edge of the laminated portion has a length (x) of 0.1 to 5 mm and wherein the height (m) of the central ceiling part inside the annular leg part from the upper edge of the laminated portion is in the range of 0.1 to 5 mm said chemical-resistant resin film being of a material selected from the group consisting of tetrafluoroethylene polymers, trifluorochloroethylene polymers, tetrafluoro-ethylene-hexafluoropropylene copolymers, vinylidene fluoride polymers, vinyl fluoride polymers, tetrafluoroethylene-ethylene copolymers and trifluorochloroethylene-ethylene copolymers and the central ceiling part inside the annular leg part having a height greater than that of the upper edge of the laminated portion.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 231 words
A resin-laminated rubber closure for a medical vial comprising an annular leg part to be inserted into the mouth of the vial, the leg part being notched at least at one position, and a flange part to be contacted with the front surface of the vial mouth, in which the outer and inner surfaces of the annular leg part are laminated with a chemical-resistant resin film except for the outer circumference of the upper end of the leg part to expose a rubber surface at this upper end leg part and to form an upper edge of the laminated portion and the leg part has a central ceiling part inside and one or more protrusions on the outer surface of the laminated portion, wherein the rubber surface above the upper edge of the laminated portion has a length (x) of 0.1 to 5 mm and wherein the height (m) of the central ceiling part inside the annular leg part from the upper edge of the laminated portion is in the range of 0.1 to 5 mm said chemical-resistant resin film being of a material selected from the group consisting of tetrafluoroethylene polymers, trifluorochloroethylene polymers, tetrafluoro-ethylene-hexafluoropropylene copolymers, vinylidene fluoride polymers, vinyl fluoride polymers, tetrafluoroethylene-ethylene copolymers and trifluorochloroethylene-ethylene copolymers and the central ceiling part inside the annular leg part having a height greater than that of the upper edge of the laminated portion.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim 18 words
The resin-laminated rubber closure of claim 1, wherein the protrusion has a height of 0.1 to 1.0 mm.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim 20 words
The resin-laminated rubber closure of claim 1, wherein the chemical-resistant resin film has a thickness of 0.002 to 5 mm.

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