US5103991A
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Screw closures for containers
Assignee: Crown Packaging UK Ltd
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Filing: 1991-03-07
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Granted: 1992-04-14
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Expires: 2011-03-07
Abstract
Abstract A screw closure for a container has a metal body shell (30) into which a plastics moulding (44) is snap-engaged. The moulding provides a screw thread (52) for the closure; in addition, it extends below the body shell to provide a security ring (50) which is attached by rupturable bridges (62). Relative rotation of the moulding and body shell when the closure is being fitted onto a container is prevented by teeth (58) formed around the top edge of the moulding, which deeply indents the sealing gasket (38) of the body shell.
Inventors
- 👤 Malcolm G. Collins
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-02 03:00
CPC Classifications
B; B65; B65D; B65D41/00; B65D41/32; B65D41/34; B65D41/3442; B65D41/3457; B65D41/02; B65D41/04; B65D41/0492
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 15
Claim 1
Independent Claim
121 words
A screw closure, which has a metal body shell with a closure panel and a tubular skirt depending integrally therefrom, and a preformed tubular member of a moulded plastics material providing within the skirt of the metal body shell a generally cylindrical thread-forming region for engagement with a thread formation of the container, the plastics member being fitted into the skirt of the body shell after moulding by relative axial movement and snap-engagement of an end portion of the body shell behind an annular shoulder of the plastics member, the annular shoulder being interrupted by a plurality of circumferentially spaced, axially extending grooves which are formed in the plastics member exterior and extend from the annular shoulder towards the closure panel.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
121 words
A screw closure, which has a metal body shell with a closure panel and a tubular skirt depending integrally therefrom, and a preformed tubular member of a moulded plastics material providing within the skirt of the metal body shell a generally cylindrical thread-forming region for engagement with a thread formation of the container, the plastics member being fitted into the skirt of the body shell after moulding by relative axial movement and snap-engagement of an end portion of the body shell behind an annular shoulder of the plastics member, the annular shoulder being interrupted by a plurality of circumferentially spaced, axially extending grooves which are formed in the plastics member exterior and extend from the annular shoulder towards the closure panel.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
26 words
A screw closure in accordance with claim 1, wherein the thread-forming region of the plastics member is formed with a thread formation by the moulding process.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
37 words
A screw closure in accordance with claim 2, of which the thread formation has at least one stop arranged for cooperation with a complementary stop provided on the container for determining the fitted position of the closure.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
29 words
A screw closure in accordance with claim 1, wherein the thread-forming region is adapted to conform to the thread formation on the container after the closure has been applied.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
46 words
A screw closure in accordance with claim 1, wherein the plastics member is extended beyond the free edge of the body shell as a security ring which is adapted, by engagement with the container, to provide evidence that the closure has been unscrewed from the container.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
41 words
A screw closure in accordance with claim 5, wherein the security ring is attached by frangible bridges at which it may become detached from the remainder of the plastics member by axial and/or circumferential forces generated when the closure is unscrewed.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
69 words
A screw closure in accordance with claim 5, wherein the security ring has a plurality of circumferentially disposed ramp formations having generally radially directed abutment faces, the ramp formations being arranged for their abutment faces to engage the abutment face of a complementary ramp formation of the container to prevent rotation of the security ring in relation to the container when the closure is unscrewed from its fitted position.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
35 words
A screw closure in accordance with claim 5, wherein the security ring has an annular shoulder for snap-engagement beneath a complementary formation of the container as the container is being rotated to its fitted position.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
43 words
A screw closure in accordance with claim 1, wherein the end portion of the body shell is formed as an inturned curl by which the free edge of the body shell is presented for engagement with the annular shoulder of the plastics member.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
22 words
A screw closure in accordance with claim 1, wherein the annular shoulder forms part of a peripheral groove of the plastics member.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
21 words
A screw closure in accordance with claim 9, wherein the body shell including the inturned curl thereof is substantially of steel.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
59 words
A screw closure in accordance with claim 1, wherein the plastics member is open-ended and engages a sealing gasket which is provided on the closure panel for sealing engagement with a said container so as to prevent relative rotation of the body shell and the plastics member when the closure is being fitted to or removed from the container.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
24 words
A screw closure in accordance with claim 12, wherein the plastics member has a serrated free edge at which it engages the sealing gasket.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
20 words
A screw closure in accordance with claim 12, wherein the sealing gasket is formed in situ from a plastisol compound.
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