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US5836464A Expired / Lapsed US ⏱️ 0.0 years remaining

Closure for beverage container

Assignee: Closures and Packaging Services Ltd
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Filing: 1997-07-23
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Granted: 1998-11-17
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Expires: 2017-07-23
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Abstract

Abstract A plastic closure for sealing a container, the closure having a top portion and a skirt portion depending from the top portion. The closure has an annular sealing rib which extends within the cavity defined by the top portion and the skirt portion. The rib includes a first portion having a substantially cylindrical inner surface extending away from the underside of the top portion and disposed radially inward of the skirt and a second, frusto-conical, portion contiguous with the end of the first portion distal to the underside of the top portion and extending radially inwardly and terminating in a circular free edge, such that during engagement of the cap with the neck of the container, the second, frusto-conical, portion will be engaged by the free end of the neck and folded back against the first portion of the rib to form a gas-tight seal between the neck of the container and the closure.

Inventors

  • 👤 Rodney M. Druitt

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction US
Data Source google_patents
Last Synchronized 2026-11-04 19:36
CPC Classifications
B; B65; B65D; B65D41/00; B65D41/32; B65D41/34; B65D41/3442; B65D41/3447; B65D41/02; B65D41/04; B65D41/0407; B65D41/0428; B65D51/00; B65D51/16; B65D51/1672; B65D51/1688; B65D2401/00; B65D2401/15; B65D2401/20; Y; Y10; Y10S; Y10S215/00; Y10S215/01; Y10S425/00; Y10S425/809

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 5
Claim 1
Independent Claim 203 words
A closure suitable for mounting onto a container, said closure being molded from a plastic resilient material and comprising a top portion and a skirt portion extending from the top portion said top portion and skirt portion defining a cavity, characterized in that an annular sealing rib projects downwardly into the cavity defined by the top portion and the skirt portion, said rib including a first portion having a substantially cylindrical inner surface, the first portion extending away from the top portion and lying radially inward of the skirt, and a second, frusto-conical portion contiguous with the end of the first portion distal to the top portion and extending radially inward to terminate in a circular free edge, the first portion having an internal diameter relative to the external diameter of the neck of the container to which the closure is to be attached such that during engagement of the closure with the neck, the second, frusto-conical portion will be engaged by the free end of the neck and folded back against the substantially cylindrical inner surface of the first portion of the rib to form a seal between at least an outer surface of the neck of the container and the closure.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 203 words
A closure suitable for mounting onto a container, said closure being molded from a plastic resilient material and comprising a top portion and a skirt portion extending from the top portion said top portion and skirt portion defining a cavity, characterized in that an annular sealing rib projects downwardly into the cavity defined by the top portion and the skirt portion, said rib including a first portion having a substantially cylindrical inner surface, the first portion extending away from the top portion and lying radially inward of the skirt, and a second, frusto-conical portion contiguous with the end of the first portion distal to the top portion and extending radially inward to terminate in a circular free edge, the first portion having an internal diameter relative to the external diameter of the neck of the container to which the closure is to be attached such that during engagement of the closure with the neck, the second, frusto-conical portion will be engaged by the free end of the neck and folded back against the substantially cylindrical inner surface of the first portion of the rib to form a seal between at least an outer surface of the neck of the container and the closure.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim 63 words
The closure of claim 1, and further wherein the rib has a shape, size and material of construction such that, during final movement attaching the closure to the container, said rib is disposed in a sealing relation between the top surface of said free end of the neck of the container and the underside of the surface to which the rib is attached.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim 46 words
A closure as defined in claim 2 and further wherein the undersurface of the top portion is defined in part by a second annular rib disposed radially inward of the first rib and extending within the cavity defined by the top portion and the skirt portion.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim 42 words
A closure as defined in claim 3 wherein said first portion of the rib extends from said top portion at a position radially displaced from said skirt so as to define a generally annular gap between said first portion and the skirt.

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