AU622549B2

AU622549B2 – Tamper-indicating closure for a container and improved capping without top loading
– Google Patents

AU622549B2 – Tamper-indicating closure for a container and improved capping without top loading
– Google Patents
Tamper-indicating closure for a container and improved capping without top loading

Info

Publication number
AU622549B2

AU622549B2
AU54892/90A
AU5489290A
AU622549B2
AU 622549 B2
AU622549 B2
AU 622549B2
AU 54892/90 A
AU54892/90 A
AU 54892/90A
AU 5489290 A
AU5489290 A
AU 5489290A
AU 622549 B2
AU622549 B2
AU 622549B2
Authority
AU
Australia
Prior art keywords
band
container
beads
tamper
closure
Prior art date
1988-08-01
Legal status (The legal status is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the status listed.)

Ceased

Application number
AU54892/90A
Other versions

AU5489290A
(en

Inventor
Eugene F. Haffner
Current Assignee (The listed assignees may be inaccurate. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation or warranty as to the accuracy of the list.)

BPrex Healthcare Brookville Inc

Original Assignee
Owens Illinois Closure Inc
Priority date (The priority date is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the date listed.)
1988-08-01
Filing date
1990-05-09
Publication date
1992-04-09

1990-05-09
Application filed by Owens Illinois Closure Inc
filed
Critical
Owens Illinois Closure Inc

1990-09-06
Publication of AU5489290A
publication
Critical
patent/AU5489290A/en

1992-04-09
Application granted
granted
Critical

1992-04-09
Publication of AU622549B2
publication
Critical
patent/AU622549B2/en

2008-05-08
Assigned to REXAM CLOSURE SYSTEMS INC.
reassignment
REXAM CLOSURE SYSTEMS INC.
Request to Amend Deed and Register
Assignors: OWENS-ILLINOIS CLOSURE INC.

2009-04-20
Anticipated expiration
legal-status
Critical

Status
Ceased
legal-status
Critical
Current

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Classifications

B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING

B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL

B65D—CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES

B65D41/00—Caps, e.g. crown caps or crown seals, i.e. members having parts arranged for engagement with the external periphery of a neck or wall defining a pouring opening or discharge aperture; Protective cap-like covers for closure members, e.g. decorative covers of metal foil or paper

B65D41/32—Caps or cap-like covers with lines of weakness, tearing-strips, tags, or like opening or removal devices, e.g. to facilitate formation of pouring openings

B65D41/34—Threaded or like caps or cap-like covers provided with tamper elements formed in, or attached to, the closure skirt

B65D41/3442—Threaded or like caps or cap-like covers provided with tamper elements formed in, or attached to, the closure skirt with rigid bead or projections formed on the tamper element and coacting with bead or projections on the container

B65D41/3447—Threaded or like caps or cap-like covers provided with tamper elements formed in, or attached to, the closure skirt with rigid bead or projections formed on the tamper element and coacting with bead or projections on the container the tamper element being integrally connected to the closure by means of bridges

Abstract

A one-piece molded plastic closure (10) having a tamper-indicating band (18) connected to the closure skirt (12) by rupturable means. The tamper band uses series of solid interiorly projecting beads (20) that come in contact with a transfer bead (23) on the container (15) as the closure is unscrewed. The engagement of the beads (20a) and container (15) breaks the band (18) by rupture of the connection means. The beads in the band are arranged in tiers at three different heights on the band (20a, 20b, 20c). A thick cylindrical section at the bottom (34) of the band (18) assists initial capping. The beads are disposed in the band at an angle (P) equal to the pitch angle of the container threads (16). This eliminates need for top pressure in capping by the beads (20) following the container thread lowering and driving the beads over the container’s transfer bead (23) locking the band (18) in place.

AU54892/90A
1988-08-01
1990-05-09
Tamper-indicating closure for a container and improved capping without top loading

Ceased

AU622549B2
(en)

Applications Claiming Priority (2)

Application Number
Priority Date
Filing Date
Title

US07/226,496

US4846361A
(en)

1988-08-01
1988-08-01
Tamper-indicating closure for a container and improved capping without top loading

US226496

1988-08-01

Related Parent Applications (1)

Application Number
Title
Priority Date
Filing Date

AU33256/89A
Division

AU603511B2
(en)

1988-08-01
1989-04-20
Tamper-indicating closure for a container and improved capping without top loading

Publications (2)

Publication Number
Publication Date

AU5489290A

AU5489290A
(en)

1990-09-06

AU622549B2
true

AU622549B2
(en)

1992-04-09

Family
ID=22849146
Family Applications (2)

Application Number
Title
Priority Date
Filing Date

AU33256/89A
Ceased

AU603511B2
(en)

1988-08-01
1989-04-20
Tamper-indicating closure for a container and improved capping without top loading

AU54892/90A
Ceased

AU622549B2
(en)

1988-08-01
1990-05-09
Tamper-indicating closure for a container and improved capping without top loading

Family Applications Before (1)

Application Number
Title
Priority Date
Filing Date

AU33256/89A
Ceased

AU603511B2
(en)

1988-08-01
1989-04-20
Tamper-indicating closure for a container and improved capping without top loading

Country Status (11)

Country
Link

US
(1)

US4846361A
(en)

EP
(1)

EP0367369B1
(en)

JP
(1)

JPH06549B2
(en)

AT
(1)

ATE116246T1
(en)

AU
(2)

AU603511B2
(en)

CA
(1)

CA1322186C
(en)

DE
(1)

DE68920280T2
(en)

ES
(1)

ES2067537T3
(en)

GR
(1)

GR3015640T3
(en)

MX
(1)

MX168452B
(en)

ZA
(1)

ZA893139B
(en)

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1989-09-01
1991-10-08
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Press on, screw tight means for applying a closure

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1989-12-28
1997-04-23
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Tamper evident caps and methods for producing such caps

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1990-02-02
1991-08-03
Hans-Werner Breuer
Screw cap with warranty ring

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1991-10-04
1992-08-11
Phoenix Closures, Inc.
Tamper evident closure with ramped contact

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(en)

*

1992-03-12
1992-04-22
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Container closures

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1992-07-16
2000-10-31
Driutt Rodney Malcolm
Tamper evident closure

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(en)

*

1992-11-06
1995-04-11
Crown Cork & Seal Company, Inc.
Tamper indicating closure and method and device for the manufacture of a tamper-indicating closure

GB2287555A
(en)

*

1994-02-25
1995-09-20
Motorola Gmbh
An adjustable clock generator system.

US5450972A
(en)

*

1994-03-03
1995-09-19
Phoenix Closures, Inc.
Tamper-evident band for closures

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(en)

*

1994-10-31
1996-01-30
Sander; Dieter
Tamper evident plastic closure

TR199900805T2
(en)

*

1996-10-09
1999-07-21
Corvaglia Product Development

Screw cap with safety and warranty tape

AUPO788597A0
(en)

1997-07-14
1997-08-07
Closures And Packaging Services Limited
Closure

US6085921A
(en)

*

1998-02-26
2000-07-11
Crown Cork & Seal Technologies Corporation
Tamper evident band with undercut

US6253939B1
(en)

1999-01-04
2001-07-03
Crown Cork & Seal Technologies Corporation
Tamper-evident closure having improved drainage

AU770402B2
(en)

*

1999-10-20
2004-02-19
Qiagen North American Holdings, Inc.
Mixing and pouring apparatus with rotatable arm and related vessel

US6786348B2
(en)

*

2001-05-24
2004-09-07
Crown Cork & Seal Technologies Corporation
Gasket for press-on twist-off closure

MXPA05001263A
(en)

*

2002-08-07
2005-10-18
Silgan Closures Llc
Reduced application energy closure.

ITMI20030535A1
(en)

*

2003-03-19
2004-09-20
Capsol Berry Plastics S P A

SAFETY SEAL FOR A CAP OF A CONTAINER, CAP AND CONTAINER CLOSED THROUGH THE ABOVE CAP

US7721510B2
(en)

*

2005-02-07
2010-05-25
Yuyama Mfg. Co., Ltd.
Vial capping device and vial capping method

US7694845B2
(en)

*

2005-12-22
2010-04-13
Kraft Foods Global Brands Llc
Removable and reclosable lid for jar for a food product

ITMO20060027A1
(en)

*

2006-01-27
2007-07-28
Sacmi

MEANS OF CLOSING

US7735664B1
(en)

*

2006-04-18
2010-06-15
Portola Packaging, Inc.
Tapered thread structure

US20070267384A1
(en)

*

2006-05-16
2007-11-22
Patrick Frank Field
Plastic Bottle

US7798319B1
(en)

*

2008-03-11
2010-09-21
U.S. Smokeless Tobacco Company
Container device for tobacco articles

FR2952620B1
(en)

*

2009-11-19
2011-12-30
Valois Sas

FLUID PRODUCT DISPENSER.

FR2957587B1
(en)

*

2010-03-22
2012-07-13
Tetra Laval Holdings & Finance

CAP WITH WEAKENING LINE

WO2011082282A1
(en)

2009-12-31
2011-07-07
Closure Systems International, Inc.
Plastic closure with enhanced performance

JP2012171647A
(en)

*

2011-02-21
2012-09-10
Japan Crown Cork Co Ltd
Synthetic resin container lid

WO2013181491A1
(en)

*

2012-05-31
2013-12-05
Closure Systems International Inc.
Closure with application guide

US8910781B2
(en)

2013-01-11
2014-12-16
R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company
Container for smokeless tobacco products and related packaged product assembly and method

RU2604441C2
(en)

*

2014-08-07
2016-12-10
Аль Ибтикар Пекаджин энд Инвестмент Ко., Лтд.
Method for safe and tight sealing with application of protective band and lock for closing bottle neck

US9445631B1
(en)

2015-03-20
2016-09-20
R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company
Container for smokeless tobacco products and related packaged product assembly and method

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Publication number
Priority date
Publication date
Assignee
Title

AU567458B2
(en)

*

1984-02-06
1987-11-19

Crown Obrist A.G.

Synthetic locking cap

AU587717B2
(en)

*

1986-09-16
1989-08-24

National Plastics Limited

Container closure

AU589688B2
(en)

*

1985-10-15
1989-10-19

Johnsen & Jorgensen Plastics Limited

Improved tamper resistant closures

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(en)

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(en)

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1983-09-20
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Closure cap for containers

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Screw closure with originality safeguard made of plastic and injection mould for producing caps

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1995-09-20
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Opening / closing device for mouth of container

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(en)

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1988-10-06
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1988

1988-08-01
US
US07/226,496
patent/US4846361A/en
not_active
Expired – Fee Related

1989

1989-04-18
CA
CA000596982A
patent/CA1322186C/en
not_active
Expired – Fee Related

1989-04-20
AU
AU33256/89A
patent/AU603511B2/en
not_active
Ceased

1989-04-27
ZA
ZA893139A
patent/ZA893139B/en
unknown

1989-04-28
AT
AT89304328T
patent/ATE116246T1/en
not_active
IP Right Cessation

1989-04-28
EP
EP89304328A
patent/EP0367369B1/en
not_active
Expired – Lifetime

1989-04-28
DE
DE68920280T
patent/DE68920280T2/en
not_active
Expired – Fee Related

1989-04-28
ES
ES89304328T
patent/ES2067537T3/en
not_active
Expired – Lifetime

1989-05-10
JP
JP1115271A
patent/JPH06549B2/en
not_active
Expired – Lifetime

1989-07-11
MX
MX016753A
patent/MX168452B/en
unknown

1990

1990-05-09
AU
AU54892/90A
patent/AU622549B2/en
not_active
Ceased

1995

1995-03-27
GR
GR950400718T
patent/GR3015640T3/en
unknown

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Priority date
Publication date
Assignee
Title

AU567458B2
(en)

*

1984-02-06
1987-11-19
Crown Obrist A.G.
Synthetic locking cap

AU589688B2
(en)

*

1985-10-15
1989-10-19
Johnsen & Jorgensen Plastics Limited
Improved tamper resistant closures

AU587717B2
(en)

*

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1989-08-24
National Plastics Limited
Container closure

Also Published As

Publication number
Publication date

AU3325689A
(en)

1990-02-01

CA1322186C
(en)

1993-09-14

EP0367369A1
(en)

1990-05-09

DE68920280T2
(en)

1995-05-11

US4846361A
(en)

1989-07-11

AU603511B2
(en)

1990-11-15

GR3015640T3
(en)

1995-06-30

ZA893139B
(en)

1990-01-31

JPH06549B2
(en)

1994-01-05

EP0367369B1
(en)

1994-12-28

DE68920280D1
(en)

1995-02-09

AU5489290A
(en)

1990-09-06

JPH0257570A
(en)

1990-02-27

ATE116246T1
(en)

1995-01-15

MX168452B
(en)

1993-05-25

ES2067537T3
(en)

1995-04-01

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Legal Events

Date
Code
Title
Description

2001-11-22
MK14
Patent ceased section 143(a) (annual fees not paid) or expired

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