EP0272431A3 - Closure for retortable plastic container - Google Patents

Closure for retortable plastic container Download PDF

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EP0272431A3
EP0272431A3 EP87116572A EP87116572A EP0272431A3 EP 0272431 A3 EP0272431 A3 EP 0272431A3 EP 87116572 A EP87116572 A EP 87116572A EP 87116572 A EP87116572 A EP 87116572A EP 0272431 A3 EP0272431 A3 EP 0272431A3
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closure
plastic container
retortable plastic
retortable
container
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EP0272431B1 (en
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Charles S. Ochs
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Anchor Hocking LLC
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Anchor Hocking LLC
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    • 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
    • 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
    • B65D41/3404—Threaded or like caps or cap-like covers provided with tamper elements formed in, or attached to, the closure skirt with ratchet-and-pawl mechanism between the container and the closure skirt or the tamper element
    • 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
    • B65D51/00—Closures not otherwise provided for
    • B65D51/14—Rigid discs or spherical members adapted to be held in sealing engagement with mouth of container, e.g. closure plates for preserving jars
    • B65D51/145—Rigid discs or spherical members adapted to be held in sealing engagement with mouth of container, e.g. closure plates for preserving jars by means of an additional element connected directly to the container
    • 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
    • B65D2401/00—Tamper-indicating means
    • B65D2401/15—Tearable part of the closure
    • B65D2401/25—Non-metallic tear-off strips

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  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Mechanical Engineering (AREA)
  • Closures For Containers (AREA)
EP87116572A 1986-12-16 1987-11-10 Closure for retortable plastic container Expired - Lifetime EP0272431B1 (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (2)

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US94221886A 1986-12-16 1986-12-16
US942218 1986-12-16

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EP0272431A2 EP0272431A2 (en) 1988-06-29
EP0272431A3 true EP0272431A3 (en) 1989-03-01
EP0272431B1 EP0272431B1 (en) 1993-01-07

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EP87116572A Expired - Lifetime EP0272431B1 (en) 1986-12-16 1987-11-10 Closure for retortable plastic container

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Families Citing this family (10)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US4813561A (en) * 1988-02-29 1989-03-21 Anchor Hocking Corporation Composite retortable closure
FR2646144B1 (en) * 1989-04-24 1992-01-10 Plastohm Sa CLOSURE DEVICE WITH SCREW-ON LID PROVIDED WITH A SECURITY STRIP FOR A POT OR THE LIKE
US4991731A (en) * 1989-08-03 1991-02-12 Abbott Laboratories/Ross Laboratories Retortable composite closure for plastic containers
US5111947A (en) * 1990-12-04 1992-05-12 Patterson Michael C Tamper proof cap and container
ES1019001Y (en) * 1991-10-04 1993-03-16 Jose Collado Bonet, S.A. SEALED MANIPULATION SEALED PLUG WITH DOUBLE HOOK.
US5839592A (en) * 1995-06-09 1998-11-24 Anchor Hocking Packaging Co. Plastic closure
AU6009496A (en) * 1995-06-09 1997-01-09 Carnaudmetalbox Plc Closure
GB9606378D0 (en) 1996-03-26 1996-06-05 Metal Box Plc Composite closures for containers
US20080073310A1 (en) * 2006-09-06 2008-03-27 Horton Thomas C Closure system
US11040512B2 (en) 2017-11-08 2021-06-22 Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation Composite structures, forming apparatuses and related systems and methods

Citations (5)

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Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US1921016A (en) * 1929-07-10 1933-08-08 American Can Co Container closure
GB1278939A (en) * 1968-08-27 1972-06-21 Kork N Seal Ltd Container closure with sealing liner
US4151924A (en) * 1977-11-07 1979-05-01 Owens-Illinois, Inc. Liner element for closure cap
EP0154467A2 (en) * 1984-02-24 1985-09-11 Continental White Cap, Inc. Location of bridges on tamper band style closure
EP0201613A1 (en) * 1985-05-14 1986-11-20 Aci Australia Limited A closure for an open necked container

Patent Citations (5)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US1921016A (en) * 1929-07-10 1933-08-08 American Can Co Container closure
GB1278939A (en) * 1968-08-27 1972-06-21 Kork N Seal Ltd Container closure with sealing liner
US4151924A (en) * 1977-11-07 1979-05-01 Owens-Illinois, Inc. Liner element for closure cap
EP0154467A2 (en) * 1984-02-24 1985-09-11 Continental White Cap, Inc. Location of bridges on tamper band style closure
EP0201613A1 (en) * 1985-05-14 1986-11-20 Aci Australia Limited A closure for an open necked container

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EP0272431A2 (en) 1988-06-29
EP0272431B1 (en) 1993-01-07
DE3783448D1 (en) 1993-02-18
DE3783448T2 (en) 1993-05-06

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