EP0631943A3 - Container closure. - Google Patents

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EP0631943A3
EP0631943A3 EP94110152A EP94110152A EP0631943A3 EP 0631943 A3 EP0631943 A3 EP 0631943A3 EP 94110152 A EP94110152 A EP 94110152A EP 94110152 A EP94110152 A EP 94110152A EP 0631943 A3 EP0631943 A3 EP 0631943A3
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Prior art keywords
screw cap
cap
lid section
grooving
closure
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EP94110152A
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EP0631943A2 (en
EP0631943B1 (en
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Roland Kneer
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Gaplast GmbH
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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
    • B65D50/00—Closures with means for discouraging unauthorised opening or removal thereof, with or without indicating means, e.g. child-proof closures
    • B65D50/02—Closures with means for discouraging unauthorised opening or removal thereof, with or without indicating means, e.g. child-proof closures openable or removable by the combination of plural actions
    • B65D50/04—Closures with means for discouraging unauthorised opening or removal thereof, with or without indicating means, e.g. child-proof closures openable or removable by the combination of plural actions requiring the combination of simultaneous actions, e.g. depressing and turning, lifting and turning, maintaining a part and turning another one
    • B65D50/041—Closures with means for discouraging unauthorised opening or removal thereof, with or without indicating means, e.g. child-proof closures openable or removable by the combination of plural actions requiring the combination of simultaneous actions, e.g. depressing and turning, lifting and turning, maintaining a part and turning another one the closure comprising nested inner and outer caps or an inner cap and an outer coaxial annular member, which can be brought into engagement to enable removal by rotation

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  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Mechanical Engineering (AREA)
  • Closures For Containers (AREA)
  • Glass Compositions (AREA)
  • Medical Preparation Storing Or Oral Administration Devices (AREA)

Abstract

A screw cap contains, on its cylindrical outer wall, a grooving which continues into the outer annular region of the lid section. The grooving consists of lamella ribs each having a slightly inclined long side and a short side which lies in a plane lying around the longitudinal mid-axis of the container closure. An outer cap which can be fitted onto the screw cap has a lid section which is convex relative to the screw cap, is supported centrally on the lid section of the screw cap, and can be deformed elastically into an approximately flat alignment by applying axial force. During this process, projections moulded onto the inner side of the lid section of the outer cap engage in the grooving of the lid section of the screw cap so that a torque can be transmitted in the opening direction. In the opposite direction of rotation, the outer cap is connected by end faces of an annular shoulder to projections of the screw cap. The screw cap can be used as a single closure or in combination with the outer cap as a child-resistant pressure/rotary closure. <IMAGE>
EP94110152A 1993-06-30 1994-06-29 Container closure Expired - Lifetime EP0631943B1 (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (2)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
DE4321705 1993-06-30
DE4321705A DE4321705A1 (en) 1993-06-30 1993-06-30 Container closure

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EP0631943A2 EP0631943A2 (en) 1995-01-04
EP0631943A3 true EP0631943A3 (en) 1995-08-02
EP0631943B1 EP0631943B1 (en) 1998-10-07

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EP94110152A Expired - Lifetime EP0631943B1 (en) 1993-06-30 1994-06-29 Container closure

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AT (1) ATE171913T1 (en)
DE (2) DE4321705A1 (en)
ES (1) ES2123687T3 (en)

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DE9400507U1 (en) * 1994-01-13 1994-02-24 Kunststoff Technik Helmstedt G Screw cap
IT245192Y1 (en) * 1998-06-10 2002-03-19 Invat Srl SAFETY CAP OBTAINED BY BRINGING AN INDEPENDENT MANEUVER CAP TO A NORMAL CAP.
DE19949688C2 (en) * 1999-10-15 2003-04-17 Gaplast Gmbh Screw cap for a container and method for manufacturing the screw cap
DE102011115525A1 (en) 2011-10-11 2013-04-11 Boehringer Ingelheim International Gmbh Two-part bottle packaging device for containing pharmaceutical tablets or capsules, has bottle body and bottle base, where bottle is closed with pressure lock or with pressure lock injected at bottle body or with separate rotary lock
USD1023755S1 (en) 2019-06-03 2024-04-23 Berlin Packaging, Llc Tamper evident closure assembly
USD1014251S1 (en) 2019-06-03 2024-02-13 Berlin Packaging, Llc Tamper evident closure assembly

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US3055524A (en) * 1961-04-03 1962-09-25 Armstrong Cork Co Safety closure
US3795338A (en) * 1972-07-19 1974-03-05 Owens Illinois Inc Ratchet drive child-resistant closure
US3892325A (en) * 1973-04-16 1975-07-01 Closure Ind Inc Child proof container closure
US3934744A (en) * 1974-10-03 1976-01-27 Illinois Tool Works Inc. Closure assembly
EP0112683A1 (en) * 1982-12-20 1984-07-04 Merck & Co. Inc. Convertible child resistant closure for a container

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DE3141670A1 (en) * 1981-10-21 1983-05-05 Hans 8801 Schillingsfürst Heinlein Child-resistant closure
IT207686Z2 (en) * 1986-02-28 1988-02-08 Bormioli Metalplast Spa CAPSULE FOR BOTTLES, BOTTLES AND CONTAINERS EQUIPPED WITH NECK IN GENERAL WITH INVIOLABILITY CLAMP AND PROTECTION AGAINST UNWANTED OPENINGS
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US5217130A (en) * 1991-02-25 1993-06-08 Primary Delivery Systems, Inc. Child resistant cap with biased keyway

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Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US3055524A (en) * 1961-04-03 1962-09-25 Armstrong Cork Co Safety closure
US3795338A (en) * 1972-07-19 1974-03-05 Owens Illinois Inc Ratchet drive child-resistant closure
US3892325A (en) * 1973-04-16 1975-07-01 Closure Ind Inc Child proof container closure
US3934744A (en) * 1974-10-03 1976-01-27 Illinois Tool Works Inc. Closure assembly
EP0112683A1 (en) * 1982-12-20 1984-07-04 Merck & Co. Inc. Convertible child resistant closure for a container

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EP0631943A2 (en) 1995-01-04
EP0631943B1 (en) 1998-10-07
DE59407033D1 (en) 1998-11-12
DE4321705A1 (en) 1995-01-12
ATE171913T1 (en) 1998-10-15
ES2123687T3 (en) 1999-01-16

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