EP2487118A4 - Cap for squeeze container - Google Patents

Cap for squeeze container

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Publication number
EP2487118A4
EP2487118A4 EP10822130A EP10822130A EP2487118A4 EP 2487118 A4 EP2487118 A4 EP 2487118A4 EP 10822130 A EP10822130 A EP 10822130A EP 10822130 A EP10822130 A EP 10822130A EP 2487118 A4 EP2487118 A4 EP 2487118A4
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Prior art keywords
cap
squeeze container
squeeze
container
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German (de)
French (fr)
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EP2487118A1 (en
EP2487118B1 (en
Inventor
Shinichi Inaba
Hiroshi Goto
Michiaki Fujita
Mitsugu Iwatsubo
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Kao Corp
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Kao Corp
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Classifications

    • BPERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65DCONTAINERS 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
    • B65D47/00Closures with filling and discharging, or with discharging, devices
    • B65D47/04Closures with discharging devices other than pumps
    • B65D47/06Closures with discharging devices other than pumps with pouring spouts or tubes; with discharge nozzles or passages
    • BPERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B05SPRAYING OR ATOMISING IN GENERAL; APPLYING FLUENT MATERIALS TO SURFACES, IN GENERAL
    • B05BSPRAYING APPARATUS; ATOMISING APPARATUS; NOZZLES
    • B05B1/00Nozzles, spray heads or other outlets, with or without auxiliary devices such as valves, heating means
    • B05B1/34Nozzles, spray heads or other outlets, with or without auxiliary devices such as valves, heating means designed to influence the nature of flow of the liquid or other fluent material, e.g. to produce swirl
    • B05B1/3405Nozzles, spray heads or other outlets, with or without auxiliary devices such as valves, heating means designed to influence the nature of flow of the liquid or other fluent material, e.g. to produce swirl to produce swirl
    • B05B1/341Nozzles, spray heads or other outlets, with or without auxiliary devices such as valves, heating means designed to influence the nature of flow of the liquid or other fluent material, e.g. to produce swirl to produce swirl before discharging the liquid or other fluent material, e.g. in a swirl chamber upstream the spray outlet
    • B05B1/3415Nozzles, spray heads or other outlets, with or without auxiliary devices such as valves, heating means designed to influence the nature of flow of the liquid or other fluent material, e.g. to produce swirl to produce swirl before discharging the liquid or other fluent material, e.g. in a swirl chamber upstream the spray outlet with swirl imparting inserts upstream of the swirl chamber
    • BPERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B05SPRAYING OR ATOMISING IN GENERAL; APPLYING FLUENT MATERIALS TO SURFACES, IN GENERAL
    • B05BSPRAYING APPARATUS; ATOMISING APPARATUS; NOZZLES
    • B05B11/00Single-unit hand-held apparatus in which flow of contents is produced by the muscular force of the operator at the moment of use
    • B05B11/01Single-unit hand-held apparatus in which flow of contents is produced by the muscular force of the operator at the moment of use characterised by the means producing the flow
    • B05B11/04Deformable containers producing the flow, e.g. squeeze bottles
    • BPERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65DCONTAINERS 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
    • B65D1/00Containers having bodies formed in one piece, e.g. by casting metallic material, by moulding plastics, by blowing vitreous material, by throwing ceramic material, by moulding pulped fibrous material, by deep-drawing operations performed on sheet material
    • B65D1/32Containers adapted to be temporarily deformed by external pressure to expel contents
    • B65D1/323Containers adapted to be temporarily deformed by external pressure to expel contents the container comprising internally a dip tube through which the contents pass

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  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Mechanical Engineering (AREA)
  • Ceramic Engineering (AREA)
  • Closures For Containers (AREA)
  • Containers And Packaging Bodies Having A Special Means To Remove Contents (AREA)
EP10822130.0A 2009-10-09 2010-10-08 Cap for squeeze container Active EP2487118B1 (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (2)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
JP2009235593A JP5427542B2 (en) 2009-10-09 2009-10-09 Squeeze container cap
PCT/JP2010/067737 WO2011043460A1 (en) 2009-10-09 2010-10-08 Cap for squeeze container

Publications (3)

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EP2487118A1 EP2487118A1 (en) 2012-08-15
EP2487118A4 true EP2487118A4 (en) 2013-03-13
EP2487118B1 EP2487118B1 (en) 2016-01-06

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EP10822130.0A Active EP2487118B1 (en) 2009-10-09 2010-10-08 Cap for squeeze container

Country Status (7)

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US (1) US20120234868A1 (en)
EP (1) EP2487118B1 (en)
JP (1) JP5427542B2 (en)
CN (1) CN102686490B (en)
AU (1) AU2010304217B2 (en)
TW (1) TWI500566B (en)
WO (1) WO2011043460A1 (en)

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US1380834A (en) * 1920-06-03 1921-06-07 Spray Engineering Co Spray-nozzle and method of distributing liquid
FR2573408A1 (en) * 1984-08-10 1986-05-23 Denat Jean Pouring corkscrew which never leaves the bottle
DE8604150U1 (en) * 1986-02-17 1986-04-03 Magasi, Josef, 6902 Sandhausen Spout retarder for liquid containers
FR2794437A1 (en) * 1999-06-01 2000-12-08 Graham Hamilton Millar Mouth guard for drinks bottle has tube fitting over bottle neck and carrying mouthpiece
EP1114778A1 (en) * 2000-01-04 2001-07-11 Sara Lee/DE N.V. Liquid container
US20080054026A1 (en) * 2006-09-01 2008-03-06 Polytop Corporation Dispensing cap with center channel and helical flow profile

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JP5427542B2 (en) 2014-02-26
CN102686490B (en) 2015-03-11
US20120234868A1 (en) 2012-09-20
EP2487118A1 (en) 2012-08-15
CN102686490A (en) 2012-09-19
AU2010304217A1 (en) 2012-05-31
TWI500566B (en) 2015-09-21
TW201118019A (en) 2011-06-01
EP2487118B1 (en) 2016-01-06
AU2010304217B2 (en) 2014-12-04
WO2011043460A1 (en) 2011-04-14
JP2011079570A (en) 2011-04-21

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