US3407956A - Bottle cap - Google Patents
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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
- B65D55/00—Accessories for container closures not otherwise provided for
- B65D55/16—Devices preventing loss of removable closure members
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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
- B65D45/00—Clamping or other pressure-applying devices for securing or retaining closure members
- B65D45/32—Clamping or other pressure-applying devices for securing or retaining closure members for applying radial or radial and axial pressure, e.g. contractible bands encircling closure member
- B65D45/322—Clamping or other pressure-applying devices for securing or retaining closure members for applying radial or radial and axial pressure, e.g. contractible bands encircling closure member the clamping device being an annular member moved axially to clamp the closure by using radial pressure
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- This invention ssens to a bottle cap for closing a bottle having a neck, a mouth, and a lip surrounding the mouth.
- Snap-type closures have long been known in the art, and many of them have included means for rendering the respective devices more readily usable. All of them have heretofore included problems relating to shelf life as well as to ease of operation and have also had inherent within them considerable manufacturing problems, because when they were made of a plurality of prices, it was difficult economically to make large quantities of devices from batches of randomly selected parts.
- a bottle cap according to this invention includes a closure member that has a cap section adapted to overlay and close the mouth.
- a depending ange projects from the cap section with a lip on its free end, which lip is adapted to Snap over the lip on the bottle.
- An annular locking member is adapted to surround the neck and also to embrace, and thereby to press, the liange against the neck of the bottle so as to maintain it in the locked condition. It may be forced downwardly around the neck and off the flange in order to unlock the cap.
- flexible means is provided which connects the two members and in the preferred embodiment of the invention is integrally and simultaneously cast with these members.
- FIG. 1 is a side elevation partly in cutaway cross-section showing the presently preferred embodiment of the invention in its locked condition
- FIG. 2 is a top view of FIG. l;
- FIGS. 3 and 4 are perspective views partly in cutaway cross-section of two members of the device of FIG. 1;
- FIGS. 5, 6 and 7 are fragmentary elevations partly in ice cutaway cross-section showing alternate embodiments of the invention.
- FIG. 8 shows the device of FIG. l in its unlocked condition.
- FIG. 1 shows a bottle 10 yhaving a neck 11 with a mouth 12, the mouth having a rim with a peripheral lip 13 surrounding it.
- the opening has a central axis 14.
- a bottle cap 15 according to the invention is shown in its locked condition on the bottle.
- This cap includes a closure member 16 with a cap section 17 that overlays the mouth when the device is in its closed condition.
- This cap section will ordinarily be imperforate. However, it may instead be perforate or even porous if a liner is provided for it.
- Such liners will be imperforate and constitute a portion of the cap section when used. However, liners and the like are optional, and may be used with imperforate cap sections. Liners, such as cork, Plioiilm, polyethylene and the like, can provide additional sealing reliability.
- a flange 18 projects downwardly from the cap section and includes an inwardly projecting lip 19.
- the flange shown is a continuous peripheral flange, although it may be in the form of peripherally spaced-apart and separate collet fingers, if preferred.
- the flange has on its outside a contact surface 20 which will be arcuate and preferably cylindrical. The flange is resilient so that it can be snapped over the lip of the bottle.
- a locking member 25 is generally annular or ringshaped and includes a chamfer 26 to assist the initial engagement of the members.
- the locking member includes a contact surface 27 on its inside adapted to surround the bottle neck and to embrace the contact surface of the flange or flanges.
- the dimensions of the contact surfaces are such as to provide an interference iit when the closure member is snapped onto the bottle.
- the interference fit may be approximately 0.001 inch on the radius; that is, the radius of the contact surface on the closure member will be about 0.001 inch smaller than the radius of the contact surface on the locking member.
- the outer surface 28 of the locking member is of indeterminate shape, although preferably it may include a slight shoulder 29 which is easy to grasp with the fingers.
- the upper region of the locking Nnember is somewhat thinner radially than the lower region, thereby facilitating initial stretching of the upper edge of the locking member over the depending ange but providing a stronger and less resilient portion adjacent to the lip where stronger backing and locking actions are desirable.
- the contact surfaces can, instead of being true cylinders with their generators of revolution parallel to the axis, be given a slight draft angle on the order of one or two degrees flaring downwardly and outwardly as they depart from thecap section.
- FIG. 5 shows another means wherein a bottle cap 31 includes a closure member 32, a locking member 33, and a flexible means 34. It includes a peripheral ridge 35 on the outside of the lflange and a peripheral groove 36 on the inside of the locking member. This provides a snap action which supplements the frictional force in holding the two members together, but which can be overcome simply by distortion ofthe ridge as the locking member is pushed downwardly. Apart from the ridge and groove, the device is'identical to that of FIG. 1.
- FIG. 6 shows another cap 40 with a closure member 41, locking member 42 and exible means 43 with a plurality of matching serrations 44 on the ange and on the inside of the locking member. Otherwise the device is the same as that inFIG. 1.
- FIG. 7 shows the device of FIG. 1 modified to include a liner 50 to make a more reliable seal with the top of the bottle.
- This liner will be a ilexible and resilient piece of impermeable material which can permit the remainder of the device to be made of less expensive and perhaps even permeable material.
- the device of this invention is readily cast from common plastic materials, polyethylene being the presently preferred substance.
- FIGS. 1 and 8 The use of the device is best indicated in FIGS. 1 and 8.
- the closure member has been snapped over the mouth of the bottle and the locking member has been pulled up so as to surround the closure member and press the lid into intimate contact with the bottle, thereby overlapping the lips and closing the mouth.
- the locking member has been pushed down around the neck of the bottle, thereby freeing the closure member and it may simply be snapped off. It will now be noted that the device is held to the bottle when means 30 is used, but may readily be removed simply by lifting the unlocking member up olf the neck.
- the ange will be made relatively flexible and resilient so that it may snap over the lip while the locking ring may be made of such dimensions and congurations as to be somewhat more rigid to do an effective job of holding the flange locked against the bottle.
- a bottle cap for closinga bottle having a mouth with a surrounding rim that includes a peripheral lip said bottle cap comprising: a closure member including a cap section adapted to overlay the mouth, a depending flange projecting from the cap sectiona lip projecting inwardly from one side of the depending flange, and a contact surfacenntheoutside ofthe flange; and ⁇ an annular locking member including an inner contact surface so proportioned and' arranged asy to surround the vneck and the depending flange so that the contacting' surfaces engage each other and press the lip of the depending ange inwardly laterally beneath the lip of the bottle, the cap being releasable by pushing the,4 locking member oif the clos-ure member and onto the neck of the bottle.
- a bottle cap according to claim 1 in which flexible means is attached to ⁇ both members and holds them together as a pair.
- a bottle cap according to claim 2 in which both contact surfacesare fully peripheral and'substantially cylindrical.
- a bottle cap according to claim 2 in which an mpermeable liner is retained within the flange adjacent to the cap section.
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US3469725A (en) * | 1967-08-08 | 1969-09-30 | Basic Products Dev Co | Safety container closure |
US3482723A (en) * | 1968-10-09 | 1969-12-09 | Vincent J Esposito Jr | Child-proofing collar for containers having screw-on or snap-on caps |
US3528581A (en) * | 1968-04-29 | 1970-09-15 | Corning Glass Works | Container with safety cap |
US3604583A (en) * | 1969-08-11 | 1971-09-14 | Robert P Linkletter | Container and closure cap therefor |
US3612322A (en) * | 1969-08-11 | 1971-10-12 | Robert P Linkletter | Container cap |
US3690522A (en) * | 1970-10-15 | 1972-09-12 | Walter K Chlystun | Container with recloseable, collapsible pouring spout |
US3773204A (en) * | 1972-05-19 | 1973-11-20 | R Stroud | Container and safety lid therefor |
US3902477A (en) * | 1973-09-26 | 1975-09-02 | Becton Dickinson Co | Blood specimen container |
US4016908A (en) * | 1975-08-04 | 1977-04-12 | Allis-Chalmers Corporation | Universal dust cover for a hydraulic coupling socket |
US5022562A (en) * | 1989-07-11 | 1991-06-11 | Lurkis Jeffry L | Combination protective cap and valve opener |
US5398837A (en) * | 1993-02-15 | 1995-03-21 | Degrassi; Alberto | Cell culture flask and closure |
US6102896A (en) * | 1999-09-08 | 2000-08-15 | Cambridge Biostability Limited | Disposable injector device |
US6302286B1 (en) * | 2000-07-10 | 2001-10-16 | Ingrid Witherspoon | Baby bottle nipple cover |
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US6732773B2 (en) | 2002-06-18 | 2004-05-11 | Playtex Products, Inc. | Cover assembly for use with a breast milk storage system |
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US3469725A (en) * | 1967-08-08 | 1969-09-30 | Basic Products Dev Co | Safety container closure |
US3528581A (en) * | 1968-04-29 | 1970-09-15 | Corning Glass Works | Container with safety cap |
US3482723A (en) * | 1968-10-09 | 1969-12-09 | Vincent J Esposito Jr | Child-proofing collar for containers having screw-on or snap-on caps |
US3604583A (en) * | 1969-08-11 | 1971-09-14 | Robert P Linkletter | Container and closure cap therefor |
US3612322A (en) * | 1969-08-11 | 1971-10-12 | Robert P Linkletter | Container cap |
US3690522A (en) * | 1970-10-15 | 1972-09-12 | Walter K Chlystun | Container with recloseable, collapsible pouring spout |
US3773204A (en) * | 1972-05-19 | 1973-11-20 | R Stroud | Container and safety lid therefor |
US3902477A (en) * | 1973-09-26 | 1975-09-02 | Becton Dickinson Co | Blood specimen container |
US4016908A (en) * | 1975-08-04 | 1977-04-12 | Allis-Chalmers Corporation | Universal dust cover for a hydraulic coupling socket |
US5022562A (en) * | 1989-07-11 | 1991-06-11 | Lurkis Jeffry L | Combination protective cap and valve opener |
US5398837A (en) * | 1993-02-15 | 1995-03-21 | Degrassi; Alberto | Cell culture flask and closure |
US6102896A (en) * | 1999-09-08 | 2000-08-15 | Cambridge Biostability Limited | Disposable injector device |
US6302286B1 (en) * | 2000-07-10 | 2001-10-16 | Ingrid Witherspoon | Baby bottle nipple cover |
WO2002013891A2 (en) | 2000-08-14 | 2002-02-21 | Cambridge Biostability Ltd. | Modified disposable injector device |
US20030230010A1 (en) * | 2001-09-25 | 2003-12-18 | Eric Sharkness | Hydraulic swing damping system |
US6886278B2 (en) | 2001-09-25 | 2005-05-03 | Cnh America Llc | Hydraulic swing damping system |
US20040204759A1 (en) * | 2001-12-28 | 2004-10-14 | Eric Blom | Prosthesis with foldable flange |
US6732773B2 (en) | 2002-06-18 | 2004-05-11 | Playtex Products, Inc. | Cover assembly for use with a breast milk storage system |
US20040056040A1 (en) * | 2002-09-19 | 2004-03-25 | Ziegler Scott W. | Single-piece paper cup sip adaptor |
US7156253B2 (en) * | 2002-09-19 | 2007-01-02 | Ziegler Scott W | Single-piece paper cup sip adaptor |
US20040206721A1 (en) * | 2003-04-17 | 2004-10-21 | Swanberg Craig C. | Bottle cap |
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