US3561637A - Container and reusable, resealable closure therefor - Google Patents

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US3561637A
US3561637A US3561637DA US3561637A US 3561637 A US3561637 A US 3561637A US 3561637D A US3561637D A US 3561637DA US 3561637 A US3561637 A US 3561637A
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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
    • B65D45/34—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 lever-operated
    • B65D45/345—Lever-operated contractible or expansible band, the lever moving in the plane of the band
    • 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
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y02—TECHNOLOGIES OR APPLICATIONS FOR MITIGATION OR ADAPTATION AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE
    • Y02W—CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION TECHNOLOGIES RELATED TO WASTEWATER TREATMENT OR WASTE MANAGEMENT
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    • Y02W30/50—Reuse, recycling or recovery technologies
    • Y02W30/80—Packaging reuse or recycling, e.g. of multilayer packaging

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  • ABSTRACT A container, particularly one having a container body made of fiber or other synthetic material, and of the type [54] SABLERESEALABLE having a slip cover including a skirt adapted to overlap and 8 CI n D surround the upper portion of the container body. wherein imrawmg proved means are provided for reclosing and/or resealing the [52] US. Cl 220/42, container by providing a circumferential constricted area in 220/55, 229/5.7 the container body and a complementary circumferential [51] Int. Cl B65d 41/00 deformable zone in the cover skirt, together with contractible [50] Field of Search 220/42, 55; means for deforming said zone into said area on a repetitively usable basis.
  • the present invention relates in general to containers and, more particularly, to an improved resealable container and closure therefor.
  • the invention is concerned with a container of the foregoing type, particularly one made of fibrous or similar synthetic material, wherein the container may be conveniently and effectively reclosed and rescaled by means of a slip-type cover on a repetitive basis.
  • Containers of the type employing slip covers are generally well known. Such conventional containers commonly employ a cover which includes a depending cylindrical skirt or side edge which slidably and snugly fits about the upper end of the container body. Adhesive tapes are commonly employed to secure the cover to the body. Unfortunately, however, the ap plication of the adhesive tape is both inconvenient and time consuming. Moreover, the tape is often not reusable, particularly on a repetitive basis, and thus the integrity of the closure seal is seriously affected when only part of the container contents are dispensed.
  • a further object of the invention is the provision of an improved container and closure therefor of the foregoing type which permit of ease of fabrication from conventional and readily available package forming equipment and materials.
  • FIG. 1 is an exploded perspective view of an exemplary container-here, a drum-shaped containerand the closure components therefore, which container and closure embody the features of the present invention in accordance with one form thereof;
  • FIG. 2 is a fragmentary vertical sectional view taken through the upper portion of a container of the type shown in FIG. I, here illustrating the container with its cover in the closed position but prior to final closure and sealing thereof;
  • FIG. 3 is a fragmentary vertical sectional view similar to FIG. 2, but here illustrating the container and its cover in a completely closed and effectively sealed condition;
  • FIGS. 4 through 7, inclusive are perspective views of various types of covers which all embody the features of the present invention.
  • FIG. 8 is a fragmentary sectional view taken substantially along the line 8-8 of FIG. 7, here depicting specific details of this form of the invention.
  • FIGS. 9 through 11, inclusive are fragmentary vertical sectional views similar to FIG. 3, here respectively illustrating three slightly modified forms of the invention.
  • FIG. I a container, generally indicated at 20, which, in the exemplary form of the invention here shown, includes a drumshaped or cylindrical container body 21 closed at its lower end by a conventional end member (not shown) and at its upper end by a removable cover 22.
  • the upper end of the container body 21 is reinforced by an annular reinforcing ring 24 which may be rigidly and permanently affixed to the container body in any suitable manner, as, for example, by adhesive, separate fastener components, welding or similar fusion techniques, or by physically curling the components together.
  • the upper edge of the reinforcing ring 24 lies in a common plane with the upper edge of the body 21.
  • the container may employ components which are made from different ones of such materials.
  • the container body 21 is formed of fiber
  • the cover 22 is formed at least in part of either fiber or a deformable plastic material
  • the reinforcing ring is formed of either fiber or metal.
  • the cover 22 includes a central generally flat disc-shaped end member 25 and an annular depending skirt 26.
  • the skirt 26 may be integral .with the disc-shaped end member 25, or they may be formed of separate elements which can be either permanently secured together or separable.
  • the cover 22 includes an end member 25 and a skirt 26 which are independent elements, the latter is preferably formed with a radially inwardly extending annular flange 28 adapted to overlie, and in some instances, to be permanently affixed to, the outer peripheral edge of the disc-shaped end member 25.
  • the end member 25 will have a diameter substantially equal to the outside diameter of the upper end of the container body 21 so as to insure that the end member 25 can and will seat on the upper end of the container body 21 when the cover 22 is applied thereto.
  • the arrangement is such that when the cover 22 is applied to the container body 21, the skirt 26 surrounds the upper end of the body 21 (and the reinforcing ring 24 where one is provided in the manner shown in FIG. I) with a snug sliding fit, as best illustrated in FIG. 2.
  • the upper wall portion 29 of the cylindrical drum body 21 is displaced inwardly parallel to itself, viz., the outside diameter of the upper wall portion 29 is less than the outside diameter of the main portion of the container body 21.
  • the reinforcing ring 24 is then applied to the outer surface of the wall portion 29 of the body 21 and, preferably, is secured thereto in any suitable manner.
  • the axial length of the relatively small diameter upper wall portion 29 is preferably slightly greater than thedistance x indicated in FIG. 2, while the axial length of the reinforcing ring 24 is preferably slightly less than the distance x.
  • the lowermost portion of the wall portion 29, together with the lower edge of the reinforcing ring 24 and the main part of the body 21 define a circumferentially disposed constriction 30 spaced axially from the upper end of the container body by a distance 1:.
  • the amount of radial inward displacement of the body wall portion 29 and the thickness of the reinforcing ring 24 are preferably selected so that the outside diameter of the ring 24 is substantially equal to the outside diameter of the main portion of the container body 21.
  • the cover 22 includes a pair of circumferential, axially spaced, outwardly projecting beads or creases 31, 32 which are formed in the skirt 26 on either side of a circumferential deformable skirt zone 34, such zone being spaced axially from the inside surface of the cover end member by a distance x.
  • the arrangement is such that when the cover 22 is fully seated on the upper end of the container body as shown in FIG. 2, the deformable zone 34 in the skirt 26 is disposed immediately adjacent the constriction 30 formed in the body 21.
  • any suitable tensioning means can be provided.
  • such tensioning means may simply take the form of an expansible and contractable split clamping ring 35 of the type having its opposite ends secured to an overcenter toggle clamp 36.
  • FIG. 3 it will be noted that when the split clamping ring 35 is contracted by actuation of the clamp 36 (FIG. 1), the deformable zone 34 of the skirt 26 is pressed into the constriction 30 in the container body 21, thereby effectively securing the cover 22 to the body in such a manner the cover cannot be removed until the clamp 36 is again actuated and the clamping ring 35 is again expanded, Moreover, the arrangement is such that an effective seal is created between the inner surface of the deformable zone 34 and the outer surface of the constricted portion 30 of the body 21.
  • FIGS. 4 and 5 slightly modified forms of covers, 38 and 39 respectively, have been illustrated which may also be used in carrying out the present invention.
  • a plurality of openings 40 are formed in the skirt 41 of cover 38, which openings take the form of relative wide V-shaped notches 42 which extend axially from the lower edge of the skirt 41 into a circumferential crease 44 formed in the skirt.
  • the deformable zone is defined by the array of openings-40.
  • FIG. where the openings 40 are defined by relatively narrow and closely spaced notches 45 formed in the lower edge ofthe skirt 41.
  • FIG. 6 Yet another form of the invention is illustrated in FIG. 6 wherein a cover 46 is illustrated in which a plurality of circumferentially spaced holes 48 are formed in the crease 44 in skirt 41; the holes and the crease serving to define a circumferential deformable zone in the skirt 41.
  • FIGS. 7 and 8 another modified cover 49 is depicted wherein the circumferential deformable zone in the skirt 41 is defined by vertical corrugations 50 which. impart a waveshaped cross-sectional configuration to that area of the skirt 41, thus facilitating inward deformation thereof.
  • FIG. 9 a slightly modified form of the invention has been illustrated which can be used with any of the cover constructions shown by way of example in FIGS. 1'8.
  • the container body 21 remains cylindrical throughout substantially its entire axial height.
  • a pair of axially spaced reinforcing rings 24', 24 are mounted on the upper end of the body 21, with the spacing between the two rings defining a constriction 51 spaced a distance x beneath the upper edge of the body.
  • the split clamping ring 35 can be used to press the deformable zone of any one of the cover skirts into the constriction 5lfor example, the zone 34 of the skirt 26.
  • the reinforcing rings 24, 24', 24" have either been shown above the constricted zone or, alternatively, both above and below such zone (FIG.
  • the invention can also be practiced by employing only a single reinforcing ring 24" which is positioned on a container body 21 beneath the constriction.
  • a constriction 52 is formed in the body 21, which constriction is defined by an inwardly extending bead 54 formed in the body 21.
  • the ring 24" is positioned beneath the constriction, the arrangement being such that when the cover 22 is applied, the upper edge of the ring 24" defines a stop for the skirt 26. Contraction of the split clamping ring 35 thus serves to press the deformable zone 34 of the cover 22 into the constriction 52.
  • FIG. 11 wherein no reinforcing ring is provided.
  • the container body could have an outwardly extending bead (not shown) formed therein which is similar to the inwardly extending bead 54 shown in FIGS. 10 and 11, or, alternatively, two outwardly extending axially spaced beads could be provided.
  • the constriction would be defined by the space between the two beads, while in the former case it would be defined by the space below the bead.
  • reinforcing rings could be employed situated above the bead or beads, below the bead or beads, or both above and below the bead or beads.
  • the ring is preferably spaced axially below the bead so that the lower surface of the bead and the upper edge of the ring define the desired constriction.
  • a container comprising, in combination, a container body and means defining a removable cover therefor.
  • a container as set forth in claim I further characterized in that said ring is disposed above said constriction.
  • a container as set forth in claim 'I further characterized in that said ring is disposed below said constriction.
  • a container comprising, in combination, a container body and means defining a removable cover therefor, means defininga constriction extending .circurnferentially about said body with said constriction spaced a distance-x from the upper end of said body, said removable cover defining means including an annular cover skirt dimensioned to surround the upper end of said body with said skirt having an axial length greater than x and a circumferentia'lly extending deformable zone spaced a distance x below the inner upper surface of the cover, means for contracting said circumferentially extending deformable zone of said skirt into said constriction in said container body, and a pair of annular reinforcing rings mounted 7.
  • a container as set forth in any of claims 4 or 1. further characterized in that said deformable zone is defined by a circumferential array of vertically extending corrugations formed in said skirt.

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US4774063A (en) * 1981-04-20 1988-09-27 Mdt Biologic Company Container for use with sterilizers
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US5299707A (en) * 1992-09-29 1994-04-05 Stolzman Michael D Welded cover lock
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US5715965A (en) * 1992-10-01 1998-02-10 Anti-Spill Technology Pty. Limited Hatch seal
US7137525B2 (en) * 2002-10-21 2006-11-21 Timothy Gibney Sealable container lid
US20050056651A1 (en) * 2002-10-21 2005-03-17 Timothy Gibney Sealable container lid
US7617967B2 (en) 2004-07-27 2009-11-17 Abro Weidenhammer Gmbh Rings and containers for packaging
US20060021988A1 (en) * 2004-07-27 2006-02-02 Weidenhammer Packaging Lp Rings and containers for packaging
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