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US3826397A
US3826397A US00254922A US25492272A US3826397A US 3826397 A US3826397 A US 3826397A US 00254922 A US00254922 A US 00254922A US 25492272 A US25492272 A US 25492272A US 3826397 A US3826397 A US 3826397A
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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
    • B65D1/00—Containers 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
    • B65D1/02—Bottles or similar containers with necks or like restricted apertures, designed for pouring contents
    • B65D1/0223—Bottles or similar containers with necks or like restricted apertures, designed for pouring contents characterised by shape
    • B65D1/023—Neck construction
    • B65D1/0253—Means facilitating removal of the closure, e.g. cams, levers
    • 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
    • B65D41/02—Caps or cap-like covers without lines of weakness, tearing strips, tags, or like opening or removal devices
    • B65D41/16—Snap-on caps or cap-like covers
    • B65D41/17—Snap-on caps or cap-like covers push-on and twist-off

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  • This invention relates to bottle closures wherein the cap is adapted to be easily gripped in the hand and removed by a simple twisting motion through not more than 90 and wherein the upper part of the bottle is adapted so that the cap is easily aligned with the bottle when being placed or replaced thereon.
  • caps with only one component number which can be moulded in one piece out of readily available cheap materials such as plastic are particularly suitable. It is also advantageous that caps should be applicable to the bottles in simple manner by machines. Another factor is that when all of the goods in thebottle will not be used at once the bottle should be re-closable as readily as it is openable.
  • Ser. No. 765,914 which comprises a cap-sealed bottle wherein the bottle comprises a body, a shoulder portion and aneck, the shoulder portion commencing inwards from the top of the body thereby leaving a peripherical ledge at the uppermost boundary of the body, and wherein the shoulder portion and the upper region of the body immediately adjacent to the shoulder have half-turn symmetry about a vertical axis of the bottle such that'their plan view is substantially elliptical or oblong the shoulder having a convex surface along any vertical plane parallel to the minor axis of the elliptical or oblong plan and extending upwards to merge into the neck of circular crosssection; and wherein the cap is made of resilient plastic material and comprises an inverted hollow cup-shaped member having a downwardly extending skirt the lower edge of which skirt conforms with the peripheral ledge on the body of the bottle and snap-lock liquid-tight sealing arrangement internal of the skirt to close the aperture
  • the snap-lock sealing arrangement may not enter into full engagement without damage to the arrangement, particularly if the bottle is of some hard material such as glass. Moreover, the cap may sometimes be forced onto the bottle in an unsightly non-aligned position. It has now been found that these disadvantages can be overcome by some modification to the previous design, the principal one of which is to construct the bottle and cap so that the skirt of the cap is longer on one side of the major axis than on the opposite side.
  • the present invention provides a capsealed bottle wherein the bottle comprises a body, a shoulder portion and a neck, the shoulder portion commencing inwards from the top of the body thereby leaving a peripheral ledge at the uppermost boundary of the body, and wherein the shoulder portion and the upper region of the body immediately adjacent to the shoulder I are approximately elliptical or oblong and the shoulder portion is longer on one side of theminor axis of the elliptical or oblong plan than on the opposite side of the minor axis and the shoulders have a convex surface along any vertical planes parallel to the minor axis and extending upwards to merge into the neck of circular cross-section which is longer on the same side of the minor axis as is the shoulder than on the opposite side of the minor axis and wherein the cap is made of resilient plastic material and comprises an inverted hollowshaped member having a downwardlyextending skirt the lower edge of which skirt conforms with the peripheral ledge on the body of the bottle and a snap-lock liquid-tight sealing arrangement
  • the ribs Preferably there are two internal ribs each shorter than and connecting the inner sides of the skirt of the cap and projecting downwardly from the top of the cap parallel to, and on either side of, the minor axis of the other edge of the skirt.
  • the bottle may be made of any suitable material such as glass or plastic. Such plastic may be of high, medium or low density so that rigid or flexible bottles may be used.
  • the cap is constructed of a resilient material.
  • a preferred material is plastic. Suitable plastic materials include high density polyethylene, polypropylene, polyvinylchloride and the like.
  • FIG. 1 is a frontal view of the upper region of the bottle with the cap in position
  • FIGS. 2a and 2b are side views of the upper region of the bottle with the cap in position.
  • FIG. 3 is a plan view of the upper region of the bottle with the cap removed.
  • FIG. 4 is a vertical section along the line AA in FIG. 3
  • FIGS. 5a and 5b are side views of the upper region of the bottle with the cap removed.
  • FIG. 6 is a plan view of the inside of the cap.
  • FIG. 7 is a vertical section through the major axis of the bottle withthe cap in position.
  • FIG. 8 is a vertical section along the line BB in FIG. 7
  • a cap (1) made of plastic is provided for fitting on a bottle (2).
  • the body of the bottle has an upper pe-v ripheral ledge (3) situated at the base of a shoulder portion (4), which is longer on one side (4a) than the other (4b) the shoulder portion being joined at the other end to the neck portion (5) which may be longer on one side (5a) than on the other (5b) and which in turn has its upper end joined to a substantially circular mouthpiece (6) which carries an annular flange (7 surrounding the orifice (8) of the bottle.
  • the body and shoulder portions of the bottle have a generallyelliptical plan section, but the neck'is substantially circular.
  • the shoulderportion (4) in front elevation view has sloping sides.
  • the neck portion (5) has substantially vertical sides, though at its upper end it has side bevels (9) so that the mouthpiece (6) annular flange (7) and cular. 7
  • FIGS. 1, 2a and 2b show side views of it in position on the bottle
  • FIG. 6 shows a plan view of the inside, the top outside plan being an ellipse of the same outside dimension as that shown in FIG. 6.
  • the cap comprises an inverted hollow plastic cup with an elliptical top surface (10) and downwardly extending side walls or skirt which is longer on one side (11a) than on the other (11b); Inside the cap are two strengthening ribs (12) and (13) which are substantiallyrectangular in shape'exceptfor a' trough-shaped cut-out portion (14) at the bottom.
  • the rib (12) is longer than the rib (13).
  • the inclined surfaces of the cut-out are labelled on rib (12) as faces ('15) and (16'). The slope and position of these faces (15) and (16), [and corresponding faces on rib (13)] are such that they are just tangential to the shoulder portion (4) of the bottle when the cap is in the position.
  • the cap also has an inwardly extendingplug in the form of a short cylindrical wall (17) extending fr'omandintegral-with the top surface (10).
  • this cylindrical plug fits inside the delivery aperture of the neck of the bottle.
  • Concentric with this cylindrical plug (17) is a second sealing member in the form of a cylindrical wall 18) of larger diameter than (17) and which itself carries an annular inwardly extending bead (19).
  • the annular flange (7) of the neck is .gripped between the cylindrical plug (17) and the cylindrical wall (18) with the bead (19) of the cap.
  • the exact shape of the shoulder portion of the bottle can be varied somewhat, provided that it is still convex in cross section along the lines where the ribs contact it.
  • an alternative construction is, for example, one wherein the shoulder is concave along the line of the major axis.
  • the effeet will still be the same, namely that the troughshaped cut-out in the ribs will ride above the convex shoulder causing the capto be lifted upwards andoff the bottle.
  • the elliptical plan shape of the bottle and cap illustrated above can be varied slightly making the plan view nearer to a rectangle.
  • Many other sealing arrangements and snap-lock devices and variations are known in the container'art which can be adapted to the cap and bottle of this inorifice (8) are each substantially cirvention.
  • the walls of the cylindrical plug (17) need not contain a hollow area 'but meet so as to form a solid projection extending downwards from the top surface (10) of the cap. This projection may be of large or small diameter as long as it fits 'lfl[0 and substantially sealsthe orifice (8) of the bottle.
  • Acap-sealedbottle wherein the bottle comprises a body, a shoulder portion and a neck, the shoulder portion commencing inwards from the top of the body thereby leaving a peripheral ledge at the uppermost boundary of the body, and wherein the shoulder portion and the upper region of thebody immediately adjacent to the shoulder are approximately oblong and the shoulder portion is longer on one side of the minor axis of the elliptical or oblong plan than onthe opposite side of the minor axis and the shoulders have a convex surface along any vertical planes parallel to the minor axis and extending upwards to merge into the neck of 1 circular cross-sectionwhich is longer on the same side of the minor axis as is the shoulder than on the opposite side of the minor axis; and wherein the cap is made of resilient material and comprises an inverted hollow cup-shaped member having a downwardly extending skirt the lower edge of which skirt conforms with the peripheral ledge on the body of the bottle and a snaplock liquid-tight-sealing arrangement internal of the
  • a cap-sealed bottle wherein the bottle comprises a body, a shoulder portion and a neck, the shoulder portion having an upper peripheral ledge each of which is approximately oblong, the shoulder portion being longer on one side of the minor axis of the elliptical or oblong plan than on the opposite side of the minor axis, the shoulders have a convex surface along any vertical planes parallel to the minor axis and extending upwards to merge into the neck of circular cross-section, the neck being longer on the same side of the minor axis as is the shoulder, said neck having an orifice, a circular mouth-piece and an annular flange around the upper portion of the circular mouth-piece; and the cap is made of resilient material and comprises an inverted hollow cup-shaped member having a downwardly extending skirt the lower edge of which skirt conforms with the peripheral ledge of the upper peripheral ledge, two internal ribs of unequal length, each shorter than the inner sides of the skirt of the cap, each connecting the inner sides of the skirt of the cap and project

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US7775393B1 (en) 2007-05-09 2010-08-17 Vladimir Feldman Combination closure-cup assembly
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USD770292S1 (en) * 2014-02-21 2016-11-01 SALT Tequila USA, LLC Bottle
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