US3885696A - Closure construction for container with lid - Google Patents

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US3885696A
US3885696A US410337A US41033773A US3885696A US 3885696 A US3885696 A US 3885696A US 410337 A US410337 A US 410337A US 41033773 A US41033773 A US 41033773A US 3885696 A US3885696 A US 3885696A
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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
    • 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
    • B65D41/04—Threaded or like caps or cap-like covers secured by rotation
    • B65D41/0435—Threaded or like caps or cap-like covers secured by rotation with separate sealing elements
    • B65D41/0442—Collars or rings
    • 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
    • B65D41/04—Threaded or like caps or cap-like covers secured by rotation
    • B65D41/0435—Threaded or like caps or cap-like covers secured by rotation with separate sealing elements
    • B65D41/0464—Threaded or like caps or cap-like covers secured by rotation with separate sealing elements the screw-thread or the like being formed by conforming the cap-skirt to the thread or the like formation on a container neck

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  • a closure construction for a container having a neck portion with a top rim, an annular shoulder spaced from said top rim, projections spaced outwardly from said neck portion defining male threads located between said top rim and said shoulder, and a closure lid for the container has a closed top wall, an annular side wall with a plurality of generally vertically extending, circumferentially spaced, inwardly projecting corrugations, said corrugations having an interior surface defining respective portions of a female thread engageable with said male thread.
  • the annular side wall of said closure lid includes an inwardly extending formation spaced from said female thread and engageable over said shoulder of the neck portion of said shoulder.
  • the present invention relates to a cap-shaped lid made of relatively soft, thin, and non-elastic material and which is is provided with a sealing insert, means for forming a vacuum-tight seal on the neck of a container, this neck being provided with first projecting edges forming a thread, and below which a second closed annular projecting edge is often provided, the container being made of a firm material; the said lid having an annular arrangement of indentations formed on the inner lateral cylindrical wall of the lid, and having the shape of axially extending corrugations projecting towards the interior, and being formed in such a way that this wall passes without deformation over the first projecting edges on the container neck, the corrugations extending over the first projecting edges forming a thread so that, when fastening the lid on the container by means of a radially elastically yielding sealing head, the corrugations are de
  • An object of the present invention is a further improvement of the lids of the above mentioned variety, a further object of the invention is the increasing of the operational speed of the capping machine by means of a particularly reliable autocentering procedure undergone by these lids after they have been loosely placed on the openings or mouths of the containers at the outset of the sealing procedure; another object of the invention is to fully maintain or even to increase the usefulness of the lids and their potential fields of application.
  • the capshaped lid of the initially defined variety is characterized in that the cylindrical lateral wall of the lid consists of two sections having cylindrical surfaces joining one another and having equal outer diameters, the upper section adjoining the closed top of the lid, being provided with indentations having the form of corrugations, the lower section adjoining the rim of the lid, being free of such indentations and being provided with inwardly 'directed flanges along the rim.
  • the lower section of the inner cylindrical lateral wall of the lid has a height which amounts to at least one third of the height of the upper section.
  • FIGURE is side view of a lid according to the invention in place on a container and partially cut away to better illustrate its structure.
  • the drawing thus illustrates an example of a capshaped closure lid 10 in accordance with the present invention.
  • the closure lid 10 consists, for example, of aluminum sheet material, and is already fastened onto a container 20 usually having the shape of a cylindrical preserving jar which is only being shown in part in the drawing.
  • the container or jar comprises a cylindrical neck near its opening that carries first projecting edges that form a male thread and a second projecting edge or formation thereon that is closed and of annular shape.
  • the container 20 usually widens below its neck portion 21, attaining a diameter that exceeds the outer diameter of the closure lid 10.
  • the closure lid 10 In its upper section the closure lid 10 is provided with an annular arrangement of indentations or axial corrugations 12 projecting inwardly having the shape of a female thread 12 projecting inwardly.
  • the lid 10 is shaped in such a way that its corrugations l2 initially pass without deformation over the first projecting edges 22 of the neck portions 21 of the container 20 at the outset of the capping procedure, the corrugations 12 extending over the first projectng edges 22 and being deformed in the point-shaped zones 13 where,-
  • the cylindrical lateral wall 11 of the closure lid 10 consists of two sections 1 1a and 11b, having cylindrical surfaces of equal outer diameters and joined with one another the upper section 11a of the lid wall 11 adjoins the closed top wall 14 of the lid and contains the corrugations 12, and the lower section 11b, adjoins the rim of the lid 10, being free of such corrugations and being provided with an inwardly directed formation or flange 15 at its rim.
  • the lower section 11b of the wall of the closure lid 10 has a height that amounts to at least one third of the height of the upper section 11a of the lid wall carrying the corrugations 12 which form the female thread.
  • the lid 10 contains an annular sealing insert 16 placed in its interior. This sealing insert 16 rests on the rim of the neck 21 of the container and establishes the seal.
  • the top wall 14 of the closure lid 10 is provided with a circular and concentric indentation 17 for engagement with the aforesaid sealing insert 16.
  • the cap-shaped lid in accordance with the present invention provides the following advantages: a highly exact autocentering action of the lid in the sealing head can be achieved when placing the lid on the opening of the container that is to be sealed, this being due to the surface of the extended apron of the lateral wall of the lid.
  • both the lid and the container very rapidly obtain their correct position with respect to the sealing head.
  • the operating speed of the capping device can be increased considerably.
  • the ring 23 for engagement with the closure lid formation can be omitted according to the application, or according to the contents of the container.
  • the sealing depth i.e., the operational travel of the sealing head pressing the lid onto the opening of the container or of the passage of the lower rim of the lid over the container neck, need not be maintained absolutely exactly.
  • Protection against the introduction of pollutant foreign bodies into the inside of the lateral wall of the lid is achieved by means of the above mentioned apron formed by the lower section 11b of the lateral wall of the lid and by means of the inwardly directed flange 15. This protection is important in the case of some substances to be preserved, such as for instance baby food.
  • the embodiment according to the present invention provides a so-called high lid or cap, which is particularly appreciated by many users because of its especially esthetic dimensions.
  • the inner diameter of the inwardly directed formation or flange 15 situated at the lower extremity of the lateral wall 11 of the closure lid has a value that approaches that of the outer diameter of the first project- 4 a ing edges 22 forming a male thread on the container, autocentering of the lid is achieved whenever the'latter is placed on the neck and is screwed onto a container filled with a product to be consumed in small quantities, which amounts to an essential relief for theuser when handling such a container.
  • a closure and container combination comprising a container having a cylindrical neck with a top opening and a substantially flatrim surrounding the top opening, a male thread projecting outwardly around V the side of said neck extending inwardly from said rim, an annular cylindrical ring formation on said neck spaced inwardly from said male thread, a container closure lid having a recessed central portion closing the neck opening, a raised peripheral annularportion overlying said rim and a cylindrical depending skirt portion extending inwardly from said rim, an annular ceiling insert disposed between said lid raised peripheral annular portion and said rim, said lid cylindrical skirt portion having an upper section adjacent said rim with on cumferentially spaced vertically extending inwardly projecting corrugations which are malleable and deformed to define a female thread when engaged on said male thread, said lid skirt having a lower section'with the same diameter as the upper section but free of .cor-

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US9457938B1 (en) * 2009-05-05 2016-10-04 James R. Gilliam Crown cap system
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US11643254B2 (en) * 2013-07-02 2023-05-09 Silgan Holdings Inc. Closure unit consisting of cover and vessel, closure cover and closing method
USD739737S1 (en) 2013-12-06 2015-09-29 Owens-Brockway Glass Container Inc. Container
USD789208S1 (en) * 2014-06-11 2017-06-13 Sophia DeSantis Jar
US20160058457A1 (en) * 2014-09-03 2016-03-03 Wayne L. Anderson Fecal Matter Removing Tool
US10285717B2 (en) * 2014-09-03 2019-05-14 Wayne L. Anderson Fecal matter removing tool
US20230055443A1 (en) * 2020-02-06 2023-02-23 Novembal Usa Inc. Stopper having interrupted threads
IT202000017884A1 (it) * 2020-07-23 2022-01-23 Pelliconi & C Spa Tappo, testa tappante e metodo di tappatura.

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