US3511403A - Closures for bottles and the like - 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
- 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
- B65D41/0471—Threaded or like caps or cap-like covers secured by rotation with means for positioning the cap on the container, or for limiting the movement of the cap, or for preventing accidental loosening of the cap
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- a container having a neck portion having external helical threads and a VVmating screw-type closure cap formed of resilient material, the continuity of the threads n the neck portion being interrupted at spaced points to form gaps and abutment shoulders adjacent the gaps.
- the cooperating threads of rthe cap are deformed into the gaps in the threads of the neck portion to cooperate with the abutment shoulders to lock the cap against inadvertent displacement.
- the present invention constitutes an improvement over my prior invention shown and described in Pat. No. 3,255,908.
- One of the objects of this invention is the provision of a container having a neck portion with discontinuous threads and a screw-type cap closure therefor formed of resilient material and so arranged that when the cap is screwed tightly on to the neck portion the cap threads are extruded into the ⁇ gaps in the threads of the neck portion to lock the cap against inadvertent displacement.
- FIG. 1 is a top plan view of the neck portion of a container with a closure cap applied thereto in sealing engagement and with a portion of the cap broken away to show structural details;
- FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional view taken substantially on line 2 2 of FIG. 1;
- FIG. 3 is a cross-sectional View taken substantially on line 3 3 of FIG. 1;
- FIG. 4 is a View similar to FIG. 2 but showing the cap applied loosely and not in sealing enga-gement with the neck portion;
- FIG. 5 is a fragmentary View similar to FIG. 2 but on an enlarged scale
- FIG. 6 is a fragmentary cross-sectional view taken substantially on line 6-6 of FIG. 5, and
- FIG. 7 is a view similar to FIG. 2 but showing a modified form of closure cap.
- the numeral 10 indicates generally a neck portion of a container or bottle which may be formed of glass or any other suitable material.
- the neck portion is provided on its exterior surface with helical threads 12 generally triangular in cross-section.
- Each course of threads 12 is interrupted at two diametrically opposed points providing gaps 13 and 14 which in effect divide each course of threads into two substantially half threads. All of the gaps on one side of the neck portion are substantially in vertical registration.
- the leading end 16 of each half thread is tapered substantially as ICC seen in FIGS. 1 and 2 in two directions, that is with respect to width and height. Thus, the terminal portion of each leading end 16 substantially merges into the body of the neck portion.
- each half thread terminates in a full cross-section of the thread, as seen clearly in FIG. 6, and affords an abutment shoulder, as will be hereinafter described.
- a leading end 16 is disposed in confronting relation to a trailing end 17 of each course of threads.
- the distance between the leading ends 16 and trailing ends 17 should be approximately 3/32 in., although it will be understood that the distance may vary depending upon the diameter of the neck portion and the cross-sectional size of the threads.
- the aforedescribed neck portion 10 is intended to be used with a closure cap 20 of the type described in my Pat. No. 3,255,908.
- This cap may be molded of suitable organic plastic material, such as polyethylene, nylon, polyurethane, vinyl-type polymers, synthetic rubbers, any polyolen or other suitable materials which are resilient or flexible.
- the top 21 of the cap is resilient or flexible and has a shape and thickness to permit flexing and the development of sealing flex-tensions with the mouth of the neck portion 10 when the cap is fully engaged.
- FIGS. 1 through 6 show one embodiment of the closure cap wherein the inner top surface 21 intended to engage the mouth of the neck portion is generally convex and constitutes a sector of a spherical shell.
- the top portion 22 is substantially frusto-conical in form and the lip of the neck portion 10 of the container engages against the conical surface.
- continuous helical threads 23 are integrally molded on the inner side wall of the cylindrical shell.
- FIG. 4 illustrates the relationship of the cap to the neck portion in loose condition, just prior to effecting a sealing engagement between the cap and the neck portion.
- the threads 23 of the cap are in the form of one continuous helix and are not yet in any way distorted by engagement with the threads 12 of the neck portion. It will be apparent that because the leading ends of the half threads are tapered, engagement of the caps with the threaded neck portion is facilitated.
- my invention also contemplates a reversal of parts in which the threads on the neck portion are resilient and the threads of the cap are more rigid and discontinuous.
- a body having a neck portion having an external helical thread with a constant pitch having at least one gap therein, a closure cap formed of resilient or exible material and having an internal continuous and uninterrupted helical thread of constant pitch adapted to cooperate with said external thread so that the cap is screwed into engagement with the neck portion, a portion of said internal thread adjacent said gap when said cap is threaded on said neck portion in sealing engagement therewith being deformed into said gap during said threading and preventing inadvertent reverse rotation of said cap relative to said neck portion.
- a body having a neck portion having an external helical thread with a constant pitch having a gap therein, and having a leading end and a trailing end on said thread adjacent said gap with the leading end tapered and with the trailing end forming a shoulder, a
- closure cap formed of resilient material and having an internal continuous and uninterrupted helical thread with a constant pitch adapted to cooperate with said external thread so that the cap is screwed into engagement with the neck portion, a portion of said internal thread adjacent said shoulder when said cap is threaded on said neck portion in sealing engagement therewith being deformed to abut said shoulder during said threading and preventing inadvertent reverse rotation of said cap relative to said neck portion.
- a body having a neck portion having an external helical thread with a constant pitch
- a closure cap having an internal continuous and uninterrupted helical thread of a constant pitch adapted to cooperate with said external thread so that the cap is screwed into engagement with the neck portion to effect sealing engagement of said cap with said neck portion, the thread on said cap being more resilient or flexible than the thread on the neck portion, the less resilient of said threads having a gap therein, a portion of said more resilient thread when said cap is threaded on said neck portion in sealing engagement being deformed into said gap during said threading to prevent inadvertent reverse rotation of said cap relative to said neck portion.
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US3620400A (en) * | 1970-05-06 | 1971-11-16 | Braun Co W | Closures for bottles and the like |
US4193509A (en) * | 1978-08-30 | 1980-03-18 | The Afa Corporation | Closure having high retention torque characteristics |
US5169033A (en) * | 1991-11-13 | 1992-12-08 | Specialty Packaging Licensing Company, Inc. | Container-closure assembly including a screw-cap having anti-backoff teeth on its threads |
US5431291A (en) * | 1994-03-28 | 1995-07-11 | Hoover Universal, Inc. | Heat set neck finish with segmented threads |
US5676270A (en) * | 1996-06-12 | 1997-10-14 | Aptargroup, Inc. | Threaded container torque retention system for use with a threaded closure |
US6386380B1 (en) * | 1999-11-16 | 2002-05-14 | Rexam Medical Packaging Inc. | Neck finish for a container and mold for forming the container |
US6431381B1 (en) | 2000-10-11 | 2002-08-13 | Seaquist Closures Foreign, Inc. | Positive orientation systems for closures and containers |
US20030160020A1 (en) * | 2002-02-26 | 2003-08-28 | Oh Jack S. | Closure and container and combination thereof with anti-backoff member |
US20070284331A1 (en) * | 2006-06-09 | 2007-12-13 | Miota Margaret M | Closure system with orientation and removal capability |
US20090045158A1 (en) * | 2007-08-14 | 2009-02-19 | Alcoa Closure Systems International, Inc. | Threaded closure with internal ribs |
US20120305516A1 (en) * | 2011-06-03 | 2012-12-06 | Kuzma Gene J | Spirally threaded molded bottle neck having areas of reduced wall thickness |
US8365933B2 (en) | 2007-07-13 | 2013-02-05 | Aptar Freyung Gmbh | Closure system for a container and dispensing closure |
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US2827193A (en) * | 1955-09-06 | 1958-03-18 | Warren N Martin | Closure cap for containers |
US2947431A (en) * | 1959-04-06 | 1960-08-02 | Calmar Inc | Lock for container covers |
US3255908A (en) * | 1963-08-19 | 1966-06-14 | Braun Morris | One piece sealing bottle cap and bottle |
US3435978A (en) * | 1967-01-23 | 1969-04-01 | John C Wittwer | Bottle cap with interlocking threads |
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US2947431A (en) * | 1959-04-06 | 1960-08-02 | Calmar Inc | Lock for container covers |
US3255908A (en) * | 1963-08-19 | 1966-06-14 | Braun Morris | One piece sealing bottle cap and bottle |
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US3620400A (en) * | 1970-05-06 | 1971-11-16 | Braun Co W | Closures for bottles and the like |
US4193509A (en) * | 1978-08-30 | 1980-03-18 | The Afa Corporation | Closure having high retention torque characteristics |
US5169033A (en) * | 1991-11-13 | 1992-12-08 | Specialty Packaging Licensing Company, Inc. | Container-closure assembly including a screw-cap having anti-backoff teeth on its threads |
AU646186B2 (en) * | 1991-11-13 | 1994-02-10 | Continentalafa Dispensing Company | Container-closure assembly including a screw-cap having anti-backoff teeth on its threads |
US5431291A (en) * | 1994-03-28 | 1995-07-11 | Hoover Universal, Inc. | Heat set neck finish with segmented threads |
US5676270A (en) * | 1996-06-12 | 1997-10-14 | Aptargroup, Inc. | Threaded container torque retention system for use with a threaded closure |
US6386380B1 (en) * | 1999-11-16 | 2002-05-14 | Rexam Medical Packaging Inc. | Neck finish for a container and mold for forming the container |
US6561369B1 (en) | 1999-11-16 | 2003-05-13 | Rexam Medical Packaging Inc. | Neck finish for a container |
US6431381B1 (en) | 2000-10-11 | 2002-08-13 | Seaquist Closures Foreign, Inc. | Positive orientation systems for closures and containers |
US6913157B2 (en) | 2002-02-26 | 2005-07-05 | Delta Plastics, Inc. | Closure and container and combination thereof with anti-backoff member |
US20030160020A1 (en) * | 2002-02-26 | 2003-08-28 | Oh Jack S. | Closure and container and combination thereof with anti-backoff member |
US20070284331A1 (en) * | 2006-06-09 | 2007-12-13 | Miota Margaret M | Closure system with orientation and removal capability |
US7621413B2 (en) | 2006-06-09 | 2009-11-24 | Seaquist Closures Foreign, Inc. | Closure system with orientation and removal capability |
US7958703B2 (en) | 2006-06-09 | 2011-06-14 | Seaquist Closures Foreign, Inc. | Closure system with orientation and removal capability |
US8365933B2 (en) | 2007-07-13 | 2013-02-05 | Aptar Freyung Gmbh | Closure system for a container and dispensing closure |
US20090045158A1 (en) * | 2007-08-14 | 2009-02-19 | Alcoa Closure Systems International, Inc. | Threaded closure with internal ribs |
US20120305516A1 (en) * | 2011-06-03 | 2012-12-06 | Kuzma Gene J | Spirally threaded molded bottle neck having areas of reduced wall thickness |
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Owner name: GENERAL ELECTRIC CAPITAL CORPORATION, AS AGENT, IL Free format text: SECURITY INTEREST;ASSIGNOR:W. BRAUN COMPANY;REEL/FRAME:009342/0103 Effective date: 19980626 |
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Owner name: GENERAL ELECTRIC CAPITAL CORPORATION, AS AGENT, IL Free format text: AMENDMENT NO. 2 TO PATENT SECURITY AGREEMENT;ASSIGNOR:KRANSON INDUSTRIES, INC.;REEL/FRAME:009711/0119 Effective date: 19981230 |
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Owner name: KRANSON INDUSTRIES, INC., MISSOURI Free format text: TERMINATION OF SECURITY INTEREST;ASSIGNOR:GENERAL ELECTRIC CAPITAL CORPORATION;REEL/FRAME:010321/0781 Effective date: 19991101 Owner name: W. BRAUN COMPANY, MISSOURI Free format text: TERMINATION OF SECURITY INTERST;ASSIGNOR:GENERAL ELECTRIC CAPITAL CORPORATION;REEL/FRAME:010321/0653 Effective date: 19991101 |