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US4770306A
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Location of bridges on tamper bank style closures
Assignee: Continental White Cap Inc
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Filing: 1984-02-24
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Granted: 1988-09-13
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Expires: 2004-02-24
Abstract
Abstract This relates to closures which are screw threaded onto container neck finishes and which are provided with tamper indicating bands connected to the closure by rupturable bridges. The closure is improved by specifically limiting the number of bridges and specifically locating the bridges relative to the starting end or ends of a related thread or threads so as to assure fracture of all bridges upon each opening of a container by unthreading the closure. This abstract forms no part of the specification of this application and is not to be construed as limiting the claims of the application.
Inventors
- 👤 Dennis A. Szczesniak
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
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Last Synchronized
2026-10-31 09:52
CPC Classifications
B; B65; B65D; B65D41/00; B65D41/02; B65D41/04; B65D51/00; B65D51/14; B65D51/145; B65D41/32; B65D41/34; B65D41/3442; B65D41/3447
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 15
Claim 1
Independent Claim
98 words
A closure for a container having a threaded neck finish, said closure comprising a cap portion including an end portion and a depending skirt, and a tamper indicating band carried by said cap portion, said tamper indicating band being carried by said skirt and being connected to said skirt by rupturable bridges, said skirt having a plurality of threads projecting radially inwardly from an inner surface of said skirt, and each of said threads having a starting end; said closure being improved by there being one of said bridges generally axially aligned with each of said thread starts.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
98 words
A closure for a container having a threaded neck finish, said closure comprising a cap portion including an end portion and a depending skirt, and a tamper indicating band carried by said cap portion, said tamper indicating band being carried by said skirt and being connected to said skirt by rupturable bridges, said skirt having a plurality of threads projecting radially inwardly from an inner surface of said skirt, and each of said threads having a starting end; said closure being improved by there being one of said bridges generally axially aligned with each of said thread starts.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
30 words
A closure according to claim 1 wherein there is a second of said bridges immediately circumferentially adjacent to each of said one bridge in the circumferential direction of said threads.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
14 words
A closure according to claim 1 wherein there are two only of said threads.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
30 words
A closure according to claim 3 wherein there is a second of said bridges immediately circumferentially adjacent to each of said one bridge in the circumferential direction of said threads.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
31 words
A closure according to claim 2 wherein said bridges of each pair of said one bridge and said second bridge are circumferentially spaced through an angle on the order of 90°.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
14 words
A closure according to claim 5 wherein there are two only of said threads.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
20 words
A closure according to claim 1 wherein said one bridge is substantially circumferentially centered on a respective thread starting end.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
24 words
A closure according to claim 2 wherein said bridges are restricted to said one bridge and said second bridge for each of said threads.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
14 words
A closure according to claim 8 wherein there are two only of said threads.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
20 words
A closure according to claim 8 wherein said one bridge is substantially circumferentially centered on a respective thread starting end.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
26 words
A closure according to claim 2 wherein there are two others of said bridges located 180° from each of said one bridge and said second bridge.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
31 words
A closure according to claim 11 wherein said bridges of each pair of said one bridge and said second bridge are circumferentially spaced through an angle on the order of 90°.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
14 words
A closure according to claim 11 wherein there are two only of said threads.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
32 words
A closure according to claim 2 wherein there are two others of said bridges located 180° from each of said one bridge and said second bridge, and there are no other bridges.
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