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Container and closure having integral sealing means

US4444332A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateAug 14, 1981
Grant dateApr 24, 1984
Priority date
Expiry dateAug 14, 2001

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10S215/01
  • WIPO fieldHandling
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

In a container structure including a container and a closure member, the container having adjacent its mouth a rim portion provided with sealing surfaces adapted to cooperate with complementary sealing surfaces on the rim portion of the closure member, the improvement comprising one of the sealing surfaces of the rim portions of the container or the closure member including at least two spaced apart annular beads, each of the beads sealingly engaging the walls of a complementary groove formed in the sealing surface of the other rim portion in at least two separate sealing zones, so that positive sealing is accomplished with minimal inclusion of air between the sealing surfaces.

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