Patent · US Expired

Container, especially a disposable container for beverage concentrates, with a preferably magnetically-actuated reusable measurer attached to the opening of the container

US4496078A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateSep 4, 1981
Grant dateJan 29, 1985
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Expiry dateSep 4, 2001

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG01F11/16
  • WIPO fieldHandling
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

Container assembly for beverage concentrates, including a container having an opening formed therein, a carrier disposed in the opening, a membrane-type seal disposed in the opening sealing the carrier to the container, a reusable measuring device having an end section for attachment to the container at the opening, at least one tab projecting from the end section for punching through the seal, and at least one barbed hook disposed on the at least one tab being solidly snappable-in on the carrier when attaching the measuring device to the container at the opening, the measuring device being detachable from the container after being attached exclusively by pulling the carrier from the opening.

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