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Plastic sealing screw cap with improved tamper-proof strip

US4546892A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateDec 13, 1983
Grant dateOct 15, 1985
Priority date
Expiry dateDec 13, 2003

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB65D41/3428
  • WIPO fieldHandling
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

The invention relates to a plastic sealing screw cap with an improved tamper-proof strip, intended for containers provided with a ring of the "Pilferproof" type having a threading above a counter-ring whose lower part forms a raised edge, the cap having a head, a skirt provided with an inner threading, and a tamper-proof strip connected to the lower part of the skirt by a multiplicity of bridges constituting connections that can be broken. The tamper-proof strip has two parts, a first annular part (4A) connected to the lower part of the skirt (2) by the bridges that can be broken (5) and a second part consisting of a multiplicity of tabs (6) connected to the first part (4A) by thinner areas (7) forming a hinge, each tab having a heel (8) and a thinner extension (9). The tabs (6) form with the annular part (4A) an acute angle having its apex on the thinner areas (7) and are turned to the inside of the cap. Sealing means are explained.

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