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Process for providing filled containers

US4680917A · kind A · utility

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3Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateMar 18, 1985
Grant dateJul 21, 1987
Priority date
Expiry dateMar 18, 2005

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB65D2517/5083
  • WIPO fieldHandling
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

The present invention is an end closure structure for a container having a flexible central member (6) with an outwardly dished center section and at least one opening structure (18) in the central member (6), a removable thin flexible closure member (12) disposed over the opening structure (18) which is in a first sealing relationship (32) with a portion of the opening structure (18) and a second sealing relationship (34) with the top surface of the central member (6), an upwardly extending flange member (8) circumferentially disposed from the peripheral edge of the central member (6), and a downwardly extending sealing skirt (10) circumferentially disposed from a top edge of the flange member (8).

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