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Injection-moulded plastic lid for a container and a container having such an injection-moulded plastic lid

US4955504A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateOct 5, 1989
Grant dateSep 11, 1990
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Expiry dateOct 5, 2009

Classification

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

Abstract

Injection-moulded plastic lid for a container having a first container upper rim part (15) which divergently adjoins the inner wall and which adjoins, via a sharp upper rim (28), an outwardly directed, downwardly sloping second container upper rim part (16) terminating in a downwardly directly apron (17) situated at a distance from the container wall. The plastic lid (2) comprises a first lid inside rim part (11) engaging said first container upper rim part, which first lid inside rim part merges, via a lid top inside rim (12) into a downwardly sloping second lid inside rim part (4) engaging said second container upper rim part (16). A circumferential chamber (29) is provided in said second lid inside rim part (4). Sealing means engaging the second container upper rim part to form a seal, are integral with the plastic lid and comprise three circumferential thin flaps the basis of said flaps (6, 7, 8) being firmly attached to the base of chamber (29) to form a subchamber (23, 24, 25) situated next to each flap and the free lower ends of the flaps extending past an imaginary conical surface (26) forming a continuation of the second lid inside rim part (4). Flap parts (29a, 29b, 29c) …

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