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Receptacle with orientable screw-threaded cap

US5184741A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateAug 9, 1991
Grant dateFeb 9, 1993
Priority date
Expiry dateAug 9, 2011

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB65D41/0471
  • WIPO fieldHandling
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

The invention relates to a receptacle such as a perfume or cosmetic bottle, having a screw-threaded cap orientable relative to the receptacle. The receptacle has a screw neck (2) that has two symmetrical external screw threads (3, 4) each provided with an interruption (5) in the vicinity of the beginning of the thread (3, 4) and with a substantially axial abutment (6) in the vicinity of the end of the thread (3, 4). The cap has internally two symmetrical screw threads each comprising a catch (11) provided by one end of the thread and a substantially axial end (12) at the other end of the thread. The catch (11) is engageable in the interruption (5) and the abutment (6) and the thread end (12) are interengageable.

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