Container with closure cap and method of filling containers without gas bubbles

US5833088A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• Boehringer Ingelheim GmbH · DE

Inventors

• Heinrich Kladders · Wiesloch, DE
• Bernhard Freund · Gau-Algesheim, DE
• Wulf Bachtler · Mainz, DE
• Joachim Jaeger · Bruchsal, DE
• Joachim Eicher · Karlsruhe, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Jul 14, 1997
• Grant date: Nov 10, 1998
• Expiry date: Jul 14, 2017

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A61M2207/00
• WIPO field: Handling
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A closure cap for sealing containers without gas bubbles displaces some of the contents of the container when fitted onto the neck of the container and at the same time allows any trapped gas to escape through one or more vents before the closure cap engages in the closure position.