Patent · US Expired

Mould for producing bottle caps with tucked-in tabs, and resulting cap

US6328175A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateJul 9, 1998
Grant dateDec 11, 2001
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Expiry dateJul 9, 2018

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB29L2031/565
  • WIPO fieldOther special machines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

This mold is intended to form a cap (1) having a cylindrical skirt (3), this skirt being provided with at least one screw thread (4), a top (2) and a tamperproof ring (6) linked to the free end of the skirt by breakable linking elements. It has a movable pat or mold top (20), a stripping part or stripper ring (21) and a core (22. The stripper ring (21) has, on the side facing the top of the mold (20, on the lower edge of the skirt and in at least two separate places, at least one notch and/or at least one projection so as to create a mortise-and-tenon linkage between the skirt (3) and the stripper ring (21) during molding and demolding of the cap(1).

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