Receptacles – Closures – With closure opening arrangements for means
Reexamination Certificate
2004-09-30
2010-11-30
Stachick, Anthony (Department: 3781)
Receptacles
Closures
With closure opening arrangements for means
C220S258400, C215S297000, C222S083000, C408S206000, C083S030000, C083S946000
Reexamination Certificate
active
07841484
ABSTRACT:
There is provided a capped container in which the angle of rotation of a screw cap required for unsealing the same can be rendered small and in which a cut piece can be prevented from being completely cut away from a container body. The capped container includes a container body (11) including a wall portion and a rupture portion (36) formed at a predetermined position of the wall portion; a tubular base portion attached to the wall portion and surrounding the rupture portion (36); a movable tube (16) disposed in the base portion and thread-engaged with the base portion; and a screw cap (17) disposed outside the base portion, thread-engaged with the base portion, engaged with the movable tube (16), and adapted to rotate the movable tube (16) while being rotated. A cutting member (38) including a plurality of blades (t1to t6) and adapted to cut the rupture portion (36) as the screw cap (17) is rotated is formed at a lower end of the movable tube (16). A bottom portion (br) is formed between pointed tips (p1and p6) of two predetermined blades (t1and t6).
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Kaneko Masamichi
Serizawa Hiroyuki
Bacon & Thomas PLLC
Smalley James N
Stachick Anthony
Tetra Laval Holdings & Finance S.A.
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