Receptacles – Closures – With closure opening arrangements for means
Patent
1998-09-15
1999-12-21
Newhouse, Nathan
Receptacles
Closures
With closure opening arrangements for means
2203671, 220373, 220913, 220DIG27, 222 83, 285 3, 30366, 137587, B65D 5116, B65D 1742
Patent
active
060037156
ABSTRACT:
The air vent has a body with a central axis, a top end, a bottom end, a flat surface on the top end and a flat surface on the bottom end. A gripping surface extends from the top flat surface to a stop surface that is transverse to the axis. The small diameter end of an upper conical surface joins the stop surface. A large diameter end of a lower conical surface joins the large diameter end of the upper conical surface. A cutting edge formed by the flat bottom surface and the lower conical surface pierces a container when the air vent is forced into the container. The lower conical surface expands the opening made by the cutting edge. The stop surface limits penetration and the upper conical surface urges the container wall toward the stop surface. An air vent passage through the top flat surface and the bottom flat surface lets air into the container. A cap closes the air vent passage. The air vent is removed from an empty container for use in another container.
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