Bottles and jars – Closures – Frangible member or portion
Patent
1997-02-27
1998-05-26
Shoap, Allan N.
Bottles and jars
Closures
Frangible member or portion
B65D 4134
Patent
active
057553475
ABSTRACT:
A tamper indicating package comprising a container having a neck with a threaded finish, an annular bead on the neck, a plastic closure which includes a base wall and a depending peripheral skirt having threads interengaging the threads of the container, and a tamper indicating band attached to the skirt by a plurality of weakened portions defining a line of severing. An annular flange extends axially upwardly and inwardly from the tamper indicating band toward the base wall of the closure and comprises a first continuous annular flange portion connected to the band by a hinge portion and a second portion which has free ends of the segment portions engaging beneath the bead on the container when the closure is threaded onto the container. The second portion comprises a plurality of segment portions extending upwardly and inwardly from the first continuous portion. The flange is bent intermediate its ends so that the second portion extends inwardly at a greater angle than the first continuous flange portion. The tamper indicating band has a plurality of circumferentially spaced recesses on an inner surface into which the segments extend when the closure is being applied to a container.
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Newhouse Nathan
Owens-Illinois Closure Inc.
Shoap Allan N.
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