Tamper indicating ring construction for closures

Details Tamper indicating ring construction for closures Tamper indicating ring construction for closures

1994-05-23

1996-01-16

Castellano, Stephen J.

Bottles and jars

Closures

Frangible member or portion

215256, B65D 4134

Patent

active

054840716

ABSTRACT:
An improved tamper-indicating ring construction for threaded closures in which the closure and tamper indicating ring are provided with mating camming surfaces which are brought into contact when the closure is unthreaded from a container finish. The angle of the camming surfaces with respect to principal axis of the closure is substantially greater than the lead on the threads of the closure, so that when the closure is rotated to open the container, the camming surfaces push the tamper indicating ring downwardly to break the interconnecting bridges which link the ring and the upper part of the closure. The bridge members are positioned upon the camming surfaces and are oriented almost transversely to said principal axis, so as to be broken by shear rather than tensional stresses, this permitting the use of relatively stronger bridge members with the assurance that they will be broken with relatively little effort on the part of the user. In one embodiment, means is provided for splitting the ring upon removal of the closure so that it remains interconnected to the closure rather than the container finish.

REFERENCES:
patent: 4346811 (1982-08-01), Hilaire
patent: 4579241 (1986-04-01), Hayes
patent: 4744479 (1988-05-01), Schottli
patent: 4828127 (1989-05-01), Young et al.
patent: 5179621 (1993-03-01), Bartl et al.

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