Probe actuated bottle cap

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2008-04-01

2008-04-01

Stashick, Anthony (Department: 3781)

Bottles and jars

Closures

Cap type

C215S303000, C215S253000, C215S347000, C215S265000, C215S256000, C222S081000

Reexamination Certificate

active

07350656

ABSTRACT:
A cap for use with bottled water dispensing systems. The cap includes a main cap and a liner. The main cap has an opening which receives and seals against a probe. The liner is gripped between the main cap and the bottle neck and has a outside part and an inner movable part. The inner movable part is separated from the outer part by perforations and is connected to the outer part by a large connecting section, which serves as a hinge, and small connecting sections, which serve as frangible ties. When the bottle is lowered onto the dispensing system, the probe enters into the opening in the main cap, breaks the frangible ties, and pushes the inner movable part open like a flap. The liner, at the location of the large connecting section, is resilient such that the inner movable part tends to close when the bottle is removed from the dispensing system.

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