# US 10,370,162 B2 · Perforator cap in particular for flexible tube > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 10,370,162 B2 - Document ID: US10370162B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 15/490,892 - Filed: 2017-04-18 - Published: 2017-10-19 - Granted: 2019-08-06 - Earliest claimed: 2016-04-19 - Assignees: Albea Services - Applicants: Albea Services - Inventors: Sylvain Defert; Franck Fritsch - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10370162B2 ## CPC - B65D 51/225: {and further comprising a device first inhibiting displacement of the outer closure (B65D51/223 takes precedence)} - B65D 35/44: Closures (closure members of interest apart from this application B65D39/00 - B65D55/00; forming bottom closures after filling B65B7/14) - B65D 41/0442: {Collars or rings (B65D41/0457 takes precedence)} - B65D 41/20: Caps or cap-like covers with membranes, e.g. arranged to be pierced - B65D 51/222: {the piercing or cutting means being integral with, or fixedly attached to, the outer closure} - B65D 51/223: {the outer closure having to be removed or inverted for piercing or cutting} - B65D 2251/0015: of the 41-type - B65D 2251/0093: Membrane - B65D: CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES ## Abstract The present invention relates to an assembly for the closure of a tube. The assembly includes a cap that includes a punch adapted to cut a seal. The seal is adapted to seal a neck of a tube head. The cap is configured to be fixed to the neck in a first position, known as the standby position, and a second position, known as the use position. The assembly also includes a ring movably fixed to the cap. The assembly is configured to allow the passage from an extended position, with the aim of the punch being protected by the ring in the standby position of the cap, to a retracted position, with the aim of the seal being pierced by the punch in the use position of the cap, a passage of the assembly from the extended position to the retracted position being effected by a sliding of the cap through the ring. ## Claims ### Claim 1 An assembly for the closure of a tube, said assembly comprising: a cap comprising a punch adapted to cut a seal, said seal being adapted to seal a neck of a tube head, said cap comprising two different positions in which said cap is fixed to said neck, said positions comprising a first position, known as the standby position, and a second position, known as the use position, and, a ring movably fixed to said cap, said assembly being configured to allow a passage from an extended position of the assembly, with the aim of said punch being protected by said ring in the standby position of said cap, to a retracted position of the assembly, with the aim of said seal being pierced by said punch in the use position of said cap, the change of the assembly from the extended position of the assembly to the retracted position of the assembly being effectuated by a sliding of the cap through the ring, said ring comprising at least one projecting element configured to cooperate with at least one groove of said cap for the change of the assembly from the extended position to the retracted position, said cap comprising a first thread configured to screw said cap onto said neck, in the use position of the cap. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The assembly according to claim 1, wherein said projecting element and said groove are configured to perform a bayonet-type movement along an L-shaped path. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The assembly according to claim 1, wherein said groove is L shaped. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The assembly according to claim 1, wherein the projecting element or elements are situated on an inner surface of said ring. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The assembly according to claim 1, wherein said ring comprises a plurality of projecting elements. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) The assembly according to claim 5, wherein said plurality of projecting elements is distributed regularly on the periphery of said ring. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The assembly according to claim 1, wherein said groove comprises a first stop so that the assembly is held in the extended position. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The assembly according to claim 1, wherein said cap comprises a gripping portion and a skirt projecting axially from said gripping portion, said ring having an inner diameter greater than the outer diameter of said skirt, so as to allow said skirt to slide through the ring. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The assembly according to claim 8, wherein said skirt comprises a first bead adapted to cooperate with said at least one projecting element so as to allow said ring to be snap-fitted to said skirt of said cap in order to fit said assembly together. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) The assembly according to claim 9, wherein said first bead enables said ring to be held assembled on said cap with a degree of freedom in rotation. ### Claim 11 (depends on 9) The assembly according to claim 9, wherein said skirt comprises a second bead adapted to cooperate with said at least one projecting element so as to hold said assembly in the retracted position. ### Claim 12 (depends on 1) The assembly according to claim 1, wherein said cap has a first thread configured to screw said cap onto said neck, in the use position of the cap, and said cap further comprises a second thread situated at an extremity opposite said punch, said second thread being configured to screw said cap onto said neck in the standby position of the cap. ### Claim 13 (depends on 12) The assembly according to claim 12, wherein the second thread is shorter than the first thread. ### Claim 14 A tube comprising a closure assembly, said assembly comprising: a cap comprising a punch adapted to cut a seal, said seal being adapted to seal a neck of a tube head, said cap being configured to be fixed to said neck in a first position, known as the standby position, and a second position, known as the use position, and, a ring movably fixed to said cap, said assembly being configured to allow a passage from an extended position of the assembly, with the aim of said punch being protected by said ring in the standby position of said cap, to a retracted position of the assembly, with the aim of said seal being pierced by said punch in the use position of said cap, the change of said assembly from the extended position to the retracted position being effected by a sliding of the cap through the ring, said ring comprising at least one projecting element configured to cooperate with at least one groove of said cap for the change from the extended position to the retracted position, said cap comprising a first thread configured to screw said cap onto said neck, in the use position of the cap.