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US 11,597,571 B2Granted
Closure for a thin-walled flexible packaging
AssigneeGuala Pack S.P.A.
InventorStefano Tamarindo
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Abstract
A closing assembly for a spout with tube for a thin-walled flexible packaging includes a cap and a connecting device comprising a strap and a guarantee seal provided with breakable bridges.
Claims20
A spout assembly comprising:
- a spout for a thin-walled flexible packaging, having a tube;
- a closing assembly applicable to the spout, comprising:
- a cap comprising:
- an annular side wall, extending along a main axis between a lower edge and an upper edge, internally threaded, a base which closes it at the top, connected to the upper edge, and a cap flange, protruding radially externally from the side wall at the lower edge;
- a connecting device comprising:
- a connecting ring adapted to be axially constrained to the spout and freely rotatable about the tube of the spout, wherein said ring comprises an inner side surface and an outer side surface;
- a plurality of breakable bridges joining the ring to the cap, suitable for tearing due to relative axial separation between the ring and the cap;
- a connecting strap which joins the ring to the cap, wherein said strap has a predominant length with respect to the other dimensions, extends from a ring end joined to the outer side surface to a cap end joined to the cap and has, in an initial configuration in which the bridges are intact, a ring section projecting radially from the ring end, a cap section extending radially from the cap end, and a connection section which joins the cap section and the ring section;
- wherein
- the spout has a connection seat to accommodate at least partially the ring, the connection seat being separated from the tube by an upper flange having a truncated cone-shaped outer lateral surface;
- and
- the inner side surface has an inner projection configured to snap-fit with the upper flange and enter the connection seat, wherein the inner projection has an axial height and a radial height and the ratio between the axial height and the radial height is between 2 and 5.
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