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US 12,214,940 B2Granted
Non-refillable dosing capillary insert
AssigneeWeener Plastics Group B.V.
InventorAdrian Michael Whitfield
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Abstract
The invention refers to a capillary insert (100) or cap that comprises a cone (110) in its upper part that ends in a skirt (120) forming a single piece, which leaves evidence if something in the insert (100) has changed or has been altered improperly. The capillary insert or cap of the present invention prevents its reuse and tampering through one or more breaking zones (130) located along the insert.
Claims22
A capillary insert for administering liquid products, comprising:
- a cone that has in an upper part a hole for administration of a liquid product through an internal channel, the cone having a frusto-conical configuration ending in a washer;
- and
- a skirt that extends axially from the washer in a direction opposite to the cone, wherein the washer divides the cone from the skirt,
- wherein the capillary insert has one or more non-homogeneous breaking zones comprising one or more thin sections of thickness and one or more thick sections of thickness around a perimeter of the capillary insert, and
- wherein each of the one or more thin sections of thickness is thinner than each of the one or more thick sections of thickness, and wherein the one or more non-homogeneous breaking zones, when exerting an external force or subjected to an external force allow a total or partial breaking of the capillary insert.
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A capillary insert for administering liquid products, comprising:
- a cone that has in an upper part a hole for administration of a liquid product through an internal channel, the cone having a frusto-conical configuration ending in a washer;
- and
- a skirt that extends axially from the washer in a direction opposite to the cone, wherein the washer divides the cone from the skirt,
- wherein the capillary insert has one or more homogeneous breaking zones comprising one or more thin sections of thickness and one or more thick sections of thickness around a perimeter of the capillary insert, and
- wherein each of the one or more thin sections of thickness is thinner than each of the one or more thick sections of thickness, and wherein the one or more homogeneous breaking zones when exerting an external force or subjected to an external force allow a total or partial breaking of the capillary insert.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.