Tube closure assembly and tube comprising the same
AssigneeAlbea Services
InventorsSylvain Defert, Franck Fritsch, Louis Miette
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Abstract
An assembly for closing a tube is described. The assembly includes a tube head provided with a neck and a lid closing the neck. The assembly further includes a cap (30) including a punch adapted to perforate the lid. The neck and the cap being configured to guide the cap to a closing position in which the punch has perforated the lid. The cap includes a lateral skirt provided with at least one notch opening radially. The neck includes a protrusion configured to cooperate angularly with the notch to block a withdrawal of the cap, once the cap is in the closing position.
Claims10
An assembly for closing a tube, said assembly comprising:
- a tube head provided with a neck and a lid closing said neck;
- a cap comprising a punch adapted to perforate said lid, said neck and said cap being configured to guide the cap to a closing position in which said punch has perforated said lid, said cap comprising a lateral skirt provided with at least one notch opening radially, said neck comprising a protrusion configured to cooperate angularly with said notch by fitting into said notch to block withdrawal of the cap, once said cap is in said closing position, and
- the assembly further comprising a thread and at least one thread portion configured to cooperate with said thread for screwing the cap into said closing position;
- wherein said protrusion extends axially from a terminal end of a lower thread of the thread.
A tube comprising a closure assembly comprising:
- a tube head provided with a neck and a lid closing said neck;
- a cap comprising a punch adapted to perforate said lid, said neck and said cap being configured to guide the cap to a closing position in which said punch has perforated said lid, said cap comprising a lateral skirt provided with at least one notch opening radially, said neck comprising a protrusion configured to cooperate angularly with said notch by fitting into said notch to block withdrawal of the cap, once said cap is in said closing position, and
- the assembly further comprising a thread and at least one thread portion configured to cooperate with said thread for screwing the cap into said closing position;
- wherein said protrusion extends axially from a terminal end of a lower thread of the thread.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.