Cap for a container
AssigneeSacmi Cooperativa Meccanici Imola Societa' Cooperativa
InventorZeno Zuffa
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Abstract
A cap for a container comprises: a body, configured to be coupled and uncoupled relative to the neck of the container and including a side wall, which extends around a longitudinal axis, and a transverse wall; a tamper evident ring, configured to remain anchored to the neck of the container even when the body is uncoupled from the neck and including a joining portion where the tamper evident ring is joined to the body, the joining portion being configured to be torn along a full perimeter surrounding the longitudinal axis, wherein the cap comprises a connecting band having a first end connected to the side wall of the body and a second end connected to the retaining portion of the tamper evident ring.
Claims21
A cap for a container, comprising:
- a body configured to be coupled and uncoupled relative to the neck of the container and including:
- a side wall, which is internally threaded and extends around a longitudinal axis between a first and a second end, and
- a transverse wall joined to the first end of the side wall;
- a tamper evident ring, configured to remain anchored to the neck of the container even when the cap body is uncoupled from the neck, and including:
- a retaining portion, configured to engage a locking member on the neck of the container, and
- a joining portion, where the tamper evident ring is joined to the cap body, the joining portion being configured to be torn along a full perimeter surrounding the longitudinal axis in response to a movement of the body away from the tamper evident ring,
- wherein the cap further comprises a connecting band having a first end connected to the side wall of the body and a second end connected to the retaining portion of the tamper evident ring, wherein the connecting band extends, without interruptions, between the first end and the second end, the first end being connected to the side wall of the body in a first connecting zone and the second end of the connecting band being connected to the retaining portion of the tamper evident ring in a second connecting zone, so that the cap can be positioned in:
- a first operating configuration, where the retaining portion of the tamper evident ring engages the locking member of the container neck, the cap body is coupled to the container neck and the tamper evident ring is joined to the cap body both by the joining portion of the tamper evident ring and by the connecting band, and
- a second operating configuration, where the retaining portion of the tamper evident ring engages the locking member of the container neck, the cap body is uncoupled from the container neck and the tamper evident ring is joined to the cap body by the connecting band but is separated from the cap body at the joining portion which is torn,
- wherein the first end of the connecting band is connected to the side wall of the body in a first connecting zone of the side wall of the body and the second end of the connecting band is connected to the retaining portion of the tamper evident ring in a second connecting zone of the retaining portion,
- wherein the cap further comprises a narrow thickness zone located between the first connecting zone and the second connecting zone, wherein the narrow thickness zone is defined in the side wall of the body and/or in the tamper evident ring, and
- wherein the narrow thickness zone is interposed between the first connecting zone and the second connecting zone and is defined by a limited angular portion of an annular zone of the cap, the narrow thickness zone being defined in the side wall of the body and/or in the tamper evident ring.
A cap for a container, comprising:
- a body configured to be coupled and uncoupled relative to the neck of the container and including:
- a side wall, which is internally threaded and extends around a longitudinal axis between a first and a second end, and
- a transverse wall joined to the first end of the side wall;
- a tamper evident ring, configured to remain anchored to the neck of the container even when the cap body is uncoupled from the neck, and including:
- a retaining portion, configured to engage a locking member on the neck of the container, and
- a joining portion, where the tamper evident ring is joined to the cap body, the joining portion being configured to be torn along a full perimeter surrounding the longitudinal axis in response to a movement of the body away from the tamper evident ring,
- wherein the cap further comprises a connecting band having a first end connected to the side wall of the body and a second end connected to the retaining portion of the tamper evident ring, wherein the connecting band extends, without interruptions, between the first end and the second end, the first end being connected to the side wall of the body in a first connecting zone and the second end of the connecting band being connected to the retaining portion of the tamper evident ring in a second connecting zone, so that the cap can be positioned in:
- a first operating configuration, where the retaining portion of the tamper evident ring engage the locking member of the container neck, the cap body is coupled to the container neck and the tamper evident ring is joined to the cap body both by the joining portion of the tamper evident ring and by the connecting band, and in:
- a second operating configuration, where the retaining portion of the tamper evident ring engages the locking member of the container neck, the cap body is uncoupled from the container neck and the tamper evident ring is joined to the cap body by the connecting band but is separated from the cap body at the joining portion which is torn,
- wherein the connecting band includes a first strip and a second strip, wherein, in the first operating configuration and in the second operating configuration, the cap body is joined to the tamper evident ring both by the first strip and by the second strip,
- wherein the connecting band includes a first bracket, a second bracket and a third bracket, jutting out away from the longitudinal axis,
- wherein the first and the second bracket jut out from the side wall of the body and the third bracket juts out from the retaining portion of the tamper evident ring or, vice versa, the first and the second bracket jut out from the retaining portion of the tamper evident ring and the third bracket juts out from the side wall of the body,
- wherein along a profile of the cap around the longitudinal axis, the first bracket, the second bracket and the third bracket are angularly offset from each other and the third bracket is interposed between the first bracket and the second bracket, and
- wherein the first strip has a first end which is connected to the first bracket and a second end which is connected to the third bracket and wherein the second strip has a first end which is connected to the second bracket and a second end which is connected to the third bracket.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.