Container closure with tamper-evident ring, and method for assembling a container closure of this kind
AssigneeBericap Holding GmbH
InventorPhilippe Nusbaum
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Abstract
The invention relates to a container closure comprising a base portion which extends about a reference axis of the container closure, a cap portion which in a closed positioned covers a drinking hole in the container closure and in an open position leaves said drinking hole in the container closure uncovered, and a tamper-evident ring which is separate from the cap portion and the base portion and is interlockingly connected to the cap portion and connected to the base portion in a hooked manner. The tamper-evident ring has an annular bead that is not radially covered by the base portion and extends in an annular groove of an outer wall of the cap portion, which wall faces radially outward.
Claims19
A container closure comprising a base portion extending about a reference axis of the container closure, a cap portion which in a closed position covers a drinking opening of the container closure and in an open position leaves the drinking opening of the container closure open and a tamper-evident ring made of an element inde-pednent from the cap portion and base portion, the tamper-evident ring being positively connected to the cap portion and hooked to the base portion and having a breaking zone which breaks when the cap portion is opened and causes a non-reversible and visible change in the container closure, wherein the tamper-evident ring, for form-fit connection with the cap portion, has an annular bead which is not radially covered by the base portion and extends into an annular groove of an outermost wall of the cap portion which points radially outwards.
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