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US 2003/0169949 A1Published application
Profile cleaning slider
AssigneeReynolds Consumer Products, Inc.
InventorJames E. Buchman
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Abstract
A reclosable closure arrangement for use with packages, such as food and non-food packages, that includes a zipper closure having a slider device to open and close a pair of mating closure profiles. The slider device includes a protruding cleaning plow that is received within the pair of closure profiles prior to the closing profiles being brought into mating engagement. The cleaning plow removes debris from each of the closure profiles to allow for more reliable sealing of the zipper closure.
Claims24
A flexible, reclosable package comprising:
- a pair of side panels joined along a first side edge and a second side edge, the panels defining a mouth providing access to a package interior;
- a reclosable zipper positioned along the mouth of the package for selectively opening and closing the package mouth, the zipper including a first closure profile and a second closure profile each constructed and arranged to interlock each other to hold the mouth in a closed position;
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- a slider device operably mounted on the zipper, the slider device being configured to interlock the first closure profile with the second closure profile when the slider device is moved in the first direction and disengage the first closure profile from the second closure profile when the slider device is moved in a second, opposite direction,
- wherein the slider device includes a cleaning plow projecting from the slider device, the cleaning plow configured to contact both the first closure profile and the second closure profile to remove debris from therebetween prior to the first closure profile engaging the second closure profile as the slider device is moved in the first direction.
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A reclosable zipper arrangement comprising:
- a first and a second closure profile configured to releasably engage each other;
- a slider device operatively mounted on the zipper, the slider device being configured to interlock the first closure profile with the second closure profile when the slider device is moved in a first direction and disengage the first closure profile from the second closure profile when the slider device is moved in a second, opposite direction;
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- a cleaning plow projecting from the slider device, the cleaning plow contacting both the first closure profile and the second closure profile to remove debris from therebetween prior to the first closure profile engaging the second closure profile as the slider device is moved in the first direction.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.