Tamperevident closure
AssigneeCrown Cork & Seal Technologies Corporation
InventorsClaude Benoit-Gonin, Didier Bazin
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Abstract
A cap comprises: an upper part (2) having a dispensing orifice (10); a skirt (3) which depends from the upper part (2), a lid (15) connected to the upper part by a hinge (16) so as to be movable between open and closed positions of the orifice (10); a tamper-evident band (25) joined to the upper part (2) by frangible straps (30, 32) each having a zone of least resistance for rupture, and which defines a hooking edge (26) in the closed position for receiving a hook (27) carried by the lid (15). The lid includes means (35) for retaining the band (25) in order to hold it against the lid (15) in the closed position and to prevent manipulation of the band to open the lid without rupture of the straps.
Claims10
A cap with a dispensing orifice for closing the neck (5) of a container (6), comprising:
- an upper part (2) having a dispensing orifice (10) for dispensing the contents of the container;
- a skirt (3) depending from the upper part (2) and having means (4) for fixing the cap onto the neck (5) of the container,
- a lid (15) connected to the upper part by at least one hinge (16) in order to be movable between open and closed positions of the dispensing orifice (10);
- a tamper-evident band (25) which is joined to the upper part (2) of the cap by at least two frangible straps (30, 32) each having a zone of least resistance for rupture, and which defines a hooking edge (26) in the closed position of the orifice for receiving a hook (27) carried by the lid (15), characterised in that
- the lid includes means (35) for retaining the tamper-evident band (25) in order to hold it against the lid (15) in the closed position of the orifice (11) and to prevent manipulation of the band to open the lid without rupture of the straps.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.