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US 2014/0076932 A1Published application
Anti-Refill Dispensing Fitment for a Container
AssigneeOwens-Brockway Glass Container Inc.
InventorsShawn Eric Kellogg, Roger P. Smith
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Abstract
An anti-refill product includes a container including a neck with an interior surface, an anti-refill dispensing fitment positioned in the neck of the container, and including at least one ceramic or glass component, and a bonding material between the container and the component that non-removably secures the fitment to the container and thereby renders the product tamper-evident.
Claims28
An anti-refill product that includes:
- a container including a neck with an interior surface;
- an anti-refill dispensing fitment positioned in the neck of the container, and including at least one ceramic or glass component;
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- a bonding material between the container and the component that non-removably secures the fitment to the container and thereby renders the product tamper-evident.
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A method of producing a product that includes:
- (a) flowing liquid into a container having a neck;
- (b) assembling an anti-refill fitment into the neck of the container with a bonding material;
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- (c) heating the bonding material to non-removably attach the fitment to the container to non-removably secure the fitment to the container and thereby render the product tamper-evident.
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An anti-refill dispensing fitment having a stacked check valve arrangement including:
- a first valve retainer having a first radially inner surface, and a first radially outer surface,
- a first valve ball positioned within the valve retainer,
- a second valve retainer having a second radially inner surface, and a second radially outer surface,
- a second valve ball positionable in the neck of the container within the second valve retainer, and
- a plug positioned against the second valve retainer and having a through passage.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.