Storage Tube and Cap Assembly
AssigneeGE Plastics
InventorJohn Gregorian
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Abstract
A storage tube assembly, with a cap having a top surface and a sealing member connected to the top surface, the sealing member has a generally cylindrical upper wall and a generally cylindrical lower wall, the sealing member also has a recessed portion between the upper wall and lower wall and a flange cut into the lower wall; a sealing ring, the sealing ring is sized to cooperate with and be received in the recessed portion of the sealing member of the cap; and a tube, the tube has a generally circular inner wall with a cut therein, the cut in the inner wall is positioned to receive the sealing ring when the sealing ring is positioned within the recessed portion of the cap and the cap is placed into an open end of the tube.
Claims19
1-20. (canceled)
A storage tube assembly, comprising:
- a cap;
- the cap has a top and a sealing member connected to the top;
- the sealing member has a generally cylindrical upper wall and a generally cylindrical lower wall;
- the sealing member has a groove between the upper wall and lower wall;
- the sealing member has a flange cut into a portion of the generally cylindrical lower wall;
- a sealing ring;
- the sealing ring is sized to be received within the groove of the sealing member of the cap;
- a tube;
- the tube has a generally circular inner wall with a cut therein;
- the cut in the inner wall is positioned such that when the sealing ring is positioned within the groove of the cap and the cap is placed into an open end of the tube, the sealing ring forms a seal between the tube and the cap.
A storage tube assembly, comprising:
- a cap;
- the cap has a top and a sealing member connected to the top;
- the cap has a tab protruding from the top;
- the sealing member has a generally cylindrical upper wall and a generally cylindrical lower wall;
- the sealing member has a groove between the upper wall and lower wall;
- a sealing ring;
- the sealing member has a flange cut into a portion of the generally cylindrical lower wall;
- the sealing ring is sized to be received within the groove of the sealing member of the cap;
- a tube;
- the tube has a generally circular inner wall;
- when the sealing ring is positioned within the groove of the cap and the cap is placed into an open end of the tube, the sealing ring forms a seal between the tube and the cap.
A cap and sealing ring assembly, comprising:
- a cap;
- the cap has a top and a sealing member connected to the top;
- the sealing member has a generally cylindrical upper wall and a generally cylindrical lower wall;
- the sealing member has a flange cut into a portion of the generally cylindrical lower wall;
- the sealing member has a groove between the upper wall and lower wall;
- a sealing ring;
- the sealing ring is sized to be received within the groove of the sealing member of the cap.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.