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US 2024/0010399 A1Published application
Non-refillable dosing capillary insert
AssigneeWeener Plastics Group B.V.
InventorAdrian Michael WHITFIELD
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Abstract
The invention refers to a capillary insert (100) or cap that comprises a cone (110) in its upper part that ends in a skirt (120) forming a single piece, which leaves evidence if something in the insert (100) has changed or has been altered improperly. The capillary insert or cap of the present invention prevents its reuse and tampering through one or more breaking zones (130) located along the insert.
Claims11
-11. (canceled)
A capillary insert for administering liquid products comprising:
- a cone which has in its upper part a hole for the administration of liquids through an internal channel, the cone having a frusto-conical configuration ending in a washer that divides the cone;
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- a skirt that extends axially from the washer in a direction opposite to the cone,
- wherein the insert has one or more non-homogeneous breaking zones comprising one or more thin sections of thickness and one or more thick sections of thickness around the perimeter of the capillary insert, and
- wherein each thin section of thickness is thinner than each thick section of thickness, which breaking zones when exerting an external force or subjected to an external force allow the total or partial breaking of the insert.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.