Hinged capsule equipped with an tamper-evident device
AssigneeAlbea Services
InventorsSylvain DEFERT, Franck FRITSCH
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Abstract
A capsule includes a cap pivotally attached to a base by means of a hinge, and a tamper-evident device. The tamper-evident device includes a radial lug; an orifice for housing the lug, one contour of which is closed by a tongue, a first end of which is connected by a frangible bridge and a second end of which is connected by a flexible bridge, so that when the cap is opened for the first time, a retention face for retaining the lug hooks onto the tongue and causes the breakage of the frangible bridge and the pivoting of the tongue about the flexible bridge. The retention face for retaining the lug extends radially so that the tongue pivots about a radial axis.
Claims10
A capsule, for a tube, having a main axis and comprising a cap pivotally attached to a base by means of a hinge, the capsule being equipped with a tamper-evident device comprising:
- a lug projecting radially with respect to the main axis carried by a first associated element among the base or the cap;
- an orifice for housing the lug made in a second associated element among the base or the cap, and a contour of which is closed in an axial direction by a tongue, a first end of the tongue being connected to the second associated element by a frangible bridge of material and a second end of the tongue being connected to the second associated element by a flexible bridge of material, so that when the cap is opened for a first time, a retention face for retaining the lug hooks onto the tongue and causes breakage of the frangible bridge and the pivoting of the tongue about the flexible bridge;
- wherein the retention face for retaining the lug extends radially so that the tongue pivots about an axis oriented radially with respect to the main axis of the capsule.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.