Safety enclosure for glass bottles containing hazardous materials
AssigneeHoffmann-La Roche Inc.
InventorsWilliam Schroeder, Jr., Raymond N. Fink
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Abstract
A solvent and shatter resistant protector for glass bottles containing hazardous materials. The protector is comprised of opaque or transparent polymeric material and conforms substantially to the shape of the container to be protected. The container protector is made up of top and bottom portions each having respective cooperating means, such as a special threading arrangement, for separable engagement, which enables engagement to be maintained even in the event of experienced shocks sufficient to damage the protected glass container. The top portion has an aperture for providing access to the contents of the contents of the protected container without disengagement from the bottom portion.
Claims6
A container protector comprising separable top and bottom portions, each composed of a solvent and shatter resistant polymeric composition, said top and bottom portions being configured so as to conform substantially to the shape of a container to be protected, said top and bottom portions having respective cooperating means on one edge of each for separably engaging said portions such that accidental separation is prevented even under conditions of stress sufficient to damage the container, said top portion having an aperture formed in the other edge which provides access to the contents of the protected container without requiring separation on the top portion from the bottom portion, said top portion being provided with a series of rib-like protrusions longitudinally extending along the surface of the top portion from about the edge containing the separable cooperating means to the edge containing the aperture, said separable engaging means comprising thread means on said one edge of the top portion and said one edge of the bottom portion which threadably engage each other.
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