Blow molded plastic bottle and plastic cap
AssigneeMaxcap, Inc.
InventorLeo Von Hagel
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Abstract
A milk bottle has an antitamper cap having a plug adapted to fit into the mouth of the bottle. The neck of the bottle is tapered toward the mouth and the cap has means for restraining the top of the neck to keep the mouth in good sealing contact with the plug when the cap is screwed on.
Claims22
A molded plastic cap, for use with a blow molded plastic bottle having a neck, said neck having a mouth, an external screw thread below said mouth and an inwardly directed portion at said mouth, said plastic cap adapted to be screwed onto said neck to cover said mouth and having an upper wall, a cylindrical side wall with an internal thread corresponding to said external thread for engaging said external thread, and a downwardly directed circular plug for engaging said inwardly directed portion, when said cap is screwed onto said neck, and to form an antileak seal with said inwardly directed portion, said cap having antitamper means for cooperating with means on said bottle and including a permanently deformable element, said antitamper means permitting said cap to be rotated in one direction to screw said cap onto said neck to bring said plug into sealing relation to said mouth and then preventing rotation in an unscrewing direction unless said element is visibly deformed, said cap having upwardly and inwardly extending means at the inside of said cap above said internal thread for providing a space to receive the top of said neck and for restraining the top of said neck against substantial outward movement so as to keep said mouth in good sealing contact with said plug, said cap being molded of a polyolefin plastic, having an axial height of about 1/2 inch and an external diameter of about 11/2 inches, the walls of said cap being so thin that said cap weighs less than about 21/2 grams, said threads being double-start threads comprising a pair of external threads of identical pitch having effective portions substantially disposed around the periphery of said neck and a pair of internal threads of identical pitch having effective portions substantially symmetrically disposed around the internal periphery of said cap.
A blow molded plastic milk bottle having a neck, said neck having a mouth, an external screw thread below said mouth and an inwardly directed portion at said mouth, the wall thickness of said neck being about 0.02-0.03 inch, said external thread being a bend in the wall of said neck so that said neck thus has corresponding internal grooves, and said thread occupying an axial height of less than 0.04 inch,
- said neck being adapted to be capped by an internally threaded plastic cap having a downwardly directed circular plug for engaging said inwardly directed portion when said cap is screwed onto said neck, and to form an anti-leak seal with said inwardly directed portion,
- said inwardly directed portion having an inner surface and an outer surface, said inner and outer surfaces each extending upwardly and inwardly in frusto-conical form above said threads at an angle of at least about 30.degree. to the horizontal, the diameter of said neck being about 1 to 2 inches.
A combination of a plastic cap and a blow molded plastic milk bottle having a neck, said neck having a mouth, an externally projecting ridge below said mouth and an inwardly directed portion at said mouth, the wall thickness of said neck being about 0.02-0.03 inch,
- said plastic cap having a top wall and a downwardly directed circular plug for engaging, and forming an antileak seal with, said inwardly directed portion when said cap is forced downward onto said neck,
- the top of said neck being adapted to engage the lower side of said top wall
- said outwardly directed ridge of said neck being a bend in the wall of said neck and being adapted to be positioned above a corresponding inwardly directed ridge on said cap so as to retain said cap in its seal-forming position on said neck,
- said inwardly directed portion having an inner surface and an outer surface, said inner and outer surfaces each extending upwardly and inwardly in frusto-conical form above said outwardly directed projection at an angle of about 30.degree. to 70.degree. to the horizontal, said frusto-conical form extending substantially to the top of said neck,
- said plug having a circular outer surface for engaging said mouth, said outer surface being tapered to increase in diameter upwardly and to exert an outward force on said mouth and a corresponding inward force on said surface when said cap is forced downward onto said neck.
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