# US 4,391,383 A · Oversealing caps

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- Number: US 4,391,383 A
- Document ID: US4391383A
- Status: Granted
- Kind: A
- Application number: 06/280,001
- Filed: 1981-07-07
- Granted: 1983-07-05
- Earliest claimed: 1981-07-07
- Assignees: Societe Nouvelle de Bouchons Plastiques S.N.B.P.
- Inventors: Pierre Babiol
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US4391383A

## CPC

- B65D 41/62: Secondary protective cap-like outer covers for closure members
- B65D: CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES

## Abstract

A capping capsule with a thin wall comprising a tearable guarantee strip connected to the skirt of said capsule by means of two rupture lines of reduced thickness. The tearable guarantee strip is provided with vertical ribs spaced from each other, the thickness of which rapidly decreases to reach zero at the edges of said strip defining the crimping lines.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A capping capsule with a thin wall comprising a closed end and an axially extending skirt including a circumferential tear-off guarantee strip which is joined at its upper and lower edges to the skirt at two rupture lines defined by two circumferential grooves extending around the inside of the skirt and separated by the height of the guarantee strip, and the guarantee strip including on its inner face multiple circumferentially spaced axially extending ribs, the thickness of each rib decreasing abruptly near its ends and blending into the rupture lines.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

A capsule in accordance with claim 1, wherein the strip is made integral with the skirt and continuous along its length.

### Claim 3 (depends on 2)

A capsule in accordance with claim 2, wherein the strip has an end portion which is cut from the skirt by an arcuate slit passing through the skirt at an angle which is oblique with respect to the radial direction.

### Claim 4 (depends on 3)

A capsule in accordance with claim 3, wherein the strip has rib means located on said end portion to form means to increase manual grip on the strip.