Opening and stopper device
OwnerGeorge Mandelinventor
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Abstract
An integral opening and recapping device incorporated in the top of conventional aluminium top container constructed with an opening tab pivotally mounted to a pivot rivet centrally located on the container top, the tab having a detent edge engageable with a scored aperture flap for forced displacement of the flap to form an aperture, the tab having further a lever portion for operating the detent edge, the underside of the lever portion forming a sealing lip which on pivoting of the tab about the rivet, is engageable with the aperture to hermetically seal the container.
Claims7
In a container having a aluminium top with a tab opening mechanism engaging a scored flap in said top for forming a contents dispensing aperture, the improvement comprising;
- a resealing means on said tab opening machanism for hermetically resealing said aperture, wherein said tab mechanism includes a pivot element centrally connected to said aluminium top and a tab member having a finger lift portion and a detent edge, said tab member being pivotally connected to said pivot element between said finger left portion and said detent edge, said detent edge being directed at said scored flap for separating said flap from said aluminium top and depressing said flap into said container on lifting said lift portion and, wherein said resealing means comprises a stopper member incorporated on the underside of said lift portion of said tab member, said stopper member having a configuration complimentary to said aperture formed on opening said container said stopper member being inserted in said aperture by pivoting said tab member to locate said stopper member over said aperture and depressing said lift portion of said tab member.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.