One-piece cap for liquid dispenser container
AssigneeCrealise Packaging Inc.
InventorRichard Lamoureux
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AssigneeCrealise Packaging Inc.
InventorRichard Lamoureux
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A one-piece cap for closing a liquid container intended to be installed for supply purpose in upside down position onto a liquid dispenser. Such container has a neck on which the cap is sealingly mounted and through which a liquid supply tube passes when the container is installed onto the dispenser. The cap comprises a lid having a surface area substantially identical to the one of the neck, and a skirt integrally projecting from the lid. The lid is provided with a central recess including a tubular guiding portion projecting from the lid in the same direction as the skirt, the guiding portion being sized and positioned to receive the supply tube, and bottom portion. The invention lies in that this bottom portion is in the form of a cone that projects from the guiding portion and is provided with a number of frangible lines extending within meridian planes in such a manner so as to allow splitting of the cone into a corresponding number of petal-shaped segments when the container is installed onto the dispenser and its cap and neck are penetrated by the supply tube. This cap is useful in that it may be used in any kind of water dispenser.
In a one-piece cap for closing a liquid container of the type intended to be installed for supply purpose in upside down position onto a liquid dispenser, said container having a neck on which said cap is sealingly mounted and through which a liquid supply tube passes when the container is installed onto the dispenser, said cap comprising:
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