Syringe cap assembly

Abstract

A syringe assembly has a syringe body adapted to be filled with an injectable liquid and having an annular neck defining an axis forming an axially outwardly open outlet and a needle insert fitting in and blocking the outlet and formed with an axially throughgoing passage so that a needle can be inserted axially through the passage of the insert into the body. A retaining collar engaged around the neck holds the insert in the outlet and a plug engaged in the passage fits over the retaining collar. A retaining ring fixed around the collar at the neck holds the collar on the neck and has an annular and axially outwardly directed end edge. A cup-shaped safety cap bearing axially inward on the plug has an annular and axially inwardly directed end edge confronting the retaining-ring edge and spaced axially therefrom by a gap which is bridged by a plurality of angularly spaced frangible webs unitarily formed with the ring and with the cap and extending from the cap edge to the ring edge. A plurality of angularly spaced spacer blocks formed on one of the edges and alternating with the webs project at least partially across the gap toward the other edge.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.