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US 8,783,485 B2Granted
Container
AssigneeClariant Production (France) SAS
InventorsValere Logel, Dominique Bois
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Abstract
Container (100) for loosely stored products comprising a container body (10), a cover (20), and a hinge (22) placed between the container body (10) and the cover (20) wherein the cover (20) has a cylindrical inner wall (30) and a cylindrical outer wall (32), and the inner wall (30) is provided with a sealing portion (34) at the outer edge of the inner wall (30), wherein the vertical position. (A) of an apex (36) of the sealing portion (34) is smaller than the vertical height (B) of the outer wall (32).
Claims21
Container for loosely stored products comprising
- a) a container body;
- b) a cover;
- and
- c) a hinge placed between the container body and the cover;
- characterized in that the cover comprises
- i. a cylindrical inner wall having an outwardly facing sealing portion with an apex forming a sealing line that seals against the inner surface of a flange of the container body when the cover is in a closed condition, and
- ii. a cylindrical outer wall having an inwardly facing projection that holds the cover in the closed condition on the container body wherein the cylindrical outer wall protects the sealing line of the apex of the sealing portion of the cylindrical inner wall;
- wherein the sealing line of the apex is vertically positioned between the projection and an end of the cylindrical outer wall and wherein the seal between the sealing line of the apex of the cylindrical inner wall and the inner surface of the container body provides the only seal between the container body and the cover when the cover is in the closed condition.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.