Closure device for metallic containers
AssigneeBrasilata S.A. Embalagens Metalicas
InventorsAntonio Carlos Texeira Alvares, Silverio Candido Da Cunha
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Abstract
The closure device includes: a retention ring seated around the container and axially locked between a finishing cord and a peripheral rib, which are externally incorporated to an upper region of the tubular body of the container; and a locking ring which is seated and affixed around an end cord of the lid and incorporating an outer skirt surrounding the end cord and the finishing cord and being elastically deformable, from a locked position against upward displacement at the locking ring, to a position unlocked from the latter. The device may further include a suspension handle coupled to the retention ring, and a seal means cooperating with both the retention ring and the locking ring to make evident a first opening of the container.
Claims10
A closure device for a metallic container having a tubular body having an upper end portion which incorporates an outer and upper finishing cord, an outer and lower peripheral rib, and a retention ring seated around the tubular body and axially locked between the finishing cord and the peripheral rib, the closure device comprising:
- a lid including a peripheral upper skirt to be fitted inside said upper end portion and externally incorporating an end cord defining an outer curl;
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- a locking ring having an upper portion seated onto the end cord of the lid, and incorporating, in a single piece, an inner skirt radially seated against the interior of said peripheral upper skirt of the lid and an outer skirt, radially and externally seated against said end cord and finishing cord and incorporating an inner circumferential rib which surrounds, inferiorly, said end cord and which is seated onto the finishing cord, the outer skirt being elastically deformable, from a locked position on the retention ring against upward displacement, to an position unlocked from said retention ring.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.