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US 8,955,717 B2Granted
Anti-refill dispensing fitment for a container
AssigneeOwens-Brockway Glass Container Inc.
InventorsShawn Eric Kellogg, Roger P. Smith
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Abstract
An anti-refill product includes a container including a neck with an interior surface, an anti-refill dispensing fitment positioned in the neck of the container, and including at least one ceramic or glass component, and a bonding material between the container and the component that non-removably secures the fitment to the container and thereby renders the product tamper-evident.
Claims20
A method of producing a product that includes:
- (a) providing a container having a neck that includes an interior passage and a corresponding interior surface;
- (b) flowing liquid into the container through the interior passage of the neck;
- (c) assembling an anti-refill fitment into the interior passage of the neck of the container with a bonding material disposed between the interior surface of the neck of the container and the fitment;
- and
- (d) heating the bonding material to non-removably secure the fitment to the container and thereby render the product tamper-evident,
- wherein the anti-refill fitment includes a check valve including a valve retainer and a plug, and said step (c) includes positioning at least a portion of the valve retainer in the interior passage of the neck of the container such that at least a portion of a radially outer surface of the valve retainer is in indirect contact with the interior surface of the neck by way of bonding material,
- wherein said step (c) also includes positioning at least a portion of the plug in the interior passage of the neck of the container and in the valve retainer such that at least a portion of a radially inner surface of the valve retainer is in indirect contact with a radially outer surface of the plug by way of bonding material,
- wherein the check valve further includes a valve ball, and said step (c) further includes positioning the valve ball between the valve retainer and the plug,
- wherein the container and the anti-refill fitment are made of glass, the bonding material includes a glass component, and said step (d) includes melting the glass component of the bonding material,
- wherein the bonding material of said step (c) is positioned between the interior surface of the neck of the container and the fitment by being carried thereto by the fitment.
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A method of producing a product that includes:
- (a) providing a container having a neck that includes an interior passage and a corresponding interior surface;
- (b) positioning at least a portion of an anti-refill fitment within the interior passage of the neck of the container such that at least a portion of a radially outer surface of the fitment is in indirect contact with the interior surface of the neck by way of bonding material;
- and then
- (c) heating the bonding material to non-removably secure the fitment to the container,
- wherein the anti-refill fitment includes a check valve including a valve retainer and a plug, and said step (b) includes positioning at least a portion of the valve retainer in the interior passage of the neck of the container such that at least a portion of a radially outer surface of the valve retainer is in indirect contact with the interior surface of the neck by way of bonding material,
- wherein said step (b) also includes positioning at least a portion of the plug in the interior passage of the neck of the container and in the valve retainer such that at least a portion of a radially inner surface of the valve retainer is in indirect contact with a radially outer surface of the plug by way of bonding material,
- wherein the check valve further includes a valve ball, and said step (b) further includes positioning the valve ball between the valve retainer and the plug,
- wherein the container and the anti-refill fitment are made of glass, the bonding material includes a glass component, and said step (c) includes melting the glass component of the bonding material,
- wherein the bonding material of said step (b) is positioned between the interior surface of the neck of the container and the fitment by being carried thereto by the fitment.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.