Plastic aerosol container
AssigneeGraham Packaging Company, L.P.
InventorsTapan Y. Patel, Thomas E. Nahill, Stephen R. Guerin
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Abstract
An aerosol container includes a main body portion that is constructed and arranged to withstand aerosol pressurization within a range that is about 90-180 psig and a threaded finish portion that is unitary with the main body portion. The threaded finish portion has at least one helical thread, a support ledge beneath the helical thread and a secondary flange that is positioned beneath the support ledge. The secondary flange has an outer circumference that is noncircular in at least one location, whereby it may be engaged during a capping operation to prevent rotation of the container during capping. A method of making an aerosol container in which a preform is capped before the blow molding process is also disclosed.
Claims16
An aerosol container, comprising:
- a main body portion to contain an aerosol mixture having an aerosol propellant;
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- a threaded finish portion that is unitary with the main body portion, the threaded finish portion having at least one helical thread, a support ledge positioned between the helical thread and the main body portion, the support ledge having at least one position-registering recess defined therein, and a secondary flange positioned between the support ledge and the main body portion, the secondary flange having an outer circumference that is noncircular in at least one location;
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- an aerosol dispensing closure assembly, wherein at least a portion of the aerosol dispensing closure assembly is mounted to the threaded finish portion.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.