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US 9,637,285 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.
Claims19
An anti-refill product that includes:
- a glass container including a neck with an interior surface;
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- a anti-refill dispensing fitment positioned in the neck of the container, and including a check valve, which includes:
- a glass valve retainer in 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,
- a glass plug in 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, and
- a glass valve ball between the valve retainer and the plug;
- wherein the bonding material is carried by the fitment and is melted to the fitment and the container such that it non-removably secures the fitment to the container and thereby renders the product tamper-evident, and wherein the bonding material includes at least one of a heat-activated glass bonding compound, solder glass, or ring of soda lime glass.
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A package including:
- a glass container having a neck with an interior surface;
- a glass anti-refill dispensing fitment carried by the neck of the container and having a stacked check valve arrangement including:
- a first valve retainer composed of glass, having a first radially inner surface, and a first radially outer surface, and disposed in the neck of the container such that at least a portion of the radially outer surface of the valve retainer is in indirect contact with the interior surface of the neck by way of bonding material, and
- a first valve ball composed of glass and positioned within the valve retainer,
- a second valve retainer composed of glass and having a second radially inner surface, and a second radially outer surface,
- a second valve ball composed of glass and positionable in the neck of the container within the second valve retainer, and
- a plug composed of glass, positioned against the second valve retainer in the neck of the container and in the first 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, and having a through passage,
- wherein the first valve ball is positioned between the first and second valve retainers, and the second valve ball is positioned between the second valve retainer and the plug,
- wherein the bonding material is carried by the fitment and is melted to the fitment and the container such that it non-removably secures the fitment to the container and thereby renders the package tamper-evident, and wherein the bonding material includes at least one of a heat-activated glass bonding compound, solder glass, or ring of soda lime glass.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.