IP Library Granted Patent US 8,505,188
Granted Patent B2
US 8,505,188 · App. 12/298,671 · Granted Aug 13, 2013

Closure device for closing a container, and method of producing such a closure device

Inventors: Franz Lenz (Hinterschmieding, DE); Gerhard F. K. Jäckel (Freyung, DE)
Assignee: Aptar Freyung GmbH
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Patent No.
US 8,505,188
App. No.
12/298,671
Granted
Aug 13, 2013
Kind
B2
Abstract

The invention relates to a closure device having a two-part base element and a hinged cap pivotally fastened to the base element and movable between a closed and an open setting. The base element is configured in two parts, with one part being a substantially annular fastening element and the other part being a dome-shaped dispensing element inserted into the substantially annular fastening element. The invention also relates to a method of producing such a closure device.

Claims (9)

1. A method of producing a closure device having a base element, which can be fastened on an opening of a container, and a hinged cap, which is pivotably fastened to the base element and can be moved to and fro between a closed and an open setting, wherein the base element is configured in two parts and comprises a substantially annular fastening element, in which a substantially dome-shaped dispensing element having a dispensing opening is inserted, characterized in that the annular fastening element of the base element and the hinged cap are produced in one piece and in an open state, whereafter the hinged cap is brought into a closed position and only then is the dispensing element inserted into the annular fastening element.

2. The method of producing a closure device as claimed in claim 1 , characterized in that the annular fastening element of the base element and the hinged cap and/or the dispensing element are produced by injection molding.

3. The method of producing a closure device as claimed in claim 1 , characterized in that the insertion of the dispensing element takes place at a moment in which the dispensing element is not yet fully cooled after its production.

4. A method of producing a closure device having a base element, which can be fastened on an opening of a container, and a hinged cap, which is pivotably fastened to the base element and can be moved to and fro between a closed and an open setting, wherein the base element is configured in two parts and comprises a substantially annular fastening element, in which a substantially dome-shaped dispensing element having a dispensing opening is inserted, characterized in that the annular fastening element of the base element and the hinged cap are produced in one piece and in an open state, whereafter the hinged cap is brought into a closed position and only then is the dispensing element inserted into the annular fastening element and sealingly engaging the dispensing opening with the hinged cap.

5. The method of producing a closure device as claimed in claim 4 , characterized in that the annular fastening element of the base element and the hinged cap and/or the dispensing element are produced by injection molding.

6. The method of producing a closure device as claimed in claim 4 , characterized in that the insertion of the dispensing element takes place at a moment in which the dispensing element is not yet fully cooled after its production.

7. A method of producing a closure device having a base element, which can be fastened on an opening of a container, and a hinged cap, which is pivotably fastened to the base element and can be moved to and fro between a closed and an open setting, wherein the base element is configured in two parts and comprises a substantially annular fastening element, in which a substantially dome-shaped dispensing element having a dispensing opening is inserted, characterized in that the annular fastening element of the base element and the hinged cap are produced in one piece and in an open state, whereafter the hinged cap is brought into a closed position and only then is the dispensing element inserted into the annular fastening element and sealingly engaging an annular projection of the cap in the dispensing opening.

8. The method of producing a closure device as claimed in claim 7 , characterized in that the annular fastening element of the base element and the hinged cap and/or the dispensing element are produced by injection molding.

9. The method of producing a closure device as claimed in claim 7 , characterized in that the insertion of the dispensing element takes place at a moment in which the dispensing element is not yet fully cooled after its production.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Dec 4, 2012
From: SEAQUIST-LOEFFLER KUNSTSTOFFWERK GMBH
To: APTAR FREYUNG GMBH
Reel/Frame 029405/0040 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 17, 2008
From: LENZ, FRANZ; JACKEL, GERHARD F. K.
To: SEAQUIST-LOFFLER KUNSTSTOFFWERK GMBH
Reel/Frame 022048/0489 →
Continuity (1)
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