IP Library Granted Patent US 8,550,270
Granted Patent B2
US 8,550,270 · App. 12/523,958 · Granted Oct 8, 2013

Closure device for a container

Inventor: Gerhard F. K. Jäckel (Freyung, DE)
Assignee: Aptar Freyung GmbH
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Patent No.
US 8,550,270
App. No.
12/523,958
Granted
Oct 8, 2013
Kind
B2
Abstract

The invention relates to a closure device for a container, comprising a base element that can be attached to an opening of the container, and a lid, such as a cover, that can be disposed back and forth between a completely closed, and a completely open, position, wherein the closure device is configured such that the lid has at least one defined intermediate position between the completely closed and the completely open positions, and wherein the closure device has at least one degassing channel, which is sealed off in the completely closed position of the lid and enables pressure compensation between a side of the closure device facing the interior of the container and the surrounding area in the intermediate position of the lid.

Claims (3)

1. A closure device for a container with a base element which can be fixed on an opening of the container and which has a dispensing opening, and with a lid which can be moved back and forth between a completely closed and a completely open position, characterised in that the closure device is constructed in such a manner that the lid has at least one defined intermediate position between the completely closed and the completely open position, wherein the intermediate position of the lid is defined by a location of the lid outwardly relative to the base element compared with the location of the lid relative to the base element when the lid is in the completely closed position, and wherein the closure device has at least one degassing channel, which is closed in the completely closed position of the lid and which, in the defined intermediate position of the lid, enables a pressure compensation between a side of the closure device which is to be brought to face an interior of the container and the ambient exterior environment, the closure device further characterised in that it comprises a stop device which is constructed in such a manner that during the movement of the lid from the completely closed position into the completely open position, a movement direction for opening the lid must be changed at least partially in order to move the lid beyond the defined intermediate position.

2. A closure device for a container with a base element which can be fixed on an opening of the container and which has a dispensing opening, and with a lid which can be moved back and forth between a completely closed and a completely open position, characterised in that the closure device is constructed in such a manner that the lid has at least one defined intermediate position between the completely closed and the completely open position, wherein the intermediate position of the lid is defined by a location of the lid outwardly relative to the base element compared with the location of the lid relative to the base element when the lid is in the completely closed position, and wherein the closure device has at least one degassing channel, which is closed in the completely closed position of the lid and which, in the defined intermediate position of the lid, enables a pressure compensation between a side of the closure device which is to be brought to face an interior of the container and the ambient exterior environment, the closure device further characterised in that the lid comprises a sealing element, which in the closed position of the lid engages into the dispensing opening of the closure device and is connected to the latter in a sealing manner, and wherein the at least one degassing channel is defined by a recess on an external side of the sealing element of the lid.

3. A closure device for a container with a base element which can be fixed on an opening of the container and which has a dispensing opening, and with a lid which can be moved back and forth between a completely closed and a completely open position, characterised in that the closure device is constructed in such a manner that the lid has at least one defined intermediate position between the completely closed and the completely open position, wherein the intermediate position of the lid is defined by a location of the lid outwardly relative to the base element compared with the location of the lid relative to the base element when the lid is in the completely closed position, and wherein the closure device has at least one degassing channel, which is closed in the completely closed position of the lid and which, in the defined intermediate position of the lid, enables a pressure compensation between a side of the closure device which is to be brought to face an interior of the container and the ambient exterior environment, the closure device device further characterised in that the lid comprises at least one web on its inner side, on which web a stop element is constructed.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Dec 5, 2012
From: SEAQUIST CLOSURES LOEFFLER GMBH
To: APTAR FREYUNG GMBH
Reel/Frame 029406/0960 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 28, 2010
From: JACKEL, GERHARD F.K.
To: SEAQUIST CLOSURES LOEFFLER GMBH
Reel/Frame 025211/0762 →
Continuity (1)
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