IP Library Granted Patent US 12,434,895
Granted Patent B2
US 12,434,895 · App. 17/336,989 · Granted Oct 7, 2025

Closing cap arrangement

Inventors: Silke Jesberg (Wetter, DE); Andreas Ritzenhoff (Marburg, DE); Michael Kurz (Neustadt-Speckswinkel, DE); Tobias Huehn (Marburg, DE)
Assignee: SEIDEL GMBH & CO. KG
B65D77/0486A45D34/046A45D40/0068A45D40/267A46B9/021A46B15/0095B65D41/045B65D41/0478B65D41/62A46B2200/1053B65D2251/0015B65D2251/0078B65D2251/20
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Patent No.
US 12,434,895
App. No.
17/336,989
Granted
Oct 7, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

The invention relates to a closing cap arrangement ( 80 ) for being disposed on an outlet opening of a vessel realised as a pot or a bottle, the closing cap arrangement having a multipart design, the closing cap arrangement comprising an enveloping cap ( 81 ) and an inner cap ( 82 ) provided with a connective element for detachably connecting the closing cap arrangement to the outlet opening and realised independently of the enveloping cap, the inner cap and the enveloping cap being connected to each other via a detachable connection realised as a form-fit, substance-to-substance or force-fit connection.

Claims (9)

1. An assembly of a closing cap and a collar ( 80 , 100 , 110 , 141 , 142 , 143 , 144 , 145 , 146 ) for being disposed on an outlet opening of a vessel realised as a pot or a bottle, the assembly having a multipart design and being embodied as a push-up cap comprising an enveloping cap ( 81 , 101 , 113 , 172 , 222 , 242 , 262 ) and an inner cap ( 82 , 102 , 114 ) detachably connecting the closing cap to the collar, which is realized as a sleeve and serves for being disposed on the outlet opening or on a dispense element disposed in the outlet opening, wherein the inner cap and the enveloping cap are connected to each other via a detachable connection realised as a form-fit, substance-to-substance or force-fit connection,

wherein the inner cap is connected to the collar via a sleeve part having at least one spring cam ( 154 , 180 , 232 ), which comprises two opposite slots ( 155 , 156 , 181 , 182 , 233 ), which are disposed in a wall of the sleeve part for forming a cam base and a cam ( 159 , 184 , 235 ), which is directed radially inward on the cam base;

wherein the collar ( 193 ) is equipped with a locking groove ( 194 ), which extends circumferentially and is directed radially inward and serves for locking with the at least one spring cam ( 180 ) disposed in the sleeve part of the push-up cap ( 170 ); and

wherein a sleeve-shaped cap insert ( 174 ) is received in a gap ( 173 ) formed between the inner cap ( 171 ) and the enveloping cap ( 172 ), the cap insert ( 174 ) connecting the enveloping cap ( 172 ) to the inner cap ( 171 ), and wherein the cap insert ( 174 ) comprises vertical ribs ( 191 , 192 ) on both its inner surface and its outer surface.

2. The assembly according to claim 1 , characterised in that the enveloping cap ( 81 , 101 , 113 ) and the inner cap ( 82 , 102 , 114 ) are each connected to each other by their lower edge via concentric contact surfaces.

3. The assembly according to claim 1 , wherein the cam ( 159 , 184 , 235 ) is formed by an indentation in the wall of the sleeve part.

4. The assembly according to claim 1 , wherein the slots ( 181 , 182 ) extend vertically.

5. The assembly according to claim 1 , wherein the push-up cap ( 150 , 170 , 200 , 220 ) comprises several spring cams ( 154 , 180 , 232 ).

6. The assembly according to claim 1 , wherein the enveloping cap ( 172 ) comprises at least one horizontal circumferential groove ( 188 ), which protrudes radially inward, on a sleeve part in such a manner that crossings are formed between the at least one horizontal circumferential groove and the ribs ( 191 , 192 ) because of the arrangement of the cap insert in the gap.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 21, 2022
From: JESBERG, SILKE; KURZ, MICHAEL; RITZENHOFF, ANDREAS
To: SEIDEL GMBH & CO. KG
Reel/Frame 059055/0457 →
Priority Claims (1)
DE 10 2020 114 652.3 · Jun 2, 2020 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20210394969A1 · Dec 23, 2021
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