SEPTA

• US 20090057259A1
• Filed: 08/31/2007
• Published: 03/05/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 08/31/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Saint-Gobain Performance Plastics Corporation (Compagnie De Saint-Gobain)
• Original Assignee: Saint-Gobain Performance Plastics Corporation (Compagnie De Saint-Gobain)
• Inventors: Montuori, Daniel Salvatore, Johnson, Scott R.
• Granted Patent: US 8,783,484 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 215/247
• CPC Class Codes: B01L 2200/025 Align devices or objects to ensure defined positions relative to each other
• CPC Class Codes: B01L 2300/042 Caps; Plugs
• CPC Class Codes: B01L 2300/044 pierceable, e.g. films, membranes
• CPC Class Codes: B01L 2300/123 Flexible; Elastomeric
• CPC Class Codes: B01L 2300/16 Surface properties and coatings
• CPC Class Codes: B01L 3/508 rigid containers not provided for above
• CPC Class Codes: B01L 3/50825 Closing or opening means, corks, bungs closures for containers B65D; means for removing stoppers B67B7/02
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 41/04 Threaded or like caps or cap-like covers secured by rotation
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 51/002 Closures to be pierced by an extracting-device for the contents and fixed on the container by separate retaining means
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 53/00 Sealing or packing elements sealings in general F16J15/00; Sealings formed by liquid or plastics material
• CPC Class Codes: B67B 1/04 by inserting threadless stoppers, e.g. corks

Abstract

A system includes a cap having an opening, and a septum configured to engage with the cap. The septum includes a first portion having a first width, and a second portion having a second width smaller than the first width. The second portion is sized and shaped to be received by the opening of the cap.

Claims

1. A system comprising:

a cap comprising an opening; and

a septum configured to engage with the cap, the septum comprising a first portion having a first width, and a second portion having a second width smaller than the first width, the second portion being sized and shaped to be received by the opening of the cap.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the septum further comprises a third portion having a third width larger than the second width.

3. The system of claim 2, wherein at least one of the first width or the third width is larger than a width of the opening of the cap.

4. The system of claim 2, wherein the second portion is between the first portion and the third portion.

5. The system of claim 1, wherein the second portion has a thickness substantially equal to or greater than a thickness of the cap.

6. The system of claim 1, wherein the septum comprises an elastomeric material.

7. The system of claim 1, wherein the septum further comprises a third portion having a chemical composition different than a chemical composition of the first portion or the second portion.

8. The system of claim 7, wherein the third portion comprises polytetrafluoroethylene and the first portion or the second portion comprises an elastomeric material.

9. The system of claim 1, wherein the first width is larger than a width of the opening of the cap, and the first portion is resiliently deformable and passable through the opening of the cap.

10. The system of claim 1, wherein the septum further comprises a third portion having a third width larger than the second width, the second portion is between the first portion and the third portion, the first width is larger than a width of the opening of the cap, and the first portion is resiliently deformable and passable through the opening of the cap.

11. The system of claim 10, further comprises a fourth portion having a chemical composition different than a chemical composition of the first, second or third portion.

12. The system of claim 10, further comprising a vessel configured to engage with the cap, wherein the vessel has a lip, and the septum is sized and shaped to contact and to seal the lip when the vessel and the cap are engaged.

13. The system of claim 10, further comprising a vessel configured to engage with the cap, wherein the vessel has an inner surface, and the septum is sized and shaped to contact and to seal the inner surface when the vessel and the cap are engaged

14. The system of claim 10, further comprising a vessel configured to engage with the cap, wherein the septum comprises an outer contour substantially matching a contour of the vessel.

15. The system of claim 1, further comprising a vessel configured to engage with the cap, wherein the vessel has a lip, and the septum is sized and shaped to contact and to seal the lip when the vessel and the cap are engaged.

16. The system of claim 1, further comprising a vessel configured to engage with the cap, wherein the vessel has an inner surface, and the septum is sized and shaped to contact and to seal the inner surface when the vessel and the cap are engaged

17. The system of claim 1, further comprising a vessel configured to engage with the cap, wherein the septum comprises an outer contour substantially matching a contour of the vessel.