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CLOSURE WITH FRACTURABLE AUXILIARY CONTAINER

  • US 3,840,136 A
  • Filed: 02/02/1973
  • Issued: 10/08/1974
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/03/1972
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A closure for bottles, flasks and the like designed for the extended storage of separate products comprising a generally cupshaped container, said container having an abutment surface axially spaced from a bottom wall, a closure, said closure having an end panel and a depending peripheral skirt with means on the latter for securement to a main container, means carried by said closure for limiting axial motion of said closure relative to said cup-shaped container by contacting said abutment surface during the application of the closure to a main container whereby a cutter adapted to be housed within said cup-shaped container is incapable of severing said bottom wall, said axial motion limiting means being a sealing member depending from and integral with said end panel and adapted for insertion into a container neck, said cup-shaped container includes radially outwardly directed flange means for abutting an outer container lip, said flange having axially spaced surfaces, one of said surfaces remote from said bottom wall is said abutment surface, a collar forming an extension of said peripheral skirt, said collar being connected to said peripheral skirt by breakable connections, inwardly directed projections on said collar, an outer container having a neck housing said cup-shaped container with said flange on a lip thereof, radially outwardly directed projections on said outer container neck for cooperating with said collar projections to rupture said breakable connections upon rotative removal of said closure, and the axial length of said collar and the minimum axial spacing of said container projections from said peripheral skirt is greater than the axial distance between said flange surfaces.

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