Container with twist-on-off closure cap

• US 5,722,545 A
• Filed: 04/05/1996
• Issued: 03/03/1998
• Est. Priority Date: 12/10/1993
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Dental-Kosmetik GmbH
• Original Assignee: Dental-Kosmetik GmbH
• Inventors: Rinne, Rolf
• Primary Examiner(s): CRONIN, STEPHEN K
• Application Number:
  US08/624,449
• Time in Patent Office: 697 Days
• Field of Search: 215/45, 215/44, 215/330, 215/331, 215/341, 215/344, 215/352, 215/DIG. 1
• US Class Current: 215/44
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 1/023 Neck construction
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 41/0471 with means for positioning the cap on the container, or for limiting the movement of the cap, or for preventing accidental loosening of the cap

Abstract

A twist-off closure is disclosed for all kinds of containers having a head and a closure cap. The container head has at its top end a sealing lip shaped as a circumferential bead. A steep, multiple-start thread is located below the sealing lip. A fin is arranged between each winding of the steep thread and the container shoulder. The closure cap has a corresponding inner thread that co-operates in the closed state with the fins of the container head causing the closure cap to be clamped, so as to prevent the container from being unintentionally opened by itself. In the closed state, the first part of the windings of the thread of the closure cap engage the fins of the container head, and this is clearly perceived as a pressure point when twisting the cap by hand. All that is required to open and close the closure cap is to twist it through a half turn. The cylindrical inner part of the closure cap forms a movable seal together with the circumferential lip of the container head, preventing the contents of the container from flowing out, so that the tightness of the container is ensured even when the closure cap is only negligently screwed (for example only up to the pressure point). In addition, once the pressure point is reached, the closure cap is reliably prevented from opening by itself.

Claims

1. A container with a twist-on-twist-off closure cap comprising:

a container head having an upper portion and a lower portion, the container head including a plurality of thread segments arranged on the lower portion of the container head;

a plurality of vertical fins disposed on the container head below the plurality of thread segments and extending downwardly substantially in the center of the plurality of thread segments;

a sealing lip circumferentially arranged around the upper portion of the container head;

the closure cap comprising a plurality of thread segment recesses for engaging the plurality of thread segments, and a cylindrical section for accommodating the sealing lip;

the sealing lip is arranged such as to form a seal with the closure cap before the closure cap is twisted onto the container head;

the plurality of vertical fins sealingly engage with the plurality of thread segments upon twisting of the closure cap onto the container head.

2. The container with a twist-on-twist-off closure cap according to claim 1,

wherein the plurality of thread segments and the plurality of thread segment recesses are three thread sections and three engaging thread segment recesses displaced parallel in relation to each other.

3. The container with a twist-on-twist-off closure cap according to claim 1, wherein the plurality of thread segments have a pitch of about 15°

, so as to allowing opening and closing the container with a half turn.

4. The container with a twist-on-twist-off closure cap according to claim 1,

wherein plurality of thread segments having a pitch of about 30°

.

5. The container with a twist-on-twist-off closure cap according to claim 1,

wherein the fins on the container head comprise chamfers for facilitating the sealing engagement with the plurality of thread segments upon twisting of the closure cap onto the container head.