Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Fitment and overcap therefor
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Application No.: US14764089Application Date: 2015-03-05
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Publication No.: US09611079B2Publication Date: 2017-04-04
- Inventor: Timothy Mazurkiewicz , John Wisniewski
- Applicant: AptarGroup, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US IL Crystal Lake
- Assignee: AptarGroup, Inc.
- Current Assignee: AptarGroup, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US IL Crystal Lake
- Agency: Wood, Phillips, Katz, Clark & Mortimer
- International Application: PCT/US2015/018864 WO 20150305
- International Announcement: WO2016/140668 WO 20160909
- Main IPC: B65D39/16
- IPC: B65D39/16 ; B65D47/12 ; B65D75/58 ; B65D41/04 ; B65D41/34 ; B65D39/08

Abstract:
A closure assembly (20) that includes a cap or overcap (28) and a fitment (24) for a container is provided wherein the fitment (24) has a laterally projecting shear member (40), and the overcap (28) has an aperture (74) for initially receiving the shear member (40) when the overcap (28) and fitment (24) are in an initially assembled orientation or condition. The aperture (74) and the shear member (40) cooperate in the initially assembled orientation such that when subjected to a flow of a sterilizing gas, turbulence is created in the sterilizing gas flow to enhance sterilization of the combination. The closure assembly (20) may, instead, or additionally, be provided wherein the overcap (28) has an elongate, hollow plug (58) for establishing a first seal between the fitment (24) and the overcap (28) in the initially assembled orientation, and the wherein overcap (28) has a skirt (50) for establishing a second seal between the fitment (24) and the overcap (28) in the initially assembled orientation.
Public/Granted literature
- US20160272380A1 Fitment And Overcap Therefor Public/Granted day:2016-09-22
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