Cap for closing a receptacle and an assembly comprising said cap

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12195249-B2
Application number	US-202017630256-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 7, 2020
Priority date	Jul 26, 2019
Publication date	Jan 14, 2025
Grant date	Jan 14, 2025

Abstract

A plug configured to close a receptacle comprising a neck, the plug comprising: —an upper wall and a peripheral wall extending transverse to said upper wall; —at least one projecting element configured to engage with a groove located on the neck so that the plug transitions from a first position to a second position; —at least one opening located on the peripheral wall of the plug, the one or more openings being in line with the projecting elements of the plug.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A cap configured to close a receptacle comprising a neck, said cap comprising:
an upper wall and a peripheral wall extending transversely to said upper wall,
at least one projecting element configured to cooperate with a groove located on said neck so that the cap moves from a first position to a second position,
at least one opening located on the peripheral wall of said cap, each of the at least one opening being in line with respective projecting element of the at least one projecting element of said cap and extending only on the peripheral wall and not opening onto the upper wall, and
a punch adapted to cut and/or pierce a lid closing an internal end of the neck opening into an inner volume of the receptacle.

2. The cap according to claim 1 , wherein a number of projecting elements of said cap and a number of openings of said cap are identical.

3. The cap according to claim 1 , wherein said projecting element or said projecting elements of said cap are located on a lower portion of said cap.

4. The cap according to claim 1 , wherein said projecting element or said projecting elements of said cap are evenly distributed on the peripheral wall of said cap.

5. The cap according to claim 1 , wherein the cap extends along a longitudinal axis (A), said opening or said openings of said cap extending along said longitudinal axis (A).

6. The cap according to claim 1 , wherein said projecting element or said projecting elements have a substantially square profile.

7. The cap according to claim 1 , wherein the punch has a barrel shape whose upper end is open so as to be able to communicate with an external volume of the receptacle when said cap is in its second position.

8. The cap according to claim 1 , wherein said cap is configured so that the punch is held away from said lid in a standby position.

9. An assembly for closing a receptacle, said assembly comprising a neck and a cap according to claim 1 .

Assignees

• Albea Services

Inventors

• Defert Sylvain

Classifications

• B65D2251/0093

  Membrane · CPC title

• B65D2251/0028

  of the 51-type · CPC title

• B65D51/222 Primary

  the piercing or cutting means being integral with, or fixedly attached to, the outer closure · CPC title