Dispenser for a cord for sealing a threaded pipework

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2025128861-A1
Application number	US-202418917305-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Oct 16, 2024
Priority date	Apr 20, 2022
Publication date	Apr 24, 2025
Grant date	—

Abstract

The invention relates to a dispenser ( 1 ) for a cord, preferably for a cord for sealing a threaded pipework, comprising a hollow body ( 10 ) for receiving the cord, a cover part ( 30 ) being arranged on a top edge ( 13 ) of the hollow body ( 10 ) and having an opening ( 41 ) through which the thread can be removed from the hollow body ( 10 ), and a cap ( 60 ) which is connected to the cover part ( 30 ) so as to be pivotable about a pivot axis ( 40 ) and, in a closed position, covers the opening ( 41 ). The dispenser ( 1 ) is characterized in that the cap ( 60 ) has a protrusion ( 65 ) which, in the closed position of the cap ( 60 ), engages in the opening ( 41 ), so that the cord can be clamped between the protrusion ( 65 ) and opening rim ( 42 ) and wherein the cap member ( 30 ) comprises an upper surface ( 35 ) lying in a plane ( 36 ), a lower surface ( 37 ) and a preferably step-shaped transition area ( 49 ) between the upper surface ( 35 ) and the lower surface ( 37 ), wherein the opening ( 41 ) for the cord is provided on the upper surface ( 35 ) or in the vicinity thereof, and wherein the cap ( 60 ) in the opened end position is arranged in or below the plane ( 36 ) of the upper surface ( 35 ).

First claim

1 . A dispenser for a cord for sealing a threaded pipework, comprising a hollow body for receiving the cord, a cover part being arranged on a top edge of the hollow body and having an opening through which the thread can be removed from the hollow body, and a cap which is connected to the cover part so as to be pivotable about a pivot axis and, in a closed position, covers the opening, wherein the cap has a protrusion which, in the closed position of the cap, engages in the opening, so that the cord can be clamped between the protrusion and opening rim and wherein the cap member comprises an upper surface lying in a plane, a lower surface and a step-shaped transition area between the upper surface and the lower surface, wherein the opening for the cord is provided on the upper surface or in the vicinity thereof, and wherein the cap in the opened end position is arranged in or below the plane of the upper surface.

2 . A dispenser according to claim 1 , characterized in that the opening rim is circular and the protrusion is substantially rotationally symmetrical.

3 . A dispenser according to claim 1 , characterized in that the protrusion has a locking nose on an outer side.

4 . The dispenser according to claim 1 , characterized in that the protrusion is integrally formed on a lower side of a cover plate of the cap.

5 . A dispenser according to claim 1 , characterized in that the hollow body is cup-shaped and has a base, wherein a longitudinal axis of the hollow body extends from the base toward the top edge.

6 . A dispenser according to claim 5 , characterized in that in an open end position the cap does not protrude beyond the top edge in a plane transverse to the longitudinal axis.

7 . A dispenser according to claim 1 , characterized in that the cap member comprises at least a first hinge element and that the cap comprises at least a second hinge element, wherein in the assembled state the first hinge element and the second hinge element define the pivot axis.

8 . A dispenser according to claim 6 , characterized in that the cap and the lid member comprise locking means providing a locking force to hold the cap in or near the open end position.

9 . A dispenser according to claim 1 , characterized in that the lid member comprises a cutting device for the cord.

10 . A dispenser according to claim 9 , characterized in that the cutting device is arranged next to the opening on the upper surface.

Assignees

• Henkel Ag & Co Kgaa

Inventors

• Cox Peter
• Rayner Stephen Michael
• Murphy Ronan
• Bourke James

Classifications

• F16L15/04

  with additional sealings · CPC title

• B65D2251/1008

  Means for locking the closure in open position · CPC title

• B65D83/00

  Containers or packages with special means for dispensing contents (dispensing means incorporated in closures B65D47/00) · CPC title

• B65D51/24

  combined {or co-operating} with auxiliary devices for non-closing purposes · CPC title

• B65H75/32

  Arrangements to facilitate severing of material · CPC title