Nozzle tips with reduced cleaning time

    公开(公告)号:US11612902B2

    公开(公告)日:2023-03-28

    申请号:US16032578

    申请日:2018-07-11

    发明人: Len Ekkert

    摘要: The invention relates to nozzle tips including a nozzle body and a tip portion, configured to minimize the accumulation of a resin on the nozzle tip as it is dispensed through the nozzle tip. The nozzle tip can contain a central flow channel and an internal portion that branches and guides the resin into multiple exiting flow channels that define tangential pathways to the outer surface of the nozzle tip. The nozzle tip can include grooves that define extended, sharply angled flow paths for the resin.
    Nozzle tips can have a neck portion separating a nozzle body and a tip end of the nozzle tip; here, a doughnut-shaped space located around the neck portion can be defined by the base of the nozzle, the crown of the nozzle, and the neck portion, for encouraging turbulent flow of the resin to scour the nozzle tip during dispensing.

    Squeeze cap container
    2.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US11242182B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-02-08

    申请号:US16718959

    申请日:2019-12-18

    发明人: Len Ekkert

    摘要: A container including a base and a cap is provided. The base can include a pull down ramp and first threads on an exterior of the base and the cap can include one or more engagement lugs and second threads on an interior of the cap. The one or more engagement lugs are configured to engage with the pull down ramp to couple the cap to the base and form a hollow section between the cap and the base below the one or more engagement lugs and the pull down ramp and the one or more engagement lugs are configured to disengage from the pull down ramp to decouple the cap from the base when the cap is compressed into the hollow section. The second threads are configured to engage with the first threads to tighten a top of the cap against an upper lip of the base.

    TAMPER-EVIDENT BAND ASSEMBLY
    3.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20170217653A1

    公开(公告)日:2017-08-03

    申请号:US15010639

    申请日:2016-01-29

    发明人: Len Ekkert

    IPC分类号: B65D55/08 B65D43/02

    摘要: A two-piece tamper-evident band assembly for use with a container and closure combination, where the container has a peripheral collar and the closure has a skirt, is shown. The tamper-evident band assembly includes a breakaway band frangibly connected to a staying ring. The staying ring has decreased flexibility where it connects to the container and closure combination, which prevents the assembly from deforming in a manner that will cause the assembly to fail to indicate that the container has been opened. The tamper-evident band assembly also indicates whether the container has been compromised without requiring modification of the container or the closure and can be applied to existing container and closure combinations that lack a tamper-evident system, allowing the assembly to be used with a variety of container and closure combinations.

    Nozzle tips with neck portions for reduced cleaning times

    公开(公告)号:US11185874B2

    公开(公告)日:2021-11-30

    申请号:US16033047

    申请日:2018-07-11

    发明人: Len Ekkert

    摘要: The invention relates to nozzle tips including a nozzle body and a tip portion, configured to minimize the accumulation of a resin on the nozzle tip as it is dispensed through the nozzle tip. The nozzle tip can contain a central flow channel and an internal portion that branches and guides the resin into multiple exiting flow channels that define tangential pathways to the outer surface of the nozzle tip. The nozzle tip can include grooves that define extended, sharply angled flow paths for the resin.
    Nozzle tips can have a neck portion separating a nozzle body and a tip end of the nozzle tip; here, a doughnut-shaped space located around the neck portion can be defined by the base of the nozzle, the crown of the nozzle, and the neck portion, for encouraging turbulent flow of the resin to scour the nozzle tip during dispensing.

    Tamper-evident band assembly
    5.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US09815604B2

    公开(公告)日:2017-11-14

    申请号:US15010639

    申请日:2016-01-29

    发明人: Len Ekkert

    IPC分类号: B65D55/08 B65D43/02

    摘要: A two-piece tamper-evident band assembly for use with a container and closure combination, where the container has a peripheral collar and the closure has a skirt, is shown. The tamper-evident band assembly includes a breakaway band frangibly connected to a staying ring. The staying ring has decreased flexibility where it connects to the container and closure combination, which prevents the assembly from deforming in a manner that will cause the assembly to fail to indicate that the container has been opened. The tamper-evident band assembly also indicates whether the container has been compromised without requiring modification of the container or the closure and can be applied to existing container and closure combinations that lack a tamper-evident system, allowing the assembly to be used with a variety of container and closure combinations.

    Slitting tool
    6.
    发明授权
    Slitting tool 有权
    分切工具

    公开(公告)号:US09211979B2

    公开(公告)日:2015-12-15

    申请号:US14024194

    申请日:2013-09-11

    发明人: Len Ekkert

    摘要: A tamper-evident closure is disclosed, having a skirt, threads on an interior of the skirt, and a tamper-evident band secured to the closure body by frangible bridges along a circumferential lower surface of the closure. The band and the closure have a plurality of equidistant vertical upper and lower teeth along an interior wall. Further the subject invention includes a mandrel for use in cutting slits in tamper-evident closures. The mandrel is supported for rotational movement within a closure, and comprises a disc with a circumferential surface with a plurality of equidistant slots for meshing with complementary teeth on the interior surface of the closure.

    摘要翻译: 公开了一种防拆封闭件,其具有裙部,裙部的内部上的螺纹,以及通过沿着封闭件的周向下表面的易碎的桥固定到封闭件主体的防窃启带。 带和封闭件沿着内壁具有多个等距的垂直上下齿。 此外,本发明包括用于在防窃启闭合器中切割狭缝的心轴。 心轴被支撑用于在闭合件内的旋转运动,并且包括具有圆周表面的圆盘,其具有多个等距的槽,用于与封闭件的内表面上的互补齿啮合。

    SLITTING TOOL
    7.
    发明申请
    SLITTING TOOL 有权
    精品工具

    公开(公告)号:US20150069007A1

    公开(公告)日:2015-03-12

    申请号:US14024194

    申请日:2013-09-11

    发明人: Len Ekkert

    IPC分类号: B65D41/34

    摘要: A tamper-evident closure is disclosed, having a skirt, threads on an interior of the skirt, and a tamper-evident band secured to the closure body by frangible bridges along a circumferential lower surface of the closure. The band and the closure have a plurality of equidistant vertical upper and lower teeth along an interior wall. Further the subject invention includes a mandrel for use in cutting slits in tamper-evident closures. The mandrel is supported for rotational movement within a closure, and comprises a disc with a circumferential surface with a plurality of equidistant slots for meshing with complementary teeth on the interior surface of the closure.

    摘要翻译: 公开了一种防拆封闭件,其具有裙部,裙部的内部上的螺纹,以及通过沿着封闭件的周向下表面的易碎的桥固定到封闭件主体的防窃启带。 带和封闭件沿着内壁具有多个等距的垂直上下齿。 此外,本发明包括用于在防窃启闭合器中切割狭缝的心轴。 心轴被支撑用于在闭合件内的旋转运动,并且包括具有圆周表面的圆盘,其具有多个等距的槽,用于与封闭件的内表面上的互补齿啮合。

    Choke-resistant closure
    8.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US11377267B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-07-05

    申请号:US16413362

    申请日:2019-05-15

    发明人: Len Ekkert

    IPC分类号: B65D41/04 B65D75/58

    摘要: A closure includes: a cap member for engaging a fitment; a handling member wall encircling the cap member; and septa connecting the cap and handling members and providing an interior space between them. The handling member can include an upper rim smaller than its lower rim, and multiple openings, providing structures for allowing air flow into or out of the interior space. The openings and rims are aligned to provide multiple ventilation passageways traveling in: straight, vertical directions; straight, horizontal directions; indirect horizontal directions; or indirect transverse pathways that include vertical and horizontal orientations.
    The closure can include a tamper-evident band for indicating the closure has disengaged from the fitment. The band can comprise indentations defining segments that the tamper-evident band can separate into when the closure disengages, and connecting elements that keep the intact tamper-evident band, and its separated segments, connected to the closure.

    SQUEEZE CAP CONTAINER
    9.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20210188499A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-06-24

    申请号:US16718959

    申请日:2019-12-18

    发明人: Len Ekkert

    IPC分类号: B65D50/04 B65D43/02 B65D41/16

    摘要: A container including a base and a cap is provided. The base can include a pull down ramp and first threads on an exterior of the base and the cap can include one or more engagement lugs and second threads on an interior of the cap. The one or more engagement lugs are configured to engage with the pull down ramp to couple the cap to the base and form a hollow section between the cap and the base below the one or more engagement lugs and the pull down ramp and the one or more engagement lugs are configured to disengage from the pull down ramp to decouple the cap from the base when the cap is compressed into the hollow section. The second threads are configured to engage with the first threads to tighten a top of the cap against an upper lip of the base.

    Dispensing closure system with slitted liner

    公开(公告)号:US10676268B2

    公开(公告)日:2020-06-09

    申请号:US16142253

    申请日:2018-09-26

    发明人: Len Ekkert

    IPC分类号: B65D83/00

    摘要: The present invention relates to provides a dispensing closure assembly for connection to a container, the assembly including a closure member attachment to a container and a flow control member for controlling the flow of material from the container in response to increased pressure inside the container, where the flow control member having one or more slits, so that upon an increase of pressure inside the container, the flow control member deforms to create at least one opening adjacent to the slits thereby allowing a flowable material to be dispensed from the container. The invention further relates to a flow control member that can return to its undeformed configuration to provide a resealing system.