The Continental Group, Inc.

Carmen T Mascia

Gary K Hasegawa

Thomas F Jordan

Donald J Bainton

Gary K Hasagawa

Gary K Hawegawa

An aerosol container in the form of a conventional type of aerosol can wherein the lower part of the body is provided with external threads with which internal threads of a cup-shaped pump member are engaged so as to define, in conjunction with the lower closure unit, a pump chamber. Suitable inlet check valves are carried by the lower closure unit and a bottom wall of the pump chamber so that air under pressure may be forced into the can internally to pressurize the can. A dispening valve unit is also provided which includes a shutoff valve for preventing dispensing of the product when the pressure within the can goes below a predetermined level.

Aerosol container

Can opener

Beverage container

An opener for removing an end panel portion of a container end unit. The opener includes a simple housing which may be molded of plastics material and which carries a blade for penetrating and severing the end panel along a preformed weakening line in the form of a score. There is also a magnet for retaining the severed end panel portion relative to the opener. Further, the housing has a separate skirt portion which is radially movable and which carries a ridge for underlying a double seam securing an end unit to a container body so as to lock the opener on the end unit once the blade has penetrated the end panel.

A container opener particularly adapted for opening a container wherein the end wall of the container is provided with a preformed line of weakness. The container opener includes a closure member having depending therefrom an annular blade tapering in height for progressively effecting rupture along the line of weakness. A magnet is centrally located within the blade for retaining the cutout panel portion. The opener may be a simple device which is directly pushed toward the container manually, or may be incorporated in a suitable fixture including a base for supporting the container to be opened in a predetermined position.

Container opener and method of utilizing the same

An adapter ring for adapting a dispensing overcap for a predetermined diameter aerosol can to an end unit of an aerosol can of a larger diameter. The adapter ring includes an axially movable valve stem adapter which provides a fluid connection between the dispensing overcap and the valve stem of the aerosol can.

Adapter ring for dispensing overcap

A container opener particularly adapted for opening a container wherein the end wall of the container is provided with a preformed line of weakness. The opener includes a cover which functions as a temporary closure and has depending therefrom an annular blade for effecting rupture along the line of weakness. A magnet is centrally located with the blade for retaining the cutout end wall portion. The opener may include a housing having means for interlocking beneath the double seam securing an end unit to a container body, or it may have arms which are interlockable with the double seam.

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Clarendon Hills, IL, United States of America

Carmen T Mascia