Rieke Corporation

Greif International Holding Bv

Accutemp Products, Inc.

Calico Precision Molding LLC

Other

American Flange & Manufacturing Co., Inc.

Dale W Taylor

Steven J Talaga

Cornelis R Van De Klippe

Raymond R Rudy

Anthony Angelozzi

Thomas P Kasting

Douglas M McLelland

Johnny M Hickman

Lawrence P Zepp

Gary L Seitz

Cole Bruick

Gary M Baughman

Robert Dale Rohr

David J Pritchett

John E Hathaway

Simon Buckley

Jay E Witte

Craig A Seitz

Kevin Micallef

John Pennington

Pedro Miguel De Oliveira

Mark A Myers

Douglas M Mclelland

Anthony M Angelozzi

John E Hawathay

Robert R Rohr

Douglas M Melelland

A securing ring is snap-fittingly engageable over and around an annular mounting flange of a foldable pouring spout in a container closure assembly, with a frangible connection between the securing ring and a spout closure member (e.g. a screw cap) intact. The assembled closure assembly is snap-fittingly engageable over and around a container neck which is received in a groove extending circumferentially about the mounting flange. The groove is defined in part by a radially outer wall having a proximal portion lying towards the pouring end of the spout and a distal end portion lying away from the pouring end of the spout. The radially outer wall comprises a central flexure zone of reduced radial width relative to the proximal and distal end portions, whereby the distal end portion is hingeingly deflectable between a radially outer position for extraction of the spout from a mold tool, and a radially inner position for engagement in an annular undercut in a radially outer surface of the container neck. When the securing ring is snap-fittingly engaged over and around the mounting flange, the distal end portion is held in the radially inner position. The distal end portion comprises a chamfer at its radially inner side and which extends radially inwards towards the pouring end of the spout for guiding the closure assembly into snap-fitting engagement with the container neck.

All-plastic pouring spout and closure assembly

A griddle system including a height adjuster setting the gap between the upper platen of an upper platen assembly and a lower platen in a closed position of the upper platen is disclosed.

Height adjustor for upper griddle platen

A griddle system including an adjustable counterbalance for an upper platen assembly is disclosed.

Counterbalance for upper griddle platen

A steam chamber has enhanced planarity of its cooking surface, and a method for making the same via friction welding is provided. An array of stays within the steam chamber are friction welded to the undersurface of the upper plate, opposite the cooking surface, thus minimizing the heat affected zone and distortion of the cooking surface as compared, for example, to arc welding. A lower plate includes an array of holes sized and configured to be engaged by the array of stays, and is then welded to the array of stays via plug welds or rosette welds at the hole/stay junction. The resulting steam chamber preserves a high level of planarity in the cooking surface, while allowing the use of a relatively thin top plate for thermal and cooking efficiency.

Griddle

A screw-top closure cap having a collapsible spout nesting within a cap and with a portion of the spout seated coaxially within the container neck itself is disclosed. Both the spout and the cap incorporate child-resistant features to prevent unwanted removal of the closure and/or use of the spout.

Child resistant closure and spout combination

Electric skillet

A cooking device has improved operator interface features, including a counterbalance mechanism operable to retain an upper platen in predetermined open and closed positions, and a non-stick sheet retention feature designed to prevent sagging of a Teflon or other non-stick sheet of material at an upper cooking surface.

Griddle with improved upper platen

A child-resistant closure having inner and outer caps cooperating as a nested shell is contemplated. Downward force applied to the closure engages a series of cooperating lugs and detents to engage the child resistant feature, while thinned walls and cooperating, ramped skirts on the shells' interfacing surfaces to improve the hoop strength along a predefined circumference to avoid stripping/disengagement of the threads on the closure and container neck. An optional tamper evident ring may also be provided, as well as a combustion resistant vent formed in the top panel of the inner shell.

Lightweight, child resistant closure with tamper evident, combus-tion resistant, and/or strip-torque resistant features

A snap fitting, tamper evident overcap for drums and bung covers is described. The tamper evident strip is attached to a peripheral edge of the overcap, and it is removed by tearing along a vertical groove formed in the strip and then, by way of a grasping handle, rotationally pulling the strip so as to break the frangible bridge elements that previously held the strip to the overcap.

Tamper evident overcap for drums

An easy-to-disassemble pump with a replaceable, ergonomic shroud is contemplated. The pump components snap-fit and allow the user to easy access and clean its interior. Further, the internal components ensure sufficient suction is provided to minimize or avoid entrapment of fluid on exposed portions of the pump.

Washable, modular pump

Tamper evident overcap for drum closures

A resealable, tamper-evident, low cost plug for an edible oil (or other foodstuffs) container is contemplated. The plug includes a single-piece, hinged construction with the base panel having a removable diaphragm revealing an opening that is sealed by structure provided on the hinged panel. Smooth pouring features may also be incorporated within and/or beneath the opening.

Unitary, tamper-evident plug with smooth pouring spout

An insert for fitment to a container comprises an internally threaded, through-going opening adapted to receive a complementary, externally threaded plug to form a fluid-tight sealed closure for the container. The insert is preferably of plastics material and comprises an external recessed portion or groove shaped to snap-fittingly retain the insert installed in an aperture formed in the container. The aperture preferably comprises an upstanding collar snap-fitted into the groove for favorable installation, compression and energization of a sealing washer.

Press in flange container closure system

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Hamilton, IN, United States of America

Dale W Taylor