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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 28, 2026
Filed:
Nov. 30, 2022
Wirthwein Medical Gmbh & Co. KG, Mühltal, DE;
Thorsten Kellner, Bayreuth, DE;
Jennifer Karina Seib, Darmstadt, DE;
Andreas Dunz, Mühltal, DE;
Björn Winterfeld, Riedstadt, DE;
WIRTHWEIN MEDICAL GMBH & CO. KG, Mühltal, DE;
Abstract
A closure system () for a medication container (), the interior () of which is accessible via a mouth region () designed in the manner of a bottle mouth, wherein the closure system () comprises, in addition to a bounce cap () which can be pushed onto the mouth region () and is provided with a sealing element (), a locking ring () which, in a position pushed completely onto the bounce cap (), can be pushed onto the bounce cap (), can be fixed to the bounce cap () in a latchable manner by means of a number of snap ribs (), is intended to be particularly suitable for automated filling operations by simple means. For this purpose, according to the invention, the or each snap rib () is guided in a corresponding guiding groove () during a movement of the inner lateral surface () of the retaining ring () relative to an outer lateral surface () of the bounce cap () corresponding to the latter.