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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 20, 1998
Filed:
Feb. 18, 1997
Applicant:
Inventor:
Laurent Kretz, Selestat, FR;
Assignee:
Societe Alsacienne d'Aluminium, Saint Julien en Genevois, FR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
220270 ; 220276 ; 220359 ; 215232 ; 215347 ;
Abstract
The present invention relates to a device for opening a receptacle having a peripheral rim on which a capsule is head sealed. The capsule includes a heat-sealable bottom layer and a metal top layer that adheres to the heat-sealable layer. Above the capsule, there is provided a tongue constituted by a metal sheet suitable for completely covering the metal layer of the capsule. The sheet is bonded to the metal layer in a lateral segment by a layer of adhesive material that adheres to the metal layer and to the metal sheet. The capsule is peeled off the receptacle by pulling the tongue upwards.