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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 11, 2003
Filed:
Oct. 06, 1998
Thomas W. Deveney, Brownsmill, NJ (US);
Ralph J. Brooks, Langhorne, PA (US);
Capitol Vial, Inc., Auburn, AL (US);
Abstract
An apparatus and method for opening a vial lid with respect to its respective container includes the lid having a tamper evident tape applied over a top surface of the lid with the ends of the tape being adhered against the outer side walls of the vial container below a juncture of the lid and the container outer wall. The tape has a score on each side in the area adjacent to the juncture. The apparatus includes a device for opening the lid by lifting the lid with respect to the container by a sufficient elevation to ensure that the tape score is substantially completely separated. A second device places a downwardly depending flange of the lid in an overlapped position with respect to an upper end wall of the container after the lid has been opened.