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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 03, 2005
Filed:
Feb. 20, 2003
Applicant:
Brian Smith, Nottinghamshire, GB;
Inventor:
Brian Smith, Nottinghamshire, GB;
Assignee:
General Signal UK Limited, Stockport, GB;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65D045/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A closure apparatus comprises a collarhaving a collar periphery and having a collar inner surface defining an opening, a closure, having a closure periphery, said closurebeing for closing said opening, a bearing structurebeing located around said collar periphery or said closure periphery, a locking ringbeing mounted for rotation with respect to said closureand said openingon said bearing structure, so that said locking ringis rotatable between a locking position for locking said closureto said openingand an unlocked position for permitting said closureto be moved away from said opening