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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 07, 2008
Filed:
Dec. 21, 2001
Clayton L. Robinson, Elberfeld, IN (US);
Douglas M. Williams, Evansville, IN (US);
Randall K. Julian, Newburgh, IN (US);
Gary V. Montgomery, Evansville, IN (US);
Clayton L. Robinson, Elberfeld, IN (US);
Douglas M. Williams, Evansville, IN (US);
Randall K. Julian, Newburgh, IN (US);
Gary V. Montgomery, Evansville, IN (US);
Rexam Medical Packaging Inc., Evansville, IN (US);
Abstract
The present development is for a closure which provides a liner for abutting a surface and maintaining an effective pressure against a peelable seal affixed to a container lip as the sealed container is exposed to relatively high temperature and pressure conditions. The liner which abuts a surface of the seal sandwiches the seal between the liner and the container lip. The liner defines a resting thickness at ambient temperature and pressure conditions and is made from a material capable of being compressed to a thickness less than the resting thickness and of recovering to a recovery thickness sufficient to allow the liner to maintain a positive pressure against the seal upon exposure to elevated temperatures, elevated pressure, or a combination of elevated temperature and elevated pressure.