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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 22, 2012
Filed:
May. 13, 2006
Lutz Strube, Konigslutter, DE;
Lutz Strube, Konigslutter, DE;
Ball Packaging Europe GmbH, Ratingen, DE;
Abstract
In order to provide a reversible closure for containers which are subjected to an internal pressure in accordance with the invention there is proposed a closure device () comprising a deformable stretchable planarly extending cover () which can be moved into at least two operating positions, wherein the cover is aligned in a first operating position with the opening of the container and in a second operating position it undercuts the opening of the container over the entire periphery with a peripheral edge portion () so that the undercutting region () on the cover and the undercut region on the container form complementary sealing surfaces for gas-tightly and liquid-tightly closing the opening. The closure device further has an actuable means () for applying a force to the cover for deformation of the cover in such a way that it is deformable from one of the two operating positions into the other operating position.