US 12,240,669 B2
Receptacle for holding an active substance and corresponding closure and container with such a receptacle
Jacquy Lebon, Challands (FR); Valere Logel, Levallois Perret (FR); and Dominique Bois, Montreuil aux Lions (FR)
Assigned to AIRNOV, INC., Wilmington, DE (US)
Appl. No. 17/595,292
Filed by AIRNOV, INC., Wilmington, DE (US)
PCT Filed May 14, 2020, PCT No. PCT/EP2020/063467
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Nov. 12, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/229601, PCT Pub. Date Nov. 19, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 19305616 (EP), filed on May 14, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0315299 A1, Oct. 6, 2022
Int. Cl. B65D 81/26 (2006.01); B01D 53/04 (2006.01); B65D 41/16 (2006.01); B65D 51/16 (2006.01); B65D 51/30 (2006.01)
CPC B65D 51/30 (2013.01) [B01D 53/0415 (2013.01); B65D 41/16 (2013.01); B65D 51/1622 (2013.01); B65D 81/268 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A receptacle to regulate an atmosphere in a container for storing sensitive products, wherein the receptacle forms a chamber which is at least partially filled with an active substance for atmosphere regulation, wherein the receptacle comprises a body and a cap configured to close the body,
wherein the cap comprises:
a top wall with a first main side facing an interior of the chamber; and
a skirt integrally formed with the top wall; and
wherein the body comprises:
a bottom wall; and
a sidewall extending from the bottom wall and integrally formed with the bottom wall;
wherein the skirt of the cap and the sidewall of the body surround one another in contact with each other in a closed configuration of the receptacle, so that the chamber is delimited by the bottom wall of the body, the top wall of the cap and either the skirt of the cap or the sidewall of the body;
wherein at least one ventilation path, comprises at least one recess in at least one of the cap and the body and is provided between the skirt of the cap and the sidewall of the body in the closed configuration of the receptacle, such that the ventilation path connects the chamber with the atmosphere in the container; and
wherein the at least one ventilation path connecting the chamber with the atmosphere in the container comprises at least two recesses distributed in a circumferential direction of the receptacle in the closed configuration thereof, so that the formed ventilation path comprises a tortuous ventilation path.