US 12,454,080 B2
Device for portioning and positioning a flowable material, machine comprising the device, and method for producing a container closure
Helmut Klemm, Braunschweig (DE); and Ludwig Kramer, Lathen (DE)
Assigned to SILGAN HOLDINGS INC., Stamford, CT (US)
Appl. No. 17/905,820
Filed by SILGAN HOLDINGS INC., Stamford, CT (US)
PCT Filed Mar. 10, 2021, PCT No. PCT/IB2021/051981
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Mar. 10, 2023,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/181294, PCT Pub. Date Sep. 16, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 10 2020 106 945.6 (DE), filed on Mar. 13, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0264393 A1, Aug. 24, 2023
Int. Cl. B29C 43/18 (2006.01); B29C 31/04 (2006.01); B29C 43/36 (2006.01); B29C 48/00 (2019.01); B29C 70/80 (2006.01); B29L 31/56 (2006.01); F16J 15/10 (2006.01)
CPC B29C 43/18 (2013.01) [B29C 31/048 (2013.01); B29C 43/361 (2013.01); B29C 48/0022 (2019.02); B29C 70/80 (2013.01); F16J 15/108 (2013.01); B29L 2031/56 (2013.01)] 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A device for portioning and positioning a flowable sealing material, the device comprising a flange portion and a cylindrical portion, wherein:
(a) the flange portion is connected to the cylindrical portion;
(b) the cylindrical portion has an end side located at an end of the cylindrical portion that faces away from the flange portion; and
(c) the end side has a face that is inclined relative to an axis of the device such that a first angle between the face and the axis is less than 90°, and the face is inclined from an interior side of the cylindrical portion outward and upward toward the flange portion.