Patent ID: 6431412
Filing Date: 2002-08-13
Classification: B21D,B65D,Y10T

Abstract:
In a gasketed valve mounting assembly for an aerosol container having a bead defining a central opening in the top of the container comprising a mounting cup having a central pedestal portion for affixing an aerosol valve, a profile portion emerging outward from the pedestal, a body portion extending upwardly from the outward terminus of the profile portion, a curvilinear channel portion for receiving the bead of a container extending outwardly from the upper terminus of the body portion and terminating in a skirt portion, and a gasket, fixedly disposed in the channel portion, having overlapping segments, one segment being contiguous and the other segment distal to the channel portion, and both segments being joined by a continuous fold line distal to the body portion, the improvement comprising having the length of the segment distal to the channel portion greater than the length of the segment contiguous to the channel portion but said distal segment not of a length that its surfaces contiguous to the free edge of said distal segment contacts the mounting cup during advancement of the gasket to its ultimate position in the channel.