EP 1871528 B1 20130731 - FLUID CONTAINERS WITH RESERVOIRS IN THEIR CLOSURES AND METHODS OF USE
Title (en)
FLUID CONTAINERS WITH RESERVOIRS IN THEIR CLOSURES AND METHODS OF USE
Title (de)
FLUIDBEHÄLTER MIT AUFNAHME IN IHREN VERSCHLÜSSEN UND VERWENDUNGSVERFAHREN
Title (fr)
CONTENEURS A FLUIDE PRESENTANT DES RESERVOIRS DANS LEURS SYSTEMES DE FERMETURE ET PROCEDES POUR LES UTILISER
Publication
Application
Priority
- US 2006008572 W 20060310
- US 7763005 A 20050310
- US 76190806 P 20060124
Abstract (en)
[origin: WO2006099122A1] Fluid containers are disclosed which have fluid reservoirs in their closures. These reservoirs are advantageous to hold sacrificial fluid which lessens the loss of the fluid of interest to the outside through evaporation. The reservoirs may have openings to the inside or outside of the container, or to both. Reservoirs with openings to the outside serve to reduce evaporative loss by raising the partial pressure of fluid in the vicinity of the contact between the closure and the remainder of the container. The reservoirs may be refÊllable without opening the container. In one embodiment a fluid reservoir allows the zone of contact between the closure and the remainder of the container to be immersed in fluid, so that gases seeking to escape the interior of the container must pass through fluid. In a further embodiment a closure for a container comprises at least two closure members. The relative position of the closure members with respect to each other is altered upon mating of the closure and container. The alteration of the relative position of the closure members may result in one or more of the members approaching the container more closely. The alteration may result in one or more of the members pressing against the container.
IPC 8 full level
B01L 3/00 (2006.01)
CPC (source: EP)
B01L 3/50853 (2013.01); B01L 2200/142 (2013.01); B01L 2300/041 (2013.01); B01L 2300/042 (2013.01); B01L 2300/047 (2013.01); B01L 2300/0829 (2013.01); B01L 2300/10 (2013.01)
Designated contracting state (EPC)
AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC NL PL PT RO SE SI SK TR
DOCDB simple family (publication)
WO 2006099122 A1 20060921; EP 1871528 A1 20080102; EP 1871528 B1 20130731; JP 2008533470 A 20080821; JP 5043822 B2 20121010
DOCDB simple family (application)
US 2006008572 W 20060310; EP 06737723 A 20060310; JP 2008500961 A 20060310