A cap for a container and opening means therefor

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EP 0 519 627 A3

(12)	EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88)	Date of publication A3:
	10.03.1993 Bulletin 1993/10

(43)	Date of publication A2:
	23.12.1992 Bulletin 1992/52

(21)	Application number: 92305166.8

(22)	Date of filing: 05.06.1992

(51)	International Patent Classification (IPC)⁵: B65D 55/02

(84)	Designated Contracting States:
	AT BE CH DE DK ES FR GB GR IT LI LU MC NL PT SE

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Priority:

07.06.1991 GB 9112259

(71)	Applicant: THE WELLCOME FOUNDATION LIMITED
	Beckenham, Kent BR3 3BS (GB)

(72)	Inventor:
	Ogden, Brian Leslie Dartford, Kent DA1 5AH (GB)

(74)	Representative: McMunn, Watson Palmer et al
	Glaxo Wellcome plc, Glaxo Wellcome House, Berkeley Avenue Greenford, Middlesex UB6 0NN Greenford, Middlesex UB6 0NN (GB)

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(54)	A cap for a container and opening means therefor

(57) A cap (1) having a top (2) and a depending skirt (3) which receives the neck of a container at its lower end, wherein the skirt (3) is provided at its outer and upper end portion with a first engaging means (6,7) for engaging an annular spanner located around the cap (1), and a seating means (8) at the base of the first engaging means (6,7) on which the annular spanner rests.
Preferably the cap is for a medicine container and is circular;
In a further enbodiment the cap is a two part child resistant cap designed to provide tamper evidence;
There is further provided a medical implement adapted to engage over the cap and a kit comprising the cap and an annular spanner.

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