SLITTING TOOL

摘要

A tamper-evident closure is disclosed, having a skirt, threads on an interior of the skirt, and a tamper-evident band secured to the closure body by frangible bridges along a circumferential lower surface of the closure. The band and the closure have a plurality of equidistant vertical upper and lower teeth along an interior wall. Further the subject invention includes a mandrel for use in cutting slits in tamper-evident closures. The mandrel is supported for rotational movement within a closure, and comprises a disc with a circumferential surface with a plurality of equidistant slots for meshing with complementary teeth on the interior surface of the closure.

主权项

1. A tamper-evident closure having a skirt, threads on an interior of said skirt, and a tamper-evident band secured to a closure body by frangible bridges along a circumferential lower surface of said skirt, said closure and said band each having a plurality of equidistant vertical teeth respectively along an interior wall, said teeth extending on said interior of said skirt from a location below said threads to an interior of said tamper-evident band.