Cover for a container

摘要

PCT No. PCT/CH96/00170 Sec. 371 Date Nov. 5, 1997 Sec. 102(e) Date Nov. 5, 1997 PCT Filed May 6, 1996 PCT Pub. No. WO96/35621 PCT Pub. Date Nov. 14, 1996The cover is intended for a container with an angled rim and has a sealing mechanism acting peripherally on the edge of the container. There is, around the edge of the cover, an open elastic metal sealing ring exerting a spring force which increases with the diameter of the sealing ring. In its position of rest the sealing ring is clamped between the end region of a part of the rim of the container and the end region of an annular angled section on the edge of the cover. The sealing mechanism comprises means for expanding the diameter of the sealing ring against said spring force.