The apparatus and methods of the current invention utilize a container having an interlock that prevents filling the container, dispensing from the container, or both, as well as a detecting mechanism that senses a unique identifier associated with a particular product allowing its use in conjunction with the container.

An aerosol container for an aerosol dispenser. The aerosol container has an outer container. The outer container has a closed end bottom and a longitudinally opposed threaded open neck. The open neck has one or more pawls or ratchets disposed near the neck. The pawls or ratchets allow a complementary valve to be threaded onto the neck. The valve has complementary ratchets or pawls. The ratchet and pawl combination co-acts to impede or even prevent reverse rotation and subsequent removal of the valve. The outer container may be made from a preform having the ratchets and/or pawls integrally molded as part of the injection molding process. A valve having a housing may have ratchets and or pawls integrally molded as part of the injection molding process.

In one embodiment there is provided a closed non-refillable dispenser having a bottle configured to hold a liquid with a neck surrounding an opening for access to the liquid, and having a pump assembly fitted to the neck to manually pump liquid out of the bottle. The dispenser further having a closure cap fitted over the neck of the bottle and having a central closure opening to receive the pump assembly and a collar seated entirely over the closure cap. The collar and closure cap have corresponding engaging means configured to tighten the closure cap onto the neck when the collar is rotated clockwise and the collar being further configured to not engage the closure cap when the collar is rotated counter-clockwise, such that the closure cap is non-removably affixed to the bottle, thereby preventing the bottle from being refillable.

In one embodiment there is provided a closed non-refillable dispenser having a bottle configured to hold a liquid with a neck surrounding an opening for access to the liquid, and having a pump assembly fitted to the neck to manually pump liquid out of the bottle. The dispenser further having a closure cap fitted over the neck of the bottle and having a central closure opening to receive the pump assembly and a collar seated entirely over the closure cap. The collar and closure cap have corresponding engaging means configured to tighten the closure cap onto the neck when the collar is rotated clockwise and the collar being further configured to not engage the closure cap when the collar is rotated counter-clockwise, such that the closure cap is non-removably affixed to the bottle, thereby preventing the bottle from being refillable.

The invention relates to the modification applied to different types of containers made from glass or other materials in order to render them unusable as original containers. The invention consists in the modification of the design, structure and production of any container, forming same in two parts connected by a tubular element surrounded by a plastic or other material which provides rigidity, but which also facilitates the disablement thereof by means of the application of a force by the consumer, facilitating the breakage thereof and preventing the subsequent use thereof as original container. In terms of the historical development of containers, this application is novel in that it can be used to eliminate the forgery of containers or bottles used in international and national perfumery, wine, pharmaceutical and other industries, providing an instrument which is more than effective in controlling forgery and adulteration in the above-mentioned markets.

The invention relates to the modification applied to different types of containers made from glass or other materials in order to render them unusable as original containers. The invention consists in the modification of the design, structure and production of any container, forming same in two parts connected by a tubular element surrounded by a plastic or other material which provides rigidity, but which also facilitates the disablement thereof by means of the application of a force by the consumer, facilitating the breakage thereof and preventing the subsequent use thereof as original container. In terms of the historical development of containers, this application is novel in that it can be used to eliminate the forgery of containers or bottles used in international and national perfumery, wine, pharmaceutical and other industries, providing an instrument which is more than effective in controlling forgery and adulteration in the above-mentioned markets.

A wide-necked extrusion blow-molded plastic container for bulk material as disclosed for a closure cap configured for mounting on a container neck of the wide-necked plastic container opening. A casing of the closure cap configured for connecting to an outside wall of a body of the wide-necked plastic container. A number of locking projections distributed over a periphery of the container neck which project from an outside wall of the container neck, and which are arranged on an outside wall of the container neck, the closure cap being equipped on an inside wall of its casing with corresponding locking recesses, which during mounting of the closure cap on the container neck engage with the locking projections to lock with one another in a non-detachable manner, the interacting locking projections and locking recesses being inaccessible in the mounted closure cap.

The dispensing device comprises a dispensing valve comprising: a valve body (40); an actuating rod (42), defining a dispensing duct for the product (62); a return element (44) of the actuating rod (42) to its blocking position. The dispensing device comprises a non-return valve (70) arranged inside the actuating rod (42). The non-return valve (70) comprises a deformable portion (74) between a closed position, applied against a lateral face (61) of the actuating rod (42), in which the circulation of fluid in the duct (62) through an inlet orifice (64) for product entry in the rod is made impossible, and an open position, separated from the lateral face (61) of the actuating rod (42), in which the circulation of fluid through the inlet orifice (64) is possible.

A tamper-evident product and related methods of production. A container includes a neck, and a tamper-evidencing component separate from the container and carried by the neck of the container in direct contact with a corresponding portion of the container neck. The component is composed of material that has higher thermal conductivity than that of a material of the container so as to concentrate heat in the corresponding portion of the container neck. The neck is thermally responsive to application of heat pursuant to tampering with the product by at least one of the following responses: an irreversible change in visual appearance of the corresponding portion of the container neck, or fracture of the container neck at the corresponding portion of the container neck.

A tamper-evident product and related methods of production. A container includes a neck, and a tamper-evidencing component separate from the container and carried by the neck of the container in direct contact with a corresponding portion of the container neck. The component is composed of material that has higher thermal conductivity than that of a material of the container so as to concentrate heat in the corresponding portion of the container neck. The neck is thermally responsive to application of heat pursuant to tampering with the product by at least one of the following responses: an irreversible change in visual appearance of the corresponding portion of the container neck, or fracture of the container neck at the corresponding portion of the container neck.