The heading covers a range of articles of base metal (often with washers or other fittings of plastics, rubber, cork, etc.) used for corking or capsuling drums, barrels, bottles, etc., or for sealing cases or other packages.
The heading includes :(1) Metal stoppers, caps and lids, e.g., crown corks, crown caps or crown seals; stoppers, caps and covers of the screw, clip, lever, spring, etc., types as used for corking or capping beer bottles, mineral water bottles, preserve jars, tubular containers or the like. The heading does not, however, cover spring lever stoppers predominantly of plastics, porcelain, etc. (2) Bungs for metal drums. (3) Pouring, dropping, anti-drip stoppers for bottles of liqueurs, oils, medicaments, etc. (4) Tear off capsules for milk bottles, etc., fabricated capsules of lead or tin foil, of the type used for certain champagne or wine bottles. (5) Bung covers, in the form of discs, etc., cut from sheet metal and fixed over the bung as a protection. (6) Special wire fittings as used to secure the corks of bottles of champagne, etc. (7) Seals of all kinds, generally of lead or tin-plate, used to secure crates, packages, buildings, railway wagons, vehicles, etc., including guarantee seals. (8) Case corner protectors. (9) Fastenings for sealing bags, sachets or similar containers, consisting of one or two steel wires sandwiched between two strips of plastics or two strips of paper. (10) Tops with an incised flap and a ring pull, made of base metal, used, for example, for drink or food cans.
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