EP0751075A1 - Wiederverschliessbarer Kunststoffverschluss, insbesondere für Weinflaschen - Google Patents

Wiederverschliessbarer Kunststoffverschluss, insbesondere für Weinflaschen Download PDF

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EP0751075A1
EP0751075A1 EP96830364A EP96830364A EP0751075A1 EP 0751075 A1 EP0751075 A1 EP 0751075A1 EP 96830364 A EP96830364 A EP 96830364A EP 96830364 A EP96830364 A EP 96830364A EP 0751075 A1 EP0751075 A1 EP 0751075A1
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stopper
bottle
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Luciano Liberati
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GIELLE-PLAST S.R.L.
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65D—CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES
    • B65D41/00—Caps, e.g. crown caps or crown seals, i.e. members having parts arranged for engagement with the external periphery of a neck or wall defining a pouring opening or discharge aperture; Protective cap-like covers for closure members, e.g. decorative covers of metal foil or paper
    • B65D41/32—Caps or cap-like covers with lines of weakness, tearing-strips, tags, or like opening or removal devices, e.g. to facilitate formation of pouring openings
    • B65D41/46—Snap-on caps or cap-like covers
    • B65D41/48—Snap-on caps or cap-like covers non-metallic, e.g. made of paper or plastics
    • B65D41/485—Snap-on caps or cap-like covers non-metallic, e.g. made of paper or plastics with integral internal sealing means

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  • the present invention relates to a reclosable plastic material stopper, particularly for wine bottles.
  • the invention relates to a stopper of the above kind that can be safely used with any kind of wine, even the most valued, or with other kind of wine, and solving all the problems relevant to the plugging of the bottle and to the following reclosure after its first opening and a partial use of its contents.
  • the system surely more used is the one providing the use of cork stoppers.
  • the cork stopper after having been removed for the first time, does not allow an easy reclosure of the bottle, so that often it is compulsory to cut its contour to try to introduce it again within the neck of the bottle, or to find out different solutions.
  • Another object of the present invention is that of providing a stopper that can be applied on the bottle by a single simple operation.
  • Still another object of the present invention is that of providing a bottle stopper that can be used in a very simple and cheap way.
  • a further object of the present invention is that of realising a stopper for the closure of bottles made up of cheap material that does not modify the organoleptic properties of the contents.
  • a reclosable stopper for bottles realised by plastic material approved for containment of foods, and comprised of a substantially cylindrical body, closed at the top and provided with a thickened portion coupling with a corresponding thickened portion on the neck of the bottle, said substantially cylindrical body being divided in two parts, respectively upper and lower part, joined by a pre-established breaking or fracturation line, said upper part, removable and applicable again on the bottle after the fracturation of said line, internally providing an engagement projecting element having a substantially cylindrical cross-section coupling with the opening provided on the top of the bottle neck.
  • said pre-established breaking line is provided above said thickened portion of said body.
  • said pre-established breaking line can be provided in correspondence of said thickened portion of said body.
  • said engaging projecting portion can be realised divided with respect to said upper part, a pending element being provided on said upper part for the fixed joint coupling with said projecting element, the coupling between said fixed joint coupling element and said projecting element being realised before than the coupling between the stopper and the bottle, and said elements being so shaped to realised between them, when coupled, a space to compensate the tolerances of the glass of the bottle.
  • said projecting element is made up of plastic material approved for containment of food, particularly polyethylene
  • said fixed joint coupling element is made up of a plastic material identical or different with respect to the one used for said projecting element.
  • anti-rotation means are provided interacting with corresponding means provided inside said upper part.
  • said lower part of the body is slightly flared in correspondence of its lower end.
  • At least one sealing projection is provided on said coupling element.
  • said stopper is made up of polyethylene, polythene or other plastic material approved for containment of food.
  • the stopper according to the invention can provide on the outside a smooth surface or an embossed surface to obtain a better grip, e.g. splined or knurled.
  • stopper 1 according to the invention providing a lower part 2 and an upper part 3 (see figure 2).
  • the stopper 1 provides the two parts 2 and 3 joined along the pre-established breaking line 4, well shown in figure 3.
  • the lower part 2 fixed on the bottle can have its lower part flared for a better introduction of the stopper 1 on the bottle 6.
  • stopper 1 can be, as already said, splined or knurled on the outside in order to obtain a better grip.
  • Said pre-established breaking line 4 is provided on the stopper 1 in correspondence of a widening 5, corresponding to a similar widening 5 provided on the neck of the bottle 6.
  • a substantially cylindrical element 7 is provided, said element fitting within the opening of the neck of bottle 6.
  • said element 7 provides two projections 8 useful to obtain a better coupling with said bottle neck opening.
  • the stopper 1 according to the invention is made up as a sole part using plastic material approved for containment of food and then is applied on the bottle 6 by upward pressure, forcing the passage behind said widening, up to the element 7 with the two projections is introduced within said bottle neck opening.
  • the upper part 3 is separated and can be removed and applied again at will.
  • the stopper 11 according to the invention has some modifications with respect to the stopper 1 of the embodiment shown in figures 1 - 6.
  • the substantially cylindrical element 17 is realised separated with respect to the stopper 11 and is coupled to the same, within the upper part 13, before the introduction of the stopper 11 on the bottle 16, by fixed joint with an element 19 pending from the upper part 13 of the stopper 11.
  • Said element 19 has a projection 20 engaging with the projection 18 of the cylindrical element 17.
  • the element 19 and the cylindrical element 17 are realised in such a way to create, between them, when coupled, a space 21 useful to compensate the glass tolerances.
  • tabs 22 are provided, said tabs during the rotation of the stopper 11 interacting with similar elements (not shown) provided within the upper part 13 so as to prevent the relative rotation of the various elements.
  • the element 17 is made up of food approved material, preferably polyethylene, while it is not important that the cylindrical element 19 is realised with this kind of material, said element 19 could be realised even by polypropylene, so that they could even be of different materials.

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EP96830364A 1995-06-28 1996-06-26 Wiederverschliessbarer Kunststoffverschluss, insbesondere für Weinflaschen Expired - Lifetime EP0751075B1 (de)

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ITRM950156U 1995-06-28
IT1995RM000156U IT235658Y1 (it) 1995-06-28 1995-06-28 Tappo in materiale plastico richiudibile, in particolare per bottigliedi vino.

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EP0751075A1 true EP0751075A1 (de) 1997-01-02
EP0751075B1 EP0751075B1 (de) 1999-08-25

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Citations (4)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US3109547A (en) * 1960-03-04 1963-11-05 Permuta Closures Ltd Bottle closures
FR1385457A (fr) * 1963-10-31 1965-01-15 Ethylene Plastique Sa Bouchon-capsule inviolable en matière plastique
US3405830A (en) * 1965-10-23 1968-10-15 Hayashida Kouichi Bottle-stopper
DE2518227A1 (de) * 1975-04-22 1976-11-04 Bouchage Mecanique Aufreissbarer kapselverschluss fuer die oeffnung von flaschen und aehnlichen gefaessen

Patent Citations (4)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US3109547A (en) * 1960-03-04 1963-11-05 Permuta Closures Ltd Bottle closures
FR1385457A (fr) * 1963-10-31 1965-01-15 Ethylene Plastique Sa Bouchon-capsule inviolable en matière plastique
US3405830A (en) * 1965-10-23 1968-10-15 Hayashida Kouichi Bottle-stopper
DE2518227A1 (de) * 1975-04-22 1976-11-04 Bouchage Mecanique Aufreissbarer kapselverschluss fuer die oeffnung von flaschen und aehnlichen gefaessen

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DE69603919T2 (de) 2000-03-23
ITRM950156U1 (it) 1996-12-28
DE69603919D1 (de) 1999-09-30
EP0751075B1 (de) 1999-08-25
ATE183708T1 (de) 1999-09-15
IT235658Y1 (it) 2000-07-12

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