EP1827996B1 - Capsule pour recipient de liquide - Google Patents

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EP1827996B1
EP1827996B1 EP05801625A EP05801625A EP1827996B1 EP 1827996 B1 EP1827996 B1 EP 1827996B1 EP 05801625 A EP05801625 A EP 05801625A EP 05801625 A EP05801625 A EP 05801625A EP 1827996 B1 EP1827996 B1 EP 1827996B1
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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
    • B65D23/00—Details of bottles or jars not otherwise provided for
    • B65D23/06—Integral drip catchers or drip-preventing means
    • B65D23/065—Loose or loosely-attached drip catchers or drip preventing means
    • 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
    • B65D23/00—Details of bottles or jars not otherwise provided for
    • B65D23/06—Integral drip catchers or drip-preventing means
    • 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
    • B65D41/62—Secondary protective cap-like outer covers for closure members

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  • a problem often encountered when pouring a liquid from a container is that a small amount of the liquid drips or runs from the outlet of the container down the exterior of the container after pouring is stopped. This can lead to a number of problems such as damage to labels on the container, which could have particularly harmful effects in the case of a medicine. Furthermore, the presence of fluid on the outside of the container can be dangerous as it may lead to handling accidents. Also, leakage of the fluid onto other objects and surfaces can cause further damage and accidents. Particular problems are encountered with glass bottles containing wine, and in particular red wine, which can easily cause stains.
  • the capsule comprises aluminium.
  • a method of forming a spout for a fluid container comprising the steps of providing a container as defined above; breaking the capsule along at least one of the predetermined lines of weakness to remove a portion of the capsule; and inserting the removed portion of capsule into an outlet of the fluid container whereby the removed portion of the capsule is resilient and exerts a force on the inner surface of the outlet of the fluid container to form the spout.
  • a wine bottle is shown generally at 10, which is sealed with a cork.
  • the cork and the neck 12 of the bottle 10 are covered with a unitary piece of packaging 14 otherwise known as a capsule.
  • the capsule provides a hygienic seal to prevent contamination of the bottle 10 and its contents. It also serves a number of other functions such as providing indicia regarding the contents of the bottle 10, and, where appropriate, information concerning the payment of excise duty. Also, capsule 14 provides a tamper evident seal so that consumers are confident that the contents of the bottle 10 are genuine and untainted.
  • the capsule 14 is made from PVC and is heat-shrunk onto the bottle 10.
  • the capsule may also be made from other plastics such as PET.
  • FIG. 2 shows the neck 12 of the bottle 10 in more detail.
  • the capsule 14 comprises a single heat-shrunk piece of PVC which covers the opening of the neck 12 and the cork contained therein.
  • the capsule 14 extends down the neck 12 of the bottle 10.
  • the capsule may be considered to comprise two portions; firstly, a substantially cylindrical portion 16 around the neck 12; and secondly, a bowl-shaped end cap portion 18 covering the cork.
  • the perforations define predetermined lines of weakness in the capsule 34.
  • a consumer may easily tear along the vertical row of perforations 40 and then around the neck 32 of the bottle 30 using the circle of perforations 42. This will result in the bowl-shaped cap 38 and the rolled rectangular portion 36 of the capsule 34 being separated from each other and from the neck 32 of the bottle 30. The cork may then be removed from the bottle 30 in the normal way.
  • Figure 14 shows an alternative embodiment which addresses this point.
  • the top of a wine bottle 80 is shown having a neck 82 sealed by a capsule 84.
  • the capsule 84 is manufactured from a laminated material having a lower aluminium layer and an upper plastic layer.
  • the capsule 84 is divided into a lower substantially rectangular portion 86 in an upper cap-like portion 88 by an upwardly extending first tear strip 90 and an upper circumferential second tear strip 92. This is similar to the situation shown in Figure 2 . Removal of the tear strips 90 and 92 allows the cap portion 88 to be removed from the bottle and provides the lower portion 86 ready for use as a pouring spout.
  • an important aspect of the invention relates to the provision of indicia on the packaging, and in particular on the portion of the packaging that is adapted to form a spout.
  • the spout portion may be provided with promotional information either relating to the product itself or to a different product, service or offer etc.
  • the spout portion contains information about special offers relating to the product.
  • the spout portion forms a voucher which is redeemable at stores.
  • the indicia could comprise information in machine readable form, such as a bar code.
  • the indicia could be provided on the external and/or the internal surface of the packaging, for example, it may be desired to provide indicia on the internal surface of the packaging to prevent it from being viewed before the product is purchased.

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Claims (24)

  1. Capsule (14) pour un récipient de fluide (10) ayant une sortie (24), la capsule (14) ayant au moins une ligne de faiblesse (20, 22) prédéterminée définissant une partie élastique (16) de la capsule (14) qui est adaptée pour être insérée dans la sortie (24) et exercer une force sur la surface interne de la sortie (24) afin de former un bec verseur pour le récipient de fluide (10).
  2. Capsule (14) selon la revendication 1, qui est une capsule pour une bouteille.
  3. Capsule (14) selon la revendication 1 ou 2, qui est une capsule pour une bouteille de vin.
  4. Capsule (14) selon la revendication 1, 2, ou 3, qui comprend une matière plastique.
  5. Capsule (14) selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, qui comprend du PVC.
  6. Capsule (14) selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, qui comprend du PET.
  7. Capsule (14) selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, qui comprend un métal.
  8. Capsule (14) selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, qui comprend de l'aluminium.
  9. Capsule (14) selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, qui comprend de l'étain.
  10. Capsule (14) selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, qui comprend deux lignes de faiblesse.
  11. Capsule (14) selon l'une quelconque des revendications 1 à 9, qui comprend trois lignes de faiblesse.
  12. Capsule (14) selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, dans laquelle la au moins une ligne de faiblesse prédéterminée comprend une bande de déchirement.
  13. Capsule (14) selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, dans laquelle la au moins une ligne de faiblesse prédéterminée comprend des perforations.
  14. Capsule (14) selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, dans laquelle la au moins une ligne de faiblesse prédéterminée comprend une ligne prédécoupée.
  15. Capsule (14) selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, qui est une capsule pour une bouteille de vin.
  16. Capsule (14) selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, dans laquelle la partie de la capsule qui est adaptée pour former un bec verseur pour le récipient de fluide est prévue avec des indices.
  17. Capsule (14) selon la revendication 16, dans laquelle l'indice comprend une information promotionnelle.
  18. Capsule (14) selon la revendication 16 ou 17, dans laquelle l'indice comprend l'information sous une forme lisible par une machine.
  19. Récipient de fluide (10) comprenant une capsule (14) selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes.
  20. Procédé pour former un récipient de fluide (10) emballé comprenant les étapes consistant à prévoir une capsule (14) selon l'une quelconque des revendications 1 à 18 ; prévoir un récipient de fluide (10) et fixer la capsule (14) sur le récipient de fluide (10).
  21. Procédé selon la revendication 20, dans lequel la capsule (14) est fixée sur le récipient de fluide (10) par rétrécissement thermique.
  22. Procédé selon la revendication 20, dans lequel la capsule (14) est fixée sur le récipient (10) par roulage.
  23. Procédé pour former un bec verseur pour un récipient de fluide (10) comprenant les étapes consistant à prévoir un récipient (10) selon la revendication 19 ; casser la capsule (14) le long d'au moins l'une des lignes de faiblesse (20, 22) prédéterminées afin de retirer une partie élastique (16) de la capsule (14) ; et insérer la partie retirée (16) de la capsule (14) dans une sortie (24) du récipient de fluide (10) moyennant quoi la partie retirée (16) de la capsule (14) exerce une force sur la surface interne de la sortie (24) du récipient de fluide (10) pour former le bec verseur.
  24. Procédé selon la revendication 23, dans lequel la partie retirée (16) de la capsule (14) est comprimée, insérée dans la sortie (24) du récipient (10) et libérée.
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GB0424450A GB0424450D0 (en) 2004-11-05 2004-11-05 Packaging for a fluid container
PCT/GB2005/004281 WO2006048673A1 (fr) 2004-11-05 2005-11-04 Emballage pour recipient de liquide

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