EP4230572A1 - Flaschenöffner für verschlusskappen - Google Patents

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EP4230572A1
EP4230572A1 EP22201368.2A EP22201368A EP4230572A1 EP 4230572 A1 EP4230572 A1 EP 4230572A1 EP 22201368 A EP22201368 A EP 22201368A EP 4230572 A1 EP4230572 A1 EP 4230572A1
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Daniel Degouy
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B67—OPENING, CLOSING OR CLEANING BOTTLES, JARS OR SIMILAR CONTAINERS; LIQUID HANDLING
    • B67B—APPLYING CLOSURE MEMBERS TO BOTTLES JARS, OR SIMILAR CONTAINERS; OPENING CLOSED CONTAINERS
    • B67B7/00—Hand- or power-operated devices for opening closed containers
    • B67B7/02—Hand- or power-operated devices for opening closed containers for removing stoppers

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  • the invention relates to a device for facilitating the opening, and preferably the closing, of caps of the snap-on type on a bottle, comprising side rims, generally in the form of a circular rim.
  • the device is suitable for plugs of the type illustrated in figure 1 , having a circular retention ring AR attached to a neck G of a bottle B1, a hinge piece PC attached to the retention ring AR as well as a cap with a circular rim BC snapping onto the opening of bottle B1.
  • This type of cap generally called “Snaprod” cap, is fitted to Cristaline TM brand mineral water bottles, but also to many private label water bottles. They are advocated as being environmentally friendly due to their attachment to the B1 bottle.
  • the invention proposes an object that we will call “overcap” which will solve these drawbacks, by facilitating the opening of snap click caps in particular.
  • the overcap embeds the upper circular rim of the snap click cap at at least two lateral points, just above the hinge by a system of slides, so as to facilitate opening.
  • the grooves meet to form a circular groove arranged at the level of the outlet side.
  • the circular groove also embeds the circular rim of the stopper. This makes it possible to have a better grip of the circular rim and a stop on the outlet side to retain the overcap on an open snap click cap, to drink or pour water from the bottle, and to easily close the cap equipped with the overcap.
  • the grooves have a horseshoe shape. This makes it easier to fit the groove with abutment on the overcap.
  • the bottle opener device comprises a bottle receiving structure disposed towards an end of the inlet side. This is a notch allowing the overcap to rest on the oblique edge of the bottle (zone ZE of the figure 1 ), without which the overcap would be pushed back by the zone ZE to rise partially above the cap.
  • the bottle opener device is formed by an upper part fixed to a lower part.
  • Cast fabrication is easier with two separate parts, then clamped together.
  • said parts are fixed together by force fitting and/or gluing.
  • the top piece includes a decorative top face.
  • the bottle opener device is made in one piece. This makes it possible to produce the device quickly by avoiding the steps of gluing, welding or force-fitting.
  • the bottle opener device is produced by 3D printing or preferably by plastic injection. This makes it possible to easily carry out all the convolutions of the bottle opener device.
  • the bottle opener device further comprises an upper part comprising the body, a side part external to the grooves, and a lower part below said grooves, and in that the lower part is substantially recessed with respect to at the upper part on the inlet side, so as to enlarge the inlet of the bottle opener device.
  • the bottle opener device further comprises at least one arcuate guide protrusion under the grooves, configured to relatively guide the cork in a central axis of the grooves during the installation of the bottle opener device on the cork.
  • the bottle opener device further comprises attachment means for attaching the bottle opener device.
  • the attachment means is a hole passing through the bottle-opener device, preferably arranged outside the support zone. This allows the bottle opener device to be simply attached with a string or a keychain device inserted into the through hole.
  • the bottle opener device further includes at least one magnet configured to secure the bottle opener device to a metal surface.
  • the invention relates to a bottle opener device SB (or overcap SB) for a bottle cap B of the type snapped onto a bottle B1.
  • the cap B includes side flanges, being here implemented in the form of a circular flange BC.
  • the first embodiment is illustrated in figures 2 to 6 .
  • the bottle opener device SB comprises a body CP, preferably in two upper C1 and lower C2 parts.
  • the bottle opener device SB further comprises two substantially parallel lateral grooves RL integral with the body CP. They preferably end in a circular groove RC on one side called the bottom (or outlet side).
  • the RL, RC grooves have a horseshoe shape.
  • the grooves RL, RC are configured to receive said side flanges BC by sliding.
  • the lateral RL and circular RC grooves delimit a central support section A of the body CP.
  • the body CP is configured to be disposed substantially against an upper face of the bottle cap B, by sliding the circular flange BC of the cap B via the side grooves RL like a slide.
  • the body CP and the grooves RL are configured to disengage the cap B by lifting the grooves RL together on an exit side CS (or bottom) while the central support section A presses on the upper face of the cap B on one inlet side CE so as to separate cap B from bottle B1.
  • the arrows O1 ( figure 3 And 6 ) illustrate the opening of the cap B, where the body CP rests at the section A on the cap B, while the grooves RL, RC raise the circular rim BC.
  • Arrow F1 illustrates the closure of cap B.
  • the slide system (or grooves RL, RC) is made by assembling an upper part C1 illustrated in figure 2 And 3 with a C2 bottom piece illustrated at figure 4 by gluing.
  • the variant of figure 5 And 6 can be installed by force fitting and/or gluing a CL flange.
  • the upper part C1 may comprise an upper slider part (groove RL, RC illustrated in picture 3 ), the lower part C2 may comprise a lower slide part RL.
  • a sectional view of the lower part C2 of the first variant would be similar to that of the figure 6 without the CL element represented there.
  • the bottle opener device SB comprises a notch E in the form of a sphere element, forming a bottle receiving structure.
  • the notch is disposed toward one end of the inlet side CE.
  • the fixing of the upper part C1 to the lower part C2 of the can be done by force-fitting and/or gluing.
  • figure 1 illustrates ZC bonding zones in the first variant; and the figure 5 And 6 illustrate a flange CL to press-fit into a flange groove of a corresponding upper part (not shown).
  • the body part C1 comprises a decorative upper face FD.
  • This system allows a wide opening and total release of the neck G thanks to the notch E located at the level of the hinge of the snap click cap B. As a result, it is possible to drink directly from the bottle by keeping the overcap SB on cap B. A prototype has been made and the system works very well.
  • the lower part C2 can constitute the slide alone, namely the lower part of the slide RL, RC.
  • the upper part C1 is flat at its base (not shown), that is to say it has no groove.
  • the overcap SB can be of different shapes or designs via an upper decorative face FD of the upper part C1.
  • a sectional view of the top piece of the second variant would be similar to that of the picture 3 with a planar base without the RL, RC element shown there.
  • a second notch (not shown) is provided in this upper part to receive the collar CL in force.
  • the overcap SB can be made of plastic, resin, light metal, wood, cork, or a combination of at least two of these materials.
  • the production can be made in one piece, for example by 3D printing or preferably by plastic injection, for example in biodegradable material.
  • the SB overcap can have a round shape with a flat or domed upper surface.
  • This upper surface is preferably a decorative surface on which it is possible to print a design, a logo, an advertisement.
  • the upper face FD can include a figurine such as an animal or a character, printed or molded.
  • overcap SB can remain on the closed or open bottle B1.
  • the size of the overcap SB is preferably greater than or equal to 48 mm, more preferably less than or equal to 50 mm. Tests at 45mm have shown that such a prototype is too small, impractical, with insufficient grip and insufficient leverage for new B plugs. In addition, tests above 50 mm have shown that such a prototype is disproportionate compared to the small B1 bottles with a weight on the sides that can tip the almost empty small B1 bottle equipped with such an overcap, by inertia .
  • the lateral parts of the horseshoe-shaped lower part C2 can measure approximately 10-12mm for example, and the empty central part, approximately 25-30mm.
  • the depth of the RL, RC grooves can be around 2mm or more.
  • the second more preferred embodiment is illustrated in the figures 7 to 10 .
  • the overcap SB of the second embodiment is substantially similar to that of the first embodiment.
  • the thickness of the overcap is less and the notch E is completely open.
  • the overcap is made in one piece by 3D printing or preferably by plastic injection.
  • the entrance has been enlarged by two withdrawals on the lower part.
  • two small guides (guide protrusions PG here arched) have been made so that the overcap SB engages well in the axis of the cap B.
  • the preference goes to the realization in a single piece in plastic injection .
  • the SB overcap is designed to stay on the bottle. However, it is possible to use it otherwise. This is why three variations are proposed.
  • the first variation allows you to leave the SB overcap attached to the bottle to avoid misplacing it ( figure 9 ).
  • the SB overcap can be a key ring ( figure 10 further illustrating a key K).
  • the overcap SB has a piercing hole T to pass a fastening means such as a string.
  • the SB overcap can be a magnetic device affixed to a metal surface, for example of a refrigerator, to avoid misplacing it ( figures 7 and 8 ). This can be achieved using two magnets M arranged in holes, here blind, cooperating with the metal surface.

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EP22201368.2A 2022-02-18 2022-10-13 Flaschenöffner für verschlusskappen Withdrawn EP4230572A1 (de)

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Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
NL7309458A (de) * 1972-07-12 1974-01-15
US20060266160A1 (en) * 2005-05-31 2006-11-30 Chi-Chun Yeh Multifunctional opener
CN204625127U (zh) * 2015-05-12 2015-09-09 淄博出入境检验检疫局综合技术服务中心 一种钳口可调的试剂瓶拔塞器

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* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
NL7309458A (de) * 1972-07-12 1974-01-15
US20060266160A1 (en) * 2005-05-31 2006-11-30 Chi-Chun Yeh Multifunctional opener
CN204625127U (zh) * 2015-05-12 2015-09-09 淄博出入境检验检疫局综合技术服务中心 一种钳口可调的试剂瓶拔塞器

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