EP0437148B1 - Dispositif de biberon à entrée d'air réglable - Google Patents

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EP0437148B1
EP0437148B1 EP90403798A EP90403798A EP0437148B1 EP 0437148 B1 EP0437148 B1 EP 0437148B1 EP 90403798 A EP90403798 A EP 90403798A EP 90403798 A EP90403798 A EP 90403798A EP 0437148 B1 EP0437148 B1 EP 0437148B1
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61J—CONTAINERS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR MEDICAL OR PHARMACEUTICAL PURPOSES; DEVICES OR METHODS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR BRINGING PHARMACEUTICAL PRODUCTS INTO PARTICULAR PHYSICAL OR ADMINISTERING FORMS; DEVICES FOR ADMINISTERING FOOD OR MEDICINES ORALLY; BABY COMFORTERS; DEVICES FOR RECEIVING SPITTLE
    • A61J11/00—Teats
    • A61J11/04—Teats with means for fastening to bottles
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61J—CONTAINERS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR MEDICAL OR PHARMACEUTICAL PURPOSES; DEVICES OR METHODS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR BRINGING PHARMACEUTICAL PRODUCTS INTO PARTICULAR PHYSICAL OR ADMINISTERING FORMS; DEVICES FOR ADMINISTERING FOOD OR MEDICINES ORALLY; BABY COMFORTERS; DEVICES FOR RECEIVING SPITTLE
    • A61J11/00—Teats
    • A61J11/001—Teats having means for regulating the flow rate
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61J—CONTAINERS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR MEDICAL OR PHARMACEUTICAL PURPOSES; DEVICES OR METHODS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR BRINGING PHARMACEUTICAL PRODUCTS INTO PARTICULAR PHYSICAL OR ADMINISTERING FORMS; DEVICES FOR ADMINISTERING FOOD OR MEDICINES ORALLY; BABY COMFORTERS; DEVICES FOR RECEIVING SPITTLE
    • A61J11/00—Teats
    • A61J11/02—Teats with means for supplying air
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61J—CONTAINERS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR MEDICAL OR PHARMACEUTICAL PURPOSES; DEVICES OR METHODS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR BRINGING PHARMACEUTICAL PRODUCTS INTO PARTICULAR PHYSICAL OR ADMINISTERING FORMS; DEVICES FOR ADMINISTERING FOOD OR MEDICINES ORALLY; BABY COMFORTERS; DEVICES FOR RECEIVING SPITTLE
    • A61J11/00—Teats
    • A61J11/04—Teats with means for fastening to bottles
    • A61J11/045—Teats with means for fastening to bottles with interlocking means, e.g. protrusions or indentations on the teat

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  • passages have the function of authorizing, as and when the consumption of a liquid contained in the bottle, an air intake compensating for this consumption and thus making it possible to maintain the interior of the bottle at atmospheric pressure in order to facilitate breastfeeding.
  • each rib is arranged on the second face of the collar and overlaps the rim of the bottle continuously, that is to say d 'an edge of this drink facing the inside of the bottle to an edge of this drink facing the outside of the bottle.
  • the air intake is effective when the user child absorbs the liquid contained in the bottle with good speed, but as soon as the child sucks slowly or stops sucking, the liquid leaks out. the air intake passages and this is unpleasant for the surroundings.
  • the object of the present invention is to remedy these drawbacks and, to this end, the present invention proposes an improvement of the bottle device presented in the preamble, this improvement being characterized in that each of the ribs has an interruption in an area placed in look at said localized annular zone of the annular face of the drinker so that one can, in screwing the clamping ring more or less on the bottle, adjust the useful section of the air inlet passages by elastically deforming the flange by a lever effect applied between the support of its first face on the flange molding and the support of the ribs on said other of said two faces.
  • the passage from one to the other of the limit positions of the clamping ring with respect to the bottle corresponding respectively to the maximum useful section of the air inlet passages and to the total closure of the latter takes place in a fraction of a relative rotation turn in the direction of screwing or unscrewing, for example in about a third of a turn;
  • the clamping ring and the bottle additionally carry means for identifying their state of mutual screwing, for example in the form of at least one bar or at least one raised or hollow point on the clamping ring and at least one bar or at least one raised or recessed point on the bottle, making it possible to identify their relative angular position
  • the present invention therefore provides an interesting complement to the various arrangements which have been proposed so far to allow the adjustment of the liquid outlet flow rate, according to the needs of the child, by rotation of the teat on itself thanks to to an appropriate conformation of a slot provided for this exit, the French patent application N ° 88 02290 of February 25, 1988 presenting a nonlimiting example of such a conformation.
  • the present invention may have different modes of implementation, in particular as regards the conformation of the ribs; thus, provision may be made for a rib to be situated only on one side of the respective interruption, in order to bear on said other of said two faces on one side of this interruption; preferably, however, provision is made for a rib to comprise two sections situated respectively on either side of the respective interruption, in order to bear on said other of said two faces on either side of this interruption, which avoids any risk of inadvertent reduction of the useful section of the air inlet passages under the effect of a depression created inside the bottle by an energetic suction on the part of the child; similarly, the ribs can be distributed in different ways on the second face of the flange or on the annular face of drinking from the bottle and, by way of nonlimiting example, one can for example choose the arrangement known in itself according to which the second face of the flange comprises three groups of at least one of said ribs, and in particular of three ribs, these three groups being mutually angularly offset by 120
  • the present invention is constituted not only by the bottle device as a whole but also by a nipple intended to be part of such an assembly and comprising said ribs, with said interruptions, on the second face of the collar and by a bottle also intended to be part of such a device and comprising said ribs, with said interruptions, on the annular face of the rim.
  • the molding when it cooperates with a teat and a bottle of a bottle device produced in accordance with the present invention, the molding, usually provided on the flange of the clamping ring for the sole purpose of ensuring an effect of gripping of the nipple collar by pinching this collar on the rim of the bottle via the ribs, fulfills a different function which is that of shaping the collar in order to ensure the adjustment, at will, of the section useful air inlet passages; certainly, this molding retains in this case a gripping effect of the collar but it is preferred, according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention, to reinforce the retention of this collar between the flange of the clamping ring and the flange of the bottle by providing that the first face of the collar has, around an annular zone, localized corresponding to the interruptions of the ribs, that is to say intended to support the first face of the collar on the molding of the flange of the clamping ring, an annular rim fitted into the groove of the flange when the
  • the present invention is constituted not only by this device and by the teat and the bottle respectively presenting the ribs with the interruptions thereof, but also by the combination of such a teat or, respectively, of such a bottle with the ring tightening having said molding and said groove.
  • FIGS. 1 to 4 where a teat according to the invention 1 has been illustrated.
  • the nipple according to the invention 1 will be described in the assembled state with a bottle 2 and a clamping ring 3, as is apparent from FIGS. 1, 3, 4, but, unless expressly mentioned about Figure 4 which shows it in the elastically deformed state, it will be described as it emerges from Figures 1 to 3, in the rest state, that is to say without deformation.
  • the nipple 1 has a general symmetry of revolution about an axis 4 with respect to which the bottle 2, at least in a neck area 5, and the clamping ring 3 also have a general symmetry of revolution.
  • the neck area 5 of the bottle 2 is delimited towards the axis 4 by an inner peripheral face 6 cylindrical of revolution around this axis with a radius R1 while it is delimited in the direction of a distance from to this axis by an outer peripheral face 7 also cylindrical of revolution around this axis, with a radius R2 greater than R1, and these two respectively inner 6 and outer 7 peripheral faces are connected to each other by a flat and smooth annular face 8, perpendicular to axis 4, constituting the drinking of the bottle 2; at a certain distance, not referenced, from the rim 8 parallel to the axis 4, the outer peripheral face 7 of the neck region 5 gradually widens into an outer peripheral face 9 also cylindrical of revolution around the axis 4, with a radius R3 greater than R2, this outer peripheral face 9, however, having in relief a helical thread 10 of maximum radius R4 greater than R3 and of substantially semicircular section, when this thread 10 is seen in section through a plane including the axis 4 .
  • the bottle 2 is made of a rigid material, for example glass or a suitable synthetic material.
  • the ring 3 is also made of a rigid material, and for example of a synthetic material, and, in order to ensure the fixing of the teat 1 on the neck area 5 of the bottle 2, has a flat annular flange 11, perpendicular to the axis 4 and placed opposite the lip 8, and a skirt 12 peripherally bordering the flange 11 and intended to ensure the screwing of the ring 3 on the helical thread 10 of the neck area 5 of the bottle 2.
  • the skirt 12 is delimited towards the axis 4 by an inner peripheral face 13 of cylindrical revolution around this axis with a radius substantially equal to R4 and this inner peripheral face 13 is in relief, that is to say say projecting towards the axis 4, a helical thread 14 of the same pitch as the helical thread 10 and of minimum radius substantially equal to R3, with however a section different from that of the helical thread 10, and for example triangular, when this thread 14 is seen in section through a plane including the axis 4; thus, the mutual screwing of the two helical threads 10 and 14 leaves a helical clearance 15 between the air passage between them between the skirt 12 of the ring 3 and the neck area 5 of the bottle 2.
  • the inner peripheral face 13 of the skirt 12 is connected to a flat annular face 16 of the flange 11, which face 16 is perpendicular to the axis 4 and turned towards the rim 8; the inner peripheral face 13 of the skirt 12 delimits this face 16 in the direction of a distance relative to the axis 4 while, towards the latter, this face 16 is connected to an inner peripheral face 17 of the flange 11, which face 17 faces the axis 4 and has a generally cylindrical shape of revolution around it, with a radius substantially equal to the radius R3; this face 17 connects the face 16 to another flat annular face 18 of the flange 11; this face 18, perpendicular to the axis 4 like the face 16 but placed back with respect to the latter, is also turned towards the rim 8; it continues towards axis 4 until it connects with a cylindrical inner peripheral face 19 of revolution around this axis 4 and turned towards the latter, with a radius R5 less than the radius R1, so that this face 18 has an annular zone 20, of
  • the shape of the ring 3 can also be indifferent and, for example, the face 19 of the flange 11 is connected opposite the face 18 thereof to a plane annular face 24, perpendicular to the axis 4 , turned away from the face 18, which face 24 is delimited towards the axis 4 by its connection with the face 19 and in the direction of a distance with respect to the axis 4 by its connection with a face 25 the skirt 12; this face 25 is cylindrical of revolution about the axis 4 and turned in the direction of a distance relative to the latter, with an unreferenced radius greater than R4, so as to go along the inner face 13 to which it is connected, opposite its connection with the face 24 and opposite the connection of the face 13 with the face 16, by an end face 26 of the skirt 12, which face 26 is annular, planar and perpendicular to axis 4.
  • the teat according to the invention 1 has, for its part, also in the traditional way, a flat annular flange 30, perpendicular to the axis 4, ensuring the fixing of the teat 1 on the bottle 2 by imprisonment between the rim 8 of the latter and the flange 11 of the ring 3, a tubular body 31 in the shape of a bell, to which the flange 30 is connected towards the axis 4 and which passes through the flange 11 by a coaxial hole 32 of the latter, defined by its inner peripheral face 19, and a nipple 33 closing the tubular body 31 opposite its connection with the collar 30 and intended to be subjected to the suction movement on the part of the child user;
  • the collar 30, the tubular body 31 and the nipple 33 are made in a single piece of a tight, elastically flexible and elastically compressible material, for example a silicone rubber having a Shore A hardness of the order of 30 to 70, and are watertight with the exception of an orifice in the general shape of a slot 34
  • tubular body 31 and the nipple 33 are not characteristic of the present invention and will not be described further; they could be different from those which have been illustrated and in particular, the tubular body 31 and the nipple 33 could have a shape different from a shape of revolution around the axis 4; it will be noted, however, that at its connection with the flange 30 and near this connection, the tubular body 31 is defined respectively towards the axis 4 and in the direction of a distance with respect to the latter by peripheral faces respectively inner 35 and outer 36 cylindrical of revolution about the axis 4, respectively with a radius R7 less than R5 and with a radius substantially equal to R5 so that the outer peripheral face 36 of the tubular body 31 is pressed against the face inner peripheral 19 of the flange 11 at the crossing of the hole 32 thereof by the tubular body 31; immediately opposite the face 24 of the flange 11, the tubular body 31 carries integrally, by making in one piece with it, an annular projection 37
  • the flange 30 has respectively towards the flange 11 and towards the flange 8 annular faces 38 and 39, planar and perpendicular to the axis 4 in the undeformed state illustrated in FIGS. 1 to 3 , and these faces are respectively connected to the face outer peripheral 36 of the tubular body 31 and to the inner peripheral face 35 of the latter in the direction of approximation relative to the axis 4; in the direction of a distance with respect to this axis 4, the face 39 facing the drink 8 is connected to an outer peripheral edge 40 of the flange 30, which is turned in the direction of a distance from the axis 4 and has a substantially cylindrical shape of revolution around it, with a radius R8 ( Figure 2) intermediate between the rays R2 and R3; the face 38 facing the flange 11 is also connected to this outer peripheral edge 40 in the direction of a distance from the axis 4, but this connection is indirect, and is effected by means of a flange annular device 41, projecting from this
  • connection of the face 38 of the flange 30 with the annular rim 41 takes place in an annular zone 44 corresponding substantially to a circle of radius R6 and the rim 41 presents towards the axis 4 a shape complementary to the shape that the molding 21 of the flange 11 present in the direction of a distance from the axis 4, towards the inside of the annular groove 23, so that the flange 30 and the flange 11 can occupy the position illustrated in FIGS.
  • the face 39 of the flange 30, facing the drink 8 comprises projecting towards the latter, parallel to the axis 4, a plurality of substantially radial ribs 42, by means of which the face 39 s presses on the rim 8 without coming into direct contact with the latter in the absence of deformation of the flange 30, as illustrated in FIGS. 1 and 3, so that between the rim 8 and the face 39 remain, between the ribs 42, air inlet passages 43.
  • three groups 45 have been illustrated, mutually angularly offset by 120 ° around the axis 4, of three of these ribs 42 on the understanding that other arrangements of these ribs could be adopted without however, depart from the scope of the invention, these ribs however preferably being angularly distributed around the axis 4 so as to maintain air inlet passages 43 between practically all of the lip 8 and practically all of the face 39 of the collar 30 in the absence of deformation of the latter.
  • each of the ribs 42 has, when viewed in section through a plane perpendicular to a respective mean plane including the axis 4, a rectangular or trapezoidal section narrowing in the direction of a distance from the face 39 parallel to the axis 4, direction in which each rib 42 is delimited by a respective flat face 46 parallel to the face 39 and of the same orientation, the faces 46 and 39 being mutually spaced parallel to axis 4 of a thickness E3 small compared to the distance E4 mutually separating the faces 38 and 39 parallel to this axis 4, and for example of the order of 2 tenths to 5 tenths of mm for a value of E4 of l 1.5 to 3 mm, these figures being given by way of nonlimiting example.
  • each of the ribs 46 has, at its face 46, a development E5 of the order of mm, this figure also being given by way of nonlimiting example.
  • each of the ribs 46 extends from the outer peripheral edge 40 of the flange 30, of radius R8, up to a distance of the order of R5; more generally, each rib 46 has, with reference to the axis 4, a maximum radius, here constituted by R8, greater than R2 and a minimum radius, here constituted by R5, less than R1.
  • each of the ribs 42 has an interruption 47 subdividing it into two sections 48, 49 respectively further away from the axis 4 and closer to the latter; towards the axis 4, the section 48 is thus interrupted at a distance R9 from this intermediate axis 4 between R2 and R6 while each section 49 is interrupted in the direction of a distance with respect to the axis 4 to a distance R10 from the latter intermediate between R1 and R6, so that the interruptions 47 of the different ribs 46 are thus placed opposite the annular zone 29 of the flange 8 opposite which is also placed the molding 21 of the flange 11 , at least as far as zone 22 of this molding 21 is concerned, as shown in FIGS. 1 and 3.
  • each section 48 of rib 42 bears on the rim 8 only between the annular area 29 and the outer peripheral face 7 of the neck area 5 of the bottle 2, while each section 49 of rib 42 bears on the rim 8 only between this annular zone 29 and the inner peripheral face 6 of the neck zone 5, in particular when the flange 30 is free from deformation as shown in FIGS. 1 and 3.
  • the flange 30 can in particular occupy with respect to the lip 8 the position illustrated in FIGS. 1 and 3, which corresponds for the air inlet passages 43 to a maximum possible value of their useful passage section; this position of the flange 30 is reached by screwing the ring 3 onto the bottle 2 just enough to establish support for the faces 46 of the ribs 42 on the flange 8 and support for the zone 22 of the molding 21 of the flange 11 on the area 44 of the collar 30 without causing deformation thereof.
  • means are provided additionally on the tightening ring 3 and on the bottle 2, to allow the identification of their mutual screwing state, for example by identification of their relative angular position around the axis 4 in view of the fact that the passage from one of the said limit positions to the other generally requires only a fraction of a turn, and for example a third of a turn, of rotation of the clamping ring relative to the bottle because of the value generally adopted for the pitch of the threads 14 and 10 of the clamping ring 3 and of the bottle 2, compared to E3.
  • These means may consist, for example, of at least one bar or at least one point 50 in relief on the outer peripheral face 25 of the skirt 12 of the clamping ring 3, in the immediate vicinity of the end face 26 thereof, and by at least one bar or at least one point 51 in relief on the bottle 2, in a location located in the immediate vicinity of its neck area 5 but released by the clamping ring 3 even in the position thereof corresponding to completely closing the air inlet passages 43;
  • these bars or points could also be hollowed out or be replaced by any other means making it possible to associate visually a relative position of the tightening ring 3 and of the bottle 2 with the appearance of a support of the collar 30 in the undeformed state on the flange 11 and on the rim 8 of the bottle 2, under the conditions described with reference to Figures 1 and 3, when mounting the teat 1 on the bottle 2, then refer to this relative position for the degree of closure of the inlet passages 43 air when the clamping ring 3 is screwed further onto the bottle 2.
  • pacifier 201 and a bottle 202 which, if we except the arrangement of the interrupted ribs characteristic of the invention on the bottle and not on the pacifier, are identical to pacifier 1 and bottle 2 described with reference to Figures 1 to 4; therefore, we find in FIGS. 5 and 6 the same references as in FIGS. 1 to 4, however incremented by 200, to designate parts of the teat 201 and of the bottle 202 respectively identical to parts of the teat 1 and of the bottle. 2 and reference will be made to the subject of these different parts in the description of FIGS. 1 to 4.
  • the collar 230 of the nipple 201 has, towards the annular face of the drink 208 of the bottle 202, an annular face 239 which, when the collar 230 is at rest as shown in FIG. 5, that is to say in the absence of deformation of the collar 230, is plane and perpendicular to the axis 204.
  • this face 239 is smooth, that is to say devoid of any similar relief to the ribs 42.
  • the annular face of the drink 208 of the bottle 202 comprises ribs 242 advantageously arranged in one piece with the bottle 201 and which extend substantially radially, with reference to the axis 204, from the inner peripheral face 206 of the neck 205 to its outer peripheral face 207 and are for example arranged as we said ribs 42, that is to say distributed in three groups 245 of three ribs 242, mutually offset angularly by 120 ° around the axis 204, it being understood that other ribs 242 provisions could be adopted without departing from the scope of the present invention.
  • These ribs 242 have for example a rectangular or trapezoidal section narrowing in the direction of a distance from the lip 208 parallel to the axis 204, when they are seen in section by a plane perpendicular to a respective mean plane including the axis 204, and are advantageously delimited in this direction by a respective flat face 246 parallel to the lip 208 and of the same orientation, the faces 246 and the lip 208 being mutually spaced parallel to the axis 204 of the same thickness defined as l 'thickness E3 and for example of the order of 2 tenths to 5 tenths of mm.
  • the ribs 242 serve to support the face 239 of the flange 230 of the teat 201 towards the rim 208 of the bottle 202 and prevent the face 239 from coming into direct contact with the ruff 208 in the absence deformation of the flange 230, so that between the lip 208 and the face 239 then remain, between the ribs 242, air inlet passages 243, the ribs 242 being dimensioned circumferentially as said ribs 42 so that these air inlet passages 243 are circumferentially as wide as possible.
  • each rib 242 has an interruption 247 located in the annular zone 229 of the flange 208 opposite which is the molding 21 of the flange 11, or at least the zone 22 of this molding 21, and is therefore subdivided into two sections which are continuous 248, 249 respectively further away from the axis 204 and closer to the latter; the section 248 is interrupted towards the axis 204 at a distance from the latter defined as the distance R9 while the section 249 is interrupted in the direction of a distance from the axis 204 at a distance from that -this defined as the distance R10.
  • the flange 230 can in particular occupy with respect to the lip 208 the position illustrated in FIG. 5, which corresponds for the air inlet passages 243 to a maximum possible value of their useful passage section; this position of the collar 230 is obtained by screwing the ring 3 onto the bottle 202 just enough to establish a support for the face 239 of the collar 230 on the faces 246 of the ribs 242 and a support for the zone 22 of the molding 21 of the flange 11 on the area 244 of the flange 230 without causing its deformation.
  • the air inlet passages 243 can be given any useful intermediate section between the maximum useful section obtained in the absence of deformation of the flange 230 and the zero useful section obtained by maximum deformation of the latter, that is to say modulating the possibilities of air intake according to requirements , in particular in addition to an adjustment similar to the aforementioned adjustment with reference to FIGS. 1 to 4, obtained by rotation of the assembly of the bottle 202, of the ring 3 and of the nipple 201 around the axis 4.
  • the identification of the limit positions of the tightening ring with respect to the bottle corresponding respectively to the maximum useful section of the air inlet passages 243 and to the total closure of the latter can be effected by feeling a resistance opposed to the screwing or mutual screwing or by visualization of the relative angular position of the clamping ring and the bottle by means similar to those which have been described with reference to Figures 1 to 4, and for example by means of at least one bar or at least one point 50 of the clamping ring 3 and at least one bar or at least one point 251 in relief on the bottle.
  • the teat 201 at its flange 230 tends to resiliently resume its resting conformation, corresponding to a maximum opening of the air inlet passages 43, 243, as soon as , by unscrewing the clamping ring 3 with respect to the bottle 2, 202, the stress on the rim 8, 208 of the bottle 2, 202 which is applied to the flange 30, 230 is stopped by the molding 21 of the flange 11 of the clamping ring 3.
  • the present invention is susceptible of numerous variants of implementation, in comparison with the nonlimiting examples which have been described, and variants may in particular relate to the conformation and the arrangement of the ribs 42, 242.
  • these ribs could be situated on one side of this annular zone 29, 229, although a support of the flange 30, 230 on the rim 8, 208 by means of ribs such as 42, 242 on either side of the annular zone 29, 239 is preferred because of the security which it offers as regards effective maintenance of a determined useful section of the air inlet passages 43, 243; if, in the event of such support of the ribs 42 or on the ribs 242 on one side of the annular zone 29, 229, the coaxiality of the teat 1, 201, of the ring 3 was retained and the bottle 2, 202 by mutual engagement of an annular rim 41, 241 of the collar 30, 230 of the nipple 1, 201 and of a molding 21 of the flange 11 of the ring 3, and in comparison with the modes implementation of the invention which have been described, it would preferably retain for this purpose the section 48, 248 of each
  • these ribs 42, 242 could be replaced by any other relief provided on the face 39, 239 of the flange 30, 230 or on the rim 8, 208 of the bottle 2, 202 and capable of establishing passages 43, 243 air inlet between this face 39, 239 and the rim 8, 208 of the bottle 2, 202 in the absence of deformation of the collar, and in particular by studs, various inscriptions or markings, these examples not being in no way limiting.
  • Variants can also relate to other parts of the collar 30, 230, of which, for example, the annular rim 41, 241 could be eliminated in a simplified embodiment of the teat 1, 201 according to the invention, as well as on the conformation of the clamping ring 3 and of the neck region 5, 205 of the bottle 2, 202 of which, in particular, the face of the sip 8, 208 could be convex instead of being plane ; in particular, in a simplified embodiment of the present invention, one could admit an absence of the molding 21 of the flange 11, which would however have the drawback of causing the need for a greater screwing effort to achieve complete closure of the air inlet passages 43, 243.

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