EP1142794A1 - Closure device for bottle - Google Patents

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EP1142794A1
EP1142794A1 EP00403410A EP00403410A EP1142794A1 EP 1142794 A1 EP1142794 A1 EP 1142794A1 EP 00403410 A EP00403410 A EP 00403410A EP 00403410 A EP00403410 A EP 00403410A EP 1142794 A1 EP1142794 A1 EP 1142794A1
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Isabelle Blondeau
Jean Marc Maison
Roland Vuillot
Dominique Rusconi
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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
    • B65D47/00—Closures with filling and discharging, or with discharging, devices
    • B65D47/04—Closures with discharging devices other than pumps
    • B65D47/06—Closures with discharging devices other than pumps with pouring spouts or tubes; with discharge nozzles or passages
    • B65D47/08—Closures with discharging devices other than pumps with pouring spouts or tubes; with discharge nozzles or passages having articulated or hinged closures
    • B65D47/0804—Closures with discharging devices other than pumps with pouring spouts or tubes; with discharge nozzles or passages having articulated or hinged closures integrally formed with the base element provided with the spout or discharge passage
    • 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
    • B65D55/00—Accessories for container closures not otherwise provided for
    • B65D55/02—Locking devices; Means for discouraging or indicating unauthorised opening or removal of closure
    • B65D55/06—Deformable or tearable wires, strings, or strips; Use of seals, e.g. destructible locking pins
    • 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
    • B65D55/00—Accessories for container closures not otherwise provided for
    • B65D55/02—Locking devices; Means for discouraging or indicating unauthorised opening or removal of closure
    • B65D55/06—Deformable or tearable wires, strings, or strips; Use of seals, e.g. destructible locking pins
    • B65D55/063—Muzzlets

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  • the present invention relates to a device for closure of a bottle of the type constituted by a capsule called capsule service.
  • Such capsules of known type consist of a part of a plug, comprising sealing means and through which is likely to be withdrawn on demand the product contained in the bottle and on the other hand, a dress skirt, interposed between said cap and the bottle to ensure aesthetic form between the latter and the cap.
  • a capsule thus formed is connected to the bottle by means of fixing.
  • Attaching such a capsule assembly requires necessarily have to design a cap and a skirt specific for each bottle because the means of fixing being fixed on the skirt, it cannot not get rid of the bottle, but on the contrary is intimately dependent.
  • cap is mounted on the skirt by introduction into a central open area of the skirt, from the top of it, which excludes to be able to have beforehand any means of security, first opening indicator etc ..., which must necessarily be affixed later.
  • Another type of capsule also known is consisting of a skirt with an internal plug obtained during the same molding operation, the everything being covered with a protective cover and particular closing by hinge on one side of the skirt.
  • the fixing means of this monobloc assembly are ensured by a part internal device of the skirt must be specific to a given bottle, which also multiplies in this case the references of capsules.
  • the object of the present invention is to remedy all of the aforementioned drawbacks and relates to this effect a device for closing a bottle of the type consisting of a capsule which consists on the one hand a service plug comprising means shutter and through which is likely to be taken on demand, the product contained in the bottle, and on the other hand a skirt covering interposed between said cap and the bottle to ensure an aesthetic form between the latter and the cap, said capsule being connected to the bottle by means of fastening means, characterized in that the plug comprises first means of specific fastenings which are suitable for cooperate with the assembly directly with means correspondents made on the neck of the bottle, so as to allow its assembly alone, freeing itself the presence of a skirt according to a first case of figure, and second fastening means which are attached to it also clean and able to cooperate, prior to assembly, with resources correspondents made on the skirt or on a ring of decor, so as to constitute a subset report on a given bottle with the cap and the inside of the skirt remains standard, while the skirt itself is chosen to fit
  • the present invention also relates to characteristics that will emerge during the description which will follow, and which should be considered in isolation or according to all their possible technical combinations.
  • Figure 1 is a longitudinal sectional view a service capsule according to the invention, mounted on a flask.
  • Figure 2 is a perspective view of a cap, component of the capsule according to the figure 1.
  • Figure 3 is a perspective view of a skirt component of the capsule according to Figure 1.
  • Figure 4 is a perspective view of a capsule, composed of the cap according to FIG. 2 of the capsule according to FIG. 3, after assembly of these last and mounting on a bottle.
  • FIGS 5 to 10 show in perspective capsules according to possible alternative embodiments of the invention.
  • the capsule 1 generally designated in Figures 1 to 4 and constituting a device for closing a bottle 2 is composed of a stopper 3 comprising sealing means 4, in this case a cap hinged on the plug 3 by means of a articulation constituted by a film hinge 5 and a sealing stud 6 able to cooperate with a hole pourer 7 of the cap 3.
  • Capsule 1 also consists of a skirt covering 8 interposed between said plug 3 and the bottle 2 to ensure a form aesthetic between this last and the plug 3.
  • the entire capsule 1 thus composed is connected to the bottle 2 by means of fixing means which will be described below and which constitute the invention.
  • the service stopper 3 includes first means fixing 9 which are specific to it and which are suitable for cooperate with the assembly directly with means correspondents 10 made on the neck 2a of the bottle 2, so as to allow its mounting alone on said neck 2a so as to be able to overcome presence a skirt 8 according to a first case and operating the invention.
  • the plug 3 also includes second means 11 which are also specific to it and which are able to cooperate, and this prior to assembly on the bottle, with corresponding means 12 made on skirt 8 or on a decorative ring (not shown), so as to constitute a subset to be reported on a given bottle 2, the plug 3 and the interior of skirt 8 remain standard while the actual skirt is chosen for adapt adaptably to the shape of said bottle given 2, according to a second case.
  • a subset thus constituted is therefore well secured to the neck 2a of the bottle 2, only by the first means 9 of the plug 3, cooperating with the means 10 of the bottle, the skirt 8 having only the role of constitute a covering spacer secured to the plug 3 for mounting from below or from above according to the application cases which will be seen below. This are therefore the only means of fixing 9 of the plug 3 on the bottle 2 which hold the whole of the capsule.
  • the first and the second means for fixing the plug 3 to the neck 2a of the bottle 2 and of the skirt 8 on the stopper 3 are obtained respectively, on the one hand by a deformation internal peripheral produced in a bore 3a of the plug 3, to form a rod 9 able to cooperate by elastic snap with a shoulder 10 made between them or in relief on the external wall of the neck 2a, and on the other hand by an external groove 11 of said plug 3 obtained simultaneously and concentrically with the rod 9 of the same plug 3 and which is able to cooperate also by elastic snap with a peripheral ring internal 12 corresponding to the skirt 8 or vice versa.
  • the first and the second means for fixing the plug 3 to the neck 2a of the bottle 2 and of the skirt 8 on the stopper 3 are obtained respectively, on the one hand by a thread external correspondent (not shown) of bore 3a plug 3, able to cooperate by screwing with a corresponding external thread (not shown) of the neck 2a of the bottle 2 and on the other hand by a groove external device 11 of said plug 3 able to cooperate by elastic snap with a peripheral ring corresponding internal 12 of skirt 8, or vice versa
  • the groove outer 11 of the plug 3 is provided in its part lower to come in coincidence with the rod corresponding 12 of the skirt 8 also produced at its internal lower part.
  • the external groove 11 of the plug 3 as well as the corresponding internal rod 12 of the skirt 8 are of all possible configurations, such as circular, oval, quadrangular, triangular.
  • a capsule according to the invention is achievable whatever the means of obturation that we want to give it, that is to say that these means may be constituted by a valve 4, as shown in the figures, articulated on the plug 3 by a hinge 5 but these means can be also operated by tilting, rotating, a pull-push action in vertical translation, by screwing, snap-fastening, by metering pump or by spraying or distribution etc ...
  • the capsule 1 composed of the standard plug 3 and the skirt modular 8 includes a tamper-evident witness.
  • the tamper-evident witness 13 of the capsule is constituted by a muselet which is obtained from material with the skirt 8 or a decor ring (not shown) during a same plastic molding operation and which at least partially covers the cap 3 in its part superior after introduction of it by the party bottom of the bore 8a of the skirt 8 so that that the snap-fitting of said plug 3 onto said skirt 8 is happen at the specific time or the top of the plug 3 comes into contact, at a voltage predetermined, with the wire 13.
  • the wire 13 constituting the witness of inviolability is constituted by a horizontal part 14 of all possible shapes, barring the upper end of bore 8a of the skirt 8 with which it is connected around its perimeter upper by at least two legs substantially vertical 15, 16 presenting near their base weak points of rupture 15a, 16a making them breakable beyond a predetermined voltage corresponding to a fraudulent opening act or accidental bottle, so as to prohibit or view such an act.
  • the horizontal part 14 of the wire 13, 13A, 13B constituting the witness of inviolability is consisting of a flat diametrical tongue comprising gripping means, such as a ring central 17 or a relief 17A, 17B in order to facilitate the taken, with a view to its uprooting during a first lawful use.
  • the part horizontal 14C, 14D, 14E of the wire 13C, 13D, 13E constituting the witness of inviolability is constituted by a flat ring comprising gripping means 17C, 17D, 17E in order to facilitate taking it, with a view to its uprooting, during a first lawful use.

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The stopper is composed of a convenience plug (3) having sealing means (4) through which the product in the bottle can be removed on demand. The stopper also has a skirt (8) between the plug and the bottle (2). The plug has first fixings (9) which engage directly with corresponding fixings (10) on the bottle neck (2a). Second fixings (11) engage corresponding fixings (12) on the skirt prior to assembly.

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La présente invention concerne un dispositif de fermeture d'un flacon du type constitué par une capsule dite capsule service.The present invention relates to a device for closure of a bottle of the type constituted by a capsule called capsule service.

De telles capsules de type connu se composent d'une part d'un bouchon, comportant des moyens d'obturation et par l'intermédiaire duquel est susceptible d'être prélevé à la demande le produit contenu dans le flacon et d'autre part d'une jupe d'habillage, interposée entre ledit bouchon et le flacon pour assurer une esthétique de forme entre ce dernier et le bouchon.Such capsules of known type consist of a part of a plug, comprising sealing means and through which is likely to be withdrawn on demand the product contained in the bottle and on the other hand, a dress skirt, interposed between said cap and the bottle to ensure aesthetic form between the latter and the cap.

Une capsule ainsi constituée est reliée au flacon par l'intermédiaire de moyens de fixation.A capsule thus formed is connected to the bottle by means of fixing.

Dans les capsules connues de ce type, il est connu de fixer préalablement un bouchon à une jupe puis d'effectuer la fixation de l'ensemble par l'intermédiaire de moyens disposés à l'intérieur de la jupe et sur la périphérie extérieure du flacon à proximité de son col.In known capsules of this type, it is known to fix a cap to a skirt beforehand to fix the assembly by through means arranged inside the skirt and on the outer periphery of the near his collar.

La fixation d'un tel ensemble de capsule nécessite forcément de devoir concevoir un bouchon et une jupe spécifiques pour chaque flacon car les moyens de fixation étant fixés sur la jupe, celle-ci ne peut donc pas s'affranchir du flacon, mais au contraire en est intimement dépendante.Attaching such a capsule assembly requires necessarily have to design a cap and a skirt specific for each bottle because the means of fixing being fixed on the skirt, it cannot not get rid of the bottle, but on the contrary is intimately dependent.

D'autre part, une telle conception, telle qu'elle vient d'être décrite ne permet pas, pour certains cas de figure existant sur le marché, de pouvoir utiliser un bouchon seul, sans jupe d'habillage car encore une fois, c'est cette dernière qui assure la fixation de l'ensemble.On the other hand, such a conception, as it just described does not allow, in some cases existing on the market, to be able to use a cap only, without a dressing skirt because there is still times, it is the latter which fixes the all.

Un autre inconvénient de ce type de capsule précité réside dans le fait que le bouchon est monté sur la jupe par introduction dans une zone ouverte centrale de la jupe, à partir du dessus de celle-ci, ce qui exclut de pouvoir y disposer préalablement tout moyen de sécurité, témoin de première ouverture etc..., qui devront nécessairement être apposés ultérieurement.Another drawback of this type of aforementioned capsule is that the cap is mounted on the skirt by introduction into a central open area of the skirt, from the top of it, which excludes to be able to have beforehand any means of security, first opening indicator etc ..., which must necessarily be affixed later.

Un autre type de capsule également connu est constitué par une jupe comportant un bouchon interne obtenu au cours d'une même opération de moulage, le tout étant recouvert d'un couvercle de protection et d'obturation particulier par charnière sur un coté de la jupe.Another type of capsule also known is consisting of a skirt with an internal plug obtained during the same molding operation, the everything being covered with a protective cover and particular closing by hinge on one side of the skirt.

Egalement dans ce cas, les moyens de fixation de cet ensemble monobloc sont assurés par une partie périphérique interne de la jupe devant être spécifique à un flacon donné, ce qui multiplie également dans ce cas les références de capsules.Also in this case, the fixing means of this monobloc assembly are ensured by a part internal device of the skirt must be specific to a given bottle, which also multiplies in this case the references of capsules.

La présente invention a pour but de remédier à l'ensemble des inconvénients précités et concerne à cet effet un dispositif de fermeture d'un flacon du type constitué par une capsule qui se compose d'une part d'un bouchon de service comportant des moyens d'obturation et par l'intermédiaire duquel est susceptible d'être prélevé à la demande, le produit contenu dans le flacon, et d'autre part d'une jupe d'habillage interposée entre ledit bouchon et le flacon pour assurer une esthétique de forme entre ce dernier et le bouchon, ladite capsule étant reliée au flacon par l'intermédiaire de moyens de fixation, caractérisé en ce que le bouchon comporte des premiers moyens de fixation qui lui sont propres et qui sont aptes à coopérer au montage directement avec des moyens correspondants réalisés sur le col du flacon, de manière à permettre son montage seul, s'affranchissant de la présence d'une jupe selon un premier cas de figure, et des seconds moyens de fixation qui lui sont également propres et qui sont aptes à coopérer, préalablement au montage, avec des moyens correspondants réalisés sur la jupe où sur un anneau de décor, de manière à constituer un sous-ensemble à rapporter sur un flacon donné dont le bouchon et l'intérieur de la jupe restent standard, alors que la jupe proprement dite est choisie pour s'adapter de manière modulable à la forme dudit flacon donné, selon un second cas de figure.The object of the present invention is to remedy all of the aforementioned drawbacks and relates to this effect a device for closing a bottle of the type consisting of a capsule which consists on the one hand a service plug comprising means shutter and through which is likely to be taken on demand, the product contained in the bottle, and on the other hand a skirt covering interposed between said cap and the bottle to ensure an aesthetic form between the latter and the cap, said capsule being connected to the bottle by means of fastening means, characterized in that the plug comprises first means of specific fastenings which are suitable for cooperate with the assembly directly with means correspondents made on the neck of the bottle, so as to allow its assembly alone, freeing itself the presence of a skirt according to a first case of figure, and second fastening means which are attached to it also clean and able to cooperate, prior to assembly, with resources correspondents made on the skirt or on a ring of decor, so as to constitute a subset report on a given bottle with the cap and the inside of the skirt remains standard, while the skirt itself is chosen to fit modular way to the shape of said given bottle, according to a second case.

La présente invention concerne également les caractéristiques qui ressortiront au cours de la description qui va suivre, et qui devront être considérées isolément ou selon toutes leurs combinaisons techniques possibles.The present invention also relates to characteristics that will emerge during the description which will follow, and which should be considered in isolation or according to all their possible technical combinations.

Cette description donnée à titre d'exemple non limitatif, fera mieux comprendre comment l'invention peut être réalisée en référence aux dessins annexés sur lesquels :This description given by way of example not limiting, will make it easier to understand how the invention can be made with reference to the attached drawings on which :

La figure 1 est une vue en coupe longitudinale d'une capsule de service selon l'invention, montée sur un flacon.Figure 1 is a longitudinal sectional view a service capsule according to the invention, mounted on a flask.

La figure 2 est une vue en perspective d'un bouchon, élément constitutif de la capsule selon la figure 1.Figure 2 is a perspective view of a cap, component of the capsule according to the figure 1.

La figure 3 est une vue en perspective d'une jupe élément constitutif de la capsule selon la figure 1.Figure 3 is a perspective view of a skirt component of the capsule according to Figure 1.

La figure 4 est une vue en perspective d'une capsule, composée du bouchon selon la figure 2 de la capsule selon la figure 3, après assemblage de ces derniers et montage sur un flacon. Figure 4 is a perspective view of a capsule, composed of the cap according to FIG. 2 of the capsule according to FIG. 3, after assembly of these last and mounting on a bottle.

Les figures 5 à 10 représentent en perspective des capsules selon des variantes possibles de réalisation de l'invention.Figures 5 to 10 show in perspective capsules according to possible alternative embodiments of the invention.

La capsule 1 globalement désignée sur les figures 1 à 4 et constituant un dispositif de fermeture d'un flacon 2 est composée d'un bouchon 3 comportant des moyens d'obturation 4, en l'occurrence un capuchon s'articulant sur le bouchon 3 par l'intermédiaire d'une articulation constituée par une charnière-film 5 et d'un plot d'obturation 6 apte à coopérer avec un trou verseur 7 du bouchon 3.The capsule 1 generally designated in Figures 1 to 4 and constituting a device for closing a bottle 2 is composed of a stopper 3 comprising sealing means 4, in this case a cap hinged on the plug 3 by means of a articulation constituted by a film hinge 5 and a sealing stud 6 able to cooperate with a hole pourer 7 of the cap 3.

La capsule 1 se compose également d'une jupe d'habillage 8 interposée entre ledit bouchon 3 et le flacon 2 pour assurer une esthétique de forme entre ce dernier et le bouchon 3.Capsule 1 also consists of a skirt covering 8 interposed between said plug 3 and the bottle 2 to ensure a form aesthetic between this last and the plug 3.

L'ensemble de la capsule 1 ainsi composé est relié au flacon 2 par l'intermédiaire de moyens de fixation qui seront décrits ci-après et qui constituent l'invention.The entire capsule 1 thus composed is connected to the bottle 2 by means of fixing means which will be described below and which constitute the invention.

Le bouchon service 3 comporte des premiers moyens de fixation 9 qui lui sont propres et qui sont aptes à coopérer au montage directement avec des moyens correspondants 10 réalisés sur le col 2a du flacon 2, de manière à permettre son montage seul sur ledit col 2a de manière à pouvoir s'affranchir de la présence d'une jupe 8 selon un premier cas de figure et d'exploitation de l'invention.The service stopper 3 includes first means fixing 9 which are specific to it and which are suitable for cooperate with the assembly directly with means correspondents 10 made on the neck 2a of the bottle 2, so as to allow its mounting alone on said neck 2a so as to be able to overcome presence a skirt 8 according to a first case and operating the invention.

Le bouchon 3 comporte également des seconds moyens de fixation 11 qui lui sont également propres et qui sont aptes à coopérer, et ceci préalablement au montage sur le flacon, avec des moyens correspondants 12 réalisés sur la jupe 8 ou encore sur un anneau de décor (non représenté), de manière à constituer un sous-ensemble à rapporter sur un flacon donné 2 dont le bouchon 3 et l'intérieur de la jupe 8 restent standards alors que la jupe proprement dite est choisie pour s'adapter de manière modulable à la forme dudit flacon donné 2, selon un second cas de figure.The plug 3 also includes second means 11 which are also specific to it and which are able to cooperate, and this prior to assembly on the bottle, with corresponding means 12 made on skirt 8 or on a decorative ring (not shown), so as to constitute a subset to be reported on a given bottle 2, the plug 3 and the interior of skirt 8 remain standard while the actual skirt is chosen for adapt adaptably to the shape of said bottle given 2, according to a second case.

Un sous-ensemble ainsi constitué est donc bien solidarisé du col 2a du flacon 2, uniquement par les premiers moyens 9 du bouchon 3, coopérant avec les moyens 10 du flacon, la jupe 8 n'ayant pour rôle que de constituer une entretoise d'habillage solidarisée du bouchon 3 au montage par le dessous ou par le dessus selon les cas d'application qui seront vus ci-après. Ce sont donc les seuls moyens de fixation 9 du bouchon 3 sur le flacon 2 qui maintiennent l'ensemble de la capsule.A subset thus constituted is therefore well secured to the neck 2a of the bottle 2, only by the first means 9 of the plug 3, cooperating with the means 10 of the bottle, the skirt 8 having only the role of constitute a covering spacer secured to the plug 3 for mounting from below or from above according to the application cases which will be seen below. This are therefore the only means of fixing 9 of the plug 3 on the bottle 2 which hold the whole of the capsule.

Comme le montre bien la figure 1, les premiers et les seconds moyens de fixation du bouchon 3 sur le col 2a du flacon 2 et de la jupe 8 sur le bouchon 3 sont obtenus respectivement, d'une part par une déformation périphérique interne réalisée dans un alésage 3a du bouchon 3, pour former un jonc 9 apte à coopérer par encliquetage élastique avec un épaulement 10 réalisé entre eux ou en relief sur la paroi externe du col 2a, et d'autre part par une gorge externe 11 dudit bouchon 3 obtenue simultanément et concentriquement au jonc 9 du même bouchon 3 et qui est apte à coopérer également par encliquetage élastique avec un jonc périphérique interne 12 correspondant de la jupe 8 ou inversement.As shown in Figure 1, the first and the second means for fixing the plug 3 to the neck 2a of the bottle 2 and of the skirt 8 on the stopper 3 are obtained respectively, on the one hand by a deformation internal peripheral produced in a bore 3a of the plug 3, to form a rod 9 able to cooperate by elastic snap with a shoulder 10 made between them or in relief on the external wall of the neck 2a, and on the other hand by an external groove 11 of said plug 3 obtained simultaneously and concentrically with the rod 9 of the same plug 3 and which is able to cooperate also by elastic snap with a peripheral ring internal 12 corresponding to the skirt 8 or vice versa.

Selon une variante de réalisation les premiers et les seconds moyens de fixation du bouchon 3 sur le col 2a du flacon 2 et de la jupe 8 sur le bouchon 3 sont obtenus respectivement, d'une part par un filetage correspondant externe (non représenté) de l'alésage 3a du bouchon 3, apte à coopérer par vissage avec un filetage correspondant externe (non représenté) du col 2a du flacon 2 et d'autre part par une gorge périphérique externe 11 dudit bouchon 3 apte à coopérer par encliquetage élastique avec un jonc périphérique interne correspondant 12 de la jupe 8, ou inversementAccording to an alternative embodiment, the first and the second means for fixing the plug 3 to the neck 2a of the bottle 2 and of the skirt 8 on the stopper 3 are obtained respectively, on the one hand by a thread external correspondent (not shown) of bore 3a plug 3, able to cooperate by screwing with a corresponding external thread (not shown) of the neck 2a of the bottle 2 and on the other hand by a groove external device 11 of said plug 3 able to cooperate by elastic snap with a peripheral ring corresponding internal 12 of skirt 8, or vice versa

Selon le présent exemple de réalisation, la gorge externe 11 du bouchon 3 est ménagée à sa partie inférieure pour venir en coïncidence avec le jonc correspondant 12 de la jupe 8 réalisé également à sa partie inférieure interne.According to the present embodiment, the groove outer 11 of the plug 3 is provided in its part lower to come in coincidence with the rod corresponding 12 of the skirt 8 also produced at its internal lower part.

Bien entendu, ces moyens de fixation pourraient être disposés à tout niveau de la hauteur du bouchon 3.Of course, these fixing means could be placed at any level of the height of the plug 3.

Par ailleurs, la gorge externe 11 du bouchon 3 ainsi que le jonc correspondant interne 12 de la jupe 8 sont de toutes configurations possibles, telles que circulaire, ovale, quadrangulaire, triangulaire.Furthermore, the external groove 11 of the plug 3 as well as the corresponding internal rod 12 of the skirt 8 are of all possible configurations, such as circular, oval, quadrangular, triangular.

A noter également qu'une capsule selon l'invention est réalisable quels que soient les moyens d'obturation que l'on souhaite lui donner, c'est à dire que ces moyens pourront être constitués par un clapet 4, comme représenté sur les figures, articulé sur le bouchon 3 par une charnière 5 mais ces moyens pourront être également actionnés par basculement, par rotation, par une action de tirer-pousser en translation verticale, par vissage, par encliquetage, par pompe doseuse ou par pulvérisation ou distribution etc...Also note that a capsule according to the invention is achievable whatever the means of obturation that we want to give it, that is to say that these means may be constituted by a valve 4, as shown in the figures, articulated on the plug 3 by a hinge 5 but these means can be also operated by tilting, rotating, a pull-push action in vertical translation, by screwing, snap-fastening, by metering pump or by spraying or distribution etc ...

Selon une autre caractéristique de l'invention la capsule 1 composée du bouchon standard 3 et de la jupe modulable 8 comporte un témoin d'inviolabilité.According to another characteristic of the invention, the capsule 1 composed of the standard plug 3 and the skirt modular 8 includes a tamper-evident witness.

Un tel témoin d'inviolabilité est particulièrement utile et recherché dans les domaines pharmaceutiques et para-pharmaceutiques, mais également dans le domaine des cosmétiques, des parfums ou encore des produits alimentaires où jusqu'à présent pour sécuriser une ouverture par charnière n'étaient connues que des étiquettes adhésives rapportées ultérieurement ou encore l'utilisation de gaines thermo-rétractables.Such a witness to inviolability is particularly useful and sought after in the pharmaceutical and para-pharmaceuticals, but also in the field cosmetics, perfumes or even products where so far to secure a opening by hinge were known only adhesive labels later reported or still using heat shrink tubing.

Selon un exemple de réalisation non limitatif, le témoin d'inviolabilité 13 de la capsule est constitué par un muselet qui est obtenu de matière avec la jupe 8 ou un anneau de décor (non représenté) au cours d'une même opération de moulage de matière plastique et qui coiffe au moins partiellement le bouchon 3 à sa partie supérieure après introduction de celui-ci par la partie inférieure de l'alésage 8a de la jupe 8 de manière à ce que l'encliquetage dudit bouchon 3 sur ladite jupe 8 se produise au moment précis ou la partie supérieure du bouchon 3 vient en contact, selon une tension prédéterminée, avec le muselet 13.According to a nonlimiting exemplary embodiment, the tamper-evident witness 13 of the capsule is constituted by a muselet which is obtained from material with the skirt 8 or a decor ring (not shown) during a same plastic molding operation and which at least partially covers the cap 3 in its part superior after introduction of it by the party bottom of the bore 8a of the skirt 8 so that that the snap-fitting of said plug 3 onto said skirt 8 is happen at the specific time or the top of the plug 3 comes into contact, at a voltage predetermined, with the wire 13.

De manière plus précise, selon l'exemple de réalisation représenté sur les figures, le muselet 13 constituant le témoin d'inviolabilité est constitué par une partie horizontale 14 de toutes formes possibles, barrant l'extrémité supérieure de l'alésage 8a de la jupe 8 avec laquelle elle est reliée sur son pourtour supérieur par au moins deux pattes sensiblement verticales 15, 16 présentant à proximité de leur base des points faibles de rupture 15a, 16a les rendant sécables au-delà d'une tension prédéterminée correspondant à un acte d'ouverture frauduleuse ou accidentelle du flacon, de manière à interdire ou visualiser un tel acte.More precisely, according to the example of embodiment shown in the figures, the wire 13 constituting the witness of inviolability is constituted by a horizontal part 14 of all possible shapes, barring the upper end of bore 8a of the skirt 8 with which it is connected around its perimeter upper by at least two legs substantially vertical 15, 16 presenting near their base weak points of rupture 15a, 16a making them breakable beyond a predetermined voltage corresponding to a fraudulent opening act or accidental bottle, so as to prohibit or view such an act.

En fait, la partie horizontale 14 du muselet 13, 13A, 13B constituant le témoin d'inviolabilité est constituée par une languette diamétrale plate comportant des moyens de préhension, tels qu'un anneau central 17 ou un relief 17A, 17B afin d'en faciliter la prise, en vue de son arrachage lors d'une première utilisation licite.In fact, the horizontal part 14 of the wire 13, 13A, 13B constituting the witness of inviolability is consisting of a flat diametrical tongue comprising gripping means, such as a ring central 17 or a relief 17A, 17B in order to facilitate the taken, with a view to its uprooting during a first lawful use.

Des exemples de réalisation concernant cette caractéristique sont représentés aux figures 5, 6 et 10.Examples of realization concerning this characteristic are shown in Figures 5, 6 and 10.

Selon des variantes de réalisation, la partie horizontale 14C, 14D, 14E du muselet 13C, 13D, 13E constituant le témoin d'inviolabilité est constitué par un anneau plat comportant des moyens de préhension 17C, 17D, 17E afin d'en faciliter la prise, en vue de son arrachage, lors d'une première utilisation licite.According to variant embodiments, the part horizontal 14C, 14D, 14E of the wire 13C, 13D, 13E constituting the witness of inviolability is constituted by a flat ring comprising gripping means 17C, 17D, 17E in order to facilitate taking it, with a view to its uprooting, during a first lawful use.

Bien entendu, d'autres variantes pourraient également être imaginées concernant le muselet, constituant le témoin d'inviolabilité.Of course, other variants could also be imagined concerning the muselet, constituting the witness of inviolability.

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Dispositif de fermeture d'un flacon (2) du type constitué par une capsule (1) qui se compose d'une part d'un bouchon de service (3) comportant des moyens d'obturation (4) et par l'intermédiaire duquel est susceptible d'être prélevé à la demande, le produit contenu dans le flacon (2), et d'autre part d'une jupe d'habillage (8) interposée entre ledit bouchon (3) et le flacon (2) pour assurer une esthétique de forme entre ce dernier et le bouchon (3), ladite capsule (1) étant reliée au flacon (2) par l'intermédiaire de premiers moyens de fixation (9) qui lui sont propres et qui sont aptes à coopérer au montage directement avec des moyens correspondants (10) réalisés sur le col (2a) du flacon (2), et des seconds moyens de fixation (11) qui lui sont également propres et qui sont aptes à coopérer, avec des moyens correspondants (12) réalisés sur la jupe (8) caractérisé en ce que les premiers et les seconds moyens de fixation du bouchon (3) sur le col (2a) du flacon (2) et de la jupe (8) sur le bouchon (3) sont obtenus respectivement, d'une part par une déformation périphérique interne réalisée dans un alésage (3a) du bouchon (3), pour former un jonc (9) apte à coopérer par encliquetage élastique avec un épaulement (10) réalisé entre eux ou en relief sur la paroi externe du col (2a), et d'autre part par une gorge externe (11) dudit bouchon (3) obtenue simultanément et concentriquement au jonc (9) du même bouchon (3) et qui est apte à coopérer également par encliquetage élastique avec un jonc périphérique interne (12) correspondant de la jupe (8) ou inversement.Device for closing a bottle (2) of the type consisting of a capsule (1) which consists of a part of a service plug (3) comprising means shutter (4) and through which is likely to be taken on demand, the product contained in the bottle (2), and on the other hand a skirt covering (8) interposed between said plug (3) and the bottle (2) to ensure aesthetic shape between the latter and the plug (3), said capsule (1) being connected to the bottle (2) via first fixing means (9) which are specific to it and which are able to cooperate in mounting directly with corresponding means (10) produced on the neck (2a) of the bottle (2), and of the second fixing means (11) which are also specific to it and which are suitable for cooperate, with corresponding means (12) produced on the skirt (8) characterized in that the first and the second means for fixing the plug (3) to the neck (2a) of the bottle (2) and the skirt (8) on the stopper (3) are obtained respectively, on the one hand by a internal peripheral deformation performed in a bore (3a) of the plug (3), to form a rod (9) able to cooperate by elastic snap-fastening with a shoulder (10) formed between them or in relief on the outer wall of the neck (2a), and on the other hand by a external groove (11) of said plug (3) obtained simultaneously and concentrically with the rod (9) of the same plug (3) and which is able to cooperate also by elastic snap with a peripheral ring internal (12) corresponding to the skirt (8) or Conversely. Dispositif de fermeture d'un flacon (2) du type constitué par une capsule (1) qui se compose d'une part d'un bouchon de service (3) comportant des moyens d'obturation (4) et par l'intermédiaire duquel est susceptible d'être prélevé à la demande, le produit contenu dans le flacon (2), et d'autre part d'une jupe d'habillage (8) interposée entre ledit bouchon (3) et le flacon (2) pour assurer une esthétique de forme entre ce dernier et le bouchon (3), ladite capsule (1) étant reliée au flacon (2) par l'intermédiaire de premiers moyens de fixation (9) qui lui sont propres et qui sont aptes à coopérer au montage directement avec des moyens correspondants (10) réalisés sur le col (2a) du flacon (2), et des seconds moyens de fixation (11) qui lui sont également propres et qui sont aptes à coopérer, avec des moyens correspondants (12) réalisés sur la jupe (8) caractérisé en ce que les premiers et les seconds moyens de fixation du bouchon (3) sur le col (2a) du flacon (2) et de la jupe (8) sur le bouchon (3) sont obtenus respectivement, d'une part par un filetage correspondant externe (non représenté) de l'alésage (3a) du bouchon (3), apte à coopérer par vissage avec un filetage correspondant externe (non représenté) du col (2a) du flacon (2) et d'autre part par une gorge périphérique externe (11) dudit bouchon (3) apte à coopérer par encliquetage élastique avec un jonc périphérique interne correspondant (12) de la jupe (8), ou inversementDevice for closing a bottle (2) of the type consisting of a capsule (1) which consists of a part of a service plug (3) comprising means shutter (4) and through which is likely to be taken on demand, the product contained in the bottle (2), and on the other hand a skirt covering (8) interposed between said plug (3) and the bottle (2) to ensure aesthetic shape between the latter and the plug (3), said capsule (1) being connected to the bottle (2) via first fixing means (9) which are specific to it and which are able to cooperate in mounting directly with corresponding means (10) produced on the neck (2a) of the bottle (2), and of the second fixing means (11) which are also specific to it and which are suitable for cooperate, with corresponding means (12) produced on the skirt (8) characterized in that the first and the second means for fixing the plug (3) to the neck (2a) of the bottle (2) and the skirt (8) on the stopper (3) are obtained respectively, on the one hand by a corresponding external thread (not shown) of the bore (3a) of the plug (3), able to cooperate by screwing with a corresponding external thread (not shown) of the neck (2a) of the bottle (2) and on the other hand by an external peripheral groove (11) of said plug (3) able to cooperate by elastic snap-fastening with a corresponding internal peripheral ring (12) of the skirt (8), or vice versa Dispositif selon les revendications 1 ou 2 caractérisé en ce que la gorge externe (11) du bouchon (3) est ménagée à sa partie inférieure pour venir en coïncidence avec le jonc correspondant (12) de la jupe (8) réalisé également à sa partie inférieure interne.Device according to claims 1 or 2 characterized in that the external groove (11) of the plug (3) is provided at its lower part to come in coincidence with the corresponding ring (12) of the skirt (8) also produced at its internal lower part. Dispositif selon les revendications 1, 2 ou 3 caractérisé en ce que la gorge externe (11) du bouchon (3) ainsi que le jonc correspondant interne (12) de la jupe (8) sont de toutes configurations possibles, telles que circulaire, ovale, quadrangulaire, triangulaire.Device according to claims 1, 2 or 3 characterized in that the external groove (11) of the plug (3) as well as the corresponding internal rod (12) of the skirt (8) are of all possible configurations, such as circular, oval, quadrangular, triangular. Dispositif selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes caractérisé en ce que la capsule (1) composée du bouchon standard (3) et de la jupe modulable (8) comporte un témoin d'inviolabilité, constitué par un muselet qui est obtenu avec la jupe (8) ou un anneau de décor (non représenté) au cours d'une même opération de moulage de matière plastique et qui coiffe au moins partiellement le bouchon (3) à sa partie supérieure après introduction de celui-ci par la partie inférieure de l'alésage (8a) de la jupe (8) de manière à ce que l'encliquetage dudit bouchon (3) sur ladite jupe (8) se produise au moment précis ou la partie supérieure du bouchon (3) vient en contact, avec une tension prédéterminée, sur le muselet (13).Device according to any one of previous claims characterized in that the capsule (1) composed of the standard plug (3) and the modular skirt (8) includes a tamper-evident indicator, consisting of a muselet which is obtained with the skirt (8) or a decor ring (not shown) during of the same plastic molding operation and which at least partially covers the plug (3) at its upper part after introduction of it by the lower part of the bore (8a) of the skirt (8) of so that the snap-fit of said plug (3) on said skirt (8) occurs at the precise moment when the upper part of the plug (3) comes into contact with a predetermined tension, on the wire (13). Dispositif selon la revendication 5 caractérisé en ce que le muselet (13) constituant le témoin d'inviolabilité est constitué par une partie horizontale (14) de toutes formes possibles, barrant l'extrémité supérieure de l'alésage (8a) de la jupe (8) avec laquelle il est relié sur son pourtour supérieur par au moins deux pattes sensiblement verticales (15, 16) présentant à proximité de leur base des points faibles de rupture 15a, 16a les rendant sécables au-delà d'une tension prédéterminée correspondant à un acte d'ouverture frauduleuse ou accidentelle du flacon, de manière à interdire ou visualiser un tel acte.Device according to claim 5 characterized in that the wire cap (13) constituting the inviolability witness consists of a party horizontal (14) of all possible shapes, barring the upper end of the bore (8a) of the skirt (8) with which it is connected on its upper periphery by at least two substantially vertical legs (15, 16) having points near their base weak breaking 15a, 16a making them breakable beyond of a predetermined voltage corresponding to a act of fraudulent or accidental opening of the bottle, so as to prohibit or visualize such an act. Dispositif selon la revendication 6 caractérisé en ce que la partie horizontale (14, 14A, 14B) du muselet (13, 13A, 13B) constituant le témoin d'inviolabilité est constituée par une languette diamétrale plate comportant des moyens de préhension, tels qu'un anneau central (17) ou un relief (17A, 17B) afin d'en faciliter la prise, en vue de son arrachage lors d'une première utilisation licite.Device according to claim 6 characterized in that the horizontal part (14, 14A, 14B) of the muselet (13, 13A, 13B) constituting the witness tamper-evident consists of a tab flat diametral comprising gripping means, such as a central ring (17) or a relief (17A, 17B) in order to facilitate its taking, with a view to its uprooting during a first lawful use. Dispositif selon la revendication 6 caractérisé en ce que la partie horizontale (14C, 14D, 14E) du muselet (13C, 13D, 13E) constituant le témoin d'inviolabilité est constitué par un anneau plat comportant des moyens de préhension (17C, 17D, 17E) afin d'en faciliter la prise, en vue de son arrachage, lors d'une première utilisation licite.Device according to claim 6 characterized in that the horizontal part (14C, 14D, 14E) of the muselet (13C, 13D, 13E) constituting the witness tamper evident consists of a flat ring comprising gripping means (17C, 17D, 17E) in order to facilitate its taking, with a view to its uprooting, during a first lawful use.
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