EP1300342B1 - Stopfen mit klemmanordnung für flaschen und dergleichen - Google Patents

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EP1300342B1
EP1300342B1 EP01929666A EP01929666A EP1300342B1 EP 1300342 B1 EP1300342 B1 EP 1300342B1 EP 01929666 A EP01929666 A EP 01929666A EP 01929666 A EP01929666 A EP 01929666A EP 1300342 B1 EP1300342 B1 EP 1300342B1
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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
    • B65D39/00—Closures arranged within necks or pouring openings or in discharge apertures, e.g. stoppers
    • B65D39/12—Closures arranged within necks or pouring openings or in discharge apertures, e.g. stoppers expansible, e.g. inflatable
    • 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
    • B65D39/00—Closures arranged within necks or pouring openings or in discharge apertures, e.g. stoppers
    • B65D39/04—Cup-shaped plugs or like hollow flanged members

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  • the present invention refers to a stopper, specially designed for bottles of the type providing sufficient air tightness in the closure by means of radial pressure of the stopper itself over the bottle neck, but may likewise be applied to any container requiring a similar closing system.
  • the object of the invention is to obtain a stopper of very easy placement in the bottle neck or container, assuring an airtight closure which also permits easy opening and a stopper that may be continuously used.
  • Stoppers normally used in wine, champagne, etc. bottling belong to this type, in which the stopper is a cork cylinder, conveniently oversized with respect to the inside diameter of the bottle neck, requiring a special machine for its insertion in the latter.
  • Said machine has a trunco-conical nozzle which converges in a downwards direction, forcing the stopper, on being axially pressed by its piston, on suffering a significant radial contraction, possible due to its material nature, so that once the stopper passes said nozzle and reaches the bottle neck, it elastically recovers exerting a high pressure over said neck, assuring the stability and tightness of the closure.
  • a stopper made of three parts including a bushing made of a soft material is disclosed in document DE-A-32 31 140. This bushing is closed at an end by a conical or drop-shaped bottom.
  • the pressure stopper proposed by the invention satisfactorily solves the aforementioned problem, it being possible to use it in the first bottling process or as an auxiliary stopper replacing the classical original one, when for the reasons already indicated, the latter cannot be reused for such a purpose.
  • the stopper being disclosed consists of the functional combination of three parts, one of soft material, like, for example, rubber, shaped as a cylindrical bushing, fitted in correspondence with what should be its upper end of a perimetric flange, acting as a limiting stop for penetration over the bottle mouth, the outside diameter of said bushing being equal or less than the inside diameter of the bottle neck, collaborating with this part of soft material, two parts of rigid material which in their combination define a telescopic shaft finishing the outside part in a discoidal head to activate said part, while the other is finished inside a trunco-conical head, diverging towards its interior and free end, with a maximum diameter closed to that of the inside diameter of the bottle neck, so that in the situation of a maximum distance between the discoidal head and the trunco-conical head, the assembly may be easily placed inside the bottle or container being considered, until the limit situation in which the flange of the soft part acts as a stop over the bottle mouth, since the bushing to which said flange is linked maintains
  • the stopper being considered is destined to bottles or other types of container having a revolution neck (1) and is shaped as a cylindrical bushing (2) of a soft material of appropriate length, at its upper end finished in a flange or outside perimetric ring (3), destined to lean over the mouth (4) of said bottle neck (1), with the double purpose of acting as a limiting stop for penetration of said bushing (2) and in turn as an airtight closure area, as will be seen later, collaborating with said bushing (2) a pair of parts of a rigid material, like for example, plastic, specifically an outside part (5) in turn externally finished in a discoidal head (6), whose diameter should at least coincide with that of the soft bushing (2) flange (3), said rigid part (5) being provided with an axial and threaded pin (7) as shown in figure 1 or with a hollow neck (8), internally threaded, as shown by the embodiment in figure 2, anyway being completed with the other rigid part (9), at its lower or internal end also provided with
  • the complementary threads (7-11) or (8-12) permit the axial and telescopic shifting of a rigid part (5) with respect to the other (9) and also in any case the maximum diameter of the trunco-conical head (10) of the rigid part (9) will be suitable for introducing it through the bottle neck (2).
  • the manoeuvre to incorporate the stopper in the bottle is as follows:
  • the stopper is totally inserted in the bottle neck (1) not requiring excessive force.
  • the discoidal head (5) is rotated so that it progressively approaches the flange (3) as its threading is produced over the internal rigid part (9), which is kept stable by the friction coefficient established between its own trunco-conical head (10) and the soft cylindrical bushing (2).

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  • Walking Sticks, Umbrellas, And Fans (AREA)
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  1. Druckverschlussstopfen für Flaschen und Ähnliches, mit einem mit einer glatten Innenfläche versehenen Drehhals, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass er durch das funktionelle Zusammenwirken von drei Teilen gebildet wird, einem Teil (2) aus weichem Material, das eine zylinderförmige Hülse mit einer Durchgangsöffnung bildet, mit einem Außendurchmesser der dem Innendurchmesser des Flaschenhalses (1) entspricht, wobei diese Hülse in einem umgebogenen Rand (3) endet, der das äußere bzw. obere Ende bildet, der radial nach außen geneigt ist und dazu vorgesehen ist, sich auf der Flaschenmündung (4) abzustützen, wobei mit diesem Teil (2) aus weichem Material ein Paar aus den Teilen (5) und (9) aus starrem Material, wie zum Beispiel Kunststoff, zusammenwirkt, die koaxial miteinander verbunden sind und deren relative Positionierung zueinander einstellbar ist, wobei das Außenteil (5) am äußeren Ende in einem scheibenartigen Kopf (6) zur Abstützung auf dem umgebogenen Rand (3) des Teils (2) aus weichem Material endet, während das innere Teil (9) aus starrem Material seinerseits in einem kegelstumpfförmigen Kopf (10) endet, der in Richtung seines freien Endes divergiert und einen maximalen Durchmesser aufweist, der dazu geeignet ist, den Durchtritt durch den Flaschenhals (1) zu ermöglichen, in der Lage der größten Verlängerung für die Gesamtanordnung bestehend aus den zwei starren Teilen (5) und (6), wobei der kegelstumpfförmige Kopf (10) nicht die zylinderförmige Hülse (2) des Teils aus weichem Material beeinträchtigt, während die axiale Einschnürung der Gesamtanordnung aus den beiden starren Teilen eine radiale Verformung des unteren Bereichs der genannten Hülse (2) gegen die Innenwand des Flaschenhalses (1) bewirkt, sowie eine axiale Verformung des umgebogenen Rands .(3) gegen die Stirnseite (4) der Mündung der genannten Flasche.
  2. Druckverschlussstopfen für Flaschen und Ähnliches nach Anspruch 1, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die beiden starren Teile (4) und (5) teleskopierbar miteinander verbunden sind, mit der Möglichkeit das Axialmaß der beiden Teile in der Gesamtanordnung über eine Schraubverbindung (7-11), (8-12) zu verändern.
  3. Druckverschlussstopfen für Flaschen und Ähnliches nach den vorhergehenden Ansprüchen, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass das äußere starre Teil (5) mit einem Gewindezapfen (7) versehen ist, während das innere starre Teil (9) einen mit einem Innengewinde versehenen Hals (11) aufweist, der den genannten Zapfen (7) aufnimmt.
  4. Druckverschlussstopfen für Flaschen und Ähnliches nach den Ansprüchen 1 und 2, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass das äußere starre Teil (5) einen mit einem Innengewinde versehenen Hals (8) aufweist, während das innere starre Teil (9) einen Gewindezapfen (12) aufweist, der in den genannten Hals (8) eingeschraubt ist.
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ES200001355A ES2171350B1 (es) 2000-05-29 2000-05-29 Tapon de presion para botellas y similares.
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