EP1318948A2 - A capsule for closing containers - Google Patents

A capsule for closing containers

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EP1318948A2
EP1318948A2 EP01955515A EP01955515A EP1318948A2 EP 1318948 A2 EP1318948 A2 EP 1318948A2 EP 01955515 A EP01955515 A EP 01955515A EP 01955515 A EP01955515 A EP 01955515A EP 1318948 A2 EP1318948 A2 EP 1318948A2
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cap
capsule
annular
container
obturator
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Emilio Morini
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Bormioli Rocco SpA
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Bormioli Rocco and Figlio SpA
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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
    • B65D50/00—Closures with means for discouraging unauthorised opening or removal thereof, with or without indicating means, e.g. child-proof closures
    • B65D50/02—Closures with means for discouraging unauthorised opening or removal thereof, with or without indicating means, e.g. child-proof closures openable or removable by the combination of plural actions
    • B65D50/04—Closures with means for discouraging unauthorised opening or removal thereof, with or without indicating means, e.g. child-proof closures openable or removable by the combination of plural actions requiring the combination of simultaneous actions, e.g. depressing and turning, lifting and turning, maintaining a part and turning another one
    • B65D50/041—Closures with means for discouraging unauthorised opening or removal thereof, with or without indicating means, e.g. child-proof closures openable or removable by the combination of plural actions requiring the combination of simultaneous actions, e.g. depressing and turning, lifting and turning, maintaining a part and turning another one the closure comprising nested inner and outer caps or an inner cap and an outer coaxial annular member, which can be brought into engagement to enable removal by rotation
    • 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
    • B65D47/20—Closures with discharging devices other than pumps comprising hand-operated members for controlling discharge
    • B65D47/24—Closures with discharging devices other than pumps comprising hand-operated members for controlling discharge with poppet valves or lift valves, i.e. valves opening or closing a passageway by a relative motion substantially perpendicular to the plane of the seat
    • B65D47/241—Closures with discharging devices other than pumps comprising hand-operated members for controlling discharge with poppet valves or lift valves, i.e. valves opening or closing a passageway by a relative motion substantially perpendicular to the plane of the seat the valve being opened or closed by actuating a cap-like element
    • B65D47/242—Closures with discharging devices other than pumps comprising hand-operated members for controlling discharge with poppet valves or lift valves, i.e. valves opening or closing a passageway by a relative motion substantially perpendicular to the plane of the seat the valve being opened or closed by actuating a cap-like element moving helically
    • 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
    • B65D2401/00—Tamper-indicating means
    • B65D2401/15—Tearable part of the closure

Definitions

  • the invention relates to a capsule for closing containers.
  • a capsule for closing containers In particular reference is made to a capsule of the type described in the accompanying first claim.
  • Publication EP 0 909 715 teaches a capsule of the above-mentioned type.
  • the present invention proposes to improve the sealing characteristics of capsules of this type.
  • An advantage of the invention is that it guarantees hygiene during container use.
  • a further advantage of the invention is that it provides a capsule which can be provided with a security device against attempts at intrusion through the outlet mouth of the first cap.
  • a further advantage of the invention is that it provides a capsule for containers of dangerous liquid products which is provided with a security device preventing opening thereof by children.
  • a further advantage of the invention is that it provides an excellently-sealed capsule for closing containers of gassy liquids.
  • figure 1 is a section view of a first embodiment of the capsule of the invention
  • figure 2 is a view from above of figure 1
  • figure 3 is the capsule of figure 1 in an open configuration
  • figure 4 shows a second embodiment of the invention
  • figure 5 is the capsule of figure 4 in an open configuration. Disclosure of Invention
  • 1 denotes in its entirety a capsule for closing a container, in particular a container for gassy liquids.
  • the capsule 1 comprises a first cap 2 destined to be constrained, by a screw connection, to a mouth 3 of the container 1, while being able to make axial raising and lowering movements with respect to the container 1.
  • the first cap 2 exhibits a cylindrical first wall, coaxial and external in relation to the mouth 3 of the container 1.
  • the first cap 2 internally bears means for screw- coupling to the container 1.
  • the upper end of the first wall is joined to the periphery of a flat and horizontal second wall located above the upper end of the mouth 3 of the container 1.
  • a tubular third wall starts from an internal edge of the second wall going downwards.
  • the third wall is coaxial and located internally of the mouth 3 of the container 1.
  • the third wall has a free lower end bearing an aimular relief 4 which projects laterally extemalwise.
  • the third wall superiorly bears an annular seal 15 (in this case made in a single piece with the wall) which seal 15 projects laterally extemalwise.
  • the first wall of the first cap 2 externally exhibits a lateral surface having a polygonal section.
  • the shape is a regular octagon, as can clearly be seen in figure 2. This shape improves the grip of the capsule by a machine which is equipped with a gripping tool of a corresponding shape. Further, thanks to this polygonal shape, a user can see immediately that the container is to be opened and closed by unscrewing and re-screwing.
  • a fourth wall starts from the internal edge of the second wall and rises therefrom.
  • the fourth wall is tubular, coaxial to the container and located above the mouth thereof.
  • the fourth wall has an upper end which bears an annular relief 5 projecting laterally outwards.
  • the first cap 2 comprises a tubular fifth wall 2a having a free lower end and an upper end which is connected via a horizontal tract of wall to the fourth wall.
  • the fifth wall 2a internally describes a passage for the exit of the liquid from the container 1.
  • the capsule 1 comprises an annular element 6 housed within the first cap 2 and predisposed to couple with the mouth 3 of the container. At least a part of the annular element 6 is destined to separate from the first cap 2 on the first opening of the capsule 1 by effect of the rupture of the easy-break ribs 7 which, in the embodiment described, are predisposed on the annular element 6, which is thus divided into two parts: a lower part, destined to detach, and an upper part, which remains jointed in the first cap 2 even after the first opening of the capsule 1.
  • the capsule 1 further comprises an obturator 8 inserted into the container mouth.
  • the obturator 8 is coaxially connected to the annular element 6 by easy-break ribs, so that it is detachable therefrom when the obturator 8 is coupled with the rest of the capsule.
  • the obturator 8 is provided with a tubular first external wall, internal and coaxial to the mouth, having an upper end which externally bears an annular lateral projection, which is interpositioned between the first cap 2 and the upper end of the mouth 3.
  • the first wall of the obturator 8 exhibits an external lateral surface which seals against the inside of the mouth 8, and an internal lateral surface which bears three annular reliefs projecting laterally towards the inside, arranged at three different distances one from another, the function of which will be better clarified herein below.
  • the three reliefs 9 have progressively increasing internal diameters, starting from the upper relief going down to the lower relief.
  • the upper relief 9 has an internal diameter which is smaller than the external diameter of the annular seal 15 of the first cap 2.
  • a peripheral part of a second wall is located at the lower end of the first wall of the obturator 8. This part of the second wall is flat and horizontal and in the shape of a circular crown, provided with at least one opening 10 for the exit of the liquid from the container.
  • a third wall starts from the internal edge of the second wall; this third wall has a tubular shape and is closed at the top thereof.
  • the first cap 2 can selectively assume at least one lower position, a closed position (see figure 1) in which the central exit passage of the liquid is closed by the upper part of the third wall of the obturator 8, and at least an upper position, an open position (see figure 3), in which the exit passage is unobstructed.
  • a closed position see figure 1 in which the central exit passage of the liquid is closed by the upper part of the third wall of the obturator 8, and at least an upper position, an open position (see figure 3), in which the exit passage is unobstructed.
  • the internal surface of the fifth wall 2a of the first cap 2 seals against the external surface of the third wall of the obturator 8.
  • the seal 15 closes and seals against the upper relief 9.
  • the capsule 1 comprises a second cap 11, external of the first cap 2, which provides further protection.
  • the second cap 11 is internally provided with a projection 12 coupled with the first cap 2.
  • the above-mentioned projection 12 of the second cap 11 is placed on an easy-break security ring, which is in fact the lower end of the second cap 11, destined to be broken by effect of a raising of the second cap 11 from the first cap 2.
  • the second cap 11 exhibits a first lateral wall, which is in effect a coaxial jacket to the first cap 2.
  • the security ring is connected inferiorly to this first lateral wall.
  • At the top of the first lateral wall there is a second wall which is flat and horizontal and which covers the exit passage afforded by the first cap 2.
  • An annular relief element 13 projects axially downwards from the inside of the second wall.
  • the relief element 13 has a cylindrical internal annular surface, of a predetermined internal diameter, which works together with the annular relief 5 laterally projecting from the third wall of the first cap 2, and thus creates a seal which insulates the central zone of the capsule (where the exit passage of the first cap 2 is afforded) from the outside environment.
  • the annular reliefs 9 located on the first wall of the obturator 8 are predisposed to interact with the externally-projecting annular relief 4 of the third wall of the first cap 2.
  • Each annular relief 9 of the obturator determines a resistance to raising of the first cap 2.
  • the lower annular relief 9, having the largest diameter of all three, in particular serves to give a certain stability to the lower position of the first cap 2 after cap assembly and before application of the capsule on the container.
  • the intermediate annular relief 9 serves in particular as a warning stop to the user, informing him or her that a first open position has been reached at which the capsule is effectively open and liquid can be obtained from inside the container. In this position the first cap 2 is still screwed onto the mouth 3.
  • the first cap 2 By continuing to unscrew the first cap 2, with a small effort to cause the relief 4 to overcome the intermediate relief 9, the first cap 2 is brought into a second open position, defined by the upper third relief 9, in which it is completely unscrewed from the mouth 3. In this position, even though the screw-coupling is completely unscrewed, the first cap 2 is still coupled to the obturator 8. Complete freeing of the mouth 3 upper opening can be obtained by making a further axial raising movement of the first cap 2, which, thanks to the coupling between the relief 4 and the upper relief 9, draws the obturator 8 upwards with it.
  • the user first removes the second cap 11 (which has served to guarantee the security of the package and contents) and then, to reach the product inside, unscrews the first cap 2 up to the first open position. If the user continues to unscrew, the first cap 2 exits from the screw coupling, moving into the second open position, in which an unscrewing rotation does not lead to a raising of the first cap 2. In both open positions, the liquid product can be obtained without removing the first cap. The first cap can therefore subsequently be rescrewed, to close the container.
  • the closed capsule is guaranteed airtight by various seals: the fifth wall 2a of the first cap 2 coupled sealedly to the third wall of the obturator 8, the annular seal 15 of the first cap 2 which seals against the upper relief 9 of the obturator 8, the annular relief 13 of the second cap 11, coupled sealedly with the relief 5 of the obturator 8.
  • the second cap 11 comprises a first external lateral wall, in the form of a jacket, joined to a flat second wall, at the centre of which an opening is afforded for exit of liquid from the container, which opening faces an outlet mouth afforded at the centre of the first cap 2.
  • the first wall of the second cap 11 laterally covers the entire first cap 2 and the part of the annular element 6 destined to stay constrained on the first cap 2 after the container is first opened.
  • the capsule is provided with a childproof security device 14, which is activated by effect of a pressure on the second cap 11, to make the first cap 2 and the second cap 11 reciprocally solid in unscrewing rotation.
  • This device comprises two crowns exhibiting radial teeth, the teeth facing each other and being arranged circumferentially on the two caps 2 and 11.
  • the second cap 11 In use, to open the capsule the second cap 11 must be pressed downwards to activate the security device 14, and then, while mamtaining the downwards pressure; then the two caps 2 and 11 are rotated together in the unscrewing direction of the first cap 2.

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Abstract

The capsule for closing containers comprises a first cap (2) provided with an outlet mouth for the liquid in the container, screwed on to mouth (3) of a container. An annular element (6), coupled to the first cap (2) has a lower part which is destined to detach on first opening of the capsule. The first cap (2) can assume a closed lower position, in which the outlet mouth is closed by an upwardly-projecting part of an obturator (8), and an upper open position, in which the outlet mouth is distant from the projecting part. A second cap (11), external to the first cap (2), is internally provided with a projection (12) coupled with the first cap (2) and optionally located on an easy-break security strip. The capsule guarantees an airtight seal, especially for containers of gassy liquids.

Description

Description
A Capsule for Closing Containers.
Technical Field
The invention relates to a capsule for closing containers. In particular reference is made to a capsule of the type described in the accompanying first claim.
Background Art
Publication EP 0 909 715 teaches a capsule of the above-mentioned type. The present invention proposes to improve the sealing characteristics of capsules of this type.
An advantage of the invention is that it guarantees hygiene during container use.
A further advantage of the invention is that it provides a capsule which can be provided with a security device against attempts at intrusion through the outlet mouth of the first cap.
A further advantage of the invention is that it provides a capsule for containers of dangerous liquid products which is provided with a security device preventing opening thereof by children.
A further advantage of the invention is that it provides an excellently-sealed capsule for closing containers of gassy liquids.
These aims and advantages and more besides are all attained by the present invention, as it is characterised in the appended claims.
Further characteristics and advantages of the present invention will better emerge from the detailed description that follows, of two preferred but not exclusive embodiments thereof, illustrated purely by way of non-limiting example in the accompanying figures, in which: figure 1 is a section view of a first embodiment of the capsule of the invention; figure 2 is a view from above of figure 1 ; figure 3 is the capsule of figure 1 in an open configuration; figure 4 shows a second embodiment of the invention; figure 5 is the capsule of figure 4 in an open configuration. Disclosure of Invention
With reference to the figures of the drawings from figure 1 to figure 3, 1 denotes in its entirety a capsule for closing a container, in particular a container for gassy liquids. The capsule 1 comprises a first cap 2 destined to be constrained, by a screw connection, to a mouth 3 of the container 1, while being able to make axial raising and lowering movements with respect to the container 1. The first cap 2 exhibits a cylindrical first wall, coaxial and external in relation to the mouth 3 of the container 1. The first cap 2 internally bears means for screw- coupling to the container 1. The upper end of the first wall is joined to the periphery of a flat and horizontal second wall located above the upper end of the mouth 3 of the container 1. A tubular third wall starts from an internal edge of the second wall going downwards. The third wall is coaxial and located internally of the mouth 3 of the container 1. The third wall has a free lower end bearing an aimular relief 4 which projects laterally extemalwise. The third wall superiorly bears an annular seal 15 (in this case made in a single piece with the wall) which seal 15 projects laterally extemalwise.
The first wall of the first cap 2 externally exhibits a lateral surface having a polygonal section. In the example the shape is a regular octagon, as can clearly be seen in figure 2. This shape improves the grip of the capsule by a machine which is equipped with a gripping tool of a corresponding shape. Further, thanks to this polygonal shape, a user can see immediately that the container is to be opened and closed by unscrewing and re-screwing.
A fourth wall starts from the internal edge of the second wall and rises therefrom. The fourth wall is tubular, coaxial to the container and located above the mouth thereof. The fourth wall has an upper end which bears an annular relief 5 projecting laterally outwards.
The first cap 2 comprises a tubular fifth wall 2a having a free lower end and an upper end which is connected via a horizontal tract of wall to the fourth wall. The fifth wall 2a internally describes a passage for the exit of the liquid from the container 1. The capsule 1 comprises an annular element 6 housed within the first cap 2 and predisposed to couple with the mouth 3 of the container. At least a part of the annular element 6 is destined to separate from the first cap 2 on the first opening of the capsule 1 by effect of the rupture of the easy-break ribs 7 which, in the embodiment described, are predisposed on the annular element 6, which is thus divided into two parts: a lower part, destined to detach, and an upper part, which remains jointed in the first cap 2 even after the first opening of the capsule 1. The capsule 1 further comprises an obturator 8 inserted into the container mouth. Before assembling the capsule 1, the obturator 8 is coaxially connected to the annular element 6 by easy-break ribs, so that it is detachable therefrom when the obturator 8 is coupled with the rest of the capsule.
The obturator 8 is provided with a tubular first external wall, internal and coaxial to the mouth, having an upper end which externally bears an annular lateral projection, which is interpositioned between the first cap 2 and the upper end of the mouth 3. The first wall of the obturator 8 exhibits an external lateral surface which seals against the inside of the mouth 8, and an internal lateral surface which bears three annular reliefs projecting laterally towards the inside, arranged at three different distances one from another, the function of which will be better clarified herein below.
The three reliefs 9 have progressively increasing internal diameters, starting from the upper relief going down to the lower relief. The upper relief 9 has an internal diameter which is smaller than the external diameter of the annular seal 15 of the first cap 2.
A peripheral part of a second wall is located at the lower end of the first wall of the obturator 8. This part of the second wall is flat and horizontal and in the shape of a circular crown, provided with at least one opening 10 for the exit of the liquid from the container. A third wall starts from the internal edge of the second wall; this third wall has a tubular shape and is closed at the top thereof.
The first cap 2 can selectively assume at least one lower position, a closed position (see figure 1) in which the central exit passage of the liquid is closed by the upper part of the third wall of the obturator 8, and at least an upper position, an open position (see figure 3), in which the exit passage is unobstructed. In the closed lower position, the internal surface of the fifth wall 2a of the first cap 2 seals against the external surface of the third wall of the obturator 8. Further, in the closed lower position the seal 15 closes and seals against the upper relief 9. In the open upper position the lower part of the annular element 6 is detached. The capsule 1 comprises a second cap 11, external of the first cap 2, which provides further protection. The second cap 11 is internally provided with a projection 12 coupled with the first cap 2.
In the embodiment of figure 1, the above-mentioned projection 12 of the second cap 11 is placed on an easy-break security ring, which is in fact the lower end of the second cap 11, destined to be broken by effect of a raising of the second cap 11 from the first cap 2.
The second cap 11 exhibits a first lateral wall, which is in effect a coaxial jacket to the first cap 2. The security ring is connected inferiorly to this first lateral wall. At the top of the first lateral wall there is a second wall which is flat and horizontal and which covers the exit passage afforded by the first cap 2. An annular relief element 13 projects axially downwards from the inside of the second wall. The relief element 13 has a cylindrical internal annular surface, of a predetermined internal diameter, which works together with the annular relief 5 laterally projecting from the third wall of the first cap 2, and thus creates a seal which insulates the central zone of the capsule (where the exit passage of the first cap 2 is afforded) from the outside environment. The annular reliefs 9 located on the first wall of the obturator 8 are predisposed to interact with the externally-projecting annular relief 4 of the third wall of the first cap 2. Each annular relief 9 of the obturator determines a resistance to raising of the first cap 2. The lower annular relief 9, having the largest diameter of all three, in particular serves to give a certain stability to the lower position of the first cap 2 after cap assembly and before application of the capsule on the container. The intermediate annular relief 9 serves in particular as a warning stop to the user, informing him or her that a first open position has been reached at which the capsule is effectively open and liquid can be obtained from inside the container. In this position the first cap 2 is still screwed onto the mouth 3. By continuing to unscrew the first cap 2, with a small effort to cause the relief 4 to overcome the intermediate relief 9, the first cap 2 is brought into a second open position, defined by the upper third relief 9, in which it is completely unscrewed from the mouth 3. In this position, even though the screw-coupling is completely unscrewed, the first cap 2 is still coupled to the obturator 8. Complete freeing of the mouth 3 upper opening can be obtained by making a further axial raising movement of the first cap 2, which, thanks to the coupling between the relief 4 and the upper relief 9, draws the obturator 8 upwards with it. In use, the user first removes the second cap 11 (which has served to guarantee the security of the package and contents) and then, to reach the product inside, unscrews the first cap 2 up to the first open position. If the user continues to unscrew, the first cap 2 exits from the screw coupling, moving into the second open position, in which an unscrewing rotation does not lead to a raising of the first cap 2. In both open positions, the liquid product can be obtained without removing the first cap. The first cap can therefore subsequently be rescrewed, to close the container.
The closed capsule is guaranteed airtight by various seals: the fifth wall 2a of the first cap 2 coupled sealedly to the third wall of the obturator 8, the annular seal 15 of the first cap 2 which seals against the upper relief 9 of the obturator 8, the annular relief 13 of the second cap 11, coupled sealedly with the relief 5 of the obturator 8.
Looking now at the second embodiment of the capsule, illustrated in figures 4 and 5, the elements which are effectively the same as in figures from 1 to 3 are denoted using the same numbers. This capsule can be usefully applied on containers for dangerous liquids which must therefore be childproof. The second cap 11 comprises a first external lateral wall, in the form of a jacket, joined to a flat second wall, at the centre of which an opening is afforded for exit of liquid from the container, which opening faces an outlet mouth afforded at the centre of the first cap 2.
The first wall of the second cap 11 laterally covers the entire first cap 2 and the part of the annular element 6 destined to stay constrained on the first cap 2 after the container is first opened.
The capsule is provided with a childproof security device 14, which is activated by effect of a pressure on the second cap 11, to make the first cap 2 and the second cap 11 reciprocally solid in unscrewing rotation. This device comprises two crowns exhibiting radial teeth, the teeth facing each other and being arranged circumferentially on the two caps 2 and 11.
It can be seen that in the second embodiment, differently to the first, the first cap
2 does not exhibit a polygonal external surface which can aid the operator to understand that the capsule opening method is of the screw-type.
In use, to open the capsule the second cap 11 must be pressed downwards to activate the security device 14, and then, while mamtaining the downwards pressure; then the two caps 2 and 11 are rotated together in the unscrewing direction of the first cap 2.

Claims

Claims.
1). A capsule for closing containers, comprising: a first cap (2), having an outlet mouth for a liquid present in a container, which first cap (2) is destined to be constrained to a mouth (3) of the container, in such a way that the first cap (2) can be raised and lowered with respect to the container; an annular element (6), coupled with the first cap (2) and having at least one part which is destined to detach therefrom on a first opening of the capsule; an obturator (8), destined to be inserted in the mouth (3) of the container, which obturator (8) is provided with an upwardly-projecting part and with at least one opening (10) for exit of the liquid from the container; the first cap (2) being susceptible to selectively assume at least one closed lower position, in which the outlet mouth is closed by the upwardly-projecting part of the obturator (8), and at least one open upper position, in which the outlet mouth is distant from the projecting part and the at least one part of the annular element (6) is detached; wherein the capsule comprises a second cap (11) which is external to the first cap (2) and which is internally provided with at least one projection (12) joint- coupled to the first cap (2). 2). The capsule of claim 1, wherein the obturator (8) is provided with a plurality of inwardly projecting annular reliefs (9), which are predisposed to interact with an outwardly-projecting annular relief (4) of the first cap (1) in order to offer a resistance to a raising of the first cap (2); the annular reliefs (9) comprise an upper annular relief for limiting an axial movement of the first cap (2) and at least one lower annular relief having a greater diameter than a diameter of the upper annular relief.
3). The capsule of claim 2, wrherein the first cap (2) exhibits an annular seal (15) which, in a closed lower position, seals against the upper annular relief (9) of the obturator (8). 4). The capsule of any one of the preceding claims, wherein the projection (12) of the second cap (11) is located on an easy-break security strip. 5). The capsule of any one of the preceding claims, wherein the second cap (11) comprises a lateral part functioning as a jacket and joined to a flat upper part from which an annular relief (13) projects downwardly, bearing an internal annular sealing surface which interacts contactingly with an annular relief (5) projecting laterally from the first cap (2).
6). The capsule of any one of the preceding claims, wherein the first cap (2) exhibits a tubular element (2a) which extends in a parallel direction to the axial movement of the first cap (2), having an upper end which is joined to the first cap (1) and a free lower end which, when the first cap in the closed position, laterally seals with the projecting part of the obturator (8).
7). The capsule of any one of the preceding claims, wherein at least a part of the first cap (2) exhibits an external lateral surface having a polygonal section. 8). The capsule of any one of claims from 1 to 3, wherein: the second cap (11) comprises a lateral part having a jacket function, joined to a flat upper part, which flat upper part affords a passage at least at a part thereof which faces the outlet mouth; the first cap (2) is screwed to the mouth (3) of the container and means for solidly coupling (14) the first cap (2) and the second cap (11) together in rotation are provided by effect of a pressure applied on the second cap (11). 9). The capsule of any one of the preceding claims, wherein the second cap (11) comprises a lateral wall having a jacket function, which second wall laterally covers all of the first cap (2).
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