EP1660383B1 - Closure with an optical tamper indicator for alcoholic beverage bottles - Google Patents

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EP1660383B1
EP1660383B1 EP03818415A EP03818415A EP1660383B1 EP 1660383 B1 EP1660383 B1 EP 1660383B1 EP 03818415 A EP03818415 A EP 03818415A EP 03818415 A EP03818415 A EP 03818415A EP 1660383 B1 EP1660383 B1 EP 1660383B1
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closure
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Piero Battegazzore
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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
    • 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
    • B65D55/066—Foil covers combined with outer closures and comprising interacting or interposed tamper indicating means visible through the outer closure, e.g. releasable coloured dyes, changeable patterns, pierceable membranes, visible through a transparent closure or through a window
    • 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
    • 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
    • B65D41/00—Caps, e.g. crown caps or crown seals, i.e. members having parts arranged for engagement with the external periphery of a neck or wall defining a pouring opening or discharge aperture; Protective cap-like covers for closure members, e.g. decorative covers of metal foil or paper
    • B65D41/32—Caps or cap-like covers with lines of weakness, tearing-strips, tags, or like opening or removal devices, e.g. to facilitate formation of pouring openings
    • 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
    • B65D55/026—Locking devices; Means for discouraging or indicating unauthorised opening or removal of closure initial opening or unauthorised access being indicated by a visual change using indicators other than tearable means, e.g. change of colour, pattern or opacity
    • 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

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EP03818415A 2003-09-02 2003-09-02 Closure with an optical tamper indicator for alcoholic beverage bottles Expired - Lifetime EP1660383B1 (en)

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PCT/IT2003/000529 WO2005021400A1 (en) 2003-09-02 2003-09-02 Closure with an optical tamper indicator for alcoholic beverage bottles

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EP1660383A1 EP1660383A1 (en) 2006-05-31
EP1660383B1 true EP1660383B1 (en) 2008-07-30

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EP (1) EP1660383B1 (ko)
KR (1) KR100982879B1 (ko)
CN (1) CN100503383C (ko)
AT (1) ATE402880T1 (ko)
AU (1) AU2003265155A1 (ko)
DE (1) DE60322601D1 (ko)
EA (1) EA007707B1 (ko)
ES (1) ES2306926T3 (ko)
MX (1) MXPA06002129A (ko)
UA (1) UA80918C2 (ko)
WO (1) WO2005021400A1 (ko)

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UA98219C2 (ru) * 2008-04-14 2012-04-25 Гуала Клоужес Патентс Б.В. Нарезной колпачок и крышка с таким колпачком
KR200467567Y1 (ko) * 2008-04-14 2013-06-19 구알라 클로져스 페이턴츠 비.브이. 소형 광학 마개
US8040244B2 (en) 2008-11-07 2011-10-18 International Business Machines Corporation Closure with passive electronic sensor for tamper detection and related method
EA022140B1 (ru) 2010-01-15 2015-11-30 Гуала Клоужурс С.П.А. Укупорочное устройство с контролем вскрытия
KR101121467B1 (ko) * 2010-04-02 2012-03-16 김승섭 선회동작에 의한 식별 슬라이더 노출형 위조방지용 안전캡
ES2581325T3 (es) * 2010-04-21 2016-09-05 Guala Closures International B.V. Contenedor con indicador de apertura de capuchón
ITMI20112208A1 (it) * 2011-12-02 2013-06-03 Creative Gcl S R L Chiusura tamper evident.
EP2842884A1 (en) * 2013-08-27 2015-03-04 F. Hoffmann-La Roche AG Cap for a container
CN103662374B (zh) * 2013-12-31 2016-02-24 四川省宜宾五粮液集团有限公司 防伪瓶盖
USD889260S1 (en) 2018-12-21 2020-07-07 H.J. Heinz Company Brands Llc Closure for a container
US11292642B2 (en) 2018-12-21 2022-04-05 H. J. Heinz Company Brands Llc Container, closure, and methods for manufacture
US11891218B2 (en) 2019-09-20 2024-02-06 H.J. Heinz Company Brands Llc Container, closure, and methods for manufacture

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GB707508A (en) * 1952-05-30 1954-04-21 Harold Leslie Mcinnes Improvements in or relating to closures for containers
US4905851A (en) * 1983-02-18 1990-03-06 Tri-Tech Systems International, Inc. Tamper evident closures and packages with color changing means and separable portions of the closures and method of forming the same
US4723673A (en) 1987-04-06 1988-02-09 Tartaglia Marc S Tamper resistant cap with indicator
US5265744A (en) * 1992-10-07 1993-11-30 Billy Duty Tamper-proof cap

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WO2005021400A1 (en) 2005-03-10
KR20060090220A (ko) 2006-08-10
UA80918C2 (en) 2007-11-12
KR100982879B1 (ko) 2010-09-16
EP1660383A1 (en) 2006-05-31
EA007707B1 (ru) 2006-12-29
CN100503383C (zh) 2009-06-24
MXPA06002129A (es) 2006-05-17
AU2003265155A1 (en) 2005-03-16
ES2306926T3 (es) 2008-11-16
CN1826271A (zh) 2006-08-30
ATE402880T1 (de) 2008-08-15
EA200600523A1 (ru) 2006-08-25
DE60322601D1 (de) 2008-09-11

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