EP1771350B1 - Verschluss für eine flasche für kohlensäurehaltige getränke - Google Patents

Verschluss für eine flasche für kohlensäurehaltige getränke Download PDF

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EP1771350B1
EP1771350B1 EP05788554A EP05788554A EP1771350B1 EP 1771350 B1 EP1771350 B1 EP 1771350B1 EP 05788554 A EP05788554 A EP 05788554A EP 05788554 A EP05788554 A EP 05788554A EP 1771350 B1 EP1771350 B1 EP 1771350B1
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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
    • B65D39/0052—Closures arranged within necks or pouring openings or in discharge apertures, e.g. stoppers made in more than one piece
    • B65D39/0064—Injection-molded plastic closures for "Champagne"-or "Sekt"-type bottles
    • 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
    • B65D51/00—Closures not otherwise provided for
    • B65D51/16—Closures not otherwise provided for with means for venting air or gas
    • B65D51/1672—Closures not otherwise provided for with means for venting air or gas whereby venting occurs by manual actuation of the closure or other element
    • B65D51/1688—Venting occurring during initial closing or opening of the container, by means of a passage for the escape of gas between the closure and the lip of the container mouth, e.g. interrupted threads
    • 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
    • B65D2539/00—Details relating to closures arranged within necks or pouring openings or in discharge apertures, e.g. stoppers
    • B65D2539/001—Details of closures arranged within necks or pouring opening or in discharge apertures, e.g. stoppers
    • B65D2539/006—Details of closures arranged within necks or pouring opening or in discharge apertures, e.g. stoppers provided with separate sealing rings

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  • the present invention relates to corking means for bottle of sparkling wine such as champagne.
  • the champagne cork is a natural or reconstituted cork that is compressed radially and introduced in the compressed state over part of its height into the neck of a bottle.
  • This neck has a counter-outer ring intended to ensure the retention of a wire cap which, generally via a cup or a metal plate, ensures the maintenance of the plug in the neck against the effect of the pressure prevailing in the bottle.
  • This clogging contributes to the image and reputation of champagne wines and consumers are sensitive and very attached to it.
  • the nature of the clogging is a source of accidents at the time of the operation of opening the bottle by the consumer.
  • the cap can indeed escape and be violently projected into the surrounding space, may break objects that are there or injure a person near the bottle.
  • the prior compression of the plug is a source of defects in the outer surface of the plug which cooperates, with the inner surface of the neck, to the sealing of the closure.
  • the invention which relates to a plug for a soft drink bottle, intended to cooperate with the neck of the bottle by means of a retaining muselet, the stopper comprising an external head at the rim of the neck, a guiding portion of the stopper in the neck, issuing from the head, at least one lateral seal attached in a groove of the guiding portion to cooperate by sealing with the inner surface of the neck, the head further comprising a skirt of revolution about the axis of the guide portion, extending to cap the rim of the neck and still be in contact with the outer surface of the latter when the cap is held in place by the muselet, a substantially cylindrical portion opposite the head in the vicinity of its free edge.
  • the structure of the plug of the invention makes it possible to take into consideration the dimensional dispersions of the wire straps to ensure a good sealing of the plugging.
  • the skirt is substantially cylindrical in its opposite portion to the head in the vicinity of its free edge. This geometry allows precisely to allow movement between the cap and the neck of the bottle, which occurs after the depression of the cap at the moment when it is released, the muselet having been placed, while maintaining this contact between the skirt and the outer surface of the rim.
  • the head is dimensioned to have a peripheral portion which is in line with the rim, this part thus forming a stop at the depression of the plug in the neck located at the bottom of the aforesaid skirt.
  • this head has a substantially cylindrical central portion and a peripheral shell connected to the central portion by radial ribs whose lower end constitutes the above abutment.
  • the aforesaid portion of the guide portion is attached to the end of the central portion of the head and delimits with the latter a peripheral housing for the lateral joint.
  • the shape of this housing can it be a simple circular groove or affect a more complex shape such as a corrugated groove on the surface of the guide portion. In this case, certain peaks of this wave first leave the neck at the time of unblocking and allow controlled or progressive decompression of the inside of the bottle.
  • This implementation of two materials allows, in a luxurious version of the invention, to achieve the head of glass or transparent plastic material (polyester) while the guide portion will be in another material, reported under the head.
  • This other material, in particular plastic will have excellent barrier properties with respect to the constituents of the wine contained in the bottle.
  • the aforesaid portion is tubular with a transverse partition while its wall is notched on the side of its free edge, opposite this partition.
  • the outer surface of the head has indexing grooves of the position of the legs of the muzzle to the right of the radial ribs.
  • the head is provided at its top with a receptacle for receiving a personalization cap closure capsule.
  • the muzzle may be devoid of capsule.
  • the guide portion comprises at least one degassing groove of the bottle ending in the throat of the seal allowing a gradual decompression of the inside of the bottle during opening and avoiding the uncontrolled expulsion of the cap.
  • the plug shown in figure 1 comprises a head 1 made of material, for example plastic adapted to all the desired decoration variations.
  • material for example plastic adapted to all the desired decoration variations.
  • materials such as thermoplastics (for example polyesters), glass, wood or metal.
  • This head is shown here hollow and may include prints either on its outer face 1a or on its inside 1b. In the latter case the head is made of transparent material.
  • This head can be made by molding, by pressing, by machining and this, depending on the materials used.
  • It comprises a central cylindrical portion 2, provided in the lower part of an inner bead 3 and surrounded by a peripheral shell 4 connected to the central cylindrical portion by its top.
  • the peripheral shell 4 is terminated at the bottom by a skirt of cylindrical revolution whose inside diameter is substantially equal to that outside of a bottle mouth 7 6 as shown in FIGS. Figures 2 and 3 .
  • the central portion 2 of the head is a guiding portion of the plug in the neck of the bottle while the skirt 5 is to cap the rim of the neck in contact with the outer surface of the latter.
  • the height of the skirt 5 is of the order of 3 to 4 millimeters so that it always remains in contact with the neck despite the ascent (of the order of a few millimeters) of the plug, which operates under the effect of the pressure after the installation of the muzzle.
  • the central portion 2 of the head 1 is extended by a portion 8 attached at its end to form with the entire guide portion of the plug.
  • This portion 8 is here tubular with a transverse partition 9 dividing it into a first portion 8a for its fastening snap at the end of the part 2 of the head, thanks to the cooperation of the bead 3 with a groove 10 and a second part 8b in the form of a tubular wall provided with notches 11.
  • the portion 8 of the guide portion defines, when assembled to the central portion 2 of the head, with this central portion, a groove 12 which can receive a sealing member, for example an O-ring 13.
  • the throat 12 is here annular. It can affect a very simple wave form of realization since the sides of the groove are carried by two axially assembled parts. This arrangement has the advantage of facilitating the establishment of the seal.
  • the neck of the bottle enters between the shell 3 and the guide portion 2 without encountering a positive stop at the depression. Clogging must in these conditions be perfectly controlled with respect to the relative position of the neck and the plug during the depression.
  • One or more decompression grooves 15 are formed along a generatrix of the portion 8b from its free end into the groove 12.
  • This groove is the channel of a decompression leak of the bottle when, loosening the muzzle, the cap rises gradually along the neck until the O-ring passes to the level of the rim allowing the gas to escape without brutality.
  • the pressure inside the container drops and equilibrates with the atmospheric pressure.
  • the force of expulsion which was exerted on the plug becomes zero, the part 8b, located under the groove 12 and which is of a diameter slightly greater than the inside diameter of the neck, brakes the plug and it is stopped in its race.
  • the total opening of the bottle will then be carried out easily and under control of the consumer by a rotational movement and traction.
  • This decompression effect can also be achieved by placing a corrugated seal as mentioned above.
  • a muselet 16 is also shown to Figures 2 and 3 .
  • the shell 4 of the plug may be provided with grooves 17 in which are housed the tabs 16a of the muelet 16. These grooves will be located in line with the radial ribs 14 in order to cash the clamping force of the muzzle.
  • This cap may be a cap without upper capsule, the latter 19 having been previously put in place in the housing 18 of the top of the plug reported which makes the customization of the bottle more flexible.

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  1. Verschluss für eine Flasche mit einem kohlensäurehaltigen Getränk, der dazu bestimmt ist, mit dem Hals der Flasche mittels eines Halte-Drahtkorbes zusammenzuwirken, wobei der Verschluss einen Kopf (1) umfasst, der sich außerhalb des Mündungsrandes (6) des Halses (7) befindet, sowie einen Führungsabschnitt (2, 8) zur Führung des Verschlusses in dem Hals, ausgehend von dem Kopf, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass er mindestens einen seitlichen Dichtungsring (13) umfasst, der in eine Nut des Führungsabschnittes eingesetzt ist, um durch dichte Anlage mit der Innenfläche des Halses zusammenzuwirken, sowie eine Rotationsschürze (4) um die Achse des Führungsabschnittes (2, 8), die sich derart erstreckt, dass sie den Mündungsrand (6) des Halses (7) abdeckt, indem sie mit der Außenfläche dieses letztgenannten in Kontakt steht und immer noch mit diesem letztgenannten in Kontakt steht, wenn der Verschluss durch den Drahtkorb (16) am Platz gehalten wird, über einen im Wesentlichen zylindrischen Abschnitt auf der dem Kopf entgegengesetzten Seite nahe ihrem freien Rand.
  2. Verschluss nach Anspruch 1, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass der Kopf (1) derart bemessen ist, dass er einen Umfangsabschnitt hat, der sich senkrecht oberhalb des Mündungsrandes (6) befindet, wobei dieser Abschnitt somit einen Anschlag entgegen dem Eindrücken des Verschlusses in den Hals bildet, wobei sich der Anschlag am unteren Ende der oben genannten Schürze befindet.
  3. Verschluss nach Anspruch 2, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass der Kopf (1) einen im Wesentlichen zylindrischen zentralen Abschnitt (2) und einen Umfangsmantel (3) aufweist, der mit dem zentralen Abschnitt über radiale Rippen (14) verbunden ist, deren unteres Ende (14a) den oben genannten Anschlag bildet.
  4. Verschluss nach einem der vorhergehenden Ansprüche, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass der Führungsabschnitt (2, 8) jenseits der seitlichen Dichtung (13) in Bezug auf den Kopf (1) einen Abschnitt (8) umfasst, der an das Ende des zentralen Abschnitts (2) des Kopfes angesetzt ist und mit diesem letztgenannten eine Umfangsaufnahme (12) für die seitliche Dichtung (13) begrenzt.
  5. Verschluss nach Anspruch 4, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass der oben genannte Abschnitt (8) des Führungsabschnittes aus einem Material ist, das sich von dem des Kopfes (1) unterscheidet.
  6. Verschluss nach Anspruch 4 oder Anspruch 5, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass der oben genannte Abschnitt (8) rohrförmig ist und eine quer verlaufende Zwischenwand (9) hat, während seine Wand auf der Seite seines freien Randes entgegengesetzt zu dieser Zwischenwand (9) eingekerbt (11) ist.
  7. Verschluss nach Anspruch 1, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die Außenfläche (1a) des Kopfes (1) Nuten (17) zur Indexierung der Position der Arme (16a) des Drahtkorbes (16) an der Stelle der radialen Rippen (14) aufweist.
  8. Verschluss nach einem der vorhergehenden Ansprüche, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass der Kopf an seinem Scheitel mit einer Aufnahme (18) für einen kundenspezifischen Deckel des Verschlusses versehen ist.
  9. Verschluss nach einem der vorhergehenden Ansprüche, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass der Führungsabschnitt (2, 8) mindestens eine Nut (15) zur Entgasung der Flasche umfasst, die in die Nut (12) der Dichtung (13) mündet und eine fortschreitende Dekompression des Inneren der Flasche beim Öffnen ermöglicht.
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