EP1885603B1

EP1885603B1 - Bottle with means for retaining solid residues

Info

Publication number: EP1885603B1
Application number: EP06756307A
Authority: EP
Inventors: Sibella Tosca
Original assignee: Azienda agraria Farchioni Giampaolo
Current assignee: Azienda agraria Farchioni Giampaolo
Priority date: 2005-05-31
Filing date: 2006-05-30
Publication date: 2009-04-15
Anticipated expiration: 2026-05-30
Also published as: DE602006006309D1; WO2006129337A1; ATE428638T1; ES2325839T3; EP1885603A1; ITRM20050068U1

Abstract

A bottle 1 comprises means 12 for retaining residues of a wine positioned in proximity to a bottom 7 of the bottle and ergonomic grip means 8 positioned diametrically opposite to the means 12, so that, upon pouring the wine, the residues, concentrated in an accumulation area 14, are retained in the bottle 1.

Description

Technical Field

The present invention relates to a bottle. In particular, the present invention finds application within the field of bottled to contain high quality wine.

Background Art

As is well known, currently used bottles comprise a variously shaped side wall and a closing bottom whereon is modelled a symmetrical recess, e.g. with conical shape. The recess defines within the bottle an annular channel where possible solid residues of the wine concentrate. Moreover, said recess delimits a narrowing near the bottom, interposed between the latter and the side wall of the bottle, which is used as a gripping point to grasp the bottle and pour its content, placing a thumb on the side wall and inserting some fingers in the recess.
Disadvantageously, bottles with these characteristics are not able to assure an efficient collection of the residues that concentrate in the annular channel. When the bottle is inclined to pour its content, the bottom inclines as well and the residues sedimented with the wine slide along the annular channel, in particular if the level of the wine is low, creating vortices that partly mix the residues with the wine. It is thereby impossible to avoid pouring some of the residues into the glass. Moreover, the gripping point, defined by the symmetrical recess and by the side wall, is not ergonomic and the grip may be found uncomfortable and not sufficiently secure.
The Applicant has found that bottles of the type described can be improved under different aspects, particularly in relation to their ability to retain the residues and their ease of gripping.
Document GB-A-23388 discloses a bottle having a front indentation and a settling chamber both situated on the same side of the bottle, the indentation shaping said settling chamber.
An object of the present invention, therefore, is to propose a bottle that does not allow wine residues to flow out. Another object of the present invention is to propose a bottle which can be gripped securely to pour the wine contained therein.
Further characteristics and advantages shall become more readily apparent from the detailed description of a preferred, but not exclusive, embodiment, of a bottle according to the present invention.

Brief Description of the Drawings

Said description shall be provided below with reference to the accompanying drawings, provided purely by way of non limiting indication, in which:

Figure 1 shows a first lateral view of a bottle in accordance with the present invention;
Figure 2 shows a second lateral view of the bottle of Figure 1;
Figure 3 shows a view of the bottom of the bottle of Figure 1; and
Figure 4 shows a section view of a portion of the bottle of Figure 1.

Description of the Illustrative Embodiment

With reference to the aforementioned figures, the number 1 globally designates a bottle according to the present invention.
The bottle 1 comprises a lateral wall 2, with cone frustum shape, which develops along its longitudinal axis "X". The neck 3 of the bottle 1 is constituted by a cylindrical body with smaller diameter than the average diameter of the lateral wall 2 and connected thereto through a junction body 4. On an upper part of the neck 3 is obtained a band 5 which delimits an outlet 6 of the bottle 1 and which serves the purpose of strengthening the terminal part of the neck 3 to make it suitable to receive a cork (not shown in the figure).
The bottle 1 further comprises a closing bottom 7 whereon are obtained ergonomic gripping means 8. Said gripping means comprise a first recess 9 which is positioned on a lower portion 2a of the lateral wall 2 proximate to the bottom 7 and which is shaped to receive a thumb of a hand. A second recess 10 is instead obtained on the bottom 7 of the bottle 1 and it is shaped in such a way as to allow the insertion of fingers of the hand. The bottom 7 has a circular bearing surface 7a which delimits the second recess 10. Said second recess is off-centred relative to the bottom 7 and extends prevalently towards the first recess 9, defining, in the lower part of the bottle 1, a thinned area which constitutes a grip body 11. In other words, the grip body 11 is defined by a deformed area of the bottle 1 which is positioned between the lateral wall 2 and the bottom 7 and which extends along a limited circle arc portion (Fig. 3). It is meant to be pinched between the thumb and the index finger in order to grip the bottle 1 and it is solid, i.e. it has no cavities inside the bottle 1 to prevent the wine from stationing in undesired areas.
The bottle 1 is also provided with means 12 for retaining the residues which comprise an internal surface 13 of the bottom 7. It is inclined and it extends from an upper area 13a, which overlies the first recess 9, to a lower area 14 diametrically opposite to the upper area and to the first recess 9 and positioned in proximity to a lower edge 2b of the lateral wall 2. The lower area 14 constitutes an accumulation area for the resides that are formed in the wine, since the inclined inner surface 13 promotes the concentration of the residues in this area, when the bottle 1 is set down in the vertical position. The means 12 to retain residues further comprises a projection 15 which is positioned on an inner surface 16 of the lateral wall 2, in a position that is diametrically opposite to the ergonomic grip means 8, above the accumulation area 14. In the illustrated embodiment, said projection 15 is rectilinear, oriented perpendicularly relative to the axis "X" of the bottle 1 and it is obtained deforming the lateral wall 2 with a fold.
When the bottle 1 is inclined for pouring, the projection 15 defines a stagnation area 17, positioned between the accumulation area 14 and the projection 15. Under these conditions, the flow of the wine directed towards the outlet 6 of the bottle 1 encounters the projection 15 which prevents a modest quantity of liquid with the residues to flow out. Said means 12 for retaining the residues can also be present in an alternative embodiment which is not provided with the ergonomic grip means 8.
The present invention achieves the proposed objects and it obtains important advantages.
First of all, the advantages observable in the bottle according to the present invention are essentially linked to the efficient collection of the wine residues and also to their retention in the bottle 1. The inner surface 13 of the bottom 7, being inclined, effectively conveys the residues towards the accumulation area 14 which extends in a reduced portion of the bottom 7. Moreover, since the grip means 8 are appropriately positioned opposite to the accumulation area 14, when a user inclines the bottle 1 to pour its content, there is no mixing of the residues which remain concentrated in the accumulation area 14. Moreover, the stagnation area 17 defined by the projection 15, being positioned above the accumulation area 14, intercepts the residues while pouring, preventing outflows. Lastly, the ergonomic grip means 8 assure a strong and secure grasp.

Claims

A bottle comprising a bottom (7) and means (12) to retain solid residues present in a liquid contained therein, positioned in proximity to said bottom (7) and comprising a projection (15) obtained on an inner lateral surface (16); said bottle being characterised in that it comprises ergonomic grip means (8) comprising a first recess (9) obtained on a lateral wall (2), opposed to the projection (15) and able to receive a thumb of a hand.
Bottle as claimed in claim 1, characterised in that said means (12) for retaining residues comprise an inner surface (13) of said bottom (7) inclined from an upper area (13a) to a lower area of accumulation (14), positioned in proximity to a lower edge (2b) of said bottle (1).
Bottle as claimed in claim 2, characterised in that said projection (15) faces above said accumulation area (14), when said bottle (1) is in vertical position, to define, during the pouring of said liquid, a stagnation area (17) between said accumulation area (14) and said projection (15) in which said residues are intercepted.
Bottle as claimed in claim 1 or 3, characterised in that said projection (15) is defined by a fold of said lateral wall (2).
Bottle as claimed in claim 1, characterised in that said grip means (8) comprise a second recess (10) obtained on said bottom (7) and able to receive a plurality of fingers of said hand.
Bottle as claimed in claim 5, characterised in that said first recess (9) and said second recess (10) define a body (11) whereby the gripping action takes place.
Bottle as claimed in claim 6, characterised in that said grip body (11) constitutes a solid body.
Bottle as claimed in claim 6, characterised in that said second recess (10) is off-centred from said bottom(7) and it is displaced towards said grip body (11).
Bottle as claimed in claim 6, characterised in that said bottom (7) has a circular bearing surface delimiting said second recess (10) and in that said grip body (11) bears a portion of said bearing surface (18).
Bottle as claimed in claim 7, characterised in that said means (12) for retaining residues are positioned diametrically opposite to said grip means (8) and on said lateral wall (2) of said bottle (1).