EP2276676B1 - Füllsperr- und auslaufschutzvorrichtung für flaschenhals und solch eine vorrichtung enthaltende verbunddichtungskappe - Google Patents

Füllsperr- und auslaufschutzvorrichtung für flaschenhals und solch eine vorrichtung enthaltende verbunddichtungskappe Download PDF

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EP2276676B1
EP2276676B1 EP09729086.0A EP09729086A EP2276676B1 EP 2276676 B1 EP2276676 B1 EP 2276676B1 EP 09729086 A EP09729086 A EP 09729086A EP 2276676 B1 EP2276676 B1 EP 2276676B1
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Jean-Marie Bourreau
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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
    • B65D49/00—Arrangements or devices for preventing refilling of containers
    • B65D49/02—One-way valves
    • B65D49/04—Weighted valves
    • 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
    • B65D51/18—Arrangements of closures with protective outer cap-like covers or of two or more co-operating closures
    • 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
    • B65D2251/00—Details relating to container closures
    • B65D2251/0003—Two or more closures
    • B65D2251/0006—Upper closure
    • B65D2251/0015—Upper closure of the 41-type
    • 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
    • B65D2251/00—Details relating to container closures
    • B65D2251/0003—Two or more closures
    • B65D2251/0037—Intermediate closure(s)
    • B65D2251/0046—Intermediate closure(s) of the 41-type
    • 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
    • B65D2251/00—Details relating to container closures
    • B65D2251/0003—Two or more closures
    • B65D2251/0068—Lower closure
    • B65D2251/0087—Lower closure of the 47-type
    • 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

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  • the invention relates to the field of capping capsules, in particular that of anti-fraud capping capsules for packaging liquid products of great value or of great renown, typically in the field of wines, alcohols, liqueurs or spirits. It relates more particularly to bottle corks containing drinks with a high alcohol content, whose sugar concentration is quite high and for which the horizontal storage before and after first opening is likely to present some problems when they are equipped with an un-refillable device.
  • a large number of patents are already known which describe composite capsules comprising a metal shell and provided with a device providing an anti-fraud or non-refillable function.
  • This device called the refill device, has an axis that coincides with the axis of the neck of the bottle when it is mounted on the bottle. It comprises a non-return valve, in the form of a chamber enclosing a moving part, an axial distribution duct located above said chamber and substantially irreversible fixing means on the neck of the bottle. Once the device is attached to the neck of the bottle, the chamber separates the axial distribution duct from the inside of the bottle.
  • the chamber typically comprises a substantially axial wall whose lower end is secured to a lower lip delimiting a lower orifice and forming a seat to said moving part.
  • the upper end of the chamber is occupied by a perforated transverse wall to allow the passage of liquid to the axial distribution duct.
  • the moving part which generally has a shutter disc or is in the form of a ball, comes, when the bottle is held vertical and straight, to press against said lower lip by gravity and thus closes the lower orifice by preventing the filling of the bottle by the outside.
  • the moving part tends to separate axially from the seat which defines the lower orifice, which releases the latter and allows the passage of the liquid from the inside of the bottle to the outside.
  • the fixing of the filling device on the neck is generally carried out either by depression inside the neck, a cylindrical wall - which may be the substantially axial wall of the chamber - being externally provided with at least one annular fin co-operating with the inner wall of the neck ("in-boron” arrangement), or by overlapping of the mouth of the neck with a fixing skirt provided with a hook or a typically annular bead, fixed on said skirt and cooperating with the attachment zone of the counter ring ("out-bore” arrangement).
  • Patent applications GB 466 474 , WO 00/75033 and GB 1,276,619 describe various non-refill devices comprising a movable axial rod, whose axial displacement is limited between a low position and a high position, which is associated with a shutter such that, when said movable axial rod is in the low position, said shutter closes an orifice which is formed in the chamber and thus prevents, even when said bottle is held horizontally, the flow of the liquid.
  • These devices do not have a transverse wall preventing access to the upper part of the chamber.
  • the Applicant has therefore sought to develop a composite closure capsule provided with an unloading device that remains effective after storage more or less long horizontally, even after first opening, namely that it results from on the one hand a deterioration of the non-refilling function due to a crippling bonding of the movable part on the wall of the chamber and, on the other hand, a loss of the beverage contained in the bottle by leakage, sagging or spraying when unscrewing the capsule.
  • a first object according to the invention is a refilling device intended to be irreversibly fixed to the neck of a bottle intended to contain a liquid and to be closed by a closure cap, said device comprising substantially irreversible fixing means said non-refill device on said neck, a chamber comprising a lower lip surrounding a lower orifice communicating the interior of the bottle with the chamber and trapping a movable piece which forms a valve cooperating with said lower lip, and an axial duct of distribution located above said chamber.
  • This device also comprises a movable axial rod integral with the non-refill device, whose axial displacement relative to said device is limited between a low position and a high position, and at least one shutter cooperating with said movable axial rod so that when said movable axial rod is in the low position, said shutter closes an orifice which is formed in said chamber and prevents, even when said bottle is held horizontally the flow of the liquid.
  • the axial distribution duct is above the chamber in the sense that it is located between the room and the outside of the bottle.
  • the lower orifice is located in the lower part of the chamber in that it is located on the side of the inside of the bottle.
  • the device according to the invention comprises firstly a movable piece forming a valve cooperating with the lower lip of the chamber surrounding the lower orifice and secondly a shutter for closing a hole in the chamber.
  • moving part and shutter designate a single piece and that "lower orifice” and “orifice.” designate a single orifice.
  • other embodiments of the invention, preferred, may have a separate movable part and a shutter, cooperating with separate orifices.
  • said shutter and said orifice cooperate under the direct effect of the axial movement of the axial movable rod, that is to say that the shutter is attached to the axial movable rod or directly driven by it and that the orifice is formed on a transverse wall of the chamber, for example on its upper wall.
  • the non-refill device comprises at least one transverse wall, openwork admittedly to allow the liquid to pass, but which prevents direct access from the outside to the moving part. It may be the upper wall of the chamber or, as reported in WO2006 / 134263 , a protective wall. We will call later "upper transverse wall", the transverse wall of the device, formed in the axial distribution duct or belonging to the chamber, which is exposed to the outside when the bottle is decapsulated.
  • this bore also serves to maintain the axial movable rod and is always closed by the axial movable rod, even in the low position. According to the invention, this bore must always be partially occupied by said axial movable rod: even in the high position, the upper end thereof must not exceed the upper surface of the upper transverse wall.
  • the movable axial rod is held in the low position when a closure cap is fixed on the neck, typically by screwing.
  • the axial rod is positioned in said refill device so that its upper end is brought into contact with a protrusion integral with the closure cap and is driven by it to its lower position, reached when said capsule is fixed on the neck, that is to say, typically, completely screwed on said neck.
  • the rod is secured to the non-refill device but can perform a limited axial movement relative thereto. It is called "axial" in that it is oriented parallel to the axis of the device and moves parallel to this axis.
  • the axial movable rod is unique, its axis coinciding with the axis of the device and moving along the axis of the device. Otherwise, it is preferable to provide the device with a plurality of movable axial rods regularly distributed around the axis. Subsequently, to facilitate the description, we will assume it unique and central.
  • the device is provided with at least one means for holding the rod allowing it to move along its axis.
  • This means may be an axial wall within which the movable axial rod can slide. It may be an axial bore formed in a transverse wall of the non-refill device or the bore of an axial sleeve secured to the device, for example by means of fixing arms.
  • the bore in the upper transverse wall has a large enough diameter, which leaves the passage to a rod, typically an unfolded paper clip, which can easily reach the moving part and move it from its seat, thus allowing a new (fraudulent) filling of the bottle. It must therefore be avoided that this passage is free when the bottle is decapsulated and the best way is to let the upper end of the movable axial rod occupy this passage, even when said movable axial rod is in the low position.
  • the rod must not be able to protrude from the upper transverse wall to prevent the protruding end of the axial movable rod from being easily gripped from the outside to hinder its axial displacement and thus to prevent proper operation of the 'shutter.
  • the bore in said upper transverse wall must therefore have a large height, greater than the axial stroke of the movable axial rod. Since it is unnecessary for the upper transverse wall to be too thick, it is advantageous to fix on said upper transverse wall an axial wall or axial chimney, serving as a means for holding said movable axial rod, the height of which is greater than the limited amplitude. of the displacement of the stem.
  • said chimney extends downward, so as not to exceed the upper surface of the upper transverse wall.
  • the movable axial rod is advantageously provided with an axial abutment shoulder cooperating with the lower end of said chimney. It is placed in the refilling device such that in the low position, the distance d between said shoulder and said lower end of the stack is less than the distance D between the upper end of said movable axial rod and the high end of said chimney.
  • said movable axial rod is held and guided by a second holding means, typically a second axial wall remote from the first, carried by the upper transverse wall.
  • a second holding means typically a second axial wall remote from the first, carried by the upper transverse wall.
  • the second axial wall can be arranged on the upper wall of the chamber.
  • the non-refill device comprises a movable piece, in the form of a ball, separate from the shutter, which is a disc integral with the rod bearing on the periphery of the upper wall of the chamber.
  • the disc has a tendency a little stronger than the ball to adhere against its seat
  • the lower end of the rod is arranged so that it always remains inside the chamber, distant from the ball, when it is in a low position of a certain value, typically at least the radius of the ball, preferably at least the diameter of the ball, so that when the ball is detached from its seat, it comes to strike said end with sufficient energy to help, via the rod, the disc to detach from its seat.
  • Another object of the invention is the assembly of a closure cap and an unloading device as described above, wherein said closure cap is provided with an axial protuberance and wherein said stem axial is placed in said device so that its upper end is brought into contact with said protuberance and is driven by it to its lower position, typically by screwing, during the fixing of said capsule on said neck.
  • Another object of the invention is a composite closure cap comprising a closure cap and an unsupplementable device according to the invention, the assembly being intended to be assembled and fixed to the neck of a bottle during the capping of said bottle, characterized in that said non-refill device is provided with a substantially irreversible fastening means on said neck and a temporary fastening means cooperating with a means for temporarily securing said capsule and in that said capsule is provided with an axial protuberance, the movable axial stem of said non-refill device being placed in said device so that its upper end is brought into contact with said protuberance and is driven by it so that it reaches its position low when said capsule mouth said neck.
  • said securing means are complementary threads of screwing and the movable rod is in its low position when said cap is completely screwed on the refill device.
  • Said closure capsule advantageously comprises a metal shell provided with a head and a metal skirt comprising two parts separated by a line of weakness: a lower part intended to remain attached to the neck of the bottle, for example as a result of crimping on the counter-ring during capping, and an upper part to be separated from said refill device and therefore the bottle, after breaking the line of weakness.
  • said upper part comprises the means of temporary attachment with the refill device which has been anchored on the neck of the bottle: it thus constitutes a removable conventional plugging cap that can be used to reseal the container after first opening.
  • the upper part is directly provided with temporary securing means complementary to that of the refilling device, typically a screw thread.
  • the capsule comprises an insert fixed inside the metal shell provided with said temporary fastening means.
  • the capsule comprises an insert-shutter, typically fixed on the underside of the head of the metal shell, provided with said axial protuberance which drives said movable axial rod towards its lower position and holds it in this position as long as the capsule mouth the neck, that is to say, typically, as long as it is screwed fully on said neck.
  • said temporary fastening means are used initially to assemble the elements of the composite capsule, before it is placed on the neck of the bottle and encapsulated, and in a second step to fix temporarily the conventional plugging capsule resulting from the breaking of the line of weakening.
  • the non-refillable device being driven into the neck of the bottle can not easily itself be provided with means for temporarily fixing the closure cap.
  • these temporary fixing means of the capsule are advantageously located on an insert and the temporary securing function between the capsule and the non-refill device is advantageously filled by said axial protuberance, with, for example, for example, its end which cooperates with an annular bead formed at the top of the chimney or the bore of the upper transverse wall.
  • FIGS. 1 and 2 illustrate two examples where the terms “moving part” and “shutter” designate a single part and where "lower orifice” and “orifice” designate a single orifice.
  • the figure 1 represents a refilling device 3 intended to be fixed irreversibly to the neck 40 of a bottle.
  • This device has an axis of symmetry 60 which coincides with the axis of the neck when it is mounted on said neck. It comprises substantially irreversible fixing means 360 on said neck, a chamber 300 comprising a side wall 33 and a lower lip 330 surrounding a lower orifice 331 communicating the interior of the bottle with the chamber and trapping a movable member 50 which forms a valve cooperating with said lower lip, and an axial distribution duct 39 located above said chamber. It also comprises a movable axial rod 100, integral with said device, whose axial displacement relative to said device is limited between a low position and a high position.
  • the moving part 50 plays the role of a shutter 8 which cooperates with said movable axial rod so that when said movable axial rod is in the low position illustrated in FIG. figure 1 its low end 101 comes to rest on the moving part which closes the orifice 340 which coincides with the lower orifice 331, so that it prevents the flow of the liquid, even when the bottle is kept horizontal.
  • a closure cap 210 is provided with a screw thread 214 complementary to the thread 37 formed on an outer wall of the refilling device.
  • the axial rod 100 is positioned in said device so that its upper end 103 is brought into contact with a protuberance 25 integral with the capsule 210 and is driven by it to its lower position at the end of screwing of said capsule onto said neck.
  • the axial rod can perform limited axial displacement.
  • the device 3 is provided with means for holding the rod allowing it to move along its axis: it is an axial bore 309 formed in a chimney 308 secured to the upper wall 301 of the chamber 300.
  • the movable axial rod 100 is provided with a shoulder 102 axially abutting cooperating with the lower end 307 of said chimney. It is placed in the refilling device 3 so that in the low position, the distance d between said shoulder 102 and said lower end 307 of the chimney 308 is smaller than the distance D between the upper end 103 of said rod. mobile axial 100 and the upper end 306 of said chimney.
  • this bore 39 is always occupied by the axial movable rod 100, even when it is in the low position. Furthermore, even in the high position, the upper end 103 of this movable axial rod does not protrude from the surface of the upper wall 301 of the chamber 300 which is here the upper transverse wall of the device 3, exposed to the outside when the bottle is decapsulated.
  • the figure 2 illustrates a slightly different example from that of figure 1 .
  • the movable part 50 which always acts shutter 8 but the upper wall 301 of the chamber 300 is surmounted by an upper transverse wall 6, typically playing the role of the perforated protective wall described in the application WO2006 / 001328 .
  • This upper transverse wall 6 is provided with a chimney 68 having a bore 69 through which the rod 100 slides .
  • the movable axial rod 100 is provided with a shoulder 102 forming an axial abutment cooperating with the lower surface 303 of the upper wall 301. from the room.
  • the distance d between said shoulder 102 and said lower surface 303 of the top wall 301 is smaller than the distance D between the upper end 103 of said rod.
  • the movable part and the shutter are distinct and cooperate with separate orifices: the shutter 8 ' is attached to the axial movable rod 100' and the orifice 340 ' is formed on the upper wall 301 ' of the chamber 300'.
  • the non-refillable device 3 ' is of the "out-bore" type. It comprises a substantially irreversible fastening means, in this case an annular fixing hook 360 '. It comprises a chamber 300 ' with a side wall 33' and a lower lip 330 ' surrounding a lower orifice 331' and trapping a moving part 50 '. An axial distribution duct 39 ' is located above the chamber. It also includes a movable axial rod 100 '. When it is in the low position illustrated in figure 3 , the shutter 8 ' bears on the peripheral portion of the upper wall 301' of the chamber 300 ' and closes the orifice 340'.
  • the axial rod 100 ' is placed in said device so that its upper end 103' is brought into contact with a protrusion 25 integral with the closure cap 2 and is driven by it to its lower position at the end of screwing.
  • the axial rod can perform limited axial displacement.
  • the device 3 ' is provided with a means for holding the rod allowing it to move along its axis: it is an axial bore 69 ' formed in a chimney 68' secured to the upper transverse wall 6 ', which in this case is curved and is in the form of a grid.
  • the movable axial rod 100 ' is provided with a shoulder 102' axially abutting cooperating with the lower end 67 ' of said chimney. It is placed in the refill device 3 ' so that in the low position, the distance between said shoulder 102' and said lower end 67 ' of the chimney 68' is less than the distance separating the upper end 103 ' said movable axial rod 100 ' and the upper end 66' of said chimney.
  • FIG. 3 On the left side of the figure 3 an example of a composite closure cap 1 resulting from the assembly of the filling device 3 ' and a closure cap 2 can be seen.
  • the assembly is made integral thanks to the cooperation of the threads 204 and 37'. It is intended to be assembled and fixed to the neck of a bottle during the capping of said bottle, where i is fitted around the neck and then depressed so that the annular hook 360 ' folds around the glass ring, its end elastically relaxing after said passage and thus trapped by the counter-ring.
  • the capsule is provided with an insert-shutter 21, itself provided with an axial protuberance 25.
  • the movable axial rod 100 ' is placed in the device 3' so that its upper end 103 ' is brought into contact with said protuberance and is driven by it to its lower position when said cap is completely screwed on said refill device.
  • the closure cap 2 comprises a metal shell 20 provided with a head and a metal skirt 200 and comprises two parts separated by a weakening line 201: a lower portion 203 intended to remain attached to the neck of the bottle and a upper part 202 to be separated from said refilling device after breaking of the weakening line 201. After breaking of the weakening line, said upper part is a removable conventional plugging cap.
  • the filling device 3 ' results from the assembly of a lower part 30', which carries the chamber 300 ' and the irreversible joining means 360' on the neck and an upper part 31 ' which carries the transverse wall upper 6 ' which serves as a protective wall. These parts are held together by means of latching means and by two crimped zones 206.0 and 206.1 of the metal skirt, deformed one at a groove in the lower part 30 'and the other in the upper part 31 '.
  • the movable axial rod 100 ' is also maintained and guided by a second holding means 309': it is a bore carried by the central portion 302 ' of the upper wall 301' of the chamber 300 '.
  • the movable piece 50 ' is a ball distinct from the shutter 8', which is a disc, attached to the rod 101 ' perpendicular to its axis and bearing on the periphery of the upper wall 301' of the chamber 300 ' .
  • the disc has a tendency a little stronger than the ball to adhere against its seat, it develops the lower end 101 ' of the rod so that it always remains inside the chamber, distant from the ball when it is in the low position, a value corresponding at least to the radius of the ball, so that when the ball is detached from its seat, it comes to strike said end with sufficient energy to help, via the rod, the disc to detach from its seat.
  • the shutter 8 " is attached to the axial movable rod 100" and the orifice 340 " is formed on the upper wall 301" of the chamber 300 ".
  • the non-refillable device 3 " is of the" in-boron "type and comprises substantially irreversible fixing means, which here are a set of flexible circular fins 360" formed on the outer surface of the transverse wall of the axial duct. distribution 39 " and intended to cooperate with the interior of the neck, so as to ensure a firm and sealed connection between the device 3" and the neck. It comprises a chamber 300 " with a lower lip 330" surrounding a lower orifice 331 " and trapping a moving part 50". It also includes a movable axial rod 100. When it is in the lower position illustrated in the left part of the figure 4 , 8 "shutter bears on the peripheral portion of the upper wall 301 " of the chamber 300" and closes the orifice 340 ".
  • substantially irreversible fixing means which here are a set of flexible circular fins 360" formed on the outer surface of the transverse wall of the axial duct. distribution 39 " and intended to cooperate with the interior of the neck, so as to ensure a firm and sealed connection between the
  • the axial rod 100 " is placed so that its upper end 103" is brought into contact with a protuberance 25 integral with the closure cap and is driven by it to its lower position at the end of screwing. It can perform a limited axial displacement.
  • the device 3 " is provided with an axial bore 69" formed in a chimney 68 " integral with the upper transverse wall 6", which is curved here and is in the form of a grid.
  • the movable axial rod 100 " is provided with a shoulder 102" axially abutting cooperating with the lower end 67 " of said chimney.It is placed in the refill device 3" so that in the low position, the distance between said shoulder and said lower end of the chimney is less than the distance between the upper end 103 " of said movable axial rod 100" and the upper end 66 " of said chimney.
  • the device 3 " also includes a flexible lip 350" acting pourer. This lip sinks under the effect of the capsule when it is screwed onto the neck of the bottle.
  • the insert-shutter 21 " integral with the incompletely represented capsule, can be seen in the depressed position, the end of the protuberance 25, which is fixed to said insert-shutter 21", comes into contact with the upper end 103 " of the rod 100” and drives the latter by driving it to its lower position, where the shutter 8 " closes the orifice 340".
  • the filling device 3 "' of this example is close to that of Example 2. It differs in that the rod 100"' is extended so that in the low position, not only the shutter 8 “' bears on the peripheral portion of the upper wall 301"' of the chamber 300 "' to close the orifice 340"' but also the lower end 101 "' of said rod bears on the movable part 50"', which is pressed against the lower lip 330 "' and closes the lower orifice 331"'.
  • the device 3 "' is provided with a rod holding means enabling it to move along its axis: it is an axial bore 69"' formed in a chimney 68 '' integral with the upper transverse wall 6 ".
  • the movable axial rod 100 "' is provided with an axial abutment 102"' cooperating with the lower end 67 "' of said chimney It is placed in the refill device 3"' so that low position, the distance between said shoulder 102 "' and said lower end 67"' of the chimney 68 “' is less than the distance separating the upper end 103"' of said movable axial rod 100 "' and the high end 66 "' of said chimney.

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  1. Nichtwiederbefüllbarkeitseinrichtung (3, 3', 3", 3'"), die dazu bestimmt ist, auf irreversible Weise auf dem Hals (40) einer Flasche befestigt zu werden, die dazu bestimmt ist, eine Flüssigkeit zu enthalten und durch eine Verschlusskapsel (2) verschlossen zu werden, wobei die Einrichtung Mittel (360, 360', 360", 360"') zur im Wesentlichen irreversiblen Befestigung der Nichtwiederbefüllbarkeitseinrichtung auf dem Hals enthält, eine Kammer (300, 300', 300", 300'"), umfassend eine untere Lippe (330, 330', 330", 330'"), die eine untere Öffnung (331, 331', 331", 331"') umgibt, die das Innere der Flasche mit der Kammer verbindet und einen beweglichen Teil (50, 50', 50", 50"') einschließt, der ein Ventil bildet, wobei er mit der unteren Lippe zusammenwirkt, und eine axiale Verteilungsleitung (39, 39', 39", 39"'), die sich über der Kammer befindet, umfasst, wobei die Einrichtung auch eine bewegliche axiale Stange (100, 100', 100", 100"'), die mit der Nichtwiederbefüllbarkeitseinrichtung verbunden ist und deren Axialverschiebung in Bezug zu der Einrichtung zwischen einer unteren Position und einer oberen Position begrenzt ist, und mindestens ein Verschlusselement (8, 8', 8", 8'") umfasst, das mit der beweglichen axialen Stange zusammenwirkt, so dass, wenn sich die bewegliche axiale Stange in der unteren Position befindet, das Verschlusselement eine Öffnung (340, 340', 340", 340"'), die in der Kammer angeordnet ist, verschließt und, auch wenn die Flasche horizontal gehalten wird, das Ausfließen der Flüssigkeit verhindert, wobei die Einrichtung eine obere Querwand (301, 6', 6", 6"') umfasst, die außen liegt, wenn die Flasche entkapselt ist, und die mit einer Axialbohrung (309, 69', 69", 69"') versehen ist, die zum Halten der beweglichen axialen Stange dient, und in der die bewegliche axiale Stange gleiten kann, und die immer von der beweglichen axialen Stange verschlossen ist, auch wenn sich diese in der unteren Position befindet, wobei die Einrichtung dadurch gekennzeichnet ist, dass die axiale Bohrung immer teilweise von der beweglichen axialen Stange eingenommen ist, so dass, auch wenn sich die bewegliche axiale Stange in der oberen Position befindet, das obere Ende (103, 103', 103", 103"') derselben nicht über die Oberseite der oberen Querwand hinausragt.
  2. Nichtwiederbefüllbarkeitseinrichtung (3', 3", 3"') nach Anspruch 1, bei der das Verschlusselement (8' 8", 8"') an der beweglichen axialen Stange (100', 100", 100"') befestigt oder direkt von dieser angetrieben wird, und bei der die Öffnung (340', 340", 340"') an einer Querwand der Kammer, beispielsweise an ihrer oberen Wand (301', 301", 301"'), ausgenommen ist.
  3. Nichtwiederbefüllbarkeitseinrichtung (3, 3', 3", 3"') nach einem der Ansprüche 1 bis 2, bei der die obere Querwand mit einem Schacht (308, 68', 68", 68"') versehen ist, und die bewegliche axiale Stange, die mit einem Absatz (102, 102', 102", 102'") versehen ist, die als Axialanschlag dient, der mit dem unteren Ende (302, 67', 67", 67"') des Schachtes zusammenwirkt, derart in der Nichtwiederbefüllbarkeitseinrichtung angeordnet ist, dass in der unteren Position der Abstand d zwischen dem Absatz und dem unteren Ende des Schachtes geringer als der Abstand D zwischen dem oberen Ende (103, 103', 103", 103"') der beweglichen axialen Stange und dem oberen Ende des Schachtes ist.
  4. Nichtwiederbefüllbarkeitseinrichtung (3', 3"') nach einem der Ansprüche 1 bis 3, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die bewegliche axiale Stange von einem zweiten Haltemittel (309', 309"') gehalten und geführt wird.
  5. Nichtwiederbefüllbarkeitseinrichtung (3', 3"') nach einem der Ansprüche 1 bis 4, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass sie einen beweglichen Teil (50', 50"') in Kugelform und ein Verschlusselement (8', 8") in Scheibenform umfasst, das mit der beweglichen axialen Stange verbunden ist, die an der Peripherie der oberen Wand (301', 301"') der Kammer zur Anlage gelangt, wobei das untere Ende (101', 101"') der Stange immer im Inneren der Kammer bleibt und in der unteren Position von der Kugel um einen Abstand entfernt ist, der mindestens gleich dem Radius der Kugel ist, so dass, wenn sich die Kugel von ihrem Sitz löst, diese an das Ende mit einer ausreichenden Energie anschlägt, um mit Hilfe der Stange die Scheibe beim Lösen von ihrem Sitz zu unterstützen.
  6. Einheit aus einer Verschlusskapsel (2) und einer Nichtwiederbefüllbarkeitseinrichtung (3, 3', 3", 3"') nach einem der Ansprüche 1 bis 3, bei der die Kapsel (2) mit einem axialen Vorsprung (25) versehen ist, und bei der die axiale Stange in der Vorrichtung derart angeordnet ist, dass ihr oberes Ende (103, 103', 103", 103"') mit dem Vorsprung in Kontakt gebracht und von diesem in die untere Position geführt wird, die erreicht ist, wenn die Kapsel auf dem Hals befestigt ist.
  7. Zusammengesetzte Verschlusskapsel (1), umfassend eine Verschlusskapsel (2) und eine Nichtwiederbefüllbarkeitseinrichtung (3'), wobei die Einheit dazu bestimmt ist, am Hals (40) einer Flasche beim Verkapseln der Flasche montiert und befestigt zu werden, wobei die Nichtwiederbefüllbarkeitseinrichtung mit einem im Mittel (360') zur im Wesentlichen irreversiblen Befestigung auf dem Hals und einem Mittel (37') zur vorübergehenden Befestigung versehen ist, das mit einem Mittel zur vorübergehenden Verbindung (204) der Kapsel zusammenwirkt, und wobei die Kapsel mit einem axialen Vorsprung (25) versehen ist, wobei die bewegliche axiale Stange (100') der Nichtwiederbefüllbarkeitseinrichtung in der Einrichtung derart angeordnet ist, dass ihr oberes Ende (103') mit dem Vorsprung in Kontakt gebracht und von diesem derart mitgenommen wird, dass es seine untere Position erreicht, wenn die Kapsel den Hals verschließt, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die Nichtwiederbefüllbarkeitseinrichtung eine Nichtwiederbefüllbarkeitseinrichtung nach einem der Ansprüche 1 bis 5 ist.
  8. Zusammengesetzt Verschlusskapsel (1) nach Anspruch 7, bei der die Verbindungsmittel komplementäre Schraubgewinde (37' und 204) sind, wobei sich die bewegliche axiale Stange (100') in ihrer unteren Position befindet, wenn die Kapsel zur Gänze auf die Nichtwiederbefüllbarkeitseinrichtung geschraubt ist.
  9. Zusammengesetzte Verschlusskapsel (1) nach Anspruch 7 oder 8, bei der die Verschlusskapsel (2) eine metallische Schale (20) umfasst, die aus einem Kopf und einer Schürze besteht und zwei durch eine Schwächungslinie (201) getrennte Teile umfasst, wobei ein unterer Teil (203) dazu bestimmt ist, mit dem Hals der Flasche beispielsweise nach einem Aufsetzen auf den Gegenring während der Verkapselung verbunden zu bleiben, und wobei ein oberer Teil (202) dazu bestimmt ist, von der Nichtwiederbefüllbarkeitseinrichtung nach dem Bruch der Schwächungslinie getrennt zu werden und somit eine abnehmbare Verschlusskapsel zu bilden.
  10. Zusammengesetzte Verschlusskapsel (1) nach Anspruch 9, bei der der obere Teil (202) mit dem vorübergehenden Verbindungsmittel (204) versehen ist, das zu jenem (37) der Nichtwiederbefüllbarkeitseinrichtung komplementär ist, wobei das Mittel typischerweise ein Schraubgewinde ist.
  11. Zusammengesetzte Verschlusskapsel (1) nach Anspruch 9, bei der die Kapsel eine metallische Schale und einen Einsatz umfasst, der im Inneren der Schale befestigt ist und mit dem vorübergehenden Verbindungsmittel versehen ist, das zu jenem der Nichtwiederbefüllbarkeitseinrichtung komplementär ist.
  12. Zusammengesetzte Verschlusskapsel (1) nach einem der Ansprüche 7 bis 11, bei der die Kapsel mit einem Verschlusseinsatz (21) versehen ist, umfassend den axialen Vorsprung (25), der die bewegliche axiale Stange in ihre untere Position mitnimmt und sie in dieser Position hält, solange die Kapsel den Hals verschließt.
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