EP2464578A1 - Dispenser-cap device for a beverage bottle, in particular an alcoholic beverage bottle - Google Patents

Dispenser-cap device for a beverage bottle, in particular an alcoholic beverage bottle

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EP2464578A1
EP2464578A1 EP10748141A EP10748141A EP2464578A1 EP 2464578 A1 EP2464578 A1 EP 2464578A1 EP 10748141 A EP10748141 A EP 10748141A EP 10748141 A EP10748141 A EP 10748141A EP 2464578 A1 EP2464578 A1 EP 2464578A1
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Maurizio Sorze
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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
    • 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
    • B65D49/00—Arrangements or devices for preventing refilling of containers
    • B65D49/02—One-way valves
    • B65D49/04—Weighted valves

Definitions

  • the present invention refers to a dispenser-cap device, that is to say a closing and dispensing device for a beverage bottle, in particular an alcoholic beverage bottle.
  • Closing and dispensing devices for beverage bottles are known, fit both to adjust the quantity of liquid poured and prevent or at least make it difficult a possible bottle fraudulent re-filling.
  • the invention accordingly relates to a dispenser-cap device for a bottle as defined in essential terms in attached claim 1 and, for preferred auxiliary features, in the dependent claims .
  • the dispenser-cap device according to the invention is easy and reliable to use and relatively easy and cheap to be realized, fully effective in its closing function as well as in preventing the bottle from fraudulent refilling, and at the same time prevents or at least reduces the risk of accidental breakage of the device itself.
  • the spout element will turn freely, without hooking the base body anymore; by inverting the rotation direction then, the spout element will go back into the base body.
  • FIG. 1 is a perspective exploded view of a dispenser-cap device for a bottle according to the invention
  • FIGS. 2 and 3 are longitudinal section views of the device of Figure 1, assembled and shown in the respective operation positions;
  • Figures 4 and 5 are respectively a perspective view and a cross section view, with parts removed for more clarity, of figure 1 assembled device;
  • FIGS 6-7 and 8-9 are two perspective views partially sectioned with removed parts and two perspective cross section views of figure 1 device, assembled and shown in respective operation positions, illustrating a further feature of the invention
  • Figures 10-11 are longitudinal section views of respective variants of the invention device.
  • reference number 1 indicates as a whole a dispenser-cap device for a bottle 2, for example a bottle of liquor/spirit or another alcoholic beverage.
  • device 1 is the same kind as described in the international application for patent WO2008/104507, whose content is herewith integrated as a reference, as far it is needed to understand the present invention. It is anyway understood that the invention can be carried out also with different dispenser- cap devices .
  • Device 1 extends substantially along an axis A and comprises a base body 3 , a actuator element 4 and a spout element 5, preferably consisting of respective plastic material monolithic bodies.
  • Base body 3 comprises a coupling portion 6 for fastening to a neck 7 of bottle 2, and a guiding portion 8, that projects axially from portion 6 for co-operating with spout element 5; sections 6, 8 are provided with respective axially opposed substantially annular seats 10, 12 positioned around axis A; seats 10, 12 are delimited by respective pairs of coaxial substantially cylindrical side walls joined to each other by an annular flange 13.
  • Base body 3 is essentially tubular and is provided with an inner chamber 20, extending through base body 3 along axis A and delimited by a side wall 21.
  • Chamber 20 has an entry opening 25, for instance essentially circular and positioned inside portion 6, and houses a mobile shutter member 27, for instance a sphere, co-operating with an edge of entry opening 25 for selectively close/open entry opening 25.
  • a mobile shutter member 27 for instance a sphere
  • seat 12 delimited by a side wall 101 radially inner and by a side wall 102 radially outer which are substantially coaxial around axis A and vertically protrude from upper surface 103 of flange 13.
  • Inner side wall 101 is preferably an annular close and continuous wall, and has a substantially smooth _outer surface.
  • Outer side wall 102 forms a guide wall 104 cooperating with spout element 5 and formed by a plurality of wall sections 105 circumferentially arranged side by side and separated from one another by longitudinal slits 106, substantially parallel to axis A.
  • Each portion of wall 105 has a leaf plate 107 projecting from flange 13 and in particular (but not necessarily) from a collar 108 hold by flange 13.
  • Each leaf plate 107 has a root end connected to flange 13 and a free end, opposite to the root end, finishing with a rim 109.
  • Leaf plates 107 and wall sections 105 are flexible and specifically elastically deformable in a substantially radial direction with respect to the axis A.
  • Leaf plates 107 and wall sectors 105 are therefore radially flexible with respect to the axis A and with respect of one another.
  • Each sector of wall 105 or leaf plate 107 is delimited by a radially inner face 111, projected toward the axis A, a by a radially outer face 112, substantially parallel and/or coaxial one to another.
  • Faces 112 are substantially smooth; inner faces 111 have respective longitudinal grooves 113 that project radially inwards towards the axis A and delimit a plurality of longitudinal grooves 114 angularly spaced apart and separated from one another by the ribs.
  • Each rib (113) is delimited by a pair of opposite sides (115, 116) : a first side (115) being so shaped as to define a chamfer or bevel towards the adjacent groove 114 and slit 106 (i.e. facing the side 115); a second side 116, opposite to the first side 115, is so shaped as to define a circumferential shoulder towards groove 114, facing side 116.
  • first side 115 is curved and specifically convex and/or chamfered or slanting towards groove 114 which faces it; and the second side 116 is substantially orthogonal to leaf plate 107.
  • the actuator element 4 comprises a substantially cylindrical, optionally externally knurled, tubular body 30, which is radially and externally fitted with radial clearance on portion 6 of base body 3, and a cover 31 closing an upper end of tubular body 30; actuator element 4 is rotatably coupled with base body 3 and is axially connected to base body 3 by means of opposite axial shoulders 32, 33 that project radially inwards from an inner side surface of tubular body 30.
  • Spout element 5 comprises a hollow body 40 extending along axis A and delimited by a substantially cylindrical side wall 41, provided with an external threaded portion 43 that engages a threaded portion 44 formed on inner surface of tubular body 30, and by an upper end wall 45 substantially orthogonal to axis A. Threaded portions 43, 44 provide a threaded coupling 46 between the spout element 5 and the actuator element 4.
  • Hollow body 40 is provided inside with a side-exit channel 51; channel 51 is a substantially annular channel extending substantially parallel to axis A and has an exit opening 52 substantially radial with respect to axis A.
  • Channel 51 is delimited by a radially inner wall 55 and by a radially outer wall 56, substantially co-axial as to axis A and facing each other and bending towards exit opening 52.
  • Seat 12 defines a slide seat for the spout element 5: wall 56 is housed axially sliding into seat 12 and is provided with longitudinal radially outer ridges 60 (figure 5) engaging the respective grooves 114 of base body 3 so as to form an angular connection 64, angularly blocking spout element 5 to base body 3.
  • the dispenser-cap device 1 comprises a disengagement device 65, essentially made of wall sectors 105 or flexible leaf plates 107, that, as hereinafter explained in detail, angularly releases the spout element 5 from the base body 3 when the spout element 5 reaches a predetermined position and allows, disenabling angular connection 64, the spout element 5 rotation together with the actuator element 4 with respect to the base body 3.
  • a disengagement device 65 essentially made of wall sectors 105 or flexible leaf plates 107, that, as hereinafter explained in detail, angularly releases the spout element 5 from the base body 3 when the spout element 5 reaches a predetermined position and allows, disenabling angular connection 64, the spout element 5 rotation together with the actuator element 4 with respect to the base body 3.
  • base body 3 is hooked firmly and unmovable to bottle 2 and actuator element 4 is rotatably coupled but axially linked to base body 3 and thus to bottle 2 ( Figure 5) .
  • Spout element 5 is telescopically coupled to actuator element 4 by threaded connection 46, formed by respective threaded portions 43, 44 and can slide with respect to base body 3 along axis A due to the rotation of actuator element 4 with respect to base body 3 for selectively opening/closing a passage 63 between channel 51 and chamber 20.
  • the reaction to the mentioned couple comes from the engagement between the ridges 60 of spout element 5 and grooves 114, and progressively decreases during the exit movement of spout element 5, since the couple transferred from ridges 60 to ribs, when contacting sides 115, turns into a circumferential and into a radial component; when the resistance to flexure of sectors 105 becomes lower than the applied radial component, sectors 105 and ridges 60 get momentary disengaged, this disengagement is possible also because of the radial clearance between wall 41 of spout element 5 and side wall 102 of base body 3. Flexion of sectors 105 determines the rotary disengagement between spout element 5 and base body 3 and a consequent "click" effect .
  • each leaf plate 107 is bent by a ridge 60 co-operating with rib Il3 or leaf plate 107, and therefore, once the ridge 60 has gone beyond rib 113 and has entered the following groove 114, it goes back to undeformed position, producing a snap or "click" .
  • the device 1 also comprise , advantageously but not necessarily, a stroke- limiting device 120 for the return of spout element 5 into seat 12:
  • device 120 is so shaped as, when the user rotates the actuator element 4 to close the device 1 and specifically a passage 63, it limits the return of the spout element 5 from an extracted maximum open position to a second close position, in which passage 63 is occluded by wall 56 but the spout element 5 is not completely retracted, as in the retracted initial close position, and remains raised for a predefined measure with respect to the base body base 3 and preferably projecting axially beyond actuator element 4.
  • the device 120 comprises stop members 121 carried by the base body 3 and selectively co-operating with respective abutment portions 122 of spout element 5 and that act only after a first opening of the device 1, that is after the spout element 5 has been brought for the first time from a retracted initial close position to and extracted maximum open position or anyway to an intermediate open position.
  • device 120 gives a visual immediate indication that the device 1 and therefore the bottle 2 have been opened at least for one first time.
  • stop members 121 comprise a plurality of steps 123 positioned in sliding seat 12 and specifically inside the respective grooves 114 and circumferentially adjacent to the respective ribs 113; in particular, each step 123 projects laterally from a side 116 of a rib 113 and vertically from an end surface 124 annular of seat 12.
  • each ridge 60 is arranged into a groove 114 between two ribs 113 and positioned laterally with respect to step 123 housed in the same groove 114;
  • the ridge 60 has a lower edge that defines an abutment portion 122 leans on end surface 124 or anyhow is in a lower position of an upper edge of step 123 and is slightly separated from side 116 of rib 113 having step 123, while it leans or o is very close to side 115 of adjacent rib 113; each ridge 60 has therefore a certain angular clearance (circumferential) with respect to the ribs 113 among which it is inserted.
  • the ridges 60 slide upwards in the respective grooves 114 and raise over the steps 123, while the spout element 5 is brought into the extracted maximum open position or anyway into a generic intermediate open position.
  • the ridges 60 angularly lean against respective sides 115 and the spout element 5 axially slides (while actuator element 3 is still rotating) under the effect of angular connection 64.
  • the rotation of the actuator element 4 at first drags into rotation the spout element 5, because of the angular clearance of the ridges 60 into grooves 114; this clearance is enough to move the ridge 60 into groove 114 over the respective step 123.
  • the ridges 60 angularly move into the respective grooves 114 until they lean against sides 116, then the spout element 5 axially slides (while the actuator element 4 continues rotating) under the effect of angular connection 64.
  • steps 123 prevent the further axial stroke of the ridges 60 into grooves 114 thus stopping the spout element 5 reinserting into seat 12; the spout element 5 remains raised in a visible way with respect to the retracted initial close position.
  • the stop members 121 comprise flexible elements 125 carried by the base body 3 and selectively co-operating with respective abutment portions 122 of spout element 5.
  • the flexible element 125 are fit to take selectively:
  • the flexible elements 125 are for/med by leaf plates 107, or by respective portions 127 of upper edge or at least some of leaf plates 107; flexible elements 125 are housed, in rest position, in a common channel 126 formed by an annular gap obtained between walls 41, 56 and closed from upper side by a bent portion of wall 56.
  • the flexible elements 125 comprise flaps 128 that vertically or obliquely protrude upwards from face 103 of flange 13 and are housed, in rest position, in a common channel 126, formed as well by the annular gap delimited by walls 41, 56.
  • the flexible elements 125 are housed into the channel 126 in a bent or deformed shape; when they are extracted from the channel 126, after the first opening of the device 1, the flexible elements 125 take an extended or substantially undeformed shape and engage respective abutment portions 122 of spout element 5 formed by an annular abutment wall 128; according to figure 10, the abutment wall 128 is defined by a radially internal annular projection of wall 41, according to figure 11, the abutment wall 128 is formed by a lower edge of wall 41.
  • the threaded portion 44 of the actuator element 4 has an intermediate thread length 130 (figure 10) chamfered downwards and having a reduced (smaller) thickness with respect to the end thread lengths 131; this way, if the user, once the spout element has reached the second close position and is blocked by device 120, persists in rotating the actuator element 4, the intermediate thread length 130 slips on the threaded portion 43 of the spout element 5 and elastically bends outwards the actuator element 4 that consequently turns freely.
  • the thread portion 44 of the actuator element 4 has a number of threads double with respect to the thread portion 43 of the spout element 5, so as the thread length 130 remains hooked even after slipping.
  • intermediate thread portion 130 has relatively high step and slant.

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Abstract

A dispenser-cap device (1) for a beverage bottle, in particular an alcoholic beverage bottle, extending substantially along an axis (A) and comprising a base body (3), connectable to a neck (7) of a bottle (2); an actuator element (4), rotatably coupled to the base body (3) and axially fixed to the base body; and a spout element (5), provided with a pour channel (51) and angularly connected to the base body (3) and axially slidable on a guide portion (8) of the base body (3) for selectively opening/closing a passage (63) communicating with the channel (51); the device being characterized by comprising a disengagement device (65) that releases angularly the spout element (5) from the base body (3) when the spout element (5) reaches a predetermined position, and allows rotation of the spout element (5) with respect to the base body ( 3 ).

Description

DISPENSER-CAP DEVICE FOR A BEVERAGE BOTTLE, IN PARTICULAR AN ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE BOTTLE TECHNICAL FIELD
The present invention refers to a dispenser-cap device, that is to say a closing and dispensing device for a beverage bottle, in particular an alcoholic beverage bottle.
BACKGROUND ART
Closing and dispensing devices for beverage bottles are known, fit both to adjust the quantity of liquid poured and prevent or at least make it difficult a possible bottle fraudulent re-filling.
An example of such a device is shown in the application for International patent WO2008/104507 and it is essentially made of a base body fastened on the bottle neck, of a actuator element rotatably coupled with the base body and axially connected to the base body, and of a spout element which is telescopically coupled to the actuator element and can axially slide with respect to the base body due to the rotation of the actuator element; being the
• spout element angularly blocked to the base body and so to the bottle, rotation of the actuator element causes the spout element sliding with respect to the base body and moves selectively the spout element from a retracted close position to an extracted open position.
This device, although effective, seems to be further improvable; in particular, a disadvantage of the described device, as well as other known devices, is that if the user persists in rotating the actuator element even after the spout element is completely extracted, this may cause the device breakage.
DISCLOSURE OF INVENTION
It is an object of the present invention to provide a device which solves the afore-mentioned problems of the prior art; in particular, it is an object of the invention to provide a dispenser-cap device, that is not only easy and reliable to use and relatively easy and cheap to be realized, fully effective in its closing function as well as in preventing the bottle from fraudulent re-filling, but also that prevents or at least reduces the risk of accidental breakage of the device itself.
The invention accordingly relates to a dispenser-cap device for a bottle as defined in essential terms in attached claim 1 and, for preferred auxiliary features, in the dependent claims .
The dispenser-cap device according to the invention is easy and reliable to use and relatively easy and cheap to be realized, fully effective in its closing function as well as in preventing the bottle from fraudulent refilling, and at the same time prevents or at least reduces the risk of accidental breakage of the device itself. In fact, if the user persists in rotating the actuator element even after the spout element is totally extracted, the spout element will turn freely, without hooking the base body anymore; by inverting the rotation direction then, the spout element will go back into the base body.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
The invention is described in details in the following non-limiting embodiment, with reference to the attached drawings, where:
- Figure 1 is a perspective exploded view of a dispenser-cap device for a bottle according to the invention;
- Figures 2 and 3 are longitudinal section views of the device of Figure 1, assembled and shown in the respective operation positions;
Figures 4 and 5 are respectively a perspective view and a cross section view, with parts removed for more clarity, of figure 1 assembled device;
- Figures 6-7 and 8-9 are two perspective views partially sectioned with removed parts and two perspective cross section views of figure 1 device, assembled and shown in respective operation positions, illustrating a further feature of the invention;
Figures 10-11 are longitudinal section views of respective variants of the invention device.
BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION
In Figures 1-3, reference number 1 indicates as a whole a dispenser-cap device for a bottle 2, for example a bottle of liquor/spirit or another alcoholic beverage.
Preferably, but not necessarily, device 1 is the same kind as described in the international application for patent WO2008/104507, whose content is herewith integrated as a reference, as far it is needed to understand the present invention. It is anyway understood that the invention can be carried out also with different dispenser- cap devices .
Device 1 extends substantially along an axis A and comprises a base body 3 , a actuator element 4 and a spout element 5, preferably consisting of respective plastic material monolithic bodies.
Base body 3 comprises a coupling portion 6 for fastening to a neck 7 of bottle 2, and a guiding portion 8, that projects axially from portion 6 for co-operating with spout element 5; sections 6, 8 are provided with respective axially opposed substantially annular seats 10, 12 positioned around axis A; seats 10, 12 are delimited by respective pairs of coaxial substantially cylindrical side walls joined to each other by an annular flange 13.
Base body 3 is essentially tubular and is provided with an inner chamber 20, extending through base body 3 along axis A and delimited by a side wall 21.
Chamber 20 has an entry opening 25, for instance essentially circular and positioned inside portion 6, and houses a mobile shutter member 27, for instance a sphere, co-operating with an edge of entry opening 25 for selectively close/open entry opening 25.
With reference also to figures 4-5, seat 12 delimited by a side wall 101 radially inner and by a side wall 102 radially outer which are substantially coaxial around axis A and vertically protrude from upper surface 103 of flange 13.
Inner side wall 101 is preferably an annular close and continuous wall, and has a substantially smooth _outer surface.
Outer side wall 102 forms a guide wall 104 cooperating with spout element 5 and formed by a plurality of wall sections 105 circumferentially arranged side by side and separated from one another by longitudinal slits 106, substantially parallel to axis A. Each portion of wall 105 has a leaf plate 107 projecting from flange 13 and in particular (but not necessarily) from a collar 108 hold by flange 13.
Each leaf plate 107 has a root end connected to flange 13 and a free end, opposite to the root end, finishing with a rim 109.
Leaf plates 107 and wall sections 105, mainly thanks to their shape and, secondly, to the material they are made of (plastics) , are flexible and specifically elastically deformable in a substantially radial direction with respect to the axis A. Leaf plates 107 and wall sectors 105 are therefore radially flexible with respect to the axis A and with respect of one another.
Each sector of wall 105 or leaf plate 107 is delimited by a radially inner face 111, projected toward the axis A, a by a radially outer face 112, substantially parallel and/or coaxial one to another.
Faces 112 are substantially smooth; inner faces 111 have respective longitudinal grooves 113 that project radially inwards towards the axis A and delimit a plurality of longitudinal grooves 114 angularly spaced apart and separated from one another by the ribs.
Each rib (113) is delimited by a pair of opposite sides (115, 116) : a first side (115) being so shaped as to define a chamfer or bevel towards the adjacent groove 114 and slit 106 (i.e. facing the side 115); a second side 116, opposite to the first side 115, is so shaped as to define a circumferential shoulder towards groove 114, facing side 116.
For instance, the first side 115 is curved and specifically convex and/or chamfered or slanting towards groove 114 which faces it; and the second side 116 is substantially orthogonal to leaf plate 107.
With reference also to Figures 1-3, the actuator element 4 comprises a substantially cylindrical, optionally externally knurled, tubular body 30, which is radially and externally fitted with radial clearance on portion 6 of base body 3, and a cover 31 closing an upper end of tubular body 30; actuator element 4 is rotatably coupled with base body 3 and is axially connected to base body 3 by means of opposite axial shoulders 32, 33 that project radially inwards from an inner side surface of tubular body 30.
Spout element 5 comprises a hollow body 40 extending along axis A and delimited by a substantially cylindrical side wall 41, provided with an external threaded portion 43 that engages a threaded portion 44 formed on inner surface of tubular body 30, and by an upper end wall 45 substantially orthogonal to axis A. Threaded portions 43, 44 provide a threaded coupling 46 between the spout element 5 and the actuator element 4.
Hollow body 40 is provided inside with a side-exit channel 51; channel 51 is a substantially annular channel extending substantially parallel to axis A and has an exit opening 52 substantially radial with respect to axis A.
Channel 51 is delimited by a radially inner wall 55 and by a radially outer wall 56, substantially co-axial as to axis A and facing each other and bending towards exit opening 52.
Seat 12 defines a slide seat for the spout element 5: wall 56 is housed axially sliding into seat 12 and is provided with longitudinal radially outer ridges 60 (figure 5) engaging the respective grooves 114 of base body 3 so as to form an angular connection 64, angularly blocking spout element 5 to base body 3.
According to the invention, the dispenser-cap device 1 comprises a disengagement device 65, essentially made of wall sectors 105 or flexible leaf plates 107, that, as hereinafter explained in detail, angularly releases the spout element 5 from the base body 3 when the spout element 5 reaches a predetermined position and allows, disenabling angular connection 64, the spout element 5 rotation together with the actuator element 4 with respect to the base body 3.
In use, base body 3 is hooked firmly and unmovable to bottle 2 and actuator element 4 is rotatably coupled but axially linked to base body 3 and thus to bottle 2 (Figure 5) . Spout element 5 is telescopically coupled to actuator element 4 by threaded connection 46, formed by respective threaded portions 43, 44 and can slide with respect to base body 3 along axis A due to the rotation of actuator element 4 with respect to base body 3 for selectively opening/closing a passage 63 between channel 51 and chamber 20. In fact, being spout element 5 angularly blocked to base body 3 (by angular connection 64 defined by ridges 60 that engage the respective grooves 114) and so to bottle 2, the rotation of actuator element 4 causes spout element 5 to slide with respect to the base body 3 along axis A, and moves selectively spout element 5 from a retracted close position (Figure 2), in which spout element 5 co-operates with base body 3 and passage 63 between chamber 20 and channel 51 is closed by wall 56 inserted in channel 51, to an extracted maximum open position (Figure 3), in which spout element 5 is at a predetermined distance away from base body 3 and passage 63 is open.
During opening, by means of threaded connection 46 between the actuator element 4 and the spout element 5, a force is applied to spout element 5 that has an axial component causing the spout element 5 to exit, and a circumferential component or couple that discharges on angular connection 64 between base body 3 and spout element 5. The reaction to the mentioned couple comes from the engagement between the ridges 60 of spout element 5 and grooves 114, and progressively decreases during the exit movement of spout element 5, since the couple transferred from ridges 60 to ribs, when contacting sides 115, turns into a circumferential and into a radial component; when the resistance to flexure of sectors 105 becomes lower than the applied radial component, sectors 105 and ridges 60 get momentary disengaged, this disengagement is possible also because of the radial clearance between wall 41 of spout element 5 and side wall 102 of base body 3. Flexion of sectors 105 determines the rotary disengagement between spout element 5 and base body 3 and a consequent "click" effect .
When spout element 5 is in extracted maximum open position, if the user persists in rotating the actuator element 4 (for example anticlockwise as shown in Figure 5) in order to further extract the spout element 5 (thus keeping unscrewing the spout element 5 from the actuator element 4), the disengagement device 65 angularly releases the spout element 5 from the base body 3: ridges 60 pull on sides of leaf plates 107 and, also thanks to the chamfered or slanting shape of slides 115, radially bend outside leaf plates 107 (i.e. wall 105 sectors); finally, leaf plates 107 bend radially thus allowing the spout element 5 to rotate together with actuator element 4.
Moreover, the user is warned that he has reached the extracted maximum open position (or stroke end position) by hearing a sound (a kind of "snap") due to the elastic deformation of the leaf plates 107 under the action of ridges 60 that pull them; each leaf plate 107 is bent by a ridge 60 co-operating with rib Il3 or leaf plate 107, and therefore, once the ridge 60 has gone beyond rib 113 and has entered the following groove 114, it goes back to undeformed position, producing a snap or "click" .
With reference to Figures 6-9, the device 1 also comprise , advantageously but not necessarily, a stroke- limiting device 120 for the return of spout element 5 into seat 12: device 120 is so shaped as, when the user rotates the actuator element 4 to close the device 1 and specifically a passage 63, it limits the return of the spout element 5 from an extracted maximum open position to a second close position, in which passage 63 is occluded by wall 56 but the spout element 5 is not completely retracted, as in the retracted initial close position, and remains raised for a predefined measure with respect to the base body base 3 and preferably projecting axially beyond actuator element 4.
In particular, the device 120 comprises stop members 121 carried by the base body 3 and selectively co-operating with respective abutment portions 122 of spout element 5 and that act only after a first opening of the device 1, that is after the spout element 5 has been brought for the first time from a retracted initial close position to and extracted maximum open position or anyway to an intermediate open position.
This way, device 120 gives a visual immediate indication that the device 1 and therefore the bottle 2 have been opened at least for one first time.
According to the example shown in the figures, stop members 121 comprise a plurality of steps 123 positioned in sliding seat 12 and specifically inside the respective grooves 114 and circumferentially adjacent to the respective ribs 113; in particular, each step 123 projects laterally from a side 116 of a rib 113 and vertically from an end surface 124 annular of seat 12.
When the device 1 is assembled, the spout element 5 is in retracted initial open position (figures 6 and 8) and the ridges 60 are arranged into the respective grooves 114 so as to define angular connection 64; each ridge 60 is arranged into a groove 114 between two ribs 113 and positioned laterally with respect to step 123 housed in the same groove 114; the ridge 60 has a lower edge that defines an abutment portion 122 leans on end surface 124 or anyhow is in a lower position of an upper edge of step 123 and is slightly separated from side 116 of rib 113 having step 123, while it leans or o is very close to side 115 of adjacent rib 113; each ridge 60 has therefore a certain angular clearance (circumferential) with respect to the ribs 113 among which it is inserted.
After the first opening of the device 1 (and therefore of the bottle 2 on which it is applied) , the ridges 60 slide upwards in the respective grooves 114 and raise over the steps 123, while the spout element 5 is brought into the extracted maximum open position or anyway into a generic intermediate open position. During the opening movement, the ridges 60 angularly lean against respective sides 115 and the spout element 5 axially slides (while actuator element 3 is still rotating) under the effect of angular connection 64.
During device 1 closing, the rotation of the actuator element 4 at first drags into rotation the spout element 5, because of the angular clearance of the ridges 60 into grooves 114; this clearance is enough to move the ridge 60 into groove 114 over the respective step 123. The ridges 60 angularly move into the respective grooves 114 until they lean against sides 116, then the spout element 5 axially slides (while the actuator element 4 continues rotating) under the effect of angular connection 64. The ridges 60 slide downward until they lean, through the respective lower edges, defining the abutment portions 122, onto steps 123 (figures 7, 9); steps 123 prevent the further axial stroke of the ridges 60 into grooves 114 thus stopping the spout element 5 reinserting into seat 12; the spout element 5 remains raised in a visible way with respect to the retracted initial close position.
According to variants shown in figures 10 and 11, the stop members 121 comprise flexible elements 125 carried by the base body 3 and selectively co-operating with respective abutment portions 122 of spout element 5. In particular, the flexible element 125 are fit to take selectively:
- a rest position (left side of figures 10, 11) when the spout element 5 is in the retracted initial close position, in which the flexible element 125 are housed into the respective channels or into a common channel 126 of the spout element 5 and do not limit the axial movement of the spout element 5; and
- a blocking position (right side of figures 10, 11) when the spout element 5 is brought into extracted maximum open position or into a generic intermediate open position, in which the flexible element 125 co-operate with the respective abutment portions 122 of the spout element 5 and limit its axial movement to the second close position.
In particular, with reference to figure 10, the flexible elements 125 are for/med by leaf plates 107, or by respective portions 127 of upper edge or at least some of leaf plates 107; flexible elements 125 are housed, in rest position, in a common channel 126 formed by an annular gap obtained between walls 41, 56 and closed from upper side by a bent portion of wall 56.
With reference to figure 11, the flexible elements 125 comprise flaps 128 that vertically or obliquely protrude upwards from face 103 of flange 13 and are housed, in rest position, in a common channel 126, formed as well by the annular gap delimited by walls 41, 56.
In both cases, the flexible elements 125 are housed into the channel 126 in a bent or deformed shape; when they are extracted from the channel 126, after the first opening of the device 1, the flexible elements 125 take an extended or substantially undeformed shape and engage respective abutment portions 122 of spout element 5 formed by an annular abutment wall 128; according to figure 10, the abutment wall 128 is defined by a radially internal annular projection of wall 41, according to figure 11, the abutment wall 128 is formed by a lower edge of wall 41.
In order to avoid damages to the device 1 in case the user persists trying to close the device 1 and to bring the spout element 5 into the retracted initial close position, the threaded portion 44 of the actuator element 4 has an intermediate thread length 130 (figure 10) chamfered downwards and having a reduced (smaller) thickness with respect to the end thread lengths 131; this way, if the user, once the spout element has reached the second close position and is blocked by device 120, persists in rotating the actuator element 4, the intermediate thread length 130 slips on the threaded portion 43 of the spout element 5 and elastically bends outwards the actuator element 4 that consequently turns freely.
Advantageously, the thread portion 44 of the actuator element 4 has a number of threads double with respect to the thread portion 43 of the spout element 5, so as the thread length 130 remains hooked even after slipping.
Advantageously, to facilitate slitting of intermediate thread portion 130, it has relatively high step and slant.
It is eventually understood that the herein described and illustrated device may be subject to numerous modifications and variants that do not go beyond the annexed claims.

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C LA I M S
1. A dispenser-cap device (1) for a beverage bottle, in particular an alcoholic beverage bottle, extending substantially along an axis (A) and comprising a base body (3), connectable to a neck (7) of a bottle (2), and a spout element (5), provided with a pour channel (Bl) and angularly connected to the base body (3) and axially slidable on a guide portion (8) of the base body (3) for selectively opening/closing a passage (63) communicating with the channel (51); the device being characterized by comprising a disengagement device (65) that releases angularly the spout element (5) from the base body (3) when the spout element (5) reaches a predetermined position, and allows rotation of the spout element (5) with respect to the base body (3) .
2. A device according to claim 1, wherein the disengagement device (65) comprises a guide wall (104) of the base body (3) cooperating with the spout element (5) and formed by a plurality of wall sectors (105) positioned about the axis (A) and elastically deformable in a substantially radial direction with respect to the axis (A) and with respect to one another.
3. A device according to claim 2, wherein the wall sectors (105) are circumferentially arranged side by side and separated from one another by longitudinal slits (106).
4. A device according to claim 2 or 3 , wherein each wall sector (105) comprises a leaf plate (107) that projects vertically from a flange (13) of the base body (3) and substantially parallel to the axis (A) and has a free end.
5. A device according to one of claims 2 to 4, wherein at least some wall sectors (105) have respective radially inner faces (111) , facing the axis (A) and provided with respective longitudinal ribs (113) that project radially inwards toward the axis (A) and delimit a plurality of longitudinal grooves (114) angularly spaced apart and separated from one another by the ribs (113) .
6. A device according to claim 5, wherein each rib (113) is delimited by a pair of opposite sides (115, 116), a first side (115) being so shaped as to define a chamfer or bevel and a second side (116) being so shaped as to define a circumferential shoulder.
7. A device according to one of claims 2 to 6, wherein the guide wall (104) is defined by a radially outer lateral wall (102) of the base body (3) that delimits, together with a radially inner lateral wall (101) , a slide seat (12) that houses a wall (56) of the spout element (5) provided with radially inner ridges (60) cooperating with respective grooves (114) formed in the guide wall (104).
8. A device according to one of claims 2 to 7 , wherein the elastic deformation of the wall sectors (105) produces a click sound.
9. A device according to one of the preceding claims, comprising an actuator element (4), rotatably coupled to the base body (3) and axially fixed to the base body and telescopically coupled to the spout element (5) by respective threaded portions (43, 44), so as the spout element (5) is slidable with respect to the base body (3) along the axis (A) due to rotation of the actuator element (4) with respect to the base body (3):
10. A device according to claim 9, wherein the thread portion (44) of the actuator element (4) has an intermediate thread length (130) chamfered downwards and/or having a thickness smaller than end thread lengths (131) , in such a way that, in case of forced closing, the intermediate thread length (130) slips on the thread portion (43) of the spout element (5) and the actuator element (4) consequently turns freely for avoiding damages to the device.
11. A device according to claim 10, wherein the thread portion (44) of the actuator element (4) has a number of threads double with respect to the thread portion
(43) of the spout element (5), so as the intermediate thread length (130) engages the thread portion (43) of the spout element (5) even after slipping.
12. A device according to one of the preceding claims comprising a stroke-limiting device (120) for limiting the return stroke of the spout element (5) and so shaped as to prevent complete return of the spout element (5) and to maintain the spout element (5) partially raised with respect to the base body (3) and preferably projecting axially beyond the actuator element (4) .
13. A device according to claim 12, wherein the stroke-limiting device (120) comprises stop members (121) carried by the base body (3) and selectively cooperating with respective abutment portions (122) of the spout element (5) and that act only after a first opening of the device (1) , that is after the spout element (5) has been brought for the first time from a retracted initial close position to an open position.
14. A device according to claim 13, wherein the stop members (121) comprise steps (123) and/or flexible elements
(125), carried by the base body (3) and selectively cooperating with respective abutment portions (122) of the spout element (5) .
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