Classifications

• • 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
  • B65D51/24—Closures not otherwise provided for combined or co-operating with auxiliary devices for non-closing purposes
  • B65D51/245—Closures not otherwise provided for combined or co-operating with auxiliary devices for non-closing purposes provided with decoration, information or contents indicating devices, labels
• • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
  • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
  • B65D—CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES
  • B65D41/00—Caps, e.g. crown caps or crown seals, i.e. members having parts arranged for engagement with the external periphery of a neck or wall defining a pouring opening or discharge aperture; Protective cap-like covers for closure members, e.g. decorative covers of metal foil or paper
  • B65D41/02—Caps or cap-like covers without lines of weakness, tearing strips, tags, or like opening or removal devices
  • B65D41/04—Threaded or like caps or cap-like covers secured by rotation
  • B65D41/0435—Threaded or like caps or cap-like covers secured by rotation with separate sealing elements
• • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
  • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
  • B65D—CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES
  • B65D41/00—Caps, e.g. crown caps or crown seals, i.e. members having parts arranged for engagement with the external periphery of a neck or wall defining a pouring opening or discharge aperture; Protective cap-like covers for closure members, e.g. decorative covers of metal foil or paper
  • B65D41/02—Caps or cap-like covers without lines of weakness, tearing strips, tags, or like opening or removal devices
  • B65D41/04—Threaded or like caps or cap-like covers secured by rotation
  • B65D41/0435—Threaded or like caps or cap-like covers secured by rotation with separate sealing elements
  • B65D41/045—Discs
• • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
  • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
  • B65D—CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES
  • B65D41/00—Caps, e.g. crown caps or crown seals, i.e. members having parts arranged for engagement with the external periphery of a neck or wall defining a pouring opening or discharge aperture; Protective cap-like covers for closure members, e.g. decorative covers of metal foil or paper
  • B65D41/62—Secondary protective cap-like outer covers for closure members
• • G—PHYSICS
  • G06—COMPUTING OR CALCULATING; COUNTING
  • G06K—GRAPHICAL DATA READING; PRESENTATION OF DATA; RECORD CARRIERS; HANDLING RECORD CARRIERS
  • G06K19/00—Record carriers for use with machines and with at least a part designed to carry digital markings
  • G06K19/06—Record carriers for use with machines and with at least a part designed to carry digital markings characterised by the kind of the digital marking, e.g. shape, nature, code
  • G06K19/067—Record carriers with conductive marks, printed circuits or semiconductor circuit elements, e.g. credit or identity cards also with resonating or responding marks without active components
  • G06K19/07—Record carriers with conductive marks, printed circuits or semiconductor circuit elements, e.g. credit or identity cards also with resonating or responding marks without active components with integrated circuit chips
  • G06K19/0723—Record carriers with conductive marks, printed circuits or semiconductor circuit elements, e.g. credit or identity cards also with resonating or responding marks without active components with integrated circuit chips the record carrier comprising an arrangement for non-contact communication, e.g. wireless communication circuits on transponder cards, non-contact smart cards or RFIDs
• • 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
  • B65D2203/00—Decoration means, markings, information elements, contents indicators
  • B65D2203/10—Transponders

Definitions

• the present invention relates to the field of closures for containers in particular wine bottles.
• the present invention relates to a closure containing an RFID (radio frequency identification) tag.
• RFID tags incorporate passive RF antennas that can emit a unique identification signal when energised by an external RFID reader.
• RFID tags have many advantages over more commonly used bar codes which generally require a flat surface where the bar code can be printed on.
• the preferred location for a bar code is a label applied to the container. This can be part of the main label that also serves to visually identify the container and its contents or it can be a separate adhesive label applied to an outer surface of the container.
• a problem with printed bar codes is that they are susceptible to external damage by environmental conditions such as moist environments where the label can become wet and the barcode unreadable.
• the printed barcode can be physically damaged making it unreadable or even removed and potentially replaced with an incorrect barcode.
• RFID tags have the capacity to store larger amounts of data and there is no need to have a flat surface upon which to place the RFID tag, and more information can be attributed to an RFID tag.
• the RFID tag can be placed in a location where it is less susceptible to physical damage or unauthorised removal, for example in the cap of a container, inside a container, integrated with a robust label, allow for rapid information retrieval by RFID readers, incorporated into container integrity/security devices such as wine capsule integrity mechanisms, where the antenna or similar component of the RFID, is operatively connected to a feature of the closure such that opening of the closure results in a disruption/breakage in the antenna or similar component of the RFID causing the RFID to either emit no signal or emit a signal that incites that the closure has been compromised.
• the RFID must be a close as possible to the reader in order to provide a quick and efficient read.
• the RFID tag is incorporated onto the outside label of a plastic container the RFID can be easy to read from a distance, however having the RFID on the outer side of the bottle exposes it to possible damage and thus reduces its reliability and increases the likelihood of inadvertent damage which thus impacts on the ability to read the tag and process the information in a quick and efficient manner.
• the strength of signal is greatly reduced, especially when elements of the container or capsule are made from materials than can hinder radio frequency signals, such as metals, requiring the reader and RFID to be brough closer together to obtain a reliable signal read.
• a closure for a container having a cap portion adapted to releasable engage with the container, the cap having an opening beneath which is located an RFID (radio frequency identification) chip, and a sealing layer, the sealing layer having an open end and a closed end, the closed end shaped to extend into an opening of the container.
• RFID radio frequency identification
• the sealing layer is captively held within the cap.
• the closed end extends into a neck of the container.
• the sealing layer is a foil liner.
• the foil liner is a polymer film layer
• the sealing layer is a gas impervious sealing layer.
• the closure is a screw cap closure.
• closure for a container, the closure including a liner component that is shaped to extend into an opening of the container.
• Figure l is a perspective view of an embodiment of the present invention.
• Figure 3 is a close up view of the cap components from figure 2;
• Figure 5 is a cross section view of the figure 1;
• Figure 6 is an exploded view of a further embodiment of the present invention.
• Figure 7 is a close-up view of the cap components from figure 6;
• Figure 8 is 4 shows an underside view of the assembled cap components from figure 7;
• Figure 9 is a cross section view of the assembled cap of figure 6; DETAILED DESCRIPTION
• Embodiments of the invention are shown in the figures, as well as in the following detailed disclosure, the closure as depicted and discussed as a bottle closure for wine products. However, the various embodiments can be applicable as a closure for use in sealing and retaining any desired product in any desired closure system. It should be understood that this discussion is provided merely for exemplary purposes and is not intended to limit the embodiments disclosed herein to this particular application and embodiment.
• a screw cap closure 10 with capsule 15, which can be a metal capsule, having a head 20, an outer sleeve skirt 25 and a frangible breakaway portion 30 located between the head 20 and the outer sleeve skirt 25.
• capsule 15 can be a metal capsule, having a head 20, an outer sleeve skirt 25 and a frangible breakaway portion 30 located between the head 20 and the outer sleeve skirt 25.
• a cap cover 40 made from a non- conductive material, such as a plastics material, is shown through the opening 35 in the head of the capsule 20.
• FIG. 3 shows an alternate view of the arrangement of the cap 60, compressible liner 70 and sealing layer 80, revealing the open end 90 with the cavity 92 and inner surface 94 of the annular side wall 89.
• the compressible liner/layer 70 is a foam polymer material layer that can be compressed upon a tightening of the cap 60 to the container (wine bottle).
• the compressible layer 70 can be a layer of single material or a combination of materials selected from, for example, polymer materials such as polyethylene, polyvinylidene chloride (PVDC) and laminates thereof, saran film, and wadding material such as foamed polymer material or fibre card (paper).
• the sealing layer 80 is a barrier layer and is constructed from a foil to form a foil layer, such as a metal foil or other such suitable material or laminate material that may include a foil layer, such as a foil/polymer laminate or foil/plastic, and other combinations, for example foil and PDVC (poly vinylidene chloride) layer, metalized polymer film layer, polymer film layer, to prevent or reduce the permeation of gasses through the cap.
• the sealing layer 80 can be formed using usen known formation techniques, such as deep-drawn, punched, extruded, or the like and the formed part may or may not be hollow.
• Figure 4 is an underside view of the cap 60 with internal threads 61 to thread onto mating threads on the neck of a container such as a wine bottle, the sealing layer 80 can also be seen with the lower surface of 86 of the annular flange 82.
• the closure 10 is shown with the cap 60 having an inner annular groove 100 shaped to receive the compressible liner/layer 70 and the annular flange 82 of the sealing layer 80.
• the closed end 88 of the sealing layer 80 extends into the neck portion of the container/bottle of wine so that the closed end is further away from the RFID 50 compared to the annular flange 82 of the sealing layer 80.
• the distance between the RFID 50 and the closed end 88 of the sealing layer 80 is designated as di
• the distance between the upper surface of the annular flange 82 of the sealing layer 80 is dz, so that di > d2 and the RFID 50 is positioned above the annular flange 82,
• FIG. 6 shows a further embodiment of the present invention, there is a screw cap closure 210, with capsule 215 having a head 220, an outer sleeve skirt 225 and a frangible breakaway portion 230 located between the head 220 and the outer sleeve skirt 225.
• a cap cover 240 is shown through the opening 235 in the head 220.
• the capsule 215 is shown with the cap cover 240, RFID chip 250, which includes the RFID antenna, cap 260 with internal threads 261, compressible liner 270 and sealing layer 280, which is continuous and unbroken.
• the sealing layer 280 has an annular flange 282, with upper surface 284 and lower surface 286, a closed end 288 (the bottom of the sealing layer 280), annular side wall 289 which provides a dome shape, and open end 290.
• Figure 8 shows an alternate view of the arrangement of the cap 260, compressible liner 270 and sealing layer 280, revealing the open end 290 with the cavity 292 and inner surface 294 of the domes annular side wall 289.
• Figure 8 is an underside view of the cap 260 with internal threads 261 to thread onto mating threads on the neck of a container such as a wine bottle, the sealing layer 280 can also be seen with the lower surface of 286 of the annular flange 282.
• the closure 210 is shown with the cap 260 having an inner annular groove 300 shaped to receive the compressible liner/layer 270 and the annular flange 282 of the sealing layer 280.
• the closed end 288 of the sealing layer 280 extends into the neck portion of the container/bottle of wine so that the closed end is further away from the RFID 250 compared to the annular flange 282 of the sealing layer 280.
• the distance between the RFID 250 and the closed end 288 of the sealing layer 280 is designated as di the distance between the upper surface of the annular flange 282 of the sealing layer 280 is di so that di > d2.
• the sealing layer 280 is made from an otherwise radio frequency attenuating material such as a metal foil containing material, which is the preferred material used in the wine industry as a sealing/barrier layer.
• a closure for a container having a cap portion adapted to releasable engage with the container, a capsule having an upper opening beneath which is located an RFID (radio frequency identification) chip, and a sealing layer, the sealing layer having an open end, a cavity and a closed end, the closed end shaped to extend into an opening of the container.
• RFID radio frequency identification
• A The closure of A, wherein the sealing layer is captively held within the cap.
• C The closure of any one of A or B, wherein the sealing layer extends into a neck of the container.

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