JPH0348051Y2 - - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed description of the invention] [Field of industrial application] This invention relates to a bottle stopper that is suitable for use mainly as a replacement stopper for wine, and includes a bottle cap in which an oxygen scavenger is pre-filled in the stopper. This prevents deterioration of easily oxidizable liquids such as wine.

[Conventional technology]

When drinking bottled wine, it is common practice to cut off the cork cover, pull up the cork using a spiral corkscrew to open the bottle, and then insert a replacement cork after drinking. This replacement stopper is
There are various products on the market that have the upper half as a decorative handle, but these only have the structure of a stopper and do not have the function of preventing the wine itself from deteriorating. is normal.

[Problem that the invention attempts to solve]

Generally speaking, if wine is exposed to too much oxygen, bacteria in vinegar will rapidly proliferate and deteriorate the quality of wine, but in the presence of trace amounts of oxygen, the wine will age over many years and maintain its delicious taste, and this amount of oxygen will be absorbed in the first place. It is said that the air inside the bottle is sufficient. In other words, it is desirable to always reduce the amount of oxygen in the bottle after opening it. However, the oxygen scavengers (agents that combine with oxygen in the air to reduce the amount of oxygen and prevent the contents from oxidizing) that are conventionally used with general foods, etc. are in the form of powder sealed in breathable paper bags. It cannot be used for liquids such as wine.

[Means for solving problems]

For this purpose, use the powdered oxygen absorber enclosed in the paper bag mentioned above. All it has to do is to store it in a replacement cap to be used after opening the cap, and this idea focuses on the fact that replacement caps generally have a fairly large grip above the cap for decoration. An oxygen scavenger is housed within this grip.

[Example of idea]

An example of this invention will be explained with reference to the drawings.
The drawing shows a longitudinal section thereof. As a whole, a cylindrical body 2 whose outer diameter is approximately equal to the outer diameter of the bottle mouth is connected above a short tubular stopper 1 made of an integral hard synthetic resin and whose outer diameter fits inside the bottle mouth. The screw cap 3 is screwed onto a disk-shaped screw cap 3 to form an oxygen scavenger storage cylinder 4 that also serves as a grip, and the screw cap 3 is provided with a vertical hole, the upper end of which is closed with a transparent plate 5 to detect oxygen. A diaphragm 7 made of a material that allows gas to pass through but not moisture to pass through is formed at the lower end of the short tubular plug part 1.
It is made up of upholstery. In the figure, 8 is an elastic material such as silicone rubber encapsulated in the plug portion 1, and 9 is an appropriate decorative member that is detachably provided.

[action, effect]

This device has the above-mentioned structure, and the screw cap 3 is removed and the oxygen absorber a is stored in the cylindrical body 2 as a paper bag or in a powder state, and then the oxygen absorber a is stored in the oxygen detecting agent holding part 6 of the screw cap 3. A commercially available tablet-shaped oxygen detector B is housed in the bottle, an appropriate filler is inserted from below and fixed, and then screwed on with a screw cap 3 to be used as an integrated stopper. The amount of oxygen in the bottle decreases, and even if the bottle is accidentally knocked over, the diaphragm 7 prevents the wine content from penetrating into the oxygen absorber a, so the efficiency is always maintained. It is possible to maintain the oxygen scavenging effect. The effectiveness of the oxygen scavenger a, that is, the amount of remaining oxygen, can be easily determined by determining the degree of discoloration of the contained oxygen detecting agent b from the outside through the transparent plate 5, which is extremely efficient.

This invention has the above-mentioned structure, and has many advantages, such as preventing deterioration of the wine, and making it possible to use the entire wine as a decorative ornament by coloring the outer surface and attaching appropriate decorative members. . Furthermore, the bottle stopper of the present invention can be used as a stopper for bottles containing easily oxidized liquids such as wine, alcoholic beverages, and soybean oil.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

The drawing is a longitudinal cross-sectional view of this invention, and in the figure,
1 is a stopper, 2 is a cylindrical body, 3 is a screw cap, 4 is an oxygen scavenger accommodating cylinder that also serves as a grip, 5 is a transparent plate, 6 is an oxygen detecting agent holding portion, and 7 is a diaphragm.

Claims (1)

[Scope of utility model registration request] A cylindrical body 2 whose outer diameter is approximately equal to the outer diameter of the bottle mouth is integrally connected to the upper end of a short tubular stopper 1 made of hard synthetic resin and whose outer diameter fits inside the bottle mouth.
A disk-shaped lid 3 is attached to the upper end to form an oxygen scavenger accommodating cylinder 4 that has a required length and also serves as a grip and is connected to the stopper 1. A stopper for a bottle containing easily oxidizable liquids such as wine, etc., comprising a diaphragm 7 made of an air-permeable material that does not allow moisture to pass through the bottom end of the stopper part 1.