WO2004078613A1 - Fermeture inviolable pour bouteilles, en particulier pour des bouteilles contenant des boissons precieuses - Google Patents

Fermeture inviolable pour bouteilles, en particulier pour des bouteilles contenant des boissons precieuses Download PDF

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WO2004078613A1
WO2004078613A1 PCT/IT2003/000143 IT0300143W WO2004078613A1 WO 2004078613 A1 WO2004078613 A1 WO 2004078613A1 IT 0300143 W IT0300143 W IT 0300143W WO 2004078613 A1 WO2004078613 A1 WO 2004078613A1
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neck
sleeve
tamper evident
bottle
evident closure
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Piero Battegazzore
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Guala Closures S.P.A.
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Publication of WO2004078613A1 publication Critical patent/WO2004078613A1/fr

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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
    • B65D55/00—Accessories for container closures not otherwise provided for
    • B65D55/02—Locking devices; Means for discouraging or indicating unauthorised opening or removal of closure
    • B65D55/06—Deformable or tearable wires, strings, or strips; Use of seals, e.g. destructible locking pins
    • B65D55/08—Annular elements encircling container necks
    • B65D55/0818—Destructible or permanently removable bands, e.g. adhesive
    • B65D55/0827—Separate tamper bands inserted between container and closure
    • 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
    • B65D41/08—Threaded or like caps or cap-like covers secured by rotation engaging a threaded ring clamped on the external periphery of the neck or wall
    • 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
    • B65D41/32—Caps or cap-like covers with lines of weakness, tearing-strips, tags, or like opening or removal devices, e.g. to facilitate formation of pouring openings
    • B65D41/34—Threaded or like caps or cap-like covers provided with tamper elements formed in, or attached to, the closure skirt
    • B65D41/3442—Threaded or like caps or cap-like covers provided with tamper elements formed in, or attached to, the closure skirt with rigid bead or projections formed on the tamper element and coacting with bead or projections on the container
    • B65D41/3447—Threaded or like caps or cap-like covers provided with tamper elements formed in, or attached to, the closure skirt with rigid bead or projections formed on the tamper element and coacting with bead or projections on the container the tamper element being integrally connected to the closure by means of bridges

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  • the invention relates to a tamper evident closure for a bottle suitable for containing valuable drinks in accordance with the preamble to claim 1.
  • closure devices are designed to prevent the original drink contained in the bottle from being replaced with another counterfeit drink.
  • the operations carried out by the counterfeiters consist, for example, in recovering an empty bottle already used, fitted with the relevant closure with the seal broken, but with the internal valve components intact, refilling it with an equivalent but low-value drink and re-closing the bottle by reconstructing the seal .
  • the purpose of the invention is to propose a closure for bottles which has still more effective tamper evident means compared with those offered by known closures and which make the action of tampering as evident as possible and in an irreversible manner.
  • this purpose is achieved by means of a tamper evident closure for bottles, particularly for bottles containing valuable drinks according to the characterizing part of claim 1.
  • figure 1 shows a front view of a form of embodiment, partly in section, of a closure for bottles according to the invention.
  • the closure according to the invention is indicated as a whole by the number 1, while the bottle, the upper part only of which is shown, is indicated by the number 2.
  • the bottle 2 conventional in itself, comprises a neck 3, having a cylindrical shape, a mouth 4 at the free end of the neck and a bottle body ' 5 connected externally to the neck 3.
  • a stopper 6 and a stopper cover 7 which are locked to each other by means of knurled areas 8, 8a facing each other which provide locking in rotation and by means of an annular projection 9 inserted under the step 9a which lock them axially.
  • the stopper 6 is connected to the mouth 4 of the neck 3 of the bottle 2 with an interference fit 10.
  • the stopper cover 7 is enclosed externally by a tubular cap 11 which has a tubular casing 12 which extends axially towards the base of the neck 3.
  • the cap 11 may be produced entirely from plastics material, for example, or from aluminium.
  • a portion 7A of the stopper cover 7 extends axially along the axis X-X of the neck 3 of the bottle 2.
  • connecting means are provided (not shown in the drawing) capable of connecting said stopper cover to a tamper-evident ring 13.
  • connecting means may be of the type using bridging pieces or of the type using a line of weakened material, in any case well known to a person skilled in the art.
  • the lower end 7B of the stopper cover 7 is also engaged by means of a screw connection 14 with a tubular sleeve 15 underneath it, concentric with the neck 3 of the bottle.
  • the tubular sleeve 15 is constituted by an upper portion 15A and a lower portion 15B, connected to each other by connecting means 16. More precisely, the lower portion 15B is a collar coaxial with the neck 3 of the bottle 2 while the upper portion 15A functions as a tubular sleeve to connect the closure 1 to the neck 3 of the bottle.
  • the upper portion 15A is locked to the neck 3 of the bottle 2 by means of annular knurled areas 17 and_ 18 opposite each other, one engaging in the other, and which prevent the possibility of rotation relative to the neck 3.
  • the same upper portion 15A is locked axially to the neck 3 of the bottle 2 by means of the annular projection 15C which engages in a groove 19 in the neck 3.
  • the upper end of the portion 15A of the sleeve 15 has a substantially flat surface 20 which is transverse relative to the axis X-X of the neck 3 of the bottle 2.
  • This flat surface acts as a shoulder for a portion 7C of the stopper cover 7.
  • the tamper evident ring 13 is locked in rotation relative to the lower portion 15B of said tubular sleeve 15 by means of two respective knurled areas 21 and 22, one engaging in the other.
  • the upper portion 15A has an inclined plane 23 in the end portion 15D.
  • the inclined plane 23 is located relative to the axis X-X of the neck 3 at an angle, the value of which is, for example, between 30° and 60°.
  • this end portion 15D is the portion of surface of the upper sleeve 15A which faces towards the lower portion 15B of the sleeve 15.
  • the lower portion 15B of the sleeve 15 has at its top a plane 24 substantially transverse to the axis X-X of the neck 3 of the bottle 2.
  • both portions 15A and 15B could have a respective inclined plane .
  • the sleeve 15 is located in an axial direction, or parallel to the axis X-X, between the base of the neck 3 of the bottle 2 and the portion 7C of the stopper cover 7, while in a radial direction, or in a direction transverse to the axis X-X, said sleeve 15 is located between the portion 7A of the stopper cover 7 and the neck 3 of the bottle 2.
  • the thrust imparted to the portion 15B of the sleeve 15 causes the connecting means 16 to break and then the inclined plane 23 acts as a slope causing the portion 15B of the sleeve 15 to move up onto the lower end 15D of the upper portion. While the portion 15B is moving up onto the lower end 15D, the portion 15B acts as a wedge opening out the lower portion 7B of the stopper cover 7 radially towards the outside relative to the neck 3 of the bottle 2.
  • the lower portion 15B of the sleeve 15 is produced from plastics materials having suitable deformation at the loads induced by the tools, while the upper portion 15A of the sleeve 15 is produced from plastics materials having a mechanical strength higher than that of the plastics materials of the lower portion 15B.
  • breakage or irreversible deformation of the portion 7A of the stopper cover 7 is certain to be obtained without the stopper 6 being withdrawn from the neck 3 of the bottle 2.
  • closure 1 according to the invention once tampered with, is difficult to reconstruct since there is mechanical breakage of parts visible to the user/purchaser.

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Abstract

L'invention concerne une fermeture inviolable, destinée à une bouteille qui comprend un col (3) prolongeant la bouteille (2) axialement le long de l'axe (X-X). Le col (3) présente une ouverture (4) à une extrémité libre; et la fermeture comprend un moyen de rendre inviolable (6, 7) l'ouverture (4) du col (3); et un manchon (15) disposé axialement le long de la surface extérieure du col (3) et muni d'un moyen de verrouillage axial (15E) et d'un moyen de verrouillage angulaire (17, 18) pouvant entrer en prise avec le col (3). Le manchon (15) se caractérise en ce qu'il présente une première et une seconde parties (15A, 15B) reliées l'une à l'autre par un moyen de liaison fragile (16). La première partie (15A) et la seconde partie (15B) du manchon (15) présentent des surfaces respectives (23, 24) en vis-à-vis, au moins l'une desdites surfaces de la première partie (15A) et de la seconde partie (15B) étant inclinée relativement à l'axe longitudinal (X-X) du col (3), si bien qu'un mouvement axial de la seconde partie (15B) vers cette ouverture ménagée dans ce col (3) entraîne la rupture dudit dispositif fragile (16), laquelle rupture est suivie d'un mouvement radial d'au moins une zone circonférentielle de la seconde partie (15B).
PCT/IT2003/000143 2003-03-07 2003-03-07 Fermeture inviolable pour bouteilles, en particulier pour des bouteilles contenant des boissons precieuses WO2004078613A1 (fr)

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EP1659071A3 (fr) * 2004-11-18 2006-06-14 Pathtainer Systems International Pty. Ltd. . Fermeture constituée de deux parties pour un récipient
AU2005209675B2 (en) * 2004-11-18 2011-12-08 Pathtainer Systems International Pty Ltd Two-part closure for a container
EP2942307A1 (fr) * 2014-05-09 2015-11-11 "KAJ" Spolka z Ograniczona Odpowiedzialnoscia Couvercle sécurisé avec un élément de garantie principalement pour l'industrie pharmaceutique
CN106458380A (zh) * 2015-02-17 2017-02-22 刮拉瓶盖国际有限公司 安全封闭件

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EP0427009A1 (fr) * 1989-11-09 1991-05-15 GUALA S.p.A. Une fermeture de garantie pour bouteilles de spiritueux et similaires
EP1127803A1 (fr) * 2000-02-28 2001-08-29 Guala Closures S.P.A. Fermeture de sécurité pour bouteilles de liqueur et autres produits semblables
WO2002083518A1 (fr) * 2001-04-04 2002-10-24 Guala Closures S.P.A. Bouchon de bouteille a clapet anti-retour

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EP0427009A1 (fr) * 1989-11-09 1991-05-15 GUALA S.p.A. Une fermeture de garantie pour bouteilles de spiritueux et similaires
EP1127803A1 (fr) * 2000-02-28 2001-08-29 Guala Closures S.P.A. Fermeture de sécurité pour bouteilles de liqueur et autres produits semblables
WO2002083518A1 (fr) * 2001-04-04 2002-10-24 Guala Closures S.P.A. Bouchon de bouteille a clapet anti-retour

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* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
EP1659071A3 (fr) * 2004-11-18 2006-06-14 Pathtainer Systems International Pty. Ltd. . Fermeture constituée de deux parties pour un récipient
AU2005209675B2 (en) * 2004-11-18 2011-12-08 Pathtainer Systems International Pty Ltd Two-part closure for a container
US8132685B2 (en) 2004-11-18 2012-03-13 Pathtainer Systems International Pty. Ltd. Two-part closure for a container
EP2942307A1 (fr) * 2014-05-09 2015-11-11 "KAJ" Spolka z Ograniczona Odpowiedzialnoscia Couvercle sécurisé avec un élément de garantie principalement pour l'industrie pharmaceutique
CN106458380A (zh) * 2015-02-17 2017-02-22 刮拉瓶盖国际有限公司 安全封闭件

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