WO2020170143A1 - Closing device for bottles with improved anti-tampering system - Google Patents

Closing device for bottles with improved anti-tampering system Download PDF

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WO2020170143A1
WO2020170143A1 PCT/IB2020/051365 IB2020051365W WO2020170143A1 WO 2020170143 A1 WO2020170143 A1 WO 2020170143A1 IB 2020051365 W IB2020051365 W IB 2020051365W WO 2020170143 A1 WO2020170143 A1 WO 2020170143A1
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Nicola Fabiano
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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
    • 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
    • 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
    • B65D55/024—Closures in which a part has to be ruptured to gain access to the contents
    • 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
    • B65D2401/20—Frangible elements completely enclosed in closure skirt
    • 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
    • B65D2401/25—Non-metallic tear-off strips
    • 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
    • B65D2401/35—Vertical or axial lines of weakness
    • 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
    • B65D2401/45—Windows in external skirts for viewing tamper-element

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  • the present invention relates to a closing device for bottles, and in particular for bottles containing drinks such as alcoholic beverages or spirits, having an improved anti-tampering system.
  • closing devices for bottles which close the mouth of the bottle and partially surround its neck.
  • These closing devices comprise an internally threaded cap applicable to the mouth of the bottle and a cylindrical jacket associated with the cylindrical wall of the cap, which cylindrical jacket surrounds the neck of the bottle. Up to the moment of the first opening, the cap and the cylindrical jacket remain mutually associated.
  • the cap is generally associated with the cylindrical jacket underneath by means of removable tear-off tabs.
  • the closing device of W02017 /221120A1 also comprises an annular safety insert stably housed within the cylindrical jacket and made of a particularly resistant material.
  • This annular safety insert comprises a plurality of fins projecting radially towards the inside of the insert, which are configured to abut against a circumferential rib with which the neck of the bottle is provided.
  • This annular safety insert is suitable to prevent the axial extraction of the closing device as a whole from the neck of the bottle and therefore acts as a guarantee ring.
  • the axial extraction of the closing device can only be obtained by exerting a considerable axial extraction force and involves breaking the annular safety insert, for example its projecting wings, thus making the tampering evident.
  • the closing device Once the closing device has been tampered with, it can still be placed back, under pressure, on the neck of the bottle, possibly without the annular safety insert which has been damaged or broken during tampering.
  • this closing device although equipped with anti-tampering means, which in any case is capable of preventing or at least making tampering very difficult, does not prevent any attempts at tampering which may in any case damage the closing device. Furthermore, once the closing device is replaced on the neck of the bottle, it is not possible to immediately identify the tampering of the same, except through a careful inspection of the closing device, once it has been subsequently removed from the bottle, such as to enable the absence of the guarantee ring to be detected.
  • the aim of the present invention is to provide a closing device for bottles with an improved anti- tampering system which solves the technical problem described above, obviates the drawbacks and overcomes the limits of the prior art, allowing not only to make immediately evident the tampering of the closing device but also to highlight the presence of this anti-tampering system, so that it constitutes a deterrent to tampering.
  • an object of the present invention is to provide a closing device that is capable of providing the broadest guarantees of reliability and safety when used.
  • Another object of the invention is to provide a closing device that is easy to make and is economically competitive when compared with the known technique.
  • figure 1 is an exploded perspective view, partially sectioned, of an embodiment of a closing device applied to the neck of a bottle, according to the invention
  • figure 2 is a partially sectioned perspective view of the closing device of Figure 1, according to the invention, in an integral configuration;
  • figure 3 is a front elevation view of the closing device of Figure 1, according to the invention, in an integral configuration
  • figure 4 is an enlarged view of the portion of
  • figure 5 is a section view of the closing device represented in figure 3 taken along the axis V-V;
  • figure 6 is a partially sectioned perspective view of the closing device only, according to the invention.
  • figure 7 is a front view of only the closing device, according to the invention, illustrated in a configuration with the removable tear-off tab removed;
  • figure 8 is an enlarged view of the portion of
  • figure 9 is a perspective view of the annular safety insert of the closing device, according to the invention.
  • figure 10 is a top plan view of the annular safety insert illustrated in Figure 9;
  • FIG 11 is a front elevation view of the annular safety insert illustrated in Figure 9;
  • figure 12 is a front elevation view of the cap only with jacket of the closing device, according to the invention.
  • figure 13 is a section view of the cap with jacket represented in figure 12 taken along the axis XII-XII;
  • figure 14 is a perspective view of a variant of the annular safety insert of the closing device, according to the invention.
  • figure 15 is a front elevation view of the annular safety insert illustrated in Figure 14.
  • the closing device for bottles comprises a cap 2 suitable for being applied to the mouth 3 of a bottle and a jacket 4 suitable to surround at least part of the neck 5 of the bottle.
  • the cap 2 is associated with the jacket 4 by means of removable restraining means 6.
  • the closing device 1 also comprises an annular safety insert 9 arranged between the neck 5 of the bottle and the jacket 4 suitable to prevent extraction of the jacket 4 from the neck 5.
  • this annular safety insert 9 is illustrated with a more intense surface colouring.
  • the annular safety insert 9 is housed within an annular seat 40 obtained within the jacket 4.
  • the annular safety ring 9 comprises a first circular portion 91 at least partially abutting against a lower abutment wall 41 of the annular seat 40 of the jacket 4, and a second circular portion 92 suitable to at least partially abut against a circumferential rib 50 of the bottle neck 5.
  • the annular safety insert 9 comprises a third circular portion 7 partially visible through at least a through opening 70 obtained in the cap 2 or in the jacket 4 or in the removable restraining means 6 between the cap 2 and the jacket 4.
  • the removable restraining means 6 can comprise a removable tab 60 arranged between the cap 2 and the jacket 4 delimited above and below by a pair of rupture invitation lines 62.
  • Said removable tab 60 can comprise a gripping area 61 for facilitating the removal thereof.
  • the cap 2 can be removed from the jacket 4, and therefore from the mouth 3 of the bottle, only after removing the removable tab 60.
  • the through opening 70 through which the third circular portion 7 of the annular safety insert 9 is visible is obtained in said removable tab 60.
  • the through opening 70 through which the third circular portion 7 of the annular safety insert 9 is visible is obtained close to the gripping area 61 of the removable tab 60.
  • the at least one through opening 70 through which the third circular portion 7 of the annular safety insert 9 is visible also comprises the rupture invitation lines 62 of said removable tab 60.
  • the second circular portion 92 of the annular safety insert 9 can comprise a plurality of fins 93 projecting radially towards the inside of the annular insert 9 itself and configured to abut with the circumferential rib 50 of the bottle neck 5.
  • the third circular portion 7 is configured to adhere circumferentially to the walls of the annular seat 40 in order to guarantee the stable housing of the annular insert 90 in the annular seat 40.
  • the first circular portion 91 is surmounted by the second circular portion 92, which is further surmounted by the third circular portion 7.
  • the third circular portion 7 of the annular safety insert 9 comprises first anti-rotational means 71 configured to prevent relative rotation of the safety annular insert 9 with respect to said jacket 4.
  • said first anti-rotational means 71 comprise a plurality of groovings 73, so-called “ribbed”, obtained on the external surface of the third circular portion 7 and configured to engage with a corresponding plurality of groovings 74 obtained on the internal surface of the annular seat 40 of the jacket 4.
  • these groovings 73 and 74 develop along the axial direction of development of the closing device 1.
  • the third circular portion 7 comprises second anti-rotational means 72 configured to prevent relative rotation of the annular safety insert 9 with respect to the neck 5 of the bottle.
  • the second anti-rotational means 72 comprise a plurality of abutment elements projecting radially towards the inside of the third circular portion 7 configured to abut against the neck 5 of the bottle.
  • the part of the third circular portion 7 visible through the opening 70 has a height of at least 1 millimetre .
  • the third circular portion 7 appears to project upwards by at least 1 millimetre with respect to the jacket 4.
  • the annular safety insert 9 comprises a plurality of lightening through windows 94. These through windows 94 have the function of lightening the annular safety insert 9, depriving it of material where it is not necessary.
  • the annular safety insert 9, and preferably at least the third circular portion 7, has a colouring clearly distinguishable from the colouring of the cap 2, of the jacket 4 and of the removable tab 60, in order to highlight the presence thereof in the closing device 1.
  • the third circular portion 7 of the annular safety insert 9 is always visible from the outside of the closing device 1, even when it is in the integral configuration, as shown in figures 3 and 4.
  • annular safety insert 9 performs a triple function:
  • the closing device for bottles fulfils the intended aim and objects, since it allows to immediately make evident the presence of a safety insert and therefore to prevent any tampering attempts.
  • Another advantage of the closing device for bottles consists in the fact that it can be adapted to any type of closure for bottles provided that it has a jacket, and to any type of bottle, provided that it has at least one circumferential rib at the neck.
  • any materials can be used according to requirements, as long as they are compatible with the specific use, the dimensions and the contingent shapes.

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Abstract

The present invention relates to a closing device for bottles comprising a cap (2) suitable for being applied to the mouth (3) of a bottle and a jacket (4) suitable to surround at least part of the neck (5) of said bottle, said cap (2) being associated with said jacket (4) by means of removable restraining means (6), said closing device (1) comprising an annular safety insert (9) arranged between said neck (5) of said bottle and said jacket (4) suitable to prevent extraction of said jacket (4) from said neck (5) and housed within an annular seat (40) obtained within said jacket (4), said annular safety insert (9) comprising a first circular portion (91) at least partially abutting against a lower abutment wall (41) of said annular seat (40) and a second circular portion (92) suitable to at least partially abut against a circumferential rib (50) of said bottle neck (5). According to the invention, said annular safety insert (9) comprises a third circular portion (7) partially visible through at least one through opening (70) obtained in said cap (2) or in said jacket (4) or in said removable restraining means (6) between said cap (2) and said jacket (4).

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CLOSING DEVICE FOR BOTTLES WITH IMPROVED ANTI-TAMPERING
SYSTEM
The present invention relates to a closing device for bottles, and in particular for bottles containing drinks such as alcoholic beverages or spirits, having an improved anti-tampering system.
Various closing devices for bottles are currently known which close the mouth of the bottle and partially surround its neck. These closing devices comprise an internally threaded cap applicable to the mouth of the bottle and a cylindrical jacket associated with the cylindrical wall of the cap, which cylindrical jacket surrounds the neck of the bottle. Up to the moment of the first opening, the cap and the cylindrical jacket remain mutually associated. In fact, in such closing devices of known type the cap is generally associated with the cylindrical jacket underneath by means of removable tear-off tabs.
An example of such closing devices is described in W02017 /221120A1. The closing device of W02017 /221120A1 also comprises an annular safety insert stably housed within the cylindrical jacket and made of a particularly resistant material. This annular safety insert comprises a plurality of fins projecting radially towards the inside of the insert, which are configured to abut against a circumferential rib with which the neck of the bottle is provided. This annular safety insert is suitable to prevent the axial extraction of the closing device as a whole from the neck of the bottle and therefore acts as a guarantee ring. In fact, the axial extraction of the closing device can only be obtained by exerting a considerable axial extraction force and involves breaking the annular safety insert, for example its projecting wings, thus making the tampering evident.
However, a drawback of this closing device consists in the fact that the annular safety insert is completely hidden by the cylindrical jacket and therefore its presence is not immediately appreciable by individuals who intend to tamper with the closing device.
In this way, the individual intending to tamper with the closing device, not being aware of the presence of the safety and guarantee insert, will attempt to tamper with the closing device.
Once the closing device has been tampered with, it can still be placed back, under pressure, on the neck of the bottle, possibly without the annular safety insert which has been damaged or broken during tampering.
In essence, this closing device, although equipped with anti-tampering means, which in any case is capable of preventing or at least making tampering very difficult, does not prevent any attempts at tampering which may in any case damage the closing device. Furthermore, once the closing device is replaced on the neck of the bottle, it is not possible to immediately identify the tampering of the same, except through a careful inspection of the closing device, once it has been subsequently removed from the bottle, such as to enable the absence of the guarantee ring to be detected.
Therefore, according to the prior art, it is also possible that tampering with the closing device, and therefore tampering with the contents of the bottle, may go unnoticed.
The aim of the present invention is to provide a closing device for bottles with an improved anti- tampering system which solves the technical problem described above, obviates the drawbacks and overcomes the limits of the prior art, allowing not only to make immediately evident the tampering of the closing device but also to highlight the presence of this anti-tampering system, so that it constitutes a deterrent to tampering.
Within the scope of this aim, an object of the present invention is to provide a closing device that is capable of providing the broadest guarantees of reliability and safety when used.
Another object of the invention is to provide a closing device that is easy to make and is economically competitive when compared with the known technique.
The aim disclosed above, as well as the objects mentioned and others which are more apparent below, are achieved by an improved anti-tampering system as described in claim 1.
Other features are comprised in the dependent claims .
Further features and advantages shall be more apparent from the description of a preferred, but not exclusive, embodiment of a closing device, illustrated merely by way of non-limiting example with the aid of the accompanying drawings, in which:
figure 1 is an exploded perspective view, partially sectioned, of an embodiment of a closing device applied to the neck of a bottle, according to the invention; figure 2 is a partially sectioned perspective view of the closing device of Figure 1, according to the invention, in an integral configuration;
figure 3 is a front elevation view of the closing device of Figure 1, according to the invention, in an integral configuration;
figure 4 is an enlarged view of the portion of
Figure 3 indicated with the reference IV;
figure 5 is a section view of the closing device represented in figure 3 taken along the axis V-V;
figure 6 is a partially sectioned perspective view of the closing device only, according to the invention; figure 7 is a front view of only the closing device, according to the invention, illustrated in a configuration with the removable tear-off tab removed; figure 8 is an enlarged view of the portion of
Figure 7 indicated with the reference VIII;
figure 9 is a perspective view of the annular safety insert of the closing device, according to the invention; figure 10 is a top plan view of the annular safety insert illustrated in Figure 9;
figure 11 is a front elevation view of the annular safety insert illustrated in Figure 9;
figure 12 is a front elevation view of the cap only with jacket of the closing device, according to the invention;
figure 13 is a section view of the cap with jacket represented in figure 12 taken along the axis XII-XII; figure 14 is a perspective view of a variant of the annular safety insert of the closing device, according to the invention;
figure 15 is a front elevation view of the annular safety insert illustrated in Figure 14.
With reference to the aforementioned figures, the closing device for bottles, indicated globally with the reference number 1, comprises a cap 2 suitable for being applied to the mouth 3 of a bottle and a jacket 4 suitable to surround at least part of the neck 5 of the bottle. The cap 2 is associated with the jacket 4 by means of removable restraining means 6.
The closing device 1 also comprises an annular safety insert 9 arranged between the neck 5 of the bottle and the jacket 4 suitable to prevent extraction of the jacket 4 from the neck 5. In the accompanying figures, this annular safety insert 9 is illustrated with a more intense surface colouring.
The annular safety insert 9 is housed within an annular seat 40 obtained within the jacket 4.
The annular safety ring 9 comprises a first circular portion 91 at least partially abutting against a lower abutment wall 41 of the annular seat 40 of the jacket 4, and a second circular portion 92 suitable to at least partially abut against a circumferential rib 50 of the bottle neck 5.
According to the invention, the annular safety insert 9 comprises a third circular portion 7 partially visible through at least a through opening 70 obtained in the cap 2 or in the jacket 4 or in the removable restraining means 6 between the cap 2 and the jacket 4.
As illustrated in the accompanying figures, the removable restraining means 6 can comprise a removable tab 60 arranged between the cap 2 and the jacket 4 delimited above and below by a pair of rupture invitation lines 62. Said removable tab 60 can comprise a gripping area 61 for facilitating the removal thereof. The cap 2 can be removed from the jacket 4, and therefore from the mouth 3 of the bottle, only after removing the removable tab 60.
Advantageously, the through opening 70 through which the third circular portion 7 of the annular safety insert 9 is visible is obtained in said removable tab 60.
Advantageously, the through opening 70 through which the third circular portion 7 of the annular safety insert 9 is visible is obtained close to the gripping area 61 of the removable tab 60.
Advantageously, the at least one through opening 70 through which the third circular portion 7 of the annular safety insert 9 is visible also comprises the rupture invitation lines 62 of said removable tab 60.
In essence, the third circular portion 7 of the annular safety insert 9 is visible through the ruptures that define the rupture invitation lines 62 of the removable tab 60, as shown in Figure 4.
As shown in the accompanying figures, the second circular portion 92 of the annular safety insert 9 can comprise a plurality of fins 93 projecting radially towards the inside of the annular insert 9 itself and configured to abut with the circumferential rib 50 of the bottle neck 5.
Advantageously, the third circular portion 7 is configured to adhere circumferentially to the walls of the annular seat 40 in order to guarantee the stable housing of the annular insert 90 in the annular seat 40.
Advantageously, the first circular portion 91 is surmounted by the second circular portion 92, which is further surmounted by the third circular portion 7.
Advantageously, the third circular portion 7 of the annular safety insert 9 comprises first anti-rotational means 71 configured to prevent relative rotation of the safety annular insert 9 with respect to said jacket 4. Preferably, said first anti-rotational means 71 comprise a plurality of groovings 73, so-called "ribbed", obtained on the external surface of the third circular portion 7 and configured to engage with a corresponding plurality of groovings 74 obtained on the internal surface of the annular seat 40 of the jacket 4.
Preferably, these groovings 73 and 74 develop along the axial direction of development of the closing device 1.
Advantageously furthermore the third circular portion 7 comprises second anti-rotational means 72 configured to prevent relative rotation of the annular safety insert 9 with respect to the neck 5 of the bottle.
Preferably, the second anti-rotational means 72 comprise a plurality of abutment elements projecting radially towards the inside of the third circular portion 7 configured to abut against the neck 5 of the bottle.
Advantageously, with particular reference to Figure 4, the part of the third circular portion 7 visible through the opening 70 has a height of at least 1 millimetre .
Correspondingly, once the removable tab 60 has been removed, as illustrated in particular in Figure 8, the third circular portion 7 appears to project upwards by at least 1 millimetre with respect to the jacket 4.
Advantageously, as illustrated with reference to the variant of annular safety insert 9 shown in figures 14 and 15, the annular safety insert 9 comprises a plurality of lightening through windows 94. These through windows 94 have the function of lightening the annular safety insert 9, depriving it of material where it is not necessary. Advantageously, the annular safety insert 9, and preferably at least the third circular portion 7, has a colouring clearly distinguishable from the colouring of the cap 2, of the jacket 4 and of the removable tab 60, in order to highlight the presence thereof in the closing device 1.
The operation of the closing device 1, according to the invention, is evident from what is described above.
In particular, the third circular portion 7 of the annular safety insert 9 is always visible from the outside of the closing device 1, even when it is in the integral configuration, as shown in figures 3 and 4.
In this way, the annular safety insert 9 performs a triple function:
1) It prevents, or at least makes it very difficult, the extraction of the closing device 1 from the neck 5 of the bottle due to the fins 93 projecting radially towards the inside of the annular insert 9 itself configured to abut with the circumferential rib 50 of the neck 5 of the bottle;
2) It functions as a guarantee ring in that tampering with the closing device 1 necessarily involves breaking the annular safety insert 9, and therefore there is always evidence of tampering;
3) It acts as a deterrent, in that the presence of the annular safety insert 9 is clearly visible through the through openings present in the cap 2, in the jacket 4 or in the removable restraining means 6 such as the removable tab 60.
In practice, it has been found that the closing device for bottles, according to the present invention, fulfils the intended aim and objects, since it allows to immediately make evident the presence of a safety insert and therefore to prevent any tampering attempts.
Another advantage of the closing device for bottles, according to the invention, consists in the fact that it can be adapted to any type of closure for bottles provided that it has a jacket, and to any type of bottle, provided that it has at least one circumferential rib at the neck.
The closing device for bottles as conceived herein is susceptible to many modifications and variations, all falling within the scope of the inventive concept; furthermore, all the details are replaceable by technically equivalent elements. In practice, the materials used, as well as the dimensions, can be any according to the technical requirements.
In practice, any materials can be used according to requirements, as long as they are compatible with the specific use, the dimensions and the contingent shapes.

Claims

1) Closing device (1) for bottles comprising a cap
(2) suitable for being applied to the mouth
(3) of a bottle and a jacket (4) suitable to surround at least part of the neck (5) of said bottle, said cap (2) being associated with said jacket (4) by means of removable restraining means (6), said closing device (1) comprising an annular safety insert (9) arranged between said neck (5) of said bottle and said jacket (4) suitable to prevent extraction of said jacket
(4) from said neck
(5) and housed within an annular seat (40) obtained within said jacket (4), said annular safety insert (9) comprising a first circular portion (91) at least partially abutting against a lower abutment wall (41) of said annular seat (40) and a second circular portion (92) suitable to at least partially abut against a circumferential rib (50) of said bottle neck (5), characterized in that said annular safety insert (9) comprises a third circular portion (7) partially visible through at least one through opening (70) obtained in said cap (2) or in said jacket (4) or in said removable restraining means (6) between said cap (2) and said jacket (4) .
2) Closing device (1), according to claim 1, characterized in that said removable restraining means
(6) comprise a removable tab (60), said through opening (70) through which said third circular portion (7) of said annular safety insert (9) is visible being obtained in said removable tab (60) .
3) Closing device (1), according to claim 2, characterized in that said removable tab (60) arranged between said cap (2) and said jacket (4) is delimited above and below by a pair of rupture invitation lines (62), said at least one through opening (70) through which said third circular portion (7) of said annular safety insert (9) is visible comprising at least one of said rupture invitation lines (62) of said removable tab (60) .
4) Closing device (1), according to claim 2 or 3, characterized in that said removable tab (60) comprises a gripping area (61) for facilitating the removal thereof, said at least one through opening (70) through which said third circular portion (7) of said annular safety insert (9) is visible being obtained close to said gripping area (61) of said removable tab (60) .
5) Closing device (1), according to one or more of the preceding claims, characterized in that said third circular portion (7) comprises first anti-rotational means (71) configured to prevent relative rotation of said safety annular insert (9) with respect to said jacket (4) .
6) Closing device (1) according to claim 5, characterized in that said first anti-rotational means (71) comprise a plurality of groovings (73) obtained on the external surface of said third circular portion (7) and configured to engage with a corresponding plurality of groovings (74) obtained on the internal surface of said annular seat (40) of said jacket (4) .
7) Closing device (1), according to one or more of the preceding claims, characterized in that said third circular portion (7) comprises second anti-rotational means (72) configured to prevent relative rotation of said annular safety insert (9) with respect to said neck (5) of said bottle. 8) Closing device (1), according to claim 7, characterized in that said second anti-rotational means (72) comprise a plurality of abutment elements projecting radially towards the inside of said third circular portion (7) configured to abut against said neck (5) of said bottle.
9) Closing device (1), according to one or more of the preceding claims, characterized in that said annular safety insert (9) comprises a plurality of lightening through windows (94) .
10) Closing device (1), according to one or more of the preceding claims, characterized in that said first circular portion (91) is surmounted by said second circular portion (92), said second circular portion (92) being further surmounted by said third circular portion (7) .
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