CN1052204C

CN1052204C - A tamperproof closure for valued liquor bottles

Info

Publication number: CN1052204C
Application number: CN95115035A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 皮埃罗·巴提格佐
Original assignee: Guala Closures SpA
Current assignee: Polly Box Co ltd; Guala Closures SpA
Priority date: 1994-07-08
Filing date: 1995-07-08
Publication date: 2000-05-10
Anticipated expiration: 2015-07-08
Also published as: CN1124225A; ITMI941432A1; FR2722478B1; ITMI941432A0; IT1270079B; FR2722478A1

Abstract

The bottle cap (22) which fits over a pourer in the neck of a bottle (16), esp. of a valuable liqueur, has a safety closure in the form of a seal made up of a ring which goes round the cap and is held in place on the pourer, and a tongue (46) which is detached along a line of reduced resistance with a series of bridging points (47a) at intervals along it. The seal is made from an injection-moulded plastics, pref. an ABS co-polymer, and the bottle cap cannot be undone without breaking and removing the seal.

Description

The anti-cheating bottle cap that is used for famous and precious bottle

The present invention relates to a kind of bottle cap of practising fraud of preventing, particularly be used in the lid on the bottle that famous and precious wine is housed.Such lid comprises a bottleneck body, and this bottleneck body connects with bottle, a bottle stopper that connects with described bottleneck body, and the security seal between described bottle stopper and described bottleneck body.

Admitted facts are; The bottle of the famous and precious wine of splendid attire can be implemented in the attempt of sneaking into feints in the above-mentioned bottle, and especially each bottle from above-mentioned these bottles is emitted a spot of wine, covers bottle cap then again, covers up its destruction.

In order to defeat this fraudulent attempt, existing lid has been loaded onto a safety strap, must remove this belt in advance when opening bottle.Unfortunately, having found is having time enough and patience, have again under the condition of skilled operation skill simultaneously, can with one the security seal of cut repair to such an extent that be difficult to distinguish mutually with its original sealing appearance.As a result, make client cannot find the sign of adulterating.

In view of the above problems, the invention provides a kind of lid of practising fraud of preventing, make that the lid of cut can not have been repaired and become to have with not opening the profile that the bottle cap appearance is difficult to distinguish.

The invention provides and a kind ofly prevent to practise fraud, be used for the lid on the bottle, especially for the lid on the bottle of famous and precious wine, such bottle cap comprises: a bottleneck body that is connected in bottle, a plug that links with described bottleneck body, and security seal between described plug and described bottleneck body, it is characterized in that, described security seal comprises a loam cake, described loam cake is assembled into and covers on the plug, and with bottleneck body retainer shaft to relative positioning, described loam cake is shaped on an otch, it defines one and pulls tongue piece and a groove that weakens in advance, described groove is from described incision extension, thereby can remove described sealing.

The further characteristic of lid of the present invention and advantage with reference to the accompanying drawings, show that by the explanation of following preferred embodiment what provide is embodiments of the invention, is not limitation of the present invention.Accompanying drawing is:

Fig. 1 shows the phantom view of a lid of the present invention;

Fig. 2 is the elevation drawing of the section of expression lid shown in Figure 1;

Fig. 3 is the exploded view of lid shown in Figure 1;

Fig. 4 and Fig. 5 are front elevation and the planar views of representing the detailed structure of lid shown in Figure 1 respectively;

Fig. 6 is the elevation drawing along the amplification of concrete structure hatching VI-VI, that show lid shown in Figure 1;

Fig. 7 be along the VII-VII line cut open, show lid shown in Figure 1 concrete structure amplification planar view;

Fig. 8 is the transparent view of expression lid of the present invention in the different phase of operation.

Referring to these views, one of the total representative of label 1 is by bottle 2 or analogue, (the preferably glass bottle of the famous and precious wine of splendid attire), the fabricate blocks that constitute with an anti-cheating lid 3 that is used on this bottle.

Bottle 2 has one and is provided with radially flange 4 and the cylindrical bottleneck 6 around the X-X axis of serration 5, and its outer, molded goes out an annular protrusion 7.

Shown lid 3 comprises a bottleneck body 9, and the drop of the oriented edge that turns up 10, an annular is eliminated part 11, an outside thread 12 and a flange 13 on the body 9.Bottleneck body 9 the most handy polystyrene are made.

This bottleneck body 9 is contained on the described bottleneck with cushion cover 14, and cushion cover 14 the most handy polyethylenes are made, and it is assembled on the bottleneck body 9 with certain prestress.Cushion cover 14 is installed on the flange 4 of bottle, and it is useful on the radially serration 16 that cooperates with serration 5 radially.

A cylindrical sleeve 16 preferably is formed from aluminium, and is installed on the bottleneck 6 and in order to by its upper limb 17 turning-ins are covered bottleneck body 9 is fixed on the bottle 2.For this reason, cylindrical sleeve is suitable for matching with projection 7 by distortion.

Cover 18 is formed in the inside of bottleneck body 9 and cushion cover 14 in one, and it is holding first glass bead 19 that plays the check valve effect, and one is worked second glass bead 20 that increases mass action.The inner inverted cup shell 21 in addition of bottleneck body, it also plays a part check valve.The combination of all these parts has prevented to inject adulterating of inclusion effectively in bottle.

Lid 3 also comprises a stopper 22, and its shape roughly resembles cap, and the most handy polypropylene material is made, and an inner cap that the most handy polyethylene is made 23 and a negative thread 24 are arranged.

Described inner cap 23 guaranteed and outer rotating edge 10 between closely cooperate.Inner cap 23 has a finger lever 25 that stretches into vertically in the interior cover 18, when lid is unscrewed, inverted cup shell 21 can be left.

Stopper 22 matches with the screw thread on the bottleneck body 12 with its screw thread 24.

Lid 3 also comprises a security seal 26 between stopper 22 and bottleneck body 9.In lid of the present invention, security seal 26 comprises a loam cake 27 that is contained on the stopper 22, by a holding device 28 loam cake is clamped on the bottleneck body 9 vertically.

Loam cake 27 is made of such two parts: drain pan 29 and columniform housing 31 that a circumferential edge 30 is arranged.It is big to overlapping upper limb that housing 31 has the circumferential edge 30 with drain pan, also has a lower edge 33 freely.

Described holding device 28 comprises a ring 34 that is buckled on the bottleneck body 9, is meshed with the outer radial tooth 36 of bottleneck body by radial teeth in it 35, and both are formed on being fixedly connected of rotation aspect.In addition, by the interior axial serration 37 made and the snap effect between the convex shoulder 38 on the bottleneck body 9 on ring, will encircle 34 axial location.Convex shoulder 38 forms by groove 39 is set on bottleneck body 9.

Since the outer radial serration 40 made on the ring with on cover formation interior radially serration 41 be meshed, encircle 34 and also on rotation direction, fixed with loam cake 27.Be snapped on the convex shoulder 43 by the outer axial serration 42 that on ring, forms, loam cake 27 is fixed on the ring 34 vertically.Convex shoulder 43 is limited by the groove 44 of loam cake itself, and is located at the opposite of convex shoulder 38.

Should be noted that according to the present invention, loam cake 27 has one to limit otch 45 and the groove 47 that weakens in advance in order to remove security seal pull tongue piece 46 covering, groove 47 extends from otch 45.

The profile of otch 45 is " C " shapes, has an axially extended limit 48, also has top set 49 and inferior division 50, and its span on circumference is about 60 ° of angles respectively.

Top set 49 leans against on the periphery 30 of drain pan 29 of loam cake 27, just around the upper limb 32 of housing 31.On the contrary, there is the distance of one section weak point in the lower edge freely 33 of inferior division 50 and housing 31, and the angle that in fact occupies is approximately 60 °.

The described groove 47 that weakens in advance has first or deserves to be called part 51 and second portion or title lower part 52.

Continuously along circumferentially stretching, through the major part of periphery, for example, the angle of process is approximately 270 ° from top set 49 in described first 51.

Continuously along circumferentially stretching, through the major part of periphery, for example the angle of process is approximately 270 ° to described second portion 52, and has an end 53 from inferior division, and it obliquely intersects at the lower edge freely 33 of loam cake.

Notice that the groove 47 of Xiao Ruoing is quite long in advance, striden across the whole surface of loam cake.

Along upper and lower two

parts

51,52 of the groove 47 that weakens in advance, some drag strip 47a are being arranged in the compartment of terrain, and they are to arrange along two

parts

51,52 axial double-type modes.

Loam cake 27 is preferably used suitable plastic material injection mo(u)lding, preferentially selects acrylonitrile-butadiene-styrene copolymer (ABS) for use.

In order to open bottle, need catch and pull tongue piece 46 and apply enough pulling force, lid is torn along the groove 47 that weakens in advance, subsequently, loam cake is separated from bottle, expand into the state that launches basically, this makes lid can not return its virgin state again, and under any circumstance, can not seal bottle again in original mode.

Note,, when tearing drag strip 47a, must increase pulling force immediately, in order to overcoming the resistance that drag strip produces, and they are destroyed in order to tear along the groove that weakens in advance.

Have been found that lid after tearing along the groove that weakens in advance, loam cake has formed the festoon shape, and wherein at each drag strip place, adjacent segmental arc is the form of angle.

The major advantage of lid of the present invention is, it has defeated any attempt that the improper unlatching of bottle is covered up, and how long no matter spends, energy and skill, and this attempt all can not be achieved one's goal.

Another advantage of lid of the present invention be the each several part of lid can worry they relative orientation and assemble.

After all parts of lid were assembled, lid became one and independently assembles monomer, and it can be mounted on this bottle with together simple operation after a bottle is by can.

In addition, lid of the present invention is simple in structure with perfect.

Be appreciated that those of ordinary skill in the art can carry out many variations and modification with above-mentioned lid in order to satisfy indivedual or special needs, and do not exceed of the present invention by protection domain that following claim limited.

Claims

1. one kind prevents to practise fraud, be used for the lid (3) on the bottle (2), especially for the lid on the bottle of famous and precious wine (3), such bottle cap comprises: a bottleneck body (9) that is connected in bottle (2), a plug (22) that links with described bottleneck body (9), and security seal (26) that is positioned between described plug (22) and the described bottleneck body (9), it is characterized in that, described security seal (26) comprises a loam cake (27), described loam cake (27) is assembled into and covers on the plug (22), and with bottleneck body (9) retainer shaft to relative positioning, described loam cake (27) is shaped on an otch (45), it defines one and pulls tongue piece (46) and a groove (47) that weakens in advance, described groove (47) extends from described otch (45), thereby can remove described sealing (26).

2. the lid of anti-cheating according to claim 1 (3), it is characterized in that, the described groove (47) that weakens in advance has very long length, extend past the whole surface of described loam cake (27), also has drag strip (47a), they are arranged at interval along the length of groove (47), thereby in case the groove that the edge weakens in advance causes damage, described loam cake (27) will roughly present the shape as the open festoon.

3. the lid of anti-cheating according to claim 2 (3) is characterized in that, described otch (45) is a C shape, has branch (49,50), and they prolong circumferential stretching, extension.

4. the lid of anti-cheating according to claim 3 (3), it is characterized in that, top set in the described branch (49) is positioned on the drain pan (29) of loam cake (27), and the inferior division in the described branch (50) is positioned at a bit of distance of free edge (33) of leaving loam cake (27).

5. the lid of anti-cheating according to claim 4 (3), it is characterized in that, the described groove (47) that weakens in advance has a first (51) that join with top set (49), that along the circumferential direction extend, the major part of first (51) extend past circumference; Join with inferior division (50) with one, the second portion of Yan Shening (52) along the circumferential direction, second portion (52) is the major part of extend past circumference also, also have an end (53), and the free edge (33) of described end (53) and loam cake (27) intersects.

6. the lid of anti-cheating according to claim 5 (3) is characterized in that, described loam cake (27) is fixing rotationally with described bottleneck body (9).

7. the lid of anti-cheating according to claim 6 (3), it is characterized in that, it comprises a ring (34), serration (35) radially in having on the ring, going up the outer radial serration (36) that forms with described bottleneck body (9) is meshed, also have outer radial serration (40) on the ring, they are meshed with the interior radially serration of making on loam cake (27) (41), make described loam cake (27) and described bottleneck body (9) fixing rotationally.

8. the lid of anti-cheating according to claim 7 (3), it is characterized in that, axial serration (37) in ring (34) has, go up convex shoulder (38) bayonet fitting that forms with described bottleneck body (9), make described ring (34) with respect to described bottleneck body (9) axial restraint, ring (34) also has outer axially serration (42), go up convex shoulder (43) bayonet fitting that forms with described loam cake (27), make described loam cake (27) with respect to described ring (34) axial restraint, thereby also with described bottleneck body (9) axial restraint.

9. the lid of anti-cheating according to claim 8 (3) is characterized in that, described loam cake (27) is that material preferably selects acrylonitrile-butadiene-styrene copolymer (ABS) with a kind of suitable plastic material injection mo(u)lding.