EP0798225A1 - Dispositif de bouchage temporaire pour bouteille - Google Patents

Dispositif de bouchage temporaire pour bouteille Download PDF

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EP0798225A1
EP0798225A1 EP97104165A EP97104165A EP0798225A1 EP 0798225 A1 EP0798225 A1 EP 0798225A1 EP 97104165 A EP97104165 A EP 97104165A EP 97104165 A EP97104165 A EP 97104165A EP 0798225 A1 EP0798225 A1 EP 0798225A1
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Massimo Vidale
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Stelplast Di Vidale Stelvio & C Sas
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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
    • B65D41/02—Caps or cap-like covers without lines of weakness, tearing strips, tags, or like opening or removal devices
    • B65D41/10—Caps or cap-like covers adapted to be secured in position by permanent deformation of the wall-engaging parts
    • B65D41/12—Caps or cap-like covers adapted to be secured in position by permanent deformation of the wall-engaging parts made of relatively stiff metallic materials, e.g. crown caps
    • B65D41/125—Caps or cap-like covers adapted to be secured in position by permanent deformation of the wall-engaging parts made of relatively stiff metallic materials, e.g. crown caps with integral internal sealing means
    • 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
    • B65D41/28—Caps combined with stoppers

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  • the present invention relates to a bottle closure adapted for use in the first step of production of sparkling wines with the Champenois method and for corking sparkling wines or effervescent wines.
  • the Champenois method for producing sparkling wines entails filling the bottle with base wine and closing the bottle with a temporary cork, known as "tirage" cork, which after a preset time is removed to eliminate the lees that form inside the bottle.
  • the bottle is in fact placed upside down, i.e., with the cork downwards, so that all the lees formed settle towards said first cork, so that the lees can be eliminated with an uncorking operation.
  • bottles used in the Champenois method allow to fit a crown cap as a temporary closure, whilst the final closure is usually a mushroom-shaped cork.
  • Figure 1 illustrates the configuration of the end part of the bottle neck, showing the toroidal configuration 1 which allows the placement of a metal crown cap 2, clamped within an annular groove 4 of the neck 5 of the bottle.
  • crown caps in order to provide a seal, are provided with various gasket systems.
  • a first system is constituted by a cork disk 6, as shown in figure 2, which is compressed at its peripheral rim against the upper part of the bottle neck.
  • a bung is provided, designated by the reference numeral 7 in figure 6 and shown more clearly in figure 7, which is composed of an annular flange 8 adhering to the inner part of the cap 9 which constitutes the crown cap and has, in a median region, a substantially cylindrical body 10 fitting in the mouth of the bottle neck.
  • This closure too, though improving the seal, may be unable to withstand internal pressure thrusts which tend to lift the closure, i.e., to move it away from the bottle neck.
  • a thimble-shaped stopper 11 is provided, usually made of polyethylene, which is inserted, through a first operation, in the mouth of the bottle and is then locked and kept in position by the metal cap 9.
  • the pressures forming inside the bottle tend to expand the hollow part of the thimble, which is pushed even more against the wall of the bottle mouth, in any case maintaining a reliable seal against the escape of the fermentation gases.
  • This closure solves the tightness problems but from the industrial point of view requires two operations, i.e., a first operation for inserting it in the bottle mouth and a second operation for locking it by means of the metal cap 9.
  • a principal aim of the closure according to the present invention is to eliminate the drawbacks of conventional technologies, providing a closure capable both of withstanding the pressure of the fermentation gases and of facilitating the corking operations.
  • an object of the present invention is to provide a closure which can be inserted in a bottle with a single operation.
  • Another object of the present invention is to provide a closure which can be uncorked easily, taking away the lees that have collected thereon.
  • Another object of the present invention is to provide a particularly simple and therefore inexpensive closure.
  • a closure for bottles adapted for use in the first step of production of sparkling wines with the Champenois method and for corking sparkling or effervescent wines, characterized in that it comprises a "crown"-type metal cap combined internally with a thimble-shaped stopper the dimensions whereof are such as to to hermetically enter the mouth of a bottle, said stopper having a flange shaped complementarily to an inner part of the metal cap and rigidly coupled thereto.
  • the closure according to the present invention is composed of a metal cap 101 provided with a pre-shaped perimetric rim 102 wherein a thimble-shaped stopper 103 is associated, the thimble-shaped stopper having, in an upward region, a flange 104 shaped complementarily to the internal shape of the cap 101.
  • the thimble-shaped stopper 103 has a tapered inlet region 105 to facilitate its insertion in a mouth 106 of the neck of a champagne bottle 107.
  • the thimble-shaped stopper 103 provided with a flange 104, is rigidly coupled to the metal cap 101, so that during corking it is not necessary to perform two operations but, with an automatic machine, it is possible to insert the thimble-shaped stopper 103 and fold the region 102 of the cap 101.
  • the lees collect in the hollow region of the thimble-shaped stopper 103.
  • the lees collect inside the stopper 103 and uncorking occurs in a very simple manner, so that, after removing the metal cap, the stopper 103 cannot remain inside the bottle.
  • the cap 101 is made of metal, whilst the thimble-shaped stopper 103 is made of polyethylene or in any case of a food-grade plastics.

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EP97104165A 1996-03-25 1997-03-12 Dispositif de bouchage temporaire pour bouteille Withdrawn EP0798225A1 (fr)

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IT96PD000076A IT1287222B1 (it) 1996-03-25 1996-03-25 Tappo perfezionato per bottiglie atto ad esser impiegato nella prima fase di lavorazione di spumanti col metodo champenois e per la
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Cited By (14)

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FR2769296A1 (fr) * 1997-10-07 1999-04-09 Mvl Capsule de tirage pour bouteille de vin de champagne, vin mousseux ou similaires
WO2000015696A1 (fr) * 1998-09-15 2000-03-23 Anthony Smith Australasia Pty. Ltd. Fermeture polymere comprenant un polyethylene ou un copolymere d'ethylene et un compose resilient
FR2795391A1 (fr) * 1999-06-25 2000-12-29 Lorraine Capsules Metall Dispositif de bouchage pour l'obturation d'une bouteille contenant un vin gazeux
FR2795392A1 (fr) * 1999-06-25 2000-12-29 Lorraine Capsules Metall Dispositif de bouchage pour l'obturation d'une bouteille contenant un vin gazeux
WO2003050009A2 (fr) * 2001-12-10 2003-06-19 Alcoa Deutschland Gmbh Contenant, notamment bouteille a boisson
WO2003053810A1 (fr) * 2001-12-10 2003-07-03 Karl Matheis Bouteille pour boissons pourvue d'un systeme de fermeture
WO2004067402A1 (fr) * 2003-01-30 2004-08-12 Ottakringer Brauerei Ag Bouchon de bouteille
AT502390B1 (de) * 2005-09-27 2007-03-15 Haubenwallner Gerhard Verschlusssystem für flaschen und gefässe
EP1934106A1 (fr) * 2005-10-14 2008-06-25 Young Ja Back Dispositif de fermeture de contenant
EP2404841A1 (fr) * 2010-07-08 2012-01-11 La Brenta Sugheri s.r.l. Bouchon couronne
CZ305752B6 (cs) * 2012-09-05 2016-03-02 Preciosa Gulf, Fzco Adaptabilní skleněná zátka na uzavírání lahví
WO2019141117A1 (fr) * 2018-01-16 2019-07-25 江苏绿森包装有限公司 Couvercle de gobelet moulé en pâte à angle négatif
US11560673B2 (en) 2019-01-31 2023-01-24 Be Green Packaging Llc Pulp molding production line and processing method thereof
US12031271B2 (en) 2019-01-31 2024-07-09 Shurcon Manufacturing, Inc. Transfer device applied to pulp molded manipulator, and production line

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FR68154E (fr) * 1955-06-11 1958-04-09 Nouveau dispositif de bouchage notamment pour bouteilles capsulées
FR1356998A (fr) * 1963-02-12 1964-04-03 Veuve Tourre & Cie Sa Ets Perfectionnements aux capsules de bouchage à couronne de sertissage et joint formant bouchon
CH413630A (fr) * 1964-05-05 1966-05-15 Lathion Jean Dispositif pour la fermeture d'une bouteille
FR2381675A2 (fr) * 1977-02-24 1978-09-22 Scheidegger W Et Cie Ets Bouchon composite
EP0594494A1 (fr) * 1992-10-19 1994-04-27 SOCIETE LORRAINE DE CAPSULES METALLIQUES - MANUFACTURE DE BOUCHAGE, Société Anonyme Dispositif de bouchage temporaire pour bouteille

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FR68154E (fr) * 1955-06-11 1958-04-09 Nouveau dispositif de bouchage notamment pour bouteilles capsulées
FR1356998A (fr) * 1963-02-12 1964-04-03 Veuve Tourre & Cie Sa Ets Perfectionnements aux capsules de bouchage à couronne de sertissage et joint formant bouchon
CH413630A (fr) * 1964-05-05 1966-05-15 Lathion Jean Dispositif pour la fermeture d'une bouteille
FR2381675A2 (fr) * 1977-02-24 1978-09-22 Scheidegger W Et Cie Ets Bouchon composite
EP0594494A1 (fr) * 1992-10-19 1994-04-27 SOCIETE LORRAINE DE CAPSULES METALLIQUES - MANUFACTURE DE BOUCHAGE, Société Anonyme Dispositif de bouchage temporaire pour bouteille

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FR2769296A1 (fr) * 1997-10-07 1999-04-09 Mvl Capsule de tirage pour bouteille de vin de champagne, vin mousseux ou similaires
WO2000015696A1 (fr) * 1998-09-15 2000-03-23 Anthony Smith Australasia Pty. Ltd. Fermeture polymere comprenant un polyethylene ou un copolymere d'ethylene et un compose resilient
US6608116B2 (en) 1998-09-15 2003-08-19 Anthony Smith Australia Pty Ltd Polymeric closure comprising foamed polyethylene or ethylene copolymer and a resilient compound
FR2795391A1 (fr) * 1999-06-25 2000-12-29 Lorraine Capsules Metall Dispositif de bouchage pour l'obturation d'une bouteille contenant un vin gazeux
FR2795392A1 (fr) * 1999-06-25 2000-12-29 Lorraine Capsules Metall Dispositif de bouchage pour l'obturation d'une bouteille contenant un vin gazeux
US8356722B2 (en) 2001-12-10 2013-01-22 Alcoa Deutschland Gmbh Container, particularly a beverage bottle
WO2003050009A2 (fr) * 2001-12-10 2003-06-19 Alcoa Deutschland Gmbh Contenant, notamment bouteille a boisson
WO2003053810A1 (fr) * 2001-12-10 2003-07-03 Karl Matheis Bouteille pour boissons pourvue d'un systeme de fermeture
WO2003050009A3 (fr) * 2001-12-10 2003-09-18 Alcoa Deutschland Gmbh Contenant, notamment bouteille a boisson
US8573424B2 (en) 2001-12-10 2013-11-05 Alcoa Deutschland Gmbh Container, particularly a beverage bottle
WO2004067402A1 (fr) * 2003-01-30 2004-08-12 Ottakringer Brauerei Ag Bouchon de bouteille
AT502390B1 (de) * 2005-09-27 2007-03-15 Haubenwallner Gerhard Verschlusssystem für flaschen und gefässe
EP1934106A4 (fr) * 2005-10-14 2009-08-26 Young Ja Back Dispositif de fermeture de contenant
EP1934106A1 (fr) * 2005-10-14 2008-06-25 Young Ja Back Dispositif de fermeture de contenant
EP2404841A1 (fr) * 2010-07-08 2012-01-11 La Brenta Sugheri s.r.l. Bouchon couronne
CZ305752B6 (cs) * 2012-09-05 2016-03-02 Preciosa Gulf, Fzco Adaptabilní skleněná zátka na uzavírání lahví
WO2019141117A1 (fr) * 2018-01-16 2019-07-25 江苏绿森包装有限公司 Couvercle de gobelet moulé en pâte à angle négatif
US11560673B2 (en) 2019-01-31 2023-01-24 Be Green Packaging Llc Pulp molding production line and processing method thereof
US12031271B2 (en) 2019-01-31 2024-07-09 Shurcon Manufacturing, Inc. Transfer device applied to pulp molded manipulator, and production line

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