EP1226076A1 - Improved pourer and incorporated pourer cap - Google Patents

Improved pourer and incorporated pourer cap

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EP1226076A1
EP1226076A1 EP00974625A EP00974625A EP1226076A1 EP 1226076 A1 EP1226076 A1 EP 1226076A1 EP 00974625 A EP00974625 A EP 00974625A EP 00974625 A EP00974625 A EP 00974625A EP 1226076 A1 EP1226076 A1 EP 1226076A1
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pourer
skirt
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neck
capsule
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Jacques Granger
Jean-Marie Bourreau
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Amcor Flexibles Capsules France SAS
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Pechiney Emballage Alimentaire
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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
    • B65D47/00—Closures with filling and discharging, or with discharging, devices
    • B65D47/04—Closures with discharging devices other than pumps
    • B65D47/043—Closures with discharging devices other than pumps with pouring baffles, e.g. for controlling the flow
    • 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
    • B65D47/00—Closures with filling and discharging, or with discharging, devices
    • B65D47/40—Closures with filling and discharging, or with discharging, devices with drip catchers or drip-preventing 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
    • B65D49/00—Arrangements or devices for preventing refilling of containers
    • B65D49/02—One-way valves
    • B65D49/04—Weighted valves

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  • the invention relates to the field of anti-drip pouring capsules typically used in the field of fractionated consumption in bottles, typically that of aperitifs, syrups, oils, condiments, etc.
  • Anti-drip pourers and corresponding stopper capsules are already known, as shown in FIGS. 6 and 7. They typically consist of two elements: - a pouring element, the lower part of which, in a sealed manner, enters a neck of diameter standardized container, typically a bottle or a vial, the upper part projecting from the rim according to a substantially flared circular lip, so as to obtain the anti-drip effect, a shutter which acts as a sealing element and which can be fix, typically by snap-fastening to the bottom of a capsule in the seal retaining groove.
  • a pouring element the lower part of which, in a sealed manner, enters a neck of diameter standardized container, typically a bottle or a vial, the upper part projecting from the rim according to a substantially flared circular lip, so as to obtain the anti-drip effect
  • a shutter which acts as a sealing element and which can be fix, typically by snap-fastening to the bottom of a capsule in the seal retaining groove.
  • the anti-drip pourers of the state of the art are only used on so-called “low” glassware rings, because of less height than the so-called “high” glassware rings, the difference in height typically being 6 to 7 mm.
  • pourers may be suitable when the contents of the bottle are poured at once, but deteriorate under intensive use such as in the case of aperitif or oil bottles, the contents of which can be consumed after fifty opening and closing cycles, in particular at the junction between the emerging part of the pourer and the pourer's skirt pressed into the neck of the container or bottle.
  • Some pourers also have an emerging portion of small diameter which covers only a small portion of the mouth of the neck, so that drops can actually fall on the mouth, or on the bottle itself.
  • pourers of the state of the art have high manufacturing costs, in particular high material costs, or, possibly, high laying costs insofar as they may not be integrated into a closure cap.
  • the invention therefore relates to the manufacture of pourers suitable for all types of glass ring, and more particularly capsules with integrated pourer which solve all of the problems posed.
  • a first object of the invention is constituted by an anti-drip pourer, capable of being fixed inside a neck, typically formed by a screw glass ring, a container or a bottle containing a liquid, comprising a skirt forming an internal conduit and carrying on its external surface a means of tight sealing to said neck comprising at least flexible peripheral crown forming a fixing and sealing rib, and, at the so-called “high” end of said skirt, a flared upper part, all or part of which forms an emerging part so as to protrude by a height H above the rim of said neck after fixing said pourer inside said neck, characterized in that: a) the nature and / or thickness of the material constituting at least said emerging part are chosen so that said emerging part is flexible, so that it can be applied against said drinking pa r a typically axial constraint and associated with the closure of said neck with a closure cap, and for it to return to its initial deployed position, as soon as said constraint is no longer applied, typically when said neck is opened
  • the pourer is characterized by the following combination of means:
  • the pourer according to the invention can be fixed in all types of containers. It is thus possible to accept irregularities of internal diameter, which can typically reach 1 mm, or even more, without jeopardizing the seal.
  • the diameter of the sealed fixing means must of course remain adapted to the targeted average diameter of the neck, the pourer according to the invention being fixed to the neck in a sealed manner only within a given diameter range, - on the other hand, thanks to the means under a), the pourer can adapt to any type of glass ring, whether high or low, without having to modify the final height of the closed container, only the emerging part, typically thinned, being above the rim,
  • the emerging part can undergo multiple bending without deteriorating or losing its flexibility properties.
  • multiple flexion means the possibility of performing at least 50, even 100 cycles or even more opening and closing of bottle or container.
  • the pourer according to the invention can be made of an economical plastic material, such as PE or PP. which allows significant savings in production costs, either in material cost or in manufacturing cost, the demolding of flexible pourers being easier to implement than that of parts which are not very flexible or rigid.
  • Figure 1 shows two half-sections along the vertical axis of symmetry (7) vertical of a neck (6) of container (5) with threaded glass ring, closed by a closure cap (3) comprising a plastic insert (4) and a pouring device (1) according to the invention.
  • the left-hand part corresponds to the case where the container is closed, the flared upper part (21) of the pourer being bent and applied against the mouth (60) of the neck.
  • the right part corresponds to the case where the container is about to be encapsulated by a capsule according to the invention comprising an insert (4) and a pourer (1) with a flared part (21) deployed and of height H at - above the drink (60). This same arrangement is observed when the container is opened.
  • Figure 2 is a section along the axis (7) of a closed container, similar to the left part of Figure 1, in the case where the sealing means is an attached seal (8).
  • Figures 3a to 3c relate to the plastic insert (4) used in Figure 1.
  • Figure 3a is a section along the axis (7) of symmetry.
  • Figure 3b shows in section a partial enlargement of the peripheral edge (41) of the circular lip (40), which allows temporary attachment to the pourer
  • Figure 3c is a bottom view of the plastic insert (4).
  • Figures 4 to 5c relate to the pourer (1).
  • Figure 4 is a side view.
  • Figure 5a is a section along the axis (7).
  • FIG. 5b is a partial enlargement of said sealed fixing means, which illustrates the fact that the diameter decreases as one moves away from the bottom (23) of the skirt (2), and the fact that the end of the ribs (200) has a reduced thickness.
  • Figure 5c is a top view of the pourer (1).
  • Figure 5d is an enlarged view of the framed portion of Figure 5a.
  • FIGS. 6 and 7 are views in axial section relating to the state of the art: FIG. 6 represents a capsule suitable for plugging a container carrying a pourer as illustrated in FIG. 7.
  • Figure 8 is a view similar to Figure 5a, relating to a pourer (1) whose skirt (2) comprises a lower end (23), optionally provided with an internal partition (24), and an internal rim (26 ) for imprisoning a ball (27) preventing further filling of the bottle.
  • the upper end (22) of the skirt (2) may have on its outer surface an outer rim (28) forming a stop or shoulder means ensuring the axial positioning of the pourer in the neck, said outer rim (28) abutting against the inner rim of the rim (60), so as to block the insertion of the pourer (1) into the neck (6) at a predetermined axial level, and allowing said flexible emerging portion (210) to be applied against said lip (60).
  • Said material can be chosen from thermoplastic polymers or copolymers capable of being molded, typically a PE, a PP, a PET, a polybutene, silicone resins. which may be in the form of homopolymers or copolymers, metallocenes.
  • said material can comprise an elastomer, typically a polybutadiene, and therefore form a mixture of a relatively rigid material with an elastomer, so as to form a pourer having the flexibility and the desired permanent spring effect.
  • said sealed fixing means can comprise at least two peripheral ribs (200), typically parallel with respect to the horizontal plane.
  • the pourer (1) has generally been shown with 3 peripheral ribs (200).
  • peripheral ribs (200), as illustrated in Figures 4a, 5a and 5b may have an outer diameter increasing with the height of the rib, as and as said web moves away from the end lower (23) of said skirt (2).
  • the rib called “low” (201), that is to say the one which is closest to the low end (23) of said skirt, can be positioned within 10 mm of said end low, so that the retention of said liquid is typically less than 1 cm 3 when said container is empty, the neck is turned down.
  • peripheral ribs it is advantageous for the peripheral ribs to be more rigid towards their central part and more flexible at their periphery.
  • at least one peripheral rib (200) comprises at its periphery a circular zone of reduced thickness (202).
  • said pourer (1) can comprise a means for limiting the flow rate constituted by a means for partially closing off said interior duct, typically formed by a bottom or a flat partition (24) perforated by openings (240), as illustrated in Figures 1, 2 and 5c.
  • the skirt (2) can comprise a lower end (23), possibly provided with an internal partition (24), and an internal rim (26) allowing imprisoning a ball (27), so as to form a non-return valve preventing fraudulent filling of the bottle or container (5) once its initial content has been consumed.
  • the pourer (1) according to the invention can form a one-piece molded part made of one or more plastic materials.
  • the average thickness E F of said flexible emerging part (210) can be less at the thickness E of the skirt (2), or even at 0.5.E R , as illustrated in FIGS. 5b and 5d.
  • It can consist of a one-piece molded part comprising a skirt (2) and a flared upper part (21) made of two different plastics, the most rigid plastic forming the skirt (2) provided with its ribs (200). , the most flexible plastic forming the flared upper part (21).
  • a closure cap (3) comprising: a) a sealed closure means, b) a pourer (1) according to the invention, that is to say according to any one of the claims 1 to 14, c) means for temporarily securing said pourer (1) to said capsule (3), so that said pourer (1), initially secured to said capsule (3), is secured to the neck (6) of said container (5), typically irreversibly and during the capping of said container.
  • Said sealing means can be chosen from an attached seal (8) or an insert (4), fixed inside said capsule, typically either by a retaining groove (30), either by an adhesive layer, or by press fit.
  • FIG. 2 The use of an attached seal has been illustrated in FIG. 2, the other figures relating to the use of a plastic insert.
  • said sealed closure means may be a plastic insert (4) typically provided with a circular lip (40), which provides all or part of the seal.
  • the circular lip (40) can cooperate with the outside of the rim (60) of the neck (6) to form said sealed closure means, as illustrated in FIG. 1.
  • Said circular lip (40) can cooperate with said pourer (1), typically with the interior of said skirt (2), to form said temporary securing means, as illustrated in FIG. 1.
  • said temporary fastening means can be formed by the cooperation, typically by clipping or snap-fastening, peripheral edges (25, 41) carried respectively on the inside of said skirt (2) and on the outside of said circular lip (40), as illustrated in Figure 1.
  • the capsule may comprise tamper evident means and / or easy first opening, typically by at least a weakening line (31) located above the crimping zone (32).
  • FIGS 1, 3a to 3c, 4, 5a to 5c and 8 constitute exemplary embodiments.
  • Pourers were made from different materials, including polybutene, PE,
  • PP or PP copolymer in a mixture of PP or PE and polybutadiene in a sufficient content to obtain the required flexibility.
  • the pourers were manufactured by injection molding, and it was possible to observe the ease of demolding given the flexibility of the non-straight elements of the pourers according to the invention.
  • the pourers according to the invention in addition to allowing adaptation to irregularities in the internal diameter of the necks, are capable of undergoing a large number of opening and closing cycles. Furthermore, they are economical to manufacture and easy to install, whether or not they are combined with a closure cap.

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Abstract

(202). The invention concerns a spill-proof pourer (1) comprising a skirt (2) bearing on its outer surface a means for sealed fixing to said neck, and at the so-called top end (22) of said skirt, a flared top part (21). In said pourer, the type and thickness of the material constituting at least said emerging part (210) are selected so that the flared top part (21) is flexible and can be pressed against the widemouthed part of the neck. The skirt (2) may include a flexible peripheral ring (202).

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VERSEUR AMELIORE ET CAPSULE A VERSEUR INCORPOREIMPROVED POURER AND CONTAINER-CONTAINER CAPSULE
DOMAINE DE L'INVENTIONFIELD OF THE INVENTION
L'invention concerne le domaine des capsules à verseur anti-goutte utilisés typiquement dans le domaine de la consommation fractionnée en bouteille, typiquement celle des apéritifs, sirops, huiles, condiments, etc ..The invention relates to the field of anti-drip pouring capsules typically used in the field of fractionated consumption in bottles, typically that of aperitifs, syrups, oils, condiments, etc.
ETAT DE LA TECHNIQUESTATE OF THE ART
On connaît déjà des verseurs anti-goutte et des capsules de bouchage correspondantes, comme représenté aux figures 6 et 7. Ils sont typiquement constitués de deux éléments : - un élément verseur dont la partie inférieure entre, de manière étanche, dans un goulot de diamètre normalisé du récipient, typiquement une bouteille ou un flacon, la partie supérieure débordant du buvant selon une lèvre circulaire sensiblement évasée, de manière à obtenir l'effet anti-goutte, un obturateur qui fait office d'élément d'étanchéité et qui peut se fixer, typiquement par encliquetage au fond d'une capsule dans la gorge de retenue du joint.Anti-drip pourers and corresponding stopper capsules are already known, as shown in FIGS. 6 and 7. They typically consist of two elements: - a pouring element, the lower part of which, in a sealed manner, enters a neck of diameter standardized container, typically a bottle or a vial, the upper part projecting from the rim according to a substantially flared circular lip, so as to obtain the anti-drip effect, a shutter which acts as a sealing element and which can be fix, typically by snap-fastening to the bottom of a capsule in the seal retaining groove.
Il est bien entendu nécessaire que l'effort pour extraire l'élément verseur du goulot du récipient ou effort de « dégoulage » soit supérieur à l'effort de séparation verseur/obturateur lors de l'ouverture de la bouteille.It is of course necessary that the effort to extract the pouring element from the neck of the container or “draining” effort is greater than the pouring / shutter separation effort during the opening of the bottle.
On connaît aussi les verseurs décrits dans les demandes de brevet ou brevet WO98/52838, FR 1.156.919, NL 770 38 29, US 2,848,145 et US 2,751,131We also know the pourers described in patent applications or patent WO98 / 52838, FR 1,156,919, NL 770 38 29, US 2,848,145 and US 2,751,131
PROBLEMES POSESPROBLEMS POSED
D'une part, les verseurs anti-goutte de l'état de la technique ne sont utilisés que sur des bagues de verrerie de dites « basses », car de moindre hauteur que les bagues de verrerie dites « hautes », l'écart de hauteur étant typiquement de 6 à 7 mm. En effet, il importe d'utiliser une bague de verrerie « basse » pour compenser la surépaisseur de ces verseurs, par rapport au buvant de la bouteille, et obtenir finalement une bouteille fermée dont la hauteur totale n'est pas plus grande que celle des bouteilles à bague de verrerie « haute » non munies de verseurs.On the one hand, the anti-drip pourers of the state of the art are only used on so-called “low” glassware rings, because of less height than the so-called “high” glassware rings, the difference in height typically being 6 to 7 mm. In fact, it is important to use a “low” glassware ring to compensate for the excess thickness of these pourers, relative to the rim of the bottle, and finally to obtain a closed bottle whose total height is not greater than that of the “tall” glass ring bottles not fitted with pourers.
D'autre part, ils ne sont pas facilement adaptables à tous les diamètres de bagues, en particulier, ils ne sont pas adaptés aux grands diamètres, typiquement des diamètres de magnum, de l'ordre de 36 mm.On the other hand, they are not easily adaptable to all the diameters of rings, in particular, they are not adapted to large diameters, typically magnum diameters, of the order of 36 mm.
En particulier, ils s'adaptent mal aux irrégularités du diamètre intérieur des goulots ou bagues de verrerie, d'autant plus grandes que le diamètre intérieur du goulot est plus grand.In particular, they do not adapt well to irregularities in the inside diameter of glass necks or rings, the larger the larger the inside diameter of the neck.
En outre, certains verseurs peuvent convenir lorsque le contenu de la bouteille est versé en une fois, mais se détériorent en cas d'une utilisation intensive comme dans le cas de bouteilles d'apéritifs ou d'huile dont le contenu peut être consommé après une cinquantaine de cycles d'ouverture et fermeture, notamment à la jonction entre la partie émergente du verseur et la jupe du verseur enfoncée dans le goulot du récipient ou de la bouteille. Certains verseurs présentent également une partie émergente de faible diamètre qui ne recouvre qu'une faible partie du buvant du goulot, de sorte que des gouttes peuvent en fait tomber sur le buvant, ou sur la bouteille elle-même.In addition, some pourers may be suitable when the contents of the bottle are poured at once, but deteriorate under intensive use such as in the case of aperitif or oil bottles, the contents of which can be consumed after fifty opening and closing cycles, in particular at the junction between the emerging part of the pourer and the pourer's skirt pressed into the neck of the container or bottle. Some pourers also have an emerging portion of small diameter which covers only a small portion of the mouth of the neck, so that drops can actually fall on the mouth, or on the bottle itself.
Enfin, certains verseurs de l'état de la technique présentent des coûts de fabrication élevés, notamment des coûts matières élevés, ou, éventuellement, des coûts de pose élevées dans la mesure où ils peuvent ne pas être intégrés à une capsule de bouchage.Finally, certain pourers of the state of the art have high manufacturing costs, in particular high material costs, or, possibly, high laying costs insofar as they may not be integrated into a closure cap.
L'invention vise donc la fabrication de verseurs adaptés à tous type de bague de verrerie, et plus particulièrement des capsules avec verseur intégré qui résolvent l'ensemble des problèmes posés.The invention therefore relates to the manufacture of pourers suitable for all types of glass ring, and more particularly capsules with integrated pourer which solve all of the problems posed.
DESCRIPTION DE L'INVENTION Un premier objet de l'invention est constitué par un verseur anti-goutte, apte à être fixé à l'intérieur d'un goulot, typiquement formé par une bague de verrerie à vis, d'un récipient ou d'une bouteille contenant un liquide, comprenant un jupe formant un conduit intérieur et portant sur sa surface externe un moyen de fixation étanche audit goulot comprenant au moins couronne périphérique flexible formant une nervure de fixation et d'étanchéité, et, à l'extrémité dite « haute » de ladite jupe, une partie supérieure évasée, dont tout ou partie forme une partie émergeante de manière à dépasser d'une hauteur H au-dessus du buvant dudit goulot après fixation dudit verseur à l'intérieur dudit goulot, caractérisé en ce que : a) la nature et/ou l'épaisseur du matériau constituant au moins ladite partie émergeante sont choisies de façon à ce que ladite partie émergeante soit flexible, de manière à ce qu'elle puisse être appliquée contre ledit buvant par une contrainte typiquement axiale et associée à la fermeture dudit goulot par une capsule de bouchage, et à ce qu'elle reprenne sa position initiale déployée, dès que ladite contrainte n'est plus appliquée, typiquement lors de l'ouverture dudit goulot, b) la jonction entre l'extrémité haute de la jupe et ladite partie évasée présente une partie amincie, de manière à jouer le rôle d'une charnière et favoriser la flexion multiple de ladite partie émergeante.DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION A first object of the invention is constituted by an anti-drip pourer, capable of being fixed inside a neck, typically formed by a screw glass ring, a container or a bottle containing a liquid, comprising a skirt forming an internal conduit and carrying on its external surface a means of tight sealing to said neck comprising at least flexible peripheral crown forming a fixing and sealing rib, and, at the so-called “high” end of said skirt, a flared upper part, all or part of which forms an emerging part so as to protrude by a height H above the rim of said neck after fixing said pourer inside said neck, characterized in that: a) the nature and / or thickness of the material constituting at least said emerging part are chosen so that said emerging part is flexible, so that it can be applied against said drinking pa r a typically axial constraint and associated with the closure of said neck with a closure cap, and for it to return to its initial deployed position, as soon as said constraint is no longer applied, typically when said neck is opened, b ) the junction between the upper end of the skirt and said flared part has a thinned part, so as to play the role of a hinge and favor the multiple bending of said emerging part.
L'invention résout bien l'ensemble des problèmes posés. En effet, le verseurs se caractérise par la combinaison de moyens suivante :The invention solves all of the problems posed. Indeed, the pourer is characterized by the following combination of means:
- d'une part, compte tenu de la présence, comme moyen de fixation étanche audit goulot, d'au moins une couronne périphérique flexible, le verseur selon l'invention peut être fixé dans tous types de récipients. Il est ainsi possible d'accepter des irrégularités de diamètre intérieur, pouvant atteindre typiquement 1 mm, voire plus, sans mettre en péril l'étanchéité. Cependant, le diamètre du moyen de fixation étanche doit bien sûr rester adapté au diamètre moyen visé du goulot, le verseur selon l'invention n'étant fixé au goulot de manière étanche que dans une plage de diamètre donné, - d'autre part, grâce au moyen sous a), le verseur peut s'adapter à tout type de bague de verrerie, qu'elle soit haute ou basse, sans avoir pour autant à modifier la hauteur finale du récipient fermé, seule la partie émergeante, typiquement amincie, étant au-dessus du buvant,- On the one hand, taking into account the presence, as a sealed fixing means to said neck, of at least one flexible peripheral crown, the pourer according to the invention can be fixed in all types of containers. It is thus possible to accept irregularities of internal diameter, which can typically reach 1 mm, or even more, without jeopardizing the seal. However, the diameter of the sealed fixing means must of course remain adapted to the targeted average diameter of the neck, the pourer according to the invention being fixed to the neck in a sealed manner only within a given diameter range, - on the other hand, thanks to the means under a), the pourer can adapt to any type of glass ring, whether high or low, without having to modify the final height of the closed container, only the emerging part, typically thinned, being above the rim,
- enfin, grâce au moyen sous b), la partie émergente peut subir une flexion multiple sans se détériorer ni perdre ses propriétés de flexibilité. Par flexion multiple, on entend la possibilité d'effectuer au moins 50, voire 100 cycles ou même plus d'ouverture et fermeture de bouteille ou récipient.- Finally, thanks to the means under b), the emerging part can undergo multiple bending without deteriorating or losing its flexibility properties. By multiple flexion means the possibility of performing at least 50, even 100 cycles or even more opening and closing of bottle or container.
Enfin, compte tenu des moyens de l'invention, le verseur selon l'invention, avec sa partie émergente flexible, peut être fabriqué en une matière plastique économique, comme le PE ou le PP. ce qui permet des gains non négligeables de coûts de production, que ce soit de coût de matière ou de coût de fabrication, le démoulage de verseurs flexibles étant plus facile à mettre en oeuvre que celui de pièces peu flexibles ou rigides.Finally, taking into account the means of the invention, the pourer according to the invention, with its flexible emerging part, can be made of an economical plastic material, such as PE or PP. which allows significant savings in production costs, either in material cost or in manufacturing cost, the demolding of flexible pourers being easier to implement than that of parts which are not very flexible or rigid.
DECRIPTION DES FIGURESDESCRIPTION OF THE FIGURES
La figure 1 représente deux demi-coupes selon l'axe vertical de symétrie (7) vertical d'un goulot (6) de récipient (5) à bague de verrerie filetée, fermé par une capsule de bouchage (3) comprenant un insert plastique (4) et un verseur (1) selon l'invention. La partie de gauche correspond au cas où le récipient est fermé, la partie supérieure évasée (21 ) du verseur étant fléchie et appliquée contre le buvant (60) du goulot. La partie de droite correspond au cas où le récipient est sur le point d'être capsulé par une capsule selon l'invention comprenant un insert (4) et un verseur (1) avec une partie évasée (21) déployée et de hauteur H au-dessus du buvant (60). Cette même disposition s'observe à l'ouverture du récipient.Figure 1 shows two half-sections along the vertical axis of symmetry (7) vertical of a neck (6) of container (5) with threaded glass ring, closed by a closure cap (3) comprising a plastic insert (4) and a pouring device (1) according to the invention. The left-hand part corresponds to the case where the container is closed, the flared upper part (21) of the pourer being bent and applied against the mouth (60) of the neck. The right part corresponds to the case where the container is about to be encapsulated by a capsule according to the invention comprising an insert (4) and a pourer (1) with a flared part (21) deployed and of height H at - above the drink (60). This same arrangement is observed when the container is opened.
La figure 2 est une coupe selon l'axe (7) d'un récipient fermé, analogue à la partie gauche de la figure 1, dans le cas où le moyen d'étanchéité est un joint rapporté (8).Figure 2 is a section along the axis (7) of a closed container, similar to the left part of Figure 1, in the case where the sealing means is an attached seal (8).
Les figures 3a à 3c sont relatives à l'insert plastique (4) utilisé à la figure 1. La figure 3a est une coupe selon l'axe (7) de symétrie. La figure 3 b représente en coupe un agrandissement partiel de la bordure périphérique (41) de la lèvre circulaire (40), qui permet la solidarisation temporaire avec le verseurFigures 3a to 3c relate to the plastic insert (4) used in Figure 1. Figure 3a is a section along the axis (7) of symmetry. Figure 3b shows in section a partial enlargement of the peripheral edge (41) of the circular lip (40), which allows temporary attachment to the pourer
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La figure 3c est une vue de dessous de l'insert plastique (4).Figure 3c is a bottom view of the plastic insert (4).
Les figures 4 à 5c sont relatives au verseur (1).Figures 4 to 5c relate to the pourer (1).
La figure 4 est une vue latérale.Figure 4 is a side view.
La figure 5a est une coupe selon l'axe (7).Figure 5a is a section along the axis (7).
La figure 5b est un agrandissement partiel dudit moyen de fixation étanche, qui illustre le fait que le diamètre diminue au fur et à mesure que l'on s'éloigne du fond (23) de la jupe (2), et le fait que l'extrémité des nervures (200) présente une épaisseur réduite.FIG. 5b is a partial enlargement of said sealed fixing means, which illustrates the fact that the diameter decreases as one moves away from the bottom (23) of the skirt (2), and the fact that the the end of the ribs (200) has a reduced thickness.
La figure 5c est une vue de dessus du verseur (1).Figure 5c is a top view of the pourer (1).
La figure 5d est une vue agrandie de la portion encadrée de la figure 5a.Figure 5d is an enlarged view of the framed portion of Figure 5a.
Les figures 6 et 7 sont des vues en coupe axiale relatives à l'état de la technique : la figure 6 représente une capsule adapté au bouchage d'un récipient portant un verseur comme illustré à la figure 7.FIGS. 6 and 7 are views in axial section relating to the state of the art: FIG. 6 represents a capsule suitable for plugging a container carrying a pourer as illustrated in FIG. 7.
La figure 8 est une vue analogue à la figure 5a, relative à un verseur (1) dont la jupe (2) comprend une extrémité basse (23), éventuellement dotée d'une cloison intérieure (24), et une rebord intérieur (26) permettant d'emprisonner un bille (27) empêchant un remplissage ultérieur de la bouteille.Figure 8 is a view similar to Figure 5a, relating to a pourer (1) whose skirt (2) comprises a lower end (23), optionally provided with an internal partition (24), and an internal rim (26 ) for imprisoning a ball (27) preventing further filling of the bottle.
DESCRIPTION DETAILLEE DE L'INVENTIONDETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
Selon une modalité de verseur selon l'invention, l'extrémité haute (22) de la jupe (2) peut présenter à sa surface extérieure un rebord extérieur (28) formant un moyen d'arrêt ou épaulement assurant le positionnement axial du verseur dans le goulot, ledit rebord extérieur (28) venant en butée contre le rebord intérieur du buvant (60), de manière à bloquer à un niveau axial prédéterminé l'enfoncement du verseur (1) dans le goulot (6), et à permettre que ladite partie émergeante (210) flexible puisse être appliquée contre ledit buvant (60).According to a pouring arrangement according to the invention, the upper end (22) of the skirt (2) may have on its outer surface an outer rim (28) forming a stop or shoulder means ensuring the axial positioning of the pourer in the neck, said outer rim (28) abutting against the inner rim of the rim (60), so as to block the insertion of the pourer (1) into the neck (6) at a predetermined axial level, and allowing said flexible emerging portion (210) to be applied against said lip (60).
Ledit matériau peut être choisi parmi les polymères ou copolymères thermoplastiques aptes à être moulés, typiquement un PE, un PP, un PET, un polybutène, des résines silicones. qui peuvent être sous la forme d'homopolymères ou de copolymères, des métallocènes. En outre, ledit matériau peut comprendre un élastomère, typiquement un polybutadiène, et donc former un mélange d'un matériau relativement rigide avec un élastomère, de manière à former un verseur présentant la flexibilité et l'effet de ressort permanent voulu.Said material can be chosen from thermoplastic polymers or copolymers capable of being molded, typically a PE, a PP, a PET, a polybutene, silicone resins. which may be in the form of homopolymers or copolymers, metallocenes. In addition, said material can comprise an elastomer, typically a polybutadiene, and therefore form a mixture of a relatively rigid material with an elastomer, so as to form a pourer having the flexibility and the desired permanent spring effect.
Selon l'invention, ledit moyen de fixation étanche peut comprendre au moins deux nervures périphériques (200), typiquement parallèles par rapport au plan horizontal.According to the invention, said sealed fixing means can comprise at least two peripheral ribs (200), typically parallel with respect to the horizontal plane.
Sur les figures, le verseur (1) a généralement été représenté avec 3 nervures périphériques (200).In the figures, the pourer (1) has generally been shown with 3 peripheral ribs (200).
Ces nervures périphériques (200), comme illustré sur les figures 4a, 5a et 5b, peuvent présenter un diamètre externe augmentant avec la hauteur de la nervure, au fur et à mesure que ladite nervure s'éloigne de l'extrémité basse (23) de ladite jupe (2).These peripheral ribs (200), as illustrated in Figures 4a, 5a and 5b may have an outer diameter increasing with the height of the rib, as and as said web moves away from the end lower (23) of said skirt (2).
De préférence, la nervure, dite « basse » (201), c'est-à-dire celle qui est la plus proche de l'extrémité basse (23) de ladite jupe, peut être positionnée à moins de 10 mm de ladite extrémité basse, de manière à ce que la rétention dudit liquide soit typiquement inférieure à 1 cm3 lorsque ledit récipient étant vide, le goulot est retourné vers le bas.Preferably, the rib, called "low" (201), that is to say the one which is closest to the low end (23) of said skirt, can be positioned within 10 mm of said end low, so that the retention of said liquid is typically less than 1 cm 3 when said container is empty, the neck is turned down.
En outre, il est avantageux que les nervures périphériques soient plus rigides vers leur partie centrale et plus souple à leur périphérie. Pour cela, au moins une nervure périphérique (200) comprend à sa périphérie une zone circulaire d'épaisseur réduite (202). Ainsi, les verseurs selon l'invention peuvent accepter de larges tolérances de fabrication en ce qui concerne les bagues de verrerie sans remettre en cause l'étanchéité entre goulot et verseur.In addition, it is advantageous for the peripheral ribs to be more rigid towards their central part and more flexible at their periphery. For this, at least one peripheral rib (200) comprises at its periphery a circular zone of reduced thickness (202). Thus, the pourers according to the invention can accept wide tolerances of manufacturing with regard to the glassware rings without jeopardizing the seal between the neck and the pourer.
Selon l'invention, ledit verseur (1) peut comprendre un moyen pour limiter le débit constitué par un moyen d'obturation partielle dudit conduit intérieur, typiquement formé par un fond ou une cloison plane (24) ajourée par des ouvertures (240), comme illustré aux figures 1, 2 et 5c.According to the invention, said pourer (1) can comprise a means for limiting the flow rate constituted by a means for partially closing off said interior duct, typically formed by a bottom or a flat partition (24) perforated by openings (240), as illustrated in Figures 1, 2 and 5c.
Selon une autre modalité de l'invention, et comme illustré sur la figure 8, la jupe (2) peut comprendre une extrémité basse (23), éventuellement dotée d'une cloison intérieure (24), et un rebord intérieur (26) permettant d'emprisonner un bille (27), de manière à former un clapet anti-retour empêchant le remplissage frauduleux de la bouteille ou du récipient (5) une fois son contenu initial consommé.According to another embodiment of the invention, and as illustrated in FIG. 8, the skirt (2) can comprise a lower end (23), possibly provided with an internal partition (24), and an internal rim (26) allowing imprisoning a ball (27), so as to form a non-return valve preventing fraudulent filling of the bottle or container (5) once its initial content has been consumed.
Le verseur (1) selon l'invention peut former une pièce moulée monobloc constituée d'une seule ou de plusieurs matières plastiques.The pourer (1) according to the invention can form a one-piece molded part made of one or more plastic materials.
Il peut être constitué d'une seule matière plastique et dans ce cas, de manière à avoir une jupe relativement rigide et une partie émergente (210) suffisamment flexible, l'épaisseur moyenne EF de ladite partie émergente (210) flexible peut être inférieure à l'épaisseur E de la jupe (2), voire à 0,5.ER, comme illustré sur les figures 5b et 5d.It can be made of a single plastic material and in this case, so as to have a relatively rigid skirt and an emerging part (210) which is sufficiently flexible, the average thickness E F of said flexible emerging part (210) can be less at the thickness E of the skirt (2), or even at 0.5.E R , as illustrated in FIGS. 5b and 5d.
Il peut être constitué d'une pièce moulée monobloc comprenant une jupe (2) et une partie supérieure évasée (21) constituées de deux matières plastiques différentes, la matière plastique la plus rigide formant la jupe (2) dotée de ses nervures (200), la matière plastique la plus flexible formant la partie supérieure évasée (21 ).It can consist of a one-piece molded part comprising a skirt (2) and a flared upper part (21) made of two different plastics, the most rigid plastic forming the skirt (2) provided with its ribs (200). , the most flexible plastic forming the flared upper part (21).
Un autre objet de l'invention est constitué par une capsule de bouchage (3) comprenant : a) un moyen de bouchage étanche, b) un verseur (1) selon l'invention, c'est-à-dire selon une quelconque des revendications 1 à 14, c) un moyen de solidarisation temporaire dudit verseur (1) à ladite capsule (3), de manière à ce que ledit verseur (1), initialement solidarisé avec ladite capsule (3), soit solidarisé avec le goulot (6) dudit récipient (5), typiquement de façon irréversible et lors du capsulage dudit récipient.Another object of the invention is constituted by a closure cap (3) comprising: a) a sealed closure means, b) a pourer (1) according to the invention, that is to say according to any one of the claims 1 to 14, c) means for temporarily securing said pourer (1) to said capsule (3), so that said pourer (1), initially secured to said capsule (3), is secured to the neck (6) of said container (5), typically irreversibly and during the capping of said container.
Ledit moyen de bouchage étanche peut être choisi parmi un joint rapporté (8) ou un insert (4), fixés à l'intérieur de ladite capsule, typiquement soit par une gorge de maintien (30), soit par une couche adhésive, soit par emmanchement à force.Said sealing means can be chosen from an attached seal (8) or an insert (4), fixed inside said capsule, typically either by a retaining groove (30), either by an adhesive layer, or by press fit.
On a illustré à la figure 2 l'utilisation d'un joint rapporté, les autres figures étant relatives à l'utilisation d'un insert plastique.The use of an attached seal has been illustrated in FIG. 2, the other figures relating to the use of a plastic insert.
Dans ce dernier cas, ledit moyen de bouchage étanche peut être un insert plastique (4) typiquement doté d'une lèvre circulaire (40), qui assure tout ou partie de l'étanchéité.In the latter case, said sealed closure means may be a plastic insert (4) typically provided with a circular lip (40), which provides all or part of the seal.
La lèvre circulaire (40) peut coopérer avec l'extérieur du buvant (60) du goulot (6) pour former ledit moyen de bouchage étanche, comme illustré sur la figure 1.The circular lip (40) can cooperate with the outside of the rim (60) of the neck (6) to form said sealed closure means, as illustrated in FIG. 1.
Ladite lèvre circulaire (40) peut coopérer avec ledit verseur (1), typiquement avec l'intérieur de ladite jupe (2), pour former ledit moyen de solidarisation temporaire, comme illustré à la figure 1.Said circular lip (40) can cooperate with said pourer (1), typically with the interior of said skirt (2), to form said temporary securing means, as illustrated in FIG. 1.
Plus précisément, ledit moyen de solidarisation temporaire peut être formé par la coopération, typiquement par clipsage ou encliquetage, des bordures périphériques (25, 41) portées respectivement sur l'intérieur de ladite jupe (2) et sur l'extérieur de ladite lèvre circulaire (40), comme illustré à la figure 1.More specifically, said temporary fastening means can be formed by the cooperation, typically by clipping or snap-fastening, peripheral edges (25, 41) carried respectively on the inside of said skirt (2) and on the outside of said circular lip (40), as illustrated in Figure 1.
Selon l'invention, la capsule peut comprendre des moyens de garantie d'inviolabilité et/ou de première ouverture facile, typiquement par au moins une ligne d'affaiblissement (31) située au-dessus de la zone de sertissage (32).According to the invention, the capsule may comprise tamper evident means and / or easy first opening, typically by at least a weakening line (31) located above the crimping zone (32).
EXEMPLES DE REALISATIONEXAMPLES OF REALIZATION
Les figures 1, 3a à 3c, 4, 5a à 5c et 8 constituent des exemples de réalisation. On a fabriqué des verseurs en différents matériaux, notamment en polybutène, en PE, enFigures 1, 3a to 3c, 4, 5a to 5c and 8 constitute exemplary embodiments. Pourers were made from different materials, including polybutene, PE,
PP ou copolymère de PP, en mélange de PP ou de PE et de polybutadiène à une teneur suffisante pour obtenir la flexibilité requise.PP or PP copolymer, in a mixture of PP or PE and polybutadiene in a sufficient content to obtain the required flexibility.
On a fabriqué les verseurs par injection-moulage, et on a pu observer la facilité de démoulage compte tenu de la flexibilité des éléments non droits des verseurs selon l'invention.The pourers were manufactured by injection molding, and it was possible to observe the ease of demolding given the flexibility of the non-straight elements of the pourers according to the invention.
Les verseurs selon l'invention, outre qu'ils permettent une adaptation aux défauts de régularité de diamètre intérieur des goulots, sont aptes à subir un grand nombre de cycles d'ouverture et fermeture. Par ailleurs, ils sont économiques à fabriquer et faciles à poser, qu'ils soient ou non associés à une capsule de bouchage.The pourers according to the invention, in addition to allowing adaptation to irregularities in the internal diameter of the necks, are capable of undergoing a large number of opening and closing cycles. Furthermore, they are economical to manufacture and easy to install, whether or not they are combined with a closure cap.
LISTE DES REPERESLIST OF REFERENCES
VERSEUR 1 JUPE 2POURER 1 SKIRT 2
MOYEN DE FIXATION ETANCHE 20WATERPROOF FIXING MEANS 20
NERVURES 200RIBS 200
NERVURE BASSE 201LOW RIB 201
COURONNE PERIPHERIQUE 202 PARTIE SUPERIEURE EVASEE 21PERIPHERAL CROWN 202 UPPER FLARED PART 21
PARTIE EMERGEANTE 210EMERGING PART 210
EXTREMITE HAUTE / JONCTION 22HIGH END / JUNCTION 22
PARTIE AMINCIE 220THINNING PART 220
EXTREMITE BASSE 23 CLOISON INTERIEURE 24LOW END 23 INTERIOR PARTITION 24
ORIFICES/OUVERTURES 240ORIFICES / OPENINGS 240
BORDURE PERIPHERIQUE 25PERIPHERAL EDGE 25
REBORD INTERIEUR 26INSIDE EDGE 26
BILLE 27 REBORD EXTERIEUR 28BALL 27 OUTSIDE EDGE 28
CAPSULE DE BOUCHAGE 3 GORGE DE MAINTIEN 30CAPPING CAP 3 HOLD THROAT 30
LIGNE D'AFFAIBLISSEMENT 31WEAKENING LINE 31
ZONE SERTIE 32SERTÉ 32 AREA
INSERT PLASTIQUE 4PLASTIC INSERT 4
LEVRE CIRCULAIRE 40CIRCULAR LIPS 40
BORDURE PERIPHERIQUE 41PERIPHERAL EDGE 41
LEVRE PERIPHERIQUE 42PERIPHERAL LIP 42
RECIPIENT 5CONTAINER 5
GOULOT 6CHOULOT 6
BUVANT 60DRINKING 60
FILET 61NET 61
AXE 7AXIS 7
JOINT RAPPORTE 8 REPORTED JOINT 8

Claims

REVENDICATIONS
1. Verseur anti-goutte (1), apte à être fixé à l'intérieur d'un goulot (6), typiquement formé par une bague de verrerie à vis, d'un récipient ou d'une bouteille (5) contenant un liquide, comprenant un jupe (2) formant un conduit intérieur et portant sur sa surface externe un moyen de fixation étanche (20) audit goulot comprenant au moins couronne périphérique flexible formant une nervure de fixation et d'étanchéité (200), et, à l'extrémité dite « haute » (22) de ladite jupe (2), une partie supérieure évasée (21 ), dont tout ou partie forme une partie émergeante (210) de manière à dépasser d'une hauteur H au-dessus du buvant (60) dudit goulot (6) après fixation dudit verseur (1) à l'intérieur dudit goulot (6). caractérisé en ce que : a) la nature et/ou l'épaisseur du matériau constituant au moins ladite partie émergeante (210) sont choisies de façon à ce que ladite partie émergeante (210) soit flexible, de manière à ce qu'elle puisse être appliquée contre ledit buvant (60) par une contrainte typiquement axiale et associée à la fermeture dudit goulot par une capsule de bouchage (3), et à ce qu'elle reprenne sa position initiale déployée, dès que ladite contrainte n'est plus appliquée, typiquement lors de l'ouverture dudit goulot (6), b) la jonction entre l'extrémité haute (22) de la jupe (2) et ladite partie évasée (21) présente une partie amincie (220), de manière à jouer le rôle d'une charnière et favoriser la flexion multiple de ladite partie émergeante (210).1. Anti-drip pourer (1), capable of being fixed inside a neck (6), typically formed by a screw glass ring, a container or a bottle (5) containing a liquid, comprising a skirt (2) forming an internal duct and carrying on its external surface a sealed fixing means (20) to said neck comprising at least flexible peripheral crown forming a fixing and sealing rib (200), and, at the so-called “high” end (22) of said skirt (2), a flared upper part (21), all or part of which forms an emerging part (210) so as to protrude by a height H above the rim (60) of said neck (6) after fixing said pourer (1) inside said neck (6). characterized in that: a) the nature and / or the thickness of the material constituting at least said emerging part (210) are chosen so that said emerging part (210) is flexible, so that it can be applied against said drink (60) by a typically axial constraint and associated with the closure of said neck by a closure cap (3), and so that it returns to its initial deployed position, as soon as said constraint is no longer applied , typically when opening said neck (6), b) the junction between the upper end (22) of the skirt (2) and said flared part (21) has a thinned part (220), so as to play the role of a hinge and favoring the multiple bending of said emerging part (210).
2. Verseur selon la revendication 1 dans lequel l'extrémité haute (22) de la jupe (2) présente à sa surface extérieure un rebord extérieur (28) formant un moyen d'arrêt ou épaulement assurant le positionnement axial du verseur dans le goulot, ledit rebord extérieur (28) venant en butée contre le rebord intérieur du buvant (60), de manière à bloquer à un niveau axial prédéterminé l'enfoncement du verseur (1) dans le goulot (6), et à permettre que ladite partie émergeante (210) flexible puisse être appliquée contre ledit buvant (60). 2. Pourer according to claim 1 wherein the upper end (22) of the skirt (2) has on its outer surface an outer rim (28) forming a stop means or shoulder ensuring the axial positioning of the pourer in the neck , said outer rim (28) abutting against the inner rim of the rim (60), so as to block at a predetermined axial level the depression of the pourer (1) in the neck (6), and to allow said portion emerging (210) flexible can be applied against said drink (60).
3. Verseur selon une quelconque des revendications 1 à 2 dans lequel ledit matériau est choisi parmi les polymères ou copolymères thermoplastiques aptes à être moulés, typiquement un PE, un PP, un PET, un polybutène, un métallocène.3. Pourer according to any one of claims 1 to 2 wherein said material is chosen from thermoplastic polymers or copolymers capable of being molded, typically a PE, a PP, a PET, a polybutene, a metallocene.
4. Verseur selon une quelconque des revendication 1 à 3 dans lequel ledit matériau comprend un élastomère, typiquement un polybutadiène.4. Pourer according to any one of claims 1 to 3 wherein said material comprises an elastomer, typically a polybutadiene.
5. Verseur selon une quelconque des revendications 1 à 4 dans lequel ledit moyen de fixation étanche comprend au moins deux nervures périphériques (200), typiquement parallèles par rapport au plan horizontal.5. Pourer according to any one of claims 1 to 4 wherein said sealed fixing means comprises at least two peripheral ribs (200), typically parallel with respect to the horizontal plane.
6. Verseur selon la revendication 5 dans lequel les nervures périphériques (200) présentent un diamètre externe augmentant avec la hauteur de la nervure, au fur et à mesure que ladite nervure s'éloigne de l'extrémité basse (23) de ladite jupe (2).6. Pourer according to claim 5 wherein the peripheral ribs (200) have an outer diameter increasing with the height of the rib, as said rib moves away from the lower end (23) of said skirt ( 2).
7. Verseur selon la revendication 6 dans lequel ledit moyen de fixation étanche (20) comprend une nervure, dite « basse » (201), la plus proche de l'extrémité basse (23) de ladite jupe, positionnée à moins de 10 mm de ladite extrémité basse, de manière à ce que la rétention dudit liquide soit typiquement inférieure à 1 cmJ lorsque ledit récipient étant vide, le goulot est retourné vers le bas.7. Pourer according to claim 6 wherein said sealed fixing means (20) comprises a rib, called "low" (201), closest to the low end (23) of said skirt, positioned less than 10 mm from said lower end, so that the retention of said liquid is typically less than 1 cm J when said container is empty, the neck is turned down.
8. Verseur selon une quelconque des revendications 6 à 7 au moins une nervure périphérique (200) comprend à sa périphérie une zone circulaire d'épaisseur réduite (202).8. Pourer according to any one of claims 6 to 7 at least one peripheral rib (200) comprises at its periphery a circular zone of reduced thickness (202).
9. Verseur selon une quelconque des revendications 1 à 8 dans lequel ladite jupe comprend un moyen pour limiter le débit constitué par un moyen d'obturation partielle dudit conduit intérieur, typiquement formé par une cloison plane (24) ajourée par des ouvertures (240). 9. Pourer according to any one of claims 1 to 8 wherein said skirt comprises a means for limiting the flow rate constituted by a means for partially closing off said interior duct, typically formed by a flat partition (24) perforated by openings (240) .
10. Verseur selon une quelconque des revendications 1 à 9 dans lequel ladite jupe (2) comprend une extrémité basse (23), éventuellement dotée d'une cloison intérieure (24), et un rebord intérieur (26) permettant d'emprisonner un bille (27), de manière à former un clapet anti-retour empêchant le remplissage frauduleux de la bouteille ou du récipient (5) une fois son contenu initial consommé.10. Pourer according to any one of claims 1 to 9 wherein said skirt (2) comprises a low end (23), optionally provided with an internal partition (24), and an internal rim (26) allowing to trap a ball (27), so as to form a non-return valve preventing fraudulent filling of the bottle or container (5) once its initial content has been consumed.
1 1. Verseur selon une quelconque des revendications 1 à 10 formant une pièce moulée monobloc constituée d'une seule ou de plusieurs matières plastiques.1 1. Pourer according to any one of claims 1 to 10 forming a one-piece molded part made of a single or more plastics.
12. Verseur selon la revendication 11 constitué d'une seule matière plastique et dans lequel l'épaisseur moyenne EF de ladite partie émergente (210) flexible est inférieure à l'épaisseur ER de la jupe (2).12. Pourer according to claim 11 made of a single plastic material and wherein the average thickness E F of said flexible emerging portion (210) is less than the thickness E R of the skirt (2).
13. Verseur selon la revendication 12 dans lequel l'épaisseur moyenne EF est inférieure à 0,5.ER.13. Pourer according to claim 12 wherein the average thickness E F is less than 0.5.E R.
14. Verseur selon la revendication 1 1 dans lequel ladite pièce moulée monobloc comprend la jupe (2) et la partie supérieure évasée (21) sont constituées de deux matières plastiques différentes, la matière plastique la plus rigide formant la jupe (2) dotée de ses nervures (200), la matière plastique la plus flexible formant la partie supérieure évasée (21).14. Pourer according to claim 1 1 wherein said one-piece molded part comprises the skirt (2) and the flared upper part (21) consist of two different plastics, the most rigid plastic forming the skirt (2) provided with its ribs (200), the most flexible plastic material forming the flared upper part (21).
15. Capsule de bouchage (3) comprenant : a) un moyen de bouchage étanche, b) un verseur (1) selon une quelconque des revendications 1 à 14, c) un moyen de solidarisation temporaire dudit verseur (1) à ladite capsule (3), de manière à ce que ledit verseur (1), initialement solidarisé avec ladite capsule (3), soit solidarisé avec le goulot (6) dudit récipient (5), typiquement de façon irréversible et lors du capsulage dudit récipient. 15. Stopper capsule (3) comprising: a) a sealed stopper means, b) a pourer (1) according to any one of claims 1 to 14, c) a means of temporarily securing said pourer (1) to said capsule ( 3), so that said pourer (1), initially secured to said capsule (3), is secured to the neck (6) of said container (5), typically irreversibly and during the capping of said container.
16. Capsule selon la revendication 15 dans laquelle ledit moyen de bouchage étanche est choisi parmi un joint rapporté (8) ou un insert (4), fixés à l'intérieur de ladite capsule, typiquement soit par une gorge de maintien (30), soit par une couche adhésive, soit par emmanchement à force.16. Capsule according to claim 15, in which said leaktight sealing means is chosen from an attached seal (8) or an insert (4), fixed inside said capsule, typically either by a retaining groove (30), either by an adhesive layer, or by force fitting.
17. Capsule selon la revendication 15 dans laquelle ledit moyen de bouchage étanche est un insert plastique (4) typiquement doté d'une lèvre circulaire (40).17. Capsule according to claim 15 wherein said sealing means is a plastic insert (4) typically provided with a circular lip (40).
18. Capsule selon la revendication 17 dans laquelle ladite lèvre circulaire (40) coopère avec ledit verseur (1), typiquement avec l'intérieur de ladite jupe (2), pour former ledit moyen de solidarisation temporaire.18. Capsule according to claim 17 in which said circular lip (40) cooperates with said pourer (1), typically with the interior of said skirt (2), to form said temporary attachment means.
19. Capsule selon une quelconque des revendications 17 à 18 dans laquelle ladite lèvre circulaire (40) coopère avec l'extérieur du buvant (60) du goulot (6) pour former ledit moyen de bouchage étanche.19. Capsule according to any one of claims 17 to 18 wherein said circular lip (40) cooperates with the outside of the rim (60) of the neck (6) to form said sealing means.
20. Capsule selon une quelconque des revendications 17 à 19 dans laquelle ledit moyen de solidarisation temporaire est formé par la coopération, typiquement par clipsage ou encliquetage, des bordures périphériques (25, 41) portées respectivement sur l'intérieur de ladite jupe (2) et sur l'extérieur de ladite lèvre circulaire (40).20. Capsule according to any one of claims 17 to 19 wherein said temporary fastening means is formed by the cooperation, typically by clipping or snap-fastening, peripheral edges (25, 41) carried respectively on the interior of said skirt (2) and on the outside of said circular lip (40).
21. Capsule selon une quelconque des revendications 15 à 20 comprenant des moyens de garantie d'inviolabilité et/ou de première ouverture facile, typiquement par au moins une ligne d'affaiblissement. 21. Capsule according to any one of claims 15 to 20 comprising means for guaranteeing inviolability and / or easy first opening, typically by at least one weakening line.
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