EP2739543B1 - Vorrichtung zum abdichten eines flaschenhalses - Google Patents

Vorrichtung zum abdichten eines flaschenhalses Download PDF

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EP2739543B1
EP2739543B1 EP12750469.4A EP12750469A EP2739543B1 EP 2739543 B1 EP2739543 B1 EP 2739543B1 EP 12750469 A EP12750469 A EP 12750469A EP 2739543 B1 EP2739543 B1 EP 2739543B1
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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
    • B65D39/00—Closures arranged within necks or pouring openings or in discharge apertures, e.g. stoppers
    • B65D39/04—Cup-shaped plugs or like hollow flanged members
    • 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
    • B65D39/00—Closures arranged within necks or pouring openings or in discharge apertures, e.g. stoppers
    • B65D39/16—Closures arranged within necks or pouring openings or in discharge apertures, e.g. stoppers with handles or other special means facilitating manual actuation
    • 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
    • B65D41/58—Caps or cap-like covers combined with stoppers
    • 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
    • B65D41/62—Secondary protective cap-like outer covers for closure members
    • 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

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  • the present invention relates to a device for closing a bottle, comprising a cap to be introduced into its neck and a cap (or capsule) emmanchable on his neck, which cap has two parts, one forming a skirt and the other operculum secured by connecting means having rupture initiation zones.
  • Beverage bottles in particular bottles made of glass, have a body, or belly, which tightens at the top to form a collar terminated by a neck.
  • caps or caps generally called overcaps, comprise a tubular skirt to protect the neck of the bottles, extended by a cover arranged to protect a plug reported in the neck.
  • the upper face of the removable lid is frequently used as a support for a tax sticker.
  • Some caps are made by plastic molding, and are positioned by press fitting on the neck of the bottle.
  • the removal of the lid is sometimes done manually, or more generally with the aid of a suitable cutting tool (for example a knife, or the like).
  • a suitable cutting tool for example a knife, or the like.
  • cap remains here in one piece to be able to go back fully and ensure its cap extraction function; there is therefore no question here of its separation into two parts skirt / cap, nor solve a problem related to such separation.
  • the arrangement of the stops inside the cap requires the presence of a shoulder on the periphery of the cap head, which imposes its radial overflow and therefore requires a significant dimensioning unsightly and likely to cause problems.
  • the lid of the cap is easily detachable manually relative to the skirt of the cap, without excessive effort or accessory.
  • the cap head and the cap comprise cam means which cooperate with one another to cause, during a rotational operation of said cap relative to said cap head about said longitudinal axes, a movement in translation of said cap relative to said cap head along said longitudinal axes and in a direction directed from the lower surface towards the upper surface of said cap head, so that once this closure device is properly attached to the neck of the cap; a bottle, said manual maneuver in rotation of said cap cap causes a spacing of the joined edges and thus the degradation of said connecting means.
  • This structure is interesting because of its simplicity and in that it allows to degrade the connecting means by a relatively reduced effort.
  • the first part of the cam means is preferably composed of several successive helical ramps, distributed around the longitudinal axis and each extending over a given angular sector; and the second portion of the cam means preferably comprises a plurality of pins which are distributed about the longitudinal axis and spaced from each other by a given angular sector.
  • the ramps each advantageously have an upward slope in a given direction of rotation about the longitudinal axis; and the one or more pins advantageously comprise an end surface having a slope complementary to said associated ramp.
  • the first part of the cam means comprises several pairs of successive ramps (at least two pairs of ramps), distributed around the longitudinal axis, which pairs of ramps each comprise a junction point from which said two ramps each with an upward slope in a direction of rotation opposite to each other; and the pins have a V-shaped end surface whose slopes are complementary to said two ramps; this particular structure allows a manual operation in rotation of the lid in two opposite directions with respect to each other, hourly and anti-clockwise (also called “right” and "left”).
  • the first part of the cam means is advantageously formed on the cap head, and the second part of the cam means is provided on the cap.
  • the plug head then comprises a central tubular wall and a peripheral tubular wall, at a distance from one another, the edges of which lower are connected by a ring forming the lower surface of the plug head; the upper edge of the central tubular wall defines the upper surface of the plug head, and the upper edge of one of said tubular walls constitutes said ramps.
  • the lid advantageously comprises a tubular wall extending a bottom wall; in addition, the inner surface of said tubular wall of the cap and the inner surface of the pins of the cap cooperate, respectively, with the peripheral and central tubular walls of the cap head for rotational guiding said cap.
  • the abutment means advantageously comprise at least one radial partition, against which abuts one of the pins during the operation of the operculum in the separated position.
  • the locking means advantageously consist of complementary structures cooperating by elastic interlocking clipping type.
  • These locking means by elastic interlocking are preferably formed to also ensure the maintenance of the plug head in said lid before the rotating operation of the latter.
  • the lid preferably further comprises a tubular wall whose outer surface is provided with a pattern facilitating the gripping, in particular for its maneuver in rotation.
  • the present invention also relates to a bottle equipped with a closure device as defined above, this bottle advantageously comprising a neck devoid of particular profile, especially thread.
  • the shutter device 1 As shown on the Figures 1 to 4 , the shutter device 1 according to the invention is intended to be attached to a bottle B.
  • Bottle B of conventional structure, is advantageously intended to contain a beverage, in particular wine.
  • Such a bottle B is advantageously made of glass.
  • This bottle B comprises a body (also called “belly” or “barrel”, not shown), surmounted by a neck C ( Figures 1 to 4 ) narrower and tapered, itself terminated by a G neck (visible on the Figures 3 and 4 ).
  • the collar C has a one-piece collar D (visible on Figures 3 and 4 ), commonly referred to as a "ring”, intended to cooperate with the closure device 1.
  • the one-piece collar D consists of a monoblock ring selected from among the following common categories: "CÉTIE ring” or “single flat ring”, “square-shaped ring”, “square ring” or “full ring”.
  • the cap 2 and the tubular cap 5 are advantageously made by molding a plastic material, for example high density polyethylene. They constitute here each a monobloc piece.
  • tubular skirt 6 and the cover 7 of the cuff 5 are made integral with one another by connecting means 8 having predetermined breaking zones 8 a; these connecting means 8 are described in more detail below in connection with the Figures 11 to 14 .
  • the head 4 of the cap 3 and the cap 7 of the cap 5 cooperate with each other by cam means to guide a maneuvering of this cap 7 in a helical movement with respect to the associated cap head 4, so as to limit the effort and optimize the movement required to break the connection means 8 once the closure device 1 installed on a bottle B.
  • the cap 7 of the cap 5 here has the advantage of being able to be an integral part of the cap 2 ( figure 4 ), to facilitate the operations of extraction and implementation of the latter.
  • the body 3 and the head 4 of the plug 2 constitute two cylindrical portions which extend in the extension of one another and coaxially with respect to one another along a longitudinal axis 2 '.
  • the body 3 of the plug 2 here consists of a tubular wall 10 whose bottom edge, opposite the plug head 4, is connected to a bottom wall 11.
  • the tubular wall 10 extends coaxially with the aforementioned longitudinal axis 2 '; the bottom wall 11 extends perpendicular to the same longitudinal axis 2 '.
  • the tubular wall 10 is provided with sealing means 12, constituted here by a plurality of superimposed annular sealing ribs. These sealing means 12 are intended to fit the inner surface of the neck C , at the neck G , to prevent any flow of liquid.
  • the head 4 of the plug 2 has a diameter which is greater than the diameter of the body 3 of the plug 2, and which is substantially equal to or even slightly less than the external diameter of the neck G of the bottle B.
  • This plug head 2 is delimited by a lower surface 13, connected to said plug body 3 and forming an annular lower shoulder, and an upper surface 14 situated opposite said lower surface 13 and the body 3 of the plug. plug 2 along said longitudinal axis 2 '.
  • bottom 13 and top 14 surfaces each extend in a plane perpendicular to the longitudinal axis 2 'of the cap 2.
  • the head 4 here consists of two tubular walls 15 and 16, extending coaxially with each other and coaxially with the longitudinal axis 2 '.
  • a first central tubular wall 15 is formed by an upper band of the tubular wall 10 of the body 3, opposite the bottom wall 11 ( figure 8 ).
  • the second peripheral tubular wall 16 extends in parallel and at a distance from the central wall 15. This tubular peripheral wall 16 constitutes the cylindrical peripheral surface of the head 4 of the stopper 2.
  • the free upper edge 16a of the outer tubular wall 16 is annular / circular top view ( figure 10 ), and has a profile consisting of a plurality of successive helical ramps 17 to form a slide portion of the cam means.
  • the ramps 17 are distributed around the longitudinal axis 2 'and each extend over a given angular sector.
  • Each of these ramps 17 has an upward slope in a given direction of rotation about the longitudinal axis 2 '.
  • Upward slope means the direction of rotation (clockwise or anticlockwise, as the case may be) in which ramp 17, viewed from above ( figure 10 ), runs from an upstream end located on the side of the lower surface 13 of the head 4 to a downstream end located on the side of the upper surface 14 of the same head 4.
  • the upper edge 16a of the outer tubular wall 16 comprises a plurality of pairs of successive ramps 17, here four in number, distributed about the longitudinal axis 2 '.
  • Each pair of ramps 17 has an upstream junction point 18 located on the side of the lower surface 13, from which extend the two ramps 17 each with an upward slope in a direction of rotation opposite to one another. other.
  • each pair comprises a first ramp 17a increasing in a clockwise and a second ramp 17b increasing in a direction opposite direction, counterclockwise.
  • the two ramps 17 advantageously have the same slope value with respect to the plane perpendicular to the longitudinal axis 2 '.
  • Each pair of ramps 17 thus has, viewed from the side, a general shape of V e opening in the direction of the upper surface 14.
  • a first ramp 17a of a pair is further directly connected with a second ramp 17b of a juxtaposed pair.
  • This connection is performed by a downstream junction point 19 which lies in the plane passing through the upper surface 14 (that is to say here the plane passing through the free edge 15a of the central tubular wall 15) or approximately in this plan.
  • the outer tubular wall 16 is further provided, at its outer surface, with several superposed annular ribs 20. As developed below, these annular ribs 20 constitute locking means for locking the cap 7 on the cap head 4 in a rotated end position.
  • tubular walls 15 and 16 delimit, between it, an annular space 21 in the form of a crown, which opens on the side of the upper surface 14.
  • tubular walls 15 and 16 are connected by radial partitions 22, each formed at one of the downstream junction points 19 connecting two pairs of ramps 17.
  • these radial partitions 22 constitute abutment means for limiting the rotational operation of the cap 7 of the cap 5 relative to the head 4 of the plug 2 on a given angular sector, and thus to define a end position corresponding to the rotated spread position.
  • the plug body 3 and the plug head 4 have, respectively, a diameter of the order of 17 to 20 mm and of the order of 24 to 28 mm; the plug body 3 and the plug head 4 still have, respectively, a height of the order of 14 to 21 mm and of the order of 5 to 10 mm. These dimensions are adapted to the way, depending on the bottle to be equipped.
  • the pairs of ramps 17 are four in number, and each extends over an angular sector F of the order of 90 °.
  • Each ramp 17 thus advantageously extends over an angular sector G of 45 °, between an upstream junction point 18 and a downstream junction point 19, with an ascending slope between these two points.
  • each ramp 17 defines an angle A with a plane perpendicular to the longitudinal axis 2 ', the value of which is advantageously of the order of 5 ° to 45 °, preferably of the order of 13 ° to 15 °.
  • the two ramps 17 of a pair thus define between them an angle of preference of the order of 150 ° to 154 °.
  • the height E separating the upstream junction point 18 and the downstream junction point 19, is for example of the order of 1.5 mm to 6 mm ( figure 7 ).
  • the tubular cap 5 is described as for it below in relation to the Figures 11 to 14 .
  • the skirt 6 and the cover 7 of this cap 5 constitute two cylindrical portions which extend in the extension of one another, that along a longitudinal axis 5 '.
  • the longitudinal axis of the skirt 6 and the longitudinal axis of the cap 7 are thus designated by the same reference numeral 5 '.
  • the skirt 6 advantageously has a structure as described in the document FR-2,946,960 .
  • This skirt 6 is delimited by two annular borders: - a lower edge 25, opposite the operculum 7, and - an upper edge 26, located on the side of the lid 7.
  • the upper edge 26 of the skirt 5 comprises a small outwardly projecting peripheral lip 27, which is structured to limit or even prevent the formation of drops when, after the service, the equipped bottle B is raised.
  • This one-piece lip 27 extends over the entire periphery of the upper edge 26 of the skirt 5; it has a triangular section whose base is integral with the skirt 5 and whose thickness decreases progressively away from the longitudinal axis 5 '(visible in particular Figures 15 and 16 ).
  • the upper face of the lip 27 is flat, and it extends in a plane perpendicular to the longitudinal axis 5 '. Its lower side, which connects the tip to the skirt 5 is plane or substantially plane; it extends in a reentrant manner from top to bottom, forming an angle with respect to the plane of the upper face between 5 ° and 40 ° (preferably of the order of 30 °).
  • the width of the upper face of the lip 27, starting from the outer face of the skirt 5, is between 0.1 and 0.8 mm, preferably close to 0.5 or 0.6 mm. .
  • This skirt 6 further comprises means for its effective attachment to the neck C of the bottle B provided with the one-piece collar D.
  • These locking means here consist of an annular internal groove 28, opening towards the longitudinal axis 5 'and defined by two annular shoulders (thus forming an annular recess towards the outside), within which the collar is housed monoblock D aforesaid by interlocking force.
  • the upper band of the skirt 6, which extends above this internal groove 28, advantageously has a constant diameter, or substantially constant, to the upper edge 26.
  • the cap 7 consists for its part of a tubular wall 29 which is defined - by an upper edge 29 has connected to a bottom wall 30, and - by a lower edge 29 b, connected with the upper edge 26 of the tubular skirt 6.
  • the tubular wall 29 extends coaxially with the aforementioned longitudinal axis 5 '; the bottom wall 30 extends perpendicularly to the same longitudinal axis 5 '.
  • This inner surface 7a is equipped with several one-piece pins 31 which are each intended to cooperate with one of the pairs of ramps 17 of the plug head 7, to constitute a runner portion of the cam means.
  • the one-piece pins 31 are distributed around the longitudinal axis 5 ', and they are spaced from each other from the angular sector F to cooperate with at least one of the ramps 17.
  • these pins 31, four in number are spaced from an angular sector F of the order of 90 °, about the longitudinal axis 5 '.
  • the pins 31 are here connected to the lower surface 30 a of the bottom wall 30 and the inner surface 29c of the tubular wall 29.
  • These pins 31 comprise a lower free surface 32, opposite the bottom wall 30, intended to cooperate with the ramps 17 of the plug head 4 (visible on the figures 14 , 15 and 16 ).
  • the bottom surface 32 is dihedral, being generally V-shaped, which consists of two parts 32 a and 32 b are inclined with respect to one another.
  • the shutters 32 a and 32 b extend from a junction point upstream 32 c, arranged at a distance from the bottom wall 30, and each have an upward slope in a reverse direction of rotation relative to each other .
  • upward slope for the lid 7 observed on the side of the upper face of its bottom wall 30, is meant the direction of rotation (clockwise or counterclockwise, as appropriate) in which the flap 32 has or 32 b runs from an upstream end 32 c located away from the bottom wall 30 to a free downstream end located on the side of this bottom wall 30.
  • a first flap 32 a is increasing in a clockwise direction and a second flap 32b is growing in a reverse direction, counterclockwise.
  • the slopes of the flaps 32 a and 32 b are complementary, respectively, of the two ramps 17 and 17b associated.
  • Each inclined flap 32 a and 32 b defines an angle A with a plane perpendicular to the longitudinal axis 5 ', the same or similar to that described above in connection with the ramps 17 of the cap.
  • the angle A is advantageously of the order of 5 ° to 45 °, preferably of the order of 13 ° to 15 °.
  • the two flaps 32a and 32b thus define between them an angle advantageously in the range of 206 ° to 210 °.
  • the lower free surface 32 of the pins 31 is provided with a rib 33, arranged at a distance from the peripheral tubular wall 29.
  • This rib 33 is intended to be housed in the ring 21 of the cap head 4, as illustrated by the figure 5 , to participate in guiding rotation of the cover 7 and to abut against one of the radial partitions 22.
  • the tubular wall 29 On its inner surface 29c , the tubular wall 29 further comprises superimposed annular ribs 34 to form a second part of the locking means for locking the cap 7 on the cap head 4 in a pivoted position by resilient interlocking clipping type .
  • the tubular wall 29 also has an outer surface provided with a plurality of vertical ridges, to facilitate its gripping particularly during operations of rotation of the lid 7 by a user.
  • the connecting means 8 comprise predetermined breaking zones 8a, consisting here monoblock pads of attachment that are distributed around the longitudinal axis 5 'of the cap 5 ( Figures 13 to 15 ).
  • These fracture initiation zones 8 has (the number can be between 3 and 10, preferably of the order of 6) are least resistance sites, connecting the lower edge 29 b of the tubular wall 29 of the opercule 7 and the upper edge 26 of the skirt 6 of the cap 5.
  • the closure device 1 is obtained by introducing the plug 2 into the cap 5 ( figure 5 ).
  • the stopper 2 is suitably oriented with its head 4 inserted first and opposite the cover 7; the plug 2 is additionally oriented coaxially with the cap 5 during this introduction.
  • the plug 2 and the cap 5 extend coaxially with respect to each other, their longitudinal axes 2 'and 5' being merged.
  • the skirt 6 of the cap 5 extends opposite and at a distance from the cap body 3.
  • the cover 7 of the cap 5 covers the cap head 4, with its bottom wall 30 bearing on the upper surface 14 of the head 4 and its tubular wall 29 conforming to the peripheral tubular wall 16 of the head 4.
  • the plug 2 is pressed so that the junction point 32 c of each pin 31 comes to lie at the upstream junction 18 of a pair of ramps 17 and so that the shutters 32 a and 32 b of each pin 31 respectively embrace the slopes 17a and 17b of a pair ( figure 15 ).
  • This depressed position is here advantageously maintained by the positioning of the ribs 34 of the cover 7 directly under the ribs 20 equipping the plug head 4. This feature allows to separate the assembly operation of the device 1 and the laying operation on a bottle.
  • This closure device 1 can then be attached to a bottle B to be plugged by press fitting in a direction coaxial with their longitudinal axes 2 'and 5' together.
  • the cap skirt 6 comes to cover the bottle neck C ( Figures 1 to 4 ); its upper edge 26 extends at the neck G.
  • the inner groove 28 receives the collar D of the bottle B, to ensure the translation locking of the skirt 6 on the neck C ( Figures 3 and 4 ).
  • the body 3 of the stopper 2 is introduced through the neck G of the bottle B to ensure its filling with liquids ( figure 3 ).
  • the user could just as well perform a rotational movement of the lid 7 hourly.
  • the corresponding rotation maneuver can be applied either to the lid, with holding the bottle, or on the bottle, with holding the lid.
  • the cover 7 is pivoted according to a given angular sector G , in this case of the order of 25 ° to 45 °, to a position of end of race apart in which the pins 31 each abut against the one of the radial partitions 22 ( figure 16 ).
  • the pins 31 of the cover 7 each run along one of the ramps 17 of each pair, in the direction of their respective downstream junction points 19.
  • the flap 32b of each pin 31 increasing slope in the anti-clockwise direction, runs along the ramp 17b of each pair, also increasing slope in the anti-clockwise direction.
  • This cam path thus simultaneously causes the cap 7 to move in a rotation coaxial with the longitudinal axes 2 'and 5', and in a direction of translation T oriented from the lower surface 13 towards the upper surface 14 of the head. cap 4 ( figure 16 ).
  • this displacement in translation is for example a few millimeters, here of the order of 1 to 5 mm.
  • the locking means 20, 34 cooperate together by elastic interlocking, so that the cover 7 is locked in translation in this position spaced from the plug head 4 ( figure 16 ).
  • the operator can continue his effort on the cover 7 by an action combining rotation and traction, so as to progressively extract the cap body 3 with respect to the neck G of the bottle B ( figure 4 ).
  • the pins 31 resting on the radial partitions 22 may cause rotation of the plug body 3 in its neck G also in the counterclockwise direction.
  • the aforesaid spaced position, obtained by the locking means 20, 34, is an effective opening indicator.
  • the closure device 1 has the advantage of consisting of a “combined” cap with cap, which can be assembled before it is placed on a bottle.
  • this closure device 1 has the advantage of providing a maneuver in rotation of the lid on a bottle devoid of screw thread, which allows to preserve limited cost and optimize effort necessary for the breaking of the connecting means.

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  1. Vorrichtung zum Verschliessen des Halses (G) einer Flasche (B), wobei die Vorrichtung (1):
    (i) einen Stopfen (2), der zwei zylindrische Teile (3, 4) aufweist, die sich entlang einer Längsachse (2') in jeweiliger Verlängerung zueinander erstrecken und einen Stopfenkörper (3) und einen Stopfenkopf (4) bilden, wobei der Stopfenkopf (4) einen Durchmesser aufweist, der grösser ist als der Durchmesser des Stopfenkörpers (3), und wobei der Stopfenkopf (4) - eine untere Oberfläche (13), die mit dem Stopfenkörper (3) verbunden ist, und - eine freie obere Oberfläche (14), die in Richtung der Längsachse (2') von der unteren Oberfläche (13) abgewandt ist, aufweist, und
    (ii) eine rohrförmige Haube (5) mit einer Längsachse (5'), und in der der Stopfen (2) koaxial untergebracht werden soll, aufweist, wobei die Haube (5) zwei Teile (6, 7) aufweist, die sich entlang einer Längsachse (5') in jeweiliger Verlängerung zueinander erstrecken und - eine Schürze (6), die dazu bestimmt ist, sich gegenüber dem Stopfenkörper (3) und mit Abstand zu diesem zu erstrecken, wobei sie Mittel (28) für deren verschiebungsmässige Festlegung auf der besagten Flasche (B) aufweist, und - einen Deckel (7), der dazu bestimmt ist, den Stopfenkopf (4) zu bedecken,
    aufweist und wobei
    (iii) der Stopfenkopf (4) und der Deckel (7) nockenartige Mittel (17, 32) aufweisen, die miteinander zusammenwirken, um bei einer Drehbewegung (S) des Deckels (7) gegenüber dem Stopfenkopf (4) um deren Längsachsen (2', 5') eine von der unteren Oberfläche (13) zur oberen Oberfläche (14) des Stopfenkopfs (4) hin gerichtete Verschiebungsbewegung (T) des Deckels (7) gegenüber dem Stopfenkopf (4) entlang deren Längsachsen (2', 5') bewirken, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass der Deckel (7) und die rohrförmige Schürze (6) durch Sollbruchzonen (8a) aufweisende Verbindungsmittel (8) miteinander verbunden sind und dass, wenn die Verschlussvorrichtung (1) auf den Hals (G) einer Flasche (B) aufgebracht ist, die von Hand ausgeführte Drehbewegung des Deckels (7) der Haube (5) eine Zerstörung der Verbindungsmittel (8) bewirkt.
  2. Vorrichtung zum Verschliessen eines Flaschenhalses gemäss Anspruch 1, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die nockenartigen Mittel (17, 32) zwei Teile aufweisen, von denen der eine (32) am Deckel (7) und der andere am Stopfenkopf (4) angeordnet ist, und zwar
    - einen eine Gleitschiene bildenden ersten Teil (17), der eine spiralförmige Rampe (17) aufweist, und
    - einen einen Schieber bildenden zweiten Teil (32), der einen Stift (31) mit einer Endoberfläche (32) aufweist, die dazu bestimmt ist, bei der besagten Drehbewegung entlang der spiralförmigen Rampe (17) zu gleiten.
  3. Vorrichtung zum Verschliessen eines Flaschenhalses gemäss Anspruch 2, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass sich der erste Teil (17) der nockenartigen Mittel (17, 32) aus mehreren aufeinanderfolgenden spiralförmigen Rampen (17) zusammensetzt, die um die Längsachse (2') herum verteilt sind und von denen sich jede über einen vorgegebenen Winkelbereich (G) erstreckt, und dass der zweite Teil (32) der nockenartigen Mittel (17, 32) mehrere Stifte (31) aufweist, die um die Längsachse (5') herum verteilt und voneinander um einen gegebenen Winkelbereich (F) beabstandet sind.
  4. Vorrichtung zum Verschliessen eines Flaschenhalses gemäss einem der Ansprüche 2 oder 3, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die Rampe oder jede der Rampen (17) eine in der vorgegebenen Drehrichtung um die Längsachse (2') herum aufsteigende Schräge aufweist und dass der Stift oder die Stifte (31) eine Endoberfläche (32) aufweisen, die eine zur zugehörigen Rampe (17) komplementäre Schräge hat.
  5. Vorrichtung zum Verschliessen eines Flaschenhalses gemäss Anspruch 4, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass der erste Teil (17) der nockenartigen Mittel (17, 32) mehrere aufeinanderfolgende Rampenpaare (17) aufweist, die um die Längsachse (2') herum verteilt sind, wobei jedes der Rampenpaare (17) einen Verbindungspunkt (18) aufweist, von dem ab die beiden Rampen (17) sich mit einer aufsteigenden, in Drehrichtung zu einander inversen Schräge erstrecken, und dass die Stifte (31) eine Endoberfläche (32) aufweisen, deren Schrägen zu den besagten Schrägen (17) komplementär sind.
  6. Vorrichtung zum Verschliessen eines Flaschenhalses gemäss einem der Ansprüche 2 bis 5, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass der erste Teil (17) der nockenartigen Mittel (17, 32) am Stopfenkopf (4) angeordnet ist, und dass der zweite Teil (32) der nockenartigen Mittel (17, 32) am Deckel (7) angeordnet ist.
  7. Vorrichtung zum Verschliessen eines Flaschenhalses gemäss einem der Ansprüche 1 bis 6, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass der Stopfenkopf (4) und der Deckel (7) ausserdem
    - Drehbegrenzungsmittel (22, 31) zum Begrenzen der Drehbewegung des Deckels (7) gegenüber dem Stopfenkopf (4) auf einen vorgegebenen Winkelbereich (G) und um so eine abgesetzte Bewegungsendposition zu definieren, und
    - Festlegungsmittel (20, 34) zum wenigstens verschiebungsmässigen Festlegen des Deckels (7) auf dem Stopfenkopf (4) in der abgesetzten Position
    aufweist.
  8. Vorrichtung zum Verschliessen eines Flaschenhalses gemäss Anspruch 7 in Kombination mit einem der Ansprüche 2 bis 6, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die Begrenzungsmittel (22, 31) wenigstens eine radiale Wandung (22) aufweisen, gegen die einer der Stifte (31) bei der Bewegung des Deckels (7) in der abgesetzten Position stösst.
  9. Vorrichtung zum Verschliessen eines Flaschenhalses gemäss einem der Ansprüche 7 oder 8, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die Festlegungsmittel (20, 34) aus komplementären Strukturen bestehen, die durch elastisches Ineinandergreifen im Stile eines Einhakens zusammenwirken.
  10. Flasche, die mit einer Verschlussvorrichtung (1) gemäss einem der Ansprüche 1 bis 9 versehen ist.
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