US3917099A - Capsule for champagne and sparkling wine bottles - Google Patents

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US3917099A
US3917099A US548224A US54822475A US3917099A US 3917099 A US3917099 A US 3917099A US 548224 A US548224 A US 548224A US 54822475 A US54822475 A US 54822475A US 3917099 A US3917099 A US 3917099A
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Rene Lorieux
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Albea Tubes France 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
    • B65D41/28—Caps combined with stoppers

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  • the present invention concerns ametal capsule to be used, for example, on bottles for champagne and sparkling wines and, in general, on any bottle containing aerated or carbonated liquids or beverages.
  • bottles of this type are closed by a cylindrical or tapered stopper with a pre-insertion diameter considerably greater than the inner'diame'ter of the bottleneck.
  • a 31.5 mm cork may be used corresponding to a bottle opening of 17.5 mm. Since this cork is driven in only to a certain depth, generally about as, the lastthird extends over the rim of the bottlering and, as soon as the cork is capable of resuming its natural shape, this part returns, for the most part, to its original diameter.
  • the wires could enter the cork and cut the stopper in pieces. Since the upper surface of the cork is protected by a plate, the most these wires can do is to become incrusted in the side part of the cork emerging from the neck which tends to swell even more under the tension created by-the inner thrust, on the one hand, and the blocking by the wiring, on the other.
  • a metal capsule which covers the part of the stopper emerging from the bottle neck and which is crimped on the ring of the bottle which is equipped with a screw-thread;
  • this cap in the part which covers the extending cork, has on its outer surface, ribbings which are generally parallel to the axis of symmetry of the bottle and to which correspond grooves in the inner surface of the capsule. These parallel ribbings extend upwardly from a circular rib, the lower edge of which merges into a circumferential tightening groove.
  • FIG. 1 illustrates a side elevation of a capsule after capping, before the formation of the screw-thread in the skirt
  • FIG. 2 shows a vertical section according to the axis of symmetry of the same capsule
  • Capsule 1 represented in the figures is formed by pressing from a metal sheet, .e.g., .of an aluminum alloy 21/100 mm thick; it has a practically cylindrical skirt 2, the irregularitiesofwh ich will be pointed out further herein, and its top 3 is connected to this skirt 2 by a rounded rather .high radius, 'e.g., 9 mm.
  • the skirt presents two parts with different diameters: the diameter of its opening 5 is 34 mm asshown at a, while the inner diameterb at the base of the rounded area 4-is 32 mm. These two diameters are at least equal, but normally slightly greater than that of the cork before it is placed into the neck. For different cork diameter-s, the inner dimensions of the capsule are normally adapted. 1
  • the'part of the skirt with the largediameter '11 offers a narrowed rib 6, of mostly triangular section, the inner diameter' of which is equal to that of the part'of the skirt with the small diameter b; above this groove, the skirt resumes its larger diameter a, forming a ring 7 approximately 5 mm in width.
  • the part of the skirt with reduced diameter b begins; the shape of this cylindrical part is, however, irregular, since, starting from the ring 7 and perpendicular to it, four vertical ribs 8 are formed in the wall so as to create on the inside four grooves 9. Their depth is approximately 1 mm in the example described. For purely esthetic reasons, the rounded area 4 may be provided with an irregular fold 10.
  • the capsule as has just been described is now ready to be crimped onto the bottle by a stopper; in this position it is equipped with a screw-thread 11 through a deformation in the metal of the lower part 2 of the skirt 1 in the screw-thread of the neck. Lastly, the entirety is covered by an overcap or capsule made of a thin sheet of metal in the same manner as traditionallyclosing champagne and sparkling wine bottles.
  • the lack of the cork wiring presents a definite advantage for the bottler, as, for example, the presence of the twisted ring of the wiring pointing upwards is a considerable inconvenience for the placement of packing or stopping caps. At the same time, it brings about the possible omission of the plate covering the cork; finally, it makes it easier for the consumer to open the bottle.
  • the consumer begins by unscrewing the capsule 1, the cork isentrained in this rotational movement and the adhesive forces between the glass and the cork are, if not broken, then greatly reduced.
  • the cork may possibly be expelled with the removal of the capsule; in this case the flow of the liquid may, however, be controlled more easily than if this incident occurs when the wiring is removed.
  • the final part of the opening will be achieved through a direct actionn on the head of the cork, the gripping of which is facilitated by the swellings corresponding to the four grooves 9 which, for this operation, are much more useful than the grooves so often left by the penetration of the vertical wires of the cork-wiring in the cork.
  • the capsule which has-just been described may be used equally for champagne-ring bottles or for champagne crown-ring bottles; in both cases the cylindricalpart of .the ring has only to be provided with a screw-thread, which requires only a minor change in the bottle s manufacturing mold.

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DE9314664U1 (de) * 1993-09-28 1994-01-05 Kurpfalz Sektkellerei AG, 67346 Speyer Dekorationsverschluß für Sektflasche
US20030183597A1 (en) * 2000-07-06 2003-10-02 Philipe Christophe Overcap closures with rolled apron

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FR2880338B1 (fr) * 2004-12-31 2007-03-09 Maurice Schillinger Procede et dispositif d'obturation par bouchon a vis de bouteilles de vins petillants

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US3066821A (en) * 1959-05-21 1962-12-04 Century Brewery Corp Closures for containers
US3191790A (en) * 1963-01-11 1965-06-29 Monarch Wine Co Inc Hood for bottle stopper

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US3066821A (en) * 1959-05-21 1962-12-04 Century Brewery Corp Closures for containers
US3191790A (en) * 1963-01-11 1965-06-29 Monarch Wine Co Inc Hood for bottle stopper

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DE9314664U1 (de) * 1993-09-28 1994-01-05 Kurpfalz Sektkellerei AG, 67346 Speyer Dekorationsverschluß für Sektflasche
US20030183597A1 (en) * 2000-07-06 2003-10-02 Philipe Christophe Overcap closures with rolled apron
US7156248B2 (en) * 2000-07-06 2007-01-02 Pechiney Capsules Overcap closures with rolled apron

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