WO2003089324A1 - Capsule ramasse-gouttes pour une bouteille - Google Patents

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WO2003089324A1
WO2003089324A1 PCT/AU2003/000447 AU0300447W WO03089324A1 WO 2003089324 A1 WO2003089324 A1 WO 2003089324A1 AU 0300447 W AU0300447 W AU 0300447W WO 03089324 A1 WO03089324 A1 WO 03089324A1
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David Robert Burford
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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
    • B65D41/62—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
    • 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
    • B65D41/40—Caps or cap-like covers adapted to be secured in position by permanent deformation of the wall-engaging parts
    • B65D41/44—Caps or cap-like covers adapted to be secured in position by permanent deformation of the wall-engaging parts made of metallic foil or like thin flexible material

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  • the present invention relates to a non-drip capsule for a bottle or other similar liquid container.
  • the present invention seeks to eliminate or at least alleviate the problem of dripping liquid by providing a non-drip capsule for use on bottles.
  • Capsules are currently used on wine bottles or the like for a variety of reasons, such as to hide the stopper (such as a cork stopper) from view, to provide a mechanism for evidencing tampering of the bottle's contents and to display information and advertising.
  • the present invention provides another use for the capsule.
  • the present invention provides a non-drip capsule for a bottle, the bottle having a mouth with an internal sidewall, the mouth being closable by a stopper, the capsule including a cover and a cap, wherein: - the cover includes a skirt portion and a top portion, the top portion including a peripheral edge which, when the capsule is applied to the bottle, is located inwardly of the internal sidewall; and the cap is attached to at least a part of the top portion and includes a zone of weakness which, when the capsule is applied to the bottle, is located inwardly of the internal sidewall and is either at the peripheral edge, or outwardly of the peripheral edge, of the top portion.
  • the present invention also provides a non-drip capsule for a bottle, the bottle having a mouth with an internal sidewall, the mouth being closable by a stopper, the capsule including a cover and a cap, wherein: the cover includes a skirt portion and a top portion, the top portion including a pe ⁇ pheral edge which, when the capsule is applied to the bottle, is located inwardly of the internal sidewall; and the cap is attached to at least a part of the top portion and includes a zone of weakness which, when the capsule is applied to the bottle, is located inwardly of the internal sidewall and is either at the peripheral edge, or outwardly of the peripheral edge, of the top portion; whereby, when the stopper is extracted from the mouth of the bottle, the stopper deforms at least a part of the capsule remaining on the bottle to form a drip restraining lip, at least a part of the drip restraining lip being made of a malleable material that will hold its shape after being deformed.
  • the present invention further provides a non-drip capsule for a bottle, the bottle having a mouth with an internal sidewall, the mouth being closable by a stopper, the capsule including a cover and a cap, wherein: the cover includes a skirt portion and a top portion, the top portion including a peripheral edge which, when the capsule is applied to the bottle, is located inwardly of the internal sidewall; and the cap is attached to at least a part of the top portion and includes a zone of weakness which, when the capsule is applied to the bottle, is located inwardly of the internal sidewall and is either at the peripheral edge, or outwardly of the peripheral edge, of the top portion; whereby, when the stopper is extracted from the bottle, detaching an inner cap portion of the cap from the capsule and leaving at the edge an outer cap portion overlapping and attached to the top portion, a drip restraining lip is formed by the outer cap portion and the overlapped part of the top portion, either the entire cap portion, or at least the outer cap portion, being made of a malle
  • the bottle is of a traditional type, such as a wine bottle, and has a circular shaped mouth.
  • the peripheral edge of the top portion of the cover is about the 'radially' innermost extent of the top portion, and the cap is itself circular also having a circular peripheral edge.
  • subsequent references in this specification to 'inner', 'inwardly', 'outer' or 'outwardly' will generally be accompanied by the adjective 'radially', it is to be appreciated that the broadest form of the invention is not to exclude configurations that arise from the mouth of the bottle having a shape other than circular.
  • a non-drip capsule could be suitably configured in accordance with the invention, and continued reference to, for example, 'radially' inwardly is to be read to permit use in this context.
  • the zone of weakness in the cap is then located, in use, either at the peripheral edge of, or radially outwardly of, the edge of the top portion of the cover and also radially inwardly of the internal sidewall of the mouth of the bottle.
  • the zone of weakness defines an inner cap portion radially inwardly thereof and an outer cap portion radially outwardly thereof.
  • the zone of weakness is preferably located, in use, about one to two millimetres radially outwardly of the peripheral edge of the top portion. Additionally, the peripheral edge of the top portion preferably extends beyond the internal sidewall of the mouth of the bottle by an amount between 1 and 5 millimetres, depending upon the diameter of the bottle mouth.
  • the zone of weakness may be formed by a series of perforations, small apertures or cuts formed in the cap, a thinning of the thickness of the cap, or by a variation in amount of adhesive applied to the cap in order to affix it to the cover.
  • a groove causing a weakness may be formed in the cap, such as by using a laser.
  • the zone of weakness is preferably formed as an annulus about a centre point of the stopper.
  • the cap is preferably joined to the cover in a manner so that when (for example, a corkscrew) the stopper is extracted from the bottle by applying a stopper removal device through the cap, the inner cap portion detaches from the capsule due to the presence of the zone of weakness, (leaving a pouring aperture that is, in this form of the invention, circular) and the outer cap portion is retained attached to, and overlapping, the top portion of the cover.
  • the stopper when the stopper is extracted from the mouth of the bottle, the stopper deforms at least a part of the remaining portions of the capsule (that at least partly overlie the stopper before it is extracted) such that a drip restraining lip is formed.
  • the drip restraining lip is preferably curved in cross section and may adopt an open c- shape.
  • the drip restraining lip is preferably continuous so that there is no point at which a drip can escape from the mouth of the bottle.
  • the outer cap portion preferably serves to maintain the configuration of the drip restraining lip after the stopper has been extracted.
  • some part of the drip restraining lip is preferably made of a malleable material that will hold its shape after being deformed. It thus should be flexible but not resilient.
  • the cap that will be made of this material, or at least the outer portion of the cap, being that portion outside the zone of weakness that remains on the drip restraining lip after extraction of the stopper.
  • this material will be a thin metal material, such as a suitable aluminium or tin foil, that maintains the general c-shape of the drip restraining lip.
  • the cover is made from a suitable plastics material such as polyvinylchloride (PVC) or polyethylene terephthalate (PET), or any other material commonly used in the manufacture of traditional capsules.
  • PVC polyvinylchloride
  • PET polyethylene terephthalate
  • the material of the cover it is preferred for the material of the cover to be of a thickness in the order of 60 micron to 150 micron (namely, the thickness of traditional capsules) to assist with maintaining a relatively thin peripheral edge of the top portion of the cover.
  • the cap is not made of a malleable material, at least a portion of the edge of the cover will need to be of a malleable material.
  • the cover prefferably has an underside surface, that is the surface that is adjacent the external sidewall of the bottle and the stopper, that is glossy and/or made from a material (or coated with a material) which is liquid repellent in nature.
  • a glossy surface or repellent material discourages the formation of droplets thereon and encourages liquid from the bottle to flow back into the bottle following a pouring action, further assisting the non-drip function of the present invention.
  • Figure 1 is a schematic cross-sectional view of a capsule in accordance with an embodiment of the invention, shown with the capsule fitted to the neck of a bottle;
  • Figure 2 is a top plan view of the embodiment of Figure 1 ;
  • Figure 3 is a schematic cross-sectional view schematically illustrating part removal of the stopper from a bottle fitted with a capsule in accordance with the embodiment of Figure 1 ; and Figure 4 is a schematic cross-sectional view illustrating the capsule shown in Figure 3 after the stopper has been fully removed from the bottle.
  • Figure 1 shows the upper neck 10 of a bottle having the shape of a traditional wine bottle.
  • a stopper 12 in the form of a traditional cork stopper, is fitted within the mouth 14 of the bottle.
  • Attached to the upper neck 10 of the bottle is a capsule 16 in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention.
  • the capsule 16 is constructed from two components, namely a cover 18 and a cap 20.
  • the cover 18 includes a skirt portion 18a and a top portion 18b.
  • the skirt portion 18a fits snugly in use against the upper neck 10 of the bottle.
  • the top portion 18b of the cover 18 is located over at least a part of the stopper 12 and, as best illustrated in Figure 2, includes a peripheral edge 22.
  • the peripheral edge 22 is located radially inwardly of the inner sidewall 14a of the mouth 14.
  • the peripheral edge 22 defines an aperture 24 in the cover 18 which is substantially circular.
  • the cap 20 is secured to the top portion 18b of the cover 18 in a manner which will be described in more detail subsequently.
  • the cap 20 is generally circular and includes a zone of weakness 26 which, in this embodiment, is formed as an annulus located radially outwardly of the peripheral edge 22 of the top portion 18b of the cover 18, although in other forms the zone of weakness 26 may be located at or near the peripheral edge 22. This annulus is also located radially inwardly of the inner sidewall 14a of the mouth 14 of the bottle.
  • the zone of weakness 26 defines an inner cap portion 28 and an outer portion 30 of the cap 20.
  • the inner cap portion 28 of the capsule 16 may include at least one (but usually four) aperture 32.
  • the aperture 32 is provided to allow the stopper 12 to breathe.
  • the cap 20 is joined to the top portion 18b of the cover 18 in a manner so that when the stopper 12 is extracted from the bottle, the inner cap portion 28 is disconnected from the top portion 18b and is held on the stopper 12.
  • the outer cap portion 30 is retained on the cover 18.
  • Figure 3 schematically illustrates the removal of the stopper 12 from the mouth 14 of the bottle using a conventional corkscrew. As is apparent from this figure, the point of the corkscrew is pushed into the stopper 12 directly through the cap 20 of the capsule 16. There is no need to remove the capsule 16 (or any part of the capsule) prior to the removal of the stopper 12.
  • the stopper 12 illustrated in Figure 3 is made from a material (such as natural cork) that is resiliently deformed in order to fit the stopper 12 into the mouth 14 of the bottle. Accordingly, as is apparent from Figure 3, the stopper 12 expands radially outwardly as it is extracted from the mouth 14 of the bottle.
  • a corkscrew or the like is used to extract the stopper 12
  • the upward extraction force applied to the stopper 12 will cause the zone of weakness 26 in the cap 20 to fracture so that the inner cap portion 28 is disconnected from the outer cap portion 30, resulting in the formation of a pouring aperture.
  • the drip restraining lip 40 extends inwardly of and about the entire mouth 14 of the bottle, is curved in cross section and adopts an open C-shape. It is configured so as to encourage any droplets of liquid formed as a result of a pouring action to flow back into the mouth 14 of the bottle, as opposed to flowing down the outer sidewall of the bottle.
  • the outer cap portion 30 is retained on the top portion 18b of the cover 18 when the stopper 12 is removed. The outer cap portion 30 assists to retain the drip restraining lip 40 in the required orientation. It will be appreciated that when the cover 18 is made from plastic materials such as PVC or PET, the top portion 18b of the capsule 18 will have a tendency to return to its original configuration once the extraction force has been removed.
  • the cap 20 Given the resiliently deformable nature of such plastics material, it is desirable for the cap 20 to be made of a malleable material that will hold its shape after being deformed, such as a metal foil or material. Consequently, the outer cap portion 30 will hold the top portion 18b in the required orientation to maintain the drip restraining lip 40 once the extraction force has been removed.
  • capsules used in the wine industry are generally heat shrunk onto the upper neck of a bottle. Consequently, a capsule 16 in accordance with an embodiment of the invention, is preferably designed so that it can be heat shrunk onto a bottle. It is however advantageous for the cover 18 to have an underside surface, that is the surface that is adjacent the external sidewall of the bottle and the stopper, to be glossy. Such a glossy finish discourages the formation of droplets thereon and therefore encourages liquid from the bottle to flow back into the bottle following a pouring action.
  • the cap 20 is typically joined to the top portion 18b of the cover 18 using an adhesive.
  • the zone of weakness 26 may, for example, be achieved by forming a series of perforations, small apertures or cuts in the required area in the cap 20. Alternatively, there may be a thinning of the thickness of the cap 20 or a variation in the amount of adhesive applied to the cap 20 in order to affix it to the cover 18. As will be appreciated, the zone of weakness 26 is preferably formed as an annulus about the centre point of the stopper 12 so as to ensure that the resulting drip restraining lip 40 is continuous.
  • the aperture 24 in the top portion 18b of the cover 18 will be substantially circular and that the diameter of the aperture 24 would be 1 to 5 mm smaller than the diameter of the mouth 14 of the bottle.
  • the zone of weakness 26 is preferably located somewhere in the annular area that is radially outwardly of the peripheral edge 22 yet radially inwardly of the inner side wall of the mouth 14 of the bottle.
  • the zone of weakness is preferably located approximately one to two millimetres radially outwardly of the peripheral edge 22 of the top portion 18b of the cover 18.
  • a capsule 16 in accordance with the present invention offers two distinct advantages. Firstly, in order to remove the stopper it is not necessary to use a knife or other implement to remove an upper part of the capsule before stopper extraction can occur. Instead, the point of the corkscrew can be applied directly through (and preferably centrally of) the cap 20 and into the stopper 12. Thus, the process of opening a bottle is reduced from a two step process to a single step process. Furthermore, the process is made safer because a sharp object such as a knife is not required to remove the capsule, such as would often happen at the point designated in Figure 4 by the reference numeral 50.
  • the embodiment also offers the advantage that a drip restraining lip 40 is formed during removal of the stopper 12 and thus the likelihood of any drips of fluid escaping down the outside of the bottle after a pouring action is significantly reduced.
  • the embodiment has been described by way of example only and modifications within the spirit and scope of the invention are envisaged.

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Capsule ramasse-gouttes (16) pour une bouteille pourvue d'un goulot (14) présentant une paroi latérale interne (14a), ledit goulot pouvant être fermé par un bouchon (12). Ladite capsule (16) comporte une enveloppe (18) et une pastille (20). L'enveloppe possède une jupe (18a) et une partie supérieure (18b) comportant un bord périphérique (22) qui est situé vers l'intérieur par rapport à la paroi latérale interne (14a), et la pastille (20), fixée à la partie supérieure (18b), comporte une zone de faiblesse circulaire (26) qui est située vers l'intérieur par rapport à la paroi latérale interne, et se trouve soit au niveau du bord périphérique (22), soit à l'extérieur par rapport au bord périphérique de la partie supérieure. Lorsque le bouchon (12) est extrait, il déforme une partie de la capsule restant sur la bouteille pour former une lèvre incurvée retenant les gouttes, ladite lèvre étant constituée d'une matière malléable, telle qu'une feuille de métal, qui conserve sa forme après avoir été déformée.
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WO2004103839A1 (fr) * 2003-05-23 2004-12-02 Michel Morin Recipient a bec verseur anti-goutte
WO2006115467A1 (fr) * 2005-04-25 2006-11-02 Mykola Artyomovich Titarenko Accessoire pour bouteille
DE102006022544B3 (de) * 2006-05-15 2007-04-05 J. Eiche Management Und Beratungsgesellschaft Mbh Verschlusskapsel für Flaschen
ITVE20120017A1 (it) * 2012-05-23 2013-11-24 Vencaps Di Rizzetto Lorena Capsula perfezionata per bottiglie.-
FR3112758A1 (fr) * 2020-07-27 2022-01-28 Stephane Frisch Capsule de bouteille stop goutte

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FR2606372A1 (fr) * 1986-11-07 1988-05-13 Chincholle Claude Dispositif pour neutraliser la goutte de liquide perlant sur le goulot d'une bouteille
FR2686062A1 (fr) * 1992-01-13 1993-07-16 Dubert Jacques Perfectionnement aux capsules de surbouchage en matiere plastique injectee pour bouteilles contenant un liquide.

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US4429801A (en) * 1981-05-05 1984-02-07 American Flange & Manufacturing Co. Inc. Tear-off cap for closing bottles
FR2606372A1 (fr) * 1986-11-07 1988-05-13 Chincholle Claude Dispositif pour neutraliser la goutte de liquide perlant sur le goulot d'une bouteille
FR2686062A1 (fr) * 1992-01-13 1993-07-16 Dubert Jacques Perfectionnement aux capsules de surbouchage en matiere plastique injectee pour bouteilles contenant un liquide.

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WO2004103839A1 (fr) * 2003-05-23 2004-12-02 Michel Morin Recipient a bec verseur anti-goutte
WO2006115467A1 (fr) * 2005-04-25 2006-11-02 Mykola Artyomovich Titarenko Accessoire pour bouteille
EA008461B1 (ru) * 2005-04-25 2007-06-29 Николай Артемович Титаренко Приспособление для укупорки бутылок
DE102006022544B3 (de) * 2006-05-15 2007-04-05 J. Eiche Management Und Beratungsgesellschaft Mbh Verschlusskapsel für Flaschen
ITVE20120017A1 (it) * 2012-05-23 2013-11-24 Vencaps Di Rizzetto Lorena Capsula perfezionata per bottiglie.-
FR3112758A1 (fr) * 2020-07-27 2022-01-28 Stephane Frisch Capsule de bouteille stop goutte

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