Patents by Inventor Hans Pfefferkorn

Hans Pfefferkorn has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 4856668
    Abstract: The invention relates to a bottle closure which is suitable, in particular, for champagne bottles having threaded mouths. This bottle closure is unitary made and is of plastic and has a stopper like sealing shank, with a smooth exterior, which penetrates into the neck of the bottle. A cap comprising an internal thread which is adapted to the external thread of the bottle is provided around the sealing shank. The latter projects somewhat beyond the thread of the cap so that, when the bottle closure is opened, a "plop" which is a typical noise of a champagne bottle, is produced. The bottle itself has a bead which, when the bottle closure is in place, is covered by the lower end of the cap. Between the uppermost turn of the thread of the cap and the beginning of the sealing shank on the cap there is provided a sealing lip which, when the bottle closure is in place, bears upon the upper edge of the neck of the bottle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 1989
    Date of Patent: August 15, 1989
    Assignee: Pfefferkorn & Co. GmbH
    Inventors: Bernd Pfefferkorn, Hans Pfefferkorn, Viktor Reiter
  • Patent number: 4081720
    Abstract: This invention relates to stopper devices, particularly stopper devices for closing bottles containing wine. It includes two parts, namely a hollow body of synthetic material defining a cavity open at the top and closed at the bottom and having a fluted flange at the upper end thereof. A bottle cap is mounted on said fluted flange and engages the flutes thereof to preclude relative rotary motion between said flange and said cap. The wall of said body of synthetic material includes an upper bulging portion and a lower cylindrical portion and a cylindrical stopper of cork is press-fitted into said lower cylindrical portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 1977
    Date of Patent: March 28, 1978
    Inventors: Hans Pfefferkorn, Bernd Pfefferkorn, Viktor Reiter