Abstract: A container, particularly a beverage bottle, can be closed in a bottle opening of a bottle body with a closure made of a plastic material or glass. A fixing element is detachable fastened to the bottle body and holds the closure in the bottle opening. Such a bottle closure solves the problems involving, in particular, wine bottles and which arise when otherwise common bottle cork stoppers are used.

Abstract: A container, particularly a beverage bottle, can be closed in a bottle opening of a bottle body with a closure made of a plastic material or glass. A fixing element is detachable fastened to the bottle body and holds the closure in the bottle opening. Such a bottle closure solves the problems involving, in particular, wine bottles and which arise when otherwise common bottle cork stoppers are used.

Abstract: A capping system in combination with a container having a mouth and a wall segment disposed proximate to the mouth is provided. The capping system includes a cap having a bottom for selectively covering the mouth, a jacket extending from the bottom, and a guarantee ring disposed at a distal edge of the jacket. At least one cam extends from an outer surface of the wall segment, is at least partially overlapped by the guarantee ring, and applies a force on the guarantee ring when the cap is rotated a predetermined distance relative to the container to at least partially sever the guarantee ring. The guarantee ring includes an overlapping region extending over the cam that provides clearance for the cam when the cap is initially installed on the container to prevent deformation of the guarantee ring during the installation.

Abstract: We propose a screw closure for containers, particularly bottles, with a top from which extends a surrounding skirt, said screw closure having a holding device for fixing the screw closure to the container, and with a security band disposed at the edge of the skirt that is facing away from the top, said security band being connected to the screw closure via a predetermined breaking line, and at least one elongation zone being provided in the security band, said elongation zone enabling the security band to extend preferably transverse to its circumferential direction. This screw closure is characterized by the fact that the security band (11) has at least one elastic region (39) that is formed by the lower part of the security band (11) between a holding strip (29) and an elastic holding band (35).

Abstract: A capping system in combination with a container having a mouth and a wall segment disposed proximate to the mouth is provided. The capping system includes a cap having a bottom for selectively covering the mouth, a jacket extending from the bottom, and a guarantee ring disposed at a distal edge of the jacket. At least one cam extends from an outer surface of the wall segment, is at least partially overlapped by the guarantee ring, and applies a force on the guarantee ring when the cap is rotated a predetermined distance relative to the container to at least partially sever the guarantee ring. The guarantee ring includes an overlapping region extending over the cam that provides clearance for the cam when the cap is initially installed on the container to prevent deformation of the guarantee ring during the installation.

Abstract: Proposed is a closing device (1) for applying screw tops to containers, in particular beverage bottles, comprising a coupling (5) which transmits a torque from a drive unit to a screw top, the drive unit comprising a drive rotor and an output rotor as well as a torque-transmitting device having at least one magnet and a hysteresis material which interacts with same, or at least one additional magnet. The closing device (1) is characterized by at least one sensor (9) which detects the relative position between the drive rotor (21) and the output rotor (23).

Abstract: Proposed is a closing cone for screwing screw closures onto containers, particularly bottles, with a receiving part, with a pick ring coupled therewith in rotation-resistant manner and with a pick-up system. The closing cone is characterized in that the pick ring (5) is segmented and is provided with movable segments (17), and that an actuation system (65) is provided which cooperates with the segments (17) so as to create a variable inner diameter of the pick ring (5). Closing cone according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the actuation system (65) is provided with a cone-taper coupling between the receiving part (3) and at least one segment (17), and preferably all segments, of the pick ring (5).

Abstract: The invention relates to a closure for closing a bottle having a bottleneck (1) with an opening on which bottleneck an outer thread (5,6) is formed in the vicinity of the opening. In order to provide a closure that is easy to handle and can be fabricated inexpensively, the closure (2) has at least one, and particularly several, deformation regions which are plastically deformed so that in the outer peripheral surface of the closure they form indentations (21,22) and internally (25,26) they are adapted to the thread (5,6).

Abstract: Proposed is a closing cone for screwing screw closures onto containers, particularly bottles, with a receiving part, with a pick ring coupled therewith in rotation-resistant manner and with a pick-up system. The closing cone is characterized in that the pick ring (5) is segmented and is provided with movable segments (17), and that an actuation system (65) is provided which cooperates with the segments (17) so as to create a variable inner diameter of the pick ring (5). Closing cone according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the actuation system (65) is provided with a cone-taper coupling between the receiving part (3) and at least one segment (17), and preferably all segments, of the pick ring (5).

Abstract: A feed unit for a container closure device, with a feed device for container closures and a transfer device which transfers the closures from the feed device to a workstation at which containers are closed. The feed device has a rail that terminates at a stationary check shoulder which protrudes into the feed path of the closures along the feed device rail to position each closure to be picked up by the transfer device moving on a path.

Abstract: A holding apparatus for a container and a method of holding a container of any size or shape, and formed of any material by supporting a container on a holding plate and employing a gripping mechanism to apply a frictional clamping force to the container. A displacement mechanism including a slider is magnetically coupled to the holding plate. The slider is operable to move the holding plate, to release the holding plate at a predetermined location, and by further movement of the slider after the holding plate has been released at the predetermined location, to displace the gripping mechanism to a clamping state in which frictional clamping forces are applied to the container.

Abstract: A feed unit for a container closure device, with a feed device for container closures and a transfer device which transfers the closures from the feed device to a workstation at which containers are closed. The feed device has a rail that terminates at a stationary check shoulder which protrudes into the feed path of the closures along the feed device rail to position each closure to be picked up by the transfer device moving on a path.

Abstract: An apparatus for producing a container cap. The cap is formed of plastic and includes a flat top, a casing emanating from the flat top, and a guarantee area provided in an edge zone of the casing. The guarantee area includes at least one holding section on a surface thereof and at least one vertical incision extending over a height of the guarantee area. The apparatus includes a centering device which rotates and securely holds the cap in a fixed position based on the at least one holding section, and a cutting device which cuts the at least one vertical incision into a wall of the guarantee area at a predetermined distance from the at least one holding section while the centering device rotates and securely holds the cap in the fixed position.

Abstract: A method for cutting a vertical incision in a plastic cap for containers. The plastic cap includes a flat top, a casing emanating from the flat top, and a guarantee area provided in an edge zone of the casing. The guarantee area has at least one holding section on a surface of the guarantee area.

Abstract: There is proposed a plastic closure which serves to close a container (3) with a mouth region (5). The closure (1) has a lid (7) allocated to the container mouth (5) and an annular side wall (9) connected with this. On the inner surface (15) of the side wall (9) there are provided fastening means (16) which coact with corresponding fastening means (14) on the outer surface (11) of the container (3) and are constructed, for example, as screw threads. The closure has, finally, also a sealing means. It is distinguished in that the sealing means (11) has a circumferential pivotable sealing lip (9) projecting from a support (15), which lip coacts with a side wall (25) surrounding the container mouth (21) of the container (19), which in the closing of the container is swung out of a rest position into a sealing position and which in its sealing position is clamped between support and side wall of the container so that it is subjected to a compression.

Abstract: A plastic cap for containers comprises a flat top, a casing emanating from same, as well as a guarantee area in the form of a guarantee ring provided in the edge zone of the casing. The guarantee area is provided with at least one vertical incision extending over the height of the guarantee area. The vertical incision is arranged in dependence on specific form characteristics, preferably in dependence on the arrangement of holding webs of the cap, and is cut into the wall of the guarantee ring.

Abstract: A slewing device for screw closures for containers includes a screw closure receiving member, a drive for rotating the receiving member, and a control arrangement for controlling power supply to the drive and including a torque sensor for sensing an instantaneous drive torque, a comparator for comparing the instantaneous drive torque with a closing torque having a predetermined value, and a sensor for sensing an angle of rotation of the receiving member and actuatable only upon the instantaneous drive torque reaching the predetermine value. The method of placing a screw closure on a container includes applying a drive torque to the screw closure to screw it down onto the container, sensing an instantaneous drive torque applied to the screw closure, comparing the instantaneous drive torque with a closing torque having a predetermined value, and sensing an angle of rotation of the screw closure only upon the instantaneous drive torque reaching the predetermined value of the closing torque.

Abstract: A screw cap for a container that has a thread, in particular bottles, jars, and the like. A ring that incorporates at least one projection engages the thread on the container. The ring can be configured as a safety ring, i.e., that it have a lower ring section that incorporates barbs that extend from a perpendicular wall area. When the container is first opened, the barbs engage under projections on the container and burst the lower ring section off. The cap of the screw cap need incorporate no threads of any kind because of the projections of the ring.

Abstract: The present invention is a seal for a container closure which is characterized by the fact that associated with the sealing lip (3) is an actuating arm (5) by which the sealing lip can be swiveled. The seal is part of a container closure (1) with a side wall (11) and a bottom (15). When the closure is screwed onto a container, the actuating arm is swiveled counterclockwise, this swivelling movement being facilitated by a deliberate attenuation (17) in the region of the bottom (15) of the closure (1). A counterclockwise swiveling movement of the actuating arm (5) also causes the sealing lip (3) to swivel counterclockwise and thus to lie against the outer wall of the container. A sealing surface is created not only between the container and the actuating arm (5), but also between the outside of the container and the sealing lip (3).

Abstract: A two-piece lid for closure of a container neck with a thread or undercut shoulder having a lid member formed of a metal and a separate safety ring formed of synthetic material. The ring has an upper part and lower part, with the upper part positioned inside a sidewall protrusion which is provided at the lower edge of the lid member. In order to make the safety ring undamageable, the ring can be shrinkable in its lower part. On the other hand, the upper part of the safety ring can be formed as an outwardly directed edge and the lower part can be formed as an inwardly obliquely directed lip, so that the ring has a substantially Z-shaped cross-section. In both cases, there are no parts protruding over the protrusion of the lid member, where the ring could be damage unintentionally.