Abstract: Cork stopper comprising an upper member (1) or head and a lower member (2) or body which are integral into a single piece, wherein said head (1) has an height of at least about 8 mm and the body (2) is cylindrical and has a length of about 10 a 30 mm and diameter of about 21 to 26 mm. The head diameter must be larger than body diameter by at least about 3 mm. Said stopper, which may be chamfered and has at least one cork disk in any end thereof, may be used with wine and beverage containers and is able to be reused manually only.
Type:
Application
Filed:
May 29, 2009
Publication date:
May 12, 2011
Applicant:
AMORIM & IRMAOS, S.A.
Inventors:
Miguel Freire de Albuquerque Ferreira Cabral, Isabel Maria Ribeiro de Almeida de Lima Roseira, Paulo Dinis Vale Lopes, Pedro Nuno Esteves Duarte