Bottling System for Bottles and Receptacles of Various Kind
Bottling system for bottles and receptacles of various kind, comprising a sleeve (5) screwable and unscrewable on to the neck (12) of the bottle or the receptacle, an anchor (6) insertable into the stopper (26), which is forced into the neck (12), an anchor ring nut (7) housed on the sleeve (5) and engaging frusto-conical portions (30) of the anchor (6), and a closing capsule (8) applied onto the whole. The system allows the stopper (26) to be extracted directly during the unscrewing of the sleeve (5) with respect to the neck (12) of the bottle or the receptacle.
The invention relates to a bottling system for bottles and receptacles of various kind, adapted to plug with stoppers in a simple, quickly and effective manner the necks of bottles and receptacles containing liquids of various kind, such as wine, alcoholic and hydro-alcoholic substances, oil and the like, ad adapted to extract from such neck the stopper with simple and quickly manoeuvres. Stoppers for bottling bottles and receptacles of various kind containing wine and alcoholic substances, oil and the like are known, which are substantially constituted by a lengthened body, generally of cylindrical shape, and made of cork or plastic material, which is forced into the neck of bottles and receptacles containing the desired liquids and, when the liquids need to be distributed, it is extracted from the neck by means of a corkscrew of traditional type.
The present invention refers to a bottling system for bottles and receptacles which is shaped in a new and different manner with respect to the stoppers used hitherto, which co-operates with stoppers of traditional type and is adapted to bottle and uncork such bottles and receptacles with few, simple and quick operations, without using corkscrews.
The invention will be better understood from the following description, given by way of not-limiting example only, and with reference to the accompanying drawings wherein:
The above mentioned Figures schematically illustrate a bottling system for bottles and receptacles of various kind, adapted to plug with stoppers in a simple, quickly and effective manner the necks of the bottles and receptacles containing liquids of various kind, such as wine, alcoholic, hydro-alcoholic substances, oil and the like, and adapted to extract from such neck the stopper with simple and quickly manoeuvres, without the use of corkscrews. In particular,
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The lower first part 8′ of the sleeve 5 is constituted by a lengthened cylindrical piece 10 having an internal threaded through hole 11, adapted to engage removably the multi-start outer thread of the neck 12 of a bottle or a receptacle, while the upper second part 9 is constituted by a short cylindrical piece 14 having an outer dimension slightly larger than that of the first part 8′ and is joined thereto with rounded edges, and is provided with a through hole 15 constituting an extension of the through hole 11 and made with a diameter smaller that that of this latter, and slightly larger than the outer diameter of the neck 12 of the bottle or receptacle, for being adapted thereon. Moreover, such upper part 9 is shaped with an outer circular wall 16 having enlarged form, which is spaced away radially with a short space from the inner wall 17 delimiting the through hole 15, thereby defining a circular slot 18 with flat base, adapted to house the overlying closing capsule 8 as it will be described later on. The inner circular wall 17 is provided with a set of vertical and equally spaced away notches 19, which are inclined towards the underlying hole of the neck 12 of the bottle or the receptacle, so as to convey in the interior of the same bottle the remainders of the poured beverages, which otherwise would be collected into the slot 18, thereby prejudicing the flavour and purity of the same beverage. Thanks to the presence of the threads of both the sleeve and the neck of the bottle or receptacle, it is possible to diminish the needed unscrewing strain, and to increase the thread pitch thereby diminishing the needed extraction times. Finally, the inner wall 17 ends with an upper flat edge 20, which is depressed with respect to the upper end edge 21 of the cylindrical piece 14, thereby defining a seat for housing the anchor ring nut 7.
A first assembling manner consists of inserting at first the stopper 26 into the neck of the bottle or the receptacle and then to screw manually or with suitable equipment (not shown), provided in the manufacturing line, the anchor 6 into the so inserted stopper, and thereafter to apply also manually or with suitable equipment (not shown), provided in the manufacturing line, the remaining system component parts including the sleeve 5, the ring nut 7 and the capsule 8.
A second assembling manner consists of inserting with suitable equipment (not shown) at first the anchor 6 into the stopper 26, and then to insert this latter into the neck of the bottle or the receptacle, and finally to apply to these component parts the remaining system component parts, including the sleeve 5, the ring nut 7 and the capsule 8 with manual operations, or with suitable equipment (not shown) provided in the assembly line.
The so realized bottling system permits to obtain the following important advantages:
a) To make easier and to optimize the bottling operation, by eliminating some manufacturing steps needed at the present time, thanks to the rationalization of the different operative steps with the described criteria;
b) to permit the exceeding liquid to be collected, which is introduced again into the bottle or the receptacle as described previously, thereby eliminating the stagnation of such liquids and any possible pollution of the contents of the bottle or the receptacle;
c) to improve the hermetic sealing of the stoppers and the air passage, thanks to the particular shape of the anchor 6;
d) to increase the speed of the various bottling steps, with considerable savings of time and productive costs for the manufacturing firms, the whole with few and simple modifications to the currently existing bottling systems, by offering a greater safety and guarantee for the firms and greater satisfaction for the final consumer.
Claims
1. Bottling system for bottles and receptacles of various kind, containing liquids such as wine, alcoholic and hydro-alcoholic substances, oil and the like, and provided with a threaded neck in which a corresponding stopper of traditional type is forced and extracted by means of the same system, for distributing the liquids, characterized by a first component part (5) adapted to be screwed and unscrewed with respect to said neck (12) respectively during the bottling and the uncorking of the bottle or receptacle, by a second component part (6) adapted to be inserted for a determinate depth into said stopper (26), by a third component part (7) adapted to be housed removably into said first component part (5) and to co-operate with said second component part (6), and by a fourth component part (8) adapted to be applied removably on to said first, second and third component parts (5, 6, 7) for closing, the system being made in such a manner that when said first component part (5) is screwed on to said neck (12) said stopper (26) remains inserted hermetically into the same neck, and when said first component part (5) is unscrewed from said neck (12) and raised progressively therefrom, together with said fourth component part (8), also said stopper (26) be raised until its complete extraction, under the condition in which also said third component part (7) is raised and provides for raising said second component part (6), however by preventing this latter to rotate.
2. Bottling system according to claim 1, characterized in that said first component part comprises at least a lengthened sleeve (5) preferably of cylindrical shape, provided with a lower lengthened piece (10) having a threaded through hole (11) so dimensioned as to be adapted on to the corresponding outer thread of said neck (12), and a short upper piece (14) having an outer dimension slightly larger than that of said lower lengthened piece (10) and provided with a through hole (15) communicating with said threaded through hole (11) and shaped for housing said third component part (7) and defining a circular slot (18) for housing said fourth closing component part (8), said circular slot (18) being provided with a set of vertical notches (19) inclined towards the underlying neck (12), so as to convey in the interior of the bottle or the receptacle the remainders of the poured beverages, by preventing them to be collected into the same slot and thereby prejudicing the flavour and the purity of the same beverage.
3. Bottling system according to claim 2, characterized in that said second component part comprises at least an anchor (6), provided with a lower part (22) having frusto-conical shape tapered towards the lower end portion (23), and provided with a lower sharpened tip (24), as well as provided with a left-hand helical threaded screw (25) adapted to be screwed in the stopper (26), said lower part (22) terminating at its upper part with a frustum of cone (27) adapted to seal the hole produced by the insertion of said screw (25) into the stopper (26), said second component part comprising also an upper head (29) shaped with a set of frusto-conical portions (30), identical and having the same size, adequately spaced away axially from each other and oriented in a way that their flat larger base (31) be arranged on a lower position, so as to change at will, depending on the height of each stopper (26), the penetration depth of said screw (25) into the same stopper, said head (29) being provided at its upper end surface (32) with a recessed seat (33), shaped and dimensioned for adapting therein corresponding projections provided on the equipment for screwing said screw (25) into the stopper (26).
4. Bottling system according to claim 3, characterized in that said third component part comprises at least an anchor ring nut (7) formed by a lower part (35) having frusto-conical shape turned downwards, crossed by an inner through hole (36) where several resilient tooth (37) are provided, which are equally spaced away and at their upper end portions (39) are bent inwardly said through hole (36), which are adapted to engage at the desired height the corresponding frusto-conical portions (30) of circular shape of said anchor (6), for adjusting the penetration depth of said screw (25) into the stopper (26), said ring nut (7) being also formed by an upper part (40) of cylindrical shape, having an outer diameter larger than that of said lower part (35) and shaped with a flat circular edge (41) adapted to be arranged on to the corresponding inner circular edge (20) provided into said sleeve (5), during the assembling of the different system component parts, said upper part (40) having an internal through hole (42) communicating with said through hole (36) and having a diameter larger than that thereof and being provided with peripheral stiff tooth (44) equally spaced away from each other, adapted to permit slightly side displacements in the interior of the housing seat of said sleeve (5) and of said fourth component part (8), and to prevent side displacements of the same ring nut.
5. Bottling system according to claim 4, characterized in that said fourth component part comprises a closing capsule (8) constituted by an upper part (46) of cylindrical shape, having a size slightly smaller than that of said sleeve (5), and by a lower part (49) of cylindrical shape with a diameter slightly smaller than that of said upper part (46) and shaped with a circular flat edge (50), adapted to be laid on to the corresponding upper end edge (21) of said sleeve (5), said lower part (49) being provided with an inner threaded blind hole (52), the thread of which is adapted to engage removably the corresponding outer thread of said neck (12) in order to close hermetically the bottle or the receptacle after the extraction of the stopper (26) and the removal of all the other system components, the bottom of said blind hole (52) being constituted by a material slightly softer than the rest of the capsule and being provided with a small central projection (53) adapted to guarantee a perfect hermetic seal when said capsule (8) is screwed on to said neck (12), with or without said sleeve (5), therefore performing the function of stopper.
6. Bottling system according to claim 5, characterized in that to be assembled by inserting at first the stopper (26) into the neck (12) of the bottle or the receptacle, and then by screwing said anchor (6) into the inserted stopper, and thereafter by applying the remaining system component parts, or by inserting at first said anchor (6) into the stopper (26) and then by inserting this latter into the neck (12), with subsequent application of the remaining component parts, wherein the other component parts are applied by screwing said sleeve completely on to the neck (12), by introducing said anchor ring nut (7) into its housing seat of said sleeve (5), in a way that its resilient tooth (37) engage one of said frusto-conical portions (30) of said anchor (6), at such height as to allow the correct penetration into the stopper (26) of said screw (25) of the same anchor, and by applying said closing capsule (8) on to said sleeve (5), by penetrating with its lower part (49) into the corresponding circular slot (18) of said sleeve (5).
Type: Application
Filed: Dec 22, 2006
Publication Date: Feb 19, 2009
Inventors: Lorenzo Rosso (Bresso), Roberto Mossa (Luras)
Application Number: 12/086,992
International Classification: B65D 39/00 (20060101);