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BOTTLING SYSTEM FOR BOTTLES AND RECEPTACLES OF VARIOUS KIND
The invention relates to a bottling system for bottles and receptacles of
various kind, adapted to
plug with stoppers in a simple, quiclcly 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 a.nd
quickly manoeuvres.
Stoppers for bottling bottles and receptacles of various kind containing wine
and alcoholic
substances, oil and the like are lcnown, which are substantially constituted
by a lengthened body,
generally of cylindrical shape, and made of corlc 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 fiom the neck by means of a corlcscrew 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 uncorlc such bottles
and receptacles with
few, simple and quick operations, without using corlcscrews.
The invention will be better understood from the following description, given
by way of not-
limiting exainple only, and with reference to the accompanying drawings
wherein :
- Fig. I shows a perspective and exploded front view of the various component
parts of the bottling
system according to the invention ;
- Fig. 2 shows a perspective fiont view of the section plane of all the
coinponent parts of the system
of Fig. 1, assembled to each other and on to the neck of a bottle ;
- Fig. 3 shows a front view of an enlarged constructive item of the component
parts of the system of
Fig. 2 ;
- Fig. 4 shows a perspective front view of the section plane of a first
component par-t of the system
of Fig. 1 ;
- Fig. 5 shows a perspective fi=ont view of a second coinponent part of the
system of Fig. 1
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- Fig. 6 shows a perspective and enlarged back view of the second component
part of the system of
Fig. 1
- Fig. 7 shows a front view of a third component part of the system of Fig. 1
- Fig. 8 shows a perspective front view from the top of the third component
part of the system of
Fig. 7 ;
- Fig. 9 shows of perspective front view from below of the third component
part of the system of
Fig. 7 ;
- Fig. 10 shows a perspective front view of a fourth component part of the
system of Fig. 1
- Fig. 11 shows a perspective front view from below of the fourtli component
part of the system of
Fig. 1.
The above mentioned Figures scheinatically 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 corlcscrews. In particular, Figs.
1, 2 and 3 show the
bottling system according to the invention, which is substantially constituted
by a first component
part formed by a sleeve 5, by a second coinponent part formed by an anchor 6,
by a third
component part forined by an anchor ring nut 7, and by a fourth component part
forined by a
closing capsule 8, which will be described hereinafter.
As particularly evident fiom the Fig. 4, the sleeve 5 is made enbloc and
substantially constituted by
two cylindrical parts 8' and 9 of metallic or not metallic hard material, or
aluminium or
polycarbonate coinplying with the standards of the products into contact with
foods.
The lower first part 8' of the sleeve 5 is constituted by a lengthened
cylindrical piece 10 having an
internal tlu=eaded t1u=ough hole 11, adapted to engage renlovably the multi-
start outer thread of the
neck 12 of a bottle or a receptacle, wliile the upper second part 9 is
constituted by a short cyliiidrical
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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 witli 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 imler 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.
Thanlcs to the presence of the threads of both the sleeve and the neclc of the
bottle or receptacle, it is
possible to diminish the needed unscrewing strain, aiid 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. Figs. 5 and 6 show the
anchor 6, which is made
enbloc of a metallic or not metallic hard material, or aluininium or
polycarbonate complying with
the standards of the products into contact with foods, which is constituted by
a lower first part 22
having frusto-conical shape tapered towards the lower end portion 23 and
provided with a
sharpened tip 24 on such lower end portion, as well as provided with a left-
hand helical threaded
screw 25, adapted to be screwed in the stopper 26 made of cork or soft plastic
material complying
with the standards for materials into contact with foods, which stopper is
forced into the hole of the
neck 12 of the bottle or receptacle. Such lower first part 22 ends at its
upper part with a frustum of
cone 27, allowing to seal in an optinium way the hole produced by the
insertion of the helical screw
25 into the stopper 26. Furtherinore, the aiichor 6 is also constituted by an
upper cylindrical part 28
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forining a head 29, which is shaped with a set of frustum of cones 30
identical and of the same size,
and adequately spaced away axially fi'om each other, and oriented in such a
manner that the flat
larger base 31 thereof be arranged on a lower position. The purpose of the
frustum of cones 30 is to
change at will, depending on the height of each stopper, the depth of
penetration of the left-hand
screw 25 into the stopper 25. Besides, a recessed seat 33 having variable
shape and depth is
provided on the upper flat end surface 32 of the head 29, which in Fig. 6 is
shaped with an outline
with semi-circular portions 34, in a way to allow corresponding projections
provided on the anchor
screwing equipment (not shown) to be adapted on to the same seat, which
projections are adapted to
screw the screw 25 of the anchor 6 into the stopper 26, for the penetration
depth adjusted from time
to time. Figs. 7, 8 and 9 show the anchor ring nut 7 made enbloc of metallic
or not metallic hard
material, or aluminium or polycarbonate, complying with the standards of the
materials into contact
with foods, which is formed by a lower first part 35 having frusto-conical
shape turned downwards,
crossed by an inner through hole 36 where several resilient tooth 37 having
frusto-conical shape
turned upwards are provided, which are equally spaced away and separated from
each other by
respective vertical notches 38 for the entire height thereof, and at their
upper end portions 39 are
bent inwardly the hole 36, which are adapted to engage in a simple and safe
way the corresponding
frusto-conical portions 30 of the head 29 of the anchor 6. Furthermore, such
ring nut 7 is formed by
a upper second part 40 having cylindrical shape, with an outer diameter larger
than that of the lower
part 35 and joined to this latter with a flat circular edge 41, adapted to be
arranged on to the upper
iiu7er edge 20 of the sleeve 5, when the various coinponent parts of the
present bottling system are
inounted together. Besides, such upper second par-t 40 has an internal
tlirough hole 42
coinmunicating with the previous through hole 36 and having a diameter larger
than that thereof,
and along the peripheral edge 43 of this upper part there are provided several
stiff tooth 44 having
rectangular shape, which are equally spaced away and separated from each other
by respective
vei-tical spaces 45, and allow sligtht side interilal displacements of the
corresponding seat
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housing the sleeve 5 and of the closing capsule 8, but do not allow vertical
displacements for a safe
anchorage of such ring nut. Figs. 10 and 11 show the closing capsule 8, which
is made enbloc of
metallic or not metallic hard material, or aluminium or polycarbonate
complying with the standards
of the materials into contact with foods, and is substantially constituted by
an upper part 46 having
cylindrical shape and a size slightly smaller than that of the sleeve 5, with
a rounded edge 47 joined
to an upper flat sLUface 48, and by a lower part 49 also of cylindrical shape,
having a diameter
slightly smaller than that of the upper part 46 and joined to this latter by a
circular flat edge 50,
adapted to be laid on to the upper end edge 21 of the sleeve 5, said lower
paxt 49 being provided
for the entire height thereof with a set of notches 51 spaced away from each
other and being
provided with an iiuier threaded blind hole 52, the thread of which is adapted
to engage removably
the corresponding outer thread of the neck of the bottle or the receptacle in
an easy, quickly and
safe manner, so as to close tightly the bottle or receptacle after the stopper
has been extracted and
all other component of the system have been removed. Finally, the bottom of
the blind hole 52 is
constituted by a material sliglitly softer than that the rest of the capsule,
and is provided at its centre
with a small projection 53 having semi-spherical shape constituting an "0" -
ring adapted to
guarantee a perfect hermetic seal, when such capsule is screwed on to the neck
of the bottle or the
receptacle, with or without the sleeve 5, therefore performing the function of
a stopper.
Fig. 1 shows the present bottling system with its coinponent parts and the
stopper wliich are
reciprocally disassembled and are arranged into the arrangement order thereof
into the sanie system.
Figs. 2 and 3 show the assembling of the different component parts of the
present bottling system,
wherein it is noted that the stopper 26 is forced into the hole of the neck 12
of the bottle or the
receptacle, after this latter has been filled with the desired liquid ; that
the anchor 6 is screwed with
its left-hand tlzreaded screw 25 into the stopper 26 at the desired depth ;
that the sleeve 5 is fiilly
screwed on to the neclc 12 ; that the anchor ring nut 7 is introduced into its
housing seat, where its
circular flat edge 41 is arranged on to the upper inner edge 20 of the sleeve
5 and its resilient tooth
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37 engage one of the frusto-conical portions 30 of the anchor 6, at such a
height that to allow the
correct penetration into the stopper 26 of the screw 25 of the same anchor ;
and that the closing
capsule is applied on to the sleeve 5, by entering with its lower part 49 the
corresponding circular
slot 18 of such sleeve. In this way, for unscrewing the stopper 26 it is
enough to rotate the sleeve 5
in the anticloclcwise direction, thereby unscrewing it on the neclc 12 of the
bottle or the receptacle,
and thus providing the raising of both the ring nut 7 and the anchor 6, thai-
Acs to the resilient tooth
37 engaging the frusto-conical portions 30, without rotation of the anchor, in
that the ring nut
rotates idle about the same anchor, with consequent progressive raising of the
stopper up to the
complete extraction thereof. The above mentioned bottling system may be
assembled in an
assembly line in the two manners which will be described hereinafter.
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
mailufacturing 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 coinponent 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 asseinbly 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, thai-ilcs to the rationalization of the different
operative steps with the
described criteria ;
b) to permit the exceeding liquid to be collected, Wluch is lntroduced again
into the bottle or the
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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,
thanlcs 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.
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