ES1133455U - Hygienic cap for bottles (Machine-translation by Google Translate, not legally binding) - Google Patents

Abstract

Hygienic cap for bottles, preferably provided and specifically for application in glass bottles, and being constituted from a body determined by two heat-sealed parts with each other, whose body is closed superiorly and open at its lower end, for enabling the introduction of the corresponding neck of the bottle therein and wherein the body (1) of the cap is slightly flared, starting from a cylindrical configuration, characterized in that the upper part of the body of the cap (6) has been provided a cut in "V". (Machine-translation by Google Translate, not legally binding)

Description

OBJECT OF THE INVENTION

The present invention relates to a hygienic hood for bottles, specifically for bottles containing liquids such as wine, soft drinks, beer, etc., the hood being intended for application on the neck of the bottle once the bottle is opened, to clean both the exterior and the interior of that upper part of the neck of the bottle.

The object of the invention is to allow cleaning of the mouth and neck of a bottle, once opened, before consumption by the user.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

20 At present, the culture of bottled beverages, such as beer, wine or soft drinks, is widespread worldwide, by a multitude of places, making the consumption of bottled beverages a main element within society and The personal relationships.

25 Because the contents of these bottles are consumed directly by people, in most cases directly from the packaging, it is necessary to take extreme hygienic measures. These hygienic measures should be considered from the production of the beverage, through the packaging process, to the final consumption by the user.

30 In some cases the closure of the bottles is done by metal sheets. However, when these metal sheets are removed, traces of rusty metal may remain on the neck of the bottles. This occurs especially in bottles that contain cider, beer or other products

35 similar, where it is the drink's own acids that when in contact with the

Sheet metal produce the mentioned oxidation.

At present, other solutions have been developed such as the screw cap which, although it has facilitated the opening of the glass bottles, has not solved the hygienic problem described. In addition, in many cases the screw caps are made of aluminum. The problem is that this metal is easy to polish so that due to the action of threading and unscrewing the cap, it finally impregnates the neck of the bottle with small aluminum particles. These types of threads are usually found in alcoholic beverages, beers, soft drinks, etc.

The contact of the human mouth with the neck and with the mouth of the glass bottles or pouring the contained liquid that passes through the inside of the neck of the bottle, without cleaning it previously, increases the risk of micro-poisoning with the aluminum that it gives off the sheet itself and / or other micro-organisms found in the environment where the bottles are stored.

Micro-intoxication is not an immediate disease, but the consumption of micro-doses of aluminum causes long-term health problems, since this component is a metal associated with dysfunctions of the nervous system such as Alzheimer's disease. Following this fact, the analysis of this situation has been carried out, from which this invention and its design have been achieved.

To solve this problem, in the Spanish utility model U 201330622, a hygienic cap for wine bottles is described, which makes it possible to clean the mouth and neck of the bottle, both on the outside and inside, once said bottle has been opened and prior to the consumption of its contents. In addition, by means of the cap described in this utility model, the contents of the bottle can be consumed directly in a hygienic way, simply eliminating the remains of rust and other grounds, foci of possible infections.

For this, the cap described in this utility model 201330622 comprises a cylindrical body, slightly flared, with an outer face and an inner face, preferably cellulose, this inner face being in contact with the mouth and neck of the bottle, once made the opening of this and coupled the cap on said

neck, so that by manual rotation, clean both the outside and the inside of that mouth or neck of the bottle.

In this utility model 201330622 one of the embodiments of the cap consists in the fact that the body of the cap is formed by two superimposed pieces and joined perimetrically by thermo-sealing, leaving an opening in its lower part for its coupling to the neck of the bottle, with the particularity that the lower base of one of the pieces comprises a flange for easy opening and placement in the neck of the normally glass bottle, while its upper base comprises a rounded area that allows the user to exert a slight pressure with the finger inside the neck of the bottle to clean it.

It has been shown that this solution of the cap is not effective since the assembly on the neck of the bottle once it is opened, is carried out with difficulty, by preventing the exit of air in that fitted coupling of the cap to the neck of the bottle. In addition, and due precisely to that difficulty in the air outlet, when pressing on the upper part of the cap for its introduction the mouth of the bottle, it is not performed with the efficiency that would be desired.

DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

The cap that is recommended, based precisely on that described in utility model U 201330622, of the same applicant, in which the cap is formed by two superimposed pieces joined perimetrically by thermo-sealing, has the peculiarity that in correspondence with the upper part of the cap, a triangular cut or profile in the form of a "V" is provided, which makes it possible to introduce the neck of the bottle into the cap with said neck being completely closed as a result of the triangular cut causing the part originated by said cut is introduced in the upper part of the mouth of the bottle once it is opened, also establishing a closure of that upper part of the neck.

In this way it is possible to carry out both external and internal cleaning of the neck of the bottle without making a slight turn towards one side or another of the hood, since

from the neck of the outer bottle will be cleaned with the inner part of the cap while the inner part of the open mouth of that neck of the bottle will be cleaned by shaping caused by the “V” cut that, as previously stated, goes into the inside of the bottle neck once the cap is attached to said bottle neck.

DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

To complement the description that will then be made and in order to help a better understanding of the features of the invention, according to a preferred example of practical implementation thereof, a set of drawings is attached as an integral part of said description. where, for illustrative and non-limiting purposes, the following has been represented:

Figure 1 shows a view according to a perspective in side elevation of the hygienic cap made in accordance with the object of the invention.

Figure 2.- It shows a view of the cap represented in the previous figure in its assembly on the neck of a bottle, showing how the closure of the bottle is made once placed, and allowing its pressing inwards to be able to carry out the internal part of the mouth of the neck of the bottle.

PREFERRED EMBODIMENT OF THE INVENTION

As can be seen in the aforementioned figures, the cap (1) of the invention is of the type constructed by two heat-sealed parts, and which is preferably materialized in cellulose or other appropriate material, with the special particularity of that, in correspondence with the upper part, a cut (2) in "V" is provided, which allows the coupling of said cap (1) on the neck (3) of a bottle, as shown in Figure 2, that is to say that it makes possible the introduction of that neck

(3) inside the cap (1), allowing the evacuation of air through the cut in

"V" (2) referred to, with the particularity in addition to that in that coupling, the cut in "V" (2), is closed, according to the reference (2 ') shown in Figure 2, when assembling and attaching the cap on the neck (3) of the bottle, also allowing, in that position, the pressed into that closed upper part (2 ') of the cap (1), to

5 stay that upper part inside the bottle, specifically in the mouth of the bottle, and perform, by turning the cap (1), both internal cleaning by means of that upper part pressed inwards and externally by the body (1) of the cap, specifically by the internal surface of that body (1) described.

Claims (1)

1st.- Hygienic bottle cap, preferably and specifically intended for application in glass bottles, and being constituted from a body determined by 5 two heat-sealed parts, whose body is closed superiorly and opened by its lower end , to enable the introduction of the corresponding neck of the bottle therein and where the body (1) of the cap is slightly flared, from a cylindrical configuration, is characterized in that in the upper part of the body of the cap (6) a “V” cut is planned. 10.-Hygienic bottle cap according to claim 1, characterized in that the "V" cut made in the upper part of the body of the cap defines a sector introducible by deformation in the closure of the upper part of said cap in its coupling over the neck of the bottle, inwards by manual pressing, of that upper part 15 of the cap inside the neck of the bottle.

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