Closing assembly for a bottle, associated bottle and assembly method
OwnerAntonio Mutterleinventor
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Abstract
A closing assembly for a bottle, the assembly including a cage, a closing stopper, and a ring nut. The cage includes a side wall with an inner surface including a bead and a lip spaced to form a seat for a collar of the bottle. Retaining teeth are provided for keeping a head of the closing stopper in position. An outer surface of the side wall of the cage includes an annular cavity and a side wall of the ring nut includes an inner lower projection configured to engage the annular cavity in a preassembly configuration. The cage further includes a plurality of windows. Each window includes a tongue connected to a lower edge of the window along a hinge line. The lip is formed at an upper end of each tongue and each tongue is rotatable elastically about the hinge line.
Claims12
An assembly for closing a bottle, comprising:
- a cage;
- a closing stopper;
- and
- a ring nut;
- wherein:
- the cage is substantially cup-shaped and comprises a side wall with an inner surface comprising a bead and a lip spaced to form a seat for a collar of the bottle;
- the closing stopper comprises a head, wherein the head comprises an upper surface and a lower surface;
- the ring nut is cup-shaped and comprises a side wall;
- the inner surface of the side wall of the cage comprises a retaining tooth for retaining in position the head of the closing stopper at the lower surface;
- the retaining tooth projects cantilevered from the inner surface of the side wall of the cage;
- the outer surface of the side wall of the cage comprises an annular cavity;
- the side wall of the ring nut comprises an inner lower projection configured to engage the annular cavity in a preassembly configuration;
- the side wall of the cage comprises a plurality of windows and each of the windows comprises a tongue connected to a portion of a lower edge of the window along a hinge line;
- the lip is formed at a free end of each tongue;
- each tongue is elastically rotatable about the hinge line;
- and
- each tongue comprises a rounded head so that during assembly, engaging tongues can rotate about the hinge line without an outer diameter of the assembly exceeding a maximum diameter of the bottle.
A method for assembling a closure assembly of a bottle to be assembled on a mouth of the bottle, the method comprising:
- providing a cage, a closing stopper, and a ring nut, wherein:
- the cage is substantially cup-shaped and comprises a side wall with an inner surface comprising a bead and a lip spaced to form a seat for a collar of the bottle;
- the closing stopper comprises a head, wherein the head comprises an upper surface and a lower surface;
- the ring nut is cup-shaped and comprises a side wall;
- the inner surface of the side wall of the cage comprises a retaining tooth for retaining in position the head of the closing stopper at the lower surface;
- the retaining tooth projects cantilevered from the inner surface of the side wall of the cage;
- the outer surface of the side wall of the cage comprises an annular cavity;
- the side wall of the ring nut comprises an inner lower projection configured to engage the annular cavity in a preassembly configuration;
- the side wall of the cage comprises a plurality of windows and each of the windows comprises a tongue connected to a portion of a lower edge of the window along a hinge line;
- the lip is formed at a free end of each tongue;
- and
- each tongue is elastically rotatable about the hinge line;
- each tongue comprises a rounded head so that during assembly, engaging tongues can rotate about the hinge line without an outer diameter of the assembly exceeding a maximum diameter of the bottle;
- pushing the head of the sealing stopper towards the base of the cage;
- partially fitting the ring nut on the cage so that the inner lower projection engages the annular cavity;
- assembling the cage on the bottle so that the collar of the bottle abuts between the bead and the lip.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.