Capsule for closing a container
AssigneeBormioli Pharma S.P.A.
InventorsValerio Paganuzzi, Roberto Valenti
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Abstract
A closure capsule for closing a container, comprising: —a cap (2) that can be associated with a container and comprising a frangible mouth (20); —a cutter (3) comprising a cutting edge (30) designed to open said frangible mouth (20) which assumes a first configuration in which it is intact and a second configuration in which it is open; —a covering (4) of the cap (2) and the cutter (3); in the first configuration at least the cap (2) and the cutter (3) define a tank (8) for containing a product destined to be dropped into the container in said second configuration; —transmission means (5) for transmitting a rotary component from the covering (4) to the cutter (3); —moisture absorbing means (10) which surmount at least one portion of said cutter (3).
Claims9
A closure capsule for closing a container, comprising:
- a cap (2) that can be associated with a container and comprising a frangible mouth (20);
- a cutter (3) comprising a cutting edge (30) designed to open said frangible mouth (20) which assumes a first configuration in which it is intact and a second configuration in which it is open;
- the cutter (3) also comprising a widening zone (31), wherein, as it moves away from the cutting edge (30), the transversal section of the cutter (3) increases;
- a covering (4) of the cap (2) and the cutter (3);
- in the first configuration at least the cap (2) and the cutter (3) define a tank (8) for containing a product destined to be dropped into the container in said second configuration;
- transmission means (5) for transmitting a rotary component from the covering (4) to the cutter (3);
- characterised in that it comprises moisture absorbing means (10) which overlap at least a portion of said cutter (3);
- said moisture absorbing means (10) comprising a tubular portion (101) which superposes internally of the cutter (3) and has a widening (102) of a section thereof which follows said widening zone (31) of the cutter (3);
- the tubular portion (101) has a thickness smaller than 3 millimetres.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.