Liner-stretching bottle closure body recess and reinforcing insert
OwnerTimothy P. KELLERinventor
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Abstract
A bottle closure includes a cap having a cylindrical shaped body and a closed end. The bottle closure further includes a liner disposed on an interior surface of the closed end of the cap, the liner for contacting a bottle opening. The closed end of the cap further includes a recess formed therein for urging a central portion of the liner into a bottle opening when applied thereto (e.g., by a bottling press). The bottle closure may further include or have applied thereto a support structure or central mass to support the recess during the bottling process and thereafter.
Claims21
A bottle closure comprising:
- a cap having a cylindrical shaped body and a closed end;
- a liner disposed on an interior surface of the closed end of the cap, the liner for contacting a bottle opening, wherein the closed end of the cap further comprises a recess formed therein for urging a central portion of the liner into a bottle opening when applied thereto;
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- a support structure disposed with the recess on an exterior surface of the closed end of the cap.
A bottle closure comprising:
- a cap having a cylindrical shaped body and a closed end;
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- a liner disposed on an interior surface of the closed end of the cap, the liner for contacting a bottle opening, wherein the closed end of the cap further comprises at least one of a recess or central mass formed therein for urging a central portion of the liner into a bottle opening when applied thereto.
A method for capping a bottle, comprising:
- disposing a cap having a cylindrical shaped body and a closed end over a bottle opening, the closed end having at least one of a recess or central mass formed therein, and the cap further comprising a liner disposed on an interior surface of the closed end;
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- urging the cap against the bottle opening such that a central portion of the liner contacts inner walls of the bottle opening.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.