Claims
- 1. Security closure for bottles for liquors and the like having a neck, comprising a stopper cap having an end wall, a skirt and longitudinal axis X-X perpendicular to said end wall of the stopper cap, said skirt extending from said end wall parallel to said longitudinal axis X-X, a security seal attached to said skirt, a groove in the outer surface of said neck axially positioned onto said neck said sleeve being provided with an upper edge and said upper edge snap-fitting into said groove of said neck of said bottle, stop means on said skirt radially extending towards said longitudinal axis X-X, said stop means providing a bearing surface for an abutment present on said sleeve.
- 2. Security closure according to claim 1, wherein the stop means comprise furthermore a projection, being provided on said inside of said skirt of the stopper cap.
- 3. Security closure according to claim 2, wherein said abutment is a shoulder.
- 4. Security closure according to claim 1, wherein said stop means comprise furthermore a rise, said rise having a step profile.
- 5. Security closure according to claim 4, wherein said rise runs all the way around the internal circumference of said skirt.
- 6. Security closure according to claim 4, wherein elastic elements extend axially from the base of said rise towards said end wall of said stopper cap, said elastic means reaching substantially the same plane as that defined by said end wall.
- 7. Security closure according to claim 6, wherein said elastic elements are able to flex slightly towars said longitudinal axis X-X.
- 8. Security closure according to claim 1, wherein said stopper cap includes furthermore valve parts that fit into said neck of said bottle when said closure is fitted to said bottle.
- 9. Security closure according to claim 6, comprising an outer cover designed to be fitted over said stopper cap and held firmly on it.
Priority Claims (1)
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00830142.6 |
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CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION
[0001] This is a continuation application of PCT/EP01/01969 filed Feb. 21, 2001, which PCT application claims priority of European patent application number 00830142.6 filed Feb. 28, 2000, herein incorporated by reference.
Continuations (1)
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PCT/EP01/01969 |
Feb 2001 |
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10226548 |
Aug 2002 |
US |