Patent ID: 7156248
Filing Date: 2007-01-02
Classification: B65D,Y10T

Abstract:
1. Overcap ( 1 , 11 , 12 ) designed to overcap a neck ( 80 ) of a bottle ( 8 ) closed by a cork ( 82 ) containing a liquid to be packaged ( 83 , 84 ), comprising a rolled skirt ( 3 ) and a top ( 2 ) fixed to the rolled skirt around a circular junction area ( 4 ) common to the skirt and the top, wherein: a1) the top is formed from a first strip of material chosen to have a nature and thickness so that it can be deformed to form a crease free rim around the top, a2) the rim is formed by the peripheral part of a top axially deformed over a height H between 1 and 5 mm thereby forming a terminal end of the rim, a3) the rim extends around an arc of a circle α varying from 45 to 90°, b1) the rolled skirt comprises an upper end ( b2) the rolled skirt ( b3) the upper necked in end ( c1) the circular junction area ( c2) the circular junction area (