Patent ID: 8181803

Claim:
Means for sealing bottle caps with evidence of opening, comprising: a threaded cap ( 5 ) to be placed on a mouth of a bottle ( 1 ), wherein a bottom portion of the threaded cap ( 5 ) is provided with a grooved ring ( 6 ) having an upper tongue ( 6 . 4 ), wherein the threaded cap ( 5 ) and the grooved ring ( 6 ) are connected by breakable bridges ( 6 . 1 ); and a capsule ( 7 ) covering the threaded cap ( 5 ), wherein the capsule ( 7 ) includes at least one cut segment and at least one uncut segment ( 7 . 3 ), wherein the at least one cut segment is notched by a cut at a height of the grooved ring ( 6 ) and separates the capsule into a top segment ( 7 . 1 ) and a bottom segment ( 7 . 2 ), wherein the top segment ( 7 . 1 ) includes a top lip ( 7 . 1 . 1 ) configured to maintain the upper tongue ( 6 . 4 ) bent upwards and concealed and the bottom segment ( 7 . 2 ) includes a bottom lip ( 7 . 2 . 1 ) configured to maintain the grooved ring ( 6 ) in the bottom segment ( 7 . 2 ); and wherein the at least one uncut segment ( 7 . 3 ) connects the top segment ( 7 . 1 ) and the bottom segment ( 7 . 2 ) of the capsule ( 7 ) preventing their rotation relative to each other such that the at least one uncut segment ( 7 . 3 ) does not modify the process of releasing the upper tongue ( 6 . 4 ) retained in the cut segment.