Device for closing bottles of alcoholic drinks and spirits

The present invention refers to an anti-tampering closing device for caps of bottles of alcoholic drinks or spirits.

Different devices for closing bottles of alcoholic drinks are known, in general made up of a cap and a pourer.

The cap has an internal threading suitable for engaging, to open or close the bottle, with a corresponding threading foreseen on the outer surface of the pourer.

The latter is fixed with pressure in the opening of the neck of the bottle or through known means to the neck of the bottle.

Moreover, a further aluminium or plastic coating can be foreseen that covers the cap.

Known closing devices also generally have an annular band provided with a predetermined breaking line to join the cap to the neck of the bottle before it is first opened.

The first time the bottle is opened is made clear by the breaking of the aforementioned annular band at the predetermined breaking line.

Once the bottle has been opened for the first time it is extremely simple to remove the pourer to alter the content of the bottle, without it being at all clear that this has occurred.

In light of the above, there is clearly a need to have a device for closing bottles, like the one according to the present invention, which allows the possibility of alteration or contamination of the content of bottles to be eliminated or in any case reduced.

Therefore, a purpose of the present invention is to solve the problems of the prior art, providing a device for closing bottles that clearly and obviously shows when the bottle has been opened for the first time and the subsequent times that the bottle has been opened. Another purpose of the present invention is to provide a device for closing bottles of alcoholic drinks and spirits that is simple and intuitive to use.

Finally, another purpose of the present invention is to provide a device for closing bottles of alcoholic drinks and spirits that is simple and cost-effective to make.

These and other purposes according to the present invention are accomplished by making a device for closing bottles of alcoholic drinks and spirits as outlined in claim 1.

Further characteristics of the closing device are the object of the dependent claims.

The characteristics and advantages of a device for closing bottles of alcoholic drinks and spirits according to the present invention shall become clearer from the following description, given as a non-limiting example, referring to the attached schematic drawings, in which:

FIG. 1 is a side elevation view partially in section of a first embodiment of the closing device according to the present invention with the lever element in the second position prior to the first time that the bottle is opened;

FIG. 2 is a side elevation view partially in section of the cap of the closing device according to the present invention with the lever element in the second position after the first time that the bottle has been opened;

FIG. 3 is a side elevation view partially in section of part of the closing device according to the present invention with the lever element in the first position before the complete assembly of the cap onto the pourer;

FIG. 4 is a side elevation view in section of the cap of the device according to the present invention with the lever element in the first position, before assembly of the device;

FIG. 5 is a side elevation view in section of the cap of the device according to the present invention with the lever element in the second position, after assembly of the device and installation onto the bottle, but before the bottle is opened for the first time;

FIG. 5a is a view from below of the cap of the device according to the present invention with the lever element in the second position, after assembly of the device and before the bottle is opened for the first time;

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