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EP 1129958 A3 20040407 - Swing-stopper bottle

Title (en)

Swing-stopper bottle

Title (de)

Bügelverschlussflasche

Title (fr)

Fermeture à étrier pour bouteille

Publication

EP 1129958 A3 20040407 (DE)

Application

EP 01104699 A 20010226

Priority

DE 10009939 A 20000302

Abstract (en)

[origin: EP1129958A2] The bottle with a lever clamped stopper is made of a plastic material and has in its neck zone (1) a wall thickness corresponding to that of an equivalent glass bottle with a lever clamped stopper.

IPC 1-7

B65D 45/06

IPC 8 full level

B65D 45/06 (2006.01)

CPC (source: EP)

B65D 45/06 (2013.01)

Citation (search report)

[X] GB 2254070 A 19920930 - YAWL SPRING MINERAL WATER COMP [GB]
[A] EP 0549987 A1 19930707 - TUBEX GMBH [DE]
[A] US 3770160 A 19731106 - FLIDER F
[A] US 4893724 A 19900116 - SCHIEMANN WOLFRAM [DE]
[A] DE 4112610 A1 19921022 - BRANSON ULTRASCHALL [DE]
[A] BE 726361 A 19690529

Designated contracting state (EPC)

AT BE CH CY DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE TR

DOCDB simple family (publication)

EP 1129958 A2 20010905; EP 1129958 A3 20040407; DE 10009939 A1 20011011

DOCDB simple family (application)

EP 01104699 A 20010226; DE 10009939 A 20000302