Global Patent Index - EP 2310287 A4

EP 2310287 A4 20110629 - VENTED SCREWCAP CLOSURE WITH DIFFUSIVE MEMBRANE LINER

Title (en)

VENTED SCREWCAP CLOSURE WITH DIFFUSIVE MEMBRANE LINER

Title (de)

ENTLÜFTETER SCHRAUBKAPPENVERSCHLUSS MIT DIFFUSIVER MEMBRANAUSKLEIDUNG

Title (fr)

FERMETURE À BOUCHON À VIS ÉVENTÉES AVEC DOUBLURE DE MEMBRANE DIFFUSIVE

Publication

EP 2310287 A4 20110629 (EN)

Application

EP 09719792 A 20090312

Priority

  • US 2009037015 W 20090312
  • US 3604308 P 20080312
  • US 10799208 P 20081023

Abstract (en)

[origin: US2009230081A1] A liner for a wine bottle cap is constructed such that a gas, such as oxygen, that diffuses through the liner moves along a path within the liner whose length is greater than the thickness of the liner. In this manner, oxygen from the atmospheric air can diffuse through a relatively thin liner at a slow rate before reaching the bottled wine. The liner is comprised of alternating layers of material semi-permeable to oxygen and material impermeable to oxygen, the impermeable layers containing open areas through which oxygen can diffuse. As oxygen diffuses through the alternating layers, the path(s) along which the oxygen diffuses is determined by the locations of the open areas in the impermeable layers. The liner may be assembled with a screw cap closure that comprises ventilation holes connected by a raceway for distribution of atmospheric air to the liner.

IPC 8 full level

B65D 41/20 (2006.01)

CPC (source: EP US)

B65D 51/1611 (2013.01 - EP US); B29C 2793/009 (2013.01 - EP US)

Citation (search report)

Designated contracting state (EPC)

AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC MK MT NL NO PL PT RO SE SI SK TR

DOCDB simple family (publication)

US 2009230081 A1 20090917; EP 2310287 A1 20110420; EP 2310287 A4 20110629; WO 2009114727 A1 20090917

DOCDB simple family (application)

US 40308209 A 20090312; EP 09719792 A 20090312; US 2009037015 W 20090312