(19)
(11) EP 1 122 182 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
21.11.2001 Bulletin 2001/47

(43) Date of publication A2:
08.08.2001 Bulletin 2001/32

(21) Application number: 01830045.9

(22) Date of filing: 26.01.2001
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)7: B65D 39/00
(84) Designated Contracting States:
AT BE CH CY DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE TR
Designated Extension States:
AL LT LV MK RO SI

(30) Priority: 01.02.2000 IT BO000041

(71) Applicant: PELLICONI ABRUZZO S.r.l.
66040 Atessa (Chieti) (IT)

(72) Inventors:
  • Checchi, Marco
    40125 Bologna (IT)
  • Michelini, Fabrizio
    44046 S. Martino (Ferrara) (IT)

(74) Representative: Lanzoni, Luciano 
c/o BUGNION S.p.A. Via Goito, 18
40126 Bologna
40126 Bologna (IT)

   


(54) A stopper for bottles containing liquids, in particular champagne and similar products


(57) A stopper for bottles containing champagne or similar products comprises a hollow, substantially cylindrical element (2) with a longitudinal axis (3) and a side wall (6), which can be inserted according to the direction of the longitudinal axis (3) into the opening (4) in the neck (5) of a bottle and sealed by a transversal wall (7) which has a ring-shaped projection (8) resting on the ring-shaped end face (9) of the neck (5). At the internal surface (6a) of the side wall (6), the cylindrical element (2) has means (10) for retaining any residues, designed to hold the residues inside the hollow cylindrical element (2).






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