Bottle stopper

a technology of stopper and stopper body, which is applied in the direction of container preventing decay, liquid handling, application, etc., can solve the problems of economic burden, deterioration of wine, and contact between the oxygen absorbing member and the liquid of wine, so as to prevent deterioration in the quality of the liquid content, prevent deterioration, and absorb oxygen. the effect of safe and stable functioning

Inactive Publication Date: 2011-11-17
LIPMEN
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[0010]Accordingly, the present inventor has researched and developed the present invention in an effort to solve the above-mentioned problems associated with the prior art, and it is an object of the present invention to provide a bottle stopper which can safely absorb oxygen contained in a liquid content of wine while not in close contact with the liquid content of wine, and allows an oxygen absorber to stably and sustainably exhibit an oxygen absorbing function.
[0011]To accomplish the above object, in one aspect, the present invention provides a bottle stopper including: a stopper main body shaped so as to be fitted into a mouth part of a bottle by a predetermined depth only and configured openably and closably to re-seal the mount part of the bottle so as to prevent external leakage of a content from the bottle, the stopper main body including a fitting recessed portion of a predetermined dimension formed therein to a predetermined depth in a longitudinal direction thereof in such a fashion as to be opened at one end thereof; and a hollow cylindrical container configured to have an outer diameter equal to or smaller than a diameter of the fitting recessed portion of the stopper main body so as to removably fitted into the fitting recessed portion, the hollow cylindrical container including an accommodating space portion of a predetermined dimension defined therein so as to accommodate an oxygen absorber therein, the accommodating space portion having a circumferentially closed side wall, wherein the hollow cylindrical container includes one or more vent holes formed on a top wall and a bottom wall thereof so as to serve as passageways fluidically communicating with the inside of the bottle to allow the oxygen absorber to absorb oxygen remaining in the bottle therethrough.
[0012]Also, in the bottle stopper of the present invention, preferably, a retaining step is protrudingly formed on corresponding engagement portions of an inner circumferential surface of the oxygen absorber accommodating container and an outer circ

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However, such a work causes an economic burden due to pump purchase expense as well as, particularly, gives inconvenience and difficulty of use to general public
Such a prior art, however, also entails a problem in that since the oxygen absorbing member is in a freely flowable state in the wine bottle, it comes into close contact with a liquid of wine.
That is, the stopper assembly for the wine bottle disclosed in the above prior art is constructed to be floated in the liquid of wine, but it involves a major problem in that t

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[0020]FIG. 1 is a cross-sectional view illustrating a bottle with a bottle stopper according to the present invention.

[0021]Referring to FIG. 1, the bottle stopper according to a first embodiment of the present invention is used to hermetically re-seal a bottle 10, and is formed to have an outer diameter equal to or smaller than an inner diameter of a mouth part of the bottle 10. The bottle stopper is made of wood or resin, which is not harmful to the human body. The bottle stopper includes a stopper main body 110 shaped so as to be fitted into the mouth part of the bottle 10 by a predetermined depth only.

[0022]As shown in FIG. 1, the stopper main body 110 includes a fitting recessed portion 112 formed therein in such a fashion as to be opened at a lower end thereof so that a cylindrical oxygen absorber accommodating container 114 including an accommodating space portion 114a for accommodating an oxygen absorber 12 therein is fixedly fitted into the fitting recessed portion 112. In ...

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[0026]FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional view illustrating a bottle with a bottle stopper according to the present invention.

[0027]Referring to FIG. 2, the bottle stopper according to the second embodiment of the present invention is different from that according to the first embodiment of the present invention in that retaining steps 118 are protrudingly formed on corresponding engagement portions of an inner circumferential surface of the oxygen absorber accommodating container 114 and an outer circumferential surface of the fitting recessed portion 112, respectively, so that the oxygen absorber accommodating container 114 can be securely fixed to the stopper main body 110 without escaping from the fitting recessed portion 112 by the engagement between the corresponding retaining steps 118. That is, in order for the oxygen absorber accommodating container 114 not to easily escape from the fitting recessed portion 112, the retaining step 118 having a retaining function is formed on corres...

third embodiment

[0028]FIG. 3 is a cross-sectional view illustrating a bottle with a bottle stopper according to the present invention.

[0029]Referring to FIG. 3, the bottle stopper according to the third embodiment of the present invention is also constructed in the same manner as that of the bottle stopper of the first embodiment except that the oxygen absorber is directly accommodated in the bottle stopper.

[0030]In other words, the bottle stopper according to this embodiment includes an oxygen absorber accommodating container 214 provided with an accommodating space portion 214a of a predetermined dimension formed therein in such a fashion as to be opened at a top end thereof only so as to directly accommodate the oxygen absorber 12 in the bottle stopper. The bottle stopper also includes an inner cover 213 separably coupled to an opening of the accommodating space portion 214a of the oxygen absorber accommodating container 214 so as to hermetically seal the opening of the accommodating space porti...

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Abstract

The object of the present invention is to provide a bottle stopper configured to be used in re-sealing a mouth part of a bottle for containing a product which may cause a risk of easily being acidified due to the contact with oxygen, thereby safely and sustainably absorbing and eliminating oxygen introduced into the bottle. The bottle stopper according to the present invention is constructed such that the stopper main body fitted into the mouth part of the bottle to re-seal the mouth part of the bottle is formed with the accommodating space portion capable of receiving the oxygen absorber so that oxygen remaining in the bottle can be safely and sustainably absorbed and eliminated.

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CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS[0001]This application claims the benefit of Korean Patent Application No. 10-2010-0045586, filed on May 14, 2010 in the Korean Intellectual Property Office, which is incorporated herein by reference in its entirety.BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION[0002](a) Field of the Invention[0003]The present invention relates to a bottle stopper configured to be used in re-sealing a mouth part of a bottle for containing liquid contents such as wine or the like, which may cause a risk of easily being acidified or deteriorating in terms of taste and fragrance due to the contact with oxygen, and more particularly, to a bottle stopper which includes an oxygen absorber accommodating chamber safely and stably oxygen introduced into the bottle during the use of the bottle.[0004](b) Background Art[0005]Products having a risk of acidification or deterioration in quality due to contact with oxygen are contained in a glass bottle and are hermetically sealed to block the c...

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IPC IPC(8): B65D39/00
CPCB65D39/0023B65D2539/001B65D51/30B65D39/04B65D51/18B65D51/28B65D81/24
Inventor SUH, YOON DUCK
Owner LIPMEN
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