| 摘要 |
<p>The present invention is directed to secondary synthetic closures for use with bottles or containers having a primary closure associated therewith. In one embodiment, the secondary synthetic (26) closure is adapted to sealingly engage a bottle or container (10) (such as a wine bottle) having a removable primary closure (22) recessively inserted therein, wherein the bottle or container (10) has a cylindrical neck portion (14) and a cylindrical opening (16) therethrough, wherein the primary closure (22) sealingly engages the cylindrical neck portion (14), and wherein the secondary synthetic closure (26) has a disk shape. In another embodiment, the secondary synthetic closure (28) is adapted to sealingly engage a bottle or container (10) having a removable primary closure (22) inserted therein, wherein the bottle or container (10) has a cylindrical neck portion (14) and a cylindrical opening (16) therethrough, wherein the primary closure (22) sealingly engages the cylindrical neck portion (14), and wherein the secondary synthetic closure (28) is in the form of a capsule adapted to encapsulate at least a portion of the cylindrical neck portion (14) and the cylindrical opening (16) therethrough. The secondary synthetic closures of the present invention comprise a thermoplastic elastomer. The present invention is also directed to methods of secondarily sealing corked and/or synthetically closed bottles and containers with the novel secondary closures.</p> |
