Package making – Methods – Closing package or filled receptacle
Patent
1981-11-09
1984-11-06
Culver, Horace M.
Package making
Methods
Closing package or filled receptacle
53478, 215269, 215354, 220232, B67B 104, B67B 108, B65B 728
Patent
active
044804245
ABSTRACT:
An inflatable member fabricated of an elastomeric expandable material is provided. The inflatable member has a sack-like configuration and is provided with a substantially centrally disposed nipple. A plastic disc is secured to the upper portion of the inflatable member or formed integrally therewith and the nipple extends upwardly through a central aperture in the disc. The inflatable member is positioned within the neck of a bottle, especially a wine bottle, with the disc positioned atop the lip of the bottle. The inflatable member is then filled with a pressurized inert gas through the nipple causing the elastomeric material to expand and be forced into contiguous and coextensive relationship with an interior portion of the bottle neck, thereby hermetically sealing the bottle. The nipple is then heat fused to maintain the hermetic seal.
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