Vacu Vin Innovations Limited

Arnoldus Willem Zweekhorst

Patrick Lambertus Kerkhof

Eelco Jan Gerardus Witteveen

Jaco Matthijs Van Zijll Langhout

Delphine Pauline Buyse

Foil cutting device for cutting a sealing foil of a bottle. This foil cutting device is of the type which is positioned from above on the bottle. To that end a cutting device is provided with a stop determining the distance between the free extremity of the bottle and the cutting knives. The foil cutting device comprises two side portions and an upper portion connecting the side portions being integral with the side portions. In this way and elastically pivoting structure results, such that foil material can be cut with a lot of feeling. Between the side portions an opening is delimited and on one of the side portions a cavity for fingers is provided so that it is clear for the user in which direction a pinching force should be exerted for cutting the foil. The cutting knives are conically flared to a plane embodied such that after cutting the resilient foil material is run up by the cutting knives and can easily be removed.

Foil cutting device

Pourer consisting of an elongated, tubular part of plastic material. This part of plastic material is made resilient and has an external diameter greater than that of the associated bottles. The tubular part is provided with a split, as a result of which the diameter can be reduced to some extent and the pourer can be accommodated with a clamping action in a bottle. This clamping can be even further promoted by providing ribs. The pourer is provided with a search point to facilitate introduction into a bottle and the pouring end is flared.

Pourer

Shut-off valve, composed of a container () provided with valve seat (), and also a valve body () that can be moved through the opening bounded by the valve seat (), in order to provide a seal. The valve body () is provided with a conical or spherical shut-off edge and is connected to the container () by way of a flexible connecting part (). This makes it possible to move the valve body () laterally, in other words perpendicular to the direction of closing, and in this way achieve an opening of the shut-off valve. The container () can comprise any construction known in the prior art.

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Delfgauw, Netherlands

Arnoldus Willem Zweekhorst