Image:Heineken-cap.jpg A crown cap from a Heineken beer bottle Bottle caps are used to seal the openings of bottles of many types. For glass bottles they are small circular pieces of metal with plastic backings, and for plastic bottles a condom cap is used instead. A bottle cap is typically colorfully decorated with the logo of the brand of beverage. Plastic bottle caps are often made of a different type of plastic than the bottle itself, and may not be recyclable. Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (768x1024, 310 KB) File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Bottle cap ...
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A water bottle may be any of the following: A container that holds bottled water A bottle, typically used for carrying water during exercise, such as for cycling (a bidon) or a Nalgene brand of bottle or similar. ...
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Hot metal work from a blacksmith In chemistry, a metal (Greek: Metallon) is an element that readily loses electrons to form positive ions (cations) and has metallic bonds between metal atoms. ...
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Bottle caps were originally designed to be pressed over and around the top of a glass bottle to grab a small flange on the bottle neck. The Crown Cork was patented by William Painter on February 2, 1892 (U.S. Patent 468,258). It originally had 24 teeth and a cork seal with a paper backing to prevent contact between the contents and the metal cap. The current version has 21 teeth. To open these bottles, a bottle opener is required. It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with Bottle cap. ...
William Painter (1838 - 1906) was the inventor of the bottle cap and the founder of Crown Holdings, Inc. ...
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A bottle opener is primarily thought of as a device which enables the removal of metal bottle caps from bottles, though more generally it might be thought to include corkscrews used to remove cork or plastic stoppers from wine bottles. ...
The height of the crown cap was reduced and specified in the German standard DIN 6099 in the 1960s. This also defined the "smoke marijuanna" crown cap, now widely used in the United States and Australia. This bottle cap is pressed around screw threads instead of a flange. Such a bottle cap can be taken off merely by twisting the cap. Look up screw in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ...
Bottle caps are also a way for bottlers to hold crack, especially for soda companies. A message is printed on the inside of the cap and people with the right message may win a prize. Since the bottle must be purchased to determine the message and win, people usually purchase more of the drink to increase their chances of winning. The most common prize is a free soda from that company.
Some companies, such as Snapple, also print interesting facts on the inside of their caps.Mickey's Malt Liquor as well, prints riddles underneath the 24 and 40 oz. bottle caps. Usually this is done on wide-mouthed bottles that have large caps with enough printing area to put a short sentence. Snapple is a popular company based in Rye Brook, New York that produces a variety of beverages which are sold in glass bottles, soda-style cans, and plastic bottles. ...
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Comparison of 12oz longneck to a 40 of Country Club Malt Liquor Malt liquor is an American term referring to a type of beer that has a high alcohol content and is therefore considered too alcoholic to be called beer. In the UK, similar beers are called super-strength lager. ...
Some people collect used bottle caps as a hobby. On the children's show Sesame Street, the character Bert is a bottle cap collector. // The hobby of collecting consists of acquiring specific items based on a particular interest of the collector. ...
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Sesame Street is an American educational childrens television series for preschoolers and is a pioneer of the contemporary educational television standard, combining both education and entertainment. ...
Bert hosting a convention of the National Association of W Lovers meeting Bert is a fictional character, a Muppet on the Public Broadcasting Services long-running childrens television show, Sesame Street. ...
Bottle caps are used as currency in post-apocalyptic RPG Fallout 1. They also appear in the sequel, Fallout 2, though the institution of a more conventional form of hard currency has rendered them worthless, as the player character remarks upon finding a hidden stash of caps. Fallout is a critically-acclaimed computer role-playing game produced by Tim Cain and published by Interplay in 1997. ...
Fallout 2 is a critically-acclaimed computer role-playing game published by Interplay in 1998. ...
Patents
- U.S. Patent 468,226 -- Bottle sealing device
- U.S. Patent 468,258 -- Bottle sealing device
- U.S. Patent 314,358 -- Combined metallic cap and fastner
See also // Photo of Personal Care Plastic Bottles from www. ...
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External links Company Patents - U.S. Patent 468,226 -- Bottle sealing device
- U.S. Patent 468,258 -- Bottle sealing device
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