An apparatus for aging a liquid in a container includes: an elongated bung having a top and a bottom, the bottom having a male or female connector; and an elongated wooden piece having a longitudinal axis, an upper end, a lower end, and a side, the upper end having a male or female connector adapted to connect to the male or female connector of the bottom of the elongated bung, whereby the elongated bung and the elongated wooden piece are removably connected by connecting the male or female connector of the bottom of the elongated bung with the male or female connector of the upper end of the elongated wooden piece. The bung may have a first opening, a side with another opening, the first opening being fluidly connected to the another opening by a pathway adapted to transmit a gas from the container through the first opening.

An apparatus for aging a liquid in a container includes: an elongated bung having a top and a bottom, the bottom having a male or female connector; and an elongated wooden piece having a longitudinal axis, an upper end, a lower end, and a side, the upper end having a male or female connector adapted to connect to the male or female connector of the bottom of the elongated bung, whereby the elongated bung and the elongated wooden piece are removably connected by connecting the male or female connector of the bottom of the elongated bung with the male or female connector of the upper end of the elongated wooden piece. The bung may have a first opening, a side with another opening, the first opening being fluidly connected to the another opening by a pathway adapted to transmit a gas from the container through the first opening.

The stopper is equipped with a stopper main body having a guiding path extending in an axial direction. A stopper member has a flow path extending in the axial direction and is inserted in the guiding path of the stopper main body. A sealing member inserts into the flow path of the stopper member in such a manner as to block the flow path. The stopper member is equipped with, at a position where the sealing member is inserted, a first peripheral wall section fixed in a manner as to extend in the axial direction and a second peripheral wall section separated from the first peripheral wall section in a circumferential direction and extending radially outward along the axial direction.

The stopper is equipped with a stopper main body having a guiding path extending in an axial direction. A stopper member has a flow path extending in the axial direction and is inserted in the guiding path of the stopper main body. A sealing member inserts into the flow path of the stopper member in such a manner as to block the flow path. The stopper member is equipped with, at a position where the sealing member is inserted, a first peripheral wall section fixed in a manner as to extend in the axial direction and a second peripheral wall section separated from the first peripheral wall section in a circumferential direction and extending radially outward along the axial direction.

The present invention relates to a container tamper detection capsule (1) comprising an upper cover member (2), a lower cover member (4) and an axial displacement member (3), wherein the latter comprises an alignment member (5) and an insertion member (6). Said axial displacement member (3) is axially displaceable from a first closed position, to a second open, fixed and irreversible position. The invention also relates to a container lid (8) comprising the capsule (1) and a stopper member (7). Lastly, the invention also relates to production processes for the capsule (1) and lid (8), which are intended to close containers of food or non-food products.

The invention relates, in general, to one or more blended polymeric materials that include therein at least one microsphere additive that are added thereto to produce a self-lubricating effect in same. In one embodiment, the at least one microsphere additive is formed from a suitable polyethylene compound and is added to a suitable base polymeric and/or rubber compound to produce a blended polymeric material that is self-lubricating. In one instance, the at least one polyethylene microsphere additive is formed from an ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene powder.