Bottle closure with separable capsule

• US 4,615,437 A
• Filed: 07/19/1985
• Issued: 10/07/1986
• Est. Priority Date: 07/20/1984
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Robert Finke KG
• Original Assignee: Robert Finke KG
• Inventors: Lautenschlager, Horst, Schumacher, Clemens, Finke, Robert-Gunter, Kolb, Albert, Konetzka, Jurgen
• Primary Examiner(s): MOY, JOSEPH MAN
• Application Number:
  US06/757,547
• Time in Patent Office: 445 Days
• Field of Search: 206/222, 206/219, 215/DIG. 8
• US Class Current: 206/222
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 51/28 with auxiliary containers for additional articles or materials B65D51/247 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 215/08 Mixing

Abstract

A container for holding contents as two separate components which can be mixed together later. The container comprises a cup positioned in a neck of the container for receiving a first of the components; a screwcap coordinated with the neck of the container and having a collar extending into the cup, a front edge of said collar forming a strike edge for separating the cup in the region of a line of intended breakage upon a further screwing on of the screwcap beyond a basic position for storage; and a wall of the cup has an annular step, and the strike edge of the collar comes flush on the annular step on the wall of the cup, the step--forming the place of intended breakage--being located at a distance above the bottom of the cup, there being a bead extending towards an outer surface of the collar and projecting inwardly from the inner surface of the wall of the cup, the step lying below said bead; and a clip shoulder is disposed on the collar and engages the bead of the cup wall.

Claims

1. A container for holding contents as two separate components which can be mixed together later, comprising:

a cup positioned in a neck of the container for receiving a first of said components;

a screwcap coordinated with the neck of the container and having a collar extending into the cup, a front edge of said collar forming a strike edge for separating the cup in the region of a line of intended breakage upon a further screwing on of the screwcap beyond a basic position for storage; and

wherein

a wall of the cup has an annular step, and the strike edge of the collar comes flush on said annular step on the wall of the cup, said step--forming the place of intended breakage--being located at a distance above the bottom of the cup, there being a bead extending towards an outer surface of the collar and projecting inwardly from the inner surface of the wall of the cup, said step lying below said bead; and

wherein

a clip shoulder is disposed on the collar and engages behind the bead of the cup wall.

2. The two-component container according to claim 1, wherein

the outer surface of the cup wall carries spacer ribs.

3. The two-component container according to claim 1, wherein

a rim of the cup forms an annular groove which is open towards a top of the cup.

4. The two-component container according to claim 1, further comprising

beads arranged vertically one above the other on the cup wall.

5. A container for holding contents as two separate components which can be mixed together later, comprising:

a cup positioned in a neck of the container for receiving a first of said components;

a screwcap coordinated with the neck of the container and having a collar extending into the cup, a front edge of said collar forming a strike edge for separating the cup in the region of a line of intended breakage upon a further screwing on of the screwcap beyond a basic position for storage; and

wherein

a wall of the cup has an annular step, and the strike edge of the collar comes flush on said annular step on the wall of the cup, said step--forming the place of intended breakage--being located at a distance above the bottom of the cup, there being a bead extending towards an outer surface of the collar and projecting inwardly from the inner surface of the wall of the cup, said step lying below said bead; and

wherein

the cup wall forms on its outer surface, adjacent to a bottom of the cup, a supporting wall which originates from a section located in front of the line of intended breakage and extends to a level of a bottom side of the bottom of the cup.

6. The two-component container according to claim 5, wherein

the supporting wall if formed in a closed annular collar.

7. The two-component container according to claim 5, wherein

the outer surface of the cup wall carries spacer ribs.

8. The two-component container according to claim 5, wherein

a rim of the cup forms an annular groove which is open towards a top of the cup.