Mouthwash capsule and package apparatus

• US 5,332,096 A
• Filed: 06/14/1993
• Issued: 07/26/1994
• Est. Priority Date: 06/14/1993
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Anna D. Battaglia
• Original Assignee: Anna D. Battaglia
• Inventors: Battaglia, Anna D.
• Primary Examiner(s): FIDEI, DAVID
• Application Number:
  US08/075,403
• Time in Patent Office: 407 Days
• Field of Search: 206/528, 206/532, 206/534.1, 206/538, 206/539, 220/284, 225/67, 225/71, 221/5, 221/30, 221/88
• US Class Current: 206/532
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 83/0463 formed in a band or a blisterweb, inserted in a dispensing device or container
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 225/27 Movable blade continually biased toward wound web supply package
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 225/275 Blade slidably guided

Abstract

A mouthwash capsule includes a water soluble gel capsule having a fluid mouthwash therewithin. The invention is arranged to further include packaging and opening structure in association with the capsule structure. The opening structure includes a floor plate having spaced side walls to receive the packaging with a sliding cutter mounted to the side wails in operative association with the packaging to separate the capsule relative to the packaging.

Claims

1. A mouthwash, capsule, and package apparatus, comprising,

a package having at least one transparent top layer, the top layer including a top layer pocket, the pocket including a water soluble gel capsule having a capsule cavity, with the capsule cavity including a mouthwash therewith, and

the apparatus further includes a cutting assembly, the cutting assembly including a floor plate, the floor plate having a first side wall spaced from and parallel a second side wall, with the first side wall and the second side wall spaced in a parallel relationship relative to one another, and the first side wall having a first slot in contiguous communication with a floor plate, the second side wall having a second slot in contiguous communication with the floor plate, the first slot and the second slot arranged in a parallel coextensive relationship relative to one another defining a gap therebetween, and a third slot superimposed upon the first slot spaced therefrom, and a fourth slot superimposed upon the second slot, wherein the third slot and the fourth slot are arranged in a coplanar relationship on opposed sides of said gap, and the pocket oriented within the gap, wherein the top layer is received within the first slot and the second slot, and a cutter blade received within the third slot and the fourth slot, the cutter blade including a cutter blade handle.

2. A mouthwash capsule, package, and apparatus as set forth in claim 1 wherein the floor plate includes a floor plate bottom surface, the floor plate bottom surface includes a first roller flange and a second roller flange arranged orthogonally relative to the floor bottom surface projecting therefrom, wherein the first roller flange is oriented in adjacency to the first side wall, and the second roller flange is positioned in adjacency relative to the second side wall, and a roller member rotatably mounted between the first roller flange and the second roller flange.