Two-chamber container

• US 5,613,623 A
• Filed: 07/19/1995
• Issued: 03/25/1997
• Est. Priority Date: 08/09/1994
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Wella Aktiengesellschaft
• Original Assignee: Wella Aktiengesellschaft
• Inventors: Hildebrandt, Bodo
• Primary Examiner(s): Kashnikow, Andres
• Assistant Examiner(s): Bomberg, Kenneth
• Application Number:
  US08/504,012
• Time in Patent Office: 615 Days
• Field of Search: 222/80, 222/129, 222/145.1, 604/82, 604/83, 604/87, 604/89, 604/91, 604/92, 215/DIG. 8, 206/220, 206/221, 206/222
• US Class Current: 222/129
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 81/3211 coaxially and provided with means facilitating admixture

Abstract

A two-chamber container for accommodating flowable substances separately from one another has an upper chamber and a lower chamber, a reduced diameter bottle which separates the chambers from one another and is provided with a plug in a plane of the reduced diameter, a rotary cap provided with a plunger and turnable so that the plunger is pressed from the plane of the reduced diameter into the lower chamber so as to bring both substances together. The rotary cap has a thread in the upper chamber, while the plunger has a threaded portion engaged in the thread of the rotary cap. The plunger is formed as a tubular plunger which has a first end and a second end formed so that in a base position the first end of the plunger is connected with the threaded portion of the plunger in fluid-tight manner and the second end of the plunger extends through the plug into the lower chamber, and the plunger is connected with the plug in fluid-tight manner.

Claims

1. A two-chamber container for accommodating flowable substances separately from one another, comprising means for forming an upper chamber and a lower chamber, said means including a reduced diameter bottle which separates said chambers from one another and is provided with a plug in a plane of a reduced diameter;

a rotary cap provided with a plunger and turnable so that said plunger is pressed from the plane of the reduced diameter into said lower chamber so as to bring both substances together, said rotary cap having a thread in said upper chamber, while said plunger having a threaded portion engaged in said thread of said rotary cap, said plunger being formed as a tubular plunger which has a first end and a second end formed so that in a base position said first end of said plunger is connected with said threaded portion of said plunger in fluid-tight manner and said second end of said plunger extends through said plug into said lower chamber, said plunger being connected with said plug in fluid-tight manner.

2. A two-chamber container as defined in claim 1, wherein said threaded portion of said plunger has an end region provided with throughgoing openings, and said rotary cap is provided with .a closure for withdrawal of the substances.

3. A two-chamber container as defined in claim 1, wherein said tubular plunger has a pipe provided with said second end, said plug being axially displaceable on said second end of said pipe, said pipe being also provided with a driver ring which forms an axial abutment for said plug.

4. A two-chamber container as defined in claim 1, wherein said plug and said plunger are formed as a one-piece element.

5. A two-chamber container as defined in claim 1, wherein said plug is elongated in an axial direction, said plunger being formed as said elongated plug.

6. A two-chamber container as defined in claim 1, wherein said plunger has radially extending vanes, said upper chamber having a wall provided with receptacles formed so that during turning of said cap said vanes engage in said receptacles.

7. A two-chamber container as defined in claim 1, wherein said thread of said rotary cap is formed as an inner thread, said threaded portion of said plunger being formed as an outer side engaged with said inner thread of said rotary cap.