Bottle for two-component extemporaneous products

• US 7,025,200 B2
• Filed: 10/24/2001
• Issued: 04/11/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 10/25/2000
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Lameplast SpA (ASP TPI Holdings, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Lameplast SpA (ASP TPI Holdings, Inc.)
• Inventors: Fontana, Antonio
• Primary Examiner(s): LUONG, SHIAN TINH NHAN
• Application Number:
  US10/399,282
• Publication Number:
  US 20040020797A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,630 Days
• Field of Search: 206/219, 206/222, 222/145.5, 222/80
• US Class Current: 206/222
• CPC Class Codes: A61J 1/2027 having frangible parts
• CPC Class Codes: A61J 1/2093 Containers having several compartments for products to be mixed
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 51/285 ruptured by a sharp element, e.g. a cutter or a piercer
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 215/08 Mixing

Abstract

A bottle for two-component extemporaneous products, of the type that comprises: a container for a first component, which is provided with an upper mouth; a reservoir for containing a second component, which is inserted substantially coaxially in the mouth, is open upward and has a bottom constituted by a diaphragm; a perforator, which can be inserted in the reservoir and is adapted to pierce the diaphragm in order to mix the two components; and a removable cap for closing the container in an upward region; the cap comprises a lower annular portion that is fixed to the container and an upper cylindrical portion that cooperates with the perforator and is rigidly coupled to the annular portion at an intermediate weakened region suitable to act as sealing means, a downward pressure on the cylindrical portion being adapted to disengage it from the annular portion and to make the perforator slide in the reservoir in order to pierce the underlying diaphragm.

Claims

1. A bottle for two-component extemporaneous products, of the type that comprises:

a container for a first component, which is provided with an upper mouth;

a reservoir for containing a second component, which is inserted substantially coaxially in said mouth, is open upward and has a bottom constituted by a diaphragm;

a perforator, which can be inserted in said reservoir and is suitable to pierce said diaphragm in order to mix the two components; and

a removable cap for closing the container in an upward region, wherein said cap comprises a lower annular portion that is locked to said container and an upper cylindrical portion constituted by a hollow cylindrical body having an upper closed end and a lower open end protruding into said annular portion and suitable to cooperate with said perforator, said cylindrical portion being rigidly coupled to said annular portion at an intermediate weakened region suitable to act as sealing means, and wherein a downward pressure on said cylindrical portion is suitable to disengage it from said annular portion and to make said perforator slide in said reservoir in order to pierce the underlying diaphragm.

2. The bottle according to claim 1, wherein said annular portion comprises means for interlocking coupling with the outer walls of said container proximate to said mouth.

3. The bottle according to claim 1, wherein the cylindrical portion disengaged from the annular portion can be removed and reinserted in said reservoir in order to subsequently open and close the container.

4. A bottle for two-component extemporaneous products, of the type that comprises:

a container for a first component, which is provided with an upper mouth;

a reservoir for containing a second component, which is inserted substantially coaxially in said mouth, is open upward and has a bottom constituted by a diaphragm;

a perforator, which can be inserted in said reservoir and is suitable to pierce said diaphragm in order to mix the two components; and

a removable cap for closing the container in an upward region, wherein said cap comprises a lower annular portion that is locked to said container and an upper cylindrical portion that is suitable to cooperate with said perforator and is rigidly coupled to said annular portion at an intermediate weakened region suitable to act as sealing means, a downward pressure on said cylindrical portion being suitable for disengagement thereof from said annular portion and for making said perforator slide in said reservoir in order to pierce the underlying diaphragm, said cylindrical portion having an upper closed end and a lower open end and being further removable and sealingly reinsertable in said reservoir in order to subsequently open and, respectively, hermetically close the container by insertion of the lower end thereof into said perforator.

5. The bottle according to claim 4, wherein said cylindrical portion is constituted by a hollow cylindrical body, in which the upper end is closed and the lower end is open and protrudes into said annular portion.

6. The bottle according to claim 5, wherein said perforator is constituted by a tubular body that is provided with a lower piercing profile and with an upper abutment collar, and wherein said cylindrical portion has said lower open end that is partially inserted in said body provided with an external circumferential expansion that is rigidly coupled to said annular portion at said weakened intermediate region, said weakened intermediate region being constituted by a circumferential prefracture line whereby downward pressure is suitable to break said line and cause sliding, in succession, of said cylindrical portion in said annular portion until said expansion abuts against said collar and of said perforator until said collar abuts against a corresponding stroke limiting surface formed inside the underlying reservoir.

7. The bottle according to claim 6, wherein said reservoir comprises a seat for interlocking insertion of said collar tat is formed at said stroke limiting surface and is suitable to lock the perforator once piercing has occurred, said cylindrical portion being individually removable and reinsertable in the perforator anchored to the reservoir in order to subsequently open and close the container.

8. The bottle of claim 4, wherein said perforator is constituted by a tubular body that is provided with a lower piercing profile and with an upper abutment collar, and wherein said cylindrical portion has said lower open end that is partially inserted in said body provided with an external circumferential expansion that is rigidly coupled to said annular portion at said weakened intermediate region, said weakened intermediate region being constituted by a circumferential prefracture line whereby downward pressure is suitable to break said line and cause sliding, in succession, of said cylindrical portion in said annular portion until said expansion abuts against said collar and of said perforator until said collar abuts against a corresponding stroke limiting surface formed inside the underlying reservoir.

9. The bottle according to claim 4, wherein said reservoir comprises a seat for interlocking insertion of said collar that is formed at said stroke limiting surface and is suitable to lock the perforator once piercing has occurred, said cylindrical portion being individually removable and reinsertable in the perforator anchored to the reservoir in order to subsequently open and close the container.

10. A bottle for two-component extemporaneous products, of the type that comprises:

a container for a first component, which is provided with outer walls and an upper mouth;

a reservoir for containing a second component, which is inserted substantially coaxially in said mouth, is open upward and has a bottom constituted by a diaphragm;

a perforator, which can be inserted in said reservoir and is suitable to pierce said diaphragm in order to mix the two components;

a removable cap for closing the container in an upward region, said cap comprising a lower annular portion and an upper cylindrical portion constituted by a hollow cylindrical body having an upper closed end and a lower open end protruding into said annular portion, said upper cylindrical portion being further suitable to cooperate with said perforator and being rigidly coupled to said lower annular portion at an intermediate weakened region suitable to act as sealing means; and

interlocking means for providing interlocking coupling of said lower annular portion with the outer walls of said container proximate to said mouth, and wherein a downward pressure on said cylindrical portion is suitable to disengage the cylindrical portion from said annular portion and to make said perforator slide in said reservoir in order to pierce the underlying diaphragm.

11. The bottle of claim 10, wherein said perforator is constituted by a tubular body that is provided with a lower piercing profile and with an upper abutment collar, and wherein said cylindrical portion has said lower open end that is partially inserted in said body provided with an external circumferential expansion that is rigidly coupled to said annular portion at said weakened intermediate region, said weakened intermediate region being constituted by a circumferential prefracture line whereby downward pressure is suitable to break said line and cause sliding, in succession, of said cylindrical portion in said annular portion until said expansion abuts against said collar and of said perforator until said collar abuts against a corresponding stroke limiting surface formed inside the underlying reservoir.

12. The bottle according to claim 10, wherein said reservoir comprises a seat for interlocking insertion of said collar that is formed at said stroke limiting surface and is suitable to lock the perforator once piercing has occurred, said cylindrical portion being individually removable and reinsertable in the perforator anchored to the reservoir in order to subsequently open and close the container.