RU2539320C2 - Container for packaging and storage of two components - Google Patents

Abstract

FIELD: packaging industry.

SUBSTANCE: invention relates to the field of development of container for beverage pouring, as well as to food, cosmetic, chemical, pharmaceutical, medical industries and veterinary and can be used as a container for storage and for packing two components different in composition, such as liquid and/or solid substance in the form of flowable substance or mixture, mixed prior to use, including without contact with the external environment. The container for packing and storage of two components, comprising a body with a neck, and on the body and an annular constriction is made which divides the container into lower and upper cavities, and the annular constriction diameter is smaller than the diameter of the neck, in the annular constriction a ring is additionally mounted, on which the membrane is mounted, which separates the components located in the upper and lower cavities, and the lower part of the ring is lowered into the lower cavity of the container and has sections which form the lobes that have clasps, and the sealing element is mounted on the neck. Additionally, the container of packing and storage of two components has an internal mechanism for breaking the membrane, which has a tearing element mounted on the flexible element with the ability of shifting along the axis of the container, and the neck is made with the ability of mounting of the flexible element. The sealing element is made in the form of a membrane and/or lid.

EFFECT: improvement of design.

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Description

The invention relates to the development of containers for bottling drinks, as well as to the food, cosmetic, chemical, pharmacological, medical industries and veterinary medicine and can be used as a container for storage and packaging of two components of different composition, for example, liquid and / or solid substances in the form of a granular substance or mixture, mixed before use, including without contact with the external environment.

The well-known "Plastic Bottle" (see RU 33935, IPC7 B65D 1/06 publ. 20.11.2003), which contains a neck with a finite threaded element for mounting the lid, a side wall and a bottom, in which a connecting threaded sleeve is made coaxially with the side wall sealed membrane. A container for two components is formed by the mechanical connection of two containers.

The disadvantages of these bottles is the complexity of their design, which increases the difficulty in manufacturing both the bottles themselves from the preforms and the manufacture of the preforms themselves, which have mouths on both sides. In addition, the rupture of the sealed membrane is carried out in several operations and requires significant mechanical effort.

A known system of containers for receiving two substances (see RU 2230695, IPC7 B65D 81/32, B65D 25/08, publ. 06/20/2004). Substances are filled into separate containers and closed with membranes, then the containers are connected one to one in the closed state, and their closures are directed to each other. An intermediate shutter is installed between them. The containers are opened by relative displacement, and thereby provides mixing of the contents in their internal cavities.

However, separate sealing of the components and the method of mixing them before use requires the use of two separate containers and additional elements that ensure the connection of their internal cavities. The production of such packaging requires a lot of time due to the need to perform many separate operations and therefore cannot be used to produce products in large batches per unit time.

The well-known "Container for storing and mixing two components" (see RU 30727, IPC7 B65D 81/32, B65D 25/08, publ. 07/10/2003), which contains a base container with a neck and an additional container in the form of a container placed in the base capacity, and the additional container is made in the form of a glass with an external flange, a membrane in the upper part, an additional membrane at the bottom. This additional container is then inserted through the neck, which tightly covers it, into the container and attached to the neck.

The components in such packaging are separated by an additional membrane at the bottom of the container and its side wall. The integrity of the membrane is destroyed by mixing the components before use due to the use of an additional external element - the scapula.

However, the separate sealing of the components in the container and the method of their placement in the container through the neck of the container requires the use of two separate containers and additional elements that ensure the connection of their internal cavities. When the container passes quickly through the neck of the container due to air shock, membrane ruptures are possible at the bottom of the container with the second component or the ejection of the first component from the container due to excessive air pressure. The production of such packaging requires a lot of time due to the many separate operations and the need to compensate for air impact and therefore cannot be used to produce products in large batches per unit time.

The well-known "Vessel with two or more compartments", (RU 2223902, IPC7 B65D 81/32, B65D 25/08, publ. 02.20.2004), which contains a housing and a narrowed part between its upper and lower ends, a displaceable element with an intermediate wall , which is influenced by the controlled part outside the housing for axial movement. The components are introduced through the upper and lower parts of the vessel, which are then closed.

However, sealing a vessel made of detachable parts, and sealing components in a vessel, as well as mixing the components before use, requires the use of additional elements, special welding technologies, and special equipment. The production of such packaging requires a lot of time due to many separate operations and therefore cannot be used to produce products in large batches per unit time.

Known "Packaging" (RU 40306, IPC7 B65D 81/32, publ. 09/10/2004), which contains a container, a cork that closes the container, in the lower part of which is made a container for the component that is introduced. The container opening is covered by a membrane, and a spike is installed on the cork to rupture the membrane.

However, separate sealing of the components and such a method of mixing them before use requires the use of two separate containers and additional elements that ensure the connection of their internal cavities. The production of such packaging takes a lot of time due to many separate operations and therefore cannot be used to produce products in large batches per unit time.

In addition, there is a problem associated with the use of the known packaging, which consists in incomplete or slow discharge of the rinsing liquid before filling the cavities of the vessel with components due to the presence of parts of complex shape that impede drainage.

Closest to the claimed invention is a plastic container with a dispenser for storing and using a car glass care product for the Mannol Scheiben-reiniger concentrate, which is a container with a neck and with an annular waist, the diameter of which is smaller than the diameter of the neck, and in which a stopper-nipple with suction tube manufactured by SCT-Vertirebs GmbH, DE (see website: http://www.mannol.de/, htip: // http: //www.mannol.de/pdf/srk.pdf). An annular constriction provides the installation of a nipple plug for dispensing fluid by supplying fluid to the upper cavity of the container by compressing the lower cavity. A tube with an upper cut is installed on the nipple plug in its upper part, into which a tube is inserted from the bottom, which is lowered to the bottom of the lower cavity.

However, in this container there is no possibility of filling and separate sealing of two components that are located in the upper and lower cavities and the possibility of mixing them in the container before use.

Another problem associated with the use of a known container as a container for packaging and storing two components is the complexity of the process of installing a separate element. This complexity is associated with the need to mount a separate element by known methods of welding, gluing or mechanical crimping / pinching on the thin side walls of the tank, which have an insufficient end (perpendicular) rigid surface.

In addition, there is a difficulty associated with the need to install (mount) a separate element on a wet inner surface due to bursts of the liquid first component that occur when filling and moving the workpiece from one processing position to another and dropping the first component into the cavity for the second component.

The objective of the invention is to develop a container for packaging and storage of two components, which would ensure directed and accurate installation inside the container of the separation element, without using a composite container and an additional container, as well as the destruction of this separation element before using the contents of the container, including without contact with the external environment.

An additional task is to provide a sufficient rigid and dry surface for installing a separate element, its additional reliable fixation in the tank, as well as the complete discharge of rinsing fluid.

The problem is solved in that in a container for packaging and storage of two components containing a body with a neck, and on the body there is an annular waist that divides the tank into lower and upper cavities, and the diameter of the annular waist is less than the diameter of the neck, in accordance with the invention, an additional ring is installed in the ring constriction, on which a membrane is installed that separates the components located in the upper and lower cavities, and the lower part of the ring is lowered into the lower cavity of the container and has cuts that form petals that have clamps, and the neck has a clogging element.

Additionally, an internal membrane rupture mechanism is installed in the container for packing and storing the two components, which has a tearing element mounted on a flexible element with the possibility of sliding along the axis of the vessel, and the neck is made with the possibility of installing a flexible element.

Also, the clogging element is made in the form of a membrane and / or cover.

Using the inventive container for packaging and storing two components will reduce the number of complex parts, use traditional methods of manufacturing plastic containers by blowing from preforms and simplify production operations in the manufacture of such containers for packaging and storage of two components, simplify the filling of each component in such containers and reduce time between operations, which significantly increases the productivity of machines that implement a method of processing containers.

The appearance of the inventive capacity for packaging and storage of two components will allow more accurate and simple to manufacture and use dosed mixtures of the two components, without resorting to their separate storage, and will allow you to adhere to the proportions when mixing the components before use. In addition, it will ensure dry surfaces of the upper part of the ring and the upper cavity during operations of filling the lower cavity before the operation of installing the membrane on the ring and eliminate local contact between the components during the manufacture and filling of such a container, storage of two components before use, which will reduce finished marriage products.

A simple, reliable and effective mechanism of rupture of the membrane, which separates the two cavities with the components, will simplify the process of manufacturing a container for packaging and storage of two components, as well as simplify the steps when mixing the components before use, including without contact with the external environment.

The appearance of containers for packaging and storage of two components of such an unconventional form will significantly expand their range.

The invention is explained by the drawings.

In FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a container for packaging and storing two components in section with a plug element. In FIG. 2 - ring, vertical section. In FIG. 3 - ring, section AA. In FIG. 4 - the membrane on the neck. In FIG. 5 - cap on the neck. In FIG. 6 - a membrane with a cap on the neck.

In FIG. 7 is a perspective view of a container for packaging and storing two components in section with a variant of the internal mechanism of rupture of the membrane.

The inventive container for packaging and storage of two components is shown in figure 1, has a neck 2, body 3, which is made in the form of an upper 4 and lower 5 cavities, separated by an ultra-deep ring constriction 6. Moreover, the diameter of the annular constriction 6 is less than the diameter of the neck 2. This the ratio of diameters allows free passage through the neck 2 of the tank 1 to the working bodies of machines that implement the method of processing tanks, and perform the operation of installing the ring 7 in the ring constriction 6, thereby forming an "inner" neck in the tank. Then, the first component, for example, liquid, is filled into the lower cavity 5 in a known manner, and the working body freely passes through the neck 2, ring 7 and enters the inside of the lower cavity 5. Further, another working body also freely passes through the neck 2 and clogs the "inner" neck, that is, installs a metallized membrane 12 on the ring 7.

The rim 8 on the upper part of the ring 7 forms an additional seating surface for mounting the membrane 12 on the ring 7. This element also gives additional rigidity to the entire structure.

For tightness of the structure under the rim 8, you can install an annular gasket - conditionally not shown. Also for this purpose, on the ring constriction 6 and ring 7, it is possible to make corresponding protrusions and recesses in the form of shaped roughnesses or a fine-grained textured surface or to perform a thread - not conventionally shown. And for twisting the ring 6, it is advisable to provide internal faces or protrusions on it - conditionally not shown.

Also, for tightness, it is possible to perform an annular constriction 6 and a ring 7 in the form of a truncated cone, narrowed downwards, not conventionally shown.

When filling the lower cavity 5 with a liquid component, splashes are formed from impact on the bottom of the tank. Also, when the container 1 is moved to the installation position of the membrane 12, a wave is generated that can splash out into the upper cavity 4 and soak the upper part of the ring 7 or the rim 8, on which the membrane 12 is installed. Wet surfaces of the upper part of the ring 7, the rim 8 and the upper cavity 4 can lead to defective products due to poor sealing and premature mixing of components.

In order to dampen the wave bursts and resulting splashes that fall on the rim 8 of the ring 7 and in the upper cavity 4, the lower part of the ring 7 is lowered into the lower cavity 5, Fig. 1.

However, to completely drain the rinse liquid during rinsing and drying the container 1, the lower part of the ring 6 has cuts 11, FIG. 4, through which the rinsing liquid is completely drained when the container 1 is turned over. To prevent splashes through the cuts 11, they are made at an angle. And on the petals 9 for additional fastening of the ring 7 in the annular constriction 6, you can use the clips 10, Fig.2. Such additional elements of the ring will allow to provide dry surfaces of the upper part of the ring and the upper cavity during operations of filling the lower cavity before the operation of installing the membrane 12 on the ring, to increase the reliability of fixing the ring 7 in the ring constriction 6 and to exclude local contact of the components in the manufacture of containers for packaging and storage of two components before mixing them before use, which will lead to a decrease in defective products.

The installation of the membrane 12 on the ring 7 can be carried out, for example, by welding (thermal pressing), gluing, mechanical crimping / pinching.

In some cases, it is possible to initially install the membrane 12 on the ring 7, that is, separately form the separation element, which will be installed after filling the lower cavity 5.

Filling the upper cavity 4 with a second component and closing the closure element 13 of the neck 2, FIG. 1, carried out in the traditional way. In this case, the sealing element 13 is made in the form of a metallized membrane 14, FIG. 4, or covers 15, FIG. 5. And to protect the upper membrane 14, the cover 15 is used at the same time, FIG. 6.

In the case of mixing the two components inside the container without contact with the external environment, the internal structure of the membrane rupture in the form of a tearing element 16, which is mounted on the flexible element 17, is used in the proposed design. FIG. 7, with the possibility of movement along the axis of the tank. The tearing element 16 is located above the membrane 12 on the ring 7 so that with a slight pressure on the upper membrane 14 and, accordingly, on the flexible element 17 on the neck of the container 2, with its sharp edge, it breaks the membrane 12 on the ring 7. The shape of the sharp edge of the tearing element 16 can be made in the form of a cross or an incomplete ring, so as to ensure maximum rupture of the membrane 12, but at the same time, the lower membrane should not be completely torn off from the attached part to the ring 7. The neck 2 is configured to install a flexible element 17, for example, in the form of a step 18, FIG. 8, or notches. Moreover, to protect the upper membrane 14 on the neck of the container 2 during storage, it is advisable to close the neck of the tank 2 with a cover 15.

Use a container for packaging and storing the two components in this way.

In the case of the manufacture of the inventive container for packaging and storage of two components without an internal mechanism for rupturing the membrane, after opening the clogging element 13, the integrity of the membrane 12 on the ring 7 is destroyed by an external device, for example, a spatula, or before opening the clogging element 13 with additional pressure, for example, by hand on the lower or upper cavity. Then the components in the cavities can be mixed. It is also possible to alternately extract the components into the outer packaging for subsequent mixing.

In the case of the manufacture of the inventive container for packaging and storage of two components with an internal rupture mechanism of the membrane, after removing the cover 15, press the flexible element 17 through the upper membrane 14, Fig.7. In this case, the discontinuous element 16 is displaced along the axis of the container and breaks the membrane 12 on the ring 7 and the two components in the cavities 4 and 5 can be mixed with a slight shaking or turning of the container 1. Thus, the two components are mixed without contact with the external environment before drinking the final prepared beverage or mixtures. Further from the neck 2 remove the upper membrane 14 with flexible 17 and discontinuous 16 elements. For ease of removal, the flexible element 17 and the upper membrane 14 can be performed with side lobes, conditionally not shown.

The inventive container for packaging and storage of two components will allow to fulfill the main purpose - long-term and reliable isolation and sealing of the contents of the cavity of the container from interaction between themselves and from environmental influences and will make it possible to mix two components: two liquids or a liquid and a solid substance in the form of granular substance or mixtures that are in the upper and lower cavities, immediately before use, including before the final opening of the container, thereby making it possible to prepare itka, potions and various solutions immediately before use / use, without the use of preservatives. This will make it possible to obtain accurately metered product mixtures from the widest range of raw materials, from simple low-viscosity liquids (milk, water, solvents), viscous (synthetic resins, polymer liquids) and ground dry substances (tea, coffee, extracts, fruits, vitamins, noodles , fillers, colorants, flavors, and the like) to complex ecologically, chemically, and explosive products. The technology for preparing the mixture does not require high user skills and therefore is available to a wide range of consumers, including children and people with special needs.

The claimed container for packaging and storage of two components has a simple design, which makes it easy to manufacture containers from preforms, their subsequent processing (installation of additional elements, filling, sealing) and their use (mixing of components that are in the container for packaging two components without depressurization ) and without the use of additional containers and without violating the integrity of the container.

The invention also expands the range of containers, which will expand the scope of containers of this form.

The cost of such containers, containers for packaging and storage of two components, is almost the same as that of traditional PET bottles, which will provide a wide range of applications of the invention in the production of beverages, medical, pharmacological and chemical preparations, in the cosmetics industry and veterinary medicine.

Claims (6)

1. A container for packaging and storage of two components, containing a body with a neck, moreover, an annular constriction is made on the body, which divides the container into lower and upper cavities, and the diameter of the annular constriction is smaller than the diameter of the neck, characterized in that a ring is additionally installed in the annular constriction, on which a membrane is installed that separates the components located in the upper and lower cavities, and the lower part of the ring is lowered into the lower cavity of the tank and has cuts that form petals that have retainers and a clogging element is installed on the neck. 2. A container for packaging and storing two components according to claim 1, characterized in that the upper part of the ring has a rim. 3. A container for packaging and storing two components according to claim 1, characterized in that the cuts on the bottom of the ring are made at an angle. 4. A container for packaging and storing two components according to claim 1, characterized in that it additionally has an internal membrane rupture mechanism. 5. A container for packaging and storing two components according to claim 4, characterized in that the internal mechanism of rupture of the membrane has a tearing element mounted on a flexible element with the ability to shift along the axis of the vessel, and the neck is made with the possibility of installing a flexible element. 6. A container for packaging and storing two components according to claim 1, characterized in that the sealing element is made in the form of a membrane and / or cover.

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