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EP0342453B1
EP0342453B1 EP89108169A EP89108169A EP0342453B1 EP 0342453 B1 EP0342453 B1 EP 0342453B1 EP 89108169 A EP89108169 A EP 89108169A EP 89108169 A EP89108169 A EP 89108169A EP 0342453 B1 EP0342453 B1 EP 0342453B1
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Bernhard Bongers
Herbert Dipl.-Ing. Bücheler
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65D—CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES
    • B65D81/00—Containers, packaging elements, or packages, for contents presenting particular transport or storage problems, or adapted to be used for non-packaging purposes after removal of contents
    • B65D81/32—Containers, packaging elements, or packages, for contents presenting particular transport or storage problems, or adapted to be used for non-packaging purposes after removal of contents for packaging two or more different materials which must be maintained separate prior to use in admixture
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65D—CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES
    • B65D81/00—Containers, packaging elements, or packages, for contents presenting particular transport or storage problems, or adapted to be used for non-packaging purposes after removal of contents
    • B65D81/32—Containers, packaging elements, or packages, for contents presenting particular transport or storage problems, or adapted to be used for non-packaging purposes after removal of contents for packaging two or more different materials which must be maintained separate prior to use in admixture
    • B65D81/3216—Rigid containers disposed one within the other
    • B65D81/3227—Rigid containers disposed one within the other arranged parallel or concentrically and permitting simultaneous dispensing of the two materials without prior mixing

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  • the invention relates to a multi-component container with the features of the preamble of claim 1 (US-A-4 585 150).
  • Multi-component containers with two or more component chambers for such components that are only to mix when in use are known in various embodiments. They are used to hold shampoos, detergents, adhesives and the like.
  • a multi-component container is known from US Pat. No. 3,729,553, in which the pouring openings for the container chambers are arranged laterally next to one another in the casting direction. Two guide bars are formed between the pouring openings, which are intended to prevent the components from flowing into one another during pouring. There are two pouring jets.
  • the pouring openings are formed in a cap that overlaps both component chambers. In this circular cap, the pouring openings are arranged radially offset from one another.
  • the object of the invention is to design and develop the known multi-component container in such a way that it has an increased utility value with the simplest possible structure is aiming.
  • the pouring edges which each surround the pouring openings form, as it were, a weir for the component streams emerging from the pouring openings or the finally combined pouring stream.
  • the components flow through a calming zone in the annular troughs formed by the pouring edges, which overall leads to a very quiet pouring stream which is easy to handle.
  • the pouring stream from the inner pouring opening is, as it were, "placed" on the pouring stream of the outer pouring opening.
  • the pouring edges are designed as peripheral edges. This creates a circumferential annular groove between the inner and the outer pouring edge.
  • the multi-component container When the multi-component container is pivoted back from the pouring position into a vertical position, liquid cannot pass from the outer pouring opening to the inner pouring opening. Any residual quantities remaining outside the cap surface are caught in the mentioned groove. Likewise, if at all, only an extremely small amount of the component liquid can enter this annular groove from the inner pouring opening. Because the pouring edge also surrounds the inner pouring opening, the pouring jet emerging from the inner pouring opening has very good tear-off properties. It is preferred to make the cap rotationally symmetrical except for the pouring openings and a web to be explained below. The pouring edges are then formed concentrically circular to one another. An advantageous embodiment is also seen in the fact that the inner pouring edge has a slightly lower height than the outer pouring edge.
  • the distance between the pouring edges can correspond approximately to the height of the inner pouring edge.
  • the outer edges of the pouring openings can extend approximately to the base of the pouring edges or can be formed directly by the pouring edges.
  • the width of the outer pouring opening in the radial direction is preferably slightly smaller than the distance between the pouring edges, so that the inner edge of the outer pouring opening is not formed directly by the inner pouring edge. Another advantageous dimensional relationship can be seen in the fact that the height of the inner pouring edge corresponds approximately to the opening width in the radial direction of the associated pouring opening.
  • the opening widths of the two pouring openings are approximately the same in the radial direction, the different dosage of one and the other component being achieved by a different extent of the pouring openings in the circumferential direction.
  • the larger pouring opening is expediently the outer one. It is also advantageous to design the pouring openings or their outer and inner edges in the form of sections of a circular arc.
  • Another teaching of the invention relates to a multi-component container, in which one or more of the features explained above are advantageously realized, in which in particular the pouring openings are provided with different sizes.
  • a multicomponent container in the form of a multicomponent bottle 1 is shown and described.
  • the multicomponent bottle has two component chambers 2 and 3, in which different liquid components which are to be mixed only when used are accommodated. The liquids are poured out by gravity.
  • the inner component chamber 2 is accommodated by means of a pouring cap 5.
  • the pouring cap 5 can be held on the bottle rim 6 by a clip connection.
  • the component chamber 2 can be fastened by means of its external thread 23 with an internal thread 24 provided on the neck 25 of the pouring cap 5.
  • the pouring cap 5 can be overlaid by the closure cap 7, which can be screw-fastened to the neck area 8 of the bottle neck 4.
  • the sealing webs 9 and 10 are in the closed state in each case sealingly against the inside of the pouring edges 11 and 12.
  • pouring openings 13 and 14 for the first and second components are formed in the pouring cap 5. Both pouring openings 13 and 14 are surrounded in the pouring direction by pouring edges 11 and 12 which rise above the plane of the cap outer surface 15. In the width or circumferential direction (see, for example, FIG. 4), the pouring edges 11 and 12 exceed the pouring openings 13 and 14. In the tilted state, as can be seen in particular from FIGS Figures 6 and 7 can be seen, result approximately in the middle of the respective pouring openings 13 and 14 sinks 16 and 17. When pouring, the pouring edges 11 and 12 form a weir for the liquid flow. This results in the pouring characteristic illustrated in FIG.
  • the liquid flow emerging from the inner pouring opening 14 is, as it were, "placed” on the outer, larger liquid flow flowing out of the pouring opening 13. If the characteristics of the liquid flows differ in color, there is even a streak formation (always surface-oriented stripes on a wider base jet).
  • Advantageous pouring properties also result when the viscosities of the liquids in the component chambers 2 and 3 differ, for example if the liquid in the component chamber 2 has a higher viscosity than the liquid in the component chamber 3.
  • the pouring edges 11 and 12 are designed as circular, circumferential edges. They are concentric to each other.
  • the inner pouring edge 11 has a height H1 which is slightly less than the height H2 of the outer pouring edge 12.
  • the distance A between the pouring edges 11, 12 corresponds approximately to the height H1 of the inner pouring edge.
  • the outer edges 18 or 19 of the pouring holes 13 and 14 each extend to the base of the pouring edge 11 and 12.
  • the height H1 of the inner pouring edge 11 moreover corresponds approximately to the opening width B1 in the radial direction of the inner pouring opening 14.
  • the pouring openings 13 and 14 are, as can be seen in particular from FIG.
  • the outer pouring edge 12 runs into the cap outer surface 15 via a curvature K, so that the edge R bent up in the sectional view according to FIG. 2 results.
  • the width B2 in the radial direction of the outer pouring opening 13 also corresponds approximately to the height of the inner pouring edge 11 in the exemplary embodiment, which has proven advantageous in terms of casting technology.
  • pouring openings 13, 14 are provided twice, diametrically opposite each other in the illustrated embodiment. This has the advantage that the pouring cap 5 can also be mounted offset by 180 °.
  • An orientation sword 20 is formed on the common central axis A (see FIG. 4) of all pouring openings 13, 14, approximately in the middle of pouring cap 5. Using this orientation sword 20, the pouring cap 5 can be gripped by an assembly machine, for example, and placed on the neck of the component chamber 2. No pre-sorting is required with regard to the alignment of two pouring openings 13, 14 in the pouring direction. The orientation of the pouring cap 5 can rather be restricted to an orientation in the longitudinal direction.
  • the mixing ratio of the two components is determined solely by the size ratio of the pouring holes 13, 14 determined, but the viscosities of the two components can also have an influence.
  • the pouring holes 13, 14 are otherwise so small that they act as screens.

Abstract

A multicomponent product container includes two separate component compartments covered by a common pouring cap, individual pouring openings for the first and second components contained in the compartments, respectively, offset from one another relative to the longitudinal axis of the container and opening in the plane of an outer surface provided in said cap. The pouring openings are each juxtaposed in the pouring direction necessary to dispense the first and second components, by an individual pouring edge, which both rises beyond the outer surface of the cap, and projects beyond the associated pouring opening in the lateral or peripheral direction. Each pouring edge is shaped for providing in the tilted position of the container necessary for pouring via gravity said first and second components from said pouring openings, a sink formed in the region of the associated pouring opening.

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Die Erfindung betrifft ein Mehrkomponentenbehältnis mit den Merkmalen des Oberbegriffes des Anspruches 1 (US-A- 4 585 150).The invention relates to a multi-component container with the features of the preamble of claim 1 (US-A-4 585 150).

Mehrkomponentenbehältnisse, mit zwei oder mehreren Komponentenkammern für solche Komponenten, die sich erst bei Gebrauch mischen sollen, sind in verschiedenen Ausführungsformen bekannt. Sie dienen etwa zur Aufnahme von Haarwaschmitteln, Waschmitteln, Klebstoffen und dergleichen. Aus der US-PS 3 729 553 ist ein Mehrkomponentenbehältnis bekannt, bei welchem die Ausgießöffnungen für die Behältniskammern in Gießrichtung seitlich nebeneinander angeordnet sind. Zwischen den Ausgießöffnungen sind zwei Leitstege ausgebildet, die ein Ineinanderfließen der Komponenten beim Ausgießen verhindern sollen. Es ergeben sich zwei Gießstrahle. Bei einem weiteren bekannten Zweikomponentenbehältnis (vergl.US-PS 4 585 150) sind die Ausgießöffnungen in einer beide Komponentenkammern überfangenden Kappe ausgebildet. In dieser kreisförmigen Kappe sind die Ausgießöffnungen radial versetzt zueinander angeordnet. Sie münden in die Kappenaußenfläche, welche im übrigen eben ausgebildet. Dieses bekannte Mehrkomponentenbehältnis ist insbesondere bezüglich der Gießeigenschaften noch nicht zufriedenstellend. Es kann auch ein Überlaufen von Restflüssigkeit der einen bzw. der anderen Komponente in die jeweiligen Öffnungen beim Zurückschwenken des Mehrkomponentenbehältnis aus der Gießstellung eintreten.Multi-component containers with two or more component chambers for such components that are only to mix when in use are known in various embodiments. They are used to hold shampoos, detergents, adhesives and the like. A multi-component container is known from US Pat. No. 3,729,553, in which the pouring openings for the container chambers are arranged laterally next to one another in the casting direction. Two guide bars are formed between the pouring openings, which are intended to prevent the components from flowing into one another during pouring. There are two pouring jets. In another known two-component container (see US Pat. No. 4,585,150), the pouring openings are formed in a cap that overlaps both component chambers. In this circular cap, the pouring openings are arranged radially offset from one another. They open into the outer surface of the cap, which is otherwise flat. This known multi-component container is not yet satisfactory, particularly with regard to the casting properties. Residual liquid of one or the other component may also overflow into the respective openings when the multi-component container is pivoted back out of the pouring position.

Im Hinblick auf den vorbeschriebenen Stand der Technik stellt sich der Erfindung die Aufgabe, das bekannte Mehrkomponentenbehältnis so auszugestalten und weiterzubilden, daß bei möglichst einfachem Aufbau ein erhöhter Gebrauchswert er zielt ist.In view of the above-described prior art, the object of the invention is to design and develop the known multi-component container in such a way that it has an increased utility value with the simplest possible structure is aiming.

Diese Aufgabe ist bei einem Mehrkomponentenbehältnis mit den Merkmalen des Anspruches 1 gelöst.This object is achieved in a multi-component container with the features of claim 1.

Bei dem erfindungsgemäßen Mehrkomponentenbehältnis bilden die Gießkanten, welche die Ausgießöffnungen jeweils umgeben, gleichsam ein Wehr für die aus den Ausgießöffnungen austretenden Ströme der Komponenten bzw. den schließlich vereinigten Gießstrom. Beim Kippen und nachfolgenden Ausgießen durchströmen die Komponenten in den durch die Gießkanten ausgebildeten Ringmulden eine Beruhigungszone, was insgesamt zu einem sehr ruhigen, gut zu handhabenden Gießstrahl führt. Der Gießstrahl aus der inneren Ausgießöffnung wird gleichsam auf den Gießstrahl der äußeren Ausgießöffnung "aufgelegt". In vorteilhafter Weiterbildung ist vorgesehen, daß die Gießkanten als umlaufende Kanten ausgebildet sind. Dadurch ist zwischen der inneren und der äußeren Gießkante eine umlaufende Ringnut gegeben. Beim Zurückschwenken des Mehrkomponentenbehältnisses aus der Gießstellung in eine senkrechte Stellung kann Flüssigkeit aus der äußeren Ausgießöffnung nicht zu der inneren Ausgießöffnung gelangen. Etwa außerhalb der Kappenoberfläche verbleibende Restmengen sind in der angesprochenen Nut aufgefangen. Desgleichen kann, wenn überhaupt, nur eine äußerst geringe Menge der Komponentenflüssigkeit aus der inneren Ausgießöffnung in diese Ringnut eintreten. Aufgrund der auch die innere Ausgießöffnung umgebenden Gießkante ergeben sich sehr gute Abreißeigenschaften des aus der inneren Ausgießöffnung austretenden Gießstrahles. Es ist bevorzugt, die Kappe bis auf die Ausgießöffnungen und einen weiter unten noch zu erläuternden Steg rotationssymmetrisch auszubilden. Die Gießkanten sind dann konzentrisch kreisförmig zueinander ausgeformt. Eine vorteilhafte Ausgestaltung wird auch darin gesehen, daß die innere Gießkante eine etwas geringere Höhe aufweist als die äußere Gießkante. Dies hat sich hinsichtlich der Gießcharakteristik als förderlich erwiesen. Der Abstand der Gießkanten zueinander kann etwa der Höhe der inneren Gießkante entsprechen. Die Außenränder der Ausgießöffnungen können etwa bis an den Fuß der Gießkanten reichen oder unmittelbar durch die Gießkanten gebildet sein. Die Breite der äußeren Ausgießöffnung in radialer Richtung ist bevorzugt geringfügig kleiner als der Abstand der Gießkanten zueinander, so daß der Innenrand der äußeren Ausgießöffnung nicht unmittelbar durch die innere Gießkante gebildet ist. Eine weitere vorteilhafte dimensionsmäßige Beziehung ist darin zu sehen, daß die Höhe der inneren Gießkante etwa der Öffnungsbreite in radialer Richtung der zugehörigen Ausgießöffnung entspricht. Weiter auch darin, daß die Öffnungsbreiten der beiden Ausgießöffnungen in radialer Richtung etwa gleich sind, wobei die unterschiedliche Dosierung der einen und der anderen Komponente durch eine unterschiedliche Erstreckung der Ausgießöffnungen in Umfangsrichtung erreicht wird. Zweckmäßigerweise ist die größere Ausgießöffnung jeweils die äußere. Es ist auch vorteilhaft, die Ausgießöffnungen bzw. deren Außen- und Innenränder kreisbogenabschnittsförmig auszubilden. Eine weitere Lehre der Erfindung betrifft ein Mehrkomponentenbehältnis, bei welchem vorteilhaft eines oder mehrere der vorstehend erläuterten Merkmale verwirklicht sind, bei welchem insbesondere die Ausgießöffnungen mit unterschiedlicher Größe vorgesehen sind. Bei einem solchen Mehrkomponentenbehältnis, bei welchem die Kappe im übrigen, d. h. mit Ausnahme der Ausgießöffnungen, rotationssymmetrisch ausgebildet ist, sind zwei weitere Ausgießöffnungen den zunächst erläuterten Ausgießöffnungen diametral gegenüberliegend ausgebildet. Die Ausgießöffnungen sind desweiteren spiegelsymmetrisch zueinander gestaltet, so daß jedes Paar von Ausgießöffnungen in Gießrichtung vorne angeordnet sein kann, d. h. die Gießfunktion übernehmen kann. Die jeweils diametral gegenüberliegenden, hinteren Ausgießöffnungen dienen zur Belüftung. Dadurch, daß die beiden Paare von Ausgießöffnungen identisch zueinander ausgebildet sind, kann die Kappe bei der Montage auch um 180° versetzt aufgebracht werden. Dies wird dadurch ausgenutzt, daß auf der gemeinsamen Mittelachse aller Ausgießöffnungen, etwa in der Kappenmitte, ein Orientierungsschwert ausgeformt ist. Dieses kann etwa von einem Montageroboter ergriffen werden. Es ist nicht erforderlich, die Kappen bei der Zuführung zu dem Montageroboter hinsichtlich "vorne" oder "hinten" zu sortieren.In the multi-component container according to the invention, the pouring edges which each surround the pouring openings form, as it were, a weir for the component streams emerging from the pouring openings or the finally combined pouring stream. During tilting and subsequent pouring, the components flow through a calming zone in the annular troughs formed by the pouring edges, which overall leads to a very quiet pouring stream which is easy to handle. The pouring stream from the inner pouring opening is, as it were, "placed" on the pouring stream of the outer pouring opening. In an advantageous development it is provided that the pouring edges are designed as peripheral edges. This creates a circumferential annular groove between the inner and the outer pouring edge. When the multi-component container is pivoted back from the pouring position into a vertical position, liquid cannot pass from the outer pouring opening to the inner pouring opening. Any residual quantities remaining outside the cap surface are caught in the mentioned groove. Likewise, if at all, only an extremely small amount of the component liquid can enter this annular groove from the inner pouring opening. Because the pouring edge also surrounds the inner pouring opening, the pouring jet emerging from the inner pouring opening has very good tear-off properties. It is preferred to make the cap rotationally symmetrical except for the pouring openings and a web to be explained below. The pouring edges are then formed concentrically circular to one another. An advantageous embodiment is also seen in the fact that the inner pouring edge has a slightly lower height than the outer pouring edge. This has proven to be beneficial in terms of casting characteristics. The distance between the pouring edges can correspond approximately to the height of the inner pouring edge. The outer edges of the pouring openings can extend approximately to the base of the pouring edges or can be formed directly by the pouring edges. The width of the outer pouring opening in the radial direction is preferably slightly smaller than the distance between the pouring edges, so that the inner edge of the outer pouring opening is not formed directly by the inner pouring edge. Another advantageous dimensional relationship can be seen in the fact that the height of the inner pouring edge corresponds approximately to the opening width in the radial direction of the associated pouring opening. Further also in that the opening widths of the two pouring openings are approximately the same in the radial direction, the different dosage of one and the other component being achieved by a different extent of the pouring openings in the circumferential direction. The larger pouring opening is expediently the outer one. It is also advantageous to design the pouring openings or their outer and inner edges in the form of sections of a circular arc. Another teaching of the invention relates to a multi-component container, in which one or more of the features explained above are advantageously realized, in which in particular the pouring openings are provided with different sizes. In such a multi-component container, in which the cap is otherwise rotationally symmetrical, ie with the exception of the pouring openings, two further pouring openings are formed diametrically opposite the pouring openings explained first. The pouring openings are also mirror-symmetrical designed to each other, so that each pair of pouring openings can be arranged in the front in the pouring direction, ie can take over the pouring function. The diametrically opposite rear pouring openings serve for ventilation. Because the two pairs of pouring openings are identical to one another, the cap can also be applied offset by 180 ° during assembly. This is exploited in that an orientation sword is formed on the common central axis of all pouring openings, for example in the center of the cap. This can be done by an assembly robot, for example. It is not necessary to sort the caps for "front" or "rear" when fed to the assembly robot.

Nachstehend wird die Erfindung desweiteren anhand der beigefügten Zeichnung, die jedoch lediglich ein Ausführungsbeispiel darstellt, erläutert. Im einzelnen zeigt:

  • Fig. 1 eine Seitenansicht einer Mehrkomponentenflasche;
  • Fig. 2 einen Querschnitt durch den Flaschenhals, das innere Komponentenbehältnis, die Gießerkappe und die Verschlußkappe, in explosionsartiger Darstellung;
  • Fig. 3 einen Querschnitt durch den Flaschenhals im zusammengebauten Zustand, mit verschiedenen Komponenten gefüllt;
  • Fig. 4 eine Drausicht auf den Gegenstand gemäß Fig. 3;
  • Fig. 5 den Gegenstand gemäß Fig. 3 in gekippter Stellung, vor Ausguß der Komponenten;
  • Fig. 6 den Gegenstand gemäß Fig. 3 in gekippter Stellung, beim Ausgießen und
  • Fig. 7 eine perspektivische Darstellung des Flaschenkopfes während des Ausgießens.
The invention is further explained below with reference to the accompanying drawing, which, however, only represents an exemplary embodiment. In detail shows:
  • 1 shows a side view of a multi-component bottle;
  • 2 shows a cross section through the bottle neck, the inner component container, the pouring cap and the closure cap, in an exploded view;
  • 3 shows a cross section through the bottle neck in the assembled state, filled with various components;
  • FIG. 4 shows a plan view of the object according to FIG. 3;
  • FIG. 5 shows the object according to FIG. 3 in the tilted position, before pouring out the components;
  • Fig. 6 shows the object of FIG. 3 in the tilted position, when pouring and
  • Fig. 7 is a perspective view of the bottle head during pouring.

Dargestellt und beschrieben ist ein Mehrkomponentenbehältnis in Form einer Mehrkomponentenflasche 1. Die Mehrkomponentenflasche besitzt zwei Komponentenkammern 2 und 3, in welchen unterschiedliche Flüssigkeitskomponenten, die erst bei Anwendung gemischt werden sollen, aufgenommen sind. Die Flüssigkeiten werden durch die Schwerkraft ausgegossen.A multicomponent container in the form of a multicomponent bottle 1 is shown and described. The multicomponent bottle has two component chambers 2 and 3, in which different liquid components which are to be mixed only when used are accommodated. The liquids are poured out by gravity.

In dem Flaschenhals 4 (vergl. Figuren 2 und 3) ist die innere Komponentenkammer 2 mittels einer Gießkappe 5 aufgenommen. Die Gießkappe 5 ist an dem Flaschenrand 6 durch Klipsverbindung halterbar. Die Komponentenkammer 2 ist mittels ihres Außengewindes 23 mit einem Innengewinde 24 versehenen Hals 25 der Gießkappe 5 befestigbar. Die Gießkappe 5 kann zum Verschluß der Mehrkomponentenflasche 1 von der Verschlußkappe 7 überfangen sein, welche an dem Halsbereich 8 des Flaschenhalses 4 schraubbefestigbar ist. Die Dichtstege 9 bzw. 10 liegen im Verschlußzustand jeweils innen an den Gießkanten 11 und 12 dichtend an.In the bottle neck 4 (see FIGS. 2 and 3), the inner component chamber 2 is accommodated by means of a pouring cap 5. The pouring cap 5 can be held on the bottle rim 6 by a clip connection. The component chamber 2 can be fastened by means of its external thread 23 with an internal thread 24 provided on the neck 25 of the pouring cap 5. To close the multi-component bottle 1, the pouring cap 5 can be overlaid by the closure cap 7, which can be screw-fastened to the neck area 8 of the bottle neck 4. The sealing webs 9 and 10 are in the closed state in each case sealingly against the inside of the pouring edges 11 and 12.

In der Gießkappe 5 sind Ausgießöffnungen 13 und 14 für die erste bzw. zweite Komponente ausgebildet. Beide Ausgießöffnungen 13 und 14 sind in Gießrichtung von sich über die Ebene der Kappenaußenfläche 15 erhebenden Gießkanten 11 bzw. 12 umgeben. In Breiten- bzw. Umfangsrichtung (vergl. beispielsweise Fig. 4) übertreffen die Gießkanten 11 bzw. 12 die Ausgießöffnungen 13 bzw. 14. Im gekippten Zustand, wie dies insbesondere etwa aus den Figuren 6 und 7 ersichtlich ist, ergeben sich etwa mittig zu den jeweiligen Ausgießöffnungen 13 bzw. 14 Senken 16 bzw. 17. Beim Ausgießen bilden die Gießkanten 11 bzw. 12 gleichsam ein Wehr für den Flüssigkeitsstrom. Hierdurch ergibt sich die in Fig. 7 verdeutlichte Gießcharakteristik, daß sich gleichsam vor der Ausgießöffnung 13 und 14 eine Staufstufe ausbildet, mit einer Breite, welche die Breite der jeweiligen Ausgießöffnung übersteigt. Aus Fig. 5 ist ersichtlich, daß sich kurz vor Ausbildung eines Gießstromes in den Komponentenkammern 2,3 die entsprechend nach außen sich fortsetzenden Flüssigkeitspiegel S1 und S2 ergeben.Pouring openings 13 and 14 for the first and second components are formed in the pouring cap 5. Both pouring openings 13 and 14 are surrounded in the pouring direction by pouring edges 11 and 12 which rise above the plane of the cap outer surface 15. In the width or circumferential direction (see, for example, FIG. 4), the pouring edges 11 and 12 exceed the pouring openings 13 and 14. In the tilted state, as can be seen in particular from FIGS Figures 6 and 7 can be seen, result approximately in the middle of the respective pouring openings 13 and 14 sinks 16 and 17. When pouring, the pouring edges 11 and 12 form a weir for the liquid flow. This results in the pouring characteristic illustrated in FIG. 7 that a baffle step is formed in front of the pouring opening 13 and 14, with a width that exceeds the width of the respective pouring opening. From Fig. 5 it can be seen that shortly before the formation of a pouring stream in the component chambers 2, 3 the corresponding liquid levels S1 and S2 continue outwards.

Der aus der inneren Ausgießöffnung 14 austretende Flüssigkeitsstrom wird gleichsam auf den äußeren, größeren aus der Ausgießöffnung 13 ausfließenden Flüssigkeitsstrom "aufgelegt". Bei farbig unterschiedlicher Charakteristik der Flüssigkeitsströme ergibt sich sogar eine Streifenbildung (immer oberflächenorientierter Streifen auf breiterem Grundstrahl). Vorteilhafte Gießeigenschaften ergeben sich auch bei unterschiedlichen Viskositäten der Flüssigkeiten in den Komponentenkammern 2 und 3. Etwa wenn die Flüssigkeit in der Komponentenkammer 2 eine höhere Viskosität besitzt als die Flüssigkeit in der Komponentenkammer 3.The liquid flow emerging from the inner pouring opening 14 is, as it were, "placed" on the outer, larger liquid flow flowing out of the pouring opening 13. If the characteristics of the liquid flows differ in color, there is even a streak formation (always surface-oriented stripes on a wider base jet). Advantageous pouring properties also result when the viscosities of the liquids in the component chambers 2 and 3 differ, for example if the liquid in the component chamber 2 has a higher viscosity than the liquid in the component chamber 3.

Die Gießkanten 11 bzw. 12 sind als kreisringförmige, umlaufende Kanten ausgebildet. Sie verlaufen konzentrisch zueinander. Die innere Gießkante 11 besitzt eine Höhe H1, die etwas geringer ist als die Höhe H2 der äußeren Gießkante 12.The pouring edges 11 and 12 are designed as circular, circumferential edges. They are concentric to each other. The inner pouring edge 11 has a height H1 which is slightly less than the height H2 of the outer pouring edge 12.

Der Abstand A der Gießkanten 11,12 entspricht etwa der Höhe H1 der inneren Gießkante. Die Außenränder 18 bzw. 19 der Ausgießlöcher 13 bzw. 14 reichen jeweils bis an den Fuß der Gießkante 11 bzw. 12.The distance A between the pouring edges 11, 12 corresponds approximately to the height H1 of the inner pouring edge. The outer edges 18 or 19 of the pouring holes 13 and 14 each extend to the base of the pouring edge 11 and 12.

Die Höhe H1 der inneren Gießkante 11 entspricht überdies etwa der Öffnungsbreite B1 in radialer Richtung der inneren Ausgießöffnung 14. Die Ausgießöffnungen 13 und 14 sind, wie sich insbesondere etwa aus Fig. 4 ergibt, im wesentlichen kreisbogenabschnittsförmig gestaltet. Die äußere Gießkante 12 läuft in die Kappenaußenfläche 15 über eine Krümmung K ein, so daß sich der in der Schnittdarstellung gemäß Fig. 2 hochgebogene Rand R ergibt. Auch die Breite B2 in radialer Richtung der äußeren Ausgießöffnung 13 entspricht bei dem Ausführungsbeispiel, was sich in gießtechnischer Hinsicht als vorteilhaft erwiesen hat, etwa der Höhe der inneren Gießkante 11.The height H1 of the inner pouring edge 11 moreover corresponds approximately to the opening width B1 in the radial direction of the inner pouring opening 14. The pouring openings 13 and 14 are, as can be seen in particular from FIG. The outer pouring edge 12 runs into the cap outer surface 15 via a curvature K, so that the edge R bent up in the sectional view according to FIG. 2 results. The width B2 in the radial direction of the outer pouring opening 13 also corresponds approximately to the height of the inner pouring edge 11 in the exemplary embodiment, which has proven advantageous in terms of casting technology.

Wie sich aus den Figuren ergibt, sind bei dem dargestellten Ausführungsbeispiel Ausgießöffnungen 13,14 zweifach, diametral gegenüberliegend vorgesehen. Dies hat den Vorteil, daß die Ausgießkappe 5 auch um 180° versetzt montiert werden kann. Auf der gemeinsamen Mittelachse A (vergl. Fig. 4) aller Ausgießöffnungen 13,14, etwa in der Mitte der Ausgießkappe 5, ist ein Orientierungsschwert 20 ausgebildet. Mittels dieses Orientierungsschwertes 20 kann die Ausgießkappe 5 etwa von einer Montagemaschine erfasst werden und auf den Hals der Komponentenkammer 2 aufgesetzt werden. Es ist keine Vorsortierung hinsichtlich der Ausrichtung von zwei Ausgießöffnungen 13,14 in Gießrichtung erforderlich. Die Ausrichtung der Gießkappe 5 kann vielmehr auf eine Orientierung in Längsrichtung beschränkt werden.As can be seen from the figures, pouring openings 13, 14 are provided twice, diametrically opposite each other in the illustrated embodiment. This has the advantage that the pouring cap 5 can also be mounted offset by 180 °. An orientation sword 20 is formed on the common central axis A (see FIG. 4) of all pouring openings 13, 14, approximately in the middle of pouring cap 5. Using this orientation sword 20, the pouring cap 5 can be gripped by an assembly machine, for example, and placed on the neck of the component chamber 2. No pre-sorting is required with regard to the alignment of two pouring openings 13, 14 in the pouring direction. The orientation of the pouring cap 5 can rather be restricted to an orientation in the longitudinal direction.

Das Mischungsverhältnis der beiden Komponenten wird allein über das Größenverhältnis der Ausgießlöcher 13,14 bestimmt, wobei aber auch die Viskositäten der beiden Komponenten einen Einfluß haben können. Die Ausgießlöcher 13,14 sind im übrigen so klein, daß sie als Blenden wirken.The mixing ratio of the two components is determined solely by the size ratio of the pouring holes 13, 14 determined, but the viscosities of the two components can also have an influence. The pouring holes 13, 14 are otherwise so small that they act as screens.

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1. Multicomponent container with the component chambers which are each separated from the other and covered by a common pouring cap, wherein pouring openings, which are formed in the cap each displaced from the other in pouring direction and open out in the plane of the outward cap surface, are provided for the first and the second component, characterised thereby, that both pouring openings (13, 14) are each surrounded in pouring direction by a respective pouring edge (11, 12), which protrudes beyond the outward cap surface (15), exceeds the respective pouring opening (13, 14) in direction of width or circumference and which displays such a course that a depression results in the region of the respective pouring opening (13, 14) in the tilted state.
2. Multicomponent container according to claim 1, characterised thereby, that the pouring edges (11, 12) are constructed as encircling edges.
3. Multicomponent container according to one or more of the preceding claims, characterised thereby, that the pouring edges (11, 12) are constructed to be concentrically circular.
4. Multicomponent container according to one or more of the preceding claims, characterised thereby, that the inner pouring edge (11) displays a somewhat lower height (H1) than the outer pouring edge (12).
5. Multicomponent container according to one or more of the preceding claims, characterised thereby, that the spacing (A) of the pouring edges (11, 12) corresponds to about the height (H1) of the inner pouring edge (11).
6. Multicomponent container according to one or more of the preceding claims, characterised thereby, that the outer rims (18, 19) of the pouring holes (13; 14) each reach to about the respective foot of the pouring edges (11, 12).
7. Multicomponent container according to one or more of the preceding claims, characterised thereby, that the height (H1) of the inner pouring edge (11) corresponds to about the opening width (B1) in radial direction of the inner pouring opening (14).
8. Multicomponent container according to one or more of the preceding claims, characterised thereby, that the outer and inner rims (18, 19, 21, 22) of the pouring openings (13, 14) extend in the shape of a circular arc.
9. Multicomponent container according to one or more of the preceding claims, wherein the pouring openings are provided in different sizes, characterised thereby, that two further pouring openings (13, 14) are formed each to lie opposite the other and an orienting blade (20) is shaped out in about the centre of the cap on the common centre line (AX) of all pouring openings (13, 14).
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