Classifications

• • D—TEXTILES; PAPER
  • D06—TREATMENT OF TEXTILES OR THE LIKE; LAUNDERING; FLEXIBLE MATERIALS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
  • D06F—LAUNDERING, DRYING, IRONING, PRESSING OR FOLDING TEXTILE ARTICLES
  • D06F39/00—Details of washing machines not specific to a single type of machines covered by groups D06F9/00 - D06F27/00 
  • D06F39/02—Devices for adding soap or other washing agents
  • D06F39/024—Devices for adding soap or other washing agents mounted on the agitator or the rotating drum; Free body dispensers
• • 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
  • B65D41/00—Caps, e.g. crown caps or crown seals, i.e. members having parts arranged for engagement with the external periphery of a neck or wall defining a pouring opening or discharge aperture; Protective cap-like covers for closure members, e.g. decorative covers of metal foil or paper
  • B65D41/02—Caps or cap-like covers without lines of weakness, tearing strips, tags, or like opening or removal devices
  • B65D41/26—Caps or cap-like covers serving as, or incorporating, drinking or measuring vessels

Definitions

• the invention relates to a metering memory for receiving the dispensing of laundry treatment agents, in particular liquid detergents, in a washing machine, a tumble dryer or the like, consisting of a container formed by a closure pe of a laundry treatment agent supply bottle and a lid provided with at least one laundry treatment tel dispensing opening, which is screwed onto the Vorra bottle cap in the cap base overlapping storage position can be releasably attached to the cap and to form the dosing reservoir in threaded, cooperating with the cap thread screw position at the opposite end of the cap end of the cap can be arranged to overlap the cap opening.
• a metering memory for receiving the dispensing of laundry treatment agents, in particular liquid detergents, in a washing machine, a tumble dryer or the like, consisting of a container formed by a closure pe of a laundry treatment agent supply bottle and a lid provided with at least one laundry treatment tel dispensing opening, which is screwed onto the Vorra bottle cap in the cap base overlapping storage position can be
• Such a dosing reservoir is known from EP-A 0 230 079 (Fig. 7), the closure cap forming an external thread in its cap bottom region, onto which the cover can be screwed with an outgoing thread, an internal thread pointing towards the edge. This corresponds to d storage position. If the position of use of the dosing memory is to be brought about in order to place it in a washing drum of a washing machine filled with textile, then after filling the screw cap unscrewed from the storage bottle, the lid has to be implemented in such a way that it then a the external thread surrounding the cap opening is turned up. Then, however, the outer thread adjacent to the cap base is exposed and can damage sensitive textiles during the washing process. Then the dosing quantity can never exceed the cap volume.
• the invention has for its object to design a Dosierspei ⁇ cher of the aforementioned type so that with the largest possible filling volume, small stack height and great stack stability, an optimal use, especially easy filling is possible even beyond the volume of the cap.
• a metering reservoir of the type in question is the type of increased utility value.
• the lid is not only the component closing the closure cap opening, but also the element that increases the storage volume of the metering reservoir. The metered amount can thus be greater than the volume of the closure cap.
• the lid is pot-shaped, it does not lead to a greater stack height.
• the proven, non-self-releasing, known thread engagement between the cover and the closure cap can be generated.
• the metering reservoir can be easily filled, namely through the funnel-shaped inwardly directed lid bottom, so that shaking the laundry treatment agent out of the storage bottle is largely eliminated.
• the dispensing opening is also the filling opening. The dosing amount can then reach the dispensing opening. With a lower dosage, it is quite possible to fill the cap before screwing on the lid. Another advantage can be seen in the fact that the funnel-shaped inward-facing lid still leads to stabilization of the lid, so that this benefits the great stacking stability.
• cap base edge is supported on the inner wall of the pot in the storage position then has a stability requirement.
• the loading forces when the layers of storage bottles are stacked one on the other are thus passed into the pot wall and thus into the thread of the storage container. Deformations of the lid or pot are therefore reliably prevented.
• the edge of the cap base in the storage position also has an effect on stability.
• the edge of the cap base could also be supported on the inner wall of the pot, so that the total forces are distributed over a larger zone while achieving a lower specific surface load.
• clamping webs extending in the plugging direction and arranged around the circumference are arranged on the inner wall of the pot.
• the clamping webs also have a further function in that they overlap the edge of the cap bottom in a stepped manner with their ends on the pot bottom. Then they serve at the same time to support the lid on the closure cap in the storage position and direct the corresponding loading forces into the cap wall.
• the thread engagement between the closure cap and the cover is covered by the fact that the external thread of the pot can be screwed to the internal thread of the closure cap provided for screwing the closure cap onto the storage bottle. An additional thread can therefore be omitted, since the internal thread of the closure cap in the use position allows the pot to be screwed on.
• closure cap has a circular cylinder wall extending from the bottom of the closure cap. This comes very well against the introduction of the loading forces acting on the closure cap in the storage position.
• the sealing cap receives an optimal volume because an outwardly projecting ring collar extends from the circular cylinder wall, which consists of a radial web and an axial web carrying the internal thread.
• the circular cylinder wall has an extension extending beyond the ring collar. On the one hand, this exerts a centering effect on the pot or lid. On the other hand, the extension can bring about a centering effect when the closure cap is placed on the storage container.
• the pot has a barrel-shaped side wall which merges smoothly into the funnel wall via a rounded section. This design leads to an edge-free design and to an increase in the stability of the pot in the stressed area
• FIGS. 1 to 6 Three exemplary embodiments of the invention are explained below with reference to FIGS. 1 to 6. It shows
• Fig. 1 is a view of the metering memory according to the first
• FIG. 6 shows a longitudinal section through the closure cap and the modified cover according to the third embodiment, likewise in the storage position.
• the numeral 1 denotes a laundry treatment agent storage bottle. It can hold a liquid detergent, for example. At its upper end, the storage bottle 1 merges into a threaded connector 2, onto which a closure cap 3 is screwed.
• the closure cap 3 has a closure cap base 4 which extends perpendicularly to the screw-on direction and from which a circular cylinder wall 5 extends. At its screw-on end, this forms an outwardly projecting ring collar K, which in turn consists of a radial web 6 and an axial web 8 having an internal thread 7. The length of the axial web 8 corresponds to a multiple of that of the radial web 6.
• the circular cylinder wall 5 continues into an extension 9 that extends beyond the ring collar. The latter exerts a centering effect when the closure cap 3 is placed on the threaded connector 2 of the storage bottle 1. Through the extension 9 and the ring collar, an annular chamber 10 is produced, in which the threaded connector 2 is immersed.
• the circular cylinder wall 5 has a greater material thickness. Above the ring collar K - starting from the storage position - the wall thickness decreases beyond a radially inwardly directed ring stage 11.
• the inner wall 12 of the circular cylinder wall is continuously smooth up to the extension 9. Wi Fig. 2 shows, it widens slightly towards the cap opening 13.
• the closure cap 3 is assigned a cover 14.
• the latter is designed as a pot 15, which can be detachably fastened in the storage position according to FIG. 2 when the closure cap 3 is screwed onto the storage cap 1.
• the determination is made in the detention with support in the cap bottom area.
• the pot 15 has a barrel-shaped side wall 16 which merges with a funnel wall 18 via a rounded portion 17, whereby a funnel-shaped inwardly directed lid base is formed.
• the corresponding funnel base is provided with a central discharge opening 19. In the storage position illustrated in FIG. 2, the funnel opening edge 18 'is supported on the cap base 4.
• the diameter of the discharge opening 19 corresponds approximately to the radius of the cap base 4, so that the loading forces are introduced into a stable region of the closure cap 3 in the storage position and stacked packages receiving stacked storage bottles, which forces in turn via the circular cylinder wall 5 from the thread engagement between the closure cap 3 and threaded connector 2 can be collected.
• the barrel-shaped side wall 16 merges into a circular cylindrical section 22 at the end.
• An external thread 23 is formed there, which is adapted to the internal thread 7 of the closure cap 3.
• Adjacent to the external thread 23 is an outwardly pointing annular collar 24, which has a radially standing sealing surface 25.
• the cover 14 is pulled out of its position overlapping the closure cap base 4. Then unscrew the cap 3 from the storage bottle 1 and bring it into a position turned by 180. Then the cover 14 is screwed on, the external thread 23 of which engages with the internal thread 7 of the closure cap 3.
• the extension 9 also produces a threading effect for the pot 15 or cover 14. The screwing movement is limited when the sealing surface 25 of the Pot ring collar 24 abuts against the facing end edge 26 of the ring collar K. A tight fit is achieved in this way.
• the metering reservoir can then be filled, specifically through the discharge opening 19, which is facilitated by filling through the funnel wall 18.
• the dosing reservoir can either be held in the hand or placed with its cap base 4 on a flat lower surface.
• the filling volume is now composed of the volume of the closure cap 3 and that of the lid 14.
• the sealing cap is formed from colored and the lid from translucent plastic.
• Corresponding metering marks can serve to measure the quantity.
• the second embodiment illustrated in FIG. 5 largely corresponds to the first embodiment.
• the same parts therefore have the same reference numbers.
• the clamping webs 27 continue to form a radially inwardly directed step 28 into ends 29 reaching up to the rounded section 17.
• the clamping webs 27 with their steps 28 are placed on the cap edge 31, so that corresponding loading forces are passed directly over the cap edge 31 into the circular cylinder wall 5 of the closure cap.
• the funnel opening edge 18 is then relieved and does not need to transmit any force. However, it would also be possible to let the funnel opening edge extend to the cap bottom 4, so that both the clamping webs 27 and the funnel opening edge come into support position.
• the third embodiment shown in FIG. 6 also largely corresponds to the first.
• the same reference numbers are in turn transmitted.
• the cap base edge 31 is now supported directly on the inner wall 32 of the pot. This takes place in the area of the rounding section 17, which is followed by the funnel wall 18.
• the funnel now has a smaller depth. However, it could also be higher.

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• 1988
  • 1988-02-15 DE DE3804668A patent/DE3804668A1/de active Granted
• 1989
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