EP0561322B1 - Dropper bottle for two products to be mixed prior to use - Google Patents

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EP0561322B1
EP0561322B1 EP93104161A EP93104161A EP0561322B1 EP 0561322 B1 EP0561322 B1 EP 0561322B1 EP 93104161 A EP93104161 A EP 93104161A EP 93104161 A EP93104161 A EP 93104161A EP 0561322 B1 EP0561322 B1 EP 0561322B1
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reservoir
bottle
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Evro Fabbri
Giovanni Ferrari
Antonio Fontana
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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
    • B65D51/00—Closures not otherwise provided for
    • B65D51/24—Closures not otherwise provided for combined or co-operating with auxiliary devices for non-closing purposes
    • B65D51/28—Closures not otherwise provided for combined or co-operating with auxiliary devices for non-closing purposes with auxiliary containers for additional articles or materials
    • B65D51/2807—Closures not otherwise provided for combined or co-operating with auxiliary devices for non-closing purposes with auxiliary containers for additional articles or materials the closure presenting means for placing the additional articles or materials in contact with the main contents by acting on a part of the closure without removing the closure, e.g. by pushing down, pulling up, rotating or turning a part of the closure, or upon initial opening of the container
    • B65D51/2814—Closures not otherwise provided for combined or co-operating with auxiliary devices for non-closing purposes with auxiliary containers for additional articles or materials the closure presenting means for placing the additional articles or materials in contact with the main contents by acting on a part of the closure without removing the closure, e.g. by pushing down, pulling up, rotating or turning a part of the closure, or upon initial opening of the container the additional article or materials being released by piercing, cutting or tearing an element enclosing it
    • B65D51/2842—Closures not otherwise provided for combined or co-operating with auxiliary devices for non-closing purposes with auxiliary containers for additional articles or materials the closure presenting means for placing the additional articles or materials in contact with the main contents by acting on a part of the closure without removing the closure, e.g. by pushing down, pulling up, rotating or turning a part of the closure, or upon initial opening of the container the additional article or materials being released by piercing, cutting or tearing an element enclosing it said element being provided with a preformed weakened line
    • B65D51/285—Closures not otherwise provided for combined or co-operating with auxiliary devices for non-closing purposes with auxiliary containers for additional articles or materials the closure presenting means for placing the additional articles or materials in contact with the main contents by acting on a part of the closure without removing the closure, e.g. by pushing down, pulling up, rotating or turning a part of the closure, or upon initial opening of the container the additional article or materials being released by piercing, cutting or tearing an element enclosing it said element being provided with a preformed weakened line ruptured by a sharp element, e.g. a cutter or a piercer

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  • the invention concerns a dropping bottle particularly for pharmaceutical products which, prior to use, are activated by being mixed together, namely, a deformable plastic container, generally containing a liquid substance, into which another, generally powdery, substance contained in a reservoir above is precipitated, following the partial thrust-shearing of the diaphragm forming the bottom of said reservoir by the lower cutting end of the dropper sliding inside the reservoir itself: the top end of said dropper being covered by a cap which also serves to apply down-thrust to the dropper; the liquid substance and the powdery one, or also two liquid substances, being of a medicinal or cosmetic nature.
  • a dropping bottle as described in the preamble of claim 1; it is provided with a cap, reservoir and dropper assembly comprising a reservoir fitted with a collar adapted for resting on the mouth of the bottle, a delivery piston the lower part of which is shaped in the form of a flute mouthpiece and the upper part of which is shaped in the form of a collar and a cap the lower part of which is in the form of a removable strip, the delivery piston being equipped in its upper part with a dropper.
  • a dropping bottle particularly for pharmaceutical products to be activated by mixing prior to use comprising a deformable bottle body, a reservoir containing the substance to be mixed and having a lower extremity closed by a diaphragm which can be partly thrust-sheared by means of a rigid dropper having a hollow cylindrical body with a chisel-shaped bottom end, said dropper being located inside the reservoir to selectively slide towards the diaphragm, the top end of said dropper being connected to a cap which seals and protects the dropper and is adapted to be pushed together with the dropper towards the diaphragm, the internal surface of said cap being slidably coupled with the outer surface of said reservoir, an annular element being interposed between the bottom end of said cap and the rim of the bottle neck to form a tear-off warranty seal detaching from said cap along a circumference, designed to shear as required, the bottom of said annular element being anchored to the reservoir or to the bottle neck, so
  • the advantages of the invention are: significantly increased ease of use of the dropping bottle; elimination of the danger of a fortuitous falling down of the dropper and reservoir when the dropping bottle is used; possibility of mounting the reservoir the dropper and the cap of the bottle as unit in a single operation onto the bottle neck.
  • Figure 1 is the enlarged axial section of the top part of the bottle, fitted with a mixing device with tamper-proof seal, in the embodiment wherein the lower end of the cap comprises a warranty seal with below it a separable annular element and with a union to the neck integral with the reservoir: the whole as it appears before use;
  • Figure 2 is a section as in Figure 1, but in the mixing phase prior to use;
  • Figure 3 is a part-sectional view of the whole of the element that actuates, protects and offers warranty and also serves as a plug;
  • Figure 4 is the cross-section IV-IV of Figure 3;
  • Figure 5 is a partial section of the rigid body of the dropper for dispensing measured drops having a funnel at the top and a perforator at the bottom;
  • Figure 6 is a partial section of the reservoir containing the substance to be fed into the body of the bottle below and mounted on the neck of said bottle;
  • Figure 7 is a partial section of the body, incomplete
  • the figures show: the body of the bottle 1, having a neck 2, for example with a lower locating ring 3 acting as an assembly bearing; one or more annular projections or threads 4 connecting with a union 5 having a watertight inner lip 6 of the hollow cylindrical body 7 of the dispenser of the substance, be it liquid, powder or solid, to be mixed with the liquid in the bottle below; a diaphragm 8 with a predetermined peripheral shear-line, supporting the substance contained in the chamber 9 of the reservoir 7; a hollow, cylindrical intermediate body 10 of the dropper, a bottom end being chisel-shaped so as to shear the diaphragm 8; an upper funnel 12 of the body 10, acting as a dropper; a ring 13 forming the outside edge of the funnel 12 to arrest the downstroke of the dropper once shearing is complete; an upper outer ring 14 and a lower ring 15 respectively of the hollow cylindrical body 10 of the dropper forming a watertight seal; a multi-function hollow cylindrical element 16, in the form of a cap
  • the separable lower annular section below the warranty seal is anchored to the body 7 of the reservoir ( Figures 1, 9); in the embodiment of Figure 8, the separable annular section of the warranty seal is anchored to the neck of the bottle 1; in the embodiment of Figure 10, said separable annular section is anchored under the bottom lip of the union 5 of the body 7 of the reservoir to the neck 2; in the embodiment of Figure 11, with said lower annular section missing, the warranty seal 33 is anchored to the body 7 of the reservoir.

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EP93104161A 1992-03-19 1993-03-15 Dropper bottle for two products to be mixed prior to use Expired - Lifetime EP0561322B1 (en)

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ITMO920035A IT1259924B (it) 1992-03-19 1992-03-19 Flacone contagocce particolarmente per prodotti farmaceutici attivabili all'uso per miscelazione
ITMO920035 1992-03-19

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ITMO920035A0 (it) 1992-03-19
ES2096788T3 (es) 1997-03-16
DE69305553T2 (de) 1997-05-28

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