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EP1755984B1
EP1755984B1 EP05756518A EP05756518A EP1755984B1 EP 1755984 B1 EP1755984 B1 EP 1755984B1 EP 05756518 A EP05756518 A EP 05756518A EP 05756518 A EP05756518 A EP 05756518A EP 1755984 B1 EP1755984 B1 EP 1755984B1
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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
    • B65D81/3205—Separate rigid or semi-rigid containers joined to each other at their external surfaces
    • B65D81/3211—Separate rigid or semi-rigid containers joined to each other at their external surfaces coaxially and provided with means facilitating 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
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    • 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
    • B65D81/3255—Containers provided with a piston or a movable bottom, and permitting admixture within the container

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  • the invention relates to a bottle salt for filling and transporting hair colors or intense tints with creamy or gelatinous consistency and developers and care products for home use.
  • Verkautsverpackungen for prefabricated hair colors or intensive tints are known. This developer and hair color or intensive tint are always filled separately into containers and transported separately in these. Liquid hair colors or intensive tints are usually filled in bottles, from which they can be easily re-poured. Hair dyes or intensive tints with high viscosity (with creamy or gelatinous consistency), on the other hand, are filled into tubes and transported, from which they can be pushed out for use. In addition, almost always, the hair care serving substances are included in the packaging. Prefabricated hair colors or intensive tints are automatically filled into bottles or tubes as soon as they are manufactured in order to protect the oxidizable components they contain from oxygen.
  • DE 101 51 104 A1 refers to a telescopic device for mixing two components and their application.
  • the telescopic device consists of at least two telescoping cylinders, which are closed and filled, with the aim of mixing the fillings and applying the mixture directly from the device.
  • Object of the present invention is to allow such a set of bottles so that a targeted and complete merger of the components developer and hair color or intensive tint is possible, while contamination of hands and clothing is avoided and still a simple and complete ge thorough mixing of Developer and hair color or intensive tint after merging these components is achieved.
  • the set of bottles consist of a compressible, sealable bottle for the developer, a hair dye or tint-receptive, rigid container with bottom and top closable openings and a piston and a squeezable bottle for a hair care product.
  • the neck located at the bottom of the container is plugged into the neck of the developer bottle after removal of the closure of the developer bottle and subsequent removal of the closure of the lower opening of the container, and the piston after removal of the upper closure of the container by means of the filled bottle for the hair care product is displaceable to the bottom of the container, so that the hair color is emptied from the container into the bottle.
  • the bottle set designed in this way has the advantage that the hair color or intensive tint can be completely emptied out of the container into the developer bottle, which is essential for achieving the selected color shade.
  • the hair dye or intensive tint emptied into the developer bottle is then mixed well enough with the developer by shaking the bottle. In this way, a targeted mixing and a clean working with the hair color is guaranteed.
  • the serving as a piston rod bottle is filled with a hair care product (eg, a conditioner).
  • a hair care product eg, a conditioner
  • the container has, beneath its upper opening, a circumferential collar for insertion into the holder of a dispensing automaton (as for example in the published patent application) DE 101 15 503 A11 described) to be able to hang.
  • the various components of the hair color or intensive tint to be filled are dispensed into the container in such a way that at the end and thus as the uppermost layer an oxidation-resistant component is filled. This is done in order to avoid that, when storing the hair color or intensive tinting, oxidation may occur due to the residual oxygen remaining in the container.
  • the contents of the container can also be protected from oxidation by being filled with a protective gas (eg argon or nitrogen) before the hair color or intensive tint is introduced.
  • a protective gas eg argon or nitrogen
  • the container itself is made of an oxygen-impermeable material such. As PVC or glass.
  • its two closures z. B. made of PP (polypropylene).
  • PP polypropylene
  • the bottle for the hair care product is also made of a flexible material so that it can be emptied by use of compression after use as a piston rod. When filled, the bottle is stiff so it does not buckle when the piston is pressed down.
  • the Fig. 1 a shows a compressible developer bottle 1 z. B. from LDPE (Low Density Potyethyten). Threaded onto its aperture 2 is a two-piece closure 3,4 which permits application of the ready-mixed hair color or tint to the tip 4 by removal (unscrewing or cutting).
  • LDPE Low Density Potyethyten
  • the bottle 1 can also be closed with a normal cap (not shown).
  • a cap such as the drawn cap 3,4 is screwed on only after mixing of developer and hair color or intensive tint to allow the application of the hair color or intense tint.
  • the bottle 1 has a capacity of z. 200 ml and is supplied prefilled with a developer (eg hydrogen peroxide). The capacity is for a hair color z. B. 60 ml and for an intensive tint z. B. as material of the bottle 1 is resistant to the chemicals used.
  • the container 5, which is used to store the hair color or intense tint, has both below as at ch above each an opening 8.9. Both openings have screw caps 6, 7, which allow to open the container on both sides.
  • the arranged at the bottom opening 8, has a diameter which is slightly smaller than the inner diameter of the opening 2 of the bottle 1. This makes it possible, about 1.0 cm long neck of the container 5 with its opening 8 in the opening second insert the bottle 1 (see Fig. 2 ). Thereafter, the shutter 6 is removed, which releases the underlying piston 10 for the use of the bottle 11.
  • the container 5 is made of an oxygen-impermeable material such. B. PVC or glass made his two closures may consist of a material that is oxygen permeable, such as. B. PP (polypropylene). If such a material is used, then 8.9 oxygen-impermeable seals (not shown) are inserted to close the upper and lower opening. These seals can z. B. made of PET (polyethylene terephthalate) coated aluminum discs. Such additional seals ensure that the storage of the filled hair color or intensive tinting the penetration of oxygen through the closures of the container is reliably prevented. The durability of the color or intensive tint is thus improved.
  • the inner diameter D of the container 5 corresponds exactly to the inner diameter E of the opening 9. This means that the inner diameter of the container 5 and its opening 9 merge smoothly into one another. Furthermore, an element designed as a piston 10 is inserted into the container as a closing element above the filling amount.
  • the piston serves together with the bottle 12 as expressing element for the hair color or intensive tinting in the bottle 1.
  • the piston 10 has an interior recess into which the bottle 12 is used as a piston rod. The bottle is expediently inserted into the piston 10 with the closure upwards.
  • the bottle 12 with closure 13 is also made of compressible material such.
  • B. HDPE High Density Polyethylene
  • the container 5 is made in different sizes, so that a filling volume of z. B. 40 to 70 ml. It is used to fill the hair color or intensive tint or their individual components, the z. B. by means of in the published patent application DE 101 15 503 A1 be prepared described method.
  • the container 5 is supplied pre-filled with a protective gas (eg argon or nitrogen).
  • a protective gas eg argon or nitrogen.
  • the individual components of the hair color or intensive tint are filled layer by layer from above through the opening 9 of the container 5 closed at the bottom. This is done so that the last layer is filled in a component that can not be oxidized. This component, which is insensitive to oxidation, thus protects against oxidation in addition to the protective gas of other components which are stratified underneath.
  • the seals described above can be inserted. After the filling process, the piston 10 is inserted into the container and this airtight sealed with the closure 6.
  • the bottle 1, the container 5 with the piston 10 and the bottle 12 can be packaged after filling and closing the container 5 as a set. It is unimportant whether the bottle 12 is already pre-filled or whether it is also filled via the automatic dispenser. It is only important that the bottle 12 is filled to the brim before use, so that it is not compressible in the filled state.
  • the handling of the bottle set shows Fig. 2 ,
  • the opening 8 of the neck of the container 5 is inserted after first the closure 3,4 of the bottle 1 and then the closure 7 of the container 5 have been removed.
  • the closure 6 of the container 5 is removed and the bottle 12 is inserted into the piston 10.
  • the bottle 12 and the piston 10 are pushed together to the bottom of the container 5 and pressed so the hair color or intensive tint in the bottle 1.
  • the hair color or intensive tint usually has a creamy or gelatinous consistency as viscosity and thus can not completely flow out of the open container 5 by itself, it must be pushed out of the container 5 with the piston 12. This ensures that the contents of the container 5 is almost completely emptied into the bottle 1. Only a part of the hair color or intensive tint may remain in the neck of the container 5 belonging to the lower opening 8. This residual amount corresponds at most to the volume of the neck and is known. It is added during filling of the container 5, in particular when filling the top layer of the non-oxidizable material. The described method ensures that the correct ratio of developer to hair color or intensive tint is always mixed, because the additional material added at the end of the filling process remains largely in the neck 8 of the container 5 during squeezing.
  • the concentrator contained in the bottle 12 can be used after expressing the hair color or intensive tint.
  • the set of bottles described is particularly advantageous if developer and hair color or intensive tint must be stored separately because the hair color or intensive tinting z. B. not immediately after production, but should be used later at home.

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Abstract

The invention relates to a bottle fixture set which is used to fill and transport hair dyes or intensive colourations having a creamy or gel-like consistency, in addition to developers and hair care products for domestic use. Said bottle fixture set comprises a bottle (1) which can be closed and compressed for the developer, a rigid container (5) which comprises lower (5) and upper (9) closeable openings and which receives the hair dye or the intensive colourations, and a piston (10) in addition to a bottle (12) for a hair care product. The neck of the bottle comprises an opening (8) which is disposed on the base of the container (5), and after removing the closure (3,4) of the bottle (1) and subsequently removing the cap (7), it can be inserted into in the opening (2) of the neck of the bottle (1), and the piston (10), which is in the container (5), can be displaced to the base of the container (5) by means of the filled bottle (12), such that the hair dye or intensive colouration is emptied from the container (5) into the bottle (1).

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Die Erfindung betrifft einen Flaschensalz zum Abfüllen und Transportieren von Haarfarben oder intensiv-Tönungen mit cremiger oder geliger Konsistenz sowie Entwickler und Pflegemittel für die Anwendung daheim.The invention relates to a bottle salt for filling and transporting hair colors or intense tints with creamy or gelatinous consistency and developers and care products for home use.

Verkautsverpackungen für vorgefertigte Haarfarben oder Intensiv-Tönungen sind bekannt. Dabei werden Entwickler und Haarfarbe oder Intensiv-Tönung stets getrennt in Gefäße abgefüllt und in diesen getrennt transportiert. Flüssige Haarfarben oder Intensiv-Tönungen werden üblicherweise in Flaschen gefüllt, aus denen sie problemlos wieder ausgegossen werden können. Haarfarben oder Intensiv-Tönungen mit hoher Viskosität (mit cremiger oder stark geliger Konsistenz) werden dagegen in Tuben abgefüllt und transportiert, aus denen sie zum Gebrauch herausgedrückt werden können. Zusätzlich werden in der Verpackung fast immer weitere, der Haarpflege dienende Substanzen mitgeliefert. Vorgefertigte Haarfarben oder Intensiv-Tönungen werden unmittelbar nach ihrer Herstellung maschinell in Flaschen oder Tuben abgefüllt, um die in ihnen enthaltenen oxydierbaren Anteile vor Sauerstoff zu schützen. Bevor die Kundin die Haarfarbe oder Intensiv-Tönung zu Hause anwenden kann, muss sie den Entwickler mit der getrennt gelieferten Haarfarbe oder Intensiv-Tönung zusammenfahren und mischen. Dabei muss sichergestellt sein, dass die beiden mengenmäßig genau aufeinander abgestimmten Komponenten Entwickler und Haarfarbe oder Intensiv-Tönung voliständing zusammengeführt und sorgfältig vermischt werden.Verkautsverpackungen for prefabricated hair colors or intensive tints are known. This developer and hair color or intensive tint are always filled separately into containers and transported separately in these. Liquid hair colors or intensive tints are usually filled in bottles, from which they can be easily re-poured. Hair dyes or intensive tints with high viscosity (with creamy or gelatinous consistency), on the other hand, are filled into tubes and transported, from which they can be pushed out for use. In addition, almost always, the hair care serving substances are included in the packaging. Prefabricated hair colors or intensive tints are automatically filled into bottles or tubes as soon as they are manufactured in order to protect the oxidizable components they contain from oxygen. Before the client can apply the hair color or intensive tint at home, she must bring together and mix the developer with the separately supplied hair color or intensive tint. It must be ensured that the two quantitatively exactly matched components developer and hair color or intensive tinting voliständing merged and mixed thoroughly.

DE 101 51 104 A1 bezieht sich auf eine teleskopartige Vorrichtung zur Vermischung zweier Komponenten und deren Ausbringung. Die teleskopartige Vorrichtung besteht aus mindestens zwei ineinander verschiebbaren Zylindern, die verschlossen und befüllt sind, mit dem Ziel, die Befüllungen zu mischen und das Gemisch direkt aus der Vorrichtung auszubringen. DE 101 51 104 A1 refers to a telescopic device for mixing two components and their application. The telescopic device consists of at least two telescoping cylinders, which are closed and filled, with the aim of mixing the fillings and applying the mixture directly from the device.

Aufgabe der vorliegenden Erfindung ist es, einen derartigen Flaschensatz so zu gestatten, dass eine gezielte und vollständige Zusammenführung der Komponenten Entwickler und Haarfarbe oder Intensiv-Tönung möglich ist, dabei eine Verschmutzung an Händen und Kleidung vermieden wird und trotzdem eine einfache und vollständ ge Durchmischung von Entwickler und Haarfarbe oder Intensiv-Tönung nach dem Zusammenführen dieser Komponenten erreicht wird.Object of the present invention is to allow such a set of bottles so that a targeted and complete merger of the components developer and hair color or intensive tint is possible, while contamination of hands and clothing is avoided and still a simple and complete ge thorough mixing of Developer and hair color or intensive tint after merging these components is achieved.

Diese Aufgabe wird durch den Gegenstand des unabhängigen Anspruchs gelöst. Bevorzugte Ausführungsformen sind in den abhängigen Ansprüchen definiert.This object is solved by the subject matter of the independent claim. Preferred embodiments are defined in the dependent claims.

Insbesondere wird vorgeschlagen, dass der Flaschensatz aus einer zusammendrückbaren, verschließbaren Flasche für den Entwickler, einem die Haarfarbe oder die Intensiv-Tönung aufnehmenden, steifen Behälter mit unten und oben verschließbaren Öffnungen und einem Kolben sowie einer zusammendrückbaren Flasche für ein Haarpflegemittel besteht. wobei der sich am Boden des Behälters befindliche Hals nach Entfernung des Verschlusses der Entwicklerflasche und der anschließenden Entfernung des Verschlusses der unteren Öffnung des Behälters in den Hals der Entwicklerflasche eingesteckt, und der Kolben nach Entfernung des oberen Verschlusses des Behälters mittels der gefüllten Flasche für das Haarpflegemittel bis zum Boden de:: Behälters verschiebbar ist, so dass die Haarfarbe aus dem Behälter in die Flasche entleert wird.In particular, it is proposed that the set of bottles consist of a compressible, sealable bottle for the developer, a hair dye or tint-receptive, rigid container with bottom and top closable openings and a piston and a squeezable bottle for a hair care product. wherein the neck located at the bottom of the container is plugged into the neck of the developer bottle after removal of the closure of the developer bottle and subsequent removal of the closure of the lower opening of the container, and the piston after removal of the upper closure of the container by means of the filled bottle for the hair care product is displaceable to the bottom of the container, so that the hair color is emptied from the container into the bottle.

Der so gestaltete Flaschensatz hat den Vorteil, dass die Haarfarbe oder Intensiv-Tönung vollständig aus dem Behälter In die Entwicklerflasche entleert werden kann, was für das Erreichen des gewählten Farbtones wesentlich ist. Die in die Entwicklenlasche entleerte Haarfarbe oder Intensiv-Tönung wird danach mit dem Entwickler durch Schütteln der Flasche ausreichend gut vermischt. Auf diese Art und Weise wird ein gezieltes Vermischen und ein sauberes Arbeiten mit der Haarfarbe gewährleistet. Die als Kolbenstange dienende Flasche wird mit einem Haarpflegemittel (z. B. einem Conditioner) befüllt. Die Kombination aus den beiden Flaschen und dem Behälter gewährleistet einen einfachen aber zweckmäßigen Gebrauch.The bottle set designed in this way has the advantage that the hair color or intensive tint can be completely emptied out of the container into the developer bottle, which is essential for achieving the selected color shade. The hair dye or intensive tint emptied into the developer bottle is then mixed well enough with the developer by shaking the bottle. In this way, a targeted mixing and a clean working with the hair color is guaranteed. The serving as a piston rod bottle is filled with a hair care product (eg, a conditioner). The combination of the two bottles and the container ensures a simple but convenient use.

Der Behälter hat unterhalb seiner oberen Öffnung einen umlaufenden Kragen, um ihn in die Halterung eines Dispensionsautomaton (wie z. B. in der Offenlegungsschrift DE 101 15 503 A11 beschrieben) einhängen zu können. Die verschiedenen Bestandteile der abzufüllenden Haarfarbe oder Intensiv-Tönung werden dabei so in den Behälter dispensiert, dass zum Schluss und damit als oberste Schicht ein oxydationsresistenter Bestandteil abgefüllt wird. Dies geschieht, um zu varhindem, dass bei Lagerung der Haarfarbe oder Intensiv-Tönung Oxydation - verursacht durch den sich eventuell noch in dem Behälter befindenden restlichen Sauerstoffstattfinden kann. Zusätzlich kann der inhalt des Behälters auch dadurch vor Oxydation geschützt werden, in dem dieser bevor die Haarfarbe oder Intensiv-Tönung eingebracht wird, mit einem Schutzgas (z. B. Argon oder Stickstoff) befüllt wird.The container has, beneath its upper opening, a circumferential collar for insertion into the holder of a dispensing automaton (as for example in the published patent application) DE 101 15 503 A11 described) to be able to hang. The various components of the hair color or intensive tint to be filled are dispensed into the container in such a way that at the end and thus as the uppermost layer an oxidation-resistant component is filled. This is done in order to avoid that, when storing the hair color or intensive tinting, oxidation may occur due to the residual oxygen remaining in the container. In addition, the contents of the container can also be protected from oxidation by being filled with a protective gas (eg argon or nitrogen) before the hair color or intensive tint is introduced.

Der Behälter selbst besteht aus einem sauerstoffundurchlässigen Material wie z. B. PVC oder Glas. Aus fertigungstechnischen Gründen werden seine beiden Verschlüsse z. B. aus PP (Polypropylen) hergestellt. Um die abgefüllten Substanzen vor dem Einfluss von Sauerstoff und damit vor Oxydation zu schützen, sind zwischen der oberen und der unteren Öffnung und ihren jeweiligen Verschlüssen aus PP luftundurchlässige Dichtungen aus z. B. mit PET (Polyethylen terephthalat) beschichteten Aluminiumscheiben eingelegt.The container itself is made of an oxygen-impermeable material such. As PVC or glass. For manufacturing reasons, its two closures z. B. made of PP (polypropylene). To protect the bottled substances against the influence of oxygen and thus against oxidation, are between the upper and the lower opening and their respective closures made of PP airtight seals made of z. B. with PET (polyethylene terephthalate) coated aluminum discs.

Die Flasche für das Haarpflegemittel besteht ebenfalls aus einem flexiblen Material, damit sie nach dem Gebrauch als Kolbenstange durch Zusammendrücken entleert werden kann. Im befüllten Zustand, ist die Flasche steif, so dass sie beim Niederdrücken des Kolbens nicht einknickt.The bottle for the hair care product is also made of a flexible material so that it can be emptied by use of compression after use as a piston rod. When filled, the bottle is stiff so it does not buckle when the piston is pressed down.

Ein Ausführungsbeispiel der Erfindung ist nachfolgend näher beschrieben.An embodiment of the invention is described in more detail below.

Es zeigt:

Fig. 1 a
zusammendrückbare Flasche zur Aufnahme und zum Mischen des Entwicklers mit der Haarfarbe oder Intensiv-Tönung mit aufgeschraubtem, zweiteiligen Verschluss, der gleichzeitig als Ausflussvorrichtung und zum Auftragen der fertigen Mischung aus Entwickler und Haarlarbe oder Intensiv-Tönung auf das Haar dient
Fig. 1 b
steifer Behälter für Haarfarbe oder Intensiv-Tönung mit Kolben und den beiden Öffnungen
Fig. 1 c
zusammendrückbare Flasche zur Aufnahme eines Haarpflegemittels
Fig. 2
Der Flaschensatz in Arbeitsatuation
It shows:
Fig. 1 a
compressible bottle for receiving and mixing the developer with the hair color or intensive tint with screwed on, two-part closure, which also serves as an outflow device and for applying the finished mixture of developer and Haarlarbe or intensive tint on the hair
Fig. 1 b
rigid container for hair color or intensive tint with plunger and the two openings
Fig. 1 c
squeezable bottle for receiving a hair care product
Fig. 2
The bottle set in working date

Die Fig. 1 a zeigt eine zusammendrückbare Entwicklerflasche 1 z. B. aus LDPE (Low Density Potyethyten). Auf ihre Öffnung 2 ist ein aus zwei Teilen bestehender Verschluss 3,4 geschraubt, der das Auftragen der fertig gemischten Haarfarbe oder Intensiv-Tönung durch Entfernen (Abschrauben oder Abschneiden) der Spitze 4 gestatlet.The Fig. 1 a shows a compressible developer bottle 1 z. B. from LDPE (Low Density Potyethyten). Threaded onto its aperture 2 is a two-piece closure 3,4 which permits application of the ready-mixed hair color or tint to the tip 4 by removal (unscrewing or cutting).

Die Flasche 1 kann aber auch mit einer normalen Kappe (nicht gezeichnet) verschlossen werden. In diesem Fall wird eine Kappe wie der gezeichnete Verschluss 3,4 erst nach dem Mischen von Entwickler und Haarfarbe oder Intensiv-Tönung aufgeschraubt, um das Auftragen der Haarfarbe oder intensivtönung zu ermöglichen. Die Flasche 1 hat ein Fassungsvolumen von z. B. 200 ml und wird mit einem Entwickler (z. B. Wasserstoffperoxyd) vorbefüllt geliefert. Die Füllmenge beträgt für eine Haarfarbe z. B. 60 ml und für eine Intensiv-Tönung z. B. 80 ml. [as Material der Flasche 1 ist gegenüber den eingesetzten Chemikalien beständig.The bottle 1 can also be closed with a normal cap (not shown). In this case, a cap such as the drawn cap 3,4 is screwed on only after mixing of developer and hair color or intensive tint to allow the application of the hair color or intense tint. The bottle 1 has a capacity of z. 200 ml and is supplied prefilled with a developer (eg hydrogen peroxide). The capacity is for a hair color z. B. 60 ml and for an intensive tint z. B. as material of the bottle 1 is resistant to the chemicals used.

Der Behälter 5, der für die Aufbewahrung der Haarfarbe oder intensiv-Tönung dient, hat sowohl unten als at ch oben je eine Öffnung 8,9. Beide Öffnungen besitzen Schraubverschlüsse 6,7, die es gestatten, den Behälter an beiden Seiten zu öffnen. Die am Boden angeordnete Öffnung 8, hat einen Durchmesser, der etwas geringer ist, als der Innendurchmesser der Öffnung 2 der Flasche 1. Dadurch ist es möglich, den etwa 1,0 cm langen Hals des Behälters 5 mit seiner Öffnung 8 in die Öffnung 2 der Flasche 1 einzusetzen (siehe Fig. 2). Danach wird der Verschluss 6 entfernt, der den darunter liegenden Kolben 10 für den Einsatz der Flasche 11 freigibt.The container 5, which is used to store the hair color or intense tint, has both below as at ch above each an opening 8.9. Both openings have screw caps 6, 7, which allow to open the container on both sides. The arranged at the bottom opening 8, has a diameter which is slightly smaller than the inner diameter of the opening 2 of the bottle 1. This makes it possible, about 1.0 cm long neck of the container 5 with its opening 8 in the opening second insert the bottle 1 (see Fig. 2 ). Thereafter, the shutter 6 is removed, which releases the underlying piston 10 for the use of the bottle 11.

Der Behälter 5 ist aus einem sauerstoffundurchlässigen Material wie z. B. PVC oder Glas hergestellt Seine beiden Verschlüsse können aus einem Material bestehen, das sauerstoffdurchlässig ist, wie z. B. PP (Polypropylen). Wird ein derartiges Material benutzt, so werden zum Verschluss der oberen und unteren Öffnung 8,9 sauerstoffundurchlässige Dichtungen (nicht gezeichnet) eingefügt. Diese Dichtungen können z. B. aus mit PET (Polyethylen terephtalat) beschichteten Aluminiumscheiben bestehen. Derartige zusätzliche Dichtungen stellen sicher, dass bei Lagerung der abgefüllten Haarfarbe oder Intensiv-Tönung das Eindringen von Sauerstoff durch die Verschlüsse des Behälters zuverlässig verhindert wird. Die Haltbarkeit der Farbe oder Intensiv-Tönung wird damit verbessert.The container 5 is made of an oxygen-impermeable material such. B. PVC or glass made his two closures may consist of a material that is oxygen permeable, such as. B. PP (polypropylene). If such a material is used, then 8.9 oxygen-impermeable seals (not shown) are inserted to close the upper and lower opening. These seals can z. B. made of PET (polyethylene terephthalate) coated aluminum discs. Such additional seals ensure that the storage of the filled hair color or intensive tinting the penetration of oxygen through the closures of the container is reliably prevented. The durability of the color or intensive tint is thus improved.

Der Innendurchmesser D des Behälters 5 entspricht genau dem Innendurchmesser E der Öffnung 9. Das bedeutet, die Innendurchmesser des Behälters 5 und seiner Öffnung 9 gehen glattflächig Ineinander über. Weiterhin ist ein als Kolben 10 ausgebildetes Element in den Behälter als Abschlusselement oberhalb der Füllmenge eingesetzt Der Kolben dient zusammen mit der Flasche 12 als Ausdrückelemenet für die Haarfarbe oder Intensiv-Tönung in die Flasche 1. Der Kolben 10 hat eine Innenausnehmung in welche die Flasche 12 als Kolbenstange eingesetzt wird. Die Flasche wird zweckmäßigerweise mit dem Verschluss nach oben in den Kolben 10 eingesetzt.The inner diameter D of the container 5 corresponds exactly to the inner diameter E of the opening 9. This means that the inner diameter of the container 5 and its opening 9 merge smoothly into one another. Furthermore, an element designed as a piston 10 is inserted into the container as a closing element above the filling amount. The piston serves together with the bottle 12 as expressing element for the hair color or intensive tinting in the bottle 1. The piston 10 has an interior recess into which the bottle 12 is used as a piston rod. The bottle is expediently inserted into the piston 10 with the closure upwards.

Die Flasche 12 mit Verschluss 13 besteht ebenfalls aus zusammendrückbarem Material wie z. B. HDPE (High Density Polyethylen). Sie wird mit einem Haarpflegemittel wie z. B. einem Conditioner befüllt und ist mit einem Schraubverschluss verschlossen. Im befüllten Zustand ist sie so steif, dass sie als Kolbenstange verwendet werden kann.The bottle 12 with closure 13 is also made of compressible material such. B. HDPE (High Density Polyethylene). It is treated with a hair care product such. B. filled with a conditioner and is closed with a screw cap. When filled, it is so stiff that it can be used as a piston rod.

Der Behälters 5 wird in unterschiedlichen Größen hergestellt, so dass sich ein Füllvolumen von z. B. 40 bis 70 ml ergibt. Er dient zum Abfüllen der Haarfarbe oder Intensiv-Tönung bzw. ihrer einzelnen Komponenten, die z. B. mittels des in der Offenlegungsschrift DE 101 15 503 A1 beschriebenen Verfahrens hergestellt werden.The container 5 is made in different sizes, so that a filling volume of z. B. 40 to 70 ml. It is used to fill the hair color or intensive tint or their individual components, the z. B. by means of in the published patent application DE 101 15 503 A1 be prepared described method.

Der Behälter 5 wird mit einem Schutzgas (z. B. Argon oder Stickstoff) vorbefüllt geliefert. Die einzelnen Komponenten der Haarfarbe oder Intensiv-Tönung werden schichtweise von oben durch die Öffnung 9 des dazu unten verschlossenen Behälters 5 gefüllt. Dies geschieht so, dass als letzte Schicht eine Komponente eingefüllt wird, die nicht oxydiert werden kann. Diese gegen Oxydation unempfindliche Komponente schützt damit zusätzlich zum Schutzgas die anderer Komponenten, die darunter geschichtet sind, vor Oxydation. Zusätzlich können die oben beschriebenen Dichtungen eingefügt werden. Nach dem Abfüllvorgang wird der Kolben 10 in den Behälter eingesetzt und dieser luftdicht mit dem Verschluss 6 verschlossen.The container 5 is supplied pre-filled with a protective gas (eg argon or nitrogen). The individual components of the hair color or intensive tint are filled layer by layer from above through the opening 9 of the container 5 closed at the bottom. This is done so that the last layer is filled in a component that can not be oxidized. This component, which is insensitive to oxidation, thus protects against oxidation in addition to the protective gas of other components which are stratified underneath. In addition, the seals described above can be inserted. After the filling process, the piston 10 is inserted into the container and this airtight sealed with the closure 6.

Die Flasche 1, der Behälter 5 mit dem Kolben 10 und die Flasche 12 können nach dem Befüllen und Verschließen des Behälters 5 als Set verpackt werden. Hierbei ist es unwichtig, ob d e Flasche 12 bereits vorgefüllt beigestellt oder ebenfalls über den Dispensionsautomaten befültt wird. Wichtig ist nur, dass die Flasche 12 vor dem Gebrauch nahezu randvoll gefüllt ist, damit sie im gefüllte Zustand nicht zusammendrückbar ist.The bottle 1, the container 5 with the piston 10 and the bottle 12 can be packaged after filling and closing the container 5 as a set. It is unimportant whether the bottle 12 is already pre-filled or whether it is also filled via the automatic dispenser. It is only important that the bottle 12 is filled to the brim before use, so that it is not compressible in the filled state.

Die Handhabung des Flaschensatzes zeigt Fig. 2. In die Öffnung 2 des Halses der Flasche 1 wird die Öffnung 8 des Halses des Behälters 5 eingesteckt, nachdem zuerst der Verschluss 3,4 der Flasche 1 und danach der Verschluss 7 des Behälters 5 entfernt wurden. Danach wird der Verschluss 6 des Behälters 5 entfernt und die Flasche 12 in den Kolben 10 eingesetzt. Im Anschluss daran werden die Flasche 12 und der Kolben 10 gemeinsam bis zum Boden des Behälters 5 durchgedrückt und so die Haarfarbe oder Intensiv-Tönung in die Flasche 1 gepresst. In der Flasche 1 werden anschließend der Entwickler und die Haarfarbe oder Intensiv-Tönung z. B. durch Schütteln der Flansche 1 vollständig vermischt und bilden danach die auf das Haar auftragbare, gebrauchsfertige Haarfarbe oder Intensiv-Tönung.The handling of the bottle set shows Fig. 2 , In the opening 2 of the neck of the bottle 1, the opening 8 of the neck of the container 5 is inserted after first the closure 3,4 of the bottle 1 and then the closure 7 of the container 5 have been removed. Thereafter, the closure 6 of the container 5 is removed and the bottle 12 is inserted into the piston 10. Subsequently, the bottle 12 and the piston 10 are pushed together to the bottom of the container 5 and pressed so the hair color or intensive tint in the bottle 1. In the bottle 1, the developer and the hair color or intensive tint z. B. completely mixed by shaking the flanges 1 and then form the applicable to the hair, ready-to-use hair color or intensive tint.

Da die Haarfarbe oder Intensiv-Tönung in der Regel eine cremige oder gelige Konsistenz als Viskosität aufweist und so nicht von allein aus dem geöffneten Behälter 5 vollständig ausfließen kann, muss sie mit dem Kolben 12 aus dem Behälter 5 herausgedrückt werden. Dadurch wird sichergestellt, dass der Inhalt des Behälters 5 nahezu vollständig in die Flasche 1 entleert wird. Lediglich ein nicht nennensweiter Teil der Haarfarbe oder Intensiv-Tönung kann in dem zur unteren Öffnung 8 gehörenden Hals des Behälters 5 verbleiben. Diese Restmenge entspricht allenfalls dem Volumen des Halses und ist bekannt. Sie wird beim Befüllen des Behälters 5, insbesondere beim Einfüllen der obersten Schicht, aus dem nicht oxydierbaren Material hinzugefügt. Durch das geschilderte Verfahren wird sichergestellt, dass stets das korrekte Verhältnis von Entwickler zu Haarfarbe oder Intensiv-Tönung gemischt wird, weil das zusätzlich, am Schluss des Befüllungsvorganges hinzugefügte Material, beim Ausdrücken weitgehend im Hals 8 des Behälters 5 verbleibt.Since the hair color or intensive tint usually has a creamy or gelatinous consistency as viscosity and thus can not completely flow out of the open container 5 by itself, it must be pushed out of the container 5 with the piston 12. This ensures that the contents of the container 5 is almost completely emptied into the bottle 1. Only a part of the hair color or intensive tint may remain in the neck of the container 5 belonging to the lower opening 8. This residual amount corresponds at most to the volume of the neck and is known. It is added during filling of the container 5, in particular when filling the top layer of the non-oxidizable material. The described method ensures that the correct ratio of developer to hair color or intensive tint is always mixed, because the additional material added at the end of the filling process remains largely in the neck 8 of the container 5 during squeezing.

Der in der Flasche 12 befindliche Conc itioner kann nach dem Ausdrücken der Haarfarbe oder Intensiv-Tönung verwendet werden.The concentrator contained in the bottle 12 can be used after expressing the hair color or intensive tint.

Nachzutragen wäre noch, dass der beschriebene Flaschensatz gerade dann von Vorteil ist, wenn Entwickler und Haarfarbe oder Intensiv-Tönung getrennt aufbewahrt werden müssen, weil die Haarfarbe oder Intensiv-Tönung z. B. nicht unmittelbar nach Erzeugung, sondern erst später zu Hause verwendet werden soll.It should also be added that the set of bottles described is particularly advantageous if developer and hair color or intensive tint must be stored separately because the hair color or intensive tinting z. B. not immediately after production, but should be used later at home.

Der Behälter 5 hat unterhalb seiner oteren Öffnung 9 einen umlaufenden Kragen 11. Dieser Kragen hat die Aufgaben, den Behälter bei schichtweiser Befüllung von oben in der Haltevorrichtung des Dispensionsautomaten für den Befüllvorgang zu positionieren.

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Öffnung mit Flaschenhals
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The container 5 has below its outer opening 9 a circumferential collar 11. This collar has the tasks to position the container in a layered filling from above in the holding device of the dispensing machine for the filling.
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Claims (4)

  1. Set of bottles for filling and transporting hair colours or intensive colours in cream or gel form, as well as developers and hair care products for use at home, wherein the set of bottles consists of a first squeezable, sealable bottle (1) for the developer with a cap (3, 4) and a first neck to which the cap (3, 4) is attachable, a rigid container (5) for holding the hair colour or intensive colour with an opening and a cap and a second bottle (12) for a hair care product,
    characterised in that
    the rigid container (5) is provided with lower (8) and top (9) openings closable with a bottom (7) and top (6) cap and a plunger (10), wherein the lower opening (8) is bordered by a second neck to which the cap (7) is attached, and the plunger has a cavity into which the second bottle (12) can be fitted like a plunger rod, that the second bottle (12) consisting of a squeezable material is sufficiently rigid in filled state to be able to press the plunger (10) through the container to the bottom of said container, wherein the neck with the opening (8) positioned at the bottom of the container (5) is insertable into the opening (2) of the neck of the first bottle (1) after removal of the caps (3, 4) from the first bottle (1) and the subsequent removal of the bottom cap (7), and the plunger (10) is slideable by means of the filled second bottle (12) up to the bottom of the container (5) after removal of the upper cap (6), such that the hair colour or intensive colour can be emptied from container (5) into the first bottle (1).
  2. Set of bottles according to claim 1 characterised in that the first bottle (1) is made of low density polyethylene (LDPE).
  3. Set of bottles according to claim 1 characterised in that the rigid container (5) is made of a material impermeable to oxygen, e.g. PVC or glass, and has an extending collar (11) under an opening (9).
  4. Set of bottles according to claims 1 and 3 characterised in that the upper and lower caps (6, 7) of the container (5) are made of polypropylene (PP) and air-tight seals consisting of aluminium discs with a polyethylene terephthalate (PET) coating are fitted between the top opening (9) and lower opening (8) and their respective caps.
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