EP3240740A1 - Corps de distribution sous forme de capsules servant à distribuer des additifs à un liquide - Google Patents

Corps de distribution sous forme de capsules servant à distribuer des additifs à un liquide

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EP3240740A1
EP3240740A1 EP15828326.7A EP15828326A EP3240740A1 EP 3240740 A1 EP3240740 A1 EP 3240740A1 EP 15828326 A EP15828326 A EP 15828326A EP 3240740 A1 EP3240740 A1 EP 3240740A1
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capsule
opening
liquid
dispensing body
body according
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Lukas RETTENBACHER
Shahriar MORADI
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Moradi Consulting GmbH
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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
    • B65D85/00—Containers, packaging elements or packages, specially adapted for particular articles or materials
    • B65D85/70—Containers, packaging elements or packages, specially adapted for particular articles or materials for materials not otherwise provided for
    • B65D85/804—Disposable containers or packages with contents which are mixed, infused or dissolved in situ, i.e. without having been previously removed from the package
    • B65D85/8043—Packages adapted to allow liquid to pass through the contents
    • B65D85/8055—Means for influencing the liquid flow inside the package
    • 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
    • B65D51/2821—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 a blister, a capsule or like sealed container
    • 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
    • B65D85/00—Containers, packaging elements or packages, specially adapted for particular articles or materials
    • B65D85/70—Containers, packaging elements or packages, specially adapted for particular articles or materials for materials not otherwise provided for
    • B65D85/804—Disposable containers or packages with contents which are mixed, infused or dissolved in situ, i.e. without having been previously removed from the package
    • 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
    • B65D51/2857—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 displacing or removing an element enclosing it
    • B65D51/2878—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 displacing or removing an element enclosing it the element being a lid or cover seated on a passage between the auxiliary container and the main container

Definitions

  • the present invention relates to a dispensing body for dispensing substances to a liquid
  • dispensing body is in the form of a capsule
  • the capsule shell consists of a liquid-tight material and has at least a first opening and at least one second opening, and
  • first and second openings communicate with each other via the fillable volume.
  • a variety of substances are used to a liquid, such as for dispensing flavors to a beverage or for dispensing fertilizer to the liquid in one
  • Watering can or in a garden hose.
  • Such a dispensing body can in particular in a
  • Closure cap of a liquid container can be used to deliver the substances to that liquid
  • Liquid container passes through the cap in the mouth of the drinker.
  • Such a cap preferably
  • Screw cap can be attached to a
  • Liquid container preferably on a bottle, particularly preferably on a PET bottle, be formed, wherein the closure cap a spout opening, preferably
  • a receiving element comprises, which with the cap a common
  • Recording volume forms for receiving the at least one dispensing body.
  • the closure cap may be apparent in the sense that an access to the receiving volume is formed to to be able to bring the at least one dispensing body in the receiving volume or to be able to remove from the receiving volume, wherein the receiving element for a liquid
  • Caps are shown, for example, in PCT / EP2013 / 069588, in PCT / EP2013 / 069628, in PCT / EP2013 / 071276 or in PCT / EP2014 / 065516.
  • the invention comprises a system of one
  • Cap and at least one dispensing body and a method for dispensing substances from a dispensing body.
  • AI capsules known which are filled with substances to be dispensed, wherein a first opening and a second opening are provided opposite to each other and the
  • the US 2010/0025282 AI shows a cube-shaped capsule for
  • aromatic substances having internals extending the communication path between the two opposing ports, through which ports liquid is passed through the capsule to produce an aromatized beverage.
  • drinking bottles In particular drinking bottles with
  • Cap known. Since drinking bottles usually have no facilities that can produce hot or pressurized water, capsules are where liquid through the Capsule must be routed, not applicable for drinking bottles.
  • the bottles usually have threads on which the caps are screwed. The threads are standardized and the number of differently standardized thread of these bottles is low. On the one hand, these bottles can be pre-filled, for example with
  • Mineral water which may also be mixed with flavorings, or with an isotonic beverage.
  • they can be bottles which are intended to hold a liquid mixed by the user as desired.
  • fruit juice syrups especially
  • Beverage consumption is fixed. That he can no longer change the flavor during beverage consumption, since the liquid still present in the bottle has only the flavor once selected. But not only the taste desire can change between the beginning and end of beverage consumption. For example, if the user has opted for a non-isotonic beverage, and after a certain period of time in which he wishes to drink e.g. Sport has an isotonic drink, so this is also no longer possible with the liquid still present in the bottle.
  • Liquid container with cap which is made in three parts and a tablet container, a
  • Container lid and a cap closure has.
  • Dispensing body has the form of a capsule, wherein the capsule shell encloses a fillable volume for substances to be dispensed, the capsule shell of a liquid-tight material and having at least a first opening and at least one second opening, which are arranged so that when flowing around the capsule with liquid a first opening has a greater flow velocity than a second one
  • Dispensing body according to claim 1. It is provided that the first opening and second opening are arranged so that when flowing around the capsule with liquid at a first opening is a greater flow velocity than at a second opening and that the liquid under utilization of the dynamic pressure a liquid Substance pulls out of the capsule, and
  • either the capsule shell comprises a plurality of surfaces which are separated from each other by edges, at least on the outside of the capsule shell, the first opening and the second opening being located on an outer surface
  • Capsule shell includes at the location of the second opening, wherein the fillable volume to be dispensed substances in the form of a
  • Outer surface, by edges of the capsule shell at the Outside is formed, at least one, but also several, in particular all, having first openings.
  • the same outer surface has at least one second opening, but may also have a plurality, in particular also all, second openings.
  • This outer surface may be flat, but also curved.
  • first and second opening (s) lie on the same flat surface, which is indeed covered by the first embodiment variant in claim 1.
  • Opposing openings are only advantageous if liquid enters the capsule from the outside through an opening, flows through the capsule, absorbs the substances to be dispensed and leaves through the other opening. This is just not desirable in the subject invention.
  • the capsule contains
  • the capsule is also filled in the ready state also usually with a liquid.
  • the capsule according to the invention utilizes the pressure difference of a fluid flow or a fluid jet to produce a pumping action, similar to a jet pump. It pulls the
  • Liquid for example water, which flows past the capsule or flows around the capsule, under the exclusive - use of the dynamic pressure of a liquid substance the capsule and mixes with this. Because the substance is already liquid, the step of dissolution of the substance in the washing liquid can be dispensed with. A change in the substance to be dispensed into the liquid can be done by replacing the capsule.
  • the dose of the delivered substance depends, in addition to the effective transverse surface and the shape of the openings, almost exclusively on the flow rate of the liquid. Since the capsule is usually used in a cap having a fixed cross-sectional area, no large variations in the flow rate of the liquid are possible and thus no overdosing of the discharged substance.
  • the capsule according to the invention is based on a similar principle as the Venturi injectors, but with Venturi injectors both liquids are continuously nachgediant, but the capsule can always make available only a limited amount of substances to be dispensed.
  • both liquids are continuously nachgediant, but the capsule can always make available only a limited amount of substances to be dispensed.
  • liquid container is also available only a limited amount of liquid to be washed: the amount of
  • Liquid which surrounds the capsule is limited by the volume of the container to which the capsule, for example by means of
  • the Cap is attached.
  • the amount of the liquid to be washed is not limited.
  • Liquid which is in the capsule, be dosed into another, moving liquid.
  • At least one first opening and the at least one second opening are flowed around at different speeds due to their shape and / or their position.
  • Opening can therefore the flow velocity influence, as the area around the opening can be constructed to be flow-demanding by having approximately a kind of flow channel, for example in the form of depressions in the surface or walls on the surface of the capsule.
  • each constriction leads to faster flow and lower pressure, according to the known operation of a diffuser.
  • the faster-flushed opening discharges liquid from inside the capsule to the liquid to be washed, while the slower-purged opening
  • first and second openings In order for a pressure difference between the first and second openings to form, the first and second openings must communicate with one another via the fillable volume. There may therefore be no walls in the fillable volume, which separate the first and second openings liquid-tight from each other. As a rule, first and second openings will also be connected via the medium flowing around. But the pressure difference would also form if the pressure equalization port would be connected to the outside air, which then the principle of a conventional jet pump
  • First and second opening (s) of the capsule are prefabricated. They are not produced, as in WO 2010/118543 Al, only when used by perforating the capsule. The perforation would also not be possible with the capsule according to the invention, because the capsule or the capsule shell is generally designed to be rigid in order to produce a function according to the invention
  • the openings may have different sizes, and indeed the first openings may have a different size than the second openings. In the case of a plurality of openings, additionally or alternatively, differences in size may exist within the plurality of first openings or within the plurality of second openings. By the size and / or the shape of the openings can be adjusted how fast or how long liquid from the capsule to the circulating
  • first and second openings for water are in a range of 0.001-3 mm or greater, in particular 0.01-2 mm, more preferably 0.3-1 mm.
  • the diameters are generally dependent on the viscosity of the liquids.
  • the openings can in principle be provided at any point of the capsule.
  • First and second openings may be the same shape and size.
  • exactly one first and exactly one second opening are provided.
  • a larger opening a smaller opening, if a larger opening would leak.
  • the capsule in the fillable volume has fittings for extending the connection path, in particular also an angling, between the first and second openings.
  • first and second opening are usually not large enough to fill the capsule quickly, it can be provided that the capsule is made in two parts. Then one part of the capsule can be filled, while another part of the capsule then closes it.
  • a part of the capsule may have the concave shape of a container, while the other part forms a more level lid.
  • the two parts may be connected to one another by positive locking, for example by inserting one part into the other.
  • the capsule can be made of plastic, for example by injection molding.
  • the shape of the capsule can be arbitrary, but it is to adapt to the shape and dimensions of a cap when it is to be included in a cap. Likewise, installations of the cap, such as valves or
  • the capsule may be approximately round, crescent-shaped, crescent-shaped (for insertion around a valve or around a mouthpiece) or angular.
  • Semicircle or a shape resembling the semicircle has, such as a large "D", where the tips of the semicircle are cut normal to the straight side of the semicircle.
  • Sickle exists where a part of a circle is removed by a second circular surface, or a shape resembling the sickle shape, where the outer circular surface is partially straightened.
  • the surface normal of the capsule shell at the location of the first opening forms an angle with the surface normal of the capsule shell at the location of the second opening. This is usually already given by a certain distance between the first and second opening, such as when the capsule shell is curved on the outside.
  • Capsule shell are separated by edges, wherein the first opening is disposed on a different outer surface than the second opening.
  • the outer surfaces can be flat or curved. But it is quite possible that both openings are located on an outer surface or side, so the first (s) opening (s) on the same outer surface
  • first and second openings are located on only one outer surface.
  • the capsule shell is mostly flat
  • Base surface a plane parallel to the base, mostly flat top surface and have a connecting the base and top surface lateral surface.
  • the capsule shell would therefore be in
  • Base and top surface could be congruent, the shell surface could be normal on the ground and top surface.
  • the base and top surfaces could be in the shape of a circle, a semicircle, a sickle, etc.
  • a plane surface that is largely flat relative to the base surface and a lateral surface that connects the base and top surface it may be provided that the first opening in the shell surface and the second opening in the top surface are provided.
  • a higher flow velocity would be present on the lateral surface than on the top surface, so that liquid flows through the first opening is sucked out of the capsule, while a part of the liquid flow around is sucked into the capsule through the second opening in the top surface.
  • the first opening is closer to the base than to the base
  • Deck surface is arranged.
  • first opening that is to say at least one or even several, in particular all
  • second opening that is to say again at least one, or even several, in particular all
  • the two first openings and the second opening may lie on a straight line.
  • Base and top surface may at least approximately have the shape of a semicircle or a sickle. This means that the ground and top surfaces are either the ideal shape of a
  • Almost crescent-shaped means that either the ideal shape of a sickle exists, where a part of a circle is removed by a second circular surface, or one of the
  • Connection path between the first and second opening may be provided such that there is a labyrinthine connection path between the first and second opening.
  • labyrinth-like internals can also easily fill first and / or second openings of others
  • the internals may include planar walls, which - especially in the case of a capsule with mutually parallel cover and base - normal to the top and bottom surface.
  • the planar walls may form a labyrinth or a meandering connection path, in particular between the first and second openings.
  • the capsules according to the invention are usually filled already delivered to an end user, so that the
  • Invention also includes a dispensing body, where the fillable volume contains substances to be dispensed in the form of a liquid.
  • the viscosity of the liquid can be adjusted so that given a capsule or given openings a desired release rate or delivery time is achieved.
  • These liquids may - for the use of the capsule for the preparation of a drink - basically all food-grade substances in liquid form and in particular contain the following substances or consist of the following substances: fruit syrups, flavored
  • Active substance is not evenly distributed in the filling liquid of the capsule, but that there are partial volumes with higher and partial volumes with lower active ingredient density. For example, near the first opening there could be a high density of active substance in the filling liquid in order to release more active substance at the beginning of the drinking process than later. Or it could be exactly
  • Contained filling liquid they could have different drug gradients.
  • a first active ingredient could e.g. in one sub-volume of the capsule have a higher concentration than a second, while the second active ingredient in a different sub-volume has a higher concentration than the first.
  • the dispensing body may be adapted for use in a closure cap for a liquid container, in particular having the necessary outer dimensions, and / or already having the necessary openings because closure caps typically have no mounting mechanisms and / or having no openings , which are so large and / or arranged so that a flow through the capsule takes place with liquid, as would be the case with pressurized coffee capsules.
  • the invention also encompasses a dispensing body with a closure cap for a liquid container, the dispensing body being arranged in the closure cap, in particular a dispensing body for dispensing substances onto a liquid,
  • dispensing body is in the form of a capsule
  • the capsule shell consists of a liquid-tight material and has at least a first opening and at least one second opening, which are arranged so that when flowing around the capsule with
  • first and second openings communicate with each other via the fillable volume
  • the dispensing body is arranged in a closure cap.
  • the end user then only has to screw the cap onto a liquid container and can immediately take the liquid out of the liquid container, enriched with the substances from the capsule.
  • Base surface a plane parallel to the base, largely flat top surface and a the base and top surface connecting lateral surface may be aligned with the top surface of the capsule to the spout opening of the cap. If the cap has - in particular also flat - has provided boundary surfaces in its interior, on which the base of the capsule can be placed and / or abut the top surface (or only a small distance from the top surface), it ensures that the capsule Position in the cap in all positions of the
  • Cap keeps and thus always approximately the same flow conditions in that liquid are present from the Liquid container through the cap and around the capsule to the mouthpiece (or to the spout opening)
  • the present invention thus comprises a method for dispensing substances from a dispensing body according to the invention by flowing liquid around the capsule.
  • Substances or substances in particular flavorings and / or nutrients and / or dietary supplements and / or medicinal
  • Nutrients include carbohydrates, fats, fiber, protein, minerals and vitamins. If a large number of carbohydrates, minerals and vitamins are released, the production of an isotonic beverage is possible.
  • the capsule is arranged in a closure cap, which has a
  • liquid-filled container closes, and the capsule is flowed around by tilting the container, such as in drinking position, liquid from the container.
  • the flow around the capsule with liquid is supported by the drinker when drinking at least. That means that through the
  • the cap is preferably a screw cap that fits all standard water bottles, or you can with a few different caps the few different standardized
  • the cap is
  • Spout of the cap closes and from a Closing position in a release position, preferably by moving the mouthpiece, can be converted. In the closed position, no liquid can over the
  • Liquid in the liquid container with cap allows, even if it is transported or carried along during sports by the user. In the release position, liquid can pass through the cap through the mouthpiece and the user is allowed to drink.
  • Fig. 1 is an axonometric view of an inventive
  • FIG. 2 shows a side view of the capsule from FIG. 1
  • Fig. 3 is a plan view of a capsule of FIG. 1st
  • FIG. 4 shows a front view of a first variant of a capsule from FIG. 1
  • Fig. 5 is a sectional view of the capsule of FIG. 4 according to
  • Fig. 6 is an axonometric view of an open capsule of Fig. 4, without internals
  • Fig. 7 is a rear view of a lower part of a second
  • Variant (with internals) of a capsule of Fig. 1 Fig. 8 is a front view of a lower part of a capsule
  • FIG. 9 shows a sectional view of the capsule from FIG. 7 according to FIG.
  • Section line AA in Fig. 3rd 10 shows an axonometric view of an opened capsule from FIG. 7
  • Fig. 11 is an axonometric view of a second
  • FIG. 12 is a side view of the capsule of FIG. 11th
  • Fig. 13 is a plan view of a capsule and a
  • FIG. 14 is a front view of the capsule of FIG. 11.
  • Fig. 15 is an axonometric view of an opened capsule of Fig. 11, without internals
  • Fig. 16 is an axonometric view of an opened capsule of Fig. 11, with internals
  • Fig. 17 is a rear view of a lower part of a capsule
  • Fig. 18 is a front view of a lower part of a capsule
  • Fig. 19 is an axonometric view of a third
  • FIG. 20 is a side view of the capsule of FIG. 19.
  • Fig. 21 is a plan view of a capsule and a
  • FIG. 22 is a front view of the capsule of FIG. 19.
  • Fig. 23 is an axonometric view of an opened capsule of Fig. 19, without internals
  • Fig. 24 is an axonometric view of an opened capsule of Fig. 19, with internals
  • Fig. 25 is a rear view of a lower part of a capsule
  • Fig. 26 is a front view of a lower part of a capsule
  • Fig. 1 shows a capsule according to the invention, the capsule shell is formed substantially as a straight prism and has a base 1, a top surface 2 and a lateral surface 3 connecting them. Base 1 and top surface 2 are congruent, aligned parallel to each other and each have the shape of a rectangle, at the one longer side of a circular sector connects.
  • the curved region of the capsule could be supported on a correspondingly shaped inner wall of the closure cap.
  • the longer straight side could be on a correspondingly shaped inner wall or on correspondingly shaped internals of a cap
  • the lateral surface 3 is normal on the base and top surface 1, 2 and consists of a long rectangle 4, two short
  • Rectangles 5 and a section 6 of a cylinder jacket Rectangles 5 and a section 6 of a cylinder jacket.
  • a first opening 7 is provided near the base area 1 (approximately two to three diameters of the opening 7 removed) and the portion 6 (approximately two to three diameters of the opening 7 away from the base area 1).
  • the invisible short rectangle is no opening
  • a second opening 8 is provided approximately centrally in the circular sector, with a distance of about two to three diameters of the opening 8 to the edge of
  • Top surface 2 with the section 6.
  • the circular sector of the base or top surface 1, 2 has about half the width of the rectangle of the base and top surface 1, 2. This width is measured in Figs. 1-3 from left to right ,
  • the two openings 7, 8 are the same size and circular.
  • Socket 9 which extends rectangular to the rest of the base area 1.
  • This base 9 serves to insert the capsule in a socket 9 corresponding recess in a cap.
  • the plan view of the capsule in Fig. 3 reveals the shape of the top surface 2 and the arrangement of the second opening 8 on the top surface.
  • the capsule shell consisting of base 1, top surface 2 and lateral surface 3 is (except for the opening 7) symmetrical to a plane which extends normal to the plane through the dotted line.
  • FIGS. 4-6 show a first embodiment of the invention according to FIGS. 1-3, in which no internals are provided in the capsule.
  • Fig. 4 shows the front view of the capsule of Fig. 1, on which the portion 6 of the lateral surface 3 and the base 9 of the base 1 are shown.
  • Fig. 5 shows a sectional view of the capsule according to section line A-A in Fig. 3.
  • the capsule is in two parts, wherein the
  • Base 1 with its base 9 forms the first part and the top surface 2 with the lateral surface 3, so with the long rectangle 4, the two short rectangles 5 and the portion 6 of the cylinder jacket, the second part, see also Fig. 6, which the capsule is open.
  • the base 1 has at its, directed into the interior of the capsule side a circumferential ridge 10 which is located within the outer edge of the base 1.
  • the fillable volume of the capsule results from the sum of the volumes of the top, the top 2 and
  • Jacket surface 3 is made, and the lower part, from the
  • FIGS. 7-10 show a second embodiment of the invention according to Figs. 1-3, are provided in the internals in the capsule.
  • FIGS. 7-10 correspond to FIGS. 4-6, but internals are provided on the base 1, that is, on the first part of the capsule.
  • the second part of the capsule, comprising the top surface 2 and the lateral surface 3, is the same as in FIGS. 4-6.
  • Fig. 7 the base 1 is seen from the rear, so from the left in Fig. 10, in Fig. 8, the base 1 is seen from the front, so from the right in Fig. 10, Fig. 9 is a
  • Sectional view of the capsule according to section line A-A in Fig. 3 and Fig. 10 shows the opened capsule.
  • the internals consist of three flat walls 11-13. Two walls 11, 12 are parallel to the long edge of the
  • a wall 13 is normal to the other two walls 11, 12 and connects at right angles to the wall 11 at.
  • the wall 11 is arranged at a distance x parallel to the long straight edge of the base, it is shorter than the long straight edge of the base 1, namely on both sides by about the distance x, and is centered with respect to the long straight edge of the base 1 arranged.
  • the wall 11 here forms a straight continuation of the wall of the base 9.
  • the wall 11 is so high that it extends in the closed state of the capsule to the top surface 2.
  • the wall 12 is arranged approximately at a distance x parallel to the wall 11 within the wall 11, it is the same width as the wall 11, but parallel to the long straight edge of the
  • Base 1 is completely moved to the edge of the base 1, so that the wall 12 in the closed state of the capsule up to the lateral surface 3, namely to - not in Fig. 10
  • the wall 13 is arranged approximately at a distance x normal to the wall 12 and connects at a right angle to the wall 11 at.
  • the wall 13 is so wide that the wall 13 in
  • the wall 13 is so high that it extends in the closed state of the capsule from the base 1 and the base of the base 9, to the top surface 2.
  • the three walls 11-13 thus form a channel with a
  • the channel is closed at the top by the top surface 2 and bottom by the base 1 and its base 9.
  • This channel has the shape of a labyrinth or two meanders, and runs with the capsule closed from the first opening 7 starting first outside the wall 13 parallel to the wall 13 (between wall 13 and short rectangle 5), then, after a change in direction of 90 °, outside the wall 11 along the wall 11 (between wall 11 and long rectangle 4), then, after a change of direction of 180 °, between wall 11 and wall 12, then a
  • FIG. 11 shows a second capsule according to the invention, which is the same as those in Figs. 1-10 except for the openings 7, 8. All embodiments of FIGS. 1-10, which do not relate to the openings 7, 8, therefore also apply to FIGS. 11-18. While in the first capsule according to FIGS. 1-10 a total of only two openings are provided, in the second capsule according to Fig. 11 a total of three openings
  • Fig. 11 is in the visible short
  • Rectangle 5 no opening provided, likewise not in the not visible short rectangle, in the long rectangle 4 or in the
  • Section 1 of the cylinder jacket not even in the base 1.
  • Base 1 and top surface 2 are again congruent, aligned parallel to each other and each have the shape of a rectangle, at its one longer side
  • Circular sector connects.
  • In the top surface 2 is approximately in the middle of the rectangle (measured along the rectangle 4), and that near the long rectangle 4 of the lateral surface 3 (at least closer to the edge of the top surface 2 to the long rectangle 4 than to
  • the second opening 8 is about two to three of its diameter from the edge of the top surface 2 to the long rectangle 4.
  • the circular sector of the base or top surface 1, 2 has about half the width of the rectangle of the basic or
  • the second opening 8 is here in the left third of the imaginary rectangle of the top surface 2, see Fig. 13 below.
  • Two so-called first openings 7 are located on both sides of the so-called second opening 8, at the same distance from the second opening 8. All three openings 7, 8 lie on a straight line which runs parallel to the long edge of the imaginary rectangle of the cover surface 2 they lie parallel to the edge of the top surface 2 with the long one
  • Openings 7 each lie closer to the edge formed by the top surface 2 and the short rectangle 5 than at the second opening 8.
  • a first opening 7 is equidistant from the edge of the top surface 2 by the long one Rectangle 4 and from the edge of the top surface 2 with the short rectangle 5, here about two to three diameters of the openings 7, 8.
  • the openings 7, 8 here have all the same
  • FIG. 13 contains a sectional view of a variant of the second capsule with internals 11, 12, which are analogous to those of FIG. 9.
  • FIGS. 16-18 relate to this variant with internals, that of the variant of the first capsule with internals according to FIGS. 7, 8 and 10
  • Fig. 13 shows a plan view of the second capsule, which is the same with and without internals of the capsule.
  • FIG. 14 concerning the second capsule corresponds to FIG. 4 of the first capsule and applies both to the variant with and to the variant without internals.
  • FIG. 15 shows the variant of the second capsule without internals, FIG. 15 corresponds to FIG. 6 for the first capsule.
  • Fig. 19 shows a third capsule according to the invention, which - like the second capsule in Figs. 11-18 - a total of three
  • Jacket surface 3 still in the base 1 openings 7, 8 are provided.
  • the capsule shell of the third capsule is substantially (again except for the base 9) formed as a straight prism, with a base 1, a top surface 2 and a lateral surface connecting them 3.
  • Base 1 and top surface 2 are congruent, aligned parallel to each other and have each approximately the shape of a sickle.
  • the lateral surface 3 is normal on the base and top surface 1, 2 and consists of an outwardly curved portion 6 of a
  • Cylinder shell of two short rectangles 5, from an inwardly curved portion 14 of a second cylinder jacket and from two further sections 15 of a third
  • the outwardly curved portion 6 has a larger radius than the inwardly curved portion 14, these two portions are essentially in the sickle shape.
  • the radius of the two sections 15 is in this case even greater than that of the section 6, but the radius could of course be the same, that would be the ideal
  • Sickle shape correspond, or smaller.
  • the midpoint of the radius of section 6 lies within the capsule.
  • Section 14 here has in the circumferential direction of the lateral surface 3, the length of a semicircle (see Fig. 21).
  • the outwardly curved portion 6 of the capsule could be supported on a correspondingly shaped inner wall of the closure cap.
  • the sections 15 and / or the section 14 could on a correspondingly shaped inner wall or on correspondingly shaped internals of a cap
  • portion 14 is shaped to wrap around or surround a valve or mouthpiece of the closure cap.
  • the capsule shell of the third capsule is symmetrical to the
  • the length of the capsule in FIG. 21 is measured from left to right, parallel to FIG.
  • dash-dotted line from a rounded peak to the vertex of section 6, so this length is about the same size as the width, measured in Fig. 21 as the distance of the two rectangles 5 to each other.
  • the openings 7, 8 in Figs. 19-26 are the same size and circular, with a diameter of about 1-1.5 mm.
  • a single second opening 8 is approximately centrally, ie on the dot-dash line, which represents the plane of symmetry of the capsule. This is located near the section 14, here about two to three diameters of the opening 8 of this.
  • dot-dash line lies on both sides of the second
  • Opening 8 in each case a so-called first opening 7, and that at the same distance from the second opening 8 and near the rectangles 5, so here again two to three diameters of the opening 7 away from the edge to the rectangle 5.
  • the variant of the third capsule with internals 11, 12, 13 is shown in FIGS. 21, 22 and 24-26.
  • the internals 11, 12, 13 correspond to the internals in Figs. 7-10 of the first capsule, after all, but is the capsule shell of the third
  • Fig. 21 is a sectional view of the capsule according to
  • Fig. 24 shows the opened capsule.
  • the internals consist of three flat walls 11-13. Two walls 11, 12 are normal to the dot-dash line
  • a wall 13 is normal to the other two walls 11, 12 and connects at right angles to the wall 11 at.
  • the wall 11 is arranged at a smallest distance x from the section 14, it is shorter than the connection between the two rectangles 5, namely on both sides also to about the distance x, and is centered with respect to the
  • the wall 11 forms here a straight continuation of the wall of the base 9.
  • the wall 11 is so high that they are in the closed state of the capsule to the
  • Top surface 2 is enough.
  • the wall 12 is arranged approximately at a distance x parallel to the wall 11 within the wall 11, it is the same width as the wall 11, but normal to the plane of symmetry of the capsule shell completely moved to the edge of the base 1, so that the wall 12 in the closed state the capsule extends to the lateral surface 3, namely to the short rectangle 5.
  • the wall 12 is so high that it extends in the closed state of the capsule from the base 1, more precisely the base of the base 9, to the top surface 2.
  • the wall 13 is arranged approximately at a distance x normal to the wall 12 and connects at a right angle to the wall 11 at. The wall 13 is so wide that the wall 13 in
  • the wall 13 is so high that it extends in the closed state of the capsule from the base 1 and the base of the base 9, to the top surface 2.
  • the three walls 11-13 thus form a channel with a
  • the channel is closed at the top by the top surface 2 and bottom by the base 1 and its base 9.
  • This channel has the shape of a labyrinth or two meanders, and runs with the capsule closed, first outside the wall 13 parallel to the wall 13 (between wall 13 and short rectangle 5), then, after a change in direction of 90 °, outside the wall 11 along the wall 11 (between wall 11 and section 14), then, after a change of direction of 180 °, between the wall 11 and wall 12, then a renewed change in direction of 180 ° along the wall 13, so that the channel finally ends between wall 12 and section 6.
  • the three openings 7, 8 are in that region of the channel, which extends outside along the wall 11, namely between the wall 11 and portion 14. In this way, the communication path between filling liquid in the remaining filling volume and the openings 7, 8 is extended, so not too much
  • Fill liquid can be sucked out of the capsule at once or flushing liquid and filling liquid of the
  • the base 1 has, within its outer edge, a depression towards the outside in the form of a base 9 which is rectangular to the base
  • the capsule according to the invention is shown to scale in FIGS. 1-10.
  • the length of the capsule is 15-45 mm, in particular 20-35 mm.
  • the height of the capsule measured from the outside of the base 9 to the top surface 2, is 7-30 mm, in particular 10-25 mm. Accordingly, the openings 7, 8 have a diameter of about 1 mm, usually 1-1.5 mm.
  • the illustration in Figs. 11-26 is to scale, the second capsule in Figs. 11-18 has the same dimensions as the first capsule in Figs. 1-10.
  • the third capsule according to FIGS. 19-26 basically also has the same dimension between the short rectangles 5 of 15-45 mm, in particular 20-35 mm, and a height from the base 9 to the top surface 2 of 7-30 mm, in particular 10 -25 mm.
  • the outer shape and size of the capsule depends on the receiving volume of the cap.
  • the volume of Dispensing body must not be greater than the receiving volume of the cap.
  • the delivery rate and duration of the filling liquid to a Regulate capsule fluid On the shape of the openings 7, 8, the size of the openings 7, 8, the shape and the material of the capsule and the viscosity of the liquid with which the capsule is filled, the delivery rate and duration of the filling liquid to a Regulate capsule fluid.
  • the base 1, the base 9, the lateral surface 3 and the top surface 2 have in the shown
  • Embodiments the same wall thickness.
  • Wall thickness is about 0.5 to 1.5 mm, in particular 0.7 to 1.2 mm.
  • the capsule could be surrounded by a film, and / or the openings 7, 8 could be closed by means of adhesive strips.

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L'invention concerne un corps de distribution servant à distribuer des substances à un liquide, ledit corps de distribution se présentant sous la forme d'une capsule, l'enveloppe de capsule (1-3) renfermant un volume, pouvant être rempli, destiné aux substances à distribuer. L'enveloppe de capsule est constituée d'un matériau étanche aux liquides et présente au moins une première ouverture (7) et au moins une deuxième ouverture (8) qui sont agencées de sorte que, lorsqu'un liquide s'écoule autour de la capsule, la vitesse d'écoulement au niveau d'une première ouverture (7) est supérieure à celle qui règne au niveau d'une deuxième ouverture (8), la première et la deuxième ouverture communiquant l'une avec l'autre par l'intermédiaire du volume pouvant être rempli. La première ouverture (7) et la deuxième ouverture (8) se trouvent sur une surface extérieure ou bien la normale à la surface de l'enveloppe de capsule (1-3) forme, à l'emplacement de la première ouverture (7), un angle avec la normale à la surface de l'enveloppe de capsule à l'emplacement de la deuxième ouverture (8).
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