ES1058838U - Tapon mixer. (Machine-translation by Google Translate, not legally binding) - Google Patents

Abstract

Mixing cap, which is specially designed for containers in which a solid product and a liquid product are housed, initially separated from each other by the location of the solid product inside a capsule or blister that isolates it from the liquid product, products which must be mixed immediately before consumption, is characterized in that in addition to incorporating fixing means of said capsule or blister, it incorporates in the upper area of its body a turret in which plays a push-button, retractable by effect of a spring, that emerges from the outside of said turret and that at its internal end is topped by a drilling head facing the capsule or blister, so that the actuation on said button causes the action of the drilling head against the capsule or blister, causing the breakage of the same and the corresponding pouring of the solid product into the body of the container in which it is housed the liquid product. (Machine-translation by Google Translate, not legally binding)

Description

Mixing cap

Object of the invention

The present invention relates to a plug, of those intended to constitute the closing element of a container, and either by thread, bayonet, pressure or by any other means, container inside which two products that are kept are housed physically independent of each other, being the fundamental objective of said stopper performing the mixing maneuver between the two Products in a timely manner.

The plug is especially suitable to be used in the marketing of products that must be combined immediately before consumption, but they must be maintained previously independent because its mixture brings with it, after a relatively short period of time, the loss of its properties or its effectiveness.

Background of the invention

There are many products on the market, as happens for example with certain pharmaceutical products, in which two components participate, a liquid component and a solid component, which must be mixed at the time of its consumption, since a mixture in origin brings with it, or a relatively short expiration period, or the loss of your effectiveness or its properties after a period of time also short.

In practice this forces the use of two containers or containers, containers respectively of liquid product and solid product, so that at the time of its consumption it is necessary to transfer the product to one of the containers inside the other, to proceed to its definitive mixture by shaking.

Regardless of the need to use two packaging, obviously mixing operations result relatively complex, since the opening of the two containers, the dosage of the components in quantity desired, the new closing of the same, etc., all of which requires in addition to a suitable work surface, such as a table or similar.

These handling operations, which as previously it has been said, they are relatively complex for yes, they accentuate considerably when they must be performed outside from home, where internal manipulations are much more difficult to perform

Description of the invention

The mixing cap proposed by the invention solves the problem fully satisfactorily previously exposed, since it allows to store and transport in the same container the two products to mix, perfectly independent from each other, to avoid losing their properties or its premature expiration, with the particularity that said stopper it allows to carry out the mixing of such products at all times, in an extremely fast and simple maneuver, practically instant, complemented by the classic and inescapable agitation of the mixture to achieve the proper homogeneity of it.

For this and more specifically the plug than the invention proposes is endowed, in addition to any type of medium conventional coupling to the complementary container body, body in which the liquid product will be housed, of means of support for a frangible solid product container, usually in the form of dust or grain, and characteristics suitable to keep perfectly isolated, along the time, the solid product contained within the product liquid contained in the container body.

This frangible container can materialize for example in a blister that is housed inside the plug.

In addition, the plug is equipped with means capable of breaking said container or blister, as per example a drilling head operable from outside the stopper with the collaboration of a button or similar, acting on against the tension of a spring, so that said head perforator is normally kept separate from the capsule or Blister container of the product, but is capable of drilling it in the Desired moment

According to another of the characteristics of the invention and to prevent said perforation from occurring in a manner accidental, the button is assisted by a security seal that immobilizes it as long as it is not torn, seal that obviously will also be located outside the plug.

As an alternative to structuring described, said perforating head can be replaced by a pusher that presses the capsule or blister on a series of break points located under it and conveniently fixed either to the cap itself or to the neck of the container.

In any case you get that, by acting on the button, the breakage of the capsule or blister of so that the content of it enters into direct communication with the liquid product contained in the body of the container, remaining the homogenized mixture by means of a stirring maneuver, and in consumption conditions

Description of the drawings

To complement the description that is being performing and in order to help a better understanding of the characteristics of the invention, according to a preferred example of practical realization of it, is accompanied as part member of that description, a set of drawings where with illustrative and non-limiting nature, what has been represented next:

Figure 1.- Shows a representation schematic in side elevation and in section of a mixing plug carried out in accordance with the object of the present invention, the which appears coupled to the complementary container.

Figure 2.- Shows an exploded perspective. of the cap of the previous figure.

Figure 3.- Shows a similar representation to figure 1 but corresponding to an embodiment variant of the cap.

Figure 4.- Shows, finally, and also according to a representation similar to that of figures 1 and 3, another variant embodiment of the cap.

Preferred Embodiment of the Invention

In view of the figures outlined, specifically of figures 1 and 2, it can be seen as the plug mixer proposed by the invention is constituted from a body (1), equipped with any conventional means (2) of watertight and removable coupling to the body (3) of the container from which it is part, such as a thread system, a system of bayonet or a pressure system, counting the body (1) of the cap with means for fixing within it a capsule or blister (4) container of the solid product to be mixed with the liquid product in the container (3), means that can materialize for example in a pair of washers (5-5 '), intended to support a stepping internal perimeter (6) of the neck of the container (1), to be supported between them to a perimeter tab (7) of the capsule or blister itself (5) and to be definitively fixed with the collaboration of a inner skirt (8) existing in the body (1) of the cap and which supports the above-mentioned washers (5-5 '), the which will be provided with holes (9) that facilitate the passage of liquid through it.

The body (1) of the cap is finished off in a turret (10) in which, with the collaboration of a shutter (11), plays a push button (12), retractable against the tension of a spring (13) and finished off in a drilling head (14), so that said head (14) is capable of piercing the capsule or blister (4) when it acts on the button (12), an action that can only be taken to deliberately, because the emerging sector at Outside the turret (10) of the push button (1) is assisted by a security seal (15) that immobilizes the pushbutton while not be removed

The elimination of the seal (15) so that the button (12) can be moved manually down and so that the drill head (14) pass through the capsule or blister (4) container of the solid product, allowing the mixture thereof with the liquid product housed in the container (3), for the consumption or use of the mixture.

The aforementioned discs (5-5 '), for capsule lift (4), can be physically independent of the body (3) of the container, as shown in the practical embodiment example of figure 3, where the body (1) of the cap is fragmented into two sectors (1-1 '), related to each other by means of a hinge (16) that allows the dejection of the first with respect to the second, both being related sectors through a tongue and groove coupling and waterproof (17) and counting the upper sector (1) with a fin (18) in opposition to the hinge (16), to facilitate decoupling Between both pieces.

According to the embodiment variant shown in figure 4, the body of the cap (1), maintaining the turret (10) with its shutter (11), the push button (12) with its spring (13) and its seal (15), replace the drilling head (14) with a pusher (14 ') acting on the capsule (4'), which is housed inside the neck (19) of the container (3) and supports by its periphery on a plurality of nerves (20) that stabilize it and that frame a series of break points (21) located under the capsule (4 ') but separated from it by said nerves (20), defining with these last outputs (22) for the solid product towards the container (3), so that when the button is actuated (12) a deformation of the capsule (4 ') occurs with parallel lowering it towards the breaking points (21), which cause the tearing of its wall and the consequent fall of the solid product into the liquid contained in the container (3), getting the same results as with the cases previous.

In all cases the shutter (11), in addition to seal the cap in closing situation, allows to establish communication with the outside when you suffer an angular movement with with respect to the turret (10), for output of the product abroad without having to undock the cap (1) of the container (3).

Claims (5)

1. Mixing cap, which being specially designed for containers in which a solid product and a liquid product are housed, initially independent from each other by placing the solid product inside a capsule or blister that isolates it from the liquid product, products which must be mixed immediately before consumption, it is characterized in that in addition to incorporating fixing means of said capsule or blister, it incorporates in the upper area of its body a turret in which a push-button, retractable by the effect of a spring, plays, which emerges outside the said turret and which, at its inner end, is finished off in a piercing head that faces the capsule or blister, so that the actuation on said button causes the action of the drilling head against the capsule or blister, causing the breakage of the same and the corresponding pouring of the solid product towards the body of the container in which the pr liquid oduct 2. Mixer cap, according to claim 1, characterized in that the sector of the turret pop-up button is assisted by a safety seal that prevents actuation on said button without its removal. 3. Mixer cap, according to previous claims, characterized in that the capsule or blister is fixed to the body of the cap with the collaboration of two perforated washers between which a perimeter flange of the capsule is located and which in turn are fixed on a stepping of the mouth of the container with the collaboration of an inner skirt of the body of the cap. 4. Mixing cap, according to claims 1 and 2, characterized in that in replacement of the piercing head, the button incorporates a pusher acting on the solid product containing capsule, in which case said capsule rests on a plurality of lower ribs that frame a series of breakage points that are slightly lowered with respect to said ribs and which define product outlets towards the body of the container, said ribs and breakage points being established on a support that rests on a staggering of the neck of the container and on which in turn supports the inner skirt of the body of the lid. 5. Mixer cap, according to previous claims, characterized in that within the turret and outside the button, a shutter is established capable of maintaining a tight closure of the cap in this upper area thereof and, by turning, establishing a situation of opening for emptying its contents through the turret itself without decoupling the cap body from the container body.