ES2340413T3 - BOTTLE CLOSURE OR CONTAINER TO ADD A COMPONENT TO YOUR CONTENT. - Google Patents

Abstract

The bottle or container closure has a closure lower part (1) for sealing applying on bottles or container connecting pieces. The closure lower part is lockable against a down open chamber (16), and a sealing foil (17) and which can be glued or be welded on. The closure part has a domed top side (13) which deforms under downward pressure. A central part (14) having ridges (15) is pressable by the sealing foil. The closure lower part beside the chamber has a filling connecting piece (4) and the closure lower part has a cover cap (2) with a hinged end and tiltable on the catch lower part.

Description

Bottle or container closure to add a component to its content.

The invention relates to a bottle or container closure that, after being opened for the first time, allows a component to be added to the contents of the bottle or container. There are liquids to which is added, before drinking them, an additional component conserved independently, for example a liquid, a powder or a granulate. It can be for example an effervescent powder or any vitamin preparation that before adding it must be kept independently and tightly closed so as not to lose its effect. Synthetic or natural vitamins have to be kept separately excluding light and oxygen, until they are consumed. But there are also other active substances such as glue, dyes, pharmaceutically active substances such as for example certain antibiotics and the like can be prepared in the form of two miscible components, it being necessary to add this second component in an amount less than a first before being able to Use the product. The closure refers to this class of applications in which it is added by mixing an additional component preserved separately, for example in the form of a liquid, a powder or a granulate. Mixing should be done in many cases immediately before drinking or applying the contents of the container or bottle. The component conserved separately does not necessarily have to be a solid product but it can also be a liquid or any mass capable of flowing. In the case of an air-tight and pressure-tight closure, it is also possible to imagine gaseous substances for the second component that are then mixed thoroughly before use with the first component. A generic closure is disclosed in the document
WO 03/013 962.

The objective of the present invention is to create a bottle or container closure that allows to perform precisely this, and that after opening it for the first time allow adding dosed mode a component contained in the closure of the container, adding it to the contents of the bottle or container, since in practice it is very often necessary to keep separated two components of certain bottle contents or contents of containers, until their use because components cause a desired reaction due to mixing, and with the mixture can display its desired effect. These closures can be used for bottles and containers for products liquid foods such as drinks, but also for paints, chemicals, glues, lubricants, and also for cosmetic and pharmaceutical products such as tinctures, pastes, creams, etc., mainly also for media relatively viscous to be poured in a dosed way. To the same time the closure must offer a guarantee of first opening, should be easily managed to add the second component and finally it must be able to reseal hermetically anytime.

This objective is solved by closing bottle or container to add a component, with the characteristics of claim 1.

An example of advantageous realization of a closure of this kind, in different views. Through these representations described below the closure in detail and its operation is explained.

The figures show:

Figure 1: The closure with the cover cap raised in an oblique view from above, represented above from the upper face of the lower part of the closure on the face lower cover cap;

Figure 2: The closure with the cover cap raised as shown in Figure 1, but in a Longitudinal section through its center.

Figure 3: The closure with the cover cap raised, depicted viewed vertically from below;

Figure 4: The closure with the cover cap closed in an oblique view from above, represented as seen by above the upper face of the cover cap, shown on a Longitudinal section through its center.

Figure 1 shows the plastic closure in open position, that is with cover cap 2 raised in represented in an oblique view from above, threaded on a bottle 13. The neck of a bottle 19 of this type or of a container of this type is provided with an external thread on the which is threaded the plastic closure, which in turn consists of a lower part of the closure 1 and a cover cap 2 fixed to that hingedly. The bottom of the closure 1 It has an internal thread, and its useful diameter is closed above except for a small spout nozzle 4 arranged laterally, and in the example shown forms inside the cap of the cap 5 a domed dome 13 dome-shaped. As a feature, the part bottom of the closure 1 has a punching device 6 with pressure button 8 to pierce a welded sealing sheet on the lower circular edge of the domed dome 13. The arrangement and operation of this punching device 6 will be clarified later in the course of the description. For now just mention here that this punching device 6 shape on the outer face here you see an elevation in the form of dome or dome 13 in the form of a vault with a peripheral wall 29, and because this embodiment is designed or can be deformed in such so that it can be pushed down from the position here is represented, thus jumping to the position pressed down in which it then protrudes in the form of a dome-shaped recess or with formation in the form of a vault. The deformation from the state of heading here represented to the state pressed down can be irreversible, or also reversible in the event that the dome of the dome-shaped vault 13 is made in an elastic manner rubber. On the edge of the lower part of the closure 1 is arranged a hinge of sheet 3 through which the Cover cap 2 in one piece. Cover cap 2 forms a hood whose interior height is sized in such a way so that in the state in which it is lowered over the bottom of the closure 1 completely houses the spout nozzle 4, and thus close all around the bottom of the closing. In addition, on the inner face of the cover cap 2 and on the bottom of the cover cap 31 is formed a sleeve 10 which, when closing the cover cap 2, is turned over over the pouring nozzle 4, sealing it. Instead of a cuff 10 of this class can also be provided a plug that then when the cover cap 2 is closed, it is pressed into the inside the pouring nozzle 4 closing it tightly. In figure 1 the tensioning strips 28 are recognized on both sides of hinge 3. These tensioning straps keep the cap of cover 2 in open position and at the same time also the they keep in closed position after passing a neutral, with which the bottom edge 30 of the cover cap 2 is located exactly on the upper outer edge 32 of the part bottom of the closure 1, whereby the cover cap 2 and the bottom of the closure 1 form a closed unit. Cuff 10 arranged inside the cover cap 2 presents in its end a flange that protrudes 11, that when the cap of cover 2 is closed is thereby placed on the nozzle of discharge 4 with the recess 7 in its inner face, that the sleeve 10 snap into the pouring nozzle 4 and the therefore tightly closed tightly sealed, thereby prevents the liquid in the bottle from being poured 19.

Figure 2 shows the closure with the cap of roof raised as shown in figure 1, but represented in a longitudinal section through its center. In this representation especially recognizes the form of sectioned elements. First of all you have to mention the dome 13 in the form of a dome that forms the top shot of a bulged chamber 16, which is open by below and forming a circular edge 7 protruding downward, on which a sealing sheet 17 can be welded or glued, with which in this chamber 16 can contain liquid substances, solid or gaseous in a tight way in the air and light. It is noted that the dome 13 limits a chamber 16 located beneath it, of the which is seen here the peripheral wall 29 that forms an annular wall. As seen in Figure 1, this annular wall protrudes slightly upwards the cover of the bottom of the closure 1. A punch 14 is molded on the underside of the dome 13. The dome 13 can be pushed down by pressing on its point higher, the button 8, whereby the wall of the dome is deform elastically or not elastically. At the same time it moves also down the punch 14 formed below at the tip of the dome, moving its tip down in such a way that crosses the plane of the lower edge 27 of the chamber 16. In the punch 14 there are reinforcing ribs 15 that project radially which on the one hand give stability to the punch 14 and on the other hand they serve to pass through the sealing sheet when pressed towards down the button, generating a sufficiently large hole of so that the substance in chamber 16 falls or flow through this hole from the sealing foil to the bottle 19, and therefore can be mixed with the liquid component that be there, which forms the mixture of substances desired. Shaking the container with the cover cap 2 closed you can intensify the mixing of the components so that the effect of the new mix unfolds faster formed. Figure 2 shows the stabilization flanks 12 which are arranged around the sleeve 10, and which are fixed on the inner bottom 32 of the cover cap 2. The fins of stabilization 12 protect the sleeve 10 and by closing the cap of cover serve as guiding aids so that the sleeve 10 fit exactly and tightly over the spout nozzle 4. In figure 2 the inner thread 26 of the lower part is recognized of the closure 1, by means of which the closure of the container on a bottle or a container 19 having the thread suitable exterior 25.

Figure 3 shows the closure with the cap of raised deck, represented perpendicularly from down. The punch 14 arranged centered on the device is recognized punching 6, with its reinforcing ribs 15 on the underside of the dome-shaped dome 13, with its nerves of stabilization 21 of spiral form that together form the drilling device 6. The circular edge 27 of the chamber protruding downward over the which and after filling the chamber 13 with the substance Correspondingly, a sealing sheet is welded or glued. Filling of chamber 13 is therefore advantageously carried out by means of a dosing unit from above directly inside the chamber as depicted in figure 3, where after done the filling continues as work phase immediately following the closing of the chamber by means of a sealing sheet 17. If filling and sealing takes place in a sterile environment, it can be use a closure of this class not only for application in the food products industry but also for pharmaceutical applications On the outer edge of the cap cover 2 is a small grip 22 that serves to open easily with one hand the lid when it is closed. The tensioning straps 28 on hinge 3 help keep the cap cover 2 either in closed position or in open position. The pouring nozzle 4 with its hole 9 is located on the side of the drilling device 6, the mouth being lower than the height of the sealing sheet.

Figure 4 shows the closure with the cap of deck 2 closed in an oblique view from above, represented looking over the upper face of the cover cap 1, represented in a longitudinal section through its center. Be clearly see the central vaulted chamber 16 with the device perforation 6 composed of button 8, punch 14 and reinforcement ribs 15, with the peripheral wall of chamber 29 and the sealing sheet 17. The chamber that is thus formed can be fill with the most diverse substances, not being in principle limited available volume but this depends on the geometry chosen for the closing device, since the height of the wall Camera peripheral 29 can be performed as needed with different height In this way you can also make volumes greater than the chamber according to the necessary mixing ratio of the components to be mixed. By pressing down the button 8 moves down the drilling device 6 with the punch 14 and the reinforcing ribs 15 and through this the sealing sheet 17, when a hole is formed in this sheet of perforation whereby the substance found in the chamber falls or flows through this hole inside the container on which it is threaded. Round spout nozzle 4 is located next to the bulging chamber 16 on the wall outer peripheral 29 of the chamber, and the upper edge of the nozzle reaches very close to bottom 32 of the cap of cover. The cover cap 2 is closed, as is represented here in figure 4, the sleeve 10 fixed to the bottom of the cover cap 32 is surrounded tightly by the upper edge of the pouring nozzle 4, where the flange 11 which protrudes from the sleeve 10 thereby hooked on the flange inside 7 of the pouring nozzle 4, which the cover cap 2 is fixed in this closed position, and the spillage of the liquid even if the bottle is tipped over. The fins of stabilization 12 located at the bottom 32 of the cover cap together with the sleeve 10 additionally fix the sleeve 10 in the pouring nozzle, which fits exactly in the gap between sleeve 10 and stabilization fins 12. The cover cap 2, the edge 30 of the cap being closed cover is flush with the upper outer edge 31 of the cover of the cap 5 whereby the cover cap 2 stabilizes additionally on the bottom of the closure 1. The cap of cover 2 can be opened simply by pushing up the grabber 22, whereby by means of the tensioning hinge 3 it rises the cover cap 180 ° and stabilizes in this position open

In an open and overturned state, the closure is ready to receive an added component in solid or liquid form, for which it is filled from above with a dosing device the dome-shaped chamber 16, as shown in the figure 3, and closes tightly to air and liquids by a sealing sheet that sticks or welds on the circular edge 27 of chamber 16, open down. The applications of a Closure of this class are multiple. This class of fillers they can fulfill an important function in the field of "Functional Food ", when loading the closure with soluble vitamins or substances minerals that are then available to the consumer in the Exact moment, "freshly prepared". This way it is removed also enormously important or even the problematic of durability, since the durability of sealed components within this seal tightly and in case of need with protective atmosphere, it is considerably superior compared to a normal mixture of components. By example in the pharmaceutical sector it is necessary to mix antibiotics with water before consumption in a certain proportion, taking  The mixture produced for a limited duration. This closure, loaded with the corresponding antibiotic can be given to the consumer with a transparent bottle equipped with indicators of volume. The client or patient just has to fill the bottle with water to the mark and screw the closure back on the bottle. Opening the cover cap, which is provided with a guarantee of first opening, the device is pushed down drilling through the sealing sheet, when tightening the button, whereby the active substance flows to the liquid through of the hole that has formed. The patient can get the definitive mixture stirring, and take the medicine by mouthpiece Pouring 4.

This closure may present at the mouthpiece of poured a pressure membrane that only allows the exit of the solution that is inside the bottle, exercising Pressure. This device is advantageous in the case of more liquids. viscous, such as p. ex. ketchup, paints, shampoos, creams, yogurt, honey, gels, etc. that can be expelled under pressure through the membrane, exerting pressure on the soft and flexible container. In this way you can prepare p. ex. salad dressings with a quality always uniform, easily at home or in the restaurant, when previously loading the container that is going to screw with the desired liquid additives such as oil, vinegar, milk, and then after screwing this closure loaded with the various spice flavors get the final mix at press down the drilling device 6. The bottle fills form in this case part of a complete system and is equipped with the corresponding marks for certain volumes, and is transparent or equipped with the corresponding advantages of Inspection. This closure is especially suitable for high-value and air-sensitive substances that have to be store for a prolonged period of time and they must be then immediately available in a quantity exactly Heavy to mix without much manipulation. For this reason the closure is even suitable for the requirements very rigorous and specific to air navigation food and spatial, being able to prepare by simple manipulation Recent meals without contamination of the environment, since this class of bottles filled with water and equipped with the corresponding closure charged, they only need to be heated with a device heater (eg in a microwave). After heating it you can get the final mixture in the manner described above, pushing down the button, where there is also a membrane of pressure in the pouring nozzle that prevents unintentional leakage when the cover cap is open.

That container closure therefore offers the advantage that the sealing sheet can be opened simply by pressing with your finger on a button 8 to prepare a mixture. The closure is very comfortable for the user and can include some bridges of material that constitute a guarantee device for first opening, which does not require additional adhesive tapes or Another kind of stamps. Despite this, the closure can be injected as one piece quickly, and therefore it hardly turns out more expensive than a conventional hinge closure.

Claims (8)

1. Bottle or container closure to add a component to the content, which has a lower closure part (1) for the waterproof placement on a bottle or container neck, the lower part of the closure (1) containing a chamber (16 ) that in all its amplitude it is open downwards and that it can be closed, presenting the lower part of the closure (1) arranged next to the chamber (16) a pouring nozzle (4), characterized in that the chamber (16) can be close with a sealing sheet (17) that can be welded or glued on top, and has a dome-shaped upper part (13) with a punch (14) directed downwards inside the dome and reinforcing ribs ( 15), being able to push this dome (13) downwards deforming it, whereby the punch (14) with the reinforcing ribs (15) can be pushed through the sealing sheet (17) that is welded or glued on, and because on the bottom wall of the closure (1) it is shaped abyss I like a cover lid (2) that can be folded over the bottom of the closure (1). 2. Bottle or container closure for adding a component to the content according to claim 1, characterized in that a plug or sleeve (10) with stabilizing fins (12) is molded on the lower face of the cover cap (2), by means of the which or which by lowering the cover cap (2) on the bottom of the closure (1) can be closed by sealing the pouring nozzle (4). 3. Bottle or container closure for adding a component to the content according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the pouring nozzle (4) is located on the periphery of the lower part of the closure (1) in front of the hinge (3) , and because the remaining upper part of the lower part of the closure (1) forms a cover cover which at its outer edge has a circular step (32) for the tight housing of the edge (30) of the cover cap when it is closed the cover cap (2). 4. Bottle or container closure for adding a component to the content according to one of claims 2 to 3, characterized in that the pouring nozzle (4) has a recess (7) on its inner face which, when closing the cover cap (2) ) houses the sleeve (10) with its protruding flange (11) tightly and tightly, and because the sleeve is provided with stabilization fins (12) which in the closed position of the cover cap (10) tightly surround the pouring nozzle (4). 5. Bottle or container closure for adding a component to the content according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the drilling device (6) is composed of a dome (13) in the form of a vault in the cap of the cap (5), that in the lower part of the closure (1) it protrudes in the starting position outwards or upwards and that by deformation it can be pushed inwards or a position that protrudes downwards, and that it has a punch in its inner face ( 14) arranged centered and directed downwards, with reinforcement ribs (15). 6. Bottle or container closure for adding a component to the content according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the punch (14) is equipped on the underside of the dome-shaped dome (13) to keep an open hole drilled by the punch (14) on the sealing sheet (17) with reinforcing ribs (15) projecting in the radial direction. 7. Bottle or container closure for adding a component to the content according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the dome (13) in the form of a vault is provided on its underside with stabilization fins (21) arranged in a spiral form that they are intended to act as aids for creep during injected smelting of the vault form. 8. Bottle or container closure for adding a component to the content according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the pouring nozzle (4) has on its inner face a pressure membrane that being open the cover cap prevents the liquid component existing in the container can escape, and that by exerting external pressure on the flexible container authorizes the exit of the liquid substance through the spout nozzle (4).