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US3796303A US00229478A US22947872A US3796303A US 3796303 A US3796303 A US 3796303A US 00229478 A US00229478 A US 00229478A US 22947872 A US22947872 A US 22947872A US 3796303 A US3796303 A US 3796303A
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  • a pusher is UNITED STATES PATENTS insertable in the passage of the upper container section and slidably movable therein toward the fs partition so as to unseat and displace the same from 2764983 10/1956 128/272 said separating position by pressure exerted by the 2549 417 4/1951 Brown "I: 206/47A intermediary the upper compartment and the 2,717,601 9 1955 Br0wn;
  • the invention relates to small containers with multiple compartment preferably for storing, transporting and eventually intermixing the substances separately contained in the compartments.
  • such devices have to be adpated to allow the use of a pestle-like member, for assuring preproportioned substances under good conditions of intimate mixing, e.g. by a simple shaking movement.
  • the present invention has as one of its major objects to provide an improved device which responds to these requirements.
  • inventive containers are characterized by the following novel features and provisions, taken either separately or in combination:
  • the containers comprise two compartments separated by a movable partition, preferably in the form of a balL caught elastically between adjoining walls, and being adapted to be expelled into one of the compartments, by the action of a pusher which is slidable in the end of the container opposite to the other compartment.
  • One of the compartments may receive the partition or ball, acting in fact as a pestle, for intimately mixing the two substances contained in the compartments.
  • the compartment into which is expelled the partition can be separated in two portions, fitting one on the other, either by sliding action or by conventional thread engagement.
  • the pusher is preferably constituted by the stem of a piston which traverses the wall of the compartment in which it slides, by way of an opening having a diameter sufficiently close to that of said compartment so that the pusher can be inserted in place, owing to the elasticity of its material or the wall surrounding it, by simple pressure.
  • inventive containers they are constituted by two separable and interconnectable sections, each defining therein a compartment adapted to receive a particular substance.
  • a partition preferably in the form of a ball, is movable in said sections between an initial or closing position, in releasable frictional engagement with the upper container section, and a final or mixing position, loosely contained within the lower container section.
  • a passage is provided in the upper section, leading from the upper compartment to the outside, and a pusher member insertable in said passage and sealingly slidable therein toward the partition so as to unseat the same by pressure exerted by the intermediary of the upper compartment and the substance therein.
  • the upper container section may have one or more locking portions, in the form of annular grooves, ribs or spurs, adapted frictionally to hold the partition or ball in its closing position.
  • the ball is of a rigid material while the container sections are made of a relatively resilient and elastic material, such as plastic.
  • the plastic container sections may have portions adapted for threaded or sliding interengagement therebetween. At least one of the sections may be provided with preferably outer reinforcing portions for preventing collapsing and crushing of at least the lower compartment, particularly during transportation.
  • the pusher means may be provided with a head portion adapted to obturate the mouth of the lower compartment when the pusher is enforced into the upper container section.
  • the head portion may have a concave lower face, e.g. for complementary engagement with the outer surface of the ball constituting the partition.
  • the upper compartment is narrower than the lower compartment and has a smaller inner volume.
  • the metallic powder used for making the dental amalgams has a smaller volume than the mercury with which it is intermixed in the larger lower compartment. The latter consequently has to be adapted to receive the volume of both initially introduced substances.
  • the inner diameter of the upper compartment is preferably the same or similar to the outer diameter of the pusher member and/or the ball serving as a partition.
  • FIG. 1 is an exploded perspective view of a preferred first embodiment of the inventive containers
  • FIG. 2 is a vertical, axial sectional view of the container embodiment of FIG. 1, after both substances have been filled in;
  • FIG. 3 is a view similar to that of FIG. 2 but after mixing of the substances once the pusher has been en-
  • FIG. 4 is a sectional view, somewhat similar to that of FIG. 2, of a second, preferred embodiment of the containers;
  • FIG. 5 is a view somewhat similar to that of FIG. 3 but after mixing of the substances;
  • FIG. 6 is a horizontal sectional view taken along line 6 6 of FIG. 5;
  • FIGS. 7 and 8 are partial, vertical sectional views showing modifications of the pusher structure in the upper compartment and of the locking portions for the ball-shaped partition.
  • This embodiment of the inventive containers comprises an upper section 10, a lower section 20 and a pusher member 30 insertable in the open top of the upper section 10, as can be seen from the as--muld view of FIGS. 2 and 3.
  • the two sections can be slidingly engaged, in a liquid-tight manner, by way of respective sleeve-like terminal portions 12 and 22 which allow a close fit of the sections and 20.
  • Upper compartment 14 is formed within section 10, and lower compartment 24 in section 20, as shown in FIG. 2. Between the compartments, a ball-shaped partition or valve member 39 can be frictionally seated, for example in an annular groove 16 of the upper section 10. Inwardly projecting spurs 18 or a continuous ridge serve for tightly surrounding the pusher member 30 in the free end of the upper section 10.
  • the sections 10, 20 may be provided with outer ribs or reinforcing portions as shown in FIG. 1 at 19 and 29 for lending rigidity to the container, particularly in the area of the lower compartment 24. It should be noted that these ribs have been shown for the first embodiment only since appropriate wall thickness may make such reinforcements superfluous.
  • the pusher member 30 has an upper portion 32 which is manually operable, and a lower portion 34 which may constitute an enlarged head, as shown.
  • the lower face of the pusher 30 may be made concave, as shown at 36, so as to complement the shape of the ball partition 39 and obturate the lower compartment 24 when completely pushed into the upper container section 10, as shown in FIG. 3.
  • the pusher 30 may have an axial bore 38 in its top, primarily for saving material, although this expedient does not appreciably affect the operation of the container.
  • the filling of the device shown in FIGS. 1 to 3 can be accomplished as follows: one starts with the assembled container, that is sections 10, 20 which are interconnected with a sliding fit, as shown, or by a thread (not illustrated).
  • the ball 39 and the pusher 30 are not yet in place so that the compartments 14, 24 directly communicate with the outside by way of the passage or opening of upper section 10 (below the ridge or spurs 18).
  • the filling can of course also be carried out by separating the sections 10, 20, the ball 39 being then set in its place, as shown in FIG. 2, e.g. in its seat 16.
  • the substance A is now introduced into the lower section 20, the sections 10, 20 are assembled, and the filling operation continues as has been explained before.
  • the container may now be vigorously shaken to bring about and assure the intimate mixing of the substances A and B.
  • A may be a metallic powder while B may be mercury, the mixing action resulting in an amalgam, suitable e.g. for dental purposes.
  • the mass of the ball 39 efficiently assists in the thorough intermixing of the substances.
  • the sections 10, 20 of the container may be separated so that the user can easily discharge the mixture or amalgam, which is now contained in the open lower compartment 24, in section 20.
  • FIGS. 4 through 6 Another preferred embodiment of the inventive containers is shown in FIGS. 4 through 6, and the modifications shown in the partial views of FIGS. 7 and 8. It will be understood by those skilled in the art that the modifications can be appliedto the first embodiment as well, and that the detailed features are of course interchangeable between the two somewhat different exemplary container embodiments. The numbering scheme is correlated so that similar or identical parts are easy to recognize.
  • the upper and lower container sections, the pusher member and the partition-forming ball are respectively identified by numerals 4t ⁇ , 50, 60 and 6 9 (in correlation to the previously described parts 10, 20, 30 and 39, respectively).
  • the sections 40 have respective sleevelike terminal portions 42, 52; the compartments are identified by numerals 44, 54.
  • a groove 46 is shown which is similar to groove 16 of FIGS. 2 and 3; and a ridge or spurs 48 are disposed on the top end of the upper section 40, as before.
  • FIGS. 4 and 5 This embodiment is not shown with reinforcing ribs although, it will be understood, the same expedient can be used for FIGS. 4 and 5 as for FIGS. 1 through 3.
  • the pusher member 60 has similar upper, lower and concave portions 62, 64 and 66, respectively, as was described before; the concave lower face can of course be omitted for the sake of simplicity.
  • the operation of the second embodiment is identical with that of the described first embodiment, and need not be repeated at this point.
  • the ball 69 separates the compartments 44, 54; its outer diameter fits into the inner lumen of'the restricted groove area 46.
  • the ball again serves as a pestle during the intermixing of the two substances, A and B, in the lower compartment 54 (see FIG. 5).
  • the groove 46 is preferably provided at the level of the junction between the two compartments 44 and 54.
  • the ball 69 is given a diameter slightly larger than the inner diameter of the compartment 44 so that the former is held in place by friction and slight deformation of the inner walls.
  • spurs 48a are shown for a slightly different upper section 40a having a modified pusher member 60a movable therein.
  • the lower projection of section 40a is identified by numeral 42a, and the groove is here 46a.
  • the pusher 60a has respective upper, lower and concave portions 62a, 64a and 66a.
  • the structure of FIGS. 5 and 6 is otherwise identical with or closely similar to that of FIG. 4.
  • FIG. 8 illustrates another modification wherein a pusher 60c has a substantially cylindrical upper portion 62c and a slightly enlarged head portion 64c at its lower end, with an annular ridge disposed just above the head portion.
  • the concave bottom face is denoted with numeral 660.
  • the upper section, identified here as 40c, has one or two inwardly protruding rib-like portions 460, 460 which flank the outwardly bulging head portion 640.
  • the pusher member 60c cannot be forced deeper into the compartment 54 than the annular ridge would allow, thus providing a tight seal when the lower compartment is obturated.
  • the pusher member has been shown to be substantially cylindrical. It will be understood that it could be given any other configuration, complementing the inner passage of the upper container section, as long as a sliding fit can be assured, with a leak-proof engagement when the pusher member is completely enforced.
  • the container sections themselves need not be cylindrical, as shown, although this is the easiest manner of manufacturing them, particularly from a plastic material.
  • a rectangular octagonal or other cross section would work equally well for the inventive containers.
  • the diameter of the circle which can be inscribed between the spurs 48, 48a of FIGS. 4 and 5, 6 is slightly smaller than that of the pusher portions 64, 64a, respectively, but the difference is nevertheless small enough to be able to insert the pusher in place in view of the elasticity of the walls, by simply forcing or pushing the same into'the free opening of the upper sections 40, 40a, respectively.
  • the concave lower faces of the pusher embodiments as shown in FIGS. 3 to 5 and 8 at 36, 66, 66a and 66c, respectively, prevent sticking of the mixed substances while the container is shaken, owing to the absence of corners and gaps between the adjoining parts.
  • a reusable container for storing, transporting and intermixing pre-proportioned amounts of substances comprising, in combination, upper and lower interconnectable sections, partition means movable in said sections between an initial or closing position, in releasable engagement with said upper section, and a final or mixing position, loosely contained within said lower section; said upper section having at least one locking portion of a diameter somewhat smaller than that of said partition means, for frictionally holding the same in said closing position, wherein said partition means initially provides respective upper and lower compartments, said lower section lodging the major part of the lower compartment while said upper section lodges the upper compartment and the remaining part of said lower compartment; said upper section having therein a passage leading from said upper compartment to the free end there of and to the outside; said compartments being adapted to hold therein different substances to be transported and intermixed; and pusher means separate from said partition means having a first portion insertable in said passage and a second portion sealingly slidable with the interior walls of the upper section of said container as the pusher means is moved toward said
  • a container for storing, transporting and intermixing pre-proportioned substances comprising, in combination, an upper and a lower, interconnectable section;
  • partition means movable in said sections between an initial or closing position, in releasable engagement with said upper section, and a final'or mixing position, loosely contained within said lower section; said upper section having at least one locking portion of a diameter somewhat smaller than that of said partition means, for frictionally holding the same in said closing position, wherein said partition means initially provides respective upper and lower compartments, said lower section accommodating the major part of the lower compartment while said upper section accommodates the upper compartment and the remaining part of said lower compartment; said upper section having therein a passage leading from said upper compartment to the free end thereof and to the outside; said compartments being adapted to hold therein different substances to be transported and intermixed; said passage being adapted for successively introducing therethrough both substances into the respective compartments, with the interposition of said partition means after the first substance has been introduced into said lower compartment; and pusher means insertable in said passage and sealingly slidable'therein toward said partition means so as to unseat and displace the same from said closing position by pressure exerted by the intermediary of said
  • a container for storing, transporting and intermixing pre-proportioned substances comprising, in combination, an upper and a lower, interconnectable section; partition means movable in'said sections between an initial or closing position, in releasable engagement with said upper section, and a final or mixing position, loosely contained within said lower section; said upper section having at least one locking portion of a diameter somewhat smaller than that of said partition means, for frictionally holding the same in said closing position, wherein said partition means initially provides respective upper and lower compartments, said lower section accommodating the major part of the lower compartment while said upper section accommodates the upper compartment and the remaining part of said lower compartment; said upper section having therein a passage leading from said upper compartment to the free end thereof and to the outside; said compartments being adapted to hold therein different substances to be transported and intermixed; said passage being adapted for successively introducing therethrough both substances into the respective compartments, with the interposition of said partition means after the first sub stance has been introduced into said.
  • a container for storing, transporting and intermixing pre-proportioned substances comprising, in combination, an upper and a lower, interconnectable section; partition means movable in said sections between an initial or closing position, in releasable engagement with said upper section, and a final or mixing position, loosely contained within said lower section; said upper section having at least one locking portion of a diameter somewhat smaller than that of said partition means, for frictionally holding the same in said closing position, wherein said partition means initially provides respective upper and lower compartments, said lower section accommodating the major part of the lower compartment while said upper section accommodates the upper compartment and the remaining part of said lower compartment; said upper section having therein a passage leading from said upper compartment to the free end thereof and to the outside; said compartments being adapted to hold therein different substances to be transported and intermixed; said passage being adapted for successively introducing therethrough both substances into the respective compartments, with the interposition of said partition means after the first substance has been introduced into said lower compartment; and pusher means insertable in said passage and sealing
  • a container for storing, transporting and intermixing pre-proportioned substances comprising, in combination, an upper and a lower, interconnectable section; partition means movable in said sections between an initial or closing position, in releasable engagement with said upper section, and a final or mixing position,
  • said upper section having at least one locking portion of a diameter somewhat smaller than that of said partition means, for frictionally holding the same in said closing position, wherein said partition means initially provides refree end thereof and to theoutside; said compartments being adapted to hold therein different substances to be transported and intermixed; said passage being adapted for successively introducing therethrough both substances into the respective compartments, with the interposition of said partition means after the first substance has been introduced into said lower compartment; and pusher means insertable in said passage and sealinglyslidable therein toward said partition means so as to unseat and displace the same from said closing position by pressure exerted by the intermediary of said upper compartment and the substance therein; the substances being eventually placed in communication when said partition means is moved from said closing position to said mixing position, uponactuation of said pusher means, to allow intimate intermixing of the substances in said lower compartment alone, by shaking the container, said partition means assisting the intermixing on account of its mass, wherein said head portion hasa concave lower face
  • a container for storing, transporting and intermixing pre-proportioned substances comprising, in combination, an upper and a lower, interconnectable section; partition means movable in said sections between an initial or closing position, in releasable engagement with said upper section, and a final or mixing position, loosely contained within said lower section; said upper section having at least one locking portion of a diameter somewhat smaller than that of said partition means, for frictionally holding the same in said closing position, wherein said partition means initially provides respective upper and lower compartments, said lower section accommodating the major part of the lower compartment while said upper section accommodates the upper compartment and the remaining part of said lower compartment; said upper section having therein a passage leading from said upper compartment tothe free end thereof and to the outside; said compartments being adapted to hold therein different substances to be transported and intermixed; said passage being adapted for successively introducing therethrough both substances into the respective compartments, with the interposition of said partition means after the first substance has been introduced into said lower compartment; and pusher means insertable in said passage and sealing
  • partition means movable in said sections between an initial or closing position, in releasable engagement with said upper section, and a final or mixing position, loosely contained within said lower section; said upper section having at least one locking portion of a diameter somewhat smaller than that of said partition means, for frictionally holding the same in said closing position, wherein said partition means initially provides respective upper and lower compartments, said lower section accommodating the major part of the lower compartment while said upper section ac commodates the upper compartment and the remaining part of said lower compartment; said upper section having therein a passage leading from said upper compartment to the free end thereof and to the outside; said compartments being adapted to hold therein different substances to be transported and intermixed;
  • said passage being adapted for successively introducing allow intimate intermixing of the substances in said said partition means assisting the intermixing on account of its mass
  • said pusher means has an annular ridge above said head portion, adapted to engage a narrowing portion in the inner wall of said upper section, preventing pushing in said pusher means beyond the point where said mouth of the lower compartment is obturated.
  • a container for storing, transporting and intermixing pre-proportioned substances comprising, in combination, an upper and a lower, interconnectable lower compartment alone, by shaking the container, said partition means assisting the intermixing on account of its mass, wherein said free end of the upper section has therein at least three inwardly directed spurs for guiding said pusher means in its sliding movement within said passage.
  • a container for storing, transporting and intermixing pre-proportioned substances comprising, in combination, an upper and a lower, interconnectable section; partition means movable in said sections'between an initial or closing position, in releasable engagement with said upper section, and a final or mixing position, loosely contained within said lower section; said upper section having at least one locking portion of a diameter somewhat smaller than that of said partition means, for frictionally holding the same in said closing position, wherein said partition means initially provides respective upper and lower compartments; said upper section having therein a passage leading from said upper compartment to the free end thereof and to the outside; said compartments being adapted to hold therein different substances to be transported and intermixed; said passage being adapted for successively introducing therethrough both substances into the respective compartments, with the interposition of said partition means after the first substance has been introduced into said lower compartment; and pusher means insertable in said passage and sealingly slidable therein toward said partition means so as to unseat and displace the same from said closing position by pressure exert
  • a plural-chamber admixing container comprising a sectional container body forming a first chamber, one section having a reduced neck bore extending therefrom and open at the end thereof, a movable first plug frictionally removably retained in and closing said neck bore at the-entrance of the first chamber, said first plug being smaller than and fully freely movable in tumbling mix-assisting fashion within said first chamber upon removal from said neck bore, a second plug slidably mounted in said neck bores open end and frictionally engaging the wall of said reduced neck bore in externally sealing relation, said second plug being physically separate and spaced at all points from said first plug forming a second chamber peripherally bounded by said reduced neck bore, the effective front surface of said second plug and the effective rear surface of said first plug, and manually manipulable means integral with said second plug and protruding externally from said reduced neck bore for moving said second plug along said reduced neck bore, a first admixable material disposed within said second chamber and forming an axial force transmission means between said second and said first plugs,
  • a plural-chamber admixing container comprising a body forming a first chamber and a second chamber, the latter having a neck bore extending therefrom, said neck bore being reduced relative to said first chamber and opening at the end thereof into said first chamber, a movable first plug frictionally removably retained in and closing said neck bore at said end, said first plug being smaller than the fully freely movable in mixassisting fashion within said first chamber upon removal from said neck bore, a second plug slidably mounted in said second chamber and frictionally engaging the interior wall thereof in externally sealing relation, said second plug being physically separate from said first plug and there being space between said plugs, said space being defined by said interior wall, front surface of said second plug and rear surface of said first plug, and manually operable means integral with said second plug and accessible externally of said container for moving said second plug along said neck bore, a first admixable material disposed within said space, a second admixable material disposed within said first chamber for admixing with said material within said second chamber upon dislodgement
  • a container for storing, transporting and intermixing pre-proportioned substances comprising in combination: first and second interconnectible sections, said first section including a closed end defining a mixing chamber for holding a first admixable substance and said second section having an inner wall substantially free from indentations or protuberances defining a material containing chamber vfor communicating with said mixing chamber for holding a second admixable substance, partition means having a diameter smaller than the inner diameter of the mixing chamber held in a friction fit by the inner wall of one of said sections at the junction of said chambers and movable in said sections between an initial or closing position separating said chambers and a final or mixing position loosely contained within said mixing chamber, pusher means slidably positioned in said material containing chamber with the outer periphery of its inner end in sliding and sealing engagement with the wall thereof, said pusher means being movable from an initial position through the entire length of said material containing chamber to a final position with its inner end positioned substantialy at said junction of said chambers for positively forcing
  • a container for storing, transporting and intermixing preproportioned substances comprising in combination: (a) first and second interconnectible sections, said first section including a closed lower end defining a mixing chamber for holding a first admixable substance, and said second section defining a materialcontaining chamber for communication with said mixing chamber for holding a second admixable substance, the communicating means between said chamber defined by a bore having one end communicating with said mixing chamber and at its other end with said material-containing chamber, said second section having an inner wall substantially free from indentations or protuberances, said boreproviding a smooth, uninterrupted continuation of said inner wall of said materialcontaining chamber, said bore, at said one end, being of lesser diameter than said mixing chamber; (b) partition means in said bore at one end and held in a friction fit by the interior wall of the bore between said chambers and movable between a closing position separating said chambers and a mixing position within said mixing chamber, said partition means sealingly closing said one end of said bore and sized so as to be loosely contained within
  • said first plug being smaller than and fully freely movable in tumbling mix-assisting fashion-within said first chamber upon removal from said neck bore
  • a second plug slidably mounted in said neck bores open end and frictionally engaging the wall of said reduced neck bore in externally sealing relation, said second plug being physically separate and spaced at all points from said first plug forming a second chamber peripherally bounded by said neck bore, the effective front surface of said second plug and the effective rear surface of said first plug, and means integral with said second plug and protruding externally from said reduced neck bore for moving said second plug along said neck bore, a first admixable material disposed within said second chamber, a second admixable material disposed within said first chamber for admixing with said material within said second chamber upon dislodgement of said first plug into said first chamber, the inner fact of said second plug being movable substantially to the juncture zone between said neck bore and said first chamber during dislodgement of said first plug to effectively form a single chamber
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