ES1304306U - MULTI-COMPARTMENTAL DOUBLE DOSAGE CONTAINER (Machine-translation by Google Translate, not legally binding) - Google Patents

Abstract

Multi-compartment double dosage container, characterized by being formed by two parts, the first being a plurality of individual compartments or cartridges (1) interlocked together, each of them linked at one end with a dosing cap (6). and presenting at its opposite end a hole (7) sealed at its origin, each cartridge internally incorporating a threaded hollow vertical axis (3) arranged centrally and inside which a cannula (4) is housed that comes out of the dosing cap (6), this axis (3) being articulated with a mobile sliding plate (2), the second being a mixing chamber (8) provided with a threaded neck (12) that links it with a dosing cap (9), incorporating this chamber (8) a suction pump (10) without cannula and through anchoring channels (11). (Machine-translation by Google Translate, not legally binding)

Description

DESCRIPTION

MULTI-COMPARTMENTAL DOUBLE DOSAGE CONTAINER

Object of the invention

The utility model presented refers to a multi-compartmental double dosage container that, due to its advantageous conformation, significantly improves similar articles existing on the market and in the current state of the art.

Specifically, this innovation refers to a container formed by a plurality of compartments or cartridges with their corresponding dosing mechanisms and a common chamber that receives the previously dosed doses thereof. in turn equipped with a final mixing and dosing mechanism.

Technical sector

This invention fits in the sector that corresponds to the manufacture of containers specially designed for cosmetic and/or pharmacy products.

Background of the invention and state of the art

Personal care, whether for health or aesthetic reasons, generates a significant volume of business and, at the same time, also innovations, especially in the development of products for facial, body, hair, perfumery and hygiene applications, all of them. included under the concept of cosmetics: lotions, gels, day creams, night creams, anti-wrinkle creams, emulsions, oils, makeup, masks, dyes, etc. And likewise, in accordance with the increasing ecological and environmental sensitivity, progress is being made in the development of sustainable cosmetic products and the use of reusable or self-refillable packaging.

However, this advance in new cosmetic products does not correspond to technical improvements in their packaging. It is true that new container proposals are developed, but in general they are based more on design criteria and external image than on new functionalities. This is the case of cologne and perfume containers, in which whimsical and surprising shapes prevail.

In any case, the vast majority of packaging defines a single content, that is, a particular product. Possibly, double mascaras and lipsticks are the most innovative contributions in this field, but they are limited to combining two colors which, considering the enormous diversity of shades that exist today, is obviously a restrictive option.

If we refer to liquid or semi-paste products, having a container that combines and doses them is complicated.

In terms of industrial property, there are different patents that develop different technical solutions that define devices to contain and dose two different products. This is the case of file ES20050001606U that develops "a bottle-type container, formed by a cylindrical or truncated conical body of revolution, preferably made of deformable plastic, which has an intermediate partition parallel to the bases, which defines two chambers independent of each other, and thus inside they can contain two completely separate liquid or pasty products. Each chamber is accessed from holes located in each of the bases. These holes are closed by plugs or flat closing elements, which form a stable support surface for any of its bases." Patent EP0495808 develops a “dispensing container that defines a bottle with at least two compartments to accommodate different fluid components. The compartments are designed in such a way that they distribute their contents in equal fluid velocities when the bottle is tilted. In addition, safety is provided against cross-contamination of components from different compartments when, after the dispensing operation, the bottle is stood up. The bottle is provided with a lid ( 12) that closes the outlets ( 70) of the compartments simultaneously when fitted to the bottle. The lid may be a separate component or it may be a swing-top lid. The bottle is made entirely of plastic material and may be provided with directional nozzles to ensure that the contents of the compartments come out in well-defined streams during dispensing." Application US11253882B1 presents a "A solution dispensing device includes a housing that has an upper section and a lower section. The upper section is composed of a push button exposed through the exterior of the upper section. The push button is movably connected to at least a first air chamber and to at least one solution chamber. The solution chamber is in fluid communication with the solution reservoir and a discharge nozzle. The first air chamber is fluidly connected to the discharge nozzle. The push button is coupled to an elongated mixing rod that protrudes in the lower section. The lower part comprises an interior volume that functions as a solution reservoir. A solution mixer is rotatably coupled to the elongated mixing rod. Upon pressing the push button, the solution in the solution chamber and the air in at least a first air chamber will mix and exit through the discharge nozzle."

These technical solutions are, a priori, functional to achieve their objectives, but they are technically complex and limited to a configuration with pre-established fixed compartments that limit their commercial possibilities.

The applicants are not aware that there exists in the current state of the art, in terms of industrial property or in the market, a container for the individual dosage of a plurality of products in the preferred field of cosmetics and a subsequent mixing and dosing. of the final resulting product, with the technical characteristics detailed in this utility model.

Description of the invention

This invention relates to a multi-compartmental double dosage container that advantageously defines a plurality of compartments containing a plurality of liquid, gelled or semi-paste products and their subsequent individual dosage and a chamber intended for mixing the same and dosing. of the product resulting from such a mixture, specially designed for application in the field of cosmetics.

Specifically, this container presents a novel technical configuration to obtain a unique and satisfactory result: apply at least the combination of two different products, each of them previously dosed in the desired quantity, and also dosing the final mixture.

To do this, the packaging is made up of two clearly differentiated parts.

A first part consists of at least two separate cartridges, individual and independent of each other, each encapsulating a specific product that is dosed using their respective dosing caps provided with a pump.

The second part takes the form of a chamber intended to be the recipient of the different doses extracted in the quantities desired by the user from each individual cartridge. This chamber also has a cap with a dosing pump to homogeneously mix its contents and allow the desired amount to be dosed for application and use.

The surface of each individual cartridge has rails that allow assembly with each other, forming a cylindrical body intended to be assembled with the mixing chamber through channel-shaped anchors that in turn allow the communication of each of the compartments with the mixing chamber, that is, pouring the dose from each individual cartridge into the aforementioned chamber. The final container is a double dosing cylinder: on one end, the individual and independent dosing of each initial cartridge and on the other end, the dosing of the mixture obtained in the mixing chamber.

Description of the drawings

For a better understanding of what is described herein, some drawings are attached, which must be analyzed and considered only as an example and without any limiting or restrictive nature.

Figure 1.- Perspective view of the multi-compartment container.

Figure 2.- Detailed view of the interior of an individual cartridge.

Figure 3.- Detailed view of the parts that make up a cartridge.

Figure 4.- Detailed view of the cartridge dosing cap.

Figure 5.- View of an individual cartridge with detail of its coupling guides or rails. Figure 6.- Detailed view of the mixing chamber.

Figure 7.- Detailed view of the mixing chamber assembly and its dosing cap. Figure 8.- Detailed view of the assembly of the individual cartridges and the mixing chamber.

Figure 9.- Detailed view of the individual cartridges and the mixing chamber already assembled.

Figure 10.- Detailed view of the operation of the multi-compartment container.

Figure 11.- Detailed view of the operation of the multi-compartment container.

Figure 12.- Detailed view of the operation of the multi-compartment container.

Description of a preferred embodiment

The following parts are shown in the figures cited:

1. Cartridge or individual compartment

1a. Cartridge threaded neck

2. Moving plate.

3. Threaded hollow vertical shaft

4. Cartridge actuator plug cannula, contained inside the shaft

5. Rotary actuator

6. Individual cartridge dosing cap

6a. Metering cap pump

6b. Button

7. Hole that connects the cartridge with the mixing chamber.

8. Mixing chamber

9. Mixing chamber metering cap

9a. Button

10. Mixing chamber suction pump.

11. Anchoring and communication channels between each individual cartridge and the mixing chamber.

12. Mixing chamber threaded neck

13a. Assembly rail between cartridges.

13b. Assembly highlight between cartridges.

Figure 1 shows the multi-compartmental container in which two different parts are distinguished, the first being a plurality of individual compartments or cartridges (1) assembled together, each of them incorporating a dosing cap (6) that allows the extraction of the product contained inside by means of its button (6b) and the second being a mixing chamber (8) to which the set of compartments or individual cartridges is assembled, in turn with a cap (9) that allows the homogeneous dosage of the mixture, also provided with a button (9a).

Figure 2 shows the conformation of each cartridge, linked at one end with its corresponding dosing cap (6) that integrates a suction pump (6a) and presenting at its opposite end a hole (7) sealed at its origin and containing Inside there is a valve that prevents leaks when one cartridge is replaced by another.

The cartridge (1) contains a threaded hollow vertical axis (3) arranged centrally, inside which the cannula (4) of the suction pump (6a) of the dosing cap (6) is housed, this axis (3) being articulated with a plate sliding mobile (2) intended to push the dose of the extracted product towards the mixing chamber (8) into which it enters through the aforementioned hole (7). A rotating actuator (5) is the element that intervenes in the dosing of each cartridge (1).

Figure 3 shows the way in which the body of the cartridge (1) itself is articulated with its dosing cap (6), which is achieved by the threaded neck (1a) that protrudes from the cartridge (1), intended for be assembled with the dosing cap (6), which is extended with the cannula (4) that is inserted into the threaded shaft (3) and which in turn communicates with the suction pump (6a) integrated in said dosing cap (6). , as shown in figure 4.

Figure 5 shows the way in which the different cartridges are linked together, which is achieved by assembling a longitudinal projection (13b), present on one of the interior faces of each cartridge, on a rail (13a). also present on another of the interior faces of each cartridge.

Figures 6 and 7 show the detail of the mixing chamber (8) provided with a threaded neck (12) that allows its assembly and connection with its corresponding dosing cap (9) provided with its corresponding button (9a). This chamber (8) incorporates an airless type suction pump (10) (without cannula) that is responsible for the homogeneous mixture by suction and its subsequent dosage of the doses previously extracted from the individual cartridges (1), doses that reach the mixing chamber (8) through some through anchoring channels (11) that communicate and assemble said chamber (8) with the cartridges (1) through the lower hole (7) that each cartridge (1) has in its bottom.

Figures 8 and 9 show two views of the container claimed with special reference to the assembly of the cartridges (1) with the mixing chamber (8), in Figure 8 with its two separate parts, the cylinder with the cartridges. (1) coupled to each other and the mixing chamber (8) and its corresponding dosing cap (9), and in figure 9, with both parts already assembled together, forming a single body. These figures clearly show the correlation between the lower hole (7) of the cartridge, which is sealed at its origin and contains a valve that prevents accidental exit of the product, and the anchoring channels (11) present in the filling chamber. mixed (8). As explained, this hole (7) The cartridge (1) communicates with the mixing chamber (8), being intended to receive one of the anchoring channels (11) of the mixing chamber (8), which in turn is the means that allows the passage of the dose. of product extracted from the cartridge (1) to the aforementioned chamber (8) for mixing with the rest of the doses from the other cartridges (1) and its final dosage using the dosing cap (9) linked to the mixing chamber (8). .

Figures 10, 11 and 12 show the operation of the multi-compartmental double dosage container, with the extraction of each individual dose from each cartridge (1) (figure 10), the route of the dose towards the mixing chamber ( 8) and the mixing of all doses in said chamber (figure 12).

These figures focus on the activation of one of the cartridges (1) (located centrally) while the other two (located laterally in these images) are at rest, so that the moving plate (2) of this cartridge (1) The central plate is the only one that slides articulated on the threaded vertical axis (3) pushing the product contained in the cartridge while the plates (2) of the other cartridges (1) remain stable in the same position.

The use of the container is manual.

The individual dosage of the product contained in each cartridge (1) is achieved by the action of the dosing cap (6), which includes a pump (6a) that sucks it through the cannula (4) housed inside the threaded vertical shaft. (3).

Regarding the dosage of the mixture, the extraction of the dose from each of the individual cartridges (1) is achieved by manually moving the rotary actuator (5) that regulates the amount of the desired dose. The rotation of this actuator (5) acts on the threaded hollow vertical axis (3), which rotates causing the axial and downward displacement of the mobile plate (2), thereby pushing the contained product towards the mixing chamber ( 8) through the hole (7) in the cartridge base.

When all the doses extracted from each individual cartridge (1) are already in the mixing chamber (8), its dosing cap (9) is activated, activating the suction pump (10) (not visible in these figures). located in the same chamber (8), so that, through small holes present in the pump (10), the contents of the mixing chamber (8) are mixed by pressure, achieving the dosage of a homogeneous mixture outside. .

Based on what has been described, the advantages offered by the new multi-compartment double dosage container are evident.

It is the only container that allows you to mix different products in the desired quantity and dose them homogeneously.

Innovatively, it is a double dosage container, at one end, the individual dosage of each independent cartridge and at the other end, the dosage of the mixture obtained in the mixing chamber.

In this sense, it should be noted that, due to their very conformation and the assembly means they incorporate, the individual cartridges are interchangeable and replaceable.

Its use is simple and intuitive. Simply operate the rotary actuator to dispense each individual cartridge and extract the appropriate amount. Once each of these cartridges has been dosed with its desired dose, which of course may be different from one another, these doses reach the mixing chamber, where the final product is generated, which is also dosed for application to the skin of the patient. user.

At a commercial level, it is a highly differential packaging compared to those existing on the market by allowing the manufacture of individual cartridges of a plurality of products that the user can combine according to their needs, obviously considering that their textures are appropriate. .

An example of use would be the application of makeup, which would be made up of three different makeup tones - medium tone, light tone and dark tone - which implies customizing the final tone in the mixing chamber according to the user's tastes.

Likewise, you can customize serums and day creams with the addition of a sunscreen or incorporate a dose of moisturizing product into a shampoo.

Technically, the geometric conformation of the compartments is variable as long as, when inserted and communicated with the camera, they result in a cylindrical body.

It is not considered necessary to make this description more extensive, so that any expert in the field understands the scope of the invention and the advantages that arise from it. they derive. The materials, shape and size will be susceptible to variation as long as this does not imply an alteration in the essentiality of the invention. The terms in which this report has been written should always be taken in a broad and non-limiting sense.

Claims (8)

1st Multi-compartment double dosage container, characterized by being formed by two parts, the first being a plurality of individual compartments or cartridges (1) interlocked together, each of them linked at one end with a dosing cap (6) and presenting at its opposite end a hole (7) sealed at its origin, each cartridge internally incorporating a threaded hollow vertical axis (3) arranged centrally and inside which a cannula (4) is housed that comes out of the dosing cap (6), being this shaft (3) articulated with a mobile sliding plate (2), the second being a mixing chamber (8) provided with a threaded neck (12) that links it with a dosing cap (9), incorporating this chamber (8) a suction pump (10) without cannula and through anchoring channels (11). 2nd multi-compartment double dosage container, according to the 1st claim, characterized in that the hole (7) that each cartridge (1) has at its base incorporates a valve. 3rd multi-compartment double dosage container, according to claim 1, characterized in that the cartridges (1) are related to a rotating actuator (5). 4a Multi-compartment double dosage container, according to claim 1, characterized in that the suction pump (10) of the mixing chamber (8) has small through holes. 5a Multi-compartment double dosage container, according to the 1st claim, characterized in that the different cartridges are linked together by the assembly of a longitudinal projection (13b), present on one of the interior faces of each cartridge, on a rail (13a ), also present on another of the interior faces of each cartridge, so that the cartridges form a cylindrical body integral with the mixing chamber (8). 6a Multi-compartment double dosage container, according to the 1st claim, characterized in that the body of the cartridge (1) itself is articulated with its dosing cap (6) by means of a threaded neck (1a) that protrudes from its upper end. 7a Multi-compartment double dosage container, according to the 1st claim, characterized in that the dosing cap (6) incorporates a suction pump (6a) in turn related to the cannula (4) inserted in the threaded shaft (3). 8a Multi-compartment double dosage container, according to the claim, characterized in that the mixing chamber (8) and the cartridges (1) are assembled using the anchoring channels (11) present in the chamber (8) that are inserted into the lower hole (7) of each cartridge (1), through which the doses extracted from each cartridge (1) enter the mixing chamber (8).