Dispensing apparatus

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9580226-B2
Application number	US-201314438779-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Aug 20, 2013
Priority date	Oct 29, 2012
Publication date	Feb 28, 2017
Grant date	Feb 28, 2017

Abstract

A dispensing apparatus has a storage container with two storage chambers which are closed by a closure element to a closed position and from which storage chambers components can be dispensed via component outlets in a dispensing position. A change from the closed position into the dispensing position is carried out by a rotation of the storage container with respect to the closure element. The storage container and the closure element are made in one piece in the closed position and are only connected to one another via connection webs. The connection webs are designed so that they tear off on a rotation of the storage container with respect to the closure element from the closed position into the dispensing position and thus the component outlets are opened.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A dispensing apparatus for at least two flowable components, the dispensing apparatus comprising:
a storage container having a first storage chamber configured to hold a first component and having a first component outlet, and having a second storage chamber configured to hold a second component and having a second component outlet;
a closure element; and
a dispensing opening,
the storage container being rotatable with respect to the closure element,
the storage container being configured to adopt a closed position with respect to the closure element, in the closed position, the first and second component outlets being closed by the closure element, and the storage container being configured to adopt a dispensing position, in the dispensing position, the first and second component outlets being open and being configured to dispense the first and second components via the dispensing opening and the storage container being configured so as to change from the closed position into the dispensing position by a rotation of the storage container with respect to the closure element, and
the storage container and the closure element being one piece in the closed position and only connected to one another via connection webs, the connection webs being configured so as to tear off on a rotation of the storage container from the closed position into the dispensing position.

2. The dispensing apparatus in accordance with claim 1 , wherein the first storage chamber is coaxial to the second storage chamber and at least partially surrounds the second storage.

3. The dispensing apparatus in accordance with claim 1 , wherein the closure element has an outer part, a closure web being disposed within the outer part and being connected to the storage container via the connection webs.

4. The dispensing apparatus in accordance with claim 1 , wherein the closure element is connected to a dispensing element which has the dispensing opening.

5. The dispensing apparatus in accordance with claim 4 , wherein the closure element is rotationally fixedly connected to the dispensing element.

6. The dispensing apparatus in accordance with claim 5 , further comprising a plug, the plug being configured so as to be insertable into the dispensing opening such that the dispensing opening is closed and the plug serves as a handle for an applicator for dispensing the components.

7. The dispensing apparatus in accordance with claim 4 , further comprising a mixer having a mixer housing and a mixing element, the mixer being arranged so that the components are supplied thereto after dispensing from the component outlets.

8. The dispensing apparatus in accordance with claim 7 , wherein the mixer housing is a part of the dispensing element.

9. The dispensing apparatus in accordance with claim 8 , wherein the dispensing element was a dispensing chamber and the mixer is disposed between the storage container and the dispensing chamber.

10. The dispensing apparatus in accordance with claim 4 , wherein the closure element is disposed completely within the dispensing element, and the storage container is disposed partly, within the dispensing element.

11. The dispensing apparatus in accordance with claim 10 further comprising an actuation element, the actuation element including a first piston and a second piston, the first piston being displaceably arranged in the first storage chamber and the second piston being displaceably arranged in the second storage chamber, the actuation element being arranged partly within the storage container.

12. A dispensing apparatus for at least two flowable components, the dispensing apparatus comprising:
a storage container having a first storage chamber configured to hold a first component and having a first component outlet, and having a second storage chamber configured to hold a second component and having a second component outlet;
a closure element; and
a dispensing opening,
the storage container being rotatable with respect to the closure element,
the storage container being configured to adopt a closed position with respect to the closure element, in the closed position, the first and second component outlets being closed by the closure element, and the storage container being configured to adopt a dispensing position, in the dispensing position, the first and second component outlets being open and being configured to dispense the first and second components via the dispensing opening and the storage chamber being configured so as to change from the closed position into the dispensing position by a rotation of the storage container with respect to the closure element,
the storage container and the closure element being one piece in the closed position and only connected to one another via connection webs, the connection webs being configured so as to tear off on a rotation of the storage container from the closed position into the dispensing position, and
the closure element having an outer part, and a closure web disposed within the outer part and connected to the storage container via the connection webs.

Assignees

• Sulzer Mixpac Ag

Inventors

• Ettlin Josef

Classifications

• B05C17/00553 Primary

  with means allowing the stock of material to consist of at least two different components · CPC title

• B05C17/01

  with {manually} mechanically or electrically actuated piston or the like {(B05C17/00533 takes precedence)} · CPC title

• B65D81/3255

  Containers provided with a piston or a movable bottom, and permitting admixture within the container · CPC title

• B05C17/00503

  Details of the outlet element (B05C17/00523 takes precedence; nozzles for deformable tubular containers B65D35/38) · CPC title

• B65D81/3211 Primary

  coaxially and provided with means facilitating admixture · CPC title