EP0598092B1 - Dual compartment container with means for mixing and dispensing the product - Google Patents

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EP0598092B1
EP0598092B1 EP93913101A EP93913101A EP0598092B1 EP 0598092 B1 EP0598092 B1 EP 0598092B1 EP 93913101 A EP93913101 A EP 93913101A EP 93913101 A EP93913101 A EP 93913101A EP 0598092 B1 EP0598092 B1 EP 0598092B1
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65D—CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES
    • B65D81/00—Containers, packaging elements, or packages, for contents presenting particular transport or storage problems, or adapted to be used for non-packaging purposes after removal of contents
    • B65D81/32—Containers, packaging elements, or packages, for contents presenting particular transport or storage problems, or adapted to be used for non-packaging purposes after removal of contents for packaging two or more different materials which must be maintained separate prior to use in admixture
    • B65D81/3205—Separate rigid or semi-rigid containers joined to each other at their external surfaces
    • B65D81/3211—Separate rigid or semi-rigid containers joined to each other at their external surfaces coaxially and provided with means facilitating admixture
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y10—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC
    • Y10S—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y10S215/00—Bottles and jars
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  • the invention relates to a mixer packaging for two components to be stored separately and to be mixed immediately after first use, provided with two compartments each containing one of the components, a sealing and sealing means arranged in a passage for communication between said compartments and a system for opening said closure means to open at will said communication passage between the compartments and allow the components to be mixed.
  • the mixing packaging according to the invention is in particular intended, for example, for the separate storage of a dye and an oxidant for hair dyeing or a powder and a liquid for pharmaceutical products, or other products. veterinary and pharmaceutical type of extemporaneous mixture.
  • the sealing means between the compartments is constituted by a film or sealed cover while the opening system comprises a means of perforation and / or cutting of said cover.
  • the opening system comprises a means of perforation and / or cutting of said cover.
  • the sealing means is a plug while the opening system makes it possible to expel said plug (for example by an unscrewing operation), said plug then remaining in one of the packaging compartments.
  • the opening system comprises a connecting element which is integral with the shutter means and which is engaged with a rotary actuating member whose operation causes the opening of the communication passage by displacement of the sealing means.
  • the device described in document US-A-5088627 also includes a plug and the connecting element which is tubular, is also integral with the actuating member so that the opening takes place here by unscrewing the actuator.
  • the actuating member has a helical movement, that is to say combined movements of rotation and longitudinal translation.
  • the invention relates to a device of the general type mentioned above at the start and which further comprises, as specified above, a connecting element which is integral with the closure means and which is in rotation with a rotary actuating member. the operation of which leads to the opening of the passage by displacement of the closure means.
  • this device is remarkable in that the rotary actuator is immobilized in translation and in that the connecting element is slidably mounted in said actuator, while the shutter means and / or the the connecting element comprises a screwing system so that the rotation of the actuating member results in the unscrewing of the closure means and / or of the connection element and the lifting of said closure means which emerges from its closed position, while said connecting element slides in the actuating member.
  • the communication passage is a conduit forming a tubular skirt or a neck and the closure means a cap which comes to close off said conduit while resting on it.
  • each compartment is constituted by a separate container, said containers being connected to one another in leaktight manner by a junction ring.
  • the communication conduit on which the cap is supported consists of a neck of one of the containers, which is introduced into an open end of the other container.
  • the conduit of communication on which the cap is applied consists of a tubular skirt of the junction ring, which opens at its two ends into facing openings made in the containers.
  • the openings facing the containers are constituted by necks on each of which the junction ring is connected in leaktight fashion, while the tubular skirt of said ring extends in one of the containers from of the connection plan of said containers.
  • compartments of which come from the same container body is remarkable in that one of the compartments is constituted by a tube which projects into said container from the bottom thereof, the other compartment being formed by the volume of the container outside the tube, while the sealing means comes to close at rest the mouth of said tube.
  • the communication conduit between the compartments or the tube forming one of the compartments comprises, for example, a helical ramp intended to cooperate with a combined unscrewing means provided on the cap, so that the operation of the member actuation forces the cap to move away from said conduit or said tube in a helical movement.
  • the cap may comprise a sealing disc connected by lugs to a ring intended to surround the communication conduit or the tube forming one of the compartments and which is provided with the conjugate unscrewing means.
  • the combined unscrewing means comprises, for example, at least one guide pin, while the helical ramp is open at the end of the duct. on which it is arranged so that the lug or the guide lugs of the cap escape therefrom at the end of the race, preventing, after opening, any subsequent closing by return in the ramp of said one or more lugs.
  • the end of the helical ramp has an asperity intended to be easily crossed by the lug (s) during the opening, but which reinforces the prevention of an untimely return in said ramp.
  • the actuating member is mounted at one end of one of the compartments and the connecting element comprises, on the side engaged with the actuating member, a screw ring intended to cooperate with a conjugate thread arranged at the corresponding end of said compartment.
  • the connecting element comprises, on the side engaged with the actuating member, a screw ring intended to cooperate with a conjugate thread arranged at the corresponding end of said compartment.
  • the actuating member advantageously has a ring accessible from the outside, mounted free in rotation and provided with slides which extend in said compartment and which serve as means for taking in rotation and guiding in translation for the connecting rod. of the cap, the length of said slides being sufficient to allow said connecting element to move between the positions of respectively closing and opening of said closing means.
  • the ring accessible from the outside, can also be provided with a toothed crown which serves as a means for taking rotation and guiding in translation for the connecting element provided for this purpose with conjugate grooves.
  • the actuating member covers and closes an opening in the compartment on which it is mounted in the manner of a capsule and comprises an orifice for dispensing the product coming from the mixture of the components, which orifice is temporarily closed.
  • the packaging according to the invention comprises two compartments in the form of two receptacles respectively upper 1 and lower 2, here of circular section, connected together so as to have facing openings, delimited by necks 3 and 4 respectively. These necks and more particularly the neck 4 can be narrower and connected to the corresponding container by a tray part.
  • Containers 1 and 2 are tightly connected by a junction ring 5 which, as shown in FIGS. 1 and 3, comprises a plate 6 which defines the junction plane of the necks 3 and 4 and from which the sealing skirts 7 extend , 7 ′ inside said necks 3 and 4, the ring 5 also comprising connection rings 8 and 9 which extend on either side of the plate 6.
  • the plate 6 which is here circular, is pierced in its center and has a conduit 10 in the form of a tubular skirt, which is coaxial with the necks 3 and 4 and which extends into the upper container 1.
  • the shape of the plate 6 depends of course on that of the containers (simple ring in this embodiment).
  • a means of closing off said conduit consists of a cap 11 provided with a connecting element or rod 12, here in the form of an openwork plate here in its center, the cap 11 and the plate 12 being shown more particularly on Figures 7 to 9.
  • the cap 11 comprises a sealing disc 11a connected by lugs 11b ( Figure 10) to a ring llc ( Figures 9 and 10).
  • the ring 11c is intended to surround the conduit 10 while the disc 11a allows to close it (left part of said figure).
  • the conduit 10 has a helical ramp 13 or thread which is intended to cooperate with internal lugs 14, 15, or the like, formed in the ring 11c.
  • the invention provides an actuating member 16, more particularly shown in FIGS. 4 to 6.
  • the actuating member 16 is engaged with the connecting plate 12 of the cap 11 as will be seen in more detail below.
  • the actuating member has the form of a capsule and it covers and obturates an opening of the upper container 1, opening bounded by a collar 17.
  • the member 16 is mounted in leaktight manner in the neck 17 of the container 1, for example by a skirt 18, but also in a free manner and can be actuated in rotation by means of a ring 19 which surrounds the said col 17.
  • the member 16 comprises an orifice 20 for distributing the product obtained after mixing, here temporarily closed by a detachable end piece 21 (it could also be a removable plugging means).
  • the member 16 is provided with two slides 22a, 22b in the form of gutters (FIG. 6) which extend towards the interior of the container 1 and which are intended to guide the edges of the plate forming the connecting element 12.
  • the lengths of the slides 22a and 22b and of the plate 12 are calculated so that the latter has sufficient clearance to pass from the low position for closing and storing (left side of FIG. 1) to the high position for opening (right side of said figure 1).
  • the helical ramp 13 is open, that is to say that the pins of the cap can escape at the end of the race.
  • Asperity such as 23 ( Figure 3) can also be provided for the reasons which will be recalled below.
  • the lower container 2 is filled with powder or a liquid.
  • the container 2 is then closed by placing the cap 11 and its plate 12 until the disc 11a is hermetically supported on the duct 10 (the pins 14, 15 being arranged in the ramp 13).
  • the container 1 is then filled and the latter is closed with the member 16 forming a capsule, by fixing the ring 19 on the outside of the neck 17 and taking care that the slides 22a, 22b correctly engage with the plate 12 .
  • tamper-evident means can be provided such as a protective cap or labels, plates or the like, straddling the ring 19 of the member 16 and a wall container 2, like the label 24 shown in Figure 1.
  • the ring 19 is rotated in the direction of unscrewing (the rotation of the plate 12 in the component is facilitated due to its central recess), the cap is thus lifted 11 as already explained, so that the two containers 1 and 2 communicate and that the components they contain can mix (the components can pass between the tabs 11b of the cap 11).
  • This embodiment differs from that described above, mainly because the conduit 10 for communication between the containers consists of a neck of the lower container 2 instead of a tubular skirt of the junction ring.
  • the connecting element 12 of the cap has the shape of a cross-section rod, the slides of the member 16 then being, for example, four in number.
  • junction ring 5 has no part which can be introduced into the container 2, the sealing then being ensured by the cooperation of skirts 25, 26 arranged respectively on the cap 11 and on the ring 5 as shown Figures 10 and 11.
  • the materials of the containers can be varied, flexible or not and different, for example glass or PVC for the lower container and flexible polyethylene for the other, etc. This is important because, depending on the products to be mixed, the materials used for each compartment must, in certain cases, be different, for example with the use of an oxidizing product, which is not possible with the devices described. in the aforementioned documents EP-A-0243730 and US-A-5088627.
  • the invention also provides that the compartments can be made from an element in one piece.
  • the invention proposes an entirely original embodiment which avoids the drawbacks of the container, the compartments of which are produced by a simple tightening of said container, such a known device being generally manufactured by extrusion blow molding, while in the embodiment according to the invention which is shown in Figures 13 to 16, the body forming the two compartments can be obtained by injection.
  • FIGS. 13 to 16 of course includes an opening system of the type described in the previous figures, however with variants which could be used in the embodiments previously described, as well as the system of The opening of Figures 1 to 12 could be used here.
  • the two compartments 1 and 2 come from the same container body 26 in the bottom of which protrudes a tube 27, the compartments 1 and 2 being produced by the volumes respectively outside and inside the tube 27, while the cap 11 is provided for closing the mouth of said tube 27.
  • the cap 11 here comprises a plate 28, an inner sealing skirt 29 and an outer guide skirt 30 with opening 31.
  • cap 11 is not provided here with screwing means, these means being provided on the connecting element 12.
  • the connecting element 12 is in the form of a perforated plate as before, it is it which comprises at its end opposite to the cap 11 screwing means.
  • the latter are in the form of a screw ring 32, more particularly visible in FIG. 15, internally provided with longitudinal grooves 33 and a sealing skirt 34.
  • the ring 19 of the member 16 also has openings 35 (FIG. 14) intended to produce internal projections 36 while it is internally provided with a sealing skirt 37 and a toothed crown 38.
  • the ring 19 is connected to the duct 20 by shaded plates.
  • the end of the inner tube 27 has a groove 39 and the open end of the body of the container 26 is provided with a ring 40, itself provided with a base 41, an internal thread 42 and an external rib 43, the part 44 above the thread 42 being perfectly calibrated.
  • the three parts 16, 12 and 26 which have just been described are advantageously manufactured by injection.
  • the fillings are simple.
  • the compartment 2 is first filled with a first product and the said compartment 2 is closed by the cap 11 and in particular its sealing skirt 29 during the positioning of the connecting element 12 by screwing its ring 32 into the thread 42 of the ring 40 of the body 26.
  • the toothed crown 38 of the element 16 engages with the grooves 33 of the screw ring 32 of the element 12.
  • the slides of the first embodiments can of course be replaced by a toothed crown and grooves and vice versa.

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Mixer-conditioner for two components to be stored separately and to be mixed extemporaneously on the first utilization. The invention relates to a conditioner-mixer for two components to be stored separately and to be mixed extemporaneously on their first utilization, provided with two compartments (1, 2) containing each one of the ingredients, and obturation means (11) providing a tight separation and arranged, when at rest, in a communication passage between said compartments and which is integral with a connection element (12) engaged with a rotary actuating member (16). The device of the invention is characterized in that the connection member (12) is rotationally integral with the actuation member (16), but translationally free and guided, whereas the obturation means (11) and/or the connection element (12) are provided with a screwing system so that the rotation of the actuation member (16) causes the unscrewing of the obturation means and/or of the connection element as well as the lifting of said obturation means which is disengaged from its closing position while said connection element slides in the actuation member (16).

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L'invention concerne un conditionnement mélangeur pour deux composants à stocker séparément et à mélanger extemporanément à la première utilisation, pourvu de deux compartiments contenant chacun l'un des composants, d'un moyen d'obturation et de séparation étanche disposé dans un passage de communication entre lesdits compartiments et d'un système d'ouverture dudit moyen d'obturation pour ouvrir à volonté ledit passage de communication entre les compartiments et permettre le mélange des composants.The invention relates to a mixer packaging for two components to be stored separately and to be mixed immediately after first use, provided with two compartments each containing one of the components, a sealing and sealing means arranged in a passage for communication between said compartments and a system for opening said closure means to open at will said communication passage between the compartments and allow the components to be mixed.

Le conditionnement mélangeur selon l'invention est notamment destiné, par exemple, au stockage de manière séparée d'un colorant et d'un oxydant pour teinture de cheveux ou encore d'une poudre et d'un liquide pour produits pharmaceutiques, ou autres produits vétérinaires et pharmaceutiques du type à mélange extemporané.The mixing packaging according to the invention is in particular intended, for example, for the separate storage of a dye and an oxidant for hair dyeing or a powder and a liquid for pharmaceutical products, or other products. veterinary and pharmaceutical type of extemporaneous mixture.

Il existe en effet des produits de ce type qui doivent être mélangés seulement au moment de la première utilisation.There are indeed products of this type which must be mixed only at the time of the first use.

Il existe un grand nombre de conditionnements de ce genre.There are a large number of such packaging.

Selon une technique connue, le moyen d'obturation entre les compartiments est constitué par une pellicule ou opercule scellé tandis que le système d'ouverture comporte un moyen de perforation et/ ou de découpage dudit opercule. Dans le document EP-A-0260179, par exemple, on décrit un système de ce type.According to a known technique, the sealing means between the compartments is constituted by a film or sealed cover while the opening system comprises a means of perforation and / or cutting of said cover. In document EP-A-0260179, for example, a system of this type is described.

Selon une autre technique le moyen d'obturation est un bouchon tandis que le système d'ouverture permet d'expulser ledit bouchon (par exemple par une manoeuvre de dévissage), ledit bouchon restant alors dans l'un des compartiments du conditionnement.According to another technique, the sealing means is a plug while the opening system makes it possible to expel said plug (for example by an unscrewing operation), said plug then remaining in one of the packaging compartments.

On a aussi imaginé des dispositifs dans lesquels le système d'ouverture comporte un élément de liaison qui est solidaire du moyen d'obturation et qui est en prise avec un organe d'actionnement rotatif dont la manoeuvre entraîne l'ouverture du passage de communication par déplacement du moyen d'obturation.We have also imagined devices in which the opening system comprises a connecting element which is integral with the shutter means and which is engaged with a rotary actuating member whose operation causes the opening of the communication passage by displacement of the sealing means.

C'est par exemple le cas du dispositif décrit dans le document EP-A-0243730, dans lequel le moyen d'obturation, sous forme de bouchon, est poussé vers le bas par une tige de liaison lors du vissage de l'organe d'actionnement.This is for example the case of the device described in document EP-A-0243730, in which the closure means, in the form of a plug, is pushed downwards by a connecting rod when the member is screwed in. actuation.

Le dispositif décrit dans le document US-A-5088627 comporte aussi un bouchon et l'élément de liaison qui est tubulaire, est en outre solidaire de l'organe d'actionnement de telle sorte que l'ouverture s'effectue ici par dévissage de l'organe d'actionnement.The device described in document US-A-5088627 also includes a plug and the connecting element which is tubular, is also integral with the actuating member so that the opening takes place here by unscrewing the actuator.

Dans les deux cas précités, on comprend que l'organe d'actionnement possède un mouvement en hélice, c'est-à-dire des mouvements combinés de rotation et de translation longitudinale.In the two aforementioned cases, it is understood that the actuating member has a helical movement, that is to say combined movements of rotation and longitudinal translation.

En outre dans ces dispositifs connus, les compartiments sont réalisés dans un récipient unique, le passage de communication provenant d'une partie resserrée du récipient, ce qui présente des difficultés importantes à résoudre pour obtenir une bonne étanchéité.In addition, in these known devices, the compartments are produced in a single container, the communication passage coming from a constricted part of the container, which presents significant difficulties to be solved in order to obtain a good seal.

L'invention concerne un dispositif du type général précité au début et qui comporte en outre, comme précisé ci-avant, un élément de liaison qui est solidaire du moyen d'obturation et qui est en prise en rotation avec un organe d'actionnement rotatif dont la manoeuvre entraîne l'ouverture du passage par déplacement du moyen d'obturation.The invention relates to a device of the general type mentioned above at the start and which further comprises, as specified above, a connecting element which is integral with the closure means and which is in rotation with a rotary actuating member. the operation of which leads to the opening of the passage by displacement of the closure means.

Toutefois, ce dispositif est remarquable en ce que l'organe d'actionnement rotatif est immobilisé en translation et en ce que l'élément de liaison est monté coulissant dans ledit organe d'actionnement, tandis que le moyen d'obturation et/ou l'élément de liaison comportent un système de vissage de telle sorte que la rotation de l'organe d'actionnement entraîne le dévissage du moyen d'obturation et/ou de l'élément de liaison et le soulèvement dudit moyen d'obturation qui se dégage de sa position d'obturation, alors que ledit élément de liaison coulisse dans l'organe d'actionnement.However, this device is remarkable in that the rotary actuator is immobilized in translation and in that the connecting element is slidably mounted in said actuator, while the shutter means and / or the the connecting element comprises a screwing system so that the rotation of the actuating member results in the unscrewing of the closure means and / or of the connection element and the lifting of said closure means which emerges from its closed position, while said connecting element slides in the actuating member.

De préférence, le passage de communication est un conduit formant une jupe tubulaire ou un goulot et le moyen d'obturation un capuchon qui vient obturer au repos ledit conduit en s'appliquant sur celui-ci.Preferably, the communication passage is a conduit forming a tubular skirt or a neck and the closure means a cap which comes to close off said conduit while resting on it.

Selon un mode de réalisation, chaque compartiment est constitué par un récipient distinct, lesdits récipients étant raccordés entre eux de manière étanche par une bague de jonction.According to one embodiment, each compartment is constituted by a separate container, said containers being connected to one another in leaktight manner by a junction ring.

Dans ce cas, par exemple, le conduit de communication sur lequel vient s'appuyer le capuchon est constitué par un goulot de l'un des récipients, qui s'introduit dans une extrémité ouverte de l'autre récipient.In this case, for example, the communication conduit on which the cap is supported consists of a neck of one of the containers, which is introduced into an open end of the other container.

Toutefois, selon un autre mode de réalisation, le conduit de communication sur lequel vient s'appliquer le capuchon est constitué par une jupe tubulaire de la bague de jonction, qui débouche par ses deux extrémités dans des ouvertures en regard ménagées sur les récipients. Plus particulièrement dans ce cas, les ouvertures en regard des récipients sont constituées par des cols sur chacun desquels la bague de jonction vient se raccorder de manière étanche, tandis que la jupe tubulaire de ladite bague s'étend dans l'un des récipients à partir du plan de raccordement desdits récipients.However, according to another embodiment, the conduit of communication on which the cap is applied consists of a tubular skirt of the junction ring, which opens at its two ends into facing openings made in the containers. More particularly in this case, the openings facing the containers are constituted by necks on each of which the junction ring is connected in leaktight fashion, while the tubular skirt of said ring extends in one of the containers from of the connection plan of said containers.

Un autre mode de réalisation dont les compartiments proviennent d'un même corps de récipient, est remarquable en ce que l'un des compartiments est constitué par un tube qui fait saillie dans ledit récipient à partir du fond de celui-ci, l'autre compartiment étant réalisé par le volume du récipient extérieur au tube, tandis que le moyen d'obturation vient obturer au repos l'embouchure dudit tube.Another embodiment, the compartments of which come from the same container body, is remarkable in that one of the compartments is constituted by a tube which projects into said container from the bottom thereof, the other compartment being formed by the volume of the container outside the tube, while the sealing means comes to close at rest the mouth of said tube.

Le conduit de communication entre les compartiments ou le tube formant l'un des compartiments, comporte, par exemple, une rampe hélicoïdale destinée à coopérer avec un moyen conjugué de dévissage prévu sur le capuchon, de telle sorte que la manoeuvre de l'organe d'actionnement force le capuchon à s'écarter dudit conduit ou dudit tube selon un mouvement hélicoïdal.The communication conduit between the compartments or the tube forming one of the compartments comprises, for example, a helical ramp intended to cooperate with a combined unscrewing means provided on the cap, so that the operation of the member actuation forces the cap to move away from said conduit or said tube in a helical movement.

Dans ce cas, le capuchon peut comporter un disque d'obturation relié par des pattes à une bague destinée à entourer le conduit de communication ou le tube formant l'un des compartiments et qui est pourvue du moyen conjugué de dévissage.In this case, the cap may comprise a sealing disc connected by lugs to a ring intended to surround the communication conduit or the tube forming one of the compartments and which is provided with the conjugate unscrewing means.

Pour empêcher toute nouvelle fermeture entre les compartiments après le mélange des composants au cours de la première utilisation, le moyen conjugué de dévissage comporte, par exemple, au moins un ergot de guidage, tandis que la rampe hélicoïdale est ouverte à l'extrémité du conduit sur lequel elle est ménagée de telle sorte que l'ergot ou les ergots de guidage du capuchon s'en échappent en fin de course, empêchant, après ouverture, toute fermeture ultérieure par retour dans la rampe dudit ou desdits ergots. Avantageusement, l'extrémité de la rampe hélicoïdale présente une aspérité destinée à être facilement franchie par le ou les ergots lors de l'ouverture, mais qui renforce l'empêchement d'un retour intempestif dans ladite rampe.To prevent any new closure between the compartments after the components have been mixed during the first use, the combined unscrewing means comprises, for example, at least one guide pin, while the helical ramp is open at the end of the duct. on which it is arranged so that the lug or the guide lugs of the cap escape therefrom at the end of the race, preventing, after opening, any subsequent closing by return in the ramp of said one or more lugs. Advantageously, the end of the helical ramp has an asperity intended to be easily crossed by the lug (s) during the opening, but which reinforces the prevention of an untimely return in said ramp.

Selon un mode particulier de réalisation, l'organe d'actionnement est monté à l'une des extrémités de l'un des compartiments et l'élément de liaison comporte, du côté en prise avec l'organe d'actionnement, une bague à vis destinée à coopérer avec un filetage conjugué aménagé à l'extrémité correspondante dudit compartiment. Dans ce cas bien sûr, il n'est pas nécessaire de prévoir un moyen de vissage sur le conduit ou le tube formant récipient.According to a particular embodiment, the actuating member is mounted at one end of one of the compartments and the connecting element comprises, on the side engaged with the actuating member, a screw ring intended to cooperate with a conjugate thread arranged at the corresponding end of said compartment. In this case of course, it is not necessary to provide a screwing means on the conduit or the tube forming the container.

L'organe d'actionnement présente avantageusement une bague accessible de l'extérieur, montée libre en rotation et pourvue de glissières qui s'étendent dans ledit compartiment et qui servent de moyen de prise en rotation et de guidage en translation pour la tige de liaison du capuchon, la longueur desdites glissières étant suffisante pour permettre audit élément de liaison de se mouvoir entre les positions respectivement d'obturation et d'ouverture dudit moyen d'oburation.The actuating member advantageously has a ring accessible from the outside, mounted free in rotation and provided with slides which extend in said compartment and which serve as means for taking in rotation and guiding in translation for the connecting rod. of the cap, the length of said slides being sufficient to allow said connecting element to move between the positions of respectively closing and opening of said closing means.

La bague, accessible de l'extérieur, peut aussi être pourvue d'une couronne dentée qui sert de moyen de prise en rotation et de guidage en translation pour l'élément de liaison pourvu à cet effet de cannelures conjuguées.The ring, accessible from the outside, can also be provided with a toothed crown which serves as a means for taking rotation and guiding in translation for the connecting element provided for this purpose with conjugate grooves.

De préférence dans ces cas, l'organe d'actionnement coiffe et obture une ouverture du compartiment sur lequel il est monté à la manière d'une capsule et comporte un orifice de distribution du produit provenant du mélange des composants, lequel orifice est temporairement obturé.Preferably in these cases, the actuating member covers and closes an opening in the compartment on which it is mounted in the manner of a capsule and comprises an orifice for dispensing the product coming from the mixture of the components, which orifice is temporarily closed. .

D'autres particularités apparaîtront (par exemple la forme de l'élément de liaison, ...) à la lecture de la description qui va suivre et qui se réfère aux dessins annexés dans lesquels:

  • la figure 1 est une coupe longitudinale d'un premier mode de réalisation, ou encore une coupe selon I-I de la figure 2 (une demi-coupe représente le dispositif en position de stockage et l'autre demi-coupe, le dispositif en position d'utilisation),
  • la figure 2 est une coupe selon II-II de la figure 1,
  • la figure 3 montre en élévation un conduit possible de communication entre les deux récipients du conditionnement,
  • la figure 4 est une vue en élévation de l'organe d'actionnement du système d'ouverture du dispositif des figures précédentes,
  • la figure 5 est une coupe selon V-V de la figure 4,
  • la figure 6 est une coupe selon VI-VI de la figure 5,
  • la figure 7 montre en élévation le capuchon d'obturation et son élément de liaison,
  • la figure 8 est une coupe selon VIII-VIII de la figure 7,
  • la figure 9 est une vue en bout selon la flèche F9 de la figure 7,
  • les figures 10 et 11 sont des coupes longitudinales d'un autre mode de réalisation selon l'invention en position respectivement de stockage et d'utilisation,
  • la figure 12 est une coupe selon XII-XII de la figure 10,
  • la figure 13 est une coupe longitudinale d'un autre mode de réalisation à la manière de la figure 1,
  • Les figures 14, 15 et 16 montrent en élévation et demi-coupe, respectivement l'organe d'actionnement, le capuchon d'obturation et son élément de liaison, et le corps à deux compartiments du dispositif de la figure 13.
Other particularities will appear (for example the shape of the connecting element, etc.) on reading the description which follows and which refers to the appended drawings in which:
  • Figure 1 is a longitudinal section of a first embodiment, or a section along II of Figure 2 (one half-section shows the device in storage position and the other half-section, the device in position d 'use),
  • FIG. 2 is a section on II-II of FIG. 1,
  • FIG. 3 shows in elevation a possible communication conduit between the two containers of the packaging,
  • FIG. 4 is an elevation view of the actuating member of the opening system of the device of the preceding figures,
  • FIG. 5 is a section along VV of FIG. 4,
  • FIG. 6 is a section on VI-VI of FIG. 5,
  • FIG. 7 shows in elevation the closure cap and its connecting element,
  • FIG. 8 is a section along VIII-VIII of FIG. 7,
  • FIG. 9 is an end view along arrow F9 in FIG. 7,
  • FIGS. 10 and 11 are longitudinal sections of another embodiment according to the invention in the storage and use position respectively,
  • FIG. 12 is a section on XII-XII of FIG. 10,
  • FIG. 13 is a longitudinal section of another embodiment in the manner of FIG. 1,
  • FIGS. 14, 15 and 16 show in elevation and half-section, respectively the actuating member, the closure cap and its connecting element, and the body with two compartments of the device of FIG. 13.

Le conditionnement selon l'invention, représenté sur les figures 1 à 9, comporte deux compartiments sous la forme de deux récipients respectivement supérieur 1 et inférieur 2, ici de section circulaire, raccordés entre eux de manière à présenter des ouvertures en regard, délimitées par des cols respectivement 3 et 4. Ces cols et plus particulièrement le col 4 peuvent être plus étroits et raccordés au récipient correspondant par une partie en plateau. Les récipients 1 et 2 sont raccordés de manière étanche par une bague de jonction 5 qui, comme le montrent les figures 1 et 3, comporte un plateau 6 qui définit le plan de jonction des cols 3 et 4 et duquel s'étendent des jupes d'étanchéité 7, 7' intérieures auxdits cols 3 et 4, la bague 5 comportant aussi des couronnes 8 et 9 de raccordement qui s'étendent de part et d'autre du plateau 6.The packaging according to the invention, represented in FIGS. 1 to 9, comprises two compartments in the form of two receptacles respectively upper 1 and lower 2, here of circular section, connected together so as to have facing openings, delimited by necks 3 and 4 respectively. These necks and more particularly the neck 4 can be narrower and connected to the corresponding container by a tray part. Containers 1 and 2 are tightly connected by a junction ring 5 which, as shown in FIGS. 1 and 3, comprises a plate 6 which defines the junction plane of the necks 3 and 4 and from which the sealing skirts 7 extend , 7 ′ inside said necks 3 and 4, the ring 5 also comprising connection rings 8 and 9 which extend on either side of the plate 6.

Le plateau 6 qui est ici circulaire, est percé en son centre et présente un conduit 10 sous forme d'une jupe tubulaire, qui est coaxial aux cols 3 et 4 et qui s'étend dans le récipient supérieur 1. La forme du plateau 6 dépend bien sûr de celle des récipients (simple anneau dans ce mode de réalisation).The plate 6 which is here circular, is pierced in its center and has a conduit 10 in the form of a tubular skirt, which is coaxial with the necks 3 and 4 and which extends into the upper container 1. The shape of the plate 6 depends of course on that of the containers (simple ring in this embodiment).

De la sorte, on comprend que les deux récipients 1 et 2 peuvent communiquer entre eux par ledit conduit 10.In this way, it is understood that the two containers 1 and 2 can communicate with each other by said conduit 10.

Un moyen d'obturation dudit conduit est constitué par un capuchon 11 pourvu d'un élément ou tige de liaison 12, ici sous la forme d'une plaquette ajourée ici en son centre, le capuchon 11 et la plaquette 12 étant représentés plus spécialement sur les figures 7 à 9.A means of closing off said conduit consists of a cap 11 provided with a connecting element or rod 12, here in the form of an openwork plate here in its center, the cap 11 and the plate 12 being shown more particularly on Figures 7 to 9.

Le capuchon 11 comporte un disque d'obturation 11a relié par des pattes 11b (figure 10) à une bague llc (figures 9 et 10).The cap 11 comprises a sealing disc 11a connected by lugs 11b (Figure 10) to a ring llc (Figures 9 and 10).

Comme le montre bien la figure 1, la bague 11c est destinée à entourer le conduit 10 tandis que le disque 11a permet de l'obturer (partie gauche de ladite figure).As clearly shown in Figure 1, the ring 11c is intended to surround the conduit 10 while the disc 11a allows to close it (left part of said figure).

Comme le montre plus particulièrement la figure 3, le conduit 10 présente une rampe hélicoïdale 13 ou filetage qui est destiné à coopérer avec des ergots intérieurs 14, 15, ou similaires, ménagés dans la bague 11c.As shown more particularly in Figure 3, the conduit 10 has a helical ramp 13 or thread which is intended to cooperate with internal lugs 14, 15, or the like, formed in the ring 11c.

De la sorte, une rotation dans le sens d'un dévissage du capuchon 11 entraîne un mouvement hélicoïdal qui écarte le disque 11a du conduit 10.In this way, a rotation in the direction of unscrewing the cap 11 causes a helical movement which separates the disc 11a from the conduit 10.

Pour entraîner en rotation le capuchon 11, l'invention prévoit un organe d'actionnement 16, plus particulièrement représenté sur les figures 4 à 6.To rotate the cap 11, the invention provides an actuating member 16, more particularly shown in FIGS. 4 to 6.

L'organe d'actionnement 16 est en prise avec la plaquette de liaison 12 du capuchon 11 comme on le verra plus en détail ci-après.The actuating member 16 is engaged with the connecting plate 12 of the cap 11 as will be seen in more detail below.

L'organe d'actionnement présente la forme d'une capsule et il vient coiffer et obturer une ouverture du récipient supérieur 1, ouverture délimitée par un col 17.The actuating member has the form of a capsule and it covers and obturates an opening of the upper container 1, opening bounded by a collar 17.

Comme représenté sur la figure 1, l'organe 16 est monté de manière étanche dans le col 17 du récipient 1, par exemple par une jupe 18, mais aussi de manière libre et actionnable en rotation au moyen d'une bague 19 qui entoure ledit col 17.As shown in FIG. 1, the member 16 is mounted in leaktight manner in the neck 17 of the container 1, for example by a skirt 18, but also in a free manner and can be actuated in rotation by means of a ring 19 which surrounds the said col 17.

En outre, l'organe 16 comporte un orifice 20 de distribution du produit obtenu après mélange, ici temporairement obturé par un embout 21 détachable (il pourrait s'agir aussi d'un moyen de bouchage amovible).In addition, the member 16 comprises an orifice 20 for distributing the product obtained after mixing, here temporarily closed by a detachable end piece 21 (it could also be a removable plugging means).

L'organe 16 est pourvu de deux glissières 22a, 22b en forme de gouttières (figure 6) qui s'étendent vers l'intérieur du récipient 1 et qui sont destinées à guider les tranches de la plaquette formant l'élément de liaison 12.The member 16 is provided with two slides 22a, 22b in the form of gutters (FIG. 6) which extend towards the interior of the container 1 and which are intended to guide the edges of the plate forming the connecting element 12.

Les tranches de la plaquette 12 étant prises dans lesdites glissières, il est clair qu'une rotation de l'organe 16 (au moyen de sa bague 19) entraîne une rotation de la plaquette 12 et du capuchon 11.The edges of the wafer 12 being taken in said slides, it is clear that a rotation of the member 16 (by means of its ring 19) causes a rotation of the wafer 12 and of the cap 11.

Le mouvement hélicoïdal précité du capuchon 11 (grâce à la rampe 13 et aux ergots 14, 15), est possible du fait de la liberté de mouvement translatif de la plaquette 12 dans les glissières 22a, 22b.The aforementioned helical movement of the cap 11 (thanks to the ramp 13 and the pins 14, 15) is possible due to the freedom of translational movement of the plate 12 in the slides 22a, 22b.

Les longueurs des glissières 22a et 22b et de la plaquette 12 sont calculées pour que cette dernière possède une place suffisante de débattement pour passer de la position basse d'obturation et de stockage (côté gauche de la figure 1) à la position haute d'ouverture (côté droit de ladite figure 1).The lengths of the slides 22a and 22b and of the plate 12 are calculated so that the latter has sufficient clearance to pass from the low position for closing and storing (left side of FIG. 1) to the high position for opening (right side of said figure 1).

Par ailleurs, comme représenté sur la figure 3, la rampe hélicoïdale 13 est ouverte, c'est-à-dire que les ergots du capuchon peuvent s'en échapper en fin de course. Une aspérité telle que 23 (figure 3) peut en outre être prévue pour les raisons qui seront rappelées ci-après.Furthermore, as shown in Figure 3, the helical ramp 13 is open, that is to say that the pins of the cap can escape at the end of the race. Asperity such as 23 (Figure 3) can also be provided for the reasons which will be recalled below.

L'utilisation est simple à comprendre.The use is simple to understand.

On remplit le récipient inférieur 2 avec de la poudre ou un liquide.The lower container 2 is filled with powder or a liquid.

Le récipient 2 est ensuite obturé par la mise en place du capuchon 11 et de sa plaquette 12 jusqu'à ce que le disque 11a s'appuie hermétiquement sur le conduit 10 (les ergots 14, 15 étant disposés dans la rampe 13).The container 2 is then closed by placing the cap 11 and its plate 12 until the disc 11a is hermetically supported on the duct 10 (the pins 14, 15 being arranged in the ramp 13).

On remplit ensuite le récipient 1 et on ferme celui-ci avec l'organe 16 formant capsule, en assujettissant la bague 19 sur l'extérieur du col 17 et en prenant soin que les glissières 22a, 22b viennent correctement en prise avec la plaquette 12.The container 1 is then filled and the latter is closed with the member 16 forming a capsule, by fixing the ring 19 on the outside of the neck 17 and taking care that the slides 22a, 22b correctly engage with the plate 12 .

Pour éviter tout risque d'ouverture intempestif, on peut prévoir toutes sortes de moyens d'inviolabilité tels qu'un capuchon de protection ou encore des étiquettes, plaquettes ou autres, fixés à cheval sur la bague 19 de l'organe 16 et une paroi du récipient 2, comme l'étiquette 24 représentée sur la figure 1.To avoid any risk of inadvertent opening, all kinds of tamper-evident means can be provided such as a protective cap or labels, plates or the like, straddling the ring 19 of the member 16 and a wall container 2, like the label 24 shown in Figure 1.

Ainsi, pour la première utilisation, après arrachement de l'étiquette 24, on tourne la bague 19 dans le sens du dévissement (la rotation de la plaquette 12 dans le composant est facilitée du fait de son évidement central), on soulève ainsi le capuchon 11 comme déjà expliqué, de telle sorte que les deux récipients 1 et 2 communiquent et que les composants qu'ils contiennent peuvent se mélanger (les composants pouvant passer entre les pattes 11b du capuchon 11).Thus, for the first use, after tearing off the label 24, the ring 19 is rotated in the direction of unscrewing (the rotation of the plate 12 in the component is facilitated due to its central recess), the cap is thus lifted 11 as already explained, so that the two containers 1 and 2 communicate and that the components they contain can mix (the components can pass between the tabs 11b of the cap 11).

Pour distribuer le produit issu du mélange dans le mode de réalisation représenté, il suffit alors de couper ou casser l'embout 21.To distribute the product from the mixture in the embodiment shown, it suffices to cut or break the end piece 21.

Il est important de noter qu'après dévissage, les ergots 14, 15 du capuchon quittent la rampe hélicoïdale 13, de telle sorte qu'il n'est plus possible ensuite de refermer le conduit 10, la bague 19 tournant alors dans le vide.It is important to note that after unscrewing, the pins 14, 15 of the cap leave the helical ramp 13, so that it is no longer possible then to close the conduit 10, the ring 19 then rotating in a vacuum.

L'aspérité 23 prévue en fin de course de la rampe 13 et qui est franchie par les ergots au moment du dévissage, empêche tout retour des ergots dans ladite rampe.The roughness 23 provided at the end of travel of the ramp 13 and which is crossed by the lugs at the time of unscrewing, prevents any return of the lugs in said ramp.

Ceci peut être important, pour éviter de repositionner le dispositif en position de stockage après le mélange effectué.This can be important, to avoid repositioning the device in the storage position after mixing.

Dans le mode de réalisation représenté sur les figures 10 à 12, on utilise les mêmes références pour les moyens semblables et seules les références principales sont mentionnées.In the embodiment shown in Figures 10 to 12, the same references are used for similar means and only the main references are mentioned.

Ce mode de réalisation diffère de celui précédemment décrit, du fait principalement que le conduit 10 de communication entre les récipients est constitué par un goulot du récipient 2 inférieur au lieu d'une jupe tubulaire de la bague de jonction.This embodiment differs from that described above, mainly because the conduit 10 for communication between the containers consists of a neck of the lower container 2 instead of a tubular skirt of the junction ring.

En outre, ici, l'élément de liaison 12 du capuchon présente la forme d'une tige à section en croix, les glissières de l'organe 16 étant alors, par exemple, au nombre de quatre.In addition, here, the connecting element 12 of the cap has the shape of a cross-section rod, the slides of the member 16 then being, for example, four in number.

Toutefois ici, la bague 5 de jonction ne présente aucune partie qui peut s'introduire dans le récipient 2, l'étanchéité étant alors assurée par la coopération de jupes 25, 26 aménagées respectivement sur le capuchon 11 et sur la bague 5 comme le montrent les figures 10 et 11.However, here, the junction ring 5 has no part which can be introduced into the container 2, the sealing then being ensured by the cooperation of skirts 25, 26 arranged respectively on the cap 11 and on the ring 5 as shown Figures 10 and 11.

Il est clair que les matières constitutives des récipients peuvent être variées, souples ou non et différentes, par exemple en verre ou PVC pour le récipient inférieur et en polyéthylène souple pour l'autre, etc. Ceci est important du fait que selon les produits à mélanger, les matières utilisées pour chaque compartiment doivent, dans certains cas, être différentes comme par exemple avec l'utilisation d'un produit oxydant, ce qui n'est pas possible avec les dispositifs décrits dans les documents précités EP-A-0243730 et US-A-5088627.It is clear that the materials of the containers can be varied, flexible or not and different, for example glass or PVC for the lower container and flexible polyethylene for the other, etc. This is important because, depending on the products to be mixed, the materials used for each compartment must, in certain cases, be different, for example with the use of an oxidizing product, which is not possible with the devices described. in the aforementioned documents EP-A-0243730 and US-A-5088627.

Toutefois, l'invention prévoit aussi que les compartiments puissent être réalisés à partir d'un élément en une seule pièce. Cependant, dans ce cas, l'invention propose un mode de réalisation tout à fait original qui évite les inconvénients du récipient dont les compartiments sont réalisés par un simple resserrement dudit récipient, un tel dispositif connu étant généralement fabriqué par extrusion-soufflage, alors que dans le mode de réalisation selon l'invention qui est représenté sur les figures 13 à 16, le corps formant les deux compartiments peut être obtenu par injection.However, the invention also provides that the compartments can be made from an element in one piece. However, in this case, the invention proposes an entirely original embodiment which avoids the drawbacks of the container, the compartments of which are produced by a simple tightening of said container, such a known device being generally manufactured by extrusion blow molding, while in the embodiment according to the invention which is shown in Figures 13 to 16, the body forming the two compartments can be obtained by injection.

Le mode de réalisation représenté sur les figures 13 à 16 comporte bien sûr un système d'ouverture du type de celui décrit dans les figures précédentes avec toutefois des variantes qui pourraient être utilisées dans les modes de réalisation précédemment décrits, de même que le système d'ouverture des figures 1 à 12 pourrait être utilisé ici.The embodiment shown in FIGS. 13 to 16 of course includes an opening system of the type described in the previous figures, however with variants which could be used in the embodiments previously described, as well as the system of The opening of Figures 1 to 12 could be used here.

Pour ce mode de réalisation (figures 13 à 16), comme pour celui des figures 10 à 12, les moyens semblables ou équivalents portent les mêmes références.For this embodiment (Figures 13 to 16), as for that of Figures 10 to 12, similar or equivalent means have the same references.

C'est ainsi notamment que l'on retrouve deux compartiments 1 et 2, un capuchon d'obturation 11 solidaire d'un élément de liaison 12 en prise avec un organe de manoeuvre 16 pourvu d'une bague 19. On retrouve aussi l'orifice 20 et l'embout 21.Thus, in particular, there are two compartments 1 and 2, a closure cap 11 secured to a connecting element 12 engaged with an operating member 16 provided with a ring 19. We also find the orifice 20 and the nozzle 21.

Toutefois ici, les deux compartiments 1 et 2 proviennent du même corps de récipient 26 dans le fond duquel fait saillie un tube 27, les compartiments 1 et 2 étant réalisés par les volumes respectivement extérieur et intérieur au tube 27, tandis que le capuchon 11 est prévu pour obturer l'embouchure dudit tube 27. Le capuchon 11 comporte ici un plateau 28, une jupe intérieure 29 d'étanchéité et une jupe extérieure de guidage 30 à ouverture 31.However here, the two compartments 1 and 2 come from the same container body 26 in the bottom of which protrudes a tube 27, the compartments 1 and 2 being produced by the volumes respectively outside and inside the tube 27, while the cap 11 is provided for closing the mouth of said tube 27. The cap 11 here comprises a plate 28, an inner sealing skirt 29 and an outer guide skirt 30 with opening 31.

Par contre, on comprend que le capuchon 11 n'est pas pourvu ici de moyens de vissage, ces moyens étant prévus sur l'élément de liaison 12.However, it is understood that the cap 11 is not provided here with screwing means, these means being provided on the connecting element 12.

En effet, si l'élément de liaison 12 se présente comme précédemment sous la forme d'une plaquette ajourée, c'est lui qui comporte à son extrémité opposée au capuchon 11 des moyens de vissage.Indeed, if the connecting element 12 is in the form of a perforated plate as before, it is it which comprises at its end opposite to the cap 11 screwing means.

Ces derniers se présentent sous la forme d'une bague à vis 32, plus particulièrement visible sur la figure 15, pourvue intérieurement de cannelures 33 longitudinales et d'une jupe d'étanchéité 34.The latter are in the form of a screw ring 32, more particularly visible in FIG. 15, internally provided with longitudinal grooves 33 and a sealing skirt 34.

La bague 19 de l'organe 16 présente en outre des lumières 35 (figure 14) destinées à réaliser des saillies intérieures 36 tandis qu'elle est munie intérieurement d'une jupe d'étanchéité 37 et d'une couronne dentée 38.The ring 19 of the member 16 also has openings 35 (FIG. 14) intended to produce internal projections 36 while it is internally provided with a sealing skirt 37 and a toothed crown 38.

Par ailleurs, dans le mode de réalisation représenté, on constate que la bague 19 est reliée au conduit 20 par des plateaux en dégradé.Furthermore, in the embodiment shown, it can be seen that the ring 19 is connected to the duct 20 by shaded plates.

Comme le montre encore la figure 13 et plus particulièrement la figure 16, l'extrémité du tube intérieur 27 présente une gorge 39 et l'extrémité ouverte du corps du récipient 26 est pourvue d'une bague 40, elle-même munie d'une embase 41, d'un filetage intérieur 42 et d'une nervure extérieure 43, la partie 44 au-dessus du filetage 42 étant parfaitement calibrée.As shown again in FIG. 13 and more particularly in FIG. 16, the end of the inner tube 27 has a groove 39 and the open end of the body of the container 26 is provided with a ring 40, itself provided with a base 41, an internal thread 42 and an external rib 43, the part 44 above the thread 42 being perfectly calibrated.

Les trois pièces 16, 12 et 26 qui viennent d'être décrites sont avantageusement fabriquées par injection.The three parts 16, 12 and 26 which have just been described are advantageously manufactured by injection.

Comme pour les autres modes de réalisation décrits, les remplissages sont simples.As with the other embodiments described, the fillings are simple.

Le compartiment 2 est d'abord rempli par un premier produit et ledit compartiment 2 est obturé par le capuchon 11 et notamment sa jupe d'étanchéité 29 lors de la mise en place de l'élément de liaison 12 par vissage de sa bague 32 dans le filetage 42 de la bague 40 du corps 26.The compartment 2 is first filled with a first product and the said compartment 2 is closed by the cap 11 and in particular its sealing skirt 29 during the positioning of the connecting element 12 by screwing its ring 32 into the thread 42 of the ring 40 of the body 26.

Il suffit alors de conditionner le second produit en remplissant le compartiment 1 et à clipser l'organe de manoeuvre 16 sur la bague 40 en forçant les saillies 36 de la bague 19 de l'organe 16 à se placer sous la nervure 43 de ladite bague 40, de telle sorte que l'organe de manoeuvre 16 est immobilisé en translation, mais libre en rotation, la jupe d'étanchéité 37 venant dans la partie calibrée 44 du corps 26.It then suffices to condition the second product by filling the compartment 1 and to clip the operating member 16 on the ring 40 by forcing the projections 36 of the ring 19 of the member 16 to be placed under the rib 43 of said ring 40, so that the operating member 16 is immobilized in translation, but free in rotation, the sealing skirt 37 coming into the calibrated part 44 of the body 26.

La couronne dentée 38 de l'élément 16 vient en prise avec les cannelures 33 de la bague à vis 32 de l'élément 12.The toothed crown 38 of the element 16 engages with the grooves 33 of the screw ring 32 of the element 12.

On comprend qu'au moment de la première utilisation, il suffit alors de tourner la bague 19, de telle sorte que la coopération de la couronne 38 et des cannelures 33 permet ainsi à l'élément 12 de tourner et de se dévisser du corps 26, ce qui a pour effet de soulever le capuchon 11 et donc de mettre en communication les compartiments 1 et 2.It is understood that at the time of first use, it then suffices to turn the ring 19, so that the cooperation of the crown 38 and the grooves 33 thus allows the element 12 to turn and unscrew from the body 26 , which has the effect of lifting the cap 11 and therefore putting the compartments 1 and 2 into communication.

Il est clair que l'élément 16 étant immobile en translation, au cours du dévissage, c'est l'élément 12 qui coulisse dans l'organe 16 par coopération de la couronne 38 et des cannelures 33 précitées.It is clear that the element 16 being immobile in translation, during unscrewing, it is the element 12 which slides in the member 16 by cooperation of the crown 38 and the aforementioned grooves 33.

Pour distribuer le produit, il suffit alors, comme dans les autres modes de réalisation, de couper ou casser l'élément 21.To distribute the product, it then suffices, as in the other embodiments, to cut or break the element 21.

On peut bien sûr prévoir un moyen anti-retour bloquant en translation inverse l'élément 12 (aspérité, ...).One can of course provide a non-return means blocking in reverse translation the element 12 (roughness, ...).

On comprend que le fonctionnement est tout à fait semblable à celui des modes de réalisation des figures 1 à 12, l'élément de liaison 12 étant entraîné en rotation tout en coulissant dans l'organe 16, celui-ci étant immobilisé en translation.It is understood that the operation is quite similar to that of the embodiments of Figures 1 to 12, the connecting element 12 being rotated while sliding in the member 16, the latter being immobilized in translation.

Il est tout à fait clair aussi, comme déjà dit, que le système de vissage du mode de réalisation des figures 13 à 16 pourrait être prévu sur le tube 27 et le capuchon 11, comme déjà décrit à propos des figures 1 à 12, de même que le système de vissage des modes de réalisation desdites figures 1 à 12 pourrait être du type de celui décrit dans le dernier mode de réalisation, étant entendu qu'il suffit qu'il soit prévu sur l'élément 12 ou le capuchon 11 qui sont solidaires.It is also quite clear, as already said, that the screwing system of the embodiment of FIGS. 13 to 16 could be provided on the tube 27 and the cap 11, as already described with reference to FIGS. 1 to 12, from even that the screwing system of the embodiments of said figures 1 to 12 could be of the type described in the last embodiment, it being understood that it is sufficient that it is provided on the element 12 or the cap 11 which are united.

En outre, les glissières des premiers modes de réalisation peuvent bien sûr être remplacés par une couronne dentée et des cannelures et réciproquement.In addition, the slides of the first embodiments can of course be replaced by a toothed crown and grooves and vice versa.

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  1. A mixing packaging for two components to be stored separately and mixed extemporaneously at first use, provided with two compartments (1, 2) each containing one of the components, impervious means of sealing (11) and separating arranged, during rest, in a communication passage between the said compartments and which is solidly attached to a connecting element (12) engaged in rotation with a rotary activating device (16) the manoeuvring of which drives the opening of the communication passage between the compartments by displacement of the sealing means in order to permit the mixing of the components, characterised in that the rotary activating device (16) is immobilised in translation and in that the connecting element (12) is assembled in a sliding manner within the said activating device (16), while the sealing means (11) and/or the connecting element (12) have a screwing system so that the rotation of the activating device (16) drives the unscrewing of the sealing means and/or the connecting element and the lifting of the said sealing means which is disengaged from its sealing position, while the said connecting element slides within in the activating device (16).
  2. A mixing packaging in accordance with claim 1, characterised in that the communication passage is a pipe (10) forming a tubular skirt or a neck and the sealing means a cowl (11) which seals the said pipe while at rest by applying itself to the latter.
  3. A mixing packaging in accordance with claim 2, each compartment of which is made up from a different recipient (1, 2), the said recipients being connected together in an impervious manner by a junction ring (5), characterised in that the communication pipe on which the cowl (11) rests is made up from a neck (10) of one (2) of the recipients, which is introduced into an open end of the other (1) recipient.
  4. A mixing packaging in accordance with claim 2, each compartment of which is made up from a different recipient (1, 2), the said recipients being connected together in an impervious manner by a junction ring (5), characterised in that the communication pipe onto which the cowl (11) is applied is made up from a tubular skirt (10) of the junction ring (5), which opens out by its two ends into openings opposite arranged on the recipients (1, 2).
  5. A mixing packaging in accordance with claim 4, characterised in that the openings opposite the recipients (1, 2) are made up from necks (3, 4) onto each of which the junction ring (5) is connected in an impervious manner, while the tubular skirt of the said ring extends in one (1) of the recipients from the connecting plane of the said recipients.
  6. A mixing packaging in accordance with one of claims 1 and 2, the compartments (1, 2) of which come from a single recipient body (26), characterised in that one (2) of the compartments is made up from a tube (27) which projects into the said recipient from the bottom of this latter, the other compartment (1) being made by the volume of the recipient (26) outside the tube (27), while the sealing means seals the mouth of the said tube (27) while at rest.
  7. A mixing packaging in accordance with one of claims 2 to 6, characterised in that the communication pipe (10) between the compartments or the tube (27) forming one of the compartments, has a helicoidal ramp (13) intended to work with an associated unscrewing means (14, 15) provided on the cowl (11) in such a way that the manoeuvre of the activating device forces the cowl to distance itself from the said pipe (10) or the said tube (27) with a helicoidal movement.
  8. A mixing packaging in accordance with claim 7, characterised in that the cowl (11) has a sealing disc (11a) connected by feet (11b) to a ring (11c) intended to surround the communication pipe (10) or the tube (27) forming one of the recipients, and which is provided with associated unscrewing means (14, 15).
  9. A mixing packaging in accordance with one of claims 7 and 8, characterised in that the associated unscrewing means has at least one guide spur (14, 15) and in that the helicoidal ramp (13) is open at the end of the pipe (10) or the tube (27) on which it is arranged in such a way that the guide spur or the guide spurs (14, 15) of the cowl (11) emerge from it at the limit of travel, preventing, after opening, all subsequent closing by return into the ramp of the said spur or spurs.
  10. A mixing packaging in accordance with claim 9, characterised in that the end of the helicoidal ramp (13) has a mound (23) intended to be easily cleared by the spur or spurs (14, 15) during opening, but which reinforces the prevention of an untimely return into the said ramp (13).
  11. A mixing packaging in accordance with one of claims 1 to 10, characterised in that the activating device (16) is assembled at one of the ends of one (1) of the compartments and in that the connecting element (12) has, on the side engaged with the activating device (16), a screwed ring intended to cooperate with an associated threading arranged at the corresponding end of the said compartment (1).
  12. A mixing packaging in accordance with one of claims 1 to 11, characterised in that the activating device (16) is assembled at one of the ends of one (1) of the compartments and has a ring (19) accessible from the outside, mounted to rotate freely and provided with runners (22a, 22b) which extend into the said compartment (1) and which serve as means to engage in rotation and guide in translation the connecting element (12) of the sealing means (11), the length of the said runners being sufficient to allow the said connecting element (12) to be moved between the respective sealing and opening positions of the said sealing means (11).
  13. A mixing packaging in accordance with one of claims 1 to 11, characterised in that the activating device (16) is assembled at one of the ends of one (1) of the compartments and has a ring (19) accessible from the outside, mounted to rotate freely and provided with a toothed crown (38) which serves as a means to engage in rotation and guide in translation the connecting element provided to this end with associated grooves (33).
  14. A mixing packaging in accordance with one of claims 12 and 13, characterised in that the activating device (16) caps and seals an opening (17) of the compartment (1) on which it is assembled in the manner of a capsule and has an orifice (20) for distribution of the product issuing from the mixing of the components, this orifice being temporarily sealed (21).
  15. A mixing packaging in accordance with one of claims 1 to 14, characterised in that the connecting element (12) of the sealing means (11) has the form of an open-work plate.
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