Safety capsule for a container
AssigneeBormioli Pharma S.P.A.
InventorValerio Paganuzzi
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Abstract
A closure capsule for closing a container, comprising: a cap (2) to be associated with the container and comprising a frangible mouth (20); a cutter (3) for opening said frangible mouth (20); a covering (4) protecting said cap (2) and said cutter (3) and comprising an intactness band (40); first toothed connection means (5) afforded on the covering (4) and on the cutter (3) and that make said cutter (3) and said covering (4) rotate integrally. The closure capsule is movable from a initial configuration to an operative configuration, wherein the intactness band is removed and the frangible mouth is broken. In the initial configuration, the cap, the cutter and the covering contribute to the definition of walls of a reservoir (8) for containing a product to be dropped into the container in the operative configuration.
Claims17
A closure capsule for closing a container, comprising:
- a cap (2) that can be associated with a container and comprising a frangible mouth (20);
- a cutter (3) comprising a cutting edge (30) designed to open said frangible mouth (20);
- a covering (4) that protects both said cap (2) and said cutter (3) and comprises an intactness band (40);
- characterized in that said closure capsule (1) is movable from a rest configuration, wherein the frangible mouth (20) and the intactness band (40) are intact, to an operative configuration, wherein the intactness band (40) is removed and the frangible mouth (20) is broken;
- in the rest configuration, the cap (2), the cutter (3) and the covering (4) contribute to the definition of walls of a reservoir (8) for containing a product to be dropped into the container in the operative configuration;
- the cutter (3) is a body that defines a cavity (33) within which it is possible to house at least part of the product;
- said closure capsule (1) comprising:
- a first connection means (5) afforded on the covering (4) and on the cutter (3) and that makes said cutter (3) and at least a first part (400) of said covering (4) rotate integrally;
- a threaded connection means (9), which, in passing from the rest configuration to the operative configuration, couples the covering (4) and the cap (2), thereby bringing about rotational-translational movement of the first part (400) of the covering (4) and the cutter (3) with respect to said cap (2);
- the cutter (3) also comprising a widening zone (31), wherein, as it moves away from the cutting edge (30), the cross section of the cutter (3) increases.
A method for opening a container occluded by a closure capsule comprising:
- i) a cap (2) that can be associated with the container (7) and comprising a frangible mouth (20);
- ii) a cutter (3) designed to open said frangible mouth (20);
- iii) a covering (4) that protects said cap (2) and said cutter (3) and comprises an intactness band (40);
- said method comprising the steps of:
- removing the intactness band (40);
- cutting said frangible mouth (20), causing a substance present in a reservoir (8) defined at least by the combination of the cutter (3), the covering (4) and the frangible mouth (20) to drop into the container (7);
- the cutter (3) being a body that defines a cavity (33) within which it is possible to house at least part of the substance;
- characterized in that the step of cutting said frangible mouth (20) comprises the step of tightening at least a first part (400) of said covering (4) along the cap (2), thereby bringing about a rotational-translational movement of the cutter (3);
- the cutter (3) and the first part (400) of the covering (4) being caused to rotate integrally by a first connection means (5).
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.