Water soluble container
AssigneeReckitt Benckiser (UK) Limited
InventorFabienne MILER
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Abstract
A filled water-soluble injection moulded container (1) containing a first composition (6) held in a first compartment (2) and a second composition (8) held in a second compartment (3), said first compartment (2) and said second compartment (3) being separated by a water-soluble barrier (4) having an opening (5) plugged by a plug (7) arranged such that when said container (1) is filled with said first composition (6) and said second composition (8), said first compartment (2) is filled through said opening (5) in said barrier (4), said barrier (4) is plugged with said plug (7), and subsequently said second compartment (3) is filled with said second composition (8) and said second compartment is sealed with a closure part (9).
Claims14
A filled water-soluble injection moulded container (1) containing a first composition (6) held in a first compartment (2) and a second composition (8) held in a second compartment (3), said first compartment (2) and said second compartment (3) being separated by a water-soluble barrier (4) having an opening (5) plugged by a plug (7) arranged such that when said container (1) is filled with said first composition (6) and said second composition (8), said first compartment (2) is filled through said opening (5) in said barrier (4), said barrier (4) is plugged with said plug (7), and subsequently said second compartment (3) is filled with said second composition (8) and said second compartment is sealed with a closure part (9).
A container according to any one of the preceding claims wherein said plug (7) is spherical.
A container according to any one of the preceding claims wherein said first composition (6) and said second composition (8) are each a fabric care, surface care or dishwashing composition.
An unfilled water-soluble injection moulded container (1) containing a first compartment (2) and a second compartment (3), said first compartment (2) and said second compartment (3) being separated by a water-soluble barrier (4) having an opening (5) arranged such that when said container is to be filled said first compartment (2) is arranged to be filled through said opening (5) in said barrier (4), said barrier (4) is capable of being plugged with a plug (7), and subsequently said second compartment (3) is arranged to be filled through another opening in the container.
A container according to any one of the preceding claims wherein said container is made from a poly(vinyl alcohol) (PVOH).
A container according to any one of the preceding claims wherein said first compartment (2) is defined by a lower surface, said barrier (4) and walls extending therebetween, said lower surface and said barrier (4) being substantially parallel.
A container according to any one of the preceding claims wherein said second compartment (3) is defined by an opening, said barrier (4) and walls extending therebetween, said upper surface and said opening being substantially parallel.
A container according to any one of the preceding claims which is cuboid.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.