US20060006077A1 - Dispensing closure with integral piercing unit - Google Patents
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- 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
- B65D51/00—Closures not otherwise provided for
- B65D51/24—Closures not otherwise provided for combined or co-operating with auxiliary devices for non-closing purposes
- B65D51/28—Closures not otherwise provided for combined or co-operating with auxiliary devices for non-closing purposes with auxiliary containers for additional articles or materials
- B65D51/2807—Closures not otherwise provided for combined or co-operating with auxiliary devices for non-closing purposes with auxiliary containers for additional articles or materials the closure presenting means for placing the additional articles or materials in contact with the main contents by acting on a part of the closure without removing the closure, e.g. by pushing down, pulling up, rotating or turning a part of the closure, or upon initial opening of the container
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- the present invention relates to cap dispensing closures for a container, more particularly to a dispensing closure with an integral piercing unit for piercing a chamber in the cap to dispense the contents there-of into the container.
- U.S. Pat. No. 3,521,745 discloses a container with two compartments and a piercing member used to rupture the wall between the compartments to allow the material stored in one compartment to mix with the material in the other.
- U.S. Pat. No. 3,603,469 discloses a container closure having a cap that forms an interior chamber or reservoir for storing a substance.
- a reciprocating piercing member is used to rupture the reservoir to allow the material stored in the reservoir to mix with the material in the container.
- U.S. Pat. No. 3,715,189 discloses a container with a completely open top (i.e. no neck finish) with a top cover that includes an interior chamber or reservoir for storing a substance.
- a plunger is used to rupture the reservoir to allow the material stored in the reservoir to mix with the material in the container.
- U.S. Pat. No. 3,968,872 discloses a container closure having a cap that forms an interior chamber or reservoir for storing a substance.
- a piercing member is used to rupture the reservoir to allow the material stored in the reservoir to mix with the material in the container.
- U.S. Pat. No. 4,195,731 discloses a container closure having a cap that forms an interior chamber or reservoir for storing a substance.
- a piercing piston is used to rupture the reservoir to allow the material stored in the reservoir to mix with the material in the container.
- U.S. Pat. No. 4,221,291 discloses a container closure having a cap that forms an interior chamber or reservoir for storing a substance.
- a plunger or rod is connected to the bottom wall of the reservoir and is used to rupture the reservoir to allow the material stored in the reservoir to mix with the material in the container.
- U.S. Pat. No. 4,615,437 discloses a threaded container closure or cap that forms an interior chamber or reservoir for storing a substance. A bottom wall of the reservoir is held in position by the bottle neck finish and further threading of the upper portion of the cap onto the bottle is used to rupture the reservoir to allow the material stored in the reservoir to mix with the material in the container.
- U.S. Pat. No. 4,858,760 discloses a container closure having a cap that forms an interior chamber or reservoir for storing a substance. A bottom wall of the reservoir is ruptured by a piecing plunger to allow the material stored in the reservoir to mix with the material in the container.
- U.S. Pat. No. 4,903,865 discloses a threaded container closure or cap that forms an interior chamber or reservoir for storing a substance. A bottom wall of the reservoir is held in position by the bottle neck finish and movement of a reciprocating plunger on the cap into the bottle is used to rupture the reservoir to allow the material stored in the reservoir to mix with the material in the container.
- U.S. Pat. No. 5,029,718 discloses a container closure or cap that forms an interior chamber or reservoir for storing a substance. A bottom wall of the reservoir is held in position by the bottle neck finish and movement of a reciprocating plunger on the cap into the bottle is used to rupture the reservoir to allow the material stored in the reservoir to mix with the material in the container.
- U.S. Pat. No. 5,038,951 discloses a container closure or cap that forms an interior chamber or reservoir for storing a substance. A bottom wall of the reservoir is held in position by the bottle neck finish and movement of a reciprocating plunger on the cap into the bottle is used to rupture the reservoir to allow the material stored in the reservoir to mix with the material in the container.
- U.S. Pat. No. 5,772,017 discloses a threaded container closure or cap that forms an interior chamber or reservoir for storing a substance. A bottom wall of the reservoir is ruptured through movement of a threaded reciprocating piecing member on the cap to allow the material stored in the reservoir to mix with the material in the container.
- U.S. Pat. No. 5,950,819 discloses a threaded container closure or cap that forms an interior chamber or reservoir for storing a substance.
- the reservoir is held in position by the bottle neck finish and movement of a top of the cap into the bottle is used to rupture the side walls of the reservoir to allow the material stored in the reservoir to mix with the material in the container.
- U.S. Pat. No. 6,165,523 discloses a threaded container closure or cap that forms an interior chamber or reservoir for storing a substance.
- the reservoir is collapsible and has a piecing member for piercing the bottom wall thereof during compression to rupture the reservoir to allow the material stored in the reservoir to mix with the material in the container.
- U.S. Pat. No. 6,224,922 discloses a container closure or cap that forms multiple colorants reservoirs for selectively dispensing into the container to selectively color the beverage in the container.
- U.S. Pat. No. 6,305,576 discloses a threaded container closure or cap that forms an “aseptic” interior chamber or reservoir for storing a substance.
- a bottom wall of the reservoir is pieced by a movement of a reciprocating piercing member to allow the material stored in the reservoir to mix with the material in the container.
- U.S. Pat. No. 6,372,270 discloses a container closure or cap that forms an interior chamber or reservoir for storing a substance. A bottom wall of the reservoir is ruptured by movement of a reciprocating plunger on the cap into the bottle to allow the material stored in the reservoir to mix with the material in the container.
- cap dispensing, or cap ejecting, closures are known in the art.
- the prior art devices have certain drawbacks. In the designs that piece a separation membrane (e.g. a foil layer), there is no sufficient piercing structure that moves the pieced membrane out of the way to insure complete disbursement of the material in the cap. This can be of significant concern for medicaments and other measured quantities having precise dosages. Further, many of these prior art designs are impractical from a standpoint of filling the chamber or reservoir in the closure.
- the closure according to the invention includes a shell adapted to be attached to a container and having an integral piercing member, an axial movable cap attached to the shell and a sealing member coupled to the cap.
- the shell has an inner guide with an open end in communication with the container and the cap is moveable along the inner guide.
- the cap is axially movable along the inner guide.
- the cap has a chamber adapted to hold a unit dosage of material to be dispensed into the container.
- the chamber is sealed with the sealing member, e.g. foil, extending across a lower open end of the cap, wherein axial movement of the cap along the inner guide will pierce the sealing member on the piercing element to dispense the contents of the chamber into the container.
- the axial movable cap may formed from a material with a higher oxygen and moisture barrier property than the material forming the shell.
- the cap may be formed from polyethylene terephthalate, nylon, polypropylene with low shrink filler, or polyethylene with low shrink filler.
- the low shrink filler may be talc or mica, and the shell may be formed of a polyolefin material.
- the shell may have an outer skirt with a closure attaching mechanism, such as a thread, on the outer skirt for attaching the shell to the container.
- a tamper evident band can be placed on a lower end of the outer skirt.
- a tamper evident band may be placed around the cap to prevent premature dispensing of the contents of the chamber.
- the piercing element may include a plurality of angled radial blades at a lower end of the inner guide, wherein the radial blades converge to form a piercing tip extending toward the upper end of the inner guide.
- the invention may include folding elements to move the sealing member out of the way to further assist in dispensing.
- the blades may each have a piercing point adjacent a central post, thereby forming an array of central piercing points.
- the central post may form a gating point for the closure.
- the inner guide may be an annular tube having annular seals engaging and sealing against the cap, wherein the inner guide includes an upper stop limiting the upward movement of the cap and a finger access in an upper side of the inner guide.
- the cap may have a top and a cylindrical side member forming the chamber.
- FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a shell of a closure according to the present invention
- FIG. 2 is a side elevation view of the shell of FIG. 1 ;
- FIG. 3 is a front elevation view of the shell of FIG. 1 ;
- FIG. 4 is a top plan view of the shell of FIG. 1 ;
- FIG. 5 is a bottom plan view of the shell of FIG. 1 ;
- FIG. 6 is a front section view of the shell of FIG. 1 taken along section line A-A in FIG. 4 ;
- FIG. 7 is a side section view of the shell of FIG. 1 taken along section line B-B of FIG. 3 ;
- FIG. 8 is a side elevation view of a cap of a closure according to the present invention.
- FIG. 9 is a top plan view of the cap of FIG. 8 ;
- FIG. 10 is a section of the cap of FIG. 8 taken along section line A-A of FIG. 9 ;
- FIG. 11 is a side elevation view of a dust cover a closure according to the present invention.
- FIG. 12 is a top plan view of the cover of FIG. 11 ;
- FIG. 13 is a bottom plan view of the cover of FIG. 11 ;
- FIG. 14 is a section of the cover of FIG. 11 taken along section line A-A of FIG. 13 ;
- FIG. 15 is an enlarged view of the section view of FIG. 14 ;
- FIG. 16 is a sectional of the closure according to the present invention, with a cap thereof in a closed sealed position;
- FIG. 17 is a sectional of the closure according to the present invention, with a cap thereof in the open, dispensing position;
- FIG. 18 is a schematic view, partially in section of a shell with a modified three point integral piercing element according to the present invention.
- FIG. 19 is a schematic view, partially in section of the modified shell of FIG. 18 ;
- FIG. 20 is a schematic view plan view of the modified shell of FIG. 18 .
- a single use unit dosage dispensing closure 10 is shown in the figures.
- the closure 10 is adapted to be attached to a container (not shown) with a threaded neck finish (e.g. a bottle).
- the closure includes a shell 12 , shown alone in FIGS. 1-7 , which is adapted to be attached to the container.
- the shell has an outer skirt 14 with a closure attaching mechanism in the form of threads 16 on the outer skirt 14 for attaching the shell 12 to the container.
- the lower portion 18 of the skirt 14 may be formed as a tamper evident band, as is known in the art.
- the inner surface of the skirt may include a sealing ring 20 for sealing against the neck finish of the container.
- the shell 12 has a tubular inner guide 22 with an open lower end in communication with the interior of the container.
- the inner guide 22 includes at least one sealing ring 24 , a lower stop 26 at a lower end thereof and an upper stop 28 at an upper end thereof.
- the inner guide 22 further includes a finger access 30 adjacent an upper end thereof and a second stop 31 above the seal ring 24 .
- the shell 12 may further include an alignment nub on the exterior of the guide 22 for alignment of the guide during manufacturing.
- a piercing element 32 is formed integral with the inner guide 22 .
- the piercing element 32 is formed a plurality of angled radial blades 34 at a lower end of the inner guide 22 , wherein the radial blades 34 converge to form a piercing tip extending toward the upper end of the inner guide 22 .
- the triangular center piercing tip gives a center point for gating of the shell 12 .
- Adjacent the blades 34 are folding elements 36 that are adapted to engage and fold back a sealing element to facilitate discharge of the unit dosage as will be described.
- An important aspect of the present invention is that all of the major seals, undercuts and other “jump” features (i.e. elements that effectively deform slightly in the de-molding process) are formed in or integral with the shell 12 .
- the shell is made of a polymer that accommodates such features, such as polyolefin. Materials that accommodate these jump features do not have significant moisture or gas barrier properties (i.e. high moisture and gas permeability).
- An axial movable cap 40 is attached to the shell 12 and moveable along the inner guide 22 .
- the cap 40 defines an inner chamber 42 therein adapted to hold a unit dosage of material to be dispensed into the container.
- the cap 40 is of a simple configuration having a top 44 and a cylindrical side member 46 forming the chamber 42 .
- the simple construction (no jump features) of the cap 40 allows a relatively rigid material to be used to form the cap 40 , whereby the cap 40 and the shell 12 are made from different polymer materials.
- the axial movable cap 40 is formed from a material with a higher oxygen and water barrier property than the material forming the shell 12 .
- the cap 40 may, preferably, be formed a rigid material such as polyethylene terephthalate (PET), nylon, polypropylene (PP) with low shrink filler, and polyethylene (PE) with low shrink filler.
- Low shrink fillers include talc and mica.
- a sealing layer, or even film, 50 is coupled to the cap 40 at least prior to dispensing with the cap 40 , wherein the chamber 42 is sealed with the sealing layer 50 extending across a lower open end of the cap 40 at the open end of the cylindrical side member 46 .
- Axial movement of the cap 40 along the inner guide 22 will cause the piercing element formed by blades 34 to pierce the sealing layer 50 and dispense the contents of the chamber 42 into the container.
- the folding elements 36 engage the distinct pieces of the sealing layer and move them out of the way to further assist in the dispensing.
- the layer 50 may be a metallic foil or a plastic film.
- the sealing ring 24 of the guide 22 engages and seals against the cylindrical side member 46 .
- the upper stop 28 and the second stop 31 engage against the top 44 to limit the respective axial motion of the cap 40 .
- the lower stop 26 engages against the lower end of the cylindrical side member 46 .
- the closure additionally includes a dust cover 60 shown in FIGS. 11-14 to prevent premature actuation of the cap 40 .
- the dust cover has a top 62 with an extending cylindrical skirt 64 .
- a coupling bead 66 will engage the shell 20 .
- the cover 60 is removed prior to actuation of the dispensing closure and can further include tamper evident band for security.
- the shell 12 would include associated engaging beads for such tamper evident bands, as generally known in the art.
- the addition of the dust cover 60 may further assist in the stacking of vertical containers.
- FIGS. 18-20 illustrate a modified piercing element 32 ′ according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention.
- the piercing element 32 ′ is also formed integral with the inner guide 22 , similar to element 32 .
- the piercing element 32 ′ is formed a plurality of angled radial blades 34 ′ at a lower end of the inner guide 22 , wherein the radial blades 34 ′ converge to a center gate 35 with each blade 34 ′ having an individual piercing tip 37 extending toward the upper end of the inner guide 22 .
- the center gate 35 gives a center point for gating of the shell 12 (i.e. an injection point for molding).
- Adjacent the blades 34 are folding elements 36 that are adapted to engage and fold back a sealing element to facilitate discharge of the unit dosage as described above.
- the piercing tips 37 form an array of foil piercing elements adjacent the gate 35 .
- the array of piecing tips 37 on the radial blades 34 ′ together with the folding members 36 serve to better piece the sealing member 50 and to completely move the sealing member 50 out of the way for complete dispersal of the contents of the cap 40 .
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- 1. Field of the Invention
- The present invention relates to cap dispensing closures for a container, more particularly to a dispensing closure with an integral piercing unit for piercing a chamber in the cap to dispense the contents there-of into the container.
- 2. Prior Art
- The broad concept of a container closure including a compartment for storing material separate from the container for selectively mixing with the container is very old and well known.
- U.S. Pat. No. 3,521,745 discloses a container with two compartments and a piercing member used to rupture the wall between the compartments to allow the material stored in one compartment to mix with the material in the other.
- U.S. Pat. No. 3,603,469 discloses a container closure having a cap that forms an interior chamber or reservoir for storing a substance. A reciprocating piercing member is used to rupture the reservoir to allow the material stored in the reservoir to mix with the material in the container.
- U.S. Pat. No. 3,715,189 discloses a container with a completely open top (i.e. no neck finish) with a top cover that includes an interior chamber or reservoir for storing a substance. A plunger is used to rupture the reservoir to allow the material stored in the reservoir to mix with the material in the container.
- U.S. Pat. No. 3,968,872 discloses a container closure having a cap that forms an interior chamber or reservoir for storing a substance. A piercing member is used to rupture the reservoir to allow the material stored in the reservoir to mix with the material in the container.
- U.S. Pat. No. 4,195,731 discloses a container closure having a cap that forms an interior chamber or reservoir for storing a substance. A piercing piston is used to rupture the reservoir to allow the material stored in the reservoir to mix with the material in the container.
- U.S. Pat. No. 4,221,291 discloses a container closure having a cap that forms an interior chamber or reservoir for storing a substance. A plunger or rod is connected to the bottom wall of the reservoir and is used to rupture the reservoir to allow the material stored in the reservoir to mix with the material in the container.
- U.S. Pat. No. 4,615,437 discloses a threaded container closure or cap that forms an interior chamber or reservoir for storing a substance. A bottom wall of the reservoir is held in position by the bottle neck finish and further threading of the upper portion of the cap onto the bottle is used to rupture the reservoir to allow the material stored in the reservoir to mix with the material in the container.
- U.S. Pat. No. 4,858,760 discloses a container closure having a cap that forms an interior chamber or reservoir for storing a substance. A bottom wall of the reservoir is ruptured by a piecing plunger to allow the material stored in the reservoir to mix with the material in the container.
- U.S. Pat. No. 4,903,865 discloses a threaded container closure or cap that forms an interior chamber or reservoir for storing a substance. A bottom wall of the reservoir is held in position by the bottle neck finish and movement of a reciprocating plunger on the cap into the bottle is used to rupture the reservoir to allow the material stored in the reservoir to mix with the material in the container.
- U.S. Pat. No. 5,029,718 discloses a container closure or cap that forms an interior chamber or reservoir for storing a substance. A bottom wall of the reservoir is held in position by the bottle neck finish and movement of a reciprocating plunger on the cap into the bottle is used to rupture the reservoir to allow the material stored in the reservoir to mix with the material in the container.
- U.S. Pat. No. 5,038,951 discloses a container closure or cap that forms an interior chamber or reservoir for storing a substance. A bottom wall of the reservoir is held in position by the bottle neck finish and movement of a reciprocating plunger on the cap into the bottle is used to rupture the reservoir to allow the material stored in the reservoir to mix with the material in the container.
- U.S. Pat. No. 5,772,017 discloses a threaded container closure or cap that forms an interior chamber or reservoir for storing a substance. A bottom wall of the reservoir is ruptured through movement of a threaded reciprocating piecing member on the cap to allow the material stored in the reservoir to mix with the material in the container.
- U.S. Pat. No. 5,950,819 discloses a threaded container closure or cap that forms an interior chamber or reservoir for storing a substance. The reservoir is held in position by the bottle neck finish and movement of a top of the cap into the bottle is used to rupture the side walls of the reservoir to allow the material stored in the reservoir to mix with the material in the container.
- U.S. Pat. No. 6,165,523 discloses a threaded container closure or cap that forms an interior chamber or reservoir for storing a substance. The reservoir is collapsible and has a piecing member for piercing the bottom wall thereof during compression to rupture the reservoir to allow the material stored in the reservoir to mix with the material in the container.
- U.S. Pat. No. 6,224,922 discloses a container closure or cap that forms multiple colorants reservoirs for selectively dispensing into the container to selectively color the beverage in the container.
- U.S. Pat. No. 6,305,576 discloses a threaded container closure or cap that forms an “aseptic” interior chamber or reservoir for storing a substance. A bottom wall of the reservoir is pieced by a movement of a reciprocating piercing member to allow the material stored in the reservoir to mix with the material in the container.
- U.S. Pat. No. 6,372,270 discloses a container closure or cap that forms an interior chamber or reservoir for storing a substance. A bottom wall of the reservoir is ruptured by movement of a reciprocating plunger on the cap into the bottle to allow the material stored in the reservoir to mix with the material in the container.
- As noted above wide variety of cap dispensing, or cap ejecting, closures are known in the art. The prior art devices have certain drawbacks. In the designs that piece a separation membrane (e.g. a foil layer), there is no sufficient piercing structure that moves the pieced membrane out of the way to insure complete disbursement of the material in the cap. This can be of significant concern for medicaments and other measured quantities having precise dosages. Further, many of these prior art designs are impractical from a standpoint of filling the chamber or reservoir in the closure.
- It is an object of the present invention to overcome the drawbacks of the prior art and provide an economical unit dosage dispensing closure with integral effective foil or seal piercing member and which is easily filled having a long shelf life.
- The above objects are achieved with a single use unit dosage dispensing closure according to the present invention. The closure according to the invention includes a shell adapted to be attached to a container and having an integral piercing member, an axial movable cap attached to the shell and a sealing member coupled to the cap. The shell has an inner guide with an open end in communication with the container and the cap is moveable along the inner guide. The cap is axially movable along the inner guide. The cap has a chamber adapted to hold a unit dosage of material to be dispensed into the container. The chamber is sealed with the sealing member, e.g. foil, extending across a lower open end of the cap, wherein axial movement of the cap along the inner guide will pierce the sealing member on the piercing element to dispense the contents of the chamber into the container.
- The axial movable cap may formed from a material with a higher oxygen and moisture barrier property than the material forming the shell. The cap may be formed from polyethylene terephthalate, nylon, polypropylene with low shrink filler, or polyethylene with low shrink filler. The low shrink filler may be talc or mica, and the shell may be formed of a polyolefin material.
- The shell may have an outer skirt with a closure attaching mechanism, such as a thread, on the outer skirt for attaching the shell to the container. A tamper evident band can be placed on a lower end of the outer skirt. A tamper evident band may be placed around the cap to prevent premature dispensing of the contents of the chamber.
- The piercing element may include a plurality of angled radial blades at a lower end of the inner guide, wherein the radial blades converge to form a piercing tip extending toward the upper end of the inner guide. Further, the invention may include folding elements to move the sealing member out of the way to further assist in dispensing. In another, preferred embodiment of the present invention, the blades may each have a piercing point adjacent a central post, thereby forming an array of central piercing points. The central post may form a gating point for the closure.
- The inner guide may be an annular tube having annular seals engaging and sealing against the cap, wherein the inner guide includes an upper stop limiting the upward movement of the cap and a finger access in an upper side of the inner guide. The cap may have a top and a cylindrical side member forming the chamber.
- These and other advantages of the present invention will be clarified in the brief description of the preferred embodiment in connection with the attached figures in which like reference numerals represent like elements throughout.
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FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a shell of a closure according to the present invention; -
FIG. 2 is a side elevation view of the shell ofFIG. 1 ; -
FIG. 3 is a front elevation view of the shell ofFIG. 1 ; -
FIG. 4 is a top plan view of the shell ofFIG. 1 ; -
FIG. 5 is a bottom plan view of the shell ofFIG. 1 ; -
FIG. 6 is a front section view of the shell ofFIG. 1 taken along section line A-A inFIG. 4 ; -
FIG. 7 is a side section view of the shell ofFIG. 1 taken along section line B-B ofFIG. 3 ; -
FIG. 8 is a side elevation view of a cap of a closure according to the present invention; -
FIG. 9 is a top plan view of the cap ofFIG. 8 ; -
FIG. 10 is a section of the cap ofFIG. 8 taken along section line A-A ofFIG. 9 ; -
FIG. 11 is a side elevation view of a dust cover a closure according to the present invention; -
FIG. 12 is a top plan view of the cover ofFIG. 11 ; -
FIG. 13 is a bottom plan view of the cover ofFIG. 11 ; -
FIG. 14 is a section of the cover ofFIG. 11 taken along section line A-A ofFIG. 13 ; -
FIG. 15 is an enlarged view of the section view ofFIG. 14 ; -
FIG. 16 is a sectional of the closure according to the present invention, with a cap thereof in a closed sealed position; -
FIG. 17 is a sectional of the closure according to the present invention, with a cap thereof in the open, dispensing position; -
FIG. 18 is a schematic view, partially in section of a shell with a modified three point integral piercing element according to the present invention; -
FIG. 19 is a schematic view, partially in section of the modified shell ofFIG. 18 ; and -
FIG. 20 is a schematic view plan view of the modified shell ofFIG. 18 . - A single use unit
dosage dispensing closure 10 according to the present invention is shown in the figures. Theclosure 10 is adapted to be attached to a container (not shown) with a threaded neck finish (e.g. a bottle). - The closure includes a
shell 12, shown alone inFIGS. 1-7 , which is adapted to be attached to the container. The shell has anouter skirt 14 with a closure attaching mechanism in the form ofthreads 16 on theouter skirt 14 for attaching theshell 12 to the container. Thelower portion 18 of theskirt 14 may be formed as a tamper evident band, as is known in the art. The inner surface of the skirt may include a sealingring 20 for sealing against the neck finish of the container. - The
shell 12 has a tubularinner guide 22 with an open lower end in communication with the interior of the container. Theinner guide 22 includes at least one sealingring 24, alower stop 26 at a lower end thereof and anupper stop 28 at an upper end thereof. Theinner guide 22 further includes afinger access 30 adjacent an upper end thereof and asecond stop 31 above theseal ring 24. Theshell 12 may further include an alignment nub on the exterior of theguide 22 for alignment of the guide during manufacturing. - A piercing
element 32 is formed integral with theinner guide 22. The piercingelement 32 is formed a plurality ofangled radial blades 34 at a lower end of theinner guide 22, wherein theradial blades 34 converge to form a piercing tip extending toward the upper end of theinner guide 22. The triangular center piercing tip gives a center point for gating of theshell 12. Adjacent theblades 34 arefolding elements 36 that are adapted to engage and fold back a sealing element to facilitate discharge of the unit dosage as will be described. - An important aspect of the present invention is that all of the major seals, undercuts and other “jump” features (i.e. elements that effectively deform slightly in the de-molding process) are formed in or integral with the
shell 12. The shell is made of a polymer that accommodates such features, such as polyolefin. Materials that accommodate these jump features do not have significant moisture or gas barrier properties (i.e. high moisture and gas permeability). - An axial
movable cap 40, shown separately inFIGS. 8-10 , is attached to theshell 12 and moveable along theinner guide 22. Thecap 40 defines an inner chamber 42 therein adapted to hold a unit dosage of material to be dispensed into the container. Thecap 40 is of a simple configuration having a top 44 and acylindrical side member 46 forming the chamber 42. The simple construction (no jump features) of thecap 40 allows a relatively rigid material to be used to form thecap 40, whereby thecap 40 and theshell 12 are made from different polymer materials. In other words, the axialmovable cap 40 is formed from a material with a higher oxygen and water barrier property than the material forming theshell 12. Thecap 40 may, preferably, be formed a rigid material such as polyethylene terephthalate (PET), nylon, polypropylene (PP) with low shrink filler, and polyethylene (PE) with low shrink filler. Low shrink fillers include talc and mica. - A sealing layer, or even film, 50 is coupled to the
cap 40 at least prior to dispensing with thecap 40, wherein the chamber 42 is sealed with thesealing layer 50 extending across a lower open end of thecap 40 at the open end of thecylindrical side member 46. Axial movement of thecap 40 along theinner guide 22 will cause the piercing element formed byblades 34 to pierce thesealing layer 50 and dispense the contents of the chamber 42 into the container. Following the piercing of thelayer 50, thefolding elements 36 engage the distinct pieces of the sealing layer and move them out of the way to further assist in the dispensing. Thelayer 50 may be a metallic foil or a plastic film. The sealingring 24 of theguide 22 engages and seals against thecylindrical side member 46. Theupper stop 28 and thesecond stop 31 engage against the top 44 to limit the respective axial motion of thecap 40. Thelower stop 26 engages against the lower end of thecylindrical side member 46. - The closure additionally includes a
dust cover 60 shown inFIGS. 11-14 to prevent premature actuation of thecap 40. The dust cover has a top 62 with an extendingcylindrical skirt 64. Acoupling bead 66 will engage theshell 20. Thecover 60 is removed prior to actuation of the dispensing closure and can further include tamper evident band for security. Theshell 12 would include associated engaging beads for such tamper evident bands, as generally known in the art. The addition of thedust cover 60 may further assist in the stacking of vertical containers. -
FIGS. 18-20 illustrate a modified piercingelement 32′ according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention. The piercingelement 32′ is also formed integral with theinner guide 22, similar toelement 32. The piercingelement 32′ is formed a plurality ofangled radial blades 34′ at a lower end of theinner guide 22, wherein theradial blades 34′ converge to acenter gate 35 with eachblade 34′ having anindividual piercing tip 37 extending toward the upper end of theinner guide 22. Thecenter gate 35 gives a center point for gating of the shell 12 (i.e. an injection point for molding). Adjacent theblades 34 arefolding elements 36 that are adapted to engage and fold back a sealing element to facilitate discharge of the unit dosage as described above. The piercingtips 37 form an array of foil piercing elements adjacent thegate 35. The array of piecingtips 37 on theradial blades 34′ together with thefolding members 36 serve to better piece the sealingmember 50 and to completely move the sealingmember 50 out of the way for complete dispersal of the contents of thecap 40. - It will be apparent that various modifications can be made to the present invention without departing from the spirit and scope thereof. The scope of the present invention is intended to be defined by the appended claims and equivalents thereof.
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