IP Library Granted Patent US 8,684,173
Granted Patent B2
US 8,684,173 · App. 13/260,486 · Granted Apr 1, 2014

Before-use mixing container

Inventors: Tadashi Otsuka (Hyogo, JP); Takashi Fujimoto (Toyama, JP)
Assignee: Senju Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.
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Patent No.
US 8,684,173
App. No.
13/260,486
Granted
Apr 1, 2014
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present invention provides a before-use mixing container in which it is possible to easily perform a mixing operation for two types of medicinal solutions and it is not until a mixing operation is performed that a medicinal solution is extracted for use from inside a container.

Claims (13)

1. A before-use mixing container comprising:

(1) an adapter having an apical wall, an outer tube installed vertically from the apical wall, and an inner tube capable of containing a medicinal solution therein;

(2) a container main body having a mouth tube section fit at an inside of the outer tube of the adapter, to be assembled so as not to be rotatable with respect to the adapter;

(3) a guide cap having a fit-in tube section into which the outer tube of the adapter is pressed to fit at an inside, to be assembled so as to be rotatable with respect to the adapter;

(4) a cap mounted onto the guide cap so as to be freely removable; and a movable plug that tightly plugs a lower end opening portion of the inner tube of the adapter, wherein

the movable plug has an airtight-cap section for tightly plugging the lower end opening portion of the inner tube of the adapter, and an axial body which is extended upward from the airtight-cap section and is inserted through a rotation restricting hole for restricting a circumferential rotation, which is formed in the adapter, and moreover,

in a state in which a leading end portion of the axial body is brought into contact with an extracting hole formed in the guide cap, an end portion of the axial body is screwed in an axial body mounting section provided inside the guide cap.

2. The before-use mixing container according to claim 1 , wherein the outer tube of the adapter has a large diameter section of a circular arc shape in plan view and a small diameter section, and in a state in which the outer tube of the adapter is pressed to fit at the inside of the fit-in tube section of the guide cap, the small diameter section of the adapter and the inner surface of the fit-in tube section of the guide cap are spaced from each other to generate a gap.

3. The before-use mixing container according to claim 2 , wherein a protruding line with a height which is substantially the same as or lower than a spaced distance between the inner surface of the fit-in tube section and the small diameter section of the adapter is provided on an inner surface of the fit-in tube section of the guide cap, and the protruding line faces the small diameter section of the adapter.

4. The before-use mixing container according to claim 1 , wherein the axial body of the movable plug has a rod-like bar axial body and a protruding line provided so as to protrude along the bar axial body, and the rotation restricting hole of the adapter is formed into a shape corresponding to a cross-sectional shape of the bar axial body and the protruding line.

5. The before-use mixing container according to claim 1 , wherein the axial body mounting section of the guide cap is configured so that the extracting hole is made to be communicated with an internal space of the guide cap when the guide cap is rotated in a direction in which the movable plug is screwed out, to slightly separate the leading end portion of the axial body of the movable plug from the extracting hole.

6. The before-use mixing container according to claim 1 , wherein the axial body mounting section of the guide cap is configured so that split tube parts in which screw portions screwed in the end portion of the axial body of the movable plug are carved on inner surfaces thereof so as to surround the extracting hole, are provided so as to droop from a lower surface of a ceiling wall of the guide cap in which the extracting hole is formed.

7. The before-use mixing container according to claim 1 , wherein the container main body is made of polypropylene (PP), the movable plug is made of high-density polyethylene (HDPE), linear low-density polyethylene (LLDPE), low-density polyethylene (LDPE), or thermoplastic elastomer (TPE), the guide cap is made of HDPE or PP, the adapter is made of HDPE, LLPE, or LDPE, and the cap is made of PP.

Assignments (4)
CHANGE OF ADDRESS Recorded Aug 24, 2018
From: SENJU PHARMACEUTICAL CO., LTD.
To: SENJU PHARMACEUTICAL CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 046835/0350 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 5, 2012
From: HANSHIN KASEI CO., LTD.
To: SENJU PHARMACEUTICAL CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 028321/0685 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 28, 2011
From: OTSUKA, TADASHI; FUJIMOTO, TAKASHI
To: SENJU PHARMACEUTICAL CO., LTD.; HANSHIN KASEI CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 026979/0483 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 27, 2011
From: OTSUKA, TADASHI; FUJIMOTO, TAKASHI
To: SENJU PHARMACEUTICAL CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 026972/0216 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2009-090183 · Apr 2, 2009 · national
Continuity (1)
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