IP Library Granted Patent US 7,032,745
Granted Patent B2
US 7,032,745 · App. 11/022,642 · Granted Apr 25, 2006

Dosing cap for powders or liquids

Assignee: Liteco S.R.L.
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Patent No.
US 7,032,745
App. No.
11/022,642
Granted
Apr 25, 2006
Kind
B2
Abstract

A dosing cap ( 1 ) for powders or liquids including an outer body ( 2 ) designed to be inserted into the neck of the container to which the cap ( 1 ) is applied and an inner body ( 3 ) of a substantially cylindrical shape, which contains the powder or liquid, is mobile inside the outer body ( 2 ), and is designed to break the sealing membrane ( 5 ) of the dosing cap ( 1 ) in response to an axial pressure exerted on its top part. Housed in the inner body ( 3 ) is a body ( 4 ), preferably cylindrical in shape, which is adjacent to the internal surface of the inner body ( 1 ) and is designed to break the sealing membrane ( 5 ) of the dosing cap ( 1 ) in response to an axial pressure exerted on its top part. Preferably the body ( 4 ) is fixed to the sealing membrane ( 5 ) of the dosing cap ( 1 ).

Claims (11)

1. A dosing cap ( 1 ) for powder or liquid comprising an outer body ( 2 )—designed to be inserted into the neck of a container ( 10 ) to which the cap containing the powder or liquid ( 1 ) is applied—and an inner body ( 3 ), which mobile within the outer body ( 2 ), said cap being characterized in that housed in the inner body ( 3 ) is a body ( 4 ), adjacent to the internal surface of the inner body ( 3 ), designed to break the sealing membrane ( 5 ) of the dosing cap ( 1 ) in response to an axial pressure exerted on the top part of the inner body ( 3 ).

2. The dosing cap ( 1 ) of claim 1 , wherein the body ( 4 ) is fixed to the sealing membrane ( 5 ) of the dosing cap ( 1 ).

3. The dosing cap ( 1 ) of claim 1 , wherein the body ( 4 ) is fixed to the top part of the inner body ( 3 ).

4. The dosing cap ( 1 ) of claim 1 , wherein the body ( 4 ) is a cylindrical body.

5. The dosing cap ( 1 ) of claim 1 , wherein the outer body ( 2 ), the body ( 4 ) and the sealing membrane ( 5 ) are formed by a single body made of a plastic material.

6. The dosing cap ( 1 ) of claim 5 , wherein the single body comprising the outer body ( 2 ), the body ( 4 ) and the sealing membrane ( 5 ) has an area of pre-set breaking ( 7 ) of the sealing membrane ( 5 ) set between the edge of the outer body ( 2 ) and that of the body ( 4 ).

7. The dosing cap ( 1 ) of claim 1 , wherein also the inner body ( 3 ) is made of a plastic material.

8. The dosing cap ( 1 ) of claim 1 , wherein it comprises a plurality of compartments ( 6 ) made in the internal wall of the outer body ( 2 ) and designed to set the inside of the container ( 10 ) in communication with the outside environment after breaking of the sealing membrane ( 5 ).

9. The dosing cap ( 1 ) of claim 8 , wherein the compartments ( 6 ) are uniformly distributed along the periphery of the internal wall of the outer body ( 2 ).

10. The dosing cap ( 1 ) of claim 1 , wherein it further comprises a dispensing element ( 8 ), which can be applied to the neck of the container ( 10 ) on top of the dosing cap ( 1 ).

11. The dosing cap ( 1 ) of claim 10 , wherein the dispensing element ( 8 ) is fixed to a threaded area ( 9 ) present on the neck of the container ( 10 ).

Assignments (2)
NUNC PRO TUNC ASSIGNMENT Recorded Jun 17, 2014
From: LITECO S.R.L. IN FALLIMENTO
To: SAULLE, MARCO, MR
Reel/Frame 033117/0524 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 28, 2004
From: SAULLE, LORENZO
To: LITECO S.R.L.
Reel/Frame 016137/0730 →
Priority Claims (1)
IT MI2003A2619 · Dec 30, 2003 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20050139622A1 · Jun 30, 2005