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Granted Patent B2
US 10,099,820 · App. 15/182,675 · Granted Oct 16, 2018

Dual tube with hermetic seal

Inventors: Christopher King (Monroe, OH); Laura Knoll Price (Cincinnati, OH); Daisuke Kodama (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: Kao USA Inc.
B65D35/22B65D35/38B65D35/44B65D47/36B65D81/3288
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Patent No.
US 10,099,820
App. No.
15/182,675
Granted
Oct 16, 2018
Kind
B2
Abstract

A package for dispensing product includes a tube assembly and an applicator. The tube assembly includes a first tube holding a first product and a second tube holding a second product. A first tube head assembly is coupled with the first tube and includes a first conduit in fluid communication with the first product. A second tube head assembly is coupled with the second tube and includes a second conduit in fluid communication with the second product. The applicator comprises a seal that seals both the first and second conduits.

Claims (26)

1. A package for dispensing product comprising:

a tube assembly, wherein the tube assembly comprises:

a plurality of tubes, wherein each tube of the plurality of tubes is configured to hold a product, and

a plurality of tube head assemblies, wherein each tube head assembly of the plurality of tube head assemblies is coupled with a corresponding tube of the plurality of tubes, wherein each tube head assembly of the plurality of tube head assemblies comprises a conduit in fluid communication with the product held in the corresponding tube; and

an applicator coupled with the tube assembly, wherein the applicator comprises one seal configured to seal a plurality of conduits of the tube assembly;

wherein the applicator further comprises a dispenser, wherein the dispenser comprises a plurality of openings, wherein each opening of the plurality of openings is configured to receive a corresponding conduit of the plurality of tube head assemblies such that each opening of the plurality of openings is in fluid communication with the corresponding conduit, wherein the seal is configured to seal each opening of the plurality of openings; each tube head assembly of the plurality of tube head assemblies further comprises a neck positioned between the corresponding conduit and tube, wherein the dispenser is configured to receive the neck;

wherein the dispenser comprises a neck portion extending from each opening of the plurality of openings, wherein the neck portion is attached to the seal;

wherein the seal is twistable and breakable relative to the dispenser such that the seal is configured to detach from the neck portion when the seal is rotated relative to the dispenser.

2. The package of claim 1 , wherein each opening of the plurality of openings comprises a throttling orifice.

3. The package of claim 1 , wherein the dispenser comprises a protrusion extending inwardly within the dispenser, wherein the protrusion is configured to abut a flat surface of the neck.

4. The package of claim 1 , wherein the seal is configured to open the conduit of each of the tube head assembly when the seal is rotated relative to the tube assembly.

5. The package of claim 4 , wherein the package is configured to dispense the product from each tube of the plurality of tubes through the corresponding conduit.

6. The package of claim 1 , wherein each tube of the plurality of tubes is flexible.

7. The package of claim 1 , further comprising a cap removably coupled with the tube assembly.

8. The package of claim 1 , wherein the tube assembly comprises:

a first tube comprising an open end and a closed end, wherein the first tube is configured to hold a first product,

a first tube head assembly coupled with the open end of the first tube, wherein the first tube head assembly comprises a first conduit in fluid communication with the first product,

a second tube comprising an open end and a closed end, wherein the second tube is configured to hold a second product, and

a second tube head assembly coupled with the open end of the second tube, wherein the second tube head assembly comprises a second conduit in fluid communication with the second product.

9. The package of claim 8 , wherein the dispenser comprising a first recess to receive the first conduit and a second recess to receive the second conduit.

10. The package of claim 8 , wherein the closed ends of the first tube and the second tube are coupled together.

11. The package of claim 8 , wherein the first tube and the second tube comprise a substantially circular profile when the first tube is positioned adjacent to the second tube.

12. The package of claim 8 , wherein the first tube head assembly comprises a first neck coupling the first conduit with the open end of the first tube, wherein the second tube head assembly comprises a second neck coupling the second conduit with the open end of the second tube.

13. The package of claim 12 , wherein the first neck comprises a first slot, wherein the second neck comprises a second slot, wherein the first and second slots are configured to receive a connector to maintain the position of the first neck relative to the second neck.

14. The package of claim 8 , wherein the applicator is injection molded as a single piece.

15. The package of claim 8 , wherein the first tube head assembly is injection molded onto the open end of the first tube, wherein the second tube head assembly is injection molded onto the open end of the second tube.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 26, 2016
From: KING, CHRISTOPHER; PRICE, LAURA KNOLL; KODAMA, DAISUKE
To: KAO USA INC.
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Continuity (2)
Provisional Application 62180708 · Jun 17, 2015
Related Publication 20160368668A1 · Dec 22, 2016