Mixing vessel adaptable to any receiving vessel

Abstract

The invention concerns a mixing vessel (1) for containing a product to be mixed with other content in a receiving vessel (18), said mixing vessel comprising a container (2) and an adapter (3), said container comprising a neck (4) intended to be mounted on a neck of the receiving vessel via the adapter, the neck of the container being a universal neck that can be used on any receiving vessel comprising a neck of any size, said adapter (3) comprising a removable lid (5) for opening the mixing vessel (1) on the receiving vessel (18) such that the product of the mixing vessel and the product of the receiving vessel mix.

Claims

1. Mixing vessel (1) for containing a product to be mixed with another product in a receiving vessel (18), said mixing vessel (1) comprising a container (2) and an adapter (3), said container (2) comprising a neck (4) intended to be mounted on a neck of the receiving vessel (18) via the adapter (3), the neck (4) of the container (2) being a universal neck that may be used on any receiving vessel (18) comprising a neck, said adapter (3) comprising an adapter skirt (20) for the container (2) and a threaded fastening skirt (19) for the receiving vessel (18) between which a removable seal (5) is located for hermetic sealing of the mixing vessel and arranged to open the mixing vessel (1) by direct pressure of the neck of the receiving vessel upon screwing on the removable seal causing the tearing of the removable seal, on the receiving vessel (18) so that the product of the mixing vessel (1) and the product of the receiving vessel (18) can mix.

2. The vessel according to claim 1, wherein the adapter skirt (20) comprises pins (6) for attachment to the neck (4) of the container (2).

3. The vessel according to claim 1, wherein the seal (5) is joined to the adapter along a tear line extending a hinge area.

4. Adapter for acting as an intermediate between a container (2) of a mixing vessel (1) and a receiving vessel (18), said adapter (3) comprising an adapter skirt (20) and a fastening skirt (19), said adapter skirt (20) comprising means for fixing on a neck (4) of a container (2) and said fastening skirt (19) being intended to be fixed on a neck of a receiving vessel (18), said adapter (3) comprising a removable seal (5) designed to open a passage between the mixing vessel (1) on the receiving vessel (18) in response to pressure exerted on the seal by the neck of the receiving vessel causing the tearing of the removable seal so that a first product in the mixing vessel (1) and a second product in the receiving vessel (18) can mix.

Description

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE FIGURES

(1) The invention will be better understood with the aid of the following detailed description, made with reference to the drawing in the appendix, in which:

(2) FIG. 1 is a schematic view, partly seen from the front, partly in section, of a container of the prior art;

(3) FIG. 2 is a front view of the vessel of the invention;

(4) FIG. 3 is a front view, on a larger scale, of the vessel of FIG. 2;

(5) FIG. 4 is a perspective view of the front of the adapter of the vessel of FIG. 2;

(6) FIG. 4A is a front view of the adapter of the vessel of FIG. 2.

(7) FIG. 5 is a perspective view of the rear of the adapter of the vessel of FIG. 2.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

(8) The mixing vessel 1 of the invention, in FIG. 2, is composed of a container 2 and an adapter 3 joined together.

(9) As shown in FIG. 3, the container 2 has a universal neck 4. That is to say that, whatever the size and shape of the container 2, the neck 4 will be identical from one container to another.

(10) As shown in FIGS. 4 and 5, the adapter 3 of the vessel 1 comprises an adapter skirt 20 and a fastening skirt 19.

(11) The fastening skirt 19 here comprises a tapping 9 to be screwed onto the neck of any bottle 18. Alternatively, the fastening skirt 19 may be fixed on the neck of any receiving vessel 18 with the aid of a bayonet type fixing, the neck of the vessel being adapted accordingly. The adapter skirt 20 allows to fix the adapter 3 on the neck 4 of the container 2, here using pins 6.

(12) The adapter 3 also includes a removable seal 5, which allows the whole of the vessel 1 to be closed hermetically until the product contained in the vessel 1 is being used. The seal 5 is attached to the adapter along a tear line 21 and, because of its mobility, along a hinge area, around which the seal can thus rotate after the tear line is broken.

(13) The primary object of the invention is to have a vessel 1 able to contain any volume of product, and to be fixed on a bottle 18 having a neck of any size.

(14) To do this, the container 2 is an element of any size or shape that can contain any type of product. In this way, the volume of the container 2 is variable depending on the situations.

(15) Furthermore, the adapter 3 has a diameter of any size, which allows it to be screwed adequately on the neck of any bottle 18 by means of the fastening skirt 19 comprising a tapping 9. The adapter 3 is fixed on the universal neck 4 of the container 2 by means of the pins 6. These pins 6 have a length that varies with the diameter of the adapter so that the distance 15 between these pins 6 is always the same. Thanks to this, the internal diameter formed by the pins is a constant diameter, corresponding to the outside diameter of the universal neck of the container. This allows to clip any size of adapter 3 to any size of container 2, given that they both have a universal neck 4 whose dimensions never vary.

(16) Having described the vessel 1, its use will now be described. The user will choose the adequate vessel 1, that is to say one comprising a container 2 of desired volume clipped on an adapter 3 having its fastening skirt 19 adapted to the size of the neck of the bottle 18. The user will then screw the vessel 1, until then hermetically closed by the seal 5, on the neck of the bottle 18. The neck will exert a pressure on the seal 5, which will cause the detachment of the latter along the tear line 21. The seal 5 then opens the vessel 1 to release its contents which will flow into the bottle 18.

(17) Alternatively, the attachment of the adapter on the container may be provided by means other than those described above, for example with an expandable bead squeezing the neck of the container.