Closure Assembly Dosing-dispenser for Liquid Packaging Containers

Abstract

A closure assembly doser-dispenser for liquid containers comprising a female plug, a male plug that is pressure inserted into the female plug and having the possibility of relative rotation with respect to the female plug, wherein both plugs in their cylindrical bodies have an orifice which face in the open position, a mouthpiece. The invention may also comprise a driver element of the male plug to perform rotation and has as another object to be a coupler to different diameters of the liquid outlet pipe, a positioning element and a stop element of the rotation the driving assembly and male plug. It can include a container mouth of the container coupling, in which the female plug is pressure inserted.

I claim: 
     
         1 . A closure assembly doser-dispenser of liquid containers comprising a hollow cylindrical female plug ( 2 ) in which a hollow cylindrical male plug ( 3 ) is inserted, which has the same revolution axis ( 41 ) that the female plug, and having the possibility of relative rotation with respect to said female plug, whose inner determines the liquid outlet opening, wherein:
 The female plug ( 2 ) comprises:
 a body ( 16 ) having a through hole ( 10 ) whose axis is perpendicular to the revolution axis ( 41 ) aforementioned of the female plug ( 2 ) and 
 a ring ( 13 ); 
   The male plug ( 3 ) comprises:
 a body ( 18 ) having a through hole ( 17 ) whose axis is perpendicular to the revolution axis ( 41 ) of the female plug ( 2 ) and arranged such that in the open position the hole ( 17 ) of the male plug ( 3 ) is in communication with the hole ( 10 ) of the female plug ( 2 ) body and 
 a ring ( 19 ); 
   wherein:
 a driver ( 4 ) and 
 a coupling mouthpiece ( 1 ) of the closure assembly container in which is pressure inserted the body ( 16 ) of the female plug and comprising a hollow cylindrical body ( 27 ) and an outer ring ( 5 ). 
   
     
     
         2 . The closure assembly doser-dispenser of liquid containers, according to  claim 1 , wherein:
 a. the ring ( 13 ) of the female plug has a stop ( 12 ) comprising two stop surfaces ( 12   a ,  12   b ) and the external configuration of said ring ( 13 ) of the female plug is formed by a first protrusion anchor ( 13   b ) and a second protrusion anchor ( 13   c );   b. the ring ( 19 ) of the male plug, which is inserted into the ring ( 13 ) of the female cap, has stops ( 20 ), the said stops ( 20 ) having an upper engaging surface;   c. the driver ( 4 ) comprises an elongate body member with a first end ( 4   b ) and a second end ( 4   c ) defining a lever ( 4   a ) and a coupler arranged at the second end ( 4   c ), said coupler comprises a groove ( 4   f ) which engages the top of the stops ( 20 ) of the male plug ( 3 ) and   d. the mouthpiece has an intermediate outer ring ( 6 ), of a second outer ring ( 7 ) arranged to the outer ring ( 5 ) of the coupling mouthpiece ( 1 ) opposite end.   
     
     
         3 . The closure assembly doser-dispenser of liquid containers, according to  claim 1 , wherein the coupling mouthpiece ( 1 ) comprises a plurality of equally spaced parallel annular grooves ( 8 ,  9 ), made in the inner wall of said coupling mouthpiece. 
     
     
         4 . The closure assembly doser-dispenser of liquid containers, according to  claim 1 , wherein the female plug ( 2 ) has on the body outside operating instructions ( 15 ) in matched positions with the positions of the stops ( 12 ). 
     
     
         5 . The closure assembly doser-dispenser of liquid containers, according to  claim 1 , wherein the male plug ( 3 ) is pressure sealingly inserted in the female plug ( 2 ), including O-ring therebetween configured to allow relative rotation between the two without loss of tightness. 
     
     
         6 . The closure assembly doser-dispenser of liquid containers, according to  claim 1 , wherein:
 a. in the female plug ( 2 ) has a coupling hollow cylinder ( 24 ) connected to the underside of the ring ( 13 ) and whose revolution axis is the same as the revolution axis of said female plug and on whose outer surface it has a plurality of beads ( 23 ) and an annular retaining shoulder ( 25 );   b. the ring ( 19 ) of the male plug is disposed in the middle portion of said male plug,   c. the driver ( 4 ) of the relative rotation of the male plug relative to the female plug is disposed in the body of the male plug,   d. the length of the coupling mouthpiece ( 1 ) is the same as the length from the bottom face of the ring ( 13 ) of the female plug to the shoulder ( 25 ) of the referred female plug.   
     
     
         7 . The closure assembly doser-dispenser of liquid containers, according to  claim 1 , wherein the inner surface of the hollow cylindrical body ( 27 ) of the coupling mouthpiece is provided with a plurality of annular grooves complementary with the thickenings of the hollow cylinder of the female plug coupling. 
     
     
         8 . The closure assembly doser-dispenser of liquid containers, according to  claim 7 , wherein it comprises a plug attachment ( 22 ) of the female plug to the coupling mouthpiece, intended to be screwed into the coupling mouthpiece, whose shape is a hollow cylinder in whose upper end is provided a through hole in which the lower portion of the male plug body is inserted; the upper end of the fixing piece is provided with clip type means ( 26 ) to the male plug connecting ring. 
     
     
         9 . The closure assembly doser-dispenser of liquid containers, according to  claim 1 , wherein on the female plug and the male plug are available limiting means of relative rotation of the male plug relative to the female plug. 
     
     
         10 . The closure assembly doser-dispenser of liquid containers, according to  claim 8 , wherein the attachable connection means between the plug attachment ( 22 ) and the coupling mouthpiece ( 1 ) are a threaded connection. 
     
     
         11 . The closure assembly doser-dispenser of liquid containers, according to  claim 6 , wherein:
 the coupling hollow cylinder ( 24 ) inner face is connected to the body ( 16 ) external face of the female plug ( 2 ),   the liquid outlet axis of the female plug ( 2 ) is off-centered relative to the revolution axis ( 41 ) of the liquid outlet by a longer length than the radius of the mentioned liquid outlet of the female plug,   the through hole ( 17 ) of the body male plug ( 3 ) is arranged on the base of said through hole ( 17 ) being its axis parallel to the revolution axis ( 41 ), the axis of said through hole ( 17 ) is off-centered relative to the revolution axis ( 41 ) by an equal length to the current length between the hole outlet axis of the female plug and said revolution axis ( 41 ),   the male plug ( 3 ) ring ( 19 ) is arranged at the body ( 18 ) lower end of said male plug.   
     
     
         12 . The closure assembly doser-dispenser of liquid containers, according to  claim 11 , wherein the attachable connection means between the locking plug and the coupling mouth are a plurality of annular beads arranged at said locking plug and a plurality of grooves arranged in said coupling mouth and complementary to the coupling mouth annular beads. 
     
     
         13 . The closure assembly doser-dispenser of liquid containers, according to  claim 12 , wherein in the female plug and the male plug there are arranged limiting means of relative rotation of the male plug relative to the female plug. 
     
     
         14 . The closure assembly doser-dispenser of liquid containers, according to  claim 6 , wherein:
 In the female cap ring has:
 a through hole ( 32 ) whose axis is parallel to the revolution axis of the female plug and which is located diametrically opposite to the hole ( 9 ) of the body ( 16 ) of the female plug; 
   In the male cap ring has:
 a through slot ( 33 ) whose shape is approximately a circular arc arranged such that the two ends of said groove ( 33 ) determine opening and closing positions respectively, 
 first will clip type binding means with ring female plug ( 13 ), said first binding means allowing the relative rotation of the male plug ( 3 ) relative to the female plug ( 2 ), 
 a second ring ( 34 ) opposite the body ( 18 ) of the male plug in which has:
 two tabs ( 35 ) whose shape is approximately rectangular parallel arranged to the ring ( 19 ) and opposite to the body ( 18 ) of the male plug and spaced a given distance from said ring ( 19 ) and 
 two longitudinal grooves ( 36 ) and parallel to each other parallel to the axis of the through hole ( 19 ) of the male plug body; 
 
   the driver for manual driving of the relative rotation of the female plug of the male plug ( 4 ) comprises:
 a tubular body ( 42 ), a ring ( 37 ) disposed in the central area of the tubular body and defining an upper portion ( 43 ) and a lower portion ( 38 ) of the tubular body and a lever ( 4   a ) disposed at the junction between the ring ( 37 ) and the upper portion ( 43 ) of the tubular body such that:
 the lower portion ( 38 ) of the tubular body is inserted under pressure into the male plug ( 3 ), 
 the join of the lever ( 4 ) with the ring ( 37 ) defines two stop surfaces ( 51 ), 
 on the underside of the ring ( 37 ) is equipped with two thickenings ( 44 ) longitudinal and parallel with complementary grooves ( 36 ) of the male plug and 
 the outer diameter of the upper portion ( 43 ) of driving the tubular body is different than the outer diameter of the lower portion ( 38 ) of said tubular body 
 
   is arranged between the ring ( 37 ) of the driver and the ring ( 19 ) of the male plug, a positioner element ( 28 ), whose shape is approximately a ring whose inner diameter is larger than the outer diameter of the lower portion ( 38 ) of the tubular body of the driver and its outer diameter is larger than the outer diameter of the ring ( 19 ) of the male plug and its thickness is less than the distance between the flanges ( 35 ) and ring ( 19 ) of the male plug, in the face that is opposite to the said ring ( 19 ) of the male cap has a lug ( 30 ) complementary to the hole ( 32 ) of the female ring and plug to be inserted into the slot ( 33 ) through the ring ( 19 ) the male plug and the hole ( 32 ) of the female ring cap has also slits ( 45 ) inside the ring complementary to the tabs ( 35 ) of the male plug   it has a stop element ( 31 ) in the upper portion ( 43 ) of the tubular body ( 42 ) and on the ring ( 37 ) of the driver whose shape is approximately a ring and in its interior has a hole ( 48 ) approximate shape of a circular sector whose angle is approximately equal to the angle defined by the two ends of the slot ( 33 ) of the male plug and ring defining two inner abutment surfaces ( 49 );   it has a second connection means ( 46 ) between the positioning element ( 28 ) and the stop element ( 31 ).   
     
     
         15 . The closure assembly doser-dispenser of liquid containers, according to  claim 14 , wherein the mouthpiece ( 1 ) comprises a hollow cylindrical body whose outer surface is provided with a plurality of annular grooves ( 50 ) and an inner ring ( 39 ) and in that its length is the same as the length from the bottom face of the ring ( 9 ) of the female plug to the shoulder ( 25 ) of the referred female plug. 
     
     
         16 . The closure assembly doser-dispenser of liquid containers, according to  claim 14 , wherein it has an annular groove ( 47 ) at the bottom of the tubular body ( 42 ). 
     
     
         17 . The closure assembly doser-dispenser of liquid containers, according to  claim 14 , wherein a boss is centered on the inside of the base of the female body and the male plug body has a cap that has a complementary bore to the said lug in the outer face of the base of the male plug body.