FR2615729A1 - Integral feeding bottle with two compartments for milk powder and water, made of food-grade plastic for single use - Google Patents

Abstract

It consists of two parts A containing the mineral water and B containing the milk powder (Figure 1). These two compartments are separated by the walls y and w. This assembly is made leaktight by seals 1 and 2. 180 degrees rotation of B on A using a stud 11 in the groove 10 brings y and w one above the other, thus uncovering a hole which makes B and A communicate, and therefore the milk powder and the mineral water mix. This feeding bottle, ready to use, and disposable after use, is perfectly adapted to use of feeding babies and can be heated in a microwave oven.

Description

the present invention relates to a disposit-f perman; to produce a monobloc bi-compartmentalized baby bottle for formula and water powder, made of single-use food plastic
The traditional preparation of the bottle and sterilization are tedious and moreover unsuitable for travel and use in children's communities.

In the current state of the techniques there are disposable baby bottles of traditional form containing the oral preparation
(milk in liquid state) ready to use
They have major drawbacks
Storage over time is limited to the expiration date of the liquid milk, which also does not tolerate repeated thermal differences.

 Milk suitable for newborns and infants is so far only powdered (formula and other medical compositions or not).

The object of the invention is to remedy these drawbacks. In fact, the bottle is in one piece (body and nipple) comprising compartments isolated from one another and containing on the upper floor the formula powder (or other). and on the lower floor mineral water
Figure i shows in section the device according to the invention
The lower body of the bottle (A) consists of the wall (x) and a wall (y) partially closing the upper orifice of the compartment (A).

This compartment (A) has near its upper part a groove (10) concave outside, covered with a silicone or silastic seal
The upper body (B) consists of the wall (z) and a lower wall (w) partially closing off the lower orifice of the compartment (B) The wall li has a stud (il) opposite the groove (10 ).

The junction area between the walls (y) and (w) is sealed with a cellophane sheet or a silastic silicone seal or food glue (Z)
This set therefore isolates the two compartments (R) and (B)
A movement of rotation of the body (B) on (A) by means of the stud (11) in the groove (lO) will bring after 180 degrees the walls (y) and (w) one above the other thus freeing up an orifice allowing the milk powder to pass from compartment (B) into compartment (A) containing mineral water
The central diaphragm (y) (w) in the open position now acts as an agitator to ensure the perfect mixing of the two components
The bottle thus produced only has to be heated by traditional means (water bath) or even more easily after 15 seconds in a microwave oven.

Once hot the user removes the protection (D) and discovers the silicone or silastic teat (or other similar substances) and gives the meal thus prepared to the baby; which is perfectly suited to transport or communities of children (crèches, or pediatric hospital services.

Veterinary use can be added.

The central diaphragm (y) (w) also makes it possible, depending on its position, to reduce the orifice making the compartments communicate
The compartment (A), is graduated in milliliters can be transparent or of attractive color and shape where the child and can even have a tnermic strip 0 !. any other therm indicating system.

This monobloc bottle can be made of different sizes depending on the age of the child therefore the amount of water and milk powder proportionate
Different stages can be indicated in the realization
a Manufacture of compartments (A) and (B) in injected plastic
food with silicone or silastic seal (1) and (2)
b Fill with mineral water in compartment (A).

 c Installation of the compartment (B) with. the seal (2).

d Filling the compartment (B) with milk powder
e Installation of the sterile teat (C) and its protection (D)
f Sterilization of the whole (with ultra violet rays by
example)
Figure 2 shows in section a variant of this device
A reverse embodiment can be proposed where the body becomes a powder compartment and is therefore capped with the teat (C), and the compartment (B) becomes a water compartment and has a base instead of the junction area of the teat ( VS)

Claims (9)

 l! monobloc bi-compartmentalized baby bottle for milk powder (or other) and water, in sterile disposable food plastic ready to use, with long shelf life.  (B) powdered milk (infant formula or any other composition suitable for nutrition).  (A) in mineral water characterized in that it has two pre-filled compartments (A) and (B): (Figure 1) which by a 180 degree rotational movement will open a passage between the two compartments bringing the powder and water into contact. The teat made is attached to the upper part of the compartment (B).  2) Device according to claim 1 characterized in that the teat (G) made of silicone, silastic or other similar substances is attached to the body (B) by the zone (3) which can be located in the body (B) or above the body (B)  3) Device according to claims t and 2 characterized in that the teat (C) is protected by a film (D) adhering to the base of the teat (C) or of the body (B) with food glue and having a tongue so you can easily remove it  4) Device according to claim 1 characterized in that the part (A) has a groove (10) covered by a seal (1) made of silicone, silastic or other substances; allowing sealing between the compartments (A) and ( B) and the rotation of (B) on (A)  5) Device according to claim 1 characterized in that the part (B) has a stud (11) entering the groove (10) of the part (A) to allow the sealing of the compartments and the rotation of (B ) on (A).  6) Device according to claim t characterized in that the walls (y) of the part (A) and (w) of the part (B) are in contact in the middle area of the bottle by the seal (2).  7) Device according to claim 6 characterized in that the junction zone between the walls (y) and (w) can be provided in several ways:  -Silicone or silastic seal bonded to the wall  top of (y) or glued to the bottom wall of  (w).  free from (y) and (w).  - cellophane sheet stretched between the edges  of (y) and bottom wall of (w).  -food glue placed between the upper wall  8) Device according to claims l and 6 characterized in that the diaphragm thus produced ensures as an agitator the perfect powder-water mixture and regulates the flow of the liquid obtained to the teat (c). 9) Device according to claims 1, 4, 5, 6, 7 taken together characterized in that the compartment (A) becomes powder compartment, the compartment (B) becomes meanwhile water compartment and the teat (C) becomes adjoining the new (A). The inversion of the compartmentalization thus produced allows the rotation of the upper body inside the lower body (Figure 2); while in (Figure 1) the upper body rotates outside the lower body.