Container system and use thereof

Abstract

The container system ( 1 ) comprises a container ( 3 ), a dispensing device ( 2 ) and a closure ( 4 a ), wherein the container ( 3 ) has a longitudinal axis (L), wherein the container ( 3 ) and the dispensing device ( 2 ) are connected to one another and are mutually rotatably movable about the longitudinal axis (L), wherein the container ( 3 ) and the dispensing device ( 2 ) enclose a common interior space the common interior space ( 6 ) being delimited in the direction of the longitudinal axis (L) by an end face ( 3 a ) of the container and by an end wall of the dispensing device ( 2 ), the dispensing device ( 2 ) having, in the region of the end wall, a removal opening ( 2 a ) which is arranged laterally with respect to the longitudinal axis (L) which extends in the circumferential direction with respect to the longitudinal axis (L), wherein the closure ( 4 a ) is coupled to the container ( 3 ), and wherein the closure ( 4 a ) is arranged in the dispensing device ( 2 ) in such a manner that upon a mutual rotation of the container ( 3 ) and the dispensing device ( 2 ) about the longitudinal axis (L), the closure ( 4 a ) is rotatably movable about the longitudinal axis (L) with respect to the removal opening ( 2 a ) and, depending on its position, assumes a closed position in which the closure ( 4 a ) closes the removal opening ( 2 a ) and an open position in which the removal opening ( 2 a ) is completely open

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         18 . A container system comprising a container, a dispensing device and a closure, the container having a longitudinal axis, the container and the dispensing device being connected to one another and being mutually rotatably movable about the longitudinal axis, the container and the dispensing device enclosing a common interior space, the common interior space being bounded in the direction of the longitudinal axis by an end face of the container and by an end wall of the dispensing device, the dispensing device having, in the region of the end wall , a removal opening which is arranged laterally with respect to the longitudinal axis which extends in the circumferential direction with respect to the longitudinal axis, wherein the closure is coupled to the container, and
 wherein the closure is arranged in the dispensing device in such a manner that upon mutual rotation of the container and the dispensing device about the longitudinal axis, the closure is rotatably movable about the longitudinal axis with respect to the removal opening and, depending on its position, assumes a closed position in which the closure closes the removal opening and an open position in which the removal opening is fully open.   
     
     
         19 . The container system according to  claim 18 , wherein the dispensing device comprises a blocking device with a locking part movable radially with respect to the longitudinal axis, and wherein the closure, which is rotatably movable about the longitudinal axis, has a path of movement, and wherein the locking part engages in the movement path and prevents mutual rotation of the closure and dispensing device when the closure assumes the closed position with respect to the removal opening. 
     
     
         20 . The container system according to  claim 19 , wherein the blocking device is designed as a push-turn closure comprising an actuating part, the actuating part interacting with the locking part in such a manner that a depression of an actuating part in the direction towards the longitudinal axis results in a lifting of the locking part with respect to the longitudinal axis, so that the locking part no longer engages in the path of movement, and thereby a mutual rotation of closure and dispensing device is possible. 
     
     
         21 . The container system according to  claim 20 , wherein the actuating part is arranged on the outside of the dispensing device with respect to the longitudinal axis. 
     
     
         22 . The container system according to  claim 21 , wherein the dispensing device has a collar wall extending in the circumferential direction, and in that the actuating part is designed as a part of the collar wall. 
     
     
         23 . The container system according to  claim 21 , wherein the dispensing device has an outer diameter perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of at least 6 cm. 
     
     
         24 . The container system according to  claim 18 , wherein the dispensing device has, in the direction of the longitudinal axis, at the end opposite the end face, a standing face on which the container system can stand. 
     
     
         25 . The container system according to  claim 18 , wherein a groove running in the circumferential direction to the longitudinal axis is let into the end wall, and that the closure is arranged in the direction of the longitudinal axis along a partial section within the groove. 
     
     
         26 . The container system according to  claim 25 , wherein the locking part of the blocking device engages in the groove. 
     
     
         27 . The container system according to  claim 18 , wherein the closure is spaced apart in the direction of the longitudinal axis with respect to the end wall, so that a gap is formed between the closure and the end wall. 
     
     
         28 . The container system according to claim  17 , wherein the container and the dispensing device form a cylindrical, common interior space, the common interior space having in particular a diameter in the range between 4 to 12 cm. 
     
     
         29 . The container system according claim  17 , wherein the removal opening extends in the circumferential direction with respect to the longitudinal axis through an angle of up to 180°. 
     
     
         30 . The container system according  claim 29 , wherein the removal opening has an angle in the range of 70° to 100° in the circumferential direction with respect to the longitudinal axis L. 
     
     
         31 . The container system according to claim  17 , wherein the closure is fixedly connected to the container. 
     
     
         32 . The container system according to  claim 24 , wherein the dispensing device has a first connecting portion at the end opposite to the standing side , wherein the container has a second connecting portion at the end opposite to the end face, wherein the closure projects in the direction of the longitudinal axis beyond the second connecting portion , and wherein the dispensing device and the container are detachably and mutually rotatably connected about the longitudinal axis via the first and second connecting portions. 
     
     
         33 . The container system according to  claim 24 , wherein the dispensing device has a first connecting portion at the end opposite to the standing side, wherein the container has a second connecting portion at the end opposite to the end face, wherein a coupling part is arranged in the direction of the longitudinal axis between the container and the dispensing device and connects them to one another via the first and second connecting sections, wherein the coupling part comprises the closure, and wherein the dispensing device and the container are mutually rotatably connected about the longitudinal axis via the coupling part. 
     
     
         34 . Use of a container system according to  claim 18  for dispensing individual doses of a detergent composition, wherein a plurality of individual doses are stacked in succession in the direction of the longitudinal axis in the common interior space by rotating the container relative to the dispensing device about the longitudinal axis, so that the closure is rotated and thereby the removal opening is completely opened, that thereafter a single dose is withdrawn from the removal opening, and that thereafter the container is again rotated relative to the dispensing device about the longitudinal axis and the removal opening is thereby closed. 
     
     
         35 . Use according to  claim 34 , wherein before the container and dispensing device are rotated relative to each other, the locking part movable radially relative to the longitudinal axis is raised relative to the path of movement of the closure, so that the container and the dispensing device are thereafter rotatable relative to each other in the circumferential direction relative to the longitudinal axis.