CN1984816A - Foam dispenser - Google Patents

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CN1984816A
CN1984816A CNA2004800027225A CN200480002722A CN1984816A CN 1984816 A CN1984816 A CN 1984816A CN A2004800027225 A CNA2004800027225 A CN A2004800027225A CN 200480002722 A CN200480002722 A CN 200480002722A CN 1984816 A CN1984816 A CN 1984816A
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    • BPERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65DCONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES
    • B65D1/00Containers having bodies formed in one piece, e.g. by casting metallic material, by moulding plastics, by blowing vitreous material, by throwing ceramic material, by moulding pulped fibrous material, by deep-drawing operations performed on sheet material
    • B65D1/32Containers adapted to be temporarily deformed by external pressure to expel contents
    • B65D1/323Containers adapted to be temporarily deformed by external pressure to expel contents the container comprising internally a dip tube through which the contents pass
    • BPERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B05SPRAYING OR ATOMISING IN GENERAL; APPLYING FLUENT MATERIALS TO SURFACES, IN GENERAL
    • B05BSPRAYING APPARATUS; ATOMISING APPARATUS; NOZZLES
    • B05B15/00Details of spraying plant or spraying apparatus not otherwise provided for; Accessories
    • B05B15/30Dip tubes
    • BPERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B05SPRAYING OR ATOMISING IN GENERAL; APPLYING FLUENT MATERIALS TO SURFACES, IN GENERAL
    • B05BSPRAYING APPARATUS; ATOMISING APPARATUS; NOZZLES
    • B05B11/00Single-unit hand-held apparatus in which flow of contents is produced by the muscular force of the operator at the moment of use
    • B05B11/01Single-unit hand-held apparatus in which flow of contents is produced by the muscular force of the operator at the moment of use characterised by the means producing the flow
    • B05B11/04Deformable containers producing the flow, e.g. squeeze bottles
    • B05B11/042Deformable containers producing the flow, e.g. squeeze bottles the spray being effected by a gas or vapour flow in the nozzle, spray head, outlet or dip tube
    • B05B11/043Deformable containers producing the flow, e.g. squeeze bottles the spray being effected by a gas or vapour flow in the nozzle, spray head, outlet or dip tube designed for spraying a liquid
    • BPERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B05SPRAYING OR ATOMISING IN GENERAL; APPLYING FLUENT MATERIALS TO SURFACES, IN GENERAL
    • B05BSPRAYING APPARATUS; ATOMISING APPARATUS; NOZZLES
    • B05B7/00Spraying apparatus for discharge of liquids or other fluent materials from two or more sources, e.g. of liquid and air, of powder and gas
    • B05B7/0018Spraying apparatus for discharge of liquids or other fluent materials from two or more sources, e.g. of liquid and air, of powder and gas with devices for making foam
    • B05B7/0025Spraying apparatus for discharge of liquids or other fluent materials from two or more sources, e.g. of liquid and air, of powder and gas with devices for making foam with a compressed gas supply

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Abstract

The invention provides a dispenser for dispensing a mixture of two or more fluids, e.g. liquid and gas (e.g. air) as a foam and/or mist, the dispenser comprising a flexible container for a liquid including a conduit having first and second end portions, the first end portion terminating in an opening in the container through which the mixture is expelled from the container and the second open end portion being close to the base of said container, wherein the conduit includes a third open end portion which is located close to the top of the container and laterally inclined or opposed to the second open end portion.

Description

Foam dispenser
The present invention relates to the distributing box of distributing fluids compound, especially but not unique portable dispenser that relates to, this distributing box distributes under pressure from fluid, for example gas and liquid, the foam of compound.
Term " portable " is used for representing handheld dispensers herein, and the preferred distributing box that can singlehanded control is such as the commercial distributing box that is used for deodorizer, shaving foam or liquid cleaning compositions.The present invention also is suitable for the large-scale portable dispenser that one hand can not be controlled.
The compound of liquids and gases is well-known with the foam dispenser that form of foam distributes.Their common feature is to comprise container and distribute lid, and described distribution lid comprises dispense aperture, this opening at least during distribution and the upper end of delivery pipe (being called dip-tube) be communicated with, wherein the opposite end of delivery pipe is positioned near the container bottom.Owing to have difference of pressure at internal tank and outside, liquids and gases are pushed out this dispense aperture.For convenience, the gas of the pressurization in the container is air, but can be another kind of suitable gas.In the container of pressurization, exist high always or " positive " (external pressure relatively) in pressure.For non-pressurised vessel, can adopt in the temporary manual minimizing of pumping system/increase and press, air sucked container and to discharge subsequently.Some pumping system is mentioned interior pressure is enough to provide the repeated dispensing operation.Pressing in for example those systems that form the parts of various pump dispensing heads or lid improve with other pumping system is the part of batch operation.The example of this distribution system is to trigger injector head.This and similar distributing box is disclosed in U.S. Patent No. 6053364,5271530,5443569 etc.A problem of this triggering spray head dispenser is that it costs an arm and a leg, and is uneconomical when using the plastics resource.
Filled the flexible wall container of liquid or spraying distribution system that " squeeze bottle " operated also is well-known by manual squeezing.This container is used to distribute mist or spraying.This container of manual compression has improved the interior pressure of head space, forces liquid to rise by dip-tube and penetrates container.
Owing to cover the configuration of dispensing orifice and/or used two-dimensional structure, liquid can be discharged with the form of spraying.
In the US Patent 2642313 of nineteen fifty-three announcement, provided the exemplary of this distributing box.
Known foam or spray dispenser have solution in container when selling, and flat grid or net are arranged to form spraying on liquid flow passageway.But it is big that this foam forms the component fabrication cost, and be not very effective when producing required thick foam usually.
The present invention is devoted to by providing simple, cost-effective foam dispenser to solve or reducing the problems referred to above at least, this distributing box need be at the flow passage of liquid, promptly with liquid from container bottom in the dip-tube that container cover shifts or certain position above the dip-tube in the container cover, have complicated foam and form element.
So, the invention provides two or more fluids, for example the compound of liquids and gases (for example air) is with the distributing box of foam and/or Sprayable distribution, this distributing box comprises the flexible cell of receiving fluids, this container comprises conduit, this conduit has first and second end parts, the first end section ends in the opening part of container, compound is from this first end section amount discharge container, second open end portion is near the bottom of described container, wherein this conduit comprises the 3rd open end portion, and it is near the top of container and to the second open end portion lateral inclination or opposite with the second open end portion direction.
By adopting this layout, cost-effective foam dispenser is provided, it does not require that having complicated foam in liquid flow passageway forms element.Pushing this container simply just can for example liquid and AIR MIXTURES penetrates from container with fluid.Top and bottom at container are provided with opening, make this device can work when upright orientation (top is above the bottom) or inverted orientation.
And, because common lateral inclination of the second and the 3rd catheter opening or direction are opposite, so this device also can be worked when lateral inclination.
Conduit can be bifurcated, crooked or kink or its combination, to realize the associated orientation of second and second catheter end part.
Conduit can for example centre portion or top be crooked or kink in certain part, so that the longitudinal axis inclination 10-60 degree of the relative container of second open end portion, and preferred 15-45 degree, more preferably 15-30 degree, even more preferably 20 degree.
The 3rd open end portion can extend out from the top of conduit (that is, when the container upright orientation towards the top-direction of container), for example meets at right angles.
The top of conduit can have T shape (T shape) configuration, and wherein the 3rd open end portion is from the main portion quadrature bifurcated of conduit, preferred general vertical alignment.
The top of conduit can the off-center longitudinal axis.
Conduit can adopt the form of dip-tube or comprise dip-tube, and this dip-tube can be used with jar that provides simultaneously or lid.
Container can be by adopting one or more flexible portions but is flexible, the invention is not restricted to the container of overall flexibility.Can comprise that rigid element for example wait and for example improve intensity by bottom, bight.
Distributing box of the present invention can have any shape portable and operation that is suitable for, and does not get rid of Any shape.
Dispenser cap of the present invention can be an Any shape, and purpose is the liquid that behind the liquid it sealed and allows the to fill function of distributing that has been implemented in vessel filling.
Dispenser part can be made by any material that is suitable for this purpose.Be suitable for making if not whole so most of parts by polymeric material.
Dispensers according to the invention can be used for any liquid that will distribute with foam or Sprayable.For example such as edible liquid, paint or the cleaning liquid of cream or milk.This distributing box is particularly suitable for distributing cleaning liquid with form of foam.This cleaning liquid comprises foaming surfactant usually, preferably is in consoluet form.Can also comprise other component as the cleaning liquid component known in the art.They in addition can comprise the solia particle material, as long as these materials stably float on a liquid.
But preferably those do not contain the cleaning liquid of any not dissolved solid material.
Summarize indefiniteness embodiment of the present invention below with reference to the accompanying drawings.
Fig. 1 has provided the scheme drawing of one embodiment of the invention.
Referring to Fig. 1, shown with foam and/or Sprayable and distributed two or more fluids 2,4 that for example liquid 2 and gas are the distributing box 1 of the compound of air 4.Distributing box 1 comprises flexible cell 6 and comprises conduit 8, container 6 is used for receiving fluids, conduit 8 comprises dip-tube 8a, this dip-tube has first and second end parts 11,12, first end section 11 ends in the opening part of container 6, by this first end section with compound 2,4 amount discharge containers, second open end portion 12 is near the bottom 14 of described container 6, wherein conduit 8 comprises the 3rd open end portion 13, it is positioned near the top 16 of container 6, and lateral inclination or opposite with second open end portion, 12 directions.
By this layout, cost-effective foam dispenser is provided, it does not require that having complicated foam on the flow passage of liquid forms element.Squeeze receptacle simply just can for example liquid and AIR MIXTURES penetrate from container with fluid.Opening is set in container top and bottom makes this device can both work in upright orientation (central longitudinal axis upright and top above the bottom) or when being inverted (bottom is positioned at over top).
And laterally direction is opposite owing to the second and the 3rd catheter opening 12,13, so distributing box 1 also can be worked when lateral inclination.
Conduit 18 is kink or crooked (at Y place) at an upper portion thereof usually, about 20 spends thereby make the longitudinal axis of second open end portion, 12 relative containers 6 tilt.
The 3rd open end portion 13 extends out from the top 18 (that is, when the container upright orientation, towards the top of this container) of conduit 8, for example meets at right angles.Conduit can have T shape (T shape) configuration at the top, wherein the 3rd open end portion is from the main portion of the conduit bifurcated that is orthogonal, preferably generally along longitudinal axis alignment.
Conduit comprises the dip-tube that cooperates with jar 20, and jar has dispense aperture 22.
By normally flexible base portion 24, this container is flexible.But, some part, for example bottom 26 and optional angle part have big rigidity, for example in order to improve intensity.
Dispenser part can be made by any material that is suitable for this purpose.Be suitable for making if not whole so most of parts by polymeric material.
During use, distributing box 1 is filled and is gone up liquid 2, for air 4 stays head space.
By pushing base portion 24 compression container simply, the liquid/air compound is discharged from container subsequently.
By description and the accompanying drawing of this paper, recognize that the present invention allows many possible alternate embodiment with those skilled in the art know that, and can not depart from the scope of following claims protection.

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1. one kind is distributed two or more fluids with foam and/or Sprayable, the distributing box of the compound of liquids and gases (for example air) for example, described distributing box comprises the flexible cell of receiving fluids, this flexible cell comprises the conduit with first and second end parts, the first end section ends in the opening part of described container, by this first end section compound is discharged described container, and the bottom of the close described container of second open end portion, wherein said conduit comprises near the 3rd open end portion the top that is positioned at described container, its lateral inclination or opposite with the second open end portion direction.
2. according to the distributing box of claim 1, it is characterized in that it comprises the device of the described container of manual squeezing.
3. according to each distributing box of aforementioned claim, wherein said conduit is bifurcated, crooked or kink or its combination, to realize the associated orientation of the second and the 3rd catheter end part.
4. according to each distributing box of aforementioned claim, for example centre portion or top are crooked to wherein said conduit or kink in certain part, so that the longitudinal axis inclination 10-60 degree of the relative container of second open end portion, preferred 15-45 degree, more preferably 15-30 degree, even more preferably 20 degree.
5. according to the distributing box of claim 4, wherein said conduit is at top kink 20 degree.
6. according to each distributing box of aforementioned claim, wherein said the 3rd open end portion for example meets at right angles from the top of conduit and extends out.
7. according to each distributing box of aforementioned claim, wherein said conduit has T shape (T shape) configuration at the top, and wherein the 3rd open end portion is from the main portion of the conduit bifurcated that is orthogonal.
8. according to each distributing box of aforementioned claim, wherein said conduit top and central longitudinal axis alignment.
9. according to each the distributing box of claim 1-8, the top off-center longitudinal axis of wherein said conduit.
10. according to each distributing box of aforementioned claim, wherein said conduit adopts the form of dip-tube or comprises dip-tube, and this dip-tube and jar or lid cooperate.
11. according to each distributing box of aforementioned claim, itself and liquid combination, wherein said liquid can be the edible liquid such as cream or milk, perhaps for example the surface treatment liquid or the cleaning liquid of paint.
12., it is characterized in that described liquid is the cleaning liquid that comprises foaming surfactant according to the distributing box of claim 11.
13., it is characterized in that described cleaning liquid does not comprise any not molten solid according to the distributing box of claim 11 or 12.
14. according to each distributing box of aforementioned claim, wherein said distributing box is filled with 95% liquid less than its internal volume.
15. the distributing box of claim 11 or 12 further comprises description of operation.
16. adopt according to claim 1-13 each the distributing box dispense foam or the method for spraying, described distributing box comprises liquid and described method comprises the described distributing box of extruding is discharged liquid with the form of foam or spraying step.
17. adopt according to claim 1-13 each distributing box or combination is handled with foam or spraying or the method for clean surface, described distributing box comprises surface treatment or cleaning combination.
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