EP0120739B1 - Betriebssicherheitseinrichtung für Aerosolventil - Google Patents

Betriebssicherheitseinrichtung für Aerosolventil Download PDF

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EP0120739B1
EP0120739B1 EP84400362A EP84400362A EP0120739B1 EP 0120739 B1 EP0120739 B1 EP 0120739B1 EP 84400362 A EP84400362 A EP 84400362A EP 84400362 A EP84400362 A EP 84400362A EP 0120739 B1 EP0120739 B1 EP 0120739B1
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65D—CONTAINERS 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
    • B65D83/00—Containers or packages with special means for dispensing contents
    • B65D83/14—Containers or packages with special means for dispensing contents for delivery of liquid or semi-liquid contents by internal gaseous pressure, i.e. aerosol containers comprising propellant for a product delivered by a propellant
    • B65D83/16—Containers or packages with special means for dispensing contents for delivery of liquid or semi-liquid contents by internal gaseous pressure, i.e. aerosol containers comprising propellant for a product delivered by a propellant characterised by the actuating means
    • B65D83/20—Containers or packages with special means for dispensing contents for delivery of liquid or semi-liquid contents by internal gaseous pressure, i.e. aerosol containers comprising propellant for a product delivered by a propellant characterised by the actuating means operated by manual action, e.g. button-type actuator or actuator caps
    • B65D83/205—Actuator caps, or peripheral actuator skirts, attachable to the aerosol container
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65D—CONTAINERS 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
    • B65D2215/00—Child-proof means
    • B65D2215/04—Child-proof means requiring the combination of different actions in succession

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  • the present invention relates to a safety actuating device for an aerosol valve.
  • a safety device can be used for example for aerosol cans intended to be placed in a pocket, a bag or a suitcase, for example a perfume vaporizer for travel, or a gas vaporizer for defense.
  • a perfume vaporizer for travel for example a perfume vaporizer for travel, or a gas vaporizer for defense.
  • the invention applies more particularly to a safety actuating device for an aerosol valve intended to be mounted in the opening of an aerosol container by means of a metal capsule whose central part is crimped onto the valve. and the peripheral part is crimped on the edge of the opening of the container, said actuating device comprising a cylindrical sleeve fixed by snap-fastening on the crimping of the capsule on the valve and a push button provided with a nozzle, designed to be fitted on the valve stem of the valve and for turning and sliding in the cylindrical sleeve, and in which the push button comprises a lateral raised element such as a bar facilitating the rotary actuation of said push button, this raised element being engaged in a cutout formed in the socket.
  • Safety pushbuttons of this type are already known, for example those described in document GB-A-768 734 in the name of Dodge & Seymour, Ltd.
  • These devices include a push button, fitted with a nozzle, fitted on the valve stem of a valve mounted in the opening of a container. They also include a socket-shaped body, provided with means which allow it to be fixed on the container by snap-fastening on the crimping of the capsule on the valve. The insertion of the pusher into the sleeve can only be done for certain relative angular positions of the pusher relative to the sleeve.
  • a similar security means is described in document FR-A-2 310 282 by the applicant, which relates to a device for locking when a push button is pressed, comprising a base fixed to the container and provided with cam element. cooperating with appropriate reliefs of the push button. To prevent rotation of the base, it has on its inner cylindrical face reliefs which are housed against depressions in the central part of the capsule.
  • the present invention relates to a more efficient device, easier to handle, and of limited cost price.
  • the present invention relates to a safety actuating device for aerosol valve of the above type, remarkable in particular in that the edges of the lateral cutout of the sleeve are thinned, so as to form clearances to allow more grip easily the bar.
  • the sleeve has an internal collar which carries on its internal edge the means for latching the sleeve on the crimping of the capsule on the valve.
  • the sleeve 1 is formed essentially in a cylinder. At an appropriate level, it has an internal collar 3 allowing the aerosol valve, the shape and structure of which are well known, to be attached to the tower 21.
  • the spinner 21 is the central raised part of the capsule 22 which is crimped around the valve 25.
  • the valve has for this purpose a circular bead 25a at its outer end.
  • the capsule 22 is formed from a washer: the central part 22a is crimped around the bead 25a of the valve, and the outer part 22b is crimped around the edge 26a of the opening of a container 26, with interposition d 'A seal 27.
  • the valve normally comprises a valve stem 28 and a nozzle 29 for connecting a dip tube. Such an arrangement is conventional.
  • the button 2 fitted with a nozzle 4 is mounted in the usual way on the tubular outer end of the valve stem 28.
  • the outside diameter of the button 2 is equal to the clearance close to the inside diameter of the sleeve 1, and the button engages inside the socket in which it can slide within determined limits.
  • the upper edge of the sleeve has two cutouts. A first cutout 6 is provided to release the nozzle 4, when the button 2 is in the socket, at a determined depth and orientation.
  • This attachment can be obtained by cooperation of a raised rib 8, preferably at the base of the button 2, with another rib 9, in relief inside the sleeve 1, at a level above the flange 3 chosen to cooperate properly with the rib 8.
  • the ribs may have a section allowing an irreversible click, or any form of bead.
  • One of the ribs can be replaced by a groove in which the rib of the other part engages, or one of the ribs can be constituted by several non-contiguous segments.
  • the setting in orientation is determined by cooperation of a bar 11, forming a raised generator on the button 2, with a second cutout 12 formed in the wall of the socket 1.
  • the angle a between the spokes of the button passing through the bar 11 and the nozzle 4 is equal to the angle of the rays of the capsule passing through the middle of the cutout 6 and through the middle of the second cutout 12.
  • the bottom 12a of the cutout 12 is quite low, as is the collar 3 so that the bar can be pressed enough to trigger the operation of the valve.
  • the valve comprises in a well known manner a spring which maintains the button 2 in the raised position.
  • the cutout 12 extends on one side over a portion of the height, following an enlargement 13 making it possible to fold or turn the bar 11, by sliding the bottom 11 of this bar on the lower edge 13a of the enlargement 13 .
  • the bar 11 of the button 2 extends over the entire height of the button 2. It will be understood that it is an appreciable convenience for actuating the button in rotation about its axis, but that the bar could not not extend to one and / or the other of the ends.
  • the levels 12a and 13a of the bottoms of the cutout 12 and the widening 13 are provided accordingly.
  • the respective heights at which the ribs 8 and 9 are formed are chosen so that these ribs are snapped in when the bottom 11a of the bar 11 comes to bear on the bottom 13a of the enlargement 13.
  • the button 2 cannot therefore go up and out of the socket due to the presence of these ribs 8 and 9, but nothing prevents it from going down with the correct orientation, until the bottom of the button abuts against the collar 3 or until the bottom 11a of the bar comes to abut on the bottom 12a of the cutout 12, or even until the valve stem, on which the button is fitted, reaches the bottom stop.
  • the thickness in the radial direction of the bar 11 is equal to or less than the thickness of the wall of the sleeve. It therefore has no lateral projection.
  • the outer face of the bar may have grooving, knurling or the like.
  • the groove 3a of the collar 3 defines a polygonal opening, of perimeter identical to that of the constriction 22c of the crimping of the central edge 22a of the cup, just below the bead 25a of the valve 24
  • This crimping of small diameter can easily be carried out in the form of a hexagon, and with a socket having a hexagonal opening as shown in FIG. 4; we have an excellent rotation setting.
  • the device is used in the following manner.
  • the sleeve 1 is fitted onto the spinner 21 of the capsule 22 of an aerosol valve 25 mounted on a canister 26.
  • the button 2 is placed in the axis of the sleeve, the bar 11 being oriented to be in line with the enlargement 13.
  • the button is then pushed in until the bottom stop 11a of the bar on the bottom 13a of the enlargement, causing the snap of the rib 8 of the button 2 under the rib 9.
  • the device is then ready to use; it is in the safety position: the bar 11 abuts on the bottom 13a of the enlargement 13 and the nozzle 4 is masked by the wall of the sleeve 1.
  • Figure 5 shows in detail in section, the assembly of the sleeve 1 by means of the groove 3a of the flange 3 cooperating with the constriction 22c of the crimping.
  • the dimension of the groove 3a is adapted to that of the valve 25, in particular to its outside diameter.
  • the bottom 1a of the socket is placed in the vicinity of the wall of the container 26. It can be seen that with the fixing of the present invention, the socket / push-button assembly can be mounted on containers of different dimensions. It suffices to use on the valve 25 a cup adapted to the container.
  • FIG. 6 the upper part of a container 30 is shown in the neck of which a valve is mounted by means of a capsule 31.
  • the turret 32 of the capsule is crimped on the valve by a hexagonal constriction in which is engaged the internal edge of the flange 35 of the sleeve 36.
  • the collar 35 can be entirely flat, there is no need for a skirt to tighten in the hollow of a cup.
  • valves 10 or 12 mm in diameter can be mounted, for example, in capsules making it possible to crimp on the mouths of cans of 14 to 21 mm in diameter, for example.
  • the inside diameter of the sleeve 36 can be 22 mm, corresponding to the outside diameter of the push button. This highlights the possibility of using a push button with its socket, associated with a valve, on canisters of openings of different dimensions.

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1. Sicherheits-Betätigungsvorrichtung für ein Aerosol-Ventil, das in die Öffnung eines Aerosolbehälters mittels einer Metallkapsel eingebaut werden soll, deren Mittelteil auf dem Ventil und deren Umfangsteil auf dem Rand der Öffnung des Behälters befestigt ist, wobei die Betätigungsvorrichtung eine zylindrische Hülse (1), die durch Einklinken auf die Befestigung der Kapsel auf dem Ventil befestigt ist, und einen Druckknopf (2) mit einer Spritzdüse (4) aufweist, der vorgesehen ist, um auf den Ventilschaft des Ventils aufgeschoben zu werden, und um in der zylindrischen Hülse zu drehen und zu gleiten, und bei der der Druckknopf ein seitlich hervortretendes Element (11) wie z.B. einen Stab aufweist, der die Drehbetätigung des Druckknopfes (2) erleichtert, wobei dieses hervortretende Element in einen in der Hülse gebildeten Ausschnitt eingesetzt ist, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß die Ränder des seitlichen Ausschnitts der Hülse verjüngt sind, um Spielräume (15, 16) zu bilden, die ein leichteres Erfassen des Stabs (11) ermöglichen.
2. Vorrichtung nach Anspruch 1, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß die Hülse (1) einen inneren Kragen (3) aufweist, der auf seinem inneren Rand die Mittel zum Einklinken der Hülse auf die Befestigung der Kapsel auf dem Ventil trägt.
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FR8303077A FR2541749B1 (fr) 1983-02-25 1983-02-25 Dispositif d'actionnement de securite pour valve aerosol

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