EP0180286B1 - Container with stopper - Google Patents

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EP0180286B1
EP0180286B1 EP85302421A EP85302421A EP0180286B1 EP 0180286 B1 EP0180286 B1 EP 0180286B1 EP 85302421 A EP85302421 A EP 85302421A EP 85302421 A EP85302421 A EP 85302421A EP 0180286 B1 EP0180286 B1 EP 0180286B1
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stopper
container
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Maud Frizon
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A45—HAND OR TRAVELLING ARTICLES
    • A45D—HAIRDRESSING OR SHAVING EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT FOR COSMETICS OR COSMETIC TREATMENTS, e.g. FOR MANICURING OR PEDICURING
    • A45D34/00—Containers or accessories specially adapted for handling liquid toiletry or cosmetic substances, e.g. perfumes
    • A45D34/02—Scent flasks, e.g. with evaporator
    • 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
    • B65D1/00—Rigid or semi-rigid containers 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 or by deep-drawing operations performed on sheet material
    • 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
    • B65D39/00—Closures arranged within necks or pouring openings or in discharge apertures, e.g. stoppers
    • 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
    • B65D39/00—Closures arranged within necks or pouring openings or in discharge apertures, e.g. stoppers
    • B65D39/0005—Closures arranged within necks or pouring openings or in discharge apertures, e.g. stoppers made in one piece
    • B65D39/0047—Glass, ceramic or metal stoppers for perfume bottles or the like

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  • This invention relates to a container, in particular a bottle or the like suitable for holding perfume, facial lotion, cosmetic lotion, or other similar fluid.
  • the invention is more specifically directed to a novel combination of a container of globular or generally spherical shape, and a stopper therefor which also serves as the base on which the container rests.
  • a container having all the features defined in the first part of Claim 1 is known from GB-A-260261.
  • a bottle for dispensing perfume has usually comprised a bottle and a stopper therefor, the stopper fitting a neck at the top of the bottle.
  • a bottle can have a decorative appearance, it is necessary and unescapably has the appearance of a bottle.
  • know bottles must rely in their ornateness of design to decorate a surface on which they rest. For example a cosmetic bottle for a ladies' dressing table is often given a fancy stopper or an elaborate bottle design in an attempt to led attractiveness to the dressing table's appearance.
  • a spheroid container which can be a sphere, an ovoid or egg shaped container, an elongated ellipsoidal container or a "squashed" spheroidal container, is formed of blown glass and has a spheroid outerwall and a spheroid innerwall of similar shape.
  • the container has a round opening therein atthe position forming the bottom of the container in its normal or resting orientation.
  • the mating stopper has a stem fitting the opening and a flat surface forming a base on which the container assembly rests after the stopper is placed in the opening.
  • the stopper includes a disc member integrally or unitarily formed with the stem, with the stem extending axially from the disc member.
  • the invention can comprise, in combination, the container formed as a spheroid of transparent material, the stopper/base member, and a fill of the perfume or other fluid, preferably a substantially transparent fluid. If the stem and the opening in the container have mating ground-glass surfaces, a good, reliable seal will be formed, and the perfume can be reliably stored without leakage with the container in its normal, stopper-downward resting orientation. In that orientation, the bottle, filled with perfume or similar liquid, gives a unique, attractive appearance, and adds beauty to a ladies' dressing table or other place where it might be situated.
  • the bottle When it is desired to use the perfume or other fluid stored in the bottle, the bottle can be simply lifted and inverted, and the stopper removed. Then, the stopper, which will be wet from having been immersed in the fluid, can be used to dab the perfume or other fluid directly onto the face or neck, or onto the finger to apply the perfume or other fluid. Thereafter, the stopper can be returned to the bottle and the bottle inverted and replaced on the dressing table.
  • the weight of the bottle is sufficient to ensure that there is a good seal, and that there is no leakage past the ground-glass surfaces of the stopper and opening.
  • a perfume bottle assembly includes a bottle 10 of generally spherical shape having a spherical outer surface 12 and a generally spherical inner surface 14, the latter defining an inner spherical chamber 16, here shown about three-quarters filled with a liquid, such as perfume 18.
  • a round opening 20 is disposed at the bottom of the bottle 10, if the latter is considered in its normal, resting orientation as shown in Fig. 1. As shown in the exploded view in Fig. 2, this opening 20 has a frusto-conical surface.
  • the bottle 10 is a blown glass, and the frusto-conical surface of the opening 20 is ground so that it forms a good seal with a stopper 22 now to be described.
  • the stopper 22 forms a base for the perfume bottle assembly, on which the spheroid bottle 10 rests.
  • the stopper 22 is preferably formed of glass, of the same type as used in the perfume bottle 10.
  • the stopper 22 has a frusto-conical stem 24 with a ground-glass surface, as shown in Fig. 2, which mates with the corresponding surface of the opening 20.
  • the stopper also includes a glass disc 26 formed integrally or unitarily with the stem 24 and orientated such that the stem 24 extends axially from one side of the disc 26. A flat surface of the disc 26 opposite the stem 24 forms the base on which the assembly rests.
  • the spheroid bottle 10 thus has this position as its unique, stable position.
  • a section of the perfume bottle 10 surrounds the opening 20 is formed as a flat or planar surface 28.
  • this surface 28 is an optional feature.
  • the bottle 10 filled with the perfume or other fluid 18, rests in the stopper-downward position as shown in Fig. 1.
  • the bottle is picked up and inverted to the orientation shown in Fig. 2.
  • the stopper 22 is twisted slightly and is removed from the opening 20.
  • the perfume or other fluid can then be applied directly from the end of the stem 24 of the stopper 22 and the stopper 22 replaced in the opening 20.
  • the sealing of the bottle is obtained with glass- to-glass mating of bottle with stoppers which can be interchangeable with one another.
  • stoppers which can be interchangeable with one another.
  • the bottle assembly of this invention can be any container which is transparent and generally spherical, possibly of an ovoid or flattened shape, or even of an onion shape, and which opens from the bottom.
  • the closure forms the base of the round bottle. If the bottle is used as a perfume bottle, he closure can be a ground-glass stopper and to apply the perfume, a user would merely pick up the bottle and invert it (so that the stopper is up) and remove the stopper. The stopper will have a drop or two of the perfume on it and the user can touch this and apply the perfume with her (or his) finger to the body where desired.
  • the design of this invention eliminates the need to shake the bottle to wet the stopper. Also, since the bottle rests on the stopper, it is impossible to leave the closure slightly ajar, as the bottle weight itself closes it. Thus, any problem about evaporation of the perfume or other fluid is minimized. Moreover, the ground glass seal is kept wet because it is at the bottom, and there is a better seal that would otherwise be provided.

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  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Mechanical Engineering (AREA)
  • Ceramic Engineering (AREA)
  • Chemical & Material Sciences (AREA)
  • Closures For Containers (AREA)
  • Containers Having Bodies Formed In One Piece (AREA)
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EP85302421A 1984-10-23 1985-04-04 Container with stopper Expired EP0180286B1 (en)

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AT85302421T ATE39903T1 (de) 1984-10-23 1985-04-04 Behaelter mit stopfen.

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US66405284A 1984-10-23 1984-10-23
US664052 1991-03-01

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EP (1) EP0180286B1 (da)
JP (1) JPS61104956A (da)
AT (1) ATE39903T1 (da)
AU (1) AU577848B2 (da)
BR (1) BR8501897A (da)
CA (1) CA1232215A (da)
DE (1) DE3567428D1 (da)
DK (1) DK485285A (da)
ES (1) ES296552Y (da)
GR (1) GR852553B (da)
NO (1) NO854223L (da)
ZA (1) ZA852692B (da)

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DE3418540A1 (de) * 1984-05-18 1985-11-21 Wella Ag, 6100 Darmstadt Flasche fuer fluessigprodukte
FR2615707A1 (fr) * 1987-05-26 1988-12-02 Rivoire Mathilde Flacon a parfum a logement pour accessoire, notamment un diffuseur associe
DE20221679U1 (de) * 2001-03-02 2006-11-23 Debiopharm S.A. Vorrichtung zur Konditionierung einer Oxaliplatinlösung
AU2002951318A0 (en) * 2002-09-10 2002-09-26 Manley, David William A closure
DE10320345A1 (de) * 2002-11-12 2004-05-27 Boropal Technology Trading Gmbh Anlage zur Herstellung von Glasstopfen zum Verschluss von Flaschen
FR3035302A1 (fr) * 2015-04-23 2016-10-28 Olfactive Body Object Contenant, notamment flacon de parfum, decore

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GB260261A (en) * 1925-10-24 1927-02-03 Raesfeld Jeanne De Gerson Improvements in or relating to bottles
FR790156A (fr) * 1935-05-16 1935-11-15 Weinbrennerei Hch Raetsch A G Récipients pour boissons
AT358982B (de) * 1976-04-12 1980-10-10 Schoeller Lebensmittel Behaelter fuer pastoese substanzen

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ES296552Y (es) 1988-05-16
BR8501897A (pt) 1986-05-06
ATE39903T1 (de) 1989-01-15
AU4148285A (en) 1986-05-01
GR852553B (da) 1986-02-24
DE3567428D1 (en) 1989-02-16
ZA852692B (en) 1985-11-27
DK485285A (da) 1986-04-24
NO854223L (no) 1986-04-24
JPS61104956A (ja) 1986-05-23
AU577848B2 (en) 1988-10-06
DK485285D0 (da) 1985-10-22
CA1232215A (en) 1988-02-02
EP0180286A1 (en) 1986-05-07

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