EP0216415A2 - Dispositif distributeur et diffuseur pouvant être incorporé dans un réservoir, en particulier pour produits liquides - Google Patents

Dispositif distributeur et diffuseur pouvant être incorporé dans un réservoir, en particulier pour produits liquides Download PDF

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EP0216415A2
EP0216415A2 EP86201505A EP86201505A EP0216415A2 EP 0216415 A2 EP0216415 A2 EP 0216415A2 EP 86201505 A EP86201505 A EP 86201505A EP 86201505 A EP86201505 A EP 86201505A EP 0216415 A2 EP0216415 A2 EP 0216415A2
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José Luis Arnau-Munoz
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    • D—TEXTILES; PAPER
    • D06—TREATMENT OF TEXTILES OR THE LIKE; LAUNDERING; FLEXIBLE MATERIALS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • D06F—LAUNDERING, DRYING, IRONING, PRESSING OR FOLDING TEXTILE ARTICLES
    • D06F39/00—Details of washing machines not specific to a single type of machines covered by groups D06F9/00 - D06F27/00 
    • D06F39/02—Devices for adding soap or other washing agents
    • D06F39/024—Devices for adding soap or other washing agents mounted on the agitator or the rotating drum; Free body dispensers

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  • the present invention relates to the packaging sec­tor, especially where liquid products used in metered quantities are concerned. In one of its preferred aspects, the invention also relates to the washing of laundry by machine.
  • European Application 0 151 549, published August 14, 1985 for a "Process for washing laundry by machine with a liquid detergent and device for carrying it out” relates, in particular, to a usually rechargeable device which is first filled with liquid detergent and is then placed in the drum of the machine together with the laundry to be washed.
  • the detergent contained in the device diffuses progressively into the washing medium and into the laundry located in the machine.
  • the device has a filling orifice and vents for the progressive release of the liquid into the centre of the laundry being washed.
  • European Application 85400653.3 filed April 2, 1985 for a "Device for machine-washing with a liquid deter­gent and process utilising the said device" relates to a device of the type mentioned above, which is character­ised more particularly in that it has an essentially spherical form.
  • the device comprises a body and an attached assembly provided with a central filling orifice which can take the form of a shaft exten­ding within the body. The filling or dispensing and/or diffusion of the liquid are possible via a certain number or orifices.
  • European Application 86400714.1 filed April 2, 1986 for a "Packaging receptacle with a built-in dis­penser, especially for liquid products" relates to a receptacle incorporating a removable dispenser inter­acting with the shut-off device, with which the receptacle is equipped in the conventional way.
  • this dispensing device also acts as a diffuser according to the teaching of the two patent applications mentioned above. Some embodiments are described to illustrate the removable fastening of the dispensing and diffusing device to the receptacle containing the liquid product.
  • the dispensing and diffusing device can be made to in­teract with the neck and/or the stopper by various means.
  • the object of the present invention is to overcome this disadvantage by means of a simple arrangement of the dispensing and diffusing device, without increasing the number of its components and at the same time preserving their functions intact.
  • the subject of the invention is, therefore, a dispensing and diffusing device which can be incorporated in a receptacle, especially for liquid pro­ducts, the said device having the form of a hollow body with an aperture equipped with means of dispensing and diffusing the product, having a shaft provided with orifices and extending inside the body, this device also possessing means of fastening it removably to the recep­tacle or to the stopper of the latter, the said device being characterised in that the said shaft extends sub­stantially up to the wall of the body opposite the said aperture, so that, particularly when the device is fitted on the receptacle, the shaft is capable of functioning at the same time as a support to keep the body intact.
  • the invention is used in a particularly advantageous way on the receptacles described in the abovementioned European Application 86400714.1, in the applicant's name, and in a preferred form the dispensing and diffusing device is of the type described in the abovementioned European Application 85400653.3, also in the applicant's name.
  • the teaching of the two applications in question is not re­produced in full in this specification, but of course is incorporated as a reference.
  • the present inven­tion can be used in all the embodiments described in detail in European Application 86400714.1, that is to say those where the dispensing and diffusing device interacts removably with the neck of the receptacle, that is to say the upper part of the latter, or with the stopper with which it is equipped.
  • the actual dispensing and diffusing device pre­ferably has the general spherical shape described in European Application 85400653.3.
  • the device consists of a hollow body and an attached assembly having orifices and/or vents for dispensing and diffusion. This assembly is fitted round the aperture of the body, and advantageously the means of fastening the device to the receptacle are likewise provided round the said aperture.
  • the interaction between the receptacle and the dispensing and diffusing device is obtained by quick-action fastening means, for example clipping or the like. Such characteristics are already described in the European Application as mentioned above.
  • the improvement provided as a result of the pre­sent invention consists in that the shaft serving for dispensing and diffusing the liquid also functions as a support, pre-venting the device from being crushed in any way.
  • the shaft which in prior embodi­ments extended inside the body in a limited way just suf­ficient to ensure correct pouring of the liquid during filling, according to the invention extends substantially up to the wall of the body which is opposite its aperture.
  • the expression “extends substantially up to the wall of the body” means that the shaft reaches the immediate vicinity of this wall which is usually made in the form of a flattened portion. It also comes within the scope of the invention for the shaft to touch the wall, but for practical rea­sons arising from the production of such articles by means of injection-moulding it is preferable that the end face of the shaft should stop at a very short dis­tance from the wall, leaving a gap relative to the lat­ter of, for example, 1 to 5 mm. It was found that the shaft arranged in this way served perfectly for supporting the device and absorbed any crushing likely to occur during storage or handling.
  • the shaft arranged according to the invention also has, on its side walls, ports making it possible to ensure that the liquid is distributed effectively during filling and diffusion.
  • the profile of the shaft is not critical. It is sufficient that it should have the form of a surface of revolution. For production reasons, it is preferable for the shaft to have a slightly conical or stepped shape. There is nothing to prevent the use of a shaft designed in the form of an essentially cylindrical tube, but this embodiment is less advantageous and presents problems of removal during moulding.
  • the shaft is open along its entire inner surface, without having any internal par­titioning between the aperture of the device and the end face of the shaft.
  • each dispensing and diffusing device is denoted by the general reference numeral 1. It is associated with a receptacle 2 which, for the sake of convenience in the drawing, has been shown at the top of the figures, whereas the device is shown at the bottom. In practice, of course, the opposite would be the case, the more so because the receptacle 2 is intended for con­taining a liquid, particularly a detergent product.
  • the device 1 comprises essentially a hollow body 3 of general spherical shape, in which is mounted an assembly 4 serving for filling and then diffusing the liquid.
  • the assembly 4 has vents 5 and orifices 6.
  • the zone 7 there are means of clipping it on the stopper 8 closing off the receptacle 2.
  • the body 3 and the assembly 4 conform to the teaching of European Application 85400653.3.
  • notches 9 making it possible to grasp the device 1 easily can be seen. All the characteristics described hitherto belong to the known state of the art and have been des­cribed, in particular, in the European Patent Application just mentioned.
  • the assembly 4 is ex­tended inside the body 3 in the form of a shaft 10 having ports 11.
  • the essential characteristic of the invention is that the end face 12 of the shaft which is opposite its aperture extends to a very short distance (for example, between 1 and 5 mm) from the flattened portion 13 of the body 3.
  • the shaft 10 is of slightly frustoconical shape, widening towards the end face 12. Moreover, there is no intermediate partition over the entire inner surface of the shaft 10. In other words, when the device 1 is separated from the receptacle 2, the aperture 14 located opposite the end face 12 is free, thus allowing the filling liquid to flow off normally.
  • the device described in Figure 1 can be used in the same way as any one of the devices described in the European Patent Applications mentioned above. If, in a preferred use, the receptacle 2 contains a liquid deter­gent product, the device 1 caps the upper part of the receptacle for the purposes of storage, handling and sale. During use, the housewife removes the device 1 from the top of the receptacle. After removing the stopper 8 from the latter, she can pour the liquid detergent into the body 3 up to the desired level. She then installs the device in the washing-machine at the centre of the laundry in order to wash it.
  • the shaft 10 which participates in the filling and diffu­sing functions during washing, also performs another func­tion, namely that of a support capable of preserving the body 3 intact when the device 1 is subjected to a crushing force, for example during storage.
  • the shaft 10 has ports 11, and there can be, for example, four of these. It was found that the pre­sence of these ports did not impair the function of mechanical support also performed by the shaft 10.
  • An article of the type illustrated in Figure 1 is easy to produce at low cost from plastic by means of the injection moulding technique.
  • FIG. 2 The alternative form shown in Figure 2 is similar in all respects to the device of Figure 1, except that the shaft 10 incorporates an intermediate partition 15 which can have orifices (not shown in the drawing).
  • the liquid flows off essen­tially via the lateral orifices 6 and via the holes in the partition 15.
  • a device arranged according to Figure 2 made it possible to achieve a high uniformity of diffusion, the liquid contained in the body 3 flowing off progressively into the laundry during washing, passing essentially through the orifices 6 and the vents 5. Nevertheless, the ports 11 are still useful for ensuring good distribution of the liquid within the body 3.
  • Figure 3 shows a device similar in all respects to that of Figure 2.
  • the conicity of the shaft 10 is reversed, that is to say it narrows towards its end face 12. Its general form remains frustoconical.
  • Figure 4 Shows an alternative form, in which the shaft is designed in the same way as in Figures 2 and 3, again incorporating an intermediate partition 15, but its profile has steps. In the example illustrated, there are three of these, designated by reference numerals 16, 17 and 18. Of course, the ports of the shaft have an identical profile. In the example of Figure 4, the dia­meter of the end face 12 is greater than the aperture de­limited by the step 16 at the level of the intermediate partition 15. In another possible alternative form, the arrangement could be reversed, and in particular the step 16 would have a diameter greater than that of the step 18 in a somewhat similar way to the shaft of Figure 3 which had a conicity opposite that of Figure 2.

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EP86201505A 1985-09-11 1986-09-02 Dispositif distributeur et diffuseur pouvant être incorporé dans un réservoir, en particulier pour produits liquides Expired - Lifetime EP0216415B1 (fr)

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AT86201505T ATE59066T1 (de) 1985-09-11 1986-09-02 Dosier- und verteilungsvorrichtung, die mit einem behaelter kombiniert sein kann, insbesondere fuer fluessigkeiten.

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EP0269543A2 (fr) * 1986-10-23 1988-06-01 Henkel Iberica, S.A. Dispositif doseur et diffuseur pour produits liquides
DE3823709A1 (de) * 1987-07-23 1989-02-09 Colgate Palmolive Co Behaelter fuer die gesteuerte abgabe eines fluessigen mediums
DE3804666C1 (fr) * 1988-02-15 1989-07-13 Henkel Kgaa, 4000 Duesseldorf, De
EP0328987A1 (fr) * 1988-02-15 1989-08-23 Henkel Kommanditgesellschaft auf Aktien Conteneur-doseur
DE3804665A1 (de) * 1988-02-15 1989-08-24 Henkel Kgaa Dosierspeicher zur aufnahme und abgabe einer waeschebehandlungsfluessigkeit
EP0346113A1 (fr) * 1988-06-09 1989-12-13 Imperial Chemical Industries Plc Procédé de lavage
FR2637298A1 (fr) * 1985-12-23 1990-04-06 Procter & Gamble Procede pour le lavage du linge en machine et dispositif doseur et diffuseur pour la mise en oeuvre de ce procede
US4915267A (en) * 1988-02-15 1990-04-10 Henkel Kommanditgesellshaft Auf Aktien Dispensing storage container for a laundry treatment material
DE19549440A1 (de) * 1995-12-20 1997-06-26 Henkel Kgaa Dosierspeicher
EP1016751A2 (fr) * 1995-12-20 2000-07-05 Henkel Kommanditgesellschaft auf Aktien Conteneur-doseur
WO2001094676A1 (fr) * 2000-06-08 2001-12-13 Henkel Kommanditgesellschaft Auf Aktien Recipient doseur destine a un additif liquide pour lessive
EP2014817A1 (fr) * 2007-07-13 2009-01-14 The Procter and Gamble Company Dispositif de dosage et de distribution
EP2392520A1 (fr) * 2010-06-04 2011-12-07 The Procter & Gamble Company Ensemble de conditionnement

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EP0331542B1 (fr) * 1988-02-03 1996-05-08 The Procter & Gamble Company Procédé et dispositif de lavage du linge en machine

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US3095722A (en) * 1961-06-02 1963-07-02 Donald L Fox Device for dispensing water or fabric conditioning substances in clothes washers
EP0109704A1 (fr) * 1982-11-17 1984-05-30 THE PROCTER & GAMBLE COMPANY Emballage pour produits liquides pourvu d'éléments verseur et doseur et d'un dispositif capteur de gouttes
EP0151549A2 (fr) * 1984-04-18 1985-08-14 THE PROCTER & GAMBLE COMPANY Utilisation, dans le lavage du linge dans une machine à tambour, d'un dispositif contenant un détergent liquide
EP0152359A1 (fr) * 1984-04-18 1985-08-21 THE PROCTER & GAMBLE COMPANY Dispositif pour le lavage en machine avec un détergent liquide et procédé mettant en oeuvre ledit dispositif
EP0201376A2 (fr) * 1985-04-03 1986-11-12 The Procter & Gamble Company Récipient de conditionnement à doseur incorporé, en particulier pour produits liquides

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US3095722A (en) * 1961-06-02 1963-07-02 Donald L Fox Device for dispensing water or fabric conditioning substances in clothes washers
EP0109704A1 (fr) * 1982-11-17 1984-05-30 THE PROCTER & GAMBLE COMPANY Emballage pour produits liquides pourvu d'éléments verseur et doseur et d'un dispositif capteur de gouttes
EP0151549A2 (fr) * 1984-04-18 1985-08-14 THE PROCTER & GAMBLE COMPANY Utilisation, dans le lavage du linge dans une machine à tambour, d'un dispositif contenant un détergent liquide
EP0152359A1 (fr) * 1984-04-18 1985-08-21 THE PROCTER & GAMBLE COMPANY Dispositif pour le lavage en machine avec un détergent liquide et procédé mettant en oeuvre ledit dispositif
EP0201376A2 (fr) * 1985-04-03 1986-11-12 The Procter & Gamble Company Récipient de conditionnement à doseur incorporé, en particulier pour produits liquides

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FR2637298A1 (fr) * 1985-12-23 1990-04-06 Procter & Gamble Procede pour le lavage du linge en machine et dispositif doseur et diffuseur pour la mise en oeuvre de ce procede
EP0269543A2 (fr) * 1986-10-23 1988-06-01 Henkel Iberica, S.A. Dispositif doseur et diffuseur pour produits liquides
EP0269543A3 (fr) * 1986-10-23 1988-06-15 Henkel Iberica, S.A. Dispositif doseur et diffuseur pour produits liquides
DE3823709A1 (de) * 1987-07-23 1989-02-09 Colgate Palmolive Co Behaelter fuer die gesteuerte abgabe eines fluessigen mediums
DE3823709C2 (de) * 1987-07-23 1999-04-01 Colgate Palmolive Co Behälter für die gesteuerte Abgabe eines flüssigen Mediums
US4893726A (en) * 1987-07-23 1990-01-16 Colgate-Palmolive Company Container for controlled release of a preferably liquid medium
DE3804665A1 (de) * 1988-02-15 1989-08-24 Henkel Kgaa Dosierspeicher zur aufnahme und abgabe einer waeschebehandlungsfluessigkeit
WO1989007686A1 (fr) * 1988-02-15 1989-08-24 Henkel Kommanditgesellschaft Auf Aktien Reservoir doseur
WO1989007676A1 (fr) * 1988-02-15 1989-08-24 Henkel Kommanditgesellschaft Auf Aktien Doseur de reception, de stockage et de distribution de produits liquides de traitement de linge
US4883203A (en) * 1988-02-15 1989-11-28 Henkel Kommanditgeschaft auf Aktien Dispensing storage container and assembly for laundry treatment material
EP0328765A1 (fr) * 1988-02-15 1989-08-23 Henkel Kommanditgesellschaft auf Aktien Conteneur-doseur pour retenir et distribuer un liquide de traitement pour le linge
EP0328987A1 (fr) * 1988-02-15 1989-08-23 Henkel Kommanditgesellschaft auf Aktien Conteneur-doseur
US4915267A (en) * 1988-02-15 1990-04-10 Henkel Kommanditgesellshaft Auf Aktien Dispensing storage container for a laundry treatment material
DE3804666C1 (fr) * 1988-02-15 1989-07-13 Henkel Kgaa, 4000 Duesseldorf, De
EP0346113A1 (fr) * 1988-06-09 1989-12-13 Imperial Chemical Industries Plc Procédé de lavage
EP0780508A3 (fr) * 1995-12-20 1997-07-16 Henkel Kommanditgesellschaft auf Aktien Conteneur-doseur
DE19549440A1 (de) * 1995-12-20 1997-06-26 Henkel Kgaa Dosierspeicher
EP1016751A2 (fr) * 1995-12-20 2000-07-05 Henkel Kommanditgesellschaft auf Aktien Conteneur-doseur
DE19549440C2 (de) * 1995-12-20 2002-09-26 Henkel Kgaa Dosierspeicher
EP1016751A3 (fr) * 1995-12-20 2003-03-19 Henkel Kommanditgesellschaft auf Aktien Conteneur-doseur
WO2001094676A1 (fr) * 2000-06-08 2001-12-13 Henkel Kommanditgesellschaft Auf Aktien Recipient doseur destine a un additif liquide pour lessive
EP2014817A1 (fr) * 2007-07-13 2009-01-14 The Procter and Gamble Company Dispositif de dosage et de distribution
WO2009010912A1 (fr) * 2007-07-13 2009-01-22 The Procter & Gamble Company Dispositif de dosage et de distribution
EP2392520A1 (fr) * 2010-06-04 2011-12-07 The Procter & Gamble Company Ensemble de conditionnement
WO2011153306A1 (fr) * 2010-06-04 2011-12-08 The Procter & Gamble Company Ensemble d'emballage

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DE3676142D1 (de) 1991-01-24
DK162777B (da) 1991-12-09
FR2587001A1 (fr) 1987-03-13
ES2002481A6 (es) 1988-08-16
ATE59066T1 (de) 1990-12-15
DK429086D0 (da) 1986-09-09
IE59052B1 (en) 1993-12-15
FI84161C (fi) 1991-10-25
FI863654A (fi) 1987-03-12
DK429086A (da) 1987-03-12
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