EP0244293A1 - Nozzle for dispensing a foaming product - Google Patents

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EP0244293A1
EP0244293A1 EP87400853A EP87400853A EP0244293A1 EP 0244293 A1 EP0244293 A1 EP 0244293A1 EP 87400853 A EP87400853 A EP 87400853A EP 87400853 A EP87400853 A EP 87400853A EP 0244293 A1 EP0244293 A1 EP 0244293A1
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    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
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    • 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
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  • the present invention relates to a nozzle for dispensing a foaming product intended to be mounted on a pressurized container equipped with an emerging stem valve.
  • Such a tip generally comprises a fixing element ensuring its retention on the container and a dispensing element which is movable relative to this fixing element.
  • the dispensing element comprises, on the one hand, an internal bore intended to receive in leaktight manner the emerging stem of the valve and, on the other hand, a distribution tube whose internal channel communicates with the bore.
  • the apex of the emerging rod occupies in this bore a first level, called the lower level, when the distribution element is not subjected to any action by a user, and a second level, called the upper level, when the user acts on the distribution element for causing the distribution of the product contained in the pressurized container.
  • the user when the user exerts pressure on the dispensing element, it causes, on the one hand, the opening of the valve with which the container is provided and consequently an ejection of the product contained in this container in the tube and , on the other hand, a depression of the lower part of the tube around the valve stem thanks to the bore.
  • the foaming product is therefore ejected into the tube and delivered to the upper part thereof where the user can collect the quantity of foaming product delivered.
  • no foaming product is therefore no longer ejected into the tube and consequently collected at the upper end of the latter.
  • one of the aims of the present invention is to provide a nozzle of the type described above which overcomes this drawback while being simple and economical.
  • a nozzle for dispensing a foaming product of the aforementioned type which is characterized, according to the present invention, by the fact that, in the lower wall of the bore is formed at least one groove whose apex is disposed between the above and lower levels above and whose base opens above the valve cup in an area of the bore which is not closed by the valve stem.
  • the bore area, into which the base of the groove (s) opens has a flared shape, the large section of which is closest to the valve cup and the small section of which connects to a zone of the bore whose cross section is substantially that of the emerging rod, this latter zone containing the top of the groove (s).
  • This flared area of the bore is, for example, frustoconical.
  • the zone of the bore is a cylindrical zone of circular cross section, the apex of the emerging rod coming, at its upper level, to bear against an annular shoulder in the central area from which the inner channel of the distribution tube opens.
  • the end piece comprises a plurality of grooves. This (these) is (or are) substantially parallel (s) to the axis of the bore.
  • the groove (s) has (or have), in the region of the bore whose cross section is substantially that of the emerging stem, a rectangular cross section.
  • the end piece has several grooves, these are preferably regularly distributed in the wall of the bore.
  • the element for fixing the end piece on the container is a collar snapped onto the crimping bead of the valve cup.
  • the dispensing element comprises a plate secured to the flange by an elastic hinge, this plate being provided with a pusher element and carrying the distribution tube which is arranged substantially perpendicular to the plate.
  • a nozzle designated as a whole by the reference 1, for dispensing a foaming product enclosed in a pressurized container 2, includes as a fixing element, a flange 3 making it possible to fix it by snap-fastening on the crimping bead of the valve cup 4. It also comprises a distribution element which consists of a plate 6 secured to the flange 3 by an elastic hinge 5.
  • This elastic hinge 5 is relatively thick to have a memory allowing, after use, a return to a substantially horizontal position of the plate 6.
  • This plate 6 is provided with a push element 8, or push button, and carries a tube of distribution 7 which is arranged substantially perpendicular to the plate 6, according to the present exemplary embodiment.
  • This tube has at its lower part, that is to say that by which it is connected to the plate 6, an internal bore 9 intended to receive in leaktight manner the emerging rod 10 of the valve with which this pressurized container 2 is provided. : this is particularly visible in Figure 3.
  • the top of the emerging rod 10 of the valve occupies in the bore 9 a first level, called lower, as shown in Figure 3, when a user exerts no action on the push button 8, and a second level, called the upper level, when the user acts on this push button 8 to cause the dispensing of a quantity of product.
  • grooves 11 which in this example are eight in number, are regularly distributed in the wall of the bore 9, and are substantially parallel to the axis of this bore 9.
  • the zone of the bore 9, into which the base of the grooves 11 opens, has a tapered flared shape, the large section of which is closest to the valve cup 4 and the small section of which is connected to a zone of the bore 9, the cross section of which is substantially that of the emerging rod with the clearance required to allow the sliding of this rod in the bore 9.
  • the grooves 11 have their apex located there and have a rectangular cross section.
  • This same zone is cylindrical with a circular cross section, the apex of the emerging stem coming, at its upper level, in sealed support with an annular shoulder 12 in the central zone from which the inner channel 13 of the distribution tube 7 opens.
  • the valve When the user releases his action on the push-button 8, it causes the valve to close, the wafer 6 to rise and consequently the tube 7 along the rod 10: in this position shown in FIG. 3, the top of the emerging valve stem 10 is located below the top of the grooves 11.
  • the walls of the emerging valve stem 10 and of the tube 7 delimit, at the level of the grooves 11, conduits through which may be drain off the foaming product contained in the tube 7, which will have liquefied after the ejection of a quantity of foam as explained above.
  • the liquefied foaming product discharged through the grooves 11 is collected in the valve cup 4. It therefore does not stagnate above the upper end of the valve stem 10 at the bore 9: it does not therefore more likely to penetrate inside the stem 10 of the valve and consequently to plug it while drying.

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L'embout (1)pour distribuer un produit moussant contenu dans un récipient pressurisé (2) équipé d'une valve à tige émergente (10) comporte un élément de fixation(3) assurant son maintien sur le récipient (2) et un élément de distribution mobile. Ce dernier comporte un alésage intérieur et un tube de distribution (7). Dans la paroi inférieure de l'alésage est ménagée au moins une cannelure dont le sommet est disposé entre les niveaux supérieurs et inférieurs occupés par la tige émergente (10) et dont la base débouche au-dessus de la coupelle de valve (4). Application aux récipients préssurisés.The nozzle (1) for dispensing a foaming product contained in a pressurized container (2) equipped with an emerging stem valve (10) comprises a fixing element (3) ensuring its maintenance on the container (2) and an element mobile distribution. The latter has an internal bore and a distribution tube (7). In the lower wall of the bore is provided at least one groove, the top of which is arranged between the upper and lower levels occupied by the emerging rod (10) and the base of which opens above the valve cup (4). Application to pressurized containers.

Description

la présente invention concerne un embout pour distri­buer un produit moussant destiné à être monté sur un récipient pressurisé équipé d'une valve à tige émergeante.the present invention relates to a nozzle for dispensing a foaming product intended to be mounted on a pressurized container equipped with an emerging stem valve.

Un tel embout comprend généralement un élément de fixa­tion assurant son maintien sur le récipient et un élément de distribution qui est mobile par rapport à cet élément de fixa­tion. L'élément de distribution comporte, d'une part, un alésa­ge intérieur destiné à recevoir de façon étanche la tige émer­geante de la valve et, d'autre part, un tube de distribution dont le canal intérieur communique avec l'alésage. Le sommet de la tige émergeante occupe dans cet alésage un premier niveau, dit inférieur, quand l'élément de distribution n'est soumis à aucune action d'un utilisateur, et un second niveau, dit supérieur, quand l'utilisateur agit sur l'élément de distribu­tion pour provoquer la distribution du produit contenu dans le récipient pressurisé.Such a tip generally comprises a fixing element ensuring its retention on the container and a dispensing element which is movable relative to this fixing element. The dispensing element comprises, on the one hand, an internal bore intended to receive in leaktight manner the emerging stem of the valve and, on the other hand, a distribution tube whose internal channel communicates with the bore. The apex of the emerging rod occupies in this bore a first level, called the lower level, when the distribution element is not subjected to any action by a user, and a second level, called the upper level, when the user acts on the distribution element for causing the distribution of the product contained in the pressurized container.

Ainsi, lorsque l'utilisateur exerce une pression sur l'élément de distribution, il entraîne, d'une part, l'ouverture de la valve dont est muni le récipient et par suite une éjec­tion du produit contenu dans ce récipient dans le tube et, d'autre part, un enfoncement de la partie inférieure du tube autour de la tige de valve grâce à l'alésage. Le produit mous­sant est donc éjecté dans le tube et délivré à la partie supé­rieure de celui-ci où l'utilisateur peut recueillir la quantité de produit moussant délivré. Dès que l'utilisateur relâche sa pression sur l'élément de distribution, il entraîne la fermetu­re de la valve : aucun produit moussant n'est donc plus éjecté dans le tube et par suite recueilli à l'extrémité supérieure de ce­lui-ci. Mais la faible quantité de produit moussant qui est encore situé à l'intérieur du tube, c'est-à-dire dans le canal intérieur de celui-ci y demeure : au bout d'un certain temps, le produit moussant restant dans le tube aura tendance à se liquéfier de telle sorte qu'il coulera le long de la paroi du tube jusqu'à la tige émergeante de la valve. La mousse liquéfiée peut ainsi pénétrer dans cette tige où elle sèchera, entraînant par là-­même un bouchage de celle-ci et un non-fonctionnement de la valve lorsque l'utilisateur appuiera sur l'élément de distri­bution au bout d'un certain délai.Thus, when the user exerts pressure on the dispensing element, it causes, on the one hand, the opening of the valve with which the container is provided and consequently an ejection of the product contained in this container in the tube and , on the other hand, a depression of the lower part of the tube around the valve stem thanks to the bore. The foaming product is therefore ejected into the tube and delivered to the upper part thereof where the user can collect the quantity of foaming product delivered. As soon as the user releases his pressure on the dispensing element, it causes the valve to close: no foaming product is therefore no longer ejected into the tube and consequently collected at the upper end of the latter. But the small amount of foaming product which is still located inside the tube, that is to say in the inner channel thereof remains there: after a certain time, the foaming product remaining in the tube will tend to liquefy so that it will flow along the wall of the tube to the emerging stem of the valve. Liquefied foam can thus penetrate this rod where it will dry, thereby causing it to clog and the valve not to function when the user presses on the dispensing element after a certain period of time.

Aussi un des buts de la présente invention est-il de proposer un embout du type décrit ci-dessus qui permet d'ob­vier à cet inconvénient tout en étant simple et économique.Also one of the aims of the present invention is to provide a nozzle of the type described above which overcomes this drawback while being simple and economical.

Ce but ainsi que d'autres qui apparaîtront par la suite, sont atteints par un embout pour distribuer un produit moussant du type précité, qui est caractérisé, selon la pré­sente invention, par le fait que, dans la paroi inférieure de l'alésage est ménagée au moins une cannelure dont le sommet est disposé entre les niveaux supérieur et inférieur précités et dont la base débouche au-dessus de la coupelle de valve dans une zone de l'alésage qui n'est pas obturée par la tige de la valve.This object as well as others which will appear subsequently, are achieved by a nozzle for dispensing a foaming product of the aforementioned type, which is characterized, according to the present invention, by the fact that, in the lower wall of the bore is formed at least one groove whose apex is disposed between the above and lower levels above and whose base opens above the valve cup in an area of the bore which is not closed by the valve stem.

De préférence, la zone de l'alésage, dans laquelle débouche la base de la (ou des) cannelure(s), a une forme évasée, dont la grande section est la plus voisine de la coupelle de valve et dont la petite section se raccorde à une zone de l'alésage dont la section droite est sensiblement celle de la tige émergeante, cette dernière zone contenant le sommet de la (ou des) cannelure(s). Cette zone évasée de l'a­lésage est, par exemple, tronconique.Preferably, the bore area, into which the base of the groove (s) opens, has a flared shape, the large section of which is closest to the valve cup and the small section of which connects to a zone of the bore whose cross section is substantially that of the emerging rod, this latter zone containing the top of the groove (s). This flared area of the bore is, for example, frustoconical.

Avantageusement, la zone de l'alésage dont la section droite est sensiblement celle de la tige émergeante, est une zone cylindrique à section droite circulaire, le sommet de la tige émergeante venant, à son niveau supérieur, en appui contre un épaulement annulaire dans la zone centrale duquel débouche le canal intérieur du tube de distribution.Advantageously, the zone of the bore, the cross section of which is substantially that of the emerging rod, is a cylindrical zone of circular cross section, the apex of the emerging rod coming, at its upper level, to bear against an annular shoulder in the central area from which the inner channel of the distribution tube opens.

Préférentiellement, l'embout comporte une pluralité de cannelures. Celle(s)-ci est (ou sont) sensiblement parallè­le(s) à l'axe de l'alésage.Preferably, the end piece comprises a plurality of grooves. This (these) is (or are) substantially parallel (s) to the axis of the bore.

Avantageusement, la (ou les) cannelure(s) a (ou ont), dans la zone de l'alésage dont la section droite est sensiblement celle de la tige émergeante, une section transversale rectan­gulaire.Advantageously, the groove (s) has (or have), in the region of the bore whose cross section is substantially that of the emerging stem, a rectangular cross section.

Lorsque l'embout comporte plusieurs cannelures, celles-­ci sont, de préférence, régulièrement réparties dans la paroi de l'alésage.When the end piece has several grooves, these are preferably regularly distributed in the wall of the bore.

Selon un mode de réalisation préféré de l'inventon, l'élément de fixation de l'embout sur le récipient est une collerette encliquetée sur le bourrelet de sertissage de la coupelle de valve. Dans ce cas, l'élément de distribution com­porte une plaquette solidaire de la collerette par une char­nière élastique, cette plaquette étant munie d'un élément poussoir et portant le tube de distribution qui est disposé sensiblement perpendiculairement à la plaquette.According to a preferred embodiment of the inventon, the element for fixing the end piece on the container is a collar snapped onto the crimping bead of the valve cup. In this case, the dispensing element comprises a plate secured to the flange by an elastic hinge, this plate being provided with a pusher element and carrying the distribution tube which is arranged substantially perpendicular to the plate.

La description qui va suivre et qui ne présente aucun caractère limitatif, doit être lue en regard des figures annexées parmi lesquelles :

  • - la figure 1 est une vue extérieure d'un récipient pressurisé comportant un embout selon la présente invention ;
  • - la figure 2 est une coupe verticale de la partie supérieure du récipient pressurisé de la figure 1 comportant cet embout ;
  • - la figure 3 est une vue à plus grande échelle de la zone A de la figure 2 lorsqu'aucune action n'est exercée sur la valve du récipient pressurisé ;
  • - la figure 4 correspond à la figure 3 lorsqu'une action est exercée sur la valve du récipient pressurisé ; et
  • - la figure 5 est une coupe transversale selon la li­gne V-V de la figure 3.
The description which follows and which does not have any limiting character, must be read with reference to the appended figures among which:
  • - Figure 1 is an external view of a pressurized container comprising a nozzle according to the present invention;
  • - Figure 2 is a vertical section of the upper part of the pressurized container of Figure 1 comprising this nozzle;
  • - Figure 3 is an enlarged view of the area A of Figure 2 when no action is exerted on the valve of the pressurized container;
  • - Figure 4 corresponds to Figure 3 when an action is exerted on the valve of the pressurized container; and
  • - Figure 5 is a cross section along the line VV of Figure 3.

Ainsi qu'on peut le voir notamment sur les figures 1 et 2, un embout, désigné dans son ensemble par le référence 1, pour distribuer un produit moussant enfermé dans un récipient pressurisé 2, comporte comme élément de fixation, une colle­rette 3 permettant de le fixer par encliquetage sur le bourre­let de sertissage de la coupelle de valve 4. Il comporte également un élément de distribution qui est constitué d'une plaquette 6 solidaire de la collerette 3 par une charnière élastique 5. Cette charnière élastique 5 est relativement épaisse pour avoir une mémoire permettant, après utilisation, un retour à une position sensiblement horizon­tale de la plaquette 6. Cette plaquette 6 est munie d'un élément poussoir 8, ou bouton-poussoir, et porte un tube de distribution 7 qui est disposé sen­siblement perpendiculairement à la plaquette 6, selon le présent exemple de réalisation.As can be seen in particular in FIGS. 1 and 2, a nozzle, designated as a whole by the reference 1, for dispensing a foaming product enclosed in a pressurized container 2, includes as a fixing element, a flange 3 making it possible to fix it by snap-fastening on the crimping bead of the valve cup 4. It also comprises a distribution element which consists of a plate 6 secured to the flange 3 by an elastic hinge 5. This elastic hinge 5 is relatively thick to have a memory allowing, after use, a return to a substantially horizontal position of the plate 6. This plate 6 is provided with a push element 8, or push button, and carries a tube of distribution 7 which is arranged substantially perpendicular to the plate 6, according to the present exemplary embodiment.

Ce tube comporte à sa partie inférieure, c'est-à-dire celle par laquelle il se raccorde à la plaquette 6, un alésage intérieur 9 destiné à recevoir de façon étanche la tige émer­geante 10 de la valve dont est muni ce récipient 2 pressurisé : ceci est notamment visible sur la figure 3. Le sommet de la tige émergeante 10 de la valve occupe dans l'alésage 9 un pre­mier niveau, dit inférieur, comme représenté sur la figure 3, quand un utilisateur n'exerce aucune action sur le bouton-­poussoir 8, et un second niveau, dit supérieur, quand l'utili­sateur agit sur ce bouton-poussoir 8 pour provoquer la distri­bution d'une quantité de produit.This tube has at its lower part, that is to say that by which it is connected to the plate 6, an internal bore 9 intended to receive in leaktight manner the emerging rod 10 of the valve with which this pressurized container 2 is provided. : this is particularly visible in Figure 3. The top of the emerging rod 10 of the valve occupies in the bore 9 a first level, called lower, as shown in Figure 3, when a user exerts no action on the push button 8, and a second level, called the upper level, when the user acts on this push button 8 to cause the dispensing of a quantity of product.

Selon la présente invention, dans la paroi inférieure de l'alésage 9 sont ménagées des cannelures 11 dont les sommets sont disposés entre les niveaux inférieur et supérieur et dont les bases débouchent au-dessus de la coupelle de valve 4, dans une zone de l'alésage 9 qui n'est pas obturée par la tige émer­geante 10 de la valve. Ces cannelures 11, qui sont dans cet exemple au nombre de huit, sont régulièrement réparties dans la paroi de l'alésage 9, et sont sensiblement parallèles à l'axe de cet alésage 9.According to the present invention, in the lower wall of the bore 9 are provided grooves 11 whose vertices are disposed between the lower and upper levels and whose bases open above the valve cup 4, in an area of bore 9 which is not closed by the emerging rod 10 of the valve. These grooves 11, which in this example are eight in number, are regularly distributed in the wall of the bore 9, and are substantially parallel to the axis of this bore 9.

La zone de l'alésage 9, dans laquelle débouche la base des cannelures 11, a une forme évasée tronconique, dont la grande section est la plus voisine de la coupelle de valve 4 et dont la petite section se raccorde à une zone de l'alésage 9 dont la section droite est sensiblement celle de la tige émer­geante au jeu près nécessaire pour permettre le coulissement de cette tige dans l'alésage 9. Dans cette dernière zone, les cannelures 11 y ont leur sommet situé et ont une section trans­versale rectangulaire. Cette même zone est cylindrique à section droite circulaire, le sommet de la tige émergeante venant, à son niveau supérieur, en appui étanche avec un épaulement an­nulaire 12 dans la zone centrale duquel débouche le canal intérieur 13 du tube de distribution 7.The zone of the bore 9, into which the base of the grooves 11 opens, has a tapered flared shape, the large section of which is closest to the valve cup 4 and the small section of which is connected to a zone of the bore 9, the cross section of which is substantially that of the emerging rod with the clearance required to allow the sliding of this rod in the bore 9. In this latter zone, the grooves 11 have their apex located there and have a rectangular cross section. This same zone is cylindrical with a circular cross section, the apex of the emerging stem coming, at its upper level, in sealed support with an annular shoulder 12 in the central zone from which the inner channel 13 of the distribution tube 7 opens.

Lorsque l'utilisateur exerce une pression sur le bou­ton-poussoir 8, comme représenté par la flèche F sur la figure 4, il abaisse la plaquette 6 par rotation autour de la charnière 5 de telle sorte que l'ouverture de la valve est provoquée. Du produit moussant est alors éjecté hors du récipient 2 dans le tube 7 : l'utilisateur recueille du produit moussant à l'extré­mité du tube 7 tant qu'il maintient sa pression sur le bouton-­poussoir 8. Du fait de l'abaissement de la plaquette 6, l'épau­lement 12 vient en appui étanche avec le sommet de la tige émergeante 10 : celle-ci obture ainsi le sommet des cannelures 11.When the user exerts a pressure on the push button 8, as represented by the arrow F in FIG. 4, he lowers the plate 6 by rotation around the hinge 5 so that the opening of the valve is caused. Foaming product is then ejected from the container 2 into the tube 7: the user collects foaming product at the end of the tube 7 as long as he maintains his pressure on the push button 8. Due to the lowering of the plate 6, the shoulder 12 comes into leaktight support with the top of the emerging rod 10: the latter thus closes off the top of the grooves 11.

Lorsque l'utilisateur relâche son action sur le bouton-pous­soir 8, il entraîne une fermeture de la valve, une remontée de la plaquette 6 et par suite du tube 7 le long de la tige 10 : dans cette position représentée à la figure 3, le sommet de la tige émergeante 10 de valve est situé au-dessous du sommet des cannelures 11. Ainsi, les parois de la tige émergeante 10 de valve et du tube 7 délimitent, au niveau des cannelures 11, des conduits par lesquels pourra s'écouler le produit moussant, contenu dans le tube 7, qui se sera liquéfié après l'éjection d'une quantité de mousse comme expliqué plus haut.When the user releases his action on the push-button 8, it causes the valve to close, the wafer 6 to rise and consequently the tube 7 along the rod 10: in this position shown in FIG. 3, the top of the emerging valve stem 10 is located below the top of the grooves 11. Thus, the walls of the emerging valve stem 10 and of the tube 7 delimit, at the level of the grooves 11, conduits through which may be drain off the foaming product contained in the tube 7, which will have liquefied after the ejection of a quantity of foam as explained above.

Le produit moussant liquéfié évacué par les cannelures 11 est recueilli dans la coupelle de valve 4. Il ne vient donc pas stagner au-dessus de l'extrémité supérieure de la tige 10 de valve au niveau de l'alésage 9 : il n'a donc plus tendance à pénètrer à l'intérieur de la tige 10 de la valve et par suite de la boucher en séchant.The liquefied foaming product discharged through the grooves 11 is collected in the valve cup 4. It therefore does not stagnate above the upper end of the valve stem 10 at the bore 9: it does not therefore more likely to penetrate inside the stem 10 of the valve and consequently to plug it while drying.

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Embout pour distribuer un produit moussant contenu dans un récipient pressurisé (2) équipé d'une valve à tige émergeante portée par une coupelle de valve (4), ledit embout comportant un élément de fixation assurant son maintien sur le récipient (2) et un élément de distribution mobile par rapport audit élément de fixation, l'élément de distribution comportant, d'une part, un alésage intérieur (9) destiné à recevoir de façon étanche la tige émergeante de la valve et, d'autre part, un tube de distribution (7) dont le canal intérieur communi­que avec l'alésage (9), le sommet de la tige émergeante (10) de la valve occupant dans l'alésage (9) un premier niveau, dit inférieur, quand l'élément de distribution n'est soumis à aucune action d'un utilisateur, et un deuxième niveau, dit supérieur, quand un utilisateur agit sur l'élément de distri­bution pour provoquer la distribution, caractérisé par le fait que, dans la paroi inférieure dudit alésage (9) est ménagée au moins une cannelure (11), dont le sommet est disposé entre les niveaux supérieur et inférieur précités et dont la base débou­che au-dessus de la coupelle de valve (4), dans une zone de l'alésage (9) qui n'est pas obturée par la tige (10) de la valve.1. End piece for dispensing a foaming product contained in a pressurized container (2) equipped with a valve with an emerging stem carried by a valve cup (4), said end piece comprising a fixing element ensuring its retention on the container (2) and a distribution element movable relative to said fixing element, the distribution element comprising, on the one hand, an internal bore (9) intended to receive in leaktight manner the emerging stem of the valve and, on the other hand, a distribution tube (7) whose inner channel communicates with the bore (9), the top of the emerging rod (10) of the valve occupying in the bore (9) a first level, called the lower level, when the distribution element is not subjected to any action by a user, and a second level, called the upper level, when a user acts on the distribution element to cause the distribution, characterized in that, in the lower wall of said bore (9) is formed at least one groove (11) , the apex of which is arranged between the above-mentioned upper and lower levels and the base of which opens above the valve cup (4), in an area of the bore (9) which is not closed by the rod ( 10) of the valve. 2. Embout selon la revendication 1, caractérisé par le fait que la zone de l'alésage (9), dans laquelle débouche la base de la (ou des) cannelure(s) (11), a une forme évasée, dont la grande section est la plus voisine de la coupelle de valve (4) et dont la petite section se raccorde à une zone de l'alésage (9) dont la section droite est sensiblement celle de la tige émergeante (10), cette dernière zone contenant le sommet de la (ou des) cannelure(s).2. End piece according to claim 1, characterized in that the zone of the bore (9), into which the base of the (or) groove (s) (11) opens, has a flared shape, the large section is the closest to the valve cup (4) and whose small section is connected to a zone of the bore (9) whose cross section is substantially that of the emerging rod (10), this latter zone containing the top of the groove (s). 3. Embout selon la revendication 2, caractérisé par le fait que la zone évazée de l'alésage (9) est tronconique.3. End piece according to claim 2, characterized in that the vented area of the bore (9) is frustoconical. 4. Embout selon l'une des revendications 2 ou 3, caractérisé par le fait que la zone de l'alésage (9), dont la section droite est sensiblement celle de la tige émergeante (10), est une zone cylindrique à section droite circulaire, le sommet de la tige émergeante (10) venant, à son niveau supé­rieur, en appui contre un épaulement annulaire dans la zone centrale duquel débouche le canal intérieur du tube de dis­tribution (7).4. End piece according to one of claims 2 or 3, characterized in that the zone of the bore (9), the cross section of which is substantially that of the emerging rod (10) is a cylindrical zone with a circular cross section, the top of the emerging rod (10) coming, at its upper level, to bear against an annular shoulder in the central zone from which the inner channel of the distribution tube opens (7 ). 5. Embout selon l'une des revendications 1 à 4, caractérisé par le fait qu'il comporte une pluralité de can­nelures (11).5. End piece according to one of claims 1 to 4, characterized in that it comprises a plurality of grooves (11). 6. Embout selon l'une des revendications 1 à 5, caractérisé par le fait que le (ou les) cannelure(s) (11) est (ou sont) sensiblement parallèle(s) à l'axe de l'alésage (9).6. End piece according to one of claims 1 to 5, characterized in that the (or the) groove (s) (11) is (or are) substantially parallel (s) to the axis of the bore (9 ). 7. Embout selon la revendication 2, caractérisé par le fait que la (ou les) cannelure(s) (11) a (ou ont), dans la zone de l'alésage (9) dont la section droite est sensiblement celle de la tige émergeante (10), une section transversale rectangulaire.7. End piece according to claim 2, characterized in that the (or) groove (s) (11) has (or have), in the region of the bore (9) whose cross section is substantially that of the emerging rod (10), a rectangular cross section. 8. Embout selon la revendication 5, caractérisé par le fait que les cannelures (11) sont régulièrement réparties dans la paroi de l'alésage (9).8. End piece according to claim 5, characterized in that the grooves (11) are regularly distributed in the wall of the bore (9). 9. Embout selon l'une des revendications 1 à 8, caractérisé par le fait que l'élément de fixation de l'embout sur le récipient est une collerette (3) encliquetée sur le bourrelet de sertissage de la coupelle de valve (4).9. End piece according to one of claims 1 to 8, characterized in that the element for fixing the end piece to the container is a flange (3) snapped onto the crimping bead of the valve cup (4) . 10. Embout selon la revendication 9, caractérisé par le fait que l'élément de distribution comporte une plaquette (6) solidaire de la collerette (3) par une charnière élastique (5), ladite plaquette (6) étant munie d'un élément poussoir (8) et portant le tube de distribution (7) qui est disposé sensi­blement perpendiculairement à la plaquette (6).10. End piece according to claim 9, characterized in that the dispensing element comprises a plate (6) integral with the collar (3) by an elastic hinge (5), said plate (6) being provided with an element pusher (8) and carrying the distribution tube (7) which is arranged substantially perpendicular to the plate (6).
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