EP0310448B1 - Dispenser - Google Patents

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EP0310448B1
EP0310448B1 EP88309158A EP88309158A EP0310448B1 EP 0310448 B1 EP0310448 B1 EP 0310448B1 EP 88309158 A EP88309158 A EP 88309158A EP 88309158 A EP88309158 A EP 88309158A EP 0310448 B1 EP0310448 B1 EP 0310448B1
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container
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Hans Halm
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Beecham Group PLC
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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
    • B65D83/0005—Containers or packages provided with a piston or with a movable bottom or partition having approximately the same section as the container
    • B65D83/0022—Containers or packages provided with a piston or with a movable bottom or partition having approximately the same section as the container moved by a reciprocable plunger
    • 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
    • A45D40/00—Casings or accessories specially adapted for storing or handling solid or pasty toiletry or cosmetic substances, e.g. shaving soaps or lipsticks
    • A45D40/02—Casings wherein movement of the lipstick or like solid is a sliding movement

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  • the present invention relates to a container-dispenser for materials in solid or semi-solid stick or rod form, for example glue sticks, blackboard chalk, and various cosmetic and personal health products, such as eye make-up, lip stick, antiperspirants, deodorants, solid perfumes, medicated sticks, and the like.
  • EP-0295369-A, DE 678288-C and FR 2350278 examples of such container-dispensers are described in EP-0295369-A, DE 678288-C and FR 2350278, in which a piston is progressed along a tubular container body by a pressing action applied to the piston.
  • EP-2095369-A and DE 678288-C means are provided to cause a stepwise progression of the piston.
  • the present invention provides a container-dispenser for a stick-form material comprising: a hollow tubular body open at one end and closed at the base end; a central rod coaxial with the body and extending internally from the base of the body for a major part of the length of the body; a spring-loaded actuator secured to the basal end of the rod and arranged to impart a short axial movement to the rod on depression of the actuator, the rod and actuator returning to their original positions on release of the actuator; an annular follower situated within the body and surrounding the rod, and having attached to its base side an annular retaining member having peripheral legs and central legs, both sets of legs being angled toward the base, the peripheral legs being adapted to cooperatively engage with the interior wall of the body, the central legs being adapted to cooperatively engage with the central rod, the respective engagement of the legs with the body and central rod being such as to permit axial movement of the follower within the body only in the direction away from the base.
  • Figure 1 shows a longitudinal sectional view of one form of container-dispenser according to the invention.
  • the container-dispenser 10 comprises a hollow plastics cylindrical body 12 provided at one end with a recessed annular base plate 14 and at its other, open end 16 with a push-fit plastics cap 18 (although a screw-fit or other type of cap could alternatively be used).
  • An actuator button 22 is mounted within the recess 24 of the base plate 14 and is secured to the basal end of the rod 20.
  • a coiled spring 26 holds the button 22 a short distance off the bottom of the recess 24 in the rest position.
  • An annular shoulder 27 on the rod 20 abuts the top surface of the base plate 14 in the rest position and thus limits the downward movement of the rod 20 and of the button 22.
  • An annular follower 28 is located, in its start position, in the base of the body 12 around the rod. It comprises an annular plastics piston 30, containing an annular recess 32, to the base of which is attached an annular metal retaining member 34 having downwardly angled peripheral legs 36 and downwardly angled central legs 38.
  • the peripheral legs 36 co-operatively engage with the smooth interior wall of the body 12 permitting the follower 28 to slide upward (but not downward) within the body 12.
  • the central legs 38 co-operatively engage with the central rod 20 permitting relative axial movement of the follower 28 only in the direction away from the base, that is to say, permitting the follower 28 to move upward only or the rod 20 to move downward only.
  • a stick-form material 40 for example a glue stick, substantially fills the hollow body 12 above the piston 30 and around the rod 20, being retained in the annular groove 32 in the piston 30.
  • the button 22 With the cap 18 removed from the body 12, the button 22 is depressed into the basal recess 24, against the coiled spring 26, thus causing the rod 20 to move a short distance axially toward the open end 16 of the container 10.
  • the central legs 38 of the metal retaining member 34 engage the rod 20, with the result that the follower 28, and thus also the stick 40, advance upward, the peripheral legs 36 sliding against the inner wall of the body 12.
  • the spring 26 returns the button 22 and rod 20 to their rest position as shown.
  • the rod 20 slides against the central legs 38 while the peripheral legs 36 engage the inner wall of the body 12 thus preventing the follower 28 from returning to its previous position and maintaining the stick 40 in its advanced position.
  • Repeated depression and release of the button 22 will advance the stick 40 step-wise out of the open end 16 of the container 10, with the follower 28 'walking' up the rod 20, thus permitting the stick material 40 to be dispensed.
  • the cap 18 may be replaced.
  • the space 42 within the cap 18 above the open end 16 of the container 10 permits the cap 18 to be replaced while the upper end of the stick 40 is protruding from the container 10.

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  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
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  • Containers And Packaging Bodies Having A Special Means To Remove Contents (AREA)
  • Discharge Heating (AREA)
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging Apparatus (AREA)
  • Glass Compositions (AREA)
  • Closures For Containers (AREA)
  • Surgical Instruments (AREA)
  • Sampling And Sample Adjustment (AREA)
  • Massaging Devices (AREA)
  • Input Circuits Of Receivers And Coupling Of Receivers And Audio Equipment (AREA)
  • Sanitary Device For Flush Toilet (AREA)
  • Diaphragms For Electromechanical Transducers (AREA)
  • Noodles (AREA)
  • Telephone Function (AREA)
  • Mechanical Treatment Of Semiconductor (AREA)
  • Polarising Elements (AREA)
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  • Sorption Type Refrigeration Machines (AREA)
EP88309158A 1987-10-02 1988-10-03 Dispenser Expired - Lifetime EP0310448B1 (en)

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GB878723155A GB8723155D0 (en) 1987-10-02 1987-10-02 Dispenser
GB8723155 1987-10-02

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EP0310448A1 EP0310448A1 (en) 1989-04-05
EP0310448B1 true EP0310448B1 (en) 1992-03-04

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EP (1) EP0310448B1 (fi)
JP (1) JPH01139374A (fi)
AT (1) ATE73097T1 (fi)
CA (1) CA1332925C (fi)
DE (2) DE3868818D1 (fi)
DK (1) DK168652B1 (fi)
ES (2) ES2030176T3 (fi)
FI (1) FI90721C (fi)
FR (1) FR2621300B3 (fi)
GB (1) GB8723155D0 (fi)
GR (1) GR3004063T3 (fi)
IE (1) IE61047B1 (fi)
IT (1) IT214940Z2 (fi)
NO (1) NO172837C (fi)
PT (2) PT88645A (fi)
ZA (1) ZA887358B (fi)

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JPH0672171U (ja) * 1993-03-19 1994-10-07 矢崎総業株式会社 コネクタ用リヤホルダ
DE29721533U1 (de) 1997-12-05 1999-04-08 Wepa, Paulus & Thewalt GmbH u. Co. Apotheken-Bedarf, 56203 Höhr-Grenzhausen Misch- und Dosierbehälter
DE29722408U1 (de) * 1997-12-18 1998-03-05 RPC Bramlage GmbH, 49393 Lohne Spenderstift mit Schiebeknopf
US6357945B1 (en) 1998-01-21 2002-03-19 Colgate Palmolive Company Cosmetic dispenser
US6336763B1 (en) 1998-10-07 2002-01-08 Colgate-Palmolive Company Applicator for flowable substances
DE10342844A1 (de) * 2003-09-17 2005-04-28 Alfred Von Schuckmann Gerät zum Aufstreichen von Massen
US8187578B2 (en) * 2006-09-08 2012-05-29 The Procter & Gamble Company Antiperspirant compositions and methods for making same
CN105015944A (zh) * 2015-06-17 2015-11-04 苏州市瑞晟医疗器械有限公司 一种医用按压式棉签盒

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FR797113A (fr) * 1934-11-01 1936-04-21 Récipient perfectionné pour pâtes, crèmes et autres substances analogues
DE678288C (de) * 1936-12-18 1939-07-12 Bernhard Zamek Tubenaehnlicher Behaelter fuer plastische Mittel, insbesondere fuer Zahnpasta, Salben o. dgl.
DE2619441A1 (de) * 1976-05-03 1977-11-24 Wischerath Kg Josef Schiebehuelse fuer die aufnahme von fuellgutstiften, z.b. deodorantstiften u.dgl.
GB2103293B (en) * 1981-07-21 1985-03-06 Oreal Dosage dispenser device

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ES1008490Y (es) 1989-11-16
NO172837B (no) 1993-06-07
IT8835941V0 (it) 1988-10-03
IE61047B1 (en) 1994-09-21
DK168652B1 (da) 1994-05-16
NO172837C (no) 1993-09-15
ES1008490U (es) 1989-04-16
FI884530A (fi) 1989-04-03
FI90721C (fi) 1994-03-25
ZA887358B (en) 1990-05-30
DK549988D0 (da) 1988-09-30
FR2621300B3 (fr) 1989-09-22
DE8812470U1 (de) 1988-12-08
FI884530A0 (fi) 1988-09-30
NO884341D0 (no) 1988-09-30
FI90721B (fi) 1993-12-15
GR3004063T3 (fi) 1993-03-31
DE3868818D1 (de) 1992-04-09
IE882982L (en) 1989-04-02
JPH01139374A (ja) 1989-05-31
NO884341L (no) 1989-04-03
PT88645A (pt) 1989-07-31
EP0310448A1 (en) 1989-04-05
ATE73097T1 (de) 1992-03-15
FR2621300A3 (fr) 1989-04-07
CA1332925C (en) 1994-11-08
PT8841T (pt) 1994-02-28
ES2030176T3 (es) 1992-10-16
DK549988A (da) 1989-04-03
IT214940Z2 (it) 1990-07-04
GB8723155D0 (en) 1987-11-04

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