EP0324289A1 - Durch Ververformung unter Druck gesetzter elastischer Behälter als Spender für Flüssigkeiten oder Pasten - Google Patents

Durch Ververformung unter Druck gesetzter elastischer Behälter als Spender für Flüssigkeiten oder Pasten Download PDF

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EP0324289A1
EP0324289A1 EP88402681A EP88402681A EP0324289A1 EP 0324289 A1 EP0324289 A1 EP 0324289A1 EP 88402681 A EP88402681 A EP 88402681A EP 88402681 A EP88402681 A EP 88402681A EP 0324289 A1 EP0324289 A1 EP 0324289A1
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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
    • B65D83/0055—Containers or packages provided with a flexible bag or a deformable membrane or diaphragm for expelling the contents
    • B65D83/0061—Containers or packages provided with a flexible bag or a deformable membrane or diaphragm for expelling the contents the contents of a flexible bag being expelled by the contracting forces inherent in the bag or a sleeve fitting snugly around the bag

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  • the present invention relates to a dispenser for liquid or pasty products consisting of a deformable container hermetically sealed by a valve.
  • the elasticity of the container is also used to pressurize the product to be dispensed.
  • the present invention retains the idea of a deformation imposed beforehand on an elastic container in order to pressurize the product to be dispensed.
  • an implementation of this principle is sought which would be simpler than that carried out in the prior art.
  • the container be formed of a single envelope.
  • the present invention provides a distributor of liquid or pasty products pressurized by prior deformation of an elastic container, said container being closed by a valve of a nature such that at no time, from the area is present inside said container and the capacity of said container varying with its deformation state, characterized in that said elastic container is designed to be deformable using mechanical means.
  • said valve is a precompression.
  • said mechanical means consist of a non-deformable part comprising a recess to receive said container by forcing it to deform so that its capacity increases.
  • said elastic container is a flat tube having two flexible faces, two sides and a bottom, said sides and said bottom being connected by corners, as well as a neck, said sides, said bottom and said corners being reinforced and said neck being constituted by a rigid base surmounted by a neck.
  • an envelope comprising said faces, said sides, said font and said corners is welded to said base of said neck.
  • said corners of said flat tube are rounded to facilitate the introduction of said tube into said recess of said non-deformable part constituting said mechanical means.
  • said recess of said non-deformable part constituting said mechanical means is preferably a cylinder of elliptical section, the long side of said elliptical section being less than the distance separating said sides of said tube when said tube is at rest.
  • said elastic container is a cylindrical bottle having an elongated neck, an ovoid body and a bottom, said ovoid body having flexible faces connected by a reinforced edge and said neck and said bottom being rigid .
  • said recess of said non-deformable part constituting said mechanical means is advantageously a cylinder of circular section, the diameter of said section being less than the diameter of said edge of said bottle when said bottle is at rest.
  • the dispenser of the invention does not require that the product is introduced therein under pressure.
  • the filling is effected at atmospheric pressure, which considerably simplifies this operation as well as that of crimping the valve.
  • the product remains at all times protected from air and therefore does not risk deterioration by oxidation or contamination. This absence of air also avoids the need for a dip tube since the interior of the container contains only product to be dispensed. Likewise, the emission of the product can be caused in any position of the dispenser relative to the vertical.
  • Figures 1 to 4 it is a flat tube 1.
  • the front view of Figure 1 shows, thanks to a partial longitudinal section along the plane II-II of Figure 2, that it consists of an elongated envelope and a neck.
  • the neck also specified by the top view of FIG. 3, comprises a base 16 of elliptical shape surmounted by a cylindrical neck 17. It is preferably molded in one piece from a fairly rigid plastic material.
  • the envelope is on the contrary molded in a flexible material, advantageously polyethylene or polypropylene. It is welded at its upper edge 14 to the base 16 of the neck. Given the respective sections of the base 16 and the envelope, there follows a certain setback of the edge 14 along the throttled part of the neck.
  • the one shown in Figure 2 is specific to the tube when it has just been manufactured.
  • the tube 1 is in fact placed in a rigid tube holder 3 (made of steel for example).
  • the rounded corners 15 of the envelope facilitate its introduction into the recess 31 of the tube holder 3.
  • the latter has a height slightly less than that of the envelope of the tube 1 (cf. FIG. 5) and an elliptical section (cf. Figure 6).
  • the long side of the ellipse is however less than the distance between the two sides 11 and 12 of the unconstrained envelope. Also when the latter is forced into the recess 31 of the tube holder 3, it is caused to deform.
  • the periphery of the tube 1 at rest is shown in dotted lines in FIGS. 5 and 6.
  • tube 1 during this operation. Its section becomes more oval and approaches that of the base 16 of the neck. The recess at the weld of the edges 14 therefore disappears along the faces of the envelope. However, it appears around its sides 11 and 12. In total, the capacity of the tube becomes significantly greater.
  • the valve 2 can be formed of a simple valve whose actuation frees a passage for the product towards the outside.
  • the hermetically closed tube 1 is removed from the tube holder 3, its elastic walls seek to resume their original shape (cf. FIGS. 7 and 8). They therefore tend to compress the product.
  • the latter is not very compressible, such as a liquid or a paste, this results in an increase in its pressure which therefore becomes greater than atmospheric pressure. Therefore, the simple actuation of the valve causes a lively emission of product to the outside.
  • the outlet valve opens in fact that if the pressure in the pump chamber exceeds a certain value determined by a prior calibration elastic means.
  • this value is chosen to be greater than the maximum pressure of the product, to which is added the additional pressure appearing when the user manipulates the tube. No product is therefore likely to be released unintentionally.
  • the pump really begins to be useful when a sufficient quantity of product has been emitted so that the tube has returned to its initial shape. It allows you to continue extracting the product. For this there is no need for a dip tube since all the volume available inside the tube is occupied by product. For the same reason, emission can be caused in all positions of the tube relative to the vertical. While the evacuation of the product continues, a depression then develops within the tube 1. Its faces 10 therefore begin to approach one another finally giving the shape described by the front, side and in cross section of Figures 9, 10 and 11 respectively. By this means, it is possible to expel between 90% and 95% of the product initially placed in the tube 1.
  • Such a cylindrical bottle 1 is shown just after its manufacture in front view in FIG. 13 and in top view in FIG. 12. It comprises an elongated neck 17 molded in one piece with a body of ovoid shape. The most rounded part of the ovoid has an edge 11 which is equivalent to the sides 11 and 12 of the envelope of the flat tube. It is in fact reinforced by an extra thickness of material while the faces 10 of the body of the bottle 1 are thinner. Furthermore, a bottom 13, also reinforced, makes it possible to give the bottle a seat. It also offers a support point for the thumb, for example of the user, who can thus manipulate it with one hand by passing two fingers over the face 10 of the bottle opposite the bottom 13.
  • the bottle is filled while it is placed in a rigid bottle holder 3.
  • the recess 31 of the bottle holder 3 is this time cylindrical, its inner section having a diameter substantially smaller than the outside diameter presented by the edge 11 when the bottle is at rest (see the outline drawn in dotted lines in FIG. 14).
  • the positioning of the bottle within the recess 31 results in a change in shape which the faces 10 of the bottle allow due to their elasticity. This results in a significant increase in its capacity (for example double the capacity of the unconstrained bottle).
  • valve 2 When the bottle 1 is filled to the brim, a valve 2 is crimped onto its neck 17 so that all the air is absent inside the bottle.
  • the valve 2 is preferably a precompression pump.
  • the pressure prevailing within the bottle also goes through three phases. Initially, the walls of the bottle 1 seek to return to their original shape and therefore compress the liquid or pasty product present in the bottle. Then, over the product emissions, the pressure decreases while the bottle 1 returns to its original size. Finally, the pump 2 authorizing further extraction of the product, the interior of the bottle is placed under vacuum.
  • the flexible faces 10 then approach each other as shown in Figure 15. The absence of the dip tube allows maximum flattening of the initially ovoid body.
  • the user can favor the latest emissions by pressing on the bottom 13 of the bottle. This possibility is made all the easier since the assembly of the bottle 1 and of the valve 2 constitutes a sprayer operating in all positions. This results in an exhaustion of the product which easily reaches 95% of the initial quantity.

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EP88402681A 1988-01-08 1988-10-24 Durch Ververformung unter Druck gesetzter elastischer Behälter als Spender für Flüssigkeiten oder Pasten Expired - Lifetime EP0324289B1 (de)

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FR8800122A FR2625729B1 (fr) 1988-01-08 1988-01-08 Dispositif de distribution de produit pateux

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