EP0329532B1 - Appareil pour la distribution d'une préparation détergente telle que savon ou analogue, en particulier savon liquide - Google Patents

Appareil pour la distribution d'une préparation détergente telle que savon ou analogue, en particulier savon liquide Download PDF

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EP0329532B1
EP0329532B1 EP89400368A EP89400368A EP0329532B1 EP 0329532 B1 EP0329532 B1 EP 0329532B1 EP 89400368 A EP89400368 A EP 89400368A EP 89400368 A EP89400368 A EP 89400368A EP 0329532 B1 EP0329532 B1 EP 0329532B1
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47K—SANITARY EQUIPMENT NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; TOILET ACCESSORIES
    • A47K5/00—Holders or dispensers for soap, toothpaste, or the like
    • A47K5/06—Dispensers for soap
    • A47K5/12—Dispensers for soap for liquid or pasty soap
    • A47K5/1211—Dispensers for soap for liquid or pasty soap using pressure on soap, e.g. with piston
    • A47K5/1215—Dispensers for soap for liquid or pasty soap using pressure on soap, e.g. with piston applied by a peristaltic action

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  • the present invention relates to an apparatus for dispensing a detergent preparation such as soap or the like, in particular liquid soap, according to the preamble of claim 1.
  • the presently known dispensing devices can be subdivided into two main categories and, in particular, a first type known as a "free-loading" dispenser, and a second type called in the specific technique, a "cartridge" dispenser.
  • the dispensing apparatus is capable of eliminating all the drawbacks of the two categories of dispensers but, preferably, those which belong to the category of dispensers of the cartridge version. Although reference is made to these latter in the present description, the invention can be applied, without particular measures which are not within the reach of those skilled in the art, also to dispensers with a loading tank by the top, closed or not by a cap.
  • the dispensing devices include, integral with each other, the cartridge or container of liquid soap, the soap dispensing pump which aims to control the discharge of the latter from the container, and a dispensing valve thanks to which it is possible to adjust and scale the individual doses of soap dispensed.
  • a “cartridge” dispenser the whole is arranged inside a container-shaped body of rigid material, generally plastic, which is suitably suspended and fixed to the wall by a any conventional means.
  • the container-shaped body is opened and everything inside the container is eliminated, that is to say, the cartridge, the distribution pump and control valve. These components are replaced by an identical set, in which the cartridge is filled with soap.
  • a final aspect which positively influences the overall cost of the dispensing device is due to the fact that the refilling of said device is facilitated, since it suffices to remove the cartridge, with the pump and the valve which are integral with it, and to quickly mount a new set.
  • the high cost of the cartridge-dispensing pump-regulating valve assembly constitutes a notable drawback.
  • the cost of these last two components in addition to that of the cartridge, of course, as an essential element of the dispenser, has an impact on the cost of the individual dose of soap dispensed.
  • This device is therefore still relatively expensive compared to a device where only the soap cartridge would have to be changed when it is empty.
  • the quality of the tight closure of the appendix 30 of the cartridge 4, therefore the absence of leakage when the device in service is at rest depends largely on the precision with which the cover 2 and the plate 3 are manufactured. It is indeed on this precision that will depend the force with which the boss 27 of the plate 3 is pressed elastically against the inner edge of the opening 19 in order to pinch the appendage 30 of the cartridge 4. From a manufacturing cost point of view, such precision is contradictory with the disposable nature of the elements in question.
  • the insertion of the appendix 30 of the cartridge 4 into the opening 19 is inconvenient, because it is first necessary to move the boss 27 away from the inner edge of the opening 19, by deforming the elastic lower part. 21 of the plate 3, and it is then necessary to pass the appendix 30, which is "swollen" by the soap, through the relatively narrow slot thus obtained.
  • this known device also comprises, in addition to the base 41 and the cover 42, several molded or shaped parts (rubber band 60, clamping element 61, press 65 and spring 73) which must be assembled or fixed to the cover. 42 or to the base 41.
  • the positioning of the soap cartridge 44 in the apparatus is awkward because, after having hung the cartridge on the pins 48 of the base 41, it is then necessary to pass the appendix 58 of the cartridge between the rubber band 60 and the clamping element 61, separating them from one another against the return force of the spring 73.
  • one of the main objects of the present invention is to provide a device for dispensing soap, in particular liquid soap which, thanks to its original conformation, allows the elimination of both the dispensing pump and the valve which is associated with it.
  • the device while being more economical compared to conventional devices, is extremely simplified, so that any maintenance that it could require is reduced, if not directly eliminated.
  • the dispensing device of the invention is produced according to what is indicated in the characterizing part of claim 1.
  • Another characteristic of the device according to the invention lies in the fact that it distributes predetermined doses of liquid soap by means of suitable members associated or forming an integral part of the structure of the dispenser and which, acting mutually with each other and with the cartridge or the soap container, cause said predetermined soap doses to exit from the latter.
  • the whole is controlled by an operating lever projecting from the container of the device, the operation of which comprises that of the above-mentioned members and, consequently, the discharge of one dose at a time from the cartridge.
  • the different doses of liquid to be dispensed accumulate by gravity at the start, opposite the outlet end of the soap container and then, once each dose has been thus formed in this zone, after an operation of the control lever, said dose is ejected from the container of liquid soap. The cycle then repeats for each dose.
  • Another advantage derives from the fact that the assembly of the entire device does not require locking elements such as screws or the like or, in general, metallic connection elements. Corrosion phenomena, present in conventional dispensing devices, and extremely damaging, are therefore completely eliminated.
  • FIGS. 2, 3 and 4 For a global understanding of the dispensing device according to the invention, reference will first be made to FIGS. 2, 3 and 4, so as to be able to describe briefly and, more particularly, what relates to the invention, in particular the conformation of 1a structure of the device in question.
  • Said device comprises a bottom wall 1, having a flat part 1a which will allow the device to be hooked and blocked on a wall.
  • This hanging of the wall 1 can be done in any known manner, for example by support hooks able to penetrate into suitable holes provided (and not shown) in part 1a or by means of conventional, essentially planar, adhesive fasteners on the two opposite faces, one of them coming to adhere and to be fixed on a wall while the other will come to adhere and to be fixed on the part 1a of the wall 1.
  • Said wall 1 has at the upper part a part inclined towards the front part of the device, designated by 1b, which is provided with support and articulation means of a closing cover 2 of the dispensing device according to the invention which is shown in Figure 2 with the cover 2 in the closed position, while it is partially represented in the open position, by the dashed line of the same figure.
  • the rear wall 1a of the dispensing device according to the invention is extended at the lower part by a second part 1c, also inclined towards the front part of the device, so that ultimately, the assembly formed by the rear wall 1a and by parts 1b and 1c, constitutes a body substantially C-shaped, the arms of which deviate from the wall 1a are slightly divergent from one another. More particularly, the length of the part 1c of the rear wall 1a is of a length greater than that of the part 1.
  • the part 1c is provided, in its median zone, with an opening 3 which allows the exit towards the outside of a part of a control lever 4, which is articulated inside the dispensing device.
  • part 1c of the device comprises, at the upper end of said part 1c, a fixed wall 5, perpendicular to the upper end of part 1c, at the end of which is articulated in a manner any known, the end 4b of the control lever 4.
  • Said control lever 4 comprises an arm 4c which will constitute the active arm of the control lever 4, which is arranged in such a way that, overall, the control lever 4 has a substantially Y-shaped conformation, the divergent arms 4a and 4c of which are of different length.
  • the arm 4a the length of which is greatest, protrudes outside the dispensing device according to the invention and will be actuated by the user.
  • the device according to the invention comprises, associated with the control lever 4, an intermediate wall 6 which, as will be explained more clearly below, is deformable in a limited way to allow the idea to be put into practice solution according to the invention and, ultimately, the operation of the device which is the subject.
  • the intermediate wall 6 is attached along one of its edges, in particular the rear edge 6a, to the rear wall 1a of the device according to the invention and this attachment is produced in known manner, by a fixing essentially by engagement, also provided with known elastic means such as for example an elastic blade (not shown) which retains the intermediate wall 6 in the desired position to allow the zones 8 and 9 thereof to be deformed during the operation of the device.
  • known elastic means such as for example an elastic blade (not shown) which retains the intermediate wall 6 in the desired position to allow the zones 8 and 9 thereof to be deformed during the operation of the device.
  • a substantially rectangular part or tongue 8 is formed, which has a high degree of elastic deformability enabling it to be brought from the initial rest position represented by the solid line in FIG. 2, in two working positions, also represented by solid lines in FIGS. 3 and 4.
  • This deformation of the part or tongue 8 of the intermediate wall 6 is achieved by the operation of the control lever 4, in particular by engagement of the end of the branch 4c of the control lever 4 on said tongue 8.
  • the control lever 4 has three active positions, the first of which, which is the rest position, being represented by the continuous line in FIG. 2, while the second position for closing the entry end of the terminal appendage of the cartridge or of the bag, is always represented by a continuous line in FIG. 3 and the third, compression of the appendix area of the cartridge containing the dose of soap, is shown in Figure 4.
  • the control lever 4 rotates clockwise to bring the part or tab 8 of the intermediate wall 6 into contact with the inner surface of the cover 2, in the zone 2a, after rotation always in the clockwise, to compress the appendix of the cartridge against the inside of the cover 2, in zone 2a.
  • the other means mentioned above are constituted, in the illustrated embodiment, by the end portion 9 of the intermediate wall 6 which is located opposite the top of the end edge of the wall 1c of the container 1 of the dispenser.
  • the liquid soap container is essentially a bag 10 of flexible plastic material, completely filled with liquid soap 11, visible in the areas of the container 10 where the material has been removed.
  • the container 10 has, at the upper end, outside the weld zone 12 which closes the container, a pair of holes 13 by means of which said container is fixed to two projecting parts 14 of the part 1b of the wall 1 of the dispenser container.
  • the container 10 is disposed essentially in a vertical position and, near its lower end, it rests on the intermediate wall 6, as shown in more detail in Figures 2, 3 and 4.
  • the wall of the cover 2 near its lower end 2a folds back towards the front part of the distributor, so that it is thus substantially parallel to the plane of the intermediate wall 6, to which it faces.
  • the container 10 takes, in its zone 10a, of width significantly less than that of the remaining part of the container 10, a substantially flattened shape which will essentially constitute a chamber in which will be formed and from which the different doses of soap will be ejected. liquid.
  • the liquid soap 11 flows inside the delimited chamber, in the part 10a of the container 10, by the sole action of gravity.
  • the part or tab 8 is in the position shown in Figure 2, in which it exerts no action on the wall bottom of the container 10, in particular at its bottom end 10a, which means that this wall simply presses on the intermediate wall 6 of the container of the device according to the invention.
  • the first working position of the control lever 4 is shown in FIG. 3, where it can be seen that said lever has made, under the effect of a manual action on the part of the user, a rotation in the clockwise in the direction of arrow F, by a predetermined angle and by a value such that the end of the branch 4c of the control lever 4 has come into contact with the tongue 8 and the has brought into the position shown on the said figure, in which it causes the closure of the zone 10a of the container 10 upwards, that is to say towards the upper part of the container 10 which is "separated" from the chamber 10a, as explained below.
  • the tongue or part 8 of the intermediate wall 6 of the device then performs an additional rotation in the clockwise direction, corresponding to an additional rotation of the control lever 4.
  • This action determines a pushing of the soap contained in the terminal part 10a of the container 10, with a tendency of the latter, consequently, to come out of the end container terminal, indicated by 20.
  • the terminal end 20 which is essentially a channel-shaped portion of the container 10, is initially closed by a part removable by fracture or cutting 21 when the container 10 is placed in the device as shown in FIG. 2, said removable part 21 being fractured or cut so as to thus release the distribution end 20.
  • the cartridge Opposite the channel-shaped part 20, the cartridge has a second pair of holes 13a having a function similar to that of the holes 13, for blocking the cartridge 10 on the container.
  • the intermediate wall 6, provided with two parts 8 and 9 which collaborate in the formation of a chamber intended to receive a dose and in the ejection of this- ci, is provided, facing part 8, with a folded part 22, convex in the direction of the internal wall of the cover 2.
  • the folded part 22 substantially forms a rib, so that, as shown in FIG. 3, when the control lever 4 causes the rotation of the part 8, the rib 22 comes to close the passage of the soap, from the container 10 to the chamber 10a. It may in fact be noted in FIG.
  • part 8 actuated directly by the control lever 4, and of part 9, allows the formation of a dose of liquid soap in the chamber 10a when the control lever 4 is in the position shown in FIG. 2.
  • the dose is dispensed when the control lever 4 is brought in, by an additional rotation in the clockwise direction (always in the direction of the arrow F) in the second position of work shown in figure 4.
  • Part 8 continues to flex under the thrust of arm 4c of lever 4, until it comes to fully support against the inner face of the cover 2, in zone 2a.
  • the soap contained in the zone 10a leaves the channel 20, which opens under the pressure of the soap, which causes the part 9 to bend away from the end part of the cover 2 (enlarged detail of FIG. 4).
  • liquid soap container 10 has already been positioned in the position shown in FIG. 1, that is to say with the upper part (hole 13) attached to the rear wall 1 of the container and the terminal part 10a of the latter supported on the intermediate wall 6 and hooked to its lower part via the holes 13a, on lugs, not shown, provided on the intermediate wall 6, more precisely next to its part 9, because this latter part must be able to be move relative to the plane of the intermediate wall 6.
  • the area 10a of the cartridge 10 is filled by gravity. Closing the cover 2 of the dispenser closes the channel 20 of the cartridge 10 between said cover and the part 9 of the part 6.
  • the dispenser is ready for use.
  • the control lever 4 is in the rest position ( Figure 2) and the chamber 10a is filled with soap.
  • the soap cannot leave the container 10 since the part 9 of the intermediate wall 6 presses on the end part of the cover 2, which closes the channel 20.
  • control lever 4 is released and returns to the starting position by the action of the part 8 which tends, elastically, to return to the starting position shown in FIG. 2.
  • the part 9 closes the terminal end 20 of the container 10, so that one can therefore again have the formation of a next dose of soap in the chamber 10a since the two opposite walls of the container 10 which had been put in contact by the rib 22 against the cover 2 in the zone 2a are now separated from each other.
  • a small block of elastic material such as for example rubber or the like, designated by 40, is inserted on the terminal part of the tongue 9, which has the function of contributing to the perfect closing of the channel-shaped conduit 20, to avoid loss of soap, such as for example the dropwise flow of said soap when there is no distribution thereof.
  • the device according to the invention is finally provided with means for adjusting the stroke and, more precisely, the angle of rotation of the control lever 4, in order to be able to modify the quantity of soap of the individual doses.
  • Said means consist of a small block of rigid material 41, fixed in a removable and adjustable manner on the internal part of the branch 1c of the wall 1 of the distribution device, part of which projects through the opening 3 in which the control arm 4a of the control lever 4.
  • the length of the block 41 which projects inside said opening due to the fact that it can be modified, will ensure the modification accordingly the angle of rotation of the control lever 4, which can be increased or decreased.
  • a box-shaped element 42 essentially parallelepiped, which has at the front part a removable area 43, the whole constituting a covering for the soap cartridge.
  • the latter can be sold by providing the box-shaped element 42 with possible ornamental representations, capable of communicating a pleasing aesthetic appearance to said covering.
  • the dispensing device will be provided for this purpose, inside, of supports or the like, on which the covering 42 will bear, which now will no longer require the need to provide the holes! 3 since it will be said covering which will support cartridge 10.
  • the best known variant is that produced by a loading soap dispenser device using the same inventive concept of the cartridge loader described above.
  • a loading soap dispenser device using the same inventive concept of the cartridge loader described above.
  • Another remarkable variant concerns means for varying the quantity of the individual doses of soap which, in the embodiment described above, consist of small removable blocks 41.
  • Another variant concerns the small elastic sealing block 40 which could on the other hand be disposed on a suitable re-entrant part of the end part of the cover 2, from which it would protrude, coming into contact with the conduit 20.
  • Another possible variant or modification of the device according to the invention relates, in general, to the type of liquid which it is able to distribute and which could be not liquid soap, but any other liquid essentially having the same characteristics.

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EP89400368A 1988-02-17 1989-02-09 Appareil pour la distribution d'une préparation détergente telle que savon ou analogue, en particulier savon liquide Expired - Lifetime EP0329532B1 (fr)

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AT89400368T ATE70421T1 (de) 1988-02-17 1989-02-09 Apparat zum spenden eines reinigungsmittels, wie seife oder aehnliches, insbesondere fluessige seife.

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IT8819437A IT1215897B (it) 1988-02-17 1988-02-17 Apparecchio per la erogazione di un preparato detergente quale sapone o simili, particolarmente sapone liquido.

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