EP0353160A1 - Mit einer Sicherheitsvorrichtung versehene Einrichtung zum Abgeben einer bestimmten Dosierung von einer sich in einem verformbaren Behälter befindlichen Flüssigkeit - Google Patents

Mit einer Sicherheitsvorrichtung versehene Einrichtung zum Abgeben einer bestimmten Dosierung von einer sich in einem verformbaren Behälter befindlichen Flüssigkeit Download PDF

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EP0353160A1
EP0353160A1 EP89402155A EP89402155A EP0353160A1 EP 0353160 A1 EP0353160 A1 EP 0353160A1 EP 89402155 A EP89402155 A EP 89402155A EP 89402155 A EP89402155 A EP 89402155A EP 0353160 A1 EP0353160 A1 EP 0353160A1
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Tristan Bavaveas
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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
    • B65D47/00—Closures with filling and discharging, or with discharging, devices
    • B65D47/04—Closures with discharging devices other than pumps
    • B65D47/20—Closures with discharging devices other than pumps comprising hand-operated members for controlling discharge
    • B65D47/26—Closures with discharging devices other than pumps comprising hand-operated members for controlling discharge with slide valves, i.e. valves that open and close a passageway by sliding over a port, e.g. formed with slidable spouts
    • B65D47/28—Closures with discharging devices other than pumps comprising hand-operated members for controlling discharge with slide valves, i.e. valves that open and close a passageway by sliding over a port, e.g. formed with slidable spouts having linear movement
    • B65D47/283—Closures with discharging devices other than pumps comprising hand-operated members for controlling discharge with slide valves, i.e. valves that open and close a passageway by sliding over a port, e.g. formed with slidable spouts having linear movement between tubular parts

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  • the invention relates to a device for dispensing doses of a given volume of a liquid contained in a deformable container comprising a safety member.
  • a device for dispensing doses of a given volume of a liquid contained in a deformable container of the type comprising on the one hand a bowl fixed in the neck of the container and in the bottom of which there is a hole for feeding the liquid and, on the other hand, a tube housed integrally in the bowl, fixed to the bottom and in communication with the supply hole by its lower end, provided, at its upper end with an outlet hole, the dispensing device being able to be protected by a removable cap.
  • the invention therefore aims to solve this security problem.
  • the invention provides a safety device of the type mentioned above which further comprises a movable, one-piece safety member, comprising an upper gripping part, having a transverse closing face, a middle part forming a valve, hollow and a lower part forming a slide and outlet hole also hollow, this safety member thus comprising an axial hollow being mounted to slide axially on the tubular by its lower part, between two extreme positions where it can be maintained, namely firstly a lower closed position where the middle part of the safety member is active and prevents the passage of liquid from the container to the bowl via the tubing and its inlet and outlet holes and, on the other hand, an upper opening position where this passage is made possible via axial and lateral openings in the lower part and the axial recess with which they communicate, the part median then being inactive, the upper gripping part of the safety member being protruding, permanently, at least partially, from the bowl, the safety member being such that once the cap has been removed by the user, this the latter must, in order to be able to
  • the invention relates to a device for dispensing volume doses. given of a liquid contained in a deformable container, of the general type of that described in document FR 2 572 056 to which one can expressly refer. For this reason, the general structure of such a device is not described again here in detail, the description being limited to only additional security means.
  • a dispensing device is of the type comprising on the one hand a bowl fixed in the neck of the container and at the bottom of which there is a liquid supply hole and, on the other hand a tube 1 housed integrally in the bowl, fixed to the bottom and in communication with the supply hole by its lower end, provided, at its upper end 2 with an outlet hole 3, the dispensing device being able to be protected by a removable cap.
  • the container, its neck, the bowl and the removable cap are not shown in the drawings.
  • Such a dispensing device is intended, for example, for a household cleaning liquid (of greater or lesser viscosity).
  • a container with its dispensing device is intended to be used with an axis 4 at least substantially vertical, the dispensing device being at the top.
  • the indications appearing in the description relative to the qualifiers "superior”, “inferior” or equivalent, refer to this particular position of use. However, it is obvious that the dispensing device and the container can be placed in other positions, in particular horizontal, for storage or transport for example.
  • the dispensing device further comprises a movable one-piece safety member 5 comprising an upper gripping part 6, having a transverse closing face 7, a central part forming a valve 8, hollow and a part lower 9 forming a slide and also hollow outlet orifice, this safety member thus comprising an axial recess 10 being mounted to slide axially on the tube 1 by its lower part 9, between two extreme positions where it can be maintained, namely on the one hand a lower closed position where the middle part 8 of the safety member 5 is active and prevents the passage of liquid from the container to the bowl via the tube 1 and its inlet and outlet holes 3 and, on the other hand, an upper open position where this passage is made possible via axial and lateral lights 11 of the lower part 9 and the axial recess 10 with which they communicate, the middle part 8 then being inactive, the upper gripping part 6 of the safety member 5 being protruding, permanently, at least partially, from the bowl, the safety member 5 being such that once the cap has been removed by the user, the latter must
  • the security member 5 is made of plastic in one piece. It has a general external shape at least substantially pseudo-cylindrical, pseudo-conical or frustoconical, pseudo-prismatic, pseudo-pyramidal or trunk of a pyramid or a combination of such general forms. In particular, it has a larger outside diameter in the lower part 9 than in the middle part 8.
  • the safety member 5 can have an external shape which widens continuously as regards its outer diameter, from its upper free end 12 of smaller outside diameter to its lower free end 13 of larger outside diameter.
  • the upper gripping part 6 is generally in the form of a rod, in particular hollow the transverse closing face 7 being situated at its upper free end 12, the external lateral face 14 thereof being provided, where appropriate, with reliefs 15 d 'hooking facilitating gripping.
  • the reliefs 15 are alternating projections 15a and hollow 15b, extending axially.
  • the safety member 5 is completely hollow.
  • the axial recess 10 has a larger internal diameter in the lower part 9 than in the middle part 8.
  • the bowl may have an axial length of the order of 3.5 cm, and a diameter of the order of 3 cm.
  • Tubing 1 can have an axial length of around 2.5 cm and an outside diameter of around 0.75 cm.
  • the security member 5 may have an axial length of the order of 4.5 cm and an outside diameter ranging from about 0.9 cm to the upper free end 12 to about 1.7 cm to 1 'lower free end 13. Its axial travel can be of the order of 0.7 cm.
  • these values are only purely illustrative of a particular embodiment. However, they do not limit the scope of the invention.
  • the outlet hole 3 is lateral and the tubing 1 has, at its upper end 2 a free transverse face 16 which has the effect that the jet of liquid from the container when it is pressed has a path in outlet of the pipe 1 which is transverse (that is to say substantially perpendicular to the axis 4) and directed towards the lateral internal wall 17 of the hollow 10 (and not axial).
  • the valve of the middle part 8 is constituted by its inner lateral face 18 which in the lower closed position cooperates, with sealing, with the tube 1, below its outlet hole 3.
  • the face 18 forms part of the wall 17 and constitutes an axial section of the middle portion 8.
  • the face 18 is dimensionally adjusted to cooperate with sealed friction on a section 19 of the lateral external face of the pipe 1 adjacent to the hole 3 in the direction opposite to the free transverse face 16 (i.e. towards the bottom of the bowl).
  • This section 19 may have a certain axial length, so that the seal is reinforced.
  • the face 18 may have a slight taper with its apex directed towards the upper free end 12. Or, it may have one or more internal peripheral projections 20 having, for example, a certain elasticity to match the section 19.
  • the tube 1 In the upper open position, the tube 1 is essentially spaced radially from the wall 17 of the recess 10.
  • the face 18 which, in the closed position acts as a valve is then spaced axially from the section 19 and, for example, located at least substantially above the transverse face 16.
  • the wall 17 Opposite the outlet hole 3 in radial transverse direction in this open position, the wall 17 is spaced transversely radially which saves the passage for the flow of the liquid.
  • the axial section of the wall 17 to the right, in radial transverse direction, of the outlet hole 3, in the open position may have a taper whose apex is towards the free end 12, which promotes the realization the passage of liquid.
  • the device comprises a guide sleeve 21 placed outside around and rigidly fixed to the tube 1 in its lower part, this sleeve 21 comprising reliefs of axial guide and blocking sliding of the safety member 5 in the lower closed and upper open position.
  • the sleeve 21 has, for each lumen 11 of the safety member 5, a relief in the form of an external axial projection 22a and at the free upper end of the latter an external transverse projection 22b, this external transverse projection 22b cooperating with the light 11
  • the lower part 9 comprises, at the lower free end 13 an external peripheral rib 23.
  • the external transverse projections 22b of the sleeve 21 are located at least substantially at the upper and lower ends 24, 25 of lumen 11 when the safety member 5 is respectively in the lower closed and upper open positions.
  • the safety member 5 is forcibly mounted on the guide sleeve 21, the transverse projections 22b having for this purpose inclined upper edges 26 forming a valve.
  • the safety member 5 is mounted with gentle friction on the guide sleeve 21.
  • four slots 11 and four reliefs 22 are provided arranged at 90 ° around the axis 4.
  • a number can be provided different from lights 11 and reliefs 22 as soon as the sliding guide and liquid passage functions are fulfilled.
  • a lumen 11 has, in elevation, a generally narrow rectangular shape whose length extends parallel to the axis 4.
  • the lumen 11 extends over the lower part 9 between the rib 23 and the connection with the middle part 8.
  • the openings 11 are located radially to the right of the sleeve 21.
  • the open position they are located, substantially above the sleeve 21, at the right of the pipe 1.
  • the sleeve 21 essentially comprises a side wall 27, of axis 4, rigidly fixed to the pipe 1, wall 27 on which the reliefs 22 extend.
  • the axial projections 22a extend over all or almost all of the axial height of the sleeve 21.
  • the transverse projections 22b are located at or near the upper edge of the sleeve 21.
  • the relative dimensions in the axial direction are such that when the cap is placed on the neck of the container, in its closed state, it interferes with the safety member 5 so that the latter is in the lower closed position .
  • the transverse face of the cap comes to lock on the upper free end 12.
  • the lights 11 participate, in combination with the reliefs 22, in guiding the safety member 5 in its axial sliding movement. Furthermore, they allow the evacuation of the liquid, in the open position of the safety member 5.

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EP89402155A 1988-07-29 1989-07-28 Mit einer Sicherheitsvorrichtung versehene Einrichtung zum Abgeben einer bestimmten Dosierung von einer sich in einem verformbaren Behälter befindlichen Flüssigkeit Expired - Lifetime EP0353160B1 (de)

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AT89402155T ATE77332T1 (de) 1988-07-29 1989-07-28 Mit einer sicherheitsvorrichtung versehene einrichtung zum abgeben einer bestimmten dosierung von einer sich in einem verformbaren behaelter befindlichen fluessigkeit.

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FR8810285A FR2634739B1 (fr) 1988-07-29 1988-07-29 Dispositif de distribution de doses de volume donne d'un liquide contenu dans un conteneur deformable comportant un organe de securite
FR8810285 1988-07-29

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FR2634739B1 (fr) 1990-10-12
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ATE77332T1 (de) 1992-07-15
DE68901827T2 (de) 1993-01-21
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