EP0372048A1 - Pressurized container provided with a valve and a valve actuation device. - Google Patents

Pressurized container provided with a valve and a valve actuation device.

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EP0372048A1
EP0372048A1 EP89906125A EP89906125A EP0372048A1 EP 0372048 A1 EP0372048 A1 EP 0372048A1 EP 89906125 A EP89906125 A EP 89906125A EP 89906125 A EP89906125 A EP 89906125A EP 0372048 A1 EP0372048 A1 EP 0372048A1
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valve
tongue
pressurized container
transmission part
cup
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Herve Bouix
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LOreal SA
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LOreal SA
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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
    • B65D83/14—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
    • B65D83/68—Dispensing two or more contents, e.g. sequential dispensing or simultaneous dispensing of two or more products without mixing them
    • B65D83/682—Dispensing two or more contents, e.g. sequential dispensing or simultaneous dispensing of two or more products without mixing them the products being first separated, but finally mixed, e.g. in a dispensing head
    • B65D83/687—Dispensing two or more contents, e.g. sequential dispensing or simultaneous dispensing of two or more products without mixing them the products being first separated, but finally mixed, e.g. in a dispensing head the products being totally mixed on, or prior to, first use, e.g. by breaking an ampoule containing one of the products
    • 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
    • B65D83/14—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
    • B65D83/16—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
    • 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
    • B65D83/205—Actuator caps, or peripheral actuator skirts, attachable to the aerosol container
    • 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
    • B65D83/14—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
    • B65D83/56—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 with means for preventing delivery, e.g. shut-off when inverted
    • B65D83/565—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 with means for preventing delivery, e.g. shut-off when inverted the delivery-preventing means being responsive to the orientation of the container
    • 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
    • B65D83/14—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
    • B65D83/60—Contents and propellant separated
    • B65D83/66—Contents and propellant separated first separated, but finally mixed, e.g. in a dispensing head
    • B65D83/666—Contents and propellant separated first separated, but finally mixed, e.g. in a dispensing head product and propellant being totally mixed on, or prior to, first use, e.g. by braking an ampoule containing one of those components
    • 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
    • B65D83/14—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
    • B65D83/16—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
    • B65D83/22—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 with a mechanical means to disable actuation

Definitions

  • pressurized containers of the aerosol can type are constituted by an envelope, most often cylindrical, which contains the product to be dispensed and a propellant under pressure, by a valve allowing the distribution of the product under the action of the propellant and by a device for actuating the valve by the user.
  • the valve is generally placed in the center, a cup crimped on the rim of the cylindrical casing.
  • a device which comes to fit on the pressurized container at the end comprising the valve and which comprises a skirt secured by fitting or screwing with the cylindrical casing, a distribution nozzle connected to the outlet tube of the valve and a valve actuating member, hereinafter called a push button, on which the user presses and which makes it possible to operate the valve and to feed the dispensing nozzle.
  • the pressurized container is operated by maintaining the valve at the top (position hereinafter called head up) or at the bottom (position below called head down).
  • the valve is generally connected to a dip tube located within the container so as to use the product contained until exhaustion. If the container is used in the wrong position, there is a risk of escaping a fraction of the propellant with no product to dispense or with a small amount of product to dispense.
  • the present invention relates to a pressurized container comprising a device blocking the push button when the pressurized container is not in the correct position.
  • the present invention relates to a pressurized container comprising a valve and a valve actuation device, the container being provided at one end with a cup crimped on its rim, cup in which the valve is arranged, the actuation device for the valve comprising a spring button and forming a cover above the cup and of the valve, characterized in that between the cup and the valve actuating device is provided a device for blocking the push button when the pressurized container is not in the desired head-up or head-down position, that said blocking device comprises a movable member circulating under the action of gravity in a channel extending from the vicinity of the valve towards the outside, said channel being inclined so that, when the container is not in the desired position, the movable member can move under the action of gravity towards the end of the channel located e in the vicinity of the valve, that the channel is delimited between a part for transmitting the thrust on the push button and a tongue, the transmission part being able to be moved relative to the container and to the tongue, and the action of the mov
  • the movable member may be a roller but it is preferably a ball.
  • the pressurized container is preferably cylindrical, the valve being disposed in the center of the circular cup and the channel being disposed in the vicinity of the valve radially outward.
  • the channel delimited between the part for transmitting the push on the push-button and the tongue has cross-sectional dimensions such that the movable member can circulate freely. That is to say that this cross section has dimensions at least slightly greater than the corresponding transverse dimension of the movable member.
  • the transmission part and / or the tongue are preferably hollowed out in a gutter truss.
  • the channel has a smaller cross-section in the vicinity of the valve than at its end located towards the outside. This facilitates the passage of the ball from the locking position to the operating position of the push button.
  • the end of the tab remote from the valve towards the outside is mounted floating, its end located in the vicinity of the valve rests on a fixed surface and it is made of elastic substance.
  • the tongue is rigid, and its end remote from the outward-facing vault rests on the bottom and / or the rim of the cup, the space between the transmission part and the tongue at the end. of the channel furthest from the valve towards the outside being greater than the diameter of the movable member.
  • the transmission part and the tongue can be independent; in this case the transmission part is fixed to the push button. This fixing can be done by fitting but preferably by colIage.
  • the transmission part and the tongue can be connected together, by a flexible device, in particular by a film hinge, the latter being thin so as to be flexible.
  • the tongue is fixed by a collar or by legs to the valve.
  • the transmission part, the tongue, the film hinge, the collar or the tabs form a single part obtained by molding of plastic material, preferably elastic.
  • the tongue comprises, at its end remote from the outwardly extending vault, a housing enabling the mobile member to be taken care of and its final blocking.
  • the housing can also be arranged between the end of the tongue and the bottom and / or rim of the cup.
  • this transmission part preferably includes a spout located to the right of the housing which allows the ball to be pushed in when the push button is pressed, which moves the transmission part towards the tongue.
  • the channel is inclined so that the end remote from the valve towards the outside is closer to the bottom of the cup than the end close to the valve.
  • the channel is inclined so that its end which is remote from the valve towards the outside is more distant from the bottom of the cup than the end close to the valve.
  • the channel is inclined so that the end remote from the valve towards the outside is closer to the bottom of the cup that the adjacent end of the valve, the tongue is provided at its end remote from the valve towards the outside with a housing allowing ia support for the movable member and the transmission part comprises, at the right of the housing a spout allowing the balance to be pushed into its housing when the push button is pressed.
  • the blocking system operates in the following manner when, for example, it is desired that the pressurized container operate in the head-up position.
  • the movable member circulates in ie channel under the action of gravity and comes to be placed at the end of the channel located in the vicinity of the valve.
  • the push button If the user presses the push button, the push is made on a rigid assembly formed by the transmission part, the movable member and ia tongue, if the latter is rigid, or on a rigid assembly formed by the transmission part, the movable member, the tongue and the rigid surface on which it rests, if the latter is elastic.
  • the pressurized container that is to say puts it in the head-up position
  • the end of the lowest channel is then the end ia furthest from the valve towards the outside. The system is not blocked.
  • the tongue is made of flexible material and is mounted floating at the end furthest from the valve towards the outside
  • a pressure exerted on the button-pcusscir moves, at the end of the channel located in the vicinity of the valve, the part for transmitting the thrust towards the tongue, possibly crushing the film hinge, and at the other end thanks to the elasticity of the tongue and thanks to the fact that said tongue is mounted floating, the transmission part assembly, movable member, tongue moves towards the bottom of the cup.
  • the push button can be pressed to open the valve.
  • the part this transmission can approach the tongue when the movable member is located at the end of the channel furthest outward.
  • the push button can be pressed and the valve actuated.
  • the operation of the biocage device is the same but the channel is inclined in the opposite direction.
  • the operation is as follows. If the user tries to actuate the container in the head-down position before having actuated it in the head-up position, the blocking system operates as described above in the case of a container having to operate head-up.
  • the movable member circulates under the action of gravity towards the end of the channel away from the valve towards the outside.
  • the transmission part tends to approach the tongue, presses with its beak on the movable member and forcibly pushes it into the housing provided in the tongue or between the tongue and ie bottom and / or rim of the cup.
  • FIG. 1 is a partially broken away view of a pressurized container with double compartment showing in side view an actuating device.
  • FIG. 2 is a diametrical sectional view of the valve side end of a pressurized container according to the invention for use upside down.
  • FIG. 2 a is a perspective view of the locking device in FIG. 2.
  • Figure 3 is also a diametrical sectional view of the valve side end of a pressurized container, according to the invention, for head-up use.
  • Figure 4 is a sectional view showing in detail the container locking device for use in head up position, then upside down.
  • Figure 5 is also a sectional view of the valve side end of the pressurized container for head-up use, then head-down according to a second embodiment.
  • Figure 6 is a perspective view of the biocage device of Figure 5 according to this second embodiment of the invention.
  • the pressurized container designated as a whole by 1 is constituted by a cylindrical casing 2 provided with a bottom 21, at the end of which is crimped a circular cup 3 provided with a valve 4 and on the rim which fits a valve actuation device 5 4.
  • the cup 3 is fixed to the rim of the cylindrical casing 2 by a bead 31.
  • the valve 4 is mounted in the center of the cup 3 in a reinforcement 32 of roughly cylindrical shape comprising on the outlet side of the valve 4 a substantially flat surface 33.
  • the valve 4 comprises an outlet pipe 41.
  • the device 5 for actuating the valve 4 comprises a skirt 51 of cylindrical shape which fits resiliently on the bead 31 of the cup.
  • the skirt has a part of more restricted section 52 which is placed beyond the bead 31 and prevents the device 5 from actuating this valve 4 from sinking too much and makes it possible to provide a space, in large cylindrical, above the cup 3 and under the cover portion of the device 5 of act i onnernent of the valve.
  • the device 5 comprises a nozzle 53 consisting of two conduits 53a, 53b parallel to the axis of the casing 2, offset from one another and communicating with each other by an opening 53c.
  • the conduit 53b is located in the extension of the outlet tube 41 of the valve 4.
  • the device 5 for actuating the valve also comprises a push button which has the shape of a sector of a circle centered on the conduit 53a of the nozzle 53.
  • a slot in the shape of an arc of a circle is provided at the base of the push button, so as to allow a push of the push button when pressing on the surface 56 thereof.
  • the push button 54 contains the pipe 53b of the nozzle 53 and this pipe is closed by the surface 56 of the push button.
  • the partition of the conduit 53b has a notch 55 into which the end of the outlet tube 41 of the valve 4 is inserted. In this way if one presses on the surface 56 of the push button and that one pushes the latter , the wall of the conduit 53b sinks and presses on the end of the outlet tube 41 of the valve 4, which causes the opening of the valve 4.
  • FIG. 2 represents an embodiment .particular of the head d '' a container to be used upside down.
  • the locking device consists of a transmission part 61, a tongue 62 and a ball 63.
  • the transmission part 61 and the tongue 62 form a channel 64 between them.
  • the part transmission 61 and the tongue 62 are hollowed out in the form of a gutter for the passage of the ball 63, lee gutters of the transmission part 61 and the tongue 62 facing each other.
  • the channel 64 therefore consists of the two gutters dug in the transmission part 61 and the tongue 62 and the part of the space 65 formed between the transmission part and the tongue in line with the two gutters.
  • the section of the channel 64 is slightly less at its end 64a than at its end 64b.
  • the channel 64 therefore widens from the vicinity of the channel u towards the outside.
  • the transmission part 6 1 has a shape complementary to that of the push button 54 so as to be able to fit into it. Elie has a part 61a which is placed under the free edge of the conduit 53b containing the outlet tube 41 of the valve and above the channel 64.
  • the tongue 62 rests at its end 62a. next to the valve 4 on the surface 33 of the reinforcement 32 of the cup 3. Its other end 62b is mounted floating.
  • the transmission part 61 and the tongue 62 are connected by a film hinge 66.
  • the end 62a of the tongue is hooked by a collar 67 to the outlet tube 41 of the valve.
  • the transmission part 61, the tongue 62, the film hinge 66 and the collar 67 form a single part which has been obtained by molding a pliable plastic material.
  • the channel 64 is inclined so that its end 64a closest to the outlet tube 41 of the valve 4 is closer to the ford of the cup 3 than its other end 64b.
  • the container shown in Figure 2 operates as described below. When the pressurized container is in head-up position the ball is housed by gravity at the end 64a of the channel 64 which is then the lowest. If the surface 56 of the push button 54 is pressed, the lower edge of the wall of the conduit 53b comes to bear on the part 61a of the transmission part 61. At this level the ball 63 fills the channel 64 and the tongue
  • valve 4 rests on a fixed surface. Therefore, the push button cannot be pressed. 11 is blocked and can no longer actuate valve 4.
  • the pressurized container 1 If the pressurized container 1 is turned over to put it in the head down position, it is the end 64b of the channel which is then the lowest and the ball will be placed by gravity at this end. In this case if the user presses the push-button 54, the latter may sink. In fact by pressing the push-button, the transmission part 61 is moved towards the tongue 62. At the end 64a of the channel, thanks to the space 65, the transmission part 61 can sink towards the tongue in causing the hinge 66 to bend. At the other end 64b, the transmission part 61 and the tongue 62 being secured by the ball 63, it is the transmission part 61 and tongue 62 assembly which sinks thanks to the fact that the tongue 62 is made of flexible material and that it is mounted floating.
  • FIG. 3 shows an embodiment of the head of a pressurized container for head-up use.
  • the locking device 6 ⁇ 1 comprises a transmission part 611 and a tongue 621 forming between them a channel 641 for the passage of the ball 631 and a space 651.
  • the channel 641 is inclined in the opposite direction to the channel 54 shown in ia Figure 2; that is to say that the end 641a located in the vicinity of the outlet tube 41 of the valve 4 is located further from the bottom of the cup 3 and is found to be the lowest when the pressurized container 1 is in the head position below.
  • the end 641b located in the vicinity of the rim of the cup 3 is located closer to the bottom of the cup and is found to be the lowest when the container is in the head-up position.
  • the operation of the biocage device is as follows.
  • the ball 631 is at the end 641b of the channel 641.
  • the transmission part 611 sinks, causing the hinge 661 to bend at the end. 641a of the canal.
  • the ball securing the transmission part 611 and the tongue 621, it is the transmission part 611 assembly, tongue 621 which sinks thanks to the fact that the tongue 621 is loosened and that it is mounted floating at its end 621b.
  • the ball 631 shown in dashed lines in FIG. 3. comes to occupy, by gravity, the position 641a.
  • the eye prevents any depression of the transmission part 611 towards the tongue 521.
  • the button 54 cannot be pressed.
  • FIG. 4 represents a modification of the biocage system shown in FIG. 5 for a pressurized container, the first use of which must be made in the head-up position and the following uses are made in the head-down position.
  • the end 621b of the tongue 621 comprises a housing 661 in the form of a spherical cap allowing the support of the ball 631 and its final blocking.
  • the transmission part 611 includes a spout 611b allowing the ball to be inserted into the 1 ogement 681.
  • the ball 631 which is not pressed into the housing 681 and can move freely in the channel 641, comes to the end 641a of the channel and the push-button 54 is blocked.
  • the ball is placed at the end 641b of the channel 641.
  • the spout 611b descends with the transmission part 611 and comes to force down the ball 631 cans its housing 681 where it remains blocked thanks to the elasticity of the material in which the tongue 621 is manufactured.
  • the ball 631 can no longer move at the end 641a, when the container is in the upside down position to block the push button 54; thanks to the space 651 formed between the transmission part 611 and the tongue 621, and to the flexibility of the parts, a push exerted on the surface 56 of the push button 54 causes the push button and the transmission part to sink 611, and the part 611a actuates the valve 4.
  • the fi gur es 5 and 6 represent a second embodiment of the device for blocking a pressurized container according to the invention whose use necessarily requires a first use in the head position below.
  • the blocking device 602 comprises a transmission part 612, a tongue 622 and a ball 632.
  • the tongue 622 comprises an inclined surface 622c and two parallel lateral partitions 622d and 622e spaced apart by a distance d diameter of the outlet tube 41 of the vault 4. These side partitions 622d and 522e have two fixing lugs 672a and 672b which are fixed by elasticity to the crimp tube 41 of the valve 4.
  • the inclined surface 622c of the tongue is notched so as to provide a housing 662, between this inciinated surface 622c and the crimping 31 of the cup 3, for the ball 632.
  • the transmission part 612 is fixed to the internal wall of the push button 54 and eiie has a spout 612b to the right of the housing 682 of tongue 522.
  • the thickness of the transmission part 612 is slightly less than the distance d between the side partitions 622d and 622e so as to be can fit without friction between these two partitions 622d and 622e.
  • the transmission part 612 and the tongue 622 are made of rigid material, preferably of rigid plastic.
  • the device operates in a similar fashion to that shown in FIG. 4.
  • the ball When the user tries to use the pressurized container 1 in the head-down position, the ball will be placed at the end 642a of the channel 642 and blocks the end- push-button 54.
  • the ball circulates towards the end 642b of the channel 642 and when the user presses the push-button 54, the spout 612b pushes the ball 632 into its housing 682 where it remains blocked as shown in FIG. 5.
  • the push button causes the valve 4 to open.
  • the pressurized container can normally be used in the upside down position because there remains a space between the spout 612b and the ball 532 when the latter has been inserted into its housing.
  • Figure 1 also shows by way of example a pressurized container with a double compartment, the use of which requires a first mandatory use in head-up position then normal use in head-down position.
  • This device is intended to allow the simultaneous conservation in the pressurized container of two products A and B which must not be mixed until the time of use.
  • the cylindrical envelope 2 contains a flexible pocket 22 which itself contains a capsule 23 provided with a beucnen 24.
  • the pressurized container is filled with the section described below.
  • the first licuide A is introduced into the cylindrical container 2.
  • the second liquid B and a capsule 23 provided with the cap are introduced when cold. 24, containing a propellant (for example dichlorodifiuoroethane marketed under the commercial name Fréon 12 by the cios du Pont de Nemours) in liquefied form.
  • a propellant for example dichlorodifiuoroethane marketed under the commercial name Fréon 12 by the cios du Pont de Nemours
  • the liquefied propellant Before the liquefied propellant can come to room temperature, close the pocket 22 by heat sealing and place it in the cylindrical casing 2.
  • the cup 3 containing the valve 4 is crimped and through the valve 4, a center pressure gas, such as nitrogen or any other gas which is not active with respect to product A, until the pressure is sufficient to prevent the tube 23 from steaming under the thrust of the propellant it contains . O n, then puts on the enve l o cylindrical ppe the assembly constituted by the device 5 actuating the valve and the blocking device 6 ⁇ 1 or 6 ⁇ 2.
  • a center pressure gas such as nitrogen or any other gas which is not active with respect to product A
  • pressurized container is as follows.
  • the pressurized container 1 being in the head up position.
  • the push-button 54 is pressed to escape the nitrogen.
  • the pressure inside the container 1 decreasing is criticismn 24 disengages from the tube 25 and the freon inflates the bag 22 until it bursts.
  • Product E is in contact with product A and they can be mixed by manual shaking of the container 1.
  • the valve 4 is actuated when the container 1 is in the upside down position.
  • the user started by actuating the valve while the container 1 is upside down, he would risk dispensing only the liquid A or at least a fraction of liquid A before the counter gas re-if it has been possible to escape and cause the pocket 22 to rupture. Consequently, a fraction of the liquid A may be dispensed before the liquid A is blown out handled with liquid B.

Abstract

Récipient pressurisé (1) comportant un dispositif de blocage (6) du bouton-poussoir (54), situé entre le dispositif (5) d'actionnement de la valve et la coupelle (31) dans laquelle est disposée la valve (4). Ce dispositif est constitué par un canal (64) incliné de façon convenable dans lequel circule sous l'action de la pesanteur un organe mobile (63) qui vient bloquer le bouton-poussoir lorsqu'il est situé à l'extrémité (64a) du canal situé du côté de la valve. Ce dispositif de blocage permet d'empêcher l'utilisation du récipient pressurisé lorsqu'il est dans une position tête en haut ou tête en bas non désirée.Pressurized container (1) comprising a device for blocking (6) the push button (54), located between the device (5) for actuating the valve and the cup (31) in which the valve (4) is arranged. This device consists of a channel (64) inclined in a suitable manner in which circulates under the action of gravity a movable member (63) which comes to block the push button when it is located at the end (64a) of the channel located on the valve side. This blocking device makes it possible to prevent the use of the pressurized container when it is in an undesired head-up or head-down position.

Description

RECIPIENT PRESSURISE COMPORTANT UNE VALVE ET UN DISPOSITIF D'ACTIONNEMENT DE LA VALVE. PRESSURIZED CONTAINER COMPRISING A VALVE AND A VALVE OPERATING DEVICE.
Il est bien connu que les récipients pressurisés du type bombe aérosol sont constitués par une enveloppe, le plus souvent cylindrique, qui contient le produit à distribuer et un propulseur sous pression, par une valve permettant ia distribution du produit sous l'action du propulseur et par un dispositif d'actionnernent de la valve par l'utilisateur. La valve est généralement disposée au centre c'une coupelle sertie sur le rebord de l'enveloppe cylindrique. Elle est actionnée par un dispositif qui vient s'adapter sur le récipient pressurisé à l'extrémité comportant la valve et qui comprend une jupe solidarisée par emboîtage ou vissage avec l'enveloppe cylindrique, un ajutage de distribution relié au tube de sortie de la valve et un organe d'actionnernent de la valve, appelé par la suite bouton-poussoir, sur lequel presse l'utilisateur et qui permet de faire fonctionner la valve et d'alimenter l'ajutage de distribution.It is well known that pressurized containers of the aerosol can type are constituted by an envelope, most often cylindrical, which contains the product to be dispensed and a propellant under pressure, by a valve allowing the distribution of the product under the action of the propellant and by a device for actuating the valve by the user. The valve is generally placed in the center, a cup crimped on the rim of the cylindrical casing. It is actuated by a device which comes to fit on the pressurized container at the end comprising the valve and which comprises a skirt secured by fitting or screwing with the cylindrical casing, a distribution nozzle connected to the outlet tube of the valve and a valve actuating member, hereinafter called a push button, on which the user presses and which makes it possible to operate the valve and to feed the dispensing nozzle.
Selon le type de distribution souhaité, on fait fonctionner le récipient pressurisé en maintenant ia va i ve en haut (position ci-après appelée tête en haut) ou en bas (position ci-après appelée tête en bas). Dans le premier cas la valve est généralement reliée à un tube plongeur situé au sein du récipient de façon à utiliser jusqu'à épuisement le produit contenu. Si on utilise le récipient dans une mauvaise position, on risque de faire échapper une fraction du propulseur sans produit à distribuer ou avec une faible quantité de produit à distribuer.Depending on the type of distribution desired, the pressurized container is operated by maintaining the valve at the top (position hereinafter called head up) or at the bottom (position below called head down). In the first case, the valve is generally connected to a dip tube located within the container so as to use the product contained until exhaustion. If the container is used in the wrong position, there is a risk of escaping a fraction of the propellant with no product to dispense or with a small amount of product to dispense.
Dans certains cas, qui seront décrits plus en détail par la suite, il est nécessaire, par exemple pour faire échapper un gaz de surpression ou protection différent du propulseur, d'utiliser obligatoirement le récipient pressurisé d'abord dans une première position déterminée, l'utilisation ultérieure pour la distribution du produit étant effectuée dans l'autre position. L'utilisateur risque par conséquent d'utiliser le récipient dans une mauvaise position, ce qui peut entraîner des pertes de produit eu des pertes de propulseur.In some cases, which will be described in more detail below, it is necessary, for example to escape a pressure gas or protection different from the propellant, to use the pressurized container must first be in a first determined position, the subsequent use for dispensing the product being carried out in the other position. The user therefore risks using the container in the wrong position, which can cause loss of product or loss of propellant.
On a donc cherché à mettre au point un dispositif qui bloque le bouton-poussoir et empêche l'ouverture de ia valve lorsque le récipient pressurisé n'est pas dans la bonne position.We have therefore sought to develop a device which blocks the push button and prevents the opening of the valve when the pressurized container is not in the correct position.
La présente invention a pour objet un récipient pressurisé comportant un dispositif bloquant le bouton-poussoir lorsque le récipient pressurisé n'est pas dans ia bonne position.The present invention relates to a pressurized container comprising a device blocking the push button when the pressurized container is not in the correct position.
La présente invention concerne un récipient pressurisé comportant une valve et un dispositif d'actionnement de la valve, le récipient étant muni à une extrémité d'une coupelle sertie sur son rebord, coupelle dans laquelle est disposée la valve, le dispositif d'actionnement de la valve comportant un bouton-peussoir et formant couvercle au-dessus de la coupelle et de ia valve, caractérisé par le fait qu'entre la coupelle et le dispositif d'actionnement de la valve est prévu un dispositif de blocage du bouton-poussoir lorsque le récipient pressurisé n'est pas dans la position tête en haut ou tête en bas désirée, que ledit dispositif de blocage comporte un organe mobile circulant sous l'action de la pesanteur dans un canal s'étendant du voisinage de la valve vers l'extérieur, ledit canal étant incliné de façon que, lorsque le récipient n'est pas en position désirée, l'organe mobile puisse se déplacer sous l'action de la pesanteur vers l'extrémité du canal située au voisinage de la valve, que le canal est délimité entre une pièce de transmission de la poussée sur le bouton-poussoir et une languette, la pièce de transmission pouvant être déplacée par rapport au récipient et à la languette, et que l'action de l'organe mobile combinée avec celle de la pièce de transmission et de la languette bloque le boutonpoussoir lorsque l'organe mobile est au voisinage de la valve.The present invention relates to a pressurized container comprising a valve and a valve actuation device, the container being provided at one end with a cup crimped on its rim, cup in which the valve is arranged, the actuation device for the valve comprising a spring button and forming a cover above the cup and of the valve, characterized in that between the cup and the valve actuating device is provided a device for blocking the push button when the pressurized container is not in the desired head-up or head-down position, that said blocking device comprises a movable member circulating under the action of gravity in a channel extending from the vicinity of the valve towards the outside, said channel being inclined so that, when the container is not in the desired position, the movable member can move under the action of gravity towards the end of the channel located e in the vicinity of the valve, that the channel is delimited between a part for transmitting the thrust on the push button and a tongue, the transmission part being able to be moved relative to the container and to the tongue, and the action of the movable member combined with that of the transmission part and the tongue blocks the push button when the movable member is in the vicinity of the valve.
L'organe mobile peut être un rouleau mais il est, de préférence, une bille.The movable member may be a roller but it is preferably a ball.
Le récipient pressurisé est de préférence cylindrique, la valve étant disposée au centre de la coupelle circulaire et le canal étant disposé au voisinage de la valve radiaiement vers l'extérieur. Le canal délimité entre la pièce de transmission de la poussée sur le bouton-poussoir et la languette a en section transversale des dimensions telles que l'organe mobile puisse circuler librement. C'est-à-dire que cette section transversale a des dimensions au moins légèrement supérieures à la dimension transversale correspondante de l'organe mobile.The pressurized container is preferably cylindrical, the valve being disposed in the center of the circular cup and the channel being disposed in the vicinity of the valve radially outward. The channel delimited between the part for transmitting the push on the push-button and the tongue has cross-sectional dimensions such that the movable member can circulate freely. That is to say that this cross section has dimensions at least slightly greater than the corresponding transverse dimension of the movable member.
Pour éviter que l'organe mobile ait tendance a sortir du canal lorsqu'il circule dans celui-ci ou si par exemple on agite le récipient pressurisé ia pièce de transmission et/ou la languette sont de préférence creusées en ferme de gouttière.To prevent the movable member from tending to leave the channel when it circulates therein or if, for example, the pressurized container is agitated, the transmission part and / or the tongue are preferably hollowed out in a gutter truss.
Selon un mode de réalisation préféré du canal celui-ci a une section transversale inférieure au voisinage de la valve qu'à son extrémité située vers l'extérieur. On facilite ainsi le passage de la bille de la position de blocage à la position de fonctionnement du bouton-poussoir.According to a preferred embodiment of the channel, it has a smaller cross-section in the vicinity of the valve than at its end located towards the outside. This facilitates the passage of the ball from the locking position to the operating position of the push button.
Selon un premier mode de réalisation, l'extrémité de la languette éloignée de la valve vers l'extérieur est montée flottante, son extrémité située au voisinage de la valve repose sur une surface fixe et elle est fabriquée en substance élastique.According to a first embodiment, the end of the tab remote from the valve towards the outside is mounted floating, its end located in the vicinity of the valve rests on a fixed surface and it is made of elastic substance.
Selon un second mode de réalisation la languette est rigide, et son extrémité éloignée de ia vaive vers l'extérieur repose sur le fond et/ou le rebord de la coupelle, l'espace entre la pièce de transmission et la languette à l'extrémité du canal la plus éloignée de la valve vers l'extérieur étant supérieur au diamètre de l'organe mobile.According to a second embodiment, the tongue is rigid, and its end remote from the outward-facing vault rests on the bottom and / or the rim of the cup, the space between the transmission part and the tongue at the end. of the channel furthest from the valve towards the outside being greater than the diameter of the movable member.
La pièce de transmission et la languette peuvent être indépendantes ; dans ce cas la pièce de transmission est fixée au boutcn-poussoir. Cette fixation peut être faite par emboîtage mais de préférence, par colIâge.The transmission part and the tongue can be independent; in this case the transmission part is fixed to the push button. This fixing can be done by fitting but preferably by colIage.
La pièce de transmission et la languette peuvent être reliées entre elles, par un dispositif flexible, en particulier par une charnière film, cette dernière étant de faible épaisseur de façon à être flexible.The transmission part and the tongue can be connected together, by a flexible device, in particular by a film hinge, the latter being thin so as to be flexible.
La languette est fixée par un collier ou par des pattes à la valve.The tongue is fixed by a collar or by legs to the valve.
Selon un mode de réalisation préféré, la pièce de transmission, la languette, la charnière film, le collier ou les pattes forment une pièce unique obtenue par moulage de matière plastique, élastique de préférence.According to a preferred embodiment, the transmission part, the tongue, the film hinge, the collar or the tabs form a single part obtained by molding of plastic material, preferably elastic.
Selon un mode de réalisation particulier ia languette comporte, à son extrémité éloignée de ia vaive vers l'extérieur, un logement permettant la prise en charge de l'organe mobile et son blocage définitif. Le iogement peut également être ménagé entre l'extrémité de la languette et le fond et/ou rebord de la coupelle.According to a particular embodiment, the tongue comprises, at its end remote from the outwardly extending vault, a housing enabling the mobile member to be taken care of and its final blocking. The housing can also be arranged between the end of the tongue and the bottom and / or rim of the cup.
Dans ce dernier mode ce réalisation la pièce de transmission comporte, de préférence, un bec situé au droit du logement qui permet d'enfoncer la bille lorsqu'on appuie sur le bouton-poussoir, ce qui déplace la pièce de transmission vers la languette.In this latter embodiment, this transmission part preferably includes a spout located to the right of the housing which allows the ball to be pushed in when the push button is pressed, which moves the transmission part towards the tongue.
Dans le cas où le récipient doit être utilisé en position tête en haut, le canal est incliné de façon que l'extrémité éloignée de la valve vers l'extérieur soit plus proche du fond de la coupelle que l'extrémité voisine de la valve.In the case where the container is to be used in the head-up position, the channel is inclined so that the end remote from the valve towards the outside is closer to the bottom of the cup than the end close to the valve.
Dans le cas où le récipient doit être utilisé en position tê t e en bas, le canal est incliné de façon que son extrémité éloignée de la valve vers l'extérieur soit plus éloignée du fond de la coupelle que l'extrémité voisine de la valve.In the case where the container is to be used in the head-down position, the channel is inclined so that its end which is remote from the valve towards the outside is more distant from the bottom of the cup than the end close to the valve.
Dans le cas où le récipient doit obligatoirement être utilisé en position tête en haut, puis ensuite en position tête en bas, ie canal est incliné ae façon que l'extrémité éloignée de la valve vers l'extérieur soit plus proche du fond de la coupelle que l'extrémité voisine de la valve, la languette est pourvue a son extrémité éloignée d e la valve vers l'extérieur d'un logement permettant ia prise en charge de l'organe mobile et la pièce de transmission comporte, au droit du logement un bec permettant d'enfoncer la bilie αans son logement lorsqu'on appuie sur le bouton-poussoir.In the case where the container must be used in the head-up position, then in the head-down position, the channel is inclined so that the end remote from the valve towards the outside is closer to the bottom of the cup that the adjacent end of the valve, the tongue is provided at its end remote from the valve towards the outside with a housing allowing ia support for the movable member and the transmission part comprises, at the right of the housing a spout allowing the balance to be pushed into its housing when the push button is pressed.
Le système αe blocage fonctionne de la façon suivante lorsque, par exemple, on désire que le récipient pressurisé fonctionne en position tête en haut. Quand l'utiiisateur essaie d'actionner le bouton-poussoir alors que le récipient est en position tête en bas non désirée, l'extrémité du canal située au voisinage de ia vaive étant dans cette position la plus basse, l'organe mobile circule dans ie canal sous l'action de la pesanteur et vient se placer à l'extrémité du canal située au voisinage de la valve.The blocking system operates in the following manner when, for example, it is desired that the pressurized container operate in the head-up position. When the user tries to actuate the push button while the container is in the undesired upside down position, the end of the channel located in the vicinity of the vault being in this lowest position, the movable member circulates in ie channel under the action of gravity and comes to be placed at the end of the channel located in the vicinity of the valve.
Si l'utilisateur appuie sur le bouton-poussoir la poussée se fait sur un ensemble rigide formé par la pièce de transmission, l'organe mobile et ia languette, si cette dernière est rigide, ou sur un ensemble rigide formé par la pièce de transmission, l'organe mobile, la languette et la surface rigide sur laquelle elle repose, si cette dernière est élastique. Lorsque l'utilisateur retourne le récipient pressurisé, c'est-à-dire le met en position tête en haut, l'extrémité du canal la plus basse est alors l'extrémité ia plus éloignée de la valve vers l'extérieur. Le système n'est pas bloqué. En effet dans le cas où la languette est en matière souple et est montée flottante à l'extrémité la plus éloignée de la valve vers l'extérieur, une pression exercée sur le bouton-pcusscir déplace, à l'extrémité du canal située au voisinage de la valve, la pièce de transmission de la poussée vers la languette en écrasant, éventuellement, la charnière film, et à l'autre extrémité grâce à l'élasticité de la languette et grâce au fait que ladite languette est montée flottante, l'ensemble pièce de transmission, organe mobile, languette se déplace vers le fond de la coupelle. Dans ces conditions le bouton-poussoir peut être enfoncé peur ouvrir la valve. Par ailleurs dans le cas où la languette est rigide et repose sur le fond et/ou ie rebord de la coupelle, l'espace entre la pièce de transmission et ia languette à l'extrémité du canal la plus éloignée de la valve vers l'extérieur étant supérieur au diamètre de l'organe mobile, la pièce ce transmission peut se rapprocher de la languette lorsque l'ergane mobile est situé à l'extrémité du canal la plus éloignée vers l'extérieur. Le bouton-poussoir peut être enfoncé et la valve actionnée.If the user presses the push button, the push is made on a rigid assembly formed by the transmission part, the movable member and ia tongue, if the latter is rigid, or on a rigid assembly formed by the transmission part, the movable member, the tongue and the rigid surface on which it rests, if the latter is elastic. When the user returns the pressurized container, that is to say puts it in the head-up position, the end of the lowest channel is then the end ia furthest from the valve towards the outside. The system is not blocked. Indeed in the case where the tongue is made of flexible material and is mounted floating at the end furthest from the valve towards the outside, a pressure exerted on the button-pcusscir moves, at the end of the channel located in the vicinity of the valve, the part for transmitting the thrust towards the tongue, possibly crushing the film hinge, and at the other end thanks to the elasticity of the tongue and thanks to the fact that said tongue is mounted floating, the transmission part assembly, movable member, tongue moves towards the bottom of the cup. In these conditions the push button can be pressed to open the valve. Furthermore, in the case where the tongue is rigid and rests on the bottom and / or the rim of the cup, the space between the transmission part and the tongue at the end of the channel furthest from the valve towards the exterior being greater than the diameter of the movable member, the part this transmission can approach the tongue when the movable member is located at the end of the channel furthest outward. The push button can be pressed and the valve actuated.
Dans le cas où le récipient pressurisé doit fonctionner en position tête en bas, ie fonctionnement du dispositif de biocage est le même mais le canal est incliné en sens inverse.In the case where the pressurized container must operate in the head-down position, the operation of the biocage device is the same but the channel is inclined in the opposite direction.
Dans le cas où par exemple le récipient doit obligatoirement être utilisé en position tête en haut la première fois puis, par la suite, en position tête en bas, le fonctionnement est le suivant. Si l'utilisateur essaie d'actionner ie récipient en position tête en bas avant de l'avoir actionné en position tête en haut, le système oe blocage fonctionne comme décrit ci-dessus dans le cas d'un récipient devant fonctionner tête en haut. Quand l'utilisateur amené le récipient en position tête en haut, l'organe mobile circule sous l'action de la pesanteur vers l'extrémité eu canal éloignée de ia valve vers l'extérieur. Lorsque l'utilisateur appuie sur le bouton-poussoir, la pièce de transmission tend à se rapprocher de la languette, appuie avec son bec sur l'organe mobile et l'enfonce à force dans le logement ménagé dans la languette ou entre la languette et ie fond et/ou ie rebord de la coupelle. L'organe mobile est maintenu dans son logement par élasticité et y reste bioqué quelle que soit la position du récipient. Lorsque par la suite, l'utilisateur prend le récipient en position tête en bas, l'organe mobile ne peut donc plus venir se placer à l'extrémité du cana i située au voisinage d e la vaive. Le bouton-pousscir peut être enfonce et par conséquent, la vaive peut être actionnée. Peur mieux faire comprendre l'objet de la présente invention. on va décrire ci-après à titre d'exemples purement illustratifs et non limitatifs trois modes de réalisation d'un récipient pressurisé selon, l'invention. La figure 1 est une vue partiellement arrachée d'un récipient pressurisé à double compartiment montrant en vue latérale un dispositif d'actionnement.In case, for example, the container must it must be used in head-up position the first time and then, in head-down position, the operation is as follows. If the user tries to actuate the container in the head-down position before having actuated it in the head-up position, the blocking system operates as described above in the case of a container having to operate head-up. When the user brings the container to the head-up position, the movable member circulates under the action of gravity towards the end of the channel away from the valve towards the outside. When the user presses the push button, the transmission part tends to approach the tongue, presses with its beak on the movable member and forcibly pushes it into the housing provided in the tongue or between the tongue and ie bottom and / or rim of the cup. The movable member is held in its housing by elasticity and remains bio-hulled there regardless of the position of the container. When the user subsequently takes the container in the upside down position, the movable member can no longer be placed at the end of the cana i located in the vicinity of the vault. The push button can be pressed and therefore the pocket can be operated. To better understand the object of the present invention. three embodiments of a pressurized container according to the invention will be described below, by way of purely illustrative and nonlimiting examples. Figure 1 is a partially broken away view of a pressurized container with double compartment showing in side view an actuating device.
La figure 2 est une vue en coupe diamétrale de l'extrémité côté valve d'un récipient pressurisé selon l'invention pour utilisation tête en bas. La figure 2 a est une vue en perspective cavalière du dispositif de blocage de la figure 2.Figure 2 is a diametrical sectional view of the valve side end of a pressurized container according to the invention for use upside down. FIG. 2 a is a perspective view of the locking device in FIG. 2.
La figure 3 est également une vue en coupe diamétrale de l'extrémité côté valve d'un récipient pressurisé, selon l'invention, pour utilisation tête en haut.Figure 3 is also a diametrical sectional view of the valve side end of a pressurized container, according to the invention, for head-up use.
La figure 4 est une vue en coupe montrant en détail le dispositif de blocage du récipient pour utilisation en position tête en haut, puis tête en bas.Figure 4 is a sectional view showing in detail the container locking device for use in head up position, then upside down.
La figure 5 est également une vue en coupe de l'extrémité coté valve du récipient pressurisé pour utilisation tête en haut, puis tête en bas selon un second mode de réalisation. La figure 6 est une vue en perspective du dispositif de biocage de la figure 5 selon ce second mode de réalisation de l'invention.Figure 5 is also a sectional view of the valve side end of the pressurized container for head-up use, then head-down according to a second embodiment. Figure 6 is a perspective view of the biocage device of Figure 5 according to this second embodiment of the invention.
Le récipient pressurisé désigné dans son ensemble par 1 (voir figure 1) est constitué par une enveloppe cylindrique 2 munie d'un fond 21, à l'extrémité de laquelle est sertie une coupelle 3 circulaire munie d'une valve 4 et sur le rebord de laquelle s'adapte un dispositif 5 d'acticnnement de la valve 4. La coupelle 3 est fixée sur le rebord de l'enveloppe cylindrique 2 par un bourrelet 31. La valve 4 est montée au centre de la coupelle 3 dans un renforcement 32 de forme grossièrement cylindrique comportant du côté de sortie de la valve 4 une surface 33 sensiblement plane. La valve 4 comporte une tubulure de sortie 41. Le dispositif 5 d'actionnement de la valve 4 comporte une jupe 51 de forme cylindrique qui s'emboîte par élasticité sur le bourrelet 31 de la coupelle. La jupe comporte une partie de section plus restreinte 52 qui se place au-delà du bourrelet 31 et empêche le dispositif 5 d'actionnernent ce la valve 4 de s'enfoncer trop et permet de ménager un espace, en gros cylindrique, au-dessus de la coupelle 3 et sous la partie formant couvercle du dispositif 5 d ' act i onnernent de la valve. Le dispositif 5 comporte un ajutage 53 constitué de deux conduits 53a,53b parallèles à l'axe de l'enveloppe 2, décalés l'un par rapport à l'autre et communiquant entre eux par une ouverture 53c. Le conduit 53b est situé dans le prolongement du tube de sortie 41 de la valve 4. Le dispositif 5 d'actionnernent de la valve comporte également un bouton-poussoir qui a la forme d'un secteur de cercle centré sur le conduit 53a de l'ajutage 53. Une fente en forme d'arc de cercle est ménagée à la base du bouton-poussoir, de façon a permettre un enfoncement du bouton-poussoir lorsqu'on appuie sur la surface 56 de celui-ci. Le bouton-poussoir 54 contient le conduit 53b de l'ajutage 53 et ce conduit est fermé par la surface 56 du bouton-poussoir. La cloison du conduit 53b comporte une encoche 55 dans laquelle s'insère l'extrémité du tube de sortie 41 de la valve 4. De cette façon si on presse sur la surface 56 du bouton-poussoir et que l'on enfonce celui-ci, la paroi du conduit 53b s'enfonce et appuie sur l'extrémité du tube de sortie 41 de la valve 4, ce qui provoque l'ouverture de la valve 4. La figure 2 représente un mode de réalisation .particulier de la tête d'un récipient devant être utilisé en position tête en bas. Ce dispositif est placé entre le fond de la coupelle 3 et le dispositif 5 d'actionnernent de la valve. Le dispositif de blocage est constitué par une pièce de transmission 61, une languette 62 et une bille 63. La pièce de transmission 61 et la languette 62 ménagent entre elles un canal 64. Selon le mode de réalisation représenté sur la figure 2, la pièce de transmission 61 et la languette 62 sont creusées en forme de gouttière pour le passage de la bille 63, lee gouttières de la pièce de transmission 61 et de la languette 62 se faisant vis-à-vis. Il existe, en plus, entre la pièce de transmission 61 et la languette 62 un espace 65 dont la hauteur est inférieure au diamètre de la bille. Le canal 64 est donc constitué par les deux gouttières creusées dans la pièce de transmission 61 et la languette 62 et la partie de l'espace 65 ménagé entre la pièce ds transmission et la languette au droit des deux gouttières. La section du canal 64 est légèrement inférieure à son extrémité 64a qu'à son extrémité 64b. Le canal 64 va donc en s'évasant du voisinage de la vaive u vers l'extérieur. La pièce de transmission 6 1 a une forme complémentaire de celle du bouton-pousscir 54 de façon à pouvoir s'emboîter dans celui-ci. Elie comporte une partie 61a qui est placée sous le rebord libre du conduit 53b contenant le tube de sortie 41 de la valve et au-dessus du canal 64. La languette 62 repose à son extrémité 62a. voisine de la valve 4 sur la surface 33 du renforcement 32 de la coupelle 3. Son autre extrémité 62b est montée flottante. La pièce de transmission 61 et la languette 62 sont reliées par une charnière film 66. L'extrémité 62a de la languette est accrochée par un collier 67 au tube de sortie 41 de la valve. Selon le mode de réalisation représenté, la pièce de transmission 61, la languette 62, la charnière film 66 et le collier 67 forment une pièce unique qui a été obtenue par moulage d'une matière plastique fiexible. Selon le mode de réalisation représenté sur la figure 2, le canal 64 est incliné de façon que son extrémité 64a la plus proche du tube de sortie 41 de la valve 4 soit plus près du ford de la coupelle 3 que son autre extrémité 64b. Le récipient représenté sur la figure 2 fonctionne de la façon décrite ci-après. Lorsque le récipient pressurisé est en position tête haute la bille vient se loger par gravité à l'extrémité 64a du canal 64 qui est alors la plus basse. Si on appuie sur la surface 56 du bouton-poussoir 54, le rebord inférieur de la paroi du conduit 53b vient s'appuyer sur la partie 61a de la pièce de transmission 61. A ce niveau la bille 63 remplit le canal 64 et la languetteThe pressurized container designated as a whole by 1 (see FIG. 1) is constituted by a cylindrical casing 2 provided with a bottom 21, at the end of which is crimped a circular cup 3 provided with a valve 4 and on the rim which fits a valve actuation device 5 4. The cup 3 is fixed to the rim of the cylindrical casing 2 by a bead 31. The valve 4 is mounted in the center of the cup 3 in a reinforcement 32 of roughly cylindrical shape comprising on the outlet side of the valve 4 a substantially flat surface 33. The valve 4 comprises an outlet pipe 41. The device 5 for actuating the valve 4 comprises a skirt 51 of cylindrical shape which fits resiliently on the bead 31 of the cup. The skirt has a part of more restricted section 52 which is placed beyond the bead 31 and prevents the device 5 from actuating this valve 4 from sinking too much and makes it possible to provide a space, in large cylindrical, above the cup 3 and under the cover portion of the device 5 of act i onnernent of the valve. The device 5 comprises a nozzle 53 consisting of two conduits 53a, 53b parallel to the axis of the casing 2, offset from one another and communicating with each other by an opening 53c. The conduit 53b is located in the extension of the outlet tube 41 of the valve 4. The device 5 for actuating the valve also comprises a push button which has the shape of a sector of a circle centered on the conduit 53a of the nozzle 53. A slot in the shape of an arc of a circle is provided at the base of the push button, so as to allow a push of the push button when pressing on the surface 56 thereof. The push button 54 contains the pipe 53b of the nozzle 53 and this pipe is closed by the surface 56 of the push button. The partition of the conduit 53b has a notch 55 into which the end of the outlet tube 41 of the valve 4 is inserted. In this way if one presses on the surface 56 of the push button and that one pushes the latter , the wall of the conduit 53b sinks and presses on the end of the outlet tube 41 of the valve 4, which causes the opening of the valve 4. FIG. 2 represents an embodiment .particular of the head d '' a container to be used upside down. This device is placed between the bottom of the cup 3 and the device 5 for actuating the valve. The locking device consists of a transmission part 61, a tongue 62 and a ball 63. The transmission part 61 and the tongue 62 form a channel 64 between them. According to the embodiment shown in FIG. 2, the part transmission 61 and the tongue 62 are hollowed out in the form of a gutter for the passage of the ball 63, lee gutters of the transmission part 61 and the tongue 62 facing each other. There is, in addition, between the transmission part 61 and the tongue 62 a space 65 whose height is less than the diameter of the ball. The channel 64 therefore consists of the two gutters dug in the transmission part 61 and the tongue 62 and the part of the space 65 formed between the transmission part and the tongue in line with the two gutters. The section of the channel 64 is slightly less at its end 64a than at its end 64b. The channel 64 therefore widens from the vicinity of the channel u towards the outside. The transmission part 6 1 has a shape complementary to that of the push button 54 so as to be able to fit into it. Elie has a part 61a which is placed under the free edge of the conduit 53b containing the outlet tube 41 of the valve and above the channel 64. The tongue 62 rests at its end 62a. next to the valve 4 on the surface 33 of the reinforcement 32 of the cup 3. Its other end 62b is mounted floating. The transmission part 61 and the tongue 62 are connected by a film hinge 66. The end 62a of the tongue is hooked by a collar 67 to the outlet tube 41 of the valve. According to the embodiment shown, the transmission part 61, the tongue 62, the film hinge 66 and the collar 67 form a single part which has been obtained by molding a pliable plastic material. According to the embodiment shown in Figure 2, the channel 64 is inclined so that its end 64a closest to the outlet tube 41 of the valve 4 is closer to the ford of the cup 3 than its other end 64b. The container shown in Figure 2 operates as described below. When the pressurized container is in head-up position the ball is housed by gravity at the end 64a of the channel 64 which is then the lowest. If the surface 56 of the push button 54 is pressed, the lower edge of the wall of the conduit 53b comes to bear on the part 61a of the transmission part 61. At this level the ball 63 fills the channel 64 and the tongue
62 repose sur une surface fixe. Par conséquent, le bouton-poussoir ne peut pas s'enfoncer. 11 est bloqué et ne peut plus actionner la valve 4.62 rests on a fixed surface. Therefore, the push button cannot be pressed. 11 is blocked and can no longer actuate valve 4.
Si on retourne le récipient pressurisé 1 pour le mettre en position tête basse, c'est l'extrémité 64b du canal qui est alors la plus basse et la bille va se placer par gravité à cette extrémité. Dans ce cas si l'utilisateur appuie sur le bouton-poussoir 54 celui-ci peut s'enfoncer. En effet en appuyant sur le bouton-poussoir, on déplace la pièce de transmission 61 vers la languette 62. A l'extrémité 64a du canal, grâce à l'espace 65, la pièce de transmission 61 peut s'enfoncer vers la languette en provoquant la flexion de la charnière 66. A l'autre extrémité 64b la pièce de transmission 61 et la languette 62 étant solidarisées par la bille 63 c'est l'ensemble pièce de transmission 61 et languette 62 qui s'enfonce grâce au fait que la languette 62 est en matériau souple et qu'elle est montée flottante. L'enfoncement du bouton 54 provoque l'enfoncement du tube de sortie 41 de la valve 4 et, par conséquent, l'ouverture de cette valve. La figure 3 représente un mode de réalisation de la tête d'un récipient pressurisé pour utilisation tête en haut. Le dispositif de blocage 6∅1 comporte une pièce de transmission 611 et une languette 621 ménageant entre elles un canal 641 pour le passage de la bille 631 et un espace 651. Le canal 641 est incliné en sens inverse du canal 54 représenté sur ia figure 2 ; c'est-à-dire que l'extrémité 641a située au voisinage du tube de sortie 41 de la valve 4 est située plus loin du fond de la coupelle 3 et se trouve être le plus bas lorsque le récipient pressurisé 1 est en position tête en bas. L'extrémité 641b située au voisinage du rebord de la coupelle 3 est située plus près du fond de la coupelle et se trouve être le plus bas lorsque le récipient est en position tête en haut. Le fonctionnement du dispositif de biocage est le suivant. Lorsque le récipient est en position tête en haut is bille 631 se trouve à l'extrémité 641b du canal 641. Grâce a l'espace 651, la pièce de transmission 611 s'enfonce en provoquant ia flexion de la charnière 661 à l'extrémité 641a du canal. A l'extrémité 641b la bille solidarisant la pièce de transmission 611 et la languette 621, c'est l'ensemble pièce de transmission 611, languette 621 qui s'enfonce grâce au fait que la languette 621 est soupie et qu'elle est montée flottante à son extrémité 621b. Lorsque le récipient est en position tête en bas, la bille 631, représentée en tirets sur la figure 3. vient occuper, par gravité, la position 641a. La cille empêche tout enfoncement d e la pièce de transmission 611 vers la languette 521. Le bouton 54 ne peut être enfoncé.If the pressurized container 1 is turned over to put it in the head down position, it is the end 64b of the channel which is then the lowest and the ball will be placed by gravity at this end. In this case if the user presses the push-button 54, the latter may sink. In fact by pressing the push-button, the transmission part 61 is moved towards the tongue 62. At the end 64a of the channel, thanks to the space 65, the transmission part 61 can sink towards the tongue in causing the hinge 66 to bend. At the other end 64b, the transmission part 61 and the tongue 62 being secured by the ball 63, it is the transmission part 61 and tongue 62 assembly which sinks thanks to the fact that the tongue 62 is made of flexible material and that it is mounted floating. The depression of the button 54 causes the depression of the outlet tube 41 of the valve 4 and, consequently, the opening of this valve. Figure 3 shows an embodiment of the head of a pressurized container for head-up use. The locking device 6∅1 comprises a transmission part 611 and a tongue 621 forming between them a channel 641 for the passage of the ball 631 and a space 651. The channel 641 is inclined in the opposite direction to the channel 54 shown in ia Figure 2; that is to say that the end 641a located in the vicinity of the outlet tube 41 of the valve 4 is located further from the bottom of the cup 3 and is found to be the lowest when the pressurized container 1 is in the head position below. The end 641b located in the vicinity of the rim of the cup 3 is located closer to the bottom of the cup and is found to be the lowest when the container is in the head-up position. The operation of the biocage device is as follows. When the container is in the head-up position, the ball 631 is at the end 641b of the channel 641. Thanks to the space 651, the transmission part 611 sinks, causing the hinge 661 to bend at the end. 641a of the canal. At the end 641b the ball securing the transmission part 611 and the tongue 621, it is the transmission part 611 assembly, tongue 621 which sinks thanks to the fact that the tongue 621 is loosened and that it is mounted floating at its end 621b. When the container is in the upside down position, the ball 631, shown in dashed lines in FIG. 3. comes to occupy, by gravity, the position 641a. The eye prevents any depression of the transmission part 611 towards the tongue 521. The button 54 cannot be pressed.
La figure 4 représente une modification du système de biocage représenté sur la figure 5 pour un récipient pressurisé dont la première utilisation doit obligatoirement se faire en position tête en haut et les utilisations suivantes se font en position tête en bas. Selon cette modification, l'extrémité 621b de la languette 621 comporte un logement 661 en forme de calotte sphérique permettant la prise en charge de la bille 631 et son blocage définitif. Au droit de ce logement 681 la pièce de transmission 611 comporte un bec 611b permettant d'enfoncer la bille dans le 1 ogement 681.FIG. 4 represents a modification of the biocage system shown in FIG. 5 for a pressurized container, the first use of which must be made in the head-up position and the following uses are made in the head-down position. According to this modification, the end 621b of the tongue 621 comprises a housing 661 in the form of a spherical cap allowing the support of the ball 631 and its final blocking. To the right of this housing 681 the transmission part 611 includes a spout 611b allowing the ball to be inserted into the 1 ogement 681.
Tant que le récipient n'a pas été utilisé en position tête en haut, il est impossible de l'utiliser en position tête en bas car dans ce cas la bille 631, qui n'est pas enfoncée dans le logement 681 et peut se déplacer librement dans le canal 641, vient à l'extrémité 641a du canal et le bouton-poussoir 54 est bloqué. Lors ce la première utilisation en position tête en haut, la bille vient se placer à l'extrémité 641b du canal 641. Quand l'utilisateur appuie sur le poussoir 54 le bec 611b descend avec la pièce de transmission 611 et vient enfoncer à force la bille 631 cans son logement 681 où elle reste bloquée grâce a l'eiasticité de la matière dans laquelle la languette 621 est fabriquée.As long as the container has not been used in the head-up position, it is impossible to use it in the head-down position because in this case the ball 631, which is not pressed into the housing 681 and can move freely in the channel 641, comes to the end 641a of the channel and the push-button 54 is blocked. During this first use in the head-up position, the ball is placed at the end 641b of the channel 641. When the user presses on the pusher 54 the spout 611b descends with the transmission part 611 and comes to force down the ball 631 cans its housing 681 where it remains blocked thanks to the elasticity of the material in which the tongue 621 is manufactured.
La bille 631 ne peut plus se déplacer à l'extrémité 641a, lorsque le récipient est en position tête en bas pour bloquer le bouton-poussoir 54 ; grâce à l'espace 651 ménagé entre la pièce de transmission 611 et la languette 621, et à la flexibilité des pièces, une poussée exercée sur la surface 56 du bouton-poussoir 54 fait s'enfoncer le bouton-poussoir et la pièce de transmission 611, et la partie 611a vient actionner la valve 4. Les f i gur e s 5 et 6 représentent un second mode de réalisation du dispositif de blocage d'un récipient pressurisé selon l'inventicn dont l'emploi nécessite obligatoirement une première utilisation en position tête en bas. Selon ce moce de réalisation, le dispositif de blocage 602 comporte une pièce de transmission 612, une languette 622 et une bille 632. La languette 622 comporte une surface inclinée 622c et deux cloisons latérales parallèles 622d et 622e écartées d'une distance d égale au diamètre du tube de sortie 41 de la vaive 4. Ces cloisons latérales 622d et 522e comportent deux pattes de fixation 672a et 672b qui sont fixées par élasticité au tube de sertie 41 de la valve 4.The ball 631 can no longer move at the end 641a, when the container is in the upside down position to block the push button 54; thanks to the space 651 formed between the transmission part 611 and the tongue 621, and to the flexibility of the parts, a push exerted on the surface 56 of the push button 54 causes the push button and the transmission part to sink 611, and the part 611a actuates the valve 4. The fi gur es 5 and 6 represent a second embodiment of the device for blocking a pressurized container according to the invention whose use necessarily requires a first use in the head position below. According to this embodiment, the blocking device 602 comprises a transmission part 612, a tongue 622 and a ball 632. The tongue 622 comprises an inclined surface 622c and two parallel lateral partitions 622d and 622e spaced apart by a distance d diameter of the outlet tube 41 of the vault 4. These side partitions 622d and 522e have two fixing lugs 672a and 672b which are fixed by elasticity to the crimp tube 41 of the valve 4.
A son extrémité 622a, la surface inclinée 622c de la languette est échancrée de manière à ménager un logement 662, entre cette surface inciinée 622c et le sertissage 31 de la coupelie 3, pour la bille 632. La pièce de transmission 612 est fixée à la paroi interne du bouton-poussoir 54 et eiie comporte un bec 612b au droit du logement 682 de languette 522. L'épaisseur de la pièce de transmission 612 est légèrement inférieure à la distance d entre l es cloisons latérales 622d et 622e de façon à pcuvoir s'insérer sans frottement entre ces deux cloisons 622d et 622e. La pièce de transmission 612 et is languette 622 sont fabriquées en matériau rigide, de préférence en matière plastique rigide.At its end 622a, the inclined surface 622c of the tongue is notched so as to provide a housing 662, between this inciinated surface 622c and the crimping 31 of the cup 3, for the ball 632. The transmission part 612 is fixed to the internal wall of the push button 54 and eiie has a spout 612b to the right of the housing 682 of tongue 522. The thickness of the transmission part 612 is slightly less than the distance d between the side partitions 622d and 622e so as to be can fit without friction between these two partitions 622d and 622e. The transmission part 612 and the tongue 622 are made of rigid material, preferably of rigid plastic.
Le dispositif fonctionne de façon analogue à celui représenté sur la figure 4. Lorsque l'utilisateur essaie d'utiliser le récipient pressurisé 1 en position tête en bas, la bille va se placer à l'extrémité 642a du canal 642 et bloque le bouten-poussoir 54. Lorsque l'utilisateur utilise le récipient pressurisé 1 en position tête en haut, la bille circule vers l'extrémité 642b du canal 642 et quand l'utilisateur appuie sur le bouton-poussoir 54, le bec 612b enfonce la bille 632 dans son logement 682 où elle reste bloquée comme représenté sur la figure 5. Simultanément, le bouton-poussoir provoque l'ouverture de la valve 4. Par la suite, le récipient pressurisé peut normalement être utilisé en position tête en bas car il reste un espace entre le bec 612b et la bille 532 lorsque celle-ci a été enfoncée dans son logement.The device operates in a similar fashion to that shown in FIG. 4. When the user tries to use the pressurized container 1 in the head-down position, the ball will be placed at the end 642a of the channel 642 and blocks the end- push-button 54. When the user uses the pressurized container 1 in the head-up position, the ball circulates towards the end 642b of the channel 642 and when the user presses the push-button 54, the spout 612b pushes the ball 632 into its housing 682 where it remains blocked as shown in FIG. 5. Simultaneously, the push button causes the valve 4 to open. Thereafter, the pressurized container can normally be used in the upside down position because there remains a space between the spout 612b and the ball 532 when the latter has been inserted into its housing.
La figure 1 représente également à titre d'exemple un récipient pressurisé à double compartiment dont l'utilisation nécessite une première utilisation obligatoirement en position tête en haut puis ensuite une utilisation normale en position tête en bas. Ce dispositif est destiné à permettre la conservation simultanée dans le récipient pressurisé de deux produits A et B qui ne doivent être mélangés qu'au moment de l'emploi. L'enveloppe cylindrique 2 contient une poche souple 22 contenant elle-merre une capsule 23 munie d'un beucnen 24.Figure 1 also shows by way of example a pressurized container with a double compartment, the use of which requires a first mandatory use in head-up position then normal use in head-down position. This device is intended to allow the simultaneous conservation in the pressurized container of two products A and B which must not be mixed until the time of use. The cylindrical envelope 2 contains a flexible pocket 22 which itself contains a capsule 23 provided with a beucnen 24.
Le récipient pressurisé est rempli de la raçon décrite ci-après, On introduit dans l'enve oppe cylindrique 2 le premier licuide A. Dans la poche souple 22, on introduit, à froid, le second liquide B et une capsule 23 munie du bcuchon 24, contenant un propulseur (par exemple du dichlorodifiuoroéthane commercialisé sous la d énom i na t i c n commerciale Fréon 12 par la Société du Pont de Nemours) sous forme liquéfiée. Avant que le propulseur liquéfié puisse se mettre à température ambiante, en ferme la poche 22 par thermosoudage et on la place dans l'enveloppe cylindrique 2. On sertit la coupelle 3 contenant la valve 4 et au travers de la valve 4 , on injecte un gaz de centre pression, tel que l'azote ou tout autre gaz non actif vis à vis du produit A, jusqu'à ce que la pression scit suffisante pour empêcher le tube 23 de s'cuvrir sous la poussée du propulseur qu'il contient. O n, met ensuite sur l ' enve l o ppe cylindrique l'ensemble constitué par le dispositif 5 d'actionnernent de l a valve et le dispositif de blocage 6∅1 ou 6∅2.The pressurized container is filled with the section described below. The first licuide A is introduced into the cylindrical container 2. In the flexible bag 22, the second liquid B and a capsule 23 provided with the cap are introduced when cold. 24, containing a propellant (for example dichlorodifiuoroethane marketed under the commercial name Fréon 12 by the Société du Pont de Nemours) in liquefied form. Before the liquefied propellant can come to room temperature, close the pocket 22 by heat sealing and place it in the cylindrical casing 2. The cup 3 containing the valve 4 is crimped and through the valve 4, a center pressure gas, such as nitrogen or any other gas which is not active with respect to product A, until the pressure is sufficient to prevent the tube 23 from steaming under the thrust of the propellant it contains . O n, then puts on the enve l o cylindrical ppe the assembly constituted by the device 5 actuating the valve and the blocking device 6∅1 or 6∅2.
L'utiiisatiomn du récipient pressurisé est la suivante. Le récipient pressurisé 1 étant en position tête en haut. on appuie sur le bouton-poussoir 54 pour faire échapper l'azote. La pression à l'intérieur du récipient 1 diminuant is bouchen 24 se désengage du tube 25 et le fréon gonfle la poche 22 jusqu'à ce qu'elle eclate. Le produit E se trouve en contact avec le produit A et ils peuvent être mélangés par agitation manuelle du récipient 1.The use of the pressurized container is as follows. The pressurized container 1 being in the head up position. the push-button 54 is pressed to escape the nitrogen. The pressure inside the container 1 decreasing is bouchen 24 disengages from the tube 25 and the freon inflates the bag 22 until it bursts. Product E is in contact with product A and they can be mixed by manual shaking of the container 1.
Pour distribuer ensuite le mélange, on actionne la valve 4 lorsque le récipient 1 est en position tête en bas. En l'absence du système de biocage 6∅1,6∅2, si l'utilisateur commençait par actionner la valve, alors que le récipient 1 est tête en bas, il risquerait de distribuer uniquement le liquide A ou au moins une fraction de liquide A avant que le gaz de cont re -pr es s i on ait pu s'échapper e t provoquer la rupture de la poche 22. Par conséquent, une fraction du liquide A risquerait d'être distribuée avant que le liquide A soit mé l an gé avec le liquide B. To then distribute the mixture, the valve 4 is actuated when the container 1 is in the upside down position. In the absence of the biocage system 6∅1.6∅2, if the user started by actuating the valve, while the container 1 is upside down, he would risk dispensing only the liquid A or at least a fraction of liquid A before the counter gas re-if it has been possible to escape and cause the pocket 22 to rupture. Consequently, a fraction of the liquid A may be dispensed before the liquid A is blown out handled with liquid B.

Claims

REVENDICATIONS 1 - Récipient pressurisé comportant une valve (4) et un dispositif (5) d'actionnernent de la valve, le récipient étant muni à une extrémité d'une coupelle (3) sertie sur son rebord, coupelle dans laquelle est disposée la valve (4), le dispositif d'actionnernent (5) de la valve (4) comportant un bouton-poussoir (54) et formant un couvercle au-dessus de la coupelle (3) et de la valve (4), et comportant un dispositif (6,6∅1,6∅2) comprenant un organe mobile (63, 631, 632) circulant sous l'action de la pesanteur dans un canal (64,641,642). ledit canal étant incliné de façon que lorsque le récipient est tête en haut ou tête en bas, l'organe mobile (63.631,632) se trouve à une extrémité ou à une autre du canal (64,641,642), l'une des positions tête en haut ou tête en bas autorisant l'actionnement de la valve (4) par le dispositif d'actionnernent (5), l'autre ne l'autorisant pas, caractérisé par le fait que le dispositif (6,6∅1,6∅2) est un dispositif de blocage, le canal (64,641,642) étant délimité entre une pièce de transmission (61,611,612) de la poussée sur le bouton-poussoir (54) et une languette (52,621,622), la pièce de transmission (61.611,612) pouvant être déplacée par rapport au récipient (1) et à la languette (62,621,622), l'organe mobile, dans la position n'autorisant pas l'actionnement de la valve (4), coopérant avec le dispositif d'actionnernent (5) et la coupelle (3), par l'intermédiaire de ladite pièce de transmission (61,611,612) et de la languette (62,621,622). pour bloquer ledit dispositif d'actionnernent (5) et ladite coupelle (3), l'un par rappo r t à l'autre.CLAIMS 1 - Pressurized container comprising a valve (4) and a device (5) for actuating the valve, the container being provided at one end with a cup (3) crimped on its rim, cup in which the valve is placed (4), the actuating device (5) of the valve (4) comprising a push button (54) and forming a cover above the cup (3) and the valve (4), and comprising a device (6,6∅1,6∅2) comprising a movable member (63, 631, 632) circulating under the action of gravity in a channel (64,641,642). said channel being inclined so that when the container is head up or head down, the movable member (63,631,632) is located at one end or another of the channel (64,641,642), one of the head positions in up or down allowing the actuation of the valve (4) by the actuating device (5), the other not authorizing it, characterized in that the device (6,6∅1,6∅ 2) is a blocking device, the channel (64,641,642) being delimited between a transmission part (61,611,612) of the push on the push button (54) and a tongue (52,621,622), the transmission part (61,611,612) can be moved relative to the container (1) and the tongue (62,621,622), the movable member, in the position not allowing the actuation of the valve (4), cooperating with the actuating device (5) and the cup (3), via said transmission part (61,611,612) and the tongue (62,621,622). to block said actuating device (5) and said cup (3), one by comparison with the other.
2 - Récipient pressurisé selon la revendication 1 caractérisé par le fait que l'organe mobile est une bille.2 - Pressurized container according to claim 1 characterized in that the movable member is a ball.
3 - Récipient pressurisé selon la revendication 1 ou 2, caractérisé par le fait que le récipient pressurisé (1) est cylindrique, la valve (4) étant disposée au centre de la coupelle (3) qui est circulaire et que le canal (64,641,642) est disposé radialement au voisinage de la valve (4) vers I'extérieur.3 - Pressurized container according to the Claim 1 or 2, characterized in that the pressurized container (1) is cylindrical, the valve (4) being arranged in the center of the cup (3) which is circular and that the channel (64,641,642) is arranged radially in the vicinity of the valve (4) outwards.
4 - Récipient selon l'une quelconque des revendications 1 à 3, caractérisé par le fait que la languette (62.621.622) et/ou la pièce de transmission (61,611,612) sont creusées sous forme de gouttière.4 - Container according to any one of claims 1 to 3, characterized in that the tongue (62,621,622) and / or the transmission part (61,611,612) are hollowed out in the form of a gutter.
5 - Récipient selon l'une quelconque des revendications 1 à 4, caractérisé par le fait que le canal (64,641,642) a une section transversale inférieure à son extrémité (64a , 641a, 642a) située au voisinage de la valve qu'à son extrémité (64b,641b,642b) située vers l'extérieur.5 - Container according to any one of claims 1 to 4, characterized in that the channel (64,641,642) has a smaller cross section at its end (64a, 641a, 642a) located near the valve than at its end (64b, 641b, 642b) located outside.
6 - Récipient pressurisé selon l'une quelconque des revendications 1 à 5, caractérisé par le fait que l'extrémité (62b, 621b, 622b) de la languette éloignée de la valve (4) vers l'extérieur est montée flottante, que l'extrémité (62a, 621a, 622a ) de la languette située au voisinage de la valve (4) repose sur une surface fixe (33) et que la languette (62,621) est fabriquée en un matériau élastique. 7 - Récipient pressurisé selon l'une quelconque des revendications 1 à 5, caractérisé par le fait que la languette (622) est en matériau rigide, que son extrémité (622b) éloignée de la valve (4) repose sur le fond et/ou le rebord de la coupelle (3) et que l'espace (652) entre la pièce de transmission et la languette à l'extrémité (622b) est supérieur au diamètre de l'organe mobile (632).6 - pressurized container according to any one of claims 1 to 5, characterized in that the end (62b, 621b, 622b) of the tongue remote from the valve (4) outward is mounted floating, that l 'end (62a, 621a, 622a) of the tongue located in the vicinity of the valve (4) rests on a fixed surface (33) and that the tongue (62,621) is made of an elastic material. 7 - pressurized container according to any one of claims 1 to 5, characterized in that the tongue (622) is made of rigid material, that its end (622b) remote from the valve (4) rests on the bottom and / or the rim of the cup (3) and that the space (652) between the transmission part and the tongue at the end (622b) is greater than the diameter of the movable member (632).
8 - Récipient pressurisé selon l'une quelconque des revendications 1 à 7, caractérisé par le fait que la pièce de transmission (61,611,621) et la languette (62,621,622) sont reliées entre elles par un dispositif flexible.8 - pressurized container according to any one of claims 1 to 7, characterized in that the transmission part (61,611,621) and the tongue (62,621,622) are connected together by a flexible device.
9 - Récipient pressurisé selon l'une des revendications 1 à 8, caractérisé par le fait que la pièce de transmission (61,611,632) et la languette (62,621,622) sont reliées entre elles par une charnière film flexible (66,661).9 - pressurized container according to one of claims 1 to 8, characterized in that the transmission part (61,611,632) and the tongue (62,621,622) are interconnected by a flexible film hinge (66,661).
1∅ - Récipient pressurisé selon l'une quelconque des revendications 1 à 9, caractérisé par le fait que, la languette (62,621,622) est fixée par un collier (67) ou des pattes (672) à la valve (4).1∅ - Pressurized container according to any one of claims 1 to 9, characterized in that, the tongue (62,621,622) is fixed by a collar (67) or lugs (672) to the valve (4).
11 - Récipient pressurisé selon l'une quelconque des revendications 1 à 10. caractérisé par le fait que la pièce de transmission (61,611), la languette (62,621), le collier (67,671) ou les pattes 672 et la charnière film (66,661) forment une pièce unique obtenue par moulage de matière plastique.11 - Pressurized container according to any one of claims 1 to 10. characterized in that the transmission part (61,611), the tongue (62,621), the collar (67,671) or the legs 672 and the film hinge (66,661) form a single piece obtained by plastic molding.
12 - Récipient pressurisé selon l'une quelconque des revendications 1 à 11, caractérisé par le fait que la languette (621) comporte à l'extrémité (621b) éloignée de la valve (4) vers l'extérieur un logement (681) permettant la prise en charge de la bille (631) et son blocage définitif.12 - pressurized container according to any one of claims 1 to 11, characterized in that the tongue (621) has at the end (621b) remote from the valve (4) outwardly a housing (681) allowing taking charge of the ball (631) and its final blocking.
13 - Récipient selon l'une quelconque des revendications 1 à 11, caractérisé par le fait que le logement (682) est ménagé entre l'extrémité de la languette (622b) et le fond et/ou le rebord de la coupe lie (3).13 - A container according to any one of claims 1 to 11, characterized in that the housing (682) is formed between the end of the tongue (622b) and the bottom and / or the rim of the cut ties (3 ).
14 - Récipient pressurisé, selon l'une des revendications 12 ou 13, caractérisé par le fait que la pièce de transmission (611,612) comporte un bec (611b, 612b) situé au droit du logement (651,682) permettant d'enfoncer la bille (631,632) dans son logement (681,682) lorsqu'on appuie sur le bouton¬poussoir. 15 - Récipient pressurisé selon les revendications 1 et 2 devant être utilisé en position tête en haut, caractérisé par le fait que le canal (641) est incliné de façon que l'extrémité (641b) éloignée de la valve (4) vers l'extérieur soit plus proche du fond de la coupelle (3) que l'extrémité (641a) voisine de lavalve (4).14 - Pressurized container, according to one of claims 12 or 13, characterized in that the transmission part (611,612) has a spout (611b, 612b) located to the right of the housing (651,682) for driving the ball ( 631,632) in its housing (681,682) when the pushbutton is pressed. 15 - Pressurized container according to claims 1 and 2 to be used in head position top, characterized in that the channel (641) is inclined so that the end (641b) away from the valve (4) towards the outside is closer to the bottom of the cup (3) than the end ( 641a) close to Laval (4).
16 - Récipient pressurisé devant être utilisé en position tête en bas, selon les revendications 1 ou 2, caractérisé par le fait que l'extrémité (64b) du canal (64) éloignée de la valve (4) vers l'extérieur est plus loin du fond de la coupelle (3) que l'extrémité (64a) proche de la valve (4).16 - Pressurized container to be used in head down position, according to claims 1 or 2, characterized in that the end (64b) of the channel (64) distant from the valve (4) outward is further from the bottom of the cup (3) as the end (64a) close to the valve (4).
17 - Récipient pressurisé devant obligatoirement être utilisé, d'abord en position tête en haut, puis ensuite en position tête en bas selon l'une des revendications 1 à 3, caractérisé par le fait que le canal (641) est incliné de façon que l'extrémité (641b) éloignée de la valve vers l'extérieur soit plus proche du fond de la coupelle que l'extrémité (64ia) voisine de la valve (4), que la languette (621) est en matière élastique, qu'elle est montée flottante à son extrémité (641b), qu'elle est munie d'un logement (681) à son extrémité (641b) éloignée de la valve (4) vers l'extérieur et que la pièce de transmission (611) est munie d'un bec (611b) situé au droit du logement (681) permettant d'enfoncer la bille dans son logement (681) lorsqu'on enfonce le bouton-poussoir (54).17 - A pressurized container that must be used, first in the head-up position, then in the head-down position according to one of claims 1 to 3, characterized in that the channel (641) is inclined so that the end (641b) distant from the valve towards the outside is closer to the bottom of the cup than the end (64ia) near the valve (4), that the tongue (621) is made of elastic material, than it is mounted floating at its end (641b), that it is provided with a housing (681) at its end (641b) away from the valve (4) outwards and that the transmission part (611) is provided with a spout (611b) located to the right of the housing (681) allowing the ball to be inserted into its housing (681) when the push button (54) is pressed.
18 - Récipient pressurisé selon la revendication 17, caractérisé par le fait que la languette (621) et la pièce de transmission (611) sont reliées entre elles par une charnière film (661) et fixées au tube de sortie (41) de la valve (4) par un collier (671) et sont constituées d'une seule pièce obtenue par moulage, que la pièce de transmission (611) et la languette (621) sont creusées en forme de gouttières se faisant vis-à-vis, que la languette repose à son extrémité (621a) sur la surface fixe (33) de la coupel le (3) et que la pièce de transmission (611) comporte une partie (611a) située sous le rebord de la paroi du conduit (53b) de l'ajutage (53) d u dispositif d'actionnernent (5) de !a valve (4). 19 - Récipient pressurisé selon l'une des revendications 1 ou 2, caractérisé par ie fait que ia pièce de transmission (612) et la languette (622) sont indépendantes et en matière plastique rigide, que la pièce de transmission (612) est fixée au boutonpoussoir (54). qup la languette (622) comporte une surface inclinée (622c) et deux cloisons latéraies: parallèles (622d, 622e) écartées d'une distance d égaie au diamètre du tube de sortie (41). !es cloisons latérales comportant deux pattes de fixation (672a ,672b) qui sont fixées par élasticité sur le tube de sortie (41) d e la valve (4), que ia surface inclinée (622c) de la languette est échancrée à son extrémité (622a) de façon à ménager un logement (682) pour ia bille (632) entre ladite surface inclinée (622c) et le rebord de la coupelle (3), pour la bille (632), et que la pièce de transmission (632) comporte un bec (612b) au droit du logement (682) de la languette (622) et a une épaisseur légèrement inférieure à la distance d entre les cloisons latérales (622d,622e).18 - Pressurized container according to claim 17, characterized in that the tongue (621) and the transmission part (611) are interconnected by a film hinge (661) and fixed to the outlet tube (41) of the valve (4) by a collar (671) and consist of a single piece obtained by molding, that the transmission piece (611) and the tongue (621) are hollowed out in the form of gutters facing each other, that the tongue rests at its end (621a) on the fixed surface (33) of the cupel (3) and that the transmission part (611) comprises a part (611a) situated under the rim of the wall of the duct (53b) of the nozzle (53) of the actuating device (5) of! a valve (4). 19 - Pressurized container according to one of claims 1 or 2, characterized by the fact that the transmission part (612) and the tongue (622) are independent and made of rigid plastic, that the transmission part (612) is fixed push button (54). qup the tongue (622) comprises an inclined surface (622c) and two lateral partitions: parallel (622d, 622e) spaced apart by a distance equal to the diameter of the outlet tube (41). ! es side partitions comprising two fixing lugs (672a, 672b) which are fixed by elasticity on the outlet tube (41) of the valve (4), that ia inclined surface (622c) of the tongue is notched at its end ( 622a) so as to provide a housing (682) for the ball (632) between said inclined surface (622c) and the rim of the cup (3), for the ball (632), and that the transmission part (632) has a spout (612b) to the right of the housing (682) of the tongue (622) and has a thickness slightly less than the distance d between the side partitions (622d, 622e).
20 - Récipiert pressurisé selon l'une des revendications 17 à 19. destiné à permettre la conservation simultanée de deux produits A et B qui ne doivent être mélangés qu'au moment de l'emploi, caractérisé par le fait que l'enveloppe cylindrique ( 2) contiert le produit A , une poche souple (22) contenant d'une part ie produit B et d'autre part une capsule munie d'un bouchon (24) et contenant propuIseur, et un gaz de contre-pression pour empêcher le propulseur d'ouvrir la capsule (23). 20 - Pressurized container according to one of claims 17 to 19. intended to allow the simultaneous conservation of two products A and B which should only be mixed at the time of use, characterized in that the cylindrical envelope ( 2) contains product A, a flexible bag (22) containing on the one hand ie product B and on the other hand a capsule provided with a plug (24) and containing propellant, and a back pressure gas to prevent propellant to open the capsule (23).
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