EP0374049B1 - Spender und Applikator mit Handverschluss - Google Patents

Spender und Applikator mit Handverschluss Download PDF

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EP0374049B1
EP0374049B1 EP89403471A EP89403471A EP0374049B1 EP 0374049 B1 EP0374049 B1 EP 0374049B1 EP 89403471 A EP89403471 A EP 89403471A EP 89403471 A EP89403471 A EP 89403471A EP 0374049 B1 EP0374049 B1 EP 0374049B1
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A45—HAND OR TRAVELLING ARTICLES
    • A45D—HAIRDRESSING OR SHAVING EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT FOR COSMETICS OR COSMETIC TREATMENTS, e.g. FOR MANICURING OR PEDICURING
    • A45D34/00—Containers or accessories specially adapted for handling liquid toiletry or cosmetic substances, e.g. perfumes
    • A45D34/04—Appliances specially adapted for applying liquid, e.g. using roller or ball
    • A45D34/041—Appliances specially adapted for applying liquid, e.g. using roller or ball using a roller, a disc or a ball
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65D—CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES
    • B65D47/00—Closures with filling and discharging, or with discharging, devices
    • B65D47/04—Closures with discharging devices other than pumps
    • B65D47/20—Closures with discharging devices other than pumps comprising hand-operated members for controlling discharge
    • B65D47/24—Closures with discharging devices other than pumps comprising hand-operated members for controlling discharge with poppet valves or lift valves, i.e. valves opening or closing a passageway by a relative motion substantially perpendicular to the plane of the seat
    • B65D47/241—Closures with discharging devices other than pumps comprising hand-operated members for controlling discharge with poppet valves or lift valves, i.e. valves opening or closing a passageway by a relative motion substantially perpendicular to the plane of the seat the valve being opened or closed by actuating a cap-like element
    • B65D47/243—Closures with discharging devices other than pumps comprising hand-operated members for controlling discharge with poppet valves or lift valves, i.e. valves opening or closing a passageway by a relative motion substantially perpendicular to the plane of the seat the valve being opened or closed by actuating a cap-like element moving linearly, i.e. without rotational motion

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  • the present invention relates to a new dispenser and applicator device making it possible to open and close a bottle which comprises it by a simple axial thrust exerted on one or more buttons which can project from the dispenser.
  • the dispenser of the device of the invention can be absolutely arbitrary without the other means used having to be modified.
  • the device of the invention also makes it possible to ensure sealing whatever the position of its shutter member, that is to say that the contents of a bottle on which the device is mounted can flow only towards the outside of the dispenser when this flow is authorized.
  • the device of the invention can be produced simply by a small number of parts which can be manufactured by injection molding of plastic material.
  • the invention is defined by claim 1.
  • the drawing schematically shows a container 1, for example a bottle delimiting a neck 2.
  • the cross-sectional shape of the container 1 can be absolutely arbitrary.
  • the drawing shows that this shape can, for example, be approximately ovoid with small flat sides.
  • the top of the neck supports a plug 3 which covers it and which is advantageously fixed by a rod 4 entering a groove 5 of the neck.
  • the plug 3 delimits inside the neck a cylindrical socket 6 whose base 7 (fig. 1) has openings 8 (fig. 2).
  • the base 7 supports a shutter finger 9 with a frustoconical end.
  • a sleeve 10 is threaded on the neck 2 and comprises a transverse partition 11 from which protrude a lower sealing skirt 12, an upper sealing skirt 13 and a ring 14 with frustoconical internal wall to bear on the frustoconical end of the obturator finger 9.
  • the lower sealing skirt 12 is applied against the internal wall of the sleeve 6 while the upper sealing skirt 13 bears against the wall of a sleeve 15 which forms a distributor designated as a whole by 16.
  • the socket 10 additionally forms at least one actuation button 17 and preferably two as shown in FIGS. 2 and 3.
  • the button (s) 17 protrude through one or more openings 18 provided in the side wall 19 of the dispenser 16.
  • the side wall 19 of the distributor 16 is fixed by any means to the container 1 for example by means of a rod 20 entering a groove 21.
  • the distributor 16 has at least one distribution hole 22 made inside the sheath 15 .
  • the distributor 16 is fixed relative to the container 1 and the same is true of the stopper 3.
  • the sleeve 10 can be slid along the neck 2 so that the ring 14 acts as closing element with the shutter finger 9.
  • cooperating ribs and grooves 23 can be formed between these members. It is also possible to prevent rotation of the socket 10 simply by guiding it by its button or buttons 17 inside the opening or openings 18 of the dispenser 16.
  • the dispenser 16 may include one or more applicator members 24 constituted for example by a cylinder comprising axes 25, 26 one of which, the axis 26 in this case, is formed by a plug 27 engaged in the cylinder, this embodiment in two parts facilitating simple manufacture by injection molding of a plastic material or the like.
  • the axes 25, 26 are engaged by elastic deformation in concavities 28, 29 which have flanges 30, 31 formed by the distributor 16 which can, in the same way as the other parts described above, be produced in a simple manner by molding by plastic injection.
  • the applicator member 24 may, in a manner known per se in the art, be replaced by any other member of the same nature such as balls, rings, etc., the top of the dispenser 16 obviously being shaped in an appropriate manner known in the art. technique for these applicators.
  • the ring 14 bears against the frustoconical part of the shutter finger 9 and, consequently, the container 1 is closed since the product which it contains cannot flow towards the hole 22 through the slots 8 and the annular channel separating the sleeve 6 from the external wall of the shutter finger.
  • the sleeve 10 By acting on at least one of the buttons 17 to move it in the direction of the arrow f 1 (fig. 2), the sleeve 10 is raised as is the ring 14. Consequently, the product contained in the container can flow towards the hole 22, the sealing being however permanently ensured by the lower sealing skirt 12 and the upper sealing skirt 13 which are moved at the same time as the bush 10.
  • the device advantageously comprises a cover 32 shaped to present at least one shoulder 33 corresponding to the buttons 17.
  • the cover 32 when the cover 32 is put in place, it automatically moves the buttons 17 in the opposite direction to the arrow f 1, which has the effect of ensuring an automatic closing of the device even if this closing was accidentally forgotten before the fitting of the cover.
  • the dispenser 16 may not include applicator members of the cylindrical type but may only be shaped so that its upper surface forms an applicator or else that it simply distributes through the dispensing hole 22 or a nozzle placed in this hole.
  • the external wall of the plug 3 can serve directly as a guide for the sleeve 10, which avoids providing a particular conformation to the external wall of the neck 2.
  • the sleeve 10 can be reduced in height to form only the buttons 17, its guidance being provided by the lower skirt 12 and the upper skirt 13.

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1. Spender und Applikator mit Handverschluss und mit einem Verschlusstopfen (3), der mit dem Hals (2) eines Behälters (1) verbunden und mit einem Verschlusszapfen (9) versehen ist, wobei Durchflussöffnungen (8) frei bleiben und der Durchfluss eines im Behälter (1) befindlichen Produktes durch einen Ring (14) kontrolliert wird, der zum Spender (16) und zu einem Applikator (24) führt, wobei ferner eine Hülse (10) vorgesehen ist, welche am Hals (2) angeordnet und in axialer Richtung bewegbar ist, wobei ferner die besagte Hülse den Ring (14) aufweist, der mit dem Verschlusszapfen (9) zusammenarbeitet, sowie zumindest einen Knopf (17), der durch einen Schlitz (18) des am Behälter (1) befestigten Spenders (16) ragt, wobei der Knopf (17) axial im Schlitz (18) geführt ist, in dem er gleiten kann, um so die Hülse (10) in axialer Richtung zu bewegen.
2. Vorrichtung nach Anspruch 1, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die Hülse (10) eine Mittelwand (11) aufweist, von der aus ein unterer Dichtungsmantel (12) wegragt, der in eine Hülse (6) greift, und von der ebenfalls ein oberer Dichtungsmantel (13) wegragt, der mit einer Stulpe (15), die Bestandteil des Spenders (16) ist, zusammenarbeitet, um sicherzustellen, dass das im Behälter (1) enthaltene Produkt bis zu einer Verteileröffnung (22) fliesst, wenn die Vorrichtung durch axiale Verschiebung der Hülse (10) geöffnet wird.
3. Vorrichtung nach einem der Ansprüche 1 und 2, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass der Verschlusstopfen (3) mit dem Verschlusszapfen (9) am Hals (2) mit Hilfe eines Sperringes (4) oder dgl. befestigt ist.
4. Vorrichtung nach einem der Ansprüche 1 bis 3, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die Hülse (10) axial mit Hilfe von in ihr und ebenso im Hals (2) oder im Verschlusstopfen (3) ausgebildeten Rippen oder Rillen geführt ist.
5. Vorrichtung nach einem der Ansprüche 1 bis 4, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass der Spender (16) am Behälter (1) mit Hilfe eines Sperringes oder dgl. befestigt ist und mindestens einen Schlitz (18) aufweist, durch den mindestens ein Knopf (17) zur Betätigung der Hülse (10) greift.
6. Vorrichtung nach einem der Ansprüche 1 bis 5, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die Hülse (10) axial mit Hilfe von zwei Knöpfen (17) geführt wird, die durch Schlitze (18) in der Seitenwand des Spenders (16) greifen.
7. Vorrichtung nach einem der Ansprüche 1 bis 6, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass der Applikator (24) aus einem durch einen Stopfen (27) verschlossenen Zylinder besteht, wobei sowohl der Zylinder als auch der Stopfen fluchtende Achsen (25, 26) aufweisen, die in Vertiefungen (28, 29) von Flanschen (30, 31) angeordnet sind, die vom Spender (16) hochragen.
8. Vorrichtung nach einem der Ansprüche 1 bis 7, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass zusätzlich ein Deckel (32) vorgesehen ist.
9. Vorrichtung nach einem der Ansprüche 1 bis 8, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass der Deckel (32) mindestens ein Schulterstück (33) aufweist, das derart angeordnet ist, dass es auf dem bzw. den zur Betätigung dienenden Knöpfen (17) aufliegt und diese in eine Stellung bringt, in der der Ring (14) der Hülse (10) eine Schliessung mit dem Verschlusszapfen (9) gewährleistet.
EP89403471A 1988-12-15 1989-12-13 Spender und Applikator mit Handverschluss Expired - Lifetime EP0374049B1 (de)

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FR8816563A FR2640590B1 (fr) 1988-12-15 1988-12-15 Dispositif distributeur et applicateur a obturateur manuel
FR8816563 1988-12-15

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FR2640590A1 (fr) 1990-06-22
ES2025376B3 (es) 1992-03-16
CA2005400C (en) 1994-12-06
ATE67734T1 (de) 1991-10-15
JPH02296664A (ja) 1990-12-07
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