EP0504050B1 - Mit einem Schiebegriff versehenen Applikator für ein festes Erzeugnis - Google Patents

Mit einem Schiebegriff versehenen Applikator für ein festes Erzeugnis Download PDF

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EP0504050B1
EP0504050B1 EP92400643A EP92400643A EP0504050B1 EP 0504050 B1 EP0504050 B1 EP 0504050B1 EP 92400643 A EP92400643 A EP 92400643A EP 92400643 A EP92400643 A EP 92400643A EP 0504050 B1 EP0504050 B1 EP 0504050B1
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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
    • A45D40/00—Casings or accessories specially adapted for storing or handling solid or pasty toiletry or cosmetic substances, e.g. shaving soaps or lipsticks
    • A45D40/02—Casings wherein movement of the lipstick or like solid is a sliding movement

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  • the invention relates to a slider applicator for solidified products, such as products which become solid at room temperature.
  • An applicator for a solidified product generally comprises a hollow body and a removable cap forming a case intended to accommodate said product, and a mechanism for driving back and forth in translation to make the latter come out and retract.
  • Such applicators are used for cosmetic products, for example deodorants, make-up, but also for pharmaceutical products, household products such as shoe polish, or other products of current consumption such as glue, etc., or any other similar product.
  • Patent US-A-2,415,306 describes, however, an applicator of the aforementioned type, further having a mechanism comprising a support base for the product, mounted movably in the body and provided with an extension which extends opposite the product and which cooperates with a slider provided with a connecting lug which passes through the body, said slider being arranged movably outside said body so that its actuation causes an equivalent translational movement of the base and therefore of the product.
  • the inventor proposes a device which is simple to manufacture and practical to use, which, compared with this known art, is notably remarkable in that the extension of the base cooperates with the slider by means of a ring which is intended to come fix around the extension of the base and which is connected to the cursor by said tab link.
  • the body has a longitudinal slot intended to allow passage and to guide the connecting tab of the cursor
  • said slot comprises a transverse widening forming an opening in the body for the passage of the ring during assembly constituent elements of the applicator.
  • the wall of the body can also be provided with a groove in which the cursor moves.
  • the extension of the base is tubular and is introduced onto an interior chimney which is arranged on the bottom of the body from which it projects.
  • the internal chimney of the body is tubular and opens out through an opening of the body towards the outside while the tubular extension of the base opens out therein and a plug is provided to close said opening towards the outside so that it is possible to fill the applicator through said opening with the product in the liquid or pasty state before solidification.
  • the cap has an inner part forming a seal by cooperating with a corresponding part of the body when said cap is in place on said body.
  • the base for the product has a peripheral part forming a piston which slides in a substantially sealed manner in the body.
  • all the constituent parts are fixed to each other by the cooperation of conjugated ribs and grooves and in particular the ring with the extension of the base, the closure plug with the body, the seal with the cap.
  • FIG. 7 The embodiment shown in the drawings by way of example comprises a hollow body 1 of substantially oval section (FIG. 7) and a removable cap 2 (FIGS. 1, 2, 5 and 6).
  • the body 1 and the cap 2 form a case intended to accommodate a stick or bread of a solidified product 3 (FIG. 5).
  • the body is provided with an interior central chimney 4 which projects from its bottom (FIGS. 1, 2 and 3).
  • the chimney 4 is cylindrical tubular while it is closed towards the outside by a plug 5 ( Figures 1, 2, 3 and 6) provided with a skirt 5 'intended to be introduced into said chimney.
  • the product bread 3 shown in Figure 5 is held in a base 6 ( Figures 1 to 3).
  • the base 6 has a peripheral part with double lip forming piston 6 ′ and a tubular extension 6 ⁇ directed towards the bottom of the body 1, said extension being opened from one end to the other, in particular for receiving the chimney 4 which s introduced in said extension.
  • a notched outer cursor 7 of substantially rectangular shape is movably mounted outside the body 1 in a dimension groove 8 corresponding in the wall of said body.
  • the slider 7 is integral with a ring 9 which is intended to be fixed around and towards the end of the extension 6 ⁇ of the base 6 ( Figures 1 to 3), said ring 9 being connected to the slider 7 by a connecting tab 10 ( Figures 2 and 3) which passes through a longitudinal slot 11 ( Figures 2, 3 and 4) formed in the groove 8 of the body 1.
  • the slot 11 widens in its upper part by a transverse window 12 (FIG. 4) intended, as will be explained below, for the passage of the ring 9 during the assembly of the constituent elements of the applicator, this opening 12 remaining further masked by the cursor whatever the position thereof.
  • the cap 2 is provided with an attached gasket 13 of concave shape to form a mold for the product as will be explained below.
  • the seal 13 is provided with two peripheral lips 14, 15 (FIGS. 1 and 2) which form between them a groove intended to receive a thinned end 16 of the body by closing it tightly.
  • the body 1 is further provided with a shoulder 17 intended to stop the cap 2.
  • the embodiment described above comprises only six parts, molded for example by injection, namely: the body 1, the cap 2 and its attached seal 13, the base 6, the slider 7 (provided and secured to the ring 9) and the plug 5.
  • the seal 13 can be fixed in the cap 2 by conjugate interlocking sleeves with ribs and grooves such as the sleeves 18, 19 respectively (FIGS. 1 and 2)
  • the ring 9 can be fixed on the extension 6 ⁇ (after the introduction of said ring through the opening 12 of the body and the introduction of the base 6 through the open upper part of the body), as well as the plug 5 can be fixed in the bottom of the body 1 by cooperation of ribs and grooves formed on the corresponding parts.
  • the cap 2 can be removably elastically fixed by short ribs 20 of the body ( Figures 1 and 4) and corresponding grooves of the cap (in addition to the support already obtained by the gasket 13).
  • This type of simple assembly also ensures a certain seal between the parts.
  • the volume 21 (FIGS. 1 and 2) comprised between the base 6 the internal side wall of the body 1 and the seal 13 with a product in a more or less viscous state and then close off the chimney 4 with the plug 5 so as to obtain, after cooling, the bread or stick of the product such as 3 (FIG. 5), which remains anchored in the piston 6 ′ of the base in particular for example by an internal rib 22 formed in said piston 6 ′ (FIGS. 1 and 2).
  • the cursor 7 is actuated upwards (relative to FIGS. 1 to 5), the tab 10 being able to slide in the slot 11, while the ring 9 drives the product 3 through the base 6 whose extension 6 ⁇ slides on the chimney 4.
  • the extreme upward positioning is obtained when the tab 10 comes into abutment at the top of the opening 12.

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  1. Applikator für ein festes Produkt (3), der versehen ist mit einem hohlen Körper (1) und einer abnehmbaren Verschlußkappe (2), die eine Kapsel zur Aufnahme des Produktes bilden, und einem Betätigungsorgan zum Auf- und Abbewegen, um das Produkt herauszubringen und einzuziehen, wobei die Vorrichtung versehen ist mit einem Tragesockel (6) für das Produkt, der beweglich in dem Körper (1) angeordnet und mit einer Verlängerung (6'') versehen ist, die sich in entgegengesetzter Richtung zum Produkt erstreckt und mit einem Schieber (7) zusammenwirkt, der mit einer Verbindungslasche (10) versehen ist, die durch den Körper hindurchtritt, und der Schieber (7) derart beweglich an der Außenseite des Körpers angeordnet ist, daß seine Betätigung eine entsprechende Bewegung des Sockels und damit des Produktes bewirkt, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß die Verlängerung (6'') des Sockels mit dem Schieber (7) mittels eines Ringes (9) zusammenwirkt, der ausgebildet ist, um die Verlängerung (6'') des Sockels herum befestigt zu werden, und mit dem Schieber (7) über die Verbindungslasche (10) verbunden ist.
  2. Applikator gemäß Anspruch 1, der einen Längsschlitz in dem Körper (1) aufweist, der ausgebildet ist, um die Verbindungslasche (10) des Schiebers (7) durchtreten zu lassen und zu führen, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß der Schlitz ( 11) mit einer transversalen Freilassung versehen ist, die eine Öffnung (12) im Körper für das Durchtreten des Ringes (9) bei dem Zusammenbau der wesentlichen Bauteile des Applikators bildet.
  3. Applikator gemäß einer der Ansprüche 1 und 2, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß die Wand des Körpers (1) mit einer Rille (8) versehen ist, in der sich der Schieber (7) bewegt.
  4. Applikator gemäß einer der Ansprüche 1 bis 3, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß die Verlängerung (6'') des Sockels rohrförmig ist und sich auf einen inneren Stutzen (4) erstreckt, der auf dem Boden des Körpers (1) angeordnet ist, aus dem sich dieser erstreckt.
  5. Applikator gemäß Anspruch 4, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß der innere Stutzen (4) des Körpers (1) rohrförmig ist und durch eine Öffnung des Körpers nach außen mündet, daß die rohrförmige Verlängerung (6'') des Sockels (6) in diesen mündet und ein Verschluß (5) vorgesehen ist, um diese Öffnung gegen die Umgebung derart zu verschließen, daß es möglich ist, den Applikator durch diese Öffnung wieder aufzufüllen mit dem Produkt, das sich vor der Verfestigung in einem flüssigen oder pastösen Zustand befindet.
  6. Applikator gemäß einer der Ansprüche 1 bis 5, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß die Verschlußkappe (2) einen inneren Teil aufweist, der eine dichtende Verbindung (13) bildet, wobei er mit einem entsprechenden Teil (16) des Körpers (1) zusammenwirkt, wenn die Verschlußkappe (2) auf dem Körper fixiert ist.
  7. Applikator gemäß einer der Ansprüche 1 bis 6, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß der Sockel (6) für das Produkt einen einen Kolben bildenden Randbereich (6') aufweist, der im wesentlichen dicht in dem Körper gleitet.
  8. Applikator gemäß einer der Ansprüche 1 bis 7, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß alle wesentlichen Teile miteinander durch gemeinsame Rippen und Nuten miteinander verbunden sind, insbesondere der Ring (9) mit der Verlängerung (6'') des Sockels (6), der Verschluß (5) zum Verschließen mit dem Körper (1) und die Verbindung (13) mit der Verschlußkappe (2).
EP92400643A 1991-03-15 1992-03-12 Mit einem Schiebegriff versehenen Applikator für ein festes Erzeugnis Expired - Lifetime EP0504050B1 (de)

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FR9103205A FR2673919B1 (fr) 1991-03-15 1991-03-15 Dispositif applicateur a curseur mobile pour produits solides genre baton deodorant ou autres.
FR9103205 1991-03-15

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