EP0511006A1 - Vorrichtung zum Entleeren eines Gutes aus einem Behälter und zugehöriger Behälter - Google Patents

Vorrichtung zum Entleeren eines Gutes aus einem Behälter und zugehöriger Behälter Download PDF

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EP0511006A1
EP0511006A1 EP92303721A EP92303721A EP0511006A1 EP 0511006 A1 EP0511006 A1 EP 0511006A1 EP 92303721 A EP92303721 A EP 92303721A EP 92303721 A EP92303721 A EP 92303721A EP 0511006 A1 EP0511006 A1 EP 0511006A1
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container
battery
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batteries
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James Walter Kennedy
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DAVID KENNEDY (ENGINEERS) HOLDINGS Ltd
David Kennedy Engineers Ltd
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    • BPERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65DCONTAINERS 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
    • B65D83/00Containers or packages with special means for dispensing contents
    • B65D83/14Containers 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
    • B65D83/16Containers 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
    • B65D83/26Containers 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 operating automatically, e.g. periodically
    • B65D83/262Containers 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 operating automatically, e.g. periodically by clockwork, motor, electric or magnetic means operating without repeated human input
    • BPERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B05SPRAYING OR ATOMISING IN GENERAL; APPLYING FLUENT MATERIALS TO SURFACES, IN GENERAL
    • B05BSPRAYING APPARATUS; ATOMISING APPARATUS; NOZZLES
    • B05B11/00Single-unit hand-held apparatus in which flow of contents is produced by the muscular force of the operator at the moment of use
    • B05B11/01Single-unit hand-held apparatus in which flow of contents is produced by the muscular force of the operator at the moment of use characterised by the means producing the flow
    • B05B11/10Pump arrangements for transferring the contents from the container to a pump chamber by a sucking effect and forcing the contents out through the dispensing nozzle
    • B05B11/1042Components or details
    • B05B11/1052Actuation means

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  • This invention relates to apparatus for discharging material from a container, and to containers therefor. More particularly but not exclusively, the invention relates to air freshener apparatus in which the container is filled with air freshening material which may be discharged into the atmosphere at predetermined intervals.
  • the apparatus In bathroom and toilet facilities in offices, public places, domestic homes, it is known to install an air freshener apparatus.
  • the apparatus is wall mounted, and employs an electric motor to depress a button to open a release valve thereby allowing a measured amount of air freshening fluid to be discharged from a pressurised container.
  • the motor may be timed to operate at predetermined intervals.
  • the container also contains a propellant which up to now has been a CSC gas or a hydrocarbon gas, both of which may be deemed environmentally unacceptable or a danger to health if misused.
  • the button may be associated with a dose pump for pumping a metered amount of the material from the bottom of the container to the outlet nozzle in the button. Use of a propellant is thereby avoided.
  • apparatus comprising a housing for retaining in position a replaceable container having a reciprocable button for discharging material from the container through an outlet nozzle in the button, and means for at least depressing the discharge button actuated by a battery operated electric motor, characterised in that the container and battery or batteries for operating the electric motor are combined as a unit.
  • the container and battery or batteries are adapted to be removed together from the apparatus when the container is empty, and replaced by a new unit comprising a full container and an unused battery or batteries.
  • the container defines a battery compartment for receiving the battery or batteries required and for aligning the battery or batteries so that when the combined unit is fitted into the apparatus, the battery or batteries engage electrical contacts connected to the electric motor.
  • the discharge button includes a dose pump for drawing the material from within the container to the outlet nozzle.
  • the container is filled with air freshening material.
  • timing means are provided for controlling the electric motor to be switched on at predetermined intervals.
  • the reciprocable button is depressed and returned by means which are operated by one revolution of the output shaft of the electric motor, which shaft carries a cam associated with a microswitch which stops the motor when the shaft has rotated through said one revolution.
  • the apparatus preferably includes control means for controlling the operation of the electric motor, which control means act as a relay to bridge the microswitch to allow the electric motor to start in accordance with the timing means.
  • the timing means can preferably be varied to alter the predetermined intervals at which the electric motor is switched on.
  • the invention also provides a container for apparatus as defined above, comprising a receptacle for the material to be discharged, an outlet in the receptacle for receiving a reciprocable button for discharging material from the receptacle through an outlet nozzle in the button, and a separate compartment for receiving the battery or batteries required, the compartment having means allowing the battery or batteries, in use, to engage electrical contacts within the apparatus intended to receive the container.
  • the battery compartment has opposed slots to enable the container to slide into position in the apparatus with the electrical contacts protruding through the slots into the compartment.
  • the receptacle Before use, it is preferred that the receptacle is filled with the material to be discharged and a reciprocable discharge button is sealed into the outlet, and the compartment contains the required battery or batteries.
  • the material is air freshening material.
  • the discharge button preferably includes a dose pump for drawing the material from the receptacle to the outlet nozzle.
  • This example concerns an air freshening apparatus which is suitable for use in bathroom/toilet facilities in offices or other business premises, hotels or the like, including domestic premises.
  • the apparatus comprises a housing 10 having a rear part 11 suitable for being wall-mounted by screw holes 12, and to which a cover 13 is hinged by a nylon hinge 44.
  • the cover 13 is held closed in this embodiment by a key releasable catch 14.
  • a plastic moulded container 15 having a receptacle portion 42 for receiving air freshening material which in this embodiment is mixed with a desired perfume and a detergent acting as a preservative.
  • Crimped or otherwise sealed into a top outlet 43 of the receptacle 42 is a reciprocable discharge button 16 including a known type of dose pump interconnecting a dip tube 17 depending to the bottom of the receptacle and an outlet nozzle 18.
  • the discharge button 16 has a D-shaped cross-section for contact by an angle shaped plunger 19 which both depresses the button and maintains the alignment of the outlet nozzle 18 relative to an aperture 41 in the housing through which, in use, the air freshening material is discharged into the atmosphere.
  • the plunger 19 is part of a slider plate 20 located for up and down movement in guides 21 and having a transverse slot 22. Fitting within the slot 22 is a collar 23 eccentrically mounted on a cam 27, which is itself carried on the output shaft 24 of an electric motor 25 and gear box 26. One revolution of the shaft 24 will thereby effect one reciprocatory cycle of the plunger 19 which successively downwardly depresses and upwardly returns the discharge button 16. On the periphery of the cam 27 is a ridge or high point 28 which closes a microswitch 29 to switch off the electric motor 25.
  • Power to the electric motor 25 is supplied by two batteries 30 received vertically in a compartment 33 of the container 15 which in this embodiment is disposed along one upright edge of the receptacle 42.
  • the batteries 30 engage upper and lower contacts 31, 32 respectively which are electrically connected to the control board 34 for the electric motor 25.
  • the compartment 33 has a casing 35 which clips or is otherwise secured to the adjacent side edge of the receptacle 42 of the container 15, and the casing has slots 36, 37 in its two ends through which the contacts 31, 32 project when the container 15 is inserted into the apparatus.
  • the container 15 and batteries 30 in the compartment 33 of the container thereby comprise a unit which is inserted into the housing of the apparatus and can be replaced when the container is empty or as desired, as a single item.
  • the control board 34 and electric motor 25 are housed above the container 15 and battery 30 unit, and protected by a cover plate 38 which may be permanently sealed in position.
  • the contact board is live when the batteries 30 are present and includes timing means which are present to switch on the electric motor 25 at predetermined intervals, e.g every 20 minutes, but which may be varied to operate at other intervals between 5 minutes and 1 hour.
  • the control means also acts as a relay to bridge the microswitch 29 which is then closed, but which opens when the cam 27 begins to rotate through its one revolution of the operating cycle.
  • An aperture 39 allows a test probe to be inserted to operate the electric motor 25 through one cycle, bypassing the timing means, and to show that the apparatus is operative.
  • the electric motor 25 Under the control of the timing means, at each predetermined interval, the electric motor 25 will be switched on and its output shaft 24 will rotate to reciprocate the plunger 19 and thereby the button 16. This will cause an amount of air freshening material 40 measured by the pump to be discharged through the aperture 41 into the atmosphere. At the end of one revolution of the shaft 24, the high point 28 on the cam 27 will close the microswitch 20 and switch off the electric motor 25. This operating cycle will be repeated at the intervals set by the timing means. When the container is empty, or as desired, the container and battery unit is replaced by a new unit comprising a full receptacle 42 and unused batteries 30. This system thus effectively prevents failure of the apparatus due to insufficient power remaining in the batteries.
  • the invention is not limited to the specific details of the example described above.
  • the principle of the replacement unit of a container 15 and the required battery or batteries 30 may be applied to containers which rely on a propellant to discharge the material therefrom.
  • the receptacle portion 42 of the container 15 may be filled with material other than an air freshening mixture, for example, liquid soap.

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DE19500011A1 (de) * 1993-07-02 1996-07-04 Pieper Manfred Druckvorrichtung zur Betätigung eines Ventils auf einer Sprühflasche für ein Schutz- und Alarmgerät
GB2314890A (en) * 1996-07-04 1998-01-14 Kae Chuang International Co Lt A power device for a perfume sprayer
US7222760B1 (en) * 2002-02-07 2007-05-29 Chyuan-Feng Tsay Driving mechanism for fragrance dispenser
RU2657218C2 (ru) * 2016-08-22 2018-06-08 Общество С Ограниченной Ответственностью "Парфюм Вендинг" Устройство выдачи жидкого продукта

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DE3518500A1 (de) * 1985-05-23 1986-11-27 Reiner G. 5471 Kretz Szperkowski Elektromechanisch wirkende betaetigungs-vorrichtung fuer spruehbehaeltnisse

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US3726437A (en) * 1971-01-21 1973-04-10 N Siegel Aerosol spray dispenser
DE3518500A1 (de) * 1985-05-23 1986-11-27 Reiner G. 5471 Kretz Szperkowski Elektromechanisch wirkende betaetigungs-vorrichtung fuer spruehbehaeltnisse

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Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
DE19500011A1 (de) * 1993-07-02 1996-07-04 Pieper Manfred Druckvorrichtung zur Betätigung eines Ventils auf einer Sprühflasche für ein Schutz- und Alarmgerät
WO1996003218A1 (en) * 1994-07-28 1996-02-08 Aromatik (Uk) Limited Apparatus for providing bursts of spray of a fluid
GB2314890A (en) * 1996-07-04 1998-01-14 Kae Chuang International Co Lt A power device for a perfume sprayer
US7222760B1 (en) * 2002-02-07 2007-05-29 Chyuan-Feng Tsay Driving mechanism for fragrance dispenser
RU2657218C2 (ru) * 2016-08-22 2018-06-08 Общество С Ограниченной Ответственностью "Парфюм Вендинг" Устройство выдачи жидкого продукта

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