EP0564370B1 - Dispositif de conditionnement, notamment pour produits cosmétiques - Google Patents

Dispositif de conditionnement, notamment pour produits cosmétiques Download PDF

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EP0564370B1
EP0564370B1 EP93400863A EP93400863A EP0564370B1 EP 0564370 B1 EP0564370 B1 EP 0564370B1 EP 93400863 A EP93400863 A EP 93400863A EP 93400863 A EP93400863 A EP 93400863A EP 0564370 B1 EP0564370 B1 EP 0564370B1
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tongue
ramp
manipulating element
lid
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Philippe Renault
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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
    • A45D40/0068—Jars
    • 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
    • A45D40/22—Casings characterised by a hinged cover
    • 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
    • B65D43/00—Lids or covers for rigid or semi-rigid containers
    • B65D43/14—Non-removable lids or covers
    • B65D43/16—Non-removable lids or covers hinged for upward or downward movement
    • 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
    • B65D43/00—Lids or covers for rigid or semi-rigid containers
    • B65D43/26—Mechanisms for opening or closing, e.g. pedal-operated
    • 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
    • B65D2543/00—Lids or covers essentially for box-like containers
    • B65D2543/00009—Details of lids or covers for rigid or semi-rigid containers
    • B65D2543/00953—Sealing means
    • B65D2543/0099—Integral supplemental sealing lips

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  • the present invention relates to a packaging device according to the preamble of claim 1, in particular for cosmetic products, comprising a lid with controlled opening.
  • Document US-A-330835 describes a device corresponding to the preamble of claim 1.
  • the devices for packaging cosmetic products generally consist of a body such as a box or a jar containing the product and provided with a cover.
  • Certain known devices include a screwed cover; however, once detached from the body, the cover is a bulky piece and inconvenient to handle.
  • Other known devices include a cover which is articulated on the body, and held in the open position by an elastic member capable of being compressed when the cover is closed. A clasp is then provided on the device to keep the cover in the closed position.
  • the present invention aims to eliminate the drawbacks mentioned above by proposing a packaging device comprising a cover the opening of which is continuously controllable, a device the production of which is also simple and economical.
  • the subject of the present invention is a packaging device, in particular for cosmetic products, composed of a jar-shaped body, a lid hinged thereon and an operating member, characterized by the fact that the operating member is rotatably mounted on the body, and comprises a part in the form of an inclined ramp, the cover comprising, in the vicinity of its articulation on the body, a tongue which engages in means of vertical guide provided in the wall of the body, the tongue being integral in vertical translation with the ramp-shaped part of said operating member, so that a rotational movement of the operating member relative to the body and to said tongue causes a guided translational movement of the tongue in the wall of the body, and the tilting of the cover around its axis of articulation on the body.
  • the operating member is a cylindrical wheel, comprising a wall in the form of an inclined ramp whose height decreases from one end to the other of the ramp, said wall extending over at least part of the circumference of the wheel, preferably over substantially half of the latter.
  • the device according to the invention allows the cover to be maneuvered continuously, the opening angle of the cover being determined by the angle of rotation of the member maneuver.
  • the inclination of the ramp of the operating member is such that by turning the latter at a measured speed corresponding to normal handling of the device, the cover is opened in a progressive and flexible manner.
  • the operating member comprises a bottom wall which constitutes the bottom of the device.
  • the latter is then handled in the same way for example as a tube of lipstick, by blocking the body in rotation and by rotating the lower part of the device.
  • the body has a double side wall in which is housed the ramp-shaped part of the operating member, which makes it possible both to conceal the ramp-shaped part inside the device and the isolate from the interior cavity of the body intended to receive the conditioned product.
  • the device described in the drawing comprises a body 1, for example of plastic, of cylindrical shape, a cover 2 also for example of plastic, and a thumb wheel 3 which constitutes according to the invention the member for operating the cover.
  • the body 1 of the device described has a double side wall formed by an outer wall 4 a and an inner wall 4 b defining between them an annular cavity 5 open below.
  • the body 1 has at its upper part a neck 6 of reduced diameter.
  • the body 1 is open at its lower part.
  • a bottom in the form of a cover, or of a rigid wall attached by snap-fastening or gluing, or molded with the interior wall 4b .
  • the articulation of the cover 2 on the body 1 is produced around an axis 7 constituted by lugs 7 a and 7 b provided on lugs 8 produced on the body at the neck 6.
  • the body In the vicinity of this articulation zone, the body has a recess 9.
  • This recess is produced in the walls 4 a , 4 b of the body in the annular cavity 5, and has an extension in the radial direction slightly greater than that of said annular cavity 5.
  • This recess 9 is intended to receive the tongue of the cover 2 as will be described below, to ensure guided vertical sliding.
  • the cover 2 of circular section has a central skirt 10 which is applied in the closed position around the interior cavity of the body 1, inside the neck 6, to seal the conditioning cavity in position closed.
  • the cover 2 In the vicinity of its articulation, the cover 2 is extended by a flexible tongue 13, terminated by an end portion 14 whose section is substantially the same dimensions as those of the slide 9 formed in the walls 4 a , 4 b of the body 1.
  • the cover 2 and its tongue 13 are made in one piece, for example by injection.
  • the end piece 14 is intended to slide vertically inside the slide 9 to exert on the cover 2 a lever effect which causes its tilting.
  • the wheel 3 has a cylindrical shape, comprising a bottom 15 and a side wall 16.
  • This wall 16 constitutes the gripping surface of the wheel 3 once mounted on the body 1, the outer wall 4 a of the body 1 being shorter than its inner wall 4 b .
  • the wheel 3 In the vicinity of its periphery and over substantially half of its circumference, the wheel 3 has a wall in the form of an inclined ramp 17 provided with a rib 18, in the form of a dovetail, which is able to cooperate with the part d end 14 of cover 2, which comprises a recess 19 of corresponding shape, in which the rib 18 of the wheel 3 can slide.
  • the inclined ramp 17 is housed in the annular cavity 5 of the body 1.
  • the thumbwheel 3 is snapped onto the body 1, by an annular rib 20 engaging in an annular groove 21 formed on the lower part of the inner wall 4 b of the body 1.
  • the bottom 15 of the thumbwheel 3 may include a skirt internally surrounding the interior wall 4 b , the height of said skirt possibly corresponding to the height of the interior wall 4 b .
  • the skirt thus defines with the bottom 15 of the wheel a container for the packaged product.
  • FIG. 4 shows a top view of the body 1 as well as the tongue 13 of the cover 2 cut along the plane IV-IV of FIG. 3.
  • the double side wall 4 a , 4 b is shown in this figure in broken lines.
  • the hinge pin 7 of the cover is, as mentioned above, constituted by two lugs 7 a and 7 b on which the orifices 12 of the lugs 11 of the cover 2 engage.
  • section of the recess 9 of the body 1 is slightly greater than the section of the end part 14 of the cover 2, so that, during the rotation of the knob 3, the part of end 14 is held in the recess 9 and can only be driven by a vertical translational movement.
  • a stop 23 is disposed in the cavity 5, opposite the recess 9. This stop 23 is intended to limit the rotation of the wheel 3, which can thus be rotated without the connection between the end piece 14 and the rib 18 of the ramp 17 is not interrupted.
  • the ramp 17 extends over substantially half of the circumference of the wheel, a single stop 23 is sufficient to limit the rotation of the wheel. In another embodiment, the ramp 17 extends over less than half of the circumference of the wheel, and two stops are provided.
  • the operation of the device is as follows.
  • the height of the ramp 17 is chosen so that the tongue 13 exerts a slight pressure on the cover in the closed position.
  • the tongue 13 exerts, by means of the tabs 11, a lever effect on the cover 2 and brings it into the open position shown in FIG. 3.
  • the height of the lowest end of the ramp 17 is chosen so that the cover 2 is tilted by a maximum angle in its open position.
  • the tongue 13 of the cover 2 and the inclined ramp-shaped portion 17 of the wheel 3 have at their respective ends bent profiles 18 'and 19' able to cooperate in order to hook the the tongue 13 on the ramp-shaped part 17 of the wheel 3.
  • the wheel described here may include a ramp inclined over its entire periphery, the body in this case having no stop intended to block the wheel in rotation.

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EP93400863A 1992-04-03 1993-04-02 Dispositif de conditionnement, notamment pour produits cosmétiques Expired - Lifetime EP0564370B1 (fr)

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JP (1) JPH06133818A (es)
CA (1) CA2093270A1 (es)
DE (1) DE69300251T2 (es)
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FR2689485A1 (fr) 1993-10-08
DE69300251T2 (de) 1996-03-07
US5356025A (en) 1994-10-18
EP0564370A1 (fr) 1993-10-06
CA2093270A1 (fr) 1993-10-04

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