EP0575213B1 - Ausgabevorrichtung für flüssige Produkte - Google Patents

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EP0575213B1
EP0575213B1 EP93401381A EP93401381A EP0575213B1 EP 0575213 B1 EP0575213 B1 EP 0575213B1 EP 93401381 A EP93401381 A EP 93401381A EP 93401381 A EP93401381 A EP 93401381A EP 0575213 B1 EP0575213 B1 EP 0575213B1
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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
    • B65D83/16—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
    • B65D83/206—Actuator caps, or peripheral actuator skirts, attachable to the aerosol container comprising a cantilevered actuator element, e.g. a lever pivoting about a living hinge
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B05—SPRAYING OR ATOMISING IN GENERAL; APPLYING FLUENT MATERIALS TO SURFACES, IN GENERAL
    • B05B—SPRAYING APPARATUS; ATOMISING APPARATUS; NOZZLES
    • B05B11/00—Single-unit hand-held apparatus in which flow of contents is produced by the muscular force of the operator at the moment of use
    • B05B11/01—Single-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
    • B05B11/10—Pump 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
    • B05B11/1042—Components or details
    • B05B11/1052—Actuation means
    • B05B11/1056—Actuation means comprising rotatable or articulated levers
    • B05B11/1057—Triggers, i.e. actuation means consisting of a single lever having one end rotating or pivoting around an axis or a hinge fixedly attached to the container, and another end directly actuated by the user

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  • the invention relates to a device for dispensing a liquid product, of the type comprising a container provided, in the upper part, with a dispensing member carrying a push button, the depression of which actuates the dispensing member, a cap covering the dispenser member and container, said cover being equipped with a lever-shaped actuating member articulated on the cover, and provided with support means for acting on the upper external surface of the push button which carries a nozzle distribution for the outlet of the product to the atmosphere, the actuating member having an upper face extending, at the front, by a vertical return at the lower end of which the articulation is provided.
  • the invention relates both to a device in which the push button constitutes the actuating element of a pump mounted on the upper part of the container which is not pressurized when the pump is not actuated, that a device in which the container is pressurized, the depressing of the push button then having the effect of opening a valve.
  • a device of this type is known from GB-A-1 547 072.
  • the lowering of the axis of rotation of the lever leads to friction and stresses on the push-button which are neither favorable nor very efficient. , nor to a very good rendering of the action of the operating lever.
  • the present invention relates to a device for dispensing a liquid arranged so as to minimize the drawbacks described above.
  • a device for dispensing a liquid product is characterized in that the articulation of the actuating member on the cover is situated, in height, at the level of the mid-height of the maximum stroke of the dispensing nozzle, that the upper external surface of the push-button is a convex spherical surface, that the support means define a spherical bearing complementary to that of the upper external surface of the push-button , and that the support means are positioned so that, when the lever is in its maximum position corresponding to the position of maximum insertion of the push button, the support means cooperate with the upper part of the push button in at least one zone located on the side of the articulation of the lever and extending to the maximum up to the axis of the push button.
  • the axis of the dispensing nozzle is perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the device along which the push-button is pressed.
  • the upper face of the lever is flat and carries the support means, preferably in the form of a circular ring.
  • the upper and rear faces are limited by walls, themselves limited by an edge in an arc; a notch is provided on the vertical return of the lever and is crossed by the nozzle.
  • the articulation is a film hinge connecting the actuating member and the cover; the cover carries on its front wall a notch permitting passage of the nozzle.
  • guide means are provided for guiding the actuating member relative to the dispensing member; the guide means consist of the edges of the notch which cooperate with the dispensing nozzle; the guide means consist of a groove provided in the vertical median plane in the push-button, a stud provided on the inner surface of the upper face of the lever taking place in said groove; the guide means consist of two flats provided on the spherical upper part of the push button, parallel to the vertical median plane of the push button, and cooperating with flat faces carried by diametrically opposite extensions of the ring.
  • the container 2 On its upper part, the container 2 is equipped with a distribution pump 4, in the example shown, carried by a cover 3 closing the container 2, as known per se.
  • the pump 4 is actuated by a push button 5, the depression of which causes the sprayed liquid to exit through a nozzle 22 of horizontal axis, perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the device 1, axis along which the 'depression.
  • the device comprises a cover 6 suitable for covering the container 2 and the distribution pump 4, coming to fit over the contour of the cover 3.
  • the cover 6 is equipped with an actuating member of the push button 5; this actuating member consists of a lever 7 generally having the shape of a right dihedral whose upper face 8 is horizontal when the container 2 is vertical, and a rear face 9 vertical; the upper face 8 is flat and is extended, at the front, by a vertical return 35 in which is formed a notch 20 crossed by the nozzle 22; the rear face 9, substantially cylindrical, fits in the outline inside of the rear face 10 of the cover, itself similar to the rear face of the container 2.
  • the faces 8 and 9 of the lever are laterally limited by walls, such as the wall 12 visible in FIG. 1, substantially tangent, internally, to the side walls of the cover 6.
  • the walls 12 extend to the lower edge of the rear face 9, and stop at a certain distance behind the front edge 13 of the upper face 8; these side walls 12 are limited by an edge 15 in an arc.
  • the cover 6 has, at its rear part, upwards, a notch limited by a contour 16 substantially in an arc, situated slightly above the edge 15 of the wings 12 of the lever 7 when the lever 7 is in the rest position. This indentation makes it possible to leave visible most of the lever 7 which completes the outline of the cover 6 at the right of this indentation.
  • the lever 7 is articulated, at the lower end of the return 35 located at the front of the lever, on the front wall 17 of the cover 6, by a film hinge 14; the front wall 17 of the cover 6 also carries a notch 21 for the passage of the nozzle 22: the notch 21 and the notch 20 formed in the return 35 of the lever have an axial length sufficient to allow the nozzle 22 to s' discuss it, regardless of the vertical position of the push button 5.
  • the lever 7 comprises, under its upper face 8, support means for exerting an action on the push button 5 these support means consist of a circular ring 18 centered on the axis of the push button 5 when the lever 7 is at rest; the upper part 19 of the push button 5 is a convex spherical surface, the annular lower end of the ring 18 defining a spherical bearing complementary to that of the upper part 19 of the push button 5; the diameter of the ring 18 is such that, when the lever 7 is in its maximum insertion position corresponding to the maximum insertion position of the push button 5, the ring 18 cooperates with the upper part 19 of the button - pusher according to at least one zone located on the side of the film hinge 14 of the lever, in any case at most, along the axis of the push button 5; thanks to this arrangement, the combined action of the rotation of the lever 7 around the film hinge 14 and the downward movement of the push button 5 means that the result of the forces applied to the push button 5 remains substantially within the the axis of the pump 4, during all
  • the small overall height of the device according to the invention compared to those of the prior art: this is due, on the one hand, to the small axial dimensions of the ring 18 and, on the other hand , at the low position of the film hinge 14 at the lower end of the front wall 20 of the lever 7.
  • the cover 6 comprises, at the rear, a means for hooking the rear part of the lever 7 to hold the lever 7 in the rest position; this attachment means consists of a spout 23 provided on the rear wall 10 of the cover 6, in the upper part, adapted to cooperate with a corresponding rim provided on the lower edge of the rear face 9 of the lever 7.
  • FIG. 1A shows a variant of support means; according to this figure, the circular ring 18, described in connection with FIG. 1, is replaced by two circular segments 18A, 18B diametrically opposed.
  • Guide means are provided for positioning the cover-lever assembly relative to the nozzle 22 received in the notches 20 and 21, and guiding the lever 7 during its movement.
  • these guide means are constituted by the edges 24 and 25 of the notch 20 provided on the front return 35 of the lever 7; the edges 24 and 25 are parallel to the longitudinal axis of the device and spaced by a value equal to the diameter of the horizontal and cylindrical nozzle 22, of circular section.
  • the anti-rotation guide means consist of a groove 27 provided in the vertical median plane in the push button 5; in the bloodletting 27, takes place a stud 26 formed on the inner surface of the upper face 8 of the lever 7; the thickness of the stud 26 is equal to the width of the groove 27.
  • the guide means consist of two flats 32, 33 provided on the spherical upper part of the push button 5; the two flats 32, 33 are parallel to the vertical median plane of the push button 5. These two flats 32, 33 cooperate respectively with two flat faces 30, 31 carried by vertical extensions 28, 29, diametrically opposite, of the ring 18 .

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  1. Abgabevorrichtung für ein flüssiges Erzeugnis, die einen Behälter (2) umfaßt, der im oberen Bereich mit einem Abgabemittel (4) versehen ist, das einen Druckknopf (5) trägt, dessen Eindrücken das Abgabemittel (4) betätigt, wobei eine Kappe (6) das Abgabemittel (4) und den Behälter (2) bedeckt, wobei die Kappe (6) mit einem Betätigungsmittel (7) in Form eines auf der Kappe (6) angelenkten und mit Auflagemitteln (18) versehenen Hebels ausgestattet ist, um auf die obere Außenfläche (19) des Druckknopfes (5) einzuwirken, der eine Abgabedüse (22) für den Austritt des Erzeugnisses in die Atmosphäre aufweist, wobei das Betätigungsmittel (7) eine Oberseite (8) besitzt, die sich nach vorne durch einen senkrechten Rand (35) erstreckt, an dessen unterem Ende das Gelenk (14) vorgesehen ist, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß das Gelenk (14) des Betätigungsmittels (7) auf der Kappe (6) auf halber Höhe des maximalen Hubs der Abgabedüse (22) angeordnet ist, daß die obere Außenfläche (19) des Druckknopfes (5) eine sphärisch-konvexe Oberfläche ist, daß die Auflagemittel (18) eine sphärische Auflagefläche bilden, die komplementär zu der der oberen Außenfläche (19) des Druckknopfes (5) ist, und daß die Auflagemittel (18) so angeordnet sind, daß wenn sich der Hebel (7) in seiner Extremstellung befindet, die der maximalen Eindrücktiefe des Druckknopfes (5) entspricht, die Auflagemittel (18) mit dem oberen Teil (19) des Druckknopfes in wenigstens einem Bereich zusammenwirken, der sich in der Nähe des Hebelgelenks befindet und sich maximal bis zur Achse des Druckknopfes (5) erstreckt.
  2. Abgabevorrichtung gemäß Anspruch 1, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß die Achse der Abgabedüse (22) senkrecht zur Längsachse der Vorrichtung 1, entlang der das Eindrücken des Druckknopfes (5) stattfindet, angeordnet ist.
  3. Abgabevorrichtung gemäß Anspruch 1 oder 2, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß die Oberseite (8) eben ist und die Auflagemittel (18) trägt.
  4. Abgabevorrichtung gemäß Anspruch 1, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß die Auflagemittel (18) aus wenigstens zwei kreisförmigen Segmenten bestehen, die dann, wenn das Betätigungsmittel (7) in Ruhestellung ist, auf der Achse des Druckknopfes (5) zentriert sind, wobei sich die beiden kreisförmigen Segmente bezüglich dieser Achse diametral gegenüberliegen.
  5. Abgabevorrichtung gemäß Anspruch 1, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß ein bogenförmiger Ausschnitt (20) in dem senkrechten Rand (35) ausgespart ist und von der Düse (22) durchquert wird.
  6. Abgabevorrichtung gemäß einem der Ansprüche 1 bis 5, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß das Gelenk (14) ein Filmscharnier ist, welches das Betätigungsmittel (7) und die Kappe (6) verbindet.
  7. Abgabevorrichtung gemäß einem der Ansprüche 1 bis 6, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß die Kappe (6) in ihrer Stirnwand (17) einen bogenförmigen Ausschnitt (21) aufweist, der den Durchtritt der Düse (22) ermöglicht.
  8. Abgabevorrichtung gemäß einem der Ansprüche 1 bis 7, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß Führungsmittel zur Führung des Betätigungsmittels (7) bezüglich des Abgabemittels (4) vorgesehen sind.
  9. Abgabevorrichtung gemäß Anspruch 8, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß die Führungsmittel von den Rändern (24,25) des bogenförmigen Ausschnitts (20) gebildet werden, die mit der Abgabedüse (22) zusammenwirken.
  10. Abgabevorrichtung gemäß Anspruch 8, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß die Führungsmittel von einem in der senkrechten Mittelebene des Druckknopfes (5) vorgesehenen Einschnitt (27) gebildet werden, in den ein an der unteren Fläche der Oberseite (8) des Hebels (7) angebrachter Zapfen (26) eingreift.
  11. Abgabevorrichtung gemäß Anspruch 8, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß die Führungsmittel von zwei Abflachungen (32,33) gebildet werden, die auf dem oberen, sphärischen Teil (19) des Druckknopfes (5) parallel zur senkrechten Mittelebene des Druckknopfes (5) vorgesehen sind, und die mit, auf diametral gegenüberliegenden Fortsätzen (28,29) der Auflagemittel (18) befindlichen, ebenen Flächen (30,31) zusammenwirken.
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