EP0591012A1 - Pumpen Tragering für einen Spenderbehälter, Ausgabeanordnung dafür und Verfahren zum Füllen derselben - Google Patents

Pumpen Tragering für einen Spenderbehälter, Ausgabeanordnung dafür und Verfahren zum Füllen derselben Download PDF

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EP0591012A1
EP0591012A1 EP93402096A EP93402096A EP0591012A1 EP 0591012 A1 EP0591012 A1 EP 0591012A1 EP 93402096 A EP93402096 A EP 93402096A EP 93402096 A EP93402096 A EP 93402096A EP 0591012 A1 EP0591012 A1 EP 0591012A1
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Patrick Boulet
Jean-François Grégoire
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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
    • B65D83/42—Filling or charging means
    • 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
    • B05B11/0005—Components or details
    • B05B11/0097—Means for filling or refilling the sprayer
    • 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
    • B05B11/02—Membranes or pistons acting on the contents inside the container, e.g. follower pistons
    • B05B11/026—Membranes separating the content remaining in the container from the atmospheric air to compensate underpressure inside the container
    • 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
    • B05B11/1043—Sealing or attachment arrangements between pump and container
    • B05B11/1046—Sealing or attachment arrangements between pump and container the pump chamber being arranged substantially coaxially to the neck of the container
    • B05B11/1047—Sealing or attachment arrangements between pump and container the pump chamber being arranged substantially coaxially to the neck of the container the pump being preassembled as an independent unit before being mounted on the container
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65B—MACHINES, APPARATUS OR DEVICES FOR, OR METHODS OF, PACKAGING ARTICLES OR MATERIALS; UNPACKING
    • B65B31/00—Packaging articles or materials under special atmospheric or gaseous conditions; Adding propellants to aerosol containers
    • B65B31/04—Evacuating, pressurising or gasifying filled containers or wrappers by means of nozzles through which air or other gas, e.g. an inert gas, is withdrawn or supplied
    • B65B31/046—Evacuating, pressurising or gasifying filled containers or wrappers by means of nozzles through which air or other gas, e.g. an inert gas, is withdrawn or supplied the nozzles co-operating, or being combined, with a device for opening or closing the container or wrapper

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  • the present invention relates to the manufacture of product dispensing bottles, and it relates firstly to a pump-holder ring for such a bottle, of the type comprising a sleeve adapted to receive a dispensing pump and on which a pocket can be fixed. of product to distribute.
  • the invention applies in particular to so-called "airless" bottles, that is to say filled with air vacuum and containing a product protected from air.
  • Airless bottles generally include a flexible pocket, the opening of which is tightly fixed around a pump-carrying sleeve, which is provided with tamper-evident means.
  • the assembly can be arranged in a relatively rigid case, provided with means for positioning the sleeve, to allow convenient use.
  • the invention aims to allow the economical use of conventional pumps, possibly slightly modified in their dimensions, for "airless" bottles.
  • the subject of the invention is a pump-holder ring of the aforementioned type, characterized in that the internal end of the sleeve is equipped with an elastic seal which normally closes this end and which is adapted to be opened by the internal end of the pump when putting it in working position in the sleeve.
  • the invention also relates to a product distribution assembly comprising a pump-holder ring as defined above, and a flexible bag, the opening of which is tightly fixed, in particular by welding, around the sleeve.
  • a single nozzle adapted to be selectively connected to one or the other of the two sources.
  • the pump carrier ring 1 shown in Figure 1 consists of two parts assembled by overmolding, namely a sleeve 2 of plastic and a seal 3 of elastomer.
  • the sleeve 2 is double walled. Its outer wall has, from bottom to top: a base 4 of suitable conformation used for fixing by welding the opening of a flexible pocket 5 visible in Figures 2 to 6: a zone 6 with ratchet teeth used for positioning d 'a tamper-evident ring 7 visible in Figure 4; and a threaded area 8.
  • the inner wall 9 of the sleeve is cylindrical and smooth. Its upper end is connected to the outer wall, at a small distance from the upper end thereof, by a horizontal flange 10. The lower end of the wall 9 is slightly set back relative to that of the base 4 .
  • This space is entirely filled by the elastomer of the seal 3, which extends from below by a bead 12.
  • the latter normally closes the 'lower opening of the wall 9 and is split at 13 in at least one diametrical plane.
  • a single end piece 14 comprising an upper head 15 adapted to bear on the flange 10, a cylindrical body 16 roughly the same length as the wall 9 and freely received therein, and a lower appendage 17 of reduced diameter. and converge downward.
  • the head 15 is against the flange 10, the appendage 17 passes through the bead 12 by opening the slot 13.
  • the head 15 is connected to two pipes, one 18 itself connected to a vacuum source 19 and equipped with a valve 20, and the other 21 itself connected to a source 22 of the product to be dispensed and equipped a valve 23.
  • a first phase ( Figure 2), the valve 23 is closed and the valve 20 is open.
  • the air contained in the pocket 5 is therefore evacuated, and the pocket flattens on itself.
  • the bag At the end of filling, the bag is completely full of product, without air, and when the end piece 14 is removed, the bead 12 closes elastically, the overpressure of the product contributing to its tightness, as illustrated by arrows in the Figure 4.
  • the assembly is then completed (FIG. 4) by a distribution pump 24 and a capsule 25 provided with the tamper-evident band 7.
  • the pump is of a conventional type, for example a VB 36/200 pump from the French company VALOIS, the body of which has simply been extended downwards by a tubular appendage 26 of reduced diameter and converging downwards, similar to the 'appendage 17 of the end piece 14. Externally, the pump has above the appendage 26 a cylindrical body 27 which can slide in friction in the wall 9 of the sleeve 2, and an enlarged upper head 28 from which goes towards the up a central distribution tube 29.
  • the capsule 25 has an inverted cup shape, with an upper bottom 30 freely traversed in its center by the tube 29 and a peripheral skirt 31 internally threaded. The lower end edge of this skirt is connected by pins 32 to the upper end edge of the strip 7. The latter has internally ratchet teeth adapted to cooperate with those of the sleeve 2.
  • the pump is inserted into the sleeve 2, almost until contact with the bead 12, and the assembly 7-25 is partially screwed onto the sleeve, until the strip 7 abuts on the shoulder 6A which lowerly limits the toothed zone 6.
  • the bottom 30 of the capsule 25 is located a short distance from the pump head 28.
  • a relatively rigid housing 33 provided with means for positioning the sleeve 2.
  • a relatively rigid housing 33 provided with means for positioning the sleeve 2.
  • It may for example be a plastic housing having an upper neck 34 , with inner end flange 35, for receiving the sleeve and a removable bottom, or else a single-piece housing, articulated, as described in patent application FR 92 03 111 of the Applicant and defining the neck 34 in closed position.
  • the threaded part of the sleeve protrudes from this neck over a predetermined height by the stop against the flange 35 of a shoulder 6B of the sleeve delimiting upward the toothed zone 6, and the capsule 25 is screwed onto the sleeve until 'so that it abuts on the upper surface of the same flange ( Figure 6). In doing so, the capsule presses the pump downwards and forces its appendage 26 to pass through the bead 12 by opening it, which puts the pump in communication with the interior of the pocket.
  • an O-ring seal (not shown) can be interposed between the pump head 28 and the flange 10.
  • the internal wall 9 of the sleeve 2 can be provided internally with a tamper-evident membrane 36, precut, for example in a cross, and pierced with a central orifice of diameter less than outer diameter of appendix 26 of the pump.
  • the appendage 17 of the end piece 14 is then replaced by a needle capable of freely passing through this orifice.

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  • Mechanical Engineering (AREA)
  • Containers And Packaging Bodies Having A Special Means To Remove Contents (AREA)
  • Basic Packing Technique (AREA)
  • Closures For Containers (AREA)
  • Filling Of Jars Or Cans And Processes For Cleaning And Sealing Jars (AREA)
EP93402096A 1992-09-02 1993-08-25 Pumpen Tragering für einen Spenderbehälter, Ausgabeanordnung dafür und Verfahren zum Füllen derselben Expired - Lifetime EP0591012B1 (de)

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FR9210493A FR2695111B1 (fr) 1992-09-02 1992-09-02 Bague porte-pompe pour flacon distributeur d'un produit, ensemble de distribution de produit correspondant, et son procédé de remplissage.
FR9210493 1992-09-02

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FR2773355A1 (fr) * 1998-01-08 1999-07-09 Oreal Dispositif de conditionnement et de distribution comportant un reservoir rempli sous vide et procede de fabrication
WO2005065841A1 (de) * 2003-12-23 2005-07-21 Sps Verpackungs-System Gmbh Entnahmevorrichtung für flexible verpackung

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FR2718372B1 (fr) * 1994-04-08 1996-06-28 Sofab Dispensateur de produits fluides.
FR2730708B1 (fr) * 1995-02-21 1997-03-28 Teleplastics Ind Distributeur a pompe et poche souple deformable pour produits fluides et procede pour son remplissage et son vidage
FR2801518B1 (fr) * 1999-11-29 2002-03-15 Lindal France Pulverisateur de fluide du type a gaz propulseur sous pression ou analogue
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FR1074398A (fr) * 1953-04-08 1954-10-05 Symbia Lab Procédé et dispositif de remplissage, obturation et vidange d'un récipient contenant un fluide sous pression
FR2615828A1 (fr) * 1987-05-25 1988-12-02 Emballages Conseils Etudes Dispositif de fermeture pour recipients
FR2668756A1 (fr) * 1990-11-07 1992-05-07 Kerplas Snc Procede de realisation d'un flacon comportant une poche deformable et une pompe de vidange par aspiration.
EP0486355A1 (de) * 1990-11-16 1992-05-20 L'oreal Abgabevorrichtung für ein flüssiges bis pastöses Erzeugnis und Halterung für eine solche Abgabevorrichtung

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FR1074398A (fr) * 1953-04-08 1954-10-05 Symbia Lab Procédé et dispositif de remplissage, obturation et vidange d'un récipient contenant un fluide sous pression
FR2615828A1 (fr) * 1987-05-25 1988-12-02 Emballages Conseils Etudes Dispositif de fermeture pour recipients
FR2668756A1 (fr) * 1990-11-07 1992-05-07 Kerplas Snc Procede de realisation d'un flacon comportant une poche deformable et une pompe de vidange par aspiration.
EP0486355A1 (de) * 1990-11-16 1992-05-20 L'oreal Abgabevorrichtung für ein flüssiges bis pastöses Erzeugnis und Halterung für eine solche Abgabevorrichtung

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FR2773355A1 (fr) * 1998-01-08 1999-07-09 Oreal Dispositif de conditionnement et de distribution comportant un reservoir rempli sous vide et procede de fabrication
EP0928635A1 (de) * 1998-01-08 1999-07-14 L'oreal Vorrichtung zur Aufnahme und zum Abgeben von Material mit einem luftfrei befüllten Behälter und Verfahren zur ihrer Herstellung
US6418978B2 (en) 1998-01-08 2002-07-16 L'oreal Packaging and dispensing device including a vacuum-filled container, and a method of manufacture
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