EP0670270A1 - Ausgabevorrichtung für einen mit einem Hals versehenen Behälter - Google Patents

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EP0670270A1
EP0670270A1 EP95400469A EP95400469A EP0670270A1 EP 0670270 A1 EP0670270 A1 EP 0670270A1 EP 95400469 A EP95400469 A EP 95400469A EP 95400469 A EP95400469 A EP 95400469A EP 0670270 A1 EP0670270 A1 EP 0670270A1
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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
    • B65D47/00—Closures with filling and discharging, or with discharging, devices
    • B65D47/04—Closures with discharging devices other than pumps
    • B65D47/20—Closures with discharging devices other than pumps comprising hand-operated members for controlling discharge
    • B65D47/2018—Closures with discharging devices other than pumps comprising hand-operated members for controlling discharge comprising a valve or like element which is opened or closed by deformation of the container or closure
    • 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
    • B65D47/00—Closures with filling and discharging, or with discharging, devices
    • B65D47/04—Closures with discharging devices other than pumps
    • B65D47/20—Closures with discharging devices other than pumps comprising hand-operated members for controlling discharge
    • B65D47/24—Closures with discharging devices other than pumps comprising hand-operated members for controlling discharge with poppet valves or lift valves, i.e. valves opening or closing a passageway by a relative motion substantially perpendicular to the plane of the seat
    • B65D47/241—Closures with discharging devices other than pumps comprising hand-operated members for controlling discharge with poppet valves or lift valves, i.e. valves opening or closing a passageway by a relative motion substantially perpendicular to the plane of the seat the valve being opened or closed by actuating a cap-like element
    • B65D47/242—Closures with discharging devices other than pumps comprising hand-operated members for controlling discharge with poppet valves or lift valves, i.e. valves opening or closing a passageway by a relative motion substantially perpendicular to the plane of the seat the valve being opened or closed by actuating a cap-like element moving helically
    • 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
    • B65D47/00—Closures with filling and discharging, or with discharging, devices
    • B65D47/04—Closures with discharging devices other than pumps
    • B65D47/20—Closures with discharging devices other than pumps comprising hand-operated members for controlling discharge
    • B65D47/26—Closures with discharging devices other than pumps comprising hand-operated members for controlling discharge with slide valves, i.e. valves that open and close a passageway by sliding over a port, e.g. formed with slidable spouts
    • B65D47/261—Closures with discharging devices other than pumps comprising hand-operated members for controlling discharge with slide valves, i.e. valves that open and close a passageway by sliding over a port, e.g. formed with slidable spouts having a rotational or helicoidal movement
    • B65D47/263—Closures with discharging devices other than pumps comprising hand-operated members for controlling discharge with slide valves, i.e. valves that open and close a passageway by sliding over a port, e.g. formed with slidable spouts having a rotational or helicoidal movement between tubular parts

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  • the present invention relates to a dispensing device capable of being placed at the upper end of a neck container containing a liquid product or in the form of a cream, in particular a cosmetic or pharmaceutical product.
  • the present invention relates to a dispensing device comprising a hollow dispensing nozzle, capable of being engaged at its lower part in and / or on the neck of the container, blocking means being provided for axially immobilizing the nozzle. relative to the neck, said end piece comprising, at its upper part, at least one orifice for the passage of the product to be dispensed, and a cover surrounding said end piece and comprising a top part, defining an opening for the outlet of the product to be dispensed, means cooperating engagement being provided on the cover and the container neck to retain said cover on the container neck while allowing relative rotation of the cover relative to the container neck between a closed rest position and an open dispensing position in which said opening is in communication with the dispensing orifice (s) of the nozzle.
  • a dispensing device comprising a hollow dispensing nozzle, capable of being engaged at its lower part in and / or on the neck of the container, blocking means being provided for axially immobilizing the nozzle. relative to the neck
  • a first type of such a device is arranged to allow a combined movement of rotation and axial translation of the cover relative to the neck of the container, the cover comprising for this purpose an internal thread cooperating with an external thread formed on the neck of the container.
  • a second type of such a device is arranged so that once mounted on the neck of the container, the cover is movable only in rotation relative to the neck of the container, and therefore relative to the dispensing nozzle, the cover comprising for this purpose at its lower part means, such as notches, for hooking under a flange produced at the periphery of the neck of the container.
  • the cover is movable in rotation only relative to the neck of the container between a closed position and an open dispensing position.
  • This cover has at its upper part a pumping mechanism, with a variable volume pumping chamber, defined by a deformable dome-shaped membrane on which the user acts to cause the expulsion of the product contained in the container through the 'dispensing nozzle, when the cover has been turned to its dispensing position.
  • the dispensing tip and the cover are produced separately by molding plastic material and are placed separately on the neck of the container.
  • the present invention proposes to provide a dispensing device which, while offering the advantages of the previously known devices, allows a significant saving in terms of manufacturing and a significant simplification of the operations of positioning and positioning on the container to corresponding collar.
  • the device according to the present invention is essentially characterized in that the dispensing end piece and the cover are made in one piece during a single molding step, and are connected by bridges of material, capable of be broken during a relative movement of the cover relative to the dispensing tip, said dispensing tip comprising means able to cooperate with corresponding means of the neck of the container for, during the positioning of said tip, ensuring a positioning and locking in rotation thereof on the neck of the container.
  • the material bridges according to the present invention advantageously consist of a plurality of tabs arranged in the same plane substantially perpendicular to the common axis of the dispensing nozzle and of the cover, said tabs preferably being equiangularly spaced apart.
  • the tabs which connect the dispensing nozzle and the cover are arranged so as to allow, without being broken, the positioning and immobilization the dispensing tip on the container neck.
  • the tabs are broken by shearing on first use, by relative movement, by unscrewing, of the cover relative to the dispensing nozzle.
  • the tabs according to the invention constitute in this case a witness of inviolability, not visible but perceptible to the user.
  • the tabs connect the dispensing end piece and the cover, being arranged so as to be broken during the operation of fitting the end piece. distribution, and the cover which it is secured by means of said tabs, on the container neck.
  • the tabs which connect the dispensing nozzle and the cover are arranged so as to allow, without being broken, the installation and the 'immobilization of the dispensing tip on the container neck.
  • the tabs are broken by shearing on first use, by relative movement, by rotation, of the cover relative to the dispensing nozzle.
  • the tabs constitute a witness of inviolability, not visible, but perceptible by the user.
  • the provisional connection provided by the tabs makes it possible, during the positioning of the dispensing nozzle on the neck of the container produced by the cooperating positioning and rotation locking means on the dispensing nozzle and the container neck, a simultaneous positioning of the cover relative to this neck, which avoids the successive operations required in the devices of the prior art for the establishment and positioning of the dispensing nozzle and then the cover.
  • dispensing nozzle and the cover are, according to the invention, made in one piece, a single mold is necessary for their manufacture, which simplifies this manufacture and reduces the cost.
  • the positioning and rotation locking means advantageously comprise at least one notch made on the dispensing end piece and cooperating in correspondence of shapes with at least one projection on the inner wall of the neck of the container.
  • the notches and the projections preferably have a triangular or trapezoidal shape, the point of which is directed upwards.
  • the device according to the invention can advantageously include means, visible from the outside, testifying to a possible violation of the device. It may be, in particular, a part such as a plate, produced in the vicinity of the base of the cover connected to the cover by bridges of material capable of being broken during the first manipulation of opening the cover by relation to the container by rotation or, where appropriate, rotation / translation.
  • the device according to the invention is mounted on the neck 1 of a container 2 containing a liquid product or in the form of a cream such as a pharmaceutical or cosmetic product.
  • the neck of the container has an external thread 3 and an end portion of reduced diameter 4 having a groove 5 in its external wall.
  • the device according to the invention comprises a hollow dispensing end piece 6, also called reduction gear in the art, comprising at its lower part an internal skirt 7 engaged in the upper end of the neck of the container and an external skirt 8 comprising projecting from its inner wall a bead 9 capable of being slammed into the groove 5 of the neck to ensure axial immobilization of the dispensing nozzle 6 relative to the neck of the container.
  • a hollow dispensing end piece 6, also called reduction gear in the art comprising at its lower part an internal skirt 7 engaged in the upper end of the neck of the container and an external skirt 8 comprising projecting from its inner wall a bead 9 capable of being slammed into the groove 5 of the neck to ensure axial immobilization of the dispensing nozzle 6 relative to the neck of the container.
  • the inner skirt 7 of the nozzle 6 comprises, according to the invention, at least one notch of triangular shape 10 whose tip is directed upwards and which is able to engage in correspondence of shapes on a triangular projection 11 on the inner wall of the container neck, when the end piece 6 is placed on the container neck.
  • the dispensing nozzle 6 as soon as it is placed on the neck of the container, is immobilized relative to the latter, both in axial translation and in rotation.
  • the nozzle 6 has at its upper end orifices 12 for the passage towards the outside of the product contained in the container.
  • the device according to the invention also comprises a cover 13 provided at its lower part with an internal thread 14 able to cooperate with the thread 3 of the neck to allow a screwing and unscrewing movement of the cover relative to the neck, that is that is to say a combined displacement in rotation and in axial translation of the cover relative to the neck between the extreme positions illustrated respectively in FIGS. 1 and 2.
  • the cover has an inner skirt 15, joined, as seen in FIG. 1, to the skirt 8 of the dispensing nozzle 6 by tabs of small section 16 constituting bridges of material which, as seen in the 2, are broken after the first movement of unscrewing the cover relative to the neck from the position illustrated in FIG. 1 to the position illustrated in FIG. 2.
  • the skirt 15 could be longer and in this case it is possible to envisage providing two or more rows of legs 16 spaced axially.
  • the upper part of the cover is produced in the form of an insert 17 comprising a central orifice 18 for the outlet of the product.
  • the configuration of the upper part 17 is such that, in the rest position illustrated in FIG. 1, the orifices 12 are closed while in the dispensing position illustrated in FIG. 2, and in which the cover has been lifted by unscrewing, communication is allowed between the orifices 12 of the dispensing nozzle 6 and the opening 18 of the upper part 17 of the cover.
  • the upper part 17 is, in the example illustrated, an insert.
  • the cover and the dispensing nozzle are made in one piece by injection molding of a thermoplastic material such as for example polypropylene.
  • the variant embodiment illustrated in FIG. 3 differs from the embodiment previously described only by the presence, before the first use, above the opening 18 of the upper part 17 of the cover, of a disc-shaped part. 19, provided with a point and joined by bridges of material 20 to the part 17.
  • the part 19 constitutes a visible indicator of violation which is added to the means of detection, not visible, of violation constituted by the legs 16 whose breakage is however sensitive to the user during the first use by a slight resistance encountered in the movement of unscrewing the cover relative to the neck of the container.
  • FIG. 4 and 5 differs essentially from that illustrated in Figures 1 and 2 by the structure of the upper part 21 which, in known manner, is made for example of elastomer, and has a lip 22 capable of lifting when product is expelled from the container, said upper part 21 comprising an internal conduit 23 opening directly above the lip and in communication with the internal volume, defined in the position of use illustrated in FIG. 5, in communication with the outlet orifices 12 of the dispensing nozzle 6.
  • FIGS. 6 and 7 and respectively 8 and 9 differ from the previous ones in that the cover is no longer secured by screwing the neck of the container, but is secured to the latter by a snap connection preventing an axial displacement of the cover relative to the neck of the container but allowing a relative rotation of the cover relative to this neck.
  • the neck 24 of the container 2 has a peripheral flange 25 for immobilization in the axial direction of the cover and at least one projection 26 which has a trapezoidal shape and whose function is the same as that of the projection (s) 11 of the embodiment of FIGS. 1 and 2, namely the immobilization in rotation of the dispensing nozzle relative to the neck of the container.
  • the dispensing nozzle 27 comprises according to the invention at least one trapezoidal cutout 28 opening downwards capable of cooperating for this purpose with the projection (s) 26 of the neck of the container.
  • the dispensing nozzle 27 has at its upper part a slit-shaped orifice 29 for the outlet of the product.
  • the cover 30 has an inner skirt 31 provided at its lower end with snap notches 32 capable of engaging, as illustrated in FIG. 7, under the flange 25 of the neck of the container for immobilization in the axial direction of the cover relative to the neck of the container.
  • the cover 30 comprises an attached upper part made of elastomeric material, 33, provided with a tongue, capable of lifting, 34, and at the level of which a conduit 35 opens capable of communicating with the orifice 29 of the end piece. distribution.
  • the dispensing end piece 27 is made in one piece by injection molding with the cover 30 and connected to the latter by bridges of material, molded in the form of legs 36 similar to the legs 16 of the previous embodiments.
  • the assembly consisting of the dispensing nozzle, the cover and the upper part thereof, is placed in one piece on the container neck, the legs 36 being broken during the joining of the end piece distribution relative to the container neck during the abutment contact between the cutout (s) 28 and the projection (s) 26.
  • the movement of the cover is then extended downwards until the notches 32 snap under the collar 25 of the neck.
  • Figures 8 and 9 differs essentially from that of Figures 6 and 7 by construction details at the distribution nozzle 27 and the cover 30 and especially by the different configuration of the end portion 38 of the hood.
  • FIGS. 8 and 9 is very similar to that of FIGS. 6 and 7 in that the dispensing end piece and the cover are made in one piece and joined by lugs 36 which are broken during the 'engagement of the entire device on the container neck, the cover can then rotate relative to the container neck and therefore relative to the dispensing nozzle immobilized thereon.

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WO2004033334A1 (es) * 2002-10-10 2004-04-22 Tuboplast Hispania, S.A. Contenedor tubular con tapón de inviolabilidad
FR2915981A1 (fr) * 2007-05-09 2008-11-14 Qualipac Soc Par Actions Simpl Ensemble de bouchage de flacon, et procede de montage d'un capuchon et d'un reducteur de col sur un flacon.
EP2927149A1 (de) * 2014-04-03 2015-10-07 Novartis AG Ausgabekopf zur Ausgabe eines viskosen Materials aus einem Behälter

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DE3438193C1 (de) * 1984-10-18 1986-01-16 Suböplast GmbH Technische Kunststoffteile-Schraubverschlüsse, 8641 Tettau Drehverschlußkappe für einen Behälter
EP0452196A1 (de) * 1990-04-13 1991-10-16 L'oreal Abgabevorrichtung für wenigstens ein flüssiges oder cremeartiges Produkt
WO1993015994A1 (en) * 1992-02-05 1993-08-19 Aptargroup, Inc. Closure with integral twist ring and method for making same

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US3155294A (en) * 1960-06-27 1964-11-03 Waldherr Wilhelm Container with closure cap
US3461488A (en) * 1966-04-08 1969-08-19 Rexall Drug Chemical Mold ejection assemblable two-piece cap
US3578223A (en) * 1968-08-27 1971-05-11 Monsanto Co Container with closure
FR2395202A1 (fr) * 1977-06-20 1979-01-19 Fontanaud Robert Capsule porte-reducteur
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DE3438193C1 (de) * 1984-10-18 1986-01-16 Suböplast GmbH Technische Kunststoffteile-Schraubverschlüsse, 8641 Tettau Drehverschlußkappe für einen Behälter
EP0452196A1 (de) * 1990-04-13 1991-10-16 L'oreal Abgabevorrichtung für wenigstens ein flüssiges oder cremeartiges Produkt
WO1993015994A1 (en) * 1992-02-05 1993-08-19 Aptargroup, Inc. Closure with integral twist ring and method for making same

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WO2004033334A1 (es) * 2002-10-10 2004-04-22 Tuboplast Hispania, S.A. Contenedor tubular con tapón de inviolabilidad
FR2915981A1 (fr) * 2007-05-09 2008-11-14 Qualipac Soc Par Actions Simpl Ensemble de bouchage de flacon, et procede de montage d'un capuchon et d'un reducteur de col sur un flacon.
EP2927149A1 (de) * 2014-04-03 2015-10-07 Novartis AG Ausgabekopf zur Ausgabe eines viskosen Materials aus einem Behälter
WO2015150002A1 (en) * 2014-04-03 2015-10-08 Novartis Ag Dispensing head for dispensing a viscous material from a container

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