EP0699596A1 - Vorrichtung zur Ausgabe von flüssigen oder pastösen Produkten unter Druck, versehen mit einem Garantiebetätigungsknopf - Google Patents

Vorrichtung zur Ausgabe von flüssigen oder pastösen Produkten unter Druck, versehen mit einem Garantiebetätigungsknopf Download PDF

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EP0699596A1
EP0699596A1 EP95401707A EP95401707A EP0699596A1 EP 0699596 A1 EP0699596 A1 EP 0699596A1 EP 95401707 A EP95401707 A EP 95401707A EP 95401707 A EP95401707 A EP 95401707A EP 0699596 A1 EP0699596 A1 EP 0699596A1
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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
    • 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
    • B65D83/22—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 with a mechanical means to disable actuation
    • B65D83/224—Tamper indicating means obstructing initial actuation, e.g. removable
    • B65D83/228—Tamper indicating means obstructing initial actuation, e.g. removable consisting of a rupturable connection between actuator element and actuator cap or skirt, e.g. tear strips or bridges

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  • the invention relates to a dispenser for dispensing a product of more or less liquid consistency under the action of a propellant, this dispenser comprising a container forming a reservoir for the product.
  • the dispenser according to the present invention can be used in different fields of use and serve for the distribution of cosmetic products (hairspray, deodorant, hair foam, body milk, depilatory foam, liquid foundation, sunscreen milk) or dermopharmaceuticals (insect repellent, analgesic or anti-inflammatory), household products, paint, etc ... in the form of liquid, spray or foam.
  • cosmetic products hairspray, deodorant, hair foam, body milk, depilatory foam, liquid foundation, sunscreen milk
  • dermopharmaceuticals insect repellent, analgesic or anti-inflammatory
  • a distributor of pressurized liquid has been described by the applicant in document FR-A-2 661 661.
  • This distributor comprises a reservoir equipped with a distribution valve provided with a control rod; the dispenser further comprises a push button comprising a pin capable of acting on the rod, a conduit passing through the pin and connecting the outlet of the rod to a nozzle provided in the push button, a retaining hoop capable of fix on the container, to maintain the push button. It allows the user to actuate the dispensing valve by exerting a reduced force on the push button, which gives this user a feeling of smooth operation during actuation.
  • the support zone on the push button has a relatively large angular extent, which facilitates the use of this dispenser.
  • the actuating device (hoop-push button) of this dispenser consists of two separate parts, which requires mounting, on a production line, relatively expensive and complex, from an industrial point of view.
  • Another drawback of this dispenser lies in the fact that the valve which can be used for this dispenser can only be a so-called lateral deformation valve, which requires special industrial assembly tools. This results in a high cost price for the distributor.
  • connection between the push button and the element fixed to the dispenser tank is broken by actuation of the push button.
  • this actuation can at the same time control the dispensing of product.
  • it is desirable that the connection can be broken independently of pressing the push button to avoid the simultaneous, involuntary, distribution of product.
  • the present invention therefore aims to remedy the drawbacks mentioned above.
  • the present invention aims, above all, to provide a distributor of the kind defined above whose manufacture and assembly are simpler than those of the distributor according to FR-A-2 661 661, the cost price of which is as low as possible, and the connection between the push button and the hoop being broken without dispensing product, while guaranteeing the user the state strictly new product by a non-violation system.
  • the subject of the present invention is therefore the new industrial product that constitutes a distributor comprising a valve for dispensing a liquid product to be dispensed in the form of an aerosol or a foam using a propellant, this valve being mounted on a container containing the liquid and being provided with a control rod; a push button for actuating the valve, this push button comprising a pin capable of acting on the rod a nozzle provided in the push button a conduit passing through the pin and connecting the outlet of the rod to the nozzle a retaining band, able to be fixed on the container, for the maintenance of the push button, the push button (4) being molded in one piece with the retaining hoop (23) and a connection (18) being provided between the hoop (23) and the push button (4), characterized in that the connection is arranged so as to be broken only by rotation of the push button (4) relative to the hoop (23), when the dispenser is used for the first time, this link (18) constituting a non-violation device.
  • connection between the hoop and the push button is established in the form of at least one thin tongue, extending in a direction parallel to an axis of symmetry of the dispenser.
  • one or more tongues are used, for example 3 to 12 in number, preferably spaced regularly from one another.
  • the tongues have first and second ends, the first end being fixed on a first sidewalk secured to a peripheral edge of the push button, the second end being fixed on a second complementary sidewalk, integral with an annular plate forming part of the hoop.
  • first and second sidewalks are located, respectively, on either side of the tongue and are secured respectively to the push button and the hoop.
  • This arrangement allows the hoop-link-push button assembly to be molded.
  • the first sidewalk can be provided with a recess having a dimension equal to the length of the tongue, so that the latter can be accommodated in this recess after the rotation of the push button relative to the hoop.
  • the first sidewalk has a support plate connected to this recess by a slope. This slope facilitates the rotation of the push button in its operating position.
  • the second sidewalk preferably comprises a stop, a bearing surface capable of cooperating with the tray of the first sidewalk, a bead defining with the stopper a bearing surface for the tray of the first sidewalk after the rotation of the push button relative to the hoop, and possibly a slope, preferably with the same inclination and complementary orientation to that of the slope of the first sidewalk.
  • Two optical violation indicators can be provided on the hoop and the push button respectively, indicating, by the position of one relative to the other, whether the dispenser has already been used or not.
  • the hoop can also include a latching means for a protective cover.
  • Figure 1 is a partial axial section of a distributor of pressurized liquid product, equipped with a non-violation device according to the invention.
  • Figure 2 is a top view of the dispenser of Figure 1.
  • FIG. 3 represents an enlarged perspective view of a non-violation tab, according to the invention, connecting the hoop and the push button of the dispenser of FIG. 1.
  • Figure 4 shows a section similar to that of Figure 1, the dispenser being shown during spraying.
  • a liquid distributor designated as a whole by the reference 1, equipped with a push button 4 to actuate a distribution valve 2 mounted on a reservoir 3, generally cylindrical and having an axis A of symmetry.
  • the reservoir 3 contains a liquid product, under pressure using a propellant gas, this liquid having to be distributed in the form of an aerosol or a foam.
  • the push button 4 in the form of a cap, has a peripheral edge 4a which comprises, along the axis A, a cylindrical pin 5 secured to the upper wall 4b of the push button 4.
  • This wall 4b is slightly rounded.
  • the pin 5 is crossed by an axial duct 6, which is connected to a transverse channel 7, leading to a spray nozzle 8, mounted, in a conventional manner, on a centering piece 9, provided in the push button 4 in a flat area 4c on a slope.
  • Zone 4c has substantially, in front view, the shape of a trapezoid having a large base 40, two lateral sides 41, 42 and a small base 43 slightly curved towards the outside which is connected to the bearing surface 4b of the push button 4.
  • connection area 43 Apart from the connection area 43, the surface 4b is delimited by a peripheral edge 44, widening towards a frustoconical portion 4d which constitutes the side wall of the push button 4.
  • the frustoconical portion 4d is connected to a cylindrical skirt 4f which carries the peripheral edge 4a.
  • the large base 40 of the trapezoidal area 4c is part of a segment 4e which connects the area 4c to a part of the skirt 4f.
  • the free end (of the reservoir side) of the conduit 6 has a bore 10 of larger diameter than that of the conduit 6, so as to form a housing, capable of receiving, with a slight tightening, the free end of a rod 11 for controlling the valve 2.
  • This valve is a conventional valve, the opening of which is controlled by pressing the rod 11 along the axis A.
  • the valve 2 comprises a body 12 which is crimped, in the upper part, on the side of the control rod, in a cup 13, fixed by crimping or swaging on a circular opening made at the top of a dome 3a of the reservoir 3, comprising a rolled edge 14 and covering the upper end of a cylindrical portion 3b of the reservoir 3.
  • the lower part of the valve body 12, located on the side opposite to the control rod 11, is provided with a connection zone 15, extended by a dip tube 16 extending to the bottom of the tank 3.
  • the entire surface 4b of the upper wall of the push button 4, shown hatched in FIG. 2, constitutes a support zone, on which the user exerts pressure to control the opening of the valve 2.
  • the push button 4 is connected by its peripheral edge 4a and via thin tabs 30 to an annular plate 23a of a retaining hoop 23 of generally shape cylindrical.
  • the push button-tabs-hoop assembly is made in one piece.
  • the hoop 23, at its end opposite the reservoir, is provided with an annular recess 23b intended for the snap-fastening of a protective cover 17, which the user removes before use.
  • the end 23c of the hoop 23, located on the side facing the tank 3, has an internal snap-on bead 24, capable of snapping into an annular groove 3c of the tank, provided at the junction between the cylindrical part 3b of the tank 3 and its dome 3a.
  • the annular plate 23a of the hoop 23 internally has eight notches or slots 35, separated by eight projections 36. Through each notch 35, we can see a first sidewalk 50, integral with the base 4a of the push button.
  • FIG. 3 A detailed view of a notch 35 and a projection 36 is shown in FIG. 3. It can be seen that the sidewalks 50 are located opposite and below the notches 35. Each first sidewalk 50 has a support plate 52 and a recess 54 connected to the support plate 52 by a slope 53. On the opposite side to the plate 52, this recess 54 is delimited by a tongue 30 which is fixed to the sidewalk 50 by a first end 30a, and which has an axial orientation along the axis A of symmetry of the distributor.
  • a second end 30b of each tongue 30 is fixed to a second sidewalk 60, integral with a projection 36.
  • These second sidewalks 60 of orientation opposite to the first sidewalks 50, have a bearing surface 63 delimited by a stop 64 and by a bead 62.
  • Each stop 62 is connected by a slope 61, of the same inclination and complementary orientation to that of the slope 51 of the first sidewalk 50 corresponding to the second end 30b of the associated tongue 30.
  • this dispenser is as follows: when the user wishes to dispense liquid for the first time, he removes the protective cover 17, then he grasps the container 3 with one hand and the push button 4 with the other . Then, it rotates the push button relative to the container until the appearance of an audible click, signaling the rupture of the tongues 30.
  • each tongue 30 lies down in the recess 54 of the first sidewalk 50 associated, and successively, the slopes 53, 61 of the first 50 and second sidewalks 60 complementary slide on each other.
  • each first sidewalk 50 faces a second sidewalk 60, each first sidewalk being in abutment against the stop 64 and held by the bead 62 of the second complementary sidewalk 60. There are therefore, between the hoop 23 and the push button 4, pairs of sidewalks in support, successive.
  • the distributor is operational.
  • the user presses any point on the bearing surface 4b of the push button 4 to control the opening of the dispensing valve 2.
  • a first determined sidewalk 50a moves away from the second sidewalk 60a, with which it was in contact before.
  • the plate 52 of another first sidewalk 50b and the support surface 63 of another associated second sidewalk 60b remain in contact with each other under the action a return spring, which is provided with the distribution valve 2 the plate 52 of the sidewalk 50b and the surface 63 of the sidewalk 60b form a pivoting area.
  • the depression of the push button causes, via the pin 5, the descent of the rod 11 in the direction of the valve, and causes the opening thereof.
  • the liquid, under the thrust of the propellant gas rises, via the dip tube 16, in the body 12 of the valve, from where it will routed through the rod 11, the conduit 6 and the channel 7, to the spray nozzle 8.
  • the push button is able to exert a leverage on the control rod. Consequently, the pressing force, necessary to trigger the spraying of the liquid, is reduced compared to a conventional dispenser, and the user will appreciate the smooth operation of this dispenser.
  • the assembly (hoop-tabs-push button) is molded in a single step, which reduces the time and the manufacturing cost, and facilitates the mounting of the dispenser.

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US3540624A (en) 1968-12-09 1970-11-17 Green Edward Aerosol package having a combined actuator and overcap construction and method for making said construction
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US4243161A (en) 1978-03-17 1981-01-06 Seaquist Valve Co., Div. Of Pittway Corp. Continuous spray button
FR2527562A1 (fr) 1982-05-28 1983-12-02 Precision Valve Italia Recipient pressurise comportant un capuchon d'actionnement
EP0455552A1 (de) * 1990-05-04 1991-11-06 L'oreal Betätigungsvorrichtung für Ausgabeventil

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US3540624A (en) 1968-12-09 1970-11-17 Green Edward Aerosol package having a combined actuator and overcap construction and method for making said construction
US3531026A (en) 1969-03-14 1970-09-29 Risdon Mfg Co Actuator-overcap for aerosol dispensers
FR2195920A5 (de) * 1972-08-10 1974-03-08 Coster Tecnologie Speciali Spa
US4243161A (en) 1978-03-17 1981-01-06 Seaquist Valve Co., Div. Of Pittway Corp. Continuous spray button
FR2527562A1 (fr) 1982-05-28 1983-12-02 Precision Valve Italia Recipient pressurise comportant un capuchon d'actionnement
EP0455552A1 (de) * 1990-05-04 1991-11-06 L'oreal Betätigungsvorrichtung für Ausgabeventil
FR2661661A1 (fr) 1990-05-04 1991-11-08 Oreal Dispositif d'actionnement d'une valve de distribution.

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