Classifications

• • 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

Definitions

• the invention relates to a tester and a tester assembly for a cosmetic product to be sprayed such as perfume or toilet water from a bottle provided with a spray valve to be squeezed.
• the first case has the disadvantage of the risk of theft of the bottle used for the test as well as the lack of practicality.
• the second case has the disadvantage of requiring significant handling and of not allowing the product to be sprayed in the effective zone, for example on the top of the user's hand near the wrist.
• Document US-A-4838456 discloses a dispensing device for spraying a cosmetic product on the hands of a user.
• This device comprises a housing comprising several walls, forming a chamber for the hands and having an opening for the insertion of the hands into the chamber.
• the device further comprises an L-shaped trigger element having a horizontal arm supported by a pivot, a portion of disc arranged in the chamber for coming into contact with the hands and a vertical arm disposed outside the housing.
• An elastic console is fixed to a wall of the housing and has a cavity receiving part of the lid of an aerosol, as well as an orifice allowing the product of the atomizer to circulate there.
• a force directed upwards on the disc portion causes a force directed downwards on the console to actuate the aerosol and spray the product towards said chamber.
• this device does not make it possible to effectively spray the product on a specific area of the hand. In addition, it cannot be used with a bottle.
• the invention aims to remedy the aforementioned drawbacks and to this end, it provides a tester for a cosmetic product to be sprayed, such as perfume or eau de toilette from a bottle provided with a squeeze spray valve comprising a support and carried by it.
• -ci holding means for a bottle of the product to be sprayed ;
• means for dispensing the product to be sprayed comprising a dispensing tube terminated on one side by a dispensing opening and on the other side by a nozzle intended to be removably mounted on the valve;
• manual control means actuated by the presence of the hand of a user when this is placed near an area identified as such of the support; operating means controlled by the control means capable of pressing the spray valve of the bottle; distribution means being spaced from the control area so that the distribution opening is placed facing the hand of the user actuating this control means.
• the holding means are in the form of a housing.
• the distribution tube comprises two contiguous sections, namely a fixed and rigid section on the side of the distribution opening and a deformable and mobile section on the side of the end piece.
• the support comprises a panel on the rear face of which the housing is located, a base placed at the end of said panel panel close to the control area.
• the support further comprises a console fixed to the support panel adjoining the distribution means and which can serve as a base for a second bottle of the cosmetic product intended for the identification of this product by the user.
• the distribution means are arranged to spray the product or deposit it by drop.
• the control means are operated by mechanical contact such as in particular a lever, a lever, a button, a cursor or without contact by proximity detection.
• the operating means comprise a member acting mechanically on the bottle itself, a member acting mechanically on the spray valve, and means capable of ensuring the relative movement of the two members over a certain stroke.
• This relative displacement is a sliding or a rotation. Where appropriate, means are provided for adjusting this stroke.
• control means are in the form of a pedal mounted on the support so as to be able to pivot over a certain stroke.
• This pedal has a projecting front part of the front face of the support panel. It passes through a light formed in said panel and opening towards the rear face of said panel in the casing.
• This pedal is extended in the housing by a wall. The whole forms a lever.
• the wall extending the pedal is part of the operating means. It comes against the bottom of the bottle, the valve of which is stuck on a part of the wall of the casing.
• the tester assembly includes a tester as described above and a spray bottle whose valve is mounted on the tip of the tester, this bottle being housed in the casing.
• FIG. 1 is an elevational front view of the tester assembly according to the invention according to a possible embodiment
• - Figure 2 is a side view of the tester assembly according to Figure l, the bottle of the product to be sprayed being removed, as well as the deformable section and the tip of the dispensing means
• Figure 3 is an elevational view from the rear of the tester assembly without any vial
• FIG. 4 is a top view of the tester assembly of Figure 3;
• FIG. 5 is a schematic perspective view of the mechanism of the assembly shown in FIGS. 1 to 4.
• the invention relates to a tester 1 for a cosmetic product to be sprayed such as a perfume or an eau de toilette found in a bottle 2 provided with a squeeze spray valve 3.
• the tester just as well ensures the spraying of the product as its deposition by drop.
• the description will generally be made in relation to the spraying.
• the bottle 2 with its valve 3 is not in itself directly the subject of the invention.
• This bottle 2 is the bottle intended for the presentation and the sale of the product cosmetic. Consequently, the invention makes it possible to avoid having to transfer this cosmetic product.
• tester the device according to the invention devoid of any bottle of cosmetic product, and, called “tester set”, the combination of tester 1 and bottle 2.
• the tester 1 comprises first of all a support 4.
• the different means, parts, organs of the tester 1 are carried by this support 4.
• the support 4 comprises a panel 5 intended, in the normal position of use, to be placed vertically or substantially vertically.
• This panel 5 has a front face 5a and a rear face 5b.
• the panel 5 is carried by and fixed to a base 6 located at the lower end 7 of the panel 5.
• This base 6 is intended in the normal position of use, to be placed horizontally or substantially horizontally.
• the panel 5 has, in the embodiment shown, a shape of a flat, full plate, with the exception of the slots 8 to which we will return and of rectangular outline.
• the panel 5 can be curved, more or less perforated, possibly transparent, in whole or in part and its outline can be other than rectangular.
• the upper extreme part 9 of the panel 5 opposite the base 6 allows the registration of brands or information or advertising, this part 9 emerging above the tester and forming its upper part.
• Such a tester therefore has a general plane of transverse symmetry P corresponding to the plane of FIG. 2.
• the support 4 further comprises a console 10 fixed to the panel 5 and projecting therefrom on its front face 5a.
• This console 10 is arranged substantially halfway up the panel 5 between the end parts 7 and 9, being consequently spaced from the base 6 by a sufficient distance to allow passage between the base 6 and the console 10 by the hand of the 'user.
• This console 10 is placed with its general plane substantially parallel to the general plane of the base 6. In the normal position of use, the console 10 therefore has its main horizontal or substantially horizontal plane.
• the top face 11 of the console 10 opposite the base 6 can serve as a base for a second bottle 12 of the cosmetic product.
• This second bottle is intended for viewing the bottle for the user as well as for identifying the cosmetic product.
• This second bottle 12 is mounted rigidly fixed on the console 10, for example by gluing, or simply placed. If necessary, it is removably mounted.
• the tester 1 also comprises a casing 13 fixed on the rear face 5b of the panel 5.
• This casing 13 extends between the level of the base 6 and a little above the console 10.
• This casing 13 is preferably opaque to so as to hide its content.
• This casing 13 has a movable or removable door 14.
• the door 14 is mounted so as to slide in the vertical direction on slides 15 of the casing. In this embodiment, the door 14 allows access to the entire interior of the casing 13.
• the casing 13 is intended for housing the bottle 2.
• the casing 13 suitably sized to receive the bottle 2 therefore constitutes means for holding said bottle 2.
• the tester 1 also comprises means 16 for distributing the product to be sprayed.
• These distribution means comprise a distribution tube 17 having two contiguous sections, namely a fixed and rigid section.
• the fixed section 17a of the distribution means 16 is attached to the bottom face 18 of the console 10 projecting from the front face 5a of the panel 5 substantially perpendicularly to it.
• the console 10 makes it possible to hide the section 17a of the tube 17.
• the console 10 has a free end portion before 19 curved towards the base 6 so as to better ensure this masking of the section 17a of the tube 17.
• the tube 17 is more particularly the section 17a comprises a dispensing opening 20.
• the distribution tube 17 is terminated, on the other side, at the free end of the deformable and mobile section 17b, by a nozzle 21 intended to be mounted on the valve 3 in a removable manner.
• the end piece 21 can be the subject of different embodiments. Either this end piece is in the form of a flexible tube section which is connected to the valve 3, or the cap part of the valve 3 is removed, a cap part forming part of the end piece 21 being substituted for it on which is then directly connected the deformable section 17b of the tube 17.
• THE deformable and mobile section 17b which projects from the rear face 5b of the panel 5 can be entirely housed in the casing 13.
• This section 17b is of sufficient length to allow the extraction of the bottle 2 from the casing 13.
• the section 17a has a length and an orientation such that the user having placed his hand at the desired location of the tester 1 , the cosmetic product is placed in the desired area of the hand, in particular on the top and near the wrist.
• the dispensing opening 20 can be located at a distance from the panel 5 of the order of 5 to 15 cm, in particular of the order of 7 to 8 cm.
• the distribution means 16 are arranged, as has been said, either to spray the cosmetic product, or to deposit it by drop. If necessary, it means are provided for switching from one to the other of the two arrangements.
• the length of the tube 17 as well as its diameter and the shape of the tube towards the dispensing opening 20 are arranged for this purpose.
• the distribution means 16 and more particularly the end part of the section 17a close to the opening 20 are arranged so that the spray axis D are directed towards the base 6 or towards the plane of the base 6 while moving away from the panel 5.
• the axis D is made with the panel 5 an angle of the order of 45 °.
• the tester also includes manual control means 23. These means 23 are actuated by the presence of the hand of a user when this is placed near an area 24 identified as such of the support 4.
• maneuvering means 25 controlled by the control means 23, capable of pressing the spray valve 3 (or the nozzle 21).
• the control zone 24 is identified by means of a clear indication of the type "press", "turn” or by an appropriate pictogram. This zone 24 is located on the panel 5 near the base 6. Consequently, the distribution means 16 are moved away from the control zone 24 so that the distribution opening 20 is passed opposite the hand of the user actuating the control means 23.
• the dispensing opening 20 is also located opposite the base 6 while being remote from the latter.
• the base 6 is large enough to receive the excess product to be sprayed. It thus constitutes means for receiving this excess product.
• the base 6 is arranged so as to substantially avoid the visibility of traces of excess sprayed product.
• the base 6 can have a smooth surface, in particular curved, which can be easily cleaned.
• the base 6 may have a surface with reliefs which naturally mask the traces of excess sprayed products.
• the base 6 may include or incorporate absorption means such as a blotter-type sheet.
• the control means 23 are either operated by mechanical contact such as in particular a lever, a lever, a button or a cursor or without contact by proximity detection.
• control means 23 are in the form of a pedal 26 mounted on the support 4 and more particularly on the panel 5 so as to be able to pivot around a horizontal and perpendicular axis 27 in plane P located in the housing 13.
• the pedal 26 has a front part 28 projecting from the front face 5a of the panel 5. It passes through the light 8 formed in the panel 5. It opens out towards the rear face 5b and it is extended in the casing 13 by a movable wall 29.
• the assembly 26, 27, 28, 29 forms a lever.
• pedal 26 is placed substantially horizontally. The command consists in pressing the pedal 26 slightly downwards, which then has the effect of moving the wall 29 pivotally around the axis 27 upwards.
• the operating means 25 comprise a member acting mechanically on the bottle 2 proper (that is to say the bottle apart from the valve 3), a member acting mechanically on the spray valve 3 or the nozzle 21 and, finally , means capable of ensuring the relative movement of the two members over a certain stroke. This relative displacement is either a sliding or a rotation.
• the member acting on the bottle is applied to the bottom of the latter and it is movable while the member acting on the valve 3 or the end piece 21 is fixed, carried by the support 4 and constituted by a wall or wall part of the casing 13 in this case, the upper horizontal wall 30.
• the member acting on the bottle 2 is fixedly carried by the support 4, the members acting on the valve 3 or the end piece 21 are carried in a mobile manner.
• the operating means 25 comprise means for adjusting the stroke of relative movement of the two members. These adjustment means can be in the form of knobs, sliders, threaded rods, slides with notches, wedges, etc.
• the operating means 25 therefore comprise a wall or wall portion 30 of the housing 13 and the movable wall 29. These two walls are placed opposite and spaced from one another.
• the movable wall 29 extending the pedal 26 of the control means 23 is part of the operating means 25.
• the bottle 2 is therefore, in this embodiment, wedged between the two walls 29 and 30.
• it is preferably provided in the casing 13, an additional wall 31.
• the tester and the tester assembly which have just been described operate in the following manner: first of all, a nozzle 2 of the cosmetic product to be tested is connected to the nozzle 21. For this purpose, the door 14 of the casing 13 has been previously opened. Then, it is possible to place the bottle 2 in the casing 13, the section 17b being shaped to be housed entirely in the casing.
• the door 14 is then closed.
• the tester and the tester assembly are then in a potential operating situation.
• valve 3 and the nozzle 21 being in the projecting position relative to the bottle 2 proper, the pedal 26 is in the high, horizontal position.
• the user can then approach the panel 5 with his hand in the direction of the zone 24 where the light 8 and the pedal 26 are located. Thanks to the indication, the pictogram or more simply by a natural gesture, the user operates the means 23 in this case press on the pedal 26. This has the effect of actuating the operating means 25. In this case, this causes the movable wall 29 to move upwards.
• valve 3 and the nozzle 21 being wedged by the wall 30 of the casing 13, the movable wall 29 presses on the bottom of the bottle 2 causing its vertical upward movement in the direction of the wall 30, which corresponds to a relative movement of pressing the valve 3. It follows that the cosmetic product is dispensed from the bottle 2 to the hand of the user via the nozzle 21, the sections 17a and 17b of the tube 17 and the dispensing opening 20 .

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