EP0753352B1 - Sprühvorrichtung mit Vordruck-Pumpe und Mengenregelung - Google Patents

Sprühvorrichtung mit Vordruck-Pumpe und Mengenregelung Download PDF

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EP0753352B1
EP0753352B1 EP96201935A EP96201935A EP0753352B1 EP 0753352 B1 EP0753352 B1 EP 0753352B1 EP 96201935 A EP96201935 A EP 96201935A EP 96201935 A EP96201935 A EP 96201935A EP 0753352 B1 EP0753352 B1 EP 0753352B1
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    • 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
    • B05B11/1001—Piston pumps
    • B05B11/1005—Piston pumps with means for adjusting or modifying pump stroke
    • B05B11/1007—Piston pumps with means for adjusting or modifying pump stroke by adjusting or modifying the pump end-of-sucking-stroke position
    • 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
    • B05B11/1001—Piston pumps
    • B05B11/1023—Piston pumps having an outlet valve opened by deformation or displacement of the piston relative to its actuating stem
    • B05B11/1025—Piston pumps having an outlet valve opened by deformation or displacement of the piston relative to its actuating stem a spring urging the outlet valve in its closed position

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  • the present invention relates to a fluid delivery and atomizing device which is provided with means for regulation of the quantity of fluid to be delivered during each operating cycle and with interchangeable parts for regulation of the aperture of the fluid delivery duct depending on the density of the fluid itself.
  • pre-compression pumps are known, namely of the type which are provided with an obturator movable against the action of a suitably calibrated spring; said obturator covers a hole through which the fluid flows towards the delivery cap and is lifted from this hole only after being subjected by the user to a pressure corresponding to the force sufficient to overcome the opposing action exerted by, the said spring on the obturator itself.
  • a suitably calibrated spring said prior art as defined in the preamble of claim 1 is disclosed in GB-2 261 389.
  • the fluid flow ducts are of considerable length and have a small cross-section and are therefore the cause - in particular when the pump is used for high-density fluids - of pressure drops during flowing of the fluid, resulting in irregular delivery and the need to overdimension the load of the pre-compression spring, with the consequent need for a considerable operating force on the part of the user.
  • the technical problem which is posed, therefore, is that of providing a device for delivering and atomizing fluids contained in a storage container, which allows the quantity of fluid delivered to be varied in a simple and economic manner without the need for modifying correspondingly the dimensions of each individual part forming the device.
  • the delivery device comprises a hollow substantially cylindrical body 1 on the bottom of which there is formed a seat 1a housing a floating sphere 1b designed to function as a one-way valve for the passage of a fluid "F" contained in a bottle 2 inside which the said hollow body is inserted and sealingly fastened via suitable means described in detail below.
  • the hollow body 1 has arranged inside it, coaxially therewith, a stem 3 which in turn is internally hollow and slidable in an axial direction relative to hollow body 1 itself.
  • the top end 3a of the stem 3 projects in an axial direction beyond the hollow body so as to support a delivery cap 4 provided with a radial hole 4a for supplying the fluid to a micronization chamber 4b from where the fluid emerges suitably atomized for the application.
  • the opposite bottom end 3b of the stem 3 has reversibly fitted to it a base-piece 5 which is provided on its internal surface with shoulders 5a ( Figures 1 and 4) designed to engage with a corresponding annular projection 3c of the stem 3.
  • the inclined surface of the said shoulders 5a and of the annular projection 3c allows easy insertion of the base-piece 5 which in this way is stably coupled to the stem 3.
  • the said base-piece 5 although it is provided with internal openings for passage of the fluid is, however, closed externally, avoiding the need for arranging sealing elements in between with obvious simplification of the design of the parts to be combined.
  • the external surface of the base-piece 5 has formed on it a support surface 5b with, acting against it, the top end of a spring 6 which reacts against an associated seat of the hollow body 1 so as to keep the base-piece itself, and hence the stem 3, raised with respect to an annular abutment shoulder 1c which can be fitted onto the internal surface of the hollow body 1.
  • the stem 3 has formed in its approximately middle part ( Figures 1 and 2) an annular rib 3d designed to engage with corresponding concave seats 7a formed on the internal surface of a sliding piece 7 coaxially mounted on the stem 3.
  • the upper surface of the sliding piece 7 has formed on it an annular seat 7b designed to enter into contact with an end-of-travel element 8a of a gasket 8 arranged between a stopper 9 with an internal thread 9a designed to be coupled with the threading 2a of the neck 2b of the container so as to sealingly fasten the delivery device to the container itself.
  • an annular gasket 10 provided with a vertical tongue 10b designed to come into contact and form a seal with the top edge 5c of the base-piece 5; in this way the gasket 10, the body 1 and the base-piece 5 define a pressure chamber 11 consisting of an upper part 11a of substantially cylindrical shape and a lower part 11b of substantially frustoconical shape, through which the fluid F is drawn up for delivery, as will be described below.
  • Said gaskets 10 and collar 7 have axially arranged between them a spring 12 designed to cause the pre-compression of the device since, only when the thrusting action exerted by the user on the delivery cap 4 has compressed the spring 12, does delivery of the fluid externally occur.
  • said cavities 7a of the sliding piece 7 and said rib 3d of the stem3could also be arranged inclined in accordance with the pitch of a thread/nut screw fastening system which can be operated by means of rotation of the delivery cap 4, in this case resilient relief-type elements being provided in order to prevent undesired rotation of the sliding piece 7, but instead allow axial translation thereof following actuation by the user and the springs 6 and 12.
  • Figure 3 shows a simplified example of embodiment of the device according to the invention in which the stem 3 has a fixed collar 107 with a top surface having in it an incision so as to form an annular seat 107b designed to come into contact with the said end-of-travel element 8a of the gasket 8.
  • the height of the said collar 107 determines once again the different height (H1, H2) of the upper part 11a of the chamber 11 and hence the quantity of fluid to be delivered.
  • the delivery device After ascertaining the density of the fluid and establishing the quantity of fluid to be delivered for each pumping cycle and having consequently calibrated the height of the collar 107 (or, in the embodiment of Figure 1, axially translated the sliding piece 7 into a suitable position), as well as fitting to the stem 3 a base-piece 5 of suitable external diameter, the delivery device is fitted to the bottle 2 by means of the stopper 9.
  • the cap 4 is pressed, causing the descent of the stem 3 inside the hollow body 1, since the fluid F present inside the chamber 11 cannot be compressed and cannot return into the container 2, being retained by the sphere 1b, and constitutes an obstacle to descent of the gasket 10 which remains immobile until the spring 12 is compressed and the base-piece 5 is consequently separated from the gasket 10 itself.
  • This separation causes opening of the chamber 11a and consequent rising up again of the fluid F through the internal cavity of the stem 3 as far as the delivery cap 4 inside which it is atomized for delivery.
  • the spring 12 reacts against the collar 7, which at this point is at a standstill, and begins exerting its thrusting action on the annular gasket 10, pushing it downwards so that the lug 10b comes back into contact with the top edge 5c of the base-piece 5, closing again the chamber 11 and consequently interrupting delivery.
  • the spring 6 is allowed to push again upwards the base-piece 5 and hence the gasket 10 and the stem 3 which move simultaneously causing a drop in pressure inside the chamber 11 itself which raises the sphere 1b, opening up the bottom of the body 1 and causing fluid F to be drawn back inside the chamber 11 which in this way is filled again for subsequent delivery.
  • the fluid F rising back up from the container to the chamber 11, causes a drop in pressure inside the container which is balanced by the entry of air drawn in from outside.
  • the working stroke of the stem 3 with respect to the hollow body 1, and hence the volume of fluid which can be delivered during each cycle of the pump is substantially determined by the height in the axial direction of the said collar 107 which, as illustrated in Figure 7, may be made with a much greater height, thus resulting in a reduction of the compression stroke and hence a reduction in the volume of fluid delivered per cycle.
  • the stroke of the stem is determined by the more or less lowered position of the sliding-piece 7.
  • the simplified version of the device according to the invention may prove suitable for those mass production operations where a corresponding variation in the forming mould has an essentially negligible impact on the final unit cost
  • the realization of the device with a sliding piece which allows a variation in the quantity of fluid which can be delivered, without the need for variations in the moulds, but by means of a simple positional adjustment, will certainly prove convenient owing to the series of small number of parts.
  • detachable coupling of the base-piece to the stem also allows the aperture of the fluid flow passage through the chamber to be varied, a requirement which is of particular importance when there is an increase in the density of the fluid to be delivered.

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  1. Vorrichtung zum Fördern und Zerstäuben von in einem Behälter (2) enthaltenen Fluiden (F), umfassend einen Hohlkörper (1), in dessen Innerem koaxial eine Dichtung (8) angeordnet ist, in welcher ein hohler Stößel (3) beweglich gegenüber der Dichtung (8) und entgegen der Schubwirkung erster elastischer Elemente (6) und zweiter elastischer Elemente (12) bewegbar ist, wobei das untere Ende der zweiten elastischen Elemente (12) sich in Anlage an einer Ringdichtung (10) befindet, die radial zwischen dem Hohlkörper (1) und dem Stößel (3) angeordnet und axial gegenüber dem Stößel (3) bewegbar ist, wobei der Stößel (3) mit einem Kragen (7; 107) ausgestattet ist, gegen den das obere Ende der zweiten elastischen Elemente (12) wirkt, eine einstückig mit der Dichtung (8) ausgebildete Einrichtung (8a) geeignet für die Kollision mit dem Kragen (7; 107) des Stößels (7) zum Anhalten der axialen Versetzung des Stößels (3) selbst vorgesehen ist, wobei die axiale Abmessung der Einrichtung (8a) und des Kragens (7; 107) derart gewählt ist, daß hierdurch das Fluidvolumen bestimmt wird, welches während jedes Bedienungszyklus der Vorrichtung gefördert werden kann, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß außerdem ein außen verschlossenes, austauschbares Basisstück (5) vorgesehen ist, welches lösbar am unteren Ende des Stößels (3) angebracht werden kann, und das an letzterem während des axialen Hubs des Stößels fixiert bleibt, und welches mit der Dichtung (10) zum Sperren einer Fluidförderleitung zwischen dem hohlen Stößel (3) und dem Basisstück (5) am Ende des Druckhubs des Stößels zusammenwirkt.
  2. Vorrichtung nach Anspruch 1, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß der Kragen (7) aus einem Gleitstück besteht, welches mit inneren Ringhohlräumen (7a) ausgestattet ist, die so ausgebildet sind, daß sie mit einer entsprechenden Ring-Rippe (3d) des Stößels (3) verrasten, um das Gleitstück gegenüber dem Stößel selbst stabil zu positionieren.
  3. Vorrichtung nach Anspruch 1, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß der Kragen aus einem Ringflansch (107) besteht, der an dem Stößel (3) fixiert ist und eine geeignete axiale Höhe abhängig von der Menge zu fördernden Fluids aufweist.
  4. Vorrichtung nach Anspruch 1, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß die Innenfläche des Basisstücks (5) mit Schultern (5a) ausgestattet ist, die so ausgebildet sind, daß sie mit einem entsprechenden ringförmigen Vorsprung (3c) des Stößels (3) für ein lösbares Befestigen der beiden Teile zusammenwirken.
  5. Vorrichtung nach Anspruch 1, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß die Innenhohlräume (7a) des Gleitstücks (7) und die Rippe (3d) des Stößels (3) geneigt entsprechend der Ganghöhe eines Gewinde/Mutter-Schraubbefestigungssystems geneigt sind, so daß eine Änderung der Lage des Gleitstücks selbst durch Verdrehen einer Förderkappe (4) möglich ist.
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