EP0986505B2 - Spender für fliessfähiges material mit schnapp-befestigungsring - Google Patents

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EP0986505B2
EP0986505B2 EP98929544A EP98929544A EP0986505B2 EP 0986505 B2 EP0986505 B2 EP 0986505B2 EP 98929544 A EP98929544 A EP 98929544A EP 98929544 A EP98929544 A EP 98929544A EP 0986505 B2 EP0986505 B2 EP 0986505B2
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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
    • B65D83/38—Details of the container body
    • 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
    • B05B11/1049—Attachment arrangements comprising a deformable or resilient ferrule clamped or locked onto the neck of the container by displacing, e.g. sliding, a sleeve surrounding the ferrule

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  • the present invention relates to a fluid dispenser comprising a neck tank and a dispensing member, such as a pump or a valve, mounted on the neck to extract fluid from the reservoir.
  • a dispensing member such as a pump or a valve
  • the invention more particularly relates to a fixing ring of said dispensing member for fixing the latter on a neck having an outer peripheral thickening which defines with the rest of the neck a lower shoulder.
  • This type of tank with such a neck is widely used for pumps or valves which are snapped onto the neck using the lower shoulder as the retaining or abutment surface.
  • EP-A-0 704 251 discloses a fixing ring comprising latching lugs at the ends of which are formed detent lugs intended to be housed below the shoulder of the neck. Subsequently, a hoop comes to cover the ring to prevent the lugs from disengaging from below the shoulder. Indeed, it is possible with this kind of fixing device to remove the collar ring as the hoop is not mounted.
  • the snap lugs are flexible allowing the lugs to pass over the thickening to reach the snap position under the shoulder. Therefore, when mounting the ring on such a neck, the tabs must bend outward, which increases the useful diameter of the ring during the passage on the thickening of the neck.
  • the final fixing is reached only when the hoop is mounted: the attachment therefore requires two parts.
  • US-A-4,773,553 discloses another fastener in which the fastener ring is made of a flowable material and has tabs with heads projecting outwardly. It is thus possible to mount the ring on a neck without deforming the tabs to the outside. The final fixing is carried out by forcibly engaging a ring on the ring so that the outwardly projecting heads are brought inward below the shoulder of the neck by creep material. In this case, it is also necessary two parts to achieve the fixation and more, it is necessary to exert a certain force on the hoop to make the heads flow inwards.
  • US-A-5,299,703 discloses a pump attachment system in which a ring has tabs terminated by a head formed by inwardly hemming. Before assembly, the hemmed heads are folded outward to allow passage of the neck. Once in position on the neck of the container, the heads are deformed inward with a hoop.
  • This system is similar to that of US-A-4,773,553, except that the ring is metal and the heads are folded inwardly and not fluent. Since this is metal, this system may be similar to crimping since metal is deformed to shrink. Again, it is necessary to use a tool to fix the ring on the neck of the tank.
  • the object of the present invention is to overcome the drawbacks of the aforementioned prior art by defining a fixing device whose fixing ring makes the final fixing without the aid of an attached band and whose mounting of the ring does not generate no deformation of the ring out of its normal dimensions of rest.
  • the present invention provides a fixing device according to claims 1 and 10.
  • a claim 12 of the mounting method is also provided.
  • the flaps are located in the skirt without protruding outwardly and can then be bent or take their snap-fitting orientation under the shoulder.
  • the flaps are preloaded inwards during the manufacture of the fixing ring.
  • the flaps automatically return to their original prestressed orientation inward as soon as the thickening passes.
  • the flaps can be constrained inward once the ring is in position on the neck. In this case, a subsequent operation will be necessary to fold the flaps below the shoulder.
  • the fixing is provided by the ring alone, without the need to add an additional hoop. The ends of the flaps in abutment against the shoulder alone guarantee the final fixation.
  • the flaps have a wall thickness equal to or less than that of the skirt so as not to protrude out of the skirt during the passage of the flaps on the peripheral thickening of the neck. It is thus possible to premount the fixing ring in a decorative trim ring and then mount this set on a tank neck. Indeed, while in the prior art, the latching lugs must deform outward to pass the thickening, in the present invention, the flaps are never deformed outwardly, which allows the pre-assembly a fret, purely decorative, since it is not necessary for fixing the ring on the neck.
  • the present invention also defines a dispenser comprising such a fixing device for fixing the dispensing member on the neck of the reservoir.
  • the dispenser comprises as a whole a reservoir 1, a fixing device 20 and a dispensing member 2.
  • the neck 10 extends from the body 13 with a cylindrical section 14, then forms a shoulder 12 outwardly and ends with another cylindrical section of greater diameter forming an outer peripheral thickening 11.
  • the shoulder 13 thus forms the transition between the thickening 11 and the remainder of the neck 14 which joins the body 1.
  • the upper part of the neck defines an annular surface 15 which can advantageously be provided with an annular sealing bead 16 serving to improve the seal with a neck seal 24 sealing between the neck 10 and the dispensing member 2.
  • the dispensing member 2 is a pump, but a valve is just as possible.
  • the internal structure of the pump will not be described because it is not critical for the invention.
  • the pump comprises a pump body 25 and an actuating rod 26 on which is mounted an actuating head 27 equipped with a nozzle 28.
  • a fixing ring 20 having a receiving housing in which the pump body 25 is snapped into force and a peripheral skirt 21 which extends downwards.
  • the internal diameter of the skirt 21 is equal to or slightly greater than the outer diameter of the thickening 11 of the neck so that the skirt 21 can engage the neck with a minimum clearance to ensure the stability of the pump.
  • the skirt 21 is provided with flaps 22 disengaged in the skirt whose free ends point in the latching position upwards and inwards, so as to abut against the shoulder 12 of the neck.
  • the flaps 22 are connected to the skirt by their lower ends and are bent inwards to extend to contact the shoulder 12.
  • the skirt defines a window in which the flap respective can be housed when it is deformed to the outside.
  • the thickness of the flaps is preferably equal to or less than the wall thickness of the skirt 21, so that the flaps can be housed in the windows without projecting either inwardly or outwardly. The flaps can therefore be fully included in their respective windows.
  • the flaps may be prestressed with this orientation inward or initially housed in the respective windows of the skirt and only then folded into their final latching position.
  • the flaps are originally formed with their orientation inward, as this avoids a subsequent operation of folding the flaps inwardly below the shoulder 12 of the neck.
  • the flaps, and hence the ring itself will preferably be molded from plastic in the state shown in the single figure.
  • the ring 20 comprises windows 201 formed vertically of each flap 22. These windows have allowed the molding of the ring the passage of mold pins adapted to define the free ends of flaps and the wall sectors internal skirt located above the flaps.
  • a decorative hoop 23 may come to cap the ring 20, but it does not contribute to fixing; it fulfills only an aesthetic purpose.
  • the flaps do not protrude outwardly as they pass over the thickening, it is possible to mount the hoop on the ring before snapping on the neck. We can thus premount the band on the ring and mount it all on the neck, which simplifies the assembly of the dispenser.

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  1. A fixing device for a fluid product dispenser
    the dispenser being suitable for being fitted to a container (1) provided with a neck (10), and comprising a dispenser member (2) mounted on the neck (10) of the container (1), said neck (10) forming an outwardly-extending peripheral thick portion (11) co-operating with the remainder of the neck to form a bottom shoulder (12), said fixing device comprising a fixing ring (20) for fixing the dispenser member to the neck, the fixing ring (20) being provided with a peripheral skirt (21) which extends to below said shoulder (12), said fixing device being characterized in that said skirt (21) is provided with flaps (22) whose free ends point inwards and upwards and come into abutment contact against the shoulder (12), thereby snap-fastening the fixing ring (20) to the neck (10) of the container (1).
  2. A fixing device according to claim 1, in which the flaps (22) are pre-stressed to point inwards during manufacture of the fixing ring (20).
  3. A fixing device according to claim 1, in which the flaps are stressed to point inwards once the ring (20) is in position on the neck.
  4. A fixing device according to any preceding claim, in which the thickness of the wall of each of the flaps (22) is equal to or less than the thickness of the wall of the skirt (21) so that they do not project from the skirt as the flaps pass over the peripheral thick portion (11) of the neck.
  5. A fixing device according to any preceding claim, in which the flaps (22) are distributed circumferentially around the skirt (21).
  6. A fixing device according to any preceding claim, in which the fixing ring is made of a plastics material.
  7. A fixing device according to claim 6, in which the fixing ring is provided with windows (201) for passing mold pins suitable for forming the free ends of the flaps.
  8. A dispenser including a device according to any one of claims 1 to 7 and a dispenser member.
  9. A dispenser according to claim 8, further including a containing provided with a neck, said neck forming a peripheral thick portion defining a bottom shoulder.
  10. A fixing device for a fluid substance dispenser comprising a container (1) provided with a neck (10) and a dispenser member (2) mounted on the neck (10) of the container (1), said neck (10) forming an outwardly-extending peripheral thick portion (11) forming with the remainder of the neck a bottom shoulder (12), said fixing device comprising a fixing ring (20) for fixing the dispenser member to the neck, the fixing ring (20) being provided with a peripheral skirt (21) which extends to below said shoulder (12), said skirt being provided with snap-fastening ratchets adapted to come under the shoulder of the neck, said fixing device being characterized in that a decorative bond (23) is premounted on the fixing ring (20), the ratchets being inwardly deformable toward the band when passing over the peripheral thick portion, the skirt defining windows formed between the ratchets and the band, so that the ratchets may be received therein when they are outwardly deformed.
  11. A fixing device according to claim 10, in which the decorative band comes into contact with the skirt.
  12. A method for mounting a fluid substance dispenser comprising a container (1) provided with a neck (10), and a dispenser member (2) mounted on the neck (10) of the container (1), said neck (10) forming an outwardly-extending peripheral thick portion (11) defining with the remainder of the neck a bottom shoulder (12), the dispenser further comprising a fixing device according to claim 10, the method comprising the step of mounting the ring, with its premounted band, on the neck (10).
  13. A mounting method according to claim 12, in which the decorative band extends in contact with the skirt over the whole of the height of the skirt.
  14. A mounting method according to claim 12, in which the ratchets are outwardly deformed during the passage of the thick portion (11) of the neck.
  15. A mounting method according to claim 12, in which the ratchets are received in windows formed by the ring between the band and the ratchets during the passage of the thick portion (11) of the neck.
EP98929544A 1997-06-13 1998-06-10 Spender für fliessfähiges material mit schnapp-befestigungsring Expired - Lifetime EP0986505B2 (de)

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FR9707317 1997-06-13
FR9707317A FR2764584B1 (fr) 1997-06-13 1997-06-13 Distributeur de produit fluide a bague de fixation encliquetable
PCT/FR1998/001195 WO1998056688A1 (fr) 1997-06-13 1998-06-10 Distributeur de produit fluide a bague de fixation encliquetable

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DE69802681T2 (de) 2002-10-02
FR2764584B1 (fr) 1999-08-20
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US20020104853A1 (en) 2002-08-08
FR2764584A1 (fr) 1998-12-18
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