EP1046357B1 - Appareil de vaporisation - Google Patents

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EP1046357B1
EP1046357B1 EP00420077A EP00420077A EP1046357B1 EP 1046357 B1 EP1046357 B1 EP 1046357B1 EP 00420077 A EP00420077 A EP 00420077A EP 00420077 A EP00420077 A EP 00420077A EP 1046357 B1 EP1046357 B1 EP 1046357B1
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Bernard Marcel Gilbert Jumel
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Beaute Prestige International SA
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A45—HAND OR TRAVELLING ARTICLES
    • A45D—HAIRDRESSING OR SHAVING EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT FOR COSMETICS OR COSMETIC TREATMENTS, e.g. FOR MANICURING OR PEDICURING
    • A45D34/00—Containers or accessories specially adapted for handling liquid toiletry or cosmetic substances, e.g. perfumes
    • A45D34/02—Scent flasks, e.g. with evaporator
    • 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
    • B05B11/0005—Components or details
    • B05B11/0059—Components or details allowing operation in any orientation, e.g. for discharge in inverted position

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  • the present invention relates to the technical field of vaporization suitable for being seized and handled by hand by a user to ensure, by action on a manual control device, the vaporization of the liquid or fluid contained in the reservoir, and for example of a perfume.
  • the present invention relates to a vaporization apparatus suitable for being seized and handled by hand, having a reservoir of liquid spray and a vaporization system comprising a vaporization orifice, a means of pumping and a manual spray control member.
  • perfume dispensing devices have still technically advanced mainly in order to control the expulsion and distribution in the air of perfume while improving their transportability.
  • This is how systems of dispensing perfume using a bottle serving as a perfume reservoir, said bottle being associated with a pressurized gas (aerosol) for conveying, by through a valve, the perfume spray form out of the bottle.
  • a pressurized gas aerosol
  • Such systems have, of course, helped to improve transport perfume bottles designed according to this principle because of their good hermeticity.
  • such devices help to increase the overall volume of the device since it requires a volume of annex gas, which, in particular for vials intended for transport, constitutes a disadvantage because of its bulk.
  • the perfume dispensing appliances accordingly have a new once evolved by implementing, as in all devices previously described, a bottle provided with an opening to its part upper, opening in which a vaporization system has been mounted comprising a vaporization orifice, a pumping means and an organ manual control of the spray.
  • the means pumping is a conventional type pump operating by compression / depression using an elastic assembly under the effect of the pressure exerted by the manual control device, the pump being connected to the liquid via a dip tube extending over the entire height of the reservoir bottle.
  • the gesture of vaporization is thus carried out in normal operation with the vaporization system located above the perfume tank, the user handling the bottle with one hand and pressing the manual control device by pressing with the index finger.
  • Spraying devices designed according to this principle give generally satisfactory, are easily transportable because of the good sealing of their design and are able to provide comfort of use generally appreciated by the user. Nevertheless, such devices suffer from various disadvantages.
  • the presence of Closure system limits the design possibilities of the bottle.
  • the presence of a dip tube in the bottle represents, on the aesthetic, an element which is unfavorable to the general perception of the vaporization, except to make an opaque spray apparatus.
  • the invention therefore aims to remedy the various disadvantages listed above, and to propose a new apparatus for vaporization that can be grasped and manipulated by hand, of a new design and improved configuration.
  • Another object assigned to the invention is to propose a new apparatus for vaporisation likely to lead to new possibilities of particularly attractive presentation.
  • Another object of the invention is to propose a novel apparatus for vaporization of particularly simple design and operation waterproof.
  • Another object of the invention is to propose a novel apparatus for vaporization, the handling, handling and use of which are particularly ergonomic.
  • Another object of the invention is to provide a new spray apparatus whose operation is particularly safe and reliable.
  • a complementary object of the invention is to propose a new device Spraying particularly suitable for perfume spraying.
  • a vaporization adapted to be seized and manipulated by hand comprising a reservoir of spray fluid and a vaporization system comprising an orifice of vaporization, pumping means and a manual control member vaporization, characterized in that the reservoir is associated with its lower part to a base, the vaporization system being integrated in the base and designed so as to allow, in the normal position of operation, vaporization of the fluid with the vaporization system located under the tank.
  • a spray apparatus that can be grasped and manipulated by hand, constituted by a perfume vaporizer
  • the vaporization apparatus according to the invention can not in no way be limited to this type of application.
  • the vaporization apparatus according to the invention could be used in other applications, as long as it is a question of ensuring the vaporization of any fluid, in particular a liquid, by capture and proper handling of the device.
  • the term "spray apparatus” is intended to mean any vaporization apparatus capable of being grasped and manipulated by hand and capable of vaporizing a fluid, which it it is a perfume spray or a vaporizer used in similar areas, such as cosmetology, or even the medical field in particular.
  • the spray apparatus according to the invention and illustrated in particular in FIGS. 1 to 5 are in the form of a unit that can be inputted to, or in the hands or hands and to be handled preferably with one hand.
  • he comprises a reservoir 1 of fluid, in particular of liquid, and in particular intended to ensure the storage of a perfume.
  • the shape of the fluid reservoir 1 can be any, given that in the given examples only for illustrative purposes, for example a shape of the tank will be substantially spherical at its upper part, said fluid reservoir 1 is ending at the bottom with an open collar 2, of section for example circular.
  • the fluid reservoir 1 can be indifferently made in one plastic or glass material, and be translucent, transparent or opaque rays of light, in whole or in part.
  • the fluid reservoir 1 is associated towards its lower part to a base 3 in which a vaporization system 4 is integrated and mounted permanently.
  • the base 3 is advantageously formed of a separate part of the tank 1, said base 3 being mounted integral with the tank 1 and fixed thereto, removably or not.
  • the assembly of the tank 1 on the base 3 can be realized by cooperation between one or several flanges 5 forming a thread protruding radially from of the neck 2, with a tapping 6 formed in the upper part of the base 3.
  • Other mounting systems may be envisaged, such as a respective compartment of the tank 1 and the base 3.
  • the fluid reservoir 1 is mounted above the base 3 in the inverted position, that is to say that the discharge opening of the tank 1, defined by the outer limits of the collar 2, is directed downwards and towards the base 3.
  • the upper part of the tank 1 is devoid of any accessory, since the tank 1 is mounted with its opening reverse evacuation.
  • the tank 1 comprises a lower opening limited by the neck 2, said lower opening being sealed by a floor 10 attached and fixed on the tank 1 and serving as an interface, connection and connection with the vaporization system 4 via a calibrated orifice 9 formed in its thickness to ensure the passage fluid by gravity.
  • the floor 10 is attached to the neck 2 by crimping an annular ring 11, a seal ring 12 being interposed between said ring and the lower end of the neck 2.
  • the base 3 made for example of metallic material or plastic, has a main body forming a lateral envelope 13 and a bottom 14 including at least a substantially flat portion to form a stable rest base for resting on a flat surface.
  • the vaporization apparatus according to the invention is advantageously able to occupy a position of stable presentation on a display in incorporating a push function mounted in the bottom 14.
  • the vaporization system 4 incorporated and arranged in the internal volume defined by the base 3, conventionally comprises an orifice of vaporization 8 secured to the wall 13 and by which the liquid will be vaporized to the outside, a pumping means 15 connected by a channel 8A to the orifice of vaporization 8 and a manual control member 16 of the vaporization intended to be actuated by the user to ensure the expulsion of the fluid.
  • the vaporization system 4 according to the invention, and particularly the pumping means, is designed, selected and arranged in the base 3 so as to permit, in the normal operating position as illustrated in Figures 1, 2 and 3, the vaporization of the fluid with the system of spray 4 located under the tank 1, preferably in line with this latest.
  • the pumping means namely the pump 15, is formed by an inverted pump, fed by simple gravity from the tank 1 so as to present its inlet / compression chamber and its vaporization head 8 arranged down below the tank 1 to draw fluid into the pump casing without risk of leakage when entering renewal air through the spray orifice 8.
  • the pump 15 used is a return air pump because of the use of a fluid reservoir 1 of the rigid type.
  • airless pumps, without return air, when using a fluid reservoir 1 capable of deforming to withstand the variation of internal pressure.
  • the pumps that can be used in the type of geometric position desired, namely in inverted upside down position may be pumps that can be commonly found on the market, such as those known as " all positions " manufactured by EMSON (brand name). filed), or for example by the company PFEIFFER (registered trademark), as soon as they allow operation substantially in the inverted position.
  • the inverted pump 15 is mounted in the base 3, under the tank 1 and in direct or indirect relation with the orifice 9, by via a valve 20 mounted elastically movable via a sealed reception seat against and on said orifice 9.
  • a valve 20 mounted elastically movable via a sealed reception seat against and on said orifice 9.
  • the inverted pump 15 will then be mounted in this lower part of the tank 1 forming the base.
  • the inverted pump 15 is mounted in the base 3 or in the lower part of tank 1, with its corresponding compression / decompression axis axial axis of symmetry, oriented substantially vertically in consideration of the normal operating position of the device that is itself substantially vertical.
  • the pump 15 can be mounted and fixed in a housing 21 directly from the floor 10 (FIG. contrary be mounted in an intermediate housing 22 fixed on a partition upper 23 ( Figure 1) of the base 3, the lower part of the pump 15 resting on the bottom 14 of the base 3.
  • the sealing of the assembly between the neck 2 and the base 3 is ensured by the interposition of one or more annular seals 24, interposed by example between the housing 22 and the floor 10.
  • the manual control member 16 of the vaporization is mounted on the base 3.
  • the manual control member 16 can be integrated into the bottom 14, in the form of a push button operable axially by the user, and movable along the axis of axial symmetry of the pump 15.
  • the manual control member 16 is formed by a push plate 16A forming the very bottom of the base 3, said plate being mounted movably, with the possibility of axial sliding relative to the body of the base 3 and operatively connected to the pump 15.
  • the whole of the lower part of the base 3 is therefore likely to move and slide relative to the rest of the base 3 or relative to the whole of the lower part of the tank 1.
  • the body of the base is provided with at least one member support 30 on which (which) rests the device.
  • the support member 30 is formed by a set of feet, integral of the base 3 and mounted fixedly relative to the latter, said feet passing through openings through the plate pusher 16A. Thanks to this arrangement, the spray apparatus complies with to the invention can rest freely on a substantially flat support without risk of accidentally operating the push plate 16A susceptible to trigger the vaporization of a dose of product.
  • the vaporization apparatus according to the invention is advantageously completed by the mounting of a base 31 fixed directly or indirectly on the floor 10, to rest on the latter.
  • the base 31 is thus susceptible to form a support for the assembly of one (or more) organ (s) decorative element (s) 32 extending into the reservoir 1.
  • the organ decorative 31 can be made in the form of a fixed figure, for example by means of studs or lugs, directly on the floor 10.
  • FIG. 3 illustrates an embodiment variant according to the invention but does not differing from the variant shown in Figure 1 only by a different arrangement of
  • the pump 15 is mounted in the base 3, under tank 1, with its axis of compression / decompression oriented substantially perpendicular to the normal operating position of the apparatus, the axis of axial symmetry of the pump 15 thus extending substantially horizontally.
  • the organ manual control 16C vaporization is then arranged laterally in the walls 13 of the base 3 so as to be operable according to the axis of operation of the pump 15.
  • all of the other characteristics of mounting of the spray apparatus are identical.
  • the spray apparatus according to the invention can be provided with a locking / unlocking means 35 (FIGS. 4 and 5) of the manual control member 16 for vaporization.
  • a locking / unlocking means 35 (FIGS. 4 and 5) of the manual control member 16 for vaporization.
  • such means is formed by a lever 36 mounted articulated between two abutment positions on the bottom 14 or 16A of the base 3.
  • the lever 36 In a stop position shown in full lines in Figure 4, the lever 36 is in inactive position, that is to say the unlocking of the control member manual spray 16.
  • the head 38 of the lever engages between the push plate 16A and the lower part of the pump 15 so as to block any relative displacement of the push plate 16A relative to the device. This avoids any unexpected actuation of the organ of manual control 16 spraying.
  • the lever is advantageously mounted inside the base 3, directly on the internal face of the push plate 16A.
  • the end 36A of the lever 36 is bent and passes through a slot 40 formed in the push plate 16A so as to be directly accessible by the user.
  • the user When the user wishes to use the spray apparatus in accordance with the invention, he grasps, usually with one hand, the apparatus, either by passing the inch under the base 3, the other fingers being applied to the part tank 1, or by reversing such a position, the thumb being then applied to the upper part of the tank 1.
  • the means of blocking / unblocking 35 being in its inactive position, the user can then ensure the emission of a dose of perfume by simply compressing either the push plate 16A, the side push button 16C.
  • the invention consequently makes it possible to produce a vaporization apparatus of a new conception leading to possibilities of arrangement and new configuration.
  • the clearance of the entire upper part of the tank 1 allows for a particularly attractive and new presentation of the vaporization apparatus according to the invention, since the entire top of the device is free and clear.
  • the absence of any dip tube in the device, the power supply is gravity, provides both simplicity of design and of assembly, a particularly attractive presentation and solves the problem of emptying the tank completely when a small amount of liquid remains there.
  • the vaporization apparatus according to the invention also allows a multiplicity gripping and manipulation positions favoring gestures own data entry and manipulation, in particular by allowing more great freedom of orientation of the wrist.
  • the reservoir 1 may comprise a plurality flakes in free suspension in the liquid to be sprayed in order to constitute an additional decorative element.
  • the spray apparatus according to the invention will comprise advantageously a filter 40A (FIG. 1), for example annular, mounted between the floor 10 and the podium 31, intended to protect the pump 15 by avoiding the introduction of foreign bodies.
  • filters 40A for example annular
  • the tank 1 can also be removably mounted on the base 3, to form a rechargeable device.

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  • Organic Low-Molecular-Weight Compounds And Preparation Thereof (AREA)
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HK1032343A1 (en) 2001-07-20
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