EP1090850A1 - Fluid dispenser - Google Patents

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EP1090850A1
EP1090850A1 EP99402443A EP99402443A EP1090850A1 EP 1090850 A1 EP1090850 A1 EP 1090850A1 EP 99402443 A EP99402443 A EP 99402443A EP 99402443 A EP99402443 A EP 99402443A EP 1090850 A1 EP1090850 A1 EP 1090850A1
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Alain Behar
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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
    • B05B11/0005—Components or details
    • B05B11/0008—Sealing or attachment arrangements between sprayer and container
    • B05B11/0013—Attachment arrangements comprising means cooperating with the inner surface of the container
    • 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
    • B05B11/1046—Sealing or attachment arrangements between pump and container the pump chamber being arranged substantially coaxially to the neck of the container
    • B05B11/1047—Sealing or attachment arrangements between pump and container the pump chamber being arranged substantially coaxially to the neck of the container the pump being preassembled as an independent unit before being mounted on the container

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  • the present invention relates to a device for dispensing fluid products of the type comprising a container in which the product to be dispensed is enclosed and on which distribution means such as a pump are mounted.
  • the containers containing a product to be dispensed are provided with a neck in which the distribution means such as a pump are engaged. Fixing the pump on the cervix can be obtained in various ways.
  • the document FR-2 756 546 describes a fixing device for a pump in the neck of a container.
  • This device uses a deformable sleeve forming a skirt with legs protruding inward before mounting.
  • the socket also forms a stop collar.
  • the skirt with its legs is inserted into the neck of the container until that the collar comes to rest on the neck of the container.
  • the pump body is force fitted into the skirt by deforming or compressing it.
  • the pump body forces the tabs outwards under the neck of the container, thus locking the sleeve in the neck.
  • the object of the present invention is to overcome this drawback by defining a dispensing device provided with fixing means on which the pump is pre-assembled, so as to form a unit which is sufficient to mount on the container appropriate.
  • the present invention provides a dispenser having the characteristics set out in the main claim.
  • the container can be provided with a collar, in this case, the cylindrical skirt of the sleeve is arranged to extend along the inner wall of the neck and the tabs of the sleeve protrude inside the container at most up to the connection zone with the cylindrical skirt, the radial projection outside of the sleeve resting on the upper edge of the container neck.
  • the container does not have a neck and the orifice of the container is formed in a wall of said container, the cylindrical skirt being arranged so that the tabs protrude inside the container at most up to the connection zone with said cylindrical skirt, the radial projection outside of the socket resting on the periphery of the container orifice.
  • the dimensions of the receiving space defined by the cylindrical skirt or the dimensions of the internal sleeve are such that, once the pump body is housed in the sleeve, a space is provided between the inner face of the inner sleeve and the outer face of the body pump, the vent of the pump being thus in communication with the interior of the container by means of said space and spaces separating the tabs from the socket.
  • the tabs formed in the extension of the cylindrical skirt of the socket are interconnected by portions of cylindrical skirt, said cylindrical skirt portions being less than the thickness of the legs.
  • these cylindrical skirt portions are connected to the cylindrical skirt of the socket and are of a thickness less than the thickness of the latter.
  • these cylindrical skirt portions are elastically deformable and, when the tabs are spread outwards from the socket, the cylindrical skirt portions elastically deform due to their sufficiently small thickness and do not oppose not at the spacing of the legs but on the contrary are deformed to accompany this movement of the legs towards the outside of said socket.
  • the sleeve being continuous.
  • a burst initiation is provided at each connection between a tab and a skirt portion cylindrical so that, when the spacing of the legs, each connection between a portion of a cylindrical skirt and a leg breaks so as not to not oppose the spacing of the legs.
  • the sleeve is a part molded from a flexible material such as high density polyethylene or low density polyethylene.
  • a socket 3 according to the invention.
  • the socket 3 comprises a cylindrical skirt 31 which extends downwards by lugs 33.
  • the sleeve cooperates with a sleeve 5 for receiving the pump body 4 allowing a pre-assembly of the pump body 4 and the sleeve 3 before mounting on a container 1 having an orifice 2 of circular section.
  • This sleeve 5 is arranged so as to receive the pump body 4, that is to say that it has on its internal face latching means in the form of a groove 51 in which is housed a flange 41 formed by the pump body 4, said groove 51 forming a shoulder 52 housed under the collar 41 and a shoulder 53 coming resting on the flange 41.
  • the shoulder 53 is arranged so as to almost completely cover the pump body 4.
  • the pump body 4 is therefore permanently mounted in the sleeve 5 which is itself partially engaged in a receiving space for the pump body 4 defined by the cylindrical skirt 31 so as to pre-assemble the assembly before mounting on a container 1.
  • a space 7 is provided between the inner face of the sleeve 5 and the outer face of the pump body 4, the vent 44 of the pump body 4 being in communication with the interior of the container 1 'via said space 7 and spaces between the tabs 33 of the socket 3.
  • the cylindrical skirt 31, of circular section and complementary to the orifice 2 has at its end opposite the legs 33, a radial projection 32.
  • the sleeve 5 is arranged to engage in the reception space defined by the cylindrical skirt 31 and the lugs 33 and the outer face of the sleeve 5 preferably engages in a sealed manner along the internal face of the cylindrical skirt 31, the external face of the sleeve 5 being preferably conical shaped so as to facilitate engagement in the skirt cylindrical 31.
  • the internal sleeve 5 only cooperates with the cylindrical skirt 31 as can be seen in FIG. 2a. This pre-assembled assembly can then be engaged in the orifice 2 of the container 1 as is can see it in Figure 2b.
  • an outer cylindrical skirt is provided 37 coaxial of the cylindrical skirt 31.
  • the container 1 has an orifice 2 provided of a neck 6.
  • the sleeve 3 and the pump body 4 preassembled are engaged using the sleeve 5 through the orifice 2 so that the cylindrical skirt 31 extends along the neck 6 and the radial projection 32 rests on the upper edge of said neck 6, the tabs 33 projecting from inside the container 1, the connection zone a between the legs 33 and the cylindrical skirt 31 located substantially under the opening 2 as can be seen in Figure 2b.
  • the assembly is continued by pressing the sleeve 5 provided with the pump body 4 in the receiving space, the conical shape of the sleeve 5 causing the crushing of the cylindrical skirt 31 against the edges of the orifice 2 of container 1 promoting the tightness of the assembly.
  • the sleeve 5 engaged in the space of reception apart the ends 33a of the legs 33 interposed in said reception space.
  • the internal sleeve 5 also has a radial projection 54 on its external face which comes rest on the upper edge of the cylindrical skirt 31 limiting the engagement of the sleeve 5 through the socket 3.
  • This spacing of the legs 33 under the effect of the sleeve 5 forms a shoulder of stop under the orifice 2 of the container 1 which constitutes a means of fixing the sleeve 3 and of the pump on container 1.
  • FIGS. 2b and 2c a variant of the socket 3 is shown.
  • This socket 3 is identical to the socket 3 of FIGS. 1a to 1c except for the fact that the lugs 33, here at number of four, formed in the extension of the cylindrical skirt 31, are connected between them by cylindrical skirt portions 300, said portions being deformable elastically and of a thickness less than the thickness of the cylindrical skirt 31 and legs 33.
  • the legs 33 in the extension of the cylindrical skirt 31 are arranged to present at least their lower ends projecting radially within the space of receiving the pump body 4 so that said ends are pushed back by the sleeve 5 fully engaged in the socket 3 which deforms the legs 33 by pushing out of the socket 3 under the orifice 2 of the container 1, the lugs 33 not being more in the extension of the cylindrical skirt.
  • skirt portions cylindrical 300 deform and, in particular, are then substantially tangent to the body pump 4 of which only the outline is shown in Figures 2a and 2b.
  • the cylindrical skirt portions 300 deformed are only partially in contact with the pump body 4 so that spaces E are always provided at the level of the legs 33 so as to allow the communication between the vent 44 of a pump and the interior of a container 1.
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Abstract

The container (1), from which a fluid is dispensed by a pump (4) with a push button (42), has an aperture (2) in the top for a bush (3) containing the pump body. The bush is shaped to fit the aperture and has a cylindrical skirt (31) and two deformable lugs (33) which are pushed outwards by the pump body to fix it in place.

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La présente invention concerne un dispositif de distribution de produits fluides du type comportant un récipient dans lequel est renfermé le produit à distribuer et sur lequel sont montés des moyens de distribution tels qu'une pompe.The present invention relates to a device for dispensing fluid products of the type comprising a container in which the product to be dispensed is enclosed and on which distribution means such as a pump are mounted.

Généralement, les récipients renfermant un produit à distribuer sont pourvus d'un col dans lequel on engage les moyens de distribution tels qu'une pompe. La fixation de la pompe sur le col peut être obtenue de diverses manières.Generally, the containers containing a product to be dispensed are provided with a neck in which the distribution means such as a pump are engaged. Fixing the pump on the cervix can be obtained in various ways.

Ainsi, il est connu d'engager à force un corps de pompe dans le col du récipient. Cette réalisation est avantageuse d'un point de vue économique, dans la mesure où on limite le nombre de pièces utilisées mais n'est pas toujours simple à réaliser. En particulier, lors du montage, des phénomènes de surpression peuvent intervenir.Thus, it is known to force force a pump body into the neck of the container. This achievement is advantageous from an economic point of view, insofar as limits the number of parts used but is not always easy to make. In particular, during assembly, overpressure phenomena can occur.

Une autre méthode consiste à réaliser un sertissage traditionnel. Ces dernières années ont vu également se développer l'utilisation de douilles contenant la pompe et assurant la mise en place ainsi que la fixation sur le col par coopération de la douille, des parois externes du col et d'une bague, tel que dans US-A-4 984 702, GB-A-2 274 836 ou encore US-A-4 773 553. Ces douilles permettent en général de tolérer les différences de dimensions légères pouvant intervenir sur le récipient lors de sa fabrication.Another method is to perform a traditional crimp. These last years have also seen the development of sockets containing the pump and ensuring the fitting and fixing on the neck by cooperation of the sleeve, of the walls external of the neck and of a ring, such as in US-A-4,984,702, GB-A-2,274,836 or else US-A-4,773,553. These sockets generally make it possible to tolerate differences in light dimensions that can intervene on the container during its manufacture.

Le document FR-2 756 546 décrit un dispositif de fixation pour une pompe dans le col d'un récipient. Ce dispositif utilise une douille déformable formant une jupe avec des pattes qui font saillie vers l'intérieur avant montage. La douille forme également une collerette de butée. La jupe avec ses pattes est introduite dans le col du récipient jusqu'à ce que la collerette vienne reposer sur le col du récipient. Ensuite, le corps de la pompe est emmanché en force dans la jupe en la déformant ou en la comprimant. En fin d'emmanchage, le corps de pompe force les pattes vers l'extérieur sous le col du récipient, verrouillant ainsi la douille dans le col.The document FR-2 756 546 describes a fixing device for a pump in the neck of a container. This device uses a deformable sleeve forming a skirt with legs protruding inward before mounting. The socket also forms a stop collar. The skirt with its legs is inserted into the neck of the container until that the collar comes to rest on the neck of the container. Then the pump body is force fitted into the skirt by deforming or compressing it. Finally the pump body forces the tabs outwards under the neck of the container, thus locking the sleeve in the neck.

L'inconvénient avec ce dispositif de fixation est que la pompe ne peut pas être prémontée dans la douille, car la pompe déforme la douille en dilatant sa jupe.The disadvantage with this fixing device is that the pump cannot be pre-assembled in the sleeve, because the pump deforms the sleeve by expanding its skirt.

Le but de la présente invention est de pallier cet inconvénient en définissant un dispositif de distribution pourvu de moyens de fixation sur lesquels la pompe est prémontable, de manière à former une unité qu'il suffit de monter sur le récipient approprié. The object of the present invention is to overcome this drawback by defining a dispensing device provided with fixing means on which the pump is pre-assembled, so as to form a unit which is sufficient to mount on the container appropriate.

Pour ce faire, la présente invention prévoit un distributeur ayant les caractéristiques exposées dans la revendication principale.To do this, the present invention provides a dispenser having the characteristics set out in the main claim.

Ainsi, il est possible de préassembler le corps de pompe dans la douille, le corps de pompe étant engagé dans le manchon interne et celui-ci étant partiellement engagé dans l'espace de réception de manière à s'étendre uniquement dans l'espace de réception défini par la jupe cylindrique de sorte que les pattes de la douille toujours en saillie vers l'intérieur de l'espace de réception permettent le passage au travers d'un orifice. Ainsi, cet ensemble est ensuite mis en place sur l'orifice d'un récipient de manière que les pattes fassent saillie en dessous de l'orifice dans le récipient. Puis, on enfonce le manchon muni de la pompe de sorte que sa saillie radiale repose contre l'extrémité de la jupe cylindrique, confondue avec la saillie radiale de la douille, le manchon repoussant alors les extrémités des pattes en saillie dans l'espace de réception et lesdites pattes s'écartant vers l'extérieur de la douille sous l'orifice du récipient forment des moyens de retenue de ladite douille dans ledit orifice.Thus, it is possible to pre-assemble the pump body in the socket, the pump being engaged in the inner sleeve and the latter being partially engaged in the reception area so as to extend only within the defined reception area by the cylindrical skirt so that the tabs of the socket always project inwards of reception space allow passage through an orifice. So this set is then placed on the orifice of a container so that the legs protrude below the hole in the container. Then, insert the sleeve fitted with the pump so that its radial projection rests against the end of the cylindrical skirt, merged with the radial projection of the sleeve, the sleeve then pushing back the ends of the legs in protrusion in the receiving space and said tabs deviating towards the outside of the socket under the orifice of the container form means for retaining said socket in said orifice.

Selon une variante de réalisation d'une douille selon l'invention, le récipient peut être muni d'un col, dans ce cas, la jupe cylindrique de la douille est agencée pour s'étendre le long de la paroi interne du col et les pattes de la douille sont en saillie à l'intérieur du récipient au plus jusqu'à la zone de liaison avec la jupe cylindrique, la saillie radiale extérieure de la douille reposant sur le bord supérieur du col du récipient.According to an alternative embodiment of a socket according to the invention, the container can be provided with a collar, in this case, the cylindrical skirt of the sleeve is arranged to extend along the inner wall of the neck and the tabs of the sleeve protrude inside the container at most up to the connection zone with the cylindrical skirt, the radial projection outside of the sleeve resting on the upper edge of the container neck.

Selon une seconde variante de réalisation d'une douille selon l'invention, le récipient ne comporte pas de col et l'orifice du récipient est ménagé dans une paroi dudit récipient, la jupe cylindrique étant agencée pour que les pattes s'étendent en saillie à l'intérieur du récipient au plus jusqu'à la zone de liaison avec ladite jupe cylindrique, la saillie radiale extérieure de la douille reposant sur la périphérie de l'orifice du récipient.According to a second alternative embodiment of a socket according to the invention, the container does not have a neck and the orifice of the container is formed in a wall of said container, the cylindrical skirt being arranged so that the tabs protrude inside the container at most up to the connection zone with said cylindrical skirt, the radial projection outside of the socket resting on the periphery of the container orifice.

Lorsqu'on utilise une pompe à évent dans un dispositif selon l'invention, les dimensions de l'espace de réception défini par la jupe cylindrique ou les dimensions du manchon interne sont telles que, une fois le corps de pompe logé dans le manchon, un espace est ménagé entre la face intérieure du manchon interne et la face extérieure du corps de pompe, l'évent de la pompe étant ainsi en communication avec l'intérieur du récipient par l'intermédiaire dudit espace et des espaces séparant les pattes de la douille.When using a vent pump in a device according to the invention, the dimensions of the receiving space defined by the cylindrical skirt or the dimensions of the internal sleeve are such that, once the pump body is housed in the sleeve, a space is provided between the inner face of the inner sleeve and the outer face of the body pump, the vent of the pump being thus in communication with the interior of the container by means of said space and spaces separating the tabs from the socket.

Dans le cas d'un autre type de pompe tel qu'une pompe dite "airless", on peut ne pas prévoir cet espace.In the case of another type of pump such as a so-called "airless" pump, it may not be provide this space.

Selon une variante de réalisation de l'invention, les pattes ménagées dans le prolongement de la jupe cylindrique de la douille sont reliées entre elles par des portions de jupe cylindrique, lesdites portions de jupe cylindrique étant d'une épaisseur inférieure à l'épaisseur des pattes.According to an alternative embodiment of the invention, the tabs formed in the extension of the cylindrical skirt of the socket are interconnected by portions of cylindrical skirt, said cylindrical skirt portions being less than the thickness of the legs.

De préférence, ces portions de jupe cylindrique sont reliées à la jupe cylindrique de la douille et sont d'une épaisseur inférieure à l'épaisseur de celle-ci.Preferably, these cylindrical skirt portions are connected to the cylindrical skirt of the socket and are of a thickness less than the thickness of the latter.

Ainsi, lors de l'introduction de la douille dans l'orifice d'un récipient, les pattes sont maintenues entre elles et on évite tout risque d'écartement ou retournement intempestif d'une patte lors de cette introduction.Thus, during the introduction of the sleeve into the orifice of a container, the legs are held together and any risk of untimely spreading or overturning is avoided a paw during this introduction.

De préférence, ces portions de jupe cylindrique sont déformables élastiquement et, lorsque les pattes sont écartées vers l'extérieur de la douille, les portions de jupe cylindrique se déforment élastiquement du fait de leur épaisseur suffisamment faible et ne s'opposent pas à l'écartement des pattes mais au contraire se déforment pour accompagner ce mouvement des pattes vers l'extérieur de ladite douille. Dans ce cas, on préserve l'aspect esthétique du dispositif de distribution lorsque le récipient est transparent ou translucide, la douille étant continue.Preferably, these cylindrical skirt portions are elastically deformable and, when the tabs are spread outwards from the socket, the cylindrical skirt portions elastically deform due to their sufficiently small thickness and do not oppose not at the spacing of the legs but on the contrary are deformed to accompany this movement of the legs towards the outside of said socket. In this case, we preserve the aspect aesthetics of the dispensing device when the container is transparent or translucent, the sleeve being continuous.

On peut prévoir également qu'à chaque liaison entre une patte et une portion de jupe cylindrique, on ménage une amorce de rupture de telle sorte que, lors de l'écartement des pattes, chaque liaison entre une portion de jupe cylindrique et une patte se rompt pour ne pas s'opposer à l'écartement des pattes.We can also provide that at each connection between a tab and a skirt portion cylindrical, a burst initiation is provided so that, when the spacing of the legs, each connection between a portion of a cylindrical skirt and a leg breaks so as not to not oppose the spacing of the legs.

De préférence, la douille est une pièce moulée en un matériau souple tel que du polyéthylène haute densité ou du polyéthylène basse densité.Preferably, the sleeve is a part molded from a flexible material such as high density polyethylene or low density polyethylene.

On décrira maintenant l'invention plus en détail en référence aux dessins, dans lesquels :

  • les figures 1a, 1b et 1c représentent des vues en coupe d'un dispositif distributeur selon une forme de réalisation de l'invention à différents stades du montage ; et
  • les figures 2a et 2b représentent respectivement une vue en coupe transversale d'une douille selon une forme de réalisation.
The invention will now be described in more detail with reference to the drawings, in which:
  • Figures 1a, 1b and 1c show sectional views of a dispensing device according to an embodiment of the invention at different stages of assembly; and
  • Figures 2a and 2b respectively show a cross-sectional view of a socket according to an embodiment.

Dans les figures la, 1b et lc, on a représenté une douille 3 selon l'invention. la douille 3 comprend une jupe cylindrique 31 qui se prolonge vers le bas par des pattes 33. La douille coopère avec un manchon 5 de réception du corps de pompe 4 permettant un préassemblage du corps de pompe 4 et de la douille 3 avant montage sur un récipient 1 présentant un orifice 2 de section circulaire.In Figures la, 1b and lc, there is shown a socket 3 according to the invention. the socket 3 comprises a cylindrical skirt 31 which extends downwards by lugs 33. The sleeve cooperates with a sleeve 5 for receiving the pump body 4 allowing a pre-assembly of the pump body 4 and the sleeve 3 before mounting on a container 1 having an orifice 2 of circular section.

Ce manchon 5 est agencé de manière à recevoir le corps de pompe 4, c'est-à-dire qu'il présente sur sa face interne de moyens d'encliquetage sous la forme d'une rainure 51 dans laquelle vient se loger une collerette 41 que forme le corps de pompe 4, ladite rainure 51 formant un épaulement 52 se logeant sous la collerette 41 et un épaulement 53 venant en appui sur la collerette 41. De préférence, l'épaulement 53 est agencé de manière à recouvrir presque totalement le corps de pompe 4.This sleeve 5 is arranged so as to receive the pump body 4, that is to say that it has on its internal face latching means in the form of a groove 51 in which is housed a flange 41 formed by the pump body 4, said groove 51 forming a shoulder 52 housed under the collar 41 and a shoulder 53 coming resting on the flange 41. Preferably, the shoulder 53 is arranged so as to almost completely cover the pump body 4.

Le corps de pompe 4 est donc monté de manière définitive dans le manchon 5 qui est lui-même engagé partiellement dans un espace de réception pour le corps de pompe 4 défini par la jupe cylindrique 31 de manière à préassembler l'ensemble avant montage sur un récipient 1.The pump body 4 is therefore permanently mounted in the sleeve 5 which is itself partially engaged in a receiving space for the pump body 4 defined by the cylindrical skirt 31 so as to pre-assemble the assembly before mounting on a container 1.

Dans le cas d'une pompe à évent, un espace 7 est ménagé entre la face intérieure du manchon 5 et la face extérieure du corps de pompe 4, l'évent 44 du corps de pompe 4 étant en communication avec l'intérieur du récipient 1' par l'intermédiaire dudit espace 7 et des espaces ménagés entre les pattes 33 de la douille 3.In the case of a vent pump, a space 7 is provided between the inner face of the sleeve 5 and the outer face of the pump body 4, the vent 44 of the pump body 4 being in communication with the interior of the container 1 'via said space 7 and spaces between the tabs 33 of the socket 3.

La jupe cylindrique 31, de section circulaire et complémentaire de l'orifice 2, présente à son extrémité opposée aux pattes 33, une saillie radiale 32. Le manchon 5 est agencé pour s'engager dans l'espace de réception défini par la jupe cylindrique 31 et les pattes 33 et la face externe du manchon 5 s'engage de préférence de manière étanche le long de la face interne de la jupe cylindrique 31, la face externe du manchon 5 étant conformée de préférence conique de manière à faciliter l'engagement dans la jupe cylindrique 31.The cylindrical skirt 31, of circular section and complementary to the orifice 2, has at its end opposite the legs 33, a radial projection 32. The sleeve 5 is arranged to engage in the reception space defined by the cylindrical skirt 31 and the lugs 33 and the outer face of the sleeve 5 preferably engages in a sealed manner along the internal face of the cylindrical skirt 31, the external face of the sleeve 5 being preferably conical shaped so as to facilitate engagement in the skirt cylindrical 31.

Lors du préassemblage de la douille 3 et du corps de pompe 4, le manchon interne 5 coopère uniquement avec la jupe cylindrique 31 comme on peut le voir à la figure 2a. Cet ensemble préassemblé peut ensuite être engagé dans l'orifice 2 du récipient 1 comme on peut le voir à la figure 2b.During the preassembly of the sleeve 3 and the pump body 4, the internal sleeve 5 only cooperates with the cylindrical skirt 31 as can be seen in FIG. 2a. This pre-assembled assembly can then be engaged in the orifice 2 of the container 1 as is can see it in Figure 2b.

Sur la périphérie de la saillie radiale 32, on ménage une jupe cylindrique extérieure 37 coaxiale de la jupe cylindrique 31.On the periphery of the radial projection 32, an outer cylindrical skirt is provided 37 coaxial of the cylindrical skirt 31.

Comme on peut le voir sur les figures, le récipient 1' présente un orifice 2 pourvu d'un col 6. On engage la douille 3 et le corps de pompe 4 préassemblé à l'aide du manchon 5 au travers de l'orifice 2 de sorte que la jupe cylindrique 31 s'étend le long du col 6 et la saillie radiale 32 repose sur le bord supérieur dudit col 6, les pattes 33 étant en saillie à l'intérieur du récipient 1, la zone de liaison a entre les pattes 33 et la jupe cylindrique 31 se situant sensiblement sous l'orifice 2 ainsi qu'on peut le voir à la figure 2b.As can be seen in the figures, the container 1 'has an orifice 2 provided of a neck 6. The sleeve 3 and the pump body 4 preassembled are engaged using the sleeve 5 through the orifice 2 so that the cylindrical skirt 31 extends along the neck 6 and the radial projection 32 rests on the upper edge of said neck 6, the tabs 33 projecting from inside the container 1, the connection zone a between the legs 33 and the cylindrical skirt 31 located substantially under the opening 2 as can be seen in Figure 2b.

Une fois, la douille 3 engagée sur le récipient 1, on poursuit le montage en enfonçant le manchon 5 pourvu du corps de pompe 4 dans l'espace de réception, la forme conique du manchon 5 provoquant l'écrasement de la jupe cylindrique 31 contre les bords de l'orifice 2 du récipient 1 favorisant l'étanchéité du montage. Le manchon 5 engagé dans l'espace de réception écarte les extrémités 33a des pattes 33 interposées dans ledit espace de réception. Le manchon interne 5 comporte en outre une saillie radiale 54 sur sa face externe qui vient reposer sur le bord supérieur de la jupe cylindrique 31 limitant l'engagement du manchon 5 au travers de la douille 3.Once, the socket 3 engaged on the container 1, the assembly is continued by pressing the sleeve 5 provided with the pump body 4 in the receiving space, the conical shape of the sleeve 5 causing the crushing of the cylindrical skirt 31 against the edges of the orifice 2 of container 1 promoting the tightness of the assembly. The sleeve 5 engaged in the space of reception apart the ends 33a of the legs 33 interposed in said reception space. The internal sleeve 5 also has a radial projection 54 on its external face which comes rest on the upper edge of the cylindrical skirt 31 limiting the engagement of the sleeve 5 through the socket 3.

Cet écartement des pattes 33 sous l'effet du manchon 5 forme un épaulement de butée sous l'orifice 2 du récipient 1 ce qui constitue un moyen de fixation de la douille 3 et de la pompe sur le récipient 1.This spacing of the legs 33 under the effect of the sleeve 5 forms a shoulder of stop under the orifice 2 of the container 1 which constitutes a means of fixing the sleeve 3 and of the pump on container 1.

Sur les figures 2b et 2c, est représentée une variante de la douille 3. Cette douille 3 est identique à la douille 3 des figures 1a à 1c à l'exception du fait que les pattes 33, ici au nombre de quatre, ménagées dans le prolongement de la jupe cylindrique 31, sont reliées entre elles par des portions de jupe cylindrique 300, lesdites portions étant déformables élastiquement et d'une épaisseur inférieure à l'épaisseur de la jupe cylindrique 31 et des pattes 33.In FIGS. 2b and 2c, a variant of the socket 3 is shown. This socket 3 is identical to the socket 3 of FIGS. 1a to 1c except for the fact that the lugs 33, here at number of four, formed in the extension of the cylindrical skirt 31, are connected between them by cylindrical skirt portions 300, said portions being deformable elastically and of a thickness less than the thickness of the cylindrical skirt 31 and legs 33.

Les pattes 33 dans le prolongement de la jupe cylindrique 31 sont agencées pour présenter au moins leurs extrémités inférieures en saillie radiale à l'intérieur de l'espace de réception du corps de pompe 4 de sorte que lesdites extrémités sont repoussées par le manchon 5 engagé totalement dans la douille 3 ce qui déforment les pattes 33 en les repoussant vers l'extérieur de la douille 3 sous l'orifice 2 du récipient 1, les pattes 33 n'étant plus dans le prolongement de la jupe cylindrique.The legs 33 in the extension of the cylindrical skirt 31 are arranged to present at least their lower ends projecting radially within the space of receiving the pump body 4 so that said ends are pushed back by the sleeve 5 fully engaged in the socket 3 which deforms the legs 33 by pushing out of the socket 3 under the orifice 2 of the container 1, the lugs 33 not being more in the extension of the cylindrical skirt.

Lors de l'écartement des pattes 33 par le corps de pompe 4, les portions de jupe cylindrique 300 se déforment et, en particulier, sont alors sensiblement tangentes au corps de pompe 4 dont seul le contour est représenté sur les figures 2a et 2b.When the legs 33 are separated by the pump body 4, the skirt portions cylindrical 300 deform and, in particular, are then substantially tangent to the body pump 4 of which only the outline is shown in Figures 2a and 2b.

En outre, lors de l'écartement des pattes 33, les portions de jupe cylindrique 300 déformées ne sont que partiellement en contact avec le corps de pompe 4 de sorte que des espaces E sont toujours ménagées au niveau des pattes 33 de manière à permettre la communication entre l'évent 44 d'une pompe et l'intérieur d'un récipient 1.In addition, during the spacing of the legs 33, the cylindrical skirt portions 300 deformed are only partially in contact with the pump body 4 so that spaces E are always provided at the level of the legs 33 so as to allow the communication between the vent 44 of a pump and the interior of a container 1.

En variante, il est possible de ménager une amorce de rupture au niveau des portions de jupe 300 de sorte que lors de l'écartement des pattes, chaque amorce cède.As a variant, it is possible to provide a starting point for the portions. skirt 300 so that during the spacing of the legs, each primer gives way.

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Dispositif de distribution de produits fluides du type comportant un récipient (1) dans lequel est renfermé le produit (P) à distribuer et sur lequel sont montés des moyens de distribution tels qu'une pompe comprenant un corps de pompe (4) et un bouton-poussoir (42), ledit corps de pompe étant engagé dans un orifice (2) du récipient (1) par l'intermédiaire d'une douille (3) de section complémentaire de la section de l'orifice (2) du récipient (1) et présentant une jupe cylindrique (31) et au moins deux pattes (33) déformables ménagées dans le prolongement de la jupe cylindrique (31), au moins les extrémités libres (33a) des pattes (33) étant, avant introduction du corps de pompe, dirigées de manière à permettre le passage à travers l'orifice (2) du récipient (1), ladite douille (3) comportant également une saillie radiale (32) ménagée sur sa face extérieure de telle sorte que, lorsque ladite saillie radiale (32) repose sur le bord extérieur de l'orifice (2) du récipient (1), les pattes (33) de la douille (3) sont en saillie s'étendent à l'intérieur du récipient (1) au plus jusqu'à la zone de liaison (a) avec la jupe cylindrique (31),
   caractérisé en ce que la douille (3) comporte en outre un manchon interne (5) pourvu de moyens d'encliquetage dans lesquels vient s'encliqueter le corps de pompe (4), ledit manchon interne (5) étant agencé pour se loger dans un espace de réception défini par la jupe cylindrique (31) et les pattes (33) de manière à écarter les pattes vers l'extérieur et ainsi verrouiller la douille dans l'orifice du récipient.Device for dispensing fluid products of the type comprising a container (1) in which the product (P) to be dispensed is enclosed and on which dispensing means are mounted such as a pump comprising a pump body (4) and a button -pusher (42), said pump body being engaged in an orifice (2) of the container (1) by means of a sleeve (3) of complementary section to the section of the orifice (2) of the container ( 1) and having a cylindrical skirt (31) and at least two deformable legs (33) formed in the extension of the cylindrical skirt (31), at least the free ends (33a) of the legs (33) being, before introduction of the body pump, directed so as to allow passage through the orifice (2) of the container (1), said sleeve (3) also comprising a radial projection (32) formed on its outer face so that, when said projection radial (32) rests on the outer edge of the orifice (2) d u container (1), the tabs (33) of the socket (3) are projecting extend inside the container (1) at most up to the connection zone (a) with the cylindrical skirt (31 ),
characterized in that the sleeve (3) further comprises an internal sleeve (5) provided with latching means into which the pump body (4) is snapped, said internal sleeve (5) being arranged to be housed in a receiving space defined by the cylindrical skirt (31) and the legs (33) so as to spread the legs outwards and thus lock the socket in the orifice of the container. Dispositif de distribution selon la revendication 1, dans lequel la saillie radiale (32) sur la face extérieure de la douille (3) s'étend depuis l'extrémité de la jupe cylindrique (31) opposée aux pattes (33).Dispensing device according to claim 1, wherein the radial projection (32) on the outside of the sleeve (3) extends from the end of the cylindrical skirt (31) opposite the legs (33). Dispositif de distribution selon la revendication 1 ou 2, dans lequel les moyens d'encliquetage comportent une rainure (51) coopérant avec une collerette (41) formée par le corps de pompe (4).Dispensing device according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the means latching comprises a groove (51) cooperating with a flange (41) formed by the pump body (4). Dispositif de distribution selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, dans lequel le manchon comporte une saillie radiale (54) adaptée à venir en appui sur la saillie (32) de la douille.Dispensing device according to any one of the preceding claims, wherein the sleeve has a radial projection (54) adapted to bear on the projection (32) of the sleeve. Dispositif de distribution selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, caractérisé en ce que la douille (3) comporte, sur le bord périphérique extérieur de la saillie radiale (32), une jupe externe (37) coaxiale avec la jupe cylindrique (31) et s'étendant au-dessus de ladite saillie radiale (32) lorsque celle-ci repose sur la périphérie du bord extérieur de l'orifice (2) du récipient (1).Dispensing device according to any one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the sleeve (3) has, on the outer peripheral edge of the projection radial (32), an outer skirt (37) coaxial with the cylindrical skirt (31) and extending above of said radial projection (32) when it rests on the periphery of the outer edge of the orifice (2) of the container (1). Dispositif de distribution selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, caractérisé en ce que, lorsque la pompe est une pompe à évent (44), les dimensions de l'espace de réception défini par les dimensions du manchon interne (5) sont telles, qu'une fois le corps de pompe (4) logé dans le manchon (5), un espace (7) est ménagé entre la face intérieure du manchon interne (5) et la face extérieure du corps de pompe (4), l'évent (44) de la pompe étant ainsi en communication avec l'intérieur du récipient (1) par l'intermédiaire dudit espace (7) et des espaces séparant les pattes (33) de la douille (3).Dispensing device according to any one of the preceding claims, characterized in that, when the pump is a vent pump (44), the dimensions of the receiving space defined by the dimensions of the internal sleeve (5) are such that a once the pump body (4) is housed in the sleeve (5), a space (7) is provided between the face inner of the inner sleeve (5) and the outer face of the pump body (4), the vent (44) of the pump thus being in communication with the interior of the container (1) by through said space (7) and spaces separating the tabs (33) from the socket (3). Dispositif de distribution selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, caractérisé en ce que les pattes (33) de la douille (3) sont reliées entre elles par des portions de jupe cylindrique (300), lesdites portions de jupe cylindriques (300) étant d'une épaisseur inférieure à l'épaisseur des pattes (3).Dispensing device according to any one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the tabs (33) of the socket (3) are interconnected by portions of cylindrical skirt (300), said cylindrical skirt portions (300) being of a thickness less than the thickness of the legs (3). Dispositif de distribution selon la des revendication 7, caractérisé en ce que les portions de jupe cylindrique (300) sont reliées à la jupe cylindrique (31) de la douille (3) sont d'une épaisseur inférieure à l'épaisseur de ladite jupe cylindrique.Dispensing device according to claim 7, characterized in that the cylindrical skirt portions (300) are connected to the cylindrical skirt (31) of the sleeve (3) are of a thickness less than the thickness of said cylindrical skirt. Dispositif de distribution selon l'une quelconque des revendications 7 et 8, caractérisé en ce que les portions de jupe cylindrique (300) sont déformables élastiquement.Dispensing device according to any one of claims 7 and 8, characterized in that the cylindrical skirt portions (300) are elastically deformable. Dispositif de distribution selon l'une quelconque des revendications 7 et 8, caractérisé en ce que , à chaque liaison entre une patte (3) et une portion de jupe cylindrique (300), on ménage une amorce de rupture de sorte que, lors de l'écartement des pattes (33), chaque amorce de rupture se rompt.Dispensing device according to any one of claims 7 and 8, characterized in that, at each connection between a tab (3) and a skirt portion cylindrical (300), a breaking point is spared so that, when the spacing of the legs (33), each break point breaks.
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