EP1173370A1 - Flexible-pouch support and dispenser containing said support - Google Patents

Flexible-pouch support and dispenser containing said support

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EP1173370A1
EP1173370A1 EP00920837A EP00920837A EP1173370A1 EP 1173370 A1 EP1173370 A1 EP 1173370A1 EP 00920837 A EP00920837 A EP 00920837A EP 00920837 A EP00920837 A EP 00920837A EP 1173370 A1 EP1173370 A1 EP 1173370A1
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Firmin Garcia
Laurent Decottignies
Christian Campfort
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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
    • B05B11/02—Membranes or pistons acting on the contents inside the container, e.g. follower pistons
    • B05B11/026—Membranes separating the content remaining in the container from the atmospheric air to compensate underpressure inside the container
    • 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
    • B65D83/60—Contents and propellant separated
    • B65D83/62—Contents and propellant separated by membrane, bag, or the like
    • 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
    • B65D83/32—Dip-tubes

Definitions

  • Flexible pocket support and dispenser comprising such a support.
  • the present invention relates to a flexible pocket support intended to be mounted in a fluid dispenser comprising a flexible pocket in which the product to be dispensed is stored.
  • a dispensing device such as a pump or a valve.
  • the dispensing device is preferably a device of the type without air intake or "airless" in which the product is extracted without introducing air, so that the volume of the flexible bag decreases as the product is dispensed.
  • This intermediate piece is here called flexible pocket support because it is on this piece that the opening of the flexible pocket is generally fixed by welding.
  • the support defines a structure on which the dispensing device or dispensing member is mounted. The support then defines a passage communicating the dispensing member with the opening of the flexible bag to allow the extraction of the fluid contained in the bag.
  • the dispenser described in document WO 93/25321 comprises a flexible pocket provided with a dip tube fixed in a connection sleeve which also defines the passage making the inside of the pocket communicate with the outside.
  • the fluid can thus reach the passage of the support either directly along the tube, or through the interior of the tube in case a compartment is formed in the pocket.
  • the tube therefore has a draw-off function making it possible to extract the fluid contained in a compartment of the pocket
  • the tube is directly disposed in the passage.
  • the object of the present invention is to remedy this drawback of the prior art by defining a pocket dispenser with an easily refillable dip tube.
  • the present invention provides a flexible pocket support as defined in claim 1.
  • said appendage is formed with at least one fixing end fitting adapted to come into engagement with the upper end of the tube.
  • said fixing endpiece communicates with the passage through at least one window located beyond the upper end of the tube.
  • said fixing end piece communicates with the passage by means of a conduit extending in the extension of said end piece and opening into the passage.
  • the upper end of the tube is forcibly engaged on said end piece.
  • said at least one tube is fixed with its upper end out of the passage in the immediate vicinity of the latter.
  • FIG. 1a is a cross-sectional view through a flexible pocket support according to the invention
  • FIG. 1b is an alternative embodiment of FIG. La
  • - FIG. 2 is a view from below of the support for pocket of Figure la
  • Figure 3 is a vertical cross-sectional view offset 90 ° from that of Figure la
  • Figure 4 is an enlarged representation of a detail of Figure 3.
  • the pocket support flexible according to the invention which is designated as a whole by the reference numeral 1 is preferably made by molding of plastic material.
  • the flexible pocket support 1 is provided with a sleeve 12 used for mounting a pump or a valve.
  • the pump can be fixed on the bush 12 by means of a ring adapted to snap onto the bush 12 while holding the pump or the valve on the bush.
  • the support 1 defines a passage 13 extending through the sleeve 12 and the appendix 11 as can be seen in FIG. This passage makes it possible to communicate the inlet of the pump or of the valve mounted on the socket 12 with the opening of the flexible pocket welded to the appendix 11.
  • the support 1 can be provided with a peripheral flange 10 can be used to fix the support on a rigid shell enclosing the flexible bag.
  • the support 1 is provided with a tube 2 intended to extend inside the flexible bag.
  • the tube 2 is open at these two ends and defines inside a conduit 20 through which the fluid can flow.
  • the tube 2 comprises a lower end 21 located inside the flexible bag, preferably in the vicinity of the bottom of the bag and an upper end 22 connected to the support 1.
  • the conduit 20 communicates with the passage 13 directly or indirectly with no possibility for the pocket to cut or close this communication.
  • the tube 2 extends eccentrically relative to the passage 13, so that it is located outside the passage, leaving the latter perfectly free for filling the pocket. Indeed, the tube 2 is fixed to the support 1 at the level of the appendix 11 on a nozzle 14 formed near the lower opening of the passage 13.
  • the nozzle 14 is in the form of a connection sleeve on which can be engaged the upper end 22 of the tube 2 for example by force, and further comprises one or more windows 15 located above the upper end 22 of the tube 2, the said window or windows communicating directly or indirectly with the passage 13.
  • the sleeve 14 of the fixing end piece can communicate with the passage 13 by means of a conduit 15a extending in the extension of said sleeve and opening laterally into the passage 13.
  • the method of fixing the tube to the support 1 is not critical for the invention in the sense that any fixing technique can be used to secure the tube 2 to the support 1.
  • any fixing technique can be used to secure the tube 2 to the support 1.
  • the spirit of the invention resides in the fact of using a tube which communicates with the passage 13 without the possibility for the flexible pocket to come to cut this communication, so that the lower end 21 of the tube 2 can reach areas of the pocket in which sealed compartments can form.
  • this tube must not obstruct or clutter the passage 1 for the purpose of filling the bag.
  • a flexible pocket support comprising several tubes 2 as can be seen in the figures where there are provided two fixing ends on the same pocket support 1 located on the side and on the other side of the passage.
  • the fluid contained in the flexible bag can thus reach passage 13, either directly, for example along the tube 2, or indirectly through the tube 2 which communicates with its upper end 22 with the passage 13.

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Abstract

A flexible-pouch support (1) for a liquid product dispenser. The inventive support comprises: an appendix (11) on which a flexible pouch is fixed by means of the opening thereof and a bushing (12) on which a dispensing member such as a pump is mounted, whereby said support defines a passage (13) which enables the dispensing member to communicate with the flexible pouch so that the liquid product contained in the pouch can be extracted by the dispensing member. The invention is characterized in that the support (1) is provided with at least one tube (2) which defines an inner conduit (20) that is open in relation to both ends of the tube, whereby said tube (2) is fixed to the support (1) in such a way that it extends inside the flexible pouch with a free lower end (21), whereby the other upper end (22) is fixed to the support in an eccentric manner in relation to the passage (13), whereby the inner conduit (20) communicates with said passage (13).

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Support de poche souple et d stributeur comprenant un tel support. Flexible pocket support and dispenser comprising such a support.
La présente invention concerne un support de poche souple destiné à être monté dans un distributeur de produit fluide comprenant une poche souple dans laquelle le produit à distribuer est stocké. Pour extraire le produit de la poche souple fixé sur le support, il est prévu un dispositif de distribution tel qu'une pompe ou une valve. Le dispositif de distribution est de préférence un dispositif du type sans reprise d'air ou « airless » dans lequel le produit est extrait sans introduction d'air, de sorte que le volume de la poche souple diminue à mesure que le produit est distribué.The present invention relates to a flexible pocket support intended to be mounted in a fluid dispenser comprising a flexible pocket in which the product to be dispensed is stored. To extract the product from the flexible bag fixed on the support, there is provided a dispensing device such as a pump or a valve. The dispensing device is preferably a device of the type without air intake or "airless" in which the product is extracted without introducing air, so that the volume of the flexible bag decreases as the product is dispensed.
Il est connu dans ce genre de distributeur d'utiliser une pièce intermédiaire qui fait la jonction entre le dispositif de distribution et la poche souple. Cette pièce intermédiaire est ici appelée support de poche souple car c'est sur cette pièce que l'ouverture de la poche souple est fixée en général par soudage. En outre, le support définit une structure sur laquelle le dispositif de distribution ou organe de distribution est monté. Le support définit alors un passage faisant communiquer l' organe de distribution avec l'ouverture de la poche souple pour permettre l'extraction du produit fluide contenu dans la poche. Un problème qui survient avec ce type de distributeur à poche réside dans le fait que la poche s'aplatit en formant parfois des compartiments dans lesquels le produit fluide ne peut pas être extrait. D en résulte qu'une certaine quantité de produit fluide ne peut pas être distribué puisque prisonnier de ces compartiments, ce qui constitue une perte de produit. Le distributeur décrit dans le document WO 93/25321 comprend une poche souple pourvue d'un tube plongeur fixé dans un manchon de raccord qui définit également le passage faisant communiquer l'intérieur de la poche avec l'extérieur. Le produit fluide peut ainsi parvenir au passage du support soit directement le long du tube, soit par l'intérieur du tube au cas où un compartiment se forme dans la poche. Le tube a donc une fonction de soutirage permettant d'extraire du produit fluide contenu dans un compartiment de la pocheIt is known in this type of dispenser to use an intermediate piece which forms the junction between the dispensing device and the flexible bag. This intermediate piece is here called flexible pocket support because it is on this piece that the opening of the flexible pocket is generally fixed by welding. In addition, the support defines a structure on which the dispensing device or dispensing member is mounted. The support then defines a passage communicating the dispensing member with the opening of the flexible bag to allow the extraction of the fluid contained in the bag. A problem that occurs with this type of bag dispenser is that the bag flattens, sometimes forming compartments from which the fluid cannot be extracted. As a result, a certain amount of fluid cannot be dispensed since it is trapped in these compartments, which constitutes a loss of product. The dispenser described in document WO 93/25321 comprises a flexible pocket provided with a dip tube fixed in a connection sleeve which also defines the passage making the inside of the pocket communicate with the outside. The fluid can thus reach the passage of the support either directly along the tube, or through the interior of the tube in case a compartment is formed in the pocket. The tube therefore has a draw-off function making it possible to extract the fluid contained in a compartment of the pocket
D en est de même dans le document US-5 190 184.The same is true in US-5,190,184.
En somme, le tube est directement disposé dans le passage.In short, the tube is directly disposed in the passage.
L'inconvénient avec ce type de distributeur est qu'il est difficile de remplir la poche de produit fluide étant donné que le tube est disposé dans le passage qui fait communiquer l'intérieur de la poche avec l'extérieur. Il est donc impossible d'introduire la buse de l'appareil de remplissage dans la poche souple comme cela se fait habituellement.The disadvantage with this type of dispenser is that it is difficult to fill the bag with fluid since the tube is arranged in the passage which communicates the inside of the bag with the outside. It is therefore impossible to introduce the nozzle of the filling device in the flexible bag as is usually done.
La présente invention a pour but de remédier à cet inconvénient de l'art antérieur en définissant un distributeur à poche à tube plongeur facilement remplissable. Pour ce faire, la présente invention propose un support de poche souple tel que défini dans la revendication 1. En plaçant le tube plongeur hors du passage, on revient à une conception tout à fait classique où le remplissage s'effectue normalement avec la buse dans le passage. Le tube plongeur laisse le passage parfaitement libre.The object of the present invention is to remedy this drawback of the prior art by defining a pocket dispenser with an easily refillable dip tube. To do this, the present invention provides a flexible pocket support as defined in claim 1. By placing the dip tube out of the way, we return to a completely conventional design where filling is normally carried out with the nozzle in the passage. The dip tube leaves the passage perfectly free.
Avantageusement, ledit appendice est formé avec au moins un embout de fixation adapté à venir en prise avec l'extrémité supérieure de tube. De préférence, ledit embout de fixation communique avec le passage par l'intermédiaire d'au moins une fenêtre située au-delà de l'extrémité supérieure du tube. En variante, ledit embout de fixation communique avec le passage par l'intermédiaire d'un conduit s'étendant dans le prolongement dudit embout et débouchant dans le passage. Selon une forme de réalisation, rextrémité supérieure du tube est engagée en force sur ledit embout. De préférence, ledit au moins un tube est fixé avec son extrémité supérieure hors du passage à proximité directe de ce dernier.Advantageously, said appendage is formed with at least one fixing end fitting adapted to come into engagement with the upper end of the tube. Preferably, said fixing endpiece communicates with the passage through at least one window located beyond the upper end of the tube. As a variant, said fixing end piece communicates with the passage by means of a conduit extending in the extension of said end piece and opening into the passage. According to one embodiment, the upper end of the tube is forcibly engaged on said end piece. Preferably, said at least one tube is fixed with its upper end out of the passage in the immediate vicinity of the latter.
L'invention a également pour objet un distributeur comprenant un tel support. L'invention sera maintenant plus amplement décrite en référence aux dessin joints donnant à titre d'exemple non limitatif un mode de réalisation de la présente invention. Sur les dessins : la figure la est une vue en coupe transversale à travers un support de poche souple selon l'invention, la figure lb est une variante de réalisation de la figure la, - la figure 2 est une vue de dessous du support de poche de la figure la, la figure 3 est une vue en coupe transversale verticale décalée de 90° par rapport à celle de la figure la, et la figure 4 est une représentation agrandie d'un détail de la figure 3. Le support de poche souple selon l'invention qui est désigné dans son ensemble par la référence numérique 1 est de préférence réalisé par moulage de matière plastique. Il comprend essentiellement un appendice 11 avantageusement en forme de losange ou d'ceil comme on peut le voir sur la figure 2, sur lequel l'ouverture de la poche souple (non représentée) peut être fixé par exemple par soudage. Pour faciliter et améliorer la qualité de la fixation étanche de l'ouverture de la poche souple sur l'appendice 11, ce dernier peut être pourvu de nervures horizontales comme on peut le voir sur la figure 3. D'autre part, le support de poche souple 1 est pourvu d'une douille 12 servant au montage d'une pompe ou d'une valve. Par exemple, la pompe peut être fixé sur la douille 12 au moyen d'une bague adapté à venir s'encliqueter sur la douille 12 en maintenant la pompe ou la valve sur la douille. Le support 1 définit un passage 13 s'étendant à travers la douille 12 et l'appendice 11 comme on peut le voir sur la figure la. Ce passage permet de faire communiquer l'entrée de la pompe ou de la valve montée sur la douille 12 avec l'ouverture de la poche souple soudée sur l'appendice 11. En outre, le support 1 peut être pourvu d'une bride périphérique 10 pouvant servir à la fixation du support sur une coque rigide enfermant la poche souple.The invention also relates to a dispenser comprising such a support. The invention will now be described more fully with reference to the accompanying drawings which give by way of nonlimiting example an embodiment of the present invention. In the drawings: FIG. 1a is a cross-sectional view through a flexible pocket support according to the invention, FIG. 1b is an alternative embodiment of FIG. La, - FIG. 2 is a view from below of the support for pocket of Figure la, Figure 3 is a vertical cross-sectional view offset 90 ° from that of Figure la, and Figure 4 is an enlarged representation of a detail of Figure 3. The pocket support flexible according to the invention which is designated as a whole by the reference numeral 1 is preferably made by molding of plastic material. It essentially comprises an appendage 11 advantageously in the form of a diamond or of an eye as can be seen in FIG. 2, on which the opening of the flexible pocket (not shown) can be fixed for example by welding. To facilitate and improve the quality of the watertight fixing of the opening of the flexible pocket on appendix 11, this the latter can be provided with horizontal ribs as can be seen in FIG. 3. On the other hand, the flexible pocket support 1 is provided with a sleeve 12 used for mounting a pump or a valve. For example, the pump can be fixed on the bush 12 by means of a ring adapted to snap onto the bush 12 while holding the pump or the valve on the bush. The support 1 defines a passage 13 extending through the sleeve 12 and the appendix 11 as can be seen in FIG. This passage makes it possible to communicate the inlet of the pump or of the valve mounted on the socket 12 with the opening of the flexible pocket welded to the appendix 11. In addition, the support 1 can be provided with a peripheral flange 10 can be used to fix the support on a rigid shell enclosing the flexible bag.
Le support 1 est pourvu d'un tube 2 destiné à s'étendre à l'intérieur de la poche souple. Le tube 2 est ouvert à ces deux extrémités et définit à l'intérieur un conduit 20 à travers lequel le produit fluide peut s'écouler. En l'occurrence, le tube 2 comprend une extrémité inférieure 21 située à l'intérieur de la poche souple, de préférence au voisinage du fond de la poche et une extrémité supérieure 22 connectée au support 1. Le conduit 20 communique avec le passage 13 directement ou indirectement sans possibilité pour la poche de venir couper ou obturer cette communication. Selon l'invention, le tube 2 s'étend de manière excentrée par rapport au passage 13, de sorte qu'il est situé hors du passage, laissant ce dernier parfaitement libre pour le remplissage de la poche. En effet, le tube 2 est fixé au support 1 au niveau de l'appendice 11 sur un embout 14 formé à proximité de l'ouverture inférieure du passage 13. L'embout 14 se présente sous la forme d'un manchon de raccordement sur lequel on peut venir engager l'extrémité supérieure 22 du tube 2 en force par exemple, et comprend d'autre part une ou plusieurs fenêtres 15 situées au-dessus de l'extrémité supérieure 22 du tube 2, la ou lesdites fenêtres communiquant directement ou indirectement avec le passage 13. En variante représentée sur la figure lb, le manchon 14 de l'embout de fixation peut communiquer avec le passage 13 par rintermédiaire d'un conduit 15a s'étendant dans le prolongement dudit manchon et débouchant latéralement dans le passage 13.The support 1 is provided with a tube 2 intended to extend inside the flexible bag. The tube 2 is open at these two ends and defines inside a conduit 20 through which the fluid can flow. In this case, the tube 2 comprises a lower end 21 located inside the flexible bag, preferably in the vicinity of the bottom of the bag and an upper end 22 connected to the support 1. The conduit 20 communicates with the passage 13 directly or indirectly with no possibility for the pocket to cut or close this communication. According to the invention, the tube 2 extends eccentrically relative to the passage 13, so that it is located outside the passage, leaving the latter perfectly free for filling the pocket. Indeed, the tube 2 is fixed to the support 1 at the level of the appendix 11 on a nozzle 14 formed near the lower opening of the passage 13. The nozzle 14 is in the form of a connection sleeve on which can be engaged the upper end 22 of the tube 2 for example by force, and further comprises one or more windows 15 located above the upper end 22 of the tube 2, the said window or windows communicating directly or indirectly with the passage 13. As a variant shown in FIG. 1b, the sleeve 14 of the fixing end piece can communicate with the passage 13 by means of a conduit 15a extending in the extension of said sleeve and opening laterally into the passage 13.
Le mode de fixation du tube sur le support 1 n'est pas critique pour l'invention en ce sens que n'importe quelle technique de fixation peut être utilisée pour solidariser le tube 2 au support 1. On peut même imaginer une version dans laquelle le support 1 et le tube 2 sont moulés d'une seule pièce.The method of fixing the tube to the support 1 is not critical for the invention in the sense that any fixing technique can be used to secure the tube 2 to the support 1. One can even imagine a version in which the support 1 and the tube 2 are molded in one piece.
L'esprit de l'invention réside dans le fait d'utiliser un tube qui communique avec le passage 13 sans possibilité pour la poche souple de venir couper cette communication, de sorte que l'extrémité inférieure 21 du tube 2 puisse atteindre des zones de la poche dans laquelle des compartiments scellés peuvent se former. En outre, ce tube ne doit pas gêner ou encombrer le passage 1 en vue du remplissage de la poche.The spirit of the invention resides in the fact of using a tube which communicates with the passage 13 without the possibility for the flexible pocket to come to cut this communication, so that the lower end 21 of the tube 2 can reach areas of the pocket in which sealed compartments can form. In addition, this tube must not obstruct or clutter the passage 1 for the purpose of filling the bag.
Il est possible d'envisager toujours dans le cadre de l'invention un support de poche souple comportant plusieurs tubes 2 comme on peut le voir sur les figures où il est prévu deux embouts de fixation sur le même support de poche 1 situés de part et d'autre du passage.It is possible still to envisage within the framework of the invention a flexible pocket support comprising several tubes 2 as can be seen in the figures where there are provided two fixing ends on the same pocket support 1 located on the side and on the other side of the passage.
Le produit fluide contenu dans la poche souple peut ainsi parvenir au passage 13, soit directement, par exemple le long du tube 2, soit indirectement à travers le tube 2 qui communique avec son extrémité supérieure 22 avec le passage 13. The fluid contained in the flexible bag can thus reach passage 13, either directly, for example along the tube 2, or indirectly through the tube 2 which communicates with its upper end 22 with the passage 13.

Claims

Revendications : Claims:
1.- Support de poche souple (1) pour distributeur du produit fluide, ledit support comprenant un appendice (11) sur lequel une poche souple est fixée par son ouverture et une douille (12) sur laquelle un organe de distribution tel qu'une pompe est monté, ledit support définissant un passage (13) faisant communiquer l'organe de distribution avec la poche souple pour permettre l'extraction de produit fluide contenu dans la poche par l'organe de distribution, caractérisé en ce que ledit support (1) est pourvu d'au moins un tube (2) définissant un conduit interne (20) ouvert aux deux extrémités du tube, ledit tube (2) étant fixé au support (1) de manière à s'étendre à l'intérieur de la poche souple avec une extrémité inférieure libre (21), l'autre extrémité dite supérieure (22) étant fixée au support de mamère excentrée par rapport au passage (13) en faisant communiquer le conduit interne (20) avec ledit passage (13).1.- Flexible pocket support (1) for dispenser of the fluid, said support comprising an appendage (11) on which a flexible pocket is fixed by its opening and a socket (12) on which a dispensing member such as a pump is mounted, said support defining a passage (13) communicating the dispensing member with the flexible bag to allow the extraction of fluid contained in the bag by the dispensing member, characterized in that said support (1 ) is provided with at least one tube (2) defining an internal conduit (20) open at both ends of the tube, said tube (2) being fixed to the support (1) so as to extend inside the flexible pouch with a free lower end (21), the other so-called upper end (22) being fixed to the mother support eccentric with respect to the passage (13) by communicating the internal conduit (20) with said passage (13).
2.- Support selon la revendication 1, dans lequel ledit appendice (11) est formé avec au moins un embout de fixation (14) adapté à venir en prise avec extrémité supérieure (22) de tube (2). 2. Support according to claim 1, wherein said appendage (11) is formed with at least one fixing end piece (14) adapted to come into engagement with upper end (22) of tube (2).
3.- Support selon la revendication 2, dans lequel ledit embout de fixation communique avec le passage (13) par l'intermédiaire d'au moins une fenêtre (15) située au-delà de extrémité supérieure (22) du tube (2).3.- Support according to claim 2, wherein said fixing tip communicates with the passage (13) via at least one window (15) located beyond the upper end (22) of the tube (2) .
4.- Support selon la revendication 1, dans lequel ledit embout de fixation (14) communique avec le passage par l'intermédiaire d'un conduit (15a) s'étendant dans le prolongement dudit embout et débouchant dans le passage (13).4. Support according to claim 1, in which said fixing end piece (14) communicates with the passage by means of a conduit (15a) extending in the extension of said end piece and opening into the passage (13).
5.- Support selon la revendication 2, dans lequel l'extrémité supérieure (22) du tube (2) est engagée en force sur ledit embout (14).5.- Support according to claim 2, wherein the upper end (22) of the tube (2) is forcibly engaged on said tip (14).
6.- Support selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, dans lequel ledit au moins un tube (2) est fixé avec son extrémité supérieure (22) hors du passage (13) à proximité directe de celui-ci.6.- Support according to any one of the preceding claims, wherein said at least one tube (2) is fixed with its upper end (22) out of the passage (13) in direct proximity thereof.
7.- Distributeur de produit fluide comprenant un support (1) selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes. 7. A fluid dispenser comprising a support (1) according to any one of the preceding claims.
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