EP1175265A1 - Sprühkopf mit verschlussorgan für fliessfähige medien - Google Patents

Sprühkopf mit verschlussorgan für fliessfähige medien

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EP1175265A1
EP1175265A1 EP00918966A EP00918966A EP1175265A1 EP 1175265 A1 EP1175265 A1 EP 1175265A1 EP 00918966 A EP00918966 A EP 00918966A EP 00918966 A EP00918966 A EP 00918966A EP 1175265 A1 EP1175265 A1 EP 1175265A1
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shutter
spray
spray head
profile
insert
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EP1175265B1 (de
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Giuseppe Stradella
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Aptar France SAS
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Valois SAS
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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
    • B05B11/0062—Outlet valves actuated by the pressure of the fluid to be sprayed
    • B05B11/0064—Lift valves
    • B05B11/0067—Lift valves having a valve seat located downstream the valve element (take precedence)
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B05—SPRAYING OR ATOMISING IN GENERAL; APPLYING FLUENT MATERIALS TO SURFACES, IN GENERAL
    • B05B—SPRAYING APPARATUS; ATOMISING APPARATUS; NOZZLES
    • B05B1/00—Nozzles, spray heads or other outlets, with or without auxiliary devices such as valves, heating means
    • B05B1/34—Nozzles, spray heads or other outlets, with or without auxiliary devices such as valves, heating means designed to influence the nature of flow of the liquid or other fluent material, e.g. to produce swirl
    • B05B1/3405—Nozzles, spray heads or other outlets, with or without auxiliary devices such as valves, heating means designed to influence the nature of flow of the liquid or other fluent material, e.g. to produce swirl to produce swirl
    • B05B1/341—Nozzles, spray heads or other outlets, with or without auxiliary devices such as valves, heating means designed to influence the nature of flow of the liquid or other fluent material, e.g. to produce swirl to produce swirl before discharging the liquid or other fluent material, e.g. in a swirl chamber upstream the spray outlet
    • B05B1/3421—Nozzles, spray heads or other outlets, with or without auxiliary devices such as valves, heating means designed to influence the nature of flow of the liquid or other fluent material, e.g. to produce swirl to produce swirl before discharging the liquid or other fluent material, e.g. in a swirl chamber upstream the spray outlet with channels emerging substantially tangentially in the swirl chamber
    • B05B1/3431—Nozzles, spray heads or other outlets, with or without auxiliary devices such as valves, heating means designed to influence the nature of flow of the liquid or other fluent material, e.g. to produce swirl to produce swirl before discharging the liquid or other fluent material, e.g. in a swirl chamber upstream the spray outlet with channels emerging substantially tangentially in the swirl chamber the channels being formed at the interface of cooperating elements, e.g. by means of grooves
    • B05B1/3436—Nozzles, spray heads or other outlets, with or without auxiliary devices such as valves, heating means designed to influence the nature of flow of the liquid or other fluent material, e.g. to produce swirl to produce swirl before discharging the liquid or other fluent material, e.g. in a swirl chamber upstream the spray outlet with channels emerging substantially tangentially in the swirl chamber the channels being formed at the interface of cooperating elements, e.g. by means of grooves the interface being a plane perpendicular to the outlet axis
    • 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
    • B05B11/0062—Outlet valves actuated by the pressure of the fluid to be sprayed
    • B05B11/0072—A valve member forming part of an outlet opening

Definitions

  • Fluid spray head including a shutter
  • the present invention relates to a head for spraying a fluid product comprising an improved shutter of the spray orifice, and in particular an improved shutter adaptable to spraying devices of the standard type.
  • Shutters of various types are well known in the art.
  • the present invention applies more particularly to fixed shutters which deform under the effect of the pressure of the product when the spraying device is actuated.
  • the part producing the spraying of the liquid to be dispensed has a particularly critical geometry which should not be altered in order to obtain an appropriately atomized spray.
  • This part is usually formed in the end wall of the spray head, in the form of narrow channels arranged at different angles and connected to the spray orifice. The liquid is thus forced to create a vortex when it passes through said spray orifice.
  • the bottom of these channels can be formed either by the end of a piece rigidly fixed in the expulsion channel, or by the shutter itself.
  • Document NL-6 918 423 discloses a mobile shutter incorporating an external propeller. This shutter moves away from the dispensing orifice during actuation, thus substantially modifying the geometry of the spray profile at the time of dispensing.
  • the object of the present invention is to provide a shutter for the spray orifice of a device for spraying a fluid product which does not have the abovementioned drawbacks.
  • the present invention aims to provide a spray head comprising a shutter, and whose spray profile is simple, reliable and inexpensive to produce.
  • the present invention also aims to provide a shutter capable of sealing the device and a reliable opening during actuation of the device.
  • Another object of the present invention is to provide such a shutter which does not substantially modify the geometry of the spray profile of the device during its opening.
  • the present invention also aims to provide a shutter which minimizes the size of the dead volume and therefore avoids the need for complex priming of the spray pump and / or the use of special pumps which would not be standard type. In addition, this ensures better protection of the liquid to be dispensed.
  • the present invention also aims to provide a shutter and a spray head comprising this shutter which are simple and inexpensive to manufacture and assemble.
  • the present invention therefore relates to a spray head for spraying fluid through a spray orifice, said head comprising an expulsion channel and a shutter fixedly disposed in the expulsion channel upstream from said spray orifice, said shutter comprising a shutter element which, at rest, closes the spray orifice, and an elastically deformable part supporting said shutter element to open the spray orifice, said spray head spraying further comprising a spraying profile, said spraying profile being formed on said shutter.
  • said spray profile includes one or more spray channels.
  • said spray profile includes a swirl chamber around said shutter element.
  • said expulsion channel is substantially cylindrical and comprises a substantially cylindrical hollow internal insert, said obturator comprising a substantially cylindrical part fixed around said insert, said elastically deformable part of said obturator forming the bottom of said cylindrical part of the obturator, said spray profile being formed on said cylindrical part and / or on said deformable part of the shutter.
  • said cylindrical part of the shutter comprises a plurality of ribs spaced from each other on the periphery and defining between them a plurality of first spray channels.
  • said first channels extend vertically or obliquely over said cylindrical part of said shutter.
  • said deformable part comprises a plurality of projections defining between them a plurality of second spray channels and / or a swirl chamber.
  • the shutter is fixed to the insert by a peripheral groove formed in the cylindrical part of the shutter which cooperates with an annular projection of said insert, so that no compression force is exerted by the upper end of the insert on the deformable part of the shutter, in the rest position of the shutter.
  • the present invention also relates to a spraying device comprising a spray head as defined above.
  • FIGS. 1 and 2 are schematic perspective views two exemplary embodiments of a shutter according to the present invention
  • FIG. 3 is a schematic sectional view of a spray head of the standard type according to an advantageous embodiment of the present invention comprising the shutter of FIG. 1.
  • the shutter according to the invention mainly comprises a shutter element 9 disposed on an elastically deformable part 10 of the shutter.
  • the closure element 9 advantageously, produced in the form of a conical needle, is movable between a closure position of the dispensing orifice
  • the shutter is fixedly disposed inside the expulsion channel 5, 6 of a spray head 1 d a device for spraying a fluid product, upstream of the dispensing orifice 7.
  • the shutter element 9, fixed to said elastically deformable part 10 of the shutter element is resiliently biased at rest towards its position shutter.
  • the pressure created by the product deforms the elastically deformable part 10 of the shutter, which moves the shutter element 9 from its shutter position to its open position allowing the expulsion of the product through the dispensing orifice.
  • this movement of the shutter member 10 takes place axially away from the orifice 7.
  • the shutter element of the present invention is fixedly disposed in the expulsion channel upstream of the distribution orifice and only the closure element 9 is displaced by the elasticity of the elastically deformable part 10.
  • said elastically deformable part 10 preferably forms a radial flange disposed near said distribution orifice 7, said deformation being carried out from a predetermined pressure exerted by said product on said elastically deformable part.
  • this elastically deformable part 10 is made of an elastomeric material.
  • the closure element 9 is made in one piece together with said elastically deformable part 10, the whole being preferably made of an elastomeric material. In this way, the shutter of the invention is very simple to manufacture and inexpensive while being perfectly reliable and waterproof.
  • any suitable flexible material can be used for the obturator, or at least for its elastically deformable part 10.
  • the spray head bottom wall 1 is made smooth or planar, and it is the shutter which incorporates a swirl profile.
  • the shutter of the invention has a general shape similar to that of the shutter disclosed in document FR-2 767 311 which is incorporated here for reference.
  • the shutter therefore comprises a substantially cylindrical part 3, the elastically deformable part 10 forming the bottom of said cylindrical part 3.
  • the shutter comprises a spray profile both on the cylindrical part 3 and on the elastically deformable part 10.
  • the cylindrical part comprises a plurality of ribs 16 defining between them first channels spray 6.
  • These channels 6 can be vertical, as shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, but they could also be oblique, in particular in the example of FIG. 2, in which there is no spray profile on the elastically deformable part.
  • the elastically deformable part comprises a plurality of projections 18 defining between them second spray channels 8 as well as a swirl chamber 19 around the closure element 9. This is a usual spray profile.
  • the pattern of the spray profile can be arbitrary.
  • the spraying profile on the cylindrical part 3 of the shutter may be sufficient to ensure good spraying, in particular when the space between the bottom wall of the head and the elastically deformable part is minimal .
  • the geometry of the spray channels 6 and / or 8 is not or only very slightly modified by the displacement of the element d shutter 9 from its closed position to its open position. The shutter of the present invention therefore ensures good spraying despite its presence at the dispensing orifice.
  • FIG 3 there is shown an advantageous embodiment of the shutter according to the present invention.
  • the shutter is fixed around the insert 4, inside a spray head 1 of standard type.
  • the fixing of the shutter on the insert is here carried out at the level of the cylindrical part 3 of the shutter, for example by means of an internal annular groove 31 cooperating with an annular lateral projection 41 formed on the insert 4. In this way, no contact between the upper end 42 of the insert 4 and the elastically deformable part 10 of the shutter is necessary. Thus, there is no compressive force which is exerted at rest on the elastically deformable part, which does not there is therefore no risk of being permanently deformed by altering the spray profile.
  • the shutter of the present invention therefore makes it possible to provide the following advantages: the production of the swirl profile of the spray head on the shutter is very simple and reliable, and therefore inexpensive,
  • the absence of compressive stresses on the elastically deformable portion of the shutter in the rest position prevents deterioration of the swirl profile for deformation of material and therefore increases the life of the shutter, of the spray head and of the spraying device, the opening of the shutter does not change or only very slightly the geometry of the spray profile during the expulsion of the product ensuring perfect spraying, the shutter is fixedly disposed in the expulsion channel, which makes it possible to limit the dead volume as much as possible, unlike devices comprising a movable piston inside the expulsion channel,

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  • Nozzles (AREA)
  • Containers And Packaging Bodies Having A Special Means To Remove Contents (AREA)
  • Closures For Containers (AREA)
EP00918966A 1999-04-20 2000-04-13 Sprühkopf mit verschlussorgan für fliessfähige medien Expired - Lifetime EP1175265B1 (de)

Applications Claiming Priority (3)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
FR9904978 1999-04-20
FR9904978A FR2792552B1 (fr) 1999-04-20 1999-04-20 Tete de pulverisation de produit fluide comportant un obturateur ameliore
PCT/FR2000/000954 WO2000062939A1 (fr) 1999-04-20 2000-04-13 Tete de pulverisation de produit fluide comportant un obturateur

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EP1175265A1 true EP1175265A1 (de) 2002-01-30
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US (1) US6722585B1 (de)
EP (1) EP1175265B1 (de)
JP (1) JP4711517B2 (de)
CN (1) CN1139433C (de)
DE (1) DE60007519T2 (de)
FR (1) FR2792552B1 (de)
WO (1) WO2000062939A1 (de)

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FR2792552A1 (fr) 2000-10-27
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