EP1293439B1 - Aufbewahrungs- und Ausgabeeinrichtung für Flüssigkeiten - Google Patents

Aufbewahrungs- und Ausgabeeinrichtung für Flüssigkeiten Download PDF

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EP1293439B1
EP1293439B1 EP02292166A EP02292166A EP1293439B1 EP 1293439 B1 EP1293439 B1 EP 1293439B1 EP 02292166 A EP02292166 A EP 02292166A EP 02292166 A EP02292166 A EP 02292166A EP 1293439 B1 EP1293439 B1 EP 1293439B1
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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
    • B65D47/00—Closures with filling and discharging, or with discharging, devices
    • B65D47/04—Closures with discharging devices other than pumps
    • B65D47/20—Closures with discharging devices other than pumps comprising hand-operated members for controlling discharge
    • 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
    • B65D47/00—Closures with filling and discharging, or with discharging, devices
    • B65D47/04—Closures with discharging devices other than pumps
    • B65D47/20—Closures with discharging devices other than pumps comprising hand-operated members for controlling discharge
    • B65D47/30—Closures with discharging devices other than pumps comprising hand-operated members for controlling discharge with plug valves, i.e. valves that open and close a passageway by turning a cylindrical or conical plug without axial passageways
    • B65D47/305—Closures with discharging devices other than pumps comprising hand-operated members for controlling discharge with plug valves, i.e. valves that open and close a passageway by turning a cylindrical or conical plug without axial passageways provided with a spout, e.g. "escargot"-type valve
    • 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
    • B65D1/00—Containers having bodies formed in one piece, e.g. by casting metallic material, by moulding plastics, by blowing vitreous material, by throwing ceramic material, by moulding pulped fibrous material, by deep-drawing operations performed on sheet material
    • B65D1/32—Containers adapted to be temporarily deformed by external pressure to expel contents
    • B65D1/323—Containers adapted to be temporarily deformed by external pressure to expel contents the container comprising internally a dip tube through which the contents pass
    • 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
    • B65D21/00—Nestable, stackable or joinable containers; Containers of variable capacity
    • B65D21/02—Containers specially shaped, or provided with fittings or attachments, to facilitate nesting, stacking, or joining together
    • B65D21/0237—Rigid or semi-rigid containers provided with a recess on their external surface for accommodating a smaller 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
    • B65D47/00—Closures with filling and discharging, or with discharging, devices
    • B65D47/04—Closures with discharging devices other than pumps
    • B65D47/20—Closures with discharging devices other than pumps comprising hand-operated members for controlling discharge
    • B65D47/26—Closures with discharging devices other than pumps comprising hand-operated members for controlling discharge with slide valves, i.e. valves that open and close a passageway by sliding over a port, e.g. formed with slidable spouts
    • B65D47/261—Closures with discharging devices other than pumps comprising hand-operated members for controlling discharge with slide valves, i.e. valves that open and close a passageway by sliding over a port, e.g. formed with slidable spouts having a rotational or helicoidal movement
    • B65D47/263—Closures with discharging devices other than pumps comprising hand-operated members for controlling discharge with slide valves, i.e. valves that open and close a passageway by sliding over a port, e.g. formed with slidable spouts having a rotational or helicoidal movement between tubular parts

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  • the present invention relates to conditioning and dispensing a liquid or powdery product, especially a cosmetic or care product, for example a body milk, a make-up removing oil, a shampoo, a liquid soap or a hair product.
  • a cosmetic or care product for example a body milk, a make-up removing oil, a shampoo, a liquid soap or a hair product.
  • No. 4,412,634 discloses a dispensing device comprising a head of rotational distribution rotatable relative to a support for screwing on the neck of a container.
  • the head rotates around a geometric axis of rotation coinciding with the axis of the collar and has an output channel having a longitudinal axis perpendicular to the geometric axis of rotation.
  • Product is likely to stagnate in the outlet channel of the dispensing head in the absence of use, which is undesirable especially if it is a product capable of forming a solid residue by drying.
  • US 4,420,098 discloses a container comprising in the upper part a bellows and a dispensing device such as that described in US Pat. No. 4,412,634, the head distribution rotating around a geometric axis of vertical rotation.
  • a dip tube is connected to a device for producing a mixture of air and product, so as to distribute a foam.
  • Such a container is not adapted to receive a protective cover of the dispensing head.
  • its aesthetic differs significantly from that of the containers consumers are used to.
  • an important volume of container is occupied by air at the expense of the product, which is likely to be wrong perceived by some consumers.
  • U.S. Patent 4,878,604 discloses a dispensing device, according to the preamble of claim 1, having a head which can rotate around a vertical geometric axis of rotation, comprising an outlet channel having a horizontal inner portion and a terminal portion slightly inclined downward. Product is likely to accumulate in the serving horizontal. In addition, this dispensing device is not adapted to receive a hood of protection of the dispensing head.
  • packaging and distribution devices that comprise a container provided in the upper part with a pump comprising a push-button having a horizontal output channel.
  • the push button can be locked in closing position by being pressed into the pump body and then turned around an axis geometric vertical rotation.
  • the support surface of the pushbutton on which the user exercises a thrust is relatively distant, at rest, from the body of the container, taking into account the amount of movement of the push button.
  • the container has a large capacity, it becomes difficult to operate the pump in the same hand as the who holds the container.
  • product may remain in the exit channel of the push button, sink on the container and soil it.
  • the invention aims to meet this need.
  • the subject of the invention is a new device for packaging and distribution of a product liquid or powdery having a variable volume container, a dip tube and a dispensing head which can take at least one dispensing position in which a communication is established between an outlet port and the interior of the container and a position in which said communication is interrupted, the distribution of the product occurring in response to a reduction in the interior volume of the container.
  • the invention according to claim 1, is characterized in that, the head distribution is rotatable, rotatable about a geometric axis of rotation.
  • the axis Geometric rotation can be non-vertical and not horizontal when the container is placed on a horizontal flat surface.
  • the container may be devoid of pump and the user may dispense only the amount of product needed by ceasing to decrease the interior volume of the container as soon as the desired quantity is reached.
  • the wall of the container is elastically deformable, so that the container can recover its shape initial release once released by the user.
  • the product contained in the outlet channel of the dispensing head is sucked back to the container, which prevents the product does not dry or oxidize.
  • the inner section of the dip tube is chosen so that when the container returns to its original shape after having dispensed product, the container being substantially full, the dip tube is filled with air on a major part of its length.
  • the inner section of the dip tube is chosen so that when the container returns to its original shape after having dispensed product, the container being substantially full, the dip tube is filled with air on a major part of its length.
  • the dispensing head having an outlet channel, at least a part of it outlet channel can be directed upwards when the dispensing head is in the position closure, for example the terminal part.
  • the outlet channel can be defined by a spout, for example.
  • the geometric axis of rotation can extend in a vertical plane, obliquely up and to the side of the end part of the outlet channel, when the head of dispensing is in dispensing position and the container is resting on a flat surface horizontal.
  • the geometric axis of rotation can make a non-zero angle, less than or equal to 45 degrees, with the vertical, for example.
  • the end part of the outlet channel can be tilted upwards of more than 10 degrees from the horizontal, for example, when the head of distribution is in the closed position and that the container rests on a flat surface horizontal.
  • the dispensing head may be eccentric with respect to the upper part of the container and rotate relative to a support, for example being eccentric with respect to a part of this support which is used for mounting on the body of the container.
  • the outlet channel opening outwards through at least one outlet orifice, the vertical through the outlet may not intersect at least the top of the container while in the closed position, the vertical passing through the exit orifice may intersect the container.
  • the user can easily access the space under the exit port to collect the distributed product.
  • corresponding to a particular embodiment moves from the dispensing position to the closed position by a half-turn rotation of the dispensing head, about said geometric axis of rotation.
  • This rotation of a half-turn can be done in any direction, for example.
  • the outlet channel of the dispensing head is directed downwards when the head of distribution is in distribution position. This can help avoid having to tilt the container for dispensing product, and can facilitate the emptying of the container.
  • the device may comprise a protective cover adapted to be fixed on the container when the dispensing head is in the closed position.
  • a protective cover due to the size of the push button.
  • the use of a protective cover can simplify the structure of the distribution head, because the latter can, without fear of product leakage, not be locked by locking means in the closed position, unlike the push buttons many known devices.
  • the dispensing head can be easily housed inside a protective cover, relatively compact.
  • the hood and the dispensing head can be arranged so that the hood can not be mounted on the container when the dispensing head is in the position of distribution.
  • the dispensing head can rotate relative to a support that can be reported on the container body or made in one piece with it.
  • a support that can be reported on the container body or made in one piece with it.
  • the support can be snap-fastened or screwed onto it, for example, to possibly allow to reuse the dispensing head.
  • the dispensing head may be snap-fastened or by any other means on said support.
  • the support may comprise at least one relief (projecting or recessed) allowing the user to precisely position the dispensing head in at least one position predetermined, for example the dispensing position and / or the closing position.
  • the support may comprise at least one boss and the distribution head at least two pairs of ribs, the ribs of each pair being able to position themselves from and other boss when the dispensing head is in the position corresponding to these ribs, distribution or closure.
  • Crossing by one of the aforementioned ribs of the boss is a hard point perceptible to the user, who is thus assured of correct positioning of the dispensing head.
  • the crossing of the boss by one of the ribs can also be accompanied, if necessary, by an audible click.
  • the dip tube can be fixed on a support relative to which the head of distribution rotates, or alternatively be integral with the container body, especially when the dispensing head is mounted on a support adapted to be removably attached to the container body, which can be filled with product and closed with a stopper removable.
  • the dip tube can communicate with the dispensing head so as to avoid a mixture of air with the product circulating in the dip tube and avoid formation of foam.
  • the container may have a generally flattened shape, defining two large faces which may for example be flat or curved and on which the user can press to distribute the product.
  • the container may have at least one bellows for creating an overpressure inside the container, to raise the product in the dip tube and the dispensing head and distribute it.
  • the dispensing head being rotatable, this last can be moved in a direction parallel to its geometric axis of rotation, to move from a position in which the outlet is isolated from the interior of the container at a position where the outlet port can communicate with the interior of the container, and vice versa.
  • the dispensing head can be moved in a direction parallel to its geometric axis of rotation to move from one locked position in which the dispensing head can not rotate relative to the container to an unlocked position in which the dispensing head can turn by relative to the container, and vice versa.
  • the container has a cavity allowing pass the hand under the outlet of the dispensing head, when the latter is in distribution position.
  • the vertical passing through the outlet orifice can intersect the container, especially its lower part, when the dispensing head is in distribution position.
  • the container may be shaped to accommodate a device for packaging and autonomous application.
  • the capacity of the container is between 150 and 600 ml, being for example greater or equal to 200 ml, or even greater than 300 ml, or even greater than or equal to 400 ml.
  • the dispensing head can move from the position closing at the dispensing position by an intermediate position allowing a balancing the pressure between the outside and the inside of the container. Balancing the pressure can be done through a micro-orifice.
  • a device according to claim 1 may be more compact than a partially bellows container superior as described in the aforementioned US Patent 4,420,098.
  • the dispensing head can be rotatable and configured, if necessary, for able to be moved in a direction parallel to its geometric axis of rotation, for from a position in which the outlet is isolated from the interior of the container to a a position in which the outlet port communicates with the interior of the container, and reciprocally.
  • FIG. 1 shows a device 1 for packaging and distribution according to a first example of implementation of the invention.
  • This device 1 has a container 2 intended to contain a liquid product, the latter may have a consistency more or less viscous.
  • the container 2 may contain, for example, a body milk, a shampoo, a liquid soap, a makeup removal oil, a hair product, this list not being limiting.
  • the capacity of the container 2 is, for example, between 150 and 600 ml, being equal to about 400 ml in the embodiment described.
  • the container 2 is stable when its bottom wall rests on a flat horizontal surface.
  • the body of the container 2 is made with a flexible wall, possibly transparent, eg polyethylene, polyvinyl chloride, polyethylene terephthalate or polyamide, this list is not limiting.
  • the body of container 2 is made with a non-circular, generally oblong cross section, which defines two large curved faces 2a on which the user can press to compress elastically the body of the container 2 and reduce its internal volume, in order to distribute the product, as will be detailed later. When the body of the container 2 is released, it returns to its original form.
  • the body of the container 2 can be made by blowing.
  • the container comprises a support 3 attached to the upper part of the body of the container.
  • a dispensing head 4 having a spout 7 defining an outlet channel 19 3, with an end portion 19a and a dispensing orifice 9 at its end. end, can rotate relative to the support 3.
  • the dispensing head 4 is shown in FIG. the closed position in FIG. 1 and in the dispensing position in FIG. distribution 4 is generally eccentric with respect to a median axis of the container body.
  • the support 3 comprises at its base a surface 5 which makes it possible to fix with friction on the container 2 a protective cover 6, when the dispensing head 4 is in the position of closing.
  • the dispensing head 4 is configured so that it prevents the setting place the hood 6 when in the dispensing position.
  • the dispensing head 4 can communicate, in dispensing position, with a dip tube 8 extending to the bottom of the container 2, as can be seen in FIGS. and 2.
  • the dispensing head 4 can turn around a geometric axis of rotation X making a nonzero angle i with the vertical, extending obliquely upwards and towards the opposite side to the spout 7, when the dispensing head is in closing position.
  • the dispensing head 4 can be brought from the closed position to the distribution position, or reciprocally, by a rotation of 180 degrees about the X axis. In the illustrated example, this rotation can take place in any direction but we do not leave the scope of the present invention by providing the support and the dispensing head with means which allow only one direction of rotation to move from the closed position to the distribution position.
  • the vertical Y passing through the outlet orifice 9 is offset from the container 2 and does not intersect the latter.
  • the user is not bothered by the container 2 to collect the product dispensed by the spout 7.
  • the support 3 comprises a wall 11, cylindrical of revolution around the X axis, closed at the top and communicating internally at its lower end with a nozzle 12 for mounting the tube 8.
  • An annular bead 14 is formed on the radially outer surface of the wall 11 and the dispensing head 4 comprises a mounting skirt 15 which is provided with lower part of an annular groove 16 snapping on the bead 14.
  • the wall 11 is traversed by a radial orifice 18 which is diametrically opposite to the inner channel 19 when the dispensing head 4 is in the closed position.
  • the channel 19 exit opens opposite the orifice 18, and communicates with the latter, which allows to the product contained in the container to gain the outlet port 9 when the user compresses the container to raise product in the dip tube 8.
  • the adjustment between the wall 11 and the mounting skirt 15 is tightened, so that in the position of distribution, the product passing through the orifice 18 passes entirely into the outlet channel 19 and when the dispensing head 4 is in the closed position, the orifice 18 is closed so substantially sealed by the mounting skirt 15.
  • the support 3 comprises a transverse wall 21 on which the wall 11 and the end piece 12.
  • This transverse wall 21 extends obliquely, perpendicularly to the X axis, and has a relief constituted by a boss 23, intended to cooperate with couples of ribs 24 and 25 made on the dispensing head 4, when the latter is in the closed or dispensing position. More specifically, in the closed position, the boss 23 is lodged between the two ribs 24. The user can feel the crossing of the boss 23 by the ribs 24. Similarly, when the dispensing head 4 is in the position of distribution, the boss 23 is housed between the two ribs 25.
  • the support 3 comprises an inner sealing skirt 27 which is applied from sealingly on an eccentric neck of the container body 2.
  • the support 3 can be fixed in many ways on the body of the container, by example by snap-fitting by means of ribs 28.
  • the support 3 may be, in a variant not shown, made in one piece with the body of the container.
  • the dispensing head rotates relative to a support that can be fixed removably on the container body.
  • the user brings the dispensing head 4 into position dispensing and presses the faces 2a to raise the product in the dip tube 8 and in the output channel 19.
  • the user releases the container and the latter returns to its original shape.
  • the return to the original form is accompanied suction of the product contained in the outlet channel 19 and in the dip tube 8, the product returning to the container, and a return of air.
  • the dip tube 8 is purged from product it contains.
  • the inner section of the dip tube whose inner diameter is for example of the order of 1.5 mm, may be small enough that the product does not rise by itself in the dip tube 8 as soon as the container has resumed its shape initial.
  • the dispensing head 4 can then be brought into the closed position, so that a possible residual quantity of product present inside the outlet channel 19 flows inwardly of said channel instead of drip on the outside.
  • the dispensing head can still be made so that it can be moved parallel to the X axis, as shown in Figure 4.
  • a dispensing head 4 ' which can be pulled away from its support 3' or pushed against the latter.
  • the head 4 ' When the head 4 'is pushed against the support 3', it cooperates with reliefs of the latter and it is locked in rotation.
  • she When the head 4 'is pulled, she can be rotated to be brought from the closed position to the position of distribution, and vice versa.
  • the movement of the dispensing head parallel to the axis of rotation may be accompanied by the opening or closing of a passageway for communicating the outlet channel with the interior of the container.
  • the dispensing head can be moved in translation to move from the closed position at the dispensing position and vice versa.
  • the lower part of the container 2 can be shaped to receive a applicator or a device for autonomous packaging and application 100, such as represented in FIG. 5.
  • This device 100 represented in the open position in FIG. has a first part 101 and a second part 102 which can delimit with the first part 101 a closed volume.
  • the second portion 102 is secured to an applicator 103 in compressible porous material, able to absorb a product poured into the formed cavity by the first part 101.
  • the applicator 103 can be configured so that in the closing position, it is at least partly compressed inside the closed volume. AT each opening of the device, after expansion of the porous material, the latter may contain substantially all the packaged product in the device.
  • the cavity formed by the first part 101 can be filled using the dispensing head 4 previously described.
  • the container can be given many shapes, in particular his body, without departing from the scope of the present invention.
  • FIG. 7 a container equipped in the upper part with a dispensing head 4 such that previously described but which differs from the container 2 in that it has a cavity 110 allowing space for the hand of the user, directly above the exit port 9, when the dispensing head is in dispensing position.
  • FIG 8 a head of 4 "distribution which does not form part of the invention, which can pivot relative to a support 3 "around a geometric axis of horizontal rotation when the container rests on a flat horizontal surface.
  • the spout 7 "of the dispensing head 4" is directed downwards and in the position of closing, corresponding to Figure 8, the beak 7 "is directed upwards.
  • the dispensing head can be rotatable relative to a support that can be detachably attached to a container body, as will now be described in reference to Figure 10.
  • a set 130 consisting of a head of 140 distribution and a support 150.
  • the dispensing head 140 is identical to the head of distribution 4 previously described.
  • the support 150 differs from the support 3 previously described in particular by the presence of a mounting skirt 151 internally threaded, suitable for screw on a neck 161 of a container body 160.
  • An insert 162 for fixing a tube plunger 8 is introduced into the neck 161.
  • the support 150 comprises a tip 153 adapted to engage sealingly in a conduit 164 at the bottom of the insert 162, when screwed on the collar 161.
  • the container body 160 can be delivered with the insert 162, filled with product and closed by a removable cap 170, shown in broken lines in FIG.
  • the support 150 is screwed onto the body of the container and the dispensing head 140 can then be used in the same manner as the head of distribution 4 previously described.
  • FIGS. 11 to 16 show a variant embodiment of the head of distribution of Figure 3, allowing a balancing of the pressure inside the container with the outside when rotating the head.
  • the transverse wall 21 of the support 3 is pierced with a micro-orifice 40 enabling communication between the interior of the container and the interior space 41 of the head of the distribution.
  • the transverse wall 21 comprises a cylindrical skirt 42 provided with two diametrically opposite slots 43 and 44 as can be seen in Figures 12 to 16.
  • the slots 43 and 44 have a height less than that of the skirt 42.
  • the dispensing head is provided with a cylindrical skirt 50, in leaktight contact with the skirt 42 in the closed position of the assembly.
  • the skirt 50 is provided over part of its height with two slots 51 and 52 diametrically opposite.
  • the possible air passage resulting from this communication makes it possible to balance the internal pressure of the container and the external pressure, and to avoid an unexpected exit product on arrival in dispensing position, in case of overpressure inside the container in the closed position.
  • the dispensing head can take other forms even than those which have just been described, without departing from the scope of the present invention. as claimed below.
  • the term "head” should not be interpreted restrictively but rather have a very wide and cover all types of distribution devices.

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  1. Vorrichtung (1) zum Verpacken und Auftragen eines flüssigen oder pulverförmigen Produkts, umfassend:
    einen Behälter mit veränderlichem Volumen,
    ein Tauchrohr (8) und
    einen Abgabekopf (4; 4'; 4"; 140), der eine Austrittsöffnung aufweist und mindestens eine Abgabestellung, in der zwischen der Austrittsöffnung und dem Inneren des Behälters eine Verbindung hergestellt ist, und eine Verschlussstellung einnehmen kann, in der diese Verbindung unterbrochen ist, wobei die Abgabe des Produkts als Antwort auf eine Verkleinerung des Innenvolumens des Behälters stattfindet, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass der Abgabekopf sich um eine geometrische Drehachse (X) drehen kann, die nicht vertikal und nicht horizontal ist, wenn der Behälter auf einer ebenen horizontalen Fläche steht.
  2. Vorrichtung nach Anspruch 1, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass der Innenquerschnitt des Tauchrohrs so gewählt ist, dass zu dem Zeitpunkt, zu dem der Behälter, nachdem er Produkt abgegeben hat, seine Anfangsform wieder annimmt, wobei der Behälter im wesentlichen voll ist, das Tauchrohr auf einem größeren Teil seiner Länge mit Luft gefüllt ist.
  3. Vorrichtung nach einem der vorhergehenden Ansprüche, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass sie nicht mit einer Pumpe versehen ist.
  4. Vorrichtung nach einem der vorhergehenden Ansprüche, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass in der Verschlussstellung mindestens ein Teil (19a) eines Austrittskanals (19) nach oben gerichtet ist.
  5. Vorrichtung nach dem vorhergehenden Anspruch, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass der Austrittskanal einen Endteil (19a) aufweist, der nach oben gerichtet ist, wenn der Abgabekopf in Verschlussstellung ist.
  6. Vorrichtung nach dem vorhergehenden Anspruch, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die geometrische Drehachse (X) sich in einer vertikalen Ebene schräg nach oben und auf die Seite des Endteils (19a) des Austrittskanals zu erstreckt, wenn der Abgabekopf in der Abgabestellung ist.
  7. Vorrichtung nach einem der vorhergehenden Ansprüche, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die geometrische Drehachse (X) mit der Vertikalen einen Winkel (i) von nicht null bildet, der kleiner als oder gleich 45° ist, wenn der Behälter (2) auf einer ebenen horizontalen Fläche steht.
  8. Vorrichtung nach einem der vorhergehenden Ansprüche, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass der Abgabekopf sich bezüglich eines Halters (3; 3') dreht.
  9. Vorrichtung nach dem vorhergehenden Anspruch, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass der Abgabekopf (4) bezüglich des oberen Teils des Körpers des Behälters exzentrisch ist.
  10. Vorrichtung nach einem der vorhergehenden Ansprüche, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die durch die Austrittsöffnung (9) laufende Vertikale (Y) in der Abgabestellung mindestens den oberen Teil des Behälters (2) nicht schneidet, während die durch die Austrittsöffnung laufende Vertikale (Y) in der Verschlussstellung den Behälter schneidet.
  11. Vorrichtung nach einem der vorhergehenden Ansprüche, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass man von der Abgabestellung durch eine Drehung des Abgabekopfs (4) um eine halbe Umdrehung um diese geometrische Drehachse (X) in die Verschlussstellung übergeht.
  12. Vorrichtung nach einem der vorhergehenden Ansprüche, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass der Austrittskanal (19) des Abgabekopfs nach unten gerichtet ist, wenn der Abgabekopf (4) in der Abgabestellung ist.
  13. Vorrichtung nach einem der vorhergehenden Ansprüche, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass sie eine Schutzkappe (6) aufweist, die auf dem Behälter (2) befestigt werden kann, wenn der Abgabekopf (4) in der Verschlussstellung ist.
  14. Vorrichtung nach dem vorhergehenden Anspruch, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die Schutzkappe und der Abgabekopf so ausgebildet sind, dass die Kappe nicht auf dem Behälter montiert werden kann, wenn der Abgabekopf in der Abgabestellung ist.
  15. Vorrichtung nach einem der vorhergehenden Ansprüche, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass der Abgabekopf (4; 140) sich bezüglich eines auf dem Körper des Behälters angebrachten Halters (3; 150) dreht.
  16. Vorrichtung nach dem vorhergehenden Anspruch, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass der Halter (3; 150) auf dem Körper des Behälters durch Einklinken befestigt oder aufgeschraubt ist.
  17. Vorrichtung nach einem der Ansprüche 1 bis 14, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass der Abgabekopf sich bezüglich eines Halters dreht, der mit dem Körper des Behälters einstückig ausgeführt ist.
  18. Vorrichtung nach einem der vorhergehenden Ansprüche, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass der Abgabekopf (4; 140) auf einem Halter (3; 150) durch Einklinken befestigt ist.
  19. Vorrichtung nach einem der vorhergehenden Ansprüche, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass der Abgabekopf sich bezüglich eines Halters (3) dreht, der mindestens eine Erhebung (23) aufweist, die die Positionierung des Abgabekopfs in einer vorbestimmten Stellung, beispielsweise in der Abgabestellung oder in der Verschlussstellung, gestattet.
  20. Vorrichtung nach dem vorhergehenden Anspruch, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass der Halter die genaue Positionierung des Abgabekopfs (4) sowohl in der Verschlussstellung als auch in der Abgabestellung gestattet.
  21. Vorrichtung nach einem der beiden unmittelbar vorhergehenden Ansprüche, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass der Halter mindestens eine Erhebung (23) und der Abgabekopf mindestens zwei Paare von Rippen (24; 25) aufweist, wobei die Rippen jedes Paares in der Lage sind, sich zu beiden Seiten dieser Erhebung (23) zu positionieren, wenn der Abgabekopf in der Abgabe- oder Verschlussstellung ist.
  22. Vorrichtung nach einem der vorhergehenden Ansprüche, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass das Tauchrohr (8) an einem Halter (3) befestigt ist, bezüglich dessen der Abgabekopf sich dreht.
  23. Vorrichtung nach einem der Ansprüche 1 bis 21, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass das Tauchrohr (8) mit dem Körper des Behälters fest verbunden ist, wobei der Abgabekopf (140) auf einem Halter (150) montiert ist, der an dem Körper des Behälters (160) lösbar angebracht werden kann.
  24. Vorrichtung nach einem der vorhergehenden Ansprüche, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die Wand des Behälters elastisch verformbar ist, so dass der Behälter, wenn er von dem Benutzer losgelassen wird, wieder seine Anfangsform annehmen kann.
  25. Vorrichtung nach einem der vorhergehenden Ansprüche, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass der Behälter eine abgeflachte allgemeine Form besitz, die zwei große Seiten (2a) bildet, auf die der Benutzer drücken kann, um Produkt abzugeben.
  26. Vorrichtung nach einem der vorhergehenden Ansprüche, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass der Behälter einen Balg (120) aufweist, der es gestattet, sein Innenvolumen sich ändern zu lassen.
  27. Vorrichtung nach Anspruch 1, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass der Abgabekopf (4') in einer zu seiner geometrischen Drehachse parallelen Richtung bewegt werden kann, um von einer Stellung, in der die Austrittsöffnung vom Inneren des Behälters isoliert ist, in eine Stellung überzugehen, in der die Austrittsöffnung mit dem Inneren des Behälters verbunden ist, und umgekehrt.
  28. Vorrichtung nach einem der vorhergehenden Ansprüche, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass der Abgabekopf in einer zu seiner geometrischen Drehachse parallelen Richtung bewegt werden kann, um von einer verriegelten Stellung, in der der Abgabekopf sich bezüglich des Behälters nicht drehen kann, in eine entriegelte Stellung überzugehen, in der der Abgabekopf sich bezüglich des Behälters drehen kann, und umgekehrt.
  29. Vorrichtung nach einem der vorhergehenden Ansprüche, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass der Behälter einen Hohlraum (110) aufweist, der es gestattet, die Hand unter die Austrittsöffnung des Abgabekopfs zu bringen, wenn dieser in der Abgabestellung ist.
  30. Vorrichtung nach einem der vorhergehenden Ansprüche, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass der Behälter ausgebildet ist, um eine autonome Verpackungs- und Abgabevorrichtung (100) aufzunehmen.
  31. Vorrichtung nach einem der vorhergehenden Ansprüche, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass das Fassungsvermögen des Behälters (2) zwischen 150 und 600 ml beträgt.
  32. Vorrichtung nach dem vorhergehenden Anspruch, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass das Fassungsvermögen des Behälters größer als oder gleich 400 ml ist.
  33. Vorrichtung nach einem der vorhergehenden Ansprüche, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass der Abgabekopf von der Verschlussstellung in die Öffnungsstellung über eine Zwischenstellung übergeht, die einen Ausgleich des Drucks zwischen dem Äußeren und dem Inneren des Behälters gestattet.
  34. Vorrichtung nach einem der vorhergehenden Ansprüche, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass sie eine Mikroöffnung (40) aufweist, die oberhalb des Produkts in das Innere des Behälters mündet.
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