EP1295644B1 - Dispositif de dosage avec un réservoir ainsi qu'une pompe - Google Patents

Dispositif de dosage avec un réservoir ainsi qu'une pompe Download PDF

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EP1295644B1
EP1295644B1 EP02008876A EP02008876A EP1295644B1 EP 1295644 B1 EP1295644 B1 EP 1295644B1 EP 02008876 A EP02008876 A EP 02008876A EP 02008876 A EP02008876 A EP 02008876A EP 1295644 B1 EP1295644 B1 EP 1295644B1
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Pierre Mbonyumuhire
Lothar Graf
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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
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    • B05B11/0037—Containers
    • B05B11/0039—Containers associated with means for compensating the pressure difference between the ambient pressure and the pressure inside the container, e.g. pressure relief means
    • B05B11/0044—Containers associated with means for compensating the pressure difference between the ambient pressure and the pressure inside the container, e.g. pressure relief means compensating underpressure by ingress of atmospheric air into the container, i.e. with venting means
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B05—SPRAYING OR ATOMISING IN GENERAL; APPLYING FLUENT MATERIALS TO SURFACES, IN GENERAL
    • B05B—SPRAYING APPARATUS; ATOMISING APPARATUS; NOZZLES
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    • B05B11/0037—Containers
    • B05B11/0039—Containers associated with means for compensating the pressure difference between the ambient pressure and the pressure inside the container, e.g. pressure relief means
    • B05B11/0044—Containers associated with means for compensating the pressure difference between the ambient pressure and the pressure inside the container, e.g. pressure relief means compensating underpressure by ingress of atmospheric air into the container, i.e. with venting means
    • B05B11/00444—Containers associated with means for compensating the pressure difference between the ambient pressure and the pressure inside the container, e.g. pressure relief means compensating underpressure by ingress of atmospheric air into the container, i.e. with venting means with provision for filtering or cleaning the air flow drawn into 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
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    • 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
    • B05—SPRAYING OR ATOMISING IN GENERAL; APPLYING FLUENT MATERIALS TO SURFACES, IN GENERAL
    • B05B—SPRAYING APPARATUS; ATOMISING APPARATUS; NOZZLES
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    • 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
    • B05B11/1001—Piston pumps
    • B05B11/1016—Piston pumps the outlet valve having a valve seat located downstream a movable valve element controlled by a pressure actuated controlling element
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    • 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
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B05—SPRAYING OR ATOMISING IN GENERAL; APPLYING FLUENT MATERIALS TO SURFACES, IN GENERAL
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    • 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
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    • B05B11/1063—Air exhausted from the pump chamber being discharged into the container during priming
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
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    • 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
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  • the invention relates to a metering device with a media storage and with a pumping device for metering and dispensing a stored in the media storage medium, and associated with the media storage pressure compensation means.
  • Such a metering device is from the DE 33 39 180 C2 known.
  • pressure equalizing means the media storage is associated with a drag piston, which is moved in translation as a function of the volume reduction of the medium in the media storage within the cylindrical media storage by the stationary negative pressure.
  • a metering device is known, is stored in the medium before discharge in a flexible bag.
  • Ventilation slots are provided which allow air to enter the area of the bag.
  • the object of the invention is to provide a metering device of the type mentioned, which allows a simple and reliable means of pressure equalization.
  • the medium reservoir is assigned at least one pressure compensation opening which is open towards an atmosphere and which has a nozzle shape tapering towards the atmosphere with a minimum diameter of 0.1 mm to 0.3 mm.
  • This allows pressure equalization.
  • the small opening diameter of the pressure equalization opening ensures the necessary pressure compensation option.
  • the pressure compensation opening is integrated in a closure lid of the media storage.
  • the pressure compensation opening is positioned eccentrically to a central longitudinal axis of the closure lid.
  • the closure lid may advantageously have a passage for the suction function of the pump device to the media reservoir concentric with the central longitudinal axis.
  • a pressure compensation opening closed to the atmosphere by a filter arrangement wherein the filter arrangement retains contaminating constituents of the atmospheric air.
  • the filter arrangement has a filter housing, which comprises at least one filter membrane, and which is fitted positively or non-positively or materially in the correspondingly designed pressure equalization opening.
  • the filter housing is preferably made of plastic.
  • the filter membrane is preferably made of PP / PTFE or TPE / PES.
  • the filter membrane is laminated onto the filter housing or encapsulated by the filter housing.
  • a dosing device after Fig. 1 has a closure lid 1, which can be latched onto a media reservoir, preferably in the form of a bottle-shaped or can-shaped container.
  • the closure lid 1 is cup-shaped and it has on its inner circumference an unspecified annular shoulder, which can be latched onto a corresponding annular flange in a neck region of the media storage.
  • a non-designated, circumferential elastic seal is provided, which is compressed when snapping the closure lid 1 on the neck of the media storage, thus ensuring a tight closure of the media storage.
  • a cup-like receiving part 2 which protrudes opposite to the non-illustrated media storage coaxially to a central longitudinal axis of the closure lid 1 upwards.
  • the receiving part 2 forms an outer, shell-shaped housing part for a pump device described in more detail below, the part of the metering device according to Fig. 1 is.
  • a fixed pump housing part 3 is provided which is provided coaxially to the central longitudinal axis of the closure lid 1 with a discharge channel 6, both down to the media storage out as well as up in the direction of Dosing 18 is open.
  • the discharge channel 6 is a basically known, preferably flexible intake 7 used.
  • An upper section of the discharge channel 6 is designed as a metering section 13 in that this upper section, starting from a step-shaped narrowing of the discharge channel 6, constitutes a cylindrical metering channel with a reduced diameter relative to the lower section of the discharge channel 6. Designed as a metering dosing 13 is surrounded by an inner cylinder shell 4.
  • the inner pump housing part 3 Radially in distance from the inner cylinder shell 4, the inner pump housing part 3 forms an outer cylinder shell 5, which - as well as the inner cylinder shell 4 - is integrally formed on the closure lid 1.
  • the outer cylinder shell 5 is aligned coaxially with the inner cylinder shell.
  • annular displacement chamber 14 Between the inner cylinder shell 4 and the outer cylinder shell 5 remains an annular displacement chamber 14, which will be discussed in more detail below and which counts to a pumping chamber.
  • a pump unit is mounted for lifting.
  • the liftable pump unit has an outer pump housing part 8 which is fixedly connected to an inner pumping piston unit 9 to 11.
  • the pumping piston unit 9 to 11 is manufactured separately as a one-piece component and locked in the interior of the outer pump housing part 8.
  • the pumping piston unit has a piston body 9, which forms a cylinder space for a coaxially arranged, liftable outlet valve 16 in an upper area.
  • the outlet valve 16 is so pressure-loaded in the closing direction by a compression spring arrangement, in the present case in the form of a helical compression spring, not described in more detail, that the piston-shaped outlet valve 16 closes the outlet opening 18.
  • the compression spring arrangement is arranged in the interior of the piston-shaped outlet valve 16 and supports itself a bottom of the cylinder space of the piston body 9 from.
  • the cylinder chamber of the piston body 9 is provided in its upper edge region with a circumferential sealing lip, which tightly fits snugly against the outer jacket of the piston-shaped outlet valve 16.
  • the outlet valve 16 is additionally formed as a filler by almost completely fills the interior of the outer pump housing part 8.
  • the piston body 9 is designed as a filler body by its outer contour is largely adapted to the inner contour of the outer pump housing part 8.
  • a first portion of a pump chamber belonging to the outlet chamber 17 is formed, which is open to the displacement chamber 14 and the metering 13.
  • This first section is open in its upper region radially outward and merges into an annular chamber section of the outlet chamber 17, which is formed between the outer shell of the piston body 9, the outer contour of the outlet valve 16 and the inner contour of the outer pump housing part 8.
  • the piston body 9 forms a coaxially inner valve piston 10 which, together with the inner cylinder jacket 4 in the region of the metering section 13, forms an inlet valve designed as a slide valve for the pumping device.
  • the valve piston 10 which is integrally formed on the piston body 9, provided in a lower region with an annular metering lip 12, which in a dipping of the valve piston 10 in the metering 13 tight an inner wall of the Dosierumble 13 forming metering channel hugs.
  • the diameter of the metering lip 12 is greater than the diameter of the valve piston 10.
  • the length of the valve piston 10 and the stroke of the piston body 9 and thus the entire liftable pump unit are dimensioned so that the metering lip 12 in an upper, in Fig.
  • the dosing lip 12 is moved into the step-shaped extension of the discharge channel 6, ie it has been moved beyond the metering 13 also down. Since the outer diameter of the metering lip 12 is smaller than the diameter of the discharge channel 6 in the step-shaped enlarged area and moreover, the diameter of the valve piston 10 is smaller than the inner diameter of the metering 13, in this lower end position of the pumping unit, a medium exchange between the outlet chamber 17 and the media storage - via the intake 7 - done.
  • the valve piston 10 is surrounded by a bell-shaped displacement piston 11, which abuts circumferentially by means of a lower sealing edge against an inner wall of the annular displacement chamber 14.
  • the cross-section of the bell-shaped displacer 11 is adapted to the cross section of the displacer 14 so that remains virtually no dead space in the displacer in the downwardly moved end position of the piston body, since the displacer 11 is completely immersed in this position in the displacement chamber 14.
  • the remaining between the outer wall of the valve piston 10 and the inner wall of the displacer 11 annular space is tuned in its volume to the body volume of the inner cylinder shell 4, whereby the remaining dead space volume is further reduced in downwardly moving pump unit.
  • the piston-shaped outlet valve 16 is in the range its outer shell provided with a plurality of annular steps, the pressure application surfaces to open the exhaust valve 16 form.
  • the cap 19 has a conically widening bell shape, which is slipped over an upper mold portion of the outer pump housing part 8 and comes to an annular shoulder shoulder of the pump housing part 8 axially to the plant.
  • the protective cap 19 is manually releasably latched onto the mold section of the pump housing part 8.
  • the outer diameter of the protective cap 19 is smaller than the maximum outer diameter of the pump housing part 8.
  • the upper mold portion of the pump housing part 8 is designed as a nose olive to allow application of a medium contained in the media storage in the nose.
  • at least one pharmaceutical active substance is contained in the medium stored in the medium reservoir.
  • An actuating handle 20 which is provided on its upper side at least on two opposite sides, each with a finger rest, is latched onto an outer jacket region of the outer pump housing part 8.
  • the finger pads are provided with profilings.
  • a circumferential detent web 21 is provided on the outer circumference of the pump housing part 8, to which at least one detent groove is assigned, into which corresponding inner edge sections of the actuating handle 20 engage axially.
  • the actuating handle 20 is snapped onto the pump housing part 8 by means of a non-detachable latching connection, ie after the axial latching of the actuating handle 20, it can no longer be removed from the pump housing part 8 without being destroyed.
  • the pump housing part 8 has a cylindrical guide sheath which is provided in its lower edge region with a plurality of distributed over the outer circumference of the guide sheath at the same height arranged stop cam 23, with a cooperating radially inwardly projecting, circumferential locking collar 24 of the coat or cup-like receiving part 2.
  • the locking cams 23 and the locking collar 24 form latching profiles, which ensure an axial securing of the liftable pump housing part 8 to the stationary receiving part 2.
  • the latching profiles 23, 24 form an axial support of the pump housing part 8 against the pressure force of a pump spring assembly 15, which serves as a pump drive for a provision of the liftable pump unit in the in Fig. 1 shown starting position is used.
  • the actuating handle 20 has an annular securing extension 22, which protrudes downward as a cylinder jacket and in the in Fig. 1 shown, the upper end position of the pump unit the receiving part 2 so far axially beyond that it overlaps the region of the locking profiles 23, 24.
  • the distance between the outer side of the receiving part to the inner wall of the protective extension 22 is preferably less than the radial extent of the locking profiles 23, 24, so that the rigid, annular protective extension 22 provides protection against release of the locking profiles 23, 24 and thus a trigger protection for the pump housing part. 8 forms.
  • a pressure compensation device 25, 26, D is provided for this purpose, which is integrated in the closure lid 1.
  • the pressure compensation device has a nozzle bore D, which tapers strongly towards the outside and serves as a pressure compensation opening, the narrowest diameter of which preferably does not exceed 0.2 mm to 0.3 mm. This ensures a gas exchange, a liquid loss, however, is minimized due to the extremely small nozzle bore D. This results in a reduced evaporation.
  • the reduced evaporation is particularly advantageous for in Fig.
  • the filter assembly 25 has a unspecified recording housing for a membrane-shaped filter 26.
  • the receiving housing is inserted into a corresponding receptacle of the closure lid 1 and preferably glued into it or connected in another way firmly with this.
  • the membrane-shaped filter 26 is encapsulated in the illustrated embodiment of the receiving housing and thus integrated in this. Alternatively, it is also possible to laminate the membrane-shaped filter 26 to an upper end edge of the receiving housing.
  • the membrane-shaped filter preferably represents a PP / PTFE membrane or a TPE / PES membrane.
  • the filter 26 serves to prevent contamination of the medium in the media reservoir by sucking through the nozzle bore D in a corresponding pumping operation as a pressure equalization Atmosphere air is purified through the corresponding membrane. Water or moisture ingress is avoided by the filter assembly 25.
  • inlet valve formed by the valve piston 10 in conjunction with the metering lip 12 and the metering 13 works at a manual actuation of the actuating handle 20 as a slide by the outer pump housing part 8 together with the pumping unit 9 to 11 is moved down. Due to the fact that the metering lip 12 runs at a complete stroke of the pumping unit down below the metering 13 and thus below the stepped heel in the discharge channel 6 into the open, a so-called priming is possible.
  • the defined, and tapered from the remaining discharge channel 6 graduated Dosierrange 13 in conjunction with the slide down into the open to the outside valve piston 10 allows even after the completion of priming, ie after complete filling of the entire medium path in the discharge channel 6 and in the pump or Metering chamber of the pumping device a particularly accurate and reliable dosage.
  • a discharge takes place as soon as the fluid pressure in the pumping chamber, ie in particular in the upper region of the outlet chamber 17, which acts on the piston-shaped outlet valve 16, exceeds the counterpressure applied by the pressure spring arrangement.
  • the fluid pressure then presses the outlet valve 16 against the pressure force of the compression spring arrangement down, whereby via the outlet opening 18 of the corresponding discharge of the medium takes place.
  • the outlet port 18 is preferably nozzle-shaped to atomize effect the discharged medium.
  • the cap 19 is removed before a corresponding discharge.
  • Dosing device shown consists of a few plastic components, in this case from a total of only six plastic components.
  • a first plastic component is the closure lid 1 in conjunction with the receiving part 2 and the inner pump housing part 3.
  • the second plastic component is formed by the outer pump housing part 8.
  • the third plastic component is the pumping piston unit 9 to 11.
  • the fourth plastic component is the piston-shaped outlet valve 16.
  • the fifth plastic component is provided with the finger pads actuating handle 20 and the last plastic component is the protective cap 19.
  • the piston-shaped outlet valve 16 is common the pumping piston unit 9 is then inserted together with the outlet valve 16 into the interior of the outer pump housing part 8, whereby an upper end face of the outlet valve 16 is pressed against the corresponding valve seat in the region of the outlet opening 18.
  • the outer pump housing part 8 is inserted axially together with the pumping piston unit 9 to 11 in the fixed plastic component, whereby the latching and axial securing in the region of the locking profiles 23, 24 takes place.
  • the actuating handle 20 is snapped axially from above onto the outer pump housing part 8, whereby the latching connection and axial securing between pump housing part 8 and receiving part 2 of the closure lid 1 is covered and secured.
  • the filter assembly 25 as well as the circumferential seal is used.
  • the closure lid 1 can be placed tightly on a corresponding media storage. Before the axial placement of the outer pump housing part 8 on the cap 1, the pump spring assembly 15 has been inserted.
  • Fig. 2 to 4 corresponds to a pumping device P previously based on the Fig. 1 for a more detailed explanation of the pumping device P to the detailed description of Fig. 1 is referenced.
  • Functionally identical parts are with the same reference numerals relative to the embodiment according to Fig. 1 but with the addition of the letter "a".
  • the pumping device P to the pumping device in FIG Fig. 1 received.
  • the remaining metering device, in which the pumping device P is integrated will be described.
  • the pumping device P as a separate unit separated from the metering device produced and releasably connected thereto.
  • the pumping device P as a separate unit separated from the metering device produced and releasably connected thereto.
  • the receiving part 2a is also designed in one piece with the inner pump housing part.
  • the inner pump housing part which is surrounded by the pumping spring assembly 15a, together with the receiving part 2a is a separate unit from a closure lid 28 for a container cup B.
  • the closure lid 28 is sleeve-like or ring-shaped and has a receiving recess into which the Receiving part 2a of the pumping device P can be latched by means of a circumferential annular flange.
  • an edge of the receiving recess is provided with an annular latching point in the Fig. 2 and 3 recognizable, but unspecified.
  • a tight and play-free seat of the annular flange and thus of the receiving part 2a in the receiving recess of the closure cover 28 is ensured by a ring seal 29 which is positioned below the annular flange and rests on one edge of the annular receiving recess of the closure lid 28.
  • the closure lid 28 is designed as a plastic part and latched with an upper edge region of the container cup B or fixed by crimping with this.
  • the closure lid 28 is provided below the plate edge of the receiving recess with an integrally molded profile ring 27 which protrudes as an extension to the closure lid 28 in the interior of the container cup B.
  • the profile ring is provided with a plurality of parallel and spaced-apart annular ribs 32 which protrude radially to a central longitudinal axis of the closure cover 28 to the outside.
  • a plurality, over the height of the profile ring 27 extending vertically oriented rib webs are provided which in the Fig. 2 to 4 are not specified. These rib webs are arranged distributed over the circumference of the profile ring 27.
  • the sectional view in the Fig. 2 and 3 is in each case pulled through two such rib webs.
  • An actuating handle 20a for the pumping device P corresponds with respect to its pumping operation function of the actuating handle 20 after Fig. 1 ,
  • the actuating handle 20a is additionally designed as a cup-shaped cylinder jacket, which engages over the container cup B over more than half its height axially.
  • the outer casing of the container cup B and an inner wall of a lower edge region of the cylinder jacket 22a of the actuating handle 20a are provided with corresponding stop profiles 30, 31, which engage behind one another in a form-fitting manner in the axial direction.
  • stop profiles 30, 31 which engage behind one another in a form-fitting manner in the axial direction.
  • FIG. 2 and the representation in Fig. 3 are slightly modified. So is in the embodiment according to Fig. 3 by doing Receiving part 2a of the pumping device P provided a receptacle for the use of a filter assembly, as they are made Fig. 1 is apparent. If the closure lid 28 therefore provides a tight closure of the container cup B, the container cup B can serve directly as a media storage for a corresponding liquid, since despite the dimensionally stable container cup B provided by the nozzle bore receptacle, optionally with additional use of a filter assembly, a sufficient pressure equalization during operation of the pumping device P is given.
  • the media storage S is designed as a film bag produced from a single-layer or multi-layer film, which is circumferentially tightly connected to the profile ring 27.
  • the film bag is welded to the profile ring 27, wherein the profiles of the profile ring 27 enlarge the surface for a tight welding of the film bag with the profile ring 27.
  • the serving as a media storage S foil bag is thus only open to the pumping device P, whereby the same pumping and discharge function is achieved as in the embodiment according to Fig. 1 , With each discharge process, the volume of the media reservoir S decreases, causing the film bag to contract.
  • the flexible wall of the film bag thus enables the pressure and volume compensation within the media reservoir S at corresponding Austragsvorêtn the pumping device P.
  • a metering device is shown, the pumping device with the pumping device after Fig. 1 matches.
  • Functionally identical parts of the metering device are provided with the same reference numerals as in the embodiment according to Fig. 1 but with the letter "b" added.
  • the receiving part 2b similar to the embodiment of FIG Fig. 2 to 4 is designed separately to a closure lid 1b.
  • the closure lid 1b is designed as a crimping lid, which can be placed on a corresponding container neck of a media store.
  • the placement of the receiving part 2b together with the designed as Krimpdeckel closure cover 1 b is carried out with the interposition of an unspecified, circumferential elastic seal.
  • the actuating handle 20b has a cup-shaped protective extension 22b, which is pulled down over the closure lid 1b designed as a crimping lid, so that the protective extension 22b axially covers a crimping region of the closure lid 1b designed as a crimping lid.
  • a release of the closure lid 1b is avoided by a corresponding container neck of a media storage, as soon as the actuating handle 20b on the outer pump housing part 8b of the pumping device as shown and described Fig. 1 is locked.
  • the separately produced actuating handle is only mounted on the pump housing part 8b when the closure lid 1b is crimped onto a corresponding container neck of a media reservoir. Because with already aufgerasteter actuating handle 22b no crimping would be possible.

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Claims (6)

  1. Dispositif de dosage avec un réservoir à matières (S) ainsi qu'avec un dispositif de pompage (P) pour doser et décharger une matière accumulée dans le réservoir, ainsi qu'avec des moyens d'équilibrage de pression affectés au réservoir à matières,
    caractérisé en ce que
    on attribue au réservoir à matières au moins une ouverture d'équilibrage de pression (D) ouverte en direction d'une atmosphère et qui présente une forme de buse effilée en direction de l'atmosphère ayant un diamètre minimal de 0,1 mm jusqu'à 0,3 mm.
  2. Dispositif de dosage d'après la revendication 1, caractérisé en ce qu'on prévoit une ouverture d'équilibrage de pression (D) qui s'étend vers l'atmosphère et qui est fermée par un dispositif de filtrage (25, 25b), sachant que le dispositif de filtrage (25, 25b) retient des constituants contaminés de l'air atmosphérique.
  3. Dispositif de dosage d'après la revendication 2, caractérisé en ce que le dispositif de filtrage (25, 25b) présente un boîtier de filtre, qui comprend au moins une membrane filtrante (26) et qui est emboîté à engagement positif ou par adhérence ou par liaison de matière dans l'ouverture d'équilibrage de pression (D) réalisée de manière correspondante.
  4. Dispositif de dosage d'après la revendication 3, caractérisé en ce que la membrane filtrante (26) est laminée sur le boîtier de filtre ou bien qu'elle est cadrée par le boîtier de filtre par surmoulage.
  5. Dispositif de dosage d'après la revendication 1 ou 2, caractérisé en ce que l'ouverture d'équilibrage de pression (D) et/ou le dispositif de filtrage (25) sont intégrés dans un couvercle (1) du réservoir à matières.
  6. Dispositif de dosage d'après la revendication 5, caractérisé en ce que l'ouverture d'équilibrage de pression (D) et/ou le dispositif de filtrage (25) sont positionnés de manière excentrique par rapport à un axe médian longitudinal du couvercle (1).
EP02008876A 2001-09-21 2002-04-20 Dispositif de dosage avec un réservoir ainsi qu'une pompe Expired - Lifetime EP1295644B1 (fr)

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CNB028231538A CN1304121C (zh) 2001-09-21 2002-09-17 具有一个介质容器以及一个泵机构的配量装置
PL367351A PL201051B1 (pl) 2001-09-21 2002-09-17 Dozownik z pojemnikiem aplikowanego środka oraz z pompką
CA002461006A CA2461006C (fr) 2001-09-21 2002-09-17 Dispositif de dosage pourvu d'un reservoir de substances et d'un dispositif de pompage
US10/490,529 US20050127107A1 (en) 2001-09-21 2002-09-17 Dosing device with a medium reservoir and a pump device
JP2003530431A JP2005503300A (ja) 2001-09-21 2002-09-17 ポンプ装置とともに媒体リザーバを備えた投与装置
PCT/EP2002/010420 WO2003026804A1 (fr) 2001-09-21 2002-09-17 Dispositif de dosage pourvu d'un reservoir de substances et d'un dispositif de pompage
BRPI0212718-0A BR0212718B1 (pt) 2001-09-21 2002-09-17 dispositivo de dosagem com um reservatório de meios, bem como, com um dispositivo de bombeamento.
ARP020103530A AR036557A1 (es) 2001-09-21 2002-09-19 Dispositivo dosificador con contenedor de fluido y dispositivo bombeador

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