EP1391393B1 - Dispositif de distribution - Google Patents

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EP1391393B1
EP1391393B1 EP03292048A EP03292048A EP1391393B1 EP 1391393 B1 EP1391393 B1 EP 1391393B1 EP 03292048 A EP03292048 A EP 03292048A EP 03292048 A EP03292048 A EP 03292048A EP 1391393 B1 EP1391393 B1 EP 1391393B1
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A45—HAND OR TRAVELLING ARTICLES
    • A45D—HAIRDRESSING OR SHAVING EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT FOR COSMETICS OR COSMETIC TREATMENTS, e.g. FOR MANICURING OR PEDICURING
    • A45D34/00—Containers or accessories specially adapted for handling liquid toiletry or cosmetic substances, e.g. perfumes
    • 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 devices for dispensing a fluid product, in particular a cosmetic or care product.
  • US-A-4,600,127 relates to a valve for a bottle containing a drink.
  • Dispensing devices comprising a rotating part operable to close or open a communication between the inside of a container and a dispensing orifice are known in particular from US-A-648,278, US-A-3,690,521, US US-A-4,961,515, US-A-5,246,148 and US-A-5,303,850.
  • the dispensing devices described in these patents are not intended to prevent impurities such as grains of sand from entering the interior and are not totally suitable for the distribution of a cosmetic or care product that can be used on the beach, such as for example a sunscreen product.
  • FR-A-2 711 620 proposes a dispensing device also called "clean capsule", comprising a dispensing orifice provided with a valve made of elastomeric material intended to prevent impurities such as grains of sand from penetrating the water. inside.
  • cleaning capsule a dispensing device also called "clean capsule”
  • Such a dispensing device is however relatively complex and expensive to produce.
  • the invention meets this need by means of a dispensing device comprising a first part intended to be fixed on a container and a second part rotatable relative to the first part between a dispensing position in which the product contained in the container can leaving the device through a dispensing opening opening directly to the outside and a closed position in which the product passage from the container to the dispensing orifice is prevented, this device being characterized by the fact that the orifice of distribution is formed between two surfaces respectively belonging to said parts.
  • the dispensing device can be produced at a relatively low cost since the dispensing orifice can be devoid of a material valve. elastomer.
  • the invention may also make it possible to avoid a possible problem related to aging of the valve material or compatibility thereof with the dispensed product.
  • the invention can still provide a dispensing orifice having a clean appearance, whose edges are easy to clean. The fact that the first and second parts must rotate relative to each other to be brought into dispensing position reduces the risk of accidental opening in a purse, for example.
  • the aforementioned surfaces can be concentric.
  • the dispensing orifice may be at least partially defined by an annular sector-shaped space.
  • the dispensing orifice is open towards the outside in a direction parallel to the geometric axis of rotation of the second part.
  • the dispensing orifice can be made substantially at the upper end of the device when the container equipped with the device rests on a horizontal flat surface.
  • the second piece may comprise an upper wall provided with an opening whose one edge, for example of circular shape, defines one of said surfaces and the first piece may comprise an end wall engaged in the opening of the second piece and an edge, for example of circular shape, defines the other of said surfaces.
  • the aforementioned upper wall may be non-cylindrical of revolution.
  • the end wall and the top wall may advantageously have outer surfaces which are substantially in continuity with one another if the dispensing orifice is ignored. This may help to improve the aesthetics of the dispensing device and may facilitate the cleaning of the surroundings of the dispensing orifice.
  • the first and second pieces can usefully be made by molding material in plastics having different colors, which may allow the user to more easily locate the location of the dispensing orifice.
  • the dispensing orifice may be eccentric on the upper wall of the second part, for example to allow the second part to be rotated around a geometric axis of inclined rotation and / or benefit from a larger surface on which the product can accumulate before being taken by the user.
  • the upper wall of the second part In dispensing position and when the container equipped with the dispensing device rests on a horizontal flat surface, the upper wall of the second part can be inclined.
  • the product leaving the dispensing orifice may have a tendency, if it is sufficiently fluid, to flow by gravity downwards on the upper wall of the second piece. Offsetting the dispensing orifice may increase the size of the surface over which the product may flow before leaving the top wall, which may facilitate its removal.
  • the spacing between the two surfaces defining the dispensing orifice may be constant. This gap may also be non-constant, for example to ensure that the product is distributed preferentially from a region of the dispensing orifice in which the spacing is maximum, when the two parts are in the dispensing position.
  • the first part may comprise a tubular extension, closed at its upper end by the abovementioned end wall, this extension being provided with at least one lateral opening
  • the second part may comprise an inner skirt configured to, on the one hand, close off the lateral opening when the two parts are in the closed position and secondly allow the passage of product from the lateral opening to the dispensing orifice when the two parts are in the dispensing position.
  • the dispensing orifice may communicate with a chamber formed between the first and second pieces, when the latter are in the dispensing position.
  • This chamber can extend over an angular sector around the geometric axis of rotation of the second part which is less than a complete revolution.
  • the chamber may be formed for example between a recess of the tubular extension and a notch extending axially on the radially inner surface of the inner skirt of the second part.
  • the volume of the chamber is small enough to prevent accumulation of product that can dry out in the absence of use.
  • the volume and the configuration of the chamber can be chosen so that the product contained inside can be sucked substantially completely during a return air accompanying the return of the container to its original shape, in the case of a volume container variable and memory shape.
  • the aforementioned lateral opening may be delimited by an annular lip extending from the recess of the tubular extension.
  • This annular lip can arrange around it, inside the recess, an annular groove.
  • the geometric axis of rotation of the second part may be inclined with respect to the axis of a skirt of the first part for mounting on the container, the axis of this skirt may coincide with the axis of a collar of the container.
  • the geometric axis of rotation of the second part may be non-vertical when the container which is equipped with the dispensing device rests on a flat horizontal surface.
  • the inclination of the geometric axis of rotation can facilitate the identification, by the user, of the dispensing position relative to the closed position.
  • the geometric axis of rotation may be contained in a vertical plane when the container which is equipped with the dispensing device rests on a horizontal flat surface.
  • the first and second parts can be configured so that the transition from the closed position to the dispensing position is effected by a rotation of at least a quarter of a turn, for example a half-turn of the second piece by compared to the first, but it could be otherwise.
  • the first and second parts can be configured to be stationary axially relative to each other.
  • One of the two parts can be fixed by snapping on the other part, at least one of the two parts having a bead or groove of the same axis as the geometric axis of rotation of the second part.
  • the two parts may, for example, comprise one annular bead and the other at least one embossed configured to snap on the annular bead during manufacture of the dispensing device.
  • the two parts may be in a fixed axial position relative to the axis of rotation of one of the parts relative to the other.
  • the dispensing orifice may have an axis in which the product outlet is made and the first and second parts may be stationary axially relative to this axis.
  • the first and second parts may be hinge free connecting them.
  • the dispensing orifice may be permanently formed between the surfaces respectively belonging to the first and second parts, whether the device is in the dispensing position or in the closed position.
  • a dispensing device having a first piece to be attached to a container and a second part rotatable relative to the first between a dispensing position in which product contained in the container can leave. the device through a dispensing opening opening directly to the outside and a closed position in which the product passage from the container to the dispensing orifice is prevented, the dispensing orifice being formed between two surfaces respectively belonging to said parts the first and second parts having portions having outer surfaces lying in line with one another.
  • the invention further relates, in another of its aspects, independently or in combination with the above, a dispensing device comprising a first part intended to be fixed on a container and a second part rotatable relative to the first between a dispensing position in which product contained in the container can leave the device through a dispensing orifice opening directly to the outside and a closed position in which the product passage from the container to the dispensing orifice is prevented , the dispensing orifice being formed between two surfaces respectively belonging to said parts, one of said surfaces being rotated around the other.
  • the invention further relates, in one of its aspects, independently or in combination with the foregoing, to a dispensing device comprising a first part intended to be fixed on a container and a second part rotatable about an axis of rotation relative to the first between a dispensing position in which the product contained in the container can leave the device through a dispensing orifice opening directly to the outside and a closed position in which the product passage from the container to the container. dispensing orifice is prevented, the dispensing orifice being formed between two surfaces respectively belonging to said parts, the axis of rotation being inclined relative to the longitudinal axis of the container.
  • the invention also relates to a container equipped with a dispensing device as defined above.
  • the container may be made by molding material in a mold defining a joint plane, this container having a body having an upper wall.
  • the latter advantageously comprises at least one recess extending along the joint plane, over at least most of the gap separating the neck of the periphery of the upper wall.
  • Such a recess strengthens the strength of the upper wall, especially vis-à-vis the stresses exerted during the fixing of the dispensing device.
  • the packaging and dispensing device 1 shown in the figures comprises a container 10 having a Z-axis neck 11 and a dispensing device 20 comprising two parts, namely a first part 30 intended to be snap-fastened on the container 10. and a second part 40 that can rotate indifferently in one direction or the other with respect to the first part 30, about a geometric axis of rotation X, which, in this example, makes an angle of less than 45 ° , for example an angle of a little less than ten degrees with the axis Z.
  • the first 30 and second 40 parts are made in the example in question in plastics non-elastomeric, of different colors.
  • the container 10 comprises a body 12 of oblong transverse cross section, namely elliptical in the example in question.
  • the first part 30 comprises, as can be seen in FIGS. 4 and 5 in particular, an outer tubular skirt 31 intended to be positioned in continuity with the outer surface of the container 10.
  • a transverse wall 32 extending generally perpendicularly to the X axis extends upper and inwardly the outer skirt 31 and supports an X-axis tubular extension 33, which sc connects at its base to the transverse wall 32.
  • the first piece 30 also comprises a mounting skirt 34 extending inside the outer skirt 31 and having, on its radially inner surface, two teeth 35 each in the shape of an arc of a circle, intended to hang on a relief of the neck 11, as will be specified below, and a sealing lip 36 intended to be applied on the radially inner surface of the neck 11.
  • An annular bead 38 is formed on the extension 33 and the latter is closed at its upper end by an end wall 37.
  • the extension 33 has a lateral opening 50 defined by an annular lip 51, of axis Y perpendicular to X axis.
  • This annular lip 51 extends from a recess 52, as can be seen in Figure 3.
  • An annular groove 53 is formed around the annular lip 51 in the recess 52. The latter is delimited by a portion 37a of the end wall 37.
  • the end wall 37 has an edge which is circular with an axis X and which defines a cylindrical surface 60 with a generatrix parallel to the axis X.
  • the second piece 40 has an outer skirt 41 which surrounds the extension 33 and which is connected to an upper wall 42.
  • the transverse wall 32 comprises two steps 39 of small thickness extending parallel to the minor axis of the transverse wall 32. These two steps 39 are intended to cooperate with axial ribs not visible in the drawing, made on the radially inner surface of the outer skirt 41, so as to create a hard point in the rotational movement of the second piece 40 and facilitate its positioning in the extension of the outer skirt 31 of the first piece 30.
  • the second piece 40 also has an inner skirt 43 configured to attach to the extension 33.
  • the inner skirt 43 has, for this purpose, an annular rib 44 configured to snap onto the annular bead 38.
  • the inner skirt 43 has, on its radially inner surface, a notch 45 which extends axially and whose width is slightly greater than the outer diameter of the annular lip 51.
  • the notch 45 is delimited above by a portion 42a of the wall 42. Outside the notch 45, the inner skirt 43 has an inner surface 46 cylindrical in revolution about the axis X.
  • the annular lip 51 is sealingly applied to this inner surface 46 when the device distribution is in the closed position, as can be seen in Figure 4, which closes the lateral opening 50.
  • the inner skirt 43 and the extension 33 have respective slightly conical surfaces 70 and 71 which seal the mounting of the second piece 40 to the first piece 30 to prevent the product from flowing down between the extension 33 and the inner skirt 43.
  • the upper wall 42 has an opening whose edge is circular with an axis X in the example in question, which defines a cylindrical surface 80 of generatrix parallel to the axis X.
  • the surface 80 defines with the surface 60 facing the end wall 37 an annular space, an angular sector defines a dispensing orifice 90, through which the product can leave the dispensing device.
  • the spacing between the surfaces 60 and 80 facing has a substantially constant dimension j the product to be distributed or not, but it is not beyond the scope of the present invention when this spacing varies circumferentially.
  • the upper wall 42 and the end wall 37 have respective upper surfaces 42b and 37b which lie in the extension of one another, with the exception of the annular space existing between them, which can facilitate the cleaning of the surroundings of the dispensing orifice 90.
  • the container 10 may advantageously have a reinforced upper part, as will now be described hereinafter, with reference to FIGS. 8 to 10.
  • the neck 11 is connected to an upper wall 100 of the container, of contour elliptic in the example under consideration, and which extends generally transversely to the Z axis of the neck 11.
  • the container 10 is made by blowing plastic in a two-part mold and the joint plane P of this mold coincides with the major axis of the oblong section of the body 12 and the upper wall 100.
  • the existence of the joint plane P may be materialized on the body 12 of the container by a thread of material forming very slightly protruding on its outer surface.
  • a recess 101 is formed in the joint plane P to form a relief constituting a kind of "beam" for stiffening the upper wall 100, which allows for example to use a relatively small material thickness while having a container able to withstand the stresses that are exerted on it during the attachment of the dispensing device by means of a tool operating at a high rate.
  • This fixation is carried out in the illustrated example by snapping the teeth 35 onto an annular bead 102 of the neck 11.
  • the recess 101 extends from the periphery of the upper wall 100, which comprises a shoulder 103, to the base of the neck 11, and partially delimits four regions 110, 120, 130 and 140 of the upper wall 100.
  • Each region 110, 120, 130 or 140 each substantially occupies a quarter of the upper wall 100, each quarter being defined by the intersection of a half-plane located on one side of the joint plane P and one half plane located on one side of the median plane M perpendicular to the joint plane, containing the Z axis.
  • the two regions 110 and 120 are diametrically opposite one another relative to the Z axis and have substantially the same axial position along the Z axis.
  • the regions 130 and 140 are also located diametrically at a distance from one another. opposed to the axis Z and are axially offset relative to the regions 110 and 120, approaching the free end of the neck 11, a distance which corresponds substantially to the height of the recess 101, measured parallel to the Z axis.
  • the upper wall 100 also has reliefs which extend transversely to the joint plane P.
  • the upper wall 100 comprises two ribs 150 symmetrical to each other with respect to the Z axis and which extend respectively in the regions 110 and 120, these ribs 150 having axes longitudinals parallel to the median plane M.
  • the ribs 150 have a height, measured parallel to the Z axis, which increases linearly from a substantially zero value from the shoulder 103 to the periphery of the upper wall 100 to the recess 101, to which they are connected, and a width which grows slightly closer to this recess 101.
  • the upper wall 100 also comprises two grooves 151 located in the extension each of a rib 150, each groove 151 having a longitudinal axis extending in a direction generally perpendicular to the joint plane P.
  • the depth of the grooves 151 increases linearly at as we move away from step 101.
  • each groove 151 increases slightly towards the periphery of the upper wall 100, the longitudinal edges of the grooves 151 being rectilinear and located in the extension of the also straight edges of the ribs 150, when the upper wall 100 is observed from above, as can be seen in Figure 9.
  • the upper wall 100 further comprises two ribs 152 diametrically opposite with respect to the axis Z, which extend perpendicular to the joint plane P between the neck 11 and the periphery of the upper wall 100, in the region of the minor axis of the -this.
  • the height of the ribs 152 increases linearly as we approach the neck 11, from a substantially zero value at the periphery of the upper wall 100.
  • the operation of the dispensing device is as follows.
  • the lateral opening 50 is closed by the inner skirt 43, so that the dispensing orifice 90 does not communicate with the interior of the container 10.
  • a user can bring the dispensing device into dispensing position by causing the second piece 40 to rotate a half turn relative to the first piece 30.
  • the product can flow towards the exit for example under the effect of a pressure exerted on the deformable wall of the body 12 of the container 10 to reduce its internal volume, or by bringing the container head upside down, if the product is sufficiently fluid.
  • a return of air can be carried out for example thanks to a shape memory of the body 12 of the container 10. Given the small gap existing between the end wall 37 and the upper wall 42, the product present in the dispensing orifice 90 can be sucked back.
  • the dispensing orifice may be centered on the upper wall of the second part and the container may have a tubular body of circular section, for example.
  • the facing surfaces of the first and second parts that define the dispensing orifice may be non-cylindrical of revolution without departing from the scope of the present invention.
  • the end wall 37 and the corresponding opening made in the upper wall 42 may have bevelled or rounded edges in axial section, for example.

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