EP1425988B1 - Dispositif de conditionnement d'un produit fluide - Google Patents

Dispositif de conditionnement d'un produit fluide Download PDF

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EP1425988B1
EP1425988B1 EP03292868A EP03292868A EP1425988B1 EP 1425988 B1 EP1425988 B1 EP 1425988B1 EP 03292868 A EP03292868 A EP 03292868A EP 03292868 A EP03292868 A EP 03292868A EP 1425988 B1 EP1425988 B1 EP 1425988B1
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Mathilde Winckels
Guilhem Rousselet
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LOreal SA
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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
    • A45D34/04—Appliances specially adapted for applying liquid, e.g. using roller or ball
    • A45D34/042—Appliances specially adapted for applying liquid, e.g. using roller or ball using a brush or the like
    • A45D34/045—Appliances specially adapted for applying liquid, e.g. using roller or ball using a brush or the like connected to the cap of the container
    • A45D34/046—Appliances specially adapted for applying liquid, e.g. using roller or ball using a brush or the like connected to the cap of the container comprising a wiper

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  • the invention relates to a device for packaging a fluid product, in particular a liquid or viscous product that is found in the fields of cosmetics, paints or glues.
  • the product may be a nail polish composition or a nail care composition.
  • a nail polish application assembly includes a reservoir for the product to be applied and a product applicator, such as a brush having a tuft of bristles, attached to a first end of a shaft, the shaft being secured by its other end in a cap for closing the reservoir, so that the tuft of bristles is immersed in this product when the application set is closed.
  • a product applicator such as a brush having a tuft of bristles, attached to a first end of a shaft, the shaft being secured by its other end in a cap for closing the reservoir, so that the tuft of bristles is immersed in this product when the application set is closed.
  • the reservoir comprises a neck with a first thread which cooperates with a second thread provided in the cap.
  • the cap includes a transverse wall that is in contact with the upper edge of the neck when the application assembly is closed.
  • the thread is formed over the entire height of the neck and is flush with the upper end of the neck.
  • the opening of the neck is sufficiently large that in the open position of the product tank can flow out of the tank if the tank is turned over.
  • the brush has a surplus of product. It is therefore necessary to proceed to the elimination of this excess product and for this, the user squeezes the brush by wiping it on the end of the neck of the tank. The product can then remain on the neck, flow along the outer wall of the neck and thus contaminate the thread of the neck.
  • the product When the cap is tightened to close the reservoir, the product then spreads over the neck and into the thread. The product thus forms a fouling after drying the cap-neck assembly. During subsequent uses, it is difficult, if not impossible, to unscrew the cap of the tank. In addition, the product on the neck no longer allows a good seal of the application assembly because the cap is no longer in sealing contact with the upper edge of the neck.
  • the wiper member mounted inside the neck as is the case in particular of the device described in GB 683,932.
  • the wiper member is constituted by a tubular element ending in a frustoconical portion which converges towards flexible lips.
  • the soft lips define an opening of a diameter less than or equal to that of the brush rod.
  • the wiper member comprises a flange which abuts on the upper end of the neck. This is also the case of the wiper member described in US Pat. No. 5,284,239.
  • the cap bears tightly against the rim of the wiper member.
  • product may be deposited around the opening of the neck, and therefore on the rim of the wiper member, so that when the cap is closed, the product goes, drying, glue the wiper member to the cap.
  • the wiper member will tend to remain stuck to the cap and out of the neck or at least to move within it.
  • the presence of the reducer reduces the opening of the bottle, so that the risk of accidental flow of the product in the event of a rollover is reduced.
  • the evaporation of the product is also reduced so that the product dries less rapidly inside the bottle when it remains open.
  • the presence of the reducer allows to wring a portion of the product that is on the applicator member when taken from the bottle. This especially prevents the user from wiping the applicator member on the neck of the bottle while leaving enough product on the applicator member to cover at least one fingernail, for example.
  • the reducer may comprise a free end which, in the mounted position of the reducer in the bottle, is located at a distance, measured transversely to the X axis, not zero of the walls of the bottle. This creates a space between the bottle and the reducer which prevents the product from flowing in the passage defined by the reducer, the product remaining in the annular space formed around the reducer. This further limits the risk of accidental discharge of the product from the bottle.
  • the cross section of the outer wall of the reducer may be circular and decrease to its free end so as to form a frustoconical portion. Such a shape facilitates the introduction of the reducer into the neck of the bottle.
  • the reducer can be held in force inside the neck of the bottle. It may in particular provide ribs on its outer surface to compensate for surface irregularities that may exist on the inner wall of the bottle, especially when it is glass.
  • the reducer can be made of molding a thermoplastic material from a single piece, the material being for example chosen from polyvinyl chlorides, polypropylenes, polyethylenes, polystyrenes, or a complex of materials of the type polypropylene / ethylene-vinyl alcohol (EVOH) / polypropylene, polyethylene / polyethylene terephthalate, or polystyrene / EVOH / polyethylene.
  • a thermoplastic material from a single piece, the material being for example chosen from polyvinyl chlorides, polypropylenes, polyethylenes, polystyrenes, or a complex of materials of the type polypropylene / ethylene-vinyl alcohol (EVOH) / polypropylene, polyethylene / polyethylene terephthalate, or polystyrene / EVOH / polyethylene.
  • EVOH ethylene-vinyl alcohol
  • the device may comprise a cap for closing the opening of the neck in a sealed manner to the product, an inner wall of the cap bearing on a portion of the outer portion of the edge.
  • the cap may have a thread on its inner wall adapted to cooperate with a complementary thread provided on the outer wall of the neck of the bottle.
  • the cap may be secured to an applicator member, in particular a brush that may be configured to apply a nail polish.
  • the bottle can be made of glass. It can contain a cosmetic product, especially a nail polish.
  • the packaging device shown in Figures 1 and 2 comprises a bottle 10 formed by a body 11 surmounted by a neck 12 of longitudinal axis X and a cap 30 for closing the bottle.
  • the bottle is for example glass. It contains for example a liquid product, in particular a cosmetic product such as a nail polish.
  • the body 11 of the bottle 10 is cylindrical of revolution and comprises a shoulder 16 surmounted by the neck 12.
  • the neck 12 has a thread 15 on its outer wall adapted to cooperate with a complementary thread 32 provided on the inner surface
  • the collar terminates with an edge 14 which defines an opening 13 of the bottle.
  • the neck has a radial recess 140 on its inner wall near its upper end which forms an inner annular portion of the edge.
  • the edge comprises an outer annular portion 141 provided with a sealing ring intended to receive in abutment an inner wall 31 of the cap 30 in the closed position of the cap.
  • the outer annular portion 141 may not be provided with a ring. In the latter case, the cap 30 bears on the entire outer annular portion 141 of the edge.
  • the cap 30 has a skirt 33 closed by a transverse wall 34 integral with an applicator member 40.
  • the applicator member is for example formed by a rod 41 at the end of which is attached a tuft of bristles 42 forming a brush. It is obvious that any other application element can be used in place of the tuft of bristles, including a flocked tip, a foam tip, a spatula of flexible material, etc ...
  • a flow reducer 20 is mounted in the opening of the neck.
  • the reducer is for example made of molding a thermoplastic material, from a single piece, in particular polypropylene or polyethylene.
  • the reducer is formed by a tubular element 24 which terminates at an upper end by a flange 21 extending radially outwardly.
  • the cross section of the gear decreases slightly to a free end 22, opposite the flange 21, so as to form a frustoconical portion 25.
  • Such a shape facilitates the introduction of the reducer inside the neck 12.
  • the reducer 20 is held in force inside the neck of the bottle. It comprises in particular annular ribs 23 on its outer surface allowing it to always remain constrained radially by the neck of the bottle regardless of the regularity of the surface of the inner wall of the glass vial.
  • the free end 22 of the reducer is located at a distance, measured transversely to the axis X, non-zero walls of the bottle.
  • An annular space 26 is thus created between the bottle and the reducer which makes it possible to prevent the product from flowing in the passage defined by the reducer. Indeed, when the bottle is returned, the product flows by gravity on the internal walls of the bottle and tends to follow these walls so that the product will remain in the annular space formed around the reducer and n ' will not tend to go inside the reducer.
  • the rim 21 of the gearbox bears on the inner annular portion 140 of the edge of the neck.
  • the entire flange 21 extends at a non-zero axial distance from at least a portion of the outer annular portion 141 of the edge, namely the rod.
  • the entire flange 21 is located at a non-zero axial distance from the whole of the outer annular portion 141 of the edge so as to form an axial play between the uppermost portion of the flange 21 and the portion the lowest of the outer annular portion 141 of the edge.
  • the entire flange 21 must be located at a non-zero axial distance from this flat surface.
  • the reducer allows in particular to limit the passage formed inside the neck to prevent product from flowing out of the bottle in case of reversal thereof.
  • it can be used to dewater the applicator member 40 when it is removed from the bottle before use in order to remove the excess of product. This controls the amount of product taken by the applicator member each time it is removed from the bottle.
  • the bottle and cap that have just been described can be used with a reducer, such as the one just described, but also without reducer since the seal when closing the cap is on the bottle and not on the reducer. This makes it possible in particular to produce, on the same industrial production line and with the same packaging articles, flask-cap assemblies with or without a gearbox.

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EP03292868A 2002-12-04 2003-11-19 Dispositif de conditionnement d'un produit fluide Expired - Lifetime EP1425988B1 (fr)

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FR0215286A FR2848077B1 (fr) 2002-12-04 2002-12-04 Dispositif de conditionnement d'un produit fluide
FR0215286 2002-12-04

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US7374358B2 (en) * 2005-03-01 2008-05-20 Elc Management, Llc Sealed cosmetic wiper

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GB683932A (en) 1951-02-28 1952-12-10 Leo Lawrence Kellett Improvements in or relating to brush stripper and/or liquid sealer
US5190389A (en) * 1991-12-23 1993-03-02 The Bridgeport Metal Goods Manufacturing Co. Wiper mounting ring
US5284239A (en) * 1993-06-04 1994-02-08 The Gillette Company Bottle with anti-rotation insert
DE19516764A1 (de) 1995-05-06 1996-11-07 Henkel Raycap Produktie Bv Behälter für ein fließfähiges Produkt
US6149334A (en) * 1996-11-25 2000-11-21 The Gillette Company Containers

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