EP1448312B1 - Dispositif de distribution de produit fluide a actionnement lateral - Google Patents

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EP1448312B1
EP1448312B1 EP02800588A EP02800588A EP1448312B1 EP 1448312 B1 EP1448312 B1 EP 1448312B1 EP 02800588 A EP02800588 A EP 02800588A EP 02800588 A EP02800588 A EP 02800588A EP 1448312 B1 EP1448312 B1 EP 1448312B1
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B05—SPRAYING OR ATOMISING IN GENERAL; APPLYING FLUENT MATERIALS TO SURFACES, IN GENERAL
    • B05B—SPRAYING APPARATUS; ATOMISING APPARATUS; NOZZLES
    • B05B11/00—Single-unit hand-held apparatus in which flow of contents is produced by the muscular force of the operator at the moment of use
    • B05B11/01—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
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B05—SPRAYING OR ATOMISING IN GENERAL; APPLYING FLUENT MATERIALS TO SURFACES, IN GENERAL
    • B05B—SPRAYING APPARATUS; ATOMISING APPARATUS; NOZZLES
    • B05B11/00—Single-unit hand-held apparatus in which flow of contents is produced by the muscular force of the operator at the moment of use
    • B05B11/01—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
    • B05B11/06—Gas or vapour producing the flow, e.g. from a compressible bulb or air pump
    • B05B11/062—Gas or vapour producing the flow, e.g. from a compressible bulb or air pump designed for spraying particulate material

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  • the present invention relates to a fluid dispenser device, and more particularly to a fluid dispenser device with lateral actuation.
  • the user must slightly force on the bottom of the device to perform this operation, and at the moment when it takes place, part of the force is released so that the arm or the hand of the user can be dragged into this same axial direction, which can cause a risk of injury, especially when the dispensing orifice is introduced into the nostril.
  • the document EP-A-0 557 714 which shows a device according to the preamble of claim 1, describes a fluid device comprising a multidose reservoir inside which extends a rhombic structure able to move axially a body of pump relative to a fluid device head.
  • the devices with lateral actuation, in which the user does not itself exert an axial force on the device, but instead exerts a lateral or transverse force to the device.
  • the axis of distribution of the product for example by means of a button or a pivoting lateral lever, this transverse force being transformed into an axial force.
  • the user holds the device in his hand by gripping the body of the device, or more generally the part which incorporates the dispensing orifice, a finger, for example the thumb, being used to press the lateral actuating element.
  • a finger for example the thumb
  • the actuation requires a greater or lesser axial force.
  • the transfer of the radial force exerted by the user in an axial force allowing the actuation is not total, so that the user must press harder in a device with lateral actuation that it would not be obliged to do if it exerted an axial pressure.
  • the user must either exert a large force, which is not always possible, especially with children or the elderly, or we must provide actuating means large enough to allow easier transfer. This increase in the size of the device however often has a disadvantage whether in terms of cost of manufacture or storage, or even from a point of view of ergonomics of use.
  • the object of the present invention is to provide a side-actuated fluid dispensing device which does not reproduce the aforementioned drawbacks.
  • the object of the present invention is to provide a lateral-actuated fluid dispenser device which in all cases makes it possible to perform lateral actuation by means of the smallest possible radial force.
  • the present invention therefore relates to a fluid dispenser device comprising a body, a product reservoir containing one or more doses of fluid, a piston adapted to slide in said reservoir to dispense a dose of product each actuation of the device , and actuating means for moving said piston, characterized in that said device comprises at least two lateral actuating elements distributed around said body, said lateral actuating elements being moved simultaneously in a direction approximately transverse to the central axis of the device and each cooperating with a peripheral edge of said actuating means to exert an axial force thereon.
  • the present invention also relates to a fluid dispenser device comprising a body, a product reservoir containing one or more doses of fluid, an air flow generation system, such as an air flush or a bellows, connected to said reservoir, and actuating means for actuating said air flow generating system, characterized in that said device comprises at least two lateral actuating elements distributed around said body, said elements of lateral actuation being moved simultaneously in a direction about transverse to the central axis of the device, and each cooperating with a peripheral edge of said actuating means to exert an axial force thereon.
  • an air flow generation system such as an air flush or a bellows
  • each lateral actuating element is made in the form of a lever pivotally mounted on said body.
  • each lever comprises a radial flange connected on the one hand to the body of the device and on the other hand supporting an actuating wing extending approximately axially towards the bottom of the device, said actuating wing being elastically deformed between a position resting and an actuating position when the user exerts a radial force on it, and returning elastically to its rest position when the user releases its force.
  • said actuating elements each comprise a cam surface cooperating with the peripheral edge of the actuating means.
  • said cam surface is an inclined plane whose slope is variable during the displacement of the actuating elements, said slope being maximum at the beginning of the actuation and minimum at the end of actuation, so that the transfer of the radial actuating force exerted by the user on said actuating elements in an axial force of displacement of the means of actuation is maximum at the end of actuation.
  • the reservoir contains a single dose of product expelled in a single actuation of the device.
  • the reservoir contains at least two doses, dose-splitting means being provided for fractionating the contents of the reservoir in several doses.
  • said actuating means are connected to said piston.
  • said actuating means are formed by or connected to said reservoir.
  • the dose splitting means are adapted to limit the stroke of the piston in the reservoir, each partial stroke corresponding to a dose of product.
  • said dose splitting means are made on the lateral actuating elements.
  • said dose splitting means are made by a notch in the planar cam surface of at least one lateral actuating element, said notch cooperating with the body to define the actuating end of said actuating elements.
  • At least one lateral actuating element comprises a notch in its plane cam surface cooperating with the body to define the actuating end of the operating elements.
  • said peripheral edge of the actuating means is the lower peripheral edge.
  • said device comprises two lateral actuating elements diametrically opposed to each other with respect to said body.
  • a fluid dispensing device called a single dose or unit dose, that is to say it contains only a single dose of product in its reservoir.
  • a single dose or unit dose that is to say it contains only a single dose of product in its reservoir.
  • the detailed description below will therefore be made with reference to this particular embodiment of the invention, but it is clear that the present invention is not limited to this type of device, but could on the contrary also be applied to bidose-type devices, that is to say containing two doses, or even several doses.
  • the dispensing device comprises a body 10 in which is disposed a fluid reservoir 20 connected on the one hand to distribution means 30 and on the other hand to a dispensing orifice 25.
  • the dispensing means 30 shown in FIGS. 1 and 2 are made in the form of a flush of air which is adapted to generate a flow of compressed air which, when the needle 31 connected to the flush 30 comes pierce the membrane of the reservoir 20, expels the sealing ball 22 by driving with it the product contained inside the reservoir 20 towards the dispensing orifice 25.
  • the fluid is generally a powder.
  • This axial compression of the piston 40, which forms the flushing actuating means 30, requires an increasing force as and when the air is compressed because of the resistance of this air until this compressed air is released during actuation.
  • the device comprises at least two lateral actuation elements distributed around said body (10).
  • these lateral actuating elements 50, 60 are formed on said body 10, in particular integrally.
  • These lateral actuating members 50,60 are adapted to cooperate with an edge 41 of said piston 40, preferably by means of a cam surface 55, which is preferably formed by an inclined plane.
  • said edge 41 is the lower outer peripheral edge.
  • each lateral actuating element 50, 60 is made in a similar manner, and advantageously comprises a radial flange 51 which is connected on the one hand to the body 10 and which is further extended by a flange 52 extending downwardly in the drawings, and having said respective cam surface 55, 65.
  • this cam surface 55, 65 of each lateral actuating element 50, 60 advantageously cooperates with the edge.
  • device 41 which in this case is the lower outer edge, and the fact that the cam surface is in the form of an inclined plane, the point of contact between the respective lateral actuating element and the means of actuation formed by the piston 40 remains said outer edge 41 throughout the actuating stroke.
  • a particularly interesting aspect of the present invention is that in fluid dispensing devices, especially those comprising one or two doses, the actuating force is increasingly important during the actuating stroke, to become maximum just before the distribution.
  • the present invention makes it possible to respond to this feature by the fact that the slope of the cam surface 55 or 65 respectively of each lateral actuating element 50 or 60, which is formed by an inclined plane, varies during actuation.
  • the slope is quite large, which implies a relatively small force transfer
  • the slope is significantly lower, so that the transfer of the radial force exerted by the user is much higher at that moment.
  • the transfer of force becomes maximum at the end of the actuating stroke, at the moment when the resistance of the dispensing device is also maximal, so that the present invention actually allows actuation of the device by means of a relatively constant force exerted on the two lateral actuating elements 50, 60.
  • the modification of the slope during actuation involves an increasing transfer of the actuating force of the user, which compensates for the increase in the resistance of the hunt. in the example shown in the figures.
  • the dispensing means 30 are made in the form of a piston 30 that moves in a sealed manner in the reservoir 20.
  • the actuating means 40 can then either be connected to said piston 30, as shown in Figure 3, or connected to said reservoir 20, as shown in Figure 4, to induce a relative axial displacement between these two elements.
  • the reservoir 20 may comprise a single dose of product, in which case this dose is dispensed in a single operation.
  • the reservoir may comprise two or more doses of product, in which case dose splitting means are advantageously provided to limit the stroke of the piston in the reservoir.
  • the actuating means may comprise resilient return means in the rest position after each actuation.
  • stop means 59, 69 are provided to define the actuating end of the actuating elements.
  • These stop means may be in the form of notches 59, 69 made in the cam surface 55, 65 of at least one of the lateral actuating elements 50, 60, preferably in each of them. As shown in FIG. 2, these notches 59, 69 cooperate at the end of the actuating stroke with the lower edge of the body 10.
  • these notches 59, 69 can also be used to define the dose splitting means, by defining the end of actuation stroke of the piston in the reservoir, the next dose being dispensed at the next actuation.
  • the use of two or more lateral actuating elements of the present invention provides improved ergonomics, and in particular provides symmetry at the moment of actuation, that is to say that the user exerts about the same radial force on each of the lateral actuating elements 50, 60. It follows a strong stability of the distribution device as a whole in both the axial direction, since the user no longer exerts axial force on the device, and in the radial position, since the user exerts the same force on each side of the device.
  • the device is not necessarily a single dose, but could be a bidose or even a device with more than two doses, as long as means of fractionation of doses are provided in the device.
  • these dose splitting means may be part of the lateral actuating elements.
  • the dispensing means are not limited to the air flush shown in the drawings, but other dispensing means, in particular a piston sliding in the reservoir are conceivable.
  • the device may comprise more than two lateral actuation elements, for example three or four, distributed at regular intervals around the body of the device.
  • peripheral edge with which each lateral actuating element cooperates is not necessarily the lower edge, nor is it necessarily formed by a sharp edge, but could on the contrary be an inclined edge corresponding to the surface. cam actuating elements.
  • Other modifications are also possible by those skilled in the art without departing from the scope of the present invention as defined by the appended claims.

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PCT/EP2002/010993 WO2003031077A1 (fr) 2001-10-04 2002-10-01 Dispositif de distribution de produit fluide a actionnement lateral

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CN1308091C (zh) 2007-04-04
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