EP1448457B1 - Dispositif de distribution de produit fluide a actionnement lateral - Google Patents

Dispositif de distribution de produit fluide a actionnement lateral Download PDF

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EP1448457B1
EP1448457B1 EP02800180A EP02800180A EP1448457B1 EP 1448457 B1 EP1448457 B1 EP 1448457B1 EP 02800180 A EP02800180 A EP 02800180A EP 02800180 A EP02800180 A EP 02800180A EP 1448457 B1 EP1448457 B1 EP 1448457B1
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Bruno Simon
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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
    • B65D83/00—Containers or packages with special means for dispensing contents
    • B65D83/14—Containers or packages with special means for dispensing contents for delivery of liquid or semi-liquid contents by internal gaseous pressure, i.e. aerosol containers comprising propellant for a product delivered by a propellant
    • B65D83/38—Details of the container body
    • B65D83/384—Details of the container body comprising an aerosol container disposed in an outer shell or in an external container
    • B65D83/386—Details of the container body comprising an aerosol container disposed in an outer shell or in an external container actuation occurring by moving the aerosol container relative to the outer shell or external container
    • 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
    • B05B11/0005—Components or details
    • B05B11/0037—Containers
    • B05B11/0038—Inner container disposed in an outer shell or outer casing
    • 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
    • B05B11/10—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
    • B05B11/1042—Components or details
    • B05B11/1052—Actuation means
    • B05B11/1056—Actuation means comprising rotatable or articulated levers

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  • the present invention relates to a product dispensing device fluid, and more particularly a fluid dispenser device to lateral actuation (see for example DE-A-196 10456).
  • the user must 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 hand of the user can be driven in the same axial direction, which can entail a risk of injury, particularly when the dispensing orifice is introduced inside the nostril.
  • lateral actuation in which the user no longer exerts himself a force axial on the device, but instead exerts a lateral or transverse force 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 a force axial.
  • the user holds the device in his hand by gripping the body of the device, or more generally the part that incorporates the dispensing orifice, a finger, for example the thumb, being used to press the element lateral actuation.
  • the actuation requires a axial force more or less important.
  • the transfer of the radial force exerted by the user in an axial force allowing the actuation is not total, of so that the user has to press harder in an actuating device lateral that it would not be obliged to do so if it exerted axial pressure.
  • the user must either exert a significant force, which is not always possible, especially with children or the elderly, or provide actuating means of sufficiently large size to allow easier transfer. This increase in the size of the However, this device often has a disadvantage whether in terms of cost manufacturing or storage, or even from an ergonomic point of view use.
  • the present invention aims to provide a dispensing device lateral fluid product that does not reproduce the disadvantages above.
  • the present invention also aims to provide a device for fluid dispensing with lateral actuation that is simple, easy and expensive to manufacture.
  • the present invention also aims to provide a device for fluid dispensing that is simple and reliable to use.
  • the subject of the present invention is therefore a device for distributing fluid product comprising a product reservoir, a pump mounted on the tank to selectively distribute the product, and a dispensing head connected to said pump and incorporating a dispensing orifice, characterized in that that said device comprises at least two lateral actuating elements distributed around said dispensing head, said actuating elements sideways being moved simultaneously in a direction the central axis of the device, and each cooperating with a peripheral edge of said reservoir to exert an axial force on it.
  • each lateral actuating element is integral with said dispensing head.
  • each lateral actuating element is made under the shape of an elastically deformable lever connected on the one hand to the head of distribution and cooperating on the other hand with the peripheral edge of the reservoir.
  • each lateral actuating element comprises a cam surface cooperating with the lower edge of the tank.
  • the cam surface is an inclined plane whose slope varies during the movement of the actuating elements, said slope being maximum at the beginning of the actuation and at the end of the actuation that the transfer of the radial force exerted by the user on the elements axial force displacement of the reservoir is maximum at the end actuating.
  • said actuating elements after actuation, lateral return elastically to their rest position.
  • said actuating elements side are brought back to their rest position by the tank returning to its respective rest position.
  • said peripheral edge of said reservoir is the edge lower device.
  • said device comprises two elements lateral actuation diametrically opposed to each other with respect to said dispensing head.
  • the present invention applies to dispensing devices multidose, ie having a reservoir containing a plurality of doses, a pump being mounted on said reservoir for selectively distributing the product contained in it.
  • the pump is not represented in detail.
  • a precompression pump having one or more piston (s) sliding in a pump chamber, can be used to realize the product distribution in multi-dose devices. So the distribution is obtained by making a relative axial displacement between the reservoir and the part of the pump which carries out the actuation, and which is generally secured to the head of distribution.
  • the device comprises a reservoir 10 containing several doses of fluid, a pump mounted on said reservoir 10, and a dispensing head 30 connected to said pump 20, and incorporating the dispensing orifice 31.
  • the actuation of the device is realized by making a relative axial displacement between the dispensing head 30, which is connected to the pump 20, and the reservoir 10.
  • this axial displacement is achieved by pressing with a axial force on the bottom of the tank 10.
  • the present invention provides for lateral actuation, which avoids any risk of axial displacement of the device in use, which can be particularly troublesome in a nasal delivery device as shown in the drawings.
  • the lateral actuation avoids the application of an axial force by the user on the device, and thus guarantees axial stability of the device at the time of actuation.
  • the device comprises at least two elements lateral actuation.
  • there is two lateral actuating elements 40, 50 which are diametrically opposed to each other with respect to the dispensing head 30.
  • these two lateral actuating elements 40, 50 are directly connected to said head of distribution 30, in particular made in one piece with it.
  • each lateral actuating element 40, 50 may be realized in the form of a lever or wing that extends approximately along the wall Lateral actuator 10.
  • these lateral actuating elements each comprise a cam surface 45, 55 adapted to cooperate with an edge device 11 of the reservoir 10.
  • this peripheral edge is the edge bottom of the tank.
  • this cam surface is advantageously carried out in the form of an inclined plane, which during the entire actuation process, cooperates with the same point of the tank 10, in the occurrence the outer lower edge 11 thereof in the example shown.
  • an inclined plane as a cam surface in an element pivoting side actuation on the dispensing head 30 provides an advantage in that the slope of the cam surface 45, 55 of each element Lateral actuation varies during actuation of the device. So, as visible in FIG. 1, which shows the rest position, the slope is maximum at start of actuation, which means that the transfer of the radial force exerted by the user on the levers or wings 40, 50 is lower, while in the end of operation, as shown in FIG. 2, the slope of the cam surface 45, 55 has diminished, so that this transfer of radial force into axial force the actuation of the reservoir 10 is greater.
  • An essential advantage of the present invention is the use of simultaneous operation of two or more actuating elements distributed around the device. Indeed, this allows to multiply the force necessary to operate the device which makes the use easier for older people or children, or more generally any weak person.
  • the presence of two or more lateral actuating elements allows a better ergonomics and improved user safety. Indeed, when the user simultaneously exerts the same force on these lateral actuating elements, the device does not undergo any radial stress during actuation and does not risk therefore not to be moved in a radial direction, as may be the case with the side-operated device in which the user only presses on a lateral actuating element.
  • the device may comprise more than two lateral actuating elements, for example three or four, distributed around the device.
  • Other modifications are also possible by the man without departing from the scope of the present invention as defined by the appended claims.

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FR0112772A FR2830519B1 (fr) 2001-10-04 2001-10-04 Dispositif de distribution de produit fluide a actionnement lateral
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