EP1458632B1 - Distributeur de produit fluide - Google Patents

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EP1458632B1
EP1458632B1 EP02803443A EP02803443A EP1458632B1 EP 1458632 B1 EP1458632 B1 EP 1458632B1 EP 02803443 A EP02803443 A EP 02803443A EP 02803443 A EP02803443 A EP 02803443A EP 1458632 B1 EP1458632 B1 EP 1458632B1
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fluid product
reservoir
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Firmin Garcia
Christophe Pierre
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Aptar France SAS
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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
    • A45D37/00—Sachet pads specially adapted for liquid toiletry or cosmetic substances
    • 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
    • B05B11/04—Deformable containers producing the flow, e.g. squeeze bottles
    • B05B11/042—Deformable containers producing the flow, e.g. squeeze bottles the spray being effected by a gas or vapour flow in the nozzle, spray head, outlet or dip tube
    • B05B11/043—Deformable containers producing the flow, e.g. squeeze bottles the spray being effected by a gas or vapour flow in the nozzle, spray head, outlet or dip tube designed for spraying a liquid
    • 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
    • B05B11/04—Deformable containers producing the flow, e.g. squeeze bottles
    • B05B11/048—Deformable containers producing the flow, e.g. squeeze bottles characterised by the container, e.g. this latter being surrounded by an enclosure, or the means for deforming it
    • 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
    • B05B11/1073—Springs
    • B05B11/1077—Springs characterised by a particular shape or material
    • 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
    • B65D75/00—Packages comprising articles or materials partially or wholly enclosed in strips, sheets, blanks, tubes, or webs of flexible sheet material, e.g. in folded wrappers
    • B65D75/28—Articles or materials wholly enclosed in composite wrappers, i.e. wrappers formed by associating or interconnecting two or more sheets or blanks
    • B65D75/30—Articles or materials enclosed between two opposed sheets or blanks having their margins united, e.g. by pressure-sensitive adhesive, crimping, heat-sealing, or welding
    • 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
    • B65D75/00—Packages comprising articles or materials partially or wholly enclosed in strips, sheets, blanks, tubes, or webs of flexible sheet material, e.g. in folded wrappers
    • B65D75/52—Details
    • B65D75/58—Opening or contents-removing devices added or incorporated during package manufacture
    • B65D75/5816—Opening or contents-removing devices added or incorporated during package manufacture for tearing a corner or other small portion next to the edge, e.g. a U-shaped portion
    • B65D75/5822—Opening or contents-removing devices added or incorporated during package manufacture for tearing a corner or other small portion next to the edge, e.g. a U-shaped portion and defining, after tearing, a small dispensing spout, a small orifice or the like
    • 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
    • A45D2200/00—Details not otherwise provided for in A45D
    • A45D2200/05—Details of containers
    • A45D2200/054—Means for supplying liquid to the outlet of the container
    • A45D2200/057—Spray nozzles; Generating atomised liquid
    • 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
    • A45D40/00—Casings or accessories specially adapted for storing or handling solid or pasty toiletry or cosmetic substances, e.g. shaving soaps or lipsticks
    • A45D40/0087—Casings or accessories specially adapted for storing or handling solid or pasty toiletry or cosmetic substances, e.g. shaving soaps or lipsticks for samples
    • 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
    • B05B11/04—Deformable containers producing the flow, e.g. squeeze bottles
    • B05B11/047—Deformable containers producing the flow, e.g. squeeze bottles characterised by the outlet or venting means

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  • Such a fluid dispenser is described in particular in the FR-2 791 645.
  • the reservoir of this distributor is sealed with the aid of the removable closure member while substantially containing only product fluid and virtually or not at all air. He then presents a especially flat configuration, especially if using a spring that adopts a flat configuration when compressed to the maximum. Only when removal of the removable closure member that air is sucked into the tank through the dispensing orifice of the fact that the spring means can then relax and thus solicit the actuating wall so as to increase the volume of the tank to a maximum state. From that moment, the tank contains a small amount of fluid and a lot more important air. By pressing the actuating wall, the volume of the tank decreases and the mixture of air and fluid is then forced back under the form of a biphasic spray through the dispensing orifice.
  • the fluid product inside tank is virtually or not in contact with air could deteriorate the qualities of the fluid product.
  • the fluid product is in contact with the spring means which can be made of metal or material plastic. Depending on the type of fluid contained in the tank, it can there is a deterioration of its qualities as a result of its direct contact with spring means.
  • the present invention aims to remedy, or at least reduce the aforementioned drawback of the prior art by defining a product distributor sealed reservoir fluid containing compressed spring means in which the spring means are not in contact with the fluid product before removal of the removable shutter element.
  • the present invention proposes, as long as the element shut off the dispensing orifice, the reservoir is divided into several compartments by at least one partition wall, at least one of the compartments containing the fluid product and at least one other compartment containing the spring means, but no fluid, so that the fluid product is out of contact with the spring means before removal of the element shutter.
  • said at least one partition wall is adapted to break in such a way as to make the compartments communicate with each other under the effect of the relaxation of the spring means after removal of the element shutter allowing the entry of air into the tank through the orifice of distribution. There is therefore no special or additional operation for break the partition wall.
  • they are mechanical means, namely the spring means, which operate the rupture of the partition wall.
  • these mechanical means have a force or more particularly a stiffness predetermined and easily measurable. Therefore, the opening of the partition separating the different compartments does not present any random character, as would be the case if the user had to operate himself the opening of the partition wall for example by pulling or pressing at using one or more fingers.
  • the user only need to pull or fold the removable shut-off element to release the dispensing orifice, which has the effect of triggering the relaxation of the means spring because air can enter the tank.
  • the partition wall will be broken always in the same way with spring means given.
  • a particular advantage of the present invention resides in the fact of using the trigger of the spring triggered by the withdrawal of the removable shutter element to break the partition wall separating the spring fluid and thus allow the fluid and air to spread throughout the tank.
  • the spring means are located in a compartment adapted to fill with air from the orifice of distribution after removal of the closure member. Indeed, to allow means of spring to relax, it is necessary that they are no longer isolated from the outside and that air can thus enter the compartment where they are situated.
  • the spring means are located in a compartment communicating directly with the dispensing orifice.
  • the spring means are located in a separate compartment of the dispensing orifice by a selective partition impervious to the fluid and permeable to air.
  • said selective partition can form a baffle impassable for the fluid product, but still allowing air to pass.
  • the compartment containing the spring means also contains a piece of porous material suitable for imbibe fluid product by capillarity.
  • the compartment containing the fluid product also contains a piece of porous material suitable to imbibe fluid product by capillarity.
  • This piece of porous material is preferably located in close proximity of the dispensing orifice as is the case in the dispenser of the art aforementioned.
  • the compartment containing the means of spring is separated from the fluid compartment by the selective partition.
  • the dispenser comprises two sheets welded together on their peripheries to form the reservoir, said minus a partition wall being formed by one or more lines of low resistance weld capable of breaking up by spreading the leaves, advantageously caused by the relaxation of the spring means after withdrawal of the shutter element.
  • the welding on the peripheries of the leaves is a final weld while the weld forming the partition wall is a much weaker weld that can be shed without damaging the leaves.
  • the distributor can be made from two sheets of flexible complex film 1 and 2 which are welded together on their periphery 11, 12 so as to define between them a volume which corresponds substantially to that of a tank 3.
  • An insert 5 can also be arranged between the two sheets 1 and 2: this insert 5 defines an orifice 50 and a housing in which a piece of porous material 6 can be accommodated so as to extend inside the tank 3. This piece 6 is intended to impregnate fluid product contained inside the tank 3. Once this piece soaked with product, just pass a flow of air to through the fiber which creates a biphasic distribution at the orifice of distribution 50 of the insert 5.
  • the two sheets 1 and 2 welded together define a tear-off tongue or 12 which closes the dispensing orifice 50 so as to isolate the tank 3 from the outside.
  • the reservoir 3 contains a spring 4 which is arranged between the two sheets 1 and 2.
  • This spring 4 as can be seen in FIG. less on a wall 10 of the distributor, which may be an actuating wall 10, so as to increase the internal volume of the reservoir 3.
  • the spring 4 is constrained in its fully compressed state as long as the shutter element 12 closes the dispensing orifice 50 and thus isolates the reservoir 3 from the outside, as can be seen in Figure 3.
  • the tank 3 was sealed during manufacture with the constrained spring in its compressed state maximum so that the tank is at its minimum volume.
  • the spring 4 can not relax inside the tank 3 in because of the atmospheric pressure exerted on the walls 1 and 2 of the tank.
  • the dispenser can be stored before use in this state; he then presents a particularly reduced thickness which is defined substantially by the thickness of the spring 4 to its fully compressed state added to the thickness cumulative of the two sheets of film 1 and 2.
  • Such a dispenser may for example be inserted in a magazine since it is particularly flat and particularly pressure resistant.
  • shut-off element 12 Once the shut-off element 12 is removed from the air, it can penetrate the inside of the tank 3 by the dispensing orifice 50 so that the spring 4 can relax inside the tank in order to increase its volume internal.
  • the tank 3 is then filled with fluid and gas, in General of the air.
  • fluid and gas in General of the air.
  • it is then sufficient to act on the wall 10 with the thumb for example against the action of the spring 4 so as to repress air through the piece 6 soaked with fluid product.
  • the air passing through the soaked piece 6 creates a biphasic spray at level of the dispensing orifice 50.
  • the pressure is released on the wall 1, it returns to its shape shown in FIG. the elastic action of the spring 4.
  • the reservoir 3 is divided into several compartments by one or more partitions separating the spring 4 from the product fluid. So, there is no contact between them that could damage or deteriorate the qualities of the fluid product. As a result, one of the compartments contains the spring while the other compartment (s) contains or contain the fluid product.
  • compartment 32 contains the spring 4 and no fluid while the compartment 31 contains fluid product.
  • partition walls 13 and 13 ' are adapted to break so as to communicate all the compartments between them so that the fluid can spread throughout the tank.
  • the rupture of the partition walls is achieved by the detent of the spring 4 after removal of the shutter element 12 thus allowing air to enter the reservoir through the dispensing orifice, as explained above.
  • the compartment containing the spring 4 is in air communication with the dispensing orifice 50 so as to allow air coming from outside to enter the compartment where the spring is located so he can relax.
  • the compartment 32 containing the spring 4 communicates directly with the dispensing orifice 50 to through the piece of porous material 6.
  • the spring 4 and the piece of porous material 6 are located in the same compartment 32 '.
  • fluid product it is stored in the two lateral compartments 31 'which are separated from the dispensing orifice 50 by the partitions 13 '.
  • air whose path is represented in dotted lines, can enter the compartment 32 'where is located the spring 4 which can then be loosen.
  • the expansion of the spring allows the rupture of the adjacent partitions 13 'which then communicates the compartments 31 'with the central compartment 32'.
  • the fluid product can then spread throughout the tank 3, and preference will soak the piece of porous material 6.
  • the compartment 32 containing the spring 4 does not communicate directly with the orifice of distribution 50, since separated by the partition 13. It is the compartment 31 containing the fluid product which is in direct communication with the orifice of It should be noted that this compartment 31 also contains the piece of porous material 6 so that the fluid product is preferably imbibe inside this piece of porous material 6 and remain stored there.
  • the partition 13 is a selective partition preventing the fluid contained in the compartment 31 to pass through but still allowing air to pass from the compartment 30 to compartment 32 through the selective partition 13.
  • the partition 13 is rendered selective by means of a chicane or a labyrinth 14 whose crossing is impossible in practice for the fluid product, but which nevertheless allows the air passage to gain the compartment 32.
  • the fluid product in compartment 31 rather tends to be stored in the piece of material porous 6 and practically not in the rest of the compartment.
  • the fluid product is likely to pass through the baffle 14. routing the air from the outside through the dispensing orifice 50 into the compartment 32 through the baffle 14 is shown in FIG. dashed lines in FIG. 2.
  • the spring 4 relaxes and destroys the selective partition 13 and optionally the chicane 14. then finds himself with a distributor according to the document of the prior art supra.
  • the partitions 13 and 13 ' can be made by low resistance weld lines that join sheets 1 and 2 together locally, as shown in Figure 3.
  • the weld should be such that the spring 4 can undo it without damaging the sheets 1 and 2. After relaxation of spring 4, there is advantageously no more trace of the weld line 13, as shown in Figure 4.
  • the spring is separated from the fluid product before use and the simple tearing of the removable closure member has the effect of relax the spring which breaks the partition or walls.

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FR0115005A FR2832391B1 (fr) 2001-11-20 2001-11-20 Distributeur de produit fluide
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PCT/FR2002/003956 WO2003043907A1 (fr) 2001-11-20 2002-11-19 Distributeur de produit fluide

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