EP1463674A1 - Fluidproduktabgabeventil und dieses umfassende fluidproduktabgabevorrichtung - Google Patents

Fluidproduktabgabeventil und dieses umfassende fluidproduktabgabevorrichtung

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EP1463674A1
EP1463674A1 EP02804607A EP02804607A EP1463674A1 EP 1463674 A1 EP1463674 A1 EP 1463674A1 EP 02804607 A EP02804607 A EP 02804607A EP 02804607 A EP02804607 A EP 02804607A EP 1463674 A1 EP1463674 A1 EP 1463674A1
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valve
valve body
annular ring
ring
laqueue
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David Goujon
Jean-Marc PARDONGE
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Aptar France SAS
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Valois SAS
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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
    • B65D83/44—Valves specially adapted therefor; Regulating devices
    • B65D83/52—Valves specially adapted therefor; Regulating devices for metering
    • B65D83/54—Metering valves ; Metering valve assemblies

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  • Fluid product distribution valve and fluid product distribution device comprising such a valve
  • the present invention relates to an improved valve. More particularly, the present invention relates to an improved valve comprising an annular ring assembled around the valve body.
  • Valves are well known in the art. They find their main application with aerosol containers for the distribution of fluid product together with a propellant.
  • the valve comprises a valve body which is fixed in a fixing member, such as a crimpable capsule or the like, intended to fix the valve on a reservoir with interposition of a neck seal intended to seal with the reservoir .
  • the product contained in the tank may be incompatible with the seal materials used.
  • some pharmacy, perfumery, cosmetic products, but also insecticides, etc. may have components which react on the joints which can absorb or fix these components and swell, crack or deteriorate. As a result, the container may lose its seal. There can also be exchanges of the seal towards the product which is then altered and can lose its qualities.
  • Document FR-2 738 557 discloses a similar annular ring, which fulfills substantially the same purposes as that of document FR-2 450 758.
  • the particular design of the ring of document FR-2 738 557 provides additional advantages, by further limiting the contact between the seal and the product, by allowing compensation for manufacturing tolerances, and also by allowing non-distribution of the sedimentation residues which may occur with valves usable in reverse position.
  • the annular rings described above are fitted onto the valve body, the radial tightening being sufficient to maintain said ring in position.
  • This implementation has certain drawbacks, however.
  • the radial tightening of the ring on the valve body is likely, over time, to deform said valve body, so that the tightening may no longer be sufficient to keep the ring in position, it sliding then out of position along the valve body, so that it is no longer able to achieve the purposes for which it was intended.
  • the deformation of the valve body is likely to involve a risk of jamming of the valve of the valve. This is particularly true in the case of metering valves, in which the valve body contains a metering chamber and valve movable between a rest position and an actuation position.
  • This valve is biased by a spring towards its rest position, and when the user actuates the metering valve, he presses on this valve which slides in the valve body until the actuation position in which a dose of product is expelled. The spring then returns the valve stem to its rest position.
  • the clearance between the valve stem, in particular its internal lower part, and the valve body is precisely studied to provide the best performance. In this case, a slight deformation of the valve body, in particular of the valve body part in which the lower part of the valve stem slides, risks causing the latter to jam, and therefore a valve malfunction. .
  • the risk of deformation of the valve body is all the greater if it has several large openings allowing the entry of the product from the reservoir inside the valve.
  • a valve body having three longitudinal slots in the side wall of the body valve necessarily implies a relatively large flexibility of the valve body, incompatible with a radial tightening of the annular ring on this valve body.
  • the object of the present invention is to provide a valve which does not reproduce the abovementioned drawbacks.
  • the present invention aims to provide a fluid dispensing valve which is safe and reliable in its operation, by substantially eliminating the risk of jamming of the valve during actuation.
  • the present invention also aims to provide such a valve comprising an annular ring around the valve body, which is simple and inexpensive to manufacture and assemble.
  • Another object of the present invention is to provide such an improved valve, in which there is no risk that the annular ring assembled around the valve body will move out of position during its lifetime.
  • the present invention therefore relates to a fluid dispensing valve, comprising a valve body, a valve movable in said valve body between a rest position and a dispensing position, and an annular ring mounted around said valve body.
  • said annular ring is fixed on said valve body, said fixing being substantially radially non-tightening on said valve body, said annular ring having an axial edge proximal to the outlet orifice of said valve, said annular ring comprising one or more fixing means (s) cooperating with the valve body and produced (s) on or near said proximal radial edge.
  • the annular ring is snapped onto the valve body.
  • the valve body comprises a first body part, in which slides an internal part of the valve, and a second body part, defining a metering chamber, the second body part having an outer diameter greater than that of the first body part, said first and second body parts being connected by a joining part, said annular ring being fixed to said valve body at said joining part.
  • valve body comprises one or more body latching means cooperating with one or more ring latching means produced on the annular ring.
  • said body latching means comprise at least one shoulder produced in the external lateral wall of said valve body.
  • said ring latching means comprise at least one shoulder produced in the internal side wall of said annular ring.
  • said body latching means and / or said ring latching means comprise radial deformation means.
  • said radial deformation means comprise a radial space disposed radially respectively behind said body latching means and / or behind said ring latching means.
  • said annular ring has a radial recess disposed axially behind said ring latching means.
  • the annular ring is fixed to said valve body with a radial and / or axial clearance.
  • the present invention also relates to a valve unit characterized in that it comprises a valve as described above, a fixing member for fixing said valve on a reservoir of fluid product, and a seal for making sealing with said reservoir, said seal being disposed between said fixing member and said annular ring.
  • the present invention also relates to a fluid dispenser device comprising a fluid reservoir and a valve unit as described above.
  • FIG. 1 represents a schematic cross-sectional view of a valve according to an advantageous embodiment of the present invention, in the rest position, and
  • the valve comprises a valve body 10 in which slides a valve 20 movable between a rest position, shown in the single figure, and a dispensing position, in which the valve is inserted inside the body valve.
  • the valve has an outlet orifice through which the product will be distributed.
  • An annular ring 30 is mounted around said valve body 10 and, according to the invention, the fixing of the annular ring 30 on the valve body 10 is substantially non-tightening, that is to say that the ring 30, at the 'mounted state, exerts little or no radial force on the valve body 10. The risk of deformation of said valve body by the presence of the ring 30 is therefore eliminated.
  • the fixing of the ring on the valve body can be carried out with a radial clearance and / or an axial clearance, which means that the ring, when it is fixed, is in fact held on the valve body, without necessarily being locked in position.
  • the annular ring 30 is fixed to the valve body 10 by snap-fastening.
  • This latching can be carried out in different ways, for example with or without play, the fixing or latching means being able to be provided on the valve body 10, on the annular ring 30, or on both, as shown in the figures .
  • valve body 10 may comprise one or more means for fixing or latching the body 15, preferably produced in the form of shoulder (s) produced in the external lateral wall of said valve body 10
  • the annular ring 30 can also include one or more means for fixing or snap ring 35, preferably made in the form of shoulder (s) made (s) in the inner side wall of the ring.
  • the means respective latching 15, 35 of the valve body 10 and the annular ring 30 may include inclined ramps facilitating the latching operation.
  • the ring fixing means 35 are produced on or near the lower axial edge of the ring 30, in the position shown in FIG. 1.
  • This lower axial edge corresponds to the proximal axial edge of the ring 30 relative to the outlet orifice of the valve 20.
  • radial deformation means 16, 36 can be provided at the level of said body fixing means 15 and / or at said ring fixing means 35. More precisely, as shown in FIG. 1, these deformation means can be produced in the form of a respective radial space 16, 36 arranged radially behind said shoulder 15 of the valve body 10 and / or behind said shoulder 35 of the annular ring 30. In the example shown in FIG.
  • the ring 30 is clipped or snapped in during assembly by exerting a deformation force tion radially on the latching means, which can deform radially by the presence of the two spaces 16 and 36 respectively, and then return elastically to their normal position.
  • the ring 30 is also snapped on or snapped on during assembly.
  • the shoulder 35 is not formed at the lower edge of the ring 30. It can be formed by a projection 35 forming a shoulder, the ring 30 may include a radial recess 37 disposed axially behind said projection 35, in particular to limit the contact surface between the ring 30 and the valve body. The ring 30 therefore hooks onto an axially more internal part of the valve body.
  • the ring 30 is definitively fixed on the valve body 10, and in particular it does not risk moving during the lifetime of this valve, for example in due to a deformation of the valve body 10 as was the case in the devices of the prior art.
  • An advantage of the snap-fastening is that in the assembled state, the radial ring 30 can exert only a very small radial force on the valve body, or even no radial force.
  • the valve can be held on the neck of a reservoir (not shown) by means of a fixing member 40, for example produced in the form of a crimpable capsule or cup.
  • a fixing member 40 for example produced in the form of a crimpable capsule or cup.
  • other fixing members can be envisaged to achieve this fixing.
  • the valve is fixed to the tank with the interposition of a seal 50, called a neck seal.
  • the ring 30 is, in the assembled position, applied against said neck seal 50, which is wedged between the annular ring 30 and the fixing member 40. In this way, the presence of the ring 30 limits the contact between the product contained inside the reservoir and the neck seal 50.
  • it is the proximal axial edge of the ring 30 which is in contact with the seal 50.
  • the ring 30 is made of an inert material with respect to the product contained in the reservoir, and it makes it possible to fulfill all the aforementioned functions of the rings as defined in the documents of the aforementioned prior art, namely the patents FR-2 450 758 and FR-2 738 557.
  • An advantage of the present invention is to be able to produce a valve unit formed by the valve itself, the fixing member 40 and the seal 50. This valve unit can then be supplied to the manufacturer of the product which no longer has than to introduce its product into a reservoir and assemble the valve unit on said reservoir by means of the fixing member 40.
  • the present invention applies to all types of valves, in particular those operating in the inverted position, but they have additional advantages in the context of a metering valve as shown in the figures.
  • the metering valve comprises a valve body 10 which contains a metering chamber 13.
  • This metering chamber 13 is delimited axially by two annular seals, a valve seal 17 and a chamber seal 18. These two seals each have a central opening through which passes a valve 20, movable inside the valve body 10 between a rest position, shown in the figure, and an actuation position.
  • This valve 20 is biased towards its rest position by an elastic member 19, such as a spring, bearing on the one hand on the bottom of the valve body 10 and on the other hand on an internal part 21 of the valve 20
  • an elastic member 19 such as a spring
  • the valve body 10 is fixed, in particular crimped in a fixing member 40, such as a capsule, which is then fixed, for example by crimping, on the neck of any container (not shown), with interposition of the neck seal 50.
  • a fixing member 40 such as a capsule
  • the valve body 10 comprises a first body part 11, in which the internal part 21 of the valve 20 slides, and a second body part 12 which comprises the metering chamber 13.
  • this metering chamber 13 can be defined by a sleeve 60 inserted in the second body part 12.
  • the second body part 12 preferably has an external diameter greater than that of the first body part 11, said first and second parts of body 11, 12 being connected by a joining part 14.
  • the annular ring 30 is fixed to said valve body 10 at the level of said joining part 14.
  • this junction portion 14 which can be formed by a radial or conical wall portion, comprises the latching means 15 of the body, which come to cooperate with the latching means e 35 of the ring 30.
  • the ring 30 absolutely does not cooperate with the first body part 11 in which the internal part 21 of the valve 20 slides. This is particularly advantageous in the case of a metering valve in which the first body part 11 has one or more longitudinal slots extending over a large part of its side wall, to allow the entry of the product contained in the container (not shown) inside the valve.
  • the presence of one or more slots of this type induces a certain flexibility of the valve body 10, so that even a small radial force exerted on the first body part 11 may cause it to distort.
  • the clearance provided between the internal wall of the valve body 10 and the valve 20 is generally determined very precisely so that even a slight deformation of the valve body may cause the wedging of the valve and therefore a valve malfunction.
  • the internal diameter of the valve body is not deformed and therefore does not vary over time, which therefore avoids any risk of jamming while allowing the use of an annular ring 30 with the advantages and above functions.
  • the shoulder (s) 15 of the valve body 10 is made in the first part of the body 11.
  • the radial force exerted on the valve body by the ring 30 in the assembled state is minimal, even nuUe, to avoid any risk of deformation of said valve body.
EP02804607A 2001-12-13 2002-12-11 Fluidproduktabgabeventil und dieses umfassende fluidproduktabgabevorrichtung Expired - Lifetime EP1463674B1 (de)

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FR0116151 2001-12-13
FR0116151A FR2833584B1 (fr) 2001-12-13 2001-12-13 Valve de distribution de produit fluide et dispositif de distribution de produit fluide comportant une telle valve
PCT/FR2002/004291 WO2003050013A1 (fr) 2001-12-13 2002-12-11 Valve de distribution de produit fluide et dispositif de distribution de produit fluide comportant une telle valve

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JP (1) JP4247121B2 (de)
CN (1) CN100445182C (de)
AU (1) AU2002364641A1 (de)
DE (1) DE60209816T2 (de)
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WO (1) WO2003050013A1 (de)

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WO2003050013A1 (fr) 2003-06-19
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