EP1483056B1 - Dispositif d' echantillons de parfum - Google Patents

Dispositif d' echantillons de parfum Download PDF

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EP1483056B1
EP1483056B1 EP03717345A EP03717345A EP1483056B1 EP 1483056 B1 EP1483056 B1 EP 1483056B1 EP 03717345 A EP03717345 A EP 03717345A EP 03717345 A EP03717345 A EP 03717345A EP 1483056 B1 EP1483056 B1 EP 1483056B1
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Jean-Louis Bougamont
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Silgan Dispensing Systems Le Treport SAS
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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
    • B05B11/0005—Components or details
    • B05B11/0008—Sealing or attachment arrangements between sprayer and container
    • B05B11/0013—Attachment arrangements comprising means cooperating with the inner surface of the 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
    • B05B11/01—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
    • B05B11/1001—Piston pumps
    • B05B11/1016—Piston pumps the outlet valve having a valve seat located downstream a movable valve element controlled by a pressure actuated controlling element
    • B05B11/1018—Piston pumps the outlet valve having a valve seat located downstream a movable valve element controlled by a pressure actuated controlling element and the controlling element cooperating with means for opening or closing the inlet valve
    • 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
    • B05B11/1043—Sealing or attachment arrangements between pump and container
    • B05B11/1046—Sealing or attachment arrangements between pump and container the pump chamber being arranged substantially coaxially to the neck of the container
    • B05B11/1047—Sealing or attachment arrangements between pump and container the pump chamber being arranged substantially coaxially to the neck of the container the pump being preassembled as an independent unit before being mounted on the 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
    • B05B11/01—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
    • B05B11/1059—Means for locking a pump or its actuation means in a fixed position
    • B05B11/106—Means for locking a pump or its actuation means in a fixed position in a retracted position, e.g. in an end-of-dispensing-stroke position
    • 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
    • B05B11/1066—Pump inlet valves
    • B05B11/107—Gate valves; Sliding valves
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B05—SPRAYING OR ATOMISING IN GENERAL; APPLYING FLUENT MATERIALS TO SURFACES, IN GENERAL
    • B05B—SPRAYING APPARATUS; ATOMISING APPARATUS; NOZZLES
    • B05B1/00—Nozzles, spray heads or other outlets, with or without auxiliary devices such as valves, heating means
    • B05B1/34—Nozzles, spray heads or other outlets, with or without auxiliary devices such as valves, heating means designed to influence the nature of flow of the liquid or other fluent material, e.g. to produce swirl
    • B05B1/3405—Nozzles, spray heads or other outlets, with or without auxiliary devices such as valves, heating means designed to influence the nature of flow of the liquid or other fluent material, e.g. to produce swirl to produce swirl
    • B05B1/341—Nozzles, spray heads or other outlets, with or without auxiliary devices such as valves, heating means designed to influence the nature of flow of the liquid or other fluent material, e.g. to produce swirl to produce swirl before discharging the liquid or other fluent material, e.g. in a swirl chamber upstream the spray outlet

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  • the present invention relates to a liquid product dispenser and more particularly to perfume samples as defined in the preamble of claim 1.
  • miniature dispensers known hitherto generally comprise a pump whose body, fitted sealed in said neck, encloses a piston cooperating by means of a return spring with an intake valve and an exhaust valve.
  • the piston carries an external rod delimiting an internal discharge duct and a dispensing head covering said piston rod and carrying an ejection orifice.
  • the present invention aims to simplify the structure of these distributors and their manufacturing and assembly processes by reducing the number of component parts while improving the efficiency and quality of their operation.
  • said head has a lateral skirt provided in the lower part of a separable peripheral band ensuring its locking in the lower position by hooking an internal projection in a retaining element formed on the outer wall of the tank.
  • the neck of said reservoir has a peripheral collar under which clinging the internal projection of the separable strip.
  • the tank wall has a peripheral groove in which is engaged the inner projection of the separable strip.
  • said intake and exhaust valves consist respectively of a plug and a needle carried by a single shutter, movable in axial translation inside the pump body and around which is mounted the return spring.
  • said needle is formed of the frustoconical upper end of the shutter which is intended to come, in the intake phase, in sealing engagement against an angular edge of the lower end of the discharge duct delimiting a zone of circular contact.
  • said plug is formed of a cylindrical lower portion of the shutter which is intended to slide in a sealed manner in a bore of said body and on a height of which is provided at least one groove allowing the passage of the product in phase 'admission.
  • the diameter of the circular contact zone of the edge with the pointer is smaller than the inside diameter of the bore of the body.
  • said shutter has a shoulder for setting said return spring.
  • said piston comprises a peripheral ring intended to abut upwards against an annular lip carried by the upper edge of the pump body, while said pump body has an annular upper flange bearing on the tank neck.
  • the dispenser of the invention comprises a limited number of parts made of plastic material including the tank whose manufacture and assembly by molding are simple, fast and economical.
  • mounting the head on the core is easily done without indexing and yet ensures reliable operation of the spray nozzle.
  • the separable band ensures, before use, the retention of the head in the low position, which not only guarantees the sealing of the pump but also the inviolability and good preservation of the product.
  • the dispenser shown in the figures comprises a reservoir 1 provided with a neck 10 in which is enclosed a liquid product such as a perfume.
  • a precompression pump with a cylindro-conical body 2 is mounted on the tank 1.
  • the body 2 is fitted with tight radial clamping in the neck 10 in the manner of a plug.
  • the body 2 has an annular upper flange 21 which bears on the rim of the neck 10 thus limiting the depression of the body 2 in the reservoir 1 and by adjusting the position of the plunger tube 22 (partially represented) with respect to the level of liquid.
  • the body 2 encloses a cylindrical piston 3 cooperating by means of a return spring 4, with an intake valve and an exhaust valve and delimiting with the body wall a metering chamber.
  • the piston 3 carries an outer rod 31 internally defining a discharge conduit 30 extending the metering chamber upwards.
  • the rod 31 is surmounted by a dispensing head 7 forming a push-button which carries an ejection orifice 70.
  • the rod 31 is extended, in the upper part, by a core 33 defining complementary to the inner wall of the head 7, on the one hand, an outlet channel 37 fed by the exhaust duct 30 and, on the other hand, on the other hand, a swirling spraying system 38 in which opens the channel 37.
  • the channel 37 extends here to the upper periphery of the core 33.
  • the rod 31 and the core 33 form a single piece.
  • This whirling system 38 which communicates externally, via the orifice 70, consists of placing a network of grooves carried by the front face of the core 33 with an obturating face carried by the inner wall of the head. 7 around the orifice 70.
  • the abutment upwardly of the core 33 inside the head 7 automatically ensures the tight connection of the ducts, channels and nozzle without the need to provide an indexing parts facing.
  • the head 7 has a side skirt 71 provided, in the lower part, a peripheral band 6 ensuring its locking in the lower position.
  • the strip 6 is separable from the head by being attached to the skirt 71 by a weakening zone 61 that can be broken or detached by traction by means of an end tongue 63.
  • the strip 6 carries a continuous or discontinuous internal protrusion 62 which is engaged with the external wall of the tank 1 by hooking in a retaining element.
  • the retaining element is formed of a flange 11 of the neck of the tank 1 delimited in the drawings by a reduction in thickness of the wall of the tank 1 or according to another variant (FIGS. 1 to 3), this element is formed on the body of the tank in the form of a groove 12.
  • the intake and exhaust valves are constituted respectively by a plug 51 and a needle 52 carried by a single shutter 5 which is movable in axial translation inside the pump body 2, and around which is mounted the spring 4
  • the body 2 is provided with an internal coaxial sleeve 24 delimiting, on the one hand, with the lateral wall of the body, a cylindrical zone in which the piston 3 is guided and, on the other hand, with the shutter 5 a central housing for the spring 4.
  • the needle 52 is formed of the frustoconical upper end the shutter 5 which is intended to come, in the intake phase, in sealing contact against an angular edge 32 of the lower end of the exhaust duct 30.
  • the plug 51 is formed, meanwhile, a cylindrical lower portion formed on the shutter 5 which is able to slide tightly in a bore 20 of the body 2 of the pump.
  • a groove 51a is however made on a height of the cylindrical portion to allow, during the intake phase, the passage of the product by suction from the tank 1.
  • Another embodiment, not shown, is to provide on the same height of the cylindrical portion, a necking diameter allowing the passage of the product.
  • the shutter 5 also comprises a shoulder 54 for setting the spring 4.
  • the height of the shutter 5 is such that it occupies, in the lower position of the piston, almost the entire interior volume of the plunger tube 22 leaving only a slight clearance, as shown in FIG. 1, where the head is maintained in the low position against the biasing forces of the spring 4.
  • This arrangement allows a rapid priming of the pump since the capacity of the dip tube is reduced while its own dimensions (height and diameter) remain normal.
  • the head 7 rises immediately under the effect of the spring 4 and the upward movement of the piston 3 sucks the product into the tank 1 via the tube 22.
  • the device In this rest position, the device is sealed at the exhaust valve by a slight pressure of the needle 52 against the core 33.
  • the piston 3 comprises a peripheral ring 34 intended to abut upwards against an annular lip 23 carried by the upper edge of the body 2 of the pump.
  • the lip 23 is a deformable lip that can be unfolded outwardly to allow the body to be ejected from the mold during manufacture and subsequently folded inwardly.
  • the calibration of the exhaust valve is adjusted by an appropriate choice of materials and dimensions of the contact zone between the needle 52 and the lower edge 32 of the conduit 30, so that it can open once the valve closed admission.
  • the zone of contact between the needle 52 and the edge 32 is circular and its diameter is smaller than the inside diameter of the bore 20 of the body 2.

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  • Containers And Packaging Bodies Having A Special Means To Remove Contents (AREA)
  • Closures For Containers (AREA)
  • Reciprocating Pumps (AREA)
  • Sampling And Sample Adjustment (AREA)
  • Fats And Perfumes (AREA)
  • Centrifugal Separators (AREA)
EP03717345A 2002-02-06 2003-01-20 Dispositif d' echantillons de parfum Revoked EP1483056B1 (fr)

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Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
FR0201432 2002-02-06
FR0201432A FR2835513B1 (fr) 2002-02-06 2002-02-06 Dispositif d'echantillons de parfum
PCT/FR2003/000163 WO2003066234A1 (fr) 2002-02-06 2003-01-20 Dispositif d' échantillons de parfum

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EP1483056A1 EP1483056A1 (fr) 2004-12-08
EP1483056B1 true EP1483056B1 (fr) 2007-12-12

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EP03717345A Revoked EP1483056B1 (fr) 2002-02-06 2003-01-20 Dispositif d' echantillons de parfum
EP03712293A Revoked EP1472007B1 (fr) 2002-02-06 2003-02-05 Distributeur de produit liquide a pompe

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JP (2) JP2005516758A (es)
CN (2) CN1299835C (es)
AT (2) ATE380600T1 (es)
AU (2) AU2003222332A1 (es)
BR (2) BR0307384A (es)
CA (2) CA2475049A1 (es)
DE (2) DE60318019D1 (es)
ES (2) ES2297149T3 (es)
FR (1) FR2835513B1 (es)
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WO (2) WO2003066234A1 (es)

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MXPA04007715A (es) 2004-11-10
EP1472007B1 (fr) 2007-11-14
ATE380600T1 (de) 2007-12-15
AU2003216972A1 (en) 2003-09-02
CN1287908C (zh) 2006-12-06
WO2003066234A1 (fr) 2003-08-14
EP1472007A1 (fr) 2004-11-03
JP2005521545A (ja) 2005-07-21
CA2475049A1 (en) 2003-08-14
BR0307538A (pt) 2004-12-21
US20060060608A1 (en) 2006-03-23
JP2005516758A (ja) 2005-06-09
MXPA04007601A (es) 2004-11-10
CN1299835C (zh) 2007-02-14
ES2297139T3 (es) 2008-05-01
EP1483056A1 (fr) 2004-12-08
FR2835513A1 (fr) 2003-08-08
US7467732B2 (en) 2008-12-23
CA2475369A1 (en) 2003-08-14
ATE378114T1 (de) 2007-11-15
DE60318019D1 (de) 2008-01-24
CN1627997A (zh) 2005-06-15
WO2003066235A1 (fr) 2003-08-14
BR0307384A (pt) 2004-11-09
DE60317463D1 (de) 2007-12-27
US20050167452A1 (en) 2005-08-04
CN1625443A (zh) 2005-06-08
ES2297149T3 (es) 2008-05-01
AU2003222332A1 (en) 2003-09-02

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