EP1590097B1 - Organe de distribution de produit fluide et distributeur comprenant un tel organe - Google Patents

Organe de distribution de produit fluide et distributeur comprenant un tel organe Download PDF

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EP1590097B1
EP1590097B1 EP03799662A EP03799662A EP1590097B1 EP 1590097 B1 EP1590097 B1 EP 1590097B1 EP 03799662 A EP03799662 A EP 03799662A EP 03799662 A EP03799662 A EP 03799662A EP 1590097 B1 EP1590097 B1 EP 1590097B1
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dispenser
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stéphane Beranger
Firmin Garcia
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Aptar France 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
    • B05B11/01—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
    • B05B11/1023—Piston pumps having an outlet valve opened by deformation or displacement of the piston relative to its actuating stem
    • B05B11/1025—Piston pumps having an outlet valve opened by deformation or displacement of the piston relative to its actuating stem a spring urging the outlet valve in its closed 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
    • B05B11/1043—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

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  • the present invention relates to a fluid dispenser member for mounting on an opening of a fluid reservoir.
  • the invention also relates to a fluid dispenser comprising a dispensing member and a fluid reservoir.
  • Such dispensers equipped with such organs are used in particular in the fields of perfumery, cosmetics or even pharmacy. They are intended to distribute liquid fluid or powder in the form of a spray, a continuous net or large drops.
  • the invention relates to a dispenser member according to the preamble of claim 1.
  • a dispenser member according to the preamble of claim 1.
  • Such an organ is known from the document US-2002/066751 .
  • such dispensing members comprise a body internally defining a chamber of variable volume, said body defining a lower end, an actuating rod movable axially back and forth in said body to vary the volume of said chamber said rod comprising a lower part engaged in the body and an upper part defining an upper end, a circumferential bearing flange extending radially outwards, said flange comprising a lower face intended to bear at least indirectly on an edge of the opening of the fluid reservoir, optionally a neck seal disposed in contact with the underside of the collar so as to be compressed between the collar and the edge of the opening.
  • the neck seal is only a few tenths of a millimeter thick so that the peripheral support flange determines the height of the dispensing member inserted into the opening of the reservoir and the height of the dispensing member which protrudes out of the tank opening.
  • the height of the dispensing member above the support collar is not too important.
  • most of the dispensing members comprise a relatively elongated body which is engaged for the most part inside the opening of the reservoir. When the opening is defined by a relatively elongated neck, it is possible that the dispensing member does not protrude below the neck to inside the tank body.
  • the dispensing member when the neck is very short as is the case for standard tanks, the dispensing member, and more particularly the body, penetrate inside the body of the tank so that it is possible to see the body inside the body of the tank when it is transparent. This does not have a very sought-after aesthetic effect, especially in perfumery, where it is always sought to mask the dispensing member as much as possible.
  • most of the distribution members have a height below the collar which is three or four times greater than the height above the collar.
  • the object of the present invention is to define a particularly compact dispensing member which is compatible with substantially all tank neck heights, while being particularly balanced.
  • the axial height HS 1 axially separating the lower face of the collar from the upper end of the actuating rod is substantially equal to the axial height HI 1 axially separating the lower face of the collar from the lower extremity of the body.
  • the axial height HS 2 axially separating the lower face of the seal from the upper end of the actuating rod is substantially equal to the axial height HI 2 axially separating the lower face of the seal from the lower end of the body.
  • the neck seal has a very small thickness, this amounts to approximately say that the flange is disposed substantially at mid-height of the dispensing member.
  • HS1, HS2, HI1 and HI2 are all of the order of 7 to 9 mm.
  • the total height of the dispensing member is therefore of the order of 14 to 18 millimeters, preferably 16 to 17 millimeters, which is particularly reduced in the field of cosmetics, perfumery or pharmacy.
  • the dispensing member is thus virtually invisible inside a neck of medium height or even low. Indeed, the lower end of the body does not even protrude below the neck inside the body of the tank.
  • the dispensing member further comprises a dispensing head mounted on the upper part of the rod and forming a dispensing orifice, said head defining an upper end, the axial height HS3 axially separating the lower face of the flange of the upper end of the head is slightly greater than the axial height HI2 axially separating the lower face of the flange of the lower end of the body.
  • the dispensing head is considered an accessory of a dispensing member, since for the same dispensing member, it is possible to mount several different dispensing heads.
  • HS3 is of the order of 9 to 10 mm.
  • the axial height excluding HV distribution head is of the order of 16 to 17 millimeters, and the total axial height with the head distribution may be of the order of 17 to 19 millimeters.
  • the dispensing member may further comprise a trim band intended to extend around the body outside the edge of the opening, said band comprising an upper end, and a dispensing head mounted on the upper part of the rod and defining a lateral dispensing orifice, the head being movable axially inside the upper end of the hoop.
  • the hoop can be mounted on a fixing ring engaged with the body and the reservoir.
  • the trim band usually extends over the entire outside height of the neck, so that the height under flange inserted inside is not even visible since it does not even protrude below the neck.
  • the invention also relates to a fluid dispenser comprising a fluid reservoir defining a reservoir with an opening and a dispensing member as defined above mounted on the opening of the reservoir.
  • the reservoir comprises a substantially cylindrical projecting collar defining the opening, said neck defining a free upper end forming an annular edge on which the collar or seal rests and a lower end connected to the tank body, the lower end of the body being located in the neck so that it does not extend not in the tank body.
  • the axial height HC of the neck is of the order of 7 to 9 mm for an internal diameter of about 8 mm and an outer diameter of about 13 mm.
  • the dispensing member used to illustrate the present invention and shown in the figures is a pump comprising a pump body 1 of generally cylindrical shape.
  • the body 1 is however staggered so as to define a lower section 13 is an upper section 14.
  • the upper section 14 has a diameter greater than the lower section 13.
  • the lower end of the lower section 13 defines an inlet 11 which makes communicate the outside with the interior of the body 1 at the lower section 13.
  • This inlet 11 is defined by an inlet sleeve having a lower end 10 which also forms the lower end of the body 1.
  • the inlet 11 defines an inlet valve seat associated with an inlet valve 15 which can move axially between a closed position and an open position.
  • a free piston 6 having an outer sealing lip 61 is engaged with sealing sliding inside the upper section 14, which thus defines a sealed sliding shaft.
  • a pump chamber 15 is thus defined inside the body 1 between the inlet 11 selectively closed by the valve 15 and the free piston 6. This chamber is of variable volume because of the displacement of the piston 6 inside the the upper section 14.
  • the free piston is mounted on an actuating rod 7 which penetrates inside the upper section 14, but also in the lower section 15.
  • the free piston 6 is slidably mounted on the actuating rod: the piston and the actuating rod together define an outlet valve which operates by sliding the piston 6 on a section of the actuating rod 7.
  • a precompression spring makes it possible to urge the piston 6 to the closed rest position.
  • the actuating rod 7 defines an internal discharge channel through which the fluid product pressurized in the pump chamber 15 can escape by passing through the open outlet valve.
  • the actuating rod 7 also defines an upper end 79 which is also in the form of an annular plate.
  • the actuating rod 7 is urged into the rest position by a return spring 76 located outside the pump chamber 15.
  • the pump also comprises a shell 5 which defines the top dead center or in the rest position of the piston 6 and the actuating rod 7. In other words, the piston 6 abuts against the shell 5 in the absence
  • the ferrule 5 also forms a bearing flange 52 which extends radially outwardly.
  • This support flange 52 extends around the body 1 substantially at the junction between the lower 13 and upper 14 sections.
  • the annular support flange 52 comprises a lower face 51 in contact with an annular neck seal 2.
  • the seal comprises an upper face 21 in contact with the lower face 51 of the collar and a lower face 22 facing downwards. This lower face 22 of the seal 2 is intended to come into contact with the upper end edge 911 of a neck 91 of a reservoir 9.
  • the neck 91 thus defines an opening 90 allowing access to a reservoir body containing fluid product.
  • the neck 91 may be connected to the body of the reservoir by an outwardly extending shoulder 92 as can be seen in FIG. 2.
  • the neck 91 may also have an outer peripheral reinforcement 910 which projects radially towards the outside.
  • the dispensing member of the invention is conventionally equipped with a dispensing head 8 mounted on the upper end of the actuating rod.
  • This dispensing head which can act as a pusher, comprises a distribution channel 82 which connects the discharge channel formed by the actuating rod to an outlet orifice 81 which may be of the nozzle type.
  • the dispensing head may optionally be provided with a covering cap 83 which extends all around the dispensing head.
  • the covering cap comprises an upper bearing surface 83 on which one can exert a thrust with the aid of a finger and a cylindrical peripheral skirt 84 which extends downwards from the bearing surface 83 .
  • the dispensing member comprises a fixing ring 3 which makes it possible to fix the dispensing member on the neck 91.
  • the fixing ring 3 comprises means for receiving the dispensing member. , for example at its flange 52 and further comprises fixing lugs having heads 31 intended to engage under the peripheral reinforcement 910 of the neck 91.
  • the dispensing member comprises a trim band 4 which comes to dress the fixing ring 3.
  • the trim band 4 comprises an upper end 41 forming an inward flap and a free lower end 42
  • the hoop is substantially cylindrical over its entire height.
  • the dispensing head 8 can move axially inside the casing band 4. Even in the rest position, the lower end of the skirt 84 is inserted into the upper end 41 of the casing. fret 4.
  • the trim band 4 extends over the height of the neck 9, and advantageously abuts with its lower end 42 on the shoulder 92. Thus, the neck 91 is no longer visible .
  • the axial height HS 1 defined between the lower face 51 of the flange 52 and the upper end 79 of the actuating rod is substantially equal to the axial height HI1 defined between the lower face of the flange 51 and the lower end 10 of the body 1. Since the neck seal 2 has a small thickness of the order from 0.5 to 1 millimeter, it can also be said that the axial height HS 2 defined between the lower face 22 of the gasket 2 and the upper end 79 is substantially equal to the height HI 2 defined between the lower face 22 of the gasket 2 and the gasket 2. lower end 10 of the body 1.
  • the height of the pump inserted in the neck 91 is substantially equal to the height of the pump which protrudes out of the neck when omitting the dispensing head 8 which is only an accessory of the pump.
  • the axial height HS3 defined between the lower face 51 of the flange 52 and the upper bearing wall 83 of the dispensing head 8 is substantially equal to or slightly greater than the height HI1 defined between the lower face of the flange 52 and the lower end 10 of the body 1.
  • a plunger tube 101 can be mounted in the inlet 11, as can be seen in Figures 2 and 3, but this tube 101 is not part of the pump, but is only an accessory.
  • the axial heights HS1, HS2, HI1 and HI2 can all be of the order of 7 to 9 millimeters.
  • HI2 is approximately equal to 8.2 millimeters and HI1 is equal to 8.8 millimeters, the thickness of the joint being 0.6 millimeters.
  • the lower end of the pump is located in the neck without protruding downwardly within the body of the reservoir. Since the trim band 4 extends to the level of the shoulder 92, the pump is completely masked. We can say that it is invisible.
  • This characteristic can be implemented independently of the fact that the support flange is located substantially halfway up the dispensing member.
  • the dimensions of the neck may be as follows: the external diameter DEC may be of the order of 13 millimeters, the internal diameter DIC may be the order of 8 millimeters with a neck height of the order of 7 to 9 millimeters just like HI1 and HI2.
  • the outer diameter of the body at the lower section 13 may be of the order of 6 to 7 millimeters.

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EP03799662A 2002-12-23 2003-12-19 Organe de distribution de produit fluide et distributeur comprenant un tel organe Expired - Lifetime EP1590097B1 (fr)

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FR0216547 2002-12-23
FR0216547A FR2849000B1 (fr) 2002-12-23 2002-12-23 Dispositif de distribution de produit fluide.
FR0308493 2003-07-10
FR0308493A FR2857340B1 (fr) 2003-07-10 2003-07-10 Organe de distribution de produit fluide et distributeur comprenant un tel organe
PCT/FR2003/003835 WO2004058413A1 (fr) 2002-12-23 2003-12-19 Organe de distribution de produit fluide et distributeur comprenant un tel organe

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