EP1616632B1 - Pompe permettant de distribuer un produit dans differéntes position et récipient pour celle-lui - Google Patents

Pompe permettant de distribuer un produit dans differéntes position et récipient pour celle-lui Download PDF

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EP1616632B1
EP1616632B1 EP05023001A EP05023001A EP1616632B1 EP 1616632 B1 EP1616632 B1 EP 1616632B1 EP 05023001 A EP05023001 A EP 05023001A EP 05023001 A EP05023001 A EP 05023001A EP 1616632 B1 EP1616632 B1 EP 1616632B1
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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
    • B05B11/0059—Components or details allowing operation in any orientation, e.g. for discharge in inverted 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
    • B05B11/0005—Components or details
    • B05B11/0037—Containers
    • B05B11/0039—Containers associated with means for compensating the pressure difference between the ambient pressure and the pressure inside the container, e.g. pressure relief means
    • B05B11/0044—Containers associated with means for compensating the pressure difference between the ambient pressure and the pressure inside the container, e.g. pressure relief means compensating underpressure by ingress of atmospheric air into the container, i.e. with venting means
    • B05B11/00442—Containers associated with means for compensating the pressure difference between the ambient pressure and the pressure inside the container, e.g. pressure relief means compensating underpressure by ingress of atmospheric air into the container, i.e. with venting means the means being actuated by the difference between the atmospheric pressure and the pressure inside 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
    • 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
    • B05B11/0039—Containers associated with means for compensating the pressure difference between the ambient pressure and the pressure inside the container, e.g. pressure relief means
    • 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
    • B05B11/0039—Containers associated with means for compensating the pressure difference between the ambient pressure and the pressure inside the container, e.g. pressure relief means
    • B05B11/0044—Containers associated with means for compensating the pressure difference between the ambient pressure and the pressure inside the container, e.g. pressure relief means compensating underpressure by ingress of atmospheric air into the container, i.e. with venting means

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  • the present invention relates to a pump to be mounted on a container and for dispensing a product in different positions, including head up or head down.
  • a pump for dispensing a product head up or upside down having a pump body and a movable assembly in the pump body, defining therewith a pumping chamber of variable volume.
  • the pump body has an opening allowing the product contained in the container to enter the pumping chamber when the pump is used upside down.
  • the movable assembly comprises a lip for isolating the aforementioned opening of the pumping chamber after a certain depression in the pump body. If the pump is held upside down for a long period, a risk of product leakage through this opening is not excluded, especially if the product is low viscosity.
  • the invention aims in particular to provide a pump which has a relatively simple structure while allowing to distribute satisfactorily a product, even low viscosity, head up or upside down.
  • the invention can make it possible to produce the pump with an air intake passage which can extend at least partially in the pump body, for example by means of a clearance formed between a rod of the moving assembly and the fixed part. . This can avoid having to implement complex and expensive sealing means to achieve between the aforementioned rod and the fixed part.
  • the invention also allows in the case where the air intake is performed through a clearance between the rod and the fixed part to reduce the risk of product leakage in case of maintenance upside down the pump, whether at rest or when the moving assembly is in an end position in the pump body, since the second lip can prevent the product entering through the opening to gain from the inside of the pump body the recovery passage of air and flow out of the pump.
  • the pump comprises an annular seal intended to be inserted between the fixed part and the upper end of the neck of the container on which the pump is mounted, this seal comprising a radially inner portion which on the one hand can apply to the pump body to prevent the product contained in the container from flowing outwards and secondly can deviate from it under the effect of a depression in the container to allow the air intake.
  • the seal does not apply to the pump body. However, the clearance between the seal and the pump body is then low enough to prevent the passage of the product, while allowing the passage of air.
  • the pump comprises a base portion for fixing the pump on the container, the pump body being fixed, in particular by snapping, on this base portion.
  • the aforementioned air intake passage may be formed at least partially between this base portion and the pump body.
  • At least one of the first and second lips is arranged to permanently apply to the pump body, and preferably the two lips are permanently applied to the body pump.
  • the first lip may have a substantially frustoconical shape diverging towards the pumping chamber and the second lip concave arcuate shape towards the inner surface of the pump body, applying at the lower and upper edges to the pump body.
  • the mobile assembly may comprise a shutter arranged to close an outlet passage of the product when the volume of the pumping chamber increases and to release this passage when the volume of the chamber of pumping decreases and the pressure of the product in the pumping chamber reaches a predefined value.
  • the pump comprises other pre-compression mechanisms or is not pre-compression.
  • the movable assembly may comprise an interior space into which the outlet passage of the product opens and in which the shutter is disposed.
  • This shutter may comprise a tubular body closed at its upper end by a substantially frustoconical portion, adapted to close off the outlet passage of the product.
  • the shutter may further comprise an annular lip, outside the tubular body, adapted to be applied on a wall delimiting the aforementioned internal space, this annular lip, when the pump is observed head up, having a substantially frustoconical shape diverging upward and located below the passage or passages communicating said interior space and the pumping chamber.
  • the shutter can be returned to its closed position by a resilient return element disposed in the interior space, this elastic return element being for example a helical spring working in compression.
  • the pump comprises an elastic return element adapted to recall the moving assembly in its rest position.
  • This elastic return element can be arranged in the pumping chamber and comprise a helical spring working in compression.
  • This return element could also, without departing from the scope of the present invention, be disposed outside the pumping chamber, especially if it is desired to avoid contact with the product.
  • the pump body is arranged to allow the attachment of a dip tube.
  • the pump comprising a suction valve closing when the volume of the pumping chamber decreases and opens when the volume of the pumping chamber increases, the valve can be arranged to allow the supply of the pumping chamber produced by means of the dip tube when the pump is used upside down.
  • the invention also relates to a container equipped with a pump as defined above.
  • the pump 1 shown on the Figures 1 and 2 is intended to be mounted on a neck 52 of a container 53, apparent on the figure 3 , containing a product P to be dispensed, for example a low viscosity product such as a perfume.
  • This pump 1 comprises a fixed part 2 and a mobile assembly 3 that can move along an axis X with respect to the fixed part 2.
  • the latter comprises a base portion 4 comprising a mounting skirt 5, threaded internally, intended to be secured to the neck 52 of the container 53 by screwing in the example.
  • the base portion 4 could be otherwise attached to the container neck without departing from the scope of the present invention by snapping, gluing, welding or crimping for example.
  • the fixed part 2 further comprises a pump body 16 defining with the moving assembly 3 a pumping chamber 17, of variable volume.
  • the moving assembly 3 comprises a piston 30 made in one piece with a hollow rod 31 at the upper end of which is fixed a push-button 25.
  • the mounting skirt 5 is extended upwards by a neck 7, surrounding a central portion 8 of the base portion 4.
  • This central portion 8 comprises two tubular walls 9 and 12, coaxial, interconnected by an annular wall 11 to their upper end, and defines an annular groove open downwards, in which is engaged the pump body 16.
  • the central portion 8 is connected at its lower end to the neck 7 by an annular wall 10 extending perpendicularly to the axis X.
  • This passage 13 defines at its lower end a frustoconical surface 13a of axis X, diverging downwards, against which can sealingly supporting a corresponding frustoconical surface 31a of the rod 31, converging upwards, when the pump is at rest, as illustrated in FIG. figure 1 .
  • the radially outermost tubular wall 9 has, on its radially inner side, a bead 14 for snap-fastening the pump body 16 to the base part 4, the pump body 16 having for this purpose at its end upper annular bead 23.
  • the base portion 4 carries an annular seal 51 intended to be interposed between the annular wall 10 and the upper end of the neck 52 of the container 53, as illustrated in FIG. figure 3 .
  • the radially inner portion 51a of the seal 51 normally engages against the pump body 16 to prevent the product contained in the container from flowing outwardly.
  • the pump body 16 has in the example considered a cylindrical portion 16a of revolution about the axis X and has at its lower end a tip 18 for fixing a dip tube 19.
  • the nozzle 18 defines the seat of a ball suction valve 20.
  • the latter is retained in its housing by at least one lug 21 of the pump body 16.
  • the pump body 16 has an opening 24, located in the example considered substantially halfway up the latter, and making it possible to put the pumping chamber 17 in communication with the inside. of the container when the mobile assembly 3 is at rest, the volume of the pumping chamber then being maximum.
  • the pushbutton 25 comprises a dispensing orifice 26 made with a conventional swirling channel nozzle 27, attached to the rest of the push button, which allows the dispensing of the product P in the form of a spray.
  • the rod 31 comprises a channel 29 allowing the product to gain this orifice 26.
  • the piston 30 comprises first 40 and second 41 annular lips.
  • the first lip 40 is of substantially frustoconical shape, diverging towards the bottom of the pumping chamber 14 and bears sealingly on the inner surface of the cylindrical portion 16a of the pump body 16. This first lip 40 is located above the opening 24 when the pump is in its rest position, as illustrated on the figure 1 .
  • the second annular lip 41 is located above the first 40, and also applies sealingly to the inner surface of the cylindrical portion 16a of the pump body 16.
  • This second lip 41 has in the example considered a shape arcuate, concave towards the inner surface of the body 16, and is applied by lower edges 41a and upper 42b to the body 16.
  • the rod 31 is extended inferiorly by an end piece 32, hollow, closed at its lower end.
  • This end piece 32 is for example fixed by snapping on the rod 31, and has an outer shoulder 33 on which bears at its upper end a helical spring 34 working in compression, which rests at its lower end on the bottom of the pump body 16.
  • Passages 36 are made between the pumping chamber 17, outside the end piece 32, and the interior space 35 thereof, to allow the product contained in the pumping chamber 17 to gain the channel. 29 when the volume of the pumping chamber 17 decreases.
  • the moving assembly 3 comprises, in the interior space 35, a shutter 42 movable between a closed position closing the channel 29 and a dispensing position allowing the product to flow in the channel 29 to the orifice 26.
  • the shutter 42 comprises a tubular body 43, of axis X, closed at its upper end by a frustoconical portion 44 adapted to be applied against a seat formed in the rod 31, to close the channel 29 when the pump is at rest as shown on the figure 1 .
  • the shutter 42 further comprises an annular lip 46 outside the tubular body 43, adapted to be applied on the inner surface of the end piece 32.
  • This annular lip 46 has, when the pump is seen upside down, a frustoconical shape diverging upwards, and is positioned below the passages 36 communicating the interior space 35 with the pumping chamber 17.
  • a helical spring 45 working in compression recalls the shutter 42 in its closed position at rest, as can be seen in FIG. figure 1 .
  • This spring 45 is supported at its lower end against the bottom of the end piece 32 and at its upper end against the base of the lip 46.
  • the air can be sucked into it by circulating between the neck 7 and the push button 25 and when the latter is depressed, in the clearance existing between the rod 31 and the tubular wall 12, between the latter and the pump body 16, between the annular wall 11 and the body 16, then between the tubular wall 9 and the pump body 16 and finally between the gasket 51 and the body 16.
  • the air can circulate through diametrically opposed axial grooves formed in the bead 14.
  • the radially inner portion 51a of the annular seal 51 can move slightly away from the pump body 16 , to allow the air flowing between the tubular wall 9 and the pump body 16 to gain inside the container, as can be seen on the figure 3 .
  • the operation of the pump 1 is as follows.
  • the user presses down on the push-button 25, and the moving assembly 3 moves relative to the pump body 16, so that the pressure of the product contained in the pumping chamber 17 increases, the ball 20 being pressed against its seat.
  • the shutter 42 remains in its closed position of the channel 29 until the pressure of the product in the interior space 35 above the annular lip 46 is sufficient to overcome the return force of the spring 45.
  • the first lip 40 isolates the pumping chamber 17 from the opening 24 and the second annular lip 41 isolates the opening 24 of the air intake passage.
  • the air intake can be performed along the path 50, to compensate inside the container the volume of product taken by the pump 1.
  • the pumping chamber 17 can fill through the opening 24 through the fact that the air can be evacuated by the plunger tube.
  • the distribution of the product is carried out in the same way as in head up position.
  • the pump body may notably comprise not one, but several openings 24.

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EP05023001A 2003-04-11 2004-04-08 Pompe permettant de distribuer un produit dans differéntes position et récipient pour celle-lui Expired - Lifetime EP1616632B1 (fr)

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FR0304591A FR2853697B1 (fr) 2003-04-11 2003-04-11 Pompe et recipient ainsi equipe
EP04290938A EP1466669B1 (fr) 2003-04-11 2004-04-08 Pompe permettant de distribuer un produit dans differéntes position et récipient pour celle-lui

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JP4106352B2 (ja) 2008-06-25
CN1535901A (zh) 2004-10-13
FR2853697B1 (fr) 2006-07-28
EP1616632A2 (fr) 2006-01-18
DE602004000369D1 (de) 2006-04-13
JP5095357B2 (ja) 2012-12-12
DE602004000369T2 (de) 2006-10-12
EP1616632A3 (fr) 2011-02-16
ES2379176T3 (es) 2012-04-23
ES2257726T3 (es) 2006-08-01
JP2008133828A (ja) 2008-06-12
FR2853697A1 (fr) 2004-10-15
JP2004316652A (ja) 2004-11-11
CN1302968C (zh) 2007-03-07
EP1466669A1 (fr) 2004-10-13
ATE316826T1 (de) 2006-02-15

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