EP1638855A2 - Application device for liquid product - Google Patents

Application device for liquid product

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EP1638855A2
EP1638855A2 EP04767269A EP04767269A EP1638855A2 EP 1638855 A2 EP1638855 A2 EP 1638855A2 EP 04767269 A EP04767269 A EP 04767269A EP 04767269 A EP04767269 A EP 04767269A EP 1638855 A2 EP1638855 A2 EP 1638855A2
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bottle
applicator device
cover
liquid product
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Yves Ducroquet
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Albea Le Treport SAS
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Rexam Dispensing Systems 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
    • A45D34/00—Containers or accessories specially adapted for handling liquid toiletry or cosmetic substances, e.g. perfumes
    • A45D34/04—Appliances specially adapted for applying liquid, e.g. using roller or ball
    • 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
    • B65D47/00—Closures with filling and discharging, or with discharging, devices
    • B65D47/04—Closures with discharging devices other than pumps
    • B65D47/06—Closures with discharging devices other than pumps with pouring spouts or tubes; with discharge nozzles or passages
    • B65D47/18—Closures with discharging devices other than pumps with pouring spouts or tubes; with discharge nozzles or passages for discharging drops; Droppers
    • 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
    • B65D47/00—Closures with filling and discharging, or with discharging, devices
    • B65D47/04—Closures with discharging devices other than pumps
    • B65D47/06—Closures with discharging devices other than pumps with pouring spouts or tubes; with discharge nozzles or passages
    • 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
    • B65D47/00—Closures with filling and discharging, or with discharging, devices
    • B65D47/40—Closures with filling and discharging, or with discharging, devices with drip catchers or drip-preventing means
    • 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
    • B65D51/00—Closures not otherwise provided for
    • B65D51/24—Closures not otherwise provided for combined or co-operating with auxiliary devices for non-closing purposes
    • B65D51/32—Closures not otherwise provided for combined or co-operating with auxiliary devices for non-closing purposes with brushes or rods for applying or stirring contents
    • 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
    • A45D34/00—Containers or accessories specially adapted for handling liquid toiletry or cosmetic substances, e.g. perfumes
    • A45D34/02—Scent flasks, e.g. with evaporator
    • 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

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  • the present invention relates to an applicator device for controlling the distribution of a liquid product at the outlet of a reservoir bottle. It finds application preferably, although not limitatively, in the packaging of liquids of high price in a small volume, as there are in particular in perfumery or in pharmacy.
  • a particularly common example of such bottles is that of bottles containing ophthalmic solutions. These are fitted with dispensing tips in which a capillary duct constitutes a nozzle delivering the liquid drop by drop.
  • the expulsion of each drop is favored under the effect of gravity, either when the bottle is placed upside down, or by the effect of an overpressure exerted manually by compression of the walls of the liquid tank.
  • Patent application EP 0 436 264 describes a tip of this type, for a case of application to a vaccine. It explains how the end diameter of the capillary duct is determined to ensure the formation of a drop of desired volume.
  • the present invention aims at the design of an applicator device making it possible to regulate a diffusion of the liquid much slower than do the dispensers drop by drop.
  • a portable device for diffusing perfume is described which comprises, at the end of a capillary neck, a pellet of porous silica whose role is to allow the perfume to escape to the open air, not in the liquid state, but in the vapor state.
  • the applicator device of the invention is designed, on the contrary, to allow a distribution of a liquid product such as perfume which is selectively ensured when the applicator device is in contact with an appropriate wettable surface, by a capillary migration effect of the product. in the liquid state.
  • the object of the invention is an applicator device as defined in the claims.
  • the applicator device Upstream towards the reservoir bottle, the applicator device comprises a sampling tube which is advantageously constituted in the form of a capillary conduit such, in particular by its diameter and its length, that it is capable, depending on the surface tension of the liquid on its internal surface, to retain a determined dose of liquid without it falling back into the reservoir, regardless of the position of the assembly relative to the direction of gravity.
  • the device Downstream towards the outside, the device comprises one or more capillary migration channels which advantageously consist of a few capillary holes through its cover and which are so fine that they only allow the liquid to pass through when a wettable material is brought into contact with the cover, by virtue of a suction effect sufficient to overcome the capillary retention forces opposing in these capillary channels the circulation of the liquid.
  • the sampling tube and the capillary channels are different both by their respective constitutions, their relative arrangement and their functions.
  • a particularly simple construction method is provided, by producing the sampling tube and the capillary channels in one piece, advantageously obtained by molding of plastic material, which closes the bottle. tank tightly. Matter constitutive being the same, it is then essentially by their diameter in passage section offered to the liquid that the capillary channels are distinguished from the sampling tube. Another advantageous difference between them concerns their length.
  • the capillary channels are preferably relatively short, the cover being in particular relatively thin for this purpose. This facilitates the migration effect when the liquid is attracted to the wettable surface brought into contact with the cover.
  • the collection tube for its part, is of sufficient length to accommodate the volume of a dose of liquid, namely a drop.
  • the applicator device according to the invention is used for sealing a reservoir containing a perfume sample.
  • Perfumes and other toilet waters are blatant examples of expensive products that should not be wasted, while in addition it is enough to consume them in very small quantities for them to be effective.
  • the sampling tube is filled with a drop of liquid which remains trapped there by capillary action, and it is only when the cover of the device is applied to the skin as the perfume passes through the capillary channels to deposit on the skin of the user.
  • the same suction effect that the skin provides can occur, for example, in contact with a textile material having substantially the same wettability properties, hence a manifest interest, not only for body perfumes, but also for perfumed compositions used as an air freshener which, once thus absorbed on a textile material, will gradually diffuse into the atmosphere.
  • the shapes and dimensions of the sampling tube and those of the capillary channels will be chosen differently, in correspondence with the liquid contained in the bottle and with the nature of the material on which this liquid must be applied. .
  • a plurality is provided, therefore at least two capillary channels, defined as such by their efficiency with respect to the migration of the liquid, through a cover of the reservoir bottle, between a liquid sampling tube retaining by capillarity a determined dose of liquid sampled in said reservoir against the forces of gravity and a surface. wettable brought into contact with said cover, so that said channels are adapted, alternatively, to allow re-entry of air into the bottle as a replacement for the liquid consumed.
  • the number of capillary channels is in particular five, each one being able to be active in release of the liquid product by capillary migration from the sampling tube or in air inlet towards the reservoir of the bottle, either at the same time, or more generally when the application in contact with the wettable surface is completed.
  • the applicator device coming to close a reservoir bottle is completed by a cap which covers the capillary migration channels.
  • a cap which covers the capillary migration channels.
  • an absorbent pad made for example by plastic material in the form of foam or sponge, which absorbs within it the last traces of liquid which may remain at the surface of the perforated cover of the capillary migration channels after application to the wettable surface, without however being able to play the same role as the latter in sucking the liquid against capillary retaining forces.
  • FIGS. 1 to 5 The invention will now be more fully described in the context of preferred characteristics and their advantages, with reference to FIGS. 1 to 5 in which:
  • FIG. 1 is a sectional view partially showing a bottle forming a reservoir for a liquid product, where this bottle is provided with an applicator device according to a preferred embodiment of the invention, covered with a cap;
  • FIG. 2 illustrates the applicator device according to the invention shown in Figure 1 in top view
  • FIG. 3 shows, in sectional view, a bottle equipped with the applicator device according to the invention with its cap, in a situation where " the bottle is in vertical position, the liquid it contains being assembled at the bottom, and where the sampling tube of the applicator device is empty;
  • FIG. 4 is a sectional view showing the bottle provided with the applicator device according to the invention as shown in Figure 3, in a situation where it is in the inverted position;
  • FIG. 5 is a sectional view of the applicator device according to the invention placed on the reservoir bottle, in a situation where this bottle is in an upright, vertical position, and where the sampling tube is filled with liquid retained by capillarity .
  • the invention is implemented on a pocket bottle originally containing a perfume sample. It will be understood, however, that the embodiments of the device according to the invention are not limited either to the dimensions which will be given below, or to the forms which are preferably illustrated in FIGS. 1 to 5, or to the materials, the invention extending on the contrary to any variant embodiment remaining within the scope of the protection ensured by the appended claims.
  • the applicator device 3 is produced in the form of a nozzle which is mounted across the neck of a tube constituting a bottle 1, intended for contain a liquid product such as perfume, illustrated in 2.
  • This application device forms a cover 7 which covers the opening of the bottle.
  • the bottle 1 consists of a glass tube. It includes a collar 8, formed beyond the outer periphery of its neck around its opening. It is provided to allow the attachment of the tip or cover 7 on the bottle.
  • the latter is in the form of a solid cylinder, supported on a hollow cylinder whose internal wall is of a shape complementary to that of the flange 8. Between the hollow cylinder and an extension of the upper solid cylinder, it is provided an annular space into which the neck of the bottle engages. The retention of the cover 7 on the neck of the bottle 1 is ensured by the peripheral edge of the cover 7 at the base of the internal wall of the hollow cylinder of the cover 7, which has a fixing bead 10 which is embedded in a complementary groove of the bottle.
  • the upper face of the cover 7 which closes the opening of the bottle is pierced with a few capillary channels 5, here five in number. These channels are open at their two longitudinally opposite ends. Upwards in FIG. 1, they open to the outside of the device, while downwards they open into the internal cylinder of the applicator device, which forms, for the perfume 2, a sampling tube 6, penetrating into the upper part of the bottle. .
  • the cover 7 and the sampling tube 6 are made in one piece, advantageously from a plastic material based on polyolefipes.
  • Polyethylene is generally preferred, although polypropylene can also be used.
  • the channels 5 can be produced by drilling into the material once it has hardened.
  • the material thus chosen has the advantage of being resistant to chemical attacks and of being more easily wettable by the perfume solutions than the material constituting the bottle 1 can be, when the latter, as in the case described , is a simple glass tube having externally substantially the same diameter as the applicator device.
  • the sampling tube 6 has an inside diameter much smaller than the inside diameter of the bottle 1, so as to be able to retain perfume therein by capillary action in accordance with the invention. Its outside diameter is determined in correspondence with the inside diameter of the neck of the bottle 1 so that the two surfaces are in sealed contact and the bottle is thus hermetically closed at this level. In this way, the outside air can be introduced into the bottle 1 only through the capillary channels.
  • the sampling tube 6 has a diameter of 4 mm and a length of 12 mm, while the capillary channels have a diameter of 0.6 mm and a length of 1 mm (corresponding to the wall thickness of the upper face of the nozzle constituting the applicator device).
  • the applicator device 3 is completed by a removable cap 4, which covers it by closing the channels 5 outside the periods of use of the bottle.
  • a removable cap 4 which covers it by closing the channels 5 outside the periods of use of the bottle.
  • the cap 4 is designed to be fixed on the end of the cover 7 rather than on the bottle 1.
  • the cap 4 has internally a shape complementary to that of the cover 7, where there is a collar 1 1 formed projecting from the peripheral surface of the full cylinder of the cover and a ring 9 formed projecting from the internal wall. of the cap. This ensures a closing security which minimizes the air demand which occurs when the cap 4 is removed and which promotes rapid passage of the perfume in the capillary channels 5 of the cover 7, causing loss of product. when removing the cap.
  • the cap 4 has the same outside diameter as the outer cylinder of the cover 7, and that this diameter is moreover substantially the same as that of the tube constituting the bottle 1.
  • the sampling tube 6 Before any use of the bottle equipped with the applicator device according to the invention, the sampling tube 6 must be filled with perfume, which is easily obtained when the bottle is overturned, passing through a position such as that which is illustrated on the figure 4. The perfume remains retained by capillarity in the tube 6. The capillary forces are sufficient to resist gravity when the bottle is returned, in an upright, vertical position.
  • the applicator device according to the invention can be attached to other bottles, containing for example cosmetic products, in particular liquid deodorants or make-up removing fluids. It can also be used on bottles which contain products other than products for body application, for example bottles of glue. On the other hand, the same products can be applied to wettable materials behaving similarly to what has been explained for human skin, for example on a textile fabric.

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Abstract

The device has a cover (7) covering an opening of a flask (1). The cover comprises of six capillary channels (5) for liberating a liquid product (2) in a sampling tube. One end of the channels open in the liquid product sampling tube while other ends of the channels open to exterior of the cover. The tube is realized to retain a quantity of the product by capillary phenomenon. An independent claim is also included for a flask applicator of liquid product.

Description

DISPOSITIF APPLICATEUR DE PRODUIT LIQUIDE LIQUID PRODUCT APPLICATOR
La présente invention concerne un dispositif applicateur servant au contrôle de la distribution d'un produit liquide en sortie d'un flacon réservoir. Elle trouve application préférentiellement, bien que non limitativement, dans le conditionnement de liquides de prix élevé sous un faible volume, comme il en existe notamment en parfumerie ou en pharmacie.The present invention relates to an applicator device for controlling the distribution of a liquid product at the outlet of a reservoir bottle. It finds application preferably, although not limitatively, in the packaging of liquids of high price in a small volume, as there are in particular in perfumery or in pharmacy.
Les industries chimiques, pharmaceutiques ou cosmétiques mettent sur le marché de nombreux produits liquides qui sont conditionnés dans des flaconnages équipés de moyens de délivrance du produit liquide vers l'extérieur de manière régulée, en une seule fois ou en plusieurs fois espacées daηs le temps.The chemical, pharmaceutical or cosmetic industries place on the market many liquid products which are packaged in bottles fitted with means for delivering the liquid product to the outside in a regulated manner, at once or in several times spaced in time.
Un exemple particulièrement courant de tels flaconnages est celui des flacons contenant des solutions ophtalmiques. Ceux-ci sont équipés d'embouts de distribution dans lesquels un conduit capillaire constitue une buse délivrant le liquide goutte par goutte. L'expulsion de chaque goutte est favorisée sous l'effet de la pesanteur, soit quand on place le flacon tête en bas, soit par l'effet d'une surpression exercée manuellement par compression des parois du réservoir de liquide. La demande de brevet EP 0 436 264 décrit un embout de ce type, pour un cas d'application à un vaccin. Il y est expliqué comment le diamètre d'extrémité du conduit capillaire est déterminé pour assurer la formation d'une goutte de volume désiré.A particularly common example of such bottles is that of bottles containing ophthalmic solutions. These are fitted with dispensing tips in which a capillary duct constitutes a nozzle delivering the liquid drop by drop. The expulsion of each drop is favored under the effect of gravity, either when the bottle is placed upside down, or by the effect of an overpressure exerted manually by compression of the walls of the liquid tank. Patent application EP 0 436 264 describes a tip of this type, for a case of application to a vaccine. It explains how the end diameter of the capillary duct is determined to ensure the formation of a drop of desired volume.
La présente invention vise à la conception d'un dispositif applicateur permettant de régler une diffusion du liquide beaucoup plus lente que ne le font les distributeurs goutte à goutte. Elle n'est pas pour autant critiquable au vu de la technique illustrée par la demande de brevet français publiée sous le numéro 2 720 608. Dans celle-ci, on décrit un dispositif portable de diffusion de parfum qui comporte, en bout d'un col capillaire, une pastille en silice poreuse dont le rôle est de permettre au parfum de s'échapper à l'air libre, ce non pas à l'état liquide, mais à l'état vapeur.The present invention aims at the design of an applicator device making it possible to regulate a diffusion of the liquid much slower than do the dispensers drop by drop. However, it cannot be criticized in view of the technique illustrated by the French patent application published under the number 2 720 608. In this, a portable device for diffusing perfume is described which comprises, at the end of a capillary neck, a pellet of porous silica whose role is to allow the perfume to escape to the open air, not in the liquid state, but in the vapor state.
Le dispositif applicateur de l'invention est conçu au contraire pour permettre une distribution d'un produit liquide tel que du parfum qui soit assurée sélectivement lorsque le dispositif appiicateur est au contact d'une surface mouillable appropriée, par un effet de migration capillaire du produit à l'état liquide.The applicator device of the invention is designed, on the contrary, to allow a distribution of a liquid product such as perfume which is selectively ensured when the applicator device is in contact with an appropriate wettable surface, by a capillary migration effect of the product. in the liquid state.
A cet effet, l'iηvention a pour objet un dispositif applicateur tel que défini dans les revendications.To this end, the object of the invention is an applicator device as defined in the claims.
On comprend que sëloη l'invention, il est fait exploitation des phénomènes de capillarité de deux manières différentes dans le fonctionnement d'un même dispositif. En amont vers le flacon réservoir, le dispositif applicateur comporte un tube de prélèvement qui est avantageusement constitué sous la forme , d'un conduit capillaire tel, notamment par son diamètre et sa longueur, qu'il est capable, en fonction de la tension superficielle du liquide sur sa surface interne, de retenir une dose déterminée de liquide sans que celui-ci retombe dans le réservoir, quelle que soit la position de l'ensemble par rapport à la direction de la gravité. En aval vers l'extérieur, le dispositif comporte un ou plusieurs canaux de migration capillaire qui sont avantageusement constitués par quelques trous capillaires à travers son couvercle et qui, eux, sont si fins qu'ils ne laissent passer le liquide que quand une matière mouillable est amenée au contact du couvercle, grâce à un effet de succion suffisant pour vaincre les forces capillaires de rétention s'opposant dans ces canaux capillaires à la circulation du liquide.We understand that sëloη the invention, it makes use of capillary phenomena in two different ways in the operation of the same device. Upstream towards the reservoir bottle, the applicator device comprises a sampling tube which is advantageously constituted in the form of a capillary conduit such, in particular by its diameter and its length, that it is capable, depending on the surface tension of the liquid on its internal surface, to retain a determined dose of liquid without it falling back into the reservoir, regardless of the position of the assembly relative to the direction of gravity. Downstream towards the outside, the device comprises one or more capillary migration channels which advantageously consist of a few capillary holes through its cover and which are so fine that they only allow the liquid to pass through when a wettable material is brought into contact with the cover, by virtue of a suction effect sufficient to overcome the capillary retention forces opposing in these capillary channels the circulation of the liquid.
Le tube de prélèvement et les canaux capillaires sont différents à la fois par leurs constitutions respectives, leur disposition relative et leurs fonctions. Dans les formes de réalisation préférées du dispositif de l'invention, on prévoit un mode de construction particulièrement simple, en réalisant le tube de prélèvement et les canaux capillaires dans une même pièce, avantageusement obtenue par moulage de matière plastique, qui vient obturer le flacon réservoir de manière étanche. La matière constitutive étant la même, c'est alors essentiellement par leur diamètre en section de passage offerte au liquide que les canaux capillaires se distinguent du tube de prélèvement. Une autre différence avantageuse entre eux concerne leur longueur. Les canaux capillaires sont de préférence relativement courts, le couvercle étant en particulier relativement mince à cet effet. Ceci facilite l'effet de migration quand le liquide est attiré par la surface mouillable amenée au contact du couvercle. Le tube de prélèvement est, quant à lui, d'une longueur suffisante pour accueillir le volume d'une dose de liquide, à savoir d'une goutte.The sampling tube and the capillary channels are different both by their respective constitutions, their relative arrangement and their functions. In the preferred embodiments of the device of the invention, a particularly simple construction method is provided, by producing the sampling tube and the capillary channels in one piece, advantageously obtained by molding of plastic material, which closes the bottle. tank tightly. Matter constitutive being the same, it is then essentially by their diameter in passage section offered to the liquid that the capillary channels are distinguished from the sampling tube. Another advantageous difference between them concerns their length. The capillary channels are preferably relatively short, the cover being in particular relatively thin for this purpose. This facilitates the migration effect when the liquid is attracted to the wettable surface brought into contact with the cover. The collection tube, for its part, is of sufficient length to accommodate the volume of a dose of liquid, namely a drop.
Dans ses applications préférées, le dispositif applicateur suivant l'invention est utilisé en obturation d'un réservoir contenant un échantillon de parfum. Les parfums et autres eaux de toilette représentent des exemples flagrants de produits coûteux, qu'il convient de ne pas gaspiller, alors qu'en plus il suffit de les consommer en très faible quantité pour qu'ils soient efficaces. D'autre part, il est passé dans les moeurs de mettre à la disposition des consommateurs des échantillons de faible contenance, correspondant à quelques gouttes de parfum, leur servant à tester les senteurs dégagées dans les conditions normales d'utilisation, quand le parfum est déposé sur leur peau.In its preferred applications, the applicator device according to the invention is used for sealing a reservoir containing a perfume sample. Perfumes and other toilet waters are blatant examples of expensive products that should not be wasted, while in addition it is enough to consume them in very small quantities for them to be effective. On the other hand, it is common practice to make available to consumers samples of low capacity, corresponding to a few drops of perfume, used to test the scents given off under normal conditions of use, when the perfume is deposited on their skin.
Entre deux applications d'un tel parfum, par exemple quand on retourne le flacon juste après une application, le tube de prélèvement se remplit d'une goutte de liquide qui y reste prisonnière par capillarité, et c'est seulement quand le couvercle du dispositif est appliqué sur la peau que le parfum passe à travers les canaux capillaires pour se déposer sur la peau de l'utilisateur. Le même effet de succion que la peau assure, peut se produire, par exemple, au contact d'une matière textile ayant sensiblement les mêmes propriétés de mouillabilité, d'où un intérêt manifeste, non seulement pour des parfums corporels, mais aussi pour des compositions parfumées utilisées en désodorisant d'ambiance qui, une fois ainsi absorbées sur une matière textile se diffuseront de manière progressive dans l'atmosphère. .Dans d'autres cas d'application, les formes et dimensions du tube de prélèvement et celles des canaux capillaires seront choisies différemment, en correspondance avec le liquide contenu dans le flacon et avec la nature de la matière sur laquelle ce liquide doit être appliqué. On peut citer comme exemples le cas d'une colle s'appliquant en couche très mince ou devant simplement imbiber très superficiellement un tissu à encoller ou celui d'un composé à action cosmétique ou pharmaceutique, présent dans un véhicule aqueux ou huileux, s'utilisant par application sur la peau.Between two applications of such a perfume, for example when the bottle is turned over just after an application, the sampling tube is filled with a drop of liquid which remains trapped there by capillary action, and it is only when the cover of the device is applied to the skin as the perfume passes through the capillary channels to deposit on the skin of the user. The same suction effect that the skin provides can occur, for example, in contact with a textile material having substantially the same wettability properties, hence a manifest interest, not only for body perfumes, but also for perfumed compositions used as an air freshener which, once thus absorbed on a textile material, will gradually diffuse into the atmosphere. In other cases of application, the shapes and dimensions of the sampling tube and those of the capillary channels will be chosen differently, in correspondence with the liquid contained in the bottle and with the nature of the material on which this liquid must be applied. . We can cite as examples the case of an adhesive applying in a very thin layer or having to simply very superficially soak a fabric to be glued or that of a compound with cosmetic or pharmaceutical action, present in an aqueous or oily vehicle, using by application on the skin.
Suivant une caractéristique secondaire préconisée par l'invention, il est prévu une pluralité, donc au moins deux canaux capillaires, définis comme tels par leur efficacité vis-à-vis , de la migration du liquide, à travers un couvercle du flacon réservoir, entre un tube de prélèvement du liquide retenant par capillarité une dose déterminée de liquide prélevé dans ledit réservoir à rencontre des forces de la pesanteur et une surface . mouillable amenée au contact dudit couvercle, de telle sorte que lesdits canaux soient aptes, alternativement, à permettre une rentrée d'air dans le flacon en remplacement du liquide consommé. Le nombre des canaux capillaires est notamment de cinq, chacun pouvant être actif en libération du produit liquide par migration capillaire à partir du tube de prélèvement ou en entrée d'air vers le réservoir du flacon, soit au même moment, soit plus généralement quand l'application au contact de la surface mouillable est terminée.According to a secondary characteristic recommended by the invention, a plurality is provided, therefore at least two capillary channels, defined as such by their efficiency with respect to the migration of the liquid, through a cover of the reservoir bottle, between a liquid sampling tube retaining by capillarity a determined dose of liquid sampled in said reservoir against the forces of gravity and a surface. wettable brought into contact with said cover, so that said channels are adapted, alternatively, to allow re-entry of air into the bottle as a replacement for the liquid consumed. The number of capillary channels is in particular five, each one being able to be active in release of the liquid product by capillary migration from the sampling tube or in air inlet towards the reservoir of the bottle, either at the same time, or more generally when the application in contact with the wettable surface is completed.
Suivant encore une autre caractéristique avantageuse de l'invention dans ses modes de mise en oeuvre préférés, le dispositif applicateur venant en obturation d'un flacon réservoir est complété par un capuchon qui vient recouvrir les canaux de migration capillaires. Ceci permet d'éviter la diffusion du produit par évaporation entre deux périodes d'application sur la surface mouillable (la peau humaine notamment dans le cas d'une application corporelle).. En outre, il est souvent utile de munir ledit capuchon d'un tampon absorbant, réalisé par exemple par de la matière plastique sous forme de mousse ou éponge, qui absorbe en son sein les dernières traces de liquide pouvant subsister à la surface du couvercle perforé des canaux de migration capillaire après une application sur la surface mouillable, sans toutefois pouvoir jouer le même rôle que cette dernière en succion du liquide à rencontre des forces de retenue capillaire.According to yet another advantageous characteristic of the invention in its preferred embodiments, the applicator device coming to close a reservoir bottle is completed by a cap which covers the capillary migration channels. This makes it possible to avoid the diffusion of the product by evaporation between two periods of application on the wettable surface (human skin in particular in the case of a body application). In addition, it is often useful to provide said cap with an absorbent pad, made for example by plastic material in the form of foam or sponge, which absorbs within it the last traces of liquid which may remain at the surface of the perforated cover of the capillary migration channels after application to the wettable surface, without however being able to play the same role as the latter in sucking the liquid against capillary retaining forces.
L'invention sera maintenant plus complètement décrite dans le cadre de caractéristiques préférées et de leurs avantages, en faisant référence aux figures 1 à 5 dans lesquelles :The invention will now be more fully described in the context of preferred characteristics and their advantages, with reference to FIGS. 1 to 5 in which:
- la figure 1 est une vue en coupe représentant partiellement un flacon formant réservoir pour un produit liquide, là où ce flacon est muni d'un dispositif applicateur selon un mode de réalisation préféré de l'invention, recouvert d'un capuchon ;- Figure 1 is a sectional view partially showing a bottle forming a reservoir for a liquid product, where this bottle is provided with an applicator device according to a preferred embodiment of the invention, covered with a cap;
- la figure 2 illustre je dispositif applicateur selon l'invention représenté en figure 1 en vue de dessus ;- Figure 2 illustrates the applicator device according to the invention shown in Figure 1 in top view;
- la figure 3 représente, en vue en coupe, un flacon équipé du dispositif applicateur selon l'invention avec son capuchon, dans une situation où" le flacon est en position verticale, le liquide qu'il contient étant réuni au fond, et où le tube de prélèvement du dispositif applicateur est vide ;- Figure 3 shows, in sectional view, a bottle equipped with the applicator device according to the invention with its cap, in a situation where " the bottle is in vertical position, the liquid it contains being assembled at the bottom, and where the sampling tube of the applicator device is empty;
- la figure 4 est une vue en coupe qui montre le flacon muni du dispositif applicateur selon l'invention tel que représenté sur la figure 3, dans une situation où il est en position renversée ;- Figure 4 is a sectional view showing the bottle provided with the applicator device according to the invention as shown in Figure 3, in a situation where it is in the inverted position;
- et la figure 5 est une vue en coupe du dispositif applicateur selon l'invention placé sur le flacon formant réservoir, dans une situation où ce flacon est en position droite, verticale, et où le tube de prélèvement est rempli de liquide retenu par capillarité.- And Figure 5 is a sectional view of the applicator device according to the invention placed on the reservoir bottle, in a situation where this bottle is in an upright, vertical position, and where the sampling tube is filled with liquid retained by capillarity .
Dans le cadre du mode de réalisation choisi ici, l'invention est mise en oeuvre sur un flacon de poche contenant à l'origine un échantillon de parfum. On comprendra cependant que les formes de réalisation du dispositif selon l'invention ne se limitent ni aux dimensions qui seront données ci-après, ni aux formes qui sont illustrées à titre préférentiel sur les figures 1 à 5, ni aux matériaux, l'invention s'étendant au contraire à toute variante de réalisation restant dans le cadre de |a protection assurée par les revendications annexée.s.In the context of the embodiment chosen here, the invention is implemented on a pocket bottle originally containing a perfume sample. It will be understood, however, that the embodiments of the device according to the invention are not limited either to the dimensions which will be given below, or to the forms which are preferably illustrated in FIGS. 1 to 5, or to the materials, the invention extending on the contrary to any variant embodiment remaining within the scope of the protection ensured by the appended claims.
Comme il ressort notamment de la figure 1 et des figures 3 à 5, je dispositif applicateur 3 selon l'invention est réalisé sous la forme d'un embout qui est monté en travers du col d'un tube constituant un flacon 1 , destiné à contenir un produit liquide tel que du parfum, illustré en 2. Ce dispositif application forme un couvercle 7 qui vient recouvrir l'ouverture du flacon.As is apparent in particular from FIG. 1 and from FIGS. 3 to 5, the applicator device 3 according to the invention is produced in the form of a nozzle which is mounted across the neck of a tube constituting a bottle 1, intended for contain a liquid product such as perfume, illustrated in 2. This application device forms a cover 7 which covers the opening of the bottle.
Dans l'exemple considéré, le flacon 1 est constitué d'un tube en verre. Il comporte une collerette 8, formée en débord du pourtour extérieur de son col autour de son ouverture. Elle est prévue pour permettre la fixation de l'embout ou couvercle 7 sur le flacon. Ce dernier se présente sous la forme d'un cylindre plein, épaulé à un cylindre creux dont la paroi interne est d'une forme complémentaire de celle de la collerette 8. Entre le cylindre creux et un prolongement du cylindre plein supérieur, il est ménagé un espace annulaire dans lequel vient s'engager le col du flacon. Le maintien du couvercle 7 sur le col du flacon 1 est assuré par le bord périphérique du couvercle 7 à la base de la paroi interne du cylindre creux du couvercle 7, qui présente un bourrelet de fixation 10 venant s'encastrer dans une rainure complémentaire du flacon.In the example considered, the bottle 1 consists of a glass tube. It includes a collar 8, formed beyond the outer periphery of its neck around its opening. It is provided to allow the attachment of the tip or cover 7 on the bottle. The latter is in the form of a solid cylinder, supported on a hollow cylinder whose internal wall is of a shape complementary to that of the flange 8. Between the hollow cylinder and an extension of the upper solid cylinder, it is provided an annular space into which the neck of the bottle engages. The retention of the cover 7 on the neck of the bottle 1 is ensured by the peripheral edge of the cover 7 at the base of the internal wall of the hollow cylinder of the cover 7, which has a fixing bead 10 which is embedded in a complementary groove of the bottle.
Comme le montrent les figures 1 et 2, la face supérieure du couvercle 7 qui ferme l'ouverture du flacon est percée de quelques canaux capillaires 5, ici au nombre de cinq. Ces canaux sont ouverts à leurs deux extrémités longitudinalement opposées. Vers le haut sur la figure 1 ils débouchent à l'extérieur du dispositif, tandis que vers le bas ils débouchent dans le cylindre interne du dispositif applicateur, qui forme pour le parfum 2 un tube de prélèvement 6, pénétrant dans la partie supérieure du flacon.As shown in Figures 1 and 2, the upper face of the cover 7 which closes the opening of the bottle is pierced with a few capillary channels 5, here five in number. These channels are open at their two longitudinally opposite ends. Upwards in FIG. 1, they open to the outside of the device, while downwards they open into the internal cylinder of the applicator device, which forms, for the perfume 2, a sampling tube 6, penetrating into the upper part of the bottle. .
Dans le cadre de l'exemple de réalisation concrète considéré, le couvercle 7 et le tube de prélèvement 6 sont réalisés d'une seule pièce, avantageusement en une matière plastique à base de polyoléfipes. Le polyéthylène est en général préféré, bien que le polypropylène puisse aussi être utilisé. La fabrication s'effectue aisément par moulage par injection. Les canaux 5 peuvent être réalisés par perçage dans la matière une fois durcie. La matière ainsi choisie a l'avantage d'être résistante aux attaques chimiques et d'être plus facilement mouillable par les solutions de parfum que ne peut l'être la matière constituant le flacon 1 , quand celui-ci, comme dans le cas décrit, est un simple tube de verre présentant extérieurement sensiblement le même diamètre que le dispositif applicateur.In the context of the concrete embodiment considered, the cover 7 and the sampling tube 6 are made in one piece, advantageously from a plastic material based on polyolefipes. Polyethylene is generally preferred, although polypropylene can also be used. The making easily made by injection molding. The channels 5 can be produced by drilling into the material once it has hardened. The material thus chosen has the advantage of being resistant to chemical attacks and of being more easily wettable by the perfume solutions than the material constituting the bottle 1 can be, when the latter, as in the case described , is a simple glass tube having externally substantially the same diameter as the applicator device.
Le tube de prélèvement 6 présente un diamètre intérieur nettement inférieur au diamètre intérieur du flacon 1 , de manière à pouvoir retenir du parfum en son sein par capillarité conformément à l'invention. Son diamètre extérieur est déterminé en correspondance avec le diamètre intérieur du col du flacon 1 pour que les deux surfaces soient en contact étanche et que le flacon soit ainsi hermétiquement fermé à ce niveau. De cette manière, l'air extérieur ne peut s'introduire dans |e flacon 1 que par les canaux capillairesThe sampling tube 6 has an inside diameter much smaller than the inside diameter of the bottle 1, so as to be able to retain perfume therein by capillary action in accordance with the invention. Its outside diameter is determined in correspondence with the inside diameter of the neck of the bottle 1 so that the two surfaces are in sealed contact and the bottle is thus hermetically closed at this level. In this way, the outside air can be introduced into the bottle 1 only through the capillary channels.
5. Ces derniers sont très fins. Ils ne laissent pas sortir le liquide en dehors des périodes d'utilisation.5. These are very fine. They do not let out the liquid outside the periods of use.
Dans le cadre du mode de réalisation particulier choisi pour illustrer la mise en œuvre de l'invention, le tube de prélèvement 6 présente un diamètre de 4 mm et une longueur de 12 mm, tandis que les canaux capillaires présentent un diamètre de 0,6 mm et une longueur de 1 mm (correspondant à l'épaisseur de paroi de la face supérieure de l'embout constituant le dispositif applicateur).In the context of the particular embodiment chosen to illustrate the implementation of the invention, the sampling tube 6 has a diameter of 4 mm and a length of 12 mm, while the capillary channels have a diameter of 0.6 mm and a length of 1 mm (corresponding to the wall thickness of the upper face of the nozzle constituting the applicator device).
Comme l'illustrent les figures 1 et 3, le dispositif applicateur 3 selon l'invention est complété par un capuchon amovible 4, que le recouvre en obturant les canaux 5 en dehors des périodes d'utilisation du flacon. Bien que cela ne ressorte pas clairement des figures, il est aussi prévu, suivant l'invention, de revêtir la face interne du capuchon 4 d'une fine couche de matière absorbante, en mousse de résine organique par exemple. Son rôle est d'éponger la pellicule supérieure de parfum qui peut rester en affleurement sur l'extérieur du couvercle 3 en bout des canaux 5 après une application de parfum. Son effet reste toutefois superficiel, sans poursuivre la consommation du parfum restant éventuellement disponible dans le tube 6.As illustrated in FIGS. 1 and 3, the applicator device 3 according to the invention is completed by a removable cap 4, which covers it by closing the channels 5 outside the periods of use of the bottle. Although this does not emerge clearly from the figures, it is also provided, according to the invention, to coat the internal face of the cap 4 with a thin layer of absorbent material, in organic resin foam for example. Its role is to mop up the upper film of perfume which can remain flush on the outside of the cover 3 at the end of the channels 5 after an application of perfume. Its effect remains, however superficial, without continuing to consume any perfume that may remain available in tube 6.
Le capuchon 4 est réalisé pour être fixé sur l'extrémité du couvercle 7 plutôt que sur le flacon 1 . A cet effet, le capuchon 4 présente intérieurement une forme complémentaire de celle du couvercle 7, où l'on trouve un collier 1 1 formé en saillie de la surface périphérique du cylindre plein du couvercle et une bague 9 formée en saillie de la paroi interne du capuchon. On assure ainsi une sécurité de fermeture qui permet de minimiser l'appel d'air qui se produit lorsque l'on retire le capuchon 4 et qui favorise une rapide traversée du parfum dans les canaux capillaires 5 du couvercle 7, provoquant une perte de produit lors du retrait du capuchon.The cap 4 is designed to be fixed on the end of the cover 7 rather than on the bottle 1. For this purpose, the cap 4 has internally a shape complementary to that of the cover 7, where there is a collar 1 1 formed projecting from the peripheral surface of the full cylinder of the cover and a ring 9 formed projecting from the internal wall. of the cap. This ensures a closing security which minimizes the air demand which occurs when the cap 4 is removed and which promotes rapid passage of the perfume in the capillary channels 5 of the cover 7, causing loss of product. when removing the cap.
On remarque d'autre part des figures que le capuchon 4 présente extérieurement le même diamètre que le cylindre externe du couvercle 7, et que ce diamètre est en outre sensiblement le même que celui du tube constituant le flacon 1.On the other hand, it can be seen from the figures that the cap 4 has the same outside diameter as the outer cylinder of the cover 7, and that this diameter is moreover substantially the same as that of the tube constituting the bottle 1.
Avant toute utilisation du flacon équipé du dispositif applicateur suivant l'invention, le tube de prélèvement 6 doit se remplir de parfum, ce qui s'obtient aisément quand on renverse le flacon, en passant par une position telle que celle qui est illustrée sur la figure 4. Le parfum reste retenu par capillarité dans le tube 6. Les forces de capillarité sont suffisantes pour résister à la pesanteur quand on remet le flacon, en position droite, verticale.Before any use of the bottle equipped with the applicator device according to the invention, the sampling tube 6 must be filled with perfume, which is easily obtained when the bottle is overturned, passing through a position such as that which is illustrated on the figure 4. The perfume remains retained by capillarity in the tube 6. The capillary forces are sufficient to resist gravity when the bottle is returned, in an upright, vertical position.
Ce n'est ensuite que quand on applique la face transversale du couvercle 7 sur la peau humaine que l'on y dépose un peu de parfum, du fait que la peau est une matière mouillable. Plus mouillable par le parfum que ne l'est la matière constitutive du dispositif applicateur, elle tend à exercer un effet de succion qui provoque le transfert du parfum par migration capillaire à travers les canaux 5.It is then only when the transverse face of the cover 7 is applied to the human skin that a little perfume is deposited there, because the skin is a wettable material. More wettable by the perfume than is the constituent material of the applicator device, it tends to exert a suction effect which causes the transfer of the perfume by capillary migration through the channels 5.
Dès que l'on éloigne le dispositif applicateur de la surface de la peau, l'effet attractif , cesse, et les canaux capillaires reprennent leur rôle en fermeture du tube 6, qui conserve le reste de parfum prélevé non utilisé. Toutefois, grâce à la présence d'au moins deux canaux capillaires, l'air entre par l'un d'entre eux dans le flacon T et y rétablit la pression. Ceci permet une délivrance de produit en continu tant que dure le contact avec la peau ou une matière équivalente. L'équilibrage de pression est également utile pour permettre un nouveau remplissage du tube de prélèvement à partir de la masse de parfum restant dans le flacon.As soon as the applicator device is moved away from the surface of the skin, the attractive effect ceases and the capillary channels resume their role in closing the tube 6, which retains the remainder of unused unused perfume. However, thanks to the presence of at least two capillary channels, the air enters through one of them into the bottle T and restores the pressure there. This allows continuous product delivery as long as contact with the skin or an equivalent material lasts. Pressure balancing is also useful to allow the refilling of the sampling tube from the mass of perfume remaining in the bottle.
La description qui précède explique clairement comment l'invention permet d'atteindre les objectifs qu'elle s'est fixés.The foregoing description clearly explains how the invention achieves the objectives it has set for itself.
L'invention n'est toutefois pas limitée à ce qui en a été spécifiquement décrit , et représenté. En particulier, le dispositif applicateur selon l'invention peut se fixer sur d'autres flacons, contenant par exemple des produits cosmétiques, notamment des déodorants liquides ou des fluides démaquillants. Il peut aussi s'utiliser sur des flacons qui contiennent des produits autres que des produits d'application corporelle, par exemple des flacons de colle. D'autre part, les mêmes produits peuvent s'appliquer sur des matières mouillables se comportant de manière similaire à ce que l'on a expliqué pour la peau humaine, par exemple sur un étoffe textile. The invention is however not limited to what has been specifically described and shown. In particular, the applicator device according to the invention can be attached to other bottles, containing for example cosmetic products, in particular liquid deodorants or make-up removing fluids. It can also be used on bottles which contain products other than products for body application, for example bottles of glue. On the other hand, the same products can be applied to wettable materials behaving similarly to what has been explained for human skin, for example on a textile fabric.

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1. Dispositif applicateur pour un produit liquide (2) contenu dans un flacon réservoir (1 ), ledit dispositif comportant un couvercle (7) fermant l'ouverture dudit flacon (1 ), qui est traversé par au moins un canal (5) de migration capillaire dudit produit liquide (2) vers une surface mouillable amenée à son contact, l'une des extrémités dudit canal capillaire (5) débouchant à l'extérieur dudit couvercle (7), et l'autre extrémité débouchant dans uη tube de prélèvement (6) dudit produit liquide (2) réalisé de manière à retenir une dose déterminée de produit liquide (2) à rencontre de la gravité par capillarité.1. Applicator device for a liquid product (2) contained in a reservoir bottle (1), said device comprising a cover (7) closing the opening of said bottle (1), which is crossed by at least one channel (5) of capillary migration of said liquid product (2) towards a wettable surface brought into contact, one end of said capillary channel (5) opening out of said cover (7), and the other end opening into a sampling tube (6) of said liquid product (2) produced so as to retain a determined dose of liquid product (2) against gravity by capillarity.
2. Dispositif applicateur selon la revendication 1 , caractérisé en ce que ledit couvercle (7) est percé d'au moins deux canaux de migration capillaire (5) dudjt produit liquide, capable de servir alternativement en orifices de rentrée d'air à travers le couvercle (7).2. Applicator device according to claim 1, characterized in that said cover (7) is pierced with at least two capillary migration channels (5) dudjt liquid product, capable of serving alternately as air return orifices through the cover (7).
3. Dispositif applicateur suivant la revendication 2, dans lequel lesdits canaux sont au nombre de cinq.3. Applicator device according to claim 2, wherein said channels are five in number.
4. Dispositif applicateur suivant l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, caractérisé en ce que lesdits canaux de migration capillaire sont déterminés pour être alternativement efficaces en équilibrage de pression par rentrée d'air dans ledit flacon.4. Applicator device according to any one of the preceding claims, characterized in that said capillary migration channels are determined to be alternately effective in pressure balancing by re-entering air into said bottle.
5. Dispositif applicateur selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, caractérisé en ce que ledit couvercle5. Applicator device according to any one of the preceding claims, characterized in that said cover
(7) et ledit tube de prélèvement (6) sont réalisés en une seule pièce dans une matière relativement mouillable par ledit produit liquide (2) contenu dans le flacon, le ou lesdits canaux de migration capillaire étant fins en diamètre par rapport au diamètre dudit tube de prélèvement.(7) and said sampling tube (6) are made in one piece from a material that is relatively wettable by said liquid product (2) contained in the bottle, the one or more channels of capillary migration being fine in diameter relative to the diameter of said sampling tube.
6. Dispositif applicateur selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, caractérisé en ce que ledit couvercle (7) et ledit tube de prélèvement (6) sont réalisés en polyéthylène ou en polypropylène et en ce que ledit flacon est réalisé en verre.6. Applicator device according to any one of the preceding claims, characterized in that said cover (7) and said sampling tube (6) are made of polyethylene or polypropylene and in that said bottle is made of glass.
7. Dispositif applicateur selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, caractérisé en ce que le ou lesdits canaux de migration capillaire (5) présentent un diamètre de 0,6 mm et une longueur de 1 mm, et en ce que ledit tube de prélèvement (6) présente un diamètre de 4 mm et une longueur de 12 mm.7. Applicator device according to any one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the said capillary migration channel (s) have a diameter of 0.6 mm and a length of 1 mm, and in that said sampling tube (6) has a diameter of 4 mm and a length of 12 mm.
8. Dispositif applicateur selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, caractérisé en ce qu'il comporte un capuchon amovible (4) venant s'appliquer sur la face du couvercle percée du ou desdits canaux de migration capillaires.8. Applicator device according to any one of the preceding claims, characterized in that it comprises a removable cap (4) which is applied to the face of the cover pierced with said capillary migration channel (s).
9. Dispositif applicateur suivant la revendication 8, caractérisé en ce que ledit capuchon (4) est revêtu sur sa face interne d'une couche de matière absorbante pour le liquide venant en affleurement du couvercle (7) après une période d'utilisation du flacon.9. Applicator device according to claim 8, characterized in that said cap (4) is coated on its inner face with a layer of absorbent material for the liquid flush with the cover (7) after a period of use of the bottle .
10. Dispositif applicateur selon l'une quelconque de revendications précédentes, caractérisé en ce qu'il présente extérieurement sensiblement le même diamètre que le flacon (1 ), de même que le capuchon éventuel (4).10. Applicator device according to any one of the preceding claims, characterized in that it has on the outside substantially the same diameter as the bottle (1), as well as the possible cap (4).
1 1. Dispositif applicateur selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, caractérisé en ce qu'il est réalisé pour fermer un flacon d'un échantillon de parfum pour application corporelle. 1 1. Applicator device according to any one of the preceding claims, characterized in that it is produced to close a bottle of a perfume sample for body application.
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