EP1749458A1 - Vorrichtung zum Aufbewahren und Ausgeben - Google Patents

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EP1749458A1
EP1749458A1 EP06300821A EP06300821A EP1749458A1 EP 1749458 A1 EP1749458 A1 EP 1749458A1 EP 06300821 A EP06300821 A EP 06300821A EP 06300821 A EP06300821 A EP 06300821A EP 1749458 A1 EP1749458 A1 EP 1749458A1
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Daniel Crosnier
Marc Ramet
Nicolas Albisetti
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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
    • A45D40/00—Casings or accessories specially adapted for storing or handling solid or pasty toiletry or cosmetic substances, e.g. shaving soaps or lipsticks
    • A45D40/02—Casings wherein movement of the lipstick or like solid is a sliding movement
    • A45D40/04—Casings wherein movement of the lipstick or like solid is a sliding movement effected by a screw
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65D—CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES
    • B65D83/00—Containers or packages with special means for dispensing contents
    • B65D83/76—Containers or packages with special means for dispensing contents for dispensing fluent contents by means of a piston
    • B65D83/761—Containers or packages with special means for dispensing contents for dispensing fluent contents by means of a piston the piston being actuated by a screw-shaft

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  • the present invention relates to devices for packaging and dispensing a product.
  • the rotary member is secured to a screw which drives for example a piston slidable in the housing.
  • the patent application European EP 1 405 803 and the utility model German DE 297 15 402 describe devices having only one push button, a pressure on it accompanied by a rotation of the rotary member in the direction of a distribution of the product.
  • the actuating system is arranged to rotate in a second direction, opposite to the first, the rotary member when the push button returns to its initial position, this second rotation being of less amplitude than that performed in the first direction.
  • push button should not be understood in a limited sense and encompasses any bearing surface on which the user can exert an action to cause a displacement of the rotary member.
  • the two pushbuttons can be made with the same part or with several different parts.
  • the user can cause product dispensing by pressing the first pushbutton as many times as he wishes, according to the quantity to be dispensed, and can also press the second pushbutton for example to cause the return of the unused product in the housing.
  • each push button can be relatively low, which contributes to the comfort of use, even in case of significant friction of the cup or piston or the product in the housing. This can still allow a precise dosage.
  • the first and second push buttons are made at least partially monolithically with a base part of the actuating system.
  • the construction of the actuation system is thus greatly facilitated, as well as the reliability of operation.
  • the base piece can be fixedly mounted on the housing or alternatively hinged thereto.
  • securely mounted it should be understood that at least a portion of the base piece does not move substantially relative to the housing.
  • the base piece advantageously comprises two elastically deformable strips, each associated with one of the pushbuttons.
  • Each slat may bend when the user presses the corresponding push button, and each slat can return the push button to its initial position when the user releases it.
  • the base piece may comprise arms, each arranged to act on the rotary member when the user presses the corresponding pushbutton.
  • Each arm may comprise at least one first relief arranged to cooperate with a second relief of the rotary member when the user presses the push button, to drive the rotary member in rotation.
  • this first relief is configured to mesh with the rotary member during a relative movement corresponding to a depression of the push button and escape the rotary member during a relative movement in the opposite direction.
  • Each arm can be carried by a slat above.
  • the rotary member comprises for example splines.
  • the two arms can be inclined obliquely towards each other, which can enable them to come more easily in contact with the rotary member, substantially tangentially thereto, to drive it in rotation.
  • the two arms respectively associated with the two pushbuttons may be substantially symmetrical to each other relative to a median plane for the device.
  • the actuating system comprises a brake which tends to immobilize the rotary member during the return movement of the arms.
  • the brake comprises, for example, a wiper which comes into contact with the rotary member.
  • This wiper is advantageously made in one piece with the base part of the actuating system.
  • the wiper may comprise a thinned area giving it some flexibility, so as not to prevent rotation of the rotary member.
  • the wiper may have an edge arranged to engage in a groove of the rotary member.
  • the crossing of each groove by the ridge can be accompanied by the emission of an audible click.
  • the wiper may be arranged between two ribs of the housing, which may for example limit the angular movement of the wiper during rotation of the rotary member
  • At least one of the base piece and the housing may comprise a slide and the other a corresponding relief, engaged in the slide.
  • the fixing of the base portion on the housing can be carried out simply, for example by sliding along the longitudinal axis of the housing, and the manufacture of the device is further simplified.
  • the housing comprises for example two openings to access the pushbuttons, and the latter can project externally at rest, to facilitate their actuation by the user.
  • the elastic strips of the base portion are pressed against the edge of these openings when the device is at rest, thus preventing the introduction of dirt inside the housing.
  • the pushbuttons of the actuating system are articulated about a common axis of rotation.
  • the housing comprises for example an insert having a pivot on which is articulated the base piece.
  • This insert may comprise a braking surface coming into contact with the rotary member, this braking surface may comprise at least one relief intended to increase the friction.
  • the braking surface may in particular bear axially against an end face of the rotary member.
  • the device may comprise an elastic return member urging the rotary member bearing against the braking surface.
  • This elastic return member comprises for example elastically deformable fins, molded in one piece with the rotary member, and can abut axially against a transverse wall of the housing. This transverse wall may also serve as a guide to a screw secured to the rotary member.
  • the rotary member may comprise two teeth axially offset and having inverted notches.
  • the actuating system can be arranged to act respectively on these two teeth when the user drives the actuating system in rotation in one direction and the other.
  • the actuating system may include in particular two arms arranged to act respectively on each of these teeth. Each arm has a shape allowing it to come into contact with the associated toothing, when the corresponding pushbutton is actuated. These two arms are advantageously made monolithically with the base piece.
  • the base piece may comprise stops to limit its pivoting in one direction or the other, bearing against a wall of the housing.
  • the latter may include an opening allowing the user to access the pushbuttons.
  • the base piece may have indications such as, for example, molded impressions or reliefs, informing the user of the location of the bearing zones constituting the pushbuttons and the direction of movement of the piston or the cup. inside the case.
  • the actuation system is arranged so that pressing on one of the pushbuttons allows a rotational stroke of the rotary member substantially identical to that which results from a support on the other push-button, for the same degree of depression.
  • the rotatable member may be integral with a screw, as mentioned above, and this screw may mesh for example with a piston or a cup, this piston or cup being for example movable in translation in the body of the housing and more particularly in a cylindrical portion thereof, of non-circular inner section.
  • the housing may include a solid product bread, carried by the cup.
  • the casing may also comprise a fluid product, for example a gel, a paste or a cream, contained in an interior space of the casing, the distribution of the product being carried out for example through a dispensing nozzle or a dome provided with at least one dispensing orifice.
  • the housing may comprise a piston which meshes with the screw and which makes it possible to force the product to pass through the distribution orifice (s).
  • the invention applies to the distribution and packaging of various products, including cosmetic, dermatological or other.
  • a cosmetic product it is for example a product to be applied to the skin, including a deodorant, a makeup or care product, for example a foundation.
  • the device 1 of packaging and distribution shown in Figures 1 to 3 comprises a housing 2 of longitudinal axis X, containing a product to be dispensed, for example a deodorant, which may be in a solid or fluid form.
  • a product to be dispensed for example a deodorant, which may be in a solid or fluid form.
  • the housing 2 comprises a body having a cylindrical portion 3 generatrix parallel to the axis X and oval director.
  • a cup or a piston Inside the housing 2 is mounted (e) in a manner known per se a cup or a piston not shown, for moving the product or to act on it, the cup or piston being slidable in the cylindrical portion 3 , being driven (e) moving by a screw which is mounted in the housing 2 so as to retain substantially the same axial position but which can rotate about the axis X.
  • the screw is secured to one end of a rotary member 4 which can be made monolithically by molding plastic material with the screw and constitute the head.
  • the device 1 comprises an actuating mechanism comprising two push buttons 5 and 7 allowing the user to rotate in one direction or the other the rotary member 4.
  • Each push button 5 or 7 is engaged in a corresponding opening 11 of the housing 2, being carried by an elastically deformable sipe 13 of a base part 14 fixedly mounted inside the body of the housing 2.
  • Each sipe 13 closes completely the associated opening 11, thus preventing the entry of dirt inside the housing 2, at rest.
  • Each strip 13 carries on the opposite side to the associated push button 5 or 7 an arm 16 arranged to mesh with splines 18 of the rotary member 4, parallel to the axis X, when the user presses the push button.
  • the two arms 16 are substantially symmetrical to one another with respect to a median plane of the device, substantially perpendicular to the axis of greater width of the housing 2, and are oriented obliquely towards each other.
  • Each arm 16 has two teeth 19 and 20 arranged to cooperate with the splines 18 so as to drive the rotary member 4 in rotation when the user presses the corresponding push-button and avoid, thanks to inclined flanks 22 and 23, a reverse movement, the rotary member 4 escaping the teeth 19 and 20 when the user releases the corresponding push-button.
  • the actuation system comprises a shoe 24 which is applied to the rotary member 4.
  • the wiper 24 has in cross section a generally triangular shape, with an edge 25 engageable in the grooves 18.
  • the shoe 24 is connected to the base piece 14 by a thinned region 28 which allows it to pivot slightly when the rotary member 4 rotates.
  • the passage of a groove 18 to another may be accompanied by the emission of an audible click.
  • Two ribs 30 made with the housing 2 can be provided on either side of the shoe 24 to limit the amplitude of the angular movement thereof.
  • the base piece may comprise a slide 31 in which is engaged a relief 32 of the housing 2 having for example a T-shape, the mounting of the base piece 14 in the housing 2 being effected in the example in question by a sliding along the X axis.
  • the corresponding arm 16 engages the splines 4 and rotates the rotary member 4 in the associated direction, as shown in FIG. 3. This rotation can cause the product distribution or the return of product to the container, according to the selected push button.
  • the push button When the user releases the push button, it is reduced by the elasticity of the strip 13 which carries it in its initial position.
  • FIGS. 4 to 10 show a device according to an alternative embodiment of the invention.
  • This device differs mainly from the previous one in that the base piece 14 is no longer fixedly mounted on the casing 2 but can pivot about a Y axis parallel to the X axis between two positions each corresponding to the drive of the rotary member 4 in one direction.
  • the base part 14 comprises a slot 35 through which a pivot 36 is made in a monolithic manner with an insert 37 defining the bottom of the case 2. , and whose upper end 38 is received in a housing 40 of the housing 2.
  • the base part 14 comprises two arms 16 having extensions 43 and 44 respectively arranged to cooperate with two sets of teeth 46 and 47 offset along the axis X of the rotary member 4.
  • the teeth 46 and 47 comprise notches oriented in directions opposed.
  • the extension 43 (respectively 44) can hook the notches of the toothing 46 (respectively 47) when the user presses the portion to the left (respectively to the right) of the Y axis in FIG. 9, which serves as the push button 7 (respectively 5).
  • the notches of the teeth 46 and 47 have inclined faces 48 allowing a return of the corresponding arm 16 in the initial position without rotation of the rotary member 4.
  • the insert 37 has a braking surface 50 bearing axially against the end face 51 of the rotary member. 4 to immobilize the latter during the return movement of the arm 16 causing it to rotate.
  • the braking surface 50 comprises in the illustrated example reliefs 52 so as to generate more friction.
  • the end face 51 of the rotary member 4 is held in abutment against the braking surface 50 by means of an elastic return member, which is in the example in the form of a plurality of elastically deformable fins 56 made of one piece by molding with the rotary member 4 and bearing against a transverse wall 57 of the housing 2, as can be seen in Figure 7.
  • an elastic return member which is in the example in the form of a plurality of elastically deformable fins 56 made of one piece by molding with the rotary member 4 and bearing against a transverse wall 57 of the housing 2, as can be seen in Figure 7.
  • This transverse wall 57 supports a guide 58 for a screw 59 which is secured to the rotary member 4, this screw being for example made in one piece by molding plastic material with the rotary member 4.
  • the base piece 14 may laterally comprise wings 61, each provided with a tooth 62 making it possible to limit the pivoting of the base piece 14 about the Y axis while abutting against the wall of the casing 2.
  • the arms 16 extend parallel to each other, and parallel to a plane containing the X and Y axes in FIG. 9.
  • Indications 66 and 67 may for example be worn on the base piece 14 at the locations where the user must press to rotate in one direction or the other the rotary member 4. These indications 66 or 67 are for example made embossed with the base piece 14 during molding thereof and / or by printing or gluing a decor.
  • Elastic vanes 56 can be replaced by other elastic return means, for example a spring washer.
  • the shoe 24 can be replaced by the braking surface 50.

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