EP1785126B1 - Saugflasche mit einer seitlichen Vorrichtung zum Einstellen des Lufteintrittes - Google Patents

Saugflasche mit einer seitlichen Vorrichtung zum Einstellen des Lufteintrittes Download PDF

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EP1785126B1
EP1785126B1 EP06356129A EP06356129A EP1785126B1 EP 1785126 B1 EP1785126 B1 EP 1785126B1 EP 06356129 A EP06356129 A EP 06356129A EP 06356129 A EP06356129 A EP 06356129A EP 1785126 B1 EP1785126 B1 EP 1785126B1
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61J—CONTAINERS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR MEDICAL OR PHARMACEUTICAL PURPOSES; DEVICES OR METHODS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR BRINGING PHARMACEUTICAL PRODUCTS INTO PARTICULAR PHYSICAL OR ADMINISTERING FORMS; DEVICES FOR ADMINISTERING FOOD OR MEDICINES ORALLY; BABY COMFORTERS; DEVICES FOR RECEIVING SPITTLE
    • A61J11/00—Teats
    • A61J11/0075—Accessories therefor
    • A61J11/008—Protecting caps
    • A61J11/0085—Protecting caps with means for preventing leakage
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61J—CONTAINERS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR MEDICAL OR PHARMACEUTICAL PURPOSES; DEVICES OR METHODS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR BRINGING PHARMACEUTICAL PRODUCTS INTO PARTICULAR PHYSICAL OR ADMINISTERING FORMS; DEVICES FOR ADMINISTERING FOOD OR MEDICINES ORALLY; BABY COMFORTERS; DEVICES FOR RECEIVING SPITTLE
    • A61J11/00—Teats
    • A61J11/04—Teats with means for fastening to bottles
    • A61J11/045—Teats with means for fastening to bottles with interlocking means, e.g. protrusions or indentations on the teat
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61J—CONTAINERS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR MEDICAL OR PHARMACEUTICAL PURPOSES; DEVICES OR METHODS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR BRINGING PHARMACEUTICAL PRODUCTS INTO PARTICULAR PHYSICAL OR ADMINISTERING FORMS; DEVICES FOR ADMINISTERING FOOD OR MEDICINES ORALLY; BABY COMFORTERS; DEVICES FOR RECEIVING SPITTLE
    • A61J9/00—Feeding-bottles in general
    • A61J9/04—Feeding-bottles in general with means for supplying air
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61J—CONTAINERS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR MEDICAL OR PHARMACEUTICAL PURPOSES; DEVICES OR METHODS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR BRINGING PHARMACEUTICAL PRODUCTS INTO PARTICULAR PHYSICAL OR ADMINISTERING FORMS; DEVICES FOR ADMINISTERING FOOD OR MEDICINES ORALLY; BABY COMFORTERS; DEVICES FOR RECEIVING SPITTLE
    • A61J11/00—Teats
    • A61J11/0075—Accessories therefor
    • A61J11/008—Protecting caps

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  • the present invention relates to a bottle having a device for venting the side.
  • a feeding bottle comprises a generally cylindrical container on which is disposed a nipple.
  • the infant to whom the bottle is administered, sucks the liquid contained in the bottle. It creates a vacuum in the bottle. To overcome the flow resistance created by this vacuum, the infant is forced to suck up the liquid with greater force and usually absorbs air and is unnecessarily fatigued. However, the absorption of air can, in particular, cause colic in the infant.
  • the bottle is designed to be disposable (especially in maternity), and for this purpose, the nipple is snapped waterproof and not removable on the container. It is then not possible to provide venting devices on the teat or between the latter and the container.
  • the document US 1,999,619 describes a bottle whose side skirt of the container has an orifice in which is disposed a venting device constituted by a valve.
  • This valve made of flexible rubber, has a harpoon-shaped portion placed inside the container and a saucer-shaped portion placed outside the container. The saucer-shaped part ensures the retention of the valve and has a radial opening.
  • the harpoon-shaped portion In the rest position of the valve, the harpoon-shaped portion provides a sealed contact with the side skirt.
  • the user To effect a venting of the bottle tank, the user must exert pressure on the valve, which has the effect of detaching the harpoon portion of the inner wall of the side skirt.
  • an air passage is created: in fact, the outside air, at atmospheric pressure, can reach the inside of the tank while traveling through the radial opening made in the saucer-shaped part of the tank. the valve then through the orifice in the side skirt, and between the side skirt and the end of the harpoon part.
  • This venting device has a number of disadvantages.
  • the present invention aims to overcome the drawbacks mentioned above, by providing a bottle with an improved venting device, and in particular easier to handle.
  • peripheral groove receiving the edge of the orifice an excellent sealing of the bottle is obtained in all the positions of use of the valve, that is to say in the rest position, in the activated position (when the valve is deformed), and in all intermediate positions. Since the groove does not come off the side skirt, the risks of loss of tightness by imperfect return in the rest position are avoided.
  • the deformation of the valve by the user leads to the deformation of the opening in the valve, thereby creating an air passage.
  • the intake of air into the bottle is therefore not between the edge of the orifice and the peripheral zone of the valve, but in the central zone of the valve (as opposed to the peripheral zone having the groove). It is thus possible to make a direct path of the air, not having to undergo successive changes of direction.
  • the air inlet opening extends substantially radially, relative to the container, between the inside and the outside of the container. Therefore, the air path is substantially linear and unobstructed, which makes it easy for a user to bring air into the bottle, without having to exert too much pressure or too much pressure. extended on the valve.
  • the opening in the rest position of the valve, has, in cross-section, substantially the shape of a cone open towards the outside of the container and, in the activated position of the valve, the opening forms a channel communicating the interior and exterior of the container.
  • cross section is used in reference to the opening.
  • the opening has a substantially rectangular shape when the valve is mounted on the container and is viewed in a radial direction to the container.
  • the orifice in the side skirt of the container and the valve may be substantially circular
  • the valve comprises N air inlet openings substantially regularly spaced angularly from each other, N being between 2 and 5. Providing several openings makes it possible on the one hand to facilitate the entry of air, even when the user does not exert pressure centered on the valve, and secondly to make the pressure equalization between the inside and the outside of the container faster.
  • N can be equal to 3.
  • the valve comprises an open groove towards the outside of the container, in the mounted position, defining a projecting central part forming an actuating zone of the valve, the air inlet opening or openings being provided (s) at the bottom of the groove.
  • the side skirt of the container may have a recessed portion wherein the orifice is formed, the valve being arranged substantially not to protrude beyond the envelope of the side skirt. In this way, undesired actuation of the venting device is avoided, and the latter is protected, in particular shocks.
  • the bottom and the side skirt of the container are preferably two separate pieces. This configuration allows easy assembly of the valve, from inside the container, before the introduction of the bottom.
  • the bottom is screwed onto the side skirt and has a sealing lip cooperating with the side skirt. This gives a very good seal without the need to use a reported seal.
  • the bottom can be mounted inside the side skirt and held in place by fastening means provided at its periphery and cooperating with the inner face of the side skirt.
  • a baby bottle 1 firstly comprises a container 2 of generally cylindrical shape of axis 3, made for example by injection of a plastic material.
  • the lateral skirt 4 of the container 2 has two open ends, one of which forms a neck 5, provided on its outer face with a first and a second annular bead 6a, 6b, and the other of which is closed by a 7.
  • the bottom 7, initially distinct from the side skirt 4, is associated with it to form the container 2. This allows for the side skirt with a very simple mold, not including background.
  • the bottom 7 has a transverse wall 8, disc-shaped, which has in its center a cavity 9 of substantially cylindrical shape, open towards the inside of the bottle 1 in the mounted position of the bottom 7.
  • the cavity 9 is a depression located in the transverse wall 8.
  • the bottom 7 also comprises a substantially cylindrical peripheral wall 10, with the same axis as the transverse wall 8, and which extends on either side of the plane formed by the transverse wall 8.
  • the peripheral wall 10 forms on the one hand feet 11 extending from the transverse wall 8 in the same direction as the cavity 9. These feet 11, for example three in number, ensure the stability of the bottle 1 when it is placed vertically on the bottom 7.
  • the peripheral wall 10 has an internal thread 12, in its part located on the other side of the plane formed by the transverse wall 8 with respect to the feet 11.
  • the bottom 7 comprises an annular sealing lip 13 protruding from the transverse wall 8 opposite the feet 11, close to the peripheral wall 10.
  • the bottom 7 is put in place by screwing on the container 2, outside thereof.
  • the side skirt 4 has an external thread 14 and an annular bead 15 allowing, if necessary, to limit the screwing stroke of the bottom 7.
  • the sealing lip 13 cooperates with the inner face of the side skirt 4 ( figure 2 ), ensuring a perfect seal of the bottle 1 without the need to use a reported seal, with the associated disadvantages (an additional piece to mount, wash, etc.).
  • the side skirt 4 has at least one portion 16 set back relative to the substantially cylindrical envelope of the container 2, and here two recessed portions substantially diametrically opposite. Each recessed portion 16 extends longitudinally over a height greater than two thirds of the total height of the container 2, away from the ends of the side skirt 4. These recessed portions 16 facilitate the taking of the bottle 1 by a user.
  • the container 2 thus comprises two orifices 17 substantially diametrically opposed.
  • the bottle 1 also comprises a nipple 18 made of rubber, having on its inner face a groove 19 intended to cooperate with the annular bead 6a of the neck 5 of the container 2, for the snap-fastening of the nipple 18 (without a seal) .
  • the nipple 18 In mounted position ( figure 2 ), the nipple 18 also bears on the bead 6b.
  • the nipple 18 has the form of a daisy with several petals 20 (here six petals).
  • the nipple 18 can be removed from the container 2 to allow its cleaning and the filling of the bottle 1.
  • the nipple 18 is immovably snapped onto the receptacle 2.
  • This arrangement makes it possible to produce a bottle 1 for single use.
  • the bottom 7 is assembled to the container 2 irremovably, and not by screwing.
  • the bottom 7 may comprise an annular bead cooperating with a corresponding groove formed on the side skirt and / or fine projections, arranged as fish bones, penetrating into the material of the side skirt.
  • the bottle 1 may further comprise a protective cover 22 adapted to be removably associated with the container 2, by capping the nipple 18.
  • This protective cover 22 can be held on the nipple 18 by means of studs 23 projecting radially towards the outside the pacifier ( figure 1 ).
  • it may include at least one vent plug 29 to prevent the suction effect.
  • the end face 24 of the protective cover 22 advantageously has the shape of a flat disc, surrounded by a substantially conical peripheral wall 25 whose dimensions are adapted to those of the cavity 9 formed in the bottom 7.
  • the bottle 1 comprises a venting device, comprising a valve 26 mounted in the orifice 17 or each orifice 17 formed in the lateral skirt 4 of the container 2.
  • the valve 26, more particularly illustrated on the Figures 3 to 7 is circular in shape and for example made of silicone. It comprises a peripheral zone 27, in the form of a ring, in which is formed a peripheral groove 28 open on the edge of the valve 26.
  • the peripheral zone 27 delimits a central zone in which is formed a generally circular groove 30 open on a disc-shaped face of the valve 26, which face is located outside the container 2 in the mounted position.
  • the groove 30 thus defines a projecting central portion 31 forming an actuating zone of the valve 26.
  • the central portion 31 has the shape of a Y, but other geometries are possible (shape in T, cylinder, etc.).
  • the valve 26 is mounted in the orifice 17 of the container 2, the edge of the orifice 17 being inserted in the peripheral groove 28 in a sealed manner, thus preventing in particular the passage of air between the valve 2 and the edge of the orifice 17.
  • the groove 30 is open towards the outside of the container.
  • the valve 26 does not protrude beyond the casing of the side skirt 4. In this way, the valve 26 is protected from impacts and can not be actuated inadvertently.
  • valve 26 is actuated by a finger (especially the thumb) because the fingers of the user administering the bottle to an infant are generally placed in a recessed portion 16 of the side skirt 4
  • the installation of the valve 26 in the lateral skirt 4 is performed while the bottom 7 is not yet mounted. This implementation is therefore greatly simplified.
  • Air inlet openings 32 are formed in the valve 26, in the bottom of the groove 30. These openings 32 are here three in number, angularly spaced apart by 120 °, and arranged in the vicinity of each end of the part. central 31 Y.

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Claims (10)

  1. Flasche, umfassend:
    - einen Behälter (2), der eine seitliche Verkleidung (4), einen Boden (7) und einen Hals (5) aufweist, der eine Öffnung definiert,
    - einen dicht auf dem Hals (5) eingerasteten Sauger (18),
    - eine Belüftungsvorrichtung, die ein Ventil (26) umfasst, das in einer in der seitlichen Verkleidung (4) des Behälters eingebrachten Öffnung (17) befestigt ist und mindestens einen Abschnitt umfasst, der zwischen einer Ruhestellung und einer aktivierten Stellung elastisch verformbar ist, wenn ein Benutzer auf das Ventil (26) einen Druck ausübt,
    dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass das Ventil (26) umfasst:
    - eine periphere Hohlkehle (28), in die der Rand der Öffnung (17) in allen Benutzungsstellungen des Ventils dicht eingefügt ist,
    - mindestens eine das Ventil (26) in seinem mittigen Bereich durchquerende Lufteingangsöffnung (32), wobei die Öffnung (32) elastisch deformierbar ist, wenn ein Benutzer auf das Ventil (26) einen Druck ausübt, so dass die Öffnung (32) in aktivierter Stellung des Ventils (26) den Eingang von Luft von außen nach innen in den Behälter (2) gestattet und die Öffnung (32) in Ruhestellung des Ventils (26) den Durchgang von Flüssigkeit von innen nach außen aus dem Behälter (2) verhindert.
  2. Flasche nach Anspruch 1, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass sich die Lufteingangsöffnung (32) in angehobener Stellung des Ventils (26) etwa radial im Verhältnis zum Behälter (2) zwischen dem Inneren und dem Äußeren des Behälters (2) erstreckt.
  3. Flasche nach Anspruch 1 oder 2, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die Öffnung (32) in Ruhestellung des Ventils (26) im Querschnitt etwa die Form eines nach außen zum Behälter (2) offenen Kegel aufweist, und dadurch, dass die Öffnung (32) in aktivierter Stellung des Ventils (26) einen Kanal bildet, der das Innere und Äußere des Behälters (2) in Kommunikation versetzt.
  4. Flasche nach einem der Ansprüche 1 bis 3, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die Öffnung (32) eine etwa rechteckige Form aufweist, wenn das Ventil (26) auf dem Behälter (2) befestigt ist und es in radialer Richtung zum Behälter (2) betrachtet wird.
  5. Flasche nach einem der Ansprüche 1 bis 4, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die in die seitliche Verkleidung (4) des Behälters (2) eingearbeitete Öffnung (17) und das Ventil (26) etwa kreisrund sind.
  6. Flasche nach einem der Ansprüche 1 bis 5, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass das Ventil (26) N etwa gleichmäßig winklig voneinander beabstandete Lufteingangsöffnungen (32) umfasst, wobei N zwischen 2 und 5 inklusive ist.
  7. Flasche nach einem der Ansprüche 1 bis 6, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass das Ventil (26) in angehobener Stellung eine nach außen zum Behälter (2) offene Rille (30) umfasst, die einen mittigen hervorstehenden Abschnitt definiert (31), der einen Betätigungsbereich des Ventils (26) bildet, wobei die Lufteingangsöffnung oder -öffnungen (32) in den Boden der Rille (30) eingearbeitet ist/sind.
  8. Flasche nach einem der Ansprüche 1 bis 7, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die seitliche Verkleidung (4) des Behälters (2) einen zurückgezogenen Abschnitt (16) aufweist, in den die Öffnung (17) eingearbeitet ist, wobei das Ventil (26) etwa so aufgebaut ist, um nicht über die Hülle der seitlichen Verkleidung (4) hinauszuragen.
  9. Flasche nach einem der Ansprüche 1 bis 8, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass der Boden (7) und die seitliche Verkleidung (4) des Behälters (2) zwei verschiedene Teile sind.
  10. Flasche nach Anspruch 9, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass der Boden (7) auf der seitlichen Verkleidung (4) geschraubt ist und dadurch, dass er eine Dichtlippe (13) besitzt, die mit der seitlichen Verkleidung (4) zusammenarbeitet.
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