EP2033537A1 - Vorrichtung zum Verpacken und Aufbringen eines Kosmetik- oder Pflegeprodukts - Google Patents

Vorrichtung zum Verpacken und Aufbringen eines Kosmetik- oder Pflegeprodukts Download PDF

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EP2033537A1
EP2033537A1 EP08162355A EP08162355A EP2033537A1 EP 2033537 A1 EP2033537 A1 EP 2033537A1 EP 08162355 A EP08162355 A EP 08162355A EP 08162355 A EP08162355 A EP 08162355A EP 2033537 A1 EP2033537 A1 EP 2033537A1
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Laure Thiebaut
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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
    • A45D34/041—Appliances specially adapted for applying liquid, e.g. using roller or ball using a roller, a disc or a ball
    • 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
    • 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
    • A45D2200/00—Details not otherwise provided for in A45D
    • A45D2200/10—Details of applicators
    • A45D2200/1009—Applicators comprising a pad, tissue, sponge, or the like
    • A45D2200/1018—Applicators comprising a pad, tissue, sponge, or the like comprising a pad, i.e. a cushion-like mass of soft material, with or without gripping means

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  • the invention relates to the field of bottles for cosmetic or care products and massage devices comprising such bottles. More particularly, the invention relates to bottles provided with a product applicator, for example a ball, a roller or a foam. Some of these applicators can be used as a massage member.
  • a product applicator for example a ball, a roller or a foam.
  • Cosmetic product means a product as defined in Council Directive 93/35 / EEC of 14 June 1993.
  • Flasks with ball or roller applicators are already known in the state of the art.
  • the patent application GB 843 315 describes a ball applicator.
  • a ball holding device is attached to the neck of a bottle and includes openings, obstructed when the ball is plated by a screw cap.
  • a disadvantage of this applicator is that, if the hood unscrews slightly, sealing is no longer ensured. The user is not alerted visually or tactilely of this defect.
  • the lack of closure of the cap on the bottle imposes a screw diameter greater than the largest dimension of the applicator. In particular, this mode of closure is not suitable for massage devices having several balls aligned next to each other.
  • the patent application FR 2 601 583 describes a manual massage device with several balls.
  • the feed of the balls in product is regulated by a specific central device requiring additional parts.
  • the sealing device pivots around a circle surrounding all the massage beads. This is very cumbersome when the massage beads are aligned.
  • the patent application EP 1 618 809 discloses a cosmetic fluid dispenser comprising a cap rotatably mounted on a container provided with a massage ball. To do this, this hood has three bayonets screwing on three ears. Such a screwing movement is bulky for use in a massage apparatus with multiple aligned massage balls.
  • the patent US 3,039,132 describes a dispensing apparatus equipped with an applicator of ellipsoid shape, elongated along an axis of rotation of the applicator.
  • a lid presses the applicator to seal.
  • the lid and the container have an elliptical horizontal section conforming to the shape of the applicator. They clap on each other by a rim around the container.
  • Such a device has the disadvantage that the effort to open and close the lid must be greater than the plating force of the applicator to seal.
  • Such a lid is hard to open and close.
  • the patent application FR 2,650,563 discloses a vertical movement container shutter generated by a bracket integral with the container, having a lateral movement.
  • the vial stopper supports an applicator roll. The whole is covered with a hood.
  • Such a shutter requires two specific parts to seal in addition to the applicator roll and the cap.
  • the invention provides a device for packaging and application for a cosmetic or care product that overcomes at least one of the above disadvantages.
  • An object of the invention is in particular to contribute, without additional specific part, to the sealing of the device, and require a low intensity closing or opening force.
  • the closure mechanism is suitable, with a small footprint, for devices equipped with an elongate applicator or several aligned applicators.
  • the device for packaging and applying a cosmetic or care product comprises a container intended to contain the product and having at least one outlet of the product, at least one reported application member. on said container so as to be in communication with said outlet port, a cap removably mounted on said container between a covering position of the applicator member and a retracted position, said cover being adapted to cooperate with said applicator member to obstruct said outlet orifice.
  • the device comprises a means for guiding the cover relative to the container configured so that the cover is guided or slides relative to the container in a translation path extending in at least two distinct directions.
  • the guide means are configured so that the cover is guided relative to the container only or exclusively according to the translation path. In other words, the cover is not rotated about an axis coincident or parallel with an axis of a dispensing orifice of the container. The cover is not driven by a combined movement of translation and rotation about the axis of the dispensing orifice, such as screwing.
  • translation is to be understood as moving in a straight or linear path.
  • the translation path can be a path with two distinct inclinations, these paths in this case can define an angle between 110 and 160 °, more preferably between 120 and 150 ° and even more preferably between 130 and 145.
  • the closure closing movement can contribute to obstructing the orifice by moving along at least one direction of translation inclined with respect to a direction of obstruction or plating, this allows the effort to close or opening the hood is not as high as the effort to seal. A simple transfer of effort is enough, there is no need for additional parts.
  • it does not impose a circular shape of the guide means and the cover. This allows to obstruct several aligned orifices without penalizing the size of the device.
  • the guiding means is able to guide the hood relative to the container in a closing path, a final portion of the closing path extending at least part transversely to a direction of obstruction of the orifice.
  • the direction of obstruction of the orifice means the normal to the plane generally containing the stop on which the orifice is intended to be obstructed. In other words, it is the direction to which the opening opens, the general direction of the orifice.
  • the fact that the cover closes transversely to the direction of obstruction of the orifice makes it possible to transform a closing force of the cover into a force to obstruct the orifice. This ensures for example the sealing of the device without requiring a high closing force.
  • the cover has at least a substantially rigid portion, the cover guiding means being designed so that, in an end portion of the closing path, the points of the rigid portion of the cover move parallel to each other.
  • substantially rigid parts of the hood the parts likely to move en bloc when the cover is subjected to a normal manual closing operation. This does not include any elastic parts of the hood that can locally deform to contribute for example to a hood lock.
  • the hood moves parallel to itself.
  • at least the final part of the closure is in a translation or a succession of elementary translations of the cover, that is to say in a translation along a closing path that can be rectilinear or curvilinear.
  • This does not require a rotation of the hood about an axis.
  • This has the advantage, compared to conventional screwing, to be able to adapt the shape of the cover relative to the shape of the bottle. This is particularly useful for hoods disposed over containers having an elongated horizontal section, for example for devices having a plurality of aligned cosmetic applicators.
  • the device comprises a locking means holding the hood in a closed position.
  • the locking means comprises at least one fixed bead adapted to cooperate with a lug movable elastically in a direction perpendicular to the final portion of the closing path.
  • the guiding means comprise at least one lug provided on the cover adapted to cooperate with a corresponding guide ramp formed on the container or vice versa.
  • said guide ramp comprises a groove comprising two opposite side walls connected by a core.
  • said guide ramp comprises an insertion zone for said pin in which said side walls converge towards one another.
  • said guide ramp comprises a first portion adapted to bring a portion of the hood to the height of said applicator member and a second portion adapted to bring said portion bearing on said applicator member so as to obstruct said outlet orifice.
  • said guide ramp comprises a first and a second portion defining between them an angle of between 100 ° and 160 °.
  • the guide ramp extends on a vertical side of the container.
  • said guide means extend on either side of said applicator member.
  • the guide means comprise at least two guide ramps each formed in a vertical plane flank of the container, said opposite vertical flanks extending on either side of the applicator member and being substantially parallel to one another. compared to each other.
  • said applicator member comprises at least one face capable of being continuously fed with a cosmetic product.
  • said applicator member comprises an applicator element having a shape chosen from a sphere, a cylinder, a barrel or an ellipsoid.
  • said applicator member comprises an applicator element free to move in rotation and / or in translation inside a holding device.
  • the rotational movement allows a quantity of cosmetic or care product, adhered to the surface of the applicator element, to be transported from the outlet to the projecting portion, so as to be, at least in part , deposited on the body of the user.
  • the rotational movement makes it possible to roll over the body to be massaged without requiring a high massage force.
  • the applicator element protrudes partially out of said holding device.
  • the device for holding the applicator element comprises a sealing collar against which said applicator element is able to selectively come into abutment so as to obstruct said collar.
  • said holding device is made at least partly of a deformable material.
  • the cover has a bearing area of the cover on said applicator member, said support zone having a recess so that the force exerted on the applicator element is less in the closed position than in a maximum tightening position. This keeps the hood in the closed position using the necessary elasticity of the sealing means.
  • said applicator member comprises an applicator element made of a compressible material such as a foam.
  • the device comprises a plurality of application members having substantially parallel plating directions.
  • the device comprises at least two application members, spaced from each other and each communicating with a respective outlet orifice, the cover being able to cooperate with said at least two application members. so as to close said outlet orifices.
  • the cover comprises a peripheral skirt whose cross section is of elongated shape.
  • the container comprises a shoulder, the guide means being configured so that a free edge of the cap is able to abut on said shoulder of the container.
  • the cover has a peripheral skirt offset laterally with respect to a peripheral skirt of the container when the cover is in the guiding start position, and aligned with said peripheral skirt of the container when the cover is in the covering position.
  • the device comprises a sealing means adapted to move an obstruction element in the direction of obstruction of the orifice.
  • the locking means comprises a fixed bead and a lug movable in an elastic manner in a direction perpendicular to the final portion of the closing path and the general direction of the orifice.
  • This makes it possible to lock the hood without releasing the plating force on the obstruction element. This reduces the closure force of the cover for the same level of sealing obstruction of the orifice.
  • the locking bead can be arranged in the ramp.
  • the lug can be arranged on the hood.
  • the guiding means comprises a plurality of pairs of guide elements each comprising a hood guiding element cooperating with a fixed guiding element relative to the container.
  • the device comprises at least three pairs of guide elements. This allows the closure path to be substantially identical from one closing operation of the vial to another.
  • the guide means may be formed in the same container or on a member integral with the container.
  • the applicator holder may be formed directly by the container or by an insert on the container.
  • each of the guide ramps have an end position corresponding to the closed position of the hood and a final ramp portion corresponding to the final portion of the closing path, the different end ramp portions being situated on the same side of the corresponding terminal positions.
  • each applicator member comprises an applicator element intended to be supplied with cosmetic product through an orifice.
  • At least one applicator member comprises a floating applicator element, the applicator member comprising a holding device, able to hold the corresponding applicator element in a holding zone, the applicator element making protruding partially from said holding device. This allows the protruding portion of the applicator element to be applied to a body part of a user.
  • the holding device corresponding to the floating applicator element has a sealing collar constituting an orifice of the container, the floating applicator element being an element of obstruction of the neck.
  • At least one applicator member comprises a plated applicator element, the cover comprising a bearing zone corresponding to said assembly and being adapted, in the closed position, to press the applicator element against one or more orifices. of the container in a plating direction.
  • the force exerted by the bonnet support zone contributes to the obstruction of the orifices.
  • said holding device comprises a portion of deformable material so that the neck is displaceable or elastically deformable in the plating direction. This allows the plating force to be maintained when the bottle is closed and to absorb dimensional changes due to industrial manufacture of the massage device.
  • the cover guiding means comprises two pairs of complementary guide elements corresponding to the applicator element with a plated applicator element.
  • the two points of application of the forces of the two pairs of complementary guide elements and the point resulting from the support between the support zone and the plated applicator element together define a plane locking, parallel to the direction of obstruction of the sealing collar. This allows the manufacturing tolerances for closure of an applicator member to be independent of manufacturing tolerances for closing another applicator member of the same massage device. This provides great design flexibility for a range of massage devices, having different types of application members.
  • At least one plated applicator element comprises a compressible foam part.
  • the cosmetic or care product can migrate through pores of the foam by capillarity.
  • the pores are closed or greatly reduced in volume and no longer allow this migration. This obstructs the orifice possibly sealingly.
  • the device comprises at least two application members having identical applicator elements.
  • the packaging and application device comprises a main part 1 and a hood 2 illustrated dotted.
  • the main part 1 has a generally elongated shape along an axis X and a width along an axis Y.
  • the main part 1 has a base 3 having a horizontal flange or shoulder 4 extending in the plane (X, Y) around the periphery of the base 3 around a base or base 5 rising above the plane (X, Y).
  • the main part 1 comprises a container 17 ( figure 3 ) for containing a cosmetic and / or care product and at least one application member 6a, 6b.
  • the container 17 comprises a peripheral skirt 55 closed at one end by a bottom wall 56 and provided at an opposite end of a dispensing neck. This neck has the horizontal edge from which stands the base 5.
  • the base 5 comprises in this example a platform 31 from which project two application members 6a, 6b.
  • the application members 6a, 6b comprise in this example an applicator element 7a, 7b respectively retained in a holding device 18a, 18b.
  • a holding device 18a, 18b thus forms an applicator holder.
  • the holding device can be fixedly mounted on the container 17, and in particular on its dispensing neck, or integrally formed with said container.
  • the holding device more generally the container, defines an outlet orifice capable of supplying the applicator member with product.
  • the device comprises two application members 6a, 6b.
  • two application members 6a, 6b are advantageously aligned to form one or more parallel rows.
  • the size of the cover 2 is modified accordingly.
  • the holding devices 18a, 18b may comprise a chimney open at both ends rising vertically projecting from the base 5.
  • a median transverse vertical plane (Y, Z) extends symmetrically with respect to the base 3.
  • the base 5 is shifted to the rear of the main part 1 so that the horizontal flange 4 is wider in the front part than in the rear part.
  • the holding devices 18a, 18b rise symmetrically with respect to the median transverse plane (Y, Z) and have identical shapes of revolution respectively about a vertical axis Za and a vertical axis Zb situated in the longitudinal vertical plane. (X, Z).
  • Each of the holding devices 18a, 18b houses a spherical applicator element 7a, 7b, the portions 8a, 8b, of dimensions less than a half sphere, protrude from an annular support flange 9a, 9b.
  • the retaining flanges 9a, 9b are fixed on a circular skirt 10a, 10b protruding vertically from the platform 31 of the base 5 around the axes Za, Zb.
  • a single cover 2 covers a plurality of application members.
  • each application member could be covered with its own individually movable cover.
  • Such a cover can be attached to the main part 1 between a covering position of the applicator member and a retracted position.
  • the base 5 comprises a left lateral vertical flank 11 visible on the figure 1 and a right lateral flank 11 'opposite opposite visible on the figure 3 , on each of which are grooved female grooves 12a and 12a 'arranged along the axis X at the height of the applicator member 6a.
  • Female grooves 12b and 12b ' are arranged along the X axis at the height of the applicator member 6b.
  • Such grooves 12b, 12b ' can thus be formed from the platform 31 on either side of the application members 6a, 6b.
  • Each of the four female grooves 12a, 12a ', 12b, 12b' has an identical profile.
  • the grooves 12a, 12b are symmetrical with respect to the grooves 12a 'and 12b' with respect to the median longitudinal vertical plane (X, Z).
  • Each groove has two pairs of lateral flanks or opposite side walls 57, possibly parallel to each other connected by a core or bottom 58.
  • the unshaded elements are a front view of the main part.
  • the hatched elements are a section of the hood 2 and lateral flanks 11 and 11 'taken in the transverse vertical plane (Y, Za).
  • the main portion 1 coated hood 2 gives the massage device an outer shape whose cross section has a vertical egg shape and whose ends are flattened horizontally.
  • the bulged portion of the egg shape corresponds to the container 17 and the tapered portion is located on the side of the applicator elements 7a and 7b.
  • the cover 2 is generally in a hollow shell shape having a rounded peripheral skirt 13 and a ceiling zone 14.
  • the peripheral skirt 13 comprises lateral flanks 13a, 13a ', a front flank 13b and a rear flank 13b'.
  • the entire cover 2 is adapted to receive and cover the application members 6a and 6b and the base 5.
  • the ceiling 14 has a flat outer shape, and has on its inner face concentric tubular lugs 15a and 15b. respectively with the axes Za, Zb when the cover 2 is in the closed position.
  • Each of the tubular lugs 15a, 15b have a central recess 32a, 32b.
  • the portion of the lateral flanks 13a and 13a 'facing the female grooves 12a and 12a' has lateral lugs 16a and 16a 'extending horizontally towards the inside of the cap 2 and penetrating respectively into the female grooves 12a and 12a'.
  • the portion of the side flanks 13a and 13a 'facing the grooves 12b and 12b' has lateral lugs (not visible) extending horizontally so as to cooperate with said grooves.
  • the base 5 presents around the female grooves 12a, 12a ', 12b, 12b' a shell of substantially constant thickness so that said female grooves extend towards the inside of the base 5.
  • the grooves 12a, 12a ', 12b, 12b 'each have a flared opening or insertion area and opening at the level of the horizontal platform 31 of the base 5. In the figures, only the insertion areas 21a and 21b of the grooves 12a and 12b are visible.
  • the guide means may comprise only one groove associated with one or more lugs.
  • the base 3, the base 5 and the circular skirts 10a and 10b form a one-piece shell of constant thickness defining a single interior volume serving as a container 17 for receiving the cosmetic or care product.
  • the holding devices 18a, 18b are attached to the main part 1.
  • such holding devices 18a, 18b can form inserts.
  • the holding devices 18a, 18b can be snapped into the circular skirts 10a and 10b.
  • these inserts could be mounted in tight fit, screwed or ultrasonically welded to said circular skirts.
  • Each of the holding devices 18a, 18b comprises the holding flange 9a, 9b, a bearing lug 19a, 19b extending radially and resting on the circular skirts 10a and 10b and has a sealing collar 20a, 20b of shape annular.
  • This neck can define said product outlet port of the container.
  • Such a neck may form a sealing lip extending radially inside the holding device 18a, 18b adapted to cooperate with the applicator member.
  • the diameters of the holding collars 9a, 9b and the sealing collars 20a, 20b are smaller than the diameters of the spherical applicator elements 7a, 7b.
  • the holding devices 18a and 18b may be made of flexible material such as elastomers such as SEBS, EPDM or polyurethane for example, or thermoplastic such as low density polyethylene or high density polypropylene for example.
  • the spherical applicator elements 7a, 7b are mounted floating in their respective holding device 18a, 18b. Such applicator elements 7a, 7b can take an extreme high position by coming into contact with a circular edge of the holding flanges 9a, 9b. The contact with the edge can be contained or limited to three points of contact.
  • a circular contact edge with the sealing collar 20a, 20b makes it possible to seal the container 17 with respect to the outside of the main part 1.
  • the applicator elements 7a, 7b are free to move in a floating zone.
  • a user may, after removing the cover 2, take the main part 1 by putting the base 3 in the palm of one of his hands and turning the application members 6a, 6b to the low.
  • the cosmetic or care product of the container 17 flows naturally by gravity towards the sealing necks 20a and 20b and wets the portion of the spherical applicator 7a, 7b protruding inside the container 17.
  • a tangential friction force is applied to the spherical applicator elements 7a, 7b and rotates them so that the previously wet part is inside.
  • container 17 arrives outside and is applied to the body part.
  • the amount of cosmetic or care product thus transported from the interior of the container 17 to the body part is limited and controlled by the clearance existing between the applicator elements 7a, 7b and the corresponding sealing collars 20a, 20b.
  • opening zones have a funnel shape so that by exerting a simple pressure of approximation of the two hands, the lateral lugs of the sidewalls 13a and 13a 'are guided in a position at the bottom of the corresponding opening zone.
  • various positions 22 to 27 of the lateral lug 16a are shown inside the associated groove 12a when closing the hood on the main part 1.
  • the other lateral lugs provided on the sidewalls 13a and 13a 'of cover 2 simultaneously occupy similar positions relative to the grooves 12b, 12a 'and 12b' associated.
  • the lateral lug 16a When bringing the bonnet 2 and the main part 1 closer together, the lateral lug 16a is in the position referenced 22. By exerting a generally shearing movement between the two hands, the user allows the lateral lugs to occupy a position of beginning of guidance at the entrance of the female grooves 12a, 12a ', 12b, 12b'. This position corresponds to that referenced 23 on the figure 4 .
  • the lateral flanks 13a and 13a 'of the cover 2 are aligned with lateral portions 55a, 55a' ( figure 2 ) of the peripheral skirt 55 of the container 17.
  • the front flanks 13b and 13b 'of the cover 2 are offset laterally with respect to the front portions 55b and rear 55b' ( figure 3 ) of the peripheral skirt 55 of the base 3.
  • the hood 2 travels a closing path and passes through a position of beginning of obstruction of the mountain passes.
  • Sealing 20a, 20b corresponding to the moment when the tubular lugs 15a, 15b bear against the spherical applicator elements 7a, 7b and press the applicator elements 7a, 7b in the low position against the seals 20a, 20b.
  • the product outlet orifices are then obstructed by said product application members.
  • This position of beginning of obstruction of the seals 20a, 20b corresponds to the position referenced 24 of the figure 4 .
  • the tubular lugs 15a, 15b slide laterally over the protruding portion 8a, 8b of the applicator elements 7a, 7b and increase the sealing pressure on the seals 20a, 20b of the holding devices 18a, 18b. Due to the fact that the support pins 19a, 19b of the holding devices 18a, 18b have a diameter greater than the contact edge of the sealing necks 20a, 20b with the applicator elements 7a, 7b, the sealing collars flex elastically over the entire distance axial separating the start obstructing position 24 from the maximum clamping position 25.
  • the front and rear flanks 13b 'of the cover 2 are aligned with the front and rear portions 55b and 55b' of the peripheral skirt 55 of the container 17.
  • the peripheral skirt 13 of the cover 2 is offset laterally relative to the peripheral skirt 55 of the container 17.
  • the peripheral skirt 13 of the cover 2 is aligned with the peripheral skirt 55.
  • the translational path of the cover 2 comprises a final rectilinear or linear horizontal portion extending along the axis X transverse to the axes Za and Zb, and a straight or linear inclined portion at an angle ⁇ .
  • This angle ⁇ may, for example, be between 110 ° and 160 ° and even more preferably between 130 ° and 145 °.
  • the inclined portion may be configured to respectively bring the tubular lugs 15a, 15b of the hood up to or opposite the upper end of the applicator member 6a, 6b and the horizontal portion may be adapted to bring these pins in support on said applicator member so as to obstruct the corresponding product outlet port.
  • the sliding of the cover is therefore performed in translation directions separate axes Za and Zb.
  • the female groove 12a has a bottom or core 58 and two side flanks or side walls 57 parallel.
  • the groove 12a could have non-parallel flanks, or only an upper flank 57 on which the lug 16a comes to slide.
  • the angle ⁇ mentioned above corresponds to the angle of the flank 57 on which the lug 16a slides.
  • the insertion zone 21a may comprise lateral flanks converging towards each other in order to facilitate the positioning and guiding of the lug 16a in the groove.
  • the bottom 58 of the grooves has a fixed bead 26a adapted so that by continuing the closing path, the lateral lug 16a slides over said bead by deforming the lateral flank 13a of the cover 2 in the lateral direction Y, c ' ie according to a direction perpendicular both to the general directions of the orifice Za and Zb and to the final portion 28 of the closing path from the start obstructing position 24 to the locked position 27.
  • the grooves 12a ', 12b and 12b' are identical to the groove 12 and also comprise locking beads.
  • the closing path also has the guide start position 23, the obstruct start position 24, the maximum clamp position 25 and the locked position 27.
  • the final portion of the closing path has another shape. not including a portion perpendicular to the general direction of the orifice.
  • the final portion of the closing path going from the start obstructing position 24 to the locked position 27 can take any inclination with respect to the general direction of the orifice Za as soon as the user draws closing the hood by exerting an overall axial shearing movement between his two hands.
  • the groove 12a female illustrated in figure 6 has an end portion 29 such that the locked position 27 of the lug 16a is higher than that of said lug 16a in maximum clamping position 25, while being much lower than the position of the beginning of obstruction 24.
  • the elasticity seals 20a and 20b makes it possible to maintain the tightness of the obstruction.
  • Such a groove 12a also constitutes a locking means. Indeed, to open the cover 2, the user must exert a reverse shear force to that of the closure to return to the maximum clamping position 25.
  • the translation path of the cover 2 relative to the container is carried out here along a curvilinear path with two distinct curvatures whose axis is transverse to the axes Za and Zb, and offset laterally with respect to said axes.
  • the trajectory presents two distinct directions that are the tangent to the trajectory of the lug 16a at the maximum clamping position 25 and the tangent to the path in guiding start position 23. These two directions form an angle ⁇ between them.
  • the translation path can be likened to these two tangents. In the case of a groove 12a, 12a ', 12b, 12b' with parallel flanks 57, the angle ⁇ can be measured by considering planes tangent to the flanks of the groove.
  • the angle ⁇ between the two directions of the translation path is measured by considering the side 57 of the guide means on which the lug 16a of the cover 2 slides or vice versa. Then the angle between the planes tangent to said flank 57 is measured at the location of the maximum tightening and at the beginning of the guidance.
  • This angle ⁇ may have values similar to the angle ⁇ .
  • the final portion of the ramp 30 is horizontal and comprises neither bead nor raised end position 29 raised. Thanks to the central recess 32a, 32b of the tubular stud 15a, 15b the plating force of the applicator element 7a against the sealing collar 20a passes through a maximum when the tubular stud 15a presses on the top of the the applicator element 7a, that is to say before reaching the locked position 27.
  • one of the grooves 12a, 12a ', 12b, or 12b' has either a bead 26a or a final position 29 raised to ensure a locking of the cover 2.
  • the complete absence of these forms of locking is also possible in the extent to which the lateral lugs of the cover 2 exert a friction force on the corresponding female grooves, because of the plating force maintained to seal the applicator element 7a or 7b against the sealing collar 20a or 20b.
  • the holding devices 18a, 18b and the main part 1 have been made in one piece.
  • the general directions Za and Zb of the two orifices are unchanged and all the variants envisaged previously as guide ramps can also be transposed to this embodiment.
  • the axial distance along the main directions of the orifice Za and Zb separating the start obstruction position and the maximum clamping position is however reduced and corresponds to the elasticity of the shell of the cover 2 or the base part 3.
  • the ceiling 14 of the cover 2 has two support zones 15a, 15a 'on two application members 41, 41'.
  • the ceiling 14 also has a central rib 40 capable of obstructing an outlet orifice in the form of a supply channel (not visible) connecting the container 17 to a plurality of application members 41, 41 '. That the locking of the cover 2 on the main part 1 is exerted by a shearing movement between the two hands of the user, that is to say in a direction generally transverse to the general directions of the orifices of the applicators 41, allows to have an aligned series of applicators 41 with a smaller footprint of the device.
  • the application members 50 comprise a fixed foam 51 fixed above unrepresented orifices.
  • the ceiling 14 of the cap comprises protruding shapes 52 which slide on the foam 51 and finish their closing stroke by compressing said foam 51 opposite the outlet orifices, so that they are blocked by the foam 51 to the compressed state.

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