EP2109381B1 - Dispositif d'échantillon pour produits fluides - Google Patents

Dispositif d'échantillon pour produits fluides Download PDF

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EP2109381B1
EP2109381B1 EP08775647.4A EP08775647A EP2109381B1 EP 2109381 B1 EP2109381 B1 EP 2109381B1 EP 08775647 A EP08775647 A EP 08775647A EP 2109381 B1 EP2109381 B1 EP 2109381B1
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Olivier De Pous
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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
    • A45D40/0087—Casings or accessories specially adapted for storing or handling solid or pasty toiletry or cosmetic substances, e.g. shaving soaps or lipsticks for samples
    • 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

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  • the present invention relates to a sample device for fluid products, and more particularly to a sample device of small thin thickness that can be inserted in a narrow space, in particular between the pages of a magazine, an envelope or a prospectus, and that can also be kept, transported, and reused easily, regardless of any medium.
  • This sample device is particularly suitable for perfumes, cosmetics or pharmaceuticals.
  • sample systems including a foil adhered at its periphery on a paper support to confine a folded wipe soaked in perfume. Once the metal sheet is removed, the user can access the wipe, unfold it and feel the fragrance.
  • the user holding the wipe is inevitably found with perfume on the fingers.
  • the wipe is necessarily separated from the support and the metal sheet where the advertisement and references of the product appear. The wipe is thus generally lost or if it is kept by the user, the references of the product does not appear.
  • the perfume tends to evaporate fairly quickly from the wipe.
  • the advertising page is generally connected with the other pages of the magazine and the sample is not intended to be separated from the medium for any subsequent use. In both cases, it is not possible to separate the entire sample device from the support magazine.
  • the user who wishes to take both the sample and product references with him for example in-store to be sure to find and buy the same product or to discover and test to another person , is often forced to tear the page containing the sample if he does not want to carry the entire magazine with him.
  • the sample once opened no longer has the same aesthetic appearance as before use, it may also leak or at least perfume the pocket or other items in the bag during transport.
  • the present invention aims to provide a fluid sample device, which does not reproduce the aforementioned drawbacks.
  • the object of the present invention is to provide a thin-form fluid product sampling device, which can advantageously be inserted, for example, between the pages of a magazine, a flyer or an envelope, all being almost imperceptible from the outside and whose use is easy for the user.
  • Another object of the present invention is to provide a fluid sample device which facilitates the preservation of the sample by reprotection of the sample after use and which perfectly restores the properties of the sampled product.
  • the present invention also aims to provide a fluid sample device that can be separated easily and independently of the initial support (magazine, flyer, ...), which allows subsequent transport safe, reliable, and very compact of the sample device, and which makes the reuse of this device both practical and aesthetic.
  • Another object of the present invention is to provide a simple fluid sample device, inexpensive to manufacture and assemble, which easily fits and fits securely or in existing advertising media such as magazines, flyers. , leaflets, envelopes, and does not require any major modification of these supports.
  • the present invention provides a sample device for fluid products, comprising at least two superposed sheets interconnected by a retaining element, the sheets each comprising an inner face, the inner faces being rotated one towards the other so as to come into contact, the inner face of at least one sheet comprising an area provided with microcapsules containing a fluid product, characterized in that the internal faces slide between them with friction between a masked position and a exposed position of the zone with microcapsules, being connected by the retaining element, so as to break the microcapsules and gradually release the fluid they contain.
  • said surfaces slide by rotation about the retaining element which then acts as axis of rotation or pivot.
  • the sheets are displaceable by sliding with friction, from a position exposed to a masked position, being always connected by the retaining element.
  • the device may comprise return means for returning the zones in the masked position.
  • the device may comprise several zones of microcapsules, allowing the user to open and / or re-protect the sample in one or more times and / or one or more locations to choose from.
  • several cheeks of micro-capsules are arranged on a disk-shaped sheet with the retaining element disposed centrally, the zone-free sheet comprising a window in which the zones are positionable by rotation of the two sheets one on the other.
  • At least one of the sheets has a gripping notch to grip the other sheet devoid of notch.
  • the device may comprise a holding element for holding the superimposed sheets in a hidden position.
  • the sheet provided with microcapsule zones is disposed between two sheets forming a case, the two sheets being connected by at least one edge and, advantageously, by the retaining element.
  • the inner face of the sheet that rubs against the micro-capsule area has a rough or abrasive surface quality.
  • the abrasion is greater in the direction of the masked position towards the exposed position than in the opposite direction.
  • the present invention also defines a support comprising pages, such as a magazine, a prospectus, or an envelope, said support comprising a fluid sample device as defined above, inserted between its pages.
  • the sample device is removably attached to the support by at least one of its sheets, to be able to transport and / or reuse the sample device separately from the support.
  • An interesting principle of the present invention is to discover the micro-capsule area by a sliding action with friction, which can be likened to shearing.
  • the friction generated by the sliding has an abrasive action on the microcapsules which are then destroyed.
  • more or less micro-capsules will be opened. It is thus possible to modulate the opening of the microcapsules to release more or less fluid.
  • the abrasive sliding of the sheets is preferably effected during a rotational movement of one sheet relative to the other.
  • it is not excluded to move the sheets translatively or axially relative to each other so as to generate sliding friction.
  • the two sheets can be connected by a retaining element which nevertheless allows the relative axial displacement of the two sheets.
  • a sheet in the form of a card provided with one or more area (s) micro-capsules engaged inside a case and connected thereto by a retaining element, which can advantageously act as an elastic return means for returning the card inside the case.
  • the device according to the present invention is intended to provide a fluid sample which may be a perfume, a lotion, a cream, or any other cosmetic or pharmaceutical product.
  • a fluid sample which may be a perfume, a lotion, a cream, or any other cosmetic or pharmaceutical product.
  • the fluid product is a perfume that gives off an odor intended to be smelled.
  • the device according to the invention comprises at least four constituent elements, namely at least two sheets 1, 2 sliding between them by friction, a retaining element 3 which connects the sheets together and at least one zone of microcapsules 4 arranged on one sheet in contact with another.
  • the microcapsules are small, fragile capsules containing a fluid, for example perfume. Thanks to their barrier effect, they isolate the product from the surrounding environment and protect it effectively from any degrading factor. The qualities of the product are thus optimal, preserved, and intact. At the time of their rupture, the fluid product is released.
  • the microcapsules can be replaced by any other impregnable support material, capable of retaining a fluid and release for example under the effect of friction.
  • the fluid sample device is illustrated on the figure 1 in a closed, masked and protected position, and on the figure 2 in the open or exposed position to allow the microcapsules to release their contents.
  • the sheets 1, 2 used can be of all types, all materials, and all forms. These leaves are preferably fine. They each comprise an inner face 1a, 2a and an outer face 1b, 2b, the inner faces being turned towards each other and contact each other.
  • a zone of micro-capsules 4 is applied on the inner face 1a of the sheet 1. This zone 4 is visible on the figure 1 through transparency through sheet 2, and on the figure 2 where this area is discovered.
  • the microcapsules can also be embedded in the material constituting the sheet or be an integral part of the composition of the sheet.
  • the inner face 1a which has this zone of microcapsules 4 is covered by the inner face 2a of the second sheet (grayed out on the Figures 1 and 2 ), to protect the microcapsules of zone 4.
  • the retaining element 3 connecting the two sheets is an axis perpendicular to the two sheets. As visible on Figures 1 and 2 this axis connects the two leaves near a corner.
  • This retaining element 3 can of course be located at any other place of the sheets, for example in the center. Being located at a corner of the sheets, this retaining pin allows, by sliding, sliding or pivoting the sheets relative to each other to completely discover the micro-capsule area 4 located at the level of sheet 1, as visible on the figure 2 .
  • a gripping means may be provided to facilitate handling of the sheets between them by the user.
  • at least one of the sheets has a notch or a grip tab 5 so that the other sheet can be grasped.
  • this notch 5 is made on the sheet 1 which supports the micro-capsule area 4, so that the user can easily catch the sheet 2 in this notch or tab.
  • the leaves can be repositioned easily, such as on the figure 1 , to hide again the zone of microcapsules 4. It suffices for the user to close the device in the hidden position by sliding and pivoting the sheets together in the same direction as for the opening or in the opposite direction, this thanks to the retaining pin that serves as a pivot, and connects the sheets permanently.
  • the inner face 2a of the sheet 2 which rubs against the zone of microcapsules 4 may optionally be abrasive.
  • the inner face can be abrasive only in the direction of the opening and non-abrasive in the opposite direction for the closure of the sample, this to preserve the release of the product by the microcapsules as long as possible.
  • the opening of the microcapsules is by friction or shear, it is achieved much more gradually than if it was by peeling or traction. Depending on the amount and intensity of the friction, the user can choose the degree of degradation and opening of the microcapsules.
  • the manufacturer can also make the inner face 2a more or less abrasive, depending on the desired rate of release of the product by the microcapsules. It should be noted that the abrasiveness of the inner face 2a keeps the device in the closed or masked position.
  • the fluid sample device may include an automatic sheet repositioning member, i.e., a biasing member.
  • This element may be an elastic return system or a spring system for example.
  • This return element can also be constituted by the shape or the structure of the sheets themselves or by the retaining element 3.
  • a spring can be fitted on the pivot, to close automatically the fluid sample device, if the user does not hold it open anymore.
  • the sample device according to the invention can be fixed or not to a support.
  • the small thickness of the sample device allows it to be easily inserted between the pages of a magazine, a book, a flyer, an envelope, or any other narrow space, but it can also be fixed on any other support, for example a display.
  • This sample device by its structure independent of the support, can be removably attached to a support, advertising for example.
  • One of the outer faces 1b, 2b of the device can be fixed by removable gluing on a magazine page.
  • the fluid sample device may be further secured by a tape connecting the sample and the carrier.
  • the sample device according to the invention once closed, does not have the appearance of an open sample used, but on the contrary has the same aesthetic appearance as before opening.
  • the user can thus, after separation of the support, transport, preserve and even reuse very easily the sample according to the invention.
  • placed in a cabinet it can be used to perfume the linen, thanks to the properties of progressive and permanent release of the perfume by the microcapsules.
  • the Figures 3 and 4 represent a second advantageous embodiment of the present invention, in which the sheet 2 which covers the sheet 1 supporting the microcapsule area 4 is configured in the form of a case 2 '.
  • This case can be formed by two sheets 2, 2 connected to an edge 22, as shown in the Figures 3 and 4 .
  • This case covers and protects the central sheet 1 comprising the microcapsules 4. At least one of the inner faces of this case can play the same role as the inner face 2a of the first embodiment.
  • the case 2 'and the central sheet 1 are, as in the first embodiment, held together permanently by a retaining pin 3 passing through the sheets 1, 2 near a corner. This case allows even safer transportation of the sample that is better protected.
  • the sheet 1 may be provided with two micro-capsule areas 4, for example an area on each side.
  • the inner faces of the case may have the same abrasion qualities as in the first embodiment.
  • a holding element 7 of the sheet 1 in its case (second embodiment) and / or sheets between them (first embodiment) can be added. As visible on the figure 3 it serves to keep the sheets superimposed in the case, that is to say in closed, protected position. On the figure 3 , This element is a tongue 7 removably connecting the two outer faces of the case, to prevent the release of the inner sheet 1 out of the case, between each use.
  • the figure 5 shows a third embodiment of the fluid sample device of the present invention, implementing a superposition of several sheets 1 (here ten sheets), each sheet 1 comprising a zone of microcapsules 4.
  • the intermediate sheets between the outermost of the sheets 1 and the sheet 2 each have a face covered with microcapsules and a rubbing face on the microcapsule area of the adjacent sheet.
  • This fluid sample device in the fully open state has the shape of a fan.
  • the fluid sample device according to the invention can therefore be divided into several zones of microcapsules. The user can choose to open the entire sample at once. But he can also choose to open only one part of the sample, by sliding only some of the sheets between them.
  • the microcapsules of the different zones may or may not contain the same product.
  • the sample device can be easily transported and advantageously used as a scented fan.
  • the sample device comprises a disk-shaped sheet 1 with at least one of its faces a plurality of microcapsule areas 4.
  • the disc is protected by a square case 2 ', to which it is connected at its center by a retaining pin 3.
  • the case is formed by two sheets 2, which are in this case connected together on four edges except at the level of a double notch 5 provided on an edge of the case, and preferably by the central retaining pin 3.
  • the disc 1 protrudes from the case at the level of the double notch 5, and can be grasped and rotated easily around the retaining pin 3 '.
  • the case has at least one window 8 through which the different areas of microcapsules 4 are visible successively, when the disc is rotated.
  • the inner face of the case 2 comprising the window 8 rubs on the disk in rotation, and breaks the microcapsules, similarly to the internal friction surface of the embodiments described above.
  • the disc may for example indicate the recommended direction of rotation and the case may indicate a location for gripping and pressure just before the window 8 to ensure that the zone 4 will be sufficiently rubbed.
  • This device allows sectoring, on one and the same face of the sample, into several zones of micro-capsules, which may contain different products. It allows the user to easily compare the products released by each zone of micro-capsules, while maintaining the others protected, thanks to the closed case on its four edges.
  • This sample device is also easily transportable. Of course, instead of a single face, both sides of the disc could have micro-capsules.
  • the fluid sample device combines both the reliability, the duration, and the aesthetics of the sample, the user is not only tempted to test the sample, but also tried to keep it, to use it, to reuse it, until adopting the sampled product. It fulfills perfectly whose role it is supposed to play a sample, including its advertising role.

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