Classifications

• • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
  • A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
  • A47K—SANITARY EQUIPMENT; ACCESSORIES THEREFOR, e.g. TOILET ACCESSORIES
  • A47K5/00—Holders or dispensers for soap, toothpaste or the like
  • A47K5/06—Dispensers for soap
  • A47K5/12—Dispensers for soap for liquid or pasty soap

Definitions

• the present invention relates to a support for at least one side-holding bottle by pinching. More particularly, the invention relates to an individual support for a bottle of liquid soap, shampoo or the like with an elongated cross section.
• the object of the invention is to provide a support for one or more bottles, preferably for at least one bottle of toiletries for example liquid soap, shower gel, shampoo, body care or the like that can adapt to bottles of different shapes, even in the form of tubes, and keep them in an upright position. More particularly, the object of the invention is to allow the lateral retention in the standing position of bottles of cylindrical shape with round or elongated section.
• the invention comprises a rear mounting plate adapted to be fixed on a wall or secured thereto, which rear mounting plate comprises one or more pinch means for bottle.
• Each vial clamping means is in the form of a clamp with two flexible branches substantially flat curved and curved outwards, facing each other, joined together at one end of the clamp on the side of the rear plate fixation and free at a second end constituting between them an inlet space for the bottle and delimiting between them a volume with elongated section and open to the outside.
• the entrance space is formed by the return to the outside of each free end of each branch forming the clamp.
• the elongated shape of the receiving volume delimited by each pair of clamps advantageously makes it possible to adapt to bottles having a large variety of elongated cross-sections, whether they are solid or not, and is particularly suitable for holding bottles of water.
• cylindrical shape with oval section exerting a substantially uniform pressure on the entire body.
• the one or more clamps of the vial support (s) of the invention not only maintain the vials, but constitute a means of immobilization and maintenance particularly simple to easily introduce a bottle and remove it just as easily and quickly with one hand without special effort.
• the vial support (s) of the invention allows the use of one or more vials in a position such that its or their content can flow immediately and this until its exhaustion.
• the support according to the invention makes it possible to place and hold the bottles in the use position.
• the support for bottle (s) of the invention also allows clean storage of the different bottles in use.
• the vial support (s) further comprises a support means at each clamp, each support means being in the form of a downward extension with a return on which can rest an end of the bottle.
• each lateral clamping means in the form of a clamp is further detachable from the rear mounting plate.
• this separable and removable character makes it possible in particular to change pliers, for example when it is broken, or when it is desired to replace it with a pliers of different size or shape.
• the support means may also be detachable from the bottle support (s).
• Figure 1 is a perspective view of a bottle holder (s) according to a first embodiment of the invention
• Figure 2 is a perspective view of a bottle holder (s) according to a second embodiment of the invention.
• FIG. 3 is a perspective view of the bottle holder (s) of FIG. which are immobilized two bottles of different shape; .
• Figure 4 is a perspective view of the bottle holder (s) of Figure 2 in which is immobilized upside down a bottle of cylindrical shape with oval section; .
• Figure 5 is a perspective view of a bottle holder (s) according to a first variant of the invention;
• Figure 6 is a detail view from above corresponding to the circled area in Figure 5; .
• Figure 7 is a perspective view of a bottle holder (s) according to a second variant of the invention; .
• Figure 8 is a perspective view of a bottle holder (s) according to a third variant of the invention; .
• Figure 9 is a perspective view of the front of the bottle holder (s) of Figure 8, shown dissociated and substantially front and top; .
• Figure 10 is a perspective view of the back of the vial support (s) of Figure 8, shown dissociated;
• Figure 11 is a perspective view of the dissociable clamp of the bottle holder (s) of Figure 8; .
• Figure 12 is a perspective view of a bottle holder (s) incorporating reinforcing structures;
• Figure 13 is a perspective view of a bottle holder (s) serving as a product dispenser according to a first variant; .
• Figures 14 and 15 are perspective views of a bottle holder (s) serving as a product distributor according to a second variant; and.
• Figures 16 to 18 are vertical sectional views of a bottle holder (s) serving as a product dispenser according to additional variants.
• the support 1 for bottle (s) according to the invention is preferably intended to be fixed on a vertical wall.
• This attachment may for example be effected by gluing, screwing, nailing, or by any other fastening or securing means.
• the support for bottle (s) according to the invention comprises a rear mounting plate 2, preferably in the form of a substantially rectangular plate intended to be attached against and fixed on a vertical wall, for example a wall.
• perforations may be provided through the rear fixing plate 2.
• each lateral clamping means 3 is in the form of a clamp such as 4, substantially perpendicular to the rear fixing plate 2, formed of two branches, for example according to two blades. curved opposing 5 delimiting between them an elongated section holding inner volume for example oval and open to the outside by an entrance space.
• Each curved blade 5 has a curved main portion bulging outwardly of the inner volume so as to form between it and its neighbor facing it, the generally elongate retaining inner volume for example of substantially oval shape.
• Each clamp 4 can be secured to the rear mounting plate 2 at a first end 6.
• the ends 6 of each clamp 4 can join so as to merge into a common end which can be secured to the rear plate fixing 2.
• the curved blades 5 forming pairs each clamp 4 are thin enough to be elastically discarded without much effort by the mere introduction between them by the entrance space of the body of a bottle 7 and maintain it through a lateral pinching effect provided by the two blades 5 facing the clamps 4.
• each blade 5 of each pair of clamps 4 are contact surfaces with pinch effect provided to immobilize by their single elastic approximation force and support on their sides the bodies of the bottles 7 introduced laterally therebetween.
• the curved blades 5 are in one piece with the rear mounting plate 2, the assembly being secured to the wall by screwing, gluing, welding or any other suitable means.
• the pairs of curved blades 5 forming each clamp 4 and the rear mounting plate 2 are made of plastic.
• the other end 8 of each blade 5 of each clamp 4, is a free end which has an inversion of curvature so that each blade 5 of each clamp 4 forms an end portion 9 flared outwardly constituting an entrance space facilitating by guiding the lateral introduction of a bottle 7 between them.
• FIG. 1 shows a support 1 for a bottle (s) according to a first embodiment of the invention corresponding to the preceding description and comprising three pairs of clamps 4.
• the bottles 7 to be immobilized are pushed laterally against the flared end portion 9 of the clamps 4 forming the entrance space so as to spread them and make the bottles 7 to be penetrated to be immobilized between the clamps 4.
• Each clamp 4 is thus provided to be able to receive a bottle 7 to immobilize it by lateral pinching.
• the introduction of a bottle 7 between two blades of a clamp 4 can also be performed by the top of the clamps 4 while spacing them manually.
• the extraction of a bottle 7 is normally done by pulling laterally on it to extract the clamps 4. This movement can also be done for example upwards, downwards, but preferably towards the user. namely in transverse distance from the support 1 for bottle (s).
• the support 1 for bottle (s) further comprises a support means 10 at each pair of clamps 4.
• Each support means 10 is preferably in the form of an auxiliary support according to a band 11 conformed in L.
• the upper portion 12 of this strip 11 is substantially vertical and secured to the rear mounting plate
• the lower portion 13 of the L-shaped strip is substantially horizontal and has a free end 14 oriented away from the wall on which the support 1 for bottle (s) is fixed.
• Each support means 10 is preferably centered vertically and laterally relative to the clamp 4 to which it is associated.
• the support means 10 in L-shaped strip 11, the clamps 4 and the rear mounting plate 2 are in one piece for example made of plastic.
• FIG. 3 there is shown a support 1 for a bottle (s) according to the second embodiment in which two bottles of different shape are immobilized.
• a first vial 7, 15 of generally oval section is received in a first clamp 4 and a second vial 7, 16 circular section is received in a second clamp 4 whose blades are slightly spaced therefrom.
• the shape of the tongs of the support 1 for at least one bottle of the invention can be adapted to bottles of different shapes.
• the support 1 for at least one bottle according to the invention can serve both to maintain one or more upright bottles, but also to maintain one or more bottles upside down.
• the head-down position can be particularly advantageous, for example to lower the contents of a bottle near its outlet when it is almost empty, or to use a bottle as a dispenser. In the latter case, after opening the bottle, simply press on it to make out a dose of desired product.
• the support means 10 on which the bottle rests may be modified, for example to have a shorter horizontal portion or having a through hole to allow the product to pass.
• each clamp 4 and / or each support means 10 is separable from the rear fixing plate 2.
• each clamp 4 and the rear fixing plate 2 or each rear fixing plate 2 are not in one piece.
• each clamp 4 can be dissociated from the rear fixing plate 2 and can be fixed in a removable manner or not, for example by a vertical slide system 17, 18.
• a vertical slideway system 17, 18 with a dovetail-shaped section comprising a female part 17 provided in the rear mounting plate 2 and in which is slidably housed a male portion 18 provided for in FIG. the level of the first end 6 of the pair of clamps 4.
• a stop 19 may be present in the lower portion of the female portion 17 of the slide to prevent further sliding down causing the output out of the female part 17, especially when the adjustment of the male part 18 in the female part 17 is not strong enough.
• each clamp 4 makes it possible to replace it, for example when it is broken, or when it is desired to replace it with a clamp of different size.
• each clamp 4, each support means 10 and the rear mounting plate 2 are not in one piece.
• each clamp 4 and each support means 10 can be dissociated from the rear fixing plate 2 and can be mounted removably or not, for example by a male part 18, 20 introduced into a female part 17 of a vertical slide, according to a mounting system substantially similar to that of the first variant.
• this second variant of the invention simplifies the manufacture by molding and makes it possible to condition the supports for bottle (s) in the dissociated state, which gives a save space and avoid any damage caused by shocks during transport.
• Figures 8 to 11 show a support 1 for bottle (s) according to a third preferred embodiment of the invention which incorporates this second variant.
• each pair of clamps 4 comprises a male portion 18 at its first end 6, which is shaped to be slidably housed in a female portion 17 provided in the rear mounting plate 2.
• each support means 10, preferably in the form of an auxiliary support according to a strip 11 formed as L 1 comprises a male part 20 at its upper end, which is shaped to be received slidably in the female part 17 of the rear mounting plate 2.
• a stop 19 may be present in the lower part of the female part 17 in order to prevent the pair of clamps 4 and the support means 10 from sliding out of the female part 17, particularly when the adjustment of the parts males 18 and 20 in the female part 17 is not strong enough.
• each pair of clamps 4 may further comprise wedging projections 21 on either side of the male part 18, provided at its first end 6 to abut by their face remote against the front face of the rear mounting plate 2 and to abut by their underside against the upper face of the upper portion 12 of the support means 10. These projections for setting a positioning wedge for each pair of clamps 4 so that, in use, the latter remains in position relative to the rest of the support 1 for a bottle (s) and so that its male part 18 can not be twisted, or forced out of the female portion 17.
• each support means 10 also comprises a bearing projection 22 on its rear face, for example in the upper portion 12 of the L-shaped strip 11.
• This protrusion 22 allows a wedging in support of the support means against the vertical wall on which the support 1 for bottle (s) is fixed or secured. It also makes it possible to compensate for the deformation forces exerted by the weight of the bottle on the lower part 13 of the L-shaped strip and undergone by the whole of the support means 10.
• the various component parts 2, 4, 10 of a support 1 for a bottle (s) are packaged separately.
• the rear mounting plate 2 is first fixed or secured against a vertical wall.
• the male part 20 of each support means 10 is slidably mounted in the female part 17 of the vertical slide system of the rear fixing plate 2, until it comes into abutment against the stop 19 present in the lower part of the female part 17.
• each pair of clamps 4 is slidably housed in the female part 17 of the vertical slide system of the rear fixing plate 2, until its underside either in abutment against the upper face of the male part 20 of the support means 10 previously put in place, and / or until the lower face of the wedging projections 21 abuts against the upper face of the upper part 12 support means 10 previously put in place.
• the invention is not limited to the preferred embodiments described above and shown in the various figures, the skilled person can make many modifications and imagine other variants without departing from the scope and of the scope of the invention.
• reinforcing means or conformations 23, 24, 25 for stiffen the assembly for example in the form of ribs 23, 24 or reinforcing overthicknesses 25.
• the bottle holder (s) of the invention as a support for a dispenser dispenser bottle during the use of at least one bottle 7 comprising a biasing device 26 to compression, piston or other, for removing the product it contains from below, for example through an outlet, a dispensing nozzle or a tubular outlet pipe 27, when the user presses on the device 26.
• a dispensing dispenser bottle intended to be used upside down will be chosen.
• the user exerts an upward pressure on the biasing device 26 of the bottle 7 through the lower portion 13 of the support means 10 by pushing it upwards.
• This variant greatly facilitates the use of bottles and allows in particular to get the product contained in a bottle using the elbow or other body part, without the need to touch the bottle with dirty hands.
• FIGS 14 and 15 there is shown a second variant of the bottle holder (s) of the invention used as a support for a metering dispenser bottle having a substantially vertical outlet tubular conduit 27.
• the lower portion 13 of the L-shaped strip has a through orifice 28 for the passage of the tubular conduit 27 outlet of the bottle 7.
• This variant ensures an additional maintenance of the bottle 7 by the setting of the lower part from the passage of the lower flexible tab 13 by the tubular conduit 27 output.
• the support means 10 may have in its upper part an upper support according to a band 29 shaped L.
• the lower part of this band is substantially vertical and secured to the rear fixing plate 2 while its upper part is substantially horizontal and has a free end oriented away from the wall on which the support 1 for bottle (s) is fixed.
• the bottle 7 has an orifice outlet 30, for example slit, which opens beyond a pressure threshold of the contained product.
• the opening pressure is that exerted by the user, for example on the flanks of the flexible bottle 7. It may be flexible lips that deviate only beyond a certain pressure.
• the conformation of the outlet side of this type of bottle is rather variable, but it is generally in the form of a central projection, forming for example the neck of the bottle, at the central end of which is the outlet orifice 30.
• outlet port 30 is often closed by a removable closure piece (not shown).
• the variant consists in providing a universal receiving part 31 for this central projection while the flexible bottle 7 is preferentially held upside down and that the lower part 13 of the L-shaped strip has a through orifice 28 for the passage of the product out. of the bottle 7.
• the universal receiving part 31 may affect in the upper part, the general shape of a conical or frustoconical bowl in which is housed the projecting central end of the bottle 7.
• annular bead formed by the depression of the end of the bottle 7 in the frustoconical flexible part of the receiving part 31. It is also possible to provide a preformed annular rim flange with the dimensions of this end which retains the central end protruding inside the universal receiving room.
• the universal receiving part on the lower part 13 of the L-shaped strip, it can be made by any securing means or fixing.
• the removable attachment may come from the use of a thread or a shape adjustment between the through base of the universal receiving part 31 and the lower part 13 of the L-shaped strip.
• the universal receiving part 31 is preferably made of flexible elastic material, for example rubber. It may be made of any other material and for example be in one piece with the lower portion 13 of the L-shaped strip.
• FIGS 16 and 17 we have shown a support for bottle (s) of the invention used as a support for a metering dispenser bottle according to this variant.
• the lower portion 13 of the L-shaped strip comprises a universal receiving member 31.
• This universal receiving member 31 has a through hole 32 for the passage of the product contained in the bottle 7. It makes it possible to wedge the bottle by its lower part so as to position its dispensing orifice 30 substantially in front of the through orifice 32 of the L shaped strip.
• FIG. 18 Another variant is shown in FIG. 18 for a bottle holder (s) according to which the through-orifice 28 present in the lower portion 13 of the L-shaped strip comprises at its center a central obturating pin 33, for example of a shape conical, provided to enter the outlet port 30 of a bottle 7 upside down so as to close this orifice.
• the shutter pin 33 is held for example by radial spacers.
• the weight of the bottle 7 and its contents exerts pressure on the shutter pin 33 which prevents the product contained in the bottle 7 from flowing out of the outlet port 30 thereof.
• the user exerts pressure on the bottle 7, for example on its sides, until a pressure threshold of the contained product is reached which is sufficient to counteract the force exerted by the weight of the bottle. 7.
• the product contained in the bottle 7 can then exit from it in forced passage through the outlet orifice 30, to flow on the outer surface of the shutter pin 33 and pass through the opening 28 extending partially around this last.
• the conical shape of the shutter pin 33 is preferred because it advantageously adapts to different diameters of the outlet orifice 30 of the bottles 7.
• the penetration of the shutter pin 33 through the outlet orifice 30 of the bottle 7 allows a maintenance and a centering of it by its lower part.
• This variant makes it possible to use any bottle 7 provided with a circular or substantially circular outlet orifice 30 in the manner of a bottle of the forced output type of the product.
• the shape of the shutter pin 33 can be adapted to other forms of outlet orifice 30 of the bottle 7.
• the support 1 for bottle (s) of the invention may comprise any number of pairs of clamps.
• FIGS. 1 to 5 there are in each case pairs of pliers of identical size and shape, these pliers may have different and different dimensions and shapes in order to be able to adapt the vial carrier (s) of the invention to vials of equally variable and different sizes and shapes.
• the support 1 for bottle (s) of Figure 7 has two types of different dimensions for the pairs of clamps 4 to adapt them to different bottles or tubes of templates.
• the various preferred embodiments, whether or not they incorporate one or the other of the different variants can be very easily manufactured by molding a suitable plastic material with an extremely low cost.

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