EP2279795B1 - Système de distribution d'un produit fluide - Google Patents

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EP2279795B1
EP2279795B1 EP10290423.2A EP10290423A EP2279795B1 EP 2279795 B1 EP2279795 B1 EP 2279795B1 EP 10290423 A EP10290423 A EP 10290423A EP 2279795 B1 EP2279795 B1 EP 2279795B1
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Jean-Pierre Songbe
Hervé IMENEZ
Hervé Lompech
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Silgan Dispensing Systems Le Treport SAS
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    • BPERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65DCONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES
    • B65D83/00Containers or packages with special means for dispensing contents
    • B65D83/14Containers or packages with special means for dispensing contents for delivery of liquid or semi-liquid contents by internal gaseous pressure, i.e. aerosol containers comprising propellant for a product delivered by a propellant
    • B65D83/75Aerosol containers not provided for in groups B65D83/16 - B65D83/74
    • B65D83/753Aerosol containers not provided for in groups B65D83/16 - B65D83/74 characterised by details or accessories associated with outlets
    • BPERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B05SPRAYING OR ATOMISING IN GENERAL; APPLYING FLUENT MATERIALS TO SURFACES, IN GENERAL
    • B05BSPRAYING APPARATUS; ATOMISING APPARATUS; NOZZLES
    • B05B11/00Single-unit hand-held apparatus in which flow of contents is produced by the muscular force of the operator at the moment of use
    • B05B11/01Single-unit hand-held apparatus in which flow of contents is produced by the muscular force of the operator at the moment of use characterised by the means producing the flow
    • B05B11/06Gas or vapour producing the flow, e.g. from a compressible bulb or air pump
    • BPERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B05SPRAYING OR ATOMISING IN GENERAL; APPLYING FLUENT MATERIALS TO SURFACES, IN GENERAL
    • B05BSPRAYING APPARATUS; ATOMISING APPARATUS; NOZZLES
    • B05B11/00Single-unit hand-held apparatus in which flow of contents is produced by the muscular force of the operator at the moment of use
    • B05B11/01Single-unit hand-held apparatus in which flow of contents is produced by the muscular force of the operator at the moment of use characterised by the means producing the flow
    • B05B11/10Pump arrangements for transferring the contents from the container to a pump chamber by a sucking effect and forcing the contents out through the dispensing nozzle
    • B05B11/1087Combination of liquid and air pumps
    • BPERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B05SPRAYING OR ATOMISING IN GENERAL; APPLYING FLUENT MATERIALS TO SURFACES, IN GENERAL
    • B05BSPRAYING APPARATUS; ATOMISING APPARATUS; NOZZLES
    • B05B11/00Single-unit hand-held apparatus in which flow of contents is produced by the muscular force of the operator at the moment of use
    • B05B11/01Single-unit hand-held apparatus in which flow of contents is produced by the muscular force of the operator at the moment of use characterised by the means producing the flow
    • B05B11/10Pump arrangements for transferring the contents from the container to a pump chamber by a sucking effect and forcing the contents out through the dispensing nozzle
    • B05B11/1097Pump arrangements for transferring the contents from the container to a pump chamber by a sucking effect and forcing the contents out through the dispensing nozzle with means for sucking back the liquid or other fluent material in the nozzle after a dispensing stroke
    • BPERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B05SPRAYING OR ATOMISING IN GENERAL; APPLYING FLUENT MATERIALS TO SURFACES, IN GENERAL
    • B05BSPRAYING APPARATUS; ATOMISING APPARATUS; NOZZLES
    • B05B11/00Single-unit hand-held apparatus in which flow of contents is produced by the muscular force of the operator at the moment of use
    • B05B11/01Single-unit hand-held apparatus in which flow of contents is produced by the muscular force of the operator at the moment of use characterised by the means producing the flow
    • B05B11/10Pump arrangements for transferring the contents from the container to a pump chamber by a sucking effect and forcing the contents out through the dispensing nozzle
    • B05B11/1042Components or details
    • B05B11/1043Sealing or attachment arrangements between pump and container
    • B05B11/1046Sealing or attachment arrangements between pump and container the pump chamber being arranged substantially coaxially to the neck of the container
    • B05B11/1047Sealing or attachment arrangements between pump and container the pump chamber being arranged substantially coaxially to the neck of the container the pump being preassembled as an independent unit before being mounted on the container
    • BPERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B05SPRAYING OR ATOMISING IN GENERAL; APPLYING FLUENT MATERIALS TO SURFACES, IN GENERAL
    • B05BSPRAYING APPARATUS; ATOMISING APPARATUS; NOZZLES
    • B05B7/00Spraying apparatus for discharge of liquids or other fluent materials from two or more sources, e.g. of liquid and air, of powder and gas
    • B05B7/02Spray pistols; Apparatus for discharge
    • B05B7/06Spray pistols; Apparatus for discharge with at least one outlet orifice surrounding another approximately in the same plane
    • B05B7/062Spray pistols; Apparatus for discharge with at least one outlet orifice surrounding another approximately in the same plane with only one liquid outlet and at least one gas outlet
    • B05B7/065Spray pistols; Apparatus for discharge with at least one outlet orifice surrounding another approximately in the same plane with only one liquid outlet and at least one gas outlet an inner gas outlet being surrounded by an annular adjacent liquid outlet
    • BPERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B05SPRAYING OR ATOMISING IN GENERAL; APPLYING FLUENT MATERIALS TO SURFACES, IN GENERAL
    • B05BSPRAYING APPARATUS; ATOMISING APPARATUS; NOZZLES
    • B05B7/00Spraying apparatus for discharge of liquids or other fluent materials from two or more sources, e.g. of liquid and air, of powder and gas
    • B05B7/02Spray pistols; Apparatus for discharge
    • B05B7/10Spray pistols; Apparatus for discharge producing a swirling discharge

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  • the invention relates to a system for dispensing a fluid product comprising a device for sampling under pressure of said product, a sleeve and a push button for actuating said device which is mounted in translation relative to the sleeve on a dispensing stroke. / aspiration of the product.
  • the invention also relates to a dispensing bottle comprising such a dispensing system.
  • the dispensing system is intended to equip bottles used in perfumery, in cosmetics or for pharmaceutical treatments.
  • this type of bottle contains a product which is returned under pressure by a pump or a manually operated valve by means of a push button which is arranged to allow the product to be sprayed.
  • Such push buttons may include a body on which a tip is disposed around an insert so as to form a dispensing chamber between said tip and said insert.
  • the distribution chamber is in upstream communication with a supply duct mounted on a tube for supplying the pressurized product, said chamber comprising a downstream part provided with at least one distribution channel of the product in a zone of spray which is provided opposite the front end of the insert.
  • the dispensing chamber comprises a vortex chamber in which the spray zone is formed.
  • the vortex chamber is arranged to form an aerosol with the product by rotating it very rapidly to give it speed.
  • the swirl chamber is extended at its center by a dispensing orifice, the product can escape at high speed by splitting into fine droplets forming the aerosol.
  • the distribution channels of the chamber are each convergent towards an outlet orifice, said convergent channels being arranged to allow the impaction in the spray zone of the jets of liquid distributed by said orifices.
  • the document EP 0 930 102 A1 describes a spraying system, according to the preamble of claim 1.
  • the document DE 43 31 279 A1 describes a spraying system of the prior art.
  • the embodiments according to the prior art do not make it possible to guarantee the production of an aerosol of optimum quality, especially with regard to the fineness of the droplets comprising it.
  • the kinetic energy of the product at the level of the spray zone is relatively low, which limits the speed as well as the dispensing distance of the aerosol relative to the push button.
  • the product remains present in the vicinity of the spraying zone, said product residue can then flow between two distributions on the outside of the push button.
  • the invention aims to improve the prior art by proposing in particular a system for dispensing, at greater speed and at a greater distance from the push button, an aerosol formed by fine droplets, while avoiding that a remainder of product can flow between two distributions on said push button so in particular to limit the risk of contamination of said product.
  • the invention proposes a system for dispensing a fluid product comprising a device for sampling under pressure of said product and a sleeve, said system further comprising a push button for actuating said device which is mounted in translation relative to the sleeve over a dispensing / suction stroke of the product, said push button comprising a body on which a nozzle is disposed around an insert so as to form a dispensing chamber between said nozzle and said insert, said distribution chamber being in upstream communication with a supply duct mounted on a tube for feeding the product under pressure, said chamber comprising a downstream part provided with at least one product distribution channel in a spray zone which is expected facing the front end of the insert, the insert having an internal chamber which opens into an orifice formed in the front end of said insert facing the central part of the spray zone, said internal chamber being in communication with a piston chamber which is formed between the body of the push button and the sleeve, said piston chamber having a variable volume depending
  • the invention proposes a dispensing bottle of a fluid product comprising a container for packaging said product and such a dispensing system which is mounted on the reservoir so as to allow the dispensing of said product by actuation of the push button.
  • a system for dispensing a pressurized fluid product is described below, said product being of any kind, especially used in perfumery, in cosmetics or for pharmaceutical treatments.
  • the dispensing system comprises a sampling device 1 under liquid pressure which is manually actuated by means of a pushbutton 2.
  • the sampling device 1 may comprise a pump as shown in FIGS. figures 1 or a valve in the case where the liquid is packaged under pressure.
  • the push button 2 is mounted on a feed tube 3 of the pressurized product coming from the pump 1, the dispensing system being mounted on the neck 4 of a bottle comprising a product conditioning tank so as to feed the push button 2 with said product under pressure.
  • the dispensing system further comprises a sleeve 5 which can be made integrally ductile material, especially polyolefin plastic material.
  • the push button 2 is mounted in translation relative to the sleeve 5 on a dispensing / suction stroke of the product.
  • the sleeve 5 has a chimney 6 in which are positioned means for securing the pump 1.
  • an association armature 7 of the pump 1 is formed in the chimney 6 to make said pump secured to the sleeve 5.
  • the sleeve 5 can be integrated in the body of the pump 1, for example by forming a stent for said pump.
  • the sleeve 5 may be devoid of means for fixing the pump 1 on the neck 4, said pump can then be directly sealed inside said neck.
  • association armature 7 comprises an orifice 8 in which the pump 1 is mounted with the delivery tube 3 which extends in the chimney 6, said armature further comprising a latching groove 9 of a bead 10 formed on the body of the pump 1.
  • the sleeve 5 also has a lower skirt 11 which extends axially from one piece under the chimney 6, said skirt being provided with means for fixing said sleeve on the neck 4 of the bottle.
  • the skirt 11 is provided with an internal screw thread to enable it to be screwed onto the threaded neck 4 of the bottle.
  • the skirt 11 may be deformable between a mounting configuration in which said skirt is positionable around the neck 4 and a clamping configuration of said skirt around said neck to secure.
  • the push button 2 comprises a body having an annular skirt 12 surrounding a housing 13 for mounting on the feed tube 3 of the pressurized product. Furthermore, the push button 2 comprises an upper zone 14 allowing the user to exert a digital support on said push button in order to be able to move it axially on its dispensing stroke to actuate the sampling device 1, the return of the button pusher 2 on its suction stroke being conventionally performed by an elastic return means.
  • the push button 2 also comprises a tip 15 which is disposed around an insert 16 so as to form a distribution chamber 17 between said tip and said insert.
  • the distribution chamber 17 is formed at the interface between an inner wall of the nozzle 15 and an outer wall of the insert 16, a hollow recess being formed on at least one of said walls so as to be closed by the other wall delimiting said chamber.
  • the body of the push button 2 has a housing 18 in which the insert 16 is arranged to allow lateral spraying of the product relative to the body of said push button. More specifically, the skirt 12 is carried by a disc 19 of the body of the button pusher 2, said disc lower delimiting the upper housing 18 in which the insert 16 is disposed.
  • the insert 16 can be associated sealingly in the housing 18. Alternatively, it may be integral with the body of the push button 2.
  • the outer wall of the tip 15 has an anchor rod 15a in the wall of the housing 18 so as to allow the sealed association of said tip in said housing.
  • the tip 15 may be formed around the insert 16.
  • the distribution chamber 17 is in upstream communication with a supply conduit 20 which opens into the housing 13 for mounting on the feed tube 3 of the pressurized product.
  • the supply duct 20 comprises an upstream portion 20a coaxial with the housing 13 and a downstream portion 20b formed around the insert 16.
  • the distribution chamber 17 comprises a downstream part provided with at least one distribution channel 21 of the product in a spraying zone 22 which is provided opposite the front end 23 of the insert 16.
  • a spraying zone 22 which is provided opposite the front end 23 of the insert 16.
  • an aerosol of the product is formed to be dispensed in front of the front end 23 of the insert 16.
  • the insert 16 also has an internal chamber 24 which opens into an orifice 25 formed in the front end 23 of said insert facing the central part of the spraying zone 22.
  • the insert 16 presents a bore in which the inner chamber 24 is formed, said bore opening into the orifice 25 formed in the front end 23.
  • the inner chamber 24 is in communication with a piston chamber 26 which is formed between the body of the push button 2 and the sleeve 5, said piston chamber having a variable volume depending on the position of the pushbutton 2 relative to the sleeve 5 so as to inject the air in - respectively sucking air from - the inner chamber 24 and therefore the central portion of the spray zone 22 on the distribution stroke - suction respectively - of said push button.
  • the internal chamber 24 can be convergent toward the orifice 25 so as to allow an acceleration of the air flow injected into the spraying area 22.
  • the bore has a frustoconical front portion 24a which opens into the front orifice 25.
  • the skirt 12 is slidably mounted in the chimney 6 so as to form the piston chamber 26 between said skirt and said chamber.
  • the volume of the piston chamber 26 decreases - respectively increases - on the distribution stroke - suction respectively - of the push button 2.
  • the piston chamber 26 is delimited, tightly, laterally by the skirt 12 and the chimney 6 to have a variable axial dimension, superiorly by the disk 19 and inferiorly by the association armature 7 in the orifice 8 of which the pump 1 is associated tightly.
  • the communication between the internal chamber 24 and the piston chamber 26 is carried out via an orifice 27 provided in the disc 19, said orifice communicating with the rear opening 28 of the bore in which the chamber internal 24 is formed.
  • the bottom of the housing 18 is provided with an inclined face 29 forming a space for communication between the orifice 27 and the rear opening 28.
  • the sealing of the piston chamber 26 is achieved by providing that the lower end portion of the skirt 12 has a sealing ring 30 which is sealingly mounted against the chimney 6.
  • the chimney 6 has an upper chamfer 31 for engagement of the rod 30 in leaktight sliding in the chimney 6, said engagement being able to induce a radial clamping of the rod 30 against said chimney so as to make the conferred sealing more reliable.
  • the outer diameter of the rod 30 may be slightly greater than the inside diameter of the chimney 6, said chimney being then placed in elastic stress on the rod 30 during its engagement.
  • the embodiment shown provides that, when the pushbutton 2 is in its idle state ( figure 1a ), the piston chamber 26 is open. To do this, the distribution / suction stroke may be provided slightly longer than the sliding stroke of the rod 30 in the chimney 6, so as to leave an open passage 32 in the rest position.
  • the distribution chamber 17 comprises a swirl chamber in which the spraying area 22 is formed, said chamber being provided with a dispensing orifice which is coaxial with the orifice 25 of the internal chamber 24. in addition to rotating the product, the aerosol is formed by blowing the product through the dispensing orifice.
  • the distribution chamber 17 comprises distribution channels 21 each converging towards an outlet orifice 21a, said convergent channels being arranged to allow impaction in the central part of the spray zone 22 of the jets of product distributed by said orifices.
  • the insert 16 has a base 34 of tight association in the housing 18 on which extends a rod 35 around which the distribution chamber 17 is formed.
  • the downstream part 20b of feed duct 20 opens at the junction between the base 34 and the rod 35, said downstream portion of said feed duct being formed around said rod.
  • the distribution chamber 17 presents, successively in communication, upstream channels 36, downstream channels 37 and distribution channels 21, said upstream and downstream channels extend longitudinally forming a section respectively upstream and downstream of the product flow in the
  • the upstream and downstream sections correspond to the sum of the sections of the respectively upstream 36 and downstream 37 channels.
  • the downstream section may be smaller than the size of the upstream section.
  • the speed of the product increases from upstream to downstream so as to feed the convergent channels 21 with a flow of product whose speed is important.
  • the rod 35 shown comprises grooves 38 which are closed by the inner wall of revolution of the nozzle 15 so as to form the channels 36, 37, 21.
  • the rod 35 has a distal tip 39 of reduced diameter, on which the downstream section is formed, the inner wall of the end piece 15 having a complementary geometry to allow the tight fitting of said endpiece around the rod 35.
  • each groove 38 has a frustoconical geometry which is arranged to form a distribution channel 21.
  • the distribution channels 21, for example three in number, are very small, for example about 60 ⁇ m wide. and depth 70 ⁇ m for a device for sampling a dose of 100 ⁇ l under a pressure of 5 bar.
  • the tip 15 has a seat 40 in which the front end 23 of the insert 16 is disposed in abutment, said seat and said end each having a frustoconical geometry so as to form the distribution channels 21 and the orifices output 21a between said geometries.
  • the distribution channels 21 have a decreasing section from upstream to downstream.
  • the tip 15 shown comprises a front extension 41 in the rear portion of which the seat 40 is formed.
  • the extension 41 has a bore 42 which is coaxial with the bore 24 and its orifice 25, at least a portion of the spray zone 22 being housed in said bore.
  • the extension 41 protrudes from the housing 18 and the body of the pushbutton 2 ( figure 3 ).
  • the tip 15 is disposed around the insert 16 while being adjacent to the push button 2, for example in the case where the upstream portion 20a is aligned with the downstream portion 20b for a spray nozzle.

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