EP2349177B1 - Hygienischer schnuller - Google Patents

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EP2349177B1
EP2349177B1 EP09755997.5A EP09755997A EP2349177B1 EP 2349177 B1 EP2349177 B1 EP 2349177B1 EP 09755997 A EP09755997 A EP 09755997A EP 2349177 B1 EP2349177 B1 EP 2349177B1
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61J—CONTAINERS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR MEDICAL OR PHARMACEUTICAL PURPOSES; DEVICES OR METHODS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR BRINGING PHARMACEUTICAL PRODUCTS INTO PARTICULAR PHYSICAL OR ADMINISTERING FORMS; DEVICES FOR ADMINISTERING FOOD OR MEDICINES ORALLY; BABY COMFORTERS; DEVICES FOR RECEIVING SPITTLE
    • A61J17/00—Baby-comforters; Teething rings
    • A61J17/001—Baby-comforters
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61J—CONTAINERS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR MEDICAL OR PHARMACEUTICAL PURPOSES; DEVICES OR METHODS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR BRINGING PHARMACEUTICAL PRODUCTS INTO PARTICULAR PHYSICAL OR ADMINISTERING FORMS; DEVICES FOR ADMINISTERING FOOD OR MEDICINES ORALLY; BABY COMFORTERS; DEVICES FOR RECEIVING SPITTLE
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  • the present invention relates to a device for protecting a pacifier, and a method implemented by this device.
  • pacifier and lollipop will be used indifferently.
  • a pacifier or lollipop is an object typically rubber, silicone or latex that is given to suck a baby or a young child, and that calms his need to suck.
  • a pacifier calms the need to suckle a young child.
  • One of the disadvantages of the nipple is that it can cause deformation of the child's palate and an alteration of the thrust of the child's teeth.
  • Another main concern for the parents of the child is the cleanliness of the pacifier. As soon as the pacifier escapes from the child's mouth and falls, the pacifier gets dirty and becomes covered with dirt, germs and germs.
  • the object of the present invention is to provide a device and a method for improving the protection of a pacifier against soiling, thereby improving the hygiene of this pacifier.
  • the means for exerting a restoring force are preferably arranged to pull the pacifier so that without intervention of a user the device can not remain in a configuration for which the pacifier is in its external position.
  • the teat in its external position the teat is located entirely outside the housing, and in its internal position the teat is located entirely within the housing.
  • the device according to the invention may furthermore comprise means for closing the orifice when the teat is in its internal position.
  • the closure means may comprise a removable valve.
  • the device according to the invention may further comprise means for coupling a closing of the orifice by the closure means with a passage of the nipple from its external position to its internal position by the return means.
  • the device according to the invention further comprises means for actuating a passage of the nipple from its internal position to its external position.
  • the actuating means are preferably provided for manually actuating the passage of the nipple from its internal position to its external position.
  • the actuating means are arranged to push the teat in a direction opposite to the restoring force.
  • the actuating means comprise at least one lever arranged to push the teat in a direction opposite to the restoring force.
  • the device according to the invention may further comprise means for coupling the passage of the nipple from its internal position to its external position by the actuating means with an opening of the orifice.
  • the means for exerting a restoring force may comprise a spring and / or a space in which a vacuum and / or the deformable pocket is created.
  • the device according to the invention may further comprise a bearing surface for a mouth, said surface surrounding the orifice.
  • the device according to the invention is preferably arranged to remain inert when the teat is in its internal position.
  • the housing may be included in a cylindrical tube, the orifice being located at one of the two ends of this cylindrical tube.
  • the housing and the return means may be located inside a housing.
  • the nipple may be arranged to move relative to the housing, and the orifice and the housing may be integral with the housing.
  • the bearing surface for the mouth may be located outside the housing and may be integral with the housing.
  • the orifice may be formed on a wall of the housing.
  • the device according to the invention may further comprise braking means arranged to reduce the restoring force when the pacifier is in its external position without canceling this restoring force.
  • the braking means may comprise at least one integral protuberance of the nipple and / or at least one protuberance integral with a body or tube within which the nipple is arranged to move between its internal position and its external position.
  • the device according to the invention may further comprise a stretchable membrane integral with the nipple and a periphery of the orifice so as to obstruct the orifice.
  • the periphery of the orifice, the membrane and the nipple may be integral so that the membrane and the nipple obstruct the orifice without gap between the periphery of the orifice and the membrane and without gap between the membrane and the nipple, and so that when the pacifier is in the external position, the pacifier is not covered by the membrane.
  • the periphery of the orifice and the membrane may be integral so that the membrane alone obstructs the orifice without gap between the periphery of the orifice and the membrane, and so that when the nipple is in the external position, the nipple is covered by the membrane.
  • the restoring force can pull the pacifier so that without user intervention the device can not remain in a configuration for which the pacifier is in its external position.
  • the orifice may be surrounded by a bearing surface for a mouth.
  • the method according to the invention may further comprise closing the orifice when the teat is in its internal position.
  • the method according to the invention may further comprise a coupling of the closure of the orifice with a passage of the nipple from its external position to its internal position, this passage being due to the exercise of the restoring force.
  • the method according to the invention further comprises an actuation to pass the nipple from its internal position to its external position.
  • the actuation for a passage of the nipple from its internal position to its external position is preferably a manual actuation. Actuation for a passage of the nipple from its internal position to its external position pushes the nipple in a direction opposite to the restoring force.
  • Manual actuation means actuation by a user, who typically actuates a lever, a spring, a small motor or any other device. Actuation (preferably manual) includes actuating a lever to push the nipple in a direction opposite to the restoring force.
  • the method according to the invention may further comprise a coupling of the passage of the nipple from its internal position to its external position with an opening of the orifice.
  • the method according to the invention may furthermore comprise a reduction, by braking means and preferably by the braking means previously described or described hereinafter with reference to the figures, of the restoring force when the nipple is in its position. external without canceling this restoring force.
  • the method according to the invention may further comprise an obstruction of the orifice by a stretchable membrane integral with a periphery of the orifice and the teat, preferably by the membrane previously described or described hereinafter with reference to FIGS. .
  • valve 8 has substantially a pear shape. In all the figures, the contour of the valve is shown in dashed lines.
  • the pacifier 2 is a protuberance intended to be sucked or sucked by a baby or a young child, and is made of a material preferably comprising rubber, latex and / or silicone.
  • the valve 8 is shown in dashed lines in the figures.
  • the housing 3 is comprised in a hollow body 9 in which is formed a hollow of tubular shape. This hollow body is more precisely a cylindrical tube 9.
  • the orifice 6 is located at one of the two ends of this cylinder 9.
  • nipple 2 there is a distinction between the nipple 2 and a base 10 which carries the nipple 2 and which is integral with the nipple 2.
  • the nipple 2 is part of the device 1 intended to be sucked or sucked by a baby or a young child while being at the same time. inside the mouth of this baby or this child.
  • the base 10 is a part that remains outside the mouth of the child.
  • the nipple 2 In its external position ( Figures 3 and 4 ) the nipple 2 is located entirely outside the housing 3, and in its internal position ( Figures 1 and 2 ) the nipple is located entirely inside the housing 3.
  • the spring 40 is connected to the nipple 2 via the base 10.
  • the base 10 remains at least partly inside the housing 3 when the pacifier 2 is in its internal position or in its external position.
  • the orifice 6 is located at one of the two ends of the cylindrical tube 9, and the spring 40 connects the base 10 to the second end of the cylindrical tube 9.
  • the housing 3, the return means 4, the valve 8, the cylindrical tube 9, and the base 10 are located inside a housing 11.
  • the nipple 2, the valve 8, and the base 10 can move relative to the housing.
  • the spring 40 comprises an anchor point on one end of the cylinder 9 and another anchor point on the base 10.
  • the orifice 6, the housing 3 and the cylindrical tube 9 are integral with the housing 11.
  • the surface 7 is located outside the housing 11 and is integral with the housing 11.
  • the orifice 6 is formed on a wall of the housing 11.
  • the valve 8 is connected to the housing 11 by a spring 12 located inside the housing 11. To lighten the figures, the spring 12 is shown only in the profile figures 2 and 4.
  • the internal position of the nipple 2 coincides with a closed position of the valve 8.
  • the device 1 is inert.
  • the return means 4 exert a restoring force 5 on the nipple 2, and this force 5 holds the nipple 2 in the housing 3 inside the cylinder 9.
  • the spring 12 exerts a force 26 on the valve 26 which holds the valve 8 in a closed position, for which the valve 8 closes the orifice 6, prevents the nipple from passing from its internal position to its external position or from its external position to its internal position through the orifice 6 , and thus prevents any dirt from penetrating from the outside of the device 1 towards the interior of the housing 3.
  • the device 1 further comprises means for manually actuating a passage of the nipple from its internal position to its external position. These actuating means are arranged to push the teat 2 in a direction opposite to the restoring force 5 pulling on the teat 2. These actuating means comprise two levers 13, 14 arranged to push the teat 2 in a direction opposite to the return force 5. To lighten the figures, the levers 13 and 14 are shown only in the top figures 1 and 3. Each lever 13,14 is located partly inside the housing 11 and partly to the Outside of the housing 11. The housing 11 includes grooves 63, 64 (shown in dotted lines on the figures 1 and 3 ) through which the levers 13 and 14 pass. Each lever 13, 14 can pivot relative to the housing 11.
  • Each of these levers 13, 14 is connected to the housing 11 by a spring 15 or 16 respectively inside the housing 11.
  • the springs 15 and 16 are shown only in the top figures 1 and 3.
  • the spring respectively 15 or 16 keeps the lever respectively 13 or 14 in a position for which the lever respectively 13 or 14 does not exert force on the nipple 2 or on the base 10.
  • an end respectively 53 or 54 of this lever is located inside the housing 3 and is in contact with the base 10.
  • each lever respectively 13 or 14 pivots around a pivot respectively 18 or 19 by opposing a force respectively 73 or 74 exerted by the spring respectively 15 or 16, so that each lever respectively 13 or 14 exerts on the base 10 and on the nipple 2 a thrust force in the opposite direction in the direction of the restoring force 5, this pushing force passing the nipple 2 of its internal position to its external position.
  • Each pivot 18,19 is integral with the housing 11 and is located inside the housing.
  • each lever 13 or 14 respectively exerts the pushing force
  • each end respectively 53 or 54 pushes the base 10 and the teat 2 and moves along the cylinder 9 towards the orifice 6 through a groove (not shown) located on the along the cylinder 9.
  • a groove not shown
  • the device 1 comprises means 20, 21, 22, 23, 24 for coupling the passage of the nipple from its internal position to its external position by the actuating means 13, 14, 15, 16, 18, 19 with a withdrawal of the valve 8, the removal of the valve 8 bringing the valve into an open position in which the valve 8 is released from the orifice 6 so that the nipple can pass from its internal position to its external position through the orifice 6.
  • These coupling means comprise a toothed wheel 20, a toothed wheel 21, a lever 22, and a lever 23.
  • These elements 20, 21, 22 and 23 are located inside the housing 11.
  • the contours levers 22 and 23 are shown in dotted lines.
  • the toothed wheel 20 is integral with the lever 14, is centered around the pivot 19 of the lever 14, and is free to pivot about the pivot 19.
  • the gear wheel 21 is integral with the lever 22.
  • the lever 22 is curved, bypasses the housing 3 and the cylinder 9, and extends so as to reach and be in contact with the lever 23.
  • the lever 23 is integral with the valve 8.
  • the lever 14 pivots around the pivot 19.
  • the toothed wheel 20 also pivots around the pivot 19, and causes a rotation of the toothed wheel 21 around the a pivot 24 in a direction opposite to the rotation of the toothed wheel 20.
  • the pivot 24 is integral with the housing 11 and is located inside the housing.
  • the lever 22 being integral with the toothed wheel 21, the lever 22 also pivots around the pivot 24.
  • the lever 22 pivots, it pushes the lever 23 and the valve 8 so that the valve 8 slides along a wall of the housing 11 in rails (not shown) to the open position of the valve 8 while opposing the force 26 exerted by the spring 12 on the valve 8.
  • valve 8 In its open position, the valve 8 is released from the orifice 6 so that the nipple 2 can pass from its internal position to its external position through the orifice 6. In addition, in its open position, the valve 8 is in abutment with a stop 25 (represented only on the profile views of figures 2 and 4 ) to allow the valve 8 to slide along a wall of the housing 11, the valve 8 is curved and has a curvature substantially equal to the curvature of this wall of the housing.
  • a stop 25 represented only on the profile views of figures 2 and 4
  • the device 1 comprises means for coupling a passage of the nipple from its external position to its internal position by the return means 4 with a closure of the orifice by the valve (that is to say with a passage of the valve 8 from its open position to its closed position).
  • the return means 4 exert a restoring force 5 on the nipple 2, this restoring force 5 pulling the nipple 2 from its external position to its internal position via the orifice 6.
  • the valve 8 In its open position, the valve 8 is disengaged of the orifice 6 so that the nipple can pass from its external position to its internal position through the orifice 6.
  • the nipple By passing from its external position to its internal position, the nipple bears on the ends 53,54 of the levers 13 , 14, which pivots the gears 20,21 and the lever 22 so that the lever 22 releases the stress it exerts on the lever 23.
  • the passage Once the nipple 2 in its internal position, the passage is free for the valve 8 which is brought from its open position to its closed position by the spring 12.
  • the pacifier 2 automatically switches from its external position to its internal position and the valve 8 automatically moves from its open position to its position closing, so that once the device reaches the ground, the nipple 2 is isolated from the outside environment by the valve 8 and no soil from the soil can be deposited on the nipple 2.
  • the device 1 allows thus protect the pacifier against dirt, germs, and microbes, and thus improves the hygiene of the pacifier 2.
  • the second embodiment differs from the first embodiment in that the return means 4 do not include a spring 40, but comprise a space 400 in which a vacuum is created.
  • vacuum means a partial or total vacuum, having a lower pressure than the pressure surrounding the teat 2, that is to say having a pressure typically less than atmospheric pressure.
  • the orifice 6 is located at one of the two ends of the cylindrical tube 9, and the space 400 is located at the second end of the cylindrical tube 9.
  • This space 400 is delimited by walls of the cylindrical tube 9 and by a wall of the base 10 which moves along the cylindrical tube 9 when the nipple 2 passes from its internal position to its external position or from its external position to its internal position.
  • the volume of the space 400 increases when the nipple goes from its internal position to its external position, and the The volume of space 400 decreases as the pacifier moves from its external position to its internal position.
  • This space 400 is isolated so that material can not enter or leave this space 400.
  • this space behaves like a spring which exerts on the base 10 and on the nipple 2 a restoring force 5 which is proportional the volume of this space 400 and which brings the teat 2 from its external position to its internal position.
  • the third embodiment differs from the first embodiment in that the return means 4 do not comprise a spring 40, but comprise a flexible and deformable pocket 4000 comprising a casing filled with fluid, more precisely with gas, more precisely with air at atmospheric pressure.
  • the pocket 4000 is hermetic, that is to say that the fluid that it contains can not escape.
  • the means for manually actuating a passage of the nipple from its internal position to its external position comprise this deformable bag which is arranged to exert on the base 10 and the nipple 2, when the bag is actuated, an opposite pressure. to the force 5.
  • the pocket 4000 comprises a first portion 28 secured to the teat 2 and the base 10 and located inside the housing 11. For this, an end 28 of the first portion 28 of the pocket 4000 is fixed by gluing to the base 10.
  • the pocket includes a second portion 29 located outside the housing 11 so that this portion 29 is protruding or emerging relative to the rest of the device 1000 and is therefore accessible for a user.
  • This second portion 29 is integral with the housing 11 and the housing 3 by means of glue 41 disposed on the outside of the housing 11.
  • the pouch 4000 is a molded plastic pouch whose most stable form, i.e., the shape corresponding to the "shape memory" of the molded plastic forming the pouch envelope, is illustrated in FIG. the figure 7 and corresponds to the case where the pacifier is in its internal position. For this most stable form, the majority of the volume of the pocket consists of the portion 29 located outside the housing.
  • the pocket 4000 is deformable.
  • a user actuates this pocket by exerting pressure on the portion 29, for example by pinching so as to reduce the volume of the portion 29, the volume of the portion 28 located inside the housing and inside of the housing 3 increases so that the portion 28 of the pocket 4000 pushes the base 10 and the nipple 2 from its internal position to its external position in the opposite direction to the force 5, as shown in FIG. figure 8 .
  • the pinching force 30 is symbolized by hatching. This pinching force 30 flatten the portion 29 perpendicular to the plane of the figure 8 , so that view from above as illustrated on the figure 8 the part 29 does not change shape, but on a profile view not shown we would see that the thickness of the portion 29 is reduced.
  • the pacifier 2 when the device 1000 accidentally escapes from the mouth of a baby or a young child and falls to the ground, the pacifier 2 automatically switches from its external position to its internal position. makes this restoring force 5, and the valve 8 automatically moves from its open position to its closed position, so that once the device reaches the ground, the teat 2 is protected from the outside environment by the housing and no dirt from the ground can be deposited on the pacifier 2.
  • the device 1000 does not include the grooves 63, 64, so that the lever 14 does not come out of the housing 11.
  • the end 54 of the lever is not directly in contact with the base 10 but is connected to the base 10 by connecting means 27 typically comprising a pivot and / or (as shown in FIGS. Figures 7 and 8 ) a spring.
  • the base 10 causes in its translational movement the end 54 of the lever 14, which causes a rotation of the lever around of its pivot 19 and causes a passage of the valve 8 respectively from its closed position to its open position or its open position to its closed position, through the spring 12 (not shown), the wheels 20, 21, the levers 22, 23, and pivot 24 as explained above with reference to Figures 1 to 4 .
  • the return means 4 are arranged to, as soon as the pacifier is not in its internal position, constantly exert a restoring force 5 on the pacifier 2, this restoring force 5 pulling the nipple towards its internal position and tending to bring back the nipple 2 to its internal position by a translational movement.
  • the return means 4 constantly exert a restoring force 5 on the nipple 2, this restoring force 5 pulling the nipple from its external position to its internal position and tending to bring the teat 2 from its external position to its internal position by a translational movement passing through the orifice 6.
  • the housing 3 for the teat is present and exists in an identical state having a constant shape and volume, both when the pacifier is in its internal position only when the pacifier is in its external position.
  • the housing 3 like the tube 9 is rigid, non-deformable and in particular non-collapsible.
  • the shock is not likely to crush the tube 9 and deform the housing 3 and reduce the size of the housing 3 and to put in contact for at least during an instant course teat 2 with the ground.
  • the housing 3 is protected inside the housing 11 which is also rigid and non-deformable.
  • FIGS 9 and 10 are views of profile sections only of a part of the device 1, 100, or 1000 comprising the nipple 2.
  • the return means 4 spring 40, space 400, deformable pocket 4000 are not illustrated .
  • the braking means are arranged not to decrease the restoring force when the teat 2 is not in its external position, especially when the teat is in an intermediate position between its internal position and its external position.
  • each of the protuberances 35 and 37 has cylindrical symmetry of revolution about the axis of the tube 9.
  • the base 10 has, at the level of the at least one protrusion 37, a diameter greater than the diameter of the tube 9 at the level of the at least one protuberance 35.
  • the tube 9 being made of plastic and the base 10 made of plastic or rubber, the at least one protuberance 37 can cross the at least one protuberance 35 in one direction as in the other (internal position of the pacifier to its external position or vice versa) by mechanical play or by plastic or elastic deformation of the at least one protuberance 37 and / or the at least one protuberance 35.
  • the protuberances 35 and 37 are arranged so that, when the pacifier is in its external position as illustrated on the figure 10 , the return means pulling the nipple from its external position to its internal position, the at least one protrusion 37 presses on the at least one protrusion 35 so that the force 5 is decreased and the user sucking the pacifier is relieved.
  • the braking means 33 brake the pacifier when it seeks to leave its external position.
  • protuberances 35 and 37 are arranged so that after the nipple has left its external position as shown in FIG. figure 9 the at least one protuberance 37 moves inside the body or tube 9 without encountering or coming into contact with the at least one protrusion 35, so as not to slow down movement of the nipple inside the tube 9 from its external position to its internal position.
  • the surface 7 and the body or tube 9 are integral and formed of a single piece of plastic obtained by molding.
  • FIGS 11 and 12 are views of profile sections only of a part of the device 1, 100, or 1000 comprising the nipple 2.
  • the return means 4 spring 40, space 400, deformable pocket 4000 are not illustrated .
  • the device according to the invention does not include the valve 8, the levers 23, 22, the wheel 21, but comprises a membrane or film 38.
  • the orifice 6 is delimited by a rigid periphery of circular shape.
  • the membrane 38 is integral with the periphery of the orifice 6, and is further secured to the nipple, so as to completely obstruct the orifice 6, and so that the membrane connects the periphery of the orifice 6 to the nipple 2 .
  • the diaphragm 38 When laid flat, the diaphragm 38 has a disc shape pierced at its center by a hole.
  • the membrane 38 is integral with the base 10 and the teat 2, and the membrane 38 and the teat are joined at the base 10 so that, when the teat is in the external position, the teat 2 is not covered by the membrane 38, is visible from the outside of the device, and a user sucking the pacifier is in contact with the pacifier 2.
  • the membrane 38 is a latex stretch membrane.
  • the membrane 38 When the pacifier is in its internal position illustrated on the figure 11 the membrane 38 is stretched. In addition, when the pacifier is in its internal position illustrated on the figure 11 , the surface that has been in contact with the mouth of a user sucking the pacifier, that is to say the pacifier 2, is located inside the housing 3 is protected if the pacifier falls on the ground.
  • the membrane 38 When the pacifier is in its external position illustrated on the figure 12 the membrane 38 is at rest, that is to say not stretched. A user sucking the pacifier is in contact with the pacifier 38. In this position, it is simple to clean the parts of the device according to the invention accessible for the mouth of a user, for example by passing the pacifier 2, the surface 7 and the membrane 38 under water of a tap, without the risk of introducing moisture into the device according to the invention.
  • FIGS 13 and 14 are sectional views of the profile only of part of the device 1, 100, or 1000 including the nipple 2.
  • the return means 4 spring 40, space 400, deformable pocket 4000 are not illustrated.
  • the device according to the invention does not include the valve 8, the levers 23, 22, the wheel 21, but comprises a membrane or film 38.
  • the orifice 6 is delimited by a rigid periphery of circular shape.
  • the membrane 38 is integral with the periphery of the orifice 6, and is further secured to the nipple, so as to completely obstruct the orifice 6, and so that the membrane connects the periphery of the orifice 6 to the nipple 2 .
  • the membrane 38 alone covers the entire surface of the orifice 6. When it is laid flat, the membrane 38 has a solid disc shape.
  • the circular contour of the membrane is integral with the periphery of the orifice 6 so that the membrane completely completely obstructs the orifice 6, so that there is no gap between the periphery of the orifice 6 and the membrane that is to say that there is no gap between the surface 7 or the housing 11 and the membrane.
  • the membrane 38 is integral with the end 39 of the nipple directed towards the outside of the device according to the invention so that, when the teat is in the external position, the teat 2 is covered by the membrane 38 and a user sucking the teat is not directly in contact with the pacifier 2 but sucks the pacifier 2 with the membrane 38 as an intermediate.
  • the membrane 38 is a latex stretch membrane.
  • the membrane 38 When the pacifier is in its internal position illustrated on the figure 13 the membrane 38 is at rest, that is to say not stretched. In addition, when the pacifier is in its internal position illustrated on the figure 13 , the surface that has been in contact with the mouth of a user sucking the pacifier, that is to say the surface of the membrane 38 visible from outside the device, is located inside the housing 3 is protected if the pacifier falls on the floor.
  • the membrane 38 When the pacifier is in its external position illustrated on the figure 14 the membrane 38 is stretched. A user sucking the pacifier is not in contact with the pacifier 38 but sucks the pacifier 2 through the membrane 38. The mouth of this user is then in contact with the membrane, which is pressed against the pacifier by conforming to its shape.
  • the surface in contact with the mouth of a user sucking the pacifier is particularly easy to clean, whether the pacifier is in its internal or external position, because this surface is the surface of the membrane 38 visible from the outside of the device according to the invention and is a simple smooth surface without abrupt forms especially without the junction angle between the base 10 and the nipple 2. Cleaning only the membrane 38, it cleans the surface normally in contact with the mouth of a user, without the risk of introducing moisture into the device according to the invention.
  • the housing 11 of this device is provided with several small holes connecting the outside of the device according to the invention to the housing 3 so that the moisture stored in the housing 3 following sucking of the nipple 2 can be discharged outside the device according to the invention.
  • the at least one protuberance 35 and / or the at least one protuberance 37 comprises a plurality of sphere-shaped protuberances distributed along a preferably circular closed line centered on the axis of the tube 9.
  • a device embodiment according to the invention may comprise both a spring 40 and a pocket 4000 as return means 4.

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  1. Vorrichtung (1, 100) zum Schutz eines Schnullers (2), wobei die genannte Vorrichtung umfasst:
    - einen Hohlraum (3) zur Aufnahme eines Schnullers, wobei der Schnuller eine externe Lage aufweist, bei welcher der genannte Schnuller außerhalb des Hohlraums gelagert ist, wobei der Schnuller eine interne Lage aufweist, bei welcher der genannte Schnuller innerhalb des Hohlraums gelagert ist,
    - eine Öffnung (6), durch welche der Schnuller (2) von seiner internen in seine externe Lage und von seiner externen in seine interne Lage wechseln kann, und
    - Einrichtungen (4, 40, 400) zur Ausübung einer Rückstellkraft(5) auf den Schnuller, wobei die Rückstellkraft den Schnuller von seiner externen in seine interne Lage zieht,
    - Einrichtungen (13, 14, 18, 19, 53, 54), um einen Wechsel des Schnullers von seiner internen in seine externe Lage anzutreiben, wobei jene Einrichtungen dafür ausgebildet sind, den Schnuller in eine umgekehrte Richtung zur Rückstellkraft (5) zu drücken,
    dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die Antriebseinrichtungen mindestens einen Hebel umfassen, um den Schnuller in eine umgekehrte Richtung zur Rückstellkraft (5) zu drücken.
  2. Vorrichtung nach Anspruch 1, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die Einrichtungen (4, 40, 400) zur Ausübung einer Rückstellkraft dafür ausgebildet sind, den Schnuller derart zu ziehen, dass ohne Eingreifen eines Benutzers die Vorrichtung in einer Anordnung nicht bleiben kann, bei der der Schnuller in seiner externen Lage liegt.
  3. Vorrichtung nach einem der vorhergehenden Ansprüche, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass sie außerdem Einrichtungen (8, 12) zur Schließung der Öffnung umfasst, wenn der Schnuller in seiner internen Lage liegt.
  4. Vorrichtung nach Anspruch 3, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass sie außerdem Einrichtungen (20, 21, 22, 23, 24) umfasst, um eine Schließung der Öffnung durch die Schließeinrichtungen mit einer Führung des Schnullers von seiner externen in die interne Lage zusammenzukoppeln.
  5. Vorrichtung nach Anspruch 3 oder 4, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass sie Einrichtungen (20, 21, 22, 23, 24) umfasst, um die Führung des Schnullers von seiner internen in seine externe Lage durch die Antriebseinrichtungen mit einem Aufmachen der Öffnung zusammenzukoppeln.
  6. Vorrichtung nach einem der vorhergehenden Ansprüche, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die Einrichtungen zur Ausübung einer Rückstellkraft einen Raum (400) umfassen, in dem ein Vakuum erstellt wird.
  7. Vorrichtung nach einem der vorhergehenden Ansprüche, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass sie außerdem eine Auflagefläche (7) für einen Mund umfasst, wobei die genannte Auflagefläche um die Öffnung herum verläuft.
  8. Vorrichtung nach Anspruch 7, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass der Hohlraum (3) und die Rückstelleinrichtungen (4, 40, 400) im Inneren eines Gehäuses (11) gelagert sind, wobei der Schnuller (2) im Verhältnis zum Gehäuse (11) beweglich ist, und dadurch, dass die Öffnung (6) und der Hohlraum (3) mit dem Gehäuse (11) formschlüssig verbunden sind, wobei die Auflagefläche (7) außerhalb des Gehäuses (11) gelagert und mit dem Gehäuse (11) formschlüssig verbunden ist, wobei die Öffnung (6) an einer Wand des Gehäuses (11) ausgebildet ist.
  9. Vorrichtung nach einem der vorhergehenden Ansprüche, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass sie inaktiv ist, wenn der Schnuller in seiner internen Lage vorliegt.
  10. Vorrichtung nach einem der vorhergehenden Ansprüche, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass sie außerdem Bremseinrichtungen (35, 37) umfasst, welche angeordnet sind, um die Rückstellkraft (5) zu reduzieren, wenn der Schnuller in seiner externen Lage liegt, ohne diese Rückstellkraft zu unterdrücken, wobei die Bremseinrichtungen wenigstens eine mit dem Schnuller formschlüssig verbundene Protuberanz (37) und/oder wenigstens eine Protuberanz (35) umfassen, die mit einem Körper (9) formschlüssig verbunden ist, innerhalb dessen der Schnuller derart angeordnet ist, um zwischen seiner externen und seiner inneren Lage beweglich zu sein.
  11. Vorrichtung nach einem der vorhergehenden Ansprüche, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass sie außerdem eine dehnbare Membran (38) umfasst, die mit dem Schnuller (2) und einem Außenrand der Öffnung (6) derart formschlüssig verbunden ist, um die Öffnung (6) zu verstopfen.
  12. Vorrichtung nach Anspruch 11, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass der Außenrand der Öffnung (6), die Membran (38) und der Schnuller (2) miteinander formschlüssig verbunden sind, sodass die Membran (38) und der Schnuller (2) die Öffnung spaltenfrei zwischen dem Außenrand der Öffnung (6) und der Membran (38) und spaltenfrei zwischen der Membran (38) und dem Schnuller verstopfen, und sodass, wenn der Schnuller (2) ausgefahren ist, der Schnuller nicht von der Membran (38) überdeckt ist.
  13. Vorrichtung nach Anspruch 11, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass der Außenrand der Öffnung (6) und die Membran (38) derart miteinander formschlüssig verbunden sind, dass die Membran (38) allein die Öffnung zwischen dem Außenrand der Öffnung (6) und der Membran (38) spaltenfrei verstopft, und derart, dass, wenn der Schnuller (2) ausgefahren ist, der Schnuller von der Membran (38) überdeckt ist.
  14. Verfahren zum Schutz eines Schnullers innerhalb eines Hohlraums in einer Vorrichtung nach einem der vorhergehenden Ansprüche, wobei der Schnuller eine externe Lage aufweist, bei der der genannte Schnuller außerhalb des Hohlraums gelagert ist, wobei der Schnuller eine interne Lage aufweist, bei der der genannte Schnuller innerhalb des Hohlraums gelagert ist, wobei die Vorrichtung eine Öffnung (6) umfasst, durch welche der Schnuller (2) von seiner internen in seine externe Lage und von seiner externen in seine interne Lage wechseln kann, wobei das genannte Verfahren umfasst:
    - eine Ausübung einer Rückstellkraft auf den Schnuller, wobei die Rückstellkraft den Schnuller von seiner externen Lage in seine interne Lage zieht,
    - ein Antreiben eines Wechsels des Schnullers von seiner internen in seine externe Lage, wobei der Schnuller in eine umgekehrte Richtung zur Rückstellkraft (5) gedrückt wird,
    wobei das genannte Verfahren dadurch gekennzeichnet ist, dass das Antreiben die Betätigung eines Hebels (14) umfasst, um den Schnuller in eine umgekehrte Richtung zur Rückstellkraft (5) zu drücken.
  15. Vorrichtung nach Anspruch 14, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die Rückstellkraft den Schnuller derart zieht, dass ohne Eingreifen eines Benutzers die Vorrichtung in einer Anordnung nicht verharren kann, bei der der Schnuller in seiner externen Lage liegt.
  16. Verfahren nach Anspruch 14 oder 15, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die Öffnung (6) von einer Auflagefläche (7) für einen Mund umschlossen ist.
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