EP2362741A1 - Telescopic vial for a liquid or pasty cosmetic product - Google Patents

Telescopic vial for a liquid or pasty cosmetic product

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EP2362741A1
EP2362741A1 EP09756002A EP09756002A EP2362741A1 EP 2362741 A1 EP2362741 A1 EP 2362741A1 EP 09756002 A EP09756002 A EP 09756002A EP 09756002 A EP09756002 A EP 09756002A EP 2362741 A1 EP2362741 A1 EP 2362741A1
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reservoir
follower
tank
configuration
track
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Christian Salciarini
Benoît DONIER
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Chanel Parfums Beaute SAS
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A45—HAND OR TRAVELLING ARTICLES
    • A45D—HAIRDRESSING OR SHAVING EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT FOR COSMETICS OR COSMETIC TREATMENTS, e.g. FOR MANICURING OR PEDICURING
    • A45D34/00—Containers or accessories specially adapted for handling liquid toiletry or cosmetic substances, e.g. perfumes
    • A45D34/04—Appliances specially adapted for applying liquid, e.g. using roller or ball
    • A45D34/042—Appliances specially adapted for applying liquid, e.g. using roller or ball using a brush or the like
    • A45D34/045—Appliances specially adapted for applying liquid, e.g. using roller or ball using a brush or the like connected to the cap of the container
    • A45D34/046—Appliances specially adapted for applying liquid, e.g. using roller or ball using a brush or the like connected to the cap of the container comprising a wiper

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  • Telescopic bottle for liquid or pasty cosmetic product is Telescopic bottle for liquid or pasty cosmetic product
  • the invention relates to a liquid or pasty cosmetic product bottle with an extensible configuration, comprising an applicator element provided with an applicator which is partly engaged telescopically, outside the periods of use for the application of the product, in a tubular reservoir containing the product to be applied; it applies, in particular but not exclusively, to mascara bottles or even to gloss bottles.
  • such bottles in particular mascara bottles, comprise a wiper provided near the neck of the bottle (in practice on the reservoir) which is intended to retain the excess of product taken by the applicator during each of its dipped in the tank, in the mass of product.
  • the applicator element includes in practice a cap on which the user acts to manipulate the mascara applicator.
  • the fact that the mascara is liquid or pasty means that effective sealing must be performed outside the mascara application periods, when the cap is engaged on the neck of the bottle; this sealing is in practice obtained by a closure by screwing or clipping of the cap on the neck of the bottle.
  • the cap is an element that forms a substantial part of the outer surface of a closed-set mascara bottle, and that combined movements or significant efforts may have to be made to open the bottle prior to an action.
  • application of mascara The document EP-1,721,543 describes various containers of cosmetic product, including a mascara bottle (or even a gloss bottle in connection with FIGS. 18 to 24) comprising:
  • a body elongate in a longitudinal direction and provided with a bottom and a free edge, a reservoir contained in this body and movable in translation between a low stable position and a high stable position, this reservoir comprising a neck,
  • An elastically compressible device with two stable recoil positions disposed between the body and the reservoir and whose two stable axial recoil positions define the two low and high stable positions of the reservoir, an application element comprising a rod terminated by a applicator adapted to be loaded with mascara, said applicator element having a rest configuration in which a portion of the rod and the applicator are contained in the reservoir so as to allow the applicator to be loaded with mascara, and able to leave this resting configuration until it is completely out of the tank and the bottle,
  • the retraction of the cap in the body of the bottle allows the aesthetics of the bottle is essentially defined by this body, while the presence of the elastically compressible device with two stable recoil positions allows a simple movement of depression the cap, transmitted to the reservoir, causes the passage of this device from a recoil position to another, and causes either the retraction of this cap (there is then very little risk that this cap is released unexpectedly out of the body), or the projecting portion of this cap which is sufficient to allow the seizure of this projecting portion between the fingers of a user and its extraction from the body to proceed to the application of the product taken by the applicator (which requires the user only simple movements, with one hand).
  • the reservoir is movable between two main positions which are essentially defined by the elastically compressible device: a low position in the body (allowing the cap to be flush with the free edge of the body), when the application element is in its rest configuration, that is to say that the elastically compressible device is in the most retracted of its stable configurations, and - a high position in which its neck is substantially at this free edge (To allow the separation of complementary sealing elements), defined by the most elongated stable configurations of the elastically compressible device.
  • the sealing elements remain in cooperation as long as the reservoir is located between these extreme positions, even when the cap has started to come out of the body.
  • the fact that this applicator element can telescopically engage the body also has the advantage to allow good ergonomics to be obtained by choosing the axial dimensions of the cap of the applicator element and the body (the larger these dimensions are, the easier it is for a user to manipulate this cap and this body) without these axial dimensions determine the bulk of the bottle in rest configuration (the axial size is even lower than the telescopic engagement of the application element in the body is important).
  • the subject of the invention is a bottle of liquid or pasty cosmetic product comprising a body, an applicator element telescopically engaged in this body and a reservoir adapted to contain this product and to receive a part of the application element.
  • a bottle of liquid or pasty cosmetic product comprising a body, an applicator element telescopically engaged in this body and a reservoir adapted to contain this product and to receive a part of the application element.
  • the invention proposes a bottle for a liquid or pasty cosmetic product, comprising:
  • this tank having a collar, an application element comprising a rod secured to a cap and terminated by an applicator adapted to be loaded with product when it is immersed in the reservoir in a refilling configuration with respect to this reservoir in which the rod passes through the neck; of this reservoir, this cap being adapted to engage in / on the body by pressing this applicator element into the reservoir to the rest configuration and adapted to be extracted from this body so as to extract the stem and the applicator out of the reservoir and the body, and
  • complementary sealing means provided respectively on the rod of the applicator element and on the reservoir near its neck, designed so as to couple in translation the rod and the reservoir in a relative sealing configuration , from the low position to near the high position of the tank in the body and vice versa, characterized in that the high position of the tank in the body is defined by complementary retention elements provided between this body and this tank and which are designed so as to generate a resistance to the descent of the tank into the body from this high position, the configuration of the cap being such that when coupled to the tank while the latter is in the low rest position, it provides sufficient grip to allow a user to apply extractive effort out of the body.
  • the complementary retaining elements are advantageously provided on the inner wall of the body and on the outer wall of the tank, respectively.
  • a bottle according to the invention has most of the advantages of a bottle such as that described in EP-1 721 543 without requiring the presence of any compressible device, taking advantage of the fact that the presence complementary sealing elements between the application element and the reservoir ensures in practice an axial coupling which ensures that, when the cap of this application element offers, in the rest configuration of the bottle, a plug sufficient for a user to apply traction to the outside of the body, this extraction involves a simultaneous rise of the reservoir from its lower position in the body to its upper working position.
  • the additional restraint elements of the reservoir in the upper position in the body then allow the maintenance of this reservoir in its working position after the user dissociated the complementary sealing elements; it suffices to size them taking into account the mechanical stresses to which this reservoir is likely to be subjected in high working configuration (in particular, the crossing by the applicator of the wiper that includes the reservoir, in case of mascara, and gravity).
  • the complementary retaining elements are designed so as not to hinder the arrival of the tank in the up position at the end of the climb from the low position, which confers on these complementary retaining elements a selective effect according to the direction tank displacement; they tend to resist the descent of the tank, but do not oppose resistance when the user brings the tank in this high position, and do not involve unnecessary effort on the part of this user when bringing the tank bottle in its service configuration.
  • the complementary retaining elements may, in a simplified configuration simply consist of a combination of a circumferential rib, continuous or discontinuous, formed on the body or the reservoir, and a circumferential groove, continuous or discontinuous, arranged on the other of these parts so as to obtain a clipping effect.
  • the complementary retaining elements comprise, on the one hand, a hollow guide track substantially disposed in the longitudinal direction of the body and, on the other hand, a follower pin adapted to circulate in this hollow guiding track.
  • an elastic element being attached to this hollow track to resiliently resist the passage of the follower finger at the beginning of a displacement of the tank from its upper position. work towards its low rest position.
  • this elastic element is designed and arranged so as to deform parallel to the walls of the reservoir and the body but transversely to the longitudinal direction of the body.
  • this elastic element deforms with a magnitude that is independent of the thickness of the clearance between these walls of the reservoir and the body.
  • the elastic element reported being disposed along a side of this hollow guiding track at its end defining with the follower pin the upper working position of the reservoir, so that this blade impinges in the path of the follower finger and can be crossed by the follower finger only by elastic flexion.
  • this end of the guide track defining with the follower pin the high working position of the reservoir is a portion having the shape of a drop and whose bottom is provided with non-return steps imposing a single direction of movement of the finger follower in this drop, the reported elastic element being located near a zone of this portion in which the follower finger flows at the beginning of a movement of the reservoir from its upper working position to its lower guide position.
  • the hollow guide track comprises, in the bottom of its end defining with the follower pin the upper working position of the reservoir, a cavity having a ramp parallel to the longitudinal direction connecting to the bottom of the rest of the track, the follower finger is resiliently biased toward the bottom of this track and the elastic element attached is a U-shaped part engaged in the cavity so that its branches are oriented longitudinally, these branches being configured so as to form between them a space that can receive the follower finger while defining, opposite the bottom of the U with respect to this space, a constriction that can not be crossed by the follower finger from this space to the outside of the U-shaped piece, that by a spacing of these branches forced by the follower pin, these branches being further configured and arranged so that when the tank approaches its position high work, the follower finger slides on the bottom of the track then on the branches until snapping into space.
  • Such a configuration has the advantage of obtaining the aforementioned selective effect about the complementary retaining elements, by the simple combination of a cavity and a U-shaped part
  • the hollow guiding track has a cavity in the bottom of its end defining with the follower finger the high working position of the reservoir, the follower finger is resiliently biased towards the bottom of this track and the reported elastic member is an insert engaged in the cavity so as to allow sliding of the follower finger on this piece until a snap of the follower finger in the hollow when the reservoir approaches its upper working position, the follower finger being elastically biased towards the bottom of this cavity so as to escape by ramp effect out of this hollow.
  • the escapement of the follower pin outside the space in which it snaps into the high position of the reservoir is obtained by a suitable configuration of the follower or support finger.
  • the follower finger is carried by an elastically flexible blade and has a flank forming a ramp allowing the follower finger out of this hollow.
  • the follower pin is connected to a support by a flexible connection zone, whereby this follower finger can tilt longitudinally to escape out of the hollow of the insert.
  • the configuration of the hollow track at its end defining, together with the follower pin, the low rest position of the tank may be a simple dead end.
  • the hollow track advantageously comprises, at its end defining with the follower finger the low position of the reservoir, a portion at the bottom of the bag having a constriction generating resistance to the passage of the follower finger.
  • the hollow track advantageously comprises, at its end defining with the follower finger the lower position of the reservoir, a drop-shaped portion provided with non-return steps defining a single direction of circulation of the follower finger in this portion. Consequently, since the tank has descended to a position where the follower finger has crossed only one of the non-return steps (in practice made in the bottom of the track), the tank will not be able to go up as long as it does not. will not have first reached its low position.
  • this configuration also provides an effect indicating to the user if it has cleared the tank out of its low rest position; for this purpose, an elastic element is advantageously disposed near this drop-shaped portion so as to generate a resistance against the passage of the follower finger in the direction of a rise of the reservoir in the body.
  • an elastic element is advantageously disposed near this drop-shaped portion so as to generate a resistance against the passage of the follower finger in the direction of a rise of the reservoir in the body.
  • these complementary sealing elements comprise, on the rod on the one hand, a protuberance comprising, in the direction of the applicator, a sealing portion and, in the direction of the cap, a transverse bearing, and, on the reservoir, on the other hand, below its neck, a narrowing adapted to receive in axial abutment the sealing portion and, beyond its neck, a collar formed, the along its circumference, a plurality of rigid sectors and alternating elastic sectors, this collar having a relaxed configuration in which it has a bulk greater than the internal section of the body and a restricted configuration in which it is confined inside of this body, the rigid sectors comprising, along the inner edge of this flange, flanges adapted to come into axial abutment against the transverse bearing surface of the protuberance so as to maintain the sealing portion against shrinkage when the element d application is in its rest configuration.
  • a protuberance comprising, in the direction of the applicator, a sealing portion and, in the direction of the cap, a transverse bearing, and
  • the sealing portion of the protuberance comprises an elastic portion or a seal, for example reported.
  • the complementary sealing means comprise, on the rod on the one hand, a protuberance comprising, in the direction of the applicator, a sealing portion and, in the direction of the cap, a transverse surface, and on the reservoir on the other hand, a seat-shaped narrowing adapted to receive in axial abutment the sealing portion and at least one boss formed on the inner wall of the reservoir between its neck and this narrowing and adapted to be crossed by the protuberance when the applicator element is engaged in charging configuration in the reservoir, and to maintain this protrusion against its seat as the application element remains in charging configuration.
  • FIG. 1 is a schematic view of a bottle of mascara conforming to FIG. 2 is an exploded side view of such a bottle according to a first embodiment of the complementary retention elements
  • FIG. 3 is an elevational view of part of these elements
  • FIG. 5 is a partial view of the bottle, in section in the longitudinal direction, showing the applicator being introduced into the reservoir when it is in the upper working position in the body
  • FIG. 6 is a similar view thereof, in the rest configuration of the bottle
  • FIG. 1 is a schematic view of a bottle of mascara conforming
  • FIG. 2 is an exploded side view of such a bottle according to a first embodiment of the complementary retention elements
  • FIG. 3 is an elevational view of part of these elements
  • FIG. 5 is a partial view of the bottle, in section in the longitudinal direction, showing the applicator being introduced into the
  • FIG. 7 is a view similar to that of FIGS. 5 and 6, showing the upper part of another bottle in the rest configuration
  • FIG. 8 is an exploded view of other complementary retention elements adapted to hold the tank in in its upper position
  • FIG. 9 is a side view, partly in section, of part of the complementary means adapted to be carried by the body of a bottle according to this second embodiment
  • Figure 10 is a front view
  • Figure 11 is an elevational view of the complementary elements of Figure 8, in the introduction phase 15 of the reservoir in the body
  • Figure 12 is a similar view, in a configuration corresponding to the high position of the reservoir in the body
  • Fig. 13 is a similar view, in a configuration corresponding to the low position of the reservoir in the body
  • FIG. 14 is a sectional view of these elements of FIG. 8 in their configuration defining the up position;
  • FIG. 15 is a view similar to that of FIG. 12, in a configuration where the reservoir has begun to be depressed into the body,
  • FIG. 16 is a view similar to FIG. that of FIG. 15, but in a configuration corresponding to the end of a rising movement of the reservoir in the body,
  • FIG. 17 is an elevational view, partially exploded, of an alternative embodiment of the complementary retaining elements
  • FIG. 18 is a partial sectional view thereof;
  • FIG. 19 is an elevational view, with partial exploding; similar to that of FIG. 17, still another alternative embodiment of the complementary retaining elements,
  • FIG. 20 is a partial sectional view, similar to that of FIG. 18, and
  • FIG. 21 is a perspective view. of an alternative embodiment of the follower pin of FIG. 8.
  • the bottle of FIG. 1, represented under the general reference 1, comprises mainly: an elongate body 10 extending in a longitudinal direction, here vertical, and provided with a bottom zone 11 and a free edge 12,
  • a reservoir 20 containing mascara comprising a bottom 21 and a neck 22, and adapted to be entirely contained in the body by being movable in translation between a low rest position (close to the bottom zone of the body) and a position high work (closer to the free edge);
  • this reservoir here comprises a flange 23 facilitating guiding and maintaining the reservoir in the body,
  • an application element 30 comprising a rod 31 integral with a cap 40 and terminated by an applicator 32 adapted to be loaded with product when it is immersed in the reservoir in a refilling configuration with respect to this reservoir in which the rod passes through the neck 22 of this reservoir, this cap 40 being adapted to engage in, or on, the body by pressing this application element into the reservoir to the rest configuration and adapted to be extracted from this body in order to extract the rod and the applicator from the reservoir and the body, and
  • complementary sealing means 35 and 80 respectively provided on the rod of the applicator element and on the reservoir near its neck, designed to couple in translation the rod and the reservoir in a relative sealing configuration, from the low position to near the high position of the tank in the body and vice versa.
  • two parts are intended to be mounted at the neck of the reservoir 20: a part forming a wiper 70, adapted to engage in the upper part of the reservoir through its neck, and a part 80, adapted to engage the end of the reservoir so as to cap the wiper member, and adapted to cooperate with a protrusion 35 carried by the rod of the applicator element.
  • the cooperation of the sealing member 80, integral with the reservoir, and the protrusion 35 of the rod establishes a coupling between the reservoir and the application element.
  • the body may be formed of one or more parts integral with each other; in the example here considered this body comprises a tube of any section (circular, rectangular, polygonal or other), open at both ends; a possible cage insert, not shown in this figure 1, is advantageously provided to materialize the bottom of the body; such a bottom, when it exists, may alternatively be made in one piece with the tubular part, for example by molding.
  • the high position of the reservoir in the body is defined by complementary retention elements, provided on the inner wall of this body and on the outer wall of this reservoir, which are designed so as to generate resistance to the descent of the reservoir into the reservoir. body from this position high, preferably without hindering the coming up position at the end of rise from the low position.
  • the configuration of the cap is such that, when it is coupled to the tank while the latter is in the low rest position, it offers a sufficient grip to allow a user the application of an extraction effort out of the body; in practice, such a sufficient grip is obtained when the cap projects out of the body over a few millimeters, typically 5 millimeters, or even a little less (for example 3 millimeters); of course this minimum projecting distance depends on the surface condition of the portion of the cap which is protruding (the rougher this surface state, the more this distance can be small).
  • these complementary retaining elements comprise, on the one hand, a hollow guide track substantially disposed in the longitudinal direction of the body and, on the other hand, a follower pin adapted to circulate in this hollow track.
  • an elastic element being attached to this hollow track to resiliently resist the passage of the follower finger at the beginning of a displacement of the reservoir of its position high working towards its low rest position.
  • Figures 2 to 6 correspond to a first embodiment of a bottle according to the invention.
  • the reference signs which refer to elements similar to those of FIG. 1 are identical to those of this FIG. 1, being assigned a "prime" index.
  • FIGS. 2 and 3 The structure of the complementary retaining elements is shown in FIGS. 2 and 3.
  • the hollow guide track, denoted 62 ' is here carried by the body, more precisely by the insert forming cage 10B' while the follower pin, denoted 63 ', is carried by the reservoir.
  • This hollow guiding track 62 ' has two end portions 62A' and 62B ', one of which, in the example described, is shaped so as to be in the form of a drop. Together with the follower pin, this portion 62B 'defines the high position of the reservoir.
  • the follower pin 63 ' is preferably mounted at the end of an arm
  • the end 63'A generally oriented parallel to the longitudinal direction of the bottle, and the other end 63'B is articulated on the portion which carries the follower finger.
  • the end 63'B of the arm is bent so as to be articulated under the bottom of the tank.
  • the other extreme portion, 62'B is advantageously provided with non-return steps 200 guaranteeing that the finger, at the end of extraction of the reservoir to its upper position, necessarily follows a single branch of the drop form, here that of left, and necessarily reaches its extreme position B before being able to descend towards the portion 62'A.
  • the guide track has a common intermediate portion 62'C for raising the follower finger from the low position A to the high position B and the descent from B to A; alternatively not shown, there are two separate longitudinal tracks, one for the climb, the other for the descent.
  • Additional guiding elements are advantageously provided to ensure good control of the movement of the reservoir in the body; these elements are here schematized by a longitudinal groove 24 ', here formed on the outer wall of the reservoir, cooperating with a longitudinal rib 25', here formed in the cage 10B '. As indicated above, additional retaining elements are provided to generate a resistance to the descent of the reservoir in the body from this high position, preferably without hindering the coming up position at the end of climb from the position low.
  • an elastic element 65 ' is provided near the extreme high portion of the track, along a side thereof, so as to encroach on the path of the follower finger, when it tends to leave corner area B; therefore, a passage of the finger is possible only on the condition of applying to the cap a driving force sufficient to force a deformation of the elastic element until it can be crossed by the finger. It will be appreciated that, thanks to the drop-shaped conformation of the portion 62'B, this elastic element constitutes an obstacle that the finger must cross during the descent, but not during its ascent.
  • this elastic element is here a blade, preferably metal, which is reported, which allows to better adjust, depending on the constraints that the tank is likely to have to undergo in its upper working position, the importance of the hard point that this piece constitutes, by a suitable choice of the elastic piece that is put in place (from the point of view of material or geometry, in particular); in practice it should be ensured that, in the case of a bottle of mascara, this hard point is sufficient to hold the reservoir in place when a user plunges the applicator into the reservoir against the resistance generated by the wiper; of course, this hard point is also made so that it can withstand the simple weight of the tank.
  • such an elastic element 65 ' is arranged so as to be deformable, locally, parallel to the walls of the reservoir and the body but transversely to the direction of translation of the reservoir in this body.
  • the deformation of this elastic element can be chosen independently of the thickness of the clearance existing between these walls, which allows to freely choose the stiffness of this spring, its shape, its nature, etc.
  • the retaining device consisting of these complementary retaining elements is located between the side walls of the reservoir and the body; this allows that, in the rest position, the tank can be very close to the bottom of the body, hence an optimal use of the volume of the latter.
  • the insert 10B has the shape of a sleeve having (see in particular Figure 2) a longitudinal slot 14' facing the inner zone of this sleeve where is formed the hollow guide track; this sheath 10B 'therefore has a C-shaped section.
  • the longitudinal slot 14 ' may have a width identical to the width of the inner volume of this sleeve, which allows easy engagement of the reservoir in this sleeve.
  • Side lights 15 ' may be provided in the residual wall of the sheath 10B', at a distance from the slot 14 '. Such lights allow lightening of the sheath while providing access to the inside of the sheath.
  • Figure 4 shows the piece 80 'assembled on the neck of the tank 20', while Figures 5 and 6 show this piece 80 'together with the part forming the wiper 70'.
  • This wiper member 70 ' is conventionally designed to control the amount of product that comes out with the applicator when the user pulls the applicator element out of the reservoir.
  • This is typically a piece of flexible material capable of wringing, in a controlled manner, the applicator; this piece has in practice a shape defined according to the shape of the applicator.
  • This wiper member comprises a narrowing 71 'forming a sealing surface, constituting a seat adapted to cooperate with the lower part of the protuberance 35' that comprises the rod of the applicator element; under this narrowing is located a squeezing lip 72 'of any known type suitable.
  • the shape of the applicator element, and therefore of the wiper can be chosen freely, without necessarily being symmetrical with respect to a longitudinal axis.
  • the protrusion 35 ' comprises a sealing portion 35'A, optionally provided with a seal, adapted to be applied axially against the sealing surface 71'.
  • the sealing surface is completed by a portion forming a plug 35'B adapted to engage in the wiper part 70, beyond the narrowing; this results in a complementary sealing effect.
  • the protuberance 35 ' here has a generally frustoconical shape flaring towards the cap and comprises, at a distance from the sealing portion 35'A towards the cap, a transverse bearing 35'D.
  • the additional sealing piece 80 ' comprises a flange formed, along its circumference, with a plurality of rigid sectors 81' and of flexible sectors 82 ', by virtue of which it admits a relaxed configuration in which it has a transverse bulk. superior to the internal section of the body and a restricted configuration in which, by compression of soft areas, it is confined in the internal volume of the body.
  • flanges 82'B are also provided on the flexible sectors.
  • these sectors advantageously comprise external flanges 81 'C or 82'C, cooperating with the free edge of the body to force the passage of the collar of its relaxed configuration to its restricted configuration when the reservoir down into the body.
  • the piece 80 ' comprises a skirt 84' whose axial dimension makes it possible to fix the axial distance between the flanges 81 'B and the constriction 71' so that the engagement of the flanges 81 'B against the bearing transverse of the protuberance 35 'is obtained when the sealing portion 35'A is applied against the sealing surface 71'; the engagement of the flanges against this transverse surface thus ensures the maintenance in position of these sealing elements.
  • the skirt 84 ' is rigid and forms, with the rigid sectors, a single piece, while the flexible sectors are formed by overmoulding of this single piece.
  • flanges 81 'B and span 35'D ensures an axial coupling between the reservoir and the application element as long as the flange (and the skirt) are kept in their restricted configurations, which allows that an extraction movement applied by a user on the cap, thus on the applicator element is transferred to the reservoir, which ensures that the follower finger is indeed brought to its position B.
  • FIG. 5 shows a configuration where a user has partially engaged the applicator element in the reservoir, that is to say that the rod 31 'has already passed through the parts 70' and 80 ', and the protuberance is on the point of engaging in the room 80 '.
  • the collar is in its relaxed configuration.
  • the applicator 32 does not drive the reservoir 20; this reservoir 20 is in fact retained relative to the body 10 by the element 65 'which has a greater resistance than that generated by the parts 70' and 80 '.
  • Continued driving movement brings the sealing portion of the protuberance against the sealing surface 71 'while the skirt of the workpiece 80' engages the body, which has the effect of starting the effect.
  • the internal flanges 81 'B are axially at the rear transverse scope of the protuberance.
  • the skirt has a ramp effect, amplified by the presence of the outer flanges 81 'C or 82'C, to cause, with the free edge of the body, the deformation of the flange into its restricted configuration.
  • the penetration of the flange into the body causes the approximation of the flanges 81 'B and therefore the engagement thereof against the transverse range 35'D: the flange is therefore in its restricted configuration.
  • Figure 7 shows another embodiment of a bottle according to the invention, which has compared with the one just described two differences which are in practice independent of one another.
  • the elements of this other bottle which are similar to those of that of FIGS. 2 to 6 are designated by signs which are deduced from those used in these FIGS. 2 to 6 by replacing the "prime" index by the "second" index. ".
  • the collar has been replaced by bosses 81 "B formed on the inner wall of the tank above the seat portion for the sealing surface 35 "A.
  • the protrusion here has a shape not frustoconical but more rounded, the bosses cooperating on the portion of this protrusion which has the maximum section.
  • the implementation of such bosses provided they are sufficiently sized, appeared to provide a seal and sufficient coupling for a bottle of mascara, especially when the protrusion comprises the portion 35 "B forming a plug.
  • cap 40 has an outer skirt 40" A which runs along the outside of the body during its telescopic engagement in the body.
  • Figures 8 to 16 show another example of a retaining device capable of delimiting the high position of the reservoir in the body.
  • the elements similar to those of the preceding figures are designated by figures which are deduced from those used in these previous figures by the addition of the number 100 and the suppression of the indices.
  • FIG. 8 thus shows a part 110B adapted to be inserted longitudinally into the body, in a manner similar to the part 10B 'of FIGS. 2 and 3.
  • This part is elongated and is adapted to be made integral with this body by any appropriate means, for example by gluing.
  • This elongate piece 110B comprises a longitudinal guide track 162 adapted to cooperate with a follower pin formed of a lug 163 intended to be coupled longitudinally to the outer wall of the tank.
  • This lug is here an integral part of a resilient curved piece, advantageously metallic, provided with elastic arms 163A; indeed, this lug is intended to be biased elastically towards the part 110B.
  • This track has a blind end A and, at a distance from this blind end, a cavity 162B adapted to receive a U-shaped piece 165, forming a retaining clip, having its concavity turned towards the blind end.
  • the cavity comprises a longitudinal ramp 162C going from the level of the bottom of the cavity to the level of the bottom of the track.
  • the arms of the U-shaped part are, by their flanks, in the extension of the track.
  • This U-shaped piece is shaped, near the junction of the arms with the base of this U, so as to define together with the bottom of the cavity, a housing B adapted to receive the lug 163.
  • the U-shaped piece has, at the outlet of this housing, a throat 165C formed jointly by enlargements of the arms. This constriction has a width less than the width of the lug 163.
  • the arms have facing edges which gradually move apart from each other, on either side of the ramp, while having a spacing which remains smaller than the width of the rail. ergot.
  • the track 162 comprises, near the blind end A a protrusion 162D, here lateral (it is more precisely a pair of two projections), defining a local restriction of the track.
  • the retaining clip is advantageously secured to the part 110B, for example by means of a transverse pin, or by partial bonding, leaving the arms free to move inside the cavity.
  • FIG. 14 is a sectional view showing the cooperation of the various elements represented in FIGS. 8 to 10. It can thus be noted that the lug 163 is engaged in a cavity 120E of small dimensions of the external wall of the tank 120, pushed by its arm towards the bottom of cavity 162B.
  • the longitudinal dimension of the cavity 120E is just sufficient for the arms of the elastic support of the lug can come to be housed between its edges while being able to deform so as to allow the lug to retract at least part inside this cavity 120E, when this lug is facing the track.
  • the reservoir and the application element comprise complementary sealing and coupling elements similar to those of FIGS. 2 to 7, capable of ensuring, when they cooperate, a coupling of this tank and this application element.
  • the lug When the reservoir is in its high position in the body, the lug is engaged in the housing B, between the arms of the retaining clip 165. This lug is held in this position by the fact that the throat 165C formed on the arms does not allow the release of this lug without spacing arms by elastic deformation, bending, these arms. Therefore, a significant effort must be made to force the arms to move apart (see Figure 15). When the arms are sufficiently apart, the lug slides by its front portion on the ramp, which forces the arms 163A to deform to allow a retraction of the lug in the cavity 120E, which also helps to resist any inadvertent movement of descent of the tank into the body.
  • Figures 17 and 18 show an alternative embodiment of the complementary retaining elements of the aforementioned bottle.
  • elements similar to those of Figures 8 to 16 are designated by signs which are deduced from those used in these figures by adding the number 100.
  • FIG. 17 represents a part 210B, corresponding to the sheath 10B 'of FIG. 3, on the inner wall of which is formed the longitudinal track 262 with a low end portion similar to that of FIG. 3, and a extreme high portion similar to that of Figures 10-16.
  • the cavity 262B in which is engaged the U-shaped piece 265 is here formed in the thickness of the wall of this piece 210B and no longer transversely to this thickness from the inner surface; this facilitates the establishment of this piece 265, while avoiding that this part can escape outside the cavity during the movements of the follower finger.
  • This follower finger 263 is here analogous to the follower finger of FIGS. 2 to 7, being carried by an arm 263A connected to a hinge portion 263B at the bottom of the reservoir.
  • the cooperation between this piece 265 and this follower finger 263 is shown in FIG. 18; it is analogous to that described with reference to FIGS. 8 to 16, the arm 263A having sufficient elastic flexibility to urge the finger towards the bottom of the cavity, while allowing a recoil thereof when the follower finger is out of the cavity, by spreading the branches of the piece 265, as in FIG.
  • FIG. 19 is a variant of FIG. 17 in which like elements are designated by reference signs which are deduced from those of this figure by the addition of the number 100.
  • This variant differs from the embodiment of FIG. 17 in that the U-shaped piece 365 has a bridge between its branches so as to completely close the contour of the space in which the follower pin snaps into the up position. the tank; in this way, this U-shaped piece is plus a piece elastic, in the sense indicated above, since the branches of this room can not deviate.
  • this follower pin 363 may be replaced by a lug 463, carried by a curved elastic blade having elastic arms 465 as in Figure 8, but having an inclined flank 464 adapted to allow, by a ramp effect of as much more marked than the sidewall is inclined significantly towards the longitudinal axis of the bottle, the escape of the follower finger from the hollow of the piece 365 during a sufficient force applied to the cap to make it down along the body.
  • the ramp provided in the cavity containing the insert can be omitted; however, when present, it may have the advantage of facilitating the good guidance of the end of the follower pin to the bottom of the track outside the cavity.

Abstract

The invention relates to a vial for a liquid or pasty cosmetic product, comprising: an elongate body (10), extending in a longitudinal direction, a vessel containing said product and which is translatably movable inside the body, an application element (30) comprising a rod (31) rigidly connected to a cap (40) and ending in an applicator (32) suitable for being loaded with the product when dunked into the vessel, said cap being insertable into/onto the body by pushing said application element into the vessel up to a rest configuration and extractable from said body so as to extract the rod and the applicator from the vessel and from the body, and complementary sealing means (35 and 80) designed for translatably coupling the rod and the vessel in a relative sealing configuration, characterised in that the top position of the vessel in the body is defined by complementary retaining elements designed so as to generate a resistance against the downward movement of the vessel in the body from said top position, the configuration of the cap being such that, when coupled to the vessel while the latter is in the bottom rest position, said cap offers a large enough surface to enable a user to apply the force required for extraction from the body.

Description

Flacon télescopique pour produit cosmétique liquide ou pâteux Telescopic bottle for liquid or pasty cosmetic product
L'invention concerne un flacon pour produit cosmétique liquide ou pâteux à configuration extensible, comportant un élément d'application muni d'un applicateur qui est en partie engagé de manière télescopique, en dehors des périodes d'utilisation pour l'application du produit, dans un réservoir tubulaire contenant le produit à appliquer ; elle s'applique, notamment mais non exclusivement, aux flacons de mascara, voire aux flacons de gloss.The invention relates to a liquid or pasty cosmetic product bottle with an extensible configuration, comprising an applicator element provided with an applicator which is partly engaged telescopically, outside the periods of use for the application of the product, in a tubular reservoir containing the product to be applied; it applies, in particular but not exclusively, to mascara bottles or even to gloss bottles.
De manière classique, de tels flacons, notamment les flacons à mascara, comportent un essoreur prévu près du col du flacon (en pratique sur le réservoir) qui est destiné à retenir l'excès de produit prélevé par l'applicateur lors de chacune de ses plongées dans le réservoir, dans la masse de produit. L'élément d'application comporte en pratique un capuchon sur lequel l'utilisatrice agit pour manipuler l'applicateur de mascara. Le fait que le mascara est liquide ou pâteux implique qu'une étanchéité efficace doit être réalisée en dehors des périodes d'application de mascara, lorsque le capuchon est engagé sur le col du flacon ; cette étanchéité est en pratique obtenue par une fermeture par vissage ou par clipsage du capuchon sur le col du flacon. Il en découle que le capuchon est un élément qui forme une partie substantielle de la surface extérieure d'un flacon à mascara en configuration fermée, et que des mouvements combinés ou des efforts significatifs peuvent devoir être effectués pour ouvrir le flacon avant une action d'application de mascara. Le document EP - 1 721 543 décrit divers conteneurs de produit cosmétique, dont un flacon de mascara (voire de gloss en relation avec les figures 18 à 24) comportant :In conventional manner, such bottles, in particular mascara bottles, comprise a wiper provided near the neck of the bottle (in practice on the reservoir) which is intended to retain the excess of product taken by the applicator during each of its dipped in the tank, in the mass of product. The applicator element includes in practice a cap on which the user acts to manipulate the mascara applicator. The fact that the mascara is liquid or pasty means that effective sealing must be performed outside the mascara application periods, when the cap is engaged on the neck of the bottle; this sealing is in practice obtained by a closure by screwing or clipping of the cap on the neck of the bottle. As a result, the cap is an element that forms a substantial part of the outer surface of a closed-set mascara bottle, and that combined movements or significant efforts may have to be made to open the bottle prior to an action. application of mascara. The document EP-1,721,543 describes various containers of cosmetic product, including a mascara bottle (or even a gloss bottle in connection with FIGS. 18 to 24) comprising:
• un corps allongé selon une direction longitudinale et muni d'un fond et d'un bord libre, • un réservoir contenu dans ce corps et mobile en translation entre une position stable basse et une position stable haute, ce réservoir comportant un col, • un dispositif élastiquement compressible à deux positions stables de recul disposé entre le corps et le réservoir et dont les deux positions stables axiales de recul définissent les deux positions stables basse et haute du réservoir, « un élément d'application comportant une tige terminée par un applicateur adapté à se charger en mascara, cet élément d'application ayant une configuration de repos dans laquelle une partie de la tige et l'applicateur sont contenus dans le réservoir en sorte de permettre à l'applicateur de se charger en mascara, et pouvant quitter cette configuration de repos jusqu'à être complètement sorti hors du réservoir et du flacon,A body elongate in a longitudinal direction and provided with a bottom and a free edge, a reservoir contained in this body and movable in translation between a low stable position and a high stable position, this reservoir comprising a neck, An elastically compressible device with two stable recoil positions disposed between the body and the reservoir and whose two stable axial recoil positions define the two low and high stable positions of the reservoir, an application element comprising a rod terminated by a applicator adapted to be loaded with mascara, said applicator element having a rest configuration in which a portion of the rod and the applicator are contained in the reservoir so as to allow the applicator to be loaded with mascara, and able to leave this resting configuration until it is completely out of the tank and the bottle,
• un capuchon solidaire de la tige de l'élément d'application et adapté à s'engager à l'intérieur du corps, les configurations axiales stables de recul du dispositif élastiquement compressible étant telles que lorsque l'élément d'application est dans sa configuration de repos dans le réservoir, soit le capuchon est escamoté dans le corps en affleurement avec le bord libre du corps, soit il est au moins en partie en saillie hors de ce corps, • un essoreur ménagé en sortie du réservoir en sorte d'être traversé par l'applicateur lors de sa pénétration dans le réservoir ou lors de son extraction hors de celui-ci, etA cap integral with the rod of the applicator element and adapted to engage inside the body, the stable axial recoil configurations of the elastically compressible device being such that when the applicator element is in its rest configuration in the tank, either the cap is retracted into the body flush with the free edge of the body, or it is at least partly projecting out of this body, • a wiper provided at the outlet of the reservoir so that be traversed by the applicator during its penetration into the tank or during its extraction from it, and
• des éléments complémentaires d'étanchéité portés respectivement par la tige et le col du réservoir constitués d'une protubérance portée par la tige et de griffes d'accrochage prévues sur le col du réservoir (en position haute du réservoir, les griffes s'écartent hors du volume intérieur du corps dans lequel le réservoir coulisse, tandis qu'en position basse, ces griffes sont maintenues en configuration rapprochée par la paroi interne de ce corps en sorte de rester en prise sur la protubérance). Une telle configuration est simple et fiable d'usage sans risque significatif d'ouverture intempestive, tout en permettant une esthétique très épurée, et sans conduire à un encombrement rédhibitoire.• additional sealing elements carried respectively by the stem and the neck of the tank consisting of a protuberance carried by the rod and hooking claws provided on the neck of the tank (in the upper position of the tank, the claws depart out of the interior of the body in which the tank slides, while in the lower position, these claws are maintained in close configuration by the inner wall of the body so as to remain engaged on the protuberance). Such a configuration is simple and reliable to use without significant risk of inadvertent opening, while allowing a very clean aesthetic, and without leading to a crippling obstruction.
En effet, l'escamotage du capuchon dans le corps du flacon permet que l'esthétique du flacon soit essentiellement définie par ce corps, tandis que la présence du dispositif élastiquement compressible à deux positions stables de recul permet qu'un simple mouvement d'enfoncement du capuchon, transmis au réservoir, provoque le passage de ce dispositif d'une position de recul à l'autre, et provoque soit l'escamotage de ce capuchon (il y a alors très peu de risques que ce capuchon se dégage intempestivement hors du corps), soit la venue en saillie d'une partie de ce capuchon qui est suffisante pour permettre la saisie de cette partie en saillie entre les doigts d'une utilisatrice puis son extraction hors du corps pour procéder à l'application du produit prélevé par l'applicateur (ce qui n'exige de l'utilisatrice que des mouvements simples, d'une seule main).Indeed, the retraction of the cap in the body of the bottle allows the aesthetics of the bottle is essentially defined by this body, while the presence of the elastically compressible device with two stable recoil positions allows a simple movement of depression the cap, transmitted to the reservoir, causes the passage of this device from a recoil position to another, and causes either the retraction of this cap (there is then very little risk that this cap is released unexpectedly out of the body), or the projecting portion of this cap which is sufficient to allow the seizure of this projecting portion between the fingers of a user and its extraction from the body to proceed to the application of the product taken by the applicator (which requires the user only simple movements, with one hand).
Il faut noter que, dans un tel flacon, le réservoir est mobile entre deux positions principales qui sont essentiellement définies par le dispositif élastiquement compressible: une position basse dans le corps (permettant que le capuchon affleure le bord libre du corps), lorsque l'élément d'application est dans sa configuration de repos, c'est-à-dire que le dispositif élastiquement compressible est dans la plus rétractée de ses configurations stables, et - une position haute dans laquelle son col est sensiblement au niveau de ce bord libre (pour permettre la séparation des éléments complémentaires d'étanchéité), définie par la plus allongée des configurations stables du dispositif élastiquement compressible. Les éléments d'étanchéité restent en coopération tant que le réservoir est situé entre ces positions extrêmes, même lorsque le capuchon a commencé à sortir hors du corps.It should be noted that, in such a bottle, the reservoir is movable between two main positions which are essentially defined by the elastically compressible device: a low position in the body (allowing the cap to be flush with the free edge of the body), when the application element is in its rest configuration, that is to say that the elastically compressible device is in the most retracted of its stable configurations, and - a high position in which its neck is substantially at this free edge (To allow the separation of complementary sealing elements), defined by the most elongated stable configurations of the elastically compressible device. The sealing elements remain in cooperation as long as the reservoir is located between these extreme positions, even when the cap has started to come out of the body.
Ainsi, un tel flacon est non seulement simple et fiable d'usage mais a en outre de bonnes caractéristiques d'étanchéité, sans pour autant exiger de mouvements complexes de la part de l'utilisatrice, mais au prix d'une certaine complexité de structure.Thus, such a bottle is not only simple and reliable in use but also has good sealing characteristics, without requiring complex movements on the part of the user, but at the cost of a certain complexity of structure .
Il est à noter que, indépendamment de l'effet esthétique que permet l'escamotage de l'élément d'application dans le corps, le fait que cet élément d'application puisse s'engager de manière télescopique dans le corps a aussi pour avantage de permettre l'obtention d'une bonne ergonomie par le choix des dimensions axiales du capuchon de l'élément d'application et du corps (plus ces dimensions sont importantes, plus il est facile à une utilisatrice de manipuler ce capuchon et ce corps) sans que ces dimensions axiales déterminent l'encombrement du flacon, en configuration de repos (l'encombrement axial est d'autant plus faible que l'engagement télescopique de l'élément d'application dans le corps est important).It should be noted that, regardless of the aesthetic effect that the retraction of the applicator element allows in the body, the fact that this applicator element can telescopically engage the body also has the advantage to allow good ergonomics to be obtained by choosing the axial dimensions of the cap of the applicator element and the body (the larger these dimensions are, the easier it is for a user to manipulate this cap and this body) without these axial dimensions determine the bulk of the bottle in rest configuration (the axial size is even lower than the telescopic engagement of the application element in the body is important).
L'invention a pour objet un flacon de produit cosmétique liquide ou pâteux comportant un corps, un élément d'application engagé de manière télescopique dans ce corps et un réservoir adapté à contenir ce produit et à recevoir une partie de l'élément d'application lorsqu'il est en une configuration de repos, ayant des propriétés d'étanchéité au moins similaires à celles du flacon précité, qui est simple et fiable d'utilisation sans exiger de mouvement complexe de la part de l'utilisatrice, tout en ayant une structure plus simple ne nécessitant pas la présence d'un dispositif élastiquement compressible.The subject of the invention is a bottle of liquid or pasty cosmetic product comprising a body, an applicator element telescopically engaged in this body and a reservoir adapted to contain this product and to receive a part of the application element. when in a rest configuration, having sealing properties at least similar to those of the aforementioned bottle, which is simple and reliable to use without requiring complex movement on the part of the user, while having a simpler structure does not require the presence of an elastically compressible device.
L'invention propose à cet effet un flacon pour produit cosmétique liquide ou pâteux, comportant :To this end, the invention proposes a bottle for a liquid or pasty cosmetic product, comprising:
- un corps longiligne, s'étendant selon une direction longitudinale, muni d'une zone de fond et d'un bord libre, - un réservoir contenant ce produit et mobile en translation dans le corps entre une position basse de repos proche de la zone de fond et une position haute de travail proche du bord libre, ce réservoir comportant un col, - un élément d'application comportant une tige solidaire d'un capuchon et terminée par un applicateur adapté à se charger en produit lorsqu'il est plongé dans le réservoir en une configuration de recharge par rapport à ce réservoir dans laquelle la tige traverse le col de ce réservoir, ce capuchon étant adapté à s'engager dans/sur le corps en enfonçant cet élément d'application dans le réservoir jusqu'à la configuration de repos et adapté à être extrait de ce corps en sorte d'extraire la tige et l'applicateur hors du réservoir et du corps, etan elongated body, extending in a longitudinal direction, provided with a bottom zone and a free edge; a reservoir containing this product and movable in translation in the body between a low rest position close to the zone; bottom and a high working position close to the free edge, this tank having a collar, an application element comprising a rod secured to a cap and terminated by an applicator adapted to be loaded with product when it is immersed in the reservoir in a refilling configuration with respect to this reservoir in which the rod passes through the neck; of this reservoir, this cap being adapted to engage in / on the body by pressing this applicator element into the reservoir to the rest configuration and adapted to be extracted from this body so as to extract the stem and the applicator out of the reservoir and the body, and
- des moyens complémentaires d'étanchéité, prévus respectivement sur la tige de l'élément d'application et sur le réservoir à proximité de son col, conçus en sorte d'atteler en translation la tige et le réservoir en une configuration relative d'étanchéité, depuis la position basse jusqu'à proximité de la position haute du réservoir dans le corps et inversement, caractérisé en ce que la position haute du réservoir dans le corps est définie par des éléments complémentaires de retenue prévus entre ce corps et ce réservoir et qui sont conçus en sorte de générer une résistance à la descente du réservoir dans le corps à partir de cette position haute, la configuration du capuchon étant telle que, lorsqu'il est attelé au réservoir alors que celui-ci est en position basse de repos, il offre une prise suffisante pour permettre à une utilisatrice l'application d'un effort d'extraction hors du corps. Les éléments complémentaires de retenue sont avantageusement prévus sur la paroi interne du corps et sur la paroi externe du réservoir, respectivement.complementary sealing means provided respectively on the rod of the applicator element and on the reservoir near its neck, designed so as to couple in translation the rod and the reservoir in a relative sealing configuration , from the low position to near the high position of the tank in the body and vice versa, characterized in that the high position of the tank in the body is defined by complementary retention elements provided between this body and this tank and which are designed so as to generate a resistance to the descent of the tank into the body from this high position, the configuration of the cap being such that when coupled to the tank while the latter is in the low rest position, it provides sufficient grip to allow a user to apply extractive effort out of the body. The complementary retaining elements are advantageously provided on the inner wall of the body and on the outer wall of the tank, respectively.
On appréciera qu'un flacon conforme à l'invention a la plupart des avantages d'un flacon tel que celui décrit dans le document EP - 1 721 543 sans nécessiter la présence d'un quelconque dispositif compressible, en profitant du fait que la présence d'éléments complémentaires d'étanchéité entre l'élément d'application et le réservoir assure en pratique un attelage axial qui garantit que, dès lors que le capuchon de cet élément d'application offre, dans la configuration de repos du flacon, une prise suffisante à une utilisatrice pour lui appliquer une traction vers l'extérieur du corps, cette extraction implique une montée simultanée du réservoir depuis sa position basse dans le corps jusqu'à sa position haute de travail. Les éléments complémentaires de retenue du réservoir en position haute dans le corps permettent ensuite le maintien de ce réservoir dans sa position de travail après que l'utilisatrice a dissocié les éléments complémentaires d'étanchéité ; il suffit de les dimensionner en prenant en compte les contraintes mécaniques auxquelles ce réservoir est susceptible d'être soumis en configuration haute de travail (notamment, le franchissement par l'applicateur de l'essoreur que comporte le réservoir, en cas de mascara, et la gravité).It will be appreciated that a bottle according to the invention has most of the advantages of a bottle such as that described in EP-1 721 543 without requiring the presence of any compressible device, taking advantage of the fact that the presence complementary sealing elements between the application element and the reservoir ensures in practice an axial coupling which ensures that, when the cap of this application element offers, in the rest configuration of the bottle, a plug sufficient for a user to apply traction to the outside of the body, this extraction involves a simultaneous rise of the reservoir from its lower position in the body to its upper working position. The additional restraint elements of the reservoir in the upper position in the body then allow the maintenance of this reservoir in its working position after the user dissociated the complementary sealing elements; it suffices to size them taking into account the mechanical stresses to which this reservoir is likely to be subjected in high working configuration (in particular, the crossing by the applicator of the wiper that includes the reservoir, in case of mascara, and gravity).
De manière avantageuse, les éléments complémentaires de retenue sont conçus en sorte de ne pas gêner la venue du réservoir en position haute en fin de montée à partir de la position basse, ce qui confère à ces éléments complémentaires de retenue un effet sélectif selon le sens de déplacement du réservoir ; ils tendent à résister à la descente du réservoir, mais n'opposent pas de résistance lorsque l'utilisatrice amène ce réservoir en cette position haute, et n'impliquent pas d'effort inutile de la part de cette utilisatrice lors de l'amenée du flacon en sa configuration de service.Advantageously, the complementary retaining elements are designed so as not to hinder the arrival of the tank in the up position at the end of the climb from the low position, which confers on these complementary retaining elements a selective effect according to the direction tank displacement; they tend to resist the descent of the tank, but do not oppose resistance when the user brings the tank in this high position, and do not involve unnecessary effort on the part of this user when bringing the tank bottle in its service configuration.
Bien entendu, les éléments complémentaires de retenue peuvent, dans une configuration simplifiée être simplement constitués d'une combinaison d'une nervure circonférentielle, continue ou discontinue, ménagée sur le corps ou le réservoir, et d'une gorge circonférentielle, continue ou discontinue, ménagée sur l'autre de ces pièces en sorte d'obtenir un effet de clipsage.Of course, the complementary retaining elements may, in a simplified configuration simply consist of a combination of a circumferential rib, continuous or discontinuous, formed on the body or the reservoir, and a circumferential groove, continuous or discontinuous, arranged on the other of these parts so as to obtain a clipping effect.
Toutefois, de manière avantageuse, les éléments complémentaires de retenue comportent, d'une part, une piste creuse de guidage sensiblement disposée suivant la direction longitudinale du corps et, d'autre part, un doigt suiveur adapté à circuler dans cette piste creuse de guidage lors des déplacements du réservoir entre ses positions basse et haute dans le corps, un élément élastique étant rapporté auprès de cette piste creuse pour résister, de manière élastique, au passage du doigt suiveur au début d'un déplacement du réservoir de sa position haute de travail vers sa position basse de repos. L'intérêt d'une telle combinaison d'une piste de guidage et d'un doigt suiveur est notamment d'assurer un bon contrôle de la trajectoire du réservoir à l'intérieur du corps ; quant à la présence d'un élément élastique, elle a pour avantage d'assurer la retenue de manière élastique, sans risque de dégradation tandis que le fait que cette pièce soit rapportée permet d'ajuster la résistance offerte par ces éléments complémentaires de retenue en fonction des diverses sollicitations à rencontre desquelles cette retenue doit être assurée (notamment en ce qui concerne les sollicitations appliquées au réservoir lors de chaque franchissement de l'essoreur dans le cas d'un flacon de mascara).However, advantageously, the complementary retaining elements comprise, on the one hand, a hollow guide track substantially disposed in the longitudinal direction of the body and, on the other hand, a follower pin adapted to circulate in this hollow guiding track. during movements of the tank between its low and high positions in the body, an elastic element being attached to this hollow track to resiliently resist the passage of the follower finger at the beginning of a displacement of the tank from its upper position. work towards its low rest position. The advantage of such a combination of a guide track and a follower pin is in particular to ensure good control of the trajectory of the reservoir inside the body; as for the presence of an elastic element, it has the advantage of ensuring the retention elastically, without risk of degradation while the fact that this part is reported makes it possible to adjust the resistance offered by these additional restraining elements according to the various stresses with which this restraint must be ensured (in particular with regard to the stresses applied to the reservoir during each crossing. the wiper in the case of a bottle of mascara).
De manière préférée, cet élément élastique est conçu et disposé en sorte de se déformer parallèlement aux parois du réservoir et du corps mais transversalement à la direction longitudinale du corps. Une telle disposition permet, notamment, que cet élément élastique se déforme avec une ampleur qui est indépendante de l'épaisseur du jeu existant entre ces parois du réservoir et du corps.Preferably, this elastic element is designed and arranged so as to deform parallel to the walls of the reservoir and the body but transversely to the longitudinal direction of the body. Such an arrangement allows, in particular, that this elastic element deforms with a magnitude that is independent of the thickness of the clearance between these walls of the reservoir and the body.
Selon un exemple avantageux de réalisation, l'élément élastique rapporté étant disposé le long d'un flanc de cette piste creuse de guidage en son extrémité définissant avec le doigt suiveur la position haute de travail du réservoir, de manière à ce que cette lame empiète sur le trajet du doigt suiveur et ne puisse être franchie par ce doigt suiveur que par flexion élastique. Une telle configuration est particulièrement simple.According to an advantageous example of embodiment, the elastic element reported being disposed along a side of this hollow guiding track at its end defining with the follower pin the upper working position of the reservoir, so that this blade impinges in the path of the follower finger and can be crossed by the follower finger only by elastic flexion. Such a configuration is particularly simple.
De manière préférée, cette extrémité de la piste de guidage définissant avec le doigt suiveur la position haute de travail du réservoir est une portion ayant la forme d'une goutte et dont le fond est muni de marches antiretour imposant un sens unique de circulation du doigt suiveur dans cette goutte, l'élément élastique rapporté étant situé auprès d'une zone de cette portion dans laquelle le doigt suiveur circule au début d'un mouvement du réservoir depuis sa position haute de travail vers sa position basse de guidage. Cela permet d'obtenir l'effet sélectif précité des éléments complémentaires de retenue.Preferably, this end of the guide track defining with the follower pin the high working position of the reservoir is a portion having the shape of a drop and whose bottom is provided with non-return steps imposing a single direction of movement of the finger follower in this drop, the reported elastic element being located near a zone of this portion in which the follower finger flows at the beginning of a movement of the reservoir from its upper working position to its lower guide position. This makes it possible to obtain the aforementioned selective effect of the complementary retaining elements.
Selon un autre exemple avantageux de réalisation, la piste creuse de guidage comporte, dans le fond de son extrémité définissant avec le doigt suiveur la position haute de travail du réservoir, une cavité comportant une rampe parallèle à la direction longitudinale se raccordant au fond du reste de la piste, le doigt suiveur est sollicité élastiquement vers le fond de cette piste et l'élément élastique rapporté est une pièce en U engagée dans la cavité en sorte que ses branches sont orientées longitudinalement, ces branches étant configurées de manière à former entre elles un espace pouvant recevoir le doigt suiveur tout en définissant, à l'opposé du fond du U par rapport à cet espace, un étranglement ne pouvant être franchi par le doigt suiveur, depuis cet espace vers l'extérieur de la pièce en U, que par un écartement de ces branches forcé par ce doigt suiveur, ces branches étant en outre configurées et disposées de manière à ce que, lorsque le réservoir approche de sa position haute de travail, le doigt suiveur glisse sur le fond de la piste puis sur les branches jusqu'à s'encliqueter dans l'espace. Une telle configuration a pour avantage d'obtenir l'effet sélectif précité à propos des éléments complémentaires de retenue, par la simple combinaison d'une cavité et d'une pièce en U, dans une piste creuse qui peut être tout simplement rectiligne.According to another advantageous example of embodiment, the hollow guide track comprises, in the bottom of its end defining with the follower pin the upper working position of the reservoir, a cavity having a ramp parallel to the longitudinal direction connecting to the bottom of the rest of the track, the follower finger is resiliently biased toward the bottom of this track and the elastic element attached is a U-shaped part engaged in the cavity so that its branches are oriented longitudinally, these branches being configured so as to form between them a space that can receive the follower finger while defining, opposite the bottom of the U with respect to this space, a constriction that can not be crossed by the follower finger from this space to the outside of the U-shaped piece, that by a spacing of these branches forced by the follower pin, these branches being further configured and arranged so that when the tank approaches its position high work, the follower finger slides on the bottom of the track then on the branches until snapping into space. Such a configuration has the advantage of obtaining the aforementioned selective effect about the complementary retaining elements, by the simple combination of a cavity and a U-shaped part, in a hollow track that can be simply straight.
Selon encore un autre exemple avantageux de réalisation, la piste creuse de guidage comporte une cavité dans le fond de son extrémité définissant avec le doigt suiveur la position haute de travail du réservoir, le doigt suiveur est sollicité élastiquement vers le fond de cette piste et l'élément élastique rapporté est une pièce rapportée engagée dans la cavité en sorte de permettre un glissement du doigt suiveur sur cette pièce jusqu'à un encliquetage du doigt suiveur dans ce creux lorsque le réservoir approche de sa position haute de travail, ce doigt suiveur étant sollicité élastiquement vers le fond de cette cavité en sorte de pouvoir s'échapper par effet de rampe hors de ce creux. En d'autres termes, l'échappement du doigt suiveur en dehors de l'espace dans lequel il s'encliquète en position haute du réservoir est obtenu par une configuration appropriée du doigt suiveur ou de support. C'est ainsi que, selon un premier exemple avantageux, le doigt suiveur est porté par une lame élastiquement flexible et comporte un flanc formant une rampe permettant à ce doigt suiveur de sortir de ce creux. Selon un autre exemple avantageux, le doigt suiveur est raccordé à un support par une zone flexible de raccordement, grâce à quoi ce doigt suiveur peut s'incliner longitudinalement pour s'échapper hors du creux de la pièce rapportée. La configuration de la piste creuse en son extrémité définissant, conjointement avec le doigt suiveur, la position basse de repos du réservoir peut être un simple cul-de-sac.According to yet another advantageous example of embodiment, the hollow guiding track has a cavity in the bottom of its end defining with the follower finger the high working position of the reservoir, the follower finger is resiliently biased towards the bottom of this track and the reported elastic member is an insert engaged in the cavity so as to allow sliding of the follower finger on this piece until a snap of the follower finger in the hollow when the reservoir approaches its upper working position, the follower finger being elastically biased towards the bottom of this cavity so as to escape by ramp effect out of this hollow. In other words, the escapement of the follower pin outside the space in which it snaps into the high position of the reservoir is obtained by a suitable configuration of the follower or support finger. Thus, according to a first advantageous example, the follower finger is carried by an elastically flexible blade and has a flank forming a ramp allowing the follower finger out of this hollow. According to another advantageous example, the follower pin is connected to a support by a flexible connection zone, whereby this follower finger can tilt longitudinally to escape out of the hollow of the insert. The configuration of the hollow track at its end defining, together with the follower pin, the low rest position of the tank may be a simple dead end.
Toutefois il peut être intéressant de configurer cette piste et son doigt suiveur en sorte de garantir pour l'utilisatrice une sensation indiquant que cette position basse de repos a bien été atteinte, par exemple par un effet d'encliquetage. A cet effet, la piste creuse comporte avantageusement, en son extrémité définissant avec le doigt suiveur la position basse du réservoir, une portion en cul de sac comportant un étranglement générant une résistance au passage du doigt suiveur.However, it may be interesting to configure this track and its follower finger so as to ensure for the user a feeling that this low rest position has been achieved, for example by a latching effect. For this purpose, the hollow track advantageously comprises, at its end defining with the follower finger the low position of the reservoir, a portion at the bottom of the bag having a constriction generating resistance to the passage of the follower finger.
Il peut également être souhaité de garantir que le réservoir est abaissé dans le corps jusqu'à atteindre sa position basse. A cet effet, la piste creuse comporte avantageusement, en son extrémité définissant avec le doigt suiveur la position basse du réservoir, une portion en forme de goutte munie de marches anti-retour définissant un sens unique de circulation du doigt suiveur dans cette portion. En conséquence, dès lors que le réservoir a descendu jusqu'à une position où le doigt suiveur a franchi une seule des marches antiretour (en pratique ménagées dans le fond de la piste), le réservoir ne pourra pas remonter tant qu'il n'aura pas d'abord atteint sa position basse. En outre, cette configuration permet en outre d'obtenir un effet indiquant à l'utilisatrice si elle a bien dégagé le réservoir hors de sa position basse de repos ; à cet effet, un élément élastique est avantageusement disposé auprès de cette portion en forme de goutte en sorte de générer une résistance à rencontre du passage du doigt suiveur dans le sens d'une remontée du réservoir dans le corps. Divers attelages peuvent être envisagés entre l'élément d'application et le réservoir.It may also be desired to ensure that the reservoir is lowered into the body until it reaches its low position. For this purpose, the hollow track advantageously comprises, at its end defining with the follower finger the lower position of the reservoir, a drop-shaped portion provided with non-return steps defining a single direction of circulation of the follower finger in this portion. Consequently, since the tank has descended to a position where the follower finger has crossed only one of the non-return steps (in practice made in the bottom of the track), the tank will not be able to go up as long as it does not. will not have first reached its low position. In addition, this configuration also provides an effect indicating to the user if it has cleared the tank out of its low rest position; for this purpose, an elastic element is advantageously disposed near this drop-shaped portion so as to generate a resistance against the passage of the follower finger in the direction of a rise of the reservoir in the body. Various couplings can be envisaged between the application element and the reservoir.
Selon une configuration avantageuse, ces éléments complémentaires d'étanchéité comportent, sur la tige d'une part, une protubérance comportant, en direction de l'applicateur, une portion d'étanchéité et, en direction du capuchon, une portée transversale, et, sur le réservoir d'autre part, en deçà de son col, un rétrécissement adapté à recevoir en butée axiale la portion d'étanchéité et , au-delà de son col, une collerette formée, le long de sa circonférence, d'une pluralité de secteurs rigides et de secteurs élastiques alternés, cette collerette ayant une configuration détendue dans laquelle elle a un encombrement supérieur à la section interne du corps et une configuration restreinte dans laquelle elle est confinée à l'intérieur de ce corps, les secteurs rigides comportant, le long du bord interne de cette collerette, des rebords adaptés à venir en butée axiale contre la portée transversale de la protubérance en sorte de maintenir la portion d'étanchéité contre le rétrécissement lorsque l'élément d'application est dans sa configuration de repos. Une telle construction présente des similitudes avec la configuration proposée par le document EP - 1 721 543 (également utilisable dans le cadre de la présente invention) qui comporte des griffes venant appliquer un effort axial sur la protubérance au fur et à mesure qu'elles se rapprochent.According to an advantageous configuration, these complementary sealing elements comprise, on the rod on the one hand, a protuberance comprising, in the direction of the applicator, a sealing portion and, in the direction of the cap, a transverse bearing, and, on the reservoir, on the other hand, below its neck, a narrowing adapted to receive in axial abutment the sealing portion and, beyond its neck, a collar formed, the along its circumference, a plurality of rigid sectors and alternating elastic sectors, this collar having a relaxed configuration in which it has a bulk greater than the internal section of the body and a restricted configuration in which it is confined inside of this body, the rigid sectors comprising, along the inner edge of this flange, flanges adapted to come into axial abutment against the transverse bearing surface of the protuberance so as to maintain the sealing portion against shrinkage when the element d application is in its rest configuration. Such a construction has similarities with the configuration proposed by the document EP-1 721 543 (also usable in the context of the present invention) which comprises claws coming to apply an axial force on the protrusion as and when they occur. closer.
Mais on comprend que l'existence de ces griffes, qui participent à la définition de l'ouverture que la tige et son applicateur doivent traverser lors de la pénétration dans le réservoir ou de l'extraction hors de celui-ci, laisse subsister des fentes susceptibles de s'encrasser par du produit porté par l'applicateur, ce qui peut nuire à la netteté du col de ce réservoir, ainsi qu'à la durabilité de l'applicateur (si celui-ci risque d'être dégradé lors du franchissement de ces griffes). En outre, l'effort axial qui est appliqué sur la tige du fait de la forme en boule de la protubérance peut varier avec le temps ou avec l'usure de ces griffes, de sorte que l'effet d'étanchéité est également susceptible de varier avec le temps. Par contre, grâce au fait que l'étanchéité est assurée grâce à la mise en œuvre, non pas de griffes, mais d'une collerette formée d'une pluralité de secteurs rigides et de secteurs élastiques, on évite la formation d'interstices dans lesquels du produit peut s'introduire au risque de gêner les utilisations postérieures du flacon. Par ailleurs, le fait que cette collerette agit sur une portée transversale que comporte la protubérance, la rétraction de cette collerette n'implique pas nécessairement un effort axial, ce qui permet que l'étanchéité est assurée indépendamment de la configuration instantanée de la collerette, dès lors qu'elle a commencé à se rétracter depuis sa configuration détendue. De manière avantageuse, la partie d'étanchéité de la protubérance comporte une portion élastique ou un joint, par exemple rapporté.But we understand that the existence of these claws, which participate in the definition of the opening that the rod and its applicator must cross during the penetration into the tank or extraction out of it, leaves gaps may become dirty by the product carried by the applicator, which can affect the sharpness of the neck of this tank, as well as the durability of the applicator (if it may be degraded during crossing) of these claws). In addition, the axial force that is applied to the rod due to the ball shape of the protrusion may vary with time or with the wear of these claws, so that the sealing effect is also likely to vary with time. On the other hand, thanks to the fact that the sealing is ensured thanks to the implementation, not of claws, but of a collar formed of a plurality of rigid sectors and of elastic sectors, the formation of interstices in which the product may enter at the risk of hindering the posterior use of the bottle. Moreover, the fact that this flange acts on a transverse surface that includes the protuberance, the retraction of this flange does not necessarily imply an axial force, which allows that the seal is provided regardless of the instantaneous configuration of the flange, since it began to retract from its relaxed configuration. Advantageously, the sealing portion of the protuberance comprises an elastic portion or a seal, for example reported.
Selon une autre configuration avantageuse, plus simple, donc plus économique et plus robuste, les moyens complémentaires d'étanchéité comportent, sur la tige d'une part, une protubérance comportant, en direction de l'applicateur, une portion d'étanchéité et, en direction du capuchon, une portée transversale, et, sur le réservoir d'autre part, un rétrécissement formant siège adapté à recevoir en butée axiale la portion d'étanchéité et au moins un bossage ménagé sur la paroi interne du réservoir entre son col et ce rétrécissement et adapté à être franchi par la protubérance lorsque l'élément d'application est engagé en configuration de recharge dans le réservoir, et à maintenir cette protubérance contre son siège tant que l'élément d'application reste en configuration de recharge.According to another advantageous configuration, simpler, therefore more economical and more robust, the complementary sealing means comprise, on the rod on the one hand, a protuberance comprising, in the direction of the applicator, a sealing portion and, in the direction of the cap, a transverse surface, and on the reservoir on the other hand, a seat-shaped narrowing adapted to receive in axial abutment the sealing portion and at least one boss formed on the inner wall of the reservoir between its neck and this narrowing and adapted to be crossed by the protuberance when the applicator element is engaged in charging configuration in the reservoir, and to maintain this protrusion against its seat as the application element remains in charging configuration.
Des objets, caractéristiques et avantages de l'invention ressortent de la description qui suit, donnée à titre d'exemple illustratif non limitatif, en regard des dessins annexés sur lesquels : la figure 1 est une vue schématique d'un flacon de mascara conforme à l'invention, la figure 2 est une vue latérale éclatée d'un tel flacon selon un premier mode de réalisation des éléments complémentaires de retenue, la figure 3 est une vue en élévation d'une partie de ces éléments, la figure 4 est une vue partielle en perspective de dessus de la partie haute du réservoir que comporte le flacon de la figure 2 la figure 5 est une vue partielle du flacon, en coupe selon la direction longitudinale, montrant l'applicateur en train d'être introduit dans le réservoir lorsque celui-ci est en position haute de travail dans le corps, la figure 6 en est une vue similaire, dans la configuration de repos du flacon, la figure 7 est une vue similaire à celle des figures 5 et 6, représentant la partie haute d'un autre flacon en configuration de repos, la figure 8 est une vue éclatée d'autres éléments 5 complémentaires de retenue adaptés à maintenir le réservoir dans sa position haute, selon un autre mode de réalisation, la figure 9 est une vue de côté, avec coupe partielle, d'une partie des moyens complémentaires adaptés à 10 être portés par le corps d'un flacon selon ce second mode de réalisation, la figure 10 en est une vue de face, la figure 11 est une vue en élévation des éléments complémentaires de la figure 8, en phase d'introduction 15 du réservoir dans le corps, la figure 12 en est une vue similaire, dans une configuration correspondant à la position haute du réservoir dans le corps, la figure 13 en est une vue similaire, dans une 20 configuration correspondant à la position basse du réservoir dans le corps, la figure 14 est une vue en coupe de ces éléments de la figure 8 dans leur configuration définissant la position haute, 25 - la figure 15 est une vue similaire à celle de la figure 12, dans une configuration où le réservoir a commencé à être enfoncé dans le corps, la figure 16 est une vue similaire à celle de la figure 15, mais dans une configuration correspondant à la fin d'un 30 mouvement de montée du réservoir dans le corps, la figure 17 est une vue en élévation, avec éclatement partiel, d'une variante de réalisation des éléments complémentaires de retenue, la figure 18 en est une vue partielle en coupe, - la figure 19 est une vue en élévation, avec éclatement partiel, similaire à celle de la figure 17, d'encore une autre variante de réalisation des éléments complémentaires de retenue, la figure 20 en est une vue partielle en coupe, similaire à celle de la figure 18, et la figure 21 est une vue en perspective d'une variante de réalisation du doigt suiveur de la figure 8.Objects, characteristics and advantages of the invention appear from the description which follows, given by way of non-limiting illustrative example, with reference to the accompanying drawings in which: FIG. 1 is a schematic view of a bottle of mascara conforming to FIG. 2 is an exploded side view of such a bottle according to a first embodiment of the complementary retention elements, FIG. 3 is an elevational view of part of these elements, FIG. partial perspective view from above of the upper part of the reservoir contained in the bottle of FIG. 2; FIG. 5 is a partial view of the bottle, in section in the longitudinal direction, showing the applicator being introduced into the reservoir when it is in the upper working position in the body, FIG. 6 is a similar view thereof, in the rest configuration of the bottle, FIG. 7 is a view similar to that of FIGS. 5 and 6, showing the upper part of another bottle in the rest configuration, FIG. 8 is an exploded view of other complementary retention elements adapted to hold the tank in in its upper position, according to another embodiment, FIG. 9 is a side view, partly in section, of part of the complementary means adapted to be carried by the body of a bottle according to this second embodiment, Figure 10 is a front view, Figure 11 is an elevational view of the complementary elements of Figure 8, in the introduction phase 15 of the reservoir in the body, Figure 12 is a similar view, in a configuration corresponding to the high position of the reservoir in the body, Fig. 13 is a similar view, in a configuration corresponding to the low position of the reservoir in the body, Fig. 14 is a sectional view of these elements of FIG. 8 in their configuration defining the up position; FIG. 15 is a view similar to that of FIG. 12, in a configuration where the reservoir has begun to be depressed into the body, FIG. 16 is a view similar to FIG. that of FIG. 15, but in a configuration corresponding to the end of a rising movement of the reservoir in the body, FIG. 17 is an elevational view, partially exploded, of an alternative embodiment of the complementary retaining elements, FIG. 18 is a partial sectional view thereof; FIG. 19 is an elevational view, with partial exploding; similar to that of FIG. 17, still another alternative embodiment of the complementary retaining elements, FIG. 20 is a partial sectional view, similar to that of FIG. 18, and FIG. 21 is a perspective view. of an alternative embodiment of the follower pin of FIG. 8.
Le flacon de la figure 1 , représenté sous la référence générale 1 , comporte principalement : - un corps longiligne 10 s'étendant selon une direction longitudinale, ici verticale, et muni d'une zone de fond 11 et d'un bord libre 12,The bottle of FIG. 1, represented under the general reference 1, comprises mainly: an elongate body 10 extending in a longitudinal direction, here vertical, and provided with a bottom zone 11 and a free edge 12,
- un réservoir 20 contenant du mascara comportant un fond 21 et un col 22, et adapté à être entièrement contenu dans le corps en y étant mobile en translation entre une position basse de repos (proche de la zone de fond du corps) et une position haute de travail (plus proche du bord libre) ; ce réservoir comporte ici une collerette 23 facilitant le guidage et le maintien du réservoir dans le corps,a reservoir 20 containing mascara comprising a bottom 21 and a neck 22, and adapted to be entirely contained in the body by being movable in translation between a low rest position (close to the bottom zone of the body) and a position high work (closer to the free edge); this reservoir here comprises a flange 23 facilitating guiding and maintaining the reservoir in the body,
- un élément d'application 30 comportant une tige 31 solidaire d'un capuchon 40 et terminée par un applicateur 32 adapté à se charger en produit lorsqu'il est plongé dans le réservoir en une configuration de recharge par rapport à ce réservoir dans laquelle la tige traverse le col 22 de ce réservoir, ce capuchon 40 étant adapté à s'engager dans, ou sur, le corps en enfonçant cet élément d'application dans le réservoir jusqu'à la configuration de repos et adapté à être extrait de ce corps en sorte d'extraire la tige et l'applicateur hors du réservoir et du corps, etan application element 30 comprising a rod 31 integral with a cap 40 and terminated by an applicator 32 adapted to be loaded with product when it is immersed in the reservoir in a refilling configuration with respect to this reservoir in which the rod passes through the neck 22 of this reservoir, this cap 40 being adapted to engage in, or on, the body by pressing this application element into the reservoir to the rest configuration and adapted to be extracted from this body in order to extract the rod and the applicator from the reservoir and the body, and
- des moyens complémentaires d'étanchéité 35 et 80, prévus respectivement sur la tige de l'élément d'application et sur le réservoir à proximité de son col, conçus en sorte d'atteler en translation la tige et le réservoir en une configuration relative d'étanchéité, depuis la position basse jusqu'à proximité de la position haute du réservoir dans le corps et inversement.complementary sealing means 35 and 80 respectively provided on the rod of the applicator element and on the reservoir near its neck, designed to couple in translation the rod and the reservoir in a relative sealing configuration, from the low position to near the high position of the tank in the body and vice versa.
Dans l'exemple de la figure 1 , deux pièces sont destinées à être montées au niveau du col du réservoir 20 : une pièce formant essoreur 70, adaptée à s'engager dans la partie haute du réservoir au travers de son col, et une pièce d'étanchéité 80, adaptée à s'engager sur l'extrémité du réservoir en sorte de coiffer la pièce formant essoreur, et adaptée à coopérer avec une protubérance 35 portée par la tige de l'élément d'application.In the example of FIG. 1, two parts are intended to be mounted at the neck of the reservoir 20: a part forming a wiper 70, adapted to engage in the upper part of the reservoir through its neck, and a part 80, adapted to engage the end of the reservoir so as to cap the wiper member, and adapted to cooperate with a protrusion 35 carried by the rod of the applicator element.
Ces pièces sont ici différentiées, ce qui permet de bien identifier les fonctions assurées auprès du col du réservoir, mais il faut bien comprendre que ces fonctions peuvent, en variante, être assurées par une seule et même pièce.These parts are differentiated here, which makes it possible to clearly identify the functions performed near the neck of the tank, but it should be understood that these functions can, alternatively, be provided by one and the same piece.
Ces pièces sont en pratique solidaires du réservoir et en font donc partie intégrante.These parts are in practice integral with the tank and therefore form an integral part.
Ainsi que cela sera détaillé ci-dessous, la coopération de la pièce d'étanchéité 80, solidaire du réservoir, et de la protubérance 35 de la tige établit un attelage entre le réservoir et l'élément d'application.As will be detailed below, the cooperation of the sealing member 80, integral with the reservoir, and the protrusion 35 of the rod establishes a coupling between the reservoir and the application element.
Le corps peut être formé d'une ou de plusieurs parties solidaires l'une de l'autre ; dans l'exemple ici considéré ce corps comporte un tube de section quelconque (circulaire, rectangulaire, polygonale ou autre), ouvert à ses deux extrémités ; une éventuelle pièce rapportée formant cage, non représentée sur cette figure 1 , est avantageusement prévue pour matérialiser le fond du corps ; un tel fond, lorsqu'il existe, peut en variante être réalisé en une seule pièce avec la partie tubulaire, par exemple par moulage.The body may be formed of one or more parts integral with each other; in the example here considered this body comprises a tube of any section (circular, rectangular, polygonal or other), open at both ends; a possible cage insert, not shown in this figure 1, is advantageously provided to materialize the bottom of the body; such a bottom, when it exists, may alternatively be made in one piece with the tubular part, for example by molding.
La position haute du réservoir dans le corps est définie par des éléments complémentaires de retenue, prévus sur la paroi interne de ce corps et sur la paroi externe de ce réservoir, qui sont conçus en sorte de générer une résistance à la descente du réservoir dans le corps à partir de cette position haute, de préférence sans gêner la venue en position haute en fin de montée à partir de la position basse.The high position of the reservoir in the body is defined by complementary retention elements, provided on the inner wall of this body and on the outer wall of this reservoir, which are designed so as to generate resistance to the descent of the reservoir into the reservoir. body from this position high, preferably without hindering the coming up position at the end of rise from the low position.
En outre, la configuration du capuchon est telle que, lorsqu'il est attelé au réservoir alors que celui-ci est en position basse de repos, il offre une prise suffisante pour permettre à une utilisatrice l'application d'un effort d'extraction hors du corps ; en pratique, une telle prise suffisante est obtenue dès lors que le capuchon est en saillie hors du corps sur quelques millimètres, typiquement 5 millimètres, voire un peu moins (par exemple 3 millimètres) ; bien entendu cette distance minimale en saillie dépend de l'état de surface de la portion du capuchon qui est en saillie (plus cet état de surface est rugueux, plus cette distance peut être faible).In addition, the configuration of the cap is such that, when it is coupled to the tank while the latter is in the low rest position, it offers a sufficient grip to allow a user the application of an extraction effort out of the body; in practice, such a sufficient grip is obtained when the cap projects out of the body over a few millimeters, typically 5 millimeters, or even a little less (for example 3 millimeters); of course this minimum projecting distance depends on the surface condition of the portion of the cap which is protruding (the rougher this surface state, the more this distance can be small).
De manière générale, les éléments complémentaires de retenue sont schématisés sous la référence commune 60 à la figure 1.In general, the complementary retaining elements are shown schematically under the common reference 60 in FIG.
Dans les exemples décrits ci-dessous, ces éléments complémentaires de retenue comportent, d'une part, une piste creuse de guidage sensiblement disposée suivant la direction longitudinale du corps et, d'autre part, un doigt suiveur adapté à circuler dans cette piste creuse de guidage lors des déplacements du réservoir entre ses positions basse et haute dans le corps, un élément élastique étant rapporté auprès de cette piste creuse pour résister, de manière élastique, au passage du doigt suiveur au début d'un déplacement du réservoir de sa position haute de travail vers sa position basse de repos.In the examples described below, these complementary retaining elements comprise, on the one hand, a hollow guide track substantially disposed in the longitudinal direction of the body and, on the other hand, a follower pin adapted to circulate in this hollow track. during movement of the reservoir between its low and high positions in the body, an elastic element being attached to this hollow track to resiliently resist the passage of the follower finger at the beginning of a displacement of the reservoir of its position high working towards its low rest position.
Les figures 2 à 6 correspondent à un premier exemple de réalisation d'un flacon conforme à l'invention. Les signes de référence qui se rapportent à des éléments similaires à ceux de la figure 1 sont identiques à ceux de cette figure 1 , en étant affectés d'un indice « prime ».Figures 2 to 6 correspond to a first embodiment of a bottle according to the invention. The reference signs which refer to elements similar to those of FIG. 1 are identical to those of this FIG. 1, being assigned a "prime" index.
La structure des éléments complémentaires de retenue ressort des figures 2 et 3.The structure of the complementary retaining elements is shown in FIGS. 2 and 3.
La piste creuse de guidage, notée 62', est ici portée par le corps, plus précisément par la pièce rapportée formant cage 10B' tandis que le doigt suiveur, notée 63', est porté par le réservoir. On comprend toutefois que les situations peuvent être inversées, en variante non représentée. Cette piste creuse de guidage 62' comporte deux portions extrêmes 62A' et 62B' dont l'une, dans l'exemple décrit, est conformée en sorte d'avoir la forme d'une goutte. Conjointement avec le doigt suiveur, cette portion 62B' définit la position haute du réservoir. Le doigt suiveur 63' est de préférence monté à l'extrémité d'un brasThe hollow guide track, denoted 62 ', is here carried by the body, more precisely by the insert forming cage 10B' while the follower pin, denoted 63 ', is carried by the reservoir. However, it is understood that the situations can be reversed, not shown variant. This hollow guiding track 62 'has two end portions 62A' and 62B ', one of which, in the example described, is shaped so as to be in the form of a drop. Together with the follower pin, this portion 62B 'defines the high position of the reservoir. The follower pin 63 'is preferably mounted at the end of an arm
63'A, globalement orienté parallèlement à la direction longitudinale du flacon, et dont l'autre extrémité 63'B est articulée sur la portion qui porte ce doigt suiveur. Dans l'exemple ici considéré où le doigt suiveur est porté par le réservoir, l'extrémité 63'B du bras est coudée en sorte de pouvoir être articulée sous le fond de ce réservoir.63'A, generally oriented parallel to the longitudinal direction of the bottle, and the other end 63'B is articulated on the portion which carries the follower finger. In the example considered here where the follower pin is carried by the tank, the end 63'B of the arm is bent so as to be articulated under the bottom of the tank.
Le détail de la piste creuse de guidage 62' apparaît clairement à la figure 3.The detail of the hollow guiding track 62 'appears clearly in FIG.
On comprend que, lorsque le doigt suiveur est dans la portion basse 62'A, le réservoir est dans sa position basse de repos et n'est en principe soumis à aucun effort ; le réservoir reste donc en cette position tant qu'une utilisatrice n'a pas besoin d'avoir accès au contenu dans ce réservoir.It is understood that when the follower pin is in the lower portion 62'A, the reservoir is in its low rest position and is in principle not subject to any effort; the tank remains in this position as a user does not need to access the contents in this tank.
L'autre portion extrême, 62'B, est avantageusement munie de marches anti-retour 200 garantissant que le doigt, en fin d'extraction du réservoir vers sa position haute, suit nécessairement une seule branche de la forme de goutte, ici celle de gauche, et atteint nécessairement sa position extrême B avant de pouvoir redescendre vers la portion 62'A.The other extreme portion, 62'B, is advantageously provided with non-return steps 200 guaranteeing that the finger, at the end of extraction of the reservoir to its upper position, necessarily follows a single branch of the drop form, here that of left, and necessarily reaches its extreme position B before being able to descend towards the portion 62'A.
On peut noter que la piste de guidage comporte une portion intermédiaire commune 62'C pour la montée du doigt suiveur de la position basse A vers la position haute B et pour la descente de B vers A ; en variante non représentée, il y deux pistes longitudinales distinctes, l'une pour la montée, l'autre pour la descente.It may be noted that the guide track has a common intermediate portion 62'C for raising the follower finger from the low position A to the high position B and the descent from B to A; alternatively not shown, there are two separate longitudinal tracks, one for the climb, the other for the descent.
Des éléments complémentaires de guidage sont avantageusement prévus pour assurer un bon contrôle du mouvement du réservoir dans le corps ; ces éléments sont ici schématisés par une gorge longitudinale 24', ici ménagée sur la paroi externe du réservoir, coopérant avec une nervure longitudinale 25', ici ménagée dans la cage 10B'. Comme indiqué ci-dessus, des éléments complémentaires de retenue sont prévus pour générer une résistance à la descente du réservoir dans le corps à partir de cette position haute, de préférence sans gêner la venue en position haute en fin de montée à partir de la position basse. A cet effet, un élément élastique 65' est prévu auprès de la portion extrême haute de la piste, le long d'un flanc de celle-ci, en sorte d'empiéter sur le trajet du doigt suiveur, lorsqu'il tend à quitter la zone en coin B ; en conséquence, un passage du doigt n'est possible qu'à la condition d'appliquer sur le capuchon un effort d'enfoncement suffisant pour forcer une déformation de cet élément élastique jusqu'à permettre son franchissement par le doigt. On appréciera que, grâce à la conformation en forme de goutte de la portion 62'B, cet élément élastique constitue un obstacle que le doigt doit franchir lors de la descente, mais non lors de sa montée.Additional guiding elements are advantageously provided to ensure good control of the movement of the reservoir in the body; these elements are here schematized by a longitudinal groove 24 ', here formed on the outer wall of the reservoir, cooperating with a longitudinal rib 25', here formed in the cage 10B '. As indicated above, additional retaining elements are provided to generate a resistance to the descent of the reservoir in the body from this high position, preferably without hindering the coming up position at the end of climb from the position low. For this purpose, an elastic element 65 'is provided near the extreme high portion of the track, along a side thereof, so as to encroach on the path of the follower finger, when it tends to leave corner area B; therefore, a passage of the finger is possible only on the condition of applying to the cap a driving force sufficient to force a deformation of the elastic element until it can be crossed by the finger. It will be appreciated that, thanks to the drop-shaped conformation of the portion 62'B, this elastic element constitutes an obstacle that the finger must cross during the descent, but not during its ascent.
On peut noter que cet élément élastique est ici une lame, de préférence métallique, qui est rapportée, ce qui permet d'ajuster au mieux, en fonction des contraintes que le réservoir est susceptible d'avoir à subir dans sa position haute de travail, l'importance du point dur que constitue cette pièce, par un choix approprié de la pièce élastique que l'on met en place (du point de vue matériau ou géométrie, notamment) ; en pratique il convient de s'assurer que, dans le cas d'un flacon de mascara, ce point dur suffit à maintenir en place le réservoir lorsqu'une utilisatrice plonge l'applicateur dans le réservoir à rencontre de la résistance générée par l'essoreur ; bien entendu, ce point dur est aussi réalisé en sorte de pouvoir supporter le simple poids du réservoir.It may be noted that this elastic element is here a blade, preferably metal, which is reported, which allows to better adjust, depending on the constraints that the tank is likely to have to undergo in its upper working position, the importance of the hard point that this piece constitutes, by a suitable choice of the elastic piece that is put in place (from the point of view of material or geometry, in particular); in practice it should be ensured that, in the case of a bottle of mascara, this hard point is sufficient to hold the reservoir in place when a user plunges the applicator into the reservoir against the resistance generated by the wiper; of course, this hard point is also made so that it can withstand the simple weight of the tank.
On peut noter qu'un tel élément élastique 65' est disposé en sorte de pouvoir se déformer, localement, parallèlement aux parois du réservoir et du corps mais transversalement à la direction de translation du réservoir dans ce corps. En d'autres termes, la déformation de cet élément élastique peut être choisie indépendamment de l'épaisseur du jeu existant entre ces parois, ce qui permet de choisir librement la raideur de ce ressort, sa forme, sa nature, etc. On peut noter, sur la figure 2, que le dispositif de retenue constitué par ces éléments complémentaires de retenue est situé entre les parois latérales du réservoir et du corps ; cela permet que, en position de repos, le réservoir puisse être très près du fond du corps, d'où une utilisation optimale du volume de ce dernier.It may be noted that such an elastic element 65 'is arranged so as to be deformable, locally, parallel to the walls of the reservoir and the body but transversely to the direction of translation of the reservoir in this body. In other words, the deformation of this elastic element can be chosen independently of the thickness of the clearance existing between these walls, which allows to freely choose the stiffness of this spring, its shape, its nature, etc. It can be noted in FIG. 2 that the retaining device consisting of these complementary retaining elements is located between the side walls of the reservoir and the body; this allows that, in the rest position, the tank can be very close to the bottom of the body, hence an optimal use of the volume of the latter.
Il a été indiqué qu'une partie de ce dispositif est monté sur la pièce rapportée formant cage 10B'. Un intérêt que le corps comporte une telle pièce rapportée est que la mise en place de ce dispositif entre la pièce rapportée et le réservoir peut se faire en dehors du tube 10A et que l'engagement dans le corps de l'ensemble 10B'+20', garantit ensuite le maintien en place des éléments complémentaires en configuration de coopération.It has been indicated that part of this device is mounted on the cage insert 10B '. An interest that the body has such an insert is that the establishment of this device between the insert and the reservoir can be done outside the tube 10A and the engagement in the body of the assembly 10B '+ 20 ', then guarantees the retention in place of the complementary elements in cooperation configuration.
A cet effet, la pièce rapportée 10B' a avantageusement la forme d'un fourreau présentant (voir notamment la figure 2) une fente longitudinale 14' en regard de la zone interne de ce fourreau où est ménagée la piste creuse de guidage ; ce fourreau 10B' a donc une section en forme de C. Ainsi, lorsqu'on a positionné le coude 63'B du bras 63'A dans un logement approprié du fond du réservoir, l'engagement transversal du réservoir au travers de la fente, en accentuant l'ouverture de la forme du C, permet le positionnement du doigt suiveur dans une zone quelconque de la piste creuse de guidage ; il suffit alors d'engager axialement l'ensemble dans le tube pour assurer le maintien en place de l'agencement ainsi obtenu.For this purpose, the insert 10B 'advantageously has the shape of a sleeve having (see in particular Figure 2) a longitudinal slot 14' facing the inner zone of this sleeve where is formed the hollow guide track; this sheath 10B 'therefore has a C-shaped section. Thus, when the elbow 63'B of the arm 63'A has been positioned in a suitable recess in the bottom of the reservoir, the transverse engagement of the reservoir through the slot , by accentuating the opening of the shape of the C, allows the positioning of the follower pin in any area of the hollow guiding track; it then suffices to axially engage the assembly in the tube to ensure the maintenance of the arrangement thus obtained.
En variante, la fente longitudinale 14' peut avoir une largeur identique à la largeur du volume interne de ce fourreau, ce qui permet un engagement aisé du réservoir dans ce fourreau.Alternatively, the longitudinal slot 14 'may have a width identical to the width of the inner volume of this sleeve, which allows easy engagement of the reservoir in this sleeve.
Des lumières latérales 15' peuvent être ménagées dans la paroi résiduelle du fourreau 10B', à distance de la fente 14'. De telles lumières permettent un allégement du fourreau tout en fournissant des accès à l'intérieur du fourreau.Side lights 15 'may be provided in the residual wall of the sheath 10B', at a distance from the slot 14 '. Such lights allow lightening of the sheath while providing access to the inside of the sheath.
A l'utilisation du flacon, lorsque l'utilisatrice veut appliquer du mascara, elle saisit la partie en saillie du capuchon et en provoque la montée jusqu'à amener le réservoir jusque dans sa position haute de travail B et y reste du fait de la présence de l'élément élastique. II est intéressant de noter que l'extraction du capuchon hors du corps provoque la montée du réservoir en conséquence de la présence d'éléments complémentaires d'étanchéité assurant un attelage entre le capuchon et le réservoir, par l'intermédiaire de la tige dont ce capuchon est solidaire.When using the bottle, when the user wants to apply mascara, she grasps the protruding portion of the cap and causes the rise to bring the reservoir into its upper working position B and remains there because of the presence of the elastic element. It is interesting to note that the extraction of the cap from the body causes the rise of the reservoir as a result of the presence of elements. complementary sealing ensuring a coupling between the cap and the reservoir, via the rod which this cap is secured.
La figure 4 représente la pièce 80' assemblée sur le col du réservoir 20', tandis que les figures 5 et 6 représentent cette pièce 80' conjointement avec la pièce formant essoreur 70'.Figure 4 shows the piece 80 'assembled on the neck of the tank 20', while Figures 5 and 6 show this piece 80 'together with the part forming the wiper 70'.
Cette pièce 70' formant essoreur a, de manière classique, pour objet de contrôler la quantité de produit qui sort avec l'applicateur, lorsque l'utilisatrice sort l'élément d'application hors du réservoir. Il s'agit typiquement d'une pièce en matière souple capable d'essorer, d'une manière contrôlée, l'applicateur ; cette pièce a donc en pratique une forme définie en fonction de la forme de l'applicateur. Cette pièce formant essoreur comporte un rétrécissement 71 ' formant une portée d'étanchéité, constituant un siège, adaptée à coopérer avec la partie basse de la protubérance 35' que comporte la tige de l'élément d'application ; sous ce rétrécissement est située une lèvre d'essorage 72' de tout type connu approprié. Il convient toutefois de noter que, puisque la manœuvre de l'élément d'application par rapport au réservoir n'a pas besoin de comporter une composante de rotation, la forme de l'élément d'application, et donc de l'essoreur, peut être choisie librement, sans nécessairement être symétrique par rapport à un axe longitudinal. Plus précisément, la protubérance 35' comporte une portion d'étanchéité 35'A, éventuellement munie d'un joint d'étanchéité, adaptée à être appliquée axialement contre la portée d'étanchéité 71 '. De manière avantageuse, la portée d'étanchéité est complétée par une portion formant un bouchon 35'B adaptée à s'engager dans la pièce formant essoreur 70, au-delà du rétrécissement ; il en résulte un effet complémentaire d'étanchéité.This wiper member 70 'is conventionally designed to control the amount of product that comes out with the applicator when the user pulls the applicator element out of the reservoir. This is typically a piece of flexible material capable of wringing, in a controlled manner, the applicator; this piece has in practice a shape defined according to the shape of the applicator. This wiper member comprises a narrowing 71 'forming a sealing surface, constituting a seat adapted to cooperate with the lower part of the protuberance 35' that comprises the rod of the applicator element; under this narrowing is located a squeezing lip 72 'of any known type suitable. It should be noted, however, that since the operation of the applicator element with respect to the reservoir does not need to include a rotation component, the shape of the applicator element, and therefore of the wiper, can be chosen freely, without necessarily being symmetrical with respect to a longitudinal axis. More specifically, the protrusion 35 'comprises a sealing portion 35'A, optionally provided with a seal, adapted to be applied axially against the sealing surface 71'. Advantageously, the sealing surface is completed by a portion forming a plug 35'B adapted to engage in the wiper part 70, beyond the narrowing; this results in a complementary sealing effect.
La protubérance 35' a ici une forme généralement tronconique s'évasant en direction du capuchon et comporte, à distance de la portion d'étanchéité 35'A en direction du capuchon, une portée transversale 35'D.The protuberance 35 'here has a generally frustoconical shape flaring towards the cap and comprises, at a distance from the sealing portion 35'A towards the cap, a transverse bearing 35'D.
La pièce complémentaire d'étanchéité 80' comporte une collerette formée, le long de sa circonférence, d'une pluralité de secteurs rigides 81 ' et de secteurs souples 82', grâce à quoi elle admet une configuration détendue dans laquelle elle a un encombrement transversal supérieur à la section interne du corps et une configuration restreinte dans laquelle, par compression des secteurs souples, elle est confinée dans le volume interne du corps. Dans l'exemple représenté, il y a des secteurs rigides alternant avec des secteurs souples. Au moins les secteurs rigides 81 ' comportent, le long du bord intérieur de la collerette, des rebords 81 'B adaptés à venir en prise axialement contre la portée transversale de la protubérance 35'. De manière avantageuse, des rebords 82'B sont également prévus sur les secteurs souples. En outre, ces secteurs comportent avantageusement des rebords externes 81 'C, voire 82'C, coopérant avec le bord libre du corps pour forcer le passage de la collerette de sa configuration détendue à sa configuration restreinte lorsque le réservoir descend dans le corps.The additional sealing piece 80 'comprises a flange formed, along its circumference, with a plurality of rigid sectors 81' and of flexible sectors 82 ', by virtue of which it admits a relaxed configuration in which it has a transverse bulk. superior to the internal section of the body and a restricted configuration in which, by compression of soft areas, it is confined in the internal volume of the body. In the example shown, there are rigid sectors alternating with flexible sectors. At least the rigid sectors 81 'comprise, along the inner edge of the collar, flanges 81' B adapted to come into axial engagement with the transverse bearing surface of the protuberance 35 '. Advantageously, flanges 82'B are also provided on the flexible sectors. In addition, these sectors advantageously comprise external flanges 81 'C or 82'C, cooperating with the free edge of the body to force the passage of the collar of its relaxed configuration to its restricted configuration when the reservoir down into the body.
En fait, la pièce 80' comporte une jupe 84' dont la dimension axiale permet de fixer la distance axiale entre les rebords 81 'B et le rétrécissement 71 ' de manière à ce que le venue en prise des rebords 81 'B contre la portée transversale de la protubérance 35' soit obtenue lorsque la portion d'étanchéité 35'A est appliquée contre la portée d'étanchéité 71 ' ; la venue en prise des rebords contre cette portée transversale assure donc le maintien en position de ces éléments d'étanchéité. De manière avantageuse, la jupe 84' est rigide et forme, avec les secteurs rigides, une seule et même pièce, tandis que les secteurs souples sont formés par surmoulage de cette seule et même pièce.In fact, the piece 80 'comprises a skirt 84' whose axial dimension makes it possible to fix the axial distance between the flanges 81 'B and the constriction 71' so that the engagement of the flanges 81 'B against the bearing transverse of the protuberance 35 'is obtained when the sealing portion 35'A is applied against the sealing surface 71'; the engagement of the flanges against this transverse surface thus ensures the maintenance in position of these sealing elements. Advantageously, the skirt 84 'is rigid and forms, with the rigid sectors, a single piece, while the flexible sectors are formed by overmoulding of this single piece.
On comprend que la coopération entre rebords 81 'B et portée 35'D assure un attelage axial entre le réservoir et l'élément d'application tant que la collerette (et la jupe) sont maintenues dans leurs configurations restreintes, ce qui permet qu'un mouvement d'extraction appliqué par une utilisatrice sur le capuchon, donc sur l'élément d'application est transféré au réservoir, ce qui garantit que le doigt suiveur est effectivement amené dans sa position B.It will be understood that the cooperation between flanges 81 'B and span 35'D ensures an axial coupling between the reservoir and the application element as long as the flange (and the skirt) are kept in their restricted configurations, which allows that an extraction movement applied by a user on the cap, thus on the applicator element is transferred to the reservoir, which ensures that the follower finger is indeed brought to its position B.
La figure 5 représente une configuration où une utilisatrice a engagé partiellement l'élément d'application dans le réservoir, c'est-à-dire que la tige 31 ' a déjà traversé les pièces 70' et 80', et la protubérance est sur le point de s'engager dans la pièce 80'. La collerette est dans sa configuration détendue. Lors de la traversée des pièces 70' et 80', l'applicateur 32 n'entraîne pas le réservoir 20 ; ce réservoir 20 est en effet retenu par rapport au corps 10 par l'élément 65' qui présente une résistance supérieure à celle générée par les pièces 70' et 80'. La poursuite du mouvement d'enfoncement amène la portion d'étanchéité de la protubérance contre la portée d'étanchéité 71 ' tandis que la jupe de la pièce 80' s'engage dans le corps, ce qui a pour effet de commencer l'effet de confinement de la collerette ; les rebords internes 81 'B sont axialement au niveau de la portée transversale arrière de la protubérance. La jupe a un effet de rampe, amplifié par la présence des rebords externes 81 'C, voire 82'C, pour provoquer, avec le bord libre du corps, la déformation de la collerette jusque dans sa configuration restreinte. La pénétration de la collerette dans le corps provoque le rapprochement des rebords 81 'B et donc la venue en prise de ceux-ci contre la portée transversale 35'D : la collerette est donc dans sa configuration restreinte.FIG. 5 shows a configuration where a user has partially engaged the applicator element in the reservoir, that is to say that the rod 31 'has already passed through the parts 70' and 80 ', and the protuberance is on the point of engaging in the room 80 '. The collar is in its relaxed configuration. When crossing the parts 70 'and 80', the applicator 32 does not drive the reservoir 20; this reservoir 20 is in fact retained relative to the body 10 by the element 65 'which has a greater resistance than that generated by the parts 70' and 80 '. Continued driving movement brings the sealing portion of the protuberance against the sealing surface 71 'while the skirt of the workpiece 80' engages the body, which has the effect of starting the effect. containment of the collar; the internal flanges 81 'B are axially at the rear transverse scope of the protuberance. The skirt has a ramp effect, amplified by the presence of the outer flanges 81 'C or 82'C, to cause, with the free edge of the body, the deformation of the flange into its restricted configuration. The penetration of the flange into the body causes the approximation of the flanges 81 'B and therefore the engagement thereof against the transverse range 35'D: the flange is therefore in its restricted configuration.
Ce mouvement se poursuit jusqu'à ce que le réservoir atteigne sa configuration d'enfoncement maximum, correspondant ici à un escamotage partiel du capuchon dans le corps, sur environ la moitié de sa hauteur (figure 6). En variante non représentée, cette portion du capuchon qui reste en saillie peut être plus importante ou au contraire plus faible, en fonction des besoins ainsi que de l'état de surface de ce capuchon.This movement continues until the reservoir reaches its maximum sink configuration, here corresponding to a partial retraction of the cap in the body, about half of its height (Figure 6). As a variant not shown, this portion of the cap which remains projecting may be larger or on the contrary lower, depending on the needs as well as the surface condition of the cap.
La figure 7 représente une autre forme de réalisation d'un flacon conforme à l'invention, qui présente par rapport à celui qui vient d'être décrit deux différences qui sont en pratique indépendantes l'une de l'autre. Les éléments de cet autre flacon qui sont analogues à ceux de celui des figures 2 à 6 sont désignés par des signes qui se déduisent de ceux utilisés sur ces figures 2 à 6 par remplacement de l'indice « prime » par l'indice « seconde ».Figure 7 shows another embodiment of a bottle according to the invention, which has compared with the one just described two differences which are in practice independent of one another. The elements of this other bottle which are similar to those of that of FIGS. 2 to 6 are designated by signs which are deduced from those used in these FIGS. 2 to 6 by replacing the "prime" index by the "second" index. ".
L'une des différences réside dans la manière dont l'étanchéité, et donc l'attelage, est réalisé.One of the differences is the way in which the seal, and thus the coupling, is achieved.
On observe ainsi que, dans cet exemple de la figure 7, la collerette a été remplacée par des bossages 81 "B ménagés sur la paroi interne du réservoir au-dessus de la portion formant siège pour la portée d'étanchéité 35"A. Par ailleurs, la protubérance a ici une forme non plus tronconique mais plus arrondie, les bossages coopérant sur la portion de cette protubérance qui a la section maximale. En fait, la mise en œuvre de tels bossages, pourvu qu'ils soient suffisamment dimensionnés, est apparue permettre d'assurer une étanchéité et un attelage suffisant pour un flacon de mascara, surtout lorsque la protubérance comporte la portion 35"B formant bouchon.It is thus observed that, in this example of FIG. 7, the collar has been replaced by bosses 81 "B formed on the inner wall of the tank above the seat portion for the sealing surface 35 "A. Moreover, the protrusion here has a shape not frustoconical but more rounded, the bosses cooperating on the portion of this protrusion which has the maximum section. In fact, the implementation of such bosses, provided they are sufficiently sized, appeared to provide a seal and sufficient coupling for a bottle of mascara, especially when the protrusion comprises the portion 35 "B forming a plug.
Une autre différence réside dans le fait que, dans l'exemple de cette figure 7, le capuchon 40" comporte une jupe extérieure 40"A qui longe extérieurement le corps lors de son engagement télescopique dans le corps.Another difference lies in the fact that, in the example of this FIG. 7, the cap 40 "has an outer skirt 40" A which runs along the outside of the body during its telescopic engagement in the body.
Les figures 8 à 16 représentent un autre exemple de dispositif de retenue capable de délimiter la position haute du réservoir dans le corps. Les éléments similaires à ceux des figures précédentes sont désignés par des chiffres qui se déduisent de ceux utilisés dans ces figures précédentes par l'addition du nombre 100 et la suppression des indices.Figures 8 to 16 show another example of a retaining device capable of delimiting the high position of the reservoir in the body. The elements similar to those of the preceding figures are designated by figures which are deduced from those used in these previous figures by the addition of the number 100 and the suppression of the indices.
La figure 8 représente ainsi une pièce 110B adaptée à être insérée longitudinalement dans le corps, de manière similaire à la pièce 10B' des figures 2 et 3. Cette pièce est allongée et est adaptée à être rendue solidaire de ce corps par tout moyen approprié, par exemple par collage.FIG. 8 thus shows a part 110B adapted to be inserted longitudinally into the body, in a manner similar to the part 10B 'of FIGS. 2 and 3. This part is elongated and is adapted to be made integral with this body by any appropriate means, for example by gluing.
Cette pièce allongée 110B comporte une piste de guidage longitudinale 162, adaptée à coopérer avec un doigt suiveur formé d'un ergot 163 destiné à être attelé longitudinalement à la paroi externe du réservoir. Cet ergot fait ici partie intégrante d'une pièce bombée élastique, avantageusement métallique, munie de bras élastiques 163A ; en effet, cet ergot est destiné à être sollicité élastiquement vers la pièce 110B. Cette piste comporte une extrémité borgne A et, à distance de cette extrémité borgne, une cavité 162B adaptée à recevoir une pièce en U 165, formant un clip de retenue, ayant sa concavité tournée vers l'extrémité borgne. Entre les branches 165A et 165B de cette pièce en U, la cavité comporte une rampe longitudinale 162C allant du niveau du fond de la cavité jusqu'au niveau du fond de la piste. Dans leur configuration de repos, les bras de la pièce en U sont, par leurs flancs, dans le prolongement de la piste. Cette pièce en U est conformée, auprès de la jonction des bras avec la base de ce U, en sorte de définir conjointement avec le fond de la cavité, un logement B adapté à recevoir l'ergot 163.This elongate piece 110B comprises a longitudinal guide track 162 adapted to cooperate with a follower pin formed of a lug 163 intended to be coupled longitudinally to the outer wall of the tank. This lug is here an integral part of a resilient curved piece, advantageously metallic, provided with elastic arms 163A; indeed, this lug is intended to be biased elastically towards the part 110B. This track has a blind end A and, at a distance from this blind end, a cavity 162B adapted to receive a U-shaped piece 165, forming a retaining clip, having its concavity turned towards the blind end. Between the branches 165A and 165B of this U-shaped piece, the cavity comprises a longitudinal ramp 162C going from the level of the bottom of the cavity to the level of the bottom of the track. In their rest configuration, the arms of the U-shaped part are, by their flanks, in the extension of the track. This U-shaped piece is shaped, near the junction of the arms with the base of this U, so as to define together with the bottom of the cavity, a housing B adapted to receive the lug 163.
La pièce en U présente, à la sortie de ce logement, un étranglement 165C formé conjointement par des élargissements des bras. Cet étranglement a une largeur inférieure à la largeur de l'ergot 163.The U-shaped piece has, at the outlet of this housing, a throat 165C formed jointly by enlargements of the arms. This constriction has a width less than the width of the lug 163.
Au-delà de cet étranglement, les bras présentent des tranches en regard qui s'écartent progressivement l'une de l'autre, de part et d'autre de la rampe, tout en présentant un écartement qui reste inférieur à la largeur de l'ergot.Beyond this constriction, the arms have facing edges which gradually move apart from each other, on either side of the ramp, while having a spacing which remains smaller than the width of the rail. ergot.
De manière avantageuse, la piste 162 comporte, auprès de l'extrémité borgne A une saillie 162D, ici latérale (il s'agit plus précisément d'un couple de deux saillies), définissant un étranglement local de la piste.Advantageously, the track 162 comprises, near the blind end A a protrusion 162D, here lateral (it is more precisely a pair of two projections), defining a local restriction of the track.
Le clip de retenue est avantageusement solidaire de la pièce 110B, par exemple au moyen d'une goupille transversale, ou par collage partiel, laissant les bras libres de s'écarter à l'intérieur de la cavité.The retaining clip is advantageously secured to the part 110B, for example by means of a transverse pin, or by partial bonding, leaving the arms free to move inside the cavity.
L'engagement du réservoir dans le corps se fait aisément, après attelage de l'ergot 163 à ce réservoir, par coulissement de celui-ci dans la partie de la piste qui se situe au-delà de la cavité 162B (voir la figure 11 ). La position haute du réservoir est défini par la coopération des éléments 110B et 163 dans une configuration dans laquelle l'ergot 163 est dans le logement B (figure 12), tandis que la position basse est définie par ces mêmes éléments dans une configuration où l'ergot 163 est dans l'extrémité borgne A (figure 13). La figure 14 est une vue en coupe montrant la coopération des divers éléments représentés aux figures 8 à 10. On peut ainsi noter que l'ergot 163 est engagé dans une cavité 120E de faibles dimensions de la paroi externe du réservoir 120, poussé par ses bras vers le fond de la cavité 162B. La dimension longitudinale de la cavité 120E est juste suffisante pour que les bras du support élastique de l'ergot puissent venir se loger entre ses bords tout en pouvant se déformer en sorte de permettre à l'ergot de se rétracter au moins en partie à l'intérieur de cette cavité 120E, lorsque cet ergot est en regard de la piste.The engagement of the reservoir in the body is easily done, after coupling of the pin 163 to the reservoir, by sliding thereof in the portion of the track which is beyond the cavity 162B (see Figure 11 ). The high position of the reservoir is defined by the cooperation of the elements 110B and 163 in a configuration in which the lug 163 is in the housing B (FIG. 12), whereas the low position is defined by these same elements in a configuration where the pin 163 is in the blind end A (Figure 13). FIG. 14 is a sectional view showing the cooperation of the various elements represented in FIGS. 8 to 10. It can thus be noted that the lug 163 is engaged in a cavity 120E of small dimensions of the external wall of the tank 120, pushed by its arm towards the bottom of cavity 162B. The longitudinal dimension of the cavity 120E is just sufficient for the arms of the elastic support of the lug can come to be housed between its edges while being able to deform so as to allow the lug to retract at least part inside this cavity 120E, when this lug is facing the track.
Dans ce second mode de réalisation, le réservoir et l'élément d'application comportent des éléments complémentaires d'étanchéité et d'attelage similaires à ceux des figures 2 à 7, capables d'assurer, lorsqu'ils coopèrent, un attelage de ce réservoir et de cet élément d'application.In this second embodiment, the reservoir and the application element comprise complementary sealing and coupling elements similar to those of FIGS. 2 to 7, capable of ensuring, when they cooperate, a coupling of this tank and this application element.
Lorsque le réservoir est dans sa position haute dans le corps, l'ergot est engagé dans le logement B, entre les bras du clip de retenue 165. Cet ergot est maintenu dans cette position par le fait que l'étranglement 165C formé sur les bras ne permet pas la sortie de cet ergot sans écartement des bras par déformation élastique, par flexion, de ces bras. Il faut donc appliquer un effort significatif pour forcer les bras à s'écarter (voir la figure 15). Lorsque les bras se sont suffisamment écartés, l'ergot glisse par sa partie avant sur la rampe, ce qui force les bras 163A à se déformer pour permettre une rétraction de l'ergot dans la cavité 120E, ce qui contribue également à résister à tout mouvement intempestif de descente du réservoir dans le corps. Tandis que l'ergot se rétracte dans la cavité du réservoir en sortant de celle de la pièce 10B", il se dégage des bras du clip de retenue et son extrémité vient au niveau du fond de la piste ; l'ergot peut alors suivre la piste 162 vers le point bas, jusqu'à franchir l'étranglement 162D (si celui-ci existe) et atteindre la position basse définie par la zone A de la figure 13.When the reservoir is in its high position in the body, the lug is engaged in the housing B, between the arms of the retaining clip 165. This lug is held in this position by the fact that the throat 165C formed on the arms does not allow the release of this lug without spacing arms by elastic deformation, bending, these arms. Therefore, a significant effort must be made to force the arms to move apart (see Figure 15). When the arms are sufficiently apart, the lug slides by its front portion on the ramp, which forces the arms 163A to deform to allow a retraction of the lug in the cavity 120E, which also helps to resist any inadvertent movement of descent of the tank into the body. While the lug retracts into the tank cavity out of that of the part 10B ", it emerges from the arms of the retaining clip and its end comes to the level of the bottom of the track; the lug can then follow the track 162 towards the low point, to cross the throttle 162D (if it exists) and reach the low position defined by the zone A of FIG. 13.
Lorsqu'une utilisatrice souhaite appliquer du produit, elle tire sur le capuchon, donc sur l'élément d'application, et donc sur le réservoir auquel cet élément est attelé. Il en découle un effort tendant à faire remonter l'ergot le long de la piste. L'effort appliqué doit surmonter le point dur constitué par l'étranglement formé par les saillies 162D.When a user wishes to apply the product, it pulls on the cap, so on the application element, and therefore on the tank to which this element is coupled. This results in an effort tending to raise the lug along the track. The force applied must overcome the hard point constituted by the constriction formed by the protrusions 162D.
Lorsque l'ergot atteint la cavité 162B, le fait que les flancs des bras du clip de retenue soient, dans leur configuration de repos, dans le prolongement de la piste, a pour conséquence que l'ergot glisse sur ces flancs sans venir entre ces bras (figure 16) ; il en découle que ce clip de retenue n'offre aucune résistance à la circulation de cet ergot jusqu'à ce qu'il s'encliquète dans le logement B. Le réservoir est donc dans sa position haute, comme dans la figure 12.When the lug reaches the cavity 162B, the fact that the flanks of the arms of the retaining clip are, in their rest configuration, in the continuation of the track, has the consequence that the lug slides on these flanks without coming between these arm (Figure 16); it follows that this retaining clip offers no resistance to the movement of this lug until it snaps into slot B. The tank is in its high position, as in figure 12.
Les figures 17 et 18 représentent une variante de réalisation des éléments complémentaires de retenue du flacon précité. Sur ces figures, les éléments analogues à ceux des figures 8 à 16 sont désignés par des signes qui se déduisent de ceux utilisés sur ces figures par addition du nombre 100.Figures 17 and 18 show an alternative embodiment of the complementary retaining elements of the aforementioned bottle. In these figures, elements similar to those of Figures 8 to 16 are designated by signs which are deduced from those used in these figures by adding the number 100.
C'est ainsi que cette figure 17 représente une pièce 210B, correspondant au fourreau 10B' de la figure 3, sur la paroi interne de laquelle est ménagée la piste longitudinale 262 avec une portion extrême basse similaire à celle de la figure 3, et une portion extrême haute similaire à celle des figures 10 à 16.Thus, this FIG. 17 represents a part 210B, corresponding to the sheath 10B 'of FIG. 3, on the inner wall of which is formed the longitudinal track 262 with a low end portion similar to that of FIG. 3, and a extreme high portion similar to that of Figures 10-16.
La cavité 262B dans laquelle est engagée la pièce en U 265 est ici ménagée dans l'épaisseur de la paroi de cette pièce 210B et non plus transversalement à cette épaisseur à partir de la surface interne ; cela facilite la mise en place de cette pièce 265, tout en évitant que cette pièce puisse s'échapper en dehors de la cavité lors des mouvements du doigt suiveur.The cavity 262B in which is engaged the U-shaped piece 265 is here formed in the thickness of the wall of this piece 210B and no longer transversely to this thickness from the inner surface; this facilitates the establishment of this piece 265, while avoiding that this part can escape outside the cavity during the movements of the follower finger.
Ce doigt suiveur 263 est ici analogue au doigt suiveur des figures 2 à 7, étant porté par un bras 263A raccordé à une portion 263B d'articulation au fond du réservoir. La coopération entre cette pièce 265 et ce doigt suiveur 263 est représentée à la figure 18 ; elle est analogue à celle décrite à propos des figures 8 à 16, le bras 263A ayant une flexibilité élastique suffisante pour solliciter le doigt vers le fond de la cavité, tout en autorisant un recul de celui-ci lorsque le doigt suiveur est sorti de la cavité, en écartant les branches de la pièce 265, comme dans la figure 15.This follower finger 263 is here analogous to the follower finger of FIGS. 2 to 7, being carried by an arm 263A connected to a hinge portion 263B at the bottom of the reservoir. The cooperation between this piece 265 and this follower finger 263 is shown in FIG. 18; it is analogous to that described with reference to FIGS. 8 to 16, the arm 263A having sufficient elastic flexibility to urge the finger towards the bottom of the cavity, while allowing a recoil thereof when the follower finger is out of the cavity, by spreading the branches of the piece 265, as in FIG.
La figure 19 est une variante de la figure 17 dans laquelle les éléments analogues sont désignés par des signes de référence qui s'en déduisent de ceux de cette figure par l'addition du nombre 100.FIG. 19 is a variant of FIG. 17 in which like elements are designated by reference signs which are deduced from those of this figure by the addition of the number 100.
Cette variante se distingue du mode de réalisation de la figure 17 par le fait que la pièce en U 365 comporte un pont entre ses branches de manière à fermer complètement le contour de l'espace dans lequel le doigt suiveur vient s'encliqueter en position haute du réservoir ; de la sorte, cette pièce en U n'est plus une pièce élastique, au sens indiqué ci-dessus, puisque les branches de cette pièce ne peuvent plus s'écarter.This variant differs from the embodiment of FIG. 17 in that the U-shaped piece 365 has a bridge between its branches so as to completely close the contour of the space in which the follower pin snaps into the up position. the tank; in this way, this U-shaped piece is plus a piece elastic, in the sense indicated above, since the branches of this room can not deviate.
L'échappement du doigt suiveur hors du creux ménagé dans cette pièce rapportée 365 peut alors être assuré par inclinaison du doigt suiveur parallèlement à la piste comme représenté à la figure 20, par exemple par flexion d'une zone de raccordement de ce doigt au bras 363A qui le porte.The escape of the follower finger from the hollow formed in this insert 365 can then be ensured by inclination of the follower pin parallel to the track as shown in Figure 20, for example by bending a connection zone of this finger to the arm 363A who wears it.
En variante, ce doigt suiveur 363 peut être remplacé par un ergot 463, porté par une lame élastique bombée ayant des bras élastiques 465 comme à la figure 8, mais présentant un flanc incliné 464 adapté à permettre, par un effet de rampe d'autant plus marqué que ce flanc est incliné de manière importante vers l'axe longitudinal du flacon, l'échappement du doigt suiveur hors du creux de la pièce 365 lors d'un effort suffisant appliqué au capuchon pour le faire descendre le long du corps.Alternatively, this follower pin 363 may be replaced by a lug 463, carried by a curved elastic blade having elastic arms 465 as in Figure 8, but having an inclined flank 464 adapted to allow, by a ramp effect of as much more marked than the sidewall is inclined significantly towards the longitudinal axis of the bottle, the escape of the follower finger from the hollow of the piece 365 during a sufficient force applied to the cap to make it down along the body.
On comprend que, dans les exemples des figures 19 à 21 , la rampe prévue dans la cavité contenant la pièce rapportée peut être omise ; toutefois, lorsqu'elle est présente, elle peut avoir pour avantage de faciliter le bon guidage de l'extrémité du doigt suiveur jusque sur le fond de la piste en dehors de la cavité.It is understood that, in the examples of Figures 19 to 21, the ramp provided in the cavity containing the insert can be omitted; however, when present, it may have the advantage of facilitating the good guidance of the end of the follower pin to the bottom of the track outside the cavity.
On comprend que, sur les figures 18 et 20, la représentation du doigt suiveur en tiretés correspond à une configuration où le doigt suiveur est en train de circule le long de la piste creuse. It is understood that in Figures 18 and 20, the representation of the dashed follower finger corresponds to a configuration where the follower finger is running along the hollow track.

Claims

REVENDICATIONS
1. Flacon pour produit cosmétique liquide ou pâteux, comportant :1. Bottle for a liquid or pasty cosmetic product, comprising:
- un corps longiligne (10), s'étendant selon une direction longitudinale, muni d'une zone de fond (11 ) et d'un bord libre (12), - un réservoir (20) contenant ce produit et mobile en translation dans le corps entre une position basse de repos proche de la zone de fond et une position haute de travail proche du bord libre, ce réservoir comportant un col (22),- an elongated body (10), extending in a longitudinal direction, provided with a bottom zone (11) and a free edge (12), - a reservoir (20) containing this product and movable in translation in the body between a low rest position close to the bottom zone and a high working position close to the free edge, this tank comprising a neck (22),
- un élément d'application (30) comportant une tige (31 ) solidaire d'un capuchon (40) et terminée par un applicateur (32) adapté à se charger en produit lorsqu'il est plongé dans le réservoir en une configuration de recharge par rapport à ce réservoir dans laquelle la tige traverse le col (22) de ce réservoir, ce capuchon étant adapté à s'engager dans/sur le corps en enfonçant cet élément d'application dans le réservoir jusqu'à la configuration de repos et adapté à être extrait de ce corps en sorte d'extraire la tige et l'applicateur hors du réservoir et du corps, et- an application element (30) comprising a rod (31) integral with a cap (40) and terminated by an applicator (32) adapted to load product when it is immersed in the reservoir in a charging configuration relative to this reservoir in which the rod passes through the neck (22) of this reservoir, this cap being adapted to engage in / on the body by pressing this application element into the reservoir to the rest configuration and adapted to be extracted from this body so as to extract the rod and the applicator from the reservoir and the body, and
- des moyens complémentaires d'étanchéité (35) et (80), prévus respectivement sur la tige de l'élément d'application et sur le réservoir à proximité de son col, conçus en sorte d'atteler en translation la tige et le réservoir en une configuration relative d'étanchéité, depuis la position basse jusqu'à proximité de la position haute du réservoir dans le corps et inversement, caractérisé en ce que la position haute du réservoir dans le corps est définie par des éléments complémentaires de retenue (60, 62'B, 63', 65', 162, 163, 165, 262, 263, 265, 362, 363, 365) prévus entre ce corps et ce réservoir et qui sont conçus en sorte de générer une résistance à la descente du réservoir dans le corps à partir de cette position haute, la configuration du capuchon étant telle que, lorsqu'il est attelé au réservoir alors que celui-ci est en position basse de repos, il offre une prise suffisante pour permettre à une utilisatrice l'application d'un effort d'extraction hors du corps.complementary sealing means (35) and (80) respectively provided on the rod of the applicator element and on the reservoir near its neck, designed in such a way as to couple in translation the rod and the reservoir in a relative sealing configuration, from the low position to near the high position of the reservoir in the body and vice versa, characterized in that the high position of the reservoir in the body is defined by complementary retaining elements (60 , 62'B, 63 ', 65', 162, 163, 165, 262, 263, 265, 362, 363, 365) provided between this body and this reservoir and which are designed so as to generate a resistance to the descent of the tank in the body from this high position, the configuration of the cap being such that, when it is coupled to the tank while it is in the low rest position, it provides a sufficient grip to allow a user the application of an extrac effort outside the body.
2. Flacon selon la revendication 1 , caractérisé en ce que les éléments complémentaires de retenue sont conçus en sorte de ne pas gêner la venue du réservoir en position haute en fin de montée à partir de la position basse. 2. Bottle according to claim 1, characterized in that the complementary retaining elements are designed so as not to interfere with the arrival of the tank in the up position end of rise from the low position.
3. Flacon selon la revendication 1 ou la revendication 2, caractérisé en ce que les éléments complémentaires de retenue comportent, d'une part, une piste creuse de guidage (62') sensiblement disposée suivant la direction longitudinale du corps et, d'autre part, un doigt suiveur (63') adapté à circuler dans cette piste creuse de guidage lors des déplacements du réservoir entre ses positions basse et haute dans le corps, un élément élastique (65') étant rapporté auprès de cette piste creuse pour résister, de manière élastique, au passage du doigt suiveur au début d'un déplacement du réservoir de sa position haute de travail vers sa position basse de repos. 3. Bottle according to claim 1 or claim 2, characterized in that the complementary retaining elements comprise, on the one hand, a hollow guiding track (62 ') substantially arranged in the longitudinal direction of the body and, on the other hand on the other hand, a follower pin (63 ') adapted to circulate in this hollow guiding track when the reservoir moves between its low and high positions in the body, an elastic element (65') being attached to this hollow track to resist, elastically, the passage of the follower finger at the beginning of a displacement of the tank from its upper working position to its lower rest position.
4. Flacon selon la revendication 3, caractérisé en ce que cet élément élastique est conçu et disposé en sorte de se déformer parallèlement aux parois du réservoir et du corps mais transversalement à la direction longitudinale du corps.4. Bottle according to claim 3, characterized in that this elastic element is designed and arranged so as to deform parallel to the walls of the tank and the body but transversely to the longitudinal direction of the body.
5. Flacon selon la revendication 4, caractérisé en ce l'élément élastique rapporté est disposé le long d'un flanc de cette piste creuse de guidage en son extrémité définissant avec le doigt suiveur la position haute de travail du réservoir, de manière à ce que cette lame empiète sur le trajet du doigt suiveur et ne puisse être franchie par ce doigt suiveur que par flexion élastique. 5. Bottle according to claim 4, characterized in that the elastic element attached is disposed along a side of the hollow guide track at its end defining with the follower finger the upper working position of the reservoir, so that that this blade encroaches on the path of the follower finger and can be crossed by this follower finger only by elastic flexion.
6. Flacon selon la revendication 5, caractérisé en ce que cette extrémité de la piste de guidage définissant avec le doigt suiveur la position haute de travail du réservoir est une portion ayant la forme d'une goutte(62'B) et dont le fond est muni de marches anti-retour (200) imposant un sens unique de circulation du doigt suiveur dans cette goutte, l'élément élastique rapporté étant situé auprès d'une zone de cette portion dans laquelle le doigt suiveur circule au début d'un mouvement du réservoir depuis sa position haute de travail vers sa position basse de guidage.6. Bottle according to claim 5, characterized in that this end of the guide track defining with the follower pin the upper working position of the reservoir is a portion having the shape of a drop (62'B) and whose bottom is provided with non-return steps (200) imposing a single direction of circulation of the follower finger in this drop, the elastic element attached being located near an area of this portion in which the follower finger circulates at the beginning of a movement tank from its upper working position to its lower guide position.
7. Flacon selon la revendication 3 ou la revendication 4, caractérisé en ce que la piste creuse de guidage comporte, dans le fond de son extrémité définissant avec le doigt suiveur la position haute de travail du réservoir, une cavité (162B) comportant une rampe (162C) parallèle à la direction longitudinale se raccordant au fond du reste de la piste, le doigt suiveur (163) est sollicité élastiquement vers le fond de cette piste et l'élément élastique rapporté est une pièce en U (165) engagée dans la cavité en sorte que ses branches sont orientées longitudinalement, ces branches étant configurées de manière à former entre elles un espace pouvant recevoir le doigt suiveur tout en définissant, à l'opposé du fond du U par rapport à cet espace, un étranglement ne pouvant être franchi par le doigt suiveur, depuis cet espace vers l'extérieur de la pièce en U, que par un écartement de ces branches forcé par ce doigt suiveur, ces branches étant en outre configurées et disposées de manière à ce que, lorsque le réservoir approche de sa position haute de travail, le doigt suiveur glisse sur le fond de la piste puis sur les branches jusqu'à s'encliqueter dans l'espace.7. Bottle according to claim 3 or claim 4, characterized in that the hollow guide track comprises, in the bottom of its end defining with the follower pin the upper working position of the reservoir, a cavity (162B) having a ramp (162C) parallel to the longitudinal direction connecting to the bottom of the remainder of the track, the follower pin (163) is elastically biased towards the bottom of this track and the elastic element is attached a U-shaped piece (165) engaged in the cavity so that its branches are oriented longitudinally, these branches being configured to form between them a space that can receive the follower finger while defining, opposite the bottom of the U with respect to this space, a constriction that can not be crossed by the follower pin, from this space towards the outside of the U-shaped piece, that by a spacing of these branches forced by the follower pin, these branches being further configured and arranged so that, when the tank approaches its upper working position, the follower finger slides on the bottom of the track and then on the branches to snap into space.
8. Flacon selon la revendication 3 ou la revendication 4, caractérisé en ce que la piste creuse de guidage (362) comporte une cavité (362B) dans le fond de son extrémité définissant avec le doigt suiveur (363) la position haute de travail du réservoir, le doigt suiveur est sollicité élastiquement vers le fond de cette piste et l'élément élastique rapporté est une pièce rapportée (365) engagée dans la cavité en sorte de permettre un glissement du doigt suiveur sur cette pièce jusqu'à un encliquetage du doigt suiveur dans ce creux lorsque le réservoir approche de sa position haute de travail, ce doigt suiveur étant sollicité élastiquement vers le fond de cette cavité en sorte de pouvoir s'échapper par effet de rampe hors de ce creux.8. Bottle according to claim 3 or claim 4, characterized in that the hollow guide track (362) has a cavity (362B) in the bottom of its end defining with the follower pin (363) the upper working position of the reservoir, the follower finger is resiliently biased towards the bottom of this track and the elastic element attached is an insert (365) engaged in the cavity so as to allow a sliding of the follower finger on this part until a snap of the finger follower in this hollow when the tank approaches its upper working position, the follower finger being biased elastically towards the bottom of this cavity so as to be able to escape by ramp effect out of this hollow.
9. Flacon selon la revendication 8, caractérisé en ce que le doigt suiveur (463) est porté par une lame élastiquement flexible (465) et comporte un flanc (464) formant une rampe permettant à ce doigt suiveur de sortir de ce creux.9. Bottle according to claim 8, characterized in that the follower pin (463) is carried by an elastically flexible blade (465) and comprises a flank (464) forming a ramp allowing the follower finger out of this hollow.
10. Flacon selon la revendication 8, caractérisé en ce que le doigt suiveur (363) est raccordé à un support par une zone flexible de raccordement, grâce à quoi ce doigt suiveur peut s'incliner longitudinalement pour s'échapper hors du creux de la pièce rapportée. 10. Bottle according to claim 8, characterized in that the follower pin (363) is connected to a support by a flexible connection zone, whereby this follower finger can tilt longitudinally to escape out of the hollow of the patch.
11. Flacon selon l'une quelconque des revendications 1 à 10, caractérisé en ce que la piste creuse comporte, en son extrémité définissant avec le doigt suiveur la position basse du réservoir, une portion en cul de sac (A) comportant un étranglement (162D) générant une résistance au passage du doigt suiveur.11. Bottle according to any one of claims 1 to 10, characterized in that the hollow track comprises, at its end defining with the follower finger the lower position of the tank, a portion in cul de sac (A) having a throttle (162D) generating resistance to the passage of the follower finger.
12. Flacon selon l'une quelconque des revendications 1 à 11 , caractérisé en ce que les éléments complémentaires d'étanchéité comportent, sur la tige d'une part, une protubérance (35') comportant, en direction de l'applicateur, une portion d'étanchéité (35'A) et, en direction du capuchon, une portée transversale (35'D), et, sur le réservoir d'autre part, en deçà de son col, un rétrécissement (71 ') adapté à recevoir en butée axiale la portion d'étanchéité et , au-delà de son col, une collerette (80') formée, le long de sa circonférence, d'une pluralité de secteurs rigides (81 ') et de secteurs élastiques (82') alternés, cette collerette ayant une configuration détendue dans laquelle elle a un encombrement supérieur à la section interne du corps et une configuration restreinte dans laquelle elle est confinée à l'intérieur de ce corps, les secteurs rigides comportant, le long du bord interne de cette collerette, des rebords adaptés à venir en butée axiale contre la portée transversale de la protubérance en sorte de maintenir la portion d'étanchéité contre le rétrécissement lorsque l'élément d'application est dans sa configuration de repos.12. Bottle according to any one of claims 1 to 11, characterized in that the complementary sealing elements comprise, on the rod on the one hand, a protuberance (35 ') comprising, in the direction of the applicator, a sealing portion (35'A) and, in the direction of the cap, a transverse bearing (35'D), and on the reservoir on the other hand, below its neck, a constriction (71 ') adapted to receive in axial abutment the sealing portion and, beyond its neck, a flange (80 ') formed, along its circumference, a plurality of rigid sectors (81') and elastic sectors (82 ') alternating, this collar having a relaxed configuration in which it has a bulk greater than the internal section of the body and a restricted configuration in which it is confined inside this body, the rigid sectors comprising, along the inner edge of this body flange, edges adapted to abut axial against the transverse scope of the protuberance so as to maintain the sealing portion against shrinkage when the applicator element is in its rest configuration.
13. Flacon selon l'une quelconque des revendications 1 à 12, caractérisé en ce que chacun des moyens complémentaires d'étanchéité comporte, sur la tige d'une part, une protubérance (35") comportant, en direction de l'applicateur, une portion d'étanchéité et, en direction du capuchon, une portée transversale, et, sur le réservoir d'autre part, un rétrécissement formant siège adapté à recevoir en butée axiale la portion d'étanchéité et au moins un bossage (81 "B) ménagé sur la paroi interne du réservoir entre son col et ce rétrécissement et adapté à être franchi par la protubérance lorsque l'élément d'application est engagé en configuration de recharge dans le réservoir, et à maintenir cette protubérance contre son siège tant que l'élément d'application reste en configuration de recharge. 13. Bottle according to any one of claims 1 to 12, characterized in that each of the complementary sealing means comprises, on the rod on the one hand, a protuberance (35 ") comprising, in the direction of the applicator, a sealing portion and, in the direction of the cap, a transverse surface, and on the reservoir on the other hand, a narrowing forming a seat adapted to receive in axial abutment the sealing portion and at least one boss (81 "B ) formed on the inner wall of the reservoir between its neck and this narrowing and adapted to be crossed by the protrusion when the applicator element is engaged in charging configuration in the reservoir, and to maintain this protrusion against its seat as long as the application element remains in the recharge configuration.
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