EP2397422A1 - Fluidspendesystem - Google Patents

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EP2397422A1
EP2397422A1 EP11168299A EP11168299A EP2397422A1 EP 2397422 A1 EP2397422 A1 EP 2397422A1 EP 11168299 A EP11168299 A EP 11168299A EP 11168299 A EP11168299 A EP 11168299A EP 2397422 A1 EP2397422 A1 EP 2397422A1
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outlet tube
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Jean-Luc Octau
Thomas Roosel
Bernard Clerget
Pierre Dumont
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Albea Le Treport SAS
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B05—SPRAYING OR ATOMISING IN GENERAL; APPLYING FLUENT MATERIALS TO SURFACES, IN GENERAL
    • B05B—SPRAYING APPARATUS; ATOMISING APPARATUS; NOZZLES
    • B05B11/00—Single-unit hand-held apparatus in which flow of contents is produced by the muscular force of the operator at the moment of use
    • B05B11/0005—Components or details
    • B05B11/0037—Containers
    • B05B11/0056—Containers with an additional opening for filling or refilling
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B05—SPRAYING OR ATOMISING IN GENERAL; APPLYING FLUENT MATERIALS TO SURFACES, IN GENERAL
    • B05B—SPRAYING APPARATUS; ATOMISING APPARATUS; NOZZLES
    • B05B11/00—Single-unit hand-held apparatus in which flow of contents is produced by the muscular force of the operator at the moment of use
    • B05B11/01—Single-unit hand-held apparatus in which flow of contents is produced by the muscular force of the operator at the moment of use characterised by the means producing the flow
    • B05B11/10—Pump arrangements for transferring the contents from the container to a pump chamber by a sucking effect and forcing the contents out through the dispensing nozzle
    • B05B11/1042—Components or details
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65D—CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES
    • B65D83/00—Containers or packages with special means for dispensing contents
    • B65D83/14—Containers or packages with special means for dispensing contents for delivery of liquid or semi-liquid contents by internal gaseous pressure, i.e. aerosol containers comprising propellant for a product delivered by a propellant
    • B65D83/42—Filling or charging means
    • B65D83/425—Delivery valves permitting filling or charging
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B05—SPRAYING OR ATOMISING IN GENERAL; APPLYING FLUENT MATERIALS TO SURFACES, IN GENERAL
    • B05B—SPRAYING APPARATUS; ATOMISING APPARATUS; NOZZLES
    • B05B11/00—Single-unit hand-held apparatus in which flow of contents is produced by the muscular force of the operator at the moment of use
    • B05B11/01—Single-unit hand-held apparatus in which flow of contents is produced by the muscular force of the operator at the moment of use characterised by the means producing the flow
    • B05B11/10—Pump arrangements for transferring the contents from the container to a pump chamber by a sucking effect and forcing the contents out through the dispensing nozzle
    • B05B11/1042—Components or details
    • B05B11/1043—Sealing or attachment arrangements between pump and container
    • B05B11/1046—Sealing or attachment arrangements between pump and container the pump chamber being arranged substantially coaxially to the neck of the container
    • B05B11/1047—Sealing or attachment arrangements between pump and container the pump chamber being arranged substantially coaxially to the neck of the container the pump being preassembled as an independent unit before being mounted on the container
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B05—SPRAYING OR ATOMISING IN GENERAL; APPLYING FLUENT MATERIALS TO SURFACES, IN GENERAL
    • B05B—SPRAYING APPARATUS; ATOMISING APPARATUS; NOZZLES
    • B05B11/00—Single-unit hand-held apparatus in which flow of contents is produced by the muscular force of the operator at the moment of use
    • B05B11/01—Single-unit hand-held apparatus in which flow of contents is produced by the muscular force of the operator at the moment of use characterised by the means producing the flow
    • B05B11/10—Pump arrangements for transferring the contents from the container to a pump chamber by a sucking effect and forcing the contents out through the dispensing nozzle
    • B05B11/1042—Components or details
    • B05B11/1043—Sealing or attachment arrangements between pump and container
    • B05B11/1049—Attachment arrangements comprising a deformable or resilient ferrule clamped or locked onto the neck of the container by displacing, e.g. sliding, a sleeve surrounding the ferrule
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65D—CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES
    • B65D83/00—Containers or packages with special means for dispensing contents
    • B65D83/14—Containers or packages with special means for dispensing contents for delivery of liquid or semi-liquid contents by internal gaseous pressure, i.e. aerosol containers comprising propellant for a product delivered by a propellant
    • B65D83/16—Containers or packages with special means for dispensing contents for delivery of liquid or semi-liquid contents by internal gaseous pressure, i.e. aerosol containers comprising propellant for a product delivered by a propellant characterised by the actuating means
    • B65D83/20—Containers or packages with special means for dispensing contents for delivery of liquid or semi-liquid contents by internal gaseous pressure, i.e. aerosol containers comprising propellant for a product delivered by a propellant characterised by the actuating means operated by manual action, e.g. button-type actuator or actuator caps
    • B65D83/205—Actuator caps, or peripheral actuator skirts, attachable to the aerosol container

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  • the invention relates to a system for dispensing a fluid product comprising a device for sampling under pressure of said product which is actuated by a push button.
  • the invention also relates to a dispensing bottle comprising such a dispensing system.
  • the dispensing system is intended to equip bottles used in perfumery, in cosmetics or for pharmaceutical treatments.
  • this type of bottle contains a product which is returned under pressure by a pump or a manually operated valve by means of a push button which is arranged to allow the dispensing of the product.
  • the sampling device is equipped with a product outlet tube under pressure and the push button has a dispensing chamber which is in communication with a mounting well, said well being arranged to be associated in a sealed manner around a mounting zone of said tube to allow the supply of said chamber pressure product brought by said tube.
  • the dispensing vials can also, after dismounting the push button, serve as a source for transfilling refillable vials. Indeed, for example for reasons of practicality or environmental recycling, it may be desirable to be able to refill a product bottle from a source of said product, especially when the refillable bottle has a capacity less than that of the source bottle for example by being intended to dispense product samples.
  • Such refillable bottles are already offered for sale, consisting of a reservoir, a pump or a sampling valve and a filling valve which opens when it bears on the outlet tube of a source bottle, the transfer of the product being carried out by pressing and depression of said outlet tube.
  • the filling valves comprise, as standard, a flexible cone or a flat gasket of flexible material, often of elastomeric type.
  • the invention aims to improve the prior art by proposing in particular a dispensing system which makes it possible to limit the possibility of transferring the product into a refillable bottle, in particular by prohibiting such a transfer by means of the standard filling valves described above. .
  • the invention provides a system for dispensing a fluid product comprising a device for sampling under pressure of said product which is equipped with an outlet tube, said system further comprising a push button actuating said device in which is formed a product distribution chamber which is in communication with a mounting well of said push button, said well being arranged to be sealingly associated around a mounting area of the outlet tube so allowing the dispensing chamber to be fed with pressure product exiting said tube, the outlet tube comprising a vent cavity having at least one opening formed in the mounting zone and opening into said tube, said tube opening being located on the mounting area to be covered so sealed by the mounting well and to put the inside of the outlet tube in the open air when it is not covered.
  • the invention proposes a dispensing bottle of a fluid product comprising a container for packaging said product and such a dispensing system which is mounted on the reservoir so as to allow the dispensing of said product by actuation of the push button.
  • a dispensing bottle of a fluid product under pressure said product can be of any kind, especially used in perfumery, in cosmetics or for pharmaceutical treatments.
  • the bottle comprises a body 1 which can be formed of rigid material, in particular glass or plastic material, to define a product conditioning tank.
  • the body 1 is surmounted by a neck 2 formed of a single piece with said body defining an upper opening for the tank.
  • the bottle also includes a dispensing system mounted in the upper opening so as to allow dispensing of the packaged product.
  • the dispensing system comprises a sampling device 3 under liquid pressure which is manually actuated by means of a push button 4.
  • the sampling device 3 may comprise a pump or a valve in the case where the liquid is packaged under pressure.
  • the sampling device is a pump 3 (uncut in the figures) which comprises a body whose periphery is mounted without interference in the opening.
  • the dispensing system further comprises a sleeve 5 integral with the pump 3, said sleeve being held on the neck 2 by means of a hoop 6 with interposition of a joint 7.
  • the body of the pump 3 has a lower part which is provided with a supply port, the supply means comprising a dip tube 8 having an upper part fixed in said orifice and a lower part disposed against the bottom of the tank. Furthermore, opposite the dip tube 8, the pump is equipped with an outlet tube 9 of the pressurized product.
  • the push button 4 comprises a body having an annular skirt 10 that surrounds a well 11 for mounting the push button 4 on the outlet tube 9. More specifically, the well 11 is arranged to be associated in a sealed manner around a mounting zone 12 of the outlet tube 9.
  • the well 11 has a cylindrical bore and the mounting zone 12 has an upper portion 12a of frustoconical geometry, an annular groove 12b and a cylindrical lower portion 12c. Moreover, the mounting zone 12 is formed above a outer shoulder 13 of the outlet tube 9, the well 11 being fitted around said zone until it bears axially on said shoulder.
  • a product distribution chamber is formed in the push button 4, said chamber being in communication with the well 11.
  • the dispensing chamber comprises an internal channel 14 and a vortex assembly 15 formed therein a nozzle 16 attached to an anvil 17 of the push button 4, said assembly having a swirl chamber equipped with a dispensing orifice.
  • the push button 4 actuates in reversible translation the outlet tube 9 over a distribution stroke and a piston is also mounted on said tube between a closed state and a supply state of the orifices of said tube so to allow the supply of the pressurized product to the interior of the outlet tube 9.
  • the distribution chamber is supplied with pressure product brought by the outlet tube 9 in order to allow the product to be sprayed through the dispensing orifice.
  • the outlet tube 9 comprises a vent cavity which has at least one opening 18 formed in the mounting zone 12 and which opens into the inside of the tube 9.
  • the opening 18 is located on the mounting zone 12 to be covered in a sealed manner by the mounting shaft 11 in order to obtain the sealed supply of the pressurized product outlet from the tube 9 to the distribution chamber.
  • the opening 18 is located on the mounting zone 12 to put the inside of the outlet tube 9 in the open air when said opening is not covered.
  • the pulling withdrawal of the pushbutton 4 makes accessible the mounting area 12 by opening the opening 18 and, in case of mounting of the outlet tube 9 in a filling valve of a refillable bottle, the opening 18 can be located so as not to be covered by said valve so as to prevent the seal required for the transfer.
  • the opening 18 can be located to be covered only by a valve so that it can be decanted only with this type of valve.
  • the vent impression has at least one groove 19 which extends radially from the mounting zone 12, said groove being formed on the upper end of the outlet tube 9.
  • the radial groove 19 opens into an annular groove 20 which is in peripheral communication with the inside of the outlet tube 9.
  • sealing by pressing the upper end of the outlet tube 9 on a flat seal of a filling valve is made impossible, in particular by providing that the groove 19 is of sufficient size not to be blocked by the flat gasket when pressing on the outlet tube 9.
  • the radial groove 19 can be extended by an axial groove 21 which is formed on the upper part 12a of the mounting zone 12, said axial groove opening into the annular groove 12b.
  • the axial groove 21 may be longer than that of the cone so as to prevent the sealing by support.
  • the vent impression comprises three sets of grooves 19, 21 distributed angularly on the outlet tube 9.
  • the outlet tube 9 has a central tube 9a around which is mounted an insert 9b on which the mounting zone 12 is formed.
  • the central tube 9a has at least one groove 22 which is in communication with said opening.
  • the upper end of the central tube 9a has three radial grooves 22 equal parts, said grooves being offset angularly with respect to the radial grooves 19 of the insert 9b and being in communication with them through the annular groove 20.
  • the vent impression has at least one radial channel 23 which passes through the wall of the outlet tube 9.
  • the channel 23 can be formed in the lower part 12c of the mounting zone 12 so that the transfer does not occur. may be possible only with a filling valve whose length of fitting on the outlet tube 9 is important.
  • the channel 23 can be formed in the annular groove 12b.

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  • Jet Pumps And Other Pumps (AREA)
EP11168299A 2010-06-16 2011-05-31 Fluidspendesystem Not-in-force EP2397422B1 (de)

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FR1002558A FR2961496B1 (fr) 2010-06-16 2010-06-16 Systeme de distribution d'un produit fluide.

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FR3017277B1 (fr) * 2014-02-07 2016-02-12 Albea Le Treport Systeme de distribution d'un produit fluide conditionne dans un flacon
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US8430277B2 (en) 2013-04-30

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