EP2543444B1 - Drückknopf für eine Abgabevorrichtung zur Abgabe eines Fluids - Google Patents

Drückknopf für eine Abgabevorrichtung zur Abgabe eines Fluids Download PDF

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EP2543444B1
EP2543444B1 EP12171872.0A EP12171872A EP2543444B1 EP 2543444 B1 EP2543444 B1 EP 2543444B1 EP 12171872 A EP12171872 A EP 12171872A EP 2543444 B1 EP2543444 B1 EP 2543444B1
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Richard Bloc
Thomas Roosel
Emmanuel Maudit
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    • BPERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B05SPRAYING OR ATOMISING IN GENERAL; APPLYING FLUENT MATERIALS TO SURFACES, IN GENERAL
    • B05BSPRAYING APPARATUS; ATOMISING APPARATUS; NOZZLES
    • B05B11/00Single-unit hand-held apparatus in which flow of contents is produced by the muscular force of the operator at the moment of use
    • B05B11/01Single-unit hand-held apparatus in which flow of contents is produced by the muscular force of the operator at the moment of use characterised by the means producing the flow
    • B05B11/10Pump arrangements for transferring the contents from the container to a pump chamber by a sucking effect and forcing the contents out through the dispensing nozzle
    • B05B11/1042Components or details
    • B05B11/1052Actuation means
    • B05B11/1053Actuation means combined with means, other than pressure, for automatically opening a valve during actuation; combined with means for automatically removing closures or covers from the discharge nozzle during actuation
    • BPERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B05SPRAYING OR ATOMISING IN GENERAL; APPLYING FLUENT MATERIALS TO SURFACES, IN GENERAL
    • B05BSPRAYING APPARATUS; ATOMISING APPARATUS; NOZZLES
    • B05B1/00Nozzles, spray heads or other outlets, with or without auxiliary devices such as valves, heating means
    • BPERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B05SPRAYING OR ATOMISING IN GENERAL; APPLYING FLUENT MATERIALS TO SURFACES, IN GENERAL
    • B05BSPRAYING APPARATUS; ATOMISING APPARATUS; NOZZLES
    • B05B1/00Nozzles, spray heads or other outlets, with or without auxiliary devices such as valves, heating means
    • B05B1/34Nozzles, spray heads or other outlets, with or without auxiliary devices such as valves, heating means designed to influence the nature of flow of the liquid or other fluent material, e.g. to produce swirl
    • B05B1/3402Nozzles, spray heads or other outlets, with or without auxiliary devices such as valves, heating means designed to influence the nature of flow of the liquid or other fluent material, e.g. to produce swirl to avoid or to reduce turbulencies, e.g. comprising fluid flow straightening means
    • BPERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B05SPRAYING OR ATOMISING IN GENERAL; APPLYING FLUENT MATERIALS TO SURFACES, IN GENERAL
    • B05BSPRAYING APPARATUS; ATOMISING APPARATUS; NOZZLES
    • B05B11/00Single-unit hand-held apparatus in which flow of contents is produced by the muscular force of the operator at the moment of use
    • B05B11/0005Components or details
    • BPERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B05SPRAYING OR ATOMISING IN GENERAL; APPLYING FLUENT MATERIALS TO SURFACES, IN GENERAL
    • B05BSPRAYING APPARATUS; ATOMISING APPARATUS; NOZZLES
    • B05B11/00Single-unit hand-held apparatus in which flow of contents is produced by the muscular force of the operator at the moment of use
    • B05B11/01Single-unit hand-held apparatus in which flow of contents is produced by the muscular force of the operator at the moment of use characterised by the means producing the flow
    • B05B11/10Pump arrangements for transferring the contents from the container to a pump chamber by a sucking effect and forcing the contents out through the dispensing nozzle
    • B05B11/1042Components or details
    • B05B11/1043Sealing or attachment arrangements between pump and container
    • B05B11/1046Sealing or attachment arrangements between pump and container the pump chamber being arranged substantially coaxially to the neck of the container
    • B05B11/1047Sealing or attachment arrangements between pump and container the pump chamber being arranged substantially coaxially to the neck of the container the pump being preassembled as an independent unit before being mounted on the container
    • YGENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y10TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC
    • Y10TTECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION
    • Y10T29/00Metal working
    • Y10T29/49Method of mechanical manufacture
    • Y10T29/49405Valve or choke making
    • Y10T29/49412Valve or choke making with assembly, disassembly or composite article making

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  • the invention relates to a push button for a dispensing system of a product under pressure and a method of assembling such a push button.
  • the invention also relates to a dispensing system comprising a pump actuated by such a push button and a bottle containing a product to be dispensed under pressure by means of such a dispensing system.
  • the product is of the gel or cream type, for example for use in cosmetics or for pharmaceutical treatments.
  • Dispensing systems comprising a pump provided with a tube for feeding the pressurized product on which a push button is fixed to actuate the displacement of said tube on a dispensing / suction stroke of the product.
  • the push button may comprise an actuating body having a product ejection port and a sleeve having a mounting well of said push button on the pump delivery tube.
  • the pump is actuated to distribute the product in the form of a hazelnut or a continuous stream.
  • the dispensing systems may be equipped with a means for reversibly closing the ejection orifice between two distributions, in order to limit the contacts between the outside air and the product stationed in the pump, in particular to prevent drying out and / or degradation of said product over time.
  • valves which are components molded separately and then reported on the body, have the disadvantage of a low mechanical strength, that is to say that they are sometimes carried by the flow of product.
  • they are difficult to place on the body, because made of a flexible material so often adherent on the walls of the supply ducts and grippers assembly machines.
  • the reversible closure can be obtained by means of a closing needle of the ejection orifice, said needle being movable between its closed positions and opening of said orifice on the stroke of actuation of the push button, especially at the beginning of this race.
  • This embodiment has the particular advantage of mechanically opening the ejection orifice without the product being pressurized to do this.
  • Document is known FR-2 948 343 a push button comprising a shutter needle of the ejection port, in which the actuating body is slidably mounted around the sleeve between a raised position and a lowered position, forming between them a space for conveying the product from the mounting shaft to said ejection port.
  • the needle is mounted between the body and the sleeve by means of a reversible displacement device between a closed position - respectively an open position - when the body is in the up position - respectively in the low position - said push button further comprising an elastic return means of the body in the high position.
  • the elastic return means is formed of discontinuous tabs which extend between two rings of a member which is attached to the sleeve.
  • the invention aims to improve the realization of push buttons provided with a closure needle of the ejection orifice by proposing in particular an easily assembled design, in particular comprising only four parts, and in which in addition sealing routing space can be performed statically.
  • the invention notably proposes a seal of the closure which is improved so as to be able to distribute products whose sensitivity to air is important. Therefore, the combined use of a dispensing system according to the invention with a bottle containing an air sensitive product is particularly advantageous.
  • products containing a solvent which can evaporate rapidly for example based on alcohol or water, or containing photosensitive substances, for example sunscreens, or easily oxidizable, for example vitamins including vitamin C.
  • the operation of the dispensing system according to the invention limits the pressurization of the product during dispensing.
  • the combined use of a dispensing system according to the invention with a bottle containing a product sensitive to mechanical stresses is also particularly advantageous.
  • products are provided, for example creams, capable of undergoing a transformation.
  • physico-chemical pressure including a separation or a phase change.
  • the dispensing system according to the invention also advantageously allows the distribution of products that are particularly viscous and / or sensitive to external contamination, in particular microbial contaminations.
  • the invention provides a push button for a dispensing system of a product under pressure, said push button comprising an actuating body having a product ejection port, a needle shutter of the ejection port and a sleeve having a mounting well of said push button on a tube for supplying the pressurized product, said body being slidably mounted around said sleeve between a high position and a low position in forming therebetween a sealing space of the product from said mounting well to said ejection port, said needle being associated with the sleeve via a rod which is rotatably mounted on said sleeve to actuate the reversible displacement of said needle between a closed position - respectively an open position - of the ejection orifice when the body is in positio n high - respectively in the low position -, the needle being provided with geometric means which interact with the body to exert a force of maintaining said needle in a mounting position in which
  • the invention proposes a system for dispensing a product under pressure comprising a pump actuated by such a push button, said pump comprising a tube for feeding the pressurized product on which the mounting well of said push button is fixed.
  • the invention proposes a bottle containing a product to be dispensed under pressure, said bottle comprising a ring on which such a distribution system is associated so as to put the pump in communication with the product to allow the delivery of the product. produced from the feed tube to the ejection port.
  • a dispensing system comprising a pump 1 actuated by a push button to allow the dispensing of a product under pressure, for example in the form of a hazelnut or a continuous stream.
  • the dispensing system is mounted on a bottle containing the product to be dispensed under pressure.
  • the product is a gel or a cream, for cosmetic use or for pharmaceutical treatments.
  • the bottle comprises a body 2 surmounted by a ring 3 and the dispensing system comprises a hoop 4 on which the pump 1 is mounted, said hoop being associated with the ring 3 so as to put the pump 1 in tight communication with the product.
  • the invention is not limited to a particular pump structure, in particular relative to the means necessary for pressurizing the product to be dispensed.
  • the distribution can be performed with or without air intake in a body 2 of the bottle which can be rigid or flexible.
  • the pump 1 comprises a dip tube 5 disposed in the body 2 of the bottle for supplying said pump with product and a feed tube 6 of the product pressurized by said pump, the means necessary for the setting under pressure of the product to be dispensed being interposed between said dip tube and said feed tube.
  • the supply of the pump 1 can be achieved by means of a piston slidably mounted in the body 2 of the bottle.
  • the feed tube 6 is movable over a dispensing / suction stroke of the product, said displacement being conventionally constrained by an elastic return means.
  • the push button is mounted on the downstream portion of the feed tube 6, said push button comprising a actuating body 7 and a sleeve 8 having a well 9 mounting said push button on said feed tube.
  • the actuating body 7 has an orifice 10 for ejecting the product, said orifice being equipped with a closing needle 11 to allow the reversible closure of said orifice between two uses.
  • the embodiment described makes it possible in particular to ensure in a simple manner a good seal while limiting the pressure exerted on the product to open the orifice 10.
  • the body 7 is slidably mounted around the sleeve 8 between a high position ( figure 1 ) and a low position ( figure 2 ) forming between them a tight space 12 for routing the product from the mounting well 9 to the ejection orifice 10.
  • a high position figure 1
  • a low position figure 2
  • the mounting of the dispensing system on the bottle allows the product to be conveyed from the bottle to the the ejection orifice 10 via the feed tube 6 and the space 12.
  • the push button comprises a bellows 13 having an upper edge integral with the sleeve 8 and a lower edge integral with the actuating body 7, said bellows being, by sliding of said body around said sleeve, elastically deformable towards a constrained state of return of said body. high position.
  • the dispensing system may comprise another type of return means elastic body 7 in the upper position, possibly in addition to the bellows 13.
  • the force exerted by the return means of the feed tube 6 may be greater than the force exerted by the bellows 13 so that a bearing on the body 7 first induces a displacement of said body by compared to the sleeve 8 to open the ejection port 10 and then a displacement of the sleeve 8 and thus of the feed tube 6 to actuate the pump 1.
  • the bellows 13 is integral with the sleeve 8, the lower edge of said bellows having a ring 14 which is sealingly attached to the actuating body 7.
  • the sleeve 8, the Bellows 13 and the ring 14 may form a single piece made, in particular by molding, for example in a shape memory material in order to exert the desired elastic return force.
  • the material used may be an elastomeric polymer such as Poly (OxyMethylene) or polypropylene Adflex type.
  • the bellows 13 extends continuously around the mounting well 9 sealingly delimiting a portion of the conveying space 12 around said bellows.
  • the sealing of the conveying space 12 is made statically between the ring 14 and the body 7.
  • the conveying space 12 is formed essentially around the bellows 13 and under the upper part of the body 7 being delimited by the upper face of the sleeve 8, the closing needle 11 being disposed in said space.
  • the bellows 13 has an upper annular fold 13a which extends internally and a lower annular fold 13b which extends outwardly, said folds being axially displaceable between an initial state ( figure 1 ) and a strained state constrained ( figure 2 ) to allow the return of the actuating body by elastic return of said plies in the initial state.
  • the sleeve comprises a projecting outer ring 15 which is mounted in an axial bearing surface of the actuating body 7.
  • the sleeve 8 has an upper outer wall 16 which is mounted in an axial span of the body 7.
  • the outer wall 16 shown extends angularly over more than 180 ° by having a recess 17 open forwards and upwards in which the mounting shaft 9 opens, part of the conveying space 12 being formed in said recess. Furthermore, the ring 15 extends annularly below the outer wall 16, said ring and said wall being frictionally mounted in the actuating body 7.
  • the outer wall 16 and the axial bearing surface of the body 7 have geometric means for limiting their relative swiveling during sliding.
  • the outer wall 16 has two axial flanges 18 which are diametrically opposed, the axial span having two grooves 19 in which respectively a godron 18 is slidably disposed.
  • the needle 11 is mounted reversibly movable between the body 7 and the sleeve 8 between a closed position - respectively an open position - of the ejection orifice 10 when the body 7 is in the up position - respectively in the low position .
  • the push button further comprises a tip 20 which is mounted on the actuating body 7, said tip having the ejection orifice 10 and the needle 11 being mounted in translation relative to said tip between its closing and opening positions. More specifically, the tip 20 has a fitting skirt in a housing 21 of the body 7 and a front wall pierced with the ejection orifice 10.
  • the needle 11 has a front end comprising a sealing head 22, said head being slidably mounted in the skirt of the nozzle 20, the front wall forming a sealed seat for said head in the closed position.
  • the tip 20 may be made of a hard and rigid material such as a polyoxymethylene (POM) and the needle 11 in a softer and ductile material such as a high density polyethylene (HDPE).
  • POM polyoxymethylene
  • HDPE high density polyethylene
  • at least the closure head 22 and / or the seat of the tip 20 may be loaded with an antibacterial agent, for example based on silver, such as Alphasan or Batiglas in order to prohibiting the penetration of microorganisms through the film of product pinched between said head and said seat.
  • the rear end of the needle 11 is associated with the sleeve 8 via a rod 23 which is rotatably mounted on said sleeve. More specifically, the rod 23 is rotatably mounted at the front of the recess 17 by means of a hinge 24, said rod bearing opposite said hinge an axis 25.
  • the rod 23 may have come of material with the sleeve 8, for example by providing a thinned area forming the hinge 24 at the base of the rod 23.
  • the body 7 comprises a hook 26 for actuating the rotation of the rod 23 around the hinge 24 during the sliding of said body, said hook being integrated under said body in the conveying space 12.
  • the hook 26 forms a slide 26a in which the axis 25 of the rod 23 is mounted to move in translation by rotation of said link during the sliding of the body 7.
  • the needle 11 comprises at least one notch 27 in which the axis 25 is arranged to fix said needle this axis.
  • the needle 11 comprises two rear flanks 11a, 11b on each of which a notch 27 is formed, the rod 23 having two arms 23a, 23b between which the axis 25 extends.
  • the rod 23 is inclined internally in the recess 17 for axial support on the axis 25 via the hook 26 induces a folding of said link in said recess and thus a sliding of said axis in the slide 26a.
  • the hook 26 forms an internal abutment which is supported on the bottom of the recess 17 when the body 7 is in the low position.
  • the actuating force of the pump 1 is transmitted at the level of this support which can be adapted for this purpose.
  • the needle 11 is provided with geometric means that interact with the body 7 to exert a force of maintaining said needle in a mounting position ( figures 6 ) in which said needle is protruding from the body 7 to allow the association of the rod 23 to said needle.
  • the needle 11 has an intermediate portion on the periphery of which the geometric means are raised in relief to interact with at least one retreint 28 formed in the body 7.
  • each sidewall 11a, 11b is extended towards the front by presenting on its outer face a set of vertical ribs 29a, 29b which are spaced longitudinally to form between them a housing 30.
  • the body 7 has a retreint 28 which defines the rear opening of the housing 21 in which the needle 11 is mounted, said retreint having on both sides a bearing which is disposed in each of the housing 30 for axially holding said needle.
  • the intermediate portion has a rectangular section that makes it possible to avoid a rotation of the needle 11 with respect to the body 7.
  • the needle 11 has a quadrilateral section with three flat edges surmounted by a convex edge, said section being mounted in the skirt of the end piece 20 which has a complementary geometry provided with three gadroons 31 arranged opposite planar edges to provide guiding and centering said head with respect to the ejection orifice 10.
  • a method of assembling the push button in which the needle 11 is first arranged in the mounting position is described below.
  • the needle 11 is inserted into the housing 21 to dispose its rear end in the opening defined by the retreint 28, then a driving force is applied to said needle so as to place the bearing of said retreint in the housing 30 by passing said lands beyond the rear ribs 29b.
  • the needle 11 is held axially in a mounting position that is defined, and with sufficient effort to allow assembly.
  • the needle 11 is mounted in the nozzle 20 and the tip 20-needle assembly 11 is mounted in the body 7 in the projecting position with the needle 11 in the closed position ( figure 5.1 ).
  • the skirt of the nozzle 20 is only partially pressed into the housing 21 of the body 7, while ensuring sufficient maintenance of the nozzle 20 on said body.
  • the method provides for sliding the sleeve 8 in the body 7 ( Figures 5.2 to 5.4 ), in particular by pressing on the mounting shaft 9.
  • the sliding is arranged to allow the association of the connecting rod 23 to the needle 11 ( figure 5.5 ).
  • the mounting position is defined so that the notch 27 is disposed in the front extension of the slide 26a so as to allow the docking of the axis 25 of the link 23 in said notch.
  • the body 7 comprises an inner projection 32 which allows a rear inclination of the rod 23 during sliding ( Figures 5.3 and 5.4 ) to orient the axis 25 towards the notch 27.
  • the method provides to arrange the needle 11 in the operative position.
  • the embodiment described provides for further sliding of the sleeve 8 in order to overcome the force of maintaining the needle 11 in the mounting position, and this by driving in reverse translation of the needle 11 via the rod 23.
  • the force exerted by the axis 25 on the needle 11 allows the bearing surfaces of the retreint 28 to pass beyond the ribs before 29a to release the translation of said needle.
  • the sleeve 8 has stiffening means of the support zone of the rod 23, for example formed of a rib 33 disposed between the well 9 and the hinge 24, so that said rod can transmit the effort required without sagging with respect to said sleeve.
  • the additional sliding is achieved after the ring 14 of the bellows 13 is joined to the body 7 ( figure 5.6 ), the sliding being continued until stretching of the bellows 13 to arrange the needle 11 in the open position ( figure 5.7 ) by rearward translation of the axis 25 of the rod 23 in the slideway 26a.
  • the tip 20 is pressed into the housing 21 in the use position ( figure 5.8 ) then the support on the mounting shaft 9 is released to allow the elastic return of the bellows 13 with the body 7 in the high position and the needle 11 in the closed position ( figure 5.9 ), thus putting the push button in operational state for mounting on the pump 1.

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  1. Druckknopf für ein System zur Verteilung eines Produktes unter Druck, wobei der Druckknopf einen Betätigungskörper (7) umfasst, der eine Auswurföffnung (10) für das Produkt, einen Stift (11) zum Verschließen der Auswurföffnung (10) und eine Hülse (8) umfasst, die einen Schacht (9) für die Montage des Druckknopfes auf einem Zuleitungsrohr (6) des Produktes unter Druck aufweist, wobei der Körper gleitend um die Hülse zwischen einer oberen Position und einer unteren Position montiert ist, wobei er zwischen ihnen einen dichten Raum (12) für die Beförderung des Produktes vom Montageschacht zur Auswurföffnung bildet, wobei der Stift mit der Hülse (8) über eine Stange (23) verbunden ist, die drehbar auf der Hülse montiert ist, um die reversible Verschiebung des Stiftes zwischen einer Verschlussposition - bzw. einer Öffnungsposition - der Auswurföffnung (10), wenn sich der Körper (7) in der oberen Position - bzw. in der unteren Position - befindet, zu bewirken, wobei der Druckknopf dadurch gekennzeichnet ist, dass der Stift (11) mit geometrischen Mitteln versehen ist, die mit dem Körper (7) interagieren, um eine Kraft zum Halten des Stiftes in einer Montageposition auszuüben, in der der Stift über den Körper (7) hinausragt, um die Verbindung der Stange (23) mit dem Stift zu ermöglichen.
  2. Druckknopf nach Anspruch 1, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass er einen Faltenbalg (13) umfasst, der einen oberen mit der Hülse (8) verbundenen Rand und einen unteren mit dem Betätigungskörper (7) verbundenen Rand umfasst, wobei der Faltenbalg durch Gleiten des Körpers um die Hülse elastisch in einen gespannten Zustand zur Rückstellung des Körpers in die obere Position verformt werden kann.
  3. Druckknopf nach Anspruch 2, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass sich der Faltenbalg (13) durchgehend um den Montageschacht (9) erstreckt, wobei er einen Teil des Beförderungsraums (12) um den Faltenbalg dicht begrenzt.
  4. Druckknopf nach Anspruch 2 oder 3, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass der Faltenbalg (13) mit der Hülse (8) aus einem Stück ist, wobei der untere Randes des Faltenbalgs einen Ring (14) aufweist, der dicht am Betätigungskörper (7) befestigt ist.
  5. Druckknopf nach Anspruch 3 oder 4, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass der Faltenbalg (13) eine obere ringförmige Falte (13a), die sich innen erstreckt, und eine untere ringförmige Falte (13b), die sich außen erstreckt, umfasst, wobei die Falten axial zwischen einem Ausgangszustand und einem gespannten beabstandeten Zustand beweglich sind, um die Rückstellung des Betätigungskörpers (7) durch elastische Rückkehr der Falten in den Ausgangszustand zu ermöglichen.
  6. Druckknopf nach einem der Ansprüche 2 bis 5, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass der Faltenbalg (13) aus einem Material mit Formgedächtnis hergestellt ist.
  7. Druckknopf nach einem der Ansprüche 1 bis 6, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die Hülse (8) einen vorspringenden äußeren Kranz (15) umfasst, der in einem axialen Bereich des Betätigungskörpers (7) montiert ist, um das Gleiten zu führen.
  8. Druckknopf nach einem der Ansprüche 1 bis 7, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die Hülse (8) eine obere Außenwand (16) umfasst, die in einem axialen Bereich des Körpers (7) montiert ist, um das Gleiten zu führen.
  9. Druckknopf nach Anspruch 8, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die Außenwand (16) und der axiale Bereich des Körpers (7) geometrische Mittel aufweisen, um ihr Schwenken zueinander zu begrenzen.
  10. Druckknopf nach einem der Ansprüche 1 bis 9, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass der Stift (11) ein vorderes Ende aufweist, das einen Verschlusskopf (22) umfasst, wobei das hintere Ende des Stiftes mindestens eine Kerbe (27) zur Verbindung des Stiftes mit einer Achse (25) der Stange aufweist.
  11. Druckknopf nach Anspruch 10, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass der Körper (7) einen Haken (26) umfasst, der eine Gleitschiene (26a) bildet, in der die Achse (25) der Stange (23) in Translation beweglich durch Drehung des Stange beim Gleiten des Körpers montiert ist.
  12. Druckknopf nach Anspruch 11, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die Montageposition derart definiert ist, dass die Kerbe (27) in der vorderen Verlängerung der Gleitschiene (26a) angeordnet ist.
  13. Druckknopf nach einem der Ansprüche 1 bis 12, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass er ferner einen Ansatz (20) umfasst, der auf dem Betätigungskörper (7) montiert ist, wobei der Ansatz die Auswurföffnung (10) aufweist, und wobei der Stift (11) in Translation in Bezug zum Ansatz zwischen seiner Verschluss- und Öffnungsposition montiert ist.
  14. Druckknopf nach einem der Ansprüche 1 bis 13, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass der Stift (11) einen Zwischenabschnitt umfasst, an dessen Peripherie die geometrischen Mittel reliefartig ausgebildet sind, um mit mindestens einem im Körper (7) ausgebildeten Rücksprung (28) zu interagieren.
  15. Druckknopf nach Anspruch 14, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die geometrischen Mittel mindestens einen Satz von Rippen (29a, 29b) umfassen, die zwischen sich eine Lagerung (30) bilden, in der ein Bereich des Rücksprungs (28) angeordnet ist, um den Stift (11) axial zu halten.
  16. Druckknopf nach einem der Ansprüche 1 bis 15, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die Hülse (8) Mittel (33) zur Versteifung der Stützzone der Stange (23) aufweist.
  17. Verfahren zum Zusammenbau eines Druckknopfes nach einem der Ansprüche 1 bis 16, wobei das Verfahren die folgenden Schritte vorsieht:
    - Anordnen des Stiftes (11) in Montageposition;
    - Scheiben der Hülse (8) durch Gleiten in den Körper (7), wobei das Gleiten derart vorgesehen ist, dass die Verbindung der Stange (23) mit dem Stift (11) ermöglicht wird;
    - Anordnen des Stiftes (11) in Betriebsposition.
  18. Verfahren zum Zusammenbau nach Anspruch 17, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass das Anordnen des Stiftes (11) in Betriebsposition ein zusätzliches Gleiten der Hülse (8) umfasst, um die Haltekraft des Stiftes in Montageposition durch Verschieben des Stiftes in Translation nach hinten mit Hilfe der Stange (23) zu überwinden.
  19. System zur Verteilung eines Produktes unter Druck, umfassend eine Pumpe (1), die von einem Druckknopf nach einem der Ansprüche 1 bis 16 betätigt wird, wobei die Pumpe ein Zuleitungsrohr (6) des Produktes unter Druck umfasst, auf dem der Montageschacht (9) des Druckknopfes befestigt ist.
  20. Flakon, der ein zu verteilendes Produkt unter Druck enthält, wobei der Flakon einen Ring (3) umfasst, auf dem ein Verteilungssystem nach Anspruch 19 derart montiert ist, dass die Pumpe mit dem Produkt in Verbindung gebracht wird, um die Beförderung des Produktes vom Zuleitungsrohr (6) zur Auswurföffnung (10) zu ermöglichen.
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