EP2551215A1 - Herstellungsverfahren einer Wiederaufladevorrichtung für wiederaufladbares Spendergehäuse, und entsprechend angepasste Wiederaufladevorrichtung - Google Patents

Herstellungsverfahren einer Wiederaufladevorrichtung für wiederaufladbares Spendergehäuse, und entsprechend angepasste Wiederaufladevorrichtung Download PDF

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EP2551215A1
EP2551215A1 EP12176774A EP12176774A EP2551215A1 EP 2551215 A1 EP2551215 A1 EP 2551215A1 EP 12176774 A EP12176774 A EP 12176774A EP 12176774 A EP12176774 A EP 12176774A EP 2551215 A1 EP2551215 A1 EP 2551215A1
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    • 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
    • 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
    • B65D83/38—Details of the container body
    • 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
    • B65D83/60—Contents and propellant separated
    • B65D83/62—Contents and propellant separated by membrane, bag, or the like

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  • the present invention relates to a method of producing a charging device for a rechargeable diffuser housing and a charging device adapted to this method.
  • Non-refillable pocket diffusers having a valve disposed in a cup set on a dome itself crimped on the housing for which the filling of the bag is made through the valve.
  • the casing In order to be able to propel the product through the valve, the casing is pressurized by the injection of a gas between the inner wall of the casing and the outer wall of the bag, which compresses the latter and allows the outlet of the product when the valve is operated in open position.
  • the filling of the bag is difficult because it is necessary to force the passage of the product through the valve in a direction opposite to the normal operating direction of the latter.
  • This type of diffuser housing is useful for example when it is desirable not to mix the product with the propellant or when the liquid or pasty product is difficult to distribute.
  • a rechargeable diffuser housing is described in the document FR 2 951 140 A1 for which a housing provided with an upper rim provided with a screw thread receives a dome secured to the housing by means of a ring screwing on the housing.
  • the dome is integral with a valve disposed in a cup and on which a pocket is sealed.
  • the mounting of the valve on the dome is made as for non-refillable diffuser boxes by crimping a cup of the valve on the dome.
  • This casing has the particularity of having a pocket filled with a product to be sprayed, a propellant being injected into the casing around the bag which is thus compressed so that the product it contains is sprayed when opening the container. valve.
  • the user unscrews the ring applying the valve's dome carrier to the body of the housing and changes the pocket and valve dome assembly.
  • a problem of such a housing is the filling of the pocket.
  • the present invention overcomes these problems while providing an improved dome valve assembly and associated method.
  • the present invention provides a method for producing a recharging device, for a rechargeable diffuser case, comprising a bag containing the product to be diffused, the method comprising the steps of making the pocket open on one side, filling the bag with a dosing device and then fixing the bag on a valve.
  • the method is such that after the step of fixing the bag on the valve the method comprises a step of assembling the valve with a closure cover of the housing, from below the cover.
  • the assembly step comprises a step of latching the crimping profile of the cup in a housing of the lid under the lid.
  • the method prior to the latching step of the crimping profile of the cup in the housing, the method advantageously comprises a step of laying a seal in the bottom of said housing.
  • a gluing step of the crimping profile of the cup in the housing is advantageously added to the latching step.
  • the valve comprising an upper assembly surface under the cover
  • the assembly step comprises a complementary step of fixing the valve directly under the cover.
  • the method comprises a step of printing product characteristics on the bag and / or sticking a tag on the bag.
  • the step of producing the open pocket advantageously comprises a step of cutting the pocket and a step of welding the pocket on three sides.
  • the method optionally comprises a step of installing a diffuser or a diffuser cover and a cardboard packaging step of the equipped bag.
  • the invention also provides a pocket refill device for a refillable diffuser housing, comprising a valve and a pouch, characterized in that it comprises a lid adapted for fixing the valve under the lid, a filled bag.
  • the lid comprises a ring provided with a circular housing for receiving a cup integral with the valve.
  • the circular housing advantageously comprises a groove for receiving an annular profile of the cup and one or more snap bosses with said annular profile.
  • the lid comprises an annular upper wall provided with a lower bearing surface of an upper face of a body of the valve, said wall being provided with a central passage hole of a outlet tube of the valve.
  • the lid comprises under the annular upper wall one or more retention bosses of the valve.
  • the lid is preferably a dome shaped plastic lid.
  • the cover advantageously comprises a ring provided with an external peripheral groove for latching a cover or a diffuser cover.
  • the present invention improves refillable diffuser housings by providing an improved charging device and adapted to fill the bag before mounting on the valve and the associated method.
  • a first embodiment of the invention is described in figure 1 .
  • the device comprises a valve 3a of traditional type and comprising a valve body 31 and a cup 32 provided with an annular profile 35 constituted by the crimping rim of the cup normally used to crimp the cup on a traditional dome .
  • the crimping flange has a flanged edge facing outwardly of the cup.
  • the cover 4a comprises a ring 42 provided with a circular housing 44 for receiving the cup 32 integral with the valve in the form of a retaining groove of the cup.
  • the circular housing which is an inner housing to the ring 42 comprises according to this example an annular annular projection 41 of snap with the annular profile 35 of the cup.
  • This configuration makes it possible to reuse a traditional-type cup valve by snapping the bead constituted by the crimping rim into the circular housing 44 of the lid of the invention.
  • the latching is done from below the lid and provides a seal between the lid 4a and the cup 32.
  • the figure 3 represent the valve body 31, the cup 32 and the crown 42 of the lid disassembled so that one visualizes the ratchet profiles of the crimping rim 35 of the cup 32 and the groove 44 provided with its boss 41 ensuring the retention of the crimping rim of the cup.
  • the flat gasket 36 is made simultaneously with the annular seal 37 of the lid 4a by molding an elastomer on the lid.
  • the snap of the cup 32 in the groove of the lid 4a is made by means of a plurality of bosses 41a made at the end of the latching lugs 39.
  • Another possibility to ensure a seal between the lid and the cup is to stick the crimping flange 35 in the groove 44.
  • figure 2 corresponds to a variant for which the cup 32 is replaced by an annular upper wall 5 of a monobloc lid in which is directly fixed the valve.
  • valve 3b is used without a cup and is glued under the annular upper wall 5 of the lid.
  • This upper wall is provided with a lower bearing surface of an upper face of a body of the valve 3b.
  • the wall 5 is provided with a central hole through which a tube 33 of the valve outlet passes, this tube optionally extending beyond a cylinder 34 passing through the wall 5.
  • the one-piece cover 4b comprises molding the wall 5 is preferably in this case a molded plastic cover.
  • the wall 5 is in particular the underside of a bathtub housing a diffuser button actuating the tube 33 output of the valve.
  • the lower surface of the annular wall 5 is a bearing surface of an upper face of a body of the valve 3b.
  • valve is glued under the underside of the wall 5, according to the figure 8 , the valve snaps under the cover by means of bosses 41b made at the end of tabs 39a under the wall 5 of the lid.
  • the cover 4a, 4b is preferably a dome shaped plastic cover adapted to be placed on a housing such as that of the document FR 2 951 140 A1 and held tightly on this housing by a ring as described herein.
  • the crown 42 of the cover is provided with an external peripheral groove 43 for snapping a cover 61, 63.
  • the valve may be provided with a simple diffuser button 62 or provided with a diffuser cover 63 such as a safety cover known from the document FR 2,750,960 .
  • the safety cover snaps in place of the cover 61.
  • the device of the invention is particularly suitable for filling the bag before mounting it on the valve and then assembling the bag on the valve 3a, 3b, the fixing of the valve under the lid being made after fixing the pocket under the valve without the bag having to go through the lid through the receiving hole of the valve.
  • the figure 5 represents the steps of manufacturing a charging device according to the embodiment of the figure 1 .
  • Step 10 schematizes the cutting of a blank pocket 1, then folded folded and whose edges are welded on three sides at the step of producing the open pocket on a side shown schematically at 20.
  • Step 30 schematizes the filling of the bag by means of a measuring device 2.
  • step 40 schematizes the attachment of the bag 1 on the valve 3a equipped with its cup.
  • Step 40a corresponds to the supply of the valve 3a, step 40b to the welding of the bag on the lower tube 3c of the valve, the body 31 of the valve protruding from the bag.
  • the method comprises a step of assembling 51 of the valve with a lid 4a, closing the housing, from below the lid.
  • the valve 3a comprising a cup 32 provided with a crimping profile
  • the assembly step 51 comprises a step of snapping the crimping profile of the cup 32 in a housing of the lid 4a under the lid.
  • a step is made to install a seal in the bottom of said housing, prior to the detent step of the crimping profile of the cup .
  • This seal installation step 36 can be performed during the manufacture of the lid by a bi-material molding process.
  • the device is shown at the end of assembly at the figure 8 for which the valve 31 equipped with its filled pocket 1 is snapped under the cover 4a provided with its cover 61 and a diffuser button 62.
  • figure 6 corresponds to the second embodiment according to the figure 2 for which the valve body is fixed directly under the cover by gluing or latching according to Figure 7C.
  • the steps of making the pocket 1, filling 30 and fixing the pocket on the valve 40a, 40b are the same as in the first embodiment.
  • the assembly step 50 comprises a step of fixing the valve under the cover 4b by gluing or snap-fitting, the outlet tube 33 of the valve passing through the annular wall 5 of the lid.
  • the figure 9 represents the device at the end of assembly, the device comprising according to this example the valve 31 equipped with its filled pocket 1 glued under the cover 4b provided with a diffuser cover 63.
  • the method may include a step of printing product features on the bag and / or sticking a tag on the bag.
  • Each of the described embodiments is perfectly suited to the manufacture of pocket valve refills, the process of manufacturing these refills being a continuous process with filling the pockets and then fixing the filled pockets on the diffusion valves.

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