EP2630054B1 - Organe de bouchage et distributeur de produit fluide comprenant un tel organe - Google Patents

Organe de bouchage et distributeur de produit fluide comprenant un tel organe Download PDF

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EP2630054B1
EP2630054B1 EP11785728.4A EP11785728A EP2630054B1 EP 2630054 B1 EP2630054 B1 EP 2630054B1 EP 11785728 A EP11785728 A EP 11785728A EP 2630054 B1 EP2630054 B1 EP 2630054B1
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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
    • B65D35/00—Pliable tubular containers adapted to be permanently or temporarily deformed to expel contents, e.g. collapsible tubes for toothpaste or other plastic or semi-liquid material; Holders therefor
    • B65D35/44—Closures
    • 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
    • B65D47/00—Closures with filling and discharging, or with discharging, devices
    • B65D47/04—Closures with discharging devices other than pumps
    • B65D47/06—Closures with discharging devices other than pumps with pouring spouts or tubes; with discharge nozzles or passages
    • B65D47/08—Closures with discharging devices other than pumps with pouring spouts or tubes; with discharge nozzles or passages having articulated or hinged closures
    • B65D47/0804—Closures with discharging devices other than pumps with pouring spouts or tubes; with discharge nozzles or passages having articulated or hinged closures integrally formed with the base element provided with the spout or discharge passage
    • B65D47/0833—Hinges without elastic bias
    • B65D47/0847—Hinges without elastic bias located within a flat surface of the base element
    • 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
    • B65D75/00—Packages comprising articles or materials partially or wholly enclosed in strips, sheets, blanks, tubes, or webs of flexible sheet material, e.g. in folded wrappers
    • B65D75/52—Details
    • B65D75/58—Opening or contents-removing devices added or incorporated during package manufacture
    • B65D75/5861—Spouts
    • B65D75/5872—Non-integral spouts
    • B65D75/5877—Non-integral spouts connected to a planar surface of the package wall

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  • the present invention relates to a closure member intended to be mounted on an opening of a fluid reservoir, so as to constitute a fluid dispenser. Moreover, the present application also relates to a fluid dispenser comprising such a closure member.
  • Various closures are used on dispensers of all types in many fields, including the fields of perfumery, cosmetics or pharmacy. The primary function of a closure member is to allow selective dispensing of the fluid product stored in the reservoir on which the closure member is mounted.
  • WO2007 / 125241 discloses a closure member comprising a base body forming a fluid dispensing orifice, a mounting piece on which the base body is fixedly received, and a closure cover for sealing the dispensing orifice, the lid being connected to the mounting part by a hinge, the lid and the part being made integrally, the cover being initially connected to the mounting part by at least one bridge of breakable material before the first opening of the lid.
  • closure member of this document is part of closure devices that can be described as "inert”, in that it does not incorporate a pump or valve. In other words, the fluid product is not pressurized in an internal chamber formed by the closure member.
  • the closure member is rather similar to a conventional closure device comprising a dispensing orifice closable with a plug. This particular type of closure member is intended to be associated with a reservoir in the form of a flexible bag that the user can crush.
  • Dispensers incorporating this type of closure device are often used as a sample, and can therefore be inserted in specialized magazines as a promotion.
  • there are regulations regarding the resistance of distributors because they are subject to significant pressure, especially when magazines are stacked. It is not necessary that the flexible pouch burst, or that the closure member leaks. In general, it is the closure member that supports all the pressure, because its thickness, even small, is greater than that of the pocket.
  • the closure organ of the document WO2007 / 125241 was not specifically designed to withstand the pressure of a stack of magazines.
  • the present invention aims to improve the pressure resistance of this type of closure member, without complicating the manufacture or assembly.
  • the present invention provides a closure member according to claim 1. Since the base body is not subjected to pressure and the crown easily withstands the pressure, the snap-fastening of the body in the crown does not undergo any constraints that could break the seal and create leaks.
  • the lid is also fully inscribed inside the mounting piece, so that the maximum thickness of the closure member is defined by the mounting piece.
  • the ring defines a maximum thickness of the closure member.
  • the closure member has a generally flat configuration so as to extend in a plane, the maximum thickness of the crown extends perpendicularly to the plane.
  • the crown thus fulfills a support or beam function that takes up all the pressure exerted on the distributor. The base body and cover are not forced or pressed against the mounting piece.
  • the lid defines a maximum thickness of the closure member.
  • the crown and the lid each define a maximum thickness of the closure member.
  • the crown and the lid individually support the pressure, without constraints between them: the ring constitutes an annular support, while the lid constitutes a localized central support.
  • the mounting piece defines a sealing zone intended to come into sealed contact with the opening of the reservoir.
  • the present invention also defines a fluid dispenser whose variable volume reservoir comprises at least one flexible sheet defining an opening in which the closure member is mounted.
  • the reservoir is preferably formed by a pocket consisting of one or two flexible sheets.
  • the reservoir may also be formed from a flexible sheet and another element, such as a thermoformed shell. It is also not excluded that the closure member can be mounted on the thermoformed shell, which would then form an opening for the reception of the closure member.
  • Such a dispenser may have a very small thickness of the order of 3 to 5 millimeters or less.
  • the thickness of the distributor is essentially constituted by the thickness of the closure member, since the flexible sheets have a non-significant thickness. Therefore, such a flat distributor can be used as a fluid sample insertable in magazines of the press: the pressure resistance is guaranteed by the crown, and optionally by the cover, which define the maximum thickness of the clogging organ.
  • the closure member represented on the Figures 1 to 4 has been designated as a whole by the letter C. It essentially comprises three constituent elements, namely a base body 1, a mounting piece 20 and a cover 25.
  • the mounting piece 20 and the cover 25 are made integrally so as to form a single piece of molding.
  • the lid 25 is connected to the base piece 20 by a hinge 26 which may be in the form of a bridge of flexible material.
  • the closure member is relatively flat so that one can define a plane P in which it extends.
  • the base body 1 is here in the form of a washer or disk defining a concave bowl 15 which is pierced at its center by a dispensing orifice 17 which passes through the thickness of the body to open at the level of the body. lower surface.
  • the bowl 15 will serve as a container for recovering fluid product.
  • the base body On its outer periphery, the base body forms an annular flange 12 which protrudes radially outwardly.
  • the base body 1 is preferably made by injection molding / plastic molding. Here it has an annular or circular shape: however, other geometric shapes are possible, such as polygonal or oblong shapes.
  • the bottom surface of the base body is here perfectly flat: it can however be imagined that this surface 13 is made with any particular or particular profiles favoring for example the flow of fluid product in the direction of the dispensing orifice 17.
  • the mounting piece 20 is in this non-limiting embodiment in the form of a ring which is preferably complete and closed. However, it is possible to imagine mounting pieces of partially annular or polygonal shape. In any case, this mounting piece must be adaptable to the basic body.
  • the mounting piece 20 comprises an annular ring 21 which has a vertical or axial thickness E in the direction perpendicular to the plane P. This thickness E is the maximum thickness of the closure member.
  • the ring defines on its inner periphery an annular locking groove 22 for the fixed and sealed reception of the flange 12 of the base body 1. On its outer periphery, the ring is extended to form a sealing zone 23 of substantially perfectly annular. This sealing zone 23 will serve as a fixing surface for the flexible sheet constituting the flexible pouch of the dispenser of the invention, as will be seen below.
  • the lid 25 which is integrally formed with the mounting piece 20, also has a disc or washer shape which is disposed within the mounting piece 20, as can be seen in the figures.
  • the lid may however have a gripping cutout 29 at which the user can grip the lid.
  • the cover 25 is connected to the inner periphery of the ring 22 by a flexible articulation 26, but also by one or more bridge (s) of material 28, as can be seen on the figure 1 .
  • the upper surface of the cover 25 may be located in the same plane as the top of the ring 21.
  • the outer peripheral edge of the cover 25 is separated from the ring by segments of annular slots 29 separated by the material bridges 28 and the flexible hinge 26.
  • the lid 25 defines a closure needle 27 which extends from the lower surface of the lid.
  • the lid is fully inscribed in the clutter of the mounting piece.
  • the needle can also be eccentric if the dispensing orifice 17 is also eccentric.
  • the maximum thickness of the lid, at the needle 27, is equal to that of the crown, namely E, which corresponds to the maximum thickness of the closure member.
  • the cover 25 is connected to the mounting piece 20 not only by the flexible joint 26, but also by the material bridges 28 which are then still intact.
  • This is the configuration of the closure member C before first use or opening of the lid.
  • the integrity of the material bridges 28 gives the user or purchaser an infallible visual indication that the closure member has never been opened.
  • the material bridges 28 fulfill a function of guarantee of first use to the user.
  • the closure member C of the present invention has a very reduced thickness of the order of 3 to 5 millimeters. This is made possible by the fact that the base body 1 and the lid 25 fully fit inside the mounting piece 20.
  • the maximum thickness of the closure member corresponds to the maximum thickness E of the 21, which gives it a very good resistance to pressure.
  • the one-piece and solid design of the crown allows it to provide a support function, strut or spacer that is virtually indeformable, even when subjected to considerable pressure. This extreme resistance makes it possible to produce distributors that can be inserted in magazines.
  • a dispenser comprising a reservoir R consisting of two flexible sheets F connected together on their peripheries so as to form a flexible bag for containing fluid.
  • One of the sheets F is pierced with a flat annular opening O which is welded (or otherwise fixed) to the sealing zone 23 of the closure member C.
  • the cover Before the first use of the dispenser, the cover must being opened, which causes the bridges 28 to rupture and disengages the dispensing orifice 17.
  • fluid product is discharged through the dispensing orifice and can be retrieved by the user at the level of the dispensing orifice. the cup 15. Then the cover can be put back in place so as to close the dispensing orifice.

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FR1058599A FR2966444B1 (fr) 2010-10-21 2010-10-21 Organe de bouchage, distributeur de produit fluide comprenant un tel organe et procede de fabrication d'un tel distributeur.
PCT/FR2011/052434 WO2012052678A1 (fr) 2010-10-21 2011-10-18 Organe de bouchage et distributeur de produit fluide comprenant un tel organe

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EP2630054A1 (fr) 2013-08-28
CN103228551A (zh) 2013-07-31
CN103228551B (zh) 2015-05-13
ES2563107T3 (es) 2016-03-10
FR2966444B1 (fr) 2012-11-16
WO2012052678A1 (fr) 2012-04-26

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