Classifications

• • 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
  • B65D50/00—Closures with means for discouraging unauthorised opening or removal thereof, with or without indicating means, e.g. child-proof 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
  • B65D47/20—Closures with discharging devices other than pumps comprising hand-operated members for controlling discharge
  • B65D47/2018—Closures with discharging devices other than pumps comprising hand-operated members for controlling discharge comprising a valve or like element which is opened or closed by deformation of the container or closure
  • B65D47/2056—Closures with discharging devices other than pumps comprising hand-operated members for controlling discharge comprising a valve or like element which is opened or closed by deformation of the container or closure lift valve type
  • B65D47/2081—Closures with discharging devices other than pumps comprising hand-operated members for controlling discharge comprising a valve or like element which is opened or closed by deformation of the container or closure lift valve type in which the deformation raises or lowers the valve port
  • B65D47/2087—Closures with discharging devices other than pumps comprising hand-operated members for controlling discharge comprising a valve or like element which is opened or closed by deformation of the container or closure lift valve type in which the deformation raises or lowers the valve port the port being formed by a slidable rigid cap-like element which is moved linearly by the pressure of the contents
• • 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
  • B65D47/32—Closures with discharging devices other than pumps with means for venting

Definitions

• the invention relates to a plug called "anti-drop" for a deformable bottle.
• the invention more particularly relates to a said plug
• anti-gout for a deformable bottle, in particular a flexible bottle containing a cosmetic, pharmaceutical, industrial or food product in liquid or creamy form, comprising:
• a substantially tubular base which is intended to be sealingly attached to a complementary tubular neck of the bottle, and a so-called inlet transverse wall which closes the neck of the bottle has at least one inlet port communicating with the inside the bottle,
• a substantially tubular cap which covers the base in a sealed manner, and whose so-called “upper” transverse wall includes at least one outlet of the product, the cap and the base sealingly determining a passage chamber for the product interposed between the inlet port of the base and the outlet port of the product,
• said plug being capable of occupying at least:
• closure and locking associated with a first extreme angular position of the cap and at a first low axial position of said cap relative to the base, in which the cap is blocked on the base and in wherein the product outlet port is lowered onto a closure member which projects coaxially with the base from its inlet transverse wall, an end surface of the closure member sealingly closing the outlet port of the product,
• a distribution configuration associated with a second extreme angular position of the cap and at a second high axial position of said cap with respect to the base in which the outlet orifice is arranged with a determined high clearance above the closure element to allow the passage of the product through the inlet and outlet orifices and the passage chamber when the bottle is pressed
• venting in which the relative positions of the cap and the base determine a leakage path of reduced dimensions communicating the passage chamber with the outside to achieve a the air deformable bottle allowing the bottle to resume its original shape after being solicited.
• Such a plug is commonly used in the cosmetic or food industry to ensure the distribution of a creamy product.
• Such a plug has the disadvantage of having only a low shutter position or a high dispensing position.
• stopper can not remain in the upper dispensing position without risk of being knocked over and thus see the product it contains flow.
• the outlet of the product opens only when the cap is supplied with product, for example when one exerts pressure on a flexible bottle on which the cap is screwed.
• the cap is movable between a locked position on the base and an unlocked position allowing venting of the deformable bottle through a reduced clearance between cap and base, and the ejection of the product as soon as an injection of product from the bottle exerts on the cap a sufficient pressure to lift it.
• This design has the risk of a slight leakage of product in the unlocked position, the venting of the bottle through a hole of high size.
• the invention overcomes this disadvantage by proposing a cap of the above type comprising venting means avoiding any risk of leakage.
• the invention proposes a plug of the type described above, characterized in that the third intermediate configuration called venting is associated with the second extreme angular position of the cap and the first low axial position of said cap by relative to the base, and in that, in the second angular position of the cap, an elastic return means of determined stiffness is interposed between the cap and the base, to allow the passage of the cap from its third to its second configuration , the cap rising towards its upper dispensing position as soon as an injection of product from the neck of the bottle exerts on the upper wall of the passage chamber a pressure sufficient for the resultant force to overcome the force of said means of resilient return, and the automatic return of the cap from its third to its second configuration, the cap being returned to its lower vertical position on the base when the pressure of the product is released.
• the leakage path consists of two channels respectively formed in the base and the cap, which are nested to one another in the only second angular position, - the channels include:
• At least one first countersink which is formed in the periphery of the end bearing surface of the closure element, and which extends at least as far as the free end of said bearing surface so as to communicate with the outside the cap,
• a second countersink formed in a lower face of the upper wall of the cap, which communicates the periphery of the orifice and the passage chamber,
• the range of the closure element is frustoconical and the first countersink is oriented along a generatrix of said frustoconical bearing surface;
• the second countersink is of radial orientation
• an inner tubular bearing surface of the cap comprises at least a first element and a second element projecting radially towards the inside of the cap, which are intended to co-operate simultaneously with at least one first angular abutment and at least one upper axial abutment, integral with each other; of the base, to determine the first configuration of the plug,
• the cap comprises at least a third element projecting radially towards the inside of the cap from its internal bearing, and a fourth element inside the cap which are intended to co-operate simultaneously with at least one second angular stop and with the means resilient return, integral with the base, to determine the second and third configuration of the plug,
• the inner tubular bearing surface of the cap comprises at least one pin, forming the first to fourth elements, which projects radially towards the inside of the cap, and which is intended to cooperate with at least one oblong track which extends in the periphery. of a lower end of the base following a angular sector corresponding to the angle formed between the first and second angular positions, said track comprising the first angular abutment, first axial abutment, second angular abutment and elastic return means, and determining the first to third configurations of the stopper; track includes:
• a second section of a width corresponding to the height of the pawn, comprising a first boss, carried in particular by a lower edge of the track, which is arranged at a distance from the first end of the track substantially corresponding to the width of the pawn; , which allows the locking of the pin in the first section, and which is likely to be crossed by the pin when the cap is rotated,
• a fourth section, of a width corresponding to the height of the pawn, comprising a second boss, carried in particular by a lower edge of the track, which is arranged at a distance from a second end of the track corresponding substantially to the width of the pin, which allows the locking of the pin in a fifth section, and which is likely to be crossed by the pin when the cap is rotated,
• the upper edge of the fifth section is carried by an elastic tab, a first end is integral with a first cylindrical portion of a body of the base, which extends with a determined game around a second part cylindrical body of the base, and a second free flexible end, has a lower edge constituting the upper edge of the fifth section,
• the inner tubular bearing surface of the cap comprises as many angularly distributed pins in a regular manner that the base comprises tracks, resilient tabs and first counterbores distributed angularly in a regular manner,
• the base comprises an upper transverse wall sealingly resting on the neck of the flask, from which a tubular well extends inside the neck of the flask, said well comprising a lower transverse wall forming the transverse wall of the flask; inlet having the orifice and slidably receiving a tubular chimney extending from a transverse wall of the cap, said chimney having at its lower end a frustoconical sealing lip to determine the passage chamber in a sealed manner .
• FIG. 1 is an exploded perspective view with tearing of an anti-drop plug according to the invention
• FIG. 1 is a detail view in perspective of the plug base
• - Figure 3 is a perspective view of the cap;
• - Figure 4 is a sectional view of the plug in the first configuration of the plug;
• FIG. 5 is a sectional view of the cap in the third configuration
• FIG. 6 is a sectional view of the plug in the second configuration of the plug.
• the cap 10 is intended to equip a deformable bottle 12 with a cosmetic, pharmaceutical, industrial or food product, in liquid or creamy form.
• the deformable bottle 12 may especially be a rigid bottle with a wall or a piston is movable. This type of bottle is widely known in the state of the art and is for example used to contain toothpastes.
• the volume of the bottle varies as it is used, since the displacement of the mobile wall accompanies the evacuation of the product.
• the volume of the bottle is in this case always completely filled with product.
• the bottle 12 can also be more simply a flexible bottle which is intended to be pressed to cause the evacuation of the product.
• the volume of the bottle is generally invariant, the product which is discharged from the bottle is replaced by air when the pressure exerted on the bottle is released.
• the bottle 12 comprises a neck 14.
• the stopper 10 comprises a substantially tubular base 16, which is intended to be fixed in a sealed manner, on the complementary tubular neck 14 of the bottle 12.
• the base 16 may be fixed on the neck 14 by any means known from the state of the art, for example by interlocking, gluing, welding or screwing,
• the neck 14 of the bottle 12 which has been shown here comprises threads 18 which are intended to sealingly receive a complementary internal tapping 20 of the base 16.
• an "inlet" transverse wall 22 of the base which closes the neck 14 of the bottle 12, comprises at least one inlet orifice 24 which is intended to communicate with the inside of the bottle 12.
• the base 16 receives a substantially tubular cap 26, which covers the base 16 in a sealed manner, and a so-called "upper" transverse wall 28 has at least one outlet 30 for the product outlet.
• the cap 26 and the base 16 seal a chamber 32 for passing the product interposed between the inlet orifice 24 of the base 16 and the orifice 30 output of the product.
• the inlet wall 22 of the base 16 comprising the inlet orifice 24 is arranged at the lower end of a tubular well 17 which extends from an upper transverse wall 19 of the base 16 inside the neck 14 of the bottle 12.
• the upper transverse wall 19 sealingly rests on the neck 14 of the bottle 12.
• a circular ring 21, carried by a lower face 29 of the upper transverse wall 19, is intended to be arranged in contact with an upper face 31 of the neck of the bottle to ensure the seal between the bottle 12 and the base 16.
• the well 17 slidably receives a tubular chimney 23 which extends from the upper transverse wall 28 of the cap 26, said chimney having at its upper end the outlet orifice 30.
• tubular well 17 and the tubular chimney 23 determine the passage chamber 32 in a perfectly sealed manner.
• tubular chimney 23 comprises at its lower end 25 a frustoconical lip 27 sealing with the well 17.
• This frustoconical lip has the advantage, compared to a conventional annular bead, of offering a seal which is all the greater in that the passage chamber 32 is subjected to the pressure of the product passing through it, the pressure of the product effectively frustoconical lip 27 against the wall of the well 17.
• closure and locking associated with a first extreme angular position of the cap 26 and at a first low axial position of said cap 26 relative to the base 16, in which the cap is blocked on the base and in which the outlet of the product is lowered on a closure element 34 which protrudes coaxially with the base 16 from its input transverse wall 22, an end surface 36 of the sealing element 34 sealingly closing the outlet orifice 30 of the product of the cap 26.
• the plug 10 is likely to occupy a second extreme configuration, called the distribution configuration, associated with a second extreme angular position of the cap 26 and at a second high axial position of said cap 26 with respect to the base 16 in which the outlet orifice 30 is arranged with a set clearance "J" determined above the closure element 34 to allow the passage of the product through the inlet and outlet openings 24 and 30 of the passage chamber 32 when the product to be dispensed is subjected to pressure, that is to say in particular in the case of a flexible bottle when pressed.
• the distribution configuration associated with a second extreme angular position of the cap 26 and at a second high axial position of said cap 26 with respect to the base 16 in which the outlet orifice 30 is arranged with a set clearance "J" determined above the closure element 34 to allow the passage of the product through the inlet and outlet openings 24 and 30 of the passage chamber 32 when the product to be dispensed is subjected to pressure, that is to say in particular in the case of a flexible bottle when pressed.
• the plug 10 is capable of passing from the first to the second position via a third intermediate so-called vent configuration in which the relative positions of the cap 26 and the base 16 determine a leakage path 38 of reduced dimensions placing the passage chamber 32 in communication with the outside to vent the bottle 12, in particular allowing said bottle 12, when it is a question of a flexible bottle 12, to resume its shape once pressed.
• the leakage path is achieved in the third angular configuration by an intermediate axial position of the cap 26, in a reduced, non-zero clearance, to partially open the orifice 30.
• the invention proposes an anti-drop plug of the type described above, characterized in that the third intermediate configuration known as venting is associated with the second extreme angular position of the cap 26 and at the first position. axial axis of said cap 26 with respect to the base 16, and in that, in the second angular position of the cap, a means 40 for elastic return of determined stiffness is interposed between the cap 26 and the base 16, to allow the passage of the cap 10 of its third to its second configuration, the cap 26 rising to its upper dispensing position when an injection of product from the neck 14 of the bottle 12 exerts on the upper wall 28 of the passage chamber 32 a sufficient pressure for the effort resulting overcomes the force of said elastic return means 40, and the automatic return of the cap from its third to its second configuration, the cap 26 being returned to its low vertical position on the base 16 when the pressure of the product is released. .
• the escape path 38 is determined by the angular position of the cap 26.
• the escape path 38 consists of two channels 42, 44 formed respectively in the base 16 and in the cap 26, which are cut one out. to the other in the only this second angular position.
• the channel 42 consists of at least one first countersink 42, which is formed in the periphery of the end surface 36 of the closure element 34, and which extends at least free end 46 of said bearing surface 36 so as to communicate with the outside of the plug 10.
• the channel 44 consists of a second counterbore 44, formed in a lower face 48 of the upper wall 28 of the cap 16. This counterbore 44 communicates the periphery of the orifice 30 with the passage chamber 32.
• the range 36 of the element shutter 34 is frustoconical.
• the first countersink 42 is oriented along a generatrix of said frustoconical bearing surface 36.
• the second counterbore 44 is for its part of radial orientation.
• an inner tubular surface 50 of the cap 26 comprises at least a first element and a second element projecting radially towards the inside of the cap 26. These elements are intended to cooperate simultaneously respectively with at least a first angular stop 52 and at least one first axial stop 54, integral with the base 16, to determine the first configuration of the plug 10.
• the cap 26 has at least one third element projecting radially towards the inside of the cap 26 from its inner bearing surface 50, and a fourth inner element with the cap 26 which are intended to cooperate simultaneously respectively with at least one second stop 56 angular and with the means 40 elastic return, secured to the base 16, to determine the second and third configurations of the plug 10.
• the first to fourth elements could be totally independent.
• the inner tubular surface 50 of the cap 26 comprises at least one pin 58, forming the first to fourth elements, which projects radially inwards of the cap 26, and which is intended to cooperate with at least one oblong track 60 which extends in the periphery of a lower end 62 of the base 16 along an angular sector "a" corresponding to the angle formed between the first and second angular positions.
• the track 62 comprises the first angular stop 52, the first upper axial stop 54, the second angular stop 56 and the elastic return means 40, and it determines the first to third configurations of the stopper 10 by guiding the pin 58 during the first run. rotation of the cap 26.
• the track 54 comprises a first section 64, of a width corresponding to the height of the pin 58, which has a first end 52 of the track forming the first angular stop of the pin, an upper edge 54 determines the first upper axial abutment of the pin 58, to determine the first configuration of the plug 10, as shown in Figure 4.
• the track 62 then comprises a second section 66, of a width corresponding to the height of the pin 58, comprising a first boss 68 carried in particular by a lower edge 71 of the track 62, which is arranged at a distance from the first end 52 the track 62 corresponding substantially to the width of the pin 58, which allows the locking of the pin 58 in the first section 64, and which is likely to be crossed by the pin 58 when the cap 26 is rotated.
• the track 62 comprises a third free section 70.
• the track 62 comprises a fourth section 72, a width corresponding to the height of the pin 58, having a second boss 74, carried in particular by the lower edge 71 of the track 62 , which is arranged at a distance from a second end 56 of the track 62 corresponding substantially to the width of the pin 58.
• This section 72 allows the locking of the pin 58 in a fifth section 71, and is likely to be crossed by the pin 58 when the cap 26 is rotated,
• the track 62 comprises the fifth section 76, which extends between the second boss 74 and the second end 56 of Track.
• This fifth section 76 comprises a second end of the track forming the second angular abutment 56 of the pin 58, and an upper edge 40 resiliently biased which forms the elastic return means, to determine the second and third configurations of the plug 10.
• the upper edge 40 of the fifth portion resiliently biased is carried by an elastic tab 78, a first end 80 of which is integral with a first cylindrical portion 82 of a body 84 of the base 16, and which extends with a set "e" around a second cylindrical portion 86 of the body 84 of the base.
• a second end 88 of the tab 78 is flexible and free and can thus flex so that its lower edge constitutes at least the upper edge 40 of the fifth section 76 forming elastic return means.
• stiffness of the tab 78 may be adapted to the different product viscosities to be dispensed in order to ensure the sealing of the system in the third intermediate venting configuration.
• the inner tubular bearing surface 50 of the cap 26 may comprise as many pins 58 distributed angularly in a regular manner that the base 16 may comprise similar tracks 62, and elastic tabs 40, It is essential that the tracks 62 correspond to angular and axial displacements of the pin 58 of the same amplitude. However, it is preferable to have at least two pins 58 for reasons of balancing of the cap 26.
• the base 16 has as many counterbores 42 as tracks 62, the mounting of the cap 26 on the base 16 allowing in the third position the concordance of at least a counterbore 42 with the countersink 44, the other countersinks 42 being unused. It is therefore not necessary to interpose any polarizer between the base 16 and the plug 26.
• FIG. 5 shows a base 16 comprising two countersinks 42 because the base has two tracks 62. It will be understood that a base comprising, for example, three tracks 62 would similarly comprise three countersinks 42.
• the base 16 comprises at least two moon-shaped slots 24 distributed angularly in a regular manner around the closure element 34, which each form an inlet orifice 24.
• the cap 26 comprises at least one external means for fixing a covering element (not shown) which covers the cap 16 and which has a bore (not shown) coinciding with the orifice 30 of the product outlet .
• the invention therefore proposes an anti-drop plug 10 which is particularly innovative in that it makes it possible to prevent dispersion and drying of the product, and is advantageous in that it consists of a limited number of parts, and can therefore as such, be produced at a reduced cost in large series.

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