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
  • 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
  • B65D83/206—Actuator caps, or peripheral actuator skirts, attachable to the aerosol container comprising a cantilevered actuator element, e.g. a lever pivoting about a living hinge
• • 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
  • B05B11/1052—Actuation means
  • B05B11/1056—Actuation means comprising rotatable or articulated levers

Definitions

• the present invention relates to a lateral actuating system intended to be associated with or mounted on a fluid dispenser device itself associated or mounted on a container containing the fluid to be dispensed which may be a liquid or a viscous product .
• the actuation of this dispensing device makes it possible to extract from the container the fluid that is dispensed through a dispensing orifice.
• the dispensing device consists of a body enclosing the mechanism and fixedly mounted on the neck of the container.
• the dispensing device also comprises an axially displaceable pusher.
• the actuation of the pusher is done by the index from top to bottom and it is not always easy both to maintain the container and to press the pusher, the force required to actuate the dispensing device being often consequent (of the order of 2kg) and lacking comfort of use.
• the European patent EP 0385863 A1 discloses a capsule for a spray bottle equipped with a control device attached to the pusher, consisting of an extended fixing skirt by levers and / or legs-type actuating members to which the skirt is connected by a flexible part. Under the effect of a lateral thrust on said actuating means the pusher is pressed axially. The lateral thrust is made through fins or half-shells through the thumb and forefinger. This thrust has the effect of pivoting levers and tabs causing the actuation of the dispensing portion also deforming the flexible portion of the capsule.
• European patent EP 0734968 A1 is also known, the latter describing a spray head also comprising two levers, the latter being interconnected by a connection piece with at least one flexible part.
• This flexible portion has a central piece protruding above the pusher and contacting the resting. The pivoting of the two levers along an axis located above the connecting piece deforms the latter and triggers the mechanism.
• the aforementioned devices are characterized by levers, fins or blades which pivoting most often introduce a fairly complex deformation of a flexible element.
• the present invention therefore proposes to provide a lateral actuation system that does not have the drawbacks mentioned above according to the prior art and is intended to allow user comfort related to lateral actuation while reducing deformation. necessary to this one, allowing a flexible operation reducing the feeling of effort as well as a reduced space requirement not requiring a specific shape of hood and thus applicable for luxurious products like the devices of diffusions of perfumes or cream while also limiting the Number of pieces.
• a lateral actuation system for being associated or mounted on a container containing the fluid to be dispensed which may be a liquid or a viscous product and comprising: - A fluid dispenser member such as a pump or a valve on which is mounted a pusher axially displaceable and actuating the dispenser member.
• a flexible actuating element integral or independent of the pusher, inserted inside said cover and abutting when actuated on the inner ceiling of said cover or any element that can serve as a stop, possibly perforated by example stirrup-shaped, and possibly overflowing it through one or more lights.
• This stop principle allows a reaction effect effect thus allowing the flexible element to restore the lateral force directly and only on the dispensing pusher. This has the advantage of thus limiting the lateral actuating stroke to achieve the entire stroke necessary for the dispenser member to function properly.
• this architecture can channel the lateral force down the dispensing pusher and not on the top as usual. This has the result of considerably reducing the size of the actuating system and thus be able to maintain identical volumes to conventional systems for actuating the distribution pusher protected by a cover. In the same way this architecture lengthening the dimension of the arms of the flexible element, the actuation force is reduced.
• the mobile pusher with lateral distribution can be extended downwards, under the outlet zone of the fluid of the dispensing member to form a shoulder and the abutment, said abutment comprising a portion upper integral with said pusher and a lower portion having a bearing zone.
• Figure 1 is a longitudinal axial sectional view of the lateral actuating system at rest according to the present invention.
• FIG. 2 illustrates the same view, the lateral actuation system being this time activated
• Figure 3 illustrates the system of lateral actuation at rest seen from above.
• Figures 4 and 5 illustrate a variant of the present invention, the flexible part and the dispensing pusher being formed in one piece.
• Figures 6 and 7 illustrate a second variant of the flexible element.
• Figures 8 and 9 illustrate a third variant.
• FIGS 10, 11 and 12 illustrate an adaptation of the above variants.
• FIGS. 13 and 14 illustrate another variant of the system according to the invention using ears
• Figures 15 and 16 illustrate another variant of the system according to the invention, the flexible element having four bending points.
• the lateral actuation system comprises, in this nonlimiting exemplary embodiment, a fluid distribution member (here a metering pump) generally designated by the reference 1 which is positioned on the container 2, usually made of glass or plastic containing the product to be dispensed.
• the dispensing member 1 may be a pump or a valve. It is surmounted by a dispensing pusher 3 which is extended downwards.
• the extension is here represented by a shoulder 4 and a stop 5. However, this extension could be of the same diameter as the top of the pusher.
• the dispensing pusher 3 is designed in such a way that the shoulder 4 or its downward extension substantially covers the whole of the dispensing member 1, the residual space 5a (FIG.
• the lateral actuation system also comprises a cover 6 fixed firmly on the container 2, ideally by clipping, gluing or screwing.
• a clipping 1 1.
• the cover 6 in another variant could also be fixed directly on the dispensing member 1 and not on the container 2.
• the flexible actuating element elastic knee type
• This flexible element 7 ideally abuts in its upper part 18 on the inner ceiling 8 of said cover 6.
• the flexible element 7 comprises at least 2 bending points 12 and 14 knee-type .
• the two bearing surfaces 9 of the flexible actuating element 7 protrude from the cover 6 through the two openings 10 made in said cover 6, ideally opposite each other.
• the cover 6 fulfills several functions. Its first classic function is to hide and protect the distribution member 1.
• the cover also serves as a fulcrum or abutment for the flexible element 7 to allow the actuation force to be transmitted only downwards from the dispensing pusher at the abutment 5.
• This principle abutment allows a reaction effect effect thus allowing the flexible element to restore the lateral force directly and only on the dispensing pusher without any other artifice or deformation than the leverage thus generated at the knee in 12 and 14 of the flexible element 7.
• the design of the present invention allows a limited space, the top of the dispensing pushbutton 3 which can be located at rest within only 3 millimeters of the ceiling of the cover 8, as in the case of a conventional configuration of vertical actuation of a sys distribution system.
• the flexible element 7 may not be in contact with the dispensing pusher 3 at the abutment stop 5 or at another point of said pusher leaving a space 15 and thus not to disturb the sealing of the dispensing member 1 at rest.
• FIGS. 4 and 5 illustrate a first variant of the present invention according to which the flexible element 7 and the distribution pusher 3 of FIGS. 1 and 2 are united in a single piece 15 that we will call an integrated lateral actuating pusher .
• the operation is identical to the description of Figures 1 and 2.
• the flexible portion of the integrated lateral actuating pusher 15 has at least 3 knee-type bending points 12, 14 and 16.
• a dispensing member 1 comprising an integrated lateral actuating dispensing plunger 15 in the present version, a container 2 containing the fluid to be dispensed and a cover 6 covering the integrated lateral actuating pusher 15.
• a compensation spring 17 can be integrated on the flexible part of the dispensing pusher 15. These compensation springs 17 can be injected at the same time as the dispensing pusher 15 or the flexible element 7 and thus be one piece.
• These compensation springs 17 can be applied in both variants with flexible portion 7 integrated or not to the dispensing pusher. These compensation springs 17 are in permanent contact with the ceiling 8 of the cover 6 even in the rest position. These compensation springs 17 thus make it possible to permanently hold the dispensing pusher 15 or the flexible element 7 against the ceiling 8 of the cover 6 even in the rest phase without opening and actuating the dispensing member 1. They thus compensate for the inevitable play in the vertical assemblies and variable heights of the integrated lateral actuation push-button 15. When pressure is exerted on the two bearing surfaces 9, the compensation springs 17 immediately collapse against the ceiling 8 of the cover 6 and the top of the flexible portion 18 of the dispensing pusher 15 or the flexible portion 7 immediately abuts against the ceiling 18 of the cover 6. The advantage of these compensation springs is to avoid any movement or sloshing of the flexible portion 7 or the dispensing pusher with integrated actuation 15 in the rest position.
• Figures 6 and 7 show a second variant of the present invention.
• This variant is advantageous to implement in the case of bottle and luxury product.
• the two bearing surfaces 9 of the flexible element 7 no longer protrude from the cover 6 but lie in the extension thereof.
• the bearing surfaces 9 are increased and widened by ears 19 so as to merge with the cover 6.
• the openings 10 can be increased and cover a large part of the sidewall of the hood and also appear on the top 6.
• These lugs 19 of the bearing surfaces 9 can be applied to the flexible element 7 or to the integrated lateral actuating pusher 15.
• FIG. 13 and 14 Figures 8 and 9 show a third variant of the present invention.
• This variant allows another aesthetic choice and also allows to be able to adapt to cover 6 larger than before that can be found on some perfume bottles in particular and without changing the shape of the flexible element 7 d 'origin.
• the bearing surfaces 9 are in contact with lateral pushers 20 and 20a which slide inside the cover 6 or specific arrangements 21.
• the actuation of the dispensing member 1 by the thumb and forefinger is no longer directly on the bearing surfaces 9 of the flexible element but on the side pushers 20 and 20a.
• This variant is applicable both with the flexible element 7 and with the integrated lateral actuation push-button 15.
• Figures 13 and 14 illustrate a slight variation of the embodiment illustrated in Figures 8 and 9.
• FIGS 10, 11 and 12 describe an adaptation applicable to the various variants listed above.
• It represents an overcap 22 mounted on the cover 6, ideally by clipping, for example by means of a groove and a circular ring 23.
• This overcap 22 has one or more locking lugs 24.
• This overcap 22 is mounted on the cover 6 with the possibility of turning on said cover 6. This rotation of the overcap 22 around the cover 6 is intended to lock and unlock the dispensing member 1. In the unlocked position the bearing surfaces 9 of the flexible element
• FIGS. 15 and 16 illustrate another variant of the system according to the invention, the flexible element having four bending points. The number of flex points is not limited to two or four but depends on the profile chosen for the flexible element.

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