EP2953724B1 - Dispositif distributeur de fluide et procede de fabrication d'un tel dispositif - Google Patents

Dispositif distributeur de fluide et procede de fabrication d'un tel dispositif Download PDF

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EP2953724B1
EP2953724B1 EP14705295.5A EP14705295A EP2953724B1 EP 2953724 B1 EP2953724 B1 EP 2953724B1 EP 14705295 A EP14705295 A EP 14705295A EP 2953724 B1 EP2953724 B1 EP 2953724B1
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    • 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
    • B05B11/1028—Pumps having a pumping chamber with a deformable wall
    • B05B11/1032—Pumps having a pumping chamber with a deformable wall actuated without substantial movement of the nozzle in the direction of the pressure stroke
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    • B05—SPRAYING OR ATOMISING IN GENERAL; APPLYING FLUENT MATERIALS TO SURFACES, IN GENERAL
    • B05B—SPRAYING APPARATUS; ATOMISING APPARATUS; NOZZLES
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    • B05B11/0037—Containers
    • B05B11/0039—Containers associated with means for compensating the pressure difference between the ambient pressure and the pressure inside the container, e.g. pressure relief means
    • B05B11/0044—Containers associated with means for compensating the pressure difference between the ambient pressure and the pressure inside the container, e.g. pressure relief means compensating underpressure by ingress of atmospheric air into the container, i.e. with venting means
    • B05B11/00442—Containers associated with means for compensating the pressure difference between the ambient pressure and the pressure inside the container, e.g. pressure relief means compensating underpressure by ingress of atmospheric air into the container, i.e. with venting means the means being actuated by the difference between the atmospheric pressure and the pressure inside the container
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B05—SPRAYING OR ATOMISING IN GENERAL; APPLYING FLUENT MATERIALS TO SURFACES, IN GENERAL
    • B05B—SPRAYING APPARATUS; ATOMISING APPARATUS; NOZZLES
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    • B05B11/0062—Outlet valves actuated by the pressure of the fluid to be sprayed
    • B05B11/007—Outlet valves actuated by the pressure of the fluid to be sprayed being opened by deformation of a sealing element made of resiliently deformable material, e.g. flaps, skirts, duck-bill valves
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    • B05—SPRAYING OR ATOMISING IN GENERAL; APPLYING FLUENT MATERIALS TO SURFACES, IN GENERAL
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    • B05B11/0062—Outlet valves actuated by the pressure of the fluid to be sprayed
    • B05B11/0075—Two outlet valves being placed in a delivery conduit, one downstream the other
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B05—SPRAYING OR ATOMISING IN GENERAL; APPLYING FLUENT MATERIALS TO SURFACES, IN GENERAL
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    • 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
    • B05B11/02—Membranes or pistons acting on the contents inside the container, e.g. follower pistons
    • B05B11/026—Membranes separating the content remaining in the container from the atmospheric air to compensate underpressure inside the container
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    • B05—SPRAYING OR ATOMISING IN GENERAL; APPLYING FLUENT MATERIALS TO SURFACES, IN GENERAL
    • B05B—SPRAYING APPARATUS; ATOMISING APPARATUS; NOZZLES
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    • 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
    • B05B11/04—Deformable containers producing the flow, e.g. squeeze bottles
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B05—SPRAYING OR ATOMISING IN GENERAL; APPLYING FLUENT MATERIALS TO SURFACES, IN GENERAL
    • B05B—SPRAYING APPARATUS; ATOMISING APPARATUS; NOZZLES
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    • 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
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    • B05B11/047—Deformable containers producing the flow, e.g. squeeze bottles characterised by the outlet or venting means
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B05—SPRAYING OR ATOMISING IN GENERAL; APPLYING FLUENT MATERIALS TO SURFACES, IN GENERAL
    • B05B—SPRAYING APPARATUS; ATOMISING APPARATUS; NOZZLES
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    • 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
    • B05B11/1064—Pump inlet and outlet valve elements integrally formed of a deformable material
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B01—PHYSICAL OR CHEMICAL PROCESSES OR APPARATUS IN GENERAL
    • B01F—MIXING, e.g. DISSOLVING, EMULSIFYING OR DISPERSING
    • B01F35/00—Accessories for mixers; Auxiliary operations or auxiliary devices; Parts or details of general application
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    • B01F35/32021—Shaking by hand a portable receptacle or stirrer for mixing
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B05—SPRAYING OR ATOMISING IN GENERAL; APPLYING FLUENT MATERIALS TO SURFACES, IN GENERAL
    • B05B—SPRAYING APPARATUS; ATOMISING APPARATUS; NOZZLES
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    • 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
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  • the present invention relates to a device for dispensing a fluid and a method for making such a device.
  • the technical field of the invention is in a non-limiting manner that of soap dispensing devices, cosmetic, or other, for volumes to be dispensed more or less important, for example, a device attached to a wall for dispensing large volumes of soap or a device of the advertising sample type for smaller volumes of cosmetics.
  • Such a device according to the state of the art is manufactured by introducing a dispensing valve on the side of a deformable bag arranged to be deformed by pressure.
  • the valve in the state of the prior art is thus clipped on a portion of the pocket, called bottom wall, arranged to accommodate it.
  • a major disadvantage of this type of device manufacturing method according to the state of the art is that, because of the difficulty of insertion of the valve in the device, it can be time consuming and / or damage the valve during assembly affecting the tightness of the device.
  • the object of the present invention is to solve at least this problem posed by the state of the art.
  • the dispensing valve is held in the device by clamping between internal walls of the dispensing duct.
  • the dispensing valve includes a dispensing membrane including a free end arranged to move to move the dispensing valve between its open and closed states.
  • dispensing seat In the closed state of the dispensing valve, its free end is pressed against a portion of an inner wall of the dispensing duct, this part being called dispensing seat.
  • the dispensing seat is limited to one side of the distribution duct, and does not do all the round of a section of the distribution duct that would be made in a plane perpendicular to the distribution direction.
  • the dispensing valve can be connected to a connecting element, the dispensing valve and the connecting element being preferably integral and in one piece.
  • the dispensing valve and the connecting element are preferably integrally contained in the dispensing duct.
  • the dispensing valve is preferably maintained in the device by clamping the connecting element between the inner walls of the dispensing duct.
  • the supply valve and the dispensing valve can be connected by the connecting element, the two valves and the connecting element being integral and in one piece and the two valves being held in the device by clamping. of the connecting element between the inner walls of the distribution duct.
  • the dispensing valve is preferably maintained in the device according to the invention by clamping the connecting element in the dispensing duct, typically after a displacement or insertion of the dispensing valve into the dispensing duct.
  • the device according to the invention may comprise a reservoir (preferably non-deformable or semi-rigid), so that the supply conduit connects the reservoir to the deformable bag.
  • the device according to the invention may comprise a passage (for example streaks) arranged to allow an air passage of the distribution duct towards the interior of the tank without passing through the pocket or the supply duct. .
  • This passage is preferably located between an inner wall of the dispensing duct and the connecting element.
  • the supply valve may comprise a supply membrane comprising a free end relative to the connecting element, this free end being arranged to move to move the supply valve between its open and closed states. and a joining part with the joining element.
  • the supply membrane may extend from its joining portion to its free end at least partly in the distribution direction.
  • the supply membrane may preferably be flat and extend from its joining portion to its free end at an angle less than 45 ° with respect to the dispensing direction.
  • the supply membrane may extend from its joining portion to its free end at an angle greater than 5 ° with respect to the dispensing direction.
  • this angle is between 5 ° and 45 °. Even more preferably, this angle is between 5 ° and 20 °.
  • the free end of the feed membrane (and preferably only the free end of the feed membrane, and not its joining portion) may be in the pocket.
  • the dispensing valve comprises the dispensing membrane comprising the free end relative to the connecting element, this free end being arranged to move to move the dispensing valve between its open and closed states and a connecting portion with the joining element.
  • the dispensing membrane may extend from its joining portion to its free end at least partly in the distribution direction.
  • the dispensing membrane may preferably be flat and extend from its joining portion to its free end at an angle less than 45 ° with respect to the dispensing direction.
  • this angle is preferably greater than 0.1 °.
  • this angle is between 0.1 ° and 45 °. Even more preferably, this angle is between 0.1 ° and 15 °.
  • the free end of the dispensing membrane may be in the dispensing duct.
  • the dispensing device may further comprise a return means integral with the membrane of the dispensing valve and resting on an inner wall of the dispensing duct, arranged to exert a force on the dispensing membrane. returning the dispensing valve from its open position to its closed position.
  • the joining portion of the supply membrane may be further away from the pouch than the joining portion of the dispensing membrane.
  • the connecting element can be located between the distribution and supply valves.
  • the distribution duct may comprise opposite internal walls coming closer as one approaches the dispensing valve (ie, according to the embodiment considered, as one closer to the joining element and / or the single piece).
  • the dispensing device according to the invention may further comprise an opening between the distribution and supply ducts, said opening being blocked by the connecting element.
  • the dispensing device may further comprise guide means arranged to guide the free end of the supply membrane through the opening of the dispensing duct into the pocket.
  • the dispensing device according to the invention may further comprise a closure valve located in the distribution duct between the dispensing valve and an outlet of the distribution duct towards the outside of the device according to the invention.
  • the closure valve and the dispensing valve are preferably integral in one piece.
  • the insertion may comprise a passage from the supply valve of the distribution duct to the supply duct through the opening.
  • the insertion may comprise guiding, by the guiding means, the free end of the supply membrane through the opening of the dispensing duct into the pocket.
  • the fluid in the device 16 preferably comprises a liquid.
  • This fluid may consist of either a liquid or a mixture of liquid and gas (for example a foam) or a gel.
  • the deformable bag 2 is arranged to be deformed by pressing by pressing on it in a direction of pressure 3. It is also arranged to open or close the supply valve 4 or dispensing valve 5, as the pocket 2 is pressed or released.
  • the supply valve 4 prevents a passage of fluid from the supply duct 6 to the inside of the bag 2.
  • the dispensing valve 5 prevents a passage of fluid from the interior of the bag 2 to the dispensing duct 8.
  • the pocket is delimited by a bottom wall 14 and a deformable lid 15.
  • the dispensing valve 5 is held in the device by clamping between internal walls of the distribution duct 8.
  • the supply duct 6 extends along the distribution direction 10.
  • the distribution duct 8 extends along the distribution direction 10.
  • the supply and distribution ducts 6 are in the extension of one another, ie they extend along the same axis parallel to the distribution direction 10.
  • the dispensing valve 5 is not on the side of the deformable bag 2 but inside the distribution duct 8.
  • the dispensing valve 5 is neither clipped nor welded but held by clamping between the inner walls of the duct. distribution 8.
  • the supply valve 4 and the distribution valve 5 are connected by a connecting element 11.
  • the two supply valves 4 and distribution 5 and the connecting element 11 are integral and in a single piece 12.
  • This unique 12 piece is monobloc. It is made of a single material.
  • the realization in one block of the feed valves 4 and distribution 5 reduces the insertion time of these valves. There is no other clamping piece for tightening the supply and distribution valves 4 and 5.
  • junction element 11 is completely contained in the distribution duct 8 (compression ready of this junction element 11).
  • the two supply and distribution valves 4 are held in the device 16 by clamping the joining element 11 between the internal walls of the distribution duct 8.
  • the tightening of the joining element 11 is a compression (ie a reduction of the section of the joining element 11 in a plane parallel to the view of the figure 4 between a free position of the part 12 before mounting in the device 16 and its position mounted inside the device 16 as illustrated in FIG. figure 1 ) typically between 5% and 80%, preferably of the order of 25% +/- 5%.
  • the joining element 11 typically has a hardness of 70-80 Shore A.
  • the supply valve 4 comprises a supply membrane 7.
  • the supply membrane 7 comprises a free end 21 with respect to the connecting element 11. This free end 21 is arranged to move to move the valve power supply 4 between its open and closed states.
  • the supply membrane 7 also comprises a connecting portion 22 with the joining element 11. This joining portion 22 is located in the supply duct 6.
  • the dispensing valve 5 comprises a dispensing membrane 9.
  • the dispensing diaphragm 9 comprises a free end 19 with respect to the connecting element 11. This free end 19 is arranged to move to make the dispensing valve 5 pass between its states open and closed.
  • the distribution membrane 9 also comprises a joining portion 20 with the joining element 11.
  • the joining portion 20, 22 of each of the supply and distribution valves 5 attached to the joining element 11, and the joining element 11, are arranged on the side of the supply and supply ducts 6. and not inside the pocket 2.
  • the supply membrane 7 extends from its joining portion 22 to its free end 21. This extension is at least partly in the dispensing direction 10.
  • the supply membrane 7 is flat. It extends from its junction portion 22 to its free end 21 at an angle 18 preferably less than 45 ° with respect to the dispensing direction 10.
  • the supply membrane 7 extends from its joining portion 22 towards its free end 21 at an angle preferably greater than 5 ° with respect to the dispensing direction 10.
  • the angle between the supply membrane 7 and the dispensing direction 10 is 15 °.
  • the free end 21 of the supply membrane 7 is in the pocket 2 and not in the supply duct 6.
  • the free end 21 is the end which is not on the side of the joining element 11.
  • the free end 21 can deform and / or move.
  • the joining portion 22 of the supply membrane 7 is not in the pocket 2.
  • the joining portion 22 is on the supply duct 6 side with respect to the bottom wall 14.
  • the distribution membrane 9 extends from its joining portion to its free end. This extension is at least partly in the distribution direction 10.
  • the distribution membrane 9 is flat. It extends from its joining portion to its free end at an angle preferably less than 15 ° with respect to the distribution direction 10.
  • the angle between the dispensing membrane 9 and the dispensing direction 10 is very slightly greater than 0 ° (typically between 0.1 ° and 1 °). This very weak angle is not noticeable on the figure 1 but is sufficient to press the dispensing valve 5 in its closed state for a good seal. In other variants, one can have larger values of this angle (typically between 1 ° and 5 °).
  • the free end 19 of the distribution membrane 9 is in the distribution duct 8 and not in the pocket 2.
  • the free end 19 of the dispensing membrane 9 is the end that is not on the side of the dispensing membrane. Junction element 11.
  • the free end 19 of the distribution membrane 9 can deform and / or move.
  • the device 16 also comprises a return means 29.
  • the return means 29 is integral with the dispensing membrane 9 of the dispensing valve 5. It is supported on an inner wall of the dispensing duct 5 and is arranged to exert an force on the dispensing membrane 9. This force returns the dispensing valve 5 from its position open to its closed position. Thus, the dispensing valve 5 is in the closed state when a pressure variation on the bag 2 is negative or zero.
  • the joining portion 22 of the supply membrane 7 is further away from the bag 2 (or lid 15) than all the joining portion 20 of the dispensing membrane 9.
  • the joining element 11 is located between the distribution and supply valves 4.
  • the figure 2 represents the cutting plane AA of the figure 4 .
  • This cutting plane AA is perpendicular to the distribution direction 10.
  • the figure 4 is a view of the device 16 in frontal section along the plane AA shown in FIG. figure 2 .
  • the internal walls of the distribution duct 8 are opposite and come closer when approaching parallel to the direction 10 (from one end of the distribution duct 8 opposite the supply duct 6) of the single piece 12. The approximation of these walls makes it possible to tighten the joining element 11 between them.
  • the joining element 11 is held in the device 16 by clamping between internal walls of the distribution duct 8 at a step M formed by these internal walls. This step M goes up towards the pocket 2.
  • the device 16 also comprises an opening D.
  • the opening D is located between the supply and supply ducts 8 and 6.
  • the opening D (allowing the passage of the supply membrane 7 during its assembly) is blocked by the connecting element 11.
  • the device 16 also comprises guide means F (comprising a plane inclined with respect to the distribution direction 10) arranged to guide the free end 21 of the supply membrane 7 through the opening D of the distribution duct 8 into the pocket 2.
  • guide means F comprising a plane inclined with respect to the distribution direction 10.
  • the device 16 also comprises an output element (optional) 13 making it possible, for example, to transform a jet of fluid into a spray.
  • the output element 13 makes it possible to reduce the circumference of the distribution duct 8.
  • the output element 13 is disposed on the side of one end of the distribution duct 8 opposite to the supply duct 6.
  • the method comprises a step of inserting the dispensing valve 5 (ie preferably the single piece 12) by the distribution duct 8.
  • the method also comprises a step of displacing this dispensing valve 5 (ie preferably single piece 12) parallel to the dispensing direction 10 in the distribution duct 8 to position the dispensing valve 5 (ie preferably the single piece 12) to obtain the device 16 as described above with reference to the Figures 1 to 5 , ie until the connecting element 11 comes to plug the opening D and / or until the dispensing valve 5 is held in the device by clamping (of the connecting element 11) between internal walls of the distribution duct 8.
  • the displacement of the dispensing valve 5 (preferably the single piece 12) is effected by sliding of the dispensing valve 5 (preferably the single single piece 12) in the dispensing duct 8.
  • the step M makes it possible to finalize the tightening of the dispensing valve 5 (more exactly of the joining element 11) during the assembly of the device 16, so that the sliding of the dispensing valve 5 in the distribution duct 8 comprises at the level of the step M, a displacement of the dispensing valve 5 in the direction of the bag 2 (ie towards its seat). This ensures a good seal.
  • the insertion step comprises a passage from the supply valve 4 of the distribution duct 8 to the supply duct 6 by the opening D.
  • This insertion step comprises a guide, by the guide means F, of the free end 21 of the supply membrane 7 through the opening D of the distribution duct 8 into the pocket 2 .
  • the output element 13 is finally inserted into the device 16, on the side of one end of the distribution duct 8 opposite to the supply duct 6.
  • a variant of device 16 according to the invention further comprises a tooth or protuberance 26 arranged to sink into the joining element 11 (or in the element 11a).
  • this tooth or protrusion 26 prevents the dispensing valve 5 from slipping inside the dispensing duct 8.
  • the valve 28 is maintained by being itself compressed and deformed in the distribution duct 8, in this embodiment by the walls of the duct 8 which approach as previously described.
  • the device 16 preferably comprises a tooth or protuberance 31 arranged to be inserted into the valve 28.
  • this tooth or protrusion 31 prevents the dispensing valve 5 from slipping inside the dispensing duct 8.
  • the tooth 31 is made by drilling a hole 39 through the device 16 into the distribution duct 8. Once the valve 28 is in place in the duct 8, the hole 39 is plugged by the valve 28.
  • valve 28 comprises a concave groove 54 arranged to let the fluid when the valve 28 is in its open state.
  • the device 16 is no longer airtight.
  • Streaks made under the element 11 or 11a in the extension of the distribution channel allow with the deformation of a flexible portion of material of the element 11 or 11a to create micro channels. These micro channels are at the bottom of the streaks (hollow).
  • the valves 4, 5 are sealed to prevent leakage of the fluid (which may be either a liquid or a mixture of liquid and gas (for example a foam) or in a gel) of the bag 2 towards the outside of the device 16.
  • the fluid which may be either a liquid or a mixture of liquid and gas (for example a foam) or in a gel
  • the passage 34 typically consists of streaks of microscopic height (typically between 50 and 600 microns) forming microchannels.
  • an alternative device 16 according to the invention may not comprise a supply valve 4.
  • the manufacturing method of this variant of device 16 comprises a step of insertion of the dispensing valve 5 by the dispensing duct 8 and a step of displacing this dispensing valve 5 by sliding it in the dispensing duct. 8 until the dispensing valve is held in the device 16 by clamping between internal walls of the dispensing duct 8 (i.e. by clamping forces exerted by the dispensing duct 8 on the valve 5 or on the element 11a, these clamping forces having a component perpendicular to the inner walls of the distribution duct 8 in contact respectively with the valve 5 or the element 11a, the combination 52 of all the components of these forces.
  • clamping device is preferably substantially perpendicular to the inner walls of the conduit 8 in contact respectively with the valve 5 or the element 11a (or perpendicular to the direction of distribution 10) or at least forming an angle 53 greater than 45 ° relative to the inner walls of the conduit 8 in contact respectively with the valve 5 or the element 11a (or with respect to the dispensing direction 10)).
  • This valve 5 is integral with the connecting element 11a which has a slope 50 which increases when the valve 5 enters the distribution duct 8 by the rear 43.
  • This slope 50 allows the progressive crushing of the material of the element 11a during its introduction by sliding along the distribution duct 8. The material thus compressed allows clamping with the distribution duct 8.
  • the amplitude 51 of the deformation is typically of the order of 0.1 to 0.4 mm.
  • the distribution membrane 9 and the connecting element 11 or 11a are located side by side along the distribution direction 10 .
  • the seat 24 is limited to one face, preferably plane, of the distribution duct 8, and does not do all the round of a section of the distribution duct 8 which would be made in a plane perpendicular to the direction of distribution 10.

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