EP3177407A1

EP3177407A1 - Packaging device for a product to be dispensed

Info

Publication number: EP3177407A1
Application number: EP15759888.9A
Authority: EP
Inventors: Céline DUPONT; Aurélie SEURAT; Bénédicte GORY; Delphine BILLEBEAU
Original assignee: Louis Vuitton Malletier SA
Current assignee: Louis Vuitton Malletier SA
Priority date: 2014-08-08
Filing date: 2015-08-04
Publication date: 2017-06-14
Anticipated expiration: 2035-08-04
Also published as: FR3024715B1; EP3177407B1; EP3388152B1; FR3024715A1; WO2016020620A1; KR20170083528A; ES2687377T3; JP2017523944A; CN106998874A; JP6882162B2; KR102542255B1; CN106998874B; US10987688B2; EP3388152A1; ES2781317T3; US20170232459A1

Abstract

The invention relates to a packaging device comprising a bottle (2) containing a product to be distributed and having a neck (14), and a dispensing device (4) comprising a body (5) arranged in the neck. A cache (10) masking the body of the dispensing device is arranged in the neck of the bottle.

Description

PACKAGING DEVICE FOR A PRODUCT TO BE DISTRIBUTED

The invention relates to packaging devices for a product to be dispensed.

Such packaging devices are known for a product to be dispensed, comprising:

a bottle, able to contain the product to be dispensed and having a neck defining an opening,

a dispensing device comprising a body disposed in the neck and capable of dispensing said product, and

a cache masking the body of the dispensing device.

In such packaging devices, the cover is accessible: it can be soiled by product residues or deteriorated, especially scratched.

The object of the invention is in particular to overcome this drawback.

It proposes for this purpose a packaging device for a product to be dispensed, comprising:

a dispensing device comprising a body disposed in the neck and capable of dispensing said product,

a cache masking the body of the dispensing device.

The device is remarkable in that said cover is in the neck of said bottle. In this way, the cover is protected by the collar and can no longer be soiled, damaged or scratched.

In various embodiments of the packaging device according to the invention, one or more of the following provisions may also be used:

the cover is fixed at least partially on an inner wall of the neck; the neck is made in one piece with the bottle;

where the neck is attached to the vial;

- A washer-shaped seal is positioned at least partially inside the neck, coaxially, against one end of the cache;

the seal is positioned between the cover and the inner wall of the neck; a washer-shaped seal is positioned between the cover and the bottle;

in the case where the cervix is reported; the device comprises a second neck, made in one piece with said bottle, said dispensing device being at least partially fixed in said second neck and said reported neck surrounding said second neck;

the cover comprises two cylindrical coaxial elements respectively comprising an internal thread and an external thread, the internal thread and the external thread coinciding to allow the two elements to be screwed together, one of the elements of the cover being fixed around the second neck and the another element of the cover being fixed inside the reported collar;

the cover comprises a waterproof material to said product;

the cover is made of tinted plastic, metal plastic, metal decorated or textured, or any other material such as cork for example;

the neck has, at a free end, an internal shoulder and the cover has a bent end, adapted to bear against said inner shoulder of said neck;

the neck forms, with an upper end of the bottle, an internal shoulder;

the bottle is made of glass;

the bottle is made of transparent or translucent material.

The invention further relates to a method of producing the packaging device as defined above, according to which the cover is attached to any one of the parts of the ultraviolet radiation bonding device, hot bonding, re-melting of glass, gluing with email, high power drawing or gluing two adhesive metallized plates, one of the two plates being previously glued on the bottle and the other plate being previously glued on the neck.

According to the invention, the neck of the packaging device can be attached to the bottle by being fixed on the packaging device by ultraviolet radiation gluing, hot gluing, glass re-melting, gluing. with email, high power pulsed, or bonding two adhesive metal plates, one of the two plates being previously glued on the glass bottle and the other plate being previously glued on the neck. Advantageously, a glass vial is used.

Other features and advantages of the invention will become apparent from the following description of one of its embodiments, given by way of non-limiting example, with reference to the accompanying drawings.

On the drawings:

FIG. 1 is a partial, diagrammatic cross-sectional view of a packaging device according to a first embodiment according to the invention,

FIG. 2 is a partial, diagrammatic cross-sectional view of a packaging device according to a second embodiment according to the invention,

FIG. 3 is a cross-sectional, partial, exploded and schematic view of a packaging device according to a third embodiment according to the invention,

FIG. 4 is another cross-sectional, partial and diagrammatic view of the packaging device shown in FIG. 3, FIG. 5 is a cross-sectional, schematic view of a neck of a packaging device, shown partially, in accordance with FIG. in a fourth embodiment according to the invention, Figure 6 is another cross-sectional and schematic cross-sectional view of the neck of the conditioning device shown in Figure 5, Figure 7 is a cross-sectional and schematic sectional view of a neck of a partially shown packaging device according to a fifth embodiment according to the invention,

FIG. 8 is a cross-sectional and schematic cross-sectional view of a neck of a partially shown packaging device according to a sixth embodiment according to the invention;

FIG. 9 is a cross-sectional and schematic cross-sectional view of a neck of a partially shown packaging device, according to a seventh embodiment according to the invention, FIG. 10 is a cross-sectional and diagrammatic view of a neck of a packaging device shown partially, according to an eighth embodiment according to the invention; FIG. 11 is a cross-sectional and schematic cross-sectional view of FIG. a neck of a packaging device shown partially, according to a ninth embodiment according to the invention,

and Figure 12 is a cross-sectional and diagrammatic view of a neck of a packaging device shown partially, according to a tenth embodiment according to the invention.

In the description that follows, the terms "inferior", "superior", "high",

"Bas" etc. are used with reference to the drawings for greater ease of understanding. They should not be understood as limitations of the scope of the invention.

In addition, the references designating the same elements have been kept from one figure to another, in order to facilitate reading, and although these elements may have different shapes.

FIG. 1 shows a first exemplary embodiment of a packaging device 1 according to the invention.

The packaging device 1 comprises a transparent or translucent bottle 2 made of glass and formed of a glass body forming a reservoir, able to contain a fluid or liquid product, such as perfume for example. The bottle could also be made of another material such as plastic or Surlyn ©.

According to a first embodiment, the packaging device 1 comprises a neck 14 attached to the glass bottle 2.

The reported collar 14 is a sleeve made of glass by any known technique, for example by molding or blowing a bottle and cutting of its neck.

The sleeve may have any shape of section: square, circular, ovoidal, etc. The sleeve has an end of wider thickness, forming a decorative flange, adapted to be oriented towards the upper part of the dispensing device 1. The sleeve could be made of another material, for example Surlyn® or any other transparent material.

The glass body forming the bottle 1 is surmounted by a second neck 3, also made of glass, made in one piece with the bottle 2, which defines an opening through which the bottle can be filled with said product to be dispensed.

The reported collar 14 and the second collar 3 are coaxial.

The second glass neck 3 at least partially encloses a dispensing device 4.

In particular, the dispensing device 4 may be a manual pump capable of spraying or simply dispensing a dose of product, each actuation.

The dispensing device thus comprises a body 5, commonly called "pump body", connected to a push button 6 coaxial.

The body 5 is fixed, directly or indirectly, in the second neck 3, and the push button 6 is protruding above the neck. In the usual way, the push button 6 is mounted at the free end of a tube 7, also called rod or stem, axially slidably mounted in the body 5 and able to actuate a piston (not shown) contained in the body 5 of the pump, in a manner known per se.

Finally, the dispensing device comprises a plunger tube 15 for taking product from the vial 2 and supplying it to the body 5.

The second neck 3 of the bottle has, at its free end forming the rim of the bottle 1, a bead 8 on which is crimped a ring 9, sometimes called cup or capsule, ensuring the attachment of the dispensing device 4.

In order to render the assembly aesthetic, a cover 10 is fitted around the assembly constituted by the second neck 3 equipped with the dispensing device 4. The cover is in the form of a cap comprising a bottom 12 having a through aperture 13 adapted to to give passage to the push button 6, and a side skirt 1 1, secured to the bottom 12.

In another embodiment, the cover could protrude from the neck and present for example a gadroon to come to allow the latching of a hood.

The cover 10 is fixed on the dispensing device, or on the crimping ring, or on a portion of the bottle 1 by any known means. The reported collar 14 has a height which is substantially the same as that of the cover 10, so as to protect the cover 10 over its entire height and to allow free access to the push button 6 protruding

Such a packaging device is made in the following manner: first, the glass vial 2 and the second neck 3 are made by blowing.

The reported collar 14 is made independently, for example machined pressed glass, injected plastic or by cutting the neck of a bottle made of blown glass.

Then, the reported collar 14 is fitted around the neck 3 of the glass vial 2 and is fixed on the surface of the upper part 18 of the glass vial, in the vicinity of the neck 3 of the glass vial. In the context of this embodiment, the reported collar 14 is attached to the bottle for example by gluing 17 to ultraviolet radiation, hot gluing, re-melting of the glass, gluing with email, or gluing of two adhesive metallized plates one of the two plates being previously glued on the glass bottle and the other plate being previously glued on the neck.

The glass vial 2 is then filled with product.

Finally, the dispensing device 4 is fixed in the neck 3 of the glass bottle 2, and the cover 10 is inserted between the two necks 3 and 14, around the dispensing device 4.

In the context of this example, the neck 14 attached is not fixed to the cover 10 and an annular clearance can be left free between the neck 14 reported and the cover 10.

The clearance left between the neck 14 and the cover 10 makes it possible to avoid a magnifying optical effect. The cover 10, in this case, could also include an enlarged part on the top for aesthetic reasons and also to prevent the dust from infiltrating the space

Figure 2 shows another example of a dispenser according to the invention. The glass bottle 2, its neck 3, the reported collar 14 and the distribution device 4 as a whole are identical to those shown in FIG.

The difference lies in the cover 10 which is made in two parts 100 and 101, preferably plastic. The first part of the cover 10 is a tube of circular section 100 which is glued (bonding bearing the reference 17) inside the reported collar 14.

It will be understood that the circular section tube 100 could be depressed and held by clamping inside the reported collar. Moreover, the tube can be decorated outside, for example, by metallization lacquering etc.

The second part of the cover 10 is a washer 101 having a through opening at its center whose diameter is slightly greater than that of the push button 6 to insert it into the through opening.

Such a packaging device 1 is produced in the following manner: the glass bottle 2 and its neck 3 are made beforehand by blowing, as in the context of the embodiment shown in FIG.

The reported collar 14 is made separately as in the example illustrated in FIG.

1.

The portion 100 of the cover 10 is then fixed inside the reported collar 14 by gluing with ultraviolet radiation (the adhesive layer is referenced 17 in FIG. 2).

The bottle 1 is then filled with product.

Then, the dispensing device 4 is fixed on the glass neck 3 of the bottle 2. Finally, the reported collar 14 is fixed on the upper part 18 of the glass bottle 2, and the washer 101 of the cover is placed and fixed on the end of the tubular portion 100 of the cover, in the reported collar 14.

FIGS. 3 and 4 show still another alternative embodiment of the packaging device 1 according to the invention, comprising a reported collar 14.

In this example, the glass bottle 2, its neck 3, the reported collar 14 and the distribution device 4 as a whole are identical to those shown in FIGS. 1 or 2.

The cache 10 comprises, in this case, two elements 103 and 104.

The elements 1 03 and 1 04 of the cover 10 are tubular and each have a thread, respectively internal and external. The elements 103 and 104 are made of plastic. The element 103 can be decorated or metal cap, and the element can also be decorated. In the context of this example, the glass bottle 2 and its neck 3 are made by blowing beforehand, and the reported collar 14 is made separately, as already described for the examples shown in Figures 1 and 2.

The portion 103 of the cover 10, having the internal thread, is fixed inside the reported collar 14, by gluing with ultraviolet radiation 17.

The attachment of the portion 103 is on the entire inside of the reported collar 14 or partially, to maintain a game designed to prevent the magnifying optical effect. It should be noted that the piece 103 should have an upper rim directed towards the inside of the neck to hide the clearance between the cover and the push button.

It should also be noted that the reported collar 14 can also be decorated on its inside, before gluing the part 103 of the cover, in order to hide the collages and the technical assemblies.

The glass vial 2 is then filled with product.

The dispensing device 4 is fixed on the neck 3 of the bottle 2, in order to seal it hermetically.

In the context of this example, the portion 104 of the cover 10 has a bottom 19 with a hole in its center whose diameter is slightly greater than that of the push button 6 to be inserted into the hole.

According to a variant, the hole is dimensioned to allow passage to the tube 7 of the dispensing device 4. Thus, during assembly, the push button 6 is removed to position the portion 104 of the cover 10, by introducing the tube 7 into the hole through the bottom 19 of the portion 104 of the cache.

Then, the push button is repositioned on the tube 7.

This step of positioning the part 104 of the cover can be done before or after the fixing of the dispensing device on the glass neck 3 of the bottle 2.

Once the dispensing device 4, equipped with the part 1 04 of the cover 1 0, fixed on the neck 3 of the bottle, the reported collar 14 is screwed on the portion 104 of the cover 10.

A washer-shaped pad 20 is positioned between the insert neck 14 and the upper part 18 of the glass bottle 2 in order to damp the glass-to-glass contact and to compensate for the glass tolerances. Figure 4 shows the dispensing device 1 after assembly. The pad 20 could also be glued, overmolded or molded with the part 103 of the cover.

Other embodiments in accordance with the invention may also be envisaged, such as those shown in FIGS. 5 and 6, concerning the production of a fitted collar 14.

FIG. 5 shows an inserted collar 14 previously made independently of the glass bottle 2.

It will be noted that the bottle 2 does not have a neck 3, but an opening 21 allowing the introduction of product into the bottle 2.

Bottle 2 without collar can be obtained in the following manner: a glass bottle 2 is made in a traditional manner, with a glass neck. Then, the glass neck is cut to obtain the bottle 2 shown in FIG.

A functional cover 105, capable of receiving a dispensing device 14 and enabling the assembly to be sealed, is fixed inside the neck 14 which is made of glass.

Fixing is done by gluing 17 to ultraviolet radiation, or any other means of bonding, or else by insertion by clamping in the neck.

The cover 105 can be made of plastic, metal, and can be decorated, textured, metal cap etc.

Inside the insert collar 14, at the end of the cover 105, provision is made to arrange an annular seal 22, the seal being for example attached, biinjected or overmolded to the cover 105.

As was seen in the previous examples, the reported collar 14 thus produced is assembled on the upper part 18 of the bottle 2, around the opening 21, by ultraviolet radiation bonding, hot bonding, adhesive bonding, melting of the glass, gluing with enamel, gluing with fusion of two adhesive metal plates previously glued on each part of the glass, etc. Figure 6 shows the glass bottle assembly 2/14 reported collar after assembly.

The examples which have just been described all relate to embodiments according to which the neck of the dispensing device according to the invention, in which the cover 10 is positioned, is attached to the glass bottle 2. Figures 7 to 1 2 which will now be described relate to embodiments according to which the glass vial does not have a reported collar 14.

In Figures 7 to 12, the glass vial 2 has a neck 23 integral, forming an opening in the vial.

The neck 23 may have at least one internal shoulder to allow a functional assembly of the cache 10, the cache 10 may be a particular cache as it will be seen later.

The internal shoulder may be made in the vicinity of the opening of the neck 23 (see reference 24 in Figures 7, 9, 1 1 and 12). It can also be performed in the bottom of the neck 23 at the junction between the neck 23 and the upper part 18 of the glass vial 2 (see reference 25 in FIGS. 8, 10 and 11).

To make the shoulder 25, it is sufficient to provide a neck 23 with a thinner wall width.

The cover 10, intended to be positioned in a neck 23 having a shoulder near its free end, is of tubular shape and has an end 26 forming a radial bend, directed towards the outside of the cover 10 (FIGS. 7, 9, 1 1 and 12). The bent end 26 is adapted to fit into the shoulder 24 as can be seen in Figures 7, 9, 11 and 12.

The bent end 26 may, itself, comprise a shoulder 27 oriented towards the neck 23 (and thus towards the shoulder 24 of the neck 23), so that when the bent end 26 is positioned in the shoulder 24 of the 23, there is an annular gap between the bent end 26 and the shoulder 24 of the neck 23 of glass.

This empty space may be filled with glue 17 or any other material ensuring the attachment of the cover 10 in the neck 23 (see Figure 7).

To create this empty space, can also be positioned in the shoulder 24 a flat annular seal 28 whose width is less than the width of the shoulder 24 (see Figure 9).

In the case of a neck 23 having a double internal shoulder 24 and 25

(FIG. 11), another flat annular seal 29 can be positioned at the bottom of the low internal shoulder 25, and the non-bent end of the cover 10 is positioned on the annular seal 29 - Another system could however be provided, provided that it ensures a seal to the product contained in the bottle (for example plastic overmolded with the cover 10, the plastic providing a seal function). By reducing the thickness of the bent portion 26 or increasing the depth of the high shoulder 24, a gap can be created between the bent end 26 of the cover 10 and the bottom of the shoulder 24. As shown in FIG. 1 1, this empty space can be filled with glue 17.

It is also possible, as illustrated in FIG. 12, to provide a height of cover 10 sufficient to cover the entire height of the neck 23, and to provide a bent portion 26 that is not very thick to leave a gap between the bent portion 26 and the bottom of the shoulder 24.

In this example, a second empty space is created between the cover 10 and the glass neck 23 by positioning a seal 30 between the inner surface of the neck 23 and the outer surface of the cover 10.

The seal 30 (or sealing system) is positioned, as shown in FIG. 12, at the non-bent end of the cover 10.

FIG. 10 shows yet another embodiment, according to which an annular seal 29 is positioned at the bottom of the low shoulder 25. The thickness of the seal 29 is substantially identical to that of the cover 10, so that when the cover is positioned above the seal 29, the inner surfaces of the seal 29 and the cover 10 are in continuity with each other.

In Figures 8 and 10, the cover 10 is fixed in the neck 23 by bonding 17 between the outer surface of the cover and the inner surface of the neck 23 of glass.

The method for producing the examples illustrated in FIGS. 7 to 12 is now described: The inside of the neck 23 is structured, that is to say that it is made so as to create at least one internal shoulder 24 or 25. This inner structure with shoulder 24 and / or 25 is made in the ring mold during the manufacturing process of the bottle, for example, or by machining etc.

The functional cover 10 is made independently, in a material capable of creating the seal between the product contained in the bottle and the neck 23, so as to protect the ultraviolet radiation bonding, among others.

The seal 28, 29 or 30 is assembled mechanically to seal the bonding. It can be overmoulded or biinjected to the cover 10 or be assembled mechanically. Note that in the embodiments described the bottle and neck are made of glass but it remains within the scope of the invention using other materials, including plastics.

Claims

Packaging device for a product to be dispensed, comprising:

a bottle (2) adapted to contain the product to be dispensed and comprising a neck (14; 23) defining an opening,

a dispensing device (4) comprising a body (5) arranged in the neck (14; 23) and able to dispense said product,

a cover (10; 101 -105) masking the body (5) of the dispensing device (4),

characterized in that said cover (10; 101 -105) is in the neck (14; 23) of said vial.

Packaging device according to claim 1, wherein the cover (10, 101 -105) is fixed at least partially on an inner wall of the neck (14; 23).

Packaging device according to any one of claims 1 or 2, wherein the neck (23) is made in one piece with the bottle (2).

Packaging device according to any one of claims 1 or 2, wherein the neck (14) is attached to the bottle (2).

Packaging device according to claim 3 or 4, wherein a washer-like seal (22, 30) is positioned at least partially inside the neck (14; 23) coaxially against one end of the cover (105). , 10).

Packaging device according to claim 5, wherein the seal (30) is positioned between the cover (10) and the inner wall of the neck (23).

A packaging device according to claim 4, wherein a washer-like seal (22) is positioned between the cover (105) and the vial (2).

Packaging device according to any one of the preceding claims attached to claim 4, comprising a second neck (3), made in one piece with said vial (2), said dispensing device (4) being at least partially fixed in said second neck (3) and said insert neck (14) surrounding said second neck (3).

Packaging device according to claim 8, wherein the cover (10) comprises two cylindrical coaxial elements (103, 104) respectively comprising an internal thread and an external thread, the internal thread and the external thread coinciding to allow the screwing of the two elements. (103, 104) together, one (104) of the elements (103, 104) of the cover (10) being fixed around the second neck (3) and the other member (103) of the cover (10) being attached to the inside of the reported collar (14).

Packaging device according to any one of the preceding claims, wherein the cover (105) comprises a sealing material to said product.

Packaging device according to claim 10, wherein the cover (10, 101 -105) is made of tinted plastic, metal-clad plastic, decorated or textured metal.

Packaging device according to any one of the preceding claims, in which the neck (23) has, at a free end, an internal shoulder (24) and in which the cover (10) has a bent end (26) adapted to abut against said shoulder (24) inside said collar.

Packaging device according to any one of the preceding claims, wherein the neck (23) forms, with an upper end (18) of the bottle (2) an internal shoulder (25). Packaging device according to any one of the preceding claims, wherein the bottle is made of glass.

Packaging device according to any one of the preceding claims, wherein the bottle is of transparent or translucent material.

A method of producing the packaging device (1) according to any one of the preceding claims, wherein the cover (10, 101 -105) is attached to any one of the parts of the packaging device (1) by gluing with ultraviolet radiation, hot gluing, glass re-melting, gluing with email, high power drawing or gluing two adhesive metallized plates, one of the two plates being glued beforehand on the bottle and the other plate is previously glued on the neck.

A process according to claim 16, wherein the neck (14) is attached to the vial (2) and in that the insert neck (14) is attached to the conditioning device (1) by ultraviolet radiation bonding, bonding hot, re-melting of glass, gluing with email, high power drawing or gluing of two adhesive metallized plates, one of the two plates being previously glued on the bottle and the other plate being previously glued on the collar.

A process according to claim 16 or claim 17, wherein a glass vial is used.