EP3282886B1 - Distributeur de supports destinés à être imprégnés d'une odeur - Google Patents

Distributeur de supports destinés à être imprégnés d'une odeur Download PDF

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EP3282886B1
EP3282886B1 EP16717311.1A EP16717311A EP3282886B1 EP 3282886 B1 EP3282886 B1 EP 3282886B1 EP 16717311 A EP16717311 A EP 16717311A EP 3282886 B1 EP3282886 B1 EP 3282886B1
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Laurence Leveque
Guillaume SERRE
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  • the field of the invention is that of the selection by a person of a perfume, an aroma, a bouquet, a scent, a fragrance, a smell, with the aim of acquiring a bottle or a bottle of perfume, eau de toilette, a tube or a box of cosmetic cream, or even a culinary dish or a drink.
  • This selection is generally carried out, with regard to perfumery products, using supports called “strips", or “rolls", of paper, fabric or other similar material.
  • the selection of a perfume is often made using presentation bottles and strips. A person sprays a little perfume from a bottle to impregnate a strip which they will then smell.
  • This selection method has several drawbacks. Selection media are commonly stored in a glass or container, unsuitable as it can be overturned, and the strips are left unprotected. The selection vials used can be overused and this results in high consumption, a need for regular replenishment and saturation of space. And above all, it can be difficult, after several selections of different perfumes, to really identify the perfumes tested on the different strips used.
  • This machine makes it easier to manage the selection bottles and makes it possible to avoid overconsumption of perfume, in particular because a lock, which is released only if a strip is inserted in the machine, prevents spraying in the event that the tray strip support would be pushed without a strip being placed there.
  • An advantage is that this machine is actuated simply by the user when he pushes the strip and its support in the machine. But it requires the provision of the strips outside the machine, which does not solve the problem of storage and presentation of said nor the identification after several selections of different perfumes.
  • the document US6637620 describes another apparatus for dispensing strips impregnated with perfume.
  • This device comprises a box containing a reserve of strips which can be supplied one by one by means of a drive system, actuated by an external crank, which makes the strip available by a slot in the box.
  • actuation of the crank causes, by means of a rack and pinion system acting on a perfume diffusion pump, the spraying of the perfume on the strip before it can be removed from the housing by the user.
  • This device therefore ensures the storage and preservation of the selection strips before they are used, and also avoids excessive consumption of perfume. But its use requires manipulation of the crank.
  • the strips are individualized beforehand for each dispensing device, which greatly complicates their management, the problem of identification after several selections of different perfumes remains, insofar as there is nothing to differentiate the strips after they have been removed from the various devices used.
  • the patent application DE19938405 describes an apparatus for applying at least one perfume to support means comprising at least one container and at least one application system for transferring perfume to a support.
  • at least one container comprising at least one container and at least one application system for transferring perfume to a support.
  • application system for transferring perfume to a support.
  • the present invention aims to solve the problems mentioned above and aims in particular to allow distribution of the selection media, without the user needing to manipulate a crank or other control member. It also aims to allow a large storage capacity of selection media, avoiding frequent renewal needs.
  • the machine according to the invention must also allow direct identification of the perfume used, allow replacement of the bottle and reloading of the supports. It must be easily accessible visually on a table, display shelves, walls, columns or any other means that can contain or support it, making it possible to create a selection bar or piano for example, while protecting the bottles presented. By avoiding excessive use of perfume, it also aims to save selection bottles.
  • the subject of the invention is a machine for dispensing support means intended to be impregnated with at least one odor to be selected, comprising means for storing the support means, means for distributing the support means and making a person available, means for receiving means emanating from the odor, means for impregnating the means supporting the odor to be selected, characterized by the fact that the distribution and making available means comprise pairing means i) impregnated support means and ii) the odor to be selected and by the fact that the pairing means of the support means (40 ) and the odors to be selected include means (62) for marking the support means (40), these marking means (62) comprising embossing means (621, 622).
  • the means for emitting the odor to be selected comprise a selection perfume bottle or a plurality of these bottles and the support means intended to be impregnated with the smell comprise a plurality of individual strips or a strip precut into strips. or portions of tape to detach from each other.
  • the means for matching the support means and the odors to be selected comprise means for marking the support means and the impregnation means are arranged to be actuated automatically or mechanically.
  • the machine according to the invention makes it possible to ensure lasting identification, by pairing the strip and the smell impregnated therein.
  • the marking means include embossing means. Marking could also be obtained by printing, for example ink printing, but embossing marking, that is to say a simple printing of a relief, makes it possible to avoid the use of inks. printing on the strip, in particular if the strips are made of porous material such as absorbent paper for example.
  • the marking means comprise a set of two marking rolls between which the strip passes during distribution. The marking is therefore carried out just before the strip is made available to the user, when the latter extracts the strip from the machine.
  • the machine comprises an integrated bottle support, for placing therein a bottle of the perfume to be tested, and the means impregnation comprise a pump connected on the one hand to the bottle and on the other hand to a spray nozzle located in the path of the strips between the storage means and the marking means.
  • the pump is actuated by a lever connected to the means for distributing the strips, so as to ensure a single spray on each strip, before the strip impregnated with perfume passes into the marking means and is extracted from the machine.
  • the distribution means comprise drive rollers arranged to be driven by a strip distributed when the strip is removed manually from the machine, the drive rollers being connected to a drive mechanism arranged to bring the strips extracted one by one of the strip storage means as far as the grip of the rollers marking.
  • the drive rollers are linked in rotation to the marking rollers, for example by being mounted on the same rotation shafts, and the two shafts, each carrying two drive rollers enclosing a marking roller, are linked in rotation in opposite directions, by toothed wheels also mounted on said shafts.
  • the two shafts, each carrying two drive rollers enclosing a marking roller are linked in rotation in opposite directions, by toothed wheels also mounted on said shafts.
  • the energy storage means may comprise a spring acting on a rack meshing with toothed wheels connected to the transport members in a temporarily separable manner, making it possible to ensure the storage of energy in the first phase and the energy restitution in the second phase, while ensuring the movement of the transport members in the same direction during these two phases.
  • this system can be based on a reset to zero when the bottle is replaced and / or when a batch of strips is replaced in the tank, and the signaling being activated after a certain number of uses, that is to say ie strips used and sprays carried out, this number being predetermined as a function of the number of strips which can be contained in the reservoir and the volume of perfume contained in the bottle.
  • the machine comprises a closed box inside of which are located the strip storage means, the distribution means, the bottle support and the impregnation means, the box comprising a single opening of communication with the outside, consisting of a slot in a wall of the box facing the marking means, to allow the passage of the distributed strips.
  • the perfume contained in the machine can advantageously be identified, in an attractive manner, by a bottle of the selection perfume presented in an exhibition window carried by the case, making it possible to highlight the product tested.
  • This display case will advantageously be integrated into a regular volume of the case, for example of cubic shape, the whole of the machine thus having regular shapes adapted to the displays or shelving.
  • the machine according to the invention makes it possible to ensure the management of a reserve of testers and their automatic distribution, the management of the impregnation, and the printing of a mark making it possible to identify the perfume tested. .
  • the distributor as shown in the figure 1 , comprises a housing 1 of generally cubic or parallelepiped shape, for example of the order of 150 to 200 mm on a side.
  • This housing has a bottom 11 serving as a frame for supporting the various sub-assemblies and functional members of the machine. It ensures the positioning of the various mechanisms inside the dispenser while guaranteeing the establishment of the latter in particular in the shelves of perfumeries.
  • the dispenser has a cover 12, made here of opaque plastic, which conceals the internal mechanism and isolates the users while ensuring the aesthetic part of the dispenser.
  • One corner of the cube is occupied by a display case 13 made of transparent material making it possible to view the product to be selected and tested, here a perfume bottle 14, in order to enhance it.
  • the display case is held on the cover by a tab 131 which can be locked on the cover by engagement in a slot 121 thereof.
  • a spray assembly 2 comprising a bottle support 21, connected to a pump 3 for spraying perfume, a reservoir 4 for storing strips, a dispensing mechanism 6 and an electrical control box 9.
  • the bottle support 21 comprises a base 22, provided with an upright 23 comprising a vertical notch 231.
  • An upper flange 24 is slidably mounted on the upright and carries a latch 241 which cooperates with the notches of the upright.
  • This arrangement is provided so that the flange 24 can permanently press on a connector 25 arranged to fit on the bottle 20 containing the test perfume, and to which is also connected a first suction cannula 26, it- even connected to pump 3, the actuation of which will be described later.
  • the pump 3 is also connected by a second cannula 27 to a spray nozzle 28 fixed to the frame 61 of the dispensing mechanism 6.
  • the connector 25 is in fact similar to a closure cap and spray adaptable to a standard type bottle, to which the cannula 26 is connected and which is placed on the conventional end of the bottle, after a replacement thereof.
  • the locking of the upper flange 24 keeps the bottle clamped between the base 22 and the flange 24, also keeping the connector pressed, in a position adapted to allow the perfume to pass from the bottle 20 to the pump 3.
  • the base 22 also carries on its underside a magnet 221 provided to maintain the base on the bottom 11 of the housing, and a contact tab 222 arranged to provide an electrical connection between two contact blades 91 extending over the bottom 11 and connected to the electrical box 9, when the bottle support 21 and said electrical box are in place.
  • This system makes it possible to supply the electrical box 9 with a signal when the bottle support 21 is replaced on the bottom 11 of the box, after replacing the bottle 20 carried by this support.
  • the strip storage tank 4 shown in Figures 11 and 12 , is typically adapted to contain, for example, 200 strips 40, having a format of 82 x 28 mm for example. It comprises a reservoir body 41 closed at its lower part by a lower wall 42 comprising an extraction cutout 421 and providing in a front wall 411 an extraction window 412 just above the lower wall. The bottom wall is sliding to allow access to the interior of the tank, to reload it with a batch of new strips.
  • a pressure plate 43 is slidably mounted in the tank, pressed down by springs 44 to press the batch of strips towards the bottom wall, and carries side tabs 431, 432 guided in vertical windows 415, 416 formed in the side walls 417 of the body.
  • One of these tabs 431 is intended to actuate a contactor 92 when the pressure plate 43 arrives at the lower end of the stroke, to signal that there are only a few strips left and that the tank must be recharged.
  • the reservoir 4 is kept fixed by snap-fastening to the frame 61 of the dispensing mechanism 6, in a determined position to allow the extraction of the strips by the dispensing mechanism, as will now be seen.
  • the distribution mechanism 6 here comprises, carried by this chassis 61, a matching assembly, here printing, 62 consisting of two embossing rollers with parallel axes, comprising an upper roller 621 and a lower roller 622, which carry the mark of the brand to be printed in relief on the strips.
  • the rollers are mounted respectively on an upper drive shaft 623 and a lower drive shaft 624 with which they are linked in rotation for example by keying.
  • the center distance of the rollers 621, 622, and therefore of these shafts 623, 624, is predetermined, as a function of the diameter of the rollers and the thickness of the strips 40, to form a grip 620 between the rolls suitable for printing. in relief, or embossing, of the strips when they pass between the rollers 621, 622.
  • the lower and upper drive shafts are rotatably mounted in bearings arranged on the side cheeks 611, 612 of the chassis 61, the distance between these cheeks being slightly greater than the width of the strips 40.
  • the two lower and upper drive shafts are moreover linked in rotation, in opposite directions, by a set of synchronous toothed wheels 627, 628 also mounted connected in rotation on one of the ends of said shafts, which makes it possible to ensure a perfect synchronization between the embossing rollers, and therefore guarantee the quality of the printing performed on the strips.
  • a thumb wheel 629 is mounted on the end of the upper drive shaft 623, to allow manual drive of the rollers during the first start-up, or in the case where no more strip would have been fed from the tank, to insert a strip between the rollers.
  • the lower drive shaft 624 also carries, on the side opposite to the synchronization wheels 625, 626, a toothed pulley 631 connected by a first toothed belt 63 to a second toothed pulley 632 of the same diameter carried by a front drive shaft 64 rotatably mounted on the chassis 61 at the rear of the printing assembly 62.
  • the front drive shaft 64 is driven in synchronization with the rollers 621, 622 and the rollers 625, 626.
  • the front drive shaft 64 carries, centered between the two cheeks of the chassis, a front toothed pulley 641, linked in rotation with said shaft 64 and over which passes a second toothed belt 65 ensuring the connection with a rear toothed pulley 651 mounted linked rotating on a rear shaft 66 called the impregnation shaft.
  • the second toothed belt 65 also serves to frictionally extract the strips 40 from the tank 4.
  • the second belt 65 is arranged so that its rear part extends under the tank 4, so that its upper strand 651 is moves in the extraction cutout 421 formed in the sliding bottom wall 42, along this cutout, and the lower strip of the strip stack presses on this strand, to be driven out of the reservoir when the second belt 65 moves.
  • the front toothed pulley 641 and the rear toothed pulley 651 have the same diameter, determined so that the diameter measured on the outer face of the second toothed belt 65, in line with one of the toothed pulleys, is equal to or slightly greater than that rollers 621, 622 and rollers 625, 626, so as to ensure the supply of a strip in the grip 620 of the rollers at each turn of the rollers and rollers.
  • the impregnation shaft 66 carries at one end a crank 661 driving a connecting rod 662 connected to a pivoting lever 663 which actuates the pump 3.
  • the pump 3 sends a small amount of perfume at the spray nozzle 28.
  • the crank 661 actuates a contactor 93 each time.
  • the impregnation shaft 66 also carries, at its end opposite to the crank 661, a first pinion 665 which meshes with a second pinion 671 carried by a secondary shaft 67 which also carries a rear toothed wheel 672.
  • the rear toothed wheel 672 is mounted on the secondary shaft 67 via a freewheel system 673, ensuring a rotational connection between the rear toothed wheel and the secondary shaft in a single direction of rotation.
  • the rear toothed wheel 672 meshes with a rack 68 which extends longitudinally on the side of the chassis 61 and which is biased towards the front of the device by a spring 681.
  • the drive shaft carries, at its end opposite the toothed pulley 632, a partially toothed wheel 642, of the same pitch diameter as the rear toothed wheel 672, which can also mesh with the rack 68.
  • the teeth of the partially toothed wheel 642 extend over approximately half of its circumference and are arranged to mesh with rack 68 on only half a turn.
  • the contactors 92 and 93 are connected to the electrical box 9.
  • the electrical box 9 also includes a small computer powered by an internal battery arranged to determine the volume of perfume remaining in the bottle 220 as a function of the number of pulses sent by the sensor 93 from the contact established between two contact blades 91 by the contact tab 222, and according to the volume of the bottle 20 and the amount of perfume dispensed by each actuation of the pump 3, and to signal the need to replace the bottle 20, by means of an indicator 94 visible on the front of the housing 1.
  • the indicator 94 also signals the need to fill the reservoir with strips 4, in response to the signal supplied by the contactor 92.
  • the internal distributor mechanism is in the situation illustrated on the figure 3 , a strip 40a being in the grip of the rollers 621, 622 as shown figure 15 , its end emerging from the housing through the slot 15.
  • the pulling of the strip drives the rollers 625, 626 in rotation, which also drives the shafts 623,624 and the embossing rollers 621, 622.
  • the print pattern is located on the rollers so that 'it is printed on the strip portion still in engagement with the rollers 621, 622 during this pulling.
  • the length of the strips 40 is related to the diameter of the rollers and rollers, substantially equal to or slightly less than their circumference, and to ensure that the traction on the strip 40a causes rotation of the rollers and therefore of the shaft d '' 624 lower drive half a turn.
  • the belt 63 drives by friction another strip 40b which it extracts from the reservoir 4 through the extraction window 412 and drives towards the printing assembly 62, until the front part of this strip 40b is located under the spray nozzle 28, as shown in the figure 16 .
  • the crank 661 causes the lever 663 to pivot through the connecting rod 662 and actuates the pump 3 which then sends a small amount of perfume through the cannula 27 to the spray nozzle 28 which projects the perfume onto the strip 40b.
  • the partially toothed wheel 642 meshes with the rack and moves it backwards, according to arrow F2, causing the tensioning of the spring 681, as can also be seen on the figure 16 .
  • the sliding of the rack causes by engagement the rotation of the rear toothed wheel 672, which rotates freely on the secondary shaft 67 due to the free wheel 673. This allows the impregnation shaft 66 to rotate in the direction imposed by the belt 65, driving, by the pinion 665, the pinion 671 and the secondary shaft 67 in the opposite direction to the rear toothed wheel 672.
  • the partially toothed wheel 642 is disengaged from the rack, which is then returned towards the front by spring 681, according to arrow F3 of the figure 17 .
  • the rack drives the rear toothed wheel 672 in the opposite direction to its rotation in the previous phase, then engaging the freewheel 673 and consequently driving the secondary shaft 67 and the impregnation shaft 66.
  • the impregnation shaft rotates in the same direction as in the previous phase, due to the change in direction of rotation caused by the engagement of the pinions 671, 665.
  • the force exerted by the spring 681 on the rack is thus reflected by continuing the rotation of the impregnation shaft 66 which causes the running of the belt 65, the rotation of the front transmission shaft 64, and of the drive shafts 623, 624, and therefore of the rollers 625, 626 and rollers 621, 622, allowing the strip 40b to be inserted between them and to start to be driven by the rollers.
  • the belt 65 begins to extract a new strip 40c of the reservoir 4, and the crank continues its rotation to cause the suction by the pump 3 of a new dose of perfume extracted from the bottle 20.
  • the partially toothed wheel 642 is always rotated in the same direction by the drive shaft 64, but does not interfere with the sliding of the rack in the opposite direction, since there is no longer any d meshing between the rack 68 and said wheel 642.
  • the dispensing mechanism thus operates autonomously, by the only energy stored by the spring 681 during the first phase. All of the dispensing mechanisms therefore do not require any external source of energy, the only energy necessary for these mechanisms being in fact supplied by the user when he extracts the strip from the dispenser.
  • the spring 681 returned the rack to its initial position, and all of the mobile elements are found in the situation of the figure 15 , the new strip 40b then being ready to be grasped by a user.
  • crank 661 will have caused a press on the contactor 93, thus sending a counting signal of the number of uses to the computer of the electrical box.
  • the invention is not limited to the embodiment which has been described above solely by way of example.
  • the system of partially toothed wheels to ensure disconnection between the wheel 642 and the rack 68 during the second operating phase could be replaced by any other disengageable connection means making it possible to separate the front drive shaft 64 from the rack when the latter arrives at the end of the rearward travel 10 and during the second operating phase.
  • Embossed relief printing could also be replaced by other printing methods. It is also possible to use lighting or holography means in particular to enhance the presentation of the product in the display case and, for this purpose, provide a cable passage, for an electrical supply cable, in the bottom wall of the housing. .
  • the belt 65 begins to extract a new strip 40c from the reservoir 4, and the crank continues its rotation to cause the suction by the pump 3 of a new dose of perfume extracted from the bottle 20.
  • the partially toothed wheel 642 is always rotated in the same direction by the drive shaft 64, but does not interfere with the sliding of the rack in the opposite direction, since there is no longer any d meshing between the rack 68 and said wheel 642.
  • the dispensing mechanism thus operates autonomously, by the only energy stored by the spring 681 during the first phase. All of the dispensing mechanisms therefore do not require any external source of energy, the only energy necessary for these mechanisms being in fact supplied by the user when he extracts the strip from the dispenser.
  • the spring 681 returned the rack to its initial position, and all of the mobile elements are found in the situation of the figure 15 , the new strip 40b then being ready to be grasped by a user.
  • crank 661 will have caused a press on the contactor 93, thus sending a counting signal of the number of uses to the computer of the electrical box.
  • the invention is not limited to the embodiment which has been described above solely by way of example.
  • the system of partially toothed wheels for ensuring the disconnection between the wheel 642 and the rack 68 during the second operating phase could be replaced by any other disengageable connecting means making it possible to separate the front drive shaft 64 from the rack when the latter arrives at the end of the rearward travel 10 and during the second operating phase.
  • Embossed relief printing could also be replaced by other printing methods. It is also possible to use lighting or holography means in particular to enhance the presentation of the product in the display case and, for this purpose, provide a cable passage, for an electrical supply cable, in the bottom wall of the housing. .

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