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
  • B65D83/0005—Containers or packages provided with a piston or with a movable bottom or partition having approximately the same section as the container
  • B65D83/0033—Containers or packages provided with a piston or with a movable bottom or partition having approximately the same section as the container the piston being a follower-piston and the dispensing means comprising a hand-operated pressure-device at the opposite part of the container
• • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
  • A45—HAND OR TRAVELLING ARTICLES
  • A45D—HAIRDRESSING OR SHAVING EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT FOR COSMETICS OR COSMETIC TREATMENTS, e.g. FOR MANICURING OR PEDICURING
  • A45D34/00—Containers or accessories specially adapted for handling liquid toiletry or cosmetic substances, e.g. perfumes
  • A45D34/04—Appliances specially adapted for applying liquid, e.g. using roller or ball
• • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
  • A45—HAND OR TRAVELLING ARTICLES
  • A45D—HAIRDRESSING OR SHAVING EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT FOR COSMETICS OR COSMETIC TREATMENTS, e.g. FOR MANICURING OR PEDICURING
  • A45D34/00—Containers or accessories specially adapted for handling liquid toiletry or cosmetic substances, e.g. perfumes
• • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
  • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
  • B65D—CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES
  • B65D47/00—Closures with filling and discharging, or with discharging, devices
  • B65D47/04—Closures with discharging devices other than pumps
  • B65D47/20—Closures with discharging devices other than pumps comprising hand-operated members for controlling discharge
  • B65D47/2018—Closures with discharging devices other than pumps comprising hand-operated members for controlling discharge comprising a valve or like element which is opened or closed by deformation of the container or closure
  • B65D47/2031—Closures with discharging devices other than pumps comprising hand-operated members for controlling discharge comprising a valve or like element which is opened or closed by deformation of the container or closure the element being formed by a slit, narrow opening or constrictable spout, the size of the outlet passage being able to be varied by increasing or decreasing the pressure
• • 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
  • B65D83/0005—Containers or packages provided with a piston or with a movable bottom or partition having approximately the same section as the container
  • B65D83/0038—Containers or packages provided with a piston or with a movable bottom or partition having approximately the same section as the container moved by a spring-like mechanism
• • 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
  • B65D83/0055—Containers or packages provided with a flexible bag or a deformable membrane or diaphragm for expelling the contents
  • B65D83/0061—Containers or packages provided with a flexible bag or a deformable membrane or diaphragm for expelling the contents the contents of a flexible bag being expelled by the contracting forces inherent in the bag or a sleeve fitting snugly around the bag

Definitions

• the invention relates to a fluid dispensing device, which is intended to prevent the oxidation of the fluid contained in the device by air and to preserve this fluid from the development of yeasts and bacterial contaminations, for example.
• the invention relates in particular to a device for dispensing a cream, a paste, a gel or a liquid for the cosmetic, chemical, pharmaceutical or food industry, which is contained in a rigid container.
• the invention is part of a process of reducing the number and quantity of additives that are incorporated into products for the preservation and preservation of the product.
• the reduction of such additives comes from an action led by the health authorities and consumers.
• Such a container is hermetically closed in the air, in particular to limit the risk of oxidation of the product.
• preservative compounds such as, for example, antioxidant, bactericidal or antifungal compounds are incorporated into the product. Such compounds participate only indirectly, or even do not participate in the action of the basic formula of the product.
• the container generally comprises an outer sampling surface, on which a dispensing orifice, connecting the interior volume of the container with the outside, opens.
• the action of taking the product is performed on this sampling surface, for example by a sweeping action of a finger on it. There is then an accumulation of many external pollutants on the sampling surface and a risk of contamination of the rest of the product contained in the interior volume of the container.
• FR-3.011.826 discloses a slit shutter intended to be assembled on such a container and which prevents pollutants that may be present on the sampling face, as well as air from entering the interior volume of the container during or at the end of a product picking operation.
• This shutter is adapted to be mounted on a rigid-walled pot, whose wall forming the bottom is movable and is able to be moved relative to the other walls, under the action of the user.
• This action of the user generates an increase in the pressure of the product in the container, which results in the opening of the slit shutter and the output of a defined quantity of product.
• Moving the movable wall makes it possible to compensate for the volume of product that has been removed.
• the user must hold the container with both hands, which is not ergonomic.
• the movable wall of the rigid pot is the upper wall, on which the slit shutter is placed.
• This embodiment allows the user to exert the action on the movable wall to cause the pressure increase, with the same finger that is used for product picking.
• the use of the dispensing device is improved compared to a dispensing device for which the bottom is movable.
• the movable upper wall is sinking more and more into the device, making the removal less and less easy.
• dispensing device comprises a rigid wall container and a mini dispensing pump.
• This pump also allows to prevent air from entering the interior of the container and it comprises for this purpose a movable piston that goes back to each distribution to compensate for the volume of product taken.
• This pump consists of a large number of components of different natures. The production cost of this pump is therefore not negligible, which consequently increases the selling price of the dispensing device.
• the object of the invention is to provide a fluid dispensing device which is adapted to be handled with one hand at a time to make a quantity of product out of the container and to take this quantity of product.
• the invention proposes a device for dispensing a fluid product comprising a rigid cylindrical body whose main axis of the body is oriented vertically, a rigid lower piston oriented mainly horizontally and which is slidably movable in the vertical direction inside. of the body, and an upper sampling wall which closes the upper end of the body,
• the body, the lower piston and the upper wall define a volume to be filled by product to be dispensed
• said upper wall comprises a slit shutter which is adapted to open to allow said volume to be connected to the outside,
• said upper wall is elastically deformable and is adapted to deform inwardly of said volume when a pressure is exerted manually on the upper wall, to cause a pressure increase inside the volume and the opening of the slit shutter.
• Providing the dispensing device of such an upper wall allows a user by pressing directly on the upper wall, to output a quantity of product to be dispensed. Then, the user only has to sweep the outer face of the upper wall to take the amount of product output.
• the dispensing device comprises means for preventing the piston from moving away from the upper wall when pressure is exerted on the upper wall.
• the piston carries an O-ring which is compressed radially between an internal cylindrical wall of the body and a wall of the piston, said wall of the piston comprising a conically shaped section open towards the upper wall against which the O-ring bears when the piston is driven to move away from the upper wall.
• the dispensing device comprises means for driving the piston in displacement towards the upper wall.
• the drive means comprises a spring which is compressed vertically between the piston and a bottom plate attached to the lower end of the body.
• the invention also relates to a device for dispensing a fluid product comprising a rigid cylindrical body whose main axis of the body is oriented vertically, a rigid piston oriented mainly horizontally and which is movable in sliding in the vertical direction inside. of the body, and an upper sampling wall which closes the upper end of the body,
• the body, the piston and the upper wall define a volume to be filled by product to be dispensed
• said upper wall comprises a slit shutter which is adapted to open to allow said volume to be connected to the outside,
• said upper wall is elastically deformable and is adapted to deform inwardly of said volume when pressure is exerted manually on the top wall, to cause an increase in pressure inside the volume and cause the opening of the slit shutter.
• a spring which is compressed vertically between the piston and a bottom plate attached to the lower end of the body to prevent the piston from moving away from the upper wall when pressure is exerted on the upper wall.
• the bottom plate has a vent connecting the volume defined by the body, the piston and the bottom plate with the outside.
• the piston has an upper face which is vis-à-vis the lower face of the upper wall and the shape of the upper face of the piston is complementary to the shape of the lower face of the upper wall.
• the top wall is convex domed domed upwards.
• the dispensing device comprises a removable cover which is intended to cover the upper wall and which is removably mounted on the upper end of the body.
• the shape of the lid is complementary to the shape of the upper wall and the lid has a layer of bactericidal material which comes into contact with at least a portion of the upper wall when the lid is mounted on the upper end of the body .
• the upper end of the body comprises a peripheral groove which receives a complementary portion of the upper wall.
• FIG. 1 is a diagrammatic representation in section along its median vertical main plane of a device for dispensing a fluid product produced according to the invention
• Figure 2 is a view similar to that of Figure 1, showing an alternative embodiment of the invention
• Figure 3 is a view similar to that of Figure 1, showing another alternative embodiment of the invention wherein the dispensing device is shown filled with the fluid to be dispensed and equipped with a protective cover;
• FIG. 4 is a detail on a larger scale of a dispensing device showing an embodiment of the piston anti-return means.
• FIG. 1 shows a dispensing device 10 for a fluid product.
• the product consists of a cream, a paste or a gel and is intended for cosmetic or food use.
• the dispensing device 10 comprises a rigid body 12 of cylindrical or tubular shape, and vertical main axis A.
• the section of the body 12 in a horizontal plane is circular centered on the main axis A, that is to say that the body is a cylindrical element of revolution. It will be understood that the invention is not limited to a form of revolution of the body 12 and that the invention relates to any tubular shape such as a tube of square, rectangular or oval section.
• the dispensing device 10 also comprises a horizontal bottom wall 14 forming a piston which is slidably mounted relative to the body 12 along the vertical main axis A of the dispensing device 10.
• the sliding guide of the piston 14 relative to the body 12 is achieved by the cooperation of the peripheral wall 16 of the piston 14 with the internal cylindrical wall 18 of the body 12.
• the peripheral wall 16 of the piston 14 is cylindrical, or tubular, centered on the main axis of the dispensing device 10 and has the same shape as the internal cylindrical wall 18 of the body 12.
• a clearance is present between the two walls facing each other 16, 18, to allow the piston 14 to slide relative to the body 12.
• Sealing means are interposed between the peripheral wall 16 of the piston 14 and the internal cylindrical wall 18 of the body 12.
• the sealing means consist of one or more O-rings 20, each of which is received in a peripheral groove 22 formed in the peripheral wall 16 of the piston 14 and each O-ring 20 is compressed radially, with respect to the main axis A between the peripheral wall 16 of the piston 14 and the internal cylindrical wall 18 of the body 12.
• the dispensing device 10 also comprises an upper wall 24 which closes the upper end 12s of the body 12.
• the assembly formed by the body 12, the piston 14 and the upper wall 24 delimits a closed volume 26 in which the product to be dispensed is stored.
• the top wall 24 has a slit shutter 28 which is adapted to open to allow the product to exit outward for collection and which is normally in a hermetically sealed position in which the slit shutter 28 maintains the closed volume 26 isolated from the outside.
• the slit shutter 28 is able to open when the pressure of the product to be dispensed in the closed volume 26 is greater than a predefined pressure. If the pressure is below this preset pressure, the shutter 28 remains in its closed configuration.
• the pressure in the closed volume is also greater than the external pressure, which causes the release of a quantity of the product present in the closed volume 26, which is then deposited on the outer surface 30 of the upper wall 24.
• the slit shutter 28 closes by springback.
• the slit shutter 28 has two mutually movable faces which form the slot and which are able to move apart to open the slit shutter 28 or to come closer to contact with the slit shutter 28. with each other to close the slit shutter. Also, when they come closer, they cause a flow of the product preventing any foreign compound from outside to enter the closed volume 26.
• the upper wall 24 is made of an elastically deformable material. Thus, when a user exerts a pressure on the upper wall 24, the upper wall 24 deforms and transmits the pressure to the fluid present in the closed volume 26. The pressure in the closed volume 26 then increases as a function of the pressure exerted by the user, until the output of the product, as described above.
• the piston 14 slides in the direction of the upper wall 24, that is to say here upwards, relative to the body 12 over a distance corresponding to the variation volume of the product.
• the dispensing device 10 also comprises means for preventing the piston 14 from moving away from the upper wall 24, that is to say sliding the piston 14 downwards, when pressure is exerted on the upper wall. 24.
• the dispensing device 10 comprises a spring 32 which bears against a lower face 14i of the piston 14 and which exerts on the piston 14 a force directed towards the upper wall 24.
• the spring 32 generates an initial pressure of the product present in the closed volume 26. This pressure generated by the spring is lower than the pressure causing the opening of the slit shutter 28.
• the spring 32 here consists of a helical spring which is compressed vertically between the piston 14 and a lower bottom plate 34 which closes the lower end 12i of the body 12.
• This bottom plate 34 further forms a base for the dispensing device 10, by which the dispensing device 10 can be placed on a support.
• Each of the piston 14 and the bottom plate 34 comprise a cylindrical shaft 36, 38 in which one end of the spring 32 is received. These drums 36, 38 guide the spring 32 to maintain it in its vertical orientation and avoid buckling thereof.
• the means for preventing the piston 14 from moving away from the upper wall 24 when pressure is exerted on the upper wall 24 are formed by the O-ring 20 which is adapted to be wedged between the inner cylindrical wall 18 of the body 12 and a bottom wall 66 of the peripheral groove 22 receiving the seal.
• the bottom wall 66 has a cylindrical lower section 68 and an upper section 70 extending the lower section 68 towards the upper wall 24 and which is conical in shape.
• the upper portion 70 is in the form of a cone open towards the upper wall 24, that is to say that its diameter increases as one approaches the upper wall 24.
• the diameter of the lower section 68 is slightly greater than the inner diameter of the O-ring 20, the diameter of the upper section 70 is therefore also greater than the internal diameter of the O-ring 20 at any point. This allows the O-ring 20 to be compressed radially between the inner cylindrical wall 18 of the body 12 and the bottom wall 66. When the O-ring 20 is located in the groove 22 at the lower section 68, the radial compression of the O-ring 20 is substantially constant.
• the radial compression of the O-ring 20 increases as the position of the O-ring 20 in the groove increases. 22 is located at the upper section 70 and is close to the upper wall 24.
• the piston 14 is then slidably locked towards the bottom plate 34.
• the piston 14 rises towards the top wall 24, as described above.
• the O-ring 20 is repositioned at the lower section 68 of the bottom wall 66. The efforts of friction are then reduced and do not oppose the displacement of the piston 14 towards the upper wall 24.
• the piston 14 can then move towards the upper wall 24, whether by the suction effect when the upper wall 24 returns to its original shape or by the action of the spring 32.
• the invention is not limited to these means and that the dispensing device may comprise other non-return means, which prevent the piston 14 from moving downwards away from the upper wall 24 and that allow a sliding of the piston 14 to the upper wall 24, that is to say upwards, relative to the body 12.
• non-return means can also be combined with the drive means which come from to be described above.
• the bottom plate 34 also has a vent 40 connecting the volume 42 delimited by the body 12, the piston 14 and the bottom plate 34, with the surrounding air, to avoid any depression in this volume 42, which would result from the displacement of the piston 14 upwards and which would hinder this movement of the piston 14.
• the upper wall shape 24 is defined to facilitate the user taking the product.
• the upper wall 24 is shaped like a domed hemispherical dome. It will be understood that the invention is not limited to this hemispherical shape and that the upper wall 24 may be flat or have any other convex shape convex upwards.
• the constituent material of the top wall 24 is preferably a material chosen for example from rubber, an elastomer or a silicone.
• the thickness of the upper wall 24 is defined according to the force that the user must apply on the upper face 30 in order to cause the deformation of the upper wall 24 and the opening of the slit shutter 28.
• the upper wall 24 is further made in one piece by molding on the body 12 to ensure a good attachment of these two elements together and a good seal between them.
• the upper end 12s of the body 12 has a peripheral groove 44 in which a complementary portion 46 of the upper wall 24 is received.
• the upper end 12s of the body 12 has an extra thickness allowing the formation of this groove 44.
• Obtaining the slit shutter 28 is for example to make an incision in the upper wall 24 after the molding operation.
• An inclined wall slot 48 extends the incision downward to facilitate the spacing of the faces of the slit shutter 28 under the action of product pressure.
• the piston 14 has an upper face which is opposite the lower face 50 of the upper wall 24.
• the shape of the upper face of the piston 14 is complementary to the shape of the lower face 50 of the upper wall 24
• the closed volume 26 is substantially zero. This means that there is substantially no product inside the dispensing device 10.
• the upper wall 24, and therefore its lower face 50 is dome-shaped.
• the piston 14 comprises for this purpose an upper dome 52 complementary to the lower face 50 of the upper wall 24.
• the dome 52 has a tip 54 which is complementary to the slot 48 with inclined walls, so that a minimum of product remains in the dispensing device 10.
• the dome 52 consists of a metal sheet which has been stamped and which is fixed to the rest of the piston by any known means, for example by gluing. According to another embodiment, the dome 52 is made of plastic.
• the dome 52 consists of a solid block, for example made from the same elastic material as the upper wall 24, which is fixed to the rest of the piston 14 by any known means, for example, here, via a shoulder 62.
• the piston 14 is entirely in the shape of the dome 52 complementary to the lower face 50 of the upper wall 24.
• the dispensing device 10 also includes a lid 56 which is intended to cover the upper wall 24.
• the lid 56 is in the form of a dome complementary to the shape of the upper face 30 of the wall 24. The lid 56 thus protects the upper wall 24 from any unwanted action that could cause the output of a quantity of product and enhances the tightness of the closure of the closed volume 26.
• the cover 56 is removably mounted on the upper end 12s of the body 12 by clipping or screwing.
• the peripheral edge of the cover 56 has shapes 58 which are intended to cooperate with complementary shapes 60 of the upper end 12s of the body 12.
• the cover 56 comprises a layer 64 of a material having a bactericidal or bacteriostatic effect, such as for example copper or silver, which releases ions having a sanitizing effect.
• This layer 64 comes into contact with the upper wall 24 when the lid 56 is mounted on the body 12, thus acting as a sanitizing action on the upper wall 24.
• the extent of the layer 64 is preferably defined to come into contact with the whole of the upper wall 24. However, it will be understood that the layer 64 may be smaller in size to come into contact with only a part of the upper wall 24, centered on the slit shutter 28.
• the cover 56 does not include such a layer 64.
• the method of sampling the product contained in this dispensing device 10 makes it possible to take the product with the hand or the finger which exerts the action on the upper wall 24. In addition, it is possible to change the amount of product that will be expelled. Indeed, depending on the position of the pressure with respect to the axis of the slot, it will open more or less easily, releasing a larger volume of product. For a pressure perpendicular to the slot, the extraction will be lower than for the same pressure exerted in the axis thereof.

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