EP3583051B1 - Valve holding device - Google Patents

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EP3583051B1
EP3583051B1 EP18706828.3A EP18706828A EP3583051B1 EP 3583051 B1 EP3583051 B1 EP 3583051B1 EP 18706828 A EP18706828 A EP 18706828A EP 3583051 B1 EP3583051 B1 EP 3583051B1
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Thibault De Maillard
Jean-Luc Beurcq
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  • the present invention relates to pocket reservoirs for pressurized product dispenser boxes and boxes comprising such pocket reservoirs. It applies to dispensing units for pressurized aerosol, liquid or pasty products comprising a pocket reservoir containing the product to be dispensed and in particular to refillable units.
  • the present invention relates to an improved valve holder device mounting on a bag-to-bag reservoir bag.
  • a pocket reservoir comprising a pocket having an outlet connected to a valve crimped on a dome, the dome comprising a support rim positioned on the upper edge of a cylindrical reservoir housing the pocket and adapted to be filled around the pocket by a propellant gas.
  • a pocket reservoir for a pressurized dispenser box comprising a valve holder device formed by a dome, a valve holder cup and a pocket, for which the dome comprises a base, for receiving and sealingly fixing a neck of the pocket, and a bowl for receiving the valve holder cup, the base in the lower part of the dome and the bowl in the upper part being in communication via a central hole for filling the pocket and for exiting the product from this last.
  • the document EN 3 032435 A1 describes a high-flow valve mounted in a cup intended to be crimped onto a pressure tank dome.
  • the document EP 2 551 215 A1 describes a pocket aerosol canister for which a standard valve is fixed in a plastic dome either by means of a metal cup or directly.
  • the document WO 2016/124622 A1 describes a fixing ring for a pressurized dispenser equipped with a valve and an internal pocket.
  • the fixing ring is provided with a central part, on the outer face of which is fixed a pocket and whose diameter is less than the diameter of the opening of the container, and with a flange for fixing the ring between the edge of the container opening and the peripheral edge of the valve cup.
  • the cup of the traditional type comprises a bowl provided with a pierced bottom receiving the joint of the valve mechanism.
  • the fixing ring is an added piece that is mounted around the bowl.
  • WO 2016 210217 A1 discloses a valve assembly for a pressure vessel includes a valve stem and a mechanical seal.
  • the valve stem has an open top, a closed bottom, at least one primary radial opening, at least one secondary radial opening, and a valve stem passage between the open top and both the primary radial opening and the secondary radial opening.
  • This device comprises a cup, support for a valve.
  • This document does not describe a lid/valve device since in the embodiments comprising a pocket, the latter, fixed to an annular flange, is fixed in the neck around a cup.
  • the object of the present invention is, on the one hand, to improve a pocket refill dispenser box and to integrate the valve into a lid of the box and, on the other hand, to allow the connection of an accessory device to the box, for example a pressure connection tube.
  • the present invention provides a device according to claim 1.
  • the device of the invention has the particular advantage of eliminating any crimping at the level of the valve or of the lid.
  • the upper face of the cover comprises means for fixing a product dispensing accessory.
  • the accessory consists of a connector endpiece provided with a collar for fixing the connector endpiece to the upper face of the cover, a tubular part for receiving the outlet end of the dispenser tube and provided with an outlet tube, for which the tubular part of the connector end piece is dimensioned to push the dispenser tube and open the product dispensing valve when fixing the connector end piece on the lid.
  • the fixing flange of the coupling piece may comprise peripheral tabs which are housed in grooves, notches or locking notches arranged on the upper face of the cover, said grooves notches or notches forming said fixing means.
  • the combined device according to the invention may further comprise a centering device for holding the plunger rod in said second section of the housing.
  • the centering device is advantageously perforated to produce passage channels for the product to be dispensed.
  • the accessory may, in an alternative embodiment, consist of a dispensing nozzle or a dispensing gun.
  • the invention applies to a refill, for a pressurized product dispenser box, comprising a combined cover/valve device.
  • the refill is advantageously provided with an anti-sagging plunger rod for which the plunger rod comprises two uprights connected by bars holding the uprights apart from each other.
  • the rod comprises teeth. opposing the crushing of the pocket on the rod.
  • the rod may additionally or alternatively comprise indentations increasing the product passage zones in the space defined by the plunger rod.
  • the invention is aimed at a pressurized product dispenser box, comprising a refill provided with the combined lid/valve device of the invention and for which the combined lid/valve device is held on the container of the box by a ring fixed on the recipient.
  • FIG. 1 represents a pressurized product dispenser housing comprising a container 30 provided with an inflation valve 100 and receiving a pocket 20 filled with a liquid or pasty product to be dispensed.
  • the case is closed by a cover 1 fixed to the container according to the example by means of a screwed ring 70 which holds a cover 1 flat against the case in leaktight manner.
  • the lid is a combined lid/valve device and the product dispensing valve exits via a tube 2a passing through the lid.
  • the cover has an upper face 1a and a lower face 1b and the lower face of the cover has a base 10 provided with a skirt for receiving the neck of a pocket 20 containing the product to be dispensed.
  • the base forms a housing for the valve mechanism consisting of a distributor tube 2 and an obturator seal 3.
  • the obturator seal 3 is mounted on the distributor tube between a base 2b and a shoulder 21 of the distributor tube and at rest the seal 3 closes slots 22 in the lower part of the tube which blocks the product outlet.
  • the obturator seal mounted on the tube snaps into a passage hole 11 between the upper face and the lower face of the cover.
  • the seal comprises two annular shoulders 31, 32 between which the wall surrounding the hole 11 is housed. lid.
  • the housing comprises a first section 10a for receiving the valve mechanism as seen below and a second section 10b for receiving an anti-sagging plunger rod 50 as shown in particular in figures 3 to 5 .
  • a centering device 60 for holding the plunger rod 50 in the second section of the housing as shown in Figure 32 in particular.
  • the centering device 60 is perforated to produce passage channels 61 for the product to be dispensed. According to figures 4 and 5 the product can pass through the channels to rise in the receiving section 10a of the valve mechanism and exit the housing through the valve when it is in the open position.
  • the plunger rod has openings for the passage of the product towards the valve 2.
  • the plunger rod is used to prevent the pocket from collapsing under pressure, which could cause product wastage if the crushing occurs at the top of the pocket on the valve side and is used to ensure that the pocket empties as much as possible.
  • the plunger rod as shown in figure 7A in perspective and 7B in section comprises two uprights 50a, 50b connected by bars 51 for holding the uprights apart from each other, which provides a passage for the product along the stem as far as the valve 2.
  • the uprights are oriented parallel in a first direction and the rungs are oriented in a direction perpendicular to the uprights as shown in figure 7B .
  • the rod further comprises teeth 52 defining an internal volume to the rod and opposing the crushing of the pocket on the rod. Indentations 53 increasing the product passage zones in the space defined by the plunger rod.
  • the combined lid 1 and valve mechanism 2, 3 device of the invention makes it possible to produce simple and inexpensive pocket refills since once the tube and the valve seal are mounted in the lid and the plunger rod is installed, it enough to crimp or weld the neck of the pocket 20 on the skirt 10 of the base to produce a finished refill.
  • FIG. 4 shows the valve closed by resting a lower face of the seal 3 against an upper face of an annular flange 2b under the valve and closing the lower openings 22 of the product passage channels of the valve.
  • FIG 5 represents the valve opened by compression of the gasket 3 and retraction of the valve 2. The compression of the gasket 3 spreads the annular collar part 2b of the tube 2 and the base of the gasket which uncovers the slots 22 under the valve thus allowing the product to be dispensed to enter the tube 2 through the slots 22 at the lower end 2b of the tube and to exit through the top 2a of the tube.
  • a connector piece 40 provided with a flange 41 for fixing the connection piece on the face top of the cover, a tubular part 42 for receiving the outlet end of the distributor tube and provided with an outlet tube 43.
  • the connector piece once mounted on the lid, will open the valve permanently to, for example, distribute the product to a remote metering device connected to the housing, for example by a tube 101 as shown in Figure 1A .
  • the tubular part 42 of the connector piece is sized to push the dispenser tube and open the product dispensing valve when fixing the connector piece on the lid as shown in the position of the figure 5 .
  • the cover comprises fixing means 12 here made in the form of spikes or studs provided with grooves, notches or notches in which are housed peripheral tabs 41a distributed around the fixing flange of the connector end piece.
  • the connector piece on which is for example connected a pipe going to a distribution device, is applied to the tube 2 as shown in figure 4 then pushed in and turned to engage the tabs in the grooves as shown in figure 5 and locking the valve 2 in the open position once the connector piece is secured to the cover 1.
  • the fixing means 12 can within the scope of the invention be made in another way, for example in the form of hooks and, as shown in figure 6 , the device can receive an accessory for dispensing the product such as a gun 102 provided with a trigger actuating the valve on demand or even a connecting piece carrying a push button actuating the valve on demand.

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Domaine de l'inventionField of the invention

La présente invention concerne les réservoirs à poche pour boitiers distributeurs de produits sous pression et les boitiers comprenant de tels réservoirs à poche. Elle s'applique à des boîtiers distributeurs de produits aérosols, liquides ou pâteux sous pression comportant un réservoir à poche contenant le produit à distribuer et en particuliers aux boîtiers rechargeables. La présente invention traite d'un dispositif porte valve perfectionné se montant sur une poche de réservoir à poche.The present invention relates to pocket reservoirs for pressurized product dispenser boxes and boxes comprising such pocket reservoirs. It applies to dispensing units for pressurized aerosol, liquid or pasty products comprising a pocket reservoir containing the product to be dispensed and in particular to refillable units. The present invention relates to an improved valve holder device mounting on a bag-to-bag reservoir bag.

Arrière plan technologiqueTechnological background

Le document FR 2 951 140 A1 au nom de la demanderesse décrit une réalisation de réservoir à poche comportant une poche ayant une sortie reliée à une valve sertie sur un dôme, le dôme comportant un rebord d'appui se positionnant sur le bord supérieur d'un réservoir cylindrique logeant la poche et adapté à être rempli autour de la poche par un gaz propulseur. Le document EP 3 019 420 A1 au nom de la demanderesse traite d'un réservoir à poche pour boîtier distributeur sous pression, comportant un dispositif porte valve formé par un dôme, une coupelle porte valve et une poche, pour laquelle le dôme comporte une embase, de réception et de fixation étanche d'un col de la poche, et une cuvette de réception de la coupelle porte valve, l'embase en partie inférieure du dôme et la cuvette en partie supérieure étant en communication par un trou central de remplissage de la poche et de sortie du produit de cette dernière.The document FR 2 951 140 A1 in the name of the applicant describes an embodiment of a pocket reservoir comprising a pocket having an outlet connected to a valve crimped on a dome, the dome comprising a support rim positioned on the upper edge of a cylindrical reservoir housing the pocket and adapted to be filled around the pocket by a propellant gas. The document EP 3 019 420 A1 the name of the applicant deals with a pocket reservoir for a pressurized dispenser box, comprising a valve holder device formed by a dome, a valve holder cup and a pocket, for which the dome comprises a base, for receiving and sealingly fixing a neck of the pocket, and a bowl for receiving the valve holder cup, the base in the lower part of the dome and the bowl in the upper part being in communication via a central hole for filling the pocket and for exiting the product from this last.

Le document FR 3 032435 A1 décrit une valve grand débit montée dans une coupelle destinée à être sertie sur un dôme de réservoir sous pression.The document EN 3 032435 A1 describes a high-flow valve mounted in a cup intended to be crimped onto a pressure tank dome.

Le document EP 2 551 215 A1 décrit un boîtier aérosol à poche pour lequel une valve standard est fixée dans un dôme plastique soit au moyen d'une coupelle métallique soit directement.The document EP 2 551 215 A1 describes a pocket aerosol canister for which a standard valve is fixed in a plastic dome either by means of a metal cup or directly.

Le document WO 2016/124622 A1 décrit une bague de fixation pour un distributeur sous pression équipé d'une valve et d'une poche intérieure. La bague de fixation est munie d'une partie centrale, sur la face extérieure de laquelle est fixée une poche et dont le diamètre est inférieur au diamètre de l'ouverture du récipient, et d'une collerette pour fixer la bague entre le bord de l'ouverture du récipient et le bord périphérique de la coupelle de valve. La coupelle de type traditionnel comporte une cuvette munie d'un fond percé recevant le joint du mécanisme de valve. La bague de fixation est une pièce rapportée qui se monte autour de la cuvette.The document WO 2016/124622 A1 describes a fixing ring for a pressurized dispenser equipped with a valve and an internal pocket. The fixing ring is provided with a central part, on the outer face of which is fixed a pocket and whose diameter is less than the diameter of the opening of the container, and with a flange for fixing the ring between the edge of the container opening and the peripheral edge of the valve cup. The cup of the traditional type comprises a bowl provided with a pierced bottom receiving the joint of the valve mechanism. The fixing ring is an added piece that is mounted around the bowl.

Le document WO 2016 210217 A1 décrit un ensemble soupape pour un récipient sous pression comprend une tige de soupape et un joint mécanique. La tige de soupape a une partie supérieure ouverte, une partie inférieure fermée, au moins une ouverture radiale primaire, au moins une ouverture radiale secondaire et un passage de tige de soupape entre la partie supérieure ouverte et à la fois l'ouverture radiale primaire et l'ouverture radiale secondaire. Ce dispositif comporte une coupelle, support d'une valve. Ce document ne décrit pas un dispositif couvercle/valve puisque dans les modes de réalisation comportant une poche, cette dernière, fixée à une bride annulaire se fixe dans le goulot autour d'une coupelle.The document WO 2016 210217 A1 discloses a valve assembly for a pressure vessel includes a valve stem and a mechanical seal. The valve stem has an open top, a closed bottom, at least one primary radial opening, at least one secondary radial opening, and a valve stem passage between the open top and both the primary radial opening and the secondary radial opening. This device comprises a cup, support for a valve. This document does not describe a lid/valve device since in the embodiments comprising a pocket, the latter, fixed to an annular flange, is fixed in the neck around a cup.

Brève description de l'inventionBrief description of the invention

La présente invention a d'une part pour objectif de perfectionner un boîtier distributeur à recharge à poche et d'intégrer la valve dans un couvercle du boîtier et d'autre part de permettre le raccordement d'un dispositif accessoire sur le boîtier, par exemple un tube raccord sous pression.The object of the present invention is, on the one hand, to improve a pocket refill dispenser box and to integrate the valve into a lid of the box and, on the other hand, to allow the connection of an accessory device to the box, for example a pressure connection tube.

Pour ce faire la présente invention propose un dispositif selon la revendication 1.To do this, the present invention provides a device according to claim 1.

Le dispositif de l'invention a notamment pour avantage de supprimer tout sertissage au niveau de la valve ou du couvercle.The device of the invention has the particular advantage of eliminating any crimping at the level of the valve or of the lid.

Avantageusement, la face supérieure du couvercle comporte des moyens de fixation d'un accessoire de distribution du produit.Advantageously, the upper face of the cover comprises means for fixing a product dispensing accessory.

Selon un mode de réalisation particulier, l'accessoire est constitué d'un embout raccord pourvu d'une collerette de fixation de l'embout raccord sur la face supérieure du couvercle, d'une partie tubulaire de réception de l'extrémité de sortie du tube distributeur et pourvu d'un tube de sortie, pour lequel la partie tubulaire de l'embout raccord est dimensionnée pour pousser le tube distributeur et ouvrir la valve de distribution du produit lors de la fixation de l'embout raccord sur le couvercle.According to a particular embodiment, the accessory consists of a connector endpiece provided with a collar for fixing the connector endpiece to the upper face of the cover, a tubular part for receiving the outlet end of the dispenser tube and provided with an outlet tube, for which the tubular part of the connector end piece is dimensioned to push the dispenser tube and open the product dispensing valve when fixing the connector end piece on the lid.

La collerette de fixation de l'embout raccord peut comporter des languettes périphériques se logeant dans des rainures, crans ou encoches de blocage disposés sur la face supérieure du couvercle lesdits rainures crans ou encoches formant lesdits moyens de fixation.The fixing flange of the coupling piece may comprise peripheral tabs which are housed in grooves, notches or locking notches arranged on the upper face of the cover, said grooves notches or notches forming said fixing means.

Le dispositif combiné selon l'invention peut en outre comporter un dispositif centreur de maintien de la tige plongeuse dans ladite seconde section du logement.The combined device according to the invention may further comprise a centering device for holding the plunger rod in said second section of the housing.

Le dispositif centreur est avantageusement ajouré pour réaliser des canaux de passage de produit à distribuer.The centering device is advantageously perforated to produce passage channels for the product to be dispensed.

L'accessoire peut en mode de réalisation alternatif être constitué d'un embout distributeur ou d'un pistolet distributeur.The accessory may, in an alternative embodiment, consist of a dispensing nozzle or a dispensing gun.

L'invention s'applique à une recharge, pour boîtier distributeur de produit sous pression, comportant un dispositif combiné couvercle/valve.The invention applies to a refill, for a pressurized product dispenser box, comprising a combined cover/valve device.

La recharge est avantageusement munie d'une tige plongeuse anti affaissement pour laquelle la tige plongeuse comporte deux montants reliés par des barreaux de maintien des montants écartés l'un de l'autre.The refill is advantageously provided with an anti-sagging plunger rod for which the plunger rod comprises two uprights connected by bars holding the uprights apart from each other.

Selon un mode de réalisation avantageux, la tige comporte des dents. s'opposant à l'écrasement de la poche sur la tige. La tige peut de manière complémentaire ou alternative comporter des indentations accroissant les zones de passage de produit dans l'espace défini par la tige plongeuse.According to an advantageous embodiment, the rod comprises teeth. opposing the crushing of the pocket on the rod. The rod may additionally or alternatively comprise indentations increasing the product passage zones in the space defined by the plunger rod.

L'invention s'adresse à un boîtier distributeur de produit sous pression, comportant une recharge munie du dispositif combiné couvercle/valve de l'invention et pour lequel le dispositif combiné couvercle/valve est maintenu sur le récipient du boîtier par une bague fixée sur le récipient.The invention is aimed at a pressurized product dispenser box, comprising a refill provided with the combined lid/valve device of the invention and for which the combined lid/valve device is held on the container of the box by a ring fixed on the recipient.

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D'autres caractéristiques et avantages de l'invention seront apparents à la lecture de la description qui suit d'un exemple non limitatif de réalisation de l'invention en référence aux dessins qui représentent:

  • en figure 1: une vue en perspective d'un réservoir à poche pourvu d'un dispositif combiné couvercle/valve de l'invention;
  • en figure 1A: une vue en perspective d'un détail
  • en figure 2: une vue en perspective éclatée d'un dispositif combiné de l'invention;
  • en figure 3: une vue en perspective de dessous du dispositif de la figure 2;
  • aux figures 4 et 5: des vues en coupe du dispositif de la figure 2 selon des positions respectivement de fermeture et d'ouverture de valve;
  • en figure 6: une vue en perspective d'un exemple d'utilisation d'un boîtier de l'invention avec un pistolet;
  • aux figures 7A, 7B: des vues respectivement en perspective et en coupe d'un détail d'une tige plongeuse selon un aspect de l'invention.
Other characteristics and advantages of the invention will become apparent on reading the following description of a non-limiting embodiment of the invention with reference to the drawings which represent:
  • in figure 1 : a perspective view of a pocket reservoir provided with a combined lid/valve device of the invention;
  • in Figure 1A : a perspective view of a detail
  • in picture 2 : an exploded perspective view of a combined device of the invention;
  • in picture 3 : a perspective view from below of the device of the picture 2 ;
  • to figures 4 and 5 : sectional views of the device of the figure 2 according to positions of valve closure and valve opening respectively;
  • in figure 6 : a perspective view of an example of use of a case of the invention with a gun;
  • to Figures 7A, 7B : views respectively in perspective and in section of a detail of a plunger rod according to one aspect of the invention.

Description détaillée de modes de réalisation de l'inventionDetailed Description of Embodiments of the Invention

La figure 1 représente un boîtier distributeur de produit sous pression comportant un récipient 30 pourvu d'une valve de gonflage 100 et recevant une poche 20 remplie d'un produit liquide ou pâteux à distribuer.There figure 1 represents a pressurized product dispenser housing comprising a container 30 provided with an inflation valve 100 and receiving a pocket 20 filled with a liquid or pasty product to be dispensed.

Le boîtier est refermé par un couvercle 1 fixé sur le récipient selon l'exemple au moyen d'une bague vissée 70 qui maintient plaqué de manière étanche un couvercle 1 sur le boîtier.The case is closed by a cover 1 fixed to the container according to the example by means of a screwed ring 70 which holds a cover 1 flat against the case in leaktight manner.

Selon la présente invention le couvercle est un dispositif combiné couvercle/valve et la sortie de la valve distributrice de produit se fait par un tube 2a traversant le couvercle.According to the present invention, the lid is a combined lid/valve device and the product dispensing valve exits via a tube 2a passing through the lid.

Pour ce faire et comme représenté en figure 2, le couvercle comporte une face supérieure 1a et une face inférieure 1b et la face inférieure du couvercle comporte une embase 10 pourvue d'une jupe de réception du col d'une poche 20 contenant le produit à distribuer.To do this and as shown in picture 2 , the cover has an upper face 1a and a lower face 1b and the lower face of the cover has a base 10 provided with a skirt for receiving the neck of a pocket 20 containing the product to be dispensed.

L'embase forme un logement pour le mécanisme de valve constitué d'un tube distributeur 2 et d'un joint obturateur 3.The base forms a housing for the valve mechanism consisting of a distributor tube 2 and an obturator seal 3.

Le joint obturateur 3 est monté sur le tube distributeur entre une base 2b et un épaulement 21 du tube distributeur et au repos le joint 3 ferme des lumières 22 en partie inférieure du tube ce qui bouche la sortie de produit.The obturator seal 3 is mounted on the distributor tube between a base 2b and a shoulder 21 of the distributor tube and at rest the seal 3 closes slots 22 in the lower part of the tube which blocks the product outlet.

Le joint obturateur monté sur le tube s'encliquette dans un trou 11 de passage entre la face supérieure et la face inférieure du couvercle. Le joint comporte pour ce faire deux épaulements annulaires 31, 32 entre lesquels se loge la paroi entourant le trou 11. Une fois encliqueté dans le trou 11, le joint obturateur laisse une extrémité de sortie 2a du tube distributeur 2 dépasser de la face supérieure du couvercle.The obturator seal mounted on the tube snaps into a passage hole 11 between the upper face and the lower face of the cover. To do this, the seal comprises two annular shoulders 31, 32 between which the wall surrounding the hole 11 is housed. lid.

Le logement comporte une première section 10a de réception du mécanisme de valve comme vu ci-dessous et une seconde section 10b de réception d'une tige plongeuse 50 anti-affaissement comme représenté notamment aux figures 3 à 5.The housing comprises a first section 10a for receiving the valve mechanism as seen below and a second section 10b for receiving an anti-sagging plunger rod 50 as shown in particular in figures 3 to 5 .

Autour de la tige plongeuse 50 est monté un dispositif centreur 60 de maintien de la tige plongeuse 50 dans la seconde section du logement comme représenté en figure 32 notamment.Around the plunger rod 50 is mounted a centering device 60 for holding the plunger rod 50 in the second section of the housing as shown in Figure 32 in particular.

Le dispositif centreur 60 est ajouré pour réaliser des canaux de passage 61 de produit à distribuer. Selon les figures 4 et 5 le produit peut passer au travers des canaux pour remonter dans la section 10a de réception du mécanisme de la valve et sortir du boîtier par la valve lorsqu'elle est en position ouverte.The centering device 60 is perforated to produce passage channels 61 for the product to be dispensed. According to figures 4 and 5 the product can pass through the channels to rise in the receiving section 10a of the valve mechanism and exit the housing through the valve when it is in the open position.

De même, la tige plongeuse comporte des jours de passage du produit vers la valve 2.Similarly, the plunger rod has openings for the passage of the product towards the valve 2.

La tige plongeuse sert à éviter que la poche s'écrase sous la pression ce qui pourrait occasionner un gaspillage de produit si l'écrasement se réalise en haut de la poche côté valve et sert à assurer que la poche se vide au maximum.The plunger rod is used to prevent the pocket from collapsing under pressure, which could cause product wastage if the crushing occurs at the top of the pocket on the valve side and is used to ensure that the pocket empties as much as possible.

Pour permettre au produit de s'écouler le long de la tige plongeuse lorsque la poche est comprimée, la tige plongeuse telle que représentée aux figures 7A en perspective et 7B en coupe comporte deux montants 50a, 50b reliés par des barreaux 51 de maintien des montants écartés l'un de l'autre ce qui ménage un passage pour le produit le long de la tige jusqu'à la valve 2.To allow the product to flow along the plunger rod when the bag is compressed, the plunger rod as shown in figure 7A in perspective and 7B in section comprises two uprights 50a, 50b connected by bars 51 for holding the uprights apart from each other, which provides a passage for the product along the stem as far as the valve 2.

Les montants sont orientés parallèlement selon une première direction et les barreaux sont orientés selon une direction perpendiculaire aux montants comme représenté à la figure 7B.The uprights are oriented parallel in a first direction and the rungs are oriented in a direction perpendicular to the uprights as shown in figure 7B .

La tige comporte en outre des dents 52 définissant un volume interne à la tige et s'opposant à l'écrasement de la poche sur la tige. Des indentations 53 accroissant les zones de passage de produit dans l'espace défini par la tige plongeuse.The rod further comprises teeth 52 defining an internal volume to the rod and opposing the crushing of the pocket on the rod. Indentations 53 increasing the product passage zones in the space defined by the plunger rod.

Le dispositif combiné couvercle 1 et mécanisme de valve 2, 3 de l'invention permet de réaliser des recharges à poche simples et peu onéreuses puisqu'une fois le tube et le joint de la valve montés dans le couvercle et la tige plongeuse installée, il suffit de sertir ou souder le col de la poche 20 sur la jupe 10 de l'embase pour réaliser une recharge finie.The combined lid 1 and valve mechanism 2, 3 device of the invention makes it possible to produce simple and inexpensive pocket refills since once the tube and the valve seal are mounted in the lid and the plunger rod is installed, it enough to crimp or weld the neck of the pocket 20 on the skirt 10 of the base to produce a finished refill.

On pourra utiliser une poche pré remplie avant soudure sur l'embase ou remplir la poche au travers de la valve utilisée à contre sens au moyen d'un accessoire de remplissage non représenté se fixant temporairement sur le capot et actionnant la valve à la manière de l'embout raccord 40 décrit ci-après.It is possible to use a pre-filled pocket before welding on the base or fill the pocket through the valve used in the opposite direction by means of a filling accessory, not shown, which is temporarily fixed to the cover and actuates the valve in the manner of the connector piece 40 described below.

Le fonctionnement de la valve de type valve à gros débit reste traditionnel. La figure 4 représente la valve fermée par mise en appui d'une face inférieure du joint 3 contre une face supérieure d'une collerette annulaire 2b sous la valve et obturation des ouvertures inférieures 22 des canaux de passage de produit de la valve. La figure 5 représente la valve ouverte par compression du joint 3 et recul de la valve 2. La compression du joint 3 écarte la partie collerette annulaire 2b du tube 2 et la base du joint ce qui découvre les lumières 22 sous la valve permettant ainsi au produit à distribuer d'entrer dans la tube 2 par les lumières 22 au niveau de l'extrémité inférieure 2b du tube et de ressortir par le haut 2a du tube.The operation of the high-flow valve type valve remains traditional. There figure 4 shows the valve closed by resting a lower face of the seal 3 against an upper face of an annular flange 2b under the valve and closing the lower openings 22 of the product passage channels of the valve. There figure 5 represents the valve opened by compression of the gasket 3 and retraction of the valve 2. The compression of the gasket 3 spreads the annular collar part 2b of the tube 2 and the base of the gasket which uncovers the slots 22 under the valve thus allowing the product to be dispensed to enter the tube 2 through the slots 22 at the lower end 2b of the tube and to exit through the top 2a of the tube.

Il est possible de manoeuvrer la valve directement avec un poussoir muni d'une buse de sortie mais selon l'exemple représenté, on peut utiliser un embout raccord 40 pourvu d'une collerette 41 de fixation de l'embout raccord sur la face supérieure du couvercle, d'une partie tubulaire 42 de réception de l'extrémité de sortie du tube distributeur et pourvu d'un tube de sortie 43.It is possible to operate the valve directly with a pusher provided with an outlet nozzle but according to the example shown, one can use a connector piece 40 provided with a flange 41 for fixing the connection piece on the face top of the cover, a tubular part 42 for receiving the outlet end of the distributor tube and provided with an outlet tube 43.

Dans ce cas, l'embout raccord une fois monté sur le couvercle va ouvrir la valve de manière permanente pour par exemple distribuer le produit vers un dispositif doseur déporté relié au boîtier par exemple par un tube 101 comme représenté en figure 1A.In this case, the connector piece, once mounted on the lid, will open the valve permanently to, for example, distribute the product to a remote metering device connected to the housing, for example by a tube 101 as shown in Figure 1A .

Pour ce faire, la partie tubulaire 42 de l'embout raccord est dimensionnée pour pousser le tube distributeur et ouvrir la valve de distribution du produit lors de la fixation de l'embout raccord sur le couvercle comme représenté dans la position de la figure 5. De retour à la figure 2, le couvercle comporte des moyens de fixation 12 ici réalisés sous forme de crampons ou plots munis de rainures, crans ou encoches dans lesquels viennent se loger des languettes périphériques 41a réparties autour de la collerette de fixation de l'embout raccord.To do this, the tubular part 42 of the connector piece is sized to push the dispenser tube and open the product dispensing valve when fixing the connector piece on the lid as shown in the position of the figure 5 . Back to the picture 2 , the cover comprises fixing means 12 here made in the form of spikes or studs provided with grooves, notches or notches in which are housed peripheral tabs 41a distributed around the fixing flange of the connector end piece.

Pour mettre le boîtier en service, l'embout raccord, sur lequel est par exemple branché un tuyau allant vers un dispositif de distribution, est appliqué sur le tube 2 comme représenté en figure 4 puis enfoncé et tourné pour engager les languettes dans les rainures comme représenté en figure 5 et bloquer la valve 2 en position ouverte une fois l'embout raccord solidaire du couvercle 1.To put the box into service, the connector piece, on which is for example connected a pipe going to a distribution device, is applied to the tube 2 as shown in figure 4 then pushed in and turned to engage the tabs in the grooves as shown in figure 5 and locking the valve 2 in the open position once the connector piece is secured to the cover 1.

L'invention n'est pas limitée à l'exemple représenté et par exemple, les moyens de fixation 12 peuvent dans le cadre de l'invention être réalisés d'une autre manière, par exemple sous forme de crochets et, comme représenté en figure 6, le dispositif peut recevoir un accessoire de distribution du produit tel qu'un pistolet 102 pourvu d'une gâchette actionnant la valve à la demande ou encore un embout raccord porteur d'un bouton poussoir actionnant la valve à la demande.The invention is not limited to the example shown and, for example, the fixing means 12 can within the scope of the invention be made in another way, for example in the form of hooks and, as shown in figure 6 , the device can receive an accessory for dispensing the product such as a gun 102 provided with a trigger actuating the valve on demand or even a connecting piece carrying a push button actuating the valve on demand.

Claims (12)

  1. Combined lid/valve device comprising a lid (1), for a pressurised product dispensing container (30), and a valve mechanism (2, 3) provided with a dispensing tube (2) and a sealing gasket (3) mounted on the dispensing tube, characterised in that the lid comprises a hole between a so-called upper face (1a) and a so-called lower face (1b) of the lid in which the sealing gasket mounted on the dispensing tube snap-fits while allowing an outlet end (2a) of the dispensing tube (2) to project beyond the upper face of the lid and in which the lower face of the lid comprises a skirt for receiving the neck of a pocket (20) containing the product to be dispensed under the lid and forming a housing comprising a first cross-section for receiving the valve mechanism and a second cross-section for receiving an anti-lowering dip rod (50), the combined lid/valve device thus receiving the pocket on the skirt of the lid and the dip rod in the housing inside the skirt.
  2. Combined lid/valve device according to claim 1, in which the upper face of the lid comprises means (12) for fixing an accessory (40, 102) for dispensing the product.
  3. Combined lid/valve device according to claim 2, in which the accessory consists of a connector tip provided with a collar (41) for fixing the connector tip on the upper face of the lid, a tubular portion (42) for receiving the outlet end of the dispensing tube and provided with an outlet tube (43), in which the tubular portion (42) of the connector tip is sized to push the dispensing tube and open the valve for dispensing the product during the fixing of the connector tip on the lid.
  4. Combined lid/valve device according to claim 3, in which the collar for fixing the connector tip comprises peripheral strips (41a) being housed in grooves, notches or blocking slots provided on the upper face of the lid, said grooves, notches or slots forming said fixing means (12).
  5. Combined lid/valve device according to claim 2, in which the accessory consists of a dispensing tip (40).
  6. Combined lid/valve device according to claim 2, in which the accessory consists of a dispensing gun (102).
  7. Combined lid/valve device according to any one of the preceding claims, comprising a centring device (60) for keeping the dip rod (50) inserted in said second cross-section of the housing.
  8. Combined lid/valve device according to claim 7, in which the centring device (60) is perforated to produce channels for product to be dispensed to pass through.
  9. Refill, for pressurised product dispensing casing, comprising a combined lid/valve device according to any one of the preceding claims.
  10. Refill according to claim 9 provided with the anti-lowering dip rod (50), for which the dip rod comprises two mounts 50a, 50b connected by bars (51) for keeping the mounts away from one another.
  11. Refill according to claim 10, in which the rod comprises teeth (52) opposing the flattening of the pocket on the rod and indentations (53) expanding the product passage zones in the space defined by the dip rod.
  12. Pressurised product dispensing casing comprising a refill according to any one of claims 9 to 11, in which the combined lid/valve device is held on the container (30) of the casing by a ring (70) fixed on the container.
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