EP3691796B1 - Kapsel mit push-pull-öffnung, ausgestattet mit einem luftansaugsystem - Google Patents

Kapsel mit push-pull-öffnung, ausgestattet mit einem luftansaugsystem Download PDF

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EP3691796B1
EP3691796B1 EP18783403.1A EP18783403A EP3691796B1 EP 3691796 B1 EP3691796 B1 EP 3691796B1 EP 18783403 A EP18783403 A EP 18783403A EP 3691796 B1 EP3691796 B1 EP 3691796B1
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    • 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
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B05—SPRAYING OR ATOMISING IN GENERAL; APPLYING FLUENT MATERIALS TO SURFACES, IN GENERAL
    • B05B—SPRAYING APPARATUS; ATOMISING APPARATUS; NOZZLES
    • B05B15/00—Details of spraying plant or spraying apparatus not otherwise provided for; Accessories
    • B05B15/60—Arrangements for mounting, supporting or holding spraying apparatus
    • B05B15/62—Arrangements for supporting spraying apparatus, e.g. suction cups
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B05—SPRAYING OR ATOMISING IN GENERAL; APPLYING FLUENT MATERIALS TO SURFACES, IN GENERAL
    • B05B—SPRAYING APPARATUS; ATOMISING APPARATUS; NOZZLES
    • B05B11/00—Single-unit hand-held apparatus in which flow of contents is produced by the muscular force of the operator at the moment of use
    • B05B11/0005—Components or details
    • B05B11/0097—Means for filling or refilling the sprayer
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B67—OPENING, CLOSING OR CLEANING BOTTLES, JARS OR SIMILAR CONTAINERS; LIQUID HANDLING
    • B67D—DISPENSING, DELIVERING OR TRANSFERRING LIQUIDS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • B67D3/00—Apparatus or devices for controlling flow of liquids under gravity from storage containers for dispensing purposes
    • B67D3/0029—Apparatus or devices for controlling flow of liquids under gravity from storage containers for dispensing purposes provided with holders for bottles or similar containers

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  • the present invention relates to a capsule opening by pulling called “ push-pull capsule” or push-pull capsule. It also relates to a dispenser comprising a container, containing in particular a cosmetic product, and such a capsule as well as a method comprising the use of this dispenser.
  • cosmetic product means a cosmetic product intended to be applied to a human being, such as, for example, a liquid or a cream.
  • a “ cosmetic product ” is more generally a product as defined in Regulation (EC) No. 1223/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council, dated November 30, 2009, relating to cosmetic products.
  • the subject of the invention is a capsule with opening by traction with a longitudinal axis X comprising, on the one hand, a fixed body equipped with a relief for fixing to a neck of a container containing a product. and on the other hand, a movable head in translation along the X axis relative to the fixed body, the movable head defining an outlet for the product, the fixed body and the movable head together delimiting an internal passage for dispensing the product and the movable head being movable between a position of blocking the dispensing of the product and a position of dispensing the product at the outlet orifice, the capsule comprises an air intake passage.
  • the product outlet orifice forms a passage orifice for the air entering or leaving the air return passage.
  • the flow rate of the product from the container to the outlet orifice is markedly improved.
  • This flow rate can be increased by at least a factor of five for certain products, including viscous products such as shampoos or hair conditioning creams.
  • the flow is stopped more clearly. Indeed, if there are two separate outlet openings, one for the air, the other for the product, product can dry in the air return channel and product leaks through the return channel. air can take place.
  • the capsule according to the invention to fill product refills at a merchant, for example to fill shampoo refills for the clients of a hairdresser from an industrial shampoo container.
  • the waiting time is clearly acceptable during this operation for the customer.
  • a further subject of the invention is a cosmetic dispensing device comprising a container equipped with a capsule as described above.
  • the “ X axis” means the longitudinal X axis.
  • longitudinal axis X of a part is understood to mean the curve joining all of the barycenters of the cross sections of the part.
  • cross section along the X axis is understood to mean a section perpendicular to the X axis.
  • side wall is understood to mean a wall parallel to the X axis.
  • transverse wall is understood to mean a wall perpendicular to the X axis.
  • the user's gesture is simplified.
  • the cosmetic assembly with longitudinal axis X shown on figure 1 is preferably intended for the distribution of liquid or gel cometic products, for example a shampoo or a coloring cream. To this end, it comprises a device according to the invention held vertically on a table by a support 100. The latter is equipped with a handle 102 for actuating the capsule 1.
  • the cosmetic product has a viscosity which may range, for example, from 5 poises to 250 poises (0.5 to 25 Pa.s) and preferably from 35 poises to 200 poises (3.5 to 20 Pa.s), the viscosity being measured. at 25 ° C with a Rheomat 180 measuring device at 200 s -1 , this device being equipped of a different mobile according to the viscosities, for example of a mobile 2 for the ranges of viscosities less than 7 poises, of a mobile 3 for the ranges of viscosities from 2 to 40 poises, and of a mobile 4 for the ranges of viscosities greater than 20 poises.
  • the device is formed by a container 10 provided with a capsule 1 according to the invention.
  • the capsule 1 is provided with a dispensing head 3 movable axially by capping the container 10 of product. It is provided with a distribution passage 5 delimiting an outlet orifice 2 for the product visible on the figure 2 .
  • a bottle 101 is placed under the device according to the invention to be filled with product coming from the container 10.
  • the handle 102 On the figure 1 , the handle 102 is raised to the high position. Capsule 1 is closed. On the figure 2 , the handle 102 is lowered to the low position. Capsule 1 is open. The product flows from the container 10 to the bottle 101.
  • the capsule could be actuated by means other than the handle 102, such as a control button, a dial, an electronic control for example.
  • the X-axis capsule 1 shown in figure 3 is in the closed position. It comprises a fixed body 3 on which is mounted a head 4 movable in translation along the X axis.
  • the fixed body can be produced by molding, in particular in a single piece and / or by injection of a plastic material, in particular acrylic, cellulosic, styrenic, vinyl materials, poly carbonates, polyamides, polyolefins, polyethylene terephthalate.
  • a plastic material in particular acrylic, cellulosic, styrenic, vinyl materials, poly carbonates, polyamides, polyolefins, polyethylene terephthalate.
  • thermoplastic resins materials from the family referred to as “thermoplastic resins” are used.
  • the movable head 4 comprises two external flanges 22 and 24 between which the actuating handle 102 can be inserted.
  • One of the flanges can be truncated to facilitate handling.
  • the fixed body 3 comprises a guide skirt 36 provided with an internal thread 32 for its attachment to the container 10.
  • Other attachment means can be envisaged such as force-fitting, snap-fitting or clipping.
  • the guide skirt 36 is provided on the outside with a locking rib 13 capable of cooperating with a complementary locking rib 31 provided on the internal wall of the movable part.
  • the ribs 13 and 31 limit the stroke of the movable head 4 downwards during the opening of the capsule 1.
  • Other complementary blocking reliefs could be envisaged such as continuous or discontinuous threads, rods, beads.
  • the guide skirt 36 can be connected to a fixing skirt (not shown) by a transverse wall 38 ensuring the upward locking of the movable part 4 to close the capsule 1.
  • Other means of locking of the movable part 4 of the capsule 1 can be envisaged, for example complementary reliefs provided on the fixed body 3 and on the movable head 4.
  • the guide skirt 36 can be provided on the outside with longitudinal ribs promoting the guiding of the movable head 4.
  • the guide skirt 36 is connected by a transverse wall 51 to a fixing ring 52 on which can be mounted longitudinal guide walls.
  • the guide walls 44, 45 define with the movable head 4 an interior space 39 which can be divided into guide passages (not shown) regularly distributed around the X axis.
  • the guide walls 44, 45 extend between the X axis and the internal surface of the guide skirt 36, while projecting below the guide skirt 36 to accompany the flow of the product to an optimum height. They improve the flow of the product in the capsule 1.
  • the guide walls are three in number (only two being visible in the figures) but it could be otherwise.
  • a shutter 7 is arranged at the end of the fixed body 3 in the continuity of the guide walls. In the open position of the capsule 1, the shutter 7 is moved away from the movable head 4. The product can flow through the outlet orifice 11. In the closed position of the capsule 1, the shutter 7 is in contact with the movable head 4. It closes the outlet 11 of the product.
  • the shutter 7 may include a side skirt 8 having an internal surface 91 and a conical part. At rest, it takes a closed position in which it rests by the skirt 8 against a bearing surface 33 of the fixed body 1 having an internal surface 19 coming into contact with the product during its flow through the orifice 11. The shutter 7 can move away from this bearing surface 33 when the user pulls on the movable head 4. The product flows under the effect of the pressure of the product contained in the container 10 during the distribution of the product.
  • the shutter 7 is carried by the guide walls and is made in one piece with them. It could be otherwise.
  • the capsule 1 comprises a deflector 81 which can be formed by a wall of the shutter 7 disposed obliquely with respect to the axis X.
  • the deflector 81 can serve as a baffle to regulate the flow of the product.
  • the capsule 1 shown on figure 4 is in the open position.
  • the arrows shown in this figure show the product path.
  • the product can flow from the container 10 to the outlet orifice 11, passing through the corridors of the fixed part, then bypassing the shutter 7 through the annular space 12 to end in an ejection channel 9 defined by the mobile head 4 and open to the outside of the capsule 1 through the outlet orifice 11.
  • the passage 15 could have a completely different shape, depending in particular on the cross sections of the different parts.
  • the product remaining in the passage 15 is sheltered from the air thanks to the shutter 7.
  • the capsule 1 comprises a central air intake passage 16 carried by the guide walls.
  • the air intake passage 16 is provided in the fixed body 3 and forms a central X-axis chimney to bring the air to the container 1.
  • a plug 17 can close the. inlet of the return air passage 16 as shown in figure 3 .
  • the inlet of the air intake passage 16 is released as shown in the figure. figure 4 .
  • the air is in communication with the product contained in the container 10 through the passage 16, and this throughout the duration of the filling of the bottle 101. In fact, the end of the passage 16 opens into the neck of the container 10.
  • the capsule 1 shown in the closed position on the figure 5 and in the open position on the figure 6 is essentially identical to that shown on the figures 3 and 4 , except that the air return passage is no longer an X axis chimney but a Y axis chimney parallel to the X axis.
  • the passage 16 is connected to the ring 52 and to a guide wall, being in contact with the latter over its height.
  • the figure 7 shows the structure of the fixed head 3 comprising the air intake passage offset from the X axis.
  • the air intake passage 16 forms a channel 16 opening out to the outside of the fixed part 3 by the air inlet port 18.
  • the latter is delimited by one end 32 of the internal skirt 31 and by an oblique wall 33 of the shutter 7.
  • the air intake passage 16 is located between the internal skirt 31 and the wall 41 but it could be otherwise.
  • the capsule shown further comprises an air intake by a pin 101 which enters an orifice 102 allowing the use of the system with more fluid juices.
  • the invention is not limited to the exemplary embodiments illustrated.
  • the fixed body 3 and the movable head 4 could have a completely different structure or shape.
  • the air intake passage could be arranged differently or have another shape.

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  1. Kapsel (1) mit Push-Pull-Öffnung mit einer Längsachse X, welche einerseits einen ortsfesten Körper (3) aufweist, der mit einem Befestigungsrelief (32) ausgestattet ist, das dafür ausgebildet ist, an einem Hals eines ein Produkt enthaltenden Behälters (10) befestigt zu werden, und andererseits ein Kopfstück (4), das in Bezug auf den ortsfesten Körper (3) entlang der Achse X translatorisch beweglich ist, wobei das bewegliche Kopfstück (4) eine Austrittsöffnung (11) für das Produkt definiert, wobei der ortsfeste Körper (3) und das bewegliche Kopfstück (4) zusammen einen inneren Durchlass (15) zur Abgabe des Produkts begrenzen und das bewegliche Kopfstück (4) zwischen einer Position der Blockierung der Abgabe des Produkts und einer Position der Abgabe des Produkts an der Austrittsöffnung (11) verlagerbar ist und die Kapsel (1) einen Luftansaugdurchlass (16) aufweist, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die Austrittsöffnung (11) für das Produkt eine Durchlassöffnung für die Luft bildet, die in den Luftansaugdurchlass (16) eintritt oder aus ihm austritt.
  2. Kapsel nach Anspruch 1, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass der Luftansaugdurchlass (16) in dem ortsfesten Körper (3) ausgebildet ist.
  3. Kapsel nach einem der vorhergehenden Ansprüche, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass sich der Luftansaugdurchlass (16) entlang der Achse X oder parallel zur Achse X erstreckt.
  4. Kapsel nach einem der vorhergehenden Ansprüche, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass sich der Luftansaugdurchlass (16) ein Kanal, ein Kamin oder eine Rille ist.
  5. Kapsel nach einem der vorhergehenden Ansprüche, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die Kapsel einen zylindrischen Mantel umfasst und dass der Luftansaugdurchlass (16) im Inneren des zylindrischen Mantels ausgebildet ist.
  6. Kapsel nach einem der vorhergehenden Ansprüche, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass der Luftansaugdurchlass (16) von den axialen Enden des ortsfesten Körpers (3) entfernt ist.
  7. Kapsel nach einem der vorhergehenden Ansprüche, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass sie äußere Befestigungsringe (22, 24) aufweist, die dafür ausgelegt sind, an einer Halterung (100) befestigt zu werden.
  8. Kosmetische Abgabevorrichtung, welche einen Behälter umfasst, der mit einer Kapsel (1) nach einem der vorhergehenden Ansprüche ausgestattet ist.
  9. Kosmetische Vorrichtung, welche eine Vorrichtung nach Anspruch 8 umfasst, wobei der Behälter (10) dafür ausgebildet ist, von einer Halterung (100) in einer vertikalen Position gehalten zu werden.
  10. Vorrichtung nach Anspruch 9, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die Kapsel (1) durch einen Griff (102) betätigbar ist, der mit der Halterung (100) fest verbunden ist.
  11. Kosmetisches Verfahren, welches die folgenden Arbeitsvorgänge umfasst:
    (i) Bereitstellen einer kosmetischen Vorrichtung nach einem der Ansprüche 8 bis 10,
    (ii) Bereitstellen eines Flakons (101) und Öffnen desselben,
    (iii) Positionieren des offenen Flakons (101) unter der Abgabeöffnung (11) der Kapsel (1),
    (iv) Öffnen der Kapsel (1) durch Verlagern des beweglichen Kopfstücks (4) von dem ortsfesten Teil (3) weg,
    (v) Fließenlassen des Produkts bis zu einer gewünschten Füllung des Flakons (101),
    (vi) Schließen der Kapsel (1) durch Verlagern des beweglichen Kopfstücks (4) zu dem ortsfesten Teil (3) hin,
    (vii) Entfernen des Flakons (101) von der Vorrichtung,
    (viii) Wiederverschließen des Flakons (101).
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