Classifications

• • 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
  • B05B11/0027—Means for neutralising the actuation of the sprayer ; Means for preventing access to the sprayer actuation means
  • B05B11/0032—Manually actuated means located downstream the discharge nozzle for closing or covering it, e.g. shutters
• • 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
  • B05B11/01—Single-unit hand-held apparatus in which flow of contents is produced by the muscular force of the operator at the moment of use characterised by the means producing the flow
  • B05B11/10—Pump arrangements for transferring the contents from the container to a pump chamber by a sucking effect and forcing the contents out through the dispensing nozzle
  • B05B11/1042—Components or details
  • B05B11/1043—Sealing or attachment arrangements between pump and container
  • B05B11/1046—Sealing or attachment arrangements between pump and container the pump chamber being arranged substantially coaxially to the neck of the container
  • B05B11/1047—Sealing or attachment arrangements between pump and container the pump chamber being arranged substantially coaxially to the neck of the container the pump being preassembled as an independent unit before being mounted on 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
  • A45D34/02—Scent flasks, e.g. with evaporator
• • 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
  • B05B11/01—Single-unit hand-held apparatus in which flow of contents is produced by the muscular force of the operator at the moment of use characterised by the means producing the flow
  • B05B11/10—Pump arrangements for transferring the contents from the container to a pump chamber by a sucking effect and forcing the contents out through the dispensing nozzle
  • B05B11/1042—Components or details
  • B05B11/1052—Actuation means
• • 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
  • A45D2200/00—Details not otherwise provided for in A45D
  • A45D2200/05—Details of containers
  • A45D2200/054—Means for supplying liquid to the outlet of the container
  • A45D2200/057—Spray nozzles; Generating atomised liquid

Definitions

• TITLE Opening/closing and vaporization mechanism for a bottle, for example perfume-free, and such a bottle
• the present invention relates to an opening/closing and vaporization mechanism for a bottle, for example of perfume.
• It also relates to a bottle, in particular used in perfumery, provided with such an opening/closing and vaporization mechanism.
• Containers comprising a fluid and a pump for vaporizing the fluid contained in the container are known.
• European patent EP 1 829 791 describes such a container comprising a body defining an internal volume intended to receive the fluid and surmounted by a neck provided with an orifice through which a spray pump is introduced.
• a cover is secured by interlocking on the neck around the pump, while the pump is provided with a push button movable between a high position and a low vaporization position, along the cover.
• the push button is provided with protuberances which slide in grooves formed on an internal face of the lid when the push button is moved between its high position and its low position.
• a cover is movably mounted around the push button between a position where it partially conceals the push button and a position where it gives access to the push button.
• the cover is provided in particular with internal ribs which slide in grooves made on an outer face of the cover when the cover is moved between its position where it partially conceals the push button and its position where it gives access to the push button.
• An outer sleeve is secured to the lid at the neck of the container. This outer sleeve is rotatable relative to the container, the lid, the cap and the pump.
• the outer sleeve has an inner face in which are formed curved grooves which extend along the outer sleeve.
• the cover is further provided with drive pins housed in the curved grooves of the outer sleeve.
• the outer sleeve When the outer sleeve is driven in rotation, it drives the cover in translation from its position where it partially conceals the push button and its position where it gives access to the push button, or vice versa. So, by training in rotation the outer sleeve, it is possible to actuate or not the push button in order to deliver or not the fluid.
• an abutment formed projecting into the cover comes into contact with the push button and an elastic tab formed projecting from the cover is housed in a groove formed at an upper end of the outer sleeve .
• the invention aims to provide an opening/closing and vaporization mechanism for a bottle, for example of perfume, which is particularly simple and convenient to use.
• an opening/closing and vaporization mechanism for a bottle for example of perfume, comprising a vaporization pump configured to be partially introduced into the bottle, a push button to the spray pump and configured to actuate it, characterized in that it comprises a ring configured to be secured to the bottle by a rotational movement of the ring relative to the bottle, with the push button which is mounted so as to translation above and relative to the ring, and a sheath mechanically secured to the ring and mounted to move in translation around and relative to the ring and to the push button, between a first position, called high, in which the button push button is inaccessible and a second position, called low, in which the push button is accessible and can be actuated by a user; with at least one of the sheath and of the ring which is provided with at least one guide groove, with at least one retaining notch formed in the groove and with at least one stop notch formed in the groove and opposite the at least one retaining notch
• the opening/closing and vaporization mechanism passes from a so-called storage configuration in which the push button is inaccessible to a so-called vaporization configuration in which the push button is accessible.
• the storage and vaporization configurations of the opening/closing and vaporization mechanism are configurations in which the sheath is in positions stable high and low.
• the sleeve and the ring are configured so that the actuation in rotation of the sleeve allows, by the cooperation of the at least one complementary stop notch and guide with the longitudinal edges of the at least one guide groove, to drive the ring in rotation with a view to removing it from the bottle.
• the opening/closing and vaporization mechanism here performs several functions, including a push button accessibility function and a torque transmission function for the dismantling of the mechanism with a view, for example, to filling the bottle.
• the ring is at least partially internally threaded and secured by screwing onto the bottle.
• the ring has a generally cylindrical shape, and is provided with a first cylindrical side wall defining a first external face and a first internal face which delimits, with an upper flange of the ring, a first internal space open at a first lower end.
• the at least one additional stop and guide notch is provided on the first cylindrical side wall projecting from the outer face of the ring.
• the at least one complementary stop and guide notch is located on the side of the upper flange, at a distance from the first lower end of the ring.
• the ring is configured to at least partially receive a neck of the bottle in its first internal space.
• the vaporization pump comprises a pump body at least partially received in the first internal space of the ring, and a vaporization conduit extending from the pump body and emerging through an orifice made in the upper flange of the ring.
• the push button has a second cylindrical wall, a support wall surmounting the second cylindrical wall and a vaporization well connected at a first end to the vaporization conduit and emerging at a second end, opposite the first end, through the second cylindrical wall.
• the ring has a shoulder to which the push button is secured by its second cylindrical wall.
• the sheath has a generally cylindrical shape, and is provided with a third cylindrical side wall and an upper opening through which the push button emerges or not depending on the position of the sheath.
• the push button In the first position of the sheath, the push button is located under the upper opening of the sheath and is thus inaccessible; while in the second position of the sheath, the push button emerges through the upper opening of the sheath and is thus accessible to be actuated by the user.
• the third cylindrical side wall of the sheath defines a third external face and a third internal face which delimits a third internal space open at a third lower end.
• the at least one groove is formed in the third internal face of the sheath, and the at least one retaining notch and the at least one abutment notch are formed in the third internal face of the sleeve, at least partially projecting into the at least one groove.
• the at least one groove extends globally from the lower third end of the sheath to near an upper edge of the sheath, at its upper opening.
• the at least one retaining notch and the at least one stop notch are located on the side of the third lower end of the sheath, at a distance from its upper opening.
• the invention also relates, in a second aspect, to a bottle, in particular used in perfumery, comprising a container defining a volume and surmounted by a neck, as well as an opening/closing and vaporization mechanism as described above and secured by a rotational movement on the neck of the container.
• the spray pump is partially introduced into the neck and opens at a first end into the volume of the container.
• the push button is secured to a second end of the spray pump, opposite its first end.
• the ring is internally threaded and screwed onto an external face of the neck.
• Figure 1 illustrates a front view of a bottle, for example used in the field of perfumery, provided with an opening/closing and vaporization mechanism which is here in a so-called storage configuration.
• Figure 2 is a top view of the bottle shown in Figure 1.
• Figure 3 is an exploded perspective view of the opening/closing and vaporization mechanism, according to a first angle of view.
• Figure 4 is a view similar to that of Figure 3, taken from a different angle of view.
• Figure 5 is a sectional view marked V-V in Figure 1.
• Figure 6 shows in more detail the open/close and vaporization mechanism in the storage configuration seen in Figure 5.
• Figure 7 is a sectional view marked VII-VII in Figure 5.
• Figure 8 is a sectional view marked VIII-VIII in Figure 5.
• Figure 9 is a mid-sectional view of the bottle, as in Figure 5, but with its opening / closing and vaporization mechanism which is here in a so-called vaporization configuration.
• Figure 10 shows in more detail the open/close and vaporization mechanism in the vaporization configuration seen in Figure 9.
• Figure 11 shows a detail of Figure 6.
• Figure 12 shows a detail of Figure 10.
• Figures 1 and 2 illustrate a bottle 1, used in particular in perfumery, comprising a receptacle 2, or container, defining a volume for receiving a fluid such as perfume.
• the bottle 1 has here, on an upper part 3, an ornamental plate 4.
• the container 2 is surmounted by a neck (visible in Figures 5, 6, 9 and 10) extending projecting from the upper part 3.
• the bottle 1 comprises an opening/closing and vaporization mechanism 5 mounted on the neck of the container 2.
• the opening/closing and vaporization mechanism 5 is provided in particular with a ring 6 configured to be secured to the bottle 1 by a rotational movement of the ring 6 with respect to the bottle 1, with a sheath 7 mechanically secured to the ring 6 and mounted movable in translation around and relative to the ring 6, and a push button which is mounted movable in translation above and relative to the ring 6.
• the sleeve 7 is movable between a first position, called high, in which the push button 8 is inaccessible, as in Figures 1 and 2, and a second position, called low, in which the push button 8 is accessible and can be actuated by a user for the vaporization of the perfume (see below in more detail).
• FIGS 3 and 4 show in exploded perspective the opening/closing and vaporization mechanism 5, hereinafter referred to as a mechanism for the sake of brevity.
• the mechanism 5 comprises a spray pump 9 configured to be partially introduced into the bottle 1, with the push button 8 which is attached to the spray pump 9 and which is configured to actuate it by user pressure.
• the ring 6 is provided with a first cylindrical side wall 11 defining a first external face 12 and a first internal face 13.
• the first internal face 13 delimits, with an upper flange 14 of the ring 6, a first internal space 15 open at a first lower end 16 of the ring 6.
• the ring 6 also has, at the junction between the upper flange 14 and the first cylindrical side wall 11, a portion 17 here forming an extra thickness of the first cylindrical side wall 11.
• the mechanism 5 is further provided here with a plurality of complementary stop and guide notches 18. These complementary abutment and guide notches 18 are here provided in a regularly distributed manner over the cylindrical periphery of the portion 17 of the ring 6, projecting from the outer face 12 of the ring 6.
• the ring 6 is also provided with a shoulder 19 projecting from the upper flange 14 and which is pierced with a through hole 46 which opens into the first internal space 15.
• the ring 6 is configured to at least partially receive the neck of the bottle 1 in its first internal space 15 (see in detail below).
• the ring 6 is partially internally threaded, that is to say on its first internal face 13, so as to be secured by screwing on an external face itself threaded of the neck of the bottle 1.
• the spray pump 9 comprises a pump body 21 partially received in the first internal space 15 of the ring 6.
• the vaporization pump 9 is configured to be partially introduced into the neck of the bottle 1 and to emerge into the volume of the container 2 at a first end 20 of a vaporization conduit 22 of the vaporization pump 9.
• the vaporization conduit 22 extends from the pump body 21 and emerges through the through orifice 46 made in the upper flange 14 of the ring 6, by a second end 23 of the vaporization conduit 22 which is opposite the first end 20.
• the push button 8 has a second cylindrical wall 24 defining a second external face 29 and a second internal face 30, as well as a support wall 25 surmounting the second cylindrical wall 24 and delimiting, with the second internal face 30, a second space internal 31 open at a second lower end 32 of the push button 8.
• the push button 8 is secured by its second cylindrical wall 24 on the shoulder 19 of the ring 6, which is at least partially received in the second internal space 31 of the push button 8.
• the push button 8 also has a vaporization well 26 housed in the second internal space 31 .
• the vaporization well 26 is connected at a first end 27 to the vaporization conduit 22, by its second end 23, and emerges at a second end (not shown), opposite the first end 27 of the vaporization well 26, through the second cylindrical wall 24, thus allowing the vaporization of the perfume in the immediate environment of the bottle 1.
• the sleeve 7 has a generally cylindrical shape, and is provided with a third cylindrical side wall 27 and an upper opening 28 through which the push button 8 emerges or not depending on the position of the sleeve 7 with respect to the ring 6 (see in detail below).
• the third cylindrical side wall 27 of the sleeve 7 defines a third external face 33 and a third internal face 34 which delimits a third internal space 35 open at a third lower end 36 of the sleeve 7.
• the mechanism 5 is provided here with a plurality of guide grooves 37 which are formed in the third internal face 34 of the sheath 7.
• the guide grooves 37 extend globally from the lower third end 36 of the sheath 7 to near an upper edge 38 of the sheath 7, at the level of its upper opening 28.
• the guide grooves 37 are here generally regularly distributed in the third internal space 35 of the sheath 7.
• the mechanism 5 is further provided here with a plurality of retaining notches 39 and a plurality of abutment notches 40 formed in the third internal face 34 of the sheath 7, at least partially projecting into the respective guide grooves 37 .
• the retaining notches 39 and the stop notches 40 are located on the side of the third lower end 36 of the sheath 7, at a distance from its upper opening 28.
• the mechanism 5 is here configured so that the arrangement of the guide grooves 37, retaining notches 39 and stop notches 40 in the third internal space 35 of the sheath 7 and the arrangement of the complementary stop and guide notches 18 provided projecting from the outer face 12 of the ring 6 can cooperate.
• mechanism 5 is explained with reference to Figures 5 to 12.
• the sheath 7 is configured to be translated between the first position, called high, and the second position, called low. In the first position of the sheath 7, visible in particular in the figures
• the push button 8 is located under the upper opening 28 of the sheath 7 and is thus inaccessible.
• the ring 6 is mounted by its first inner face 13 and by a rotational movement, here by screwing, on the outer face 51 of the neck 50 of the bottle 1.
• the ring 6 is only partially introduced into the third internal space 35 of the sheath 7 and the third lower end 36 of the sheath 7 is at a distance from the ornamental plate 4 mounted on the upper part 3 of the container 2 of vial 1 .
• the ring 6 is for the most part introduced into the third internal space 35 of the sheath 7 and the third lower end 36 of the sheath 7 is in the immediate vicinity of, or even resting on, the ornamental plate 4 mounted on the upper part 3 of the container 2 of the bottle 1.
• the complementary abutment and guide notches 18 of the ring 6 present here on the one hand, a straight portion 63 provided to bear against a complementary straight portion of the abutment notches 40 of the sheath 7, and on the other hand, a ramped portion 62 provided to cooperate with a substantially curved portion 65 of the retaining notches 39.
• Such a configuration allows the complementary stop and guide notches 18 to be able to be moved on either side of the holding notches 39 when they are stressed.
• the mechanism 5 provides a particularly simple and convenient solution for authorizing or not, and therefore securing, the actuation of the push button 8.
• the mechanism 5 passes from a so-called storage configuration in which the push button 8 is inaccessible to a so-called vaporization configuration in which the push button 8 is accessible.
• the storage and vaporization configurations of the mechanism 5 are configurations in which the sheath 7 is in high and low positions. stable bass.
• the sleeve 7 and the ring 6 are configured so that the actuation in rotation of the sleeve 7 allows, by the cooperation of the complementary stop and guide notches 18 with the longitudinal edges 60 of the guide grooves 37 guide, to rotate the ring 6 to disassemble the bottle 1.
• the mechanism 5 performs here several functions, including an accessibility function of the push button 8 and a torque transmission function for dismantling the mechanism 5 with a view, for example, to filling bottle 1.
• the guide grooves, the abutment notches and the retaining notches are formed on the ring rather than on the sleeve, and the complementary abutment and guide notches are formed on the sleeve rather than on the ring.
• the mechanism may comprise more or fewer guide grooves, abutment notches, holding notches and complementary abutment and guide notches.
• the abutment notches, the holding notches and the complementary abutment and guide notches can have different shapes from those described and illustrated.
• the ring, the sheath and/or the push button can be of different shapes from a generally cylindrical shape.
• the bottle may have no ornamental plate.

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