FR2750956A1 - IMPROVEMENT FOR CONTAINER LID - Google Patents

Abstract

Lid (1) for container (2) characterized in that it comprises at least one hole allowing the passage of at least one dip tube (5) of a metering pump (3) and fixing means for the cap ( 6) of said pump.

Description

IMPROVEMENT FOR CONTAINER LID

  The present invention relates to a lid for a container and more particularly to an improvement for a lid intended for closing glass or plastic pots. We know dosing pumps on bottles of liquid soap, pouring spouts on plastic bottles of mustard, mayonnaise, etc ..., but for standard glass jars, we are forced to unscrew the lid each time and take the contents (mustard - mayonnaise - ketchup - honey), with a knife blade,

spoon or whatever.

  The problem proposed by the present invention is to design a new screw or clip-on cover, which can be fitted with a metering pump advantageously adaptable to all standard glass jars, in order to take the right amount of product, under good conditions. hygiene and cleanliness, without having to unscrew the cover each time. Another object of the invention is to design a cover which can adapt on its own to several glass jars of diameters

different.

  Thus the container lid according to the invention is characterized in that it comprises at least one hole allowing the passage of at least one dip tube of a dosing pump and fixing means for the

plug of said pump.

  According to another characteristic, the container lid comprises connection and locking means intended to cooperate with corresponding and complementary means of the container. According to an additional characteristic, the container lid comprises a horizontal transverse wall in which is

  arranged the hole for the passage of the dip tube.

  According to another additional characteristic, the container lid is characterized in that the fixing means for the cap of the dosing pump consist of a cylindrical peripheral wall projecting outwardly from the container around the hole intended for passage of the dip tube, said wall comprising an external thread intended to cooperate with a thread

internal of said plug.

  According to a first embodiment, the cover comprises at least one substantially vertical external peripheral wall on which the connection and locking means of said cover are arranged. According to a second embodiment, the cover comprises adaptation means intended to allow its use on pots of different diameters, said adaptation means being for example constituted by a succession of circular external peripheral walls

  and vertical, of different diameters, integral with each other.

  According to a complementary characteristic of the various embodiments, each external peripheral wall is provided with connection and locking means intended to be able to cooperate with corresponding and complementary means of the pot; according to the second embodiment, said peripheral walls are arranged from top to

  the bottom in ascending order of their diameters.

  According to another characteristic, at least one of the external peripheral walls is constituted by an extension of the wall

  horizontal transverse extending peripherally downwards.

  In addition, according to a variant, said cover comprises guide means intended to allow positioning of the lower end of the dip tube of the pump substantially at the bottom of the container. Other characteristics and advantages of the invention will emerge

  of the description which will follow with regard to the appended drawings which are not

  given only by way of nonlimiting examples.

  Figures 1 to 6 illustrate a first embodiment.

  FIG. 1 is an overall view of a pot fitted with the lid and

  of the dosing pump according to the first embodiment.

  Figure 2 is an exterior side view of the cover alone.

  Figure 3 is a cross-sectional view along AA of

cover only.

  Figure 4 is a top view of the cover alone.

  Figure 5 is a bottom view of the cover alone.

  FIG. 6 is a view of the pot before the lid is put in place and

of the dosing pump.

  Figures 7 and 8 illustrate two variants of the first mode

of execution.

  Figure 7 is an overview of the pot with the lid

  before fitting the dosing pump.

  Figure 8 is a view similar to Figure 7 illustrating another variant. Figures 9 to 12 illustrate a second embodiment according to which the cover includes adaptation means allowing

  its use on pots of different diameters.

  Figure 9 is an exterior view of the cover.

  Figure 10 is a view illustrating a pot equipped with the lid

according to the variant of execution.

  Figures 10 a, 10 b, 10 c illustrate the cover mounted on three

pots of different diameters.

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Figure 11 is a top view.

  Figure 12 is a bottom view.

  Figure 13 is a view similar to Figure 2 illustrating an improvement. Figure 14 illustrates an improvement. Figures 15 and 16 illustrate another alternative embodiment of the cover.

  Figure 15 is a bottom view.

  Figure 16 is a sectional view along BB.

  The cover (1) according to the invention, intended to be fixed on a pot or container (2), comprises, on the one hand, a hole (7) allowing the passage of the metering pump (3) as, for example, its pump body (4) and / or its dip tube (5), and on the other hand, fixing means (MF)

  for the cap (6) of said dosing pump.

  According to the invention, the cover is equipped with a metering pump (3) which comprises a pump body (4) and a dip tube (5). Furthermore, said pump (3) comprises a plug (6) advantageously secured to the pump body (4) intended to cooperate with the means of

  fixing (MF) of the cover to be connected to it.

  The cover (1) also includes connection and locking means (MC) intended to cooperate with corresponding and complementary means of the pot (2). According to the various embodiments described, the cover (1) is intended to be screwed or clipped onto the pot (2). However, it goes without saying that said connection and locking means could be of a different type without

  as much to leave the field of protection of the invention.

  According to the first embodiment illustrated in Figures 1 to 6, the cover (1) comprises a horizontal transverse wall (12) extended externally and downwards (BA) by an external peripheral wall (13). Said horizontal transverse wall is advantageously circular and comprises the hole (7) intended to receive the dip tube (5) and / or the pump body (4) of the pump (3). The peripheral wall (13) is provided with connection and locking means (MC) intended to hermetically secure said cover (1) to the container (2). Said connection means (MC) are constituted, according to this embodiment, by clipping projections (14) regularly arranged on the lower perimeter of said peripheral wall (13), said projections being intended to cooperate with a corresponding flange located of

  peripherally on the opening of the container (2).

  According to this first embodiment of the invention making it possible to use a standard metering pump (3), the plug (6) of which is threaded, the fixing means (MF) of the plug (6) consist of a cylindrical peripheral wall ( 8) extending upwardly (HA) peripherally around the hole (7) thereby projecting towards the outside of the container (EXT), said wall (8) comprising an external thread (9) intended to cooperate with the internal thread (10) of the plug

  of the dosing pump (3), as shown in Figures 2, 3 and 6.

  According to a variant not shown of this first embodiment, the cover is intended to allow the use of a metering pump of the type provided with a plug comprising an external thread, the fixing means then being constituted by a cylindrical peripheral wall fitted with an additional internal thread. Note that said wall can thus project either outwards or towards

inside the container.

  In addition, said cover (1) can take various forms without departing from the protective field of the invention. Thus, the hole (7) intended for the passage of the dip tube (5) can be located for example on a hemispherical wall (16), as illustrated in FIG. 7, or be located on a portion of peripheral wall, such as 'illustrated in Figure 8. Note, moreover, that the cover (1) may have guide means (MG) of the dip tube (5) for positioning the lower inlet end (5a) of the dip tube (5 ) substantially at the bottom of the container (2), in particular when said tube is advantageously made

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  made of flexible material. In addition, said guide means (MG) can be essentially provided when the hole (7) is not located so as to naturally allow said positioning of the end of said tube substantially at the bottom of the container. Said guide means (MG) can be formed, as for example in the variants illustrated

  Figures 7 and 8 of a directional ramp (15).

  According to a second embodiment illustrated in Figures 9 to 12, the cover (1) is of the type described above. It has a hole (7) for the passage of the dip tube (5) and / or the body (4) of the pump (3), fixing means (MF) intended to allow the fixing of the plug (6) of said pump and connection and locking means (MC). In addition, said cover is provided with adaptation means (MA) intended to allow its use over a wide

range of different containers.

  According to this second embodiment, said adaptation means are constituted, as shown in FIG. 9, by a succession of external peripheral walls (13a, 13b, 13c) extending downwards (BA) the horizontal transverse wall (12), said peripheral walls being of different diameters, and gradually staging

  downward by increasing in diameter.

  In addition, as shown in FIGS. 10 and 12, each external peripheral wall (13, 13a, 13b, 13c) comprises connection and locking means (MC) intended to cooperate with corresponding and complementary means of the different pots on which the

  cover is intended to fit.

  Thus, the succession of external peripheral walls (13a, 13b, 13c) of different diameters and progressively larger and larger allows the cover to be able to be used on pots of different diameters, as shown in Figures 10a, 0lob, 10c; the opening diameters of the container D1, D2, D3, advantageously corresponding to the diameters of the external peripheral walls on which the jar is locked. According to this second embodiment, the connection and locking means (MC) also consist of clipping projections (14), however said connection means could be obtained by other types of devices such as screwing without however get out of the field of

protection of the invention.

  According to a possible variant not shown, said adaptation means could be constituted by rings of different diameter intended to be removably fixed to an external peripheral wall of the cover or to its horizontal wall, said rings being provided with connection means and locking device for connecting the cover to the container whose opening is of the corresponding diameter. According to another variant not shown, the adaptation means can be constituted by external peripheral walls which extend downwards in decreasing diameter, said walls being slightly inclined relative to the vertical so as to allow said cover to fit into the opening of the container. It goes without saying that the cover can also, according to this second embodiment, cover various shapes such as those illustrated in the

  variants of the first embodiment (Figures 8 and 9).

  Of course, it is possible to provide a plug (11) intended to close the hole (7) when the cover (1) is not equipped with a pump.

  dispenser (3), as shown in Figure 13.

  FIG. 14 illustrates an improvement according to which there is provided a cap (30) intended to close the end (31) of the nozzle of the dosing pump, said cap being able to be connected to said nozzle as shown or to be independent and removable or advantageously

secured to the cover.

  Figures 15 and 16 illustrate an alternative embodiment according to which the connection and locking means and the adaptation means consist of fixing lugs (32) distributed over

  the internal perimeter of the external peripheral wall (13) of the cover.

  Said fixing lugs are advantageously bevelled at their upper end so as to advantageously allow the adaptation of the cover by screwing and unscrewing, they are also made of flexible and elastic material so as to allow

  adapting said cover to pots of different standard diameters.

  In addition, the peripheral wall may be provided with recesses (33) intended to allow the fixing lugs to be easily removed, in particular when the lid is used on pots whose diameter

  is adjusted to the diameter of the outer peripheral wall.

  Of course, the invention is not limited to the embodiments described and shown by way of examples, but it includes

  also all technical equivalents and their combinations.

Claims (10)

  1. Lid (1) for container (2) characterized in that it comprises at least one hole (7) allowing the passage of at least one dip tube (5) of a metering pump (3) and means for fixing (MF)   for the plug (6) of said pump.   2. Lid (1) for container (2) according to claim 1, characterized in that it comprises connection and locking means (MC) intended to cooperate with corresponding means   and complementary to the container (2).   3. Lid (1) for container (2) according to claim 2, characterized in that it comprises a horizontal transverse wall (12)   in which the hole (7) is arranged.   4. Lid (1) for container (2) according to claim 2 or 3, characterized in that the fixing means (MF) for the cap (6) of the dosing pump (3) are constituted by a cylindrical peripheral wall ( 8) extending outwardly (EXT) from the container (2) around the hole (7), said wall comprising an external thread (9) intended   to cooperate with an internal thread (10) of said plug.   5. Lid (1) for container (2) according to any one of   Claims 2 to 4, characterized in that it comprises at least one   substantially vertical outer peripheral wall (13) on which are   arranged the connection and locking means (MC) of the cover.   6. Lid (1) for container (2) according to any one of   Claims 2 to 5, characterized in that it comprises means   adapter (MA) intended to allow its use on pots (2) of different diameters.   7. Lid (1) for container (2) according to claim 6, characterized in that the adaptation means (MA) consist of a succession of external peripheral walls (13a, 13b, 13c)   circular and vertical, of different diameters, interdependent.   8. Lid (1) for container (2) according to claim 7, characterized in that each external peripheral wall (13, 13a, 13b, 13c) is provided with connection and locking means (MC) intended to be able to cooperate with corresponding and complementary means of the pot, said peripheral walls extending from the top   down in ascending order of their diameters.   9. Lid (1) for container (2) according to claim 3 and   any one of claims 5 to 8, characterized in that at least   one of the external peripheral walls is formed by an extension of the horizontal transverse wall (12) extending from   peripheral way down.   10. Lid (1) for container (2) according to any one of   Claims 2 to 9, characterized in that it includes means for   guide (MG) intended to allow the positioning of the lower end (5a) of the dip tube (5) of the pump (3) substantially at bottom of container (2).