WO2002000526A1 - Distributeur de granulat - Google Patents
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- WO2002000526A1 WO2002000526A1 PCT/FR2001/002009 FR0102009W WO0200526A1 WO 2002000526 A1 WO2002000526 A1 WO 2002000526A1 FR 0102009 W FR0102009 W FR 0102009W WO 0200526 A1 WO0200526 A1 WO 0200526A1
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- G—PHYSICS
- G01—MEASURING; TESTING
- G01F—MEASURING VOLUME, VOLUME FLOW, MASS FLOW OR LIQUID LEVEL; METERING BY VOLUME
- G01F11/00—Apparatus requiring external operation adapted at each repeated and identical operation to measure and separate a predetermined volume of fluid or fluent solid material from a supply or container, without regard to weight, and to deliver it
- G01F11/10—Apparatus requiring external operation adapted at each repeated and identical operation to measure and separate a predetermined volume of fluid or fluent solid material from a supply or container, without regard to weight, and to deliver it with measuring chambers moved during operation
- G01F11/12—Apparatus requiring external operation adapted at each repeated and identical operation to measure and separate a predetermined volume of fluid or fluent solid material from a supply or container, without regard to weight, and to deliver it with measuring chambers moved during operation of the valve type, i.e. the separating being effected by fluid-tight or powder-tight movements
- G01F11/14—Apparatus requiring external operation adapted at each repeated and identical operation to measure and separate a predetermined volume of fluid or fluent solid material from a supply or container, without regard to weight, and to deliver it with measuring chambers moved during operation of the valve type, i.e. the separating being effected by fluid-tight or powder-tight movements wherein the measuring chamber reciprocates
- G01F11/18—Apparatus requiring external operation adapted at each repeated and identical operation to measure and separate a predetermined volume of fluid or fluent solid material from a supply or container, without regard to weight, and to deliver it with measuring chambers moved during operation of the valve type, i.e. the separating being effected by fluid-tight or powder-tight movements wherein the measuring chamber reciprocates for fluent solid material
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- A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
- A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
- A47F—SPECIAL FURNITURE, FITTINGS, OR ACCESSORIES FOR SHOPS, STOREHOUSES, BARS, RESTAURANTS OR THE LIKE; PAYING COUNTERS
- A47F1/00—Racks for dispensing merchandise; Containers for dispensing merchandise
- A47F1/02—Racks for dispensing merchandise; Containers for dispensing merchandise for granulated or powdered materials, i.e. bulk materials
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
- B65D—CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES
- B65D83/00—Containers or packages with special means for dispensing contents
- B65D83/06—Containers or packages with special means for dispensing contents for dispensing powdered or granular material
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- the present invention relates to an aggregate dispenser according to predetermined doses.
- the metering and dispensing of material in the form of granules is carried out most of the time by means of a graduated beaker which a user plunges into a bag of granules previously opened.
- the dosage is carried out approximately since the cup can collect a greater or lesser amount of granulate than that of the required dose. It is then necessary to adjust the content of the beaker by rejecting or replacing granulate.
- the action of the cup in the kibble produces a mixing thereof and therefore their oxygenation and their oxidation in air.
- the present invention therefore aims to remedy these drawbacks by providing an aggregate dispenser for easy handling.
- the invention provides a dispenser for dispensing predetermined doses with excellent repeatability.
- the invention provides a dispenser ensuring hygienic conservation of the product to be dispensed.
- the aggregate distributor comprises:
- the dosing device includes:
- a movable shutter between an adjustable opening position in which the granulate can flow through the flow window in a removable receiver and a closed position in which the shutter closes the flow window
- This dispenser is therefore particularly simple to use since its use requires only, only, two manipulations to be carried out.
- the user exerts traction on the receiver to remove it from the dispenser, the receiver being filled with a prescribed dose of granulate.
- the user pushes on the receiver to put it back in position in the dispenser.
- This dispenser is therefore particularly easy to handle.
- the receiver is provided with at least one rack capable of cooperating with at least one tongue integral with the obturator supporting a tooth, the tongue being movable between a position in which it engages in each rack ensuring the fastening of the shutter and the receiver and a second position in which the tongue disappears against a ramp separating the receiver from the shutter.
- the attachment of the receiver and the shutter makes it possible, by pulling on the receiver, to move the shutter from the open position in which the aggregate flows into the receiver through the flow window to the position in which the flow window is closed by the shutter. The separation then frees the receiver to empty it of the dose with which it is charged.
- the racks are located on the longitudinal edges of the receiver.
- the receiver is provided with ribs sliding in grooves made on the horizontal wall.
- the receiver is provided with at least one rack, complementary to two toothed segments disposed on each of the sides of the shutter parallel to the axis of movement of the latter, the toothed segments being movable between a position in which they protrude from the flanks of the shutter and mesh with the racks of the receiver thus ensuring the joining of the shutter and the receiver, and a second position in which the toothed segments retract inside the shutter, thereby separating the receiver from the shutter.
- two rigid rods are arranged inside the shutter substantially along its diagonals, each being movable in rotation relative to the point of intersection of the diagonals and kept away from one another by elastic means , each being provided at one of its ends with a toothed segment and at the other of its ends, protruding from the shutter, with an unlocking lug capable of being erased inside the shutter against a bearing surface to, by a scissor effect, cause the toothed segments to retract.
- the rigid rods make it possible to make a reversible connection between the shutter and the receiver by a scissor effect.
- the rods are kept apart from one another by at least one leaf spring.
- the receiver slides in a corridor formed in the lower part of the distributor, the vertical walls of this corridor serving as a support surface for the unlocking lugs protruding from the shutter,
- the shutter is provided with lateral tabs, complementary to grooves made in the lower part of the dispenser,
- the shutter is provided with a support arm extending perpendicular to one of its sides and capable of coming to bear against an adjustable surface.
- a flexible strip sliding in translation parallel to the direction of movement of the shutter has a stop against which the arm bears.
- the strip has a toothed edge in which a toothed wheel engages the rotation of the wheel causing the translation of the strip.
- the strip has a slider protruding from a groove made in the wall of the tank making it possible to slide the latter.
- an endless screw which can be rotated by a wheel, is arranged in the lower part of the distributor, parallel to the axis of movement of the shutter, the worm receiving a floating nut against which abuts the support arm of the shutter.
- Adjusting the position of the nut makes it possible to vary the position of the shutter relative to the opening and therefore makes it possible to vary the dose of granulate which is to be withdrawn.
- the end of the shutter facing the receiver has an inclined plane and allows the granulate to flow back towards the reservoir, when the shutter moves from the closed position of the flow window to the position d opening of the flow window.
- the receiver is provided with two bosses coming to bear against the shutter during the thrust exerted on the receiver, to bring the shutter from the closed position to the open position of the flow window in end of thrust, the bosses being housed in grooves made in the shutter.
- the bosses with which the receiver is fitted make it possible to push the shutter back into the open position of the flow window.
- a hopper having sides which converge towards an opening is arranged inside the tank.
- the hopper due to its convergent shape, allows the aggregate to be evacuated in its entirety towards the flow window.
- the side of the opening of the hopper or of the flow closure is provided with a rubber blade making it possible to prevent the aggregate from jamming between the shutter and the edge of the opening of the hopper.
- Figure 1 is an exploded perspective view with partial cutaway of the dispenser according to the invention.
- Figure 2 is a sectional view of the metering device.
- Figures 3, 4 and 5 show sectional views of the dispenser during operation.
- Figure 6 is a perspective view with partial cutaway of the shutter.
- Figure 7 is a perspective view of another embodiment of the metering device.
- Figure 8 is a sectional view with partial cutaway of this embodiment.
- Figures 9 and 10 show the metering device during operation.
- the dispenser consists of a housing 2 of injected plastic.
- the housing 2 comprises a horizontal wall 3 which separates the housing into an upper reservoir 4 and a base 5 which houses a metering device.
- the front face of the housing comprises a thumb wheel 8 and an opening 7 the upper side of which adjoins the wall 3.
- a corridor 9 opens into the opening 7.
- the corridor 9 is extended by two grooves 12 which open into the rear face of the housing 2.
- the housing 2 is closed, on its upper face, by a hinged cover 14 and has, on the rear face, openings 15 in the form of gaiter buttons making it possible to fix it on a wall.
- the box has a transparent vertical light 17.
- the wheel 8 controls a worm 18 on which a floating nut 19 moves.
- the dispenser also includes a shutter 21.
- the shutter which appears in cutaway perspective in Figure 6, is a substantially parallelepipedal element having a front part in the form of a ramp.
- the sides of the shutter 21 are provided with horizontal support tabs 26 located in the upper plane of the latter.
- two rigid rods 22 are arranged substantially along the diagonals of the shutter.
- the rods 22 are fixed by a clip 23 which keeps them mobile in rotation.
- the ends of these rods protrude from the shutter 21 by lights made in the sides of the latter.
- the ends of the rods 22 projecting from the front side of the shutter 21 are provided with toothed segments 23, the ends of the rods 22 projecting from the rear side are provided with unlocking lugs 24.
- the rods 22 are kept apart from each other by plastic spring blades 25.
- the shutter also has an arm 27 which extends perpendicular to one of its sides.
- the arm 27 has a notch 28.
- the sides of the shutter 21 each have a longitudinal groove 30 which does not open into the front face of the shutter.
- the dispenser further comprises a receiver 32.
- the receiver 32 is in the form of a parallelepiped, open on its upper face and its front face, of dimension complementary to those of the corridor 9 of the housing 2.
- the bottom, the longitudinal sides and the rear of the receiver are molded in plastic.
- the sides of the receiver 32 each receive, on their inner face, a rack 33 and a boss 34 located near the open end of the receiver.
- the receiver is provided with a handle 35 protruding from its rear face.
- the distributor finally comprises a hopper 37 having an opening 38, the walls of the hopper converging towards the opening 38.
- the hopper 37 is inserted into the upper reservoir 4 of the housing, the opening 38 being superimposed on the window 6.
- the side of the opening 38 located on the side of the shutter 21 is provided with a rubber blade 39. The operation of the dispenser will now be described.
- Figure 3 shows the distributor in the standby position.
- the shutter 21 is in abutment against the nut 19 via the arm 27.
- the receiver 32 is inserted in the corridor 9.
- Each of the toothed segments 23, protruding from the shutter, is meshed in each of the racks 33 of the receiver 32, making the shutter 21 and the receiver 32 integral with one another .
- the granulate present in the hopper 37 flows into the receiver 32 through the portion of the opening 38 which is not closed by the shutter 21.
- the operator who wishes to withdraw a dose of granulate, pulls on the receiver 32.
- the receiver 32 slides inside the corridor 9 and, being integral with the shutter, causes the shutter 21 to move, whose support legs slide in the grooves 12.
- the ramp-shaped front part of the shutter allows the granulate to flow back towards the hopper 37, facilitating the movement of the shutter / receiver assembly.
- the rubber blade 39 prevents the granulate from jamming between the shutter and the edge of the opening 38.
- the toothed segments 23 then retract into a position in which they are no longer in engagement with the racks 33 of the receiver.
- the arm 27 of the shutter abuts against the passage 9.
- the receiver 32 is detached from the shutter and is therefore free to empty the dose of granulate thus withdrawn. This operation being carried out, the receiver 32 is presented opposite the opening 7 of the housing 2 and is inserted in the corridor 9.
- the bosses 34 with which the receiver 32 is fitted abut against the shutter 21.
- the thrust to which the receiver is subjected is transmitted to the shutter 21.
- the shutter 21 slides until the arm 27 abuts against the nut 19 placed on the worm 18.
- the shutter 21 has cleared a fraction of the opening 38 through which the aggregate can flow under the effect of gravity.
- FIG. 7 illustrates another embodiment of the metering device.
- the receiver 32 has on each of its longitudinal edges racks 41 and the shutter 21 has two flexible tabs 42 overhanging each of the racks 41.
- Each tab 42 has on its face opposite the rack 41 a tooth 44 engaging in the rack 41.
- the shutter 21 is provided with lateral ribs 45 capable of sliding in grooves 46 arranged in the horizontal wall.
- FIG 9 shows, in section, the distributor in the standby position. In this position, the tooth 44 of the tongue 42 engaged in the rack 41 thus secures the receiver 32 to the shutter 21.
- the operator who wishes to withdraw a dose of aggregate exerts traction on the receiver 32.
- FIGS. 7 and 8 further show two variants of the device for adjusting the position of the shutter 21 using a flexible strip.
- FIG. 7 shows a flexible strip 51 perpendicular to the wall 3.
- This strip 51 parallel to the direction of movement of the shutter has a toothed edge 53 and, at its end, a stop 55.
- a toothed wheel 58 meshes with the toothed edge 53.
- FIG. 8 shows a flexible strip 61 parallel to the wall 3.
- the flexible strip 61 has a stop 65 and a slider which protrudes from a groove 66 formed in the wall of the upper reservoir 4.
- a graduated scale on the front of the dispenser runs along the groove 66, so as to indicate to a user the quantity of aggregate to be drawn off.
- the invention thus provides a dispenser having many advantages. It is particularly extremely easy to handle. It goes without saying that the invention is not limited to the embodiment described above by way of example but that it embraces all of its variants.
- the hopper 37 with a device preventing the compaction of the aggregate such as a plate having an opening in its center coming to be placed in the hopper 37 making it possible to provide an area reflux of the excess granulate when the shutter comes into the position closing the opening 38.
- the worm 18 could be actuated by a micro-motor.
- the cover 14 could be provided with a carrying handle.
- the blade 39 could be made of hard bristles preventing the aggregate from getting stuck between the shutter and the edge of the opening 38.
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Priority Applications (3)
Application Number | Priority Date | Filing Date | Title |
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US10/312,751 US6748986B2 (en) | 2000-06-28 | 2001-06-25 | Granular material dispenser |
EP01949521A EP1294621A1 (fr) | 2000-06-28 | 2001-06-25 | Distributeur de granulat |
AU2001270658A AU2001270658A1 (en) | 2000-06-28 | 2001-06-25 | Granular material dispenser |
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FR00/08333 | 2000-06-28 | ||
FR0008333A FR2810965B1 (fr) | 2000-06-28 | 2000-06-28 | Distributeur de granulat |
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WO2002000526A1 true WO2002000526A1 (fr) | 2002-01-03 |
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PCT/FR2001/002009 WO2002000526A1 (fr) | 2000-06-28 | 2001-06-25 | Distributeur de granulat |
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US (1) | US6748986B2 (fr) |
EP (1) | EP1294621A1 (fr) |
AU (1) | AU2001270658A1 (fr) |
FR (1) | FR2810965B1 (fr) |
WO (1) | WO2002000526A1 (fr) |
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- 2001-06-25 EP EP01949521A patent/EP1294621A1/fr not_active Withdrawn
- 2001-06-25 AU AU2001270658A patent/AU2001270658A1/en not_active Abandoned
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EP1294621A1 (fr) | 2003-03-26 |
AU2001270658A1 (en) | 2002-01-08 |
FR2810965B1 (fr) | 2002-08-23 |
US6748986B2 (en) | 2004-06-15 |
FR2810965A1 (fr) | 2002-01-04 |
US20030159751A1 (en) | 2003-08-28 |
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