WO2014016427A1 - Système pour la distribution d'une mousse d'un produit fluide - Google Patents

Système pour la distribution d'une mousse d'un produit fluide Download PDF

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WO2014016427A1
WO2014016427A1 PCT/EP2013/065850 EP2013065850W WO2014016427A1 WO 2014016427 A1 WO2014016427 A1 WO 2014016427A1 EP 2013065850 W EP2013065850 W EP 2013065850W WO 2014016427 A1 WO2014016427 A1 WO 2014016427A1
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Peter ALBERTZ
Pierre Dumont
Emmanuel Mauduit
Eric Rossignol
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Twist Beauty Packaging Airspray N.V.
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B05—SPRAYING OR ATOMISING IN GENERAL; APPLYING FLUENT MATERIALS TO SURFACES, IN GENERAL
    • B05B—SPRAYING APPARATUS; ATOMISING APPARATUS; NOZZLES
    • B05B7/00—Spraying apparatus for discharge of liquids or other fluent materials from two or more sources, e.g. of liquid and air, of powder and gas
    • B05B7/0018—Spraying apparatus for discharge of liquids or other fluent materials from two or more sources, e.g. of liquid and air, of powder and gas with devices for making foam
    • B05B7/0025—Spraying apparatus for discharge of liquids or other fluent materials from two or more sources, e.g. of liquid and air, of powder and gas with devices for making foam with a compressed gas supply
    • B05B7/0031—Spraying apparatus for discharge of liquids or other fluent materials from two or more sources, e.g. of liquid and air, of powder and gas with devices for making foam with a compressed gas supply with disturbing means promoting mixing, e.g. balls, crowns
    • B05B7/0037—Spraying apparatus for discharge of liquids or other fluent materials from two or more sources, e.g. of liquid and air, of powder and gas with devices for making foam with a compressed gas supply with disturbing means promoting mixing, e.g. balls, crowns including sieves, porous members or the like
    • 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
    • B05B11/04—Deformable containers producing the flow, e.g. squeeze bottles
    • B05B11/042—Deformable containers producing the flow, e.g. squeeze bottles the spray being effected by a gas or vapour flow in the nozzle, spray head, outlet or dip tube
    • B05B11/043—Deformable containers producing the flow, e.g. squeeze bottles the spray being effected by a gas or vapour flow in the nozzle, spray head, outlet or dip tube designed for spraying a liquid
    • 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
    • B05B11/04—Deformable containers producing the flow, e.g. squeeze bottles
    • B05B11/047—Deformable containers producing the flow, e.g. squeeze bottles characterised by the outlet or venting means
    • 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
    • B05B11/0059—Components or details allowing operation in any orientation, e.g. for discharge in inverted position

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  • the invention relates to a system for dispensing a foam of a fluid product, in particular liquid, used in perfumery, in cosmetics or for pharmaceutical treatments.
  • the invention further relates to a bottle for dispensing comprising such a system mounted on a reservoir wherein the product and the air are conditioned.
  • the deformation of the reservoir is reversible in order to allow for the air return in the reservoir in compensation for the volume dispensed.
  • a passage for return air is provided between the reservoir and the exterior of the bottle, said passage being provided with an anti-return valve which is arranged to be opened under the effect of the vacuum induced by the returning of the reservoir to its initial shape.
  • the supply valve conventionally comprises a product valve and an air valve provided respectively on the passage for product and the passage for air, each of said valves being arranged to open the passage for product - respectively for air - in order to supply the mixing chamber using a pressure that the product - respectively the air - exerts on it.
  • the supplying of the mixing chamber is closed in a sealed manner, the pressurising of the air and of the product in said reservoir actuating the dispensing of the foam.
  • the invention aims to improve prior art by proposing in particular a system that makes possible, even in relation with a use inclined with the head downwards, the dispensing of a foam of good quality, wherein the opening / closing functions of the passages for the product, for air and for air return are carried out simply and reliably.
  • a unit for foaming which has a passage for the supply of mixture coming from the chamber and a passage for dispensing the foam; a supply valve of the mixing chamber which comprises a product valve and an air valve is provided respectively on the passage for product and the passage for air, each of said valves being arranged to open the passage for product - respectively for air - in order to supply the mixing chamber using a pressure that the source of product - respectively of air
  • figure 2 is an enlarged view of figure 1 showing more particularly the system for dispensing in closed state;
  • the system for dispensing comprises a head 3 wherein is formed a mixing chamber 4 of the product P with the air A, as well as a unit for foaming 5 which has a passage for supplying 6 with mixture coming from said chamber and a passage for dispensing 7 the foam to the exterior of the bottle.
  • the unit for foaming 5 allows for the expansion of the foam and its dispensing to the geometry of the passage for dispensing 7.
  • the head 3 comprises a support 8 which has an outer plate 9 provided with an inner annular skirt 10 and an outer annular skirt 1 1 .
  • the skirts 10, 1 1 are concentric in order to form a space wherein the neck 2 is arranged, the inner skirt 10 being in sealed contact on the interior of said neck and the outer skirt 1 1 being snap-fitted onto the exterior of said neck.
  • Other methods for the sealed fastening of the head 3 onto the neck 2 can be used, for example by screwing or by crimping.
  • the bottle is intended to be used head 3 inclined downwards, the source of product 24 being formed in the portion of reservoir 1 located in the extension of the neck 2 and the source of air 26 in that located in the bottom 29 of said reservoir.
  • this use implies that the head 3 is arranged under the product P, in particular with the bottle arranged between the horizontal and vertical directions head 3 downwards during the dispensing and/or storage.
  • the lid 17 has a flat upper wall whereon the bottle is intended to be placed head 3 downwards during its storage (figure 1 ).
  • the system for dispensing comprises a supply valve 30 of the mixing chamber 4 which comprises a product valve 31 and an air valve 32 provided respectively on the passage for product 23 and the passage for air 25.
  • Each of the valves 31 , 32 is arranged to open the passage for product 23 - respectively of air 25 - in order to supply the mixing chamber 4 using a pressure that the source of product 24 - respectively of air 26 - exerts on it.
  • the supplying of the mixing chamber 4 is closed in a sealed manner in order to prevent leaking and the pressurising of the valves 31 , 32 from actuating the dispensing of the foam.
  • the supplying of the mixing chamber 4 is carried out separately for product P and for air A, with a kinematics and in a ratio that can be determined.
  • the opening pressure of the passage for air 25 is less than that of the passage for product 23, for example being respectively 20 mbar and 30 mbar in such a way that the supplying of the mixing chamber 4 starts with the air A only and then continues with the air A and with the product P.
  • the supply valve 30 is arranged to open the passage for air 25 using a vacuum that the source of air 26 exerts on it.
  • a vacuum is formed in the mixing chamber 4 which has a passage for return air 33 provided with an anti-return valve 34 arranged to be opened under the effect of this vacuum in order to supply the reservoir 1 with air A in compensation for the volume dispensed.
  • the air return through the mixing chamber 4 makes it possible to manage the opening / closing functions of all of the passages, i.e. for the product 23, air 25 and air return 33, by means of the supply valve 30 which is provided at the interface between the reservoir 1 and said mixing chamber, which can be done simply and reliably, in particular in relation with a dispensing of foam of quality with a bottle head 3 downwards.
  • the supply valve 30 can be arranged in order maintain the passage for product 23 closed during the air return so that the air A is introduced into the reservoir 1 only by the intermediary of the passage for air 25, in particular without passing through the source of product 24.
  • the casing 20 comprises a lateral extension 35 wherein the passage for return air 33 is formed outside of the unit for foaming 5.
  • the passage for return air 33 is carried out on the downstream opening 12, the lid 17 closing said passage for return air between two dispensings.
  • the air return is not carried out through the unit for foaming 5 but in parallel of the foaming chamber 21 .
  • the pressure in the mixing chamber 4 during the dispensing maintains the air return valve 34 in closed position in order to supply the foaming chamber 21 with the mixture, with the vacuum in the mixing chamber 4 during the air return opening said valve in order to supply the reservoir 1 with air A without passing through the foaming chamber 21 .
  • the passage for return air 33 comprises an orifice whereon is mounted a sealing element 34, said element being arranged in the mixing chamber 4 between a thrust closed position of the orifice (figures 2 and 4) in order to allow for storage and dispensing, and a separated open position of said orifice (figure 5) in order to allow for the air return.
  • the element is formed of a ball 34 which is mounted in a sealed manner on a seat of the orifice 33 by the intermediary of a retaining cage (not shown in the figures).
  • the pressure in the mixing chamber 4 maintains the ball 34 on the seat, the vacuum in said mixing chamber raising said ball in the cage.
  • each valve 31 , 32 is carried out with a membrane 36, said membranes being overmoulded on a rigid armature 38 for fastening the supply valve 30 in the mixing chamber 4.
  • the armature 38 can be carried out with a polyolefin base such as Polypropylene or Polyethylene, and the membranes 36 with a silicone or thermoplastic elastomeric (TPE) base.
  • the rigid armature 38 has orifices 39 in each of which a membrane 36 is overmoulded, said orifices being arranged in such a way as to be able to be arranged across from respectively a passage 23, 25 when the supply valve 30 is mounted in the mixing chamber 4.
  • each orifice is arranged in such a way as to be able to be arranged across from respectively a passage 23, 25 when the supply valve 30 is mounted in the mixing chamber 4.
  • the fastening of the supply valve 30 in the mixing chamber 4 is provided by the fastening of the base 14 around the central wall 13, in particular via a pinch seal of the outside edge of the armature 38 between the inner plate 15 and the end of the central wall 13.
  • the supply valve 30 comprises an air return valve 40 which is provided on the passage for air 25, said valve being arranged to open said passage for air using a vacuum that the source of air 26 exerts on it.
  • the air valve 32 also forms an air return valve 40, said valve being double-acting in order to open the passage for air 25 when the source of air 26 exerts a pressure or a vacuum on it.
  • the lips 37 of the air valve 32 are provided on the passage for air 25, said valve being arranged to open said passage for air using a vacuum that the source of air 26 exerts on it.
  • the air valve 32, 40 has a dome whereon the lips 37 are formed, said dome being oriented outwards from the mixing chamber 4.
  • the opening pressure of the passage for air 25 must be sufficient in order to turn the dome over, while the opening vacuum is lower since it must induce only a rising of the lips 37.
  • the opening vacuum for the air return can be from 5 to 10 mbar and the opening pressure for the supplying with air of 20 mbar.
  • the product valve 31 has a dome of similar geometry and of which the lips 37 can be displaced reversibly under the effect of a pressure of product P between a sealed joined state (figures 2 and 5) and a separated open state of the passage for product 23 (figure 4).
  • the diameter of the dome of the product valve 21 can be lower than that of the air valve 32 so that the opening pressure of the passage for air 25 is less than that of the passage for product 23. Furthermore, the opening vacuum of the air return valve 40 is less than that of the product valve 31 so that the air return is carried out substantially by the intermediary of the passage for air 25.
  • the air return valve 40 is separate from the air valve 32, each being formed from a membrane 36 wherein lips 37 are formed, each of said membranes being overmoulded in an orifice 39 of the rigid armature 38.
  • the passage for air 25 can include two orifices provided respectively with the air valve 32 and with the air return valve 40, each of said orifices being in communication with the source of air 26.
  • Each of the valves 32, 40 is single-acting, i.e. their lips 37 can be opened under the effect of a pressure for the air valve 32 and under the effect of a vacuum for the air return valve 40.
  • the opening vacuum for the air return valve 40 is less than those for the valves for air 32 and for product 31 so that the air return is carried out substantially by the intermediary of said air return valve.
  • each valve 31 , 32, 40 comprises four lips 37 formed around a cross-shaped slot.
  • a slot can be carried out by cutting, in particular after extension of the dome so as, after release of said extension, improve the sale conferred in joined state.

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Abstract

L'invention porte sur un système pour la distribution d'une mousse d'un produit fluide (P), comprenant : une tête (3) dans laquelle est formée une chambre de mélange (4) ayant un passage pour du produit (23) destiné à être en communication avec une source de produit (24) et un passage pour de l'air (25) destiné à être en communication avec une source d'air (26); une unité pour le moussage (5); une soupape d'alimentation (30) de la chambre de mélange (4) qui comprend une soupape de produit (31) et une soupape d'air (32), chacune desdites soupapes étant conçue pour ouvrir le passage pour du produit (23), respectivement pour de l'air (25), afin d'alimenter la chambre de mélange (4) à l'aide d'une pression que la source de produit (24), respectivement d'air (26), exerce sur elle; la chambre de mélange (4) ayant un passage pour l'air de retour (33) qui est doté d'un clapet anti-retour (34) conçu pour être ouvert sous l'effet d'un vide dans la chambre de mélange (4), la soupape d'alimentation (30) étant conçue pour ouvrir le passage pour de l'air (25) à l'aide d'un vide que la source d'air (26) exerce sur elle.
PCT/EP2013/065850 2012-07-27 2013-07-26 Système pour la distribution d'une mousse d'un produit fluide WO2014016427A1 (fr)

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ES13745807.1T ES2602198T3 (es) 2012-07-27 2013-07-26 Sistema de dispensación de una espuma de un producto fluido
EP13745807.1A EP2877292B1 (fr) 2012-07-27 2013-07-26 Système pour la distribution d'une mousse d'un produit fluide

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