Fluid product dispenser

• US 20050211797A1
• Filed: 12/02/2002
• Published: 09/29/2005
• Est. Priority Date: 12/04/2001
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Valois (Mestdagh Family)
• Original Assignee: Valois (Mestdagh Family)
• Inventors: Abergel, Aline, Garcia, Firmin
• Application Number:
  US10/497,652
• Publication Number:
  US 20050211797A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 239/333
• CPC Class Codes: A45D 2200/207 Vibration, e.g. ultrasound
• CPC Class Codes: A61L 9/12 Apparatus, e.g. holders, therefor
• CPC Class Codes: A61L 9/14 using sprayed or atomised substances including air-liquid contact processes
• CPC Class Codes: B05B 12/122 responsive to presence or shape of target B05B12/124 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: B05B 17/0646 Vibrating plates, i.e. plates being directly subjected to the vibrations, e.g. having a piezoelectric transducer attached thereto
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 83/26 operating automatically, e.g. periodically

Abstract

A fluid dispenser comprising:

• • a fluid reservoir (2) provided with an opening (30); and
  • a dispenser member (61, 63) communicating with the opening of the reservoir in order to extract fluid, said dispenser member including a dispenser outlet (61) through which the fluid is dispensed while forming a dispensing spray adapted to hit a target, the dispenser being characterized in that it comprises detection means (7) that are capable of detecting at least one physical characteristic of the target on which the fluid is to be dispensed, said detector, on detecting said at least one physical characteristic of the target, then serving to trigger or influence the dispensing spray.

Claims

1. A fluid dispenser comprising:

a fluid reservoir (2) provided with an opening (30); and

a dispenser member (61, 63) communicating with the opening of the reservoir in order to extract fluid, said dispenser member including a dispenser outlet (61) through which the fluid is dispensed while forming a dispensing spray adapted to hit a target, the dispenser being characterized in that it comprises detection means (7) that are capable of detecting at least one physical characteristic of the target on which the fluid is to be dispensed, said detector, on detecting said at least one physical characteristic of the target, then serving to trigger or influence the dispensing spray.

2. A dispenser according to claim 1, in which the physical characteristic is the distance between the dispenser outlet (61) and the target.

3. A dispenser according to claim 1, in which the detection means trigger the dispensing spray.

4. A dispenser according to claim 1, in which the detection means influence the shape of the dispensing spray.

5. A dispenser according to claim 1, in which the detection means influence the dispensing rate.

6. A dispenser according to claim 1, in which the detection means influence the actuating frequency of the dispenser member.

7. A dispenser according to claim 1, in which the physical characteristic is selected from the group consisting of:

the wetness of the target;

the color of the target;

the brightness of the target;

the presence of a certain substance in the target;

the content of a certain substance in the target; and

the temperature of the target.