Dispenser for a liquid to pasty product and subplate for a dispenser of this kind

• US 5,292,033 A
• Filed: 04/09/1993
• Issued: 03/08/1994
• Est. Priority Date: 11/16/1990
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: L'Oreal SA
• Original Assignee: L'Oreal SA
• Inventors: Gueret, Jean-Louis H.
• Primary Examiner(s): Kashnikow, Andres
• Assistant Examiner(s): Bomberg, Kenneth
• Application Number:
  US08/046,381
• Time in Patent Office: 333 Days
• Field of Search: 222/95, 222/105, 222/328, 222/383, 222/385, 222/321
• US Class Current: 222/95
• CPC Class Codes: B05B 11/026 Membranes separating the content remaining in the container from the atmospheric air to compensate underpressure inside the container
• CPC Class Codes: B05B 11/028 Pistons separating the content remaining in the container from the atmospheric air to compensate underpressure inside the container
• CPC Class Codes: B05B 11/1047 the pump being preassembled as an independent unit before being mounted on the container
• CPC Class Codes: B05B 11/1081 Arrangements for pumping several liquids or other fluent materials from several containers, e.g. for mixing them at the moment of pumping

Abstract

The dispenser for a liquid to pasty product comprises a container (R) containing the product (P) integral with a rigid outer casing (4) provided in its upper part with a subplate (7) to which there is fixed a hand pump (8) surmounted by a push-button (9). The subplate (7) is in the form of a dish engaged in the container (R) and with its concavity directed towards the face opposite the container. The pump (8) is carried by the base (11) of the dish. The depth (h) of the dish is substantially equal to the length (1) of the pump body. The base (11) of the dish is provided with a movable transition component (13) connected to the base so that it projects in relation thereto, the pump body being engaged in the said component and fixed to the transition component (13) at or below the upper level of the subplate.

Claims

1. A dispenser for a liquid or pasty product comprising a container containing the product, said container having an end connected with a rigid outer casing, said rigid outer casing having an upper part and a subplate connected to said upper part, said subplate supporting a hand pump with said hand pump having a fixed pump body and a movable part associated with a push button, said subplate being in the form of dish having a concave portion with said concave portion facing in a direction away from said container, said dish having a base and said pump body being supported on said base, wherein said dish has an upper edge and the depth of said dish is substantially equal to the length of the pump body and said base of said dish is provided with a separable transition component connected to said base to project in relation thereto away from said container, said pump body being engaged in said transition component so as to extend to but not beyond the level of said upper edge;

said hand pump being crimped onto said transition component, said transition component being cylindrical in shape and having a circular section and comprising an upper part having a collar for receiving the crimp of a cap, said push button including a skirt having a lower edge, said collar being spaced a selected radial distance from said upper edge of said dish so as to permit said skirt of said push button to pass between said collar and said upper edge sufficiently far to allow said push button to effect dispensing.

2. The invention as claimed in claim 1, wherein said transition component is connected to said base of said subplate by means of a sheath provided in a central region of said base of said subplate.

3. The invention as claimed in claim 2, wherein said transition component is fixed by a snap engagement to said base.

4. The invention as claimed in claim 1, wherein said container for said product comprises a deformable, flexible pouch and said rigid casing is separate from said container and includes an air passage.

5. The invention as claimed in claim 1, wherein said subplate comprises at least one anti-trapping means.

6. Dispenser according to claim 5, characterised in that the anti-trapping means comprises a set of several fins (28) distributed around the axis of the container and forming an integral part of the base of the subplate, the edge of each fin adjacent to the axis comprising a recess (29) so as to leave a passage for the product in the central zone included between the fins.

7. The invention as claimed in claim 1, wherein said pump body has an inner portion and said base of said dish has an inner face;

said inner portion of said pump body being adjacent said inner face of said base of said dish.