Fluid dispenser

• US 6,698,627 B2
• Filed: 02/19/2003
• Issued: 03/02/2004
• Est. Priority Date: 02/19/2002
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Valois (Mestdagh Family)
• Original Assignee: Valois SAS (AptarGroup Incorporated)
• Inventors: Milian, Alex, Garcia, Firmin
• Primary Examiner(s): Mancene, Gene
• Assistant Examiner(s): Cartagena, Melvin A.
• Application Number:
  US10/367,734
• Publication Number:
  US 20030155376A1
• Time in Patent Office: 377 Days
• Field of Search: 222/92-107, 222/214, 222/209
• US Class Current: 222/209
• CPC Class Codes: A45D 2200/057 Spray nozzles; Generating atomised liquid
• CPC Class Codes: A45D 24/26 with flexible walls of the liquid, paste, or powder storing device
• CPC Class Codes: A45D 34/02 Scent flasks, e.g. with evaporator
• CPC Class Codes: B05B 11/043 designed for spraying a liquid B05B11/046 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: B05B 11/048 characterised by the container, e.g. this latter being surrounded by an enclosure, or the means for deforming it B05B11/041, B05B11/046 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 2575/583 the non-integral spout having an elongate cross-sectional shape, e.g. canoe or boat shaped
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 75/5883 connected to the package at the sealed junction of two package walls
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 83/0055 Containers or packages provided with a flexible bag or a deformable membrane or diaphragm for expelling the contents

Abstract

A fluid dispenser comprising a dispensing member (1, 2) and packaging (4) surrounding said dispensing member at least in part, said dispensing member (1, 2) comprising a fluid reservoir (1) defining a neck (11) and at least one deformable actuating wall (10) serving to be pushed in to reduce the internal volume of the reservoir, said dispensing member (1) being provided with a dispensing orifice (25) through which the fluid is delivered by pressing on the actuating wall (10) of the reservoir (1), said packaging (4) having at least one deformable face (41) situated facing the actuating wall (10) of the reservoir, so that the actuating wall can be pushed in via the deformable face of the packaging, said fluid dispenser being characterized in that the packaging (4) is connected to the dispensing member (1, 2) at a fixing appendage (21) that is secured to or integral with the dispensing member and that has a fixing zone (210) for fixing to the packaging (4).

Claims

1. A fluid dispenser comprising a dispensing member (1, 2) and packaging (4) surrounding said dispensing member at least in part, said dispensing member (1, 2) comprising a fluid reservoir (1) defining a neck (11) and at least one deformable actuating wall (10) serving to be pushed in to reduce the internal volume of the reservoir, said dispensing member (1) being provided with a dispensing orifice (25) through which the fluid is delivered by pressing on the actuating wall (10) of the reservoir (1), said packaging (4) having at least one deformable face (41) situated facing the actuating wall (10) of the reservoir, so that the actuating wall can be pushed in via the deformable face of the packaging, the packaging (4) being connected to the dispensing member (1, 2) at a fixing appendage (21) that is secured to or integral with the dispensing member and that has a fixing zone (210) for fixing to the package (4), the dispensing member comprising a dispensing end-piece (2) forming the dispensing orifice (25) and a fixing sleeve (22) mounted in or around the neck (11) of the reservoir (1), the fixing appendage (21) being secured to or integral with the end-piece (2) and located above the fixing sleeve, between the sleeve and the orifice.

2. A dispenser according to claim 1, in which the fixing zone (210) is cylindrical, with a diamond-shaped or eye-shaped cross-section.

3. A dispenser according to claim 1, in which the reservoir has a horizontal cross section with a shape substantially identical to the shape of the fixing appendage.

4. The dispenser according to claim 1, in which the packaging is substantially cylindrical with an upper edge and a lower edge having substantially the same cross-sectional shape.

5. The dispenser according to claim 1, wherein the fixing appendage (21) is a continuous integral one-piece construction with the end-piece (2).

6. The dispenser according to claim 1, wherein the end-piece has a narrow portion (20) that extends towards the orifice and away from fixing appendage (21), wherein the fixing appendage (21) extends radially and outwardly away from the narrow portion (20) to form a flange, and wherein the packaging (4) is secured to an edge of the flange.

7. The dispenser according to claim 6, further comprising a porous member (31) that extends in the narrow portion (20) and that defines longitudinal channels within the narrow portion.

8. The dispenser according to claim 1, wherein the fixing sleeve is snap-fit to the neck of the reservoir.

9. A fluid dispenser comprising a dispensing member (1, 2) and packaging (4) surrounding said dispensing member at least in part, said dispensing member (1, 2) comprising a fluid reservoir (1) defining a neck (11) and at least one deformable actuating wall (10) serving to be pushed in to reduce the internal volume of the reservoir, said dispensing member (1) being provided with a dispensing orifice (25) through which the fluid is delivered by pressing on the actuating wall (10) of the reservoir (1), said packaging (4) having at least one deformable face (41) situated facing the actuating wall (10) of the reservoir, so that the actuating wall can be pushed in via the deformable face of the packaging, the packaging (4) being connected to the dispensing member (1, 2) at a fixing appendage (21) that is secured to or integral with the dispensing member and that has a fixing zone (210) for fixing to the packaging (4);

the packaging (4) having two faces (41, 42) connected together along their side edges and connected to the fixing appendage along their top edges (43), their bottom edges advantageously defining an open bottom (44).

10. A dispenser according to claim 9, in which the fixing appendage (21) is situated in the vicinity of the neck (11) of the reservoir (1).

11. A dispenser according to claim 9, in which the fixing appendage (21) is made integrally with the dispensing member (1, 2).

12. A dispenser according to claim 9, in which the fixing appendage (21) is separate and mounted on the dispensing member (1, 2).

13. A dispenser according to claim 9, in which the packaging (4) is made up of two separate sheets of elastically deformable material, or of one sheet of elastically deformable material in half.

14. A dispenser according to claim 9, in which the packaging extends in contact with the reservoir.

15. A dispenser according to claim 9, in which the packaging is attached to the reservoir over a part of its height and periphery.

16. The dispenser according to claim 9, in which the reservoir has a horizontal cross section with a shape substantially identical to the shape of the fixing appendage.

17. The dispenser according to claim 9, in which the packaging is substantially cylindrical with an upper edge and a lower edge having substantially the same cross-sectional shape.

18. A fluid dispenser comprising a dispensing member (1, 2) and packaging (4) surrounding said dispensing member at least in part, said dispensing member (1, 2) comprising a fluid reservoir (1) defining a neck (11) and at least one deformable actuating wall (10) serving to be pushed in to reduce the internal volume of the reservoir, said dispensing member (1) being provided with a dispensing orifice (25) through which the fluid is delivered by pressing on the actuating wall (10) of the reservoir (1), said packaging (4) having at least one deformable face (41) situated facing the actuating wall (10) of the reservoir, so that the actuating wall can be pushed in via the deformable face of the packaging, the packaging (4) being connected to the dispensing member (1, 2) at a fixing appendage (21) that is secured to or integral with the dispensing member and that has a fixing zone (210) for fixing to the packaging (4);

and wherein the packaging is provided with a bottom appendage (21″

) having advantageously a shape substantially identical to the shape of the fixing appendage.