Fluid product distributor

• US 6,913,205 B2
• Filed: 10/30/2002
• Issued: 07/05/2005
• Est. Priority Date: 10/30/2001
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Valois SAS (Mestdagh Family)
• Original Assignee: Valois SAS (Mestdagh Family)
• Inventors: Garcia, Firmin, Cornet, Gérard
• Primary Examiner(s): Scherbel, David A.
• Assistant Examiner(s): HOGAN, JAMES SEAN
• Application Number:
  US10/283,181
• Publication Number:
  US 20030094505A1
• Time in Patent Office: 979 Days
• Field of Search: 239/44, 239/326, 239/338, 128/200.16, 128/200.22, 128/200.23, 128/200.12
• US Class Current: 239/44
• 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

Abstract

The present invention concerns a fluid product distributor comprising a reservoir of fluid product (1), a distribution outlet, a distribution system (2) for distributing fluid product through the distribution outlet, and an activating button (3) to activate the means of distribution. The distribution further comprises a visible reservoir the distribution outlet and the activating button (3) being located on either side of the reservoir (1), such that the reservoir visibly extends between the distribution outlet and the activating button.

Claims

1. Fluid product distributor comprising:

a reservoir of fluid product,

a distribution outlet,

distribution means for distributing fluid product through the distribution outlet, and

an activating button to activate the means of distribution,

characterised in that the reservoir is visible and the distribution outlet and the activating button are located on either side of the reservoir, such that the reservoir visibly extends between the distribution outlet and the activating button; and

wherein the fluid product distributor further comprises two uprights extends on either side of the reservoir, one upright receiving the distribution outlet and the other upright receiving the activating button.

2. Distributor according to claim 1, in which the reservoir is made out of a transparent or translucent material.

3. Distributor according to claim 1, in which the uprights are connected together at the level of a base.

4. Distributor according to claim 3, in which the uprights and the base are produced in the form of a body.

5. Distributor according to claim 3, in which the uprights form therebetween a deep elongated channel limited laterally by the uprights and below by the base, the reservoir being housed in this channel.

6. Distributor according to claim 3, in which the base forms a support surface on which the distributor stands straight in a stable manner with the uprights oriented substantially vertical.

7. Distributor according to claim 3, in which the uprights each comprise an extremity linked to the base and a free extremity.

8. Distributor according to claim 7, in which the reservoir comprises an opening set in the base and a bottom located substantially at the level of the free extremities of the uprights.

10. Distributor according to claim 7, in which the distribution outlet and the activating button are located near the free extremities of the uprights.

11. Distributor according to claim 1, in which the distribution outlet comprises a vibrating plate perforated by several outlet holes.

12. Distributor according to claim 11, in which the distribution means comprise drive means to make the perforated plate vibrate.

13. Distributor according to claim 11, comprising a capillary supply system of fluid product to bring fluid product from the reservoir to the perforated plate.

14. Distributor according to claim 13, in which the upright receiving the distribution outlet contains a capillary wick linking the reservoir to the perforated plate.

15. Distributor according to claim 1, in which the reservoir is removable.

16. Distributor according to claim 1, in which the reservoir has a circular transversal cross-section.

9. A fluid product distributor comprising:

a reservoir of fluid product,

a distribution outlet,

distribution means for distributing fluid product through the distribution outlet, and

an activating button to activate the means of distribution; and

wherein the reservoir is visible and the distribution outlet and the activating button are located on either side of the reservoir, such that the reservoir visibly extends between the distribution outlet and the activating button; and

in which the distribution outlet defines a distribution axis and the activating button defines a push axis, the distribution axis and the push axis being parallel and advantageously aligned.

17. The distributor according to claim 9, comprising two lateral uprights that extend on either side of the reservoir, one upright receiving the distribution outlet and the other upright receiving the activating button.

18. The distributor according to claim 9, in which the distribution outlet comprises a vibrating plate perforated by several outlet holes.

19. The distributor according to claim 18, comprising a capillary supply system of fluid product to bring fluid product from the reservoir to the perforated plate.

20. The distributor according to claim 9, in which the reservoir is removable.

21. The distributor according to claim 9, in which the reservoir has a circular transversal cross-section.

22. A fluid product distributor comprising:

a reservoir of fluid product,

a distribution outlet,

an activating button; and

a coupling between the distribution outlet and the activating button;

wherein activation of the activating button distributes fluid product through the distribution outlet;

wherein the reservoir is visible and the distribution outlet and the activating button are located on either side of the reservoir, such that the reservoir visibly extends between the distribution outlet and the activating button; and

wherein the fluid product distributor further comprises two lateral uprights that extend on either side of the reservoir, one upright receiving the distribution outlet and the other upright receiving the activating button.