Receptacle comprising a container for liquid product, device comprising such a receptacle and use of such a device for applying the product contained in the receptacle to a surface

• US 8,287,200 B2
• Filed: 08/13/2010
• Issued: 10/16/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 08/28/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Lvmh Recherche
• Original Assignee: Lvmh Recherche
• Inventors: Chevalier, Marc, Tranchant, Jean-Francois, Chevalier, Myriam
• Primary Examiner(s): LE, HUYEN D
• Application Number:
  US12/856,331
• Publication Number:
  US 20110052304A1
• Time in Patent Office: 795 Days
• Field of Search: 401/118, 401/121, 401/122
• US Class Current: 401/122
• CPC Class Codes: A45D 40/265 connected to the cap of the container
• CPC Class Codes: A45D 40/267 comprising a wiper
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 51/32 with brushes or rods for applying or stirring contents droppers B65D47/18; eating utensils or spatulas B65D51/246

Abstract

Receptacle comprising a neck provided with an opening intended for the passage of an applicator head, and a container for liquid product, and a wiping member. The wiping member includes an annular sleeve fitted into the neck and a wiping lip connected to the annular sleeve and capable of allowing the wiping of the applicator head. The wiping lip is fixed immovably to the annular sleeve while being arranged inside the annular sleeve close to the opening and is radially separated from the annular sleeve by an annular space provided with slots opening axially towards the inside of the sleeve and the container.

Claims

1. A receptacle for liquid product comprising:

a neck extending along a central axis up to a free end provided with an opening intended for the passage of an applicator head,

a container for containing the liquid product, comprising a base, an opening communicating with the neck, and a side wall extending between the base and the abovementioned opening, and

a wiping member comprising;

an annular sleeve fitted into the neck, and

a wiping lip connected to the annular sleeve and capable of allowing the wiping of the applicator head,

wherein the wiping lip is immovably fixed to the annular sleeve while being arranged inside the annular sleeve close to the opening, said wiping lip being radially separated from the annular sleeve by an annular space provided with at least one slot opening axially towards the inside of the annular sleeve and the container, and

in that the inside diameter of the wiping lip is substantially equal to the inside diameter of the annular sleeve.

2. The receptacle according to claim 1, in which the total width of the slot, or the slots, occupies between 10% and 30% of the circumference of the annular space.

3. The receptacle according to claim 2, in which the wiping member also comprises a squeezing member capable of squeezing a rod fixed to the applicator head and arranged in the annular sleeve of the wiping member, towards the inside of the container with respect to the wiping lip.

4. The receptacle according to claim 2, in which the side wall of the container extends over a certain height between the base and the opening of the container, and in which the annular sleeve of the wiping member extends towards the base of the container so that the distance between the lower end of the annular sleeve and the base of the container is at most one half, and preferably at most one third, of the height of the side wall of the container.

5. The device comprising a receptacle according to claim 2, and an applicator formed from a handle connected to an applicator head, the handle forming a closure for the receptacle.

6. Use of a device according to claim 5, for applying a more or less viscous liquid product held in the container to a surface.

7. Use according to the claim 6, for which the liquid product has a viscosity at 25°

C. comprised between 5 mPa·

s and 5,000 mPa·

s, preferably between 20 and 4,000 mPa·

s.

8. The receptacle according to claim 1, in which the wiping member also comprises a squeezing member capable of squeezing a rod fixed to the applicator head and arranged in the annular sleeve of the wiping member, towards the inside of the container with respect to the wiping lip.

9. The receptacle according to claim 8, in which the side wall of the container extends over a certain height between the base and the opening of the container, and in which the annular sleeve of the wiping member extends towards the base of the container so that the distance between the lower end of the annular sleeve and the base of the container is at most one half, and preferably at most one third, of the height of the side wall of the container.

10. The device comprising a receptacle according to claim 8, and an applicator formed from a handle connected to an applicator head, the handle forming a closure for the receptacle.

11. The receptacle according to claim 1, in which the side wall of the container extends over a certain height between the base and the opening of the container, and in which the annular sleeve of the wiping member extends towards the base of the container so that the distance between the lower end of the annular sleeve and the base of the container is at most one half, and preferably at most one third, of the height of the side wall of the container.

12. The device comprising a receptacle according to claim 11, and an applicator formed from a handle connected to an applicator head, the handle forming a closure for the receptacle.

13. The device according to the claim 12, in which the applicator head is a brush and the handle makes it possible to close the receptacle while being arranged so that the bristles of the brush are placed at least partly in the annular sleeve when said handle closes the container.

14. The device according to claim 12, in which the handle is connected to the applicator head via a rod, said rod having a diameter greater than or equal to the diameter of applicator head.

15. The device comprising a receptacle according to claim 1 and an applicator formed from a handle connected to an applicator head, the handle forming a closure for the receptacle.

16. The device according to the claim 15, in which the applicator head is a brush.

17. The device according to claim 16, in which the handle makes it possible to close the receptacle while being arranged so that the bristles of the brush are placed at least partly in the annular sleeve when said handle closes the container.

18. The device according to claim 15, in which the handle is connected to the applicator head via a rod, said rod having a diameter greater than or equal to the diameter of applicator head.

19. Use of a device according to claim 15, for applying a more or less viscous liquid product held in the container to a surface.

20. Use according to claim 19, for which the liquid product has a viscosity at 25°

C. comprised between 5 mPa·

s and 5,000 mPa·

s, preferably between 20 and 4,000 mPa·

s.