Packaging, dispensing and use of contents having a liquid to pasty consistency
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국가/구분
United States(US) Patent
등록
국제특허분류(IPC7판)
B05B-011/04
A45D-034/04
B65D-083/00
B65B-003/04
A45D-040/24
B05B-011/00
출원번호
US-0978246
(2011-12-30)
등록번호
US-9446424
(2016-09-20)
우선권정보
FR-11 50025 (2011-01-03)
국제출원번호
PCT/FR2011/053212
(2011-12-30)
§371/§102 date
20140117
(20140117)
국제공개번호
WO2012/093222
(2012-07-12)
발명자
/ 주소
Mathiez, Jean-Louis
출원인 / 주소
CINQPATS
대리인 / 주소
Young & Thompson
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초록▼
A device for packaging, dispensing and using fluid contents having a liquid to pasty consistency, includes: a container having, at its front portion, a downstream opening, an element for conveying the contents including an upstream opening, an axially extended passage and a front downstream opening
A device for packaging, dispensing and using fluid contents having a liquid to pasty consistency, includes: a container having, at its front portion, a downstream opening, an element for conveying the contents including an upstream opening, an axially extended passage and a front downstream opening for dispensing the contents, the passage being elastically deformable and capable of being in an idle state having a maximum interior volume or in a compressed state having a smaller interior volume, an upstream valve element, a downstream valve element, a front wall, wherein is situated the front downstream dispenser opening, a movable annular actuating element associated with the passage of the conveying element and consisting of an elastically deformable annular side wall, which limits the passage laterally and externally. The side wall is positioned on the outside and includes an outer side wall of the device, which is at least partially accessible for actuating.
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1. A device, having a general axis (AA), for packaging and dispensing (10, 210) of a fluid content (12, 212, 212′) of liquid to pasty consistency, comprising: a content container (14, 214, 214′) comprising a front portion (14a, 214a) provided with a downstream opening (16, 216, 216′);a content (12,
1. A device, having a general axis (AA), for packaging and dispensing (10, 210) of a fluid content (12, 212, 212′) of liquid to pasty consistency, comprising: a content container (14, 214, 214′) comprising a front portion (14a, 214a) provided with a downstream opening (16, 216, 216′);a content (12, 212, 212′) conveying means (26, 226, 226′), extending from the front portion (14a, 214a) of the content container (14, 214, 214′), comprising an upstream opening (28, 228, 228′), an axially extending passage (30, 230, 230′), and a front downstream opening (32, 232, 232′) for dispensing the fluid content (12, 212, 212′), the axially extending passage (30, 230, 230′) being elastically deformable between a rest state having a maximum internal volume and a compressed state having a smaller internal volume;an upstream valve (34, 234, 234′), located between the downstream opening (16, 216, 216′) of the content container (14, 214, 214′) and the upstream opening (28, 228, 228′) of the conveying means (26, 226, 226′);a downstream valve (38, 238, 238′) comprising an obstructing member (52, 252, 252′), associated with the front downstream dispensing opening (32, 232, 232′); anda content dispensing member (50, 250), comprising a front wall (40, 240, 240′) and an elastically deformable side wall (48, 248, 248′), a rearward end of the content dispensing member (50, 250) forming the upstream opening (28, 228, 228′) and the front wall (40, 240, 240′) of the content dispensing member (50, 250) having an outside face (42) opposite the rearward end of the content dispensing member (50, 250) and extending in a generally transversal direction wherein is located the front downstream opening (32, 232, 232′),the content dispensing member (50, 250) being configured to dispense, via the front downstream opening (32, 232, 232′), the fluid content when the content dispensing member (50, 250) is placed in contact with and applied against, with pressure, a receiving area of a support onto which the fluid content exiting the front downstream dispensing opening (32, 232, 232′) is deposited, where during a dispensing operation, the outside face (42) of the front wall (40, 240, 240′) remains free and accessible for said receiving area, is in contact with and pressing against the receiving area of the support for the fluid content to be applied onto the receiving area, and defines a precise location where the fluid content is to be applied, said outside face (42) forming a contact and application area (44),said elastically deformable side wall (48, 248, 248′) being distinct from the front wall (40, 240, 240′), located rearwards of the front wall (40, 240, 240′), extending in a generally axial direction, is annular with an enclosed outside contour, laterally delimiting the axially extending passage (30, 230, 230′), and generally cylindrical or pseudo-cylindrical in shape or inscribed within an envelope that is generally cylindrical or pseudo-cylindrical in shape, said elastically deformable side wall (48, 248, 248′) configured to be accessible to the user's fingers to be operationally deformed by a squeezing operation upon the elastically deformable side wall (48, 248, 248′) by the user's fingers,the content dispensing member (50, 250) configured such that said squeezing operation and a corresponding deformation of the elastically deformable side wall (48, 248, 248′) creates, upstream of the dispensing opening (32, 232, 232′), a positive opening pressure which exceeds the pressure exerted in the opposite direction downstream of the dispensing opening (32, 232, 232′) when the outside face (42) of the front wall (40, 240, 240′) is in contact with and applied against the receiving area for dispensing the fluid content, andthe obstructing member (52, 252, 252′) is located on the upstream internal side of the front wall (40, 240, 240′), without protruding outside through the front downstream dispensing opening (32, 232, 232′), so as not interfere with the application of the fluid content onto the receiving area. 2. The device according to claim 1, wherein the valve obstructing member (52, 252, 252′) cooperates with the front downstream dispensing opening (32, 232, 232′) arranged in the front wall (40, 240, 240′), one among the obstructing member (52, 252, 252′) and the front wall (40, 240, 240′) having a certain flexibility, the other a certain rigidity. 3. The device according to claim 2, wherein the obstructing member (52, 252, 252′) of the downstream valve (38, 238, 238′) is in the form of a nipple or plate. 4. The device according to claim 2, wherein the obstructing member (52) of the downstream valve (38) is a rigid nipple forming the front terminal portion of a shaft means (52), arranged in the axial direction. 5. The device according to claim 4, wherein the container means (14) and the shaft means (52) are parts of a same piece, being arranged axially each as an extension of the other, at the front portion of the content container (14) and at a rear base (22) of the shaft means (52), the front downstream dispensing opening (32) being substantially punctiform and arranged in the middle part of the front wall (40). 6. The device according to claim 5, wherein the axially extending passage (30) of the conveying means (26) has a transverse cross-section that is annular in shape, delimited by an enclosed outside contour and an enclosed inside contour corresponding to the shaft means (52). 7. The device according to claim 5, wherein the content container (14) is of a larger size radially than the shaft means (52), and wherein a transverse shoulder (56) connects the front portion of the content container (14) and a rear base of the shaft means (52), the downstream opening (16) of the content container (14) being arranged in said transverse shoulder (56). 8. The device according to claim 1, wherein the downstream valve (38, 238, 238′) is formed by the front wall (40, 240, 240′) where the front downstream dispensing opening (32, 232, 232′) is located, the front wall (40, 240, 240′) being elastically deformable and able to close the front downstream dispensing opening (32, 232, 232′) when there is no external force applied or negative pressure upstream, and to open the front downstream dispensing opening (32, 232, 232′) when there is positive pressure upstream. 9. The device according to claim 8, wherein the axially extending passage (30) of the conveying means (26) has a transverse cross-section delimited by an enclosed outside contour. 10. The device according to claim 1, wherein the side wall (48, 248, 248′) and the front wall (40, 240, 240′) are formed of a single piece. 11. The device according to claim 1, wherein the front wall (40, 240, 240′), in which the contact and application area (44) is located on its outside face (42, 242), and in which is located the front downstream dispensing opening (32, 232, 232′), extends transversely and at an angle to the axis (AA) of the device (10, 210). 12. The device according to claim 1, wherein the outside face (42, 242) of the front wall (40, 240, 240′) forming the contact and application area (44, 244) is one of flat or slightly rounded or outwardly concave or outwardly convex, and is any of has raised and recessed relief elements, or can be made to rub, or can be made to have a certain superficial flexibility, or bears a coating or decoration or has been the object of a surface treatment. 13. The device to claim 1, further comprising: a removable protection means on the outside face (42, 242) of the front wall (40, 240, 240′). 14. The device according to claim 1, wherein the front downstream dispensing opening (32) is either substantially punctiform and arranged in the middle part of the front wall (40) or is linear in shape, or comprises several openings, or is formed by the porous structure of the front wall (40, 240, 240′). 15. The device according to claim 1, wherein the content container (14, 214, 214′) is arranged so that the discharge of an amount of content (12, 212, 212′) is compensated for without admitting any air. 16. The device according to claim 1, wherein the content container (14, 214, 214′) comprises a rigid tubular part (18, 218, 218′), in particular comprising an open rear edge (22), and comprises a piston mounted in the rigid tubular part (18, 218, 218′), between them fluidtight to the content (12, 212, 212′), the piston (20, 220, 220′) being gradually movable from the rear portion to the front portion of the rigid tubular part (18, 218, 218′) as the rigid tubular part (18, 218, 218′) is emptied of content (12, 212, 212′). 17. The device according to claim 1, wherein the content container (14, 214, 214′) is formed by a deformable wall. 18. The device according to claim 1, which additionally comprises a part serving as a basic body (58, 258) which houses, and to which is attached, the content container (14, 214, 214′), the part serving as a basic body (58, 258) and the content container (14, 214, 214′) comprising rigid mutual association means (60, 260). 19. The device according to claim 1, wherein the content (12, 212, 212′) dispensing member (50, 250) and the content container (14, 214, 214′) are axially arranged each as an extension of the other, at the front portion of the content container (14, 214, 214′) and at the upstream opening (28, 228, 228′) of the content (12, 212, 212′) conveying means (26, 226, 226′), the content (12, 212, 212′) dispensing and application member (50, 250) and the content container (14, 214, 214′) comprising rigid mutual association means (60, 260). 20. The device according to claim 1, which additionally comprises a cap means (62, 262) suitable for being detachably assembled onto the content container (14, 214, 214′) or onto the part serving as a basic body (58, 258). 21. The device for the packaging, dispensing, and application (10, 210) of two fluid contents (12, 212, 212′) of liquid to pasty consistency, comprising two basic devices according to claim 1, arranged either end to end, with the two content containers (14) being adjacent and the two front downstream openings (32) for dispensing the two contents (12) being opposite one another, or arranged side by side in the transverse direction, the at least two content containers (214, 214′) and the at least two conveying means (226, 226′) being distinct and hermetically separated by fluidtight compartment means (227), the at least two movable actuating means, respectively associated with the passages (230, 230′) of the conveying means (226, 226′), consisting of a single elastically deformable side wall (48, 248, 248′) laterally and externally delimiting the passages (230, 230′) of the at least two conveying means (226, 226′). 22. A component part of the device according to claim 1, wherein the content container (14) and a shaft means (52), arranged axially each as an extension of the other, at the front portion of the content container (14) and at a rear base of the shaft means (52), the content container (14) being of larger size radially than the shaft means (52), wherein a transverse shoulder connects the front portion of the content container (14) and the rear base of the shaft means (52), the downstream opening (16) of the content container (14) being arranged in said transverse shoulder. 23. An assembly comprising the device according to claim 1, and an amount of content (12, 212, 212′) of liquid to pasty consistency filling the container. 24. A method for making use of an assembly of a combined device for packaging, dispensing, and application (10, 210)/an amount of content (12, 212, 212′) according to claim 23, in order to dispense and apply content onto said receiving area, wherein: an assembly is provided in which the content container (14, 214, 214′) is filled with content (12, 212, 212′), the upstream valve (34, 234, 234′) and the downstream valve (38, 238, 238′) are respectively closing off the communication between the content container (14, 214, 214′) and the passage (30, 230, 230′) of the content (12, 212, 212′) conveying means (26, 226, 226′) and the front downstream dispensing opening (32, 232, 232′), and, when one wants to dispense and apply content (12, 212, 212′) onto the receiving area,the contact and application area (44) of the front wall (40, 240, 240′) of the device (10, 210) is placed in contact with and applied against the receiving area,the actuating means (46, 246, 246′) is biased by pressing the fingers on the side wall (48, 248, 248′) with the appropriate pressure, such that the internal volume of the passage (30, 230, 230′) changes from the maximum volume to a smaller internal volume, the dosed dispensing of the content to be applied occurring as it is applied onto the receiving area, thus closing the upstream valve (34, 234, 234′) and opening the downstream valve (38, 238, 238′) in a manner that causes the content (12, 212, 212′) to exit through the dispensing opening (32, 232, 232′) and simultaneously to be applied onto the receiving area,the biasing of the actuating means (46, 246, 246′) is stopped by stopping the pressure of the fingers on the side wall (48, 248, 248′) which allows the side wall (48, 248, 248′) to return to its initial state, thus closing the downstream valve (38, 238, 238′) and stopping the content (12, 212, 212′) from exiting through the dispensing opening (32, 232, 232′) and thus opening the upstream valve (34, 234, 234′) which allows an amount of content (12, 212, 212′) equivalent to what was dispensed through the dispensing opening (32, 232, 232′) to be transferred from the content container (14, 214, 214′) to the conveying means (26, 226, 226′), due to the negative pressure generated. 25. A combined device for the packaging, dispensing, and application (10) of a content (12) of liquid to pasty consistency onto a receiving area, comprising: a content container (14) comprising a front portion (14a, 214a) provided with a downstream opening (16);a conveying means (26) for the content (12), extending from the front portion of the content container (14), comprising an upstream opening (28), an axially extending passage (30), and a front downstream opening (32) for dispensing content (12), the axially extending passage (30) being elastically deformable between a rest state having a maximum internal volume and a compressed state having a smaller internal volume;a upstream valve (34), located between the downstream opening (16) of the content container (14) and the upstream opening (28) of the conveying means (26);a downstream valve (38) comprising an obstructing member (52), associated with the front downstream dispensing opening (32);a content dispensing member (50), comprising a front wall (40) and an elastically deformable side wall (48) laterally and externally delimiting the axially extending passage (30),the front wall (40) of the content dispensing member (50) having an outside face (42) opposite the rearward end of the content dispensing member (50) and extending in a generally transversal direction wherein is located the front downstream opening (32),said elastically deformable side wall (48) being distinct from the front wall (40), located rearwards of the front wall (40), extending in a generally axial direction, is annular with an enclosed outside contour, laterally delimiting the axially extending passage (30), and generally cylindrical or pseudo-cylindrical in shape or inscribed within an envelope that is generally cylindrical or pseudo-cylindrical in shape, said elastically deformable side wall (48) configured to be accessible to the user's fingers to be operationally deformed by a squeezing operation upon the elastically deformable side wall (48) by the user's fingers,the content dispensing member (50) configured such that said squeezing operation and a corresponding deformation of the elastically deformable side wall (48) creates, upstream of the dispensing opening (32), a positive opening pressure which exceeds the pressure exerted in the opposite direction downstream of the dispensing opening (32) when the outside face (42) of the front wall (40) is in contact with and applied against a receiving area for dispensing the fluid content, andthe obstructing member (52) is located on the upstream internal side of the front wall (40), without protruding outside through the front downstream dispensing opening (32), so as not interfere with the application of the fluid content onto the receiving area;a part, comprising: the content container (14) including a rigid tubular part (18) and a piston (20) mounted in the rigid tubular part (18), said tubular part and said piston together being fluidtight to the content (12), the piston (20) being gradually movable from the rear portion to the front portion of the rigid tubular part (18) as the rigid tubular part (18) is emptied of content (12),and a rigid shaft means (52),the content container (14) and the shaft means (52) being arranged axially, each as an extension of the other, at the front portion of the content container (14) and at a rear base of the shaft means (52); andwherein the axially extending passage (30) of the conveying means (26) has a transverse cross-section that is annular in shape, delimited by an enclosed outside contour corresponding to the side wall (48) and an enclosed inside contour corresponding to the shaft means (52). 26. An assembly comprising a combined device for the packaging, dispensing, and application (10) of a fluid content (12, 212, 212′) of liquid to pasty consistency onto a receiving area according to claim 25 and an amount of content (12) of liquid to pasty consistency filling the content container. 27. A method for creating an assembly of a combined device for packaging, dispensing, and application (10) +content (12) according to claim 26, wherein: a device is provided in which the part comprising the content container (14), without the piston (20), and the content (12) dispensing and application (50) member are assembled together,the content container (14) is filled with content (12) through its rear opening,some of this content (12) is transferred from the content container (14) to the content (12) dispensing and application member (50) by forcing open the upstream valve means (34) due to positive pressure on the content (12) or negative pressure in the front dispensing opening (32),then the filling of the content container (14) with content (12) is completed, andthen the piston (20) in placed in the content container (14). 28. A method for creating an assembly of a combined device for packaging, dispensing and application (10) +content (12) according to claim 26, wherein: a device is provided in which the part comprising the content container (14), without the piston (20), and the content (12) dispensing and application member (50) are assembled together,the content (12) dispensing and application member (50) is filled with content (12) by forcing open the upstream valve means (34) due to positive pressure on the content (12) or negative pressure in the front dispensing opening (32),then the content container (14) is filled with content (12) by its open rear edge (22), andthen, once the filling of the content container (14) is completed, the piston (20) is placed in the content container (14). 29. A method for creating an assembly of a combined device for packaging, dispensing, and application (10) +content (12) according to claim 26, wherein: a device is provided in which the part comprising the content container (14), without the piston (20), and the content (12) dispensing and application member (50) are assembled together,the content container (14) is filled with content (12) by its rear opening,then the piston (20) is placed in the content container (14), andthen the piston (20) is pushed into the content container (14) so that the content (12) dispensing and application member (50) is filled with content (12) by forcing open the upstream valve means (34) due to the positive pressure on the content (12) that is generated by the advance of the piston (20). 30. The assembly according to claim 23, wherein the content filling the content container is any of a lipstick, a pharmaceutical product or an ointment, a cleansing product, a cleaning product, a smoothing or stripping product, a product for coating, covering, or depositing, a preventive or curative treatment, a decorative product, or a functional product. 31. The device according to claim 1, wherein the elastically deformable side wall forms at least two opposite-facing elastic zones, configured to be deformed by a squeezing action that presses the two opposite-facing zones toward each other.
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