CN1533346A

CN1533346A - Fluid product dispernser

Info

Publication number: CN1533346A
Application number: CNA028145739A
Authority: CN
Inventors: ƶ��׿�; 菲尔曼·加西亚; 亚历克斯·米利安
Original assignee: Valois SAS
Current assignee: Aptar France SAS
Priority date: 2001-07-19
Filing date: 2002-07-15
Publication date: 2004-09-29
Anticipated expiration: 2022-07-15
Also published as: DE60202776D1; BR0211212A; JP2004534704A; FR2827577B1; EP1414715A1; EP1414715B1; ES2236602T3; DE60202776T2; FR2827577A1; CN1251940C; WO2003008299A1; WO2003008299A8

Abstract

Fluid product dispenser comprising: a fluid product reservoir (13) containing a fluid product, the said reservoir (13) comprising a deformable actuation wall (36) that is pressed to reduce the internal volume of the reservoir, and a distribution orifice (32; 22) through which the fluid product is forced in the form of a spray when the actuation wall (36) is pressed, characterized in that the reservoir comprises: a bottom plate (1), an intermediate plate (2) defining an opening (24), and a cover plate (3) including the actuation wall (36), the opening (24) formed in the intermediate plate (2) defining the useful volume of the reservoir (13) with the bottom plate (1) and the cover plate (3).

Description

Fluid product dispenser

Technical field

The present invention relates to a kind of distributing box of fluid product, it comprises a fluid product container, the filling fluid goods, and advantageously be suitable for holding a kind of gas, for example air, described container comprises a deformable effect wall and a dispensing orifice, deformable effect wall is pushed, and to reduce the internal volume of container, fluid product is by pushing the effect wall, being discharged by dispensing orifice with the form of favourable two-phase spraying.

Background technology

This distributing box is known in document FR2791645.In this part document, container is made of two deformable soft thin slices, and two thin slices are sealed at its periphery, maintain a Plastic Parts therebetween, Plastic Parts limits an outlet, and supports a multi-hole material workpiece, multi-hole material workpiece extends in container, so that the immersion fluid goods.Each all constitutes a deformable effect wall two flexible flakes.Two deformable effect walls are separated by elastic component each other, and elastic component is the shape of a spring, can place internal tank, also can place external container.Therefore, the effect that can make two effect walls overcome spring is close to each other.This part document has been put down in writing a feature that is highly profitable, and can be used for the present invention.In this case, dispensing orifice carries out shutoff by a detachable closeouts, and spring is in its most compressed state, makes container limit a minimum volume.This just guarantees that distributing box has minimum thickness, so that be inserted in magazine or the booklet as free sample with the form of real spray dispenser.

However, because container is formed by the soft thin slice of deformable of an action of the spring by two, therefore, be difficult to guarantee the perfect outward appearance of distributing box.In fact, when detachable closeouts installation in position, spring makes two flexible flakes distortion owing to being in most compressed state.In order to remedy the deficiency of these aesthetic, preferably distributing box is placed covering attractive in appearance or packing material.

Summary of the invention

The objective of the invention is to overcome this defective of the prior art, propose a kind of fluid distributor, its outward appearance is not used to make container, the particularly influence of the material behavior of deformable effect wall.

In order to reach this purpose, container of the present invention comprises that a base plate, one limit the intermediate plate of an opening and one and effect wall all-in-one-piece wrapper plate, and the opening on the intermediate plate limits the effective volume of container with base plate and wrapper plate.With described document difference, container is no longer only sealed by two flexible boards that to limit container contents long-pending, and on the contrary, the effective volume of container is formed by the opening on the intermediate plate, adds other two plates, i.e. base plate and wrapper plate.Intermediate plate be rigidity or be rigidity substantially, base plate and wrapper plate also can be rigidity, also can be flexible.Base plate preferably rigidity or be rigidity substantially, wrapper plate can be formed by a deformable or basic deformable flexible sheet.

Advantageously, the wall thickness of each plate is less than about 1 millimeter.Intermediate plate has maximum thickness, so that limit a container effective volume with sufficient size.Opening on the intermediate plate is simple shape or complicated notch geometry.This otch limits a highly very little cylinder, and this is because intermediate plate is only had an appointment 1 millimeter.Base plate and wrapper plate only seal described cylinder, so that obtain a hydrostatic column.

The effect wall is attached in the wrapper plate, and still, the effect wall also can be incorporated in the base plate.Also can dispose two effect walls, one in base plate, one in wrapper plate.

Advantageously, effect wall and wrapper plate are made single piece.But the effect wall preferably is added in the wrapper plate, and wrapper plate has one and admits mouth, is used to admit the actuating member of a formation effect wall.According to this second embodiment, can make base plate, intermediate plate and wrapper plate by the punching press single-skin panel, make actuating member by molded distortion plastics.

According to an advantageous embodiments, the effect wall has the elastic component of giving its shape memory, makes it get back to the dead position of corresponding container maximum volume.Elastic component preferably includes a flexible sheets that is embedded in the effect wall thickness.Like this, elastic component does not contact with fluid product in the container, makes between flexible sheets and the fluid product any mutual action can not take place.Flexible sheets be can't see from the outside, makes the effect wall more attractive in appearance.In addition, flexible sheets is protected fully in the thickness of effect wall.

According to another characteristic of the invention, container is equipped with a multi-hole material workpiece that is suitable for keeping fluid product.

According to a further aspect in the invention, dispensing orifice forms on wrapper plate.In other embodiments, dispensing orifice forms on intermediate plate.

In addition, dispensing orifice can be furnished with a detachable sealing closeouts, the described hole of shutoff before using first, and after using, can be repositioned on the described hole.

According to another key character, closeouts is carried out sealing-in around described hole at first, also comprises a repositionable bond in addition, is suitable for carrying out bonding repeatedly around described hole.Therefore, closeouts has the safety of using first owing to carrying out sealing-in at first, also has suitable seal, so that can re-use after the distributing box, does not have leakage problem.

According on the other hand, base plate, intermediate plate and wrapper plate are advantageously by sealing-in or bonding stacked on top of each other and fixing around the opening that is formed by intermediate plate.

As described document, the effect wall is flat before using first, with Bedpan fluid product substantially only is housed, and the thickness of distributing box is less than or equal to about 2 millimeters.

According to the common trait of all embodiment, at least one plate is flexible.

According on the other hand, the opening on the intermediate plate is open on the outward flange of plate.

According to another embodiment, base plate and wrapper plate are fixed to one another partly.

In a favourable application, container also is equipped with a kind of gas, for example air, makes the outlet of biphase mixture by dispensing orifice of fluid product and gas distribute.

Description of drawings

Reach non-limiting example with reference to the accompanying drawings, the present invention is further described.

Accompanying drawing is as follows:

Fig. 1 is the vertical transverse cross-sectional view of the distributing box of the first embodiment of the present invention;

Fig. 2 is similar to Fig. 1, and the distributing box of second embodiment of the invention is shown;

Fig. 3 is the exploded perspective view of distributing box shown in Figure 1;

Fig. 4 is the exploded perspective view in the assembling process of distributing box shown in Fig. 1 and 3;

Fig. 5 is the upward view of the actuating member that uses in the distributing box shown in Figure 1;

Fig. 6 is the vertical transverse cross-sectional view of actuating member shown in Figure 5;

Fig. 7 is the vertical transverse cross-sectional view of actuating member shown in Figure 2.

The specific embodiment

In two embodiment, distributing box comprises a base plate 1, intermediate plate 2, wrapper plate 3, an effect wall 36 and a dispensing orifice 32,22.

Plate

1,2,3 and effect wall 36 limit a fluid product container 13 together.Distributing box also comprises a multi-hole material workpiece 4 that places container 13.Distributing box can be furnished with a detachable sealing closeouts 5, and dispensing orifice 22,32 is sealed covering.

The difference each other of Fig. 1 and 2 illustrated embodiment only is the position of dispensing orifice, that is to say that dispensing orifice 32 shown in Figure 1 is positioned at wrapper plate 3 places, and dispensing orifice 22 shown in Figure 2 is positioned at intermediate plate 2 places.Obviously other embodiment can be arranged, for example dispensing orifice is positioned at base plate 1 place.No matter where be in, it all is favourable that dispensing orifice is arranged together with effect wall 36.

Fig. 3 illustrates six members of middle distributing box embodiment illustrated in fig. 1, because dispensing orifice is opened at the wrapper plate place.

Plate

1,2 and 3 preferably harder plastic flagstones.But, wrapper plate 3 can be an individual layer flexible sheets, in fact is used as the housing of the container 13 that is formed by intermediate plate 2 and base plate 1.Can be designed to base plate 1 is also made by a deformable flexible sheets.Even intermediate plate 2 also can be deformable.But at least one of best three plates is rigidity or substantially rigid, so that make distributing box have certain rigidity.In fact, base plate 1 is relative harder plates with intermediate plate 2, and wrapper plate 3 can be selected plate or deformable flexible sheets of a substantially rigid for use.

According to another feature, the cumulative thickness of distributing box is equal to or less than 2 millimeters substantially, so that be inserted in magazine or the booklet.The wall thickness that this means each plate is approximately less than 1 millimeter.In fact, intermediate plate 2 has maximum ga(u)ge, and base plate 1 and wrapper plate 3 can have little thickness.

Especially as shown in Figure 3, base plate 1 is flat solid single rectangular part, because neither have any otch, does not also have any aperture.Base plate 1 for example can have the size of a common credit card, and thickness is less than 1 millimeter.Base plate 1 can be made by the composite material of any suitable material, for example plastics, paper, metal or these materials.With regard to practical and cost, the big plastic tab of the base plate 1 the most handy substantially rigid is stamped to form.

Intermediate plate 2 advantageously has same size with base plate 1; But intermediate plate 2 can have bigger thickness.Intermediate plate 2 also can be made with the big sheet plastic punching press of a substantially rigid, also can be with other material, for example make with the material of making base plate 1.Intermediate plate 2 cuts, and to form an opening 21,, opening can be divided into two

parts

23 and 24 here, and these two

parts

23 and 24 only form unique same opening together.As shown in the figure, opening 21 is not opened on the edge of plate, but this is admissible.Opening is the shape of a dark or shallow recess.

Wrapper plate 3 advantageously has the size same with base plate 1 and intermediate plate 2.But the thickness of wrapper plate 3 can be less than the thickness of intermediate plate 2 and base plate 1, because wrapper plate 3 can be made by individual layer flexible deformable plate.But, preferably select the plate of substantially rigid for use.For example can make base plate 1 and wrapper plate 3 with same sheet material.In the embodiment shown in Fig. 1,3 and 4, wrapper plate 3 also is furnished with a dispensing orifice 32 that passes wrapper plate 3.In the embodiment shown in Figure 2, dispensing orifice 22 is horizontally through intermediate plate 2, and the dispensing orifice 22 that limits a delivery channel extends to the outward flange of intermediate plate from opening 21, as shown in Figure 2.

In two embodiment, deformable effect wall 36 is formed by an actuating member 35, and actuating member 35 forms the housing of a qualification effect wall 36, and described housing is received within the receiving channel 31 on the wrapper plate 3.Here, actuating member 35 is the dividing members in the receiving channel 31 that is attached on the wrapper plate 3.But, can be designed to act on wall 36 and form a single piece, so that shutoff receiving channel 31 with wrapper plate 3.This can realize by at effect wall 36 places small wall thickness being set.But, in this case, no longer can carry out stamped wrapper plate 3 with big plastic board.Like this, must adopt injection and molding technique to make wrapper plate 3.With regard to cost and practicality, the most handy actuating member formation effect wall that separates is so that the stamped wrapper plate.Therefore, actuating member 35 limits described effect wall 36, and effect wall 36 has a flange 37 at periphery, and flange 37 is received within the edge of receiving channel 31.Flange 37 also is received within the opening portion 23 of the opening 21 on the intermediate plate 2.The lower surface of flange 37 is bearing on the base plate 1.As illustrated in Figures 5 and 6, the lower surface of flange 37 is furnished with channel slot 38, so that form a passage when flange 37 abuts on the base plate 1.

Effect wall 36 has the shape memory elastic component that makes it to get back to protruding dead position.In this position, the volume maximum that effect wall below limits.Push the effect wall, the effect wall pressure contracts, and the volume that the below is limited greatly reduces.Unclamp the effect wall, because the cause of elastic component, the effect wall comes back to initial convex shape.In with Fig. 5 and 6 corresponding to embodiment shown in Figure 1, elastic component is directly given elasticity by the structural materials with the elastomeric actuating member of shape memory.Select the thermoplastic material optimum for use.On the contrary, in the corresponding to embodiment shown in Figure 2 with Fig. 7, these elastic components can be furnished with a flexible sheets 361, and flexible sheets 361 preferably is embedded in the thickness of effect wall 36.Flexible sheets can be extended at flange 37 places, as shown in Figure 7.Because flexible sheets 361 is embedded in the effect wall 36, therefore, does not contact with fluid product in the distributing box.In addition, flexible sheets is also protected from the outside.This embedding flexible sheets 361 obtains or has improved the elastic behavior of the shape memory of effect wall 36.It is also noted that be made of irrelevantly three superimposed panels with distributing box, this feature can be implemented in any elastically deformable effect wall.Like this, this feature can be protected independently.

At last, multi-hole material workpiece 4 can be made by any material that can flood a kind of fluid product.The shape of multi-hole material workpiece 4 preferably is suitable for passing the shape of opening portion 24 of the opening 21 of intermediate plate 2.In addition, multi-hole material workpiece 4 is furnished with a recess 41, and the flange 37 of actuating member 35 is inserted in the described recess 41.As shown in Figure 4, intermediate plate 2 contacts are installed on the base plate 1, and multi-hole material workpiece 4 is received within the opening portion 24, and actuating member 35 is received within opening portion 23 and the recess 41.

Detachable sealing closeouts 5 is the shape of a flexible band, limit a permanent fixation part 51, permanent fixation part 51 is fixed on the lower surface of base plate 1, occluding member 52 sealings cover 22,32 and one of dispensing orifices and grip tongue piece 53, the user can pull out by gripping tongue piece 53 and be with 5, takes off the occluding member 52 of dispensing orifice.Originally occluding member 52 advantageously carries out sealing-in around dispensing orifice, makes it seal isolation.In addition, occluding member 52 is furnished with a repositionable bond, can be after using shutoff dispensing orifice again.Therefore, can the repeated use distributing box, do not exist fluid product to flow through dispensing orifice and produce the problem of leakage.Be noted that this feature, that is to say that bonding shutoff tongue piece of repositionable heat-sealing can use being furnished with on any distributing box of a dispensing orifice, irrelevant with the embodiment of three superimposed panels of employing described here.Therefore, this feature can be protected independently.

According to the present invention, the intermediate plate 2 with opening 21 is fixed on the base plate 1 along a sealing and fixing line 19.Advantageously, intermediate plate 2 being fixed on the technology that is adopted on the base plate 1 is the heat-sealing technology.Base plate 1 and intermediate plate 2 limit an internal volume together, and its peripheral wall is formed by the edge of opening 21 and the bottom of base plate 1.Multi-hole material workpiece 4 places opening 21 parts 24 places.Equally, actuating member 35 places opening 24 parts 23 places.Actuating member 35 preferably is fixed on by sealing-in on the base plate 1 as shown in Figure 4 along a static line 39 that extends at the periphery of flange 37.At last, wrapper plate 3 on intermediate plate 2, also is to carry out heat sealing along sealing and fixing line 29 sealing and fixing.The location of wrapper plate 3 on intermediate plate 2 makes the bell-type effect wall 36 of actuating member 35 pass the receiving channel 31 on the wrapper plate 3 and engages.Wrapper plate 3 also in static line 39 places sealing-in on actuating member 35.

Three

plates

1,2 and 3 stacked and limit a container 13 with the mutual sealing and fixing of actuating member 35, container 13 extends at the gamut of the opening 21 of intermediate plate 2, that is to say, extends at effect wall 36 places and at multi-hole material workpiece 4 places.As illustrated in fig. 1 and 2, the container part that limits at effect wall 36 places be connected by the container part that the channel slot 38 on flange 37 lower surfaces of actuating member 35 limits at multi-hole material workpiece 4 places.Be noted that multi-hole material workpiece 4 is between effect wall 36 and dispensing orifice 22 or 32.For this reason, the effect of effect wall 36 distortion is to reduce the internal volume of container 13, makes fluid product sentence spray form by multi-hole material workpiece 4 at dispensing orifice and distributes.Preferably interior dress small volume of fluid goods of container 13 and gas, for example air.Fluid product for example can all be contained in the multi-hole material workpiece 4, and the container part that is limited to effect wall 36 belows filling air only.Push effect wall 36, effect is to make the air in this container part pass through channel slot 38, passes through the multi-hole material workpiece 4 of immersion fluid goods then.Like this, the biphase mixture of air and fluid product distributes with the form of two-phase spray flow by dispensing orifice.

According to another feature of the present invention, effect wall 36 is compressed into fully before use effect wall 36 is contacted with base plate 1.By closeouts 5 shutoff dispensing orifices, stop air admission container 13 inside, container 13 only is equipped with or only is equipped with basically fluid product.Therefore, under the storage situation before use, the thickness that adds up of the corresponding base plate of the thickness of distributing box, intermediate plate and three plates of wrapper plate, thickness is advantageously less than about 2 millimeters.In case take off detachable closeouts, air just can enter container, and the elastic component of effect wall 36 makes it to get back to the protruding dead position shown in Fig. 1 and 2.Use the back by compression wall 36, closeouts can be reorientated owing to its suitable adhesion properties, as illustrated in fig. 1 and 2.

In a feasible embodiment, wrapper plate can be connected with base plate at some position.When the edge of plate is led in the hole of intermediate plate, especially true.At this position, wrapper plate and base plate can be sealed.

By the present invention, the distributing box of fluid product has the reliability of favorable rigidity, level and smooth beautiful outward appearance, operation and guarantees to prevent and leaks.

Claims

1. fluid product dispenser, it comprises:

The fluid product container (13) of-one filling fluid goods, described container (13) comprises a deformable effect wall (36), deformable effect wall is pushed, to reduce the internal volume of container;

-one dispensing orifice (32; 22), by to effect wall the pushing of (36), fluid product by dispensing orifice with the form of spraying by force feed;

It is characterized in that described container comprises:

-one base plate (1);

-one intermediate plate (2) that limits an opening (24);

-one with effect wall (36) all-in-one-piece wrapper plate (3), the opening (24) on the intermediate plate (2) limits the effective volume of container (13) with base plate (1) and wrapper plate (3).

2. distributing box according to claim 1 is characterized in that, the wall thickness of each plate is less than about 1 millimeter.

3. distributing box according to claim 1 and 2 is characterized in that, effect wall (36) is made single piece with wrapper plate (3).

4. distributing box according to claim 1 and 2 is characterized in that, effect wall (36) is added in the wrapper plate (3), and wrapper plate has one and admits mouthful (31), is used to admit the actuating member (35) of a formation effect wall (36).

5. according to the described distributing box of one of aforementioned claim, it is characterized in that effect wall (36) comprises the elastic component (360) of giving its shape memory, makes it get back to the dead position of corresponding container maximum volume.

6. distributing box according to claim 5 is characterized in that, elastic component comprises a flexible sheets (360) that is embedded in the thickness that acts on wall (36).

7. according to the described distributing box of one of aforementioned claim, it is characterized in that container (13) holds a multi-hole material workpiece (4) that is suitable for keeping fluid product.

8. according to the described distributing box of one of aforementioned claim, it is characterized in that dispensing orifice (22) is gone up at wrapper plate (3) and formed.

9. according to the described distributing box of one of aforementioned claim, it is characterized in that dispensing orifice (22) is gone up at intermediate plate (2) and formed.

10. according to the described distributing box of one of aforementioned claim, it is characterized in that dispensing orifice (32; 22) be furnished with a detachable sealing closeouts (5), the described hole of shutoff before using first, and after using, can be repositioned on the described hole.

11. distributing box according to claim 10 is characterized in that, closeouts (5) is fixed around described hole at first, also comprises a repositionable bond in addition, is suitable for carrying out bonding repeatedly around described hole.

12. according to the described distributing box of one of aforementioned claim, it is characterized in that, base plate (1), intermediate plate (2) and wrapper plate (3) advantageously by sealing-in or bonding around the opening (24) that forms by intermediate plate (2) stacked on top of each other with interfix.

13., it is characterized in that effect wall (36) is flat before using first according to the described distributing box of one of aforementioned claim, so that make container that fluid product substantially only is housed, the thickness of distributing box is less than or equal to about 2 millimeters.

14., it is characterized in that at least one plate is flexible according to the described distributing box of one of aforementioned claim.

15., it is characterized in that the opening (24) on the intermediate plate (2) is in an outward flange upper shed of plate according to the described distributing box of one of aforementioned claim.

16., it is characterized in that base plate (1) and wrapper plate (3) are fixed to one another partly according to the described distributing box of one of aforementioned claim.

17., it is characterized in that container also is equipped with a kind of gas, for example air according to the described distributing box of one of aforementioned claim, make the outlet of biphase mixture by dispensing orifice of a kind of fluid product and gas distribute.