EP0570965A1 - Emballage pour produits fluides - Google Patents

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EP0570965A1
EP0570965A1 EP93108217A EP93108217A EP0570965A1 EP 0570965 A1 EP0570965 A1 EP 0570965A1 EP 93108217 A EP93108217 A EP 93108217A EP 93108217 A EP93108217 A EP 93108217A EP 0570965 A1 EP0570965 A1 EP 0570965A1
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Jens-Heinrich Kersten
Detlef Schmitz
Peter Runte
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Aptar Dortmund GmbH
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Perfect Valois Ventil GmbH
Perfect Ventil GmbH
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B05—SPRAYING OR ATOMISING IN GENERAL; APPLYING FLUENT MATERIALS TO SURFACES, IN GENERAL
    • B05B—SPRAYING APPARATUS; ATOMISING APPARATUS; NOZZLES
    • B05B11/00—Single-unit hand-held apparatus in which flow of contents is produced by the muscular force of the operator at the moment of use
    • B05B11/01—Single-unit hand-held apparatus in which flow of contents is produced by the muscular force of the operator at the moment of use characterised by the means producing the flow
    • B05B11/04—Deformable containers producing the flow, e.g. squeeze bottles
    • B05B11/042—Deformable containers producing the flow, e.g. squeeze bottles the spray being effected by a gas or vapour flow in the nozzle, spray head, outlet or dip tube
    • B05B11/043—Deformable containers producing the flow, e.g. squeeze bottles the spray being effected by a gas or vapour flow in the nozzle, spray head, outlet or dip tube designed for spraying a liquid

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  • the invention relates to a package with a hand pump for dispensing flowable filling materials, with a filling material container on which a dispensing head is movably arranged for actuating the pump and which is provided with an outlet opening which communicates with the interior of the filling material container via a product channel and a riser pipe stands.
  • the invention has for its object to improve packs of the known type mentioned above so that a high quality of the spray jet comparable to previously known aerosol packs is achieved, a spray head movable in the direction of the main axis of the pack enables more convenient actuation, the spray direction is approximately vertical a closure runs to the main axis of the pack integrated for the transport of the pack without additional protective cap, by modification of the riser pipe and nozzle, it can be adapted to fill goods with different properties, e.g. liquids with different viscosities, as well as creams and powders, the entire pack can be made from one material in order to ensure good recyclability is and can optionally be designed as a reusable package.
  • a compression spring element forms an integral part of the product container and is effective in the sense of stretching the same in its longitudinal direction;
  • a carrier for the dispensing head is placed tightly on the opening of the product container and is provided with a head plate, on the underside of which a riser pipe nipple is arranged eccentrically to the main axis of the product container, with which the upper end of the riser pipe is connected and the product channel of which extends through the head plate ;
  • a dispensing valve is assigned to the riser pipe nipple, which is open at a pressure in the product container which is above the pressure of the outside atmosphere;
  • the top plate is provided with a through opening for working air and with a through opening for ventilation air, which are arranged eccentrically to the main axis of the product container;
  • the dispensing head on the top of the carrier is tight, but rotatably arranged between a closed position and an open position and has an inlet connection with a product channel on its underside, which is aligned with
  • FIG. 1 shows a package 10 made of plastic, such as polyethylene, with a hand pump for dispensing flowable contents.
  • a dispensing head 12 is movably arranged on a filling material container 11 for actuating the pump.
  • the dispensing head 12 is provided with an outlet opening 48 which is connected to the interior of the product container 11 via a product channel 14, 27, 40 and a riser pipe 15.
  • a compression spring element 16 is an integral part of the wall 17 of the product container 11 and is shaped in the manner of an accordion bellows.
  • the compression spring element 16 is in the sense of an extension of the container wall 17 above the Compression spring element 16 effective in both directions of the main axis of the product container 11.
  • a carrier 18 for the dispensing head 12 is placed tightly on the opening of the product container 11.
  • the carrier 18 is provided with a head plate 19, on the underside of which a riser pipe nipple 20 is arranged eccentrically to the main axis of the product container 11.
  • a housing 21 for a dispensing valve 22 is placed on the lower end of the riser pipe nipple 20 and has an enlarged bore 23 towards the upper end, in which a valve ball 24 is movably arranged.
  • the bore 23 is narrowed to form a conical valve seat 25 for the valve ball 24, the diameter of which corresponds approximately to that of the product channel 27 in the riser pipe 15 and which is widened towards the lower end of the housing 21 towards a receiving opening 26 for the upper end of the riser pipe 15.
  • the product channel 27 in the riser pipe nipple 20 extends through the top plate 19 of the carrier 18.
  • the dispensing valve 22 connected into the product channel 27 is opened at a pressure in the product container 11 which is above the pressure
  • the top plate 19 of the carrier 18 is provided with a through opening 28 for working air and a through opening 29 for ventilation air.
  • Both through openings 28, 29 are arranged eccentrically to the main axis of the product container 11 in a plane diametrical to the main axis, in which the product channel 27 of the riser pipe nipple 20 also extends.
  • the through opening 29 for ventilation air thus represents a ventilation opening for the interior of the product container 11, which has a substantially larger cross-section than the working air opening 28.
  • the ventilation valve reacts to pressure changes earlier than the delivery valve 22 for the product.
  • the carrier 18 of the product container 11 can be releasably connected to the latter.
  • the detachable connection can consist of an airtight snap connection or a screw thread. Both types of connection are known in the art and are therefore not shown in detail.
  • the carrier 18 is cap-shaped.
  • An upper jacket section 30 of the carrier 18 protrudes above the head plate 19 in the form of a collar 31 and forms with the head plate 19 a recess in which the dispensing head 12 rotatably engages.
  • the engagement of the dispensing head 12 in the collar 31 of the upper part 18 can be achieved by a snap or snap connection 58 by means of undercuts on the inner wall of the collar 31 and on the lower edge of the outer peripheral surface 41 of the dispensing head 12, as is generally known in the art , in such a way that the parts coming into contact with the top plate 19 of the carrier 18 lie tightly on the underside of the dispensing head 12 on the top side of the top plate 19.
  • an outer shoulder 34 is attached, from the outer edge of which a lower jacket section 35 extends downward and partially together with the lower edge 33 of the upper jacket section 30 the upper, open edge 36 of the Filling container 11 overlaps and, as mentioned, is tightly fastened thereon, for example by means of a screw thread or snap fit.
  • Figure 1 shows that the product container 11 is inserted into a cartridge 37, the upper edge 38 is bent radially inward and overlaps the outer shoulder 34 of the lower jacket portion 35 of the carrier 18. In this way, the rest or initial position of the carrier 18 is determined.
  • the dispensing head 12 which is rotatably arranged above the head plate 19 of the carrier 18 is shown in FIG. 1 in the working or dispensing position.
  • the dispensing head 12 has on its underside an inlet connection 39 for a product channel 40, which is aligned with the product channel 27 in the riser pipe nipple 20 and has the same cross section.
  • a radial rib 56 extends from the upper end of the inlet connector 39 on the underside (FIG. 3). This rib 56 contains a product channel 14, which is guided radially outwards to a discharge opening 13 in a peripheral surface 41 of the discharge head 12.
  • Figure 1 also shows that the working air opening 28 is in communication with a chamber 42 on the underside of the cap-shaped dispensing head 12. Via this chamber 42, the working air opening 28 in the top plate 19 of the carrier 30 is connected to a working air duct 43 which extends parallel to the radial product duct 14 in the rib 56 of the dispensing head 12 up to its dispensing opening 13 in the peripheral surface 41 of the dispensing head 12.
  • This working air channel 43 is connected to at least one further, parallel working air channel 44, which also extends in the rib 56 on the underside of the radial product channel 14 to the discharge opening 13.
  • a nozzle 45 is placed on the dispensing opening 13 of the dispensing head 12 such that the outer surface of the nozzle 45 is flush with the peripheral surface 41 of the dispensing head 12.
  • the nozzle 45 has a recess 46 on its rear side provided, into which the working air duct 43, 44 opens and which forms a swirl chamber 47 which opens radially into the outlet opening 48 of the nozzle 45, the outlet opening 48 being aligned coaxially with the radial product channel 14.
  • FIG. 1 In the working position shown in FIG. 1 there is a vertical ventilation channel 49 above the ventilation opening 29 in the head plate 19 of the carrier 18, the opening facing the head plate 19 of the carrier 30 is aligned with the ventilation opening 29 and is provided with a ventilation valve 50, which at Vacuum in the product container 11 is open.
  • a section 51 of the ventilation channel 49 which is directed parallel to the main axis of the pack 10, has an enlarged bore 53 for receiving a valve ball 52, which ends at the upper end in a conically tapered valve seat 54. Above the valve seat 54, the ventilation channel section 51 is angled radially outward to the main axis of the dispensing head 12 and opens into a suction opening 55 in the peripheral surface 41 of the dispensing head 12.
  • FIG 3 shows that the ventilation valve 50 is arranged in a projection on the underside of the dispensing head 12 , wherein the radial suction channel 55 is also arranged in a rib-like reinforcement 57 on the underside of a closed top wall 58 of the dispensing head 12.
  • the off-center attachment of both the product and air ducts 27, 40, 28, 29, 49 makes it possible to either open or close all of the above-mentioned ducts by rotating the dispensing head 12 on the carrier 30 of the pack 10.
  • the open or closed position of the dispensing head 12 is defined by stops or detent seats in the dispensing head 12 and carrier, not shown, as are generally known in the art and are therefore not shown.
  • the pack is actuated by the operator pressing the dispensing head 12 downward in the direction of the filling material container 11.
  • the internal pressure prevailing therein is increased.
  • the ventilation valve 50 in the dispensing head 12 is first closed.
  • the pressurized air present above the liquid level in the product container 11 flows through the passage opening 28 into the chamber 42 and from there through the radial working air duct 43, 44 and via the swirl chamber 47 to the outlet opening 48 in the nozzle 45 to the outside.
  • the dispensing head 12 At the end of the pump stroke performed by the downward movement of the dispensing head 12, the dispensing head 12 is released.
  • the compression spring element 16 of the product container 11 relaxes, the carrier 18 with the dispensing head 12 sitting thereon returning to the upper rest position.
  • the outer shoulder 34 abuts against the underside of the upper edge 38 of the cartridge 37. Furthermore, when the carrier 30 with the dispensing head 12 returns, it opens the ventilation valve 50 and enables rapid ventilation of the space above the liquid level in the product container 11.
  • the compression spring element 16 forms an integral part of the product container 11, it can be seen that all parts, including the valve balls 24 and 52, can be produced from the same plastic material, so that a good recyclability of the pack is guaranteed.
  • the bottom of the cartridge 37 could be designed to be detachable, so that the package 10 can be removed through a bottom opening of the cartridge 37 and then an emptied filling material container 11 can either be refilled with the contents of a refill package or can be exchanged for another filled filling material container 11. The bottom of the cartridge 37 is then closed again.
  • the cartridge base could be screwed to the cartridge 37 or articulated in the form of a lid and provided with a snap lock, as is known in the art and is therefore not shown.

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DE4216915 1992-05-21
DE4216915A DE4216915C2 (de) 1992-05-21 1992-05-21 Packung für fließfähiges Füllgut
US08/065,614 US5328060A (en) 1992-05-21 1993-05-21 Pack for free-flowing filler

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