WO2019039951A2

WO2019039951A2 - Self-regulating pressure in deodorant bottles

Info

Publication number: WO2019039951A2
Application number: PCT/RS2018/000011
Authority: WO
Inventors: Tomislav TESLA
Original assignee: Tesla Tomislav
Priority date: 2017-08-21
Filing date: 2018-08-20
Publication date: 2019-02-28
Also published as: RS20170837A1; RS60489B1; WO2019039951A3

Abstract

Innovation is a technical addition, an innovative stretchable chamber (3) filled with air (5) under pressure that can replace the way of using existing working methods of the bottle (1 ) under pressure. The basis of the innovation is to replace the current flammable gas from the bottle (1 ) with the use of atmospheric air (5) under pressure, which is separated from the content (4) with the provided innovative chamber (3) within the bottle (1 ). That way, the content (4) from the bottle (1 ) under pressure would be used effectively, in an environmentally acceptable way. The applied technological process would reduce the current negative effect of using the content (4) from the bottle (1 ) under pressure. There would be a longer period of use of content (4), i.e., existing bottles (1 ) would be further upgraded for the efficient and economical use of content (4). In such a way, the work process would not be harmful to the environment and human health. The method of applying the innovation shown in Figure 4. works in a following way. The chamber (3) is filled with high pressure air (5), divided into several compartments (18) which are used for the separation of air 5. At the connection point (6) between the chamber and the bottle (1 ), there are membranes that suffer the difference of high pressure from the influence of the chamber (3) and the low pressure from the influence of the additional chamber (17). At the bottle bottom (2) there are needles (19) with heads, which drill the membranes one by one, when the air (5) pressure decreases in the additional chamber (17), due to the release of the content (4) and the proportional expansion of the additional chamber (17) towards the wall of the bottle (1 ). The needles (19) with heads are partly made of rubber, positioned at the connection point (6) between the chamber and the bottle (1 ). They are placed in such a way that the user can individually activate them by hand from the outside of the bottle (1 ) and if necessary, make a greater pressure in the bottle (1) for ejecting the content (4) with higher intensity. The filling of the innovative bottles (1 ) is done by the licensed automatic machines in an elevated air pressure space.

Description

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Self-regulating pressure in deodorant bottles

Field of the invention

The innovation presented here is a technical addition, an innovative chamber with air that is mainly stretchable. It can replace the way of using the existing methods of operating the bottles under pressure, primarily for the needs of individual users. The modified innovation is used in the process of industrial and craft painting. The basis of the innovation is to remove the current flammable gas and replace it with the use of atmospheric air, stored under pressure, which together with the provided innovative chamber is separated from the content in the bottle. Hence, the content from the bottle under pressure is effectively used in an ecologically acceptable way. The applied technological process would reduce the current negative effect of using the content from the bottle under pressure and the period of use of the content would be longer. The existing bottles would be additionally upgraded for efficient and economical use of content in a way that the used work process would not be harmful to the environment and would not endanger human health, which is now partly the case with the applied technology.

According to the International Patent Classification, the object of the invention is characterised by the basic classification symbol F17C 1/00 (2006.01) which denotes cylindrical^ shaped pressurised vessels, filled with liquids or gas, and pressurised devices used to store and use liquids via gases. The basic classification symbol F17C (2006.01) is also used and it refers to the storage and use, distribution of gases or liquids to consumers.

Technical problem

The current technology of using bottles under pressure for needs of individual consumers, an example of deodorant that uses an incomplete technical method in its work. By using current bottle products, a person is exposed to a harmful inhalation of gases filled with small particles originated from inadequate high pressure during the use of the product. The problem is solved by the ejection of harmful and flammable gases from use which will be replaced by using atmospheric air. The atmospheric air will be cleaned and free of humid, placed in innovative chambers, aimed at ejecting bottle content rationally and with a planned, equable intensity.

The bottle content is now mainly mixed with gas, so they are together under high pressure for the needs of ejecting bottle content which produces the effect directly, especially when the bottle is full so that the content is unevenly ejected over time. This inadequate use will be changed with the application of this innovative solution, where the content will be precisely and proportionally used from the beginning to the end of using the product.

The current bottles use the pressure that significantly oscillates within them, from the time when the bottle is full up to the time of its release. It is conditioned by the fact that the volume of the bottle remains the same until the gas with the content is gradually emptied. That way the pressure decreases proportionally with regard to the rest of the content in the bottle. Innovation can easily and accurately eliminate all observed lacks of the current way of using bottles under pressure. If necessary, bottle pressure is planned and versatilely regulated by the innovation for the rational use of content.

Today's method of deodorant use recommends the vertical position of the bottle in order to empty the content or otherwise the gas exits without it. Now the content can remain trapped in a bottle, without the possibility of being used later. By a built-in innovative addition, a bottle under pressure can be used in all spheric positions with the dosed use of content that is always completely ejected in that way.

For instance, when using foam whipped from a bottle under pressure, the whipped cream is mixed with gases and it receives a persistent odor and a distorted taste. This will be avoided by using an innovative solution with compressed atmospheric air, where the whipped cream of the foam will have a neutral smell and taste and with the use of air chambers the usage of harmful gases will be unnecessary.

The current bottles under pressure mainly serve for only one use. By the innovative method, bottles under pressure can be easily dosed in terms of quantity of content and in terms of pressure of air in it. Based on this principle, bottles can be supplemented with content and air several times, thus the use of material resources for their production is reduced. Rational use of produced bottles protects the environment due to reduced quantity of waste. The innovation provides the ability to produce the bottle, which will be available to a wider planet population, it will be able to be reused and supplement the content late with necessary air. The applied, innovative technological process provides more advanced and rational use of products from today's competitive methods of using bottles under pressure. In that way, innovative bottles would not be flammable but they would be safe for usage, safe for storage in apartments, warehouses and sales, safe in transport.

A similar innovative working principle can be applied to car paint guns, so that energy can be saved to create compressed air. Compressed air would be used only to the extent that it would complement the pressure in the chamber, which would be in the container for storing paint. In addition, a small amount of air would be used for the flow of paint in the nozzle, for the desired effect of dispersing paint. This would create technical conditions to apply the paint with uniform intensity and pressure, evenly distributed over the surface, without creating tiny dust particles, which now appear due to excessive air intake and high pressure that activates the paint from the container. The application of innovations is useful, especially for compressors that are used for craft works, i.e., for intensive painting.

State of the art

According to the state of the art of the mentioned patent solutions in the document on the report of the state of the art, it can be noted, and by the number of solutions, stated the following:

RS 54036 B1 is an innovative solution which refers to an industrial container for liquefied petroleum gas. It is made of transparent plastic material, in order for the remaining amount of gas in the container to be visually observed. There is a hole intended for occasional washing of the container. Whereas the innovation described here primarily deals with commercial bottles for personal use. By creating innovative bottles for ejecting various liquids without the use of gases using compressed air.

RU 2302582 C1 is a method of production which achieves the basic goal of innovation, reduction of the weight of the utilised material used in the production of an industrial container for petroleum gas. The innovation described here aims to accommodate bottles for personal use to a consumer with a uniform intensity of content usage. Any bottle usage position has the same amount of content application, no matter in which spheric position the bottle is used.

CN 1203334 A is an innovation that solves the storage of industrial gas with a balanced two-chamber reservoir with the help of a series of conventional control valves, which serve to balance the pressure of gas in the reservoir. Unlike this innovation, which aims to produce ecological bottles under pressure, where the content is ejected without the use of existing harmful gases, the safety of product usage is guaranteed, which has not been the case so far.

GB 2045414 A is a solution of an industrial container with two separate chambers, where intervention from the outside is used for influencing and regulating the pressure in the container, by using installed pipes with output and input regulators if necessary. Industrial containers are not the purpose of this innovation; the purpose is the regulation of pressure that takes place in a processed way in a commercial bottle, by an additional innovation, where the membranes on the chambers are drilled, and then the compressed air balances and compensates for the lost pressure that decreases due to the discharge of the content from the bottle.

Summary of the invention

Aerosol bottle or spray serves for storing and dispersing bottle content in the form of aerosols. These bottles have multiple uses for commercial individual use, for instance, painting, varnishing, deodorants, room refreshers, spraying plants with pesticides, home and industrial cleaning chemicals, the use and application of pur foam, hairdressing products etc. Innovative bottles are used for the same intended commercial purposes as the existing ones, with the improved technology of using bottle content.

The aerosol bottle consists of a metal or plastic container with a recessed bottom, which serves to maintain high pressure on the content in the bottle, without additional deformation due to high pressure in the bottle. The bottle's shape is mainly cylindrical, which best receives pressure. Pressure is created inside the bottle for the purpose of ejecting the content from it completely. The bottle content is, with current technology, largely mixed with gas, which creates the pressure needed to discharge bottle content through the sprayer. The sprayer's property is to convert the bottle content to aerosol, the tiny particles that are then applied to a particular surface, when it exits from the bottle. Innovative technology uses standardised bottles with sprayers, whereas the current gas is not used anymore. That way, gas and the content are no longer mixed, they are separated by an innovative chamber in which atmospheric air under high pressure is stored in the additional chambers described above.

At the top of the bottle, there is usually a plastic sprayer that is connected to the valve and piston, but also to the bottle content via the plastic tube. By pressing the finger on the sprayer, the valve is released and the high pressure inside the bottle pushes the content through the tube and sprayer. Then, there are small drops in the form of aerosols which come out. With innovative technology, the sprayer is used in an identical way provided that the excess pipe is ejected. The pipe is shortened at the point of entrance of the content into the valve, looking like a small funnel. On the shortened pipe, next to the funnel, there is an innovative membrane with an expansion, which serves for the innovative stretched chamber not to close the passage of content towards the valve by its expanding.

The basis of the innovation is to insert a pulsating and flexible chamber into the current standardised bottles, a balloon which is pressurised by compressed air storage. With the necessary additional solid chambers, constant and approximate pressure is maintained for the need of controlled content dispersion, no matter how much content is left in the bottle. Innovative bottles provide the ability to periodically regulate the pressure in the bottle when it decreases. Separate chambers filled with air press separate membranes, the membrane is drilled by the pressure difference between the vertically arranged chambers and the bottle. In other words, with the help of a user and a needle, where the periodic loss of bottle pressure is compensated.

Brief description of the drawings

The desired form of the invention will be described in the accompanying drawings, which may explain the principles of the invention, but will not be limited to these technical models of bottles under pressure, these are possible models using the invention itself. Drawings illustrate: FIG. 1 , is a side view of the inner parts of the bottle under pressure in accordance with the set invention, and a top view of the innovative parts located at the bottom of the bottle. For instance, a bottle with a stretched single-chamber and one additional valve,

FIG. 2, is a side view of the inner parts of the bottle under pressure in accordance with the set invention, and a top view of the innovative parts located at the bottom of the bottle. For instance, a bottle with a stretched chamber and a chamber carrier with two additional valves,

FIG. 3, is a side view of the inner parts of the bottle under pressure in accordance with the set invention, and a top view of the innovative parts located at the bottom of the bottle. For instance, a stretched chamber with an additional pump that produces adequate additional pressure in the bottle,

FIG. 4, is a side view of the inner parts of the bottle under pressure in accordance with the set invention, and a top view of the innovative parts located at the bottom of the bottle. An instance with additional chambers which complement lost pressure in the bottle,

FIG. 5, is a side view of the inner parts of the bottle under pressure in accordance with the set invention with a housing and apparatus serving for replenishing the bottle pressure at the customer's request using atmospheric air.

Detailed description of the invention

FIG. 1 , is a side view of the inner parts of the bottle 1 under pressure, all in accordance with the set invention and the top view of the parts located at the bottle bottom 2, where the chamber 3 is attached to the bottle bottom 2. A connection 6 between chambers and the bottle is also shown. The chamber 3 is stretchable, made mainly of flexible rubber, filled with necessary pressure of air 5. By its stretching, the chamber can displace all the content 4 from the bottle 1 , if needed, and through the pipe 9 and the existing modified valve 10. At the valve 10 there is a spring 11 , which moves the parts within the valve 10, closes and opens the passage through the pipe 9 so that the content 4 passes towards the sprayer 13 with the nozzle 12. The chamber 3 is filled with compressed air through the chamber valve 7 located at the bottle bottom 2.

The innovative model of the bottle 1 in this example works as follows. The chamber 3 is filled with air 5 through the chamber valve 7 so that the inside of the bottle 1 is filled. On that occasion, all excess air from the bottle 1 is ejected through the valve 10. Then, the content 4 is filled in the bottle 1 through the valve 10, to the planned moment of air 5 compression in the chamber 3. This creates trapped air 5 under the necessary pressure in the chamber 3, which later serves to eject the content 4 from the bottle 1 through the valve 10 and the sprayer 13. Such a bottle 1 model can be used for more filling of content 4 and compressed air 5.

FIG. 2, is a side view of the inner parts of the bottle 1 under pressure in accordance with the set invention, with a top view of the innovative parts located at the bottle bottom 2, where the chamber 3, which is starched by the chamber carrier 16, is attached to the bottle bottom 2. At the bottle bottom 2, there is a content valve 8 and a chamber valve 7. Thus, it is possible to fill the bottle 1 with the content 4, and the chamber 3 with air 5. The chamber 3 extends into three lateral directions and towards the valve 10, thereby circumventing the chamber carrier 16. The vertical space in the bottle 1 is planned so that the content 4 has a vertical disposition and a proportional direction of movement towards the pipe 9. The sphere ball 14 is inserted into the content 4 if the product, which is packaged in the bottle 1 , needs it. The chamber carrier 16 enables the planned stretching, where the starched position of the chamber 3 is the basic part of the stability and distribution of the content 4, for example, when the bottle 1 is on the shelf.

The innovative model of the bottle 1 in this example works as follows. The chamber 3 is filled with air 5 through the chamber valve 7 according to the required pressure. At the same time, the content 4 is filled via the content valve 8, and then the excess air is discharged from the bottle 1 through the valve 10. The pressure in the chamber 3 is then sufficient to eject all the content 4 from the bottle 1 . Such a bottle 1 model can be used for multiple filling and discharging of the content 4, but with the addition of air 5.

FIG. 3, is a side view of the inner parts of the bottle 1 under pressure, all in accordance with the set invention and the top view of the innovative parts located at the bottle bottom 2, with an additional pump 15 that produces the appropriate pressure in the bottle 1. The pump 15 is located on the outer side of the bottle 1 , below the bottle bottom 2 at the point of recession. It does not affect the position of the bottle 1 when it is placed on the shelf. The bottle bottom 2, with innovative bottles 1 can be further deepened, thus making space for the position and more efficient work of the pump 15. The pump 15 works by means of external mechanical pressure and movement of the rubber, by finger pressure. Thus, the air 5 is taken and pumped for the occasional addition of pressure in the chamber 3. The pump 15 allows the user to disperse the desired content 4 through the valve 10 and the sprayer 13. The pump 15 is usually made of flexible rubber, allowing the bottle 1 to be used for fun among younger population.

The innovative model of the bottle 1 in this example works as follows. The chamber 3 is filled with air 5 through the chamber valve 7, according to the required pressure. Then, when the content 4 exits through the valve 10, the pressure in the chamber 3 is lost. The regulation of the required pressure in the bottle 1 is periodically achieved by the pump 5, thereby providing desired air pressure 5 in the chamber 3. Such a model of the bottle 1 can be used for more filling of content 4 and air 5.

FIG. 4, is a side view of the inner parts in the bottle 1 under pressure, with a top view of the innovative parts located at the bottle bottom 2 and an additional chamber 17 which serves to supplement the lost pressure in the bottle 1. The additional chamber 17 is made of rubber, placed over the chamber 3, fixed to the bottle bottom 2 and filled with air 5. In this case, the chamber 3 is made of resistant plastic or aluminum, filled with high pressure air 5, which is divided into smaller segments of the chamber 3. They are mutually separated from the chamber compartments 18, which are also made of plastic or aluminum.

The innovative model of the bottle 1 in this example works as follows. The chamber 3 is filled with high pressure air 5, mutually divided into several compartments 18 in the chamber 3, which are used for the separation of air 5. At the connection point 6 between the chamber 3 and the bottle 1 , there are membranes made of nylon or some other material. The membrane suffers the difference of pressure from the influence of the chamber 3 and the lower pressure from the influence of the additional chamber 17. At the bottle bottom 2 there are needles 19 with heads, which drill membranes one by one, by themselves, and if necessary, when the air 5 pressure decreases in the additional chamber 17, due to the release of the content 4 and the expansion of the additional chamber 17 towards the wall of the bottle 1. The needles 19 with heads are partly made of rubber, positioned at the connection 6 point between the chamber and the bottle 1 , so that the user can individually activate them by hand from the outside of the bottle 1. That way, the higher pressure in the bottle 1 is made, the equal or more intense ejecting of the content 4 is regulated. The air flow under the chambers 3 and 17 is channeled according to the type of the bottle 1.

FIG. 5, shows a side view of the bottle 1 with already described parts and with a shortened pipe 9 in regard to the existing models. The pipe 9 starts with a membrane and a slanted funnel, which if put in such a position, certainly receives the content 4. The content 4 moves around the valve 10, in the direction of the chamber carrier 16. This type of bottle 1 is intended for professional use, for example, for hairdressers and intended consumers, as well as for demanding consumers. The housing with apparatus 20 is attached to a fixed position by means of machine pedals 2 , equipped with the necessary battery-operated pump, all necessary for the instantaneous regulation of air 5 pressure in the bottle 1. The housing with the apparatus 20 can be used on several standardised bottles 1. The content is emptied from the bottle 1 under ideal conditions, no matter how much content 4 is left in the bottle 1 and what the refilling intensity of content 4 is. This model of the bottle 1 can be used for unlimited filling of content 4 with air 5.

Certain innovative parts are made of thinner and thicker parts. For instance, the chambers constructed in such a way physically control in which direction the rubber is being pulled. It is important that the content of the bottle be evenly distributed so that the bottle is in a vertical position. For example, the part of the upper part of the chamber is made of thicker rubber, so the lower and centric parts of the chamber are made of thinner rubber. The thinner part of the chamber easily expands and pushes the content from the bottom of the bottle to the valve, i.e., the entrance of the pipe. The way of making is essential, the chamber membrane has to break easily. The membrane of certain thickness and composition is made, it is rigid and slightly stretchy so that it would break more easily. The industrial filling of the bottle is done by automatic machines, a filling station that would be in an industrial area with high pressure. It is necessary so that the membrane on the pressure chamber would balance during the filling of the content in the bottle.

The way of industrial or other application of the invention

On the declaration of the current deodorant bottles, among other things, it is stated. I quote, "Keep a bottle in an upright position, 15 cm from the armpit and spray". This leads to the conclusion that technology is insufficiently efficient and requires certain positions and distance of the bottle. It refers to a strong flow of gas content, which is particularly emphasised at the beginning of the use of the product. The innovation presented here completely removes all the defects, the content always comes out of the bottle evenly in each spherical position. Furthermore, I quote "Danger, the product contains pressurised gas, the bottle can explode by inadequate use, do not drill even when it is empty, do not expose to temperatures exceeding 50 °C". When applying an innovative solution, the bottle is completely safe for storage and use in all conditions. Also, I quote "Use in well- aerated places". The innovative solution uses atmospheric air that is safe for usage. With technology that further regulates the pressure in the bottle, no tiny particles are produced out of the excess of inadequately used pressure.

In FIG. 3, a possible solution of an innovative bottle is presented, which, in addition to the favourable technical characteristics created by the use of the pump, has an additional useful solution, which also gives the fun character of the product for use, which children, teens and young people will gladly use. FIG. 5 shows the way of regulating the pressure in the bottle and using of content for professional and demanding users when the pressure is constantly maintained in the bottle at the level that is wanted by the user. Innovation provides a new possibility that instead of single use of bottles, they have the ability to be refilled with content with air, unlimitedly.

Uniformity of the use of bottle content with the application of this innovative solution should become a practice for refilling technology used by existing bottles under pressure, where stable and planned use of the product, which is packed, is expected. This is a favorable solution, since the production does not use significant material investments, still the type of innovative bottle is obtained, and it can be used for many purposes. It is possible to adapt the innovative bottle type to existing solutions and standardise it in several types of bottles for different use. Position on the figures bottle

bottle bottom

(3) chamber

(4) content

air

connection of the chamber with the bottle

(7) chamber valve

content valve

(9) pipe

10 valve

1 1 spring

12 nozzle

13 sprayer

(14 sphere ball

15 pump

16 chamber carrier

17 additional chamber

18 chamber compartments

19 needles with heads

(20 housing with apparatus

(21 machine pedal

Claims

Patent claims

1. An innovative bottle (1 ) under pressure should innprove the use of an existing pressure bottle, and should include the following innovative elements:

a) one or more chambers (3) and (17) separating the content (4) from air (5) in the

bottle (1 ), which are attached by the connection between the chamber and the bottle (6) to the bottle bottom (2),

b) a chamber valve (7) and a content valve (8), which allow the filling of the content (4) to the bottle (1 ) and the air filling (5) in the chamber (3), having a channeled flow below the chambers (3) and (17) according to the type of content (4) and the type of the bottle (1 ),

c) where the chamber (3) is stretchable by the pressure of the captured air (5), towards the wall of the bottle (1 ) at a time when the valve (10) releases the flow of the content (4) towards the nozzle (12) with the sprayer (13),

d) where the chamber (3) is made in solid form with trapped air (5) under pressure, divided by chamber compartments (18) with belonging membranes,

e) where the pipe (9) is shortened with the funnel-shaped entrance of the content (4) at the valve (10) position,

f) where the air (5) in the chamber (3) is refilled with a pump (15) or housing with

apparatus (20), the given pressure in the bottle is automatically maintained.

2. In accordance with the patent claim 1 ., where the content (4) from the bottle (1 ) is ejected by the expansion of the chamber (3) pushed by the trapped air (5) under pressure, where the content (4) exits at the position of the pipe (9) on the valve (10), through the nozzle (12) with the sprayer (13).

3. In accordance with the patent claim 1., where the pipe (9) is placed laterally on the valve (10) with the belonging funnel, then the unobstructed release of the content (4) is enabled towards the nozzle (12) with the sprayer (13).

4. 4. In accordance with the patent claim 1., where the chamber (3) extends into three lateral directions and towards the valve (10), circumvents the chamber carrier (16), where the vertical space in the bottle (1 ) is left in order for the content (4) to have a vertical movement towards the pipe (9), and such a position provides the stability of the bottle (1 ) on the shelf.

5. 5. In accordance with the patent claim 1 ., where the additional stretched chamber (17) is placed over a solid chamber (3), fixed to the bottle bottom (2) and filled with air (5).

6. In accordance with the patent claim 1., where at the bottle bottom (2) there is a pump (15) for the purpose of manually refilling the pressure in the bottle (1 ).

7. In accordance with the patent claim 1., where at the bottle bottom (2) there is a technical possibility for connecting the bottle (1 ) with the device (20) on the "click", where the apparatus (20) regulates the pressure in the bottle (1 ) at the request selected by the user.

8. Where the innovative parts, the membrane, the walls of the chamber (3) are made of different stretching and thickness of the material in order to empty the content (4) in the bottle (1 ) in the projected directions towards the walls of the bottle (1 ) and towards the pipe (9).

9. Where the chamber (3) is made in solid form and divided by chamber compartments (18), where the chamber (3) parts are closed by the belonging membranes which, if necessary, are individually drilled with needles with heads (19), where there is a possibility of the manual drilling of membranes though the bottle bottom (2), i.e., when the pressure in the bottle (1 ) decreases and the membrane breaks or, by the pressure difference, pierces by relying on the needles with heads (19).

10. Where the filling of the bottle (1 ) is done by the licensed automatic machines, which are located in high pressure industrial spaces, necessary to balance the chamber (3) in the bottle (1 ) with the difference in pressure during filling the content (4), so that the membrane would not crack before the filling the content into the bottle (1 ).