Device for dispensing a cosmetic product in aerosol form, associated assembly and method

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10099844-B2
Application number	US-201515519236-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Oct 16, 2015
Priority date	Oct 17, 2014
Publication date	Oct 16, 2018
Grant date	Oct 16, 2018

Abstract

The dispensing device comprises a dispensing valve comprising: a valve body ( 40 ); an actuating rod ( 42 ), defining a dispensing duct for the product ( 62 ); a return element ( 44 ) of the actuating rod ( 42 ) to its blocking position. The dispensing device comprises a non-return valve ( 70 ) arranged inside the actuating rod ( 42 ). The non-return valve ( 70 ) comprises a deformable portion ( 74 ) between a closed position, applied against a lateral face ( 61 ) of the actuating rod ( 42 ), in which the circulation of fluid in the duct ( 62 ) through an inlet orifice ( 64 ) for product entry in the rod is made impossible, and an open position, separated from the lateral face ( 61 ) of the actuating rod ( 42 ), in which the circulation of fluid through the inlet orifice ( 64 ) is possible.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A device for dispensing a product as a spray, comprising a dispensing valve comprising:
a valve body, defining a chamber interior to the valve body opening onto the outside of the valve body by a product inlet opening and by a passage opening,
an actuating rod, defining a product dispensing duct, inside the rod, the duct opening onto the outside of the rod via at least one product inlet orifice and via a product outlet orifice, the actuating rod being mounted mobile in the chamber of the valve body between a product releasing position, wherein the inlet orifice is in fluidic communication with the chamber and the outlet orifice is outside of the chamber, and a product blocking position, wherein the inlet orifice is not in fluidic communication with the chamber, and
a return element of the actuating rod to its blocking position,
wherein the dispensing device comprises a non-return valve arranged inside the actuating rod, the non-return valve comprising a deformable portion between a closed position, applied against a lateral face of the actuating rod, in which the circulation of fluid in the duct from the outlet orifice through the inlet orifice is rendered impossible, and an open position, separated from the lateral face of the actuating rod, in which the circulation of fluid through the inlet orifice to the outlet orifice is possible.

2. The dispensing device according to claim 1 , wherein the closed position forms an idle position, the deformable portion in its open position being urged toward its closed position.

3. The dispensing device according to claim 2 , wherein the actuating rod comprises two diametrically opposite inlet orifice, the deformable portion covering the two inlet orifice in its closed position.

4. The dispensing device according to claim 2 , wherein the non-return valve comprises a base fixed on a bottom of the rod.

5. The dispensing device according to claim 2 , wherein the non-return valve comprises a base fixed on a bottom of the rod.

6. The dispensing device according to claim 2 , wherein the non-return valve is in one piece with the rod.

7. The dispensing device according to claim 1 , wherein the open position forms an idle position, the deformable portion in its closed position being urged toward its open position.

8. The dispensing device according to claim 7 , wherein the non-return valve comprises a base fixed on a bottom of the rod.

9. The dispensing device according to claim 7 , wherein the non-return valve is in one piece with the rod.

10. The dispensing device according to claim 1 , wherein the actuating rod comprises two diametrically opposite inlet orifice, the deformable portion covering the two inlet orifice in its closed position.

11. The dispensing device according to claim 10 , wherein the non-return valve is in one piece with the rod.

12. The dispensing device according to claim 1 , wherein the non-return valve comprises a base fixed on a bottom of the rod.

13. The dispensing device according to claim 12 , wherein the base is mounted by force in the bottom of the rod.

14. The dispensing device according to claim 12 , wherein the non-return valve is in one piece with the rod.

15. The dispensing device according to claim 1 , wherein the non-return valve is in one piece with the rod.

16. The dispensing device according to claim 1 , wherein the deformable portion is a membrane advantageously made of elastomer.

17. An assembly for packaging a product, comprising a reservoir containing a product and a dispensing device according to claim 1 that close said reservoir.

18. A method for manufacturing the assembly for packaging according to claim 17 , comprising the following successive steps:
supplying of the reservoir and of the dispensing device,
filling of the reservoir;
irreversible closing of the reservoir with the dispensing device the non-return valve being arranged in the dispensing duct.

19. The method according to claim 18 , in which the non-return valve is arranged in the dispensing duct before the filling of the reservoir, the filling of the reservoir being carried out around the dispensing device, without displacement of the actuating rod in releasing position.

20. The method according to claim 18 , in which the non-return valve is arranged in the dispensing duct after the filling of the reservoir.

Assignees

• Oreal

Inventors

• Rival François
• Gaudillot Jeanne
• Aubret Kerem
• Jaunet Clément
• Gounon Yann

Classifications

• F16K15/145

  the closure elements being shaped as a solids of revolution, e.g. cylindrical or conical · CPC title

• B65D83/48 Primary

  Lift valves, e.g. operated by push action (non-reclosable valves B65D83/50) · CPC title

• B65D47/02

  for initially filling and for preventing subsequent refilling · CPC title

• B65D83/20

  Actuator caps · CPC title

• B65D49/00

  Arrangements or devices for preventing refilling of containers (for initial filling and for preventing subsequent refilling B65D47/02) · CPC title