Assembly for dispensing fluid product

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10195624-B2
Application number	US-201414890463-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	May 13, 2014
Priority date	May 13, 2013
Publication date	Feb 5, 2019
Grant date	Feb 5, 2019

Abstract

A fluid dispenser assembly including a fluid dispenser having a reservoir forming a bottom wall. The dispenser assembly further includes a casing that surrounds the fluid dispenser at least in part, and that defines an insertion and extraction opening through which the fluid dispenser is insertable by sliding. The casing includes a blocker mechanism for blocking the dispenser in the casing, and an unblocker mechanism for de-activating the blocker mechanism so as to be able to extract the fluid dispenser from the casing by sliding.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A fluid dispenser assembly comprising a fluid dispenser having a reservoir forming a bottom wall, a dispenser member and a pusher;
the dispenser assembly further comprises a casing that surrounds and covers the fluid dispenser at least in part, and that defines an insertion and extraction opening about an axis such that the fluid dispenser is insertable in the casing by sliding through the insertion and extraction opening along the axis, the casing including blocker means for blocking the fluid dispenser in the casing, and unblocker means for de-activating the blocker means so as to be able to extract the fluid dispenser from the casing by sliding;
wherein the dispenser member comprises an actuator rod and the pusher is mounted on the actuator rod, the pusher comprising a dispenser orifice through which content of the fluid dispenser is dispensed upon pressing the pusher;
wherein the casing is closed by a top wall at an end of the casing opposite the insertion and extraction opening; and
wherein the casing further includes at least one grip slot through which the fluid dispenser may be gripped by means of one or two digits, so as to slide the fluid dispenser in the casing when the blocker means are de-activated.

2. A dispenser assembly according to claim 1 , wherein the casing forms a protective cap for the pusher.

3. A dispenser assembly according to claim 1 , wherein the casing includes holder means for holding a protective cap for the pusher inside the casing, the protective cap coming into engagement with the holder means of the casing when inserting the dispenser into the casing for the first time, so as to hold the protective cap permanently in place in the casing.

4. A dispenser assembly according to claim 1 , wherein the blocker means comprise blocking edges that are sharp and configured to engage the reservoir.

5. The dispenser assembly according to claim 4 , wherein the blocking edges are configured to engage the bottom wall of the reservoir.

6. A dispenser assembly according to claim 1 , wherein the blocker means are formed at a collar that is elastically deformable and that forms the unblocker means.

7. A dispenser assembly according to claim 6 , wherein the blocker means are arranged in diametrically-opposite manner, such that elastically deforming the collar causes the blocker means to move away from each other, so as to release the dispenser.

8. A dispenser assembly according to claim 1 , wherein the at least one grip slot is arranged above an elastically-deformable collar.

9. A dispenser assembly according to claim 8 , wherein the essentially deformable collar forms the blocker means that are arranged in diametrically-opposite manner below respective grip slots.

10. A dispenser assembly according to claim 8 , wherein the blocker means are separated by the unblocker means in the form of unblocking sections of the essentially deformable collar, on which sections pressure is exerted to deform the collar elastically, and to move the blocker means away from each other, so as to be able to slide the fluid dispenser out from the casing by gripping the fluid dispenser through the grip slot.

11. The dispenser assembly according to claim 1 , wherein the dispenser member is a pump.

12. The dispenser assembly according to claim 1 , wherein the casing includes two opposite grip slots, including said at least one grip slot, through which the fluid dispenser can be gripped by one or two digits, so as to slide the dispenser in the casing when the blocker means are de-activated.

13. The dispenser assembly according to claim 1 , wherein the unblocker means comprise unblocking sections of the collar on which pressure is exerted to deform the collar elastically.

14. A fluid dispenser assembly comprising a fluid dispenser having a reservoir forming a bottom wall, a dispenser member and a pusher;
the dispenser assembly further comprises a casing that surrounds the fluid dispenser at least in part, including the dispenser member and the pusher, and that defines an insertion and extraction opening about an axis such that the fluid dispenser is insertable in the casing by sliding through the insertion and extraction opening along the axis, the casing including blocker means for blocking the fluid dispenser in the casing, and unblocker means for de-activating the blocker means so as to be able to extract the fluid dispenser from the casing by sliding;
wherein the dispenser member comprises an actuator rod and the pusher is mounted on the actuator rod, the pusher comprising a dispenser orifice through which content of the fluid dispenser is dispensed upon pressing the pusher;
wherein the casing is closed by a top wall at an end of the casing opposite the insertion and extraction opening; and
wherein the casing further comprises at least one grip slot through which the fluid dispenser may be gripped by means of one or two digits, so as to slide the fluid dispenser in the casing.

15. A dispenser assembly according to claim 14 , wherein the blocker means is fastened to the reservoir.

16. A dispenser assembly according to claim 14 , wherein the casing includes holder means for holding a protective cap inside the casing, the fluid dispenser being held in the protective cap by a snap-fastening forming the blocker means.

17. A dispenser assembly according to claim 14 , wherein the casing includes holder means for holding a protective cap inside the casing, the fluid dispenser being held in the protective cap by friction forming the blocker means.

18. The dispenser assembly according to claim 14 , wherein the blocker means is snap-fastened to the reservoir.

19. A fluid dispenser assembly comprising:
a fluid dispenser comprising a reservoir having a bottom wall, a dispenser member having an actuator rod, and a pusher mounted on the actuator rod, the pusher comprising a dispenser orifice through which content of the fluid dispenser is dispensed upon pressing the pusher to thereby displace the actuator rod;
a protective casing in which the fluid dispenser is removably disposed;
the protective casing is a tube comprising an insertion and extraction opening at a bottom end and about a longitudinal axis of the tube, the insertion and extraction opening configured to allow insertion and removal of the fluid dispenser from the protecting casing by sliding through the opening at the bottom end and along the longitudinal axis of the tube;
the protective casing comprising means for blocking removal of the fluid dispenser from the protective casing, and means for de-activating the means for blocking removal of the fluid dispenser from the protective casing to allow removal of the fluid dispenser from the protective casing by sliding;
wherein the protective casing is closed by a top wall at an end of the protective casing opposite the insertion and extraction opening, the top wall precluding fluid from passing therethrough and covering the pusher so as to prevent access to the pusher and actuation of the fluid dispenser when the fluid dispenser is inserted in the protective casing; and
wherein the protective casing prevents access to the pusher while the fluid dispenser is disposed within the protective casing; and
wherein the protective casing further includes at least one grip slot through which the fluid dispenser may be gripped by means of one or two digits, so as to slide the fluid dispenser in the protective casing when the blocker means are de-activated.

Assignees

• Aptar Radolfzell Gmbh

Inventors

• Bertrand Eric
• Perignon Fabrice
• Reichle Thomas

Classifications

• B05B11/1042

  Components or details · CPC title

• B05B11/0027 Primary

  Means for neutralising the actuation of the sprayer (pump locking means B05B11/1059); Means for preventing access to the sprayer actuation means · CPC title

• B05B11/0038

  Inner container disposed in an outer shell or outer casing · CPC title

• B65D83/56

  with arrangements for interruption of dispensing when the container is inverted · CPC title

• B05B11/3042

  Operations & Transport · mapped topic