Fluid substance container

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10370166-B2
Application number	US-201815997813-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 5, 2018
Priority date	Jun 8, 2017
Publication date	Aug 6, 2019
Grant date	Aug 6, 2019

Abstract

A fluid substance container including a collar featuring a passage and a pair of laminated film sheets heat-welded along perimetral welding lines so as to form a bag, the pair of sheets also being heat-welded to the collar so that the passage in the collar provides access to interior of the bag; the collar features a cup-shaped part in which the passage is formed, there being a sealing lip extending from a bottom of the cup-shaped part, the sealing lip being formed integrally with the collar and intended to cooperate in an air-tight manner with an outer surface of the body of a hermetic pump which may be housed, at least partially, in the collar.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A container of a fluid, comprising:
a collar having a passage, and
a pair of laminated film sheets thermally bonded along perimetral welding lines so as to form a bag, the pair of sheets being also thermally welded to the collar at a welding zone so that the passage of the collar defines an access inside the bag;
wherein the collar includes a cup-shaped part having a bottom through which said passage extends, the bottom of the cup-shaped part being arranged proximate an upper end of the welding zone;
a sealing lip extending from the bottom of said cup-shaped part, the sealing lip being integrally formed with the collar, the sealing lip cooperating in an air-tight manner with an outer surface of the pump body of an airless pump that may be housed at least partially in the cup-shaped part;
wherein the outer surface of the collar, in the welding zone with each of the sheets having, in section, an oblong conformation with two tapered ends aligned along at least one welding axis where the pair of sheets are welded together.

2. The container according to claim 1 , wherein the sealing lip is positioned on an inner surface a tubular element extending from the bottom of the cup-shaped body, the lip being spaced from an inner lateral surface of the cup shaped body near its bottom, the tubular element being disposed so as to form a cavity which isolates the lip thermally and mechanically from the forces applied to the welding zone during the welding between the collar and the sheets.

3. The container according to claim 2 , wherein two said sealing lips are provided in the tubular element.

4. The container according to claim 2 , wherein from each of the tapered ends, a fin protrudes integrally formed with a collar, the fin helping the interconnection between a body of the collar and the pair of laminated film sheets, each fin extending from the collar along said welding axis where the pair of sheets are welded together.

5. The container according to claim 1 , wherein the welding zone, viewed in section, is symmetrical at least with respect to said welding axis.

6. The container according to claim 5 , wherein the welding zone, seen in section, is formed by a first half and a second half specular with respect to the welding axis, each half having a middle part shaped as a circumferential arc, from each end of the circumferential arc extending towards said welding axis a straight segment having an end proximal to the welding axis.

7. The container according to claim 6 , wherein the fin extends from the end proximal to the welding axis of each of the segments.

8. The container according to claim 1 , wherein the collar comprises a fastening ring nut to an outer container in which the bag may be inserted, and or wherein the collar comprises an end having a torsional coupling tooth crown with an element for fixing a pump at least to the collar, and where pair of orientation surfaces is made by parallel bushes that interrupt the crown and obtained near said end of the collar.

9. The container according to claim 1 , wherein the collar has at least a pair orientation surfaces to align the collar prior to an automatic welding of the sheets to the collar.

10. The container according to claim 1 , wherein the sealing lip is positioned on an inner surface a tubular element extending from the bottom of the cup-shaped body.

11. The container according to claim 1 , wherein the sealing lip being spaced from an inner lateral surface of the cup shaped body near its bottom, the tubular element being disposed so as to form a cavity which isolates the lip thermally and mechanically from the forces applied to the welding zone during the welding between the collar and the sheets.

12. The container according to claim 1 , wherein at least a portion of the inner sidewalls of the sealing lip is tapered to flare away from the bottom of said cup-shaped part.

Assignees

• Lumson Spa

Inventors

• Moretti Matteo

Classifications

• B05B11/026

  Membranes separating the content remaining in the container from the atmospheric air to compensate underpressure inside the container · CPC title

• B05B11/1011

  without substantial movement of the nozzle in the direction of the pressure stroke · CPC title

• B65D75/5866

  Integral spouts · CPC title

• B05B11/1047

  the pump being preassembled as an independent unit before being mounted on the container · CPC title

• B05B11/1016

  the outlet valve having a valve seat located downstream a movable valve element controlled by a pressure actuated controlling element (B05B11/1022, B05B11/1023 take precedence) · CPC title