Head for dispensing a product coming from a container

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10518946-B2
Application number	US-201816038135-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 17, 2018
Priority date	Jul 17, 2017
Publication date	Dec 31, 2019
Grant date	Dec 31, 2019

Abstract

A dispensing head for a system for dispensing a product is described herein. The head includes a body having a housing that is provided with an anvil around which a nozzle is mounted. The nozzle includes an outlet orifice to place the housing in communication with the exterior, and wherein the head includes a membrane added around the periphery of the anvil in the housing in such a way as to form between the membrane and the nozzle a path for dispensing the product.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A dispensing head for a system for dispensing a product, comprising:
a body having a housing provided with an anvil around which a nozzle is mounted, said nozzle comprising an outlet orifice to place the housing in communication with the exterior,
a membrane added around the anvil in the housing and forming between the membrane and the nozzle a path for dispensing the product which opens into said outlet orifice, the membrane comprising a mobile portion, said mobile portion being mobile between a rest position wherein the mobile portion is in contact with the nozzle and a stressed position wherein the mobile portion is compressed by said product, said mobile portion then being located at a distance from the nozzle,
the mobile portion comprising an outer wall and a bulb that extends from the outer wall protruding along a dispensing axis of the housing,
said bulb comprising a contact wall substantially perpendicular to the dispensing axis, the contact wall cooperating with an inner wall of the nozzle,
the contact wall comprising a groove.

2. The dispensing head according to claim 1 , wherein the bulb comprises a chamfer allowing an end of said bulb to be inserted into the outlet orifice so as to extend at least partially into said outlet orifice.

3. The dispensing head according to claim 1 , wherein the groove extends from a periphery of the contact wall to a peripheral wall of an end of said bulb.

4. The dispensing head according to claim 1 , wherein the membrane is mounted on the anvil so as to locate the outer wall at a distance from said anvil forming, between said outer wall and said anvil, an outflow area.

5. The dispensing head according to claim 4 , wherein the anvil comprises an outflow channel communicating with a recess formed in the body, via an outflow passage.

6. The dispensing head according to claim 1 , wherein the membrane comprises an annular protrusion of revolution around the dispensing axis, said annular protrusion comprising at least one hole passing through said annular protrusion on either side along a direction parallel to the dispensing axis.

7. The dispensing head according to claim 6 , wherein the at least one hole is an integral part of the dispensing path in such a way that the product moving along said dispensing path passes through the at least one hole.

8. The dispensing head according to claim 1 , wherein the membrane comprises at least one material providing a microbiocidal action on the product.

9. The dispensing head according to claim 8 , wherein the membrane comprises a microbiocidal metal material selected from the group consisting of silver, copper, zinc, magnesium, silver oxide, copper oxide, sulphur, and sulphonic acid.

10. The dispensing head according to claim 1 , wherein the latter comprises a well for mounting said head on a pressurized feed tube of the product, the housing comprising the anvil and said housing being in communication with said well.

11. The dispensing head according to claim 1 , wherein the membrane is added around the periphery of the anvil.

12. The dispensing head according to claim 1 , wherein the mobile portion is located facing the outlet orifice.

Assignees

• Albea Services

Inventors

• Bloc Richard
• Pruvost Thomas

Classifications

• B05B11/1061

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• B05B11/0072 Primary

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• B65D83/14

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• B65D83/7535

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