Container of fluid substances with hermetic sealing system and method of use

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10689183-B2
Application number	US-201815982546-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	May 17, 2018
Priority date	May 24, 2017
Publication date	Jun 23, 2020
Grant date	Jun 23, 2020

Abstract

Container, including a body having a neck delimiting an opening for the access to a body cavity, and a containment element having at least one deformable side wall located inside the cavity to contain fluid substance, the interior of the containment element sealedly coupled to a collar having a surface resting on the body and a tubular member, extending from the bottom thereof, defining a first passage for the fluid substance in use, an insert housed within the collar, the insert formed of first and second parts, connected by first breakable portion, a shutter sealedly housed, inside the insert, formed of first and second sections, connected by second breakable portion, the second section including a surface, to cooperate, in a sealed manner, with the tubular member when second section is fitted thereon, and a breakable wall which, when broken, permits access to the containment element.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A container for a fluid substance, comprising
a body having a neck delimiting an opening for access to a cavity of the body itself, and
a containment element having at least one deformable side wall located inside the cavity and intended to contain the fluid substance,
the interior of the containment element being associated in a sealed manner to a collar having at least one resting surface on the body and a tubular member extending from its bottom,
the tubular member defining a first passage of the fluid substance during use, within the collar an insert being located, formed by a first and a second part mutually connected by a first breakable portion,
wherein inside the insert is located a shutter formed by a first section and a second section mutually connected by a second breakable portion,
the second section comprising a surface configured to cooperate with the tubular member when the second section is fitted on the tubular member and a breakable wall through which, when the breakable wall is broken, access within the containment element is permitted.

2. The container according to claim 1 , wherein the insert is secured to the collar by a snap coupling and/or in which a seal is provided between the insert and the collar.

3. The container according to claim 1 , wherein the first section of the shutter is held in position within the insert by a rib protruding from an inner surface of the insert and/or by a step provided on an inner surface of the insert.

4. The container according to claim 1 , wherein the collar comprises a skirt which surrounds the neck externally, and/or wherein a thread is provided on the collar and a counter-thread is provided on the neck.

5. The container according to claim 1 , wherein the second part of the insert, when the first breakable portion is un-broken, forms a stop for the second section of the shutter when the second breakable portion is broken and said second section is pushed in the direction of the tubular member.

6. The container according to claim 1 , wherein the second section of the shutter has a lower surface provided with second filling passages of the containment element through the tubular element, said passages being opened when the second section is resting on the second part of the insert.

7. The container according to claim 1 , wherein the insert comprises guides cooperating with the second section of the shutter at least when the second breakable portion is broken.

8. The container according to claim 1 , wherein the second breakable portion is configured to break at a lower load than that at which breaks the first breakable portion.

9. The container according to claim 1 , comprising a dispensing pump comprising at least one feature selected from the group consisting of:
a dip tube provided with an end configured to break through the breakable wall,
a dip tube provided with an end configured to penetrate at least partially in said tubular member,
wherein the pump comprises a seal with the insert, and
wherein the pump comprises fixing elements at least to the collar.

10. The container according to claim 1 , wherein the collar comprises a closable passage for venting the air trapped in the containment element during its filling, and/or wherein an air vent is provided by at least one interstice present between the body and the insert.

11. A method for filling a container according to claim 1 , wherein a hollow filling nozzle is predisposed in contact to the second section of the shutter, and subsequently:
the second section of the shutter is pushed through the nozzle until the second breakable portion is broken and,
the second section of the shutter is pushed until it rests on the second part of the insert;
the fluid is delivered by the nozzle until it fills the containment element;
the second section of the shutter that rests on the second part of the insert, is pushed by the nozzle until the first breakable portion is broken and the nozzle movement continues until the second section is fitted on a collar tube, thus closing the first passage.

12. The method according to claim 11 , wherein an end of a dip tube of a dispensing pump is pushed against the breakable wall of the second section of the shutter to break it, to allow the pump to suck the content of the containment element.

13. The method according to claim 11 , wherein the insert is secured to the collar by a snap coupling and/or in which a seal is provided between the insert and the collar.

14. The method according to claim 11 , wherein the first section of the shutter is held in position within the insert by a rib protruding from an inner surface of the insert and/or by a step provided on an inner surface of the insert.

15. The method according to claim 11 , wherein the collar comprises a skirt which surrounds the neck externally, and/or wherein a thread is provided on the collar and a counter-thread is provided on the neck.

16. The method according to claim 11 , wherein the second part of the insert, when the first breakable portion is un-broken, forms a stop for the second section of the shutter when the second breakable portion is broken and said second section is pushed in the direction of the tubular member.

17. The method according to claim 11 , wherein the second section of the shutter has a lower surface provided with second filling passages of the containment element through the tubular element, said passages being opened when the second section is resting on the second part of the insert.

18. The method according to claim 11 , wherein the insert comprises guides cooperating with the second section of the shutter at least when the second breakable portion is broken.

19. The method according to claim 11 , wherein an end of a dip tube of a dispensing pump is pushed against the breakable wall of the second section of the shutter to break it, to allow the pump to suck the content of the containment element and the pump is fixed at least to the collar.

20. An apparatus comprising the container according to claim 1 and a pump, the container for transporting and the filling of the container before installing the pump, and the container is independent from the pump itself.

Assignees

• Lumson Spa

Inventors

• Moretti Matteo

Classifications

• B05B11/1047

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

• B05B11/026

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

• B05B11/0097 Primary

  Means for filling or refilling the sprayer (through additional openings in the container B05B11/0056) · CPC title

• A45D34/00

  Containers or accessories specially adapted for handling liquid toiletry or cosmetic substances, e.g. perfumes · CPC title

• B65D51/002 Primary

  Closures to be pierced by an extracting-device for the contents and fixed on the container by separate retaining means · CPC title