Fluid product dispenser

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11013869-B2
Application number	US-201916685769-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Nov 15, 2019
Priority date	May 15, 2003
Publication date	May 25, 2021
Grant date	May 25, 2021

Abstract

A fluid dispenser comprising a body (1), a fluid reservoir (2), a dispenser member, such as a pump or a valve, mounted on said reservoir (2), and a dose indicator device for indicating the number of doses of fluid that have been dispensed or that remain to be dispensed from said reservoir, the dispenser being characterized in that said dose indicator device includes a first safety system for actuating the dose indicator device once the dispenser has performed a predetermined incomplete actuation stroke, even if the dispenser does not perform the complete actuation stroke.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A fluid dispenser comprising:
a fluid reservoir;
a plurality of displayable dose values;
a stationary body comprising at least one stationary multi-toothed gear;
a first member that is displaceable axially relative to said stationary body, the stationary body is configured to allow the fluid reservoir to be axially displaceable relative to said stationary body;
a second member that is displaceable axially and in rotation relative to said stationary body, said second member being engageable with said first member and said stationary body;
when said first member displaces axially, said second member is caused to be displaced axially and permitted to rotate relative to said stationary body, so as to change a displayed dose value from among the plurality of displayable dose values;
wherein the second member cooperates, while the fluid dispenser is being actuated, firstly with the at least one stationary multi-toothed gear of the stationary body and secondly with the fluid reservoir, so as to change the displayable dose value once the fluid dispenser has performed a predetermined incomplete actuation stroke, even if the fluid dispenser does not perform a complete actuation stroke;
wherein the second member has a first set of teeth that are consecutive, such that each tooth of the first set of teeth is immediately adjacent the next tooth of the first set of teeth, and a second set of teeth that are consecutive, such that each tooth of the second set of teeth is immediately adjacent the next tooth of the second set of teeth, wherein the first member only engages the first set of teeth of the first and second sets of teeth of the second member and the at least one stationary multi-toothed gear of the stationary body only engages the second set of teeth of the first and second sets of teeth of the second member; and
wherein each of the first set of teeth of the second member are identical and each of the second set of teeth of the second member are identical, such that each change in the displayed dose value occurs by an identical axial displacement of the first member.

2. The fluid dispenser according to claim 1 , wherein the stationary body, the first member, and the second member are arranged to have a common central longitudinal axis, and the first member is displaceable axially along the central longitudinal axis, and the second member is displaceable axially along the central longitudinal axis and is displaceable rotationally around the central longitudinal axis.

3. The fluid dispenser according to claim 1 , wherein the second member comprises at least one multi-toothed gear.

4. A fluid dispenser comprising:
a fluid reservoir;
a plurality of displayable dose values;
a stationary body comprising at least one stationary multi-toothed gear;
a first member that is displaceable axially relative to said stationary body;
a second member that is displaceable axially and in rotation relative to said stationary body, said second member being engageable with said first member and said stationary body;
when said first member displaces axially, the stationary body is configured to allow the fluid reservoir to be axially displaceable relative to said stationary body and said second member is caused to be displaced axially and permitted to rotate relative to said stationary body, so as to change a displayable dose value from among the plurality of displayable dose values;
wherein the stationary body, the first member, and the second member are arranged to have a common central longitudinal axis, and the first member is displaceable axially along the central longitudinal axis, and the second member is displaceable axially along the central longitudinal axis and is displaceable rotationally around the central longitudinal axis;
wherein the second member cooperates, while the fluid dispenser is being actuated, firstly with the at least one stationary multi-toothed gear of the stationary body and secondly with the fluid reservoir, so as to change the displayed dose value once the fluid dispenser has performed a predetermined incomplete actuation stroke, even if the fluid dispenser does not perform a complete actuation stroke;
wherein the second member has a first set of teeth that are consecutive, such that each tooth of the first set of teeth is immediately adjacent the next tooth of the first set of teeth, and a second set of teeth that are consecutive, such that each tooth of the second set of teeth is immediately adjacent the next tooth of the second set of teeth, wherein the first member only engages the first set of teeth of the first and second sets of teeth of the second member and the at least one stationary multi-toothed gear of the stationary body only engages the second set of teeth of the first and second sets of teeth of the second member; and
wherein each of the first set of teeth of the second member are identical and each of the second set of teeth of the second member are identical, such that each change in the displayed dose value occurs by an identical axial displacement of the first member.

Assignees

• Aptar France Sas

Inventors

• Poulard Fabien
• Sauzade Jean-Denis
• Roard Yann

Classifications

• G06M1/083 Primary

  by mechanical means · CPC title

• G06M1/22

  for visual indication of the result of count on counting mechanisms, e.g. by window with magnifying lens · CPC title

• A61M15/0068

  Indicating or counting the number of dispensed doses or of remaining doses · CPC title

• A61M15/0066

  with means for varying the dose size · CPC title

• A61M15/0071 Primary

  having a display or indicator · CPC title