Connection system

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11014107-B2
Application number	US-201816753116-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 28, 2018
Priority date	Nov 7, 2017
Publication date	May 25, 2021
Grant date	May 25, 2021

Abstract

A connection system between a trigger dispensing head and a bottle of a dispensing device is provided. The neck of the bottle and the skirt of the trigger dispensing head are engageable with each other exclusively in a relevant predefined angular position, wherein the axial snap-engagement between the skirt and the neck is allowed.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A connection system between a trigger dispensing head and a bottle of a dispensing device, the connection system comprising:
a neck of the bottle having a circular cylindrical outer surface on which are defined:
A) a reference region having a reference passage or a reference guide for a snap-engagement;
B) a first catch region circumferentially flanking the reference region, provided with a first catch guide, having a first catch entry passage, and a first catch slide having a first catch exit passage;
C) a shelf region circumferentially flanking the first catch region, provided with an upper shelf; and
D) a second catch region circumferentially flanking the shelf region, provided with a second catch guide, having a second catch entry passage, and a second catch slide having a second catch exit passage; and

a skirt of the dispensing head comprising a skirt wall having a free skirt edge, comprising:
a) a rigid reference tooth or a flexible reference tab;
b) a first flexible tab and a first tab tooth located near the first flexible tab between the first flexible tab and the skirt edge; and
c) a second flexible tab and a second tab tooth, located near the second flexible tab, between the second flexible tab and the skirt edge;

wherein
exclusively in one predetermined angular position between the neck and the skirt, wherein
i) the rigid reference tooth is aligned with the reference passage or the flexible reference tab is aligned with the reference guide,

an axial snap-engagement between the skirt and the neck is allowed, defining an aligned engagement configuration.

2. The connection system of claim 1 , wherein
in any other relevant angular position between the neck and the skirt beyond the aligned engagement configuration,
ii) the rigid reference tooth and/or the first tab tooth and/or the second tab tooth interfere axially with a ridge of the neck, which prevents the axial snap-engagement between the skirt and neck, defining non-aligned configurations.

3. The connection system of claim 2 , wherein, in a nonaligned configuration,
the rigid reference tooth interferes with the first catch slide or the upper shelf or the second catch slide.

4. The connection system of claim 2 , wherein, in a nonaligned configuration,
the first tab tooth interferes with the first catch slide or the upper shelf or the second catch slide.

5. The connection system of claim 2 , wherein, in a nonaligned configuration,
the second tab tooth interferes with the first catch slide or the upper shelf or the second catch slide.

6. The connection system of claim 1 , wherein the reference passage is circumferentially flanked by reference ramps inclined towards the reference passage, to guide alignment during axial engagement.

7. The connection system of claim 1 , wherein the reference guide is circumferentially flanked by reference ramps inclined towards the reference guide, to guide alignment during axial engagement.

8. The connection system of claim 1 , wherein the first catch guide is separated into two parts by the first catch entry passage.

9. The connection system of claim 1 , wherein the first catch slide is separated into two parts by the first catch exit passage.

10. The connection system of claim 1 , wherein the second catch guide is separated into two parts by the second catch entry passage.

11. The connection system of claim 1 , wherein the second catch slide is separated into two parts by the second catch exit passage.

12. The connection system of claim 1 , wherein
at the first catch guide, a first catch pocket is configured to receive the first flexible tab in an engagement configuration of the connection system, adjacent to the first catch slide.

13. The connection system of claim 1 , wherein
at the second catch guide, a second catch pocket is configured to receive the second flexible tab in an engagement configuration of the connection system, adjacent to the second catch slide.

14. The connection system of claim 1 , wherein, from the engagement configuration of the connection system, by relevant rotation between the neck and skirt, an aligned disengagement configuration is achieved, wherein
the rigid reference tooth and/or the flexible reference tab abut against a reference rib; or
the first flexible tab abuts against the first catch slide and/or the second tab flexible abuts against the second catch slide.

15. The connection system of claim 14 , wherein, in the aligned disengagement configuration,
the rigid reference tooth is aligned with a reference exit passage of the reference region;
the first tab tooth is aligned with the first catch exit passage; and
the second tab tooth is aligned with the second catch exit passage.

16. A dispensing device comprising:
a trigger dispensing head comprising a frame provided with a skirt and a main tube;
a bottle having a neck with central axis (Z) and an engagement opening for engagement with said main tube, offset from said central axis (Z); and
the connection system of claim 1 ,
wherein, in the aligned engagement configuration, an end portion of the main tube is aligned for engagement with the engagement opening.

Assignees

• Guala Dispensing Spa

Inventors

• Alluigi Riccardo

Classifications

• B05B11/1011

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

• B65D41/17

  push-on and twist-off · CPC title

• B05B11/00

  Single-unit hand-held apparatus in which flow of contents is produced by the muscular force of the operator at the moment of use · CPC title

• B05B11/001 Primary

  Snap-on-twist-off type connections · CPC title

• B05B11/3011

  Operations & Transport · mapped topic