Packaging and distribution assembly for a fluid product with air-return

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11083275-B2
Application number	US-201816604335-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Apr 11, 2018
Priority date	Apr 14, 2017
Publication date	Aug 10, 2021
Grant date	Aug 10, 2021

Abstract

This invention relates to a packaging and distribution assembly (10) for a fluid product, of the type comprising: a storage member (22), comprising a tubular reservoir (40) able to receive a first fluid composition; a closed chamber (130) in communication with the tubular reservoir; and a pressurization member (24), able to move axially in such a way as to decrease a volume of said closed chamber. The closed chamber is sealed from the air in a deployed configuration of the storage and pressurization members, corresponding to a maximum volume of the closed chamber.The storage member (22) and the pressurization member (24) comprise means (76) for breaking the seal of the closed chamber in a compact configuration of said storage and pressurization members, said compact configuration corresponding to a minimum volume of the closed chamber.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. Packaging and distribution assembly for a fluid product, comprising:
a storage member, comprising a tubular reservoir able to receive a first fluid composition, said tubular reservoir having an elongated shape between a first and a second end,
a closed chamber in communication with the tubular reservoir,
a pressurization member, able to move axially with respect to the storage member, in such a way as to decrease a volume of said closed chamber;
with the closed chamber being sealed with a seal from ambient air in a deployed configuration of the storage and pressurization members, corresponding to a maximum volume of the closed chamber;
the assembly being characterized in that the storage member and the pressurization member comprise means for breaking the seal of the closed chamber in a compact configuration of said storage and pressurization members, said compact configuration corresponding to a minimum volume of the closed chamber.

2. Packaging and distribution assembly according to claim 1 , wherein the storage member and the pressurization member respectively comprise a first and second sealing skirt, said first sealing skirt being integral with the first end of the tubular reservoir;
with the first and second sealing skirts being configured to be inserted one in the other in a sealed manner, in such a way as to define the closed chamber, and to be displaced axially one in relation to the other in such a way as to decrease the volume of said closed chamber.

3. Packaging and distribution assembly according to claim 2 , wherein:
the first sealing skirt comprises: an axial protrusion arranged inside the closed chamber; and a frangible zone located in the vicinity of said axial protrusion;
the pressurization member comprises a relief able to come into contact with said axial protrusion during axial displacement of said pressurization member with respect to the storage member, in such a way as to provoke a rupture of the frangible zone between the deployed configuration and the compact configuration.

4. Packaging and distribution assembly according to claim 1 , wherein the storage member and pressurization member comprise respectively first and second means of elastic fitting, able to block said storage and pressurization members in the compact configuration.

5. Packaging and distribution assembly according to claim 1 , wherein the pressurization member comprises a striker of elongated shape, able to be received in the tubular reservoir of the storage member,
said striker being configured in such a way that, in the deployed configuration of the closing and pressurization members, an end face of said striker is arranged at a first axial distance from the second end of said tubular reservoir,
said end face being able to strike said second end during or at the end of axial displacement of the first and second sealing skirts with respect to one another.

6. Packaging and distribution assembly according to claim 5 , wherein, in the deployed configuration, the means for breaking the seal of the closing and pressurization members are separated by a second axial distance, preferably greater than the first axial distance.

7. Packaging and distribution assembly according to claim 1 , further comprising a receptacle able to receive a second fluid composition, said receptacle comprising an opening provided with first removable means of assembly,
wherein the storage member further comprises second removable means of assembly, able to cooperate with the first removable means of assembly of the opening of the receptacle;
the second end of the tubular reservoir is configured to be arranged inside the receptacle in an assembled configuration of said receptacle with said storage member.

8. Packaging and distribution assembly according to claim 7 , further comprising a sampling member able to sample and/or distribute a dose of fluid composition received in the receptacle,
said sampling member comprising third removable means of assembly, able to cooperate with the first removable means of assembly of the opening of the receptacle.

9. Method for using a packaging and distribution assembly according to claim 8 , comprising the following steps:
mounting of the storage member and of the receptacle in assembled configuration, the tubular reservoir and the receptacle respectively receiving the first and the second fluid compositions;
mounting of the storage member and of the pressurization member in deployed configuration;
axial displacement of the pressurization member with respect to the storage member in such a way as to reduce the volume of the closed chamber;
percussion of the second end of the reservoir by the end face of the striker and expulsion under pressure of the first fluid composition into the second fluid composition;
placing into contact with the means for breaking the seal, said means cooperating to create an opening in the closed chamber in order to create an intake of air in the closed chamber;
disassembly of the storage member and of the receptacle.

10. Method according to claim 9 ,
wherein the storage member and pressurization member comprise respectively first and second means of elastic fitting, able to block said storage and pressurization members in the compact configuration;
the creation of the opening in the closed chamber is followed by the elastic fitting of the first and of the second means of elastic fitting, in order to block the storage and pressurization members in the compact configuration.

Assignees

• Oreal

Inventors

• Jacob Joris
• Perrault Olivier
• Charnay Patrick

Classifications

• B05B11/1047

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

• A45D34/04

  Appliances specially adapted for applying liquid, e.g. using roller or ball · CPC title

• B65D81/3222

  with additional means facilitating admixture · CPC title

• B65D51/2864

  the element being a plug or like element closing a passage between the auxiliary container and the main container · CPC title

• A45D2200/056

  Reciprocating pumps, i.e. with variable volume chamber wherein pressure and vacuum are alternately generated · CPC title