Liquid dispensing device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11242181-B2
Application number	US-201515301606-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 27, 2015
Priority date	Apr 2, 2014
Publication date	Feb 8, 2022
Grant date	Feb 8, 2022

Abstract

A liquid dispensing device includes a dispensing end piece and a neck of a reservoir for storing the liquid, the end piece being attached to the neck, which has a tubular internal surface. The end piece has a tubular internal skirt that is mounted in the neck and defines, with the internal surface, at least one annular sealing zone, preventing the liquid from passing between the internal skirt and the neck. The skirt defines, with the internal surface, a separate zone for retaining shavings, which prevents shavings that are formed in the sealing zone while the end piece is being fitted into the neck from getting into the reservoir.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A liquid dispensing device, characterized in that it comprises a dispensing end piece and a neck of a reservoir for storing the liquid, the dispensing end piece being attached to the neck by screwing,
the neck having an internal surface of substantially tubular general shape,
the dispensing end piece having an internal skirt which is mounted inside the neck of the reservoir and which defines, with the internal surface of the neck, at least one annular sealing zone such that liquid present in the reservoir cannot pass between the internal skirt of the dispensing end piece and the neck of the reservoir,
the internal skirt of the dispensing end piece defining, with the internal surface of the neck, a separate chips retention zone arranged upstream of the sealing zone with respect to the reservoir, the chips retention zone being configured such that chips formed at the sealing zone while the dispensing end piece is being assembled on the neck of the reservoir cannot get into the reservoir,
wherein the dispensing end piece comprises a threaded surface which engages, by screwing, with a threaded surface on the neck during mounting of the device and is not detached therefrom during normal use.

2. The device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the internal surface of the neck of the reservoir has a general diameter and it comprises a convex annular shape projecting from the internal surface of the neck so as to define a reduced diameter with respect to the general diameter of the neck of the reservoir and thus to form, by cooperation with the internal skirt of the dispensing end piece, the chips retention zone.

3. The device as claimed in claim 2 , wherein the reduced diameter is smaller than the diameter of the neck of the reservoir at the sealing zone.

4. The device as claimed in claim 1 , configured such that, when assembling of the dispensing end piece on the neck of the reservoir, the internal skirt of the dispensing end piece comes into contact with the internal surface of the neck of the reservoir first at the sealing zone and then at the chips retention zone.

5. The device as claimed in claim 4 , wherein
the neck of the reservoir has a length (L neck min ) delimited by an upper end of a length of the neck providing sealing (L neck sealing ) and an upper end of a length of the neck providing the chips retention zone (L neck retention ),
the dispensing end piece has a length (Lend piece max ) delimited by a lower end of a length of the end piece providing sealing (Lend piece sealing ) and a lower end of a length of the end piece providing the chips retention zone (Lend piece retention ),
and wherein L neck min >Lend piece max.

6. The device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the internal surface of the neck of the reservoir at the sealing zone is substantially plane, sealing with the internal skirt of the dispensing end piece being realized by face-to-face contact of the internal skirt of the dispensing end piece with the internal surface of the neck of the reservoir.

7. The device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the internal surface of the neck of the reservoir at the sealing zone comprises an annular bead.

8. The device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the internal surface of the neck of the reservoir comprises, downstream and in the direct vicinity of the sealing zone, an annular recess.

9. The device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the neck of the reservoir is made of low density polyethylene and the internal skirt of the dispensing end piece is made of high density polyethylene.

10. The device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the end of the internal skirt of the dispensing end piece situated on the side facing the reservoir has a funnel shape.

11. The device as claimed in claim 2 , wherein the internal surface of the neck of the reservoir at the sealing zone comprises an annular bead.

12. The device as claimed in claim 3 , wherein the internal surface of the neck of the reservoir at the sealing zone comprises an annular bead.

13. The device of claim 1 , wherein the dispensing end piece has an external skirt surrounding the internal skirt, wherein the threaded surface of the dispensing end piece is on an inner side of the external skirt.

14. A liquid dispensing device, characterized in that it comprises a dispensing end piece and a neck of a reservoir for storing the liquid, the dispensing end piece being attached to the neck by screwing,
the neck having an internal surface of substantially tubular general shape,
the dispensing end piece having an internal skirt of substantially tubular general shape which is mounted inside the neck of the reservoir and which defines, with the internal surface of the neck, at least one annular sealing zone such that liquid present in the reservoir cannot pass between the internal skirt of the dispensing end piece and the neck of the reservoir,
the internal skirt of the dispensing end piece defining, with the internal surface of the neck, a separate chips retention zone arranged upstream of the sealing zone with respect to the reservoir, the chips retention zone being configured such that chips formed at the sealing zone while the dispensing end piece is being assembled on the neck of the reservoir cannot get into the reservoir,
wherein the dispensing end piece has a threaded surface which engages, by screwing, with a threaded surface on the neck during mounting of the device and is not detached therefrom during normal use.

Assignees

• Nemera La Verpilliere S A S
• Nemera La Verpilliere

Inventors

• Decock Thierry
• Quaglia Benjamin
• Painchaud Gaëtan

Classifications

• B65D41/0414

  formed by a plug, collar, flange, rib or the like contacting the internal surface of a container neck · CPC title

• A61F9/0008

  Introducing ophthalmic products into the ocular cavity or retaining products therein (putting in contact lenses A61F9/0061; introducing or retaining media in cavities of the body in general A61M31/00) · CPC title

• B65D1/023 Primary

  Neck construction · CPC title

• B65D47/2081

  in which the deformation raises or lowers the valve port · CPC title

• B65D47/18 Primary

  for discharging drops; Droppers (droppers in general B01L3/00; {pipettes connected to container closures B01L3/0282}) · CPC title