Connection system between a bottle and a dispensing head

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11247222-B2
Application number	US-201816633631-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	May 15, 2018
Priority date	Jul 26, 2017
Publication date	Feb 15, 2022
Grant date	Feb 15, 2022

Abstract

A connection system between a head and a bottle of a trigger dispensing device includes a main skirt having a first flexible tab and a neck (2b) having a first sloping plane and a first pocket. The first flexible tab extends circumferentially from a first end to a second end, and the first end is joined to an annular wall by a closing wall. The system also provides for an auxiliary window obtained through the annular wall of the main skirt, and a rigid auxiliary tooth of the neck, suitable to snap into the auxiliary window.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A dispensing head for coupling with a bottle provided with a trigger and comprising a chassis for supporting functional components for dispensing the product,
wherein the chassis comprises a main skirt made in one piece with the whole chassis and is suitable to snap-fit with a neck of the bottle,
wherein the main skirt comprises a cylindrical annular wall having a central skirt axis and is suitable to be connected to the neck of the bottle,
wherein the main skirt comprises a plurality of flexible tabs, arranged in the space delimited by the annular wall, projecting cantilevered therefrom,
wherein the plurality of flexible tabs comprises a first tab, projecting internally from the annular wall to a top edge, so as to be cantilevered and inclined inwardly towards the central skirt axis, the first tab being suitable to be coupled with a first coupling region of the neck,
wherein the first tab extends angularly about the central skirt axis from a first end to a second end, and
wherein the first end of the first tab is joined to the annular wall by a closing wall that projects inwardly towards the central skirt axis from the annular wall.

2. A dispensing head according to claim 1 , wherein the second end of the first tab is free.

3. A dispensing head according to claim 1 , wherein a median plane of the closing wall lies on an imaginary plane parallel to a skirt axis of the main skirt or on an imaginary plane containing the skirt axis.

4. A trigger dispensing device comprising:
a bottle with a bottle neck; and
a dispensing head according to claim 1 , applied to the bottle neck.

5. A dispensing head according to claim 1 , wherein at the first tab, the main skirt has a first window through the annular wall, and the first tab is placed inside the first window.

6. A dispensing head according to claim 5 , wherein the first tab has an angular extension lower than that of a circumferential opening of the first window.

7. A dispensing head according to claim 5 , wherein the closing wall joins the first end of the first tab with a respective lateral edge of the first window.

8. A dispensing head according to claim 1 , wherein the chassis further comprises an auxiliary window through the annular wall of the main skirt.

9. A dispensing head according to claim 8 , wherein the chassis further comprises an auxiliary rib projecting from an inner surface of the annular wall of the main skirt, flanked by the auxiliary window.

10. A dispensing head according to claim 9 , wherein the auxiliary rib has an axial extension and is delimited, at least on the side facing the auxiliary window, by an inclined side.

11. A dispensing head according to claim 1 , wherein the main skirt further comprises a second tab, positioned angularly spaced from the first tab, the second tab projecting internally from the annular wall, so as to be cantilevered and inclined inwardly.

12. A dispensing head according to claim 11 , wherein the second tab is made in two parts, separated circumferentially, each part having free ends.

13. A dispensing head according to claim 11 , wherein at the second tab, the main skirt has a second window through the annular wall and the second tab is placed inside the second window.

14. A dispensing head according to claim 11 , wherein the main skirt further comprises a third tab, positioned angularly spaced from the first tab and from the second tab, the third tab projecting internally from the annular wall, so as to be cantilevered and inclined inwardly, and extending angularly from a first end to a second end, wherein the first end is joined to the annular wall by a reinforcing wall, while the second end is free.

15. A dispensing head according to claim 14 , wherein the reinforcing wall has a decreasing thickness towards the annular wall.

16. A dispensing head according to claim 14 , wherein, at the third tab, the main skirt has a third window through the annular wall and the third tab is located inside the third window.

17. A dispensing head according to claim 16 , wherein the reinforcing wall meets a lower edge of the third window in an intermediate position between the ends.

Assignees

• Guala Dispensing Spa

Inventors

• Alluigi Riccardo

Classifications

• B05B11/1057

  Triggers, i.e. actuation means consisting of a single lever having one end rotating or pivoting around an axis or a hinge fixedly attached to the container, and another end directly actuated by the user · CPC title

• B05B11/1045 Primary

  the pump being preassembled as an independent unit before being mounted on the container (B05B11/1047, B05B11/1049 take precedence) · CPC title

• B05B11/1011

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

• B05B11/001 Primary

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

• B05B11/3057

  Operations & Transport · mapped topic