Packaging and distribution assembly for a two-component fluid product

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11419404-B2
Application number	US-201816604620-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Apr 13, 2018
Priority date	Apr 14, 2017
Publication date	Aug 23, 2022
Grant date	Aug 23, 2022

Abstract

This invention relates to a packaging and distribution assembly (10) for a fluid product, comprising: a receptacle for a first fluid composition; a storage member (22), comprising a tubular reservoir (40) for a second fluid composition, a closed end (48) of said tubular reservoir being configured to be arranged inside the receptacle assembled to said storage member; and a pressurization member (24) of the tubular reservoir. The storage member and the pressurization member comprise respectively a first (44) and second (84) sealing skirts, configured to be inserted one in the other in a sealed manner, in such a way as to define a closed chamber (130) in communication with the tubular reservoir (40), to be displaced axially one in relation to the other in such a way as to decrease the volume of said closed chamber.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A packaging and distribution assembly for a fluid product, comprising:
a receptacle able to receive a first fluid composition, said receptacle comprising an opening provided with first removable means of assembly;
a storage member, comprising:
second removable means of assembly, able to cooperate with the first removable means of assembly for closing the receptacle; and
a tubular reservoir, integral with said second removable means of assembly and able to receive a second fluid composition,
said tubular reservoir comprising a closed end, configured to be arranged inside the receptacle in an assembled configuration of said receptacle with said storage member; and

a pressurization member of the tubular reservoir;

characterized in that the storage member and the pressurization member comprise respectively a first and a second sealing skirts,
said 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 a closed chamber in communication with the tubular reservoir, to be displaced axially one in relation to the other in such a way as to decrease the volume of said closed chamber.

2. The packaging and distribution assembly according to claim 1 , wherein the storage member and pressurization member comprise respectively first and second means for guiding for a helical displacement of said pressurization member with respect to said storage member, said helical displacement being able to decrease a volume of the closed chamber.

3. The packaging and distribution assembly according to claim 1 , wherein the storage member and pressurization member comprise respectively the first and second means of elastic fitting, able to block said storage and pressurization members in a compact configuration corresponding to a minimum volume of the closed chamber.

4. The 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 a deployed configuration of the storage and pressurization members, corresponding to a maximum volume of the closed chamber, an end face of said striker is arranged at distance from the closed end of said tubular reservoir,
said end face being able to strike said closed end during or at the end of the axial displacement of the first and second sealing skirts with respect to one another.

5. The packaging and distribution assembly according to claim 4 , wherein the storage member and pressurization member comprise respectively the first and second means of elastic fitting, able to block said storage and pressurization members in a compact configuration corresponding to a minimum volume of the closed chamber, and wherein, in the compact configuration of the storage members and pressurization members, the end face of the striker forms an axial protrusion with respect to the tubular reservoir.

6. The packaging and distribution assembly according to claim 4 , wherein a lateral surface of the striker comprises at least one spline ending at the end face.

7. The packaging and distribution assembly according to claim 6 , wherein a transversal section of the striker comprises a first and a second adjoining portions, with each one of said portions formed from a portion of disk having respectively a first and a second different radii of curvature, with a junction between said first and second portions defining the at least one spline of the lateral surface.

8. The packaging and distribution assembly according to claim 1 , 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. A method for using a packaging and distribution assembly according to claim 4 , comprising the following steps:
mounting of the storage member and of the receptacle in assembled configuration, the receptacle and the tubular reservoir respectively receiving the first and the second fluid compositions; then
mounting of the storage member and of the pressurization member in deployed configuration; then
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; then
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.

10. The method for using according to claim 9 , wherein the packaging and distribution assembly further comprises 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,
the method then comprising the following steps:
disassembly of the storage member and of the receptacle; then
removable assembly of the sampling member with the receptacle.

11. The packaging and distribution assembly according to claim 2 , wherein the storage member and pressurization member comprise respectively the first and second means of elastic fitting, able to block said storage and pressurization members in a compact configuration corresponding to a minimum volume of the closed chamber.

12. The packaging and distribution assembly according to claim 2 , 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 a deployed configuration of the storage and pressurization members, corresponding to a maximum volume of the closed chamber, an end face of said striker is arranged at distance from the closed end of said tubular reservoir,
said end face being able to strike said closed end during or at the end of the axial displacement of the first and second sealing skirts with respect to one another.

13. The packaging and distribution assembly according to claim 3 , 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 a deployed configuration of the storage and pressurization members, corresponding to a maximum volume of the closed chamber, an end face of said striker is arranged at distance from the closed end of said tubular reservoir,
said end face being able to strike said closed end during or at the end of the axial displacement of the first and second sealing skirts with respect to one another.

14. The packaging and distribution assembly according to claim 5 , wherein a lateral surface of the striker comprises at least one spline ending at the end face.

15. The packaging and distribution assembly according claim 2 , 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.

16. The packaging and distribution assembly according claim 3 , 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 re

Assignees

• Oreal

Inventors

• Jacob Joris
• Diouf Soukai
• Sabattini Antoine
• Ribault Christophe

Classifications

• A45D2200/058

  Means for mixing different substances prior to application · CPC title

• B65D47/18

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

• A45D34/04 Primary

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

• A45D2200/25

  Kits · CPC title

• B65D51/2842

  said element being provided with a preformed weakened line (B65D51/2821 takes precedence) · CPC title