Aerosol container

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11440727-B2
Application number	US-201916275119-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 13, 2019
Priority date	Sep 11, 2006
Publication date	Sep 13, 2022
Grant date	Sep 13, 2022

Abstract

An aerosol container (1) is disclosed herein that can include a reservoir (2) containing a propellant and a foodproduct, operable discharge means (3) to discharge the foodproduct, a dispensing head (10) defining a foodproduct receiving space (11) to receive the foodproduct from the discharge means (3), a distal part (15) of the head (10) having foodproduct shaping projections (12), wherein the food product receiving space comprises an upstream foodproduct receiving space (11A, 11B) that widens, viewed in a foodproduct discharge direction, wherein a maximum diameter (D1) of the foodproduct receiving space of the dispensing head is larger than about 2 cm.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. An aerosol container, comprising:
(A) a reservoir configured to contain a propellant and a foodproduct;
(B) an operable discharge member configured to discharge the foodproduct;
(C) a dispensing head defining a foodproduct receiving space configured to receive the foodproduct from the discharge member, a distal part of the dispensing head having foodproduct shaping projections,
(D) wherein the foodproduct receiving space has a length between 2-3 cm, wherein a ratio between the length of the foodproduct receiving space and a maximum diameter of the foodproduct receiving space is between 1:2-2:1, wherein the foodproduct receiving space comprises:
(i) a first part that widens in a foodproduct discharge direction, and
(ii) a widening second part that extends upstream of the first part and has a portion differing in width from the first part, and

wherein an angle β, as viewed in a longitudinal cross-section of the dispensing head, between (i) an inner surface of the distal part of the dispensing head having the foodproduct shaping projections and (ii) an inner surface of the first part of the foodproduct receiving space of the dispensing head, ranges from about 60 degrees to about 120 degrees.

2. The aerosol container according to claim 1 , wherein the angle β ranges from about 80 degrees to about 100 degrees.

3. The aerosol container according to claim 1 , wherein opposite longitudinal sides of the foodproduct shaping projections abut foodproduct dispensing apertures, the foodproduct dispensing apertures extending from the first part of the foodproduct receiving space.

4. The aerosol container according to claim 3 , wherein the foodproduct dispensing apertures have upstream ends located at the maximum diameter of the foodproduct receiving space.

5. The aerosol container according to claim 1 , wherein the diameter of the foodproduct receiving space of the dispensing head is about at least 2 cm.

6. The aerosol container according to claim 1 , wherein:
a first foodproduct passage extends from a foodproduct ejection nozzle to a distance into the second part of the foodproduct receiving space after assembly, to receive foodproduct there-from; and a plurality of second passages extend through a foodproduct dispersing member, the plurality of second passages leading into the second part of the foodproduct receiving space.

7. The aerosol container according to claim 1 , wherein the foodproduct receiving space is partly blocked by the foodproduct shaping projections.

8. The aerosol container according to claim 1 , wherein the foodproduct shaping projections are configured to press outflowing foodproduct locally inwardly, to profile the foodproduct.

9. The aerosol container according to claim 1 , wherein the first part of the foodproduct receiving space has a length L 2 , and wherein the second part of the foodproduct receiving space abuts an upstream bottom of the foodproduct receiving space and has a length L 3 and a diameter smaller than 1 cm.

10. The aerosol container according to claim 1 , wherein the dispensing head is provided with an integral, ring-shaped connecting member which is coupled to a circumferential flange of a top part of the aerosol container.

11. The aerosol container according to claim 10 , wherein the dispensing head is tiltably connected to the connecting member, about a tilting axis, to depress a foodproduct ejection nozzle of the aerosol container.

12. The aerosol container according to claim 1 , wherein the dispensing head comprises a knob structured to permit manual activation of dispensing of the foodproduct.

13. The aerosol container according to claim 1 , wherein a minimum diameter of a bottom portion of the foodproduct receiving space of the dispensing head is less than 1 cm.

14. The aerosol container of claim 1 , wherein the ratio between the length of the foodproduct receiving space and the maximum diameter of the foodproduct receiving space is between 1.5:2-1:1.

15. A dispensing head comprising:
a foodproduct receiving space; and
a plurality of foodproduct shaping projections,
wherein the foodproduct receiving space has a length between 2-3 cm, wherein a ratio between the length of the foodproduct receiving space and a maximum diameter of the foodproduct receiving space is between 1:2-2:1, wherein the foodproduct receiving space comprises:
(i) a first part that widens in a foodproduct discharge direction, and
(ii) a widening second part that extends upstream of the first part and has a portion differing in width from the first part, and

wherein an angle β, as viewed in a longitudinal cross-section of the dispensing head, between (i) an inner surface of a distal part of the dispensing head, the distal part having the foodproduct shaping projections, and (ii) an inner surface of the first part of the foodproduct receiving space of the dispensing head, ranges from about 60 degrees to about 120 degrees.

Assignees

• Frieslandcampina Nederland Bv

Inventors

• Clauwaert Werner Marie Camiel
• Dumon Annick Albertine Alfons
• Spelmans Luc Bart
• Braakhekke Marcel

Classifications

• B65D83/30 Primary

  for guiding the flow of the dispensed content, e.g. funnels or hoods · CPC title

• B65D83/40

  Closure caps (actuator caps B65D83/20) · CPC title

• B65D83/20

  Actuator caps · CPC title

• Y10T29/49826

  Assembling or joining · CPC title

• B65D83/757

  Operations & Transport · mapped topic