Packaging service capsule for cosmetic product, and associated packaging device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11447307-B2
Application number	US-201916959811-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jan 3, 2019
Priority date	Jan 3, 2018
Publication date	Sep 20, 2022
Grant date	Sep 20, 2022

Abstract

The service capsule (20) comprises:—an outer skirt (32),—a transverse wall (34) defining at least one outlet orifice (48). The service capsule (20) includes, for each orifice (48), a dispensing conduit (36) defining a dispensing passage (51). The service capsule (20) includes a closing cap (40), mounted moving between a clear position and a position applied on the transverse wall (34). A filter (38) is arranged upstream from and/or in the product dispensing conduit (36), and is configured so that the cosmetic product (12) in the container (18) necessarily passes through the filter (38) when the product (12) is extracted from the container (18) through the service capsule (20). The filter (38) is integral with the product dispensing conduit (36).

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A service capsule intended to be mounted on a neck of a packaging container of cosmetic product, the service capsule comprising:
an outer skirt intended to engage around the neck,
a transverse wall closing off the outer skirt, the transverse wall defining at least one outlet orifice of cosmetic product,
the service capsule comprising, for the or each outlet orifice, a product dispensing conduit protruding in the outer skirt from the transverse wall along a conduit axis (X-X′), the conduit defining a dispensing passage of cosmetic product from the container;
the service capsule comprising a closing cap, mounted movably relative to the transverse wall between a position clear of the transverse wall, allowing the passage of cosmetic product, and a position applied on the transverse wall, preventing the passage of cosmetic product, the service capsule comprising a filter placed upstream from and/or in the product dispensing conduit, the filter-being configured so that the cosmetic product present in the container necessarily passes through the filter when the product is extracted from the container through the service capsule,
the filter being integral with the transverse wall and with the product dispensing conduit.

2. The service capsule according to claim 1 , wherein, in the position applied on the transverse wall, the cap closes the or each outlet orifice.

3. The service capsule according to claim 1 , wherein the cap comprises a sealing finger inserted in a watertight way into the dispensing conduit in the applied position.

4. The service capsule according to claim 1 , wherein the dispensing conduit has an upper edge for connecting to the transverse wall and a lower edge, the filter extending from the lower edge.

5. The service capsule according to claim 1 , wherein the filter has a pyramidal shape having an apex and an axis corresponding to the conduit axis-(X-X′), the apex being oriented away from the transverse wall.

6. The service capsule according to claim 1 , wherein the filter has a flat shape extending substantially perpendicular to the conduit axis-(X-X′).

7. The service capsule according to claim 1 , comprising at least one fixing member of the outer skirt on the neck protruding from an inner surface of the outer skirt.

8. The service capsule according to claim 7 , wherein the fixing member is a thread able to cooperate with a complementary thread of the neck of container.

9. The service capsule according to claim 1 , comprising an inner sealing skirt protruding in the outer skirt from the transverse wall, the inner skirt and the outer skirt delimiting an annular space for receiving the neck of the container in a watertight way.

10. The service capsule according to claim 9 , wherein the inner skirt protrudes till a free edge, the filter being placed at least partially past the free edge along the conduit axis (X-X′) when moving away from the transverse wall.

11. A packaging and dispensing device for cosmetic product comprising a container able to receive the cosmetic product, the container having a neck, and a service capsule according to claim 1 , mounted on the neck.

12. The packaging and dispensing device according to claim 11 , wherein the container contains a cosmetic product having inclusions.

13. The packaging and dispensing device according to claim 12 , the size of the inclusions being between 2 mm 3 and 800 mm 3 .

14. The service capsule according to claim 2 , wherein the cap comprises a sealing finger-inserted in a watertight way into the dispensing conduit in the applied position.

15. The service capsule according to claim 2 , wherein the dispensing conduit has an upper edge for connecting to the transverse wall—and a lower edge, the filter extending from the lower edge.

16. The service capsule according to claim 3 , wherein the dispensing conduit has an upper edge for connecting to the transverse wall—and a lower edge, the filter extending from the lower edge.

17. The service capsule according to claim 2 , wherein the filter has a pyramidal shape having an apex and an axis corresponding to the conduit axis-(X-X′), the apex being oriented away from the transverse wall.

18. The service capsule according to claim 3 , wherein the filter has a pyramidal shape having an apex and an axis corresponding to the conduit axis-(X-X′), the apex being oriented away from the transverse wall.

19. The service capsule according to claim 4 , wherein the filter has a pyramidal shape having an apex and an axis corresponding to the conduit axis-(X-X′), the apex being oriented away from the transverse wall.

20. The service capsule according to claim 2 , wherein the filter has a flat shape extending substantially perpendicular to the conduit axis (X-X′).

21. The service capsule according to claim 1 , wherein the outer skirt defines an inner volume and wherein the filter is completely received in the inner volume defined by the outer skirt.

Assignees

• Oreal

Inventors

• Croibier Sébastien
• Valentin Etienne

Classifications

• A45D34/00

  Containers or accessories specially adapted for handling liquid toiletry or cosmetic substances, e.g. perfumes · CPC title

• B65D2547/063

  Details of spouts · CPC title

• B65D2251/0025

  of the 47-type · CPC title

• B65D47/0809 Primary

  and elastically biased towards both the open and the closed positions · CPC title

• A45D2034/002

  Accessories · CPC title