Fluid product dispenser

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11813627-B2
Application number	US-202017623088-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 1, 2020
Priority date	Jul 1, 2019
Publication date	Nov 14, 2023
Grant date	Nov 14, 2023

Abstract

Fluid product dispenser having a reservoir, a pump having an actuating stem, a cup mounted on the actuating stem for accommodating the product output by the pump, and a removable member engaged with the cup and having an applicator held in the cup to take up the product, the applicator being deformable and constrained in the cup by a rotational locking mechanism having a plurality of fixed flanges solidly attached to the reservoir and a plurality of fins integral with the removable member. The cup and the removable member are provided with a rotational connection mechanism, such that the removable member drives the cup in rotation on the actuating stem, as soon as the removable member is engaged with the cup.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A fluid product dispenser, comprising:
a fluid product reservoir;
a pump having a pump body, and an actuating stem that is axially movable down and up between an extended rest position and a depressed actuated position;
a cup for accommodate the fluid output by the pump, the cup being mounted on the actuating stem;
a removable member suitable for engaging with the cup and comprises an applicator held in the cup so as to take up the fluid, the applicator being elastically deformable and constrained in the cup by means of rotational locking means comprising a plurality of fixed flanges, and a plurality of fins integral with the removable member, the fins being suitable for engaging beneath the fixed flanges by rotating the removable member, wherein the cup and the removable member are provided with rotational connection means, such that the removable member drives the cup in rotation on the actuating stem, as soon as the removable member is engaged with the cup.

2. The fluid product dispenser according to claim 1 , wherein the rotational connection means comprise a plurality of receiving housings formed by the cup and a plurality of connection profiles formed by the removable member, the connection profiles being housed in the receiving housings, as soon as the removable member is that is engaged with the cup.

3. The fluid product dispenser according to claim 2 , wherein the connection profiles are formed by the fins.

4. The fluid product dispenser according to claim 1 , wherein the rotational locking means further comprises at least one locking ramp defining a low ramp section and a high ramp section connected together by an inclined ramp section, the low ramp section being positioned between two of the plurality of fixed flanges and the high ramp section being positioned axially beneath a-one of the plurality of fixed flanges, so that the cup and the removable member are locked axially with a fin and a receiving housing disposed between the high ramp section and one of the plurality of fixed flanges, with the actuating stem in the extended position of rest.

5. The fluid product dispenser according to claim 1 , wherein the removable member includes an abutment collar that comes into axial abutment on the plurality of fixed flanges when the actuating stem is in the depressed position.

6. The fluid product dispenser according to claim 4 , comprising three fixed flanges, three fins, three receiving housings and three locking ramps, so that the rotation of the removable member is limited to 60°.

7. The fluid product dispenser according to claim 1 , wherein the applicator presents a axial rest height when it is not constrained in the cup, and a smaller axial height when it is constrained in the cup by the rotational locking means, the smaller axial height representing advantageously between 75% to 95% of the rest axial height.

8. The fluid product dispenser according to claim 1 , wherein the applicator presents a compression ratio, both axially and radially, of at least 15%.

9. The fluid product dispenser according to claim 1 , wherein the applicator fills the cup completely, when it is constrained therein by the rotational locking means.

10. The fluid product dispenser according to claim 4 , comprising a fastening ring supporting the pump and mounted on the reservoir, the fastening ring forming the at least one locking ramp.

11. A fluid product dispenser according to claim 10 , wherein a locking crown is mounted on the fastening ring, this locking crown forming the fixed flanges.

Assignees

• Aptar France Sas

Inventors

• Perignon Fabrice

Classifications

• B05B11/1052 Primary

  Actuation means (locking means therefor B05B11/1059; the dispensing stroke being affected by the stored energy of a spring B05B11/109) · CPC title

• A45D34/045

  connected to the cap of the container · CPC title

• B05B11/1047

  the pump being preassembled as an independent unit before being mounted on the container · CPC title

• A45D2200/056

  Reciprocating pumps, i.e. with variable volume chamber wherein pressure and vacuum are alternately generated · CPC title

• B65D47/20 Primary

  comprising hand-operated members for controlling discharge (closures with discharge by pumping {B05B11/10}) · CPC title