Packaging and applicator device using a pipette

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9546026-B2
Application number	US-201113702155-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 7, 2011
Priority date	Jun 7, 2010
Publication date	Jan 17, 2017
Grant date	Jan 17, 2017

Abstract

Packaging and dispensing device comprising a receptacle ( 2 ) and a pipette ( 31 ) designed to be inserted into the receptacle in order to permit the collection of a dose of product, the pipette being connected to a closure member ( 3 ) for closing the receptacle, characterized in that the closure member is provided with a piston pump ( 28 ) designed to aspirate the liquid into the pipette during the passage of this closure member from a closed position to an opened position of the receptacle, the pump being equipped with a push button ( 5 ) in order to permit the aspiration of product when the closure member is not in the closed position.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A packaging and dispensing device comprising:
a receptacle;
a pipette;
a product;
a closure member comprising a piston pump; and
a push button;
wherein the pipette is designed to be inserted into the receptacle in order to permit the collection of a dose of the product,
wherein the pipette is connected to the closure member for closing the receptacle,
wherein the piston pump is designed to aspirate liquid product into the pipette during the passage of the closure member from a closed position to an opened position of the receptacle,
wherein the piston pump is equipped with the push button in order to permit the aspiration of the product when the closure member is not in the closed position; and
wherein the receptacle is provided with a flexible tab that can engage with an annular recess on the closure member, in order to keep the closure member in the closed position, and such that a pushing-in of the flexible tab relative to the receptacle permits disengagement of the closure member and allows passage to the opened position.

2. The device according to claim 1 , wherein the closure member is designed such that the passage from the closed position to the opened position causes a movement of the piston and aspiration of the liquid.

3. The device according to claim 1 , wherein the push button is kept in a retracted position relative to the closure member when the closure member occupies the closed position on the receptacle.

4. A packaging and dispensing device comprising:
a receptacle;
a pipette;
a product;
a closure member comprising a piston pump; and
a push button;
wherein the pipette is designed to be inserted into the receptacle in order to permit the collection of a dose of the product,
wherein the pipette is connected to the closure member for closing the receptacle,
wherein the piston pump is designed to aspirate liquid product into the pipette during the passage of the closure member from a closed position to an opened position of the receptacle,
wherein the piston pump is equipped with the push button in order to permit the aspiration of the product when the closure member is not in the closed position;
wherein the closure member comprises a thread for cooperating with a complementary thread of the receptacle, such that rotation of an outer casing of the closure member relative to the receptacle causes axial translation of the push button relative to the outer casing; and
wherein the closure member comprises a screw ring having a longitudinal guide ramp so as to immobilize the outer casing in terms of rotation relative to the screw ring, while at the same time permitting translation of the outer casing relative to the screw ring.

5. The device according to claim 4 , wherein the rotation of the outer casing of the closure member relative to the receptacle causes, concomitantly, an unscrewing of the closure member relative to the receptacle and the axial translation of the push button relative to the outer casing.

6. The device according to claim 4 , further comprising a spring tensioned between the push button and the outer casing.

7. The device according to claim 4 , wherein the push button is held on the screw ring with a snap fit.

8. The device according to claim 4 , wherein the outer casing is connected by a transverse web to an inner tubular portion, the transverse web cooperating with the guide ramp in order to permit the translation of the outer casing relative to the screw ring.

9. The device according to claim 8 , wherein the push button is connected to a piston that is slidably inserted inside a zone of the inner tubular portion, the pipette being mounted in a continuation of the inner tubular portion.

Assignees

• Drugeon Lionel
• Ramboz Thierry
• Delage Jean-Francois
• Lebrand Jean-Marc
• Oreal

Inventors

• Drugeon Lionel
• Ramboz Thierry
• Delage Jean-Francois
• Lebrand Jean-Marc

Classifications

• B65D47/00 Primary

  Closures with filling and discharging, or with discharging, devices · CPC title

• A45D34/04 Primary

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

• B65D51/32

  with brushes or rods for applying or stirring contents (droppers B65D47/18; {eating utensils or spatulas B65D51/246}) · CPC title

• B01L3/0282

  mounted within a receptacle (wash bottles B01L3/10) · CPC title

• B65D50/046

  and such deformation causes the disengagement of locking means, e.g. the release of a pawl-like element from a tooth or abutment, to allow removal of the closure by simultaneous rotation · CPC title