Fluid product dispensing device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9555950-B2
Application number	US-201414765907-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 18, 2014
Priority date	Mar 19, 2013
Publication date	Jan 31, 2017
Grant date	Jan 31, 2017

Abstract

A fluid dispenser device comprising: a reservoir ( 10 ) containing at least two doses of fluid; a dispenser member ( 20 ), such as a piston, that is mounted to slide in said reservoir ( 10 ) so as to dispense the fluid; a dispenser head ( 30 ) that is provided with a dispenser orifice ( 31 ), said head being movable relative to said reservoir ( 10 ) so as to move said actuator member ( 20 ) in said reservoir ( 10 ) and thus dispense the fluid through said dispenser orifice ( 31 ); said dispenser head ( 30 ) including at least two viewing windows ( 35, 36 ), said device including an indicator ( 40 ) that is movable together with said reservoir ( 10 ), said indicator ( 40 ) co-operating with a respective viewing window ( 35, 36 ) after each actuation of the device.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A fluid dispenser device comprising: a reservoir containing two doses of fluid; a dispenser member, formed by a piston, that is mounted to slide in said reservoir so as to dispense the fluid, said piston being movable relative to said reservoir between a rest position, before the first dose has been dispensed, and a final position, after the second dose has been dispensed; and a dispenser head that is provided with a dispenser orifice, said head being movable relative to said reservoir so as to move said actuator member in said reservoir and thus dispense the fluid through said dispenser orifice; the fluid dispenser device being characterized in that said dispenser head includes two viewing windows, said device including an indicator that is movable together with said reservoir, said indicator co-operating with a respective viewing window after each actuation of the device.

2. A device according to claim 1 , wherein said indicator co-operates with a first viewing window after the first dose of fluid has been dispensed, and with a second viewing window after the second dose of fluid has been dispensed.

3. A device according to claim 2 , wherein said indicator comprises at least one colored indication zone, said indication zone appearing in said first viewing window after the first dose of fluid has been dispensed, and in the second viewing window after the second dose of fluid has been dispensed.

4. A device according to claim 2 , wherein said indicator is adapted to mask colored indication zones that are provided in said dispenser head, said indicator masking a colored indication zone in said first viewing window after the first dose of fluid has been dispensed, and masking a colored indication zone in said second viewing window after the second dose of fluid has been dispensed.

5. A device according to claim 2 , wherein, after the second dose of fluid has been dispensed, said indicator co-operates with both viewing windows.

6. A device according to claim 1 , wherein said indicator is formed on a body that is fastened to said reservoir.

7. A device according to claim 1 , wherein said indicator is adapted to indicate, through at least one viewing window, that an incomplete dose has been dispensed.

Assignees

• Aptar France Sas

Inventors

• Le Maner Francois
• Greiner-Perth Jurgen
• Carrico Silvio
• Wochele Matthias

Classifications

• B05B11/02

  Membranes or pistons acting on the contents inside the container, e.g. follower pistons · CPC title

• B05B11/025

  with stepwise advancement of the piston, e.g. for spraying a predetermined quantity of content · CPC title

• A61M15/08

  Inhaling devices inserted into the nose · CPC title

• A61M15/0036

  hollow piercing means · CPC title

• A61M11/007

  Syringe-type or piston-type sprayers or atomisers · CPC title