Device for packaging and dispensing

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9783356-B2
Application number	US-201615292555-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Oct 13, 2016
Priority date	Dec 16, 2011
Publication date	Oct 10, 2017
Grant date	Oct 10, 2017

Abstract

The present invention relates to a device for packaging and dispensing a composition sensitive to oxidation by atmospheric oxygen. The device comprises a body formed at least partially from a sheet of a multilayer complex and a neck portion extending from the body and formed from a multilayer complex. At least one layer of the multilayer complex of the body comprises at least one pulverulent filler in a mass proportion of greater than or equal to 5% of a total mass of the at least one layer. The neck portion lacks any pulverulent filler material in the multilayer complex of the neck portion and the multilayer complex of the body comprises at least one barrier layer formed from metal.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A device for packaging and dispensing a composition sensitive to oxidation by atmospheric oxygen, comprising:
a body formed at least partially from a sheet of a multilayer complex,
a neck portion extending from the body and formed from a multilayer complex,
wherein at least one layer of the multilayer complex of the body of the device comprises at least one pulverulent filler in a mass proportion, the mass proportion of the at least one pulverulent filler in the at least one layer being of greater than or equal to 5% of a total mass of the at least one layer,
wherein the neck portion lacks any pulverulent filler material in the multilayer complex of the neck portion,
wherein the multilayer complex of the body comprises at least one barrier layer formed from metal.

2. The device according to claim 1 , wherein the metal forming the at least one barrier layer of the body is aluminum.

3. The device according to claim 1 , wherein the multilayer complex of the neck comprises at least one barrier layer formed from metal.

4. The device according to claim 3 , wherein the metal forming the at least one barrier layer of the neck is aluminum.

5. The device according to claim 1 , wherein the pulverulent filler is a mineral filler.

6. The device according to claim 5 , wherein the mineral filler is calcium carbonate.

7. The device according to claim 1 , wherein the at least one layer of the multilayer complex comprising the pulverulent filler is an external layer of the multilayer complex.

8. The device according to claim 1 , wherein the mass proportion of the at least one pulverulent filler in the at least one layer of the multilayer complex of the body of the device is between 15% and 50% of the total mass of the at least one layer.

9. The device according to claim 1 , wherein the multilayer complex of the body comprises at least one support layer.

10. The device according to claim 1 , wherein the multilayer complex of the body comprises at least two support layers, the at least one barrier layer being positioned between the support layers.

11. The device according to claim 1 , wherein the multilayer complex of the body comprises a succession of the following layers, from an inside to an outside: support material, adhesive material, barrier material, adhesive material, unfilled support material, support material containing pulverulent layer.

12. The device according to claim 11 , wherein the support material and the unfilled support material are polyolefinic, the adhesive materials are non-polyolefinic, and the support material containing pulverulent layer is polyolefinic with the pulverulent filler.

13. The device according to claim 11 , wherein the support material is made of a mixture of Linear Low-Density PolyEthylene (LLDPE) and High-Density PolyEthylene (HDPE), the unfilled support material is made of Low-Density PolyEthylene (LDPE), and the support material containing pulverulent layer is made of at least one layer of HDPE with a filler of calcium carbonate.

14. The device according to claim 1 , wherein the multilayer complex of the neck comprises a succession of the following layers, from the inside to the outside: support material comprising Low-Density PolyEthylene (LDPE), adhesive material, barrier material comprising aluminum, adhesive material, support material comprising LDPE, support material comprising LDPE and High-Density PolyEthylene.

15. The device according to claim 1 , comprising a cap fitted on the neck portion of the device, the neck portion being used to secure the cap to the body of the device and the cap comprising a central protrusion which is inserted into the neck to reduce a dead volume therein when the device is closed.

16. The device according to claim 15 , wherein the central protrusion of the cap is configured to be inserted into an interior of the neck portion of the device when the cap is screwed onto the neck portion of the device.

17. The device according to claim 15 , wherein the central protrusion is configured to fit in a sealed manner over an internal surface of the neck.

18. The device according to claim 15 , wherein the central protrusion is brought into a sealing contact with an internal surface of the neck portion of the device at a base and at an upper end of the neck portion of the device.

19. The device according to claim 15 , wherein the central protrusion of the cap includes an end face that is concave towards a bottom portion of the device.

20. The device according to claim 15 , wherein the cap is produced from Polypropylene (PP).

21. The device according to claim 1 , wherein the neck portion of the device is produced with a cone on its inner surface, the cone converging towards a bottom of the device.

Assignees

• Oreal

Inventors

• Julien Jean-Marie

Classifications

• B65D35/12

  Connections between body and closure-receiving bush · CPC title

• B65D81/24 Primary

  Adaptations for preventing deterioration or decay of contents; Applications to the container or packaging material of food preservatives, fungicides, pesticides or animal repellants (with thermal insulation B65D81/38) · CPC title

• B65D35/44

  Closures (closure members of interest apart from this application B65D39/00 - B65D55/00; forming bottom closures after filling B65B7/14) · CPC title

• B65D41/04

  Threaded or like caps or cap-like covers secured by rotation · CPC title

• B65D41/0414

  formed by a plug, collar, flange, rib or the like contacting the internal surface of a container neck · CPC title