Fluid-product dispenser

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9896249-B2
Application number	US-201515304240-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Apr 14, 2015
Priority date	Apr 16, 2014
Publication date	Feb 20, 2018
Grant date	Feb 20, 2018

Abstract

A fluid dispenser comprising a fluid reservoir (R) in which the fluid is stored under pressure, and a fluid outlet valve ( 6 ) that is actuatable from a closed position to an open position so as to define a dispenser orifice ( 53 ) in a dispenser wall ( 51 ), the outlet valve ( 6 ) including a movable member ( 62 ) that bears in sealed manner against the seat ( 52 ) in the closed position and that is not in contact with the seat ( 52 ) in the open position, the outlet valve ( 6 ) including an actuator member ( 65 ) for moving the movable member ( 62 ) between the closed and open positions, the fluid dispenser being characterized in that the movable member ( 62 ) and the actuator member ( 65 ) should both be arranged on a pivot lever ( 61 ).

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A fluid dispenser comprising a fluid reservoir (R) in which the fluid is stored under pressure, and a fluid outlet valve ( 6 ) that is actuatable from a closed position to an open position so as to define a dispenser orifice ( 53 ) in a dispenser wall ( 51 ), the dispenser orifice ( 53 ) defining an edge that forms a valve seat ( 52 ), the dispenser wall ( 51 ) serving as a fluid recovery surface at the outlet of the dispenser orifice ( 53 ), the outlet valve ( 6 ) including a movable member ( 62 ) that bears in sealed manner against the seat ( 52 ) in the closed position and that is not in contact with the seat ( 52 ) in the open position, the outlet valve ( 6 ) including an actuator member ( 65 ) for moving the movable member ( 62 ) between the closed and open positions, the fluid dispenser being characterized in that the movable member ( 62 ) and the actuator member ( 65 ) are both arranged on a pivot lever ( 61 ).

2. The fluid dispenser according to claim 1 , wherein the pivot lever ( 61 ) includes a pin ( 64 ) that is situated at a stationary end of the lever, the lever ( 61 ) also including a movable end that is remote from the stationary end, the movable member ( 62 ) being situated closer to the stationary end than to the movable end, and the actuator member ( 65 ) being situated closer to the movable end than to the stationary end.

3. The fluid dispenser according to claim 1 , wherein the dispenser wall ( 51 ) is substantially plane, the actuator member ( 65 ) being actuatable from the dispenser wall ( 51 ).

4. The fluid dispenser according to claim 1 , wherein the lever ( 61 ) extends parallel to and under the dispenser wall ( 51 ).

5. The fluid dispenser according to claim 1 , wherein the actuator member ( 65 ) includes two opposite faces ( 66 , 67 ), namely an inside face ( 66 ) that is subjected to the pressure exerted by the fluid under pressure, and an outside face ( 67 ) that is free of any pressure exerted by the fluid, such that the pressure exerted by the fluid on the inside face ( 66 ) of the actuator member ( 65 ) is transmitted via the lever ( 61 ) to the movable member ( 62 ) that is thus pushed against the seat ( 52 ) in sealed manner.

6. The fluid dispenser according to claim 5 , including a pusher ( 55 ) on which the user may press so as to dispense the fluid through the dispenser orifice ( 53 ), the outside face ( 67 ) of the actuator member ( 65 ) being intimately coupled to the pusher ( 55 ), so that the fluid under pressure cannot pass between them.

7. The fluid dispenser according to claim 6 , wherein the pusher ( 55 ) is made out of an elastically-deformable material, the outside face ( 67 ) of the actuator member ( 65 ) being sealed, advantageously adhesively-bonded, to the pusher ( 55 ).

8. The fluid dispenser according to claim 6 , wherein the pusher ( 55 ) and the dispenser orifice ( 53 ) are formed by the dispenser wall ( 51 ).

9. The fluid dispenser according to claim 1 , wherein the dispenser wall ( 51 ) includes guide elements ( 58 , 59 ) for guiding the lever ( 61 ) while it is pivoting.

10. The fluid dispenser according to claim 1 , comprising a pot ( 4 ) and a lid ( 5 ) that is mounted on the pot ( 4 ), the lid ( 5 ) forming the dispenser wall ( 51 ).

11. The fluid dispenser according to claim 1 , wherein the reservoir (R) includes a pusher piston ( 2 ) that slides in leaktight manner in a slide cylinder ( 11 ), the pusher piston ( 2 ) being biased by resilient means ( 3 ) selected from springs, foams, and gases.

Assignees

• Aptar France Sas

Inventors

• Decottignies Laurent
• Muller Patrick

Classifications

• B65D83/0038

  Operations & Transport · mapped topic

• B65D47/249 Primary

  by means of a lever mechanism · CPC title

• B65D83/766

  the piston being actuated by a spring-like mechanism · CPC title

• B65D83/18

  Hand lever actuators (attached to actuator caps B65D83/206) · CPC title

• B65D83/14

  Containers for dispensing liquid or semi-liquid contents by internal gaseous pressure, i.e. aerosol containers comprising propellant · CPC title