IP Library Granted Patent US 6,929,156
Granted Patent B2
US 6,929,156 · App. 10/414,296 · Granted Aug 16, 2005

Fluid dispenser pump

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Patent No.
US 6,929,156
App. No.
10/414,296
Granted
Aug 16, 2005
Kind
B2
Abstract

A manually-actuated fluid dispenser pump including a pump body ( 10 ) and a piston ( 50 ) mounted to slide in leaktight manner in the pump body ( 10 ) between a rest position and a dispensing position. The piston is provided with a top sealing lip ( 52 ) in leaktight contact with the pump body ( 10 ). The pump includes an abutment member ( 80 ), fitted into the top edge of the pump body ( 10 ) and co-operating with the piston ( 50 ) to define its rest position. The top lip ( 52 ) of the piston ( 50 ) is made up of a first lip portion ( 53 ) co-operating in leaktight manner with the pump body ( 10 ) and of a second lip portion ( 54 ) co-operating in leaktight manner with the abutment in the rest position, and wherein the first and second lip portions ( 53, 54 ) are substantially parallel and spaced apart radially from each other.

Claims (9)

1. A manually-actuated fluid dispenser pump including a pump body ( 10 ) and a piston ( 50 ) mounted to slide in leaktight manner in said pump body ( 10 ) between a rest position and a dispensing position, said piston being provided with at least a top sealing lip ( 52 ) in leaktight contact with said pump body ( 10 ), said pump including an abutment member ( 80 ) fitted into the top edge of the pump body ( 10 ) and co-operating with said piston ( 50 ) to define rest position of the piston, said fluid dispenser pump being characterized in that the top lip ( 52 ) of the piston ( 50 ) is made up of a first lip portion ( 53 ) co-operating in leaktight manner with the pump body ( 10 ) and of a second lip portion ( 54 ) co-operating in leaktight manner with said abutment member ( 80 ) in the rest position, said first and second lip portions ( 53 , 54 ) being substantially parallel and spaced apart radially from each other.

2. A pump according to claim 1 , in which the second lip portion ( 54 ) is thinner than the first lip portion ( 53 ) so that the second lip portion is more flexible and is deformed to compensate for the manufacturing tolerances of the abutment member ( 80 ) or of the pump body ( 10 ) or of the piston ( 50 ).

3. A fluid dispenser device, characterized in that the fluid dispenser device includes the pump according to claim 1 .

4. The pump according to claim 1 , wherein the abutment member is a ferrule.

5. The pump according to claim 1 , in which the second lip portion is thinner than the first lip portion so that the second lip portion is more flexible and is deformed to compensate for the manufacturing tolerances of the abutment member and of the pump body.

6. The pump according to claim 1 , in which the second lip portion is thinner than the first lip portion so that the second lip portion is more flexible and is deformed to compensate for the manufacturing tolerances of the abutment member and of the pump body and of the piston.

7. The pump according to claim 1 , in which the second lip portion is thinner than the first lip portion so that the second lip portion is more flexible and is deformed to compensate for the manufacturing tolerances of the abutment member and of the piston.

8. The pump according to claim 4 , wherein the second lip portion co-operates with the ferrule so as to axial move into leaktight contact with the ferrule when the piston is axially moved into the rest position and to disengage from the ferrule when the piston is axially move from the rest position.

9. The pump according to claim 8 , wherein the first lip portion co-operates with the pump body to remain in leaktight contact with the pump body when the piston is axially moved into the rest position and disengaged from the rest position.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Sep 10, 2012
From: VALOIS
To: APTAR FRANCE SAS
Reel/Frame 028930/0848 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 16, 2003
From: PETIT, LUDOVIC; THOMAS, KATIA
To: VALOIS S.A.
Reel/Frame 013978/0687 →