IP Library Granted Patent US 7,870,978
Granted Patent B2
US 7,870,978 · App. 10/578,406 · Granted Jan 18, 2011

Pump for dispensing fluid products

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Patent No.
US 7,870,978
App. No.
10/578,406
Granted
Jan 18, 2011
Kind
B2
Abstract

The pump for dispensing fluid products includes a pump body ( 10 ), a pump chamber ( 20 ) at least one piston ( 72 ) sliding inside the pump chamber ( 20 ) for dispensing a fluid product, a dispensing orifice ( 45 ) and a shutter ( 38 ) which interacts with the dispensing orifice ( 45 ) and is embodied in such a way that it is movable and/or deformable between the closed position of the dispensing orifice ( 45 ) and the open position thereof, the shutter being elastically driven to a closed position. The pump includes only one elastic element ( 50 ) in the form of a spring for bringing at least one piston ( 72 ) to a rest position after actuation and for driving the shutter ( 38 ) to a closed position and the pump body ( 10 ) is embodied in one piece with the shutter ( 38 ).

Claims (18)

1. Pump for dispensing fluid products comprising a pump body ( 10 ), a pump chamber ( 20 ) formed inside said pump body ( 10 ), at least one piston ( 72 ) sliding in said pump chamber ( 20 ) to dispense the fluid product, a dispensing head ( 40 ) including a dispensing orifice ( 45 ), and a shutter ( 38 ) interacting with said dispensing orifice ( 45 ), said shutter ( 38 ) being movable and/or deformable between a closed position of the dispensing orifice ( 45 ) and an open position of the dispensing orifice ( 45 ), said shutter ( 38 ) being elastically driven to its closed position, wherein the pump comprises only one elastic element ( 50 ) adapted for bringing said at least one piston ( 72 ) back to its rest position after actuation and for driving said shutter ( 38 ) to its closed position, and in that said pump body ( 10 ) is embodied in one piece with said shutter ( 38 ), and

wherein the dispensing orifice ( 45 ) is structurally configured to provide a spray such that the dispensing orifice ( 45 ) receives the fluid product and converts the fluid product into the spray when dispensing the fluid product.

2. Pump according to claim 1 , wherein said elastic element ( 50 ) is away from all contact with the fluid product.

3. Pump according to claim 1 , wherein the pump comprises a retaining ring ( 15 ) adapted to anchor said pump to a tank ( 60 ).

4. Pump according to claim 3 , wherein said retaining ring ( 15 ) is embodied in one piece with a plunger tube ( 18 ) intended to extend in a tank ( 16 ).

5. Pump according to claim 3 , wherein said retaining ring ( 15 ) is embodied in one piece with an inlet valve seat ( 71 ) of the pump chamber ( 20 ).

6. Pump according to claim 3 , wherein said piston ( 72 ) is embodied in one piece with said retaining ring ( 15 ).

7. Pump according to claim 3 , wherein said dispensing head ( 40 ) is connected, particularly by being snapped, irremovably onto said retaining ring ( 15 ), said dispensing head ( 40 ) and said retaining ring ( 15 ) forming a stop to define the rest position of the pump.

8. Pump according to claim 1 , wherein said pump body ( 10 ) is placed inside said dispensing head ( 40 ).

9. Pump according to claim 1 , wherein said pump further comprises a retaining ring ( 15 ) and a plunger tube ( 18 ), and wherein the dispensing head ( 40 ) forms a one piece integral construction, the pump body ( 10 ) and the shutter ( 38 ) form a one piece integral construction, the elastic element ( 50 ) forms a one piece integral construction, and the piston ( 72 ), the retaining ring ( 15 ) and the plunger tube ( 18 ) form a one piece integral construction.

10. Pump according to claim 9 , further comprising a seat ( 71 ) of an inlet valve ( 70 ) of the pump chamber ( 20 ) which interacts with a valve element ( 75 ), wherein the seat ( 71 ) is integrally formed with the piston ( 72 ), the retaining ring ( 15 ) and the plunger tube ( 18 ).

11. Pump according to claim 10 , wherein the valve element ( 75 ) is separate from the pump body ( 10 ).

12. Pump according to claim 10 , wherein the valve element ( 75 ) is a ball.

13. Pump according to claim 1 , wherein said pump chamber ( 20 ) is placed immediately upstream of said dispensing orifice ( 45 ), said shutter ( 38 ) forming an outlet valve of said pump chamber ( 20 ).

14. Device for dispensing fluid products including a tank ( 60 ), characterized in that the device comprises a pump according to claim 1 .

15. Device according to claim 14 , wherein the pump is anchored, particularly by being snapped on to the tank ( 60 ) with interposition of a gasket ( 65 ).

16. Pump according to claim 1 , wherein the elastic element ( 50 ) is a spring.

17. Pump according to claim 1 , wherein the dispensing orifice ( 45 ) is disposed at a distal end of the dispensing head ( 40 ) such that the fluid product is immediately dispensed from the dispensing head ( 40 ) to an outside of the pump after passing through the dispensing orifice ( 45 ).

Assignments (3)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Sep 10, 2012
From: VALOIS
To: APTAR FRANCE SAS
Reel/Frame 028930/0848 →
CORRECTED COVER SHEET TO CORRECT THE EXECUTION DATE, PREVIOUSLY RECORDED AT REEL/FRAME 019114/0107 (ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST) Recorded May 14, 2007
From: PARDONGE, JEAN-MARC; FAGOT, CHRISTOPHE; PRUVOT, SAMUEL; LE MANER, FRANCOIS
To: VALOIS S.A.S.
Reel/Frame 019295/0289 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 21, 2007
From: PARDONGE, JEAN-MARC; FAGOT, CHRISTOPHE; PRUVOT, SAMUEL; LE MANER, FRANCOIS
To: VALOIS S.A.S.
Reel/Frame 019114/0107 →