IP Library Granted Patent US 8,002,152
Granted Patent B2
US 8,002,152 · App. 10/586,336 · Granted Aug 23, 2011

Fluid product dispensing device

Assignee: Valois SAS
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Patent No.
US 8,002,152
App. No.
10/586,336
Granted
Aug 23, 2011
Kind
B2
Abstract

A fluid dispenser device comprising a dispenser member ( 10 ), such as a pump or a valve, a fluid reservoir ( 30 ), and a fastener element ( 20 ) for fastening said dispenser member ( 10 ) onto a neck ( 35 ) of said reservoir ( 30 ), a turret ( 40 ) being disposed between the body ( 11 ) of the dispenser member ( 10 ) and said fastener element ( 20 ), said turret ( 40 ) including a deformable radial flange ( 45 ), said deformable radial flange including deformable sealing means ( 46, 47 ) projecting from said radial flange ( 45 ), said radial flange ( 45 ), after assembly, being deformed and co-operating in leaktight manner with the top edge of the neck ( 35 ) of the reservoir ( 30 ), and said sealing means ( 46, 47 ), after assembly, being deformed and co-operating in leaktight manner with said fastener element ( 20 ).

Claims (23)

1. A fluid dispenser device comprising:

a dispenser member ( 10 );

a fluid reservoir ( 30 );

a fastener element ( 20 ) for fastening said dispenser member ( 10 ) onto a neck ( 35 ) of said reservoir ( 30 ); and

a turret ( 40 ) disposed between a body ( 11 ) of the dispenser member ( 10 ) and said fastener element ( 20 ),

wherein said turret ( 40 ) includes a deformable radial flange ( 45 ), said deformable radial flange having deformable sealing means ( 46 , 47 ) projecting from said radial flange ( 45 ), wherein said radial flange ( 45 ), before assembly, curves upwards, and after assembly, is deformed and co-operates in leaktight manner with the top edge of the neck ( 35 ) of the reservoir ( 30 ) so that said radial flange ( 45 ) is radially flat between, and in contact with, the fastener element ( 20 ) and the neck ( 35 ) of the reservoir ( 30 ), and said sealing means ( 46 , 47 ), after assembly, is also deformed and co-operates in leaktight manner with said fastener element ( 20 )

wherein said deformable sealing means includes two projections ( 46 , 47 ) extending, before assembly, axially and parallel to each other,

wherein said fastener element ( 20 ) includes an approximately cone-shaped profile ( 25 ), and after assembly, the two projections ( 46 , 47 ) co-operate in leaktight manner with said approximately cone-shaped profile ( 25 ), the tip of the cone being disposed between said two projections ( 46 , 47 ).

2. A device according to claim 1 , in which said turret ( 40 ) is fastened firstly to said body ( 11 ) of the dispenser member ( 10 ), and secondly to said fastener element ( 20 ) by snap-fastening.

3. A device according to claim 1 , in which, after assembly, the two projections ( 46 , 47 ) form an angle relative to each other.

4. A device according to claim 1 , in which said dispenser member ( 10 ) is a pump comprising a pump body ( 11 ), and an actuator rod ( 12 ) that is secured to a piston ( 13 ) and that is displaceable relative to said pump body ( 11 ), said turret ( 40 ) co-operating in leaktight manner with said actuator rod ( 12 ).

5. A device according to claim 1 , in which said fastener element ( 20 ) includes snap-fastener means, for snap fastening onto the neck ( 35 ) of the reservoir ( 30 ).

6. A fluid dispenser device comprising:

a dispenser member ( 10 );

a fluid reservoir ( 30 );

a fastener element ( 20 ) for fastening said dispenser member ( 10 ) onto a neck ( 35 ) of said reservoir ( 30 ); and

a turret ( 40 ) disposed between a body ( 11 ) of the dispenser member ( 10 ) and said fastener element ( 20 ),

wherein said turret ( 40 ) includes a deformable radial flange ( 45 ), said deformable radial flange having deformable sealing projections ( 46 , 47 ) that extend upwards from said radial flange ( 45 ), wherein said radial flange ( 45 ), before assembly, curves upwards, and after assembly, has a deformed flattened shape which co-operates in a leaktight manner with the top edge of the neck ( 35 ) of the reservoir ( 30 ) so that said radial flange ( 45 ) is in contact with the fastener element ( 20 ) and the neck ( 35 ) of the reservoir ( 30 ), and said sealing projections ( 46 , 47 ), after assembly, are also deformed and co-operate in a leaktight manner with said fastener element ( 20 ),

wherein the deformable radial flange ( 45 ) of the turret ( 40 ) forms at least one sealing zone with the top edge of the neck ( 35 ) of the reservoir ( 30 ), and said sealing projections form two sealing zones with the fastener element ( 20 ),

wherein the deformable sealing projections ( 46 , 47 ) extend, before assembly, axially and parallel to each other,

wherein the fastener element ( 20 ) includes an approximately cone-shaped profile ( 25 ), and after assembly, the two projections ( 46 , 47 ) co-operate in leaktight manner with the approximately cone-shaped profile ( 25 ), the tip of the cone being disposed between the two projections ( 46 , 47 ).

7. A device according to claim 6 , wherein an outer radial end of the deformable radial flange ( 45 ) of the turret ( 40 ) forms a third sealing zone with the fastener element ( 20 ).

8. A device according to claim 1 , wherein the deformable radial flange ( 45 ) is completely flattened between the top edge of the neck ( 35 ) and the fastener element ( 20 ) after assembly.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Sep 10, 2012
From: VALOIS
To: APTAR FRANCE SAS
Reel/Frame 028930/0885 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 16, 2007
From: MARGHERITIS, ANTONIO; MARIOTTI, ALESSIO
To: VALOIS S.A.S.
Reel/Frame 019091/0314 →
Priority Claims (1)
FR 04 00397 · Jan 16, 2004 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20070158369A1 · Jul 12, 2007