IP Library Granted Patent US 7,861,897
Granted Patent B2
US 7,861,897 · App. 11/590,585 · Granted Jan 4, 2011

Applicator device

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Patent No.
US 7,861,897
App. No.
11/590,585
Granted
Jan 4, 2011
Kind
B2
Abstract

An applicator device for a free-flowing substance includes a carrier body provided with an application device at one end and a pin at an opposing end. A transverse channel penetrates the pin, and an axial channel branching off from the transverse channel leads to the application device. A reservoir device having a ring-shaped edge seal sealingly engages the pin, whereby the applicator device is activated by displacing the reservoir device on the pin toward the application device to open a flow connection between the reservoir device and the transverse channel. The reservoir device has a receptacle segment that is elastically deformable at least in portions so that, when the applicator device is activated and a flow connection between the transverse channel and the receptacle segment exists, the free-flowing substance is discharged via the application device by manual compression of the elastically deformable area of the receptacle segment.

Claims (21)

1. An applicator device for a free-flowing substance comprising:

a carrier body provided with an application device at one end and a pin at an opposing end;

a transverse channel penetrating the pin;

an axial channel branching off from the transverse channel and leading to the application device; and

a reservoir device having a ring-shaped edge seal sealingly engaging the pin, said pin being fully extendible into only a portion of said reservoir device, whereby the applicator device is activated by fully extending said pin into the reservoir device toward the application device to open a flow connection between the reservoir device and the transverse channel without discharging the free-flowing substance via the application device, the reservoir device having a receptacle segment that is sufficiently elastically deformable at least in portions so that, when the applicator device is activated and a flow connection between the transverse channel and the receptacle segment exists, the free-flowing substance is discharged via the application device by manual compression of the elastically deformable area of the receptacle segment.

2. The applicator device as in claim 1 , in which the elastically deformable area of the receptacle segment is in the form of a bubble.

3. The applicator device as in claim 1 , in which the elastically deformable area of the receptacle segment is in the form of a small tube.

4. The applicator device as in claim 1 , in which the elastically deformable area of the receptacle segment is in the form of a collapsible tube.

5. The applicator device as in claim 1 , in which the reservoir device includes a guide segment having a widened area which during activation of the applicator device lies at the level of the transverse channel of the pin.

6. The applicator device as in claim 1 , in which the reservoir device includes at least two receptacle bodies, one for each component of a multiple-component system.

7. The applicator device as in claim 6 , in which the at least two receptacle bodies can be telescoped to create a flow connection, whereby at least one of the receptacle bodies has, on its inside, an edge seal which interacts with a peripheral surface of the other receptacle body.

8. The applicator device as in claim 1 , in which the pin has at least one annular groove which interacts with the edge seal and defines a deactivation position and/or an activation position of the receptacle device.

9. The applicator device as in claim 1 , in which the pin is cylindrical.

10. Applicator device for a free-flowing substance comprising a carrier body which is provided with an application device and which, on the end farther from the application device has a cylindrical pin which is penetrated by a transverse channel, from which an axial channel branches off, which leads to the application device, whereby the cylindrical pin can be fully extended into only a portion of a reservoir device, which on its inside has a ring-shaped edge seal which interacts in a sealed manner with the cylindrical pin, whereby the applicator device is activated by fully extending the cylindrical pin into the reservoir device toward the application device to open a flow connection between the reservoir device and the transverse channel without discharging the free-flowing substance via the application device, characterized in that the reservoir device has a receptacle segment that is sufficiently elastically deformable at least in portions so that, when a flow connection between the transverse channel and the receptacle segment exists in the activation position of the applicator device, the free-flowing substance is discharged via the application device by manual compression of the elastically deformable area of the receptacle segment.

11. Applicator device as recited in claim 10 , characterized in that the elastically deformable area of the receptacle segment is realized in the form of a bubble.

12. Applicator device as recited in claim 10 , characterized in that the elastically deformable area of the receptacle segment is realized in the form of a small tube.

13. Applicator device as recited in claim 10 , characterized in that the elastically deformable area of the receptacle segment is realized in the form of a collapsible tube.

14. Applicator device as recited in claim 10 , characterized in that the guide segment has a widened area which during the activation of the applicator device lies at the level of the transverse channel of the pin.

15. Applicator device as recited in claim 10 , characterized in that the reservoir device comprises at least two receptacle bodies, one for each component of a multiple-component system.

16. Applicator device as recited in claim 15 , characterized in that the at least two receptacle bodies can be telescoped for the creation of a flow connection, whereby at least one of the receptacle bodies has, on the inside, an edge seal which interacts with a peripheral surface of the other receptacle body.

17. Applicator device as recited in claim 10 , characterized in that the cylindrical pin has at least one annular groove which interacts with the edge seal and defines a deactivation position and/or an activation position of the receptacle device.

Assignments (4)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Feb 10, 2023
From: SULZER MIXPAC AG
To: MEDMIX SWITZERLAND AG
Reel/Frame 062700/0979 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 18, 2011
From: DENTACO DENTALINDUSTRIE UND-MARKETING GMBH
To: DISPENSYS AG
Reel/Frame 026144/0796 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 18, 2011
From: DISPENSYS AG
To: SULZER MIXPAC AG
Reel/Frame 026144/0872 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 31, 2006
From: SOGARO, ALBERTO C.
To: DENTACO DENTALINDUSTRIE-UND MARKETING GMBH
Reel/Frame 018484/0235 →