IP Library Granted Patent US 8,579,530
Granted Patent B2
US 8,579,530 · App. 12/142,350 · Granted Nov 12, 2013

Aerosol system

Inventor: Sebastian Krauss (Darmstadt, DE)
Assignee: KAO Germany GmbH
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Patent No.
US 8,579,530
App. No.
12/142,350
Granted
Nov 12, 2013
Kind
B2
Abstract

Aerosol System comprising at least two aerosol containers for separately keeping different substances, wherein each aerosol container has a valve portion; and a head portion containing a channel system and an exhaust opening, where the channel system provides communication between at least one of the valve portions and the exhaust opening; characterized in that the head portion or parts of the head portion are movable in respect to at least one aerosol container, such that the channel system can take different configurations.

Claims (32)

1. An aerosol system comprising at least two aerosol containers for separately keeping different substances, whereas each aerosol container has a valve portion; and

a head portion containing a channel system and an exhaust opening, wherein the channel system provides communication between valve openings of the valve portions of the at least two aerosol containers and the exhaust opening, wherein the head portion comprises a head opening extending over the valve portions of the at least two aerosol containers;

wherein

the head portion or at least one part of the head portion is movable with respect to the aerosol containers, such that the channel system can take different configurations when the head portion or the at least one part of the head portion is located in a first position or a second position, wherein the head opening in the head portion is configured for communication between a channel opening of the channel system and the valve openings of the valve portions of the at least two aerosol containers, wherein one aerosol container contains mascara, and another aerosol container contains a cleaning fluid, and further wherein the head portion or the at least one part of the head portion is a slider adapted to slide to the first position or the second position.

2. The aerosol system according to claim 1 , wherein the system contains exactly one button for operating at least one aerosol container.

3. The aerosol system according to claim 1 , wherein at most one valve portion communicates with the exhaust opening, in each channel configuration.

4. The aerosol system according to claim 1 , wherein the channel system can take different configurations by shifting, rotating, twisting or tilting the head portion or parts of the head portion.

5. The aerosol system according to claim 1 , wherein the head portion can be operated to switch between two channel configurations.

6. The aerosol system according to claim 1 , wherein the system contains two aerosol containers.

7. The aerosol system according to claim 1 , wherein the head portion or parts of the head portion are removable or can be opened.

8. The aerosol system according to claim 1 , wherein the head portion includes a cosmetic head.

9. An aerosol system comprising:

a first aerosol container having a first valve portion and containing a first substance;

a second aerosol container having a second valve portion and containing a second substance different than the first substance contained within the first aerosol container; and

a head portion having a movable part, a fixed part and an exhaust opening,

wherein the fixed part of the head portion is fixedly attached to the first and second aerosol containers, wherein the fixed part comprises a first opening extending above the first valve portion of the first aerosol container and the second valve portion of the second aerosol container, wherein the first opening in the fixed part is configured for communication between a second opening of the movable part and a first valve opening of the first valve portion or a second valve opening of the second valve portion, wherein the movable part is moveable to a first position or a second position, wherein the movable part of the head portion is a slider adapted to slide to the first position or the second position,

wherein, in the first position, the movable part is located over the first aerosol container when the aerosol system is in use and provides a first flow path between the first valve opening of the first valve portion of the first aerosol container and the exhaust opening of the head portion, and

further wherein, in the second position, the movable part is located over the second aerosol container when the aerosol system is in use and provides a second flow path between the second valve opening of the second value portion of the second aerosol container and the exhaust opening of the head portion.

10. The aerosol system according to claim 9 , wherein the movable part of the head portion is an upper head part of the head portion and the fixed part is a lower head part of the head portion.

11. The aerosol system according to claim 10 , wherein the upper head part of the head portion has an actuator for actuating the first aerosol container or second aerosol container.

12. The aerosol system according to claim 9 , wherein the first substance of the first aerosol container is mascara, and the second substance of the second aerosol container is cleaning fluid.

13. An aerosol system comprising:

a first aerosol container having a first valve portion and containing a first substance;

a second aerosol container having a second valve portion and containing a second substance different than the first substance contained within the first aerosol container; and

a head portion having a movable part, a fixed part and an exhaust opening,

wherein the fixed part of the head portion is fixedly attached to the first and second aerosol containers, wherein the fixed part comprises a first opening extending above the first valve portion of the first aerosol container and the second valve portion of the second aerosol container, wherein the first opening in the fixed part is configured for communication between a second opening of the movable part and a first valve opening of the first valve portion or a second valve opening of the second valve portion, wherein, during use of the aerosol system, the movable part is horizontally moveable to a first position or a second position,

wherein, in the first position, the movable part provides a first flow path between the first valve opening of the first valve portion of the first aerosol container and the exhaust opening of the head portion, and

further wherein, in the second position, the movable part provides a second flow path between the second valve opening of the second value portion of the second aerosol container and the exhaust opening of the head portion.

14. The aerosol system according to claim 13 , wherein the movable part of the head portion is an upper head part of the head portion and the fixed part is a lower head part of the head portion.

15. The aerosol system according to claim 14 , wherein the upper head part of the head portion has an actuator for actuating the first aerosol container or second aerosol container.

16. The aerosol system according to claim 13 , wherein the movable part of the head portion is a slider adapted to slide to the first position or the second position.

17. The aerosol system according to claim 13 , wherein the first substance of the first aerosol container is mascara, and the second substance of the second aerosol container is cleaning fluid.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Apr 10, 2013
From: KPSS-KAO PROFESSIONAL SALON SERVICES GMBH
To: KAO GERMANY GMBH
Reel/Frame 030186/0381 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 8, 2008
From: KRAUSS, SEBASTIAN
To: KPSS-KAO PROFESSIONAL SALON SERVICES GMBH
Reel/Frame 021646/0254 →
Priority Claims (1)
EP 07012053 · Jun 20, 2007 · regional
Continuity (1)
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