IP Library Granted Patent US 10,792,684
Granted Patent B2
US 10,792,684 · App. 16/083,726 · Granted Oct 6, 2020

System having frangible bridges

Inventors: Thierry Decock (Lyons, FR); Gaëtan Painchaud (Francheville, FR)
Assignee: Nemera La Verpillière
B05B11/0008B05B11/0037B05B11/3045B05B15/30B05B11/3047
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Patent No.
US 10,792,684
App. No.
16/083,726
Granted
Oct 6, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

An attached device for a threaded neck of a container, including a first ring provided with a thread which allows the first ring to be screwed onto a threaded neck of the container, and a second ring that rotates as one with the first ring with the aid of at least one coupling member which is separate from at least one of the first and second rings and includes at least one zone for coupling to the at least one first, second ring from which it is separate, the coupling member including a breaking zone separate from the coupling zone and intended to break starting at a threshold rotational torque applied between the first and second rings.

Claims (11)

1. An attached device for a threaded neck of a container, the attached device comprising a first ring provided with a screwthread that enables the first ring to be screwed onto a threaded neck of a container and a second ring, constrained to rotate in either direction with the first ring with the aid of at least one coupling member separate from at least one of said first ring and said second rings and that comprises at least one coupling zone with the at least one of said first ring and said second ring, from which said at least one coupling member is separate,

wherein the coupling member comprises at least one rupture zone separate from said coupling zone, designed to break from a threshold rotation torque applied between said first and second rings when a certain torque is applied to the second ring during screwing of the attached device onto the threaded neck of the container.

2. The attached device according to claim 1 , wherein the coupling member comprises a ring the diameter of which is greater than the outside diameter of the first ring and less than the outside diameter of the second ring.

3. The attached device according to claim 2 , wherein the coupling zone of the coupling member comprises at least one tooth adapted to be lodged in an orifice or a bore of the first ring or the second ring, the coupling member of which is separate.

4. The attached device according to claim 1 , wherein the rupture zone of the coupling member comprises at least one frangible bridge arranged around the first ring or the second ring in one piece with the coupling member.

5. The attached device according to claim 1 , further comprising a pump carried by the first ring for dispensing a fluid.

6. The attached device according to claim 1 , wherein the second ring completely surrounds the first ring so that it is impossible to access the first ring.

7. The attached device according to claim 1 , wherein the second ring is a child-resistant-closure (CRC) ring designed to be combinable with a child-resistant-closure (CRC) cap.

8. A method of assembling attached devices according to claim 1 , to threaded necks of a container, the method comprising the application of a screwing torque to the attached devices, wherein the applied screwing torque is greater than or equal to a threshold rotation torque.

9. A bottle comprising an attached device according to claim 1 and a container with a threaded neck.

10. The attached device according to claim 1 , wherein the coupling zone of the coupling member comprises at least one tooth adapted to be lodged in an orifice or a bore of the first ring or the second ring, the coupling member of which is separate.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Aug 13, 2019
From: NEMERA LA VERPILLIERE S.A.S.
To: NEMERA LA VERPILLIERE
Reel/Frame 050038/0199 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 18, 2018
From: DECOCK, THIERRY; PAINCHAUD, GAËTAN
To: NEMERA LA VERPILLIÈRE S.A.S.
Reel/Frame 046898/0725 →
Priority Claims (1)
FR 16 51966 · Mar 9, 2016 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20190126302A1 · May 2, 2019