IP Library Granted Patent US 11,185,876
Granted Patent B2
US 11,185,876 · App. 16/724,149 · Granted Nov 30, 2021

Attachment system for mounting a dispensing pump on a vial and associated vial of fluid product

Inventors: Pierre Dumont (Dargnies, FR); Frédéric Leleu (Le Treport, FR); Emir Ezzina (Montigny-le-Bretonneux, FR)
B05B11/0008B05B11/3049
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Patent No.
US 11,185,876
App. No.
16/724,149
Granted
Nov 30, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

The invention relates to a system for attaching a dispensing pump on the neck of a reservoir containing a fluid product. The system a sleeve with attachment means on the neck and hooking means of the pump, an articulation collar, the articulation collar and sleeve being mounted mobile with respect to one another between an end of motion position (P F ) and a start of motion position (P I ), a shrink ring configured to move along the articulation collar between a top disassembly position (P H ), wherein the attachment means are free, and a bottom position (P B ) of use, wherein the attachment means are engaged around the neck and wherein the start and end of motion positions (P I , P F ) are arranged so that the articulation collar can go from the top disassembly position (P H ) to the bottom position (P B ) of use by a translational motion.

Claims (24)

1. A system for attaching a dispensing pump on a neck of a reservoir containing a fluid product, said system comprising:

a sleeve comprising attachment means on said neck and hooking means of the pump;

an articulation collar, said articulation collar and the sleeve being mounted mobile one with respect to the other between an end of motion position and a start of motion position;

a shrink ring configured to move said articulation collar between a top disassembly position, wherein said attachment means are free, and a bottom position of use, wherein said attachment means are engaged around said neck;

wherein said start and end of motion positions are arranged so that the articulation collar is able to pass from the top disassembly position to the bottom position of use by a translational motion.

2. The system according to claim 1 , wherein the sleeve comprises first translational guiding means of said articulation collar from the top disassembly position to the bottom position of use.

3. The system according to claim 2 , wherein the first translational guiding means comprise a start of motion housing located at the start of motion position and an end of motion housing located at the end of motion position, the start and end of motion housings being located in an extension of one another.

4. The system according to claim 3 , wherein the first translational guiding means comprise a first locking means, said start and end of motion housings being separated by said first locking means, said first locking means being configured to authorize the translational displacement of said articulation collar from the top disassembly position to the bottom position of use by application of a threshold pressure.

5. The system according to claim 4 , wherein said first locking means forms a boss.

6. The system according to claim 2 , wherein the sleeve further comprises second guiding means of the articulation collar comprising at their ends said start and end of motion positions and wherein the articulation collar comprises a protrusion able to move along said first and second guiding means.

7. The system according to claim 3 , wherein the sleeve further comprises second guiding means of the articulation collar comprising at their ends said start and end of motion positions and wherein the second guiding means comprise a helical segment and second locking means separating the start and end of motion housings of said helical segment.

8. The system according to claim 7 , wherein said second locking means are configured to allow the rotational motion of the articulation collar around said sleeve by applying a threshold pressure.

9. The system according to claim 7 , wherein said second locking means forms a well-defined abutment.

10. The system according to claim 4 , wherein said first locking means comprises a retaining portion of the articulation collar in the top disassembly position, said retaining portion being located in the extension of said end of motion housing.

11. The system according to claim 4 , wherein said first locking means comprises a locking edge of the articulation collar in the bottom position of use, said locking edge forming an abutment for said articulation collar in the start of motion housing.

12. The system according to claim 1 , wherein the sleeve further comprises second guiding means of the articulation collar comprising at their ends said start and end of motion positions.

13. The system according to claim 1 , wherein the shrink ring comprises an inner wall comprising ribs distributed angularly over a circumference of said inner wall so that said shrink ring is adjusted and tightened on said articulation collar.

14. A vial for dispensing a fluid product, comprising:

a reservoir for the fluid product, said reservoir being provided with a neck defining an opening of said reservoir, said vial further comprising a dispensing pump and an attachment system enabling attachment of said pump on said neck, said attachment system comprising:

a sleeve comprising attachment means on said neck and hooking means of the pump;

an articulation collar, said articulation collar and the sleeve being mounted mobile one with respect to the other between an end of motion position and a start of motion position;

a shrink ring configured to move said articulation collar between a top disassembly position, wherein said attachment means are free, and a bottom position of use, wherein said attachment means are engaged around said neck;

wherein said start and end of motion positions are arranged so that the articulation collar is able to pass from the top disassembly position to the bottom position of use by a translational motion.

15. The vial according to claim 14 , wherein said neck is provided with an anti-rotation system of said attachment system.

Assignments (3)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Aug 4, 2021
From: ALBEA LE TREPORT
To: SILGAN DISPENSING SYSTEMS LE TREPORT
Reel/Frame 057408/0454 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 26, 2020
From: ALBEA SERVICES
To: ALBEA LE TREPORT
Reel/Frame 052754/0089 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 30, 2020
From: DUMONT, PIERRE; LELEU, FREDERIC
To: ALBEA SERVICES
Reel/Frame 052266/0007 →
Priority Claims (1)
FR 1873690 · Dec 20, 2018 · national
Continuity (1)
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