IP Library Granted Patent US 7,878,196
Granted Patent B2
US 7,878,196 · App. 11/795,985 · Granted Feb 1, 2011

Fluid product dispensing device

Assignee: Valois SAS
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Patent No.
US 7,878,196
App. No.
11/795,985
Granted
Feb 1, 2011
Kind
B2
Abstract

A fluid dispenser device including at least one individual reservoir ( 21 ) containing a single dose of fluid, such as powder, opening means ( 40 ) being provided for opening an individual reservoir ( 21 ) each time the device is actuated, the device including a dispenser chamber ( 70 ) for receiving the dose of fluid contained in a reservoir ( 21 ) after said reservoir has been opened, an inhalation endpiece ( 15 ), and an inhalation trigger system that comprises a deformable air-chamber ( 61 ) that co-operates with said dispenser chamber ( 70 ), said dispenser chamber being displaceable between a rest position and an inhalation position, such that during inhalation through said inhalation endpiece ( 15 ), said air chamber ( 61 ) is deformed, thereby displacing said dispenser chamber from said rest position to said inhalation position.

Claims (15)

1. A fluid dispenser device including at least one individual reservoir ( 21 ) containing a single dose of fluid, such as powder, opening means ( 40 ) being provided for opening an individual reservoir ( 21 ) each time the device is actuated, the device being characterized in that it includes a dispenser chamber ( 70 ) for receiving the dose of fluid contained in a reservoir ( 21 ) after said reservoir has been opened, an inhalation endpiece ( 15 ), and an inhalation trigger system that comprises a deformable air-chamber ( 61 ) that co-operates with said dispenser chamber ( 70 ), said dispenser chamber ( 70 ) being displaceable between a rest position and an inhalation position, such that during inhalation through said inhalation endpiece ( 15 ), said air chamber ( 61 ) is deformed, thereby displacing said dispenser chamber from said rest position to said inhalation position.

2. A device according to claim 1 , in which said deformable air-chamber ( 61 ) comprises a deformable membrane, such as a bellows ( 62 ).

3. A device according to claim 2 , in which said deformable membrane ( 62 ) is connected to said inhalation endpiece and to said dispenser chamber ( 70 ), in the inhalation flowpath.

4. A device according to claim 1 , in which said deformable air-chamber ( 61 ) comprises a piston ( 67 ) sliding in a hollow sleeve ( 68 ).

5. A device according to claim 1 , in which said dispenser chamber ( 70 ) contains at least one movable bead ( 75 ).

6. A device according to claim 1 , in which said dispenser chamber ( 70 ) is connected to said opening means ( 40 ).

7. A device according to claim 1 , including movable support means ( 50 ) that are adapted to displace an individual reservoir ( 21 ) against said opening means ( 40 ) on each actuation.

8. A device according to claim 7 , in which said movable support means ( 50 ) are displaceable between a non-dispensing position and a dispensing position, said movable support means ( 50 ) being urged towards their dispensing position by resilient means ( 51 ), such as a spring or a spring blade, and being held in their non-dispensing position by blocking means ( 100 ).

9. A device according to claim 8 , in which said blocking means ( 100 ) are released by the user inhaling.

10. A device according to claim 9 , in which, in said inhalation position, said dispenser chamber ( 70 ) is adapted to co-operate with said blocking means ( 100 ) so as to release said movable support means ( 50 ), which, once released, urge a reservoir ( 21 ) against said opening means ( 40 ).

11. A device according to claim 8 , in which said blocking means ( 100 ) comprise a first element ( 101 ) that is movable between a non-actuated position and an actuated position, said first element ( 101 ) being secured to said movable support means ( 50 ), and a second element ( 102 ) that is movable between a blocking position and an unblocking position, said second element ( 102 ) being displaced towards its unblocking position while the user is inhaling.

12. A device according to claim 1 , in which said movable support means ( 50 ) support a guide wheel ( 30 ).

13. A device according to claim 1 , in which the reservoirs ( 21 ) are made in the form of an elongate strip ( 20 ) comprising a plurality of individual reservoirs ( 21 ) disposed one behind another.

14. A device according to claim 1 , in which said opening means ( 40 ) comprise perforator and/or cutter means ( 41 ) that are adapted to cut a closure wall ( 23 ) of the reservoir ( 21 ) in such a manner that the cut portion(s) ( 24 ) does/do not obstruct the opening(s) ( 25 ) that is/are formed.

15. A device according to claim 1 , including a dose indicator ( 120 ) for indicating to the user the number of doses that have been dispensed or that remain to be dispensed.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Sep 10, 2012
From: VALOIS
To: APTAR FRANCE SAS
Reel/Frame 028930/0872 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 25, 2007
From: POCOCK, ANDREW; KAY, STUART; GREENHALGH, PAUL; O'HARA, WAYNE; DONNETTE, XAVIER
To: VALOIS SAS
Reel/Frame 019654/0816 →
Priority Claims (1)
FR 05 50211 · Jan 25, 2005 · national
Continuity (1)
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