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Granted Patent B2
US 8,726,615 · App. 13/002,268 · Granted May 20, 2014

Method for conditioning a fluid product in a dispenser

Inventor: Stéphane Desrues (Thuit-Signol, FR)
Assignee: Aptar France SAS
B65B31/025
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Patent No.
US 8,726,615
App. No.
13/002,268
Granted
May 20, 2014
Kind
B2
Abstract

A packaging method for packaging fluid (P) in a fluid dispenser comprising a fluid reservoir ( 1 ) defining an opening ( 13 ), and a fluid dispenser member ( 2 ), such as a pump or a valve, for mounting in leaktight manner on the opening ( 13 ) of the reservoir, an inert gas, such as nitrogen or argon, being present in the reservoir above the fluid (P) while the dispenser member ( 2 ) is being mounted in leaktight manner on the opening ( 13 ) of the reservoir, such that the fluid (P) is in contact with the inert gas in the reservoir ( 1 ); the method being characterized in that the step of mounting the dispenser member ( 2 ) in leaktight manner on the opening ( 13 ) of the reservoir ( 1 ) is performed under a vacuum, the inert gas is evacuated, at least in part, from the reservoir during this evacuation step, such that the reservoir is subjected to an inert-gas vacuum.

Claims (9)

1. A packaging method for packaging fluid in a fluid dispenser comprising a fluid reservoir defining an opening, and a fluid dispenser member for mounting in leaktight manner on the opening of the reservoir, an inert gas being present in the reservoir above the fluid while the dispenser member is being mounted in leaktight manner on the opening of the reservoir, such that the fluid is in contact with the inert gas in the reservoir;

wherein the step of mounting the dispenser member in leaktight manner on the opening of the reservoir is performed under a vacuum, the inert gas is evacuated, at least in part, from the reservoir during this evacuation step, such that the reservoir is subjected to an inert-gas vacuum.

2. A packaging method according to claim 1 , including expelling the air from the reservoir, then allowing the inert gas to penetrate into the reservoir.

3. A packaging method according to claim 1 , including expelling the air from the reservoir with the inert gas.

4. A packaging method according to claim 1 , including a step of filling the reservoir with fluid, the air being replaced by the inert gas prior to the filling step.

5. A packaging method according to claim 1 , including a step of filling the reservoir with fluid, the air being replaced by the inert gas after the filling step.

6. A packaging method according to claim 5 , wherein the filling step is performed under an air or an inert gas vacuum, the reservoir being returned to atmospheric pressure by allowing the inert gas into the reservoir.

7. The packaging method according to claim 1 , wherein the fluid dispenser member is a pump or a valve.

8. The packaging method according to claim 1 , wherein the inert gas is nitrogen or argon.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 10, 2012
From: AIRLESSYSTEMS S.A.S.
To: APTAR FRANCE SAS
Reel/Frame 028928/0030 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 12, 2011
From: DESRUES, STEPHANE
To: AIRLESSYSTEMS
Reel/Frame 025624/0988 →
Priority Claims (1)
FR 08 54438 · Jul 1, 2008 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20110146207A1 · Jun 23, 2011