Abstract:
The present invention relates to a dose indicator (A) for a fluid dispenser device (B), the indicator indicating the number of doses dispensed or the number of doses still to be dispensed. The indicator is particularly adapted to aerosols including metering valves, and presents dimensions that are very small and independent of the number of doses to be indicated.
Abstract:
A fluid dispenser device comprising a body (1), a fluid reservoir (3) containing two half-doses of fluid, a dispensing orifice (30), and dispensing means (5, 6, 7, 8, 9) for dispensing a respective half-dose of fluid each time the dispensing means are actuated, said dispensing means being implemented so that each of the half-doses of fluid can be dispensed during a respective one of two successive occasions on which the dispensing means are actuated, it being possible to actuate the dispensing means on said successive occasions by the user of the device using a single hand, the dispenser device further comprising energy accumulation means (50, 51, 55) adapted to accumulate energy in the hand of the user, said energy being released suddenly from a predetermined force exerted by the hand of the user on said dispensing means, thereby guaranteeing that each of the half-doses is dispensed in full, said fluid dispenser device being characterized in that the dispensing means comprise: a dispensing member (8), such as a piston, mounted to slide in said reservoir (3) for dispensing the fluid; an actuating element (5) mounted to move between a rest position and an actuating position, and on which the user exerts an actuating force to move said dispensing member (8) inside said reservoir (3), said actuating element being mounted to move in a direction substantially transverse to the direction in which the dispensing member (8) moves; and dose-splitting means (7, 12) for dispensing a half-dose of fluid each time the dispensing means are actuated.
Abstract:
A reservoir (10) containing a fluid to be dispensed, and provided with a closure and/or filling device for closing and/or filling said reservoir, said device comprising at least one closure element (20, 120, 220) acting as a leaktight closure stopper when at rest,-said at least one closure element (20, 120, 220) comprising: an annular portion (21, 121, 221) whose outside diameter corresponds substantially to the inside diameter of the reservoir (10), said annular portion (21, 121, 221) being inserted in leaktight manner in said reservoir; and a central portion (22, 122, 222) having an end wall (23, 123, 223) which closes off said reservoir (10) in leaktight manner when in the rest position; said reservoir being characterized in that said end wall (23, 123, 223) is provided with at least one slit (24, 124, 224) suitable for opening under the effect of at least a predetermined minimum pressure.
Abstract:
A device (2) for pre-dosing a powder for a dispenser that includes an expulsion channel (12), the device being characterized in that it comprises at least one hermetically closed reservoir (4) each containing a dose of powder that is to be expelled on each actuation of the dispenser, said dispenser including a transfer device (16, 17) designed to transfer an entire dose of powder from one of said at least one reservoir (4) towards said expulsion channel (12) on each actuation of the dispenser, said transfer device (16, 17), when actuated, exerting pressure on a portion of a reservoir (4), each reservoir (4) including a closure wall (6) adapted to open totally and in predetermined manner towards the outside of the reservoir under the effect of the pressure created by actuating said transfer device (16, 17). A transfer element such as an insert (1) may optionally be placed in each reservoir (4).
Abstract:
A fluid dispenser device comprising a body provided with a dispenser orifice, a reservoir containing at least one dose of fluid being disposed statically in said body, said reservoir being closed in sealed manner by two stoppers, a first stopper and a second stopper the fluid being disposed in a fluid chamber, said device further comprising opener means for opening said first stopper, said opener means being disposed statically in said body, actuator means being connected to said second stopper, the actuation of said second stopper creating pressure in the fluid chamber; said pressure displacing and/or deforming said first stopper towards said opener means, and then fluid is expelled through said open first stopper towards said dispenser orifice, a spray profile being provided downstream from said dispenser orifice, the device further comprising precompression means.
Abstract:
The invention relates to a dose indicator (A) which is intended for a fluid product dispensing device (B). The inventive indicator consists of at least one rotary counting means (10) which can move in rotation and which comprises indicator means (15), said indicator means indicating the number of doses that have been distributed or that remain to be distributed. Moreover, said at least one counting means is actuated by an actuation member (35) which is in turn actuated by a transmission element (34) that is designed to co-operate with a part (54) of the dispensing device (B) each time the latter is actuated. The dose indicator further comprises adjustment means (134) which are disposed between the transmission element (34) and the aforementioned part (54) of the dispensing device (B) and which can be moved and/or deformed, such that, during the assembly of the dispensing device (B), the distance at rest between the transmission element (34) and said part (54) of the dispensing device (B) can be precisely pre-determined.
Abstract:
A dose indicator for indicating the number of doses that have been dispensed or that remain to be dispensed from a fluid dispenser device, the indicator being characterized in that it comprises an indicator body, a drive element, a rotary transmission element, a first rotary counter element, and a second rotary counter element, said first and second rotary counter elements being disposed side by side in a common plane and turning about parallel axes of rotation, said first and second counter elements co-operating to provide a common indication on each occasion the indicator is driven, said first rotary counter element being a disk having a top surface and a bottom surface, said top surface including first indicator means located close to the outer peripheral edge of said top surface, and said bottom surface including a first gear co-operating with a drive gear provided on said rotary transmission element, said first rotary counter element including a drive tooth adapted to co-operate on each complete revolution of said first rotary counter element with a second gear provided on said second rotary counter element.
Abstract:
An indicator for a powder or fluid dispenser device, the indicator including an indicator system and said indicator system comprising: a cover (1) provided with a viewing window (60); a first indicator element (2) that turns about an axis, said first indicator element (2) including first indicator means (120, 121); a second indicator element (5) that turns about an axis, said second indicator element (5) including second indicator means (50); and an interconnection element (3) that interconnects said first and second indicator elements (2, 5), in such a manner that it is the indicator means (120, 121; 50) of one of said two indicator elements (2, 5) that are visible initially in said viewing window (60) up to a predetermined number of actuations, after which it is the indicator means (50; 120, 121) of the other of said two indicator elements (2, 5) that become visible in the viewing window.
Abstract:
A fluid dispenser device having a body (1), a fluid reservoir (3) containing two half-doses, a dispensing mechanism that dispenses a half-dose of fluid upon actuation, and an energy accumulation mechanism (50, 51, 55) that accumulates energy in the hand of the user and released suddenly so that each of the half-doses is dispensed in full. The dispensing mechanism includes a dispensing member (8) mounted to slide in the reservoir (3) for dispensing the fluid, an actuating element (5) mounted to move between a rest position and an actuating position and on which the user exerts an actuating force to move the dispensing member (8) inside said reservoir (3). The actuating element is mounted to move in a direction substantially transverse to the direction in which the dispensing member (8) moves, and a dose-splitting mechanism (7, 12) dispenses a half-dose of fluid each time the dispensing mechanism is actuated.
Abstract:
A fluid dispenser device having a fluid reservoir (10), a pump (20) mounted on the reservoir (10) for selectively dispensing the fluid, and a dispenser head (30) connected to the pump and incorporating a dispenser orifice (31). The device includes at least two laterally-actuated elements (40, 50) distributed around the dispenser head (30), the laterally-actuated elements (40, 50) being displaced simultaneously in a direction that is approximately transverse to the central axis of the device, and each co-operating with a peripheral edge (11) of the reservoir (10) so as to exert an axial force thereon.