EP0014283A1 - Récipient pour liquides et dispositif de fermeture - Google Patents

Récipient pour liquides et dispositif de fermeture Download PDF

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Publication number: EP0014283A1
Authority: EP; European Patent Office
Prior art keywords: container; neck; closure member; brush; channel
Prior art date: 1979-02-13
Legal status (The legal status is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the status listed.): Granted

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EP19790301111

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EP0014283B1 (fr

Inventor

Rupert James Cropton

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Richardson Vicks Inc

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Richardson Vicks Inc

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1979-02-13

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1979-06-12

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1980-08-20

1979-06-12 Application filed by Richardson Vicks Inc filed Critical Richardson Vicks Inc

1980-08-20 Publication of EP0014283A1 publication Critical patent/EP0014283A1/fr

1984-04-18 Application granted granted Critical

1984-04-18 Publication of EP0014283B1 publication Critical patent/EP0014283B1/fr

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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
- B65D—CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES
- B65D47/00—Closures with filling and discharging, or with discharging, devices
- B65D47/04—Closures with discharging devices other than pumps
- B65D47/20—Closures with discharging devices other than pumps comprising hand-operated members for controlling discharge
- B65D47/26—Closures with discharging devices other than pumps comprising hand-operated members for controlling discharge with slide valves, i.e. valves that open and close a passageway by sliding over a port, e.g. formed with slidable spouts
- B65D47/261—Closures with discharging devices other than pumps comprising hand-operated members for controlling discharge with slide valves, i.e. valves that open and close a passageway by sliding over a port, e.g. formed with slidable spouts having a rotational or helicoidal movement
- B65D47/263—Closures with discharging devices other than pumps comprising hand-operated members for controlling discharge with slide valves, i.e. valves that open and close a passageway by sliding over a port, e.g. formed with slidable spouts having a rotational or helicoidal movement between tubular parts

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the present invention relates to a container for a fluid and a crosure member therefor including a brush or brush holder portion.
Such an arrangement may be utilised, for example, to apply a. fluid from inside the container directly to the brush and in a particularly preferred embodiment the brush is used to clean false dentures.
a container such as a bottle, closed tube or the like for a fluid
a neck portion having an outwardly tapering inside surface portion and a channel being provided in said outwardly tapering inside surface portion
a closure member mounted in the neck including a brush or brush holder portion and a portion extending inside the neck including an outer surface formed to generally seal with the outwardly tapering inside surface portion and a fluid connection extending from said sealing outer surface to the brush or brush holder portion
the closure member and neck portion being adapted for relative movement so that in one position one end of said fluid connection lies adjacent and communicates with the channel and the channel communicates with the interior of the container to control liquid flow from the interior of the container to the fluid connection and to the brush or brush holder and in another position liquid does not pass from the interior of the container.
the number of parts has been reduced to the container and closure member and in place of commonly provided holes or bores there is provided a channel in an outwardly tapering surface which may be readily maulded when the container is manufactured of mould
the words "flow control” have a broad meaning in the present specification.
the words cover accurate control of the flow of a fluid in which the various parts would need to be accurately dimensioned or alternatively, the restriction of flow of the fluid from the interior of the container so as to prevent too much passing out of the container in normal use in which case normal manufacturing tolerances would suffice.
a dispenser which includes an arrangement for preventing too much liquid from being passed out of the container by the user and this may be particularly useful in dispensing liquids from bottles of toiletries such as perfumes, shampoos and denture cleaners.
the neck may be of generally cylindrical shape or may be of other cross section such as square if desired.
the channel may be in the form of an elongate channel or may be dish shaped and may be of constant depth or otherwise. By controlling the depth of the channel the flow of fluid from the interior of the container may be restricted to any extent desired and may thereby be metered.
the fluid connection may be provided by a bore through the closure member and the closure member may have an outer portion surrounding the neck of the container and may be provided with means to retain it on the neck to prevent removal.
the relative movement between the neck and-the closure member may be provided by a rotation.
Means may be provided for limiting the extent of this movement and in the case where the closure member has an outer portion surrounding the neck, this may be provided thereon.
the neck is of generally cylindrical shape and the brush or brush holder portion includes a longitudinally extending portion for mounting a brush
the axis of the longitudinally extending portion may be coaxial with the neck or may be at an angle thereto.
FIG. 1 there is illustrated a container 10 having an opening 11 surrounded by an upstanding neck 12.
the container which is for fluid may be of any suitable material but may preferably be a bottle moulded of flexible plastics material, the neck 12 being closed by a closure member 13 at the top of which is mounted a brush holder portion 14.
the type of brush and the manner of its stapling to the brush holder portion 14 is illustrated in our earlier British patent no. 1,502,942.
the neck 12 is of generally cylindrical form the upper portion of which includes an outwardly tapering inside surface portion 16 and formed in this surface portion by moulding is a depression in the form of a channel 17 having an axial length illustrated in Figure 1 (note it does not extend to the top of the neck 12) and a cross section illustrated in Figure 2 or Figure 3 ( Figure 3 is clearer).
the channel 17 extends generally downwardly towards the interior of the container 10 to at least the bottom of the tapered inside surface portion 16. It will be understood that if the container 10 is of moulded material then the channel 17 by virtue of its small size and being formed in the outwardly tapering surface portion may be easily formed and the mould may be easily withdrawn without damaging the remainder of the outwardly tapering inside surface portion.
the outer surface of the neck 12 includes a circumferential rib 18 and, at the base of the outer surface of the neck, two stop members 19,20.
the closure member 13 comprises an inner portion 21 for engagement within the neck 12.
This inner portion 21 has an outer surface 22 which is of opposite taper to the surface 16 and is sealingly engaged therewith.
a bore 23 extends from the surface 22 upwardly through the closure member 13 to the brush holder 14.
the lower end 24 of the bore 23 is situated axially at a point where it may lie adjacent the channel 17. This is illustrated in Figure 1. It is, however, spaced axially from the lower end of the inner portion 21 of the closure member 13.
the lower surface of the inner portion 21 is adapted so as to be spaced adjacent the lower end of the tapered portion 16 but above the lower end of the channel 17.
the closure member 13 also includes an outer skirt portion 26 which downwardly depends and surrounds the outer surface of the neck 12, the skirt portion 26 including a circumferential groove 27 adapted for engagement with the circumferential rib 18 on the outer surface of the neck to thereby retain the closure member 13 to prevent its removal. If the closure member 13 and the container 10 are made of a flexible plastics material then the closure member 10 may be pressed on to the neck 12 and the flexibility of the material will allow the skirt portion 26 to ride over the circumferential rib 18 until the groove 27 and rib 18 inter engage. It will be seen from Figure 1 that they are shaped to facilitate this but the shape of the groove 27 and rib 18 is such as to discourage or prevent the removal of the closure member 13.
the lower edge of the skirt 26 is castellated to provide two downwardly projecting stop members 28, 29 for engagement with the stop members 19, 20 as will be described with further reference to Figure 4.
the lower edge of the skirt portion 26 also includes an outwardly depending marker 31 and the adjacent upper surface of the container 10 carries the words OFF and ON spaced as shown in Figure 5.
the container 10 may be filled with a liquid such as a composition for cleaning dentures. It is desired to pass a controlled flow of fluid from the interior of container 10 to the base of the brush in the brush holder 14 through the bore 23. This is done by arranging the closure member 13 and neck if in the relative positions shown in Figure 1 which correspond to the relative positions shown in Figures 2 and 4. In this position the lower end of the bore 23 communicates with the channel 17.
Fluid may pass from the interior of the container 10 (when turned upside down or squeezed) into the channel 17 where its flow is controlled as the channel 17 is of (ie 0.203 mm cross section) small cross section/and is abutting a wall portion of the closure member 13, to the top of the channel 17 and then through the bore 23 to the base of the brush where it may pass to the tip of the brush.
the stop members 19, 28 and 20; 29 respectively abut one another.
the closure member 13 may be rotated through 90 0 relative to the neck 12 to the position shown in Figure 3 (and Figure 5) at which point the lower end of the bore 23 will not be in communication with the channel 17.
liquid may only pass into the channel 17 but cannot pass from there to the bore 23 and is prevented from passing further upwards than the channel 17 by the sealing engagement between the ' upper portion of the tapered surface 16 and corresponding surface of the inner portion 21 of the closure member 13. In this position, therefore, the container is sealingly closed and fluid cannot pass from the interior to the exterior.
the provision of the tapered surface 16 allows for the channel 17 to be accurately moulded which allows for accurate flow control of the fluid passing through the channel and also allows for a fine surface to be moulded on the portion 16 and abutting portion 22 whereby they may sealingly engage with one another.
the number of components which require to be moulded is two, that is the container 10 and the closure member 13, whereas, for- example, in our copending British earlier patent application 26013/78 three separate parts are required.
a further advantage is that in use, the brush which extends out of the brush holder portion 14 is at an angle which facilitates cleaning of false teeth with the brush.
the container which is general elliptical in horizontal section and the closure member 13 are arranged so that in the open position whereby the lower end of the bore 23 communicates with the channel 17, the angled brush holder portion 14 lies generally along the major axis of the elliptical cross section (when seen in plan view in Figure 7). When closed the brush holder portion lies generally at right angles thereto.
the second embodiment of the invention incorporates all of the advantages of the first embodiment of the invention and in particular that the neck portion of the container has an outwardly tapering inside surface container has on aoutwrdly tapering inside surface portion with a channel being provided in the outwardly tapering inside surface portion.
the neck 12 may form part of a tube rather than the bottie shaped container 10.
Means may also be provided for retaining the brush holder in the open and closed positions. This may be provided by a moulded stud on the neck or brush holder and a cooperating depression on the brush holder or neck respectively.

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EP19790301111 1979-02-13 1979-06-12 Récipient pour liquides et dispositif de fermeture Expired EP0014283B1 (fr)

Applications Claiming Priority (2)

Application Number	Priority Date	Filing Date	Title
GB7905015A GB2041739B (en)	1979-02-13	1979-02-13	Reservoir brush
GB7905015		1979-02-13

Publications (2)

Publication Number	Publication Date
EP0014283A1 true EP0014283A1 (fr)	1980-08-20
EP0014283B1 EP0014283B1 (fr)	1984-04-18

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Application Number	Title	Priority Date	Filing Date
EP19790301111 Expired EP0014283B1 (fr)	1979-02-13	1979-06-12	Récipient pour liquides et dispositif de fermeture

Country Status (5)

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EP (1)	EP0014283B1 (fr)
AU (1)	AU528206B2 (fr)
CA (1)	CA1122549A (fr)
DE (1)	DE2966909D1 (fr)
GB (1)	GB2041739B (fr)

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Publication number	Priority date	Publication date	Assignee	Title
GB2160092A (en) *	1984-05-08	1985-12-18	Alphaplan Ltd	Cleaning device
US5303850A (en) *	1992-07-23	1994-04-19	Colgate-Palmolive Company	Dispensing cap
US5358146A (en) *	1993-10-21	1994-10-25	Gene Stull	Hand-held dispenser with twist-to-open cap
US5746356A (en) *	1996-12-02	1998-05-05	Courtaulds Packaging Inc.	Rotatable spout dispensing tube

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GB189501812A (en) *	1895-01-25	1895-11-30	Leon Paul Tissier	Improvements in Stoppering Bottles and other Vessels.
FR409431A (fr) *		1900-01-01
US3118578A (en) *	1961-04-26	1964-01-21	Pressure Dispensers Inc	Positive action dispensing valve
FR1433967A (fr) *	1965-05-20	1966-04-01	Platmanufaktur Ab	Fermeture de bouteille perfectionnée
US3439843A (en) *	1967-08-14	1969-04-22	Diamond Int Corp	Liquid dispenser having a closure cap
GB1502942A (en) *	1974-03-06	1978-03-08	Gavia Ag	Liquid dispenser

1979
- 1979-02-13 GB GB7905015A patent/GB2041739B/en not_active Expired
- 1979-06-12 AU AU47902/79A patent/AU528206B2/en not_active Ceased
- 1979-06-12 DE DE7979301111T patent/DE2966909D1/de not_active Expired
- 1979-06-12 EP EP19790301111 patent/EP0014283B1/fr not_active Expired
- 1979-07-18 CA CA332,059A patent/CA1122549A/fr not_active Expired

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FR409431A (fr) *		1900-01-01
GB189501812A (en) *	1895-01-25	1895-11-30	Leon Paul Tissier	Improvements in Stoppering Bottles and other Vessels.
US3118578A (en) *	1961-04-26	1964-01-21	Pressure Dispensers Inc	Positive action dispensing valve
FR1433967A (fr) *	1965-05-20	1966-04-01	Platmanufaktur Ab	Fermeture de bouteille perfectionnée
US3439843A (en) *	1967-08-14	1969-04-22	Diamond Int Corp	Liquid dispenser having a closure cap
GB1502942A (en) *	1974-03-06	1978-03-08	Gavia Ag	Liquid dispenser

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Publication number	Publication date
AU4790279A (en)	1980-08-21
EP0014283B1 (fr)	1984-04-18
AU528206B2 (en)	1983-04-21
DE2966909D1 (en)	1984-05-24
CA1122549A (fr)	1982-04-27
GB2041739A (en)	1980-09-17
GB2041739B (en)	1983-01-26

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