WO2019020913A1 - Dispositif de distribution d'un produit cosmétique ou de soin comportant des éléments solides rompus lors de la distribution - Google Patents
Dispositif de distribution d'un produit cosmétique ou de soin comportant des éléments solides rompus lors de la distribution Download PDFInfo
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- WO2019020913A1 WO2019020913A1 PCT/FR2018/051864 FR2018051864W WO2019020913A1 WO 2019020913 A1 WO2019020913 A1 WO 2019020913A1 FR 2018051864 W FR2018051864 W FR 2018051864W WO 2019020913 A1 WO2019020913 A1 WO 2019020913A1
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- A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
- A45—HAND OR TRAVELLING ARTICLES
- A45D—HAIRDRESSING OR SHAVING EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT FOR COSMETICS OR COSMETIC TREATMENTS, e.g. FOR MANICURING OR PEDICURING
- A45D34/00—Containers or accessories specially adapted for handling liquid toiletry or cosmetic substances, e.g. perfumes
- A45D34/04—Appliances specially adapted for applying liquid, e.g. using roller or ball
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- A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
- A45—HAND OR TRAVELLING ARTICLES
- A45D—HAIRDRESSING OR SHAVING EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT FOR COSMETICS OR COSMETIC TREATMENTS, e.g. FOR MANICURING OR PEDICURING
- A45D40/00—Casings or accessories specially adapted for storing or handling solid or pasty toiletry or cosmetic substances, e.g. shaving soaps or lipsticks
- A45D40/26—Appliances specially adapted for applying pasty paint, e.g. using roller, using a ball
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- A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
- A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
- A61M—DEVICES FOR INTRODUCING MEDIA INTO, OR ONTO, THE BODY; DEVICES FOR TRANSDUCING BODY MEDIA OR FOR TAKING MEDIA FROM THE BODY; DEVICES FOR PRODUCING OR ENDING SLEEP OR STUPOR
- A61M35/00—Devices for applying media, e.g. remedies, on the human body
- A61M35/003—Portable hand-held applicators having means for dispensing or spreading integral media
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- A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
- A45—HAND OR TRAVELLING ARTICLES
- A45D—HAIRDRESSING OR SHAVING EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT FOR COSMETICS OR COSMETIC TREATMENTS, e.g. FOR MANICURING OR PEDICURING
- A45D2200/00—Details not otherwise provided for in A45D
- A45D2200/05—Details of containers
- A45D2200/054—Means for supplying liquid to the outlet of the container
- A45D2200/055—Piston or plunger for supplying the liquid to the applicator
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- A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
- A45—HAND OR TRAVELLING ARTICLES
- A45D—HAIRDRESSING OR SHAVING EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT FOR COSMETICS OR COSMETIC TREATMENTS, e.g. FOR MANICURING OR PEDICURING
- A45D2200/00—Details not otherwise provided for in A45D
- A45D2200/05—Details of containers
- A45D2200/058—Means for mixing different substances prior to application
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- A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
- A45—HAND OR TRAVELLING ARTICLES
- A45D—HAIRDRESSING OR SHAVING EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT FOR COSMETICS OR COSMETIC TREATMENTS, e.g. FOR MANICURING OR PEDICURING
- A45D2200/00—Details not otherwise provided for in A45D
- A45D2200/10—Details of applicators
- A45D2200/1009—Applicators comprising a pad, tissue, sponge, or the like
- A45D2200/1036—Applicators comprising a pad, tissue, sponge, or the like containing a cosmetic substance, e.g. impregnated with liquid or containing a soluble solid substance
- A45D2200/1045—Applicators comprising a pad, tissue, sponge, or the like containing a cosmetic substance, e.g. impregnated with liquid or containing a soluble solid substance with one or more internal reservoirs, e.g. rupturable microcapsules
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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
- B65D83/00—Containers or packages with special means for dispensing contents
- B65D83/76—Containers or packages with special means for dispensing contents for dispensing fluent contents by means of a piston
- B65D83/761—Containers or packages with special means for dispensing contents for dispensing fluent contents by means of a piston the piston being actuated by a screw-shaft
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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
- B65D83/00—Containers or packages with special means for dispensing contents
- B65D83/76—Containers or packages with special means for dispensing contents for dispensing fluent contents by means of a piston
- B65D83/761—Containers or packages with special means for dispensing contents for dispensing fluent contents by means of a piston the piston being actuated by a screw-shaft
- B65D83/762—Containers or packages with special means for dispensing contents for dispensing fluent contents by means of a piston the piston being actuated by a screw-shaft the contents being forced out through an internal passage in the screw-shaft
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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
- B65D83/00—Containers or packages with special means for dispensing contents
- B65D83/76—Containers or packages with special means for dispensing contents for dispensing fluent contents by means of a piston
- B65D83/767—Containers or packages with special means for dispensing contents for dispensing fluent contents by means of a piston the piston having an integrated dispensing opening
Definitions
- Device for dispensing a cosmetic or care product comprising broken solid elements during dispensing
- Care products include products intended to be applied to the human or animal body to treat or prevent a pathology.
- the invention relates in particular to a device for dispensing and applying such a cosmetic or care product in liquid, semi-fluid or pasty form.
- the particles or balls of such a heterogeneous mixture must however be broken in order to release their contents during the distribution of the mixture, that is to say either during the application of the mixture to the user, or just before this application for example during the migration of the mixture between a reservoir and an applicator.
- the filter member under the pressure of a piston, can cause rupture of the membranes of the balls that interfere with the filter wall at the openings it comprises.
- the aim of the invention is to propose a device for dispensing a cosmetic or liquid or pasty and initially heterogeneous cosmetic product, comprising suspended solid elements, making it possible to maximize and make reliable the quantity of broken solid elements during the dispensing of the product. product, and to homogenize the product, while limiting the risk of clogging.
- the output section of the first stage is for example star.
- the invention also relates to an assembly comprising a device as described above, and a cosmetic or care product comprising suspended solid elements, which can be broken mechanically to release a fluid that they contain, said cosmetic or care product being stored in the tank of the device.
- the solid elements may be substantially spherical balls of diameter less than the maximum dimension of the smaller section of the second stage.
- FIG. 1 shows, in a schematic sectional view, a device for dispensing a product according to one embodiment of the invention
- FIG. 5 represents, in a truncated schematic view, in three dimensions, an example of a second stage of a device for breaking solid elements
- the rotating body 3 is thus designated because it constitutes the element that the user rotates, with respect to the outer drum 2, in order to cause the dispensing of cosmetic product by the device
- the rotating body 3 is hollow and thus defines, with the outer shaft 2 to which it is connected, an interior volume of the dispensing device.
- the device comprises, in the inner volume formed by the rotating body 3 and the outer shaft 2, on the one hand the inner shaft, but also a pierced cylinder 5.
- the pierced cylinder 5 comprises over its entire length, that is to say along its axis of extension coinciding with the main axis (A), a longitudinal duct.
- the device comprises a sleeve 0, extending in the rotating body, which is fixed relative to the outer shaft 2 and which has guides in translation of the ring 71.
- the device for breaking solid elements comprises at least two stages, namely a first stage E1 and a second stage E2.
- the device for breaking solid elements is formed in the guide duct which comprises (or consists of) the central opening 53 of the piston 52 and the duct 51 of the pierced cylinder 5.
- An example of a rupture device, equipping the device of FIGS. 1 and 2, is in particular shown in the three-dimensional sectional view of FIG.
- the conjunction of the effects of the first stage E1 and the second stage E2 allows a burst of a large number of solid elements. For example, if a solid element has its wall weakened but not broken by the first stage E1, it is easily burst by compression in the second stage because of its prior attenuation.
- the solid elements present in the product may have a certain dispersion of their dimensions.
- the first stage E1 can in particular allow the rupture of the larger solid elements, while the second stage E2 allows its breaking of the smaller solid elements, which have not been broken by the first stage E1. Because of the breakage of the largest elements in the first stage E1, the pressure drop that would be related to the obstruction of the section restriction of the second stage E2 by large solid elements is limited.
- the invention can implement, in general, any type of mechanism for the expulsion of the product P via a guide duct in which are formed the two stages of a solid element breaking device.
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Priority Applications (6)
| Application Number | Priority Date | Filing Date | Title |
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| US16/633,851 US11185144B2 (en) | 2017-07-26 | 2018-07-20 | Device for dispensing a cosmetic or care product comprising solid elements that are broken during dispensing |
| EP18752599.3A EP3657979B1 (fr) | 2017-07-26 | 2018-07-20 | Dispositif de distribution d'un produit cosmétique ou de soin comportant des éléments solides rompus lors de la distribution |
| CN201880048724.XA CN110996715B (zh) | 2017-07-26 | 2018-07-20 | 化妆或护理用的制品的分配装置及包括这种装置的组件 |
| KR1020207005569A KR102315153B1 (ko) | 2017-07-26 | 2018-07-20 | 분배 중에 파쇄되는 고체 요소를 포함하는 화장품 또는 의료 제품을 분배하는 디바이스 |
| ES18752599T ES3064245T3 (en) | 2017-07-26 | 2018-07-20 | Device for dispensing a cosmetic or care product comprising solid elements that are broken during dispensing |
| JP2020503974A JP7104470B2 (ja) | 2017-07-26 | 2018-07-20 | 放出の間に破壊された固形要素を含む、化粧品またはケア製品を放出するための器具 |
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| FR1757087A FR3069423B1 (fr) | 2017-07-26 | 2017-07-26 | Dispositif de distribution d'un produit cosmetique ou de soin comportant des elements solides rompus lors de la distribution |
| FR1757087 | 2017-07-26 |
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| WO2019020913A1 true WO2019020913A1 (fr) | 2019-01-31 |
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| PCT/FR2018/051864 Ceased WO2019020913A1 (fr) | 2017-07-26 | 2018-07-20 | Dispositif de distribution d'un produit cosmétique ou de soin comportant des éléments solides rompus lors de la distribution |
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| US (1) | US11185144B2 (fr) |
| EP (1) | EP3657979B1 (fr) |
| JP (1) | JP7104470B2 (fr) |
| KR (1) | KR102315153B1 (fr) |
| CN (1) | CN110996715B (fr) |
| ES (1) | ES3064245T3 (fr) |
| FR (1) | FR3069423B1 (fr) |
| WO (1) | WO2019020913A1 (fr) |
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| WO2022013498A1 (fr) * | 2020-07-15 | 2022-01-20 | L V M H Recherche | Dispositif de conditionnement et de distribution de produit cosmétique comprenant une phase sous forme de billes |
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| FR3133327B1 (fr) | 2022-03-14 | 2024-12-13 | Cinqpats | Flacon-distributeur à pompe pour distribuer une composition fluide, après modification de son état physique, et application à un contenu comprenant une phase fluide continue et au moins une phase discontinue |
| KR102843183B1 (ko) * | 2023-06-19 | 2025-08-06 | (주)일론 | 토출 가이드가 구비된 캡 어셈블리 및 이를 포함하는 화장품 용기 |
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- 2018-07-20 JP JP2020503974A patent/JP7104470B2/ja not_active Expired - Fee Related
- 2018-07-20 US US16/633,851 patent/US11185144B2/en not_active Expired - Fee Related
- 2018-07-20 WO PCT/FR2018/051864 patent/WO2019020913A1/fr not_active Ceased
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| JP2002192005A (ja) * | 2000-12-27 | 2002-07-10 | Yoshino Kogyosho Co Ltd | 粉砕チップ及びその粉砕チップを備えたディスペンサー |
| US20090283545A1 (en) * | 2008-05-14 | 2009-11-19 | Kimball James F | Spray products with particles and improved valve for inverted dispensing without clogging |
| WO2012145003A1 (fr) * | 2011-04-21 | 2012-10-26 | Colgate-Palmolive Company | Dispositif de distribution muni d'un élément de rupture |
| FR2994536A1 (fr) | 2012-08-16 | 2014-02-21 | Capsum | Element de delivrance d'une composition fluide, dispositif de distribution et procede associes |
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| WO2022013498A1 (fr) * | 2020-07-15 | 2022-01-20 | L V M H Recherche | Dispositif de conditionnement et de distribution de produit cosmétique comprenant une phase sous forme de billes |
| FR3112463A1 (fr) * | 2020-07-15 | 2022-01-21 | L V M H Recherche | Dispositif de conditionnement et de distribution de produit cosmétique comprenant une phase sous forme de billes |
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| FR3069423A1 (fr) | 2019-02-01 |
| KR20200033933A (ko) | 2020-03-30 |
| FR3069423B1 (fr) | 2019-09-06 |
| US11185144B2 (en) | 2021-11-30 |
| EP3657979B1 (fr) | 2025-12-31 |
| JP7104470B2 (ja) | 2022-07-21 |
| KR102315153B1 (ko) | 2021-10-20 |
| US20200229576A1 (en) | 2020-07-23 |
| JP2020528319A (ja) | 2020-09-24 |
| EP3657979A1 (fr) | 2020-06-03 |
| CN110996715A (zh) | 2020-04-10 |
| CN110996715B (zh) | 2022-07-12 |
| ES3064245T3 (en) | 2026-04-23 |
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