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EP1098584B1 - Dispositif doseur pour distribuer une substance visqueuse, par exemple, un fluide antiseptique et recipient pour ledit dispositif - Google Patents

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EP1098584B1
EP1098584B1 EP99935186A EP99935186A EP1098584B1 EP 1098584 B1 EP1098584 B1 EP 1098584B1 EP 99935186 A EP99935186 A EP 99935186A EP 99935186 A EP99935186 A EP 99935186A EP 1098584 B1 EP1098584 B1 EP 1098584B1
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47K—SANITARY EQUIPMENT NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; TOILET ACCESSORIES
    • A47K5/00—Holders or dispensers for soap, toothpaste, or the like
    • A47K5/06—Dispensers for soap
    • A47K5/12—Dispensers for soap for liquid or pasty soap
    • A47K5/1202—Dispensers for soap for liquid or pasty soap dispensing dosed volume
    • A47K5/1204—Dispensers for soap for liquid or pasty soap dispensing dosed volume by means of a rigid dispensing chamber and pistons
    • A47K5/1207—Dispensing from the bottom of the dispenser with a vertical piston

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  • the invention relates to a dosing device for dispensing a viscous substance, for instance an antiseptic fluid, and comprising a housing in which a compressible container with viscous substance, a dosing pump of the atomizer type for withdrawing viscous substance from the container, and a control member for the dosing pump movable with respect to the housing and reaching to outside the housing are accommodated, which dosing pump comprises a housing part stationary with respect to the housing and a channel part movable by the control member with respect to the housing part.
  • the invention also relates to a container for such dosing device. See document US-A-5 165 577.
  • a further dosing device of the above type is known from document WO-A-96/21387.
  • the compressible container disclosed therein comprises a multipart valve to be brought by a probe of the, dosing pump from a closed position to an open position, and conversely, thus preventing contamination of the dosing device when placing or removing the container.
  • a movable part thereof is pressed out of a transport snap closure by the probe of the dosing pump, which probe needs to be coupled with the movable part through a further snap closure so as to close the valve and restore the transport snap closure again upon removal of the container.
  • This double snap action sets high standards for the required tolerances between the dosing device, at least the probe thereof, and diverse containers which should successively cooperate with the dosing device in a correct manner.
  • the closure of the container is very tolerance sensitive owing to the fact that the snap connection between probe and movable part is not allowed to break before the transport snap connection is restored, because otherwise leakage is unavoidable.
  • the probe in the open position of the valve the probe must sealingly connect to the valve so as to prevent leakage during use, which still increases the tolerance problems and the resistance during closure of the valve, thus reducing the leakage protection.
  • the object of the invention is to provide a dosing device of the type described in the opening paragraph, which is substantially less tolerance sensitive and, partly as a result, gives more protection against leakage.
  • the dosing pump is undetachably connected with the compressible container in the form of a flexible bag and is provided with a coupling member, with which the housing part is detachably fixed in the housing.
  • the dosing pump used may be a simple atomizer pump made as a mass-produced article, as used on spray cans, perfume bottles, and the like. Characteristic of such a pump is the use in an upright position with the pump at the top of the rigid container, while viscous substance atomized by the pump is replaced by air which can flow into the pump by aeration means and the dispensing channel of the pump is connected with a hose reaching into the bottom of the upright container. Inverted use of such a dosing device leads to the pump becoming ineffective and to leakage via the aeration means.
  • Such leakage can be prevented by closing or omitting the aeration means, which is rendered possible by the use of a compressible container which prevents vacuum drawing and can advantageously be designed as a simple flexible bag to be sealed to the dosing pump. Because such an atomizer pump is a mass-produced article, the cost will hardly be higher as compared with a specific dosing pump incorporated into the housing of the dosing device; the more so as a precision-requiring, separate closing and connecting valve for the container can be omitted. Moreover, from the viewpoint of hygiene placing a new dosing pump with each container has the advantage of a decreased risk of leakage via a worn dosing pump.
  • a piece of cleaning material for instance toilet paper
  • a piece of cleaning material can be pressed from below against the pump control member for wetting by means of pumping with viscous substance, more in particular an antiseptic fluid, after which a toilet seat can be disinfected quickly and hygienically.
  • the housing part and the channel part are arranged concentrically with respect to each other and the coupling member is a flange part arranged on the housing part concentrically with respect to the housing part and the channel part, which flange part is slid into a corresponding slot in the housing, the container with dosing pump can be placed in the housing with a single slid-in movement in such a manner that the dosing pump is fixed ready for use at least in the pump moving direction of the channel part.
  • the dosing pump is controlled by longitudinally moving the channel part with respect to the housing part, which channel part is then also effective as control member.
  • control member has the form of a cap with a central opening surrounded by a conical wall which clampingly engages the outer wall of the channel part, so that by pressing the cap the dosing pump is controlled and a measured amount of viscous fluid is dispensed via the central opening in the cap.
  • control member is slidable between two end positions defined by housing parts.
  • Such a control member exchangeable with respect to the dosing pump and movably arranged in the housing may have any desired form, that is to say it may be optimally adapted to manual control for operating the dosing pump.
  • the compressible container is suspended in the form of a bag to suspension means arranged in the housing, for instance two hook-shaped members which, arranged through openings, can reach into ears formed at the bag.
  • the invention also relates to a compressible container for viscous fluid and intended for use in a dosing device as described above. More in particular, this container consists of a flexible bag for receiving a supply of viscous substance, such as an antiseptic fluid, and which compressible container is designed in the form of a flexible bag and is provided with a dosing pump undetachably connected therewith, which comprises a housing part and a channel part, while the housing part is provided with a coupling member.
  • the dosing pump is preferably of the generally known atomizer type for spray cans, perfume bottles, and the like, while the conventional aeration means are closed or omitted.
  • the dosing device shown in Figs. 1 and 2 comprises a wall mounting part 1 for suspending, by means of hooks 2 mounted on a head part 1a, a flexible bag 3 filled with a viscous substance, in the present case an antiseptic cleaning fluid.
  • a dosing pump 4 rigidly and sealingly connected therewith, which dosing pump 4 will be discussed in further detail with reference to Fig. 3.
  • the dosing pump 4 comprises an open tubular housing part 5 with a first cross-section 5a, a second, smaller cross-section 5b and a third, still smaller cross-section 5c, while at the transition from the second cross-section 5b to the third cross-section 5c a seat is formed for a ball 6, which is pressed towards the seat by means of a spring 7.
  • a seat is formed for a ball 6, which is pressed towards the seat by means of a spring 7.
  • the spring 7 On the side facing away from the ball 6 the spring 7 is clamped on a projection 8 on a flange 9 at the end of a piston rod 10, which is provided with a longitudinal channel 11 merging into a transverse channel 12.
  • the piston rod 10 is provided with a ring flange 13, on which a spring 14 is supported with one end.
  • the other end of the spring 14 presses against a piston 15, which, on the one hand, is slide-fit into the first cross-section 5a of the open tubular housing part 5 and, on the other hand, can slide over the piston rod 10, while the spring 14 presses the piston 15, until it strikes the flange 9, so that the piston 15 closes the transverse channel 12. Furthermore, at the first cross-section 5a the open tubular housing part 5 is provided on its exterior with a supporting flange 16.
  • the supporting flange 16 engages in a half ring groove 17, which forms a protuberance of a half cylindrical recess 18 arranged in foot part 1b of the wall mounting part 1 and partly receiving the open tubular housing part 5 as well as a slid-over bush part 19 of a control cap 20 with a limiting flange 21.
  • the bush part is internally provided, in a manner not shown, with a sleeve part, which clampingly engages around the piston rod 10, receives support from the ring flange 13 and is provided with a central opening discharging into a central recess, likewise not shown, in the control cap 20, the arrangement being such that antiseptic cleaning fluid leaving the longitudinal channel 11 can fall on a cleaning material, for instance a piece of toilet paper, pressed against the bottom of the control cap 20.
  • the foot part 1b To control the dosing pump 4 by means of the control cap 20, the latter is vertically slidably received in the foot part 1b.
  • the foot part 1b adjoining the half cylindrical recess 18, the foot part 1b has a second half cylindrical recess 22 with a radius exceeding that of the limiting flange 21.
  • the second half cylindrical recess 22 adjoins a third half cylindrical recess 23 with a diameter slightly exceeding that of the control cap 20.
  • the height of the second half cylindrical recess 22 is chosen such that the limiting flange can vertically move over the desired distance for control of the dosing pump 4.
  • the height of the third half cylindrical recess 23 is chosen such that the control cap 20 projects below the foot part 1b over a distance sufficient to enable control of the dosing pump 4 by manually pushing the control cap 20 upwardly.
  • two triangular stops 24 are provided.
  • a cover may be provided with one or more projections, which, when the cover is closed, make a vertical line contact with the bush part 19, so that it can vertically but not perpendicularly move.
  • a cover may, for instance, be hingedly attached to the foot part 1b and further be provided with a hinged locking hook, which may engage in a recess 25 in the head part 1a.
  • the spring 7 When removing the wetted piece of cleaning material to clean a toilet seat therewith, the spring 7 will push back the piston rod 10, and the spring 14 will return the piston 15 to the position closing the access to the transverse channel 12.
  • the reduced pressure thereby created in the dosing chamber will withdraw the ball 6 from its seat, so that new fluid is sucked in from the bag 3, the interior of which is in open communication with the cross-section 5c of the dosing pump 4.
  • the decrease in volume thereby caused in the bag 3 is compensated by the contraction of the flexible bag, so that no vacuum can be drawn therein, which would make the pump performance ineffective. Because the connection between the environment and the interior of the bag is closed at the transverse channel 12 by the piston 15, any leakage is effectively prevented. Moreover, a further sealing is present at the ball 6.
  • a deaeration channel is present, as very schematically shown in Fig. 3 by a dashed line.
  • this channel is in open communication with the interior of the container and, on the other hand, in the rest position of the dosing pump this channel is just closed by the piston of the dosing pump. As soon as the piston moves when the dosing pump is operated, the access to the channel will be released.
  • dosing pump Any other type of dosing pump may also be used, for instance a dosing pump with an actuator atomizing the fluid, provided the deaeration of the container is closed or absent and the container consists of a flexible bag, that is to say a container offering no resistance to contraction, and the contents of which conform to the fluid volume.

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  1. Dispositif de dosage destine à distribuer une substance visqueuse, par exemple un fluide antiseptique, et comprenant un boítier (1) dans lequel sont logés un récipient compressible (3) ayant une substance visqueuse, une pompe doseuse (4) du type d'un atomiseur, destinée à extraire la substance visqueuse du récipient (3), et un organe de commande (20) de la pompe doseuse (4), mobile par rapport au boítier (1) et atteignant l'extérieur du boítier (1), la pompe doseuse (4) comprenant une partie de boítier (5) fixe par rapport au boítier (1) et une partie de canal (10) mobile sous l'action de l'organe de commande (20) par rapport à la partie de boítier (5), caractérisé en ce que la pompe doseuse (4) est raccordée de façon non amovible au récipient compressible (3) sous forme d'un sac souple et est munie d'un organe d'accouplement (16) par lequel la partie de boítier (5) est fixée de façon amovible dans le boítier (1).
  2. Dispositif de dosage selon la revendication 1, caractérisé en ce que la partie (5) de boítier et la partie (10) de canal sont placées concentriquement l'une par rapport à l'autre, et l'organe d'accouplement (16) est une partie de flasque disposée sur la partie de boítier (5) concentriquement à la partie de boítier (5) et à la partie de canal (10), la partie de flasque (16) étant glissée dans une fente correspondante (17) formée dans le boítier (1).
  3. Dispositif de dosage selon la revendication 2, caractérisé en ce que l'organe de commande (20) a la forme d'un capuchon ayant une ouverture centrale entourée par une paroi conique qui coopère par serrage avec la paroi externe de la partie de canal (10).
  4. Dispositif de dosage selon la revendication 3, caractérisé en ce que l'organe de commande (20) peut coulisser entre deux positions d'extrémité délimitées par les parties de boítier.
  5. Dispositif de dosage selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, caractérisé en ce que le récipient compressible (3) est suspendu sous forme d'un sac à un dispositif de suspension (2) disposé dans le boítier (1).
  6. Récipient compressible (3) destiné à être utilisé dans un dispositif de dosage selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, le récipient compressible (3) étant réalisé sous la forme d'un sac souple et étant muni d'une pompe doseuse (4) raccordée de façon non amovible à celui-ci, et comprenant une partie de boítier (5) et une partie de canal (10), la partie de boítier (5) étant munie d'un organe d'accouplement (16).
EP99935186A 1998-07-22 1999-07-21 Dispositif doseur pour distribuer une substance visqueuse, par exemple, un fluide antiseptique et recipient pour ledit dispositif Expired - Lifetime EP1098584B1 (fr)

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NL1009710A NL1009710C2 (nl) 1998-07-22 1998-07-22 Doseerinrichting voor het afgeven van een viskeuse stof, bijvoorbeeld een antiseptische vloeistof, en een houder voor een dergelijke doseerinrichting.
NL1009710 1998-07-22
PCT/NL1999/000471 WO2000004812A1 (fr) 1998-07-22 1999-07-21 Dispositif doseur pour distribuer une substance visqueuse, par exemple, un fluide antiseptique et recipient pour ledit dispositif

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