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US20050121465A1
US20050121465A1 US11/002,724 US272404A US2005121465A1 US 20050121465 A1 US20050121465 A1 US 20050121465A1 US 272404 A US272404 A US 272404A US 2005121465 A1 US2005121465 A1 US 2005121465A1
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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
    • B65D35/00—Pliable tubular containers adapted to be permanently or temporarily deformed to expel contents, e.g. collapsible tubes for toothpaste or other plastic or semi-liquid material; Holders therefor
    • B65D35/02—Body construction
    • B65D35/04—Body construction made in one piece
    • B65D35/08—Body construction made in one piece from plastics material
    • 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
    • B65D35/00—Pliable tubular containers adapted to be permanently or temporarily deformed to expel contents, e.g. collapsible tubes for toothpaste or other plastic or semi-liquid material; Holders therefor
    • B65D35/24—Pliable tubular containers adapted to be permanently or temporarily deformed to expel contents, e.g. collapsible tubes for toothpaste or other plastic or semi-liquid material; Holders therefor with auxiliary devices
    • B65D35/36—Pliable tubular containers adapted to be permanently or temporarily deformed to expel contents, e.g. collapsible tubes for toothpaste or other plastic or semi-liquid material; Holders therefor with auxiliary devices for applying contents to surfaces

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  • the present invention refers to a container which is configured to allow the storage of a load of liquid or cream product, such as a cream deodorant, and the application of this product to the user's body.
  • a container which is configured to allow the storage of a load of liquid or cream product, such as a cream deodorant, and the application of this product to the user's body.
  • the containers for storing products which consist of a generally cylindrical basic body, having a closed seating base and which is provided with an upper opening defining a nozzle which is generally threaded to receive a cap, said nozzle being dimensioned to allow the user to access and extract, without difficulties, the cream stored inside the basic body.
  • the cream product is removed from the tubular body and applied to the user's skin by his/her hands, which operation presents some inconveniences, such as possible contaminations of the product as a function not only of the hygiene of the user's hand, but of allowing the product to contact the environment when the container is open. Furthermore, with the manual application of the product, the user needs to wash his/her hands at each application as a consequence of the way of use.
  • the container is in the form of a tube, having a product dispensing end opening generally in the form of an axially projecting cylindrical nozzle which is externally threaded and closed by a cap threaded around the cylindrical nozzle.
  • a container construction for storing and applying cream products comprising a single-piece tubular body having a closed basic end and an application end defined by an end wall portion in the approximate form of a substantially spherical and relatively rigid calotte, provided with a dispensing orifice which is closed by a cap being seated and retained onto the tubular body, the cap being preferably provided with an end wall which is shaped to define a support surface onto which the container is seated in the inverted position, with the dispensing orifice turned down.
  • the cap incorporates a sealing means, preferably in the form of an internal axial projection to be fitted into the dispensing orifice to close it when the cap is seated on the tubular body of the container.
  • the cap is retained to the tubular body by the cooperation of a retaining means provided in the end wall of the tubular body with a lock means internally provided in the cap.
  • retaining and locking means can be defined by respective screw threads or by circumferential ribs and grooves that mutually cooperate upon the seating of the cap on the tubular body.
  • tubular bodies made of a flexible material for storing cream or even liquid products, such as the deodorants to be released through the dispensing orifice of the application end in the form of a substantially spherical calotte of the tubular body.
  • This MU8200772-1 solution requires few mounting operations, facilitates the direct application of the product to the user's skin and restricts the exposure of the product to the environment.
  • said basic circumferential region presents a height or an axial extension which is dimensioned to allow the provision of the screw thread.
  • This constructive characteristic increases the height of the rigid region of the calotte that defines the application end, producing two undesirable effects, one of them being the difficulty the user has, through the usual manual operation for resiliently deforming the flexible lateral wall of the tubular body, to achieve such resilient deformation in a sufficient degree to allow said wall to penetrate in the internal region of the spherical calotte and thus promote the discharge of all the remaining amount of the cream still retained in the package.
  • the constructive solution previously proposed by the same applicant presents a cap sealing and retaining arrangement which is applied to containers of liquid products and to deodorant dispensing containers of the roll-on type when the cap is affixed by threading, i.e., by a system that requires more laborious movements from the user to remove and to reclose the cap.
  • both the sealing and the retention means are not adequate for sealing recipients containing a liquid product, such as those of the roll-on type and those provided with an end dispensing orifice, since the internal sealing means of the cap are not pressed against the end wall portion of the tubular body, whether defined by a calotte incorporated in a single piece to the tubular body, or rotatably supported thereon, as it occurs with the end sphere of the roll-on type applicators.
  • liquid or cream products such as deodorants
  • the invention proposed herein is directed to a container for storing and applying liquid or cream products, such as a dispensing container in the form of a tube, bottle or of the roll-on type for liquid or cream deodorant, said container comprising a tubular body having a closed basic end and an application end provided with an end wall portion in the form of a spherical calotte which is incorporated to the tubular body or rotatably supported thereon, and with a product dispensing means, in the form of an orifice in the spherical calotte or a sphere rotatably supported on the application end of the tubular body.
  • the container further comprises a cap, presenting an end wall internally provided with at least one sealing means, and a sidewall, which cap is removably seated and retained against the application end of the tubular body, so that the sealing means blocks the product dispensing means.
  • the tubular body is provided with an annular step adjacent to the application end and turned to the basic end, the sidewall of the cap incorporating, internally, a circumferential rib with its internal diameter being slightly smaller than the external diameter of the annular step, in order to be seated against the latter when subjected to a certain expansive plastic deformation.
  • the annular step and the circumferential rib are shaped so that the resilient memory force of the cap, which is acting on the mutual seating region of the annular step and of the circumferential rib, axially forces the cap against the application end, maintaining the sealing means pressed against the product dispensing means, blocking the latter.
  • the closing arrangement which is generically defined above, allows the cap axial locking means, which present a relatively simple and low cost construction and are easy to handle, to assure a secure and efficient sealing of the liquid or cream dispensing means, whether defined by a dispensing orifice or by a roll-on type sphere.
  • the closing arrangement eliminates the provision of screw threads in the basic region of the spherical calotte, allowing to substantially reduce the height of the latter and consequently its internal volume, whereby the user can easily deform the flexible wall of the tubular body, pressing it inwardly the spherical calotte so as to extract the product which is still retained in the container.
  • FIG. 1 is a lower lateral perspective view of a first construction of the present deodorant container, already containing the product and closed by a cap;
  • FIG. 2 is a lower end view of the tubular body of the container illustrated in FIG. 1 and without the cap;
  • FIG. 3 is a longitudinal diametrical sectional view of the container illustrated in FIG. 1 , with the cap in an exploded position;
  • FIG. 3 a illustrates enlarged details of the application end of the container of FIG. 3 ;
  • FIG. 4 is a longitudinal diametrical sectional view of the same container, closed by the respective cap.
  • FIGS. 5 and 6 are longitudinal diametrical sectional views of two other possible constructions for a container of the roll-on type when closed by a respective cap.
  • the present container comprises, in a first embodiment illustrated in FIGS. 1-4 , a tubular body 10 , generally made of plastic and with a substantially cylindrical contour or with any other cross section, having a closed basic end 11 and an opposite application end 12 , onto which is seated and axially retained a cap 20 provided with an end wall 21 and a sidewall 22 .
  • the tubular body 10 presents a wall thickness which is adequate to render it flexible and easily resiliently deformable when manually pressed by the user.
  • the cap 20 presents a tubular shape, for example with a peripheral contour similar to that of the tubular body 10 at least in the region of the latter that is adjacent to the mounting region of the cap 20 to the application end 12 of said tubular body 10 , said cap 20 being generally, but not necessarily, made of plastic material.
  • the application end 12 of the tubular body 10 is provided with an end wall portion 13 in the form of a relatively rigid spherical calotte, incorporated in a single piece to the tubular body 10 and which is provided with at least one product dispensing means 14 which takes the form of an orifice, which in this case can be central and axial.
  • the end wall portion 13 presents a contour smaller than that of the adjacent portion of the tubular body 10 .
  • the tubular body 10 takes the form of a tube with the basic end 11 presenting, before closing it for retaining the product stored inside the tubular body 10 , a marginal contour matching with that of the tubular body 10 ( FIG. 3 ).
  • this welding occurs according to at least one substantially diametrical rectilinear alignment, allowing the container to be supported, when not in use, by the end wall 21 of the cap 20 .
  • This construction of the tubular body 10 in the form of a tube is particularly adequate to contain cream products.
  • the end wall 21 of the cap 20 is shaped generally in an externally concave manner, so as to define a peripheral annular surface for supporting the container in an inverted position, with the application end 12 turned down.
  • the end wall 21 incorporates, internally, a first sealing means 23 in the form of an axial projection to be fitted in the product dispensing means 14 , in the form of an orifice of the end wall portion 13 of the tubular body 10 , and a second sealing means 24 , in the form of a tubular projection having a free peripheral edge pressed against the end wall portion 13 , around the orifice of the product dispensing means 14 , upon the seating of the cap 20 against the tubular body 10 .
  • the tubular body 10 is provided with an annular step 16 adjacent to the application end 12 and turned to the basic end 11 , whereas the lateral wall 22 of the cap 20 incorporates, internally, a circumferential rib 26 with an internal diameter “d” which is slightly smaller than the external diameter “D” of the annular step 16 , in order to be seated against the latter when subjected to a certain expansive radial resilient deformation.
  • the annular step 16 and the circumferential rib 26 are shaped so that the resilient memory force of the cap 20 , which is acting on the mutual seating region between the annular step 16 and the circumferential rib 26 , axially forces the cap 20 against the application end 12 , maintaining the sealing means 23 , 24 , which are defined by the internal axial and tubular projections of the end wall 21 , pressed against the end wall portion 13 and blocking the product dispensing means 14 .
  • the cap 20 is axially forced to maintain the first sealing means 23 , in the form of an axial projection, fitted in the orifice of the product dispensing means 14 , whereas the second sealing means 24 , in the form of a tubular projection, is maintained pressed against the end wall portion 13 , in the form of a spherical calotte, around the orifice of the product dispensing means 14 .
  • the end wall portion 13 in the form of a spherical calotte has its peripheral edge directly and indirectly united to the peripheral edge of the annular step 16 , which facilitates the fitting and unfitting of the cap 20 in relation to the tubular body 10 .
  • the softening of the edges which join the different cooperating surfaces to define the locking arrangement between the cap and the tubular body tends to make the handling easier to the user.
  • the present container independently of the tubular body 10 being shaped as a tube, a bottle or being of the roll-on type, is preferably constructed with the annular step 16 defining an inclined surface in relation to a plane orthogonal to the axis of the tubular body 10 , in a level which is sufficient to produce, jointly with the resilient memory of the cap and the degree of resilient deformation, an axial force which is adequate to guarantee a secure sealing of the container upon closing the cap.
  • the annular step 16 can have its profile defined by half the profile of a circumferential salience 17 , with a cross section in the form of an externally convex arc of a circle, incorporated to the tubular body 10 adjacent to the end wall portion 13 .
  • the circumferential rib 26 of the cap 20 presents a substantially semicircular convex cross section, which is dimensioned to be seated on the annular step 16 over the circumferential salience 17 of the tubular body 10 upon closing the cap 20 , the circumferential rib 26 being preferably provided close to a free end edge of the sidewall 22 of the cap 20 .
  • the annular step 16 presents and external edge defining a contour which is smaller than that of the portion of tubular body 10 adjacent to the annular step. This construction allows the cross section contour of the cap 20 to be contained in the larger cross section contour of the tubular body 10 .
  • FIGS. 5 and 6 illustrate the application of the invention to a container whose tubular body 10 takes the form of any cylindrical or tubular bottle, with the application end 12 defining a bearing on which is conveniently seated and retained a product dispensing means 15 in the form of a sphere operating jointly with the application end 12 , the surface portion of the sphere of the product dispensing means 15 , disposed internal to the application end 12 , defining the end wall portion of the tubular body 10 .
  • FIG. 5 and 6 illustrate the application of the invention to a container whose tubular body 10 takes the form of any cylindrical or tubular bottle, with the application end 12 defining a bearing on which is conveniently seated and retained a product dispensing means 15 in the form of a sphere operating jointly with the application end 12 , the surface portion of the sphere of the product dispensing means 15 , disposed internal to the application end 12 , defining the end wall portion of the tubular body 10 .
  • the end wall 21 of the cap 20 incorporates, internally, a sealing means 24 in the form of a tubular projection having a free peripheral edge which is pressed against the sphere of the product dispensing means 15 , forcing the latter to its bearing condition on the application end 12 , in order to block the product dispensing means 15 upon the seating of the cap 20 against the tubular body 10 .
  • the sealing means 24 a takes the form of a spherical concave cradle, whose concave surface is pressed against the sphere of the product dispensing means 15 , forcing it against the application end 12 of the tubular body 10 , blocking the product dispensing means 15 upon the seating of the cap 20 against the tubular body 10 .

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