WO2024165983A1

WO2024165983A1 - "delivery system"

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Publication number: WO2024165983A1
Application number: PCT/IB2024/051070
Authority: WO
Inventors: Gerolamo PEREGO
Original assignee: Flacon Service S.R.L.
Priority date: 2023-02-09
Filing date: 2024-02-06
Publication date: 2024-08-15
Also published as: IT202300002247A1

Abstract

The present invention relates to a dispensing system (1) comprising a container (2) having a container rail (6) projecting from the container walls (3); wherein said container rail (6) is in a single piece, i.e., in one piece, with the container walls (3); said dispensing system (1) further comprises a wall support (8) which comprises at least one support seat (11); said container rail (6) geometrically couples to said support seat (11) in a sliding manner; said dispensing system (1) further comprising a said snap- connection device (14) arranged between said container rail (6) and said at least one support seat (11); said snap-connection device (14) comprises an elastic lever (15), connected to said wall support (8), from which a nosepiece (16) projects, wherein said container rail (6) comprises a coupling seat (17) adapted to snappingly receive said nosepiece (16).

Description

“Delivery system”

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DESCRIPTION

[001] Technical Field of the Invention

[002] The present invention relates to a dispensing system comprising a container associable with a wall support.

[003] In particular, the present invention relates to a dispensing system where the container is coupled to the wall support so as to prevent the accidental extraction thereof or tampering therewith. [004] The present invention relates, for example, to a dispensing system for dispensing liquid products, such as soap, detergent, and the like.

[005] Background art

[006] Systems for dispensing liquid products are known. These known systems comprise a container, also referred to as a bottle, adapted to contain a fluid, a liquid product, for example. These systems comprise a dispenser, applied to the bottle to dispense the liquid product, for example, by pressing down on a pump mechanism connecting a nozzle with a drawing channel projecting into the container up to the proximity of the bottom thereof. By pressing the pump mechanism, the user extracts the liquid product contained in the container, loads it in a temporary tank, and then dispenses the product through the dispensing nozzle.

[007] These dispensing systems are used in washrooms for dispensing body cleansing products, for example. Therefore, said dispensing systems are positioned on a shelf intended for resting body cleansing products close to a sink. Therefore, the need is primarily felt to reduce the risk of overturning the dispenser or causing it to fall during the actuation of the pump mechanism.

[008] To solve such a drawback at least in part, known dispenser assemblies provided with a fixing system in which the bottle is fixed to a support fixed to the wall, are known.

[009] However, said containers fixing systems according to the prior art are complicated, not very versatile, cumbersome, not very reliable and not aesthetically pleasing because the wall support is visible.

[0010] Moreover, although there is a desire to securely fix the container to the wall support, the need is simultaneously felt to remove the container from the support without complicated operations in order to fill the container when the fluid has run out or to replace the container, for example.

[0011] Further again, known dispensing systems are manufactured with several components which make them complex to manufacture, therefore also easily subject to breaks, and at the same time costly.

[0012] For example, document US10527224B1 describes a dispenser assembly comprising a bottle adapted to contain a liquid product, a dispenser and a fixing system comprising a first plate adapted to be fixed to a wall, a second plate adapted to be fixed to the bottle in a recessed seat of the bottle and coupled to the first plate, and a key adapted to uncouple the first plate from the second plate.

[0013] Although it is satisfactory from certain viewpoints, this known solution is highly complex to make, especially in the bottle thereof which should include a seat with recessed seats for fixing the second plate to the bottle. In addition to being complex to manufacture, this solution is highly difficult to make without making molding imperfections in the bottle visible, thus obligating subsequent covering processing operations of the bottle, such as specific surface screen printing operations, for example, for the sole purpose of concealing the imperfections or the molding effect of the recessed seats in the bottle.

[0014] Also document EP3324805B1 shows a similar solution in which the bottle has a recess adapted to create the coupling with the plate connected to the wall.

[0015] Differently, document US10527224B1 shows a dispenser system including an antitampering bracket used to mount the dispenser on a surface of the wall. This document shows a coupling structure which engages and supports the container in a position adapted to use. The coupling structure can comprise a male-female coupling structure including a vertical rail on one of the brackets or container, and a corresponding vertical slot on the other of the bracket or container. An upper cover opens with a tool or a key, allowing access to the bracket coupling structure. A spring pushes the cover into an open condition and a closing mechanism keeps the cover in a closed and locked condition until it is opened.

[0016] Although it is satisfactory from certain viewpoints, this solution is highly complex to make, especially in the wall support thereof which should include several components such as a cover, a spring, and a snap coupling. In particular, the snap coupling is coupled with a through window placed on the visible side of the wall support, requiring complex production methods with very elaborate molds, both in the number of moving parts and different movement directions thereof.

[0017] Other solutions are known from US5226625A, US813537A, US2021321830A1,

US2005077385A1, GB2427120A, US2013092708A1. However, none of these solutions allows having an assembly that uses a reduced number of components, is each easy to make, and which simultaneously allows ensuring the maximum connection security between the container and the wall support, as well as an anti-tampering ability.

[0018] The solution known from US5975372A shows a container, a wall plate and a cover which are made in separate parts, i.e., as separate components from one another, and held together by locking means, they also made as a separate component. Particularly, the container is shaped to rest entirely, with the surfaces of the outer walls thereof, on the shape of arms of the wall plate, arms which project from the wall plate and end with receiving means of the lower neck of the container so that the container rests, with all its walls, on the arms of the wall plate. This configuration is necessary since this container has a lower opening from which the contained fluid can escape.

[0019] Although it has an integrated design between container and wall plate, this solution consists of several components which can only be made by injection molding, with several undercuts and therefore, highly susceptible to malfunctioning, for example, caused by large resting surfaces between the container and the wall plate arms. In other words, a minimum molding inaccuracy is sufficient for the container not to be capable of being coupled correctly with the arms, or a small molding inaccuracy is sufficient for the four pieces of the assembly (container, wall plate, cover and locking means) not to be capable of cooperating with one another correctly, thus preventing the correct support of the container or the correct locking thereof in the operating position.

[0020] Similarly, the solution known from BE790752A shows a container and wall plate assembly in which the container shows vertical rails and a seat obtained in the wall of the container in which the wall plate inserts an elastic coupling thereof.

[0021] This known solution entrusts the resting and coupling of the container to the elastic coupling element alone, the container thus being particularly insecure and easy to inadvertently uncouple from the wall plate.

[0022] Ob ject and Summary of the Invention

[0023] Therefore, it is the object of the present invention to solve the drawbacks of the prior art and allow having a dispensing system which uses a small number of components and is easy to make and allows simultaneously ensuring the maximum connection security between the container and the wall support, as well as an anti-tampering ability.

[0024] This and other objects are achieved by a container according to claim 1, a wall support according to claim 2, and an assembly according to claim 3 or 4.

[0025] Some advantageous embodiments are the subject of the dependent claims.

[0026] By virtue of the general embodiment and variants described above and further described below, it is possible to obtain the following advantages.

[0027] By virtue of the suggested solutions, it is possible to obtain a dispensing system having a reduced number of components, each easy to make, and simultaneously which allows ensuring the maximum connection security between the container and the wall support, as well as an anti-tampering ability.

[0028] According to an embodiment, the wall support with the elastic lever thereof is made in a single piece by means of a molding process with a simple mold with two half-molds with a single open-close movement, thus avoiding molding components or inserts for making undercut components.

[0029] According to an embodiment, the wall support accommodates the container, for example a bottle for liquids, in the support seat thereof, for example made with two parallel seat ribs which form geometric coupling guides, up to a stable position obtained by the seat abutment surface, as well as by the engagement of the snap-connection device which engages the nosepiece of the wall support in the coupling seat of the container rail, thus preventing the possibility of extracting the bottle without unlocking the snap-connection device with a specific key, for example.

[0030] By virtue of the suggested embodiments, the extraction of the container, by pulling it upwards, is possible only after releasing the container from the nosepiece of the wall support by means of the key, for example. Otherwise, the extraction of the container, by pulling it downwards, is prevented by the provision of the seat abutment surface on which the rail abutment end rests, thus creating significant security and stability of the system.

[0031] By virtue of the suggested embodiments, the release of the nosepiece from the coupling seat of the container rail occurs, for example, with the key and acting horizontally (therefore, transversely to the rail), by means of the at least one, for example, two opposite wall support key openings, for example, placed on the two opposite sides of the wall support, allowing this releasing operation to be performed both on one side, for example to the right of the wall support, and on the opposite side of the wall support, for example the left side, allowing this operation to be performed also in the case two wall supports are placed with the respective containers side-by-side, concealing the access to one of the two opposite wall support key openings.

[0032] By virtue of the suggested embodiments, the wall support can be fixed to the wall by means of both a double-sided adhesive and expansion plug screws. By virtue of the suggested embodiments, the wall support allows receiving up to four fixing screws placed, for example, on the four comers, even if two screws alone, for example, placed diagonally, would be more than sufficient to adequately support the wall support and the fully loaded container on the wall.

[0033] By virtue of the suggested embodiments, when molded, the wall support does not require further finishing, hardening, mounting or gluing, processing, or assembling, making the production operations particularly efficient and quick.

[0034] By virtue of the suggested embodiments, the overall cost of making the wall support will be at least 50% less than those made with the embodiments of the prior art.

[0035] By virtue of the suggested embodiments, in particular of the provision of a flat wall portion of the container close to the container rail, it is possible to position the container against the wall support and very close in the spatial continuity of the shape of the transverse cross section to the longitudinal extension of the container, tightly against the wall, almost as though giving a sense of contact with the wall, making indeed the wall support almost invisible when the container is mounted thereto.

[0036] By virtue of the suggested embodiments, in particular of the provision of a flat wall portion of the container close to the container rail, it is possible to keep a broad surface of the container walls free for screen printing or printing, avoiding the interaction between container rail and wall support from causing a break or deterioration of the screen printing or print.

[0037] Brief Description of the Drawings

[0038] Further features and advantages of the invention will become apparent from the description provided below of preferred embodiments thereof, given by way of non-limiting indication, with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which:

[0039] - Figure 1 shows an axonometric view of a dispensing system comprising a container coupled to a wall support, as well as a key inserted in the wall support to unlock the snap-connection device between the container and the wall support;

[0040] - Figure 2 shows an axonometric view of the dispensing system in Figure 1, in which the key, or unlocking key, has been extracted from the groove of the wall support, leaving the container coupled to the wall support;

[0041] - Figure 3 shows an axonometric view of the dispensing system in Figure 2, from the side of the wall support facing the wall;

[0042] - Figure 4 shows an axonometric view of the dispensing system in Figure 2 in which the container has been extracted from the support seat and the side of the wall support facing the container is shown;

[0043] - Figure 5 is an axonometric view of the dispensing system in Figure 4 with separate parts, shown from the side of the wall support facing the wall;

[0044] - Figure 6 shows an axonometric view sectioned along the longitudinal axis of the container, of the dispensing system in Figure 1, in which the key has been removed;

[0045] - Figure 7 shows a detail of the section in Figure 6 highlighting the coupling between the container and the wall support;

[0046] - Figure 8 shows a section of the dispensing system in Figure 1 along the longitudinal axis of the container, the dispensing system in Figure 1 showing the key partially inserted between the elastic lever and the wall support, as well as the container rail;

[0047] - Figure 9 shows an enlargement of Figure 8 highlighting the coupling between the container and the wall support and the key partially inserted between the elastic lever and the wall support, as well as the container rail;

[0048] - Figure 10 shows an axonometric view of the dispensing system in Figure 1, sectioned transverse to the longitudinal axis of the container;

[0049] - Figure 11 shows a local sectional view transverse to the longitudinal axis of the container, of the dispensing system in Figure 1 in a section with the seat rib which forms the support seat;

[0050] - Figure 11 shows a local sectional view transverse to the longitudinal axis of the container, of the dispensing system in Figure 1 in a section with the seat rib which forms the support seat and the support for the elastic coupling lever of the container rail; [0051] - Figures 12 to 14 show a locally sectioned axonometric view, as well as an enlargement of the sectioned part, of a dispensing system in three different releasing steps of the container from the snap-connection device;

[0052] - Figure 16 is an axonometric view with separate parts of a mold for making the wall support in which the half-molds, or the die and the punch, as well as the extractor, are in the open position, thus avoiding to show the supports and the press, and a wall support as extracted from the molding process is shown therebetween.

[0053] Detailed Description of some preferred embodiments of the invention

[0054] The present invention will now be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings to allow those skilled in the art to make and use it. Various changes to the embodiments described will be readily apparent to those skilled in the art and the general principles described can be applied to other embodiments and applications without departing from the scope of protection of the present invention, as defined in the appended claims. Therefore, the present invention should not be considered as limited to the embodiments described and shown, but should be granted the broadest scope of protection in compliance with the features described and claimed.

[0055] Unless otherwise defined, all the technical and scientific terms used herein have the same meaning commonly used by those of ordinary skill in the field to which the present invention pertains. In the case of a conflict, the present description, including the definitions provided, will be binding. Moreover, the examples are merely provided for illustrative purposes, and as such they should not be considered as limiting.

[0056] In order to facilitate the understanding of the embodiments described herein, reference will be made to some specific embodiments and a specific language will be used to describe them. The terminology used herein has the purpose of describing only particular embodiments, and is not intended to limit the scope of the present invention.

[0057] According to an embodiment, a container 2 for a dispensing system 1 comprises container walls 3 delimiting at least one inner container chamber 4 adapted to contain at least one fluid. Said container walls 3 comprise at least one container opening 5 adapted to put said at least one inner container chamber 4 in communication with the outside of the container to dispense said at least one fluid.

[0058] According to an embodiment, said container opening 5 is a single container opening.

[0059] According to an embodiment, said container opening 5 is placed on top, i.e., substantially facing the outside of the inner container chamber 4 with the direction opposite to the direction of attraction of the Earth’s gravity.

[0060] According to an embodiment, said container opening 5 is adapted to receive a dispensing device with a fluid drawing system extending inside said inner container chamber 4. [0061] According to an embodiment, said container walls 3 further comprise a container rail 6 projecting from said container walls 3 away from said at least one inner container chamber 4.

[0062] According to an embodiment, said container rail 6 extends along a longitudinal direction away from said at least one container opening 5.

[0063] According to an embodiment, said container rail 6 comprises a rail abutment end surface 7. [0064] According to an embodiment, said container rail 6 ends with a resting surface forming an end-of-stroke for said container rail 6, thus forming said rail abutment end surface 7.

[0065] According to an embodiment, said container rail 6 is in a single piece, i.e., in one piece, for example, formed by extrusion-blowing together with the container, with the container walls 3.

[0066] According to an embodiment, said dispensing system 1 further comprises a wall support 8. Said wall support 8 comprises at least one fixing surface 9 adapted to rest against a wall 10 to fix said wall support 8 to said wall 10. Said wall support 8 comprises at least one support seat 11 having a longitudinal seat extension and a seat access opening 12.

[0067] According to an embodiment, said wall support 8 comprises at least one seat abutment surface 13.

[0068] According to an embodiment, at least one seat abutment surface 13 is placed at the end of said at least one support seat 11, at least partially closing said at least one support seat 11 on one side.

[0069] According to an embodiment, said seat abutment surface 13 is arranged opposite to said seat access opening 12.

[0070] According to an embodiment, said container rail 6 is adapted to be geometrically coupled to said support seat 11 in a sliding manner through said seat access opening 12.

[0071] According to an embodiment, said container rail 6 couples and slides in said support seat 11 up to abutting the rail abutment end 7 thereof against said seat abutment surface 13.

[0072] According to an embodiment, said dispensing system 1 further comprises a snap-connection device 14. Said snap-connection device 14 is arranged between said container rail 6 and said at least one support seat 11 and is selectively adapted to lock or unlock said container rail 6 in said at least one support seat 11 when the rail abuts with the rail abutment end surface 7 thereof against said seat abutment surface 13.

[0073] According to an embodiment, said snap -connection device 14 comprises an elastic lever 15 from which a nosepiece 16 projects. Said elastic lever 15 is connected to said wall support 8, for example, in a single piece, i.e., in one piece, with said wall support 8.

[0074] According to an embodiment, said container rail 6 comprises a coupling seat 17 adapted to snappingly receive said nosepiece 16.

[0075] According to an embodiment, a wall support 8 for a dispensing system 1 is provided. Said dispensing system 1 further comprises a container 2. Said container 2 comprises container walls 3 delimiting at least one inner container chamber 4 adapted to contain at least one fluid. Said container walls 3 comprise a container rail 6 projecting from said container walls 3.

[0076] According to an embodiment, said wall support 8 comprises at least one fixing surface 9 adapted to rest against a wall 10 to fix said wall support 8 to said wall 10.

[0077] Said wall support 8 comprises at least one support seat 11.

[0078] According to an embodiment, said wall support 8 comprises at least one seat abutment surface 13.

[0079] According to an embodiment, at least one seat abutment surface 13 is placed at the end of said at least one support seat 11, at least partially closing said at least one support seat 11 on one side.

[0080] According to an embodiment, said seat abutment surface 13 is arranged opposite to said seat access opening 12.

[0081] According to an embodiment, said container rail 6 is adapted to be geometrically coupled to said support seat 11 in a sliding manner through said seat access opening 12.

[0082] According to an embodiment, said container rail 6 couples and slides in said support seat 11 up to abutting the rail abutment end 7 thereof against said seat abutment surface 13.

[0083] Said container rail 6 is adapted to be geometrically coupled to said support seat 11 in a sliding manner.

[0084] According to an embodiment, said dispensing system 1 further comprises a snap-connection device 14. Said snap-connection device 14 is arranged between said container rail 6 and said at least one support seat 11. Said snap-connection device 14 is selectively adapted to lock or unlock said container rail 6 in said at least one support seat 11. Said snap -connection device 14 comprises an elastic lever 15 from which a nosepiece 16 projects. Said elastic lever 15 is connected to said wall support 8, for example, in one piece with said wall support 8.

[0085] According to an embodiment, said container rail 6 comprises a coupling seat 16 adapted to snappingly receive said nosepiece 16.

[0086] According to an embodiment, said wall support 8 is entirely made by molding by means of only two half-molds 50, 51 which are moved along a direction substantially orthogonal to said fixing surface 9 to said wall 10, thus avoiding to form undercuts in said wall support 8, with respect to said opening and closing direction of the half-molds 50, 51.

[0087] According to an embodiment of the invention, a dispensing system 1 comprises a container 2 comprising container walls 3 delimiting at least one inner container chamber 4 adapted to contain at least one fluid.

[0088] Said container walls 3 comprise a container rail 6 projecting from said container walls 3. [0089] Said dispensing system 1 further comprising a wall support 8.

[0090] Said wall support 8 comprising at least one fixing surface 9 adapted to rest against a wall 10 to fix said wall support 8 to said wall 10.

[0091] Said wall support 8 comprises at least one support seat 11.

[0092] Said container rail 6 geometrically couples to said support seat 11 in a sliding manner.

[0093] According to an embodiment, said dispensing system 1 further comprises a snap-connection device 14.

[0094] Said snap-connection device 14 is arranged between said container rail 6 and said at least one support seat 11 and selectively locks or unlocks said container rail 6 in said at least one support seat 11.

[0095] Said snap-connection device 14 comprises an elastic lever 15 from which a nosepiece 16 projects, in which said elastic lever 15 is connected to said wall support 8.

[0096] For example, this elastic lever 15 is dimensioned to allow an elastic bending thereof away from said container rail. According to an alternative embodiment, to increase or adjust the elastic action of the lever, for example, an elastic lever spring is placed between the wall support 8 and the elastic lever 15 which constantly biases the elastic lever towards said container rail 6 (Figures 13, 14 and 15).

[0097] Said container rail 6 comprises a coupling seat 16 adapted to snappingly receive said nosepiece 16.

[0098] Said wall support 8 is entirely made by molding by means of only two half-molds 50, 51 which are moved along a direction substantially orthogonal to said fixing surface 9 to said wall 10, thus avoiding to form undercuts in said wall support 8, with respect to said opening and closing direction of the half-molds 50, 51.

[0099] According to an embodiment, Figure 16 shows a mold 38 for making the wall support 8, in which the half-molds, or die 50 and punch 51, as well as extractor 41, are in the open position, thus avoiding to show the supports and the press, and a wall support 8 as extracted from the molding process is shown therebetween.

[00100] In particular, punch 51 comprises an injection punch 42 in which there is obtained at least one guide bushing 43 for guiding at least one die guide column 44 which slides therein when the mold 38 is closed.

[00101] Die 50 comprises the die half-mold 45 supporting the at least one die guide column 44, and in which there is obtained the injection nozzle 46 for injecting the molten material into the mold cavity that will form the wall support 8.

[00102] At the end of the injecting, extractor 41, with the extraction columns 47 thereof, separates the wall support 8 as soon as it is formed from the half-molds.

[00103] According to a general embodiment of the invention, a dispensing system 1 comprises a container 2.

[00104] Said container 2 comprises container walls 3 delimiting at least one inner container chamber 4 adapted to contain at least one fluid.

[00105] Said container walls 3 comprise at least one container opening 5 adapted to put said at least one inner container chamber 4 in communication with the outside of the container to dispense said at least one fluid.

[00106] Said container walls 3 comprise a container rail 6 projecting from said container walls 3 away from said at least one inner container chamber 4.

[00107] Said container rail 6 extends along a longitudinal direction away from said at least one container opening 5.

[00108] Said container rail 6 comprises a rail abutment end surface 7.

[00109] According to an embodiment, said container rail 6 is in a single piece, i.e., in one piece, with the container walls 3.

[00110] Said dispensing system 1 further comprises a wall support 8.

[00111] Said wall support 8 comprises at least one fixing surface 9 adapted to rest against a wall 10 to fix said wall support 8 to said wall 10.

[00112] Said wall support 8 comprises at least one support seat 11 having a longitudinal seat extension and a seat access opening 12 and a seat abutment surface 13.

[00113] Said seat abutment surface 13 is arranged opposite to said seat access opening 12.

[00114] Said container rail 6 is geometrically coupled to said support seat 11 in a sliding manner through said seat access opening 12.

[00115] Said dispensing system 1 further comprising a snap-connection device 14.

[00116] Said snap-connection device 14 is arranged between said container rail 6 and said at least one support seat 11 and selectively locks or unlocks said container rail 6 in said at least one support seat 11 when the rail abuts with the rail abutment end surface 7 thereof against said seat abutment surface 13.

[00117] Said snap-connection device 14 comprises an elastic lever 15 from which a nosepiece 16 projects.

[00118] Said elastic lever 15 is connected to said wall support 8.

[00119] Said container rail 6 comprises a coupling seat 17 adapted to snappingly receive said nosepiece 16.

[00120] According to an embodiment, the container walls 3 are shaped to form said container rail 6.

[00121] According to an embodiment, said support seat 11 is formed by opposed seat ribs 35 which form parallel guides for the container rail and large windows therebetween. [00122] According to an embodiment, said support seat 11 is formed by opposed seat ribs 35 which form parallel guides with interruptions.

[00123] According to an embodiment, said wall support 8 is adapted to be connected to said wall 10 so as to arrange the support seat 11 thereof substantially vertically, i.e., directed substantially according to the direction of attraction of the Earth’s gravity, with said seat access opening 12 on top, i.e., substantially facing the outside of the support seat 11 with direction opposite to the direction of attraction of the Earth’s gravity, and said seat abutment surface 13 below, i.e., at the opposite end of said support seat 11.

[00124] According to an embodiment, said container 2, when coupled to said wall support 8 with the container rail 6 thereof geometrically coupled in said support seat 11, is arranged vertically, i.e., with the container opening 5 thereof placed on top, i.e., substantially facing the outside of the inner container chamber 4 with direction opposite to the direction of attraction of the Earth’s gravity.

[00125] According to an embodiment, said container rail 6 comprises rail coupling surfaces 18.

[00126] According to an embodiment, said rail coupling surfaces 18 are undercut with respect to an approaching direction towards container 2, transverse to the longitudinal extension of said container rail 6.

[00127] According to an embodiment, said container rail 6 comprises a dovetail shape in sections thereof transverse to the longitudinal extension.

[00128] According to an embodiment, said container walls 3 comprise at least one flat wall portion 19 placed close to said container rail 6.

[00129] According to an embodiment, said at least one flat wall portion 19 lies substantially in a plane.

[00130] According to an embodiment, said container walls 3 comprise at least one flat wall portion 19 placed close to said container rail 6.

[00131] According to an embodiment, said at least one flat wall portion 19 lies substantially in a single plane.

[00132] According to an embodiment, said container opening 5 accommodates a dispenser dosing pump 37, for example but not necessarily, a compression pump.

[00133] According to an embodiment, said elastic lever 15 comprises lever reinforcing ribs 20 which adjust the elastic deformation of the elastic lever 15 away from the container rail 6.

[00134] According to an embodiment, said elastic lever 15 comprises lever reinforcing ribs 20 adapted to strengthen the elastic deformation movement of the elastic lever 15 for snappingly coupling the container rail 6 in said coupling seat 17 and elastically deforming it by disengagement, this caused by the insertion of a key 31 adapted to lift it and disengage nosepiece 16 from the support seat 11.

[00135] According to an embodiment, said nosepiece 16 comprises an inclined tooth side 21 which forms an inclined plane facilitating the insertion of the container rail 6 into the support seat 11, deforming said elastic lever 15 away from said container rail 6.

[00136] According to an embodiment, said nosepiece 16 comprises an abutment tooth side 22 which forms an abutment surface abutting against said coupling seat 17 to lock said container rail 6 in the use position.

[00137] According to an embodiment, said container rail 6 comprises a rail chute 23 which forms a chute close to said rail abutment end surface 7 to facilitate the elastic deformation of said elastic lever 15 away from said container 2 by sliding said nosepiece 16 on said rail chute 23 and allowing nosepiece 16 to reach the coupling seat 17.

[00138] According to an embodiment, said coupling seat 17 comprises a side which forms a coupling abutment surface 24 cooperating with said abutment tooth side 22 by locking said container rail 6 coupled to said nosepiece 16.

[00139] According to an embodiment, said coupling seat 17 comprises a side arranged close to said rail abutment end surface 7 which forms a coupling abutment surface 24 cooperating with said abutment tooth side 22 by locking said container rail 6 coupled to said nosepiece 16.

[00140] According to an embodiment, said coupling seat 17 comprises a side which forms a coupling abutment surface 24 cooperating with said abutment tooth side 22 by locking said container rail 6 coupled to said nosepiece 16.

[00141] According to an embodiment, distance D between said abutment tooth side 22 and said seat abutment surface 13 is substantially equal to or slightly greater than distance d between said coupling abutment surface 24 and said rail abutment end surface 7, so that a rail portion between the coupling seat 17 and the rail abutment end surface 7 of the container rail 6 remains blocked between nosepiece 16 and the seat abutment surface 13 of the wall support 8, thus locking container 2 to the wall support 8.

[00142] According to an embodiment, said wall support 8 comprises a support edge 25 which forms walls projecting towards said container 2 and forming container resting surfaces 26 and a wall support compartment 27 to allow the container walls 3 to rest on the wall support 8 and conceal at least one portion of said container rail 6 and said snap-connection device 14.

[00143] According to an embodiment, said wall support compartment 27, when the wall support 8 is coupled to said container 2, is open only with wall support openings 28, 29 facing the opposite side of container 2 and at least one key opening 30.

[00144] According to an embodiment, said wall support 8 comprises fixing seats 33 for receiving fixing means of the wall support 8 to said wall 10, such as fixing screws, for example.

[00145] According to an embodiment, said wall support 8 comprises at least one key opening 30 adapted to insert a key 31 to unlock said snap -connection device 14 and release said container rail 6 for freely extracting it from said support seat 11.

[00146] According to an embodiment, said at least one key opening 30 is a groove which exposes said elastic lever 15 transversely to the elastic deformation direction thereof away from said container 2 and the disengagement of said nosepiece 16 from said coupling seat 17 of the container rail 6.

[00147] According to an embodiment, said at least one key opening 30 is an open groove on opposite sides of said wall support 8.

[00148] According to an embodiment, said key 31 comprises a key end 32 forming a tapered end adapted to be interposed between said wall support 8 and said elastic lever 15 so that as said key end 32 is inserted, said elastic lever 15 moves away from said container 2 up to unlocking said nosepiece 16 from said coupling seat 16 and releasing said container rail 6, thus allowing it to slide freely in said support seat 11.

[00149] According to an embodiment, said elastic lever 15 comprises a portion adapted to cooperate with said key 31 , comprising at least one chute-inclined lever surface 34 adapted to cooperate with said key 31 and allow the insertion and interposition of said key between said wall support 8 or said container rail 6 and said elastic lever 15 to move away said elastic lever 15 from said container 2 and/or said container rail 6.

[00150] According to an embodiment, said wall support 8 is entirely made by molding by means of only two half-molds 50, 51 which are moved along a direction substantially orthogonal to said fixing surface 9 to said wall 10, thus avoiding to form undercuts in said wall support 8, with respect to said opening and closing direction of the half-molds 50, 51.

[00151] According to an embodiment, said container 2 is made by extrusion-blowing.

[00152] The coupling operations between container 2 and the wall support 8 are briefly described below.

[00153] Hereafter, vertical direction substantially means a direction allowing container 2, for example, a bottle for liquids, to avoid the fluid therein contained from being spilled. For example, vertical direction means the direction of attraction of the Earth’s gravity, and “on top” means the parts of the components facing away from the Earth’s attraction, and “below” all the parts of the components facing towards the Earth’s attraction.

[00154] According to any one of the suggested embodiments, the wall support 8 is initially fixed to a wall 10. For example, the wall support 8 is fixed with the fixing surface 9 thereof facing wall 10 and fixed thereto with double-sided adhesive, or by means of screws accommodated in the wall support fixing seats 33 to the wall and inserted into specific plugs placed in holes made in wall 10.

[00155] The wall support 8 is fixed by positioning the support seat 11 thereof vertically, with the seat access opening 12 on top and seat abutment surface 13 below. [00156] Container 2 is then vertically oriented with the container rail 6 aligned parallel to the support seat 11 and placed on top of said seat access opening 12.

[00157] Container 2 is then pushed downward while geometrically coupling the container rail 6 to the support seat 11, sliding the container rail 6 in the support seat 11 up to abutting the rail abutment end surface 7 with the seat abutment surface 13. In this position, nosepiece 16 of the elastic lever 15 will have travelled the rail chute 23, causing the elastic lever 15 to elastically retract and snap coupling the coupling seat 17 of the container rail with nosepiece 16 and locking container 2 in the use position. [00158] If container 2 needs to be extracted from the wall support 8 by means of key 31, the key end 31 is inserted into said at least one wall support key opening 30 up to bringing it between said elastic lever 15 and said container rail 6, in particular bringing the tapered key end 31 in contact with a chute-inclined lever surface 34.

[00159] By causing a reaction on the wall of the wall support key opening 30, for example, in the form of a groove, continuing by inserting key 31, the elastic lever 15 is elastically moved away from the container rail 6, up to causing nosepiece 16 to entirely come out of the coupling seat 17, thus releasing container 2.

[00160] At this point, a vertical extraction action is sufficient and the container rail 6 can be slid upwards along the seat ribs 35 of the support seat 11 and the container 2 can be entirely extracted from the wall support 8.

[00161] In order to meet specific, contingent needs, those skilled in the art may make several changes and adaptations to the above-described embodiments and replace elements with others which are functionally equivalent, without however departing from the scope of the following claims.

REFERENCE SIGNS dispensing system container container walls inner container chamber container opening container rail rail abutment end surface wall support fixing surface wall support seat seat access opening seat abutment surface snap-connection device elastic lever nosepiece coupling seat rail coupling surfaces flat wall portion lever reinforcing ribs inclined tooth side abutment tooth side rail chute coupling abutment surface support edge container resting surfaces wall support compartment wall support openings wall support openings wall support key opening key key end fixing seats of wall support to the wall chute-inclined lever surface 35 seat rib

36 elastic lever spring

37 dispenser dosing pump

38 mold

41 extractor

42 injection punch

43 guide bushing

44 die guide column

45 die half-mold

46 injection nozzle

47 extraction columns

50 first wall support half-mold or die

51 second wall support half-mold or punch

V-V vertical direction

0-0 horizontal direction or direction transverse to vertical direction

D distance between abutment tooth side of the nosepiece and seat abutment surface d distance between coupling abutment surface and rail abutment end surface

Claims

1. A dispensing system (1) container (2), wherein said container (2) comprises container walls (3) delimiting at least one inner container chamber (4) adapted to contain at least one fluid; said container walls (3) comprise at least one container opening (5) adapted to put said at least one inner container chamber (4) in communication with the outside of the container to dispense said at least one fluid; said container walls (3) comprise a container rail (6) projecting from said container walls (3) away from said at least one inner container chamber (4); said container rail (6) extends along a longitudinal direction away from said at least one container opening (5); said container rail (6) is in a single piece, i.e., in one piece, with the container walls (3); wherein said dispensing system (1) further comprises a wall support (8); said wall support (8) comprises at least one fixing surface (9) adapted to rest against a wall (10) to fix said wall support (8) to said wall (10); said wall support (8) comprises at least one support seat (11) having a longitudinal seat extension and a seat access opening (12); wherein said container rail (6) is adapted to be geometrically coupled to said support seat (11) in a sliding manner through said seat access opening (12); said dispensing system (1) further comprises a snap-connection device (14); said snap-connection device (14) is arranged between said container rail (6) and said at least one support seat (11), wherein said snap-connection device (14) comprises an elastic lever (15) from which a nosepiece (16) projects, wherein said elastic lever (15) is connected to said wall support (8); and wherein said container rail (6) comprises a coupling seat (17) adapted to snappingly receive said nosepiece (16); characterized in that said container rail (6) comprises a rail abutment end surface (7); said wall support (8) comprises at least one seat abutment surface (13), wherein said seat abutment surface (13) is arranged opposite to said seat access opening (12); said snap-connection device (14) selectively locks or unlocks said container rail (6) in said at least one support seat (11) when the rail abuts with the rail abutment end surface (7) thereof against said seat abutment surface (13).

2. A dispensing system (1) wall support (8), wherein said dispensing system (1) comprises a container (2) comprising container walls (3) delimiting at least one inner container chamber (4) adapted to contain at least one fluid; said container walls (3) comprise a container rail (6) projecting from said container walls (3); wherein said wall support (8) comprises at least one fixing surface (9) adapted to rest against a wall (10) to fix said wall support (8) to said wall (10); said wall support (8) comprises at least one support seat (11) having a longitudinal seat extension and a seat access opening (12); wherein said container rail (6) is adapted to be geometrically coupled to said support seat (11) in a sliding manner; said dispensing system (1) further comprises a snap-connection device (14); said snap-connection device (14) is arranged between said container rail (6) and said at least one support seat (11) and is selectively adapted to lock or unlock said container rail (6) in said at least one support seat (11); wherein said snap-connection device (14) comprises an elastic lever (15) from which a nosepiece (16) projects, wherein said elastic lever (15) is connected to said wall support (8); and wherein said container rail (6) comprises a coupling seat (16) adapted to snappingly receive said nosepiece (16); wherein said wall support (8) is entirely made by molding by means of only two half-molds (50, 51) which are moved along a direction substantially orthogonal to said fixing surface (9) to said wall (10), thus avoiding to form undercuts in said wall support (8), with respect to said opening and closing direction of the half-molds (50, 51); and wherein said wall support (8) comprises at least one seat abutment surface (13), wherein said seat abutment surface (13) is arranged opposite to said seat access opening (12).

3. A dispensing system (1) comprising a container (2) of a dispensing system (1) according to claim 1 and a wall support (8) of a dispensing system (1) according to claim 2.

4. A dispensing system (1) comprising a container (2) comprising container walls (3) delimiting at least one inner container chamber (4) adapted to contain at least one fluid; said container walls (3) comprise at least one container opening (5) adapted to put said at least one inner container chamber (4) in communication with the outside of the container to dispense said at least one fluid; said container walls (3) comprise a container rail (6) projecting from said container walls (3) away from said at least one inner container chamber (4); said container rail (6) extends along a longitudinal direction away from said at least one container opening (5); said container rail (6) comprises a rail abutment end surface (7); wherein said container rail (6) is in a single piece, i.e., in one piece, with the container walls (3); said dispensing system (1) further comprising a wall support (8); said wall support (8) comprising at least one fixing surface (9) adapted to rest against a wall (10) to fix said wall support (8) to said wall (10); said wall support (8) comprises at least one support seat (11) having a longitudinal seat extension and a seat access opening (12) and a seat abutment surface (13); wherein said seat abutment surface (13) is arranged opposite to said seat access opening (12); wherein said container rail (6) is geometrically coupled to said support seat (11) in a sliding manner through said seat access opening (12); said dispensing system (1) further comprising a snap-connection device (14); said snap-connection device (14) is arranged between said container rail (6) and said at least one support seat (11) and selectively locks or unlocks said container rail (6) in said at least one support seat (11) when the rail abuts with the rail abutment end surface (7) thereof against said seat abutment surface (13); wherein said snap-connection device (14) comprises an elastic lever (15) from which a nosepiece (16) projects, wherein said elastic lever (15) is connected to said wall support (8); and wherein said container rail (6) comprises a coupling seat (17) adapted to snappingly receive said nosepiece (16).

5. A dispensing system (1) according to any one of claims 3 or 4, wherein the container walls (3) are shaped to form said container rail (6); and/or wherein said support seat (11) is formed by opposed seat ribs (35) which form parallel guides for the container rail and large windows therebetween; or wherein said support seat (11) is formed by opposed seat ribs (35) which form parallel guides with interruptions.

6. A dispensing system (1) according to any one of claims 3 to 5, wherein said wall support (8) is adapted to connect to said wall (10) so as to arrange the support seat (11) thereof substantially vertical, i.e., directed substantially according to the direction of attraction of the Earth’s gravity, with said seat access opening (12) on top, i.e., substantially facing the outside of the support seat (11) with direction opposite to the direction of attraction of the Earth’s gravity, and said seat abutment surface (13) below, i.e., at the opposite end of said support seat (11), and wherein said container (2), when coupled to said wall support (8) with the container rail (6) thereof geometrically coupled in said support seat (11), is arranged vertically, i.e., with the container opening (5) thereof placed on top, i.e., substantially facing the outside of the inner container chamber (4) with direction opposite to the direction of attraction of the Earth’s gravity.

7. A dispensing system (1) according to any one of the preceding claims 3 to 6, wherein said container rail (6) comprises rail coupling surfaces (18), wherein said rail coupling surfaces (18) are undercut with respect to an approaching direction towards the container (2), transverse to the longitudinal extension of said container rail (6); or wherein said container rail (6) comprises a dovetail shape in sections thereof transverse to the longitudinal extension.

8. A dispensing system (1) according to any one of the preceding claims 3 to 7, wherein said container walls (3) comprise at least one flat wall portion (19) placed close to said container rail (6), wherein said at least one flat wall portion (19) lies substantially in a plane; or wherein said container walls (3) comprise at least one flat wall portion (19) placed close to said container rail (6), wherein said at least one flat wall portion (19) lies substantially in a single plane.

9. A dispensing system (1) according to any one of the preceding claims 3 to 8, wherein said container opening (5) accommodates a dispenser dosing pump (37), for example but not necessarily, a compression pump.

10. A dispensing system (1) according to any one of the preceding claims 3 to 9, wherein said elastic lever (15) comprises lever reinforcing ribs (20) which adjust the elastic deformation of the elastic lever (15) away from the container rail (6); and/or wherein said elastic lever (15) is in a single piece, i.e., in one piece, with said wall support (8); or said elastic lever (15) comprises lever reinforcing ribs (20) adapted to strengthen the elastic deformation movement of the elastic lever (15) for snappingly coupling the container rail (6) in said coupling seat (17) and elastically deforming it by disengagement, this caused by the insertion of a key (31) adapted to lift it and disengage the nosepiece (16) from the support seat (11).

11. A dispensing system (1) according to any one of the preceding claims 3 to 10, wherein said nosepiece (16) comprises an inclined tooth side (21) which forms an inclined plane facilitating the insertion of the container rail (6) into the support seat (11), deforming said elastic lever (15) away from said container rail (6); and/or wherein said nosepiece (16) comprises an abutment tooth side (22) which forms an abutment surface abutting against said coupling seat (17) to lock said container rail (6) in the use position.

12. A dispensing system (1) according to any one of the preceding claims 3 to 11, wherein said container rail (6) comprises a rail chute (23) which forms a chute close to said rail abutment end surface (7) to facilitate the elastic deformation of said elastic lever (15) away from said container (2) by sliding said nosepiece (16) on said rail chute (23) and allowing the nosepiece (16) to reach the coupling seat (17).

13. A dispensing system (1) according to the preceding claim, wherein said coupling seat (17) comprises a side which forms a coupling abutment surface (24) cooperating with said abutment tooth side (22) by locking said container rail (6) coupled to said nosepiece (16); or said coupling seat (17) comprises a side arranged close to said rail abutment end surface (7) which forms a coupling abutment surface (24) cooperating with said abutment tooth side (22) by locking said container rail (6) coupled to said nosepiece (16); or said coupling seat (17) comprises a side which forms a coupling abutment surface (24) cooperating with said abutment tooth side (22) by locking said container rail (6) coupled to said nosepiece (16); and wherein the distance (D) between said abutment tooth side (22) and said seat abutment surface (13) is substantially equal to or slightly greater than the distance (d) between said coupling abutment surface (24) and said rail abutment end surface (7), so that a rail portion between the coupling seat (17) and the rail abutment end surface (7) of the container rail (6) remains blocked between the nosepiece (16) and the seat abutment surface (13) of the wall support (8), thus locking the container (2) to the wall support (8).

14. A dispensing system (1) according to any one of the preceding claims 3 to 13, wherein said wall support (8) comprises a support edge (25) which forms walls projecting towards said container (2) and forming container resting surfaces (26) and a wall support compartment (27) to allow the container walls (3) to rest on the wall support (8) and conceal at least one portion of said container rail (6) and said snap-connection device (14); and/or wherein said wall support compartment (27), when the wall support (8) is coupled to said container (2), is open only with wall support openings (28, 29) facing the opposite side of the container (2) and at least one key opening (30); and/or wherein said wall support (8) comprises fixing seats (33) for receiving fixing means for the wall support (8) to said wall (10), such as fixing screws, for example.

15. A dispensing system (1) according to any one of the preceding claims 3 to 14, wherein said wall support (8) comprises at least one key opening (30) adapted to insert a key (31) to unlock said snap-connection device (14) and release said container rail (6) for freely extracting it from said support seat (11).

16. A dispensing system (1) according to the preceding claim, wherein said at least one key opening (30) is a groove which exposes said elastic lever (15) transversely to the elastic deformation direction thereof away from said container (2) and the disengagement of said nosepiece (16) from said coupling seat (17) of the container rail (6); and/or wherein said at least one key opening (30) is an open groove on opposite sides of said wall support (8).

17. A dispensing system (1) according to any one of claims 15 or 16, wherein said key (31) comprises a key end (32) which forms a tapered end adapted to be interposed between said wall support (8) and said elastic lever (15) so that as said key end (32) is inserted, said elastic lever (15) moves away from said container (2) up to unlocking said nosepiece (16) from said coupling seat (16) and releasing said container rail (6), thus allowing it to slide freely in said support seat (11); and/or wherein said elastic lever (15) comprises a portion adapted to cooperate with said key (31) comprising at least one chute-inclined lever surface (34) adapted to cooperate with said key (31) and allow the insertion and interposition of said key between said wall support (8) or said container rail (6) and said elastic lever (15) to move away said elastic lever (15) from said container (2) and/or said container rail (6).

18. A dispensing system (1) according to any one of the preceding claims 3 to 17, wherein said wall support (8) is entirely made by molding by means of only two half-molds (50, 51) which are moved along a direction substantially orthogonal to said fixing surface (9) to said wall (10), thus avoiding to form undercuts in said wall support (8), with respect to said opening and closing direction of the half-molds (50, 51); and/or wherein said container (2) is made by extrusion-blowing.

19. A dispensing system (1) comprising a container (2) comprising container walls (3) delimiting at least one inner container chamber (4) adapted to contain at least one fluid; said container walls (3) comprise a container rail (6) projecting from said container walls (3); said dispensing system (1) further comprising a wall support (8); said wall support (8) comprising at least one fixing surface (9) adapted to rest against a wall (10) to fix said wall support (8) to said wall (10); said wall support (8) comprises at least one support seat (11); wherein said container rail (6) is geometrically coupled to said support seat (11) in a sliding manner; said dispensing system (1) further comprising a snap-connection device (14); said snap-connection device (14) is arranged between said container rail (6) and said at least one support seat (11) and selectively locks or unlocks said container rail (6) in said at least one support seat (11); wherein said snap-connection device (14) comprises an elastic lever (15) from which a nosepiece (16) projects, wherein said elastic lever (15) is connected to said wall support (8); and wherein said container rail (6) comprises a coupling seat (16) adapted to snappingly receive said nosepiece (16); wherein said wall support (8) is entirely made by molding by means of only two half-molds (50, 51) which are moved along a direction substantially orthogonal to said fixing surface (9) to said wall (10), thus avoiding to form undercuts in said wall support (8), with respect to said opening and closing direction of the half-molds (50, 51).