Patent · US Expired

Container for packaging a product and dispensing it under good conditions of cleanliness

US4860933A · kind A · utility

16Cited by
3References
4Claims
0Family size

Assignee

Inventors

Key dates

Filing dateJul 1, 1988
Grant dateAug 29, 1989
Priority date
Expiry dateJul 1, 2008

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB65D83/164
  • WIPO fieldHandling
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

Products having a viscous or pasty consistency, or those dispensed as foams from a container (1) provided with a pushbutton (13) the actuation of which causes the ejection of a dose of product, are never, in practice, completely evacuated from the ejection conduit (14) made in a movable portion (9) bearing the pushbutton (13) and adapted to the outlet of the container (1). Hence they often threaten to escape from this conduit (14) and soil the container (1). To overcome this disadvantage, the invention proposes that the conduit (14) discharge into a chamber (40) defined by a fixed portion (10) attached to the container (1) and with the movable portion (9) comprising a dispensing cap (8); the chamber (40) opens to the outside via an opening (38), and the movable portion (9) includes a needle (27) capable of closing this opening (38) in the position of repose of the pushbutton (13) and of freeing it upon actuation of the pushbutton.

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Objective bibliographic and citation counts.