Global Patent Index - EP 1080017 B1

EP 1080017 B1 20020807 - SAMPLING-TYPE SPRAYING DEVICE

Title (en)

SAMPLING-TYPE SPRAYING DEVICE

Title (de)

VORRICHTUNG ZUM ZERSTÄUBEN VON PROBEN

Title (fr)

DISPOSITIF DE PULVERISATION DU TYPE ECHANTILLON

Publication

EP 1080017 B1 20020807 (FR)

Application

EP 99919336 A 19990517

Priority

  • FR 9901164 W 19990517
  • FR 9806216 A 19980518

Abstract (en)

[origin: FR2778639A1] The dispenser to spray a liquid sample has a reservoir to hold the liquid and a spray outlet. The reservoir has a flexible wall (131) which can be pressed by a force (F) at right angles to its surface, to compress the reservoir and force the liquid out through the spray nozzle. The flexible wall (131) requires a given pressure level before it can be compressed. The material for the flexible wall (131) has a memory character, to reassert into its original condition when the pressure (F) is released. The flexible wall (131), on compression, forces a constant dosed vol. of the liquid through the nozzle. When at rest, the flexible wall (131) has a convex curvature, which can be depressed sharply and easily into a concave when under pressure (F). The flexible wall has a groove or reinforcement rib (132) to increase rigidity or define its circumference. The reservoir can hold a liquid and a gas, to give a biphase spray action through the nozzle. A jet has a porous retainer to soak in the liquid product, upstream of the spray nozzle. The spray nozzle is hermetically sealed by a button, before use. The reservoir is a thermoplastic shell formed by heat shaping, to give a flexible wall (131) and a protective film. Two shells can be used which, together, form the reservoir.

IPC 1-7

B65D 1/32; B65D 83/00

IPC 8 full level

A45D 37/00 (2006.01); B05B 11/04 (2006.01); B05B 11/06 (2006.01); B65D 1/32 (2006.01); B65D 83/00 (2006.01); A45D 34/04 (2006.01); A45D 40/00 (2006.01)

CPC (source: EP US)

A45D 37/00 (2013.01 - EP US); B05B 11/043 (2013.01 - EP US); B05B 11/048 (2013.01 - EP US); B05B 11/068 (2013.01 - EP US); B65D 1/32 (2013.01 - EP US); B65D 83/0055 (2013.01 - EP US); A45D 40/0087 (2013.01 - EP US); A45D 2200/057 (2013.01 - EP US)

Designated contracting state (EPC)

DE ES FR GB IT

DOCDB simple family (publication)

FR 2778639 A1 19991119; FR 2778639 B1 20000728; AU 3714699 A 19991206; BR 9910440 A 20010102; CN 1144735 C 20040407; CN 1301229 A 20010627; DE 69902467 D1 20020912; DE 69902467 T2 20030410; EP 1080017 A1 20010307; EP 1080017 B1 20020807; ES 2181421 T3 20030216; JP 2002515381 A 20020528; US 2003015605 A1 20030123; US 6460781 B1 20021008; US 6663019 B2 20031216; WO 9959881 A1 19991125

DOCDB simple family (application)

FR 9806216 A 19980518; AU 3714699 A 19990517; BR 9910440 A 19990517; CN 99806316 A 19990517; DE 69902467 T 19990517; EP 99919336 A 19990517; ES 99919336 T 19990517; FR 9901164 W 19990517; JP 2000549510 A 19990517; US 24511702 A 20020917; US 70064201 A 20010322