Dispensing – Movably mounted supply container – Moving relatively to trap – impeller or valve to cause discharge
Patent
1996-11-12
1998-11-03
Derakshani, Philippe
Dispensing
Movably mounted supply container
Moving relatively to trap, impeller or valve to cause discharge
222180, B67D 564
Patent
active
058296425
DESCRIPTION:
BRIEF SUMMARY
The invention relates to a tester and to a tester assembly for spray cosmetics, such as perfume or toilet water ("eau de toilette") for spraying from a bottle provided with a depressible spray valve.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
Until now, perfume or toilet water has been tried out by a purchaser or a user at a point-of-sale or of presentation in one of the two following manners: either the bottle containing the cosmetic in question is handled directly and the valve actuated; or else the spray cosmetic is decanted into a flask forming part of a spray fountain including a drive member.
The first case suffers from the risk of the bottle that is being used for test purposes being stolen and also from lack of practicality. The drawback of the second case is that it requires a large amount of handling and it does not enable the cosmetic to be sprayed in an appropriate zone, e.g. on the back of the user's hand near the wrist.
In both cases, it is observed that in general too much cosmetic is sprayed and a large portion of the sprayed cosmetic is released into the atmosphere which is undesirable for numerous reasons. Finally, in both cases, the trial is unattractive for the purchaser or user.
Document U.S. Pat. No. 4,838,456 discloses a dispenser device for spraying a cosmetic onto the hands of a user. That device comprises a housing having a plurality of walls forming a chamber for the hands and having an opening through which the hands are inserted into the chamber.
The device also includes an L-shaped trigger element having a horizontal arm supported by a pivot, a disk portion disposed in the chamber to come into contact with the hands, and a vertical arm disposed outside the housing. A resilient bracket is fixed to a wall of the housing and includes a cavity for receiving a portion of an aerosol button, and also an orifice through which sprayed cosmetic can pass.
Thus, an upwardly directed force applied to a portion of the disk gives rise to a downwardly directed force on the bracket for actuating the aerosol and to cosmetic being sprayed into said chamber. Nevertheless, that device does not enable the cosmetic to be sprayed effectively on a precise zone of the hand. Also, it is not usable with a bottle.
The state of the art is generally shown by the following documents: U.S. Pat. No. 3,987,935, FB-A-946018, GB-A-906837, and EP-A-567678.
OBJECTS AND SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
The invention seeks to remedy the above-mentioned drawbacks, and to this end it provides a tester for a spray cosmetic such as perfume or toilet water in a bottle provided with a depressible spray valve, the tester comprising: a support and, carried thereby, holding means for holding a bottle; dispenser means for dispensing the cosmetic to be sprayed and comprising a dispenser tube terminated at one end by a dispenser opening and at its other end by an endpiece designed to be removably mounted on the valve; manual control means actuated by the presence of a user's hand when the hand is placed close to a zone of the support identified for that purpose; and drive means controlled by the control means and suitable for pressing the spray valve of the bottle; the dispenser means being at a distance from the control means so that the dispenser opening faces the hand of the user actuating the control means.
According to other characteristics of the invention, the holding means are in the form of a case.
The dispenser tube comprises two contiguous lengths, namely a fixed and rigid length adjacent to the dispenser opening and a deformable and movable length adjacent to the endpiece.
The support includes a panel on the back face of which there is the case, a base plate placed at the end of the panel close to the control zone.
The support also includes a bracket fixed to the support panel adjacent to the dispenser means and capable of serving as a stand for a second bottle of cosmetic to enable the cosmetic to be identified by the user.
The dispenser means are organized to enable the cosmetic to be sprayed or to be dispensed in drops.
The contro
REFERENCES:
patent: 3516424 (1970-06-01), Eagle
patent: 4394934 (1983-07-01), Fegley
patent: 5347998 (1994-09-01), Hodson et al.
Derakshani Philippe
RLB S.A.
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