The present invention relates to a package comprising a pressure deformable container and a dispensing head adapted to be ruptured for the dispensing of the contained product, as well as a process for its production.
The invention will find application particularly in the field of packaging cosmetic, pharmaceutical or of food products and for the production of various specimens.
There are already known various single dose packages that can be present in the following forms:
These products give rise to all manner of aesthetic and shape constraints whose more or less wide peripheral welds can be aesthetically unattractive.
Moreover, these products have a very typical aesthetic limited to existing machines and to the production in strips.
Generally speaking, different containers are known with an internal volume closed by a plug adapted to be ruptured and having at the opposite end a filling channel.
The filling channel is generally formed in the same production phase as the container and is closed once filling is completed.
This type of packaging also has applications and shapes that are very limited and require different additional operations for filling (production of a flow channel, filling, closing the flow channel and welding to close the corresponding opening).
The invention permits overcoming the drawbacks of the packages known up to now.
It provides for this purpose a new package which has the advantage of having very few shape constraints.
There can thus be produced packages of very various shapes fulfilling the expectations of marketers and users.
Another advantage of the invention is greatly to reduce the cost of production of such packages.
This factor is particularly important in the face of production of single dose packages in which the cost of production must be as low as possible.
Other objects and advantages will become apparent from the description which follows, relating to a preferred embodiment of the invention.
The present invention relates to a package comprising a pressure deformable container and a head adapted to be ruptured for the dispensing of the contained product, characterized by the fact that the dispensing head comprises a neck secured to the container and delimiting an orifice, and a nozzle secured to the neck, the nozzle and the neck each comprising a bearing surface oriented radially relative to the orifice and adapted to be placed into contact for securement.
According to preferred modifications:
The invention also relates to a process for the production of a package comprising a pressure deformable container and a head adapted to be ruptured for the dispensing of the contained product, for the production of the package, characterized by the fact that it comprises the following steps:
formation of a container with a neck delimiting an orifice;
This process can moreover comprise the following steps:
The accompanying drawings are given by way of example and are not limiting of the invention. They show two embodiments of the invention and will permit easy comprehension of it.
Generally speaking, the package 1 of the invention permits effective assembly of the nozzle 5 and the neck 4 constituting the head. This assembly is carried out by securing two bearing surfaces (one on the neck 4, the other on the nozzle 5) after they come into contact. A welding technique is employed with advantage to this end.
Preferably, the guiding of the nozzle 5 on the neck 4 is ensured during mounting.
This guiding can be effected by co-action of the lateral surfaces of the neck 4 and the nozzle 5 (in particular by the surface of an internal or external skirt 6 on the nozzle 5 and an internal or external wall on the neck 4).
It will be noted that the adjustment between these surfaces can be slightly gripped (to take part in securement) or on the contrary is sliding so as to produce only a simple axial guidance.
There will be described hereafter a first embodiment of the invention.
With reference to
The package 1 moreover comprises a dispensing head 3 closing the pressure deformable container 2 and adapted to be opened for dispensing the product.
As shown in the various figures, no other opening is necessary for carrying out the filling of the container.
The dispensing head 3 is for this purpose made in two parts assembleable once the filling has been completed.
The first part of the dispensing head 3 is constituted by a neck 4 secured to the container and delimiting an opening.
Preferably, the neck 4 is made during the step of production of the container 2 and formed from its material.
The neck 4 defines a projection having an external wall 7 particularly shown in
Moreover, the neck can comprise a rigidifying zone 13 adapted to render more massive the body of the neck 4 and to avoid its untimely deformation during handling.
The dispensing head 3 moreover comprises a nozzle 5 comprising a skirt 6 adapted to co-act (with ungripped adjustment) with the external wall 7 of the neck 4.
The nozzle 5 is thus ensleeved on the neck 4 until it preferably reaches a flange 12 comprising or not a weld bead 11 for the final securement of the skirt 6 on the neck 4.
The welding can be effected by an ultrasonic technique or else by friction.
Any other known form of welding can also be used.
The nozzle 5 also comprises preferably a central portion 8 also visible in the figures and particularly in
The central portion 8 has the purpose of being inserted in the opening formed by the neck 4 and preferably to be applied against the internal wall of this neck.
To facilitate ensleevement, the central portion 8 can have a truncated conical shape.
To permit evacuation of the contained product, the central portion 8 comprises moreover a flow channel 9 opening at one end into the internal volume of the container 2 and closed at its other end.
This closure can be effected by an end zone 10 adapted to be ruptured, of conventional design.
The nozzle 5 will be adapted to the destination of the package.
Particularly, it is possible to calibrate or to arrange the flow channel 9 so as to obtain specific quantity delivery (such as calibrated drops) or of the outlet type of the product (such as a spray).
It is also possible to add or to form in the nozzle an applicator for the product.
The process set forth is adapted to the production of the container 1 described above.
Preferably, the process comprises a step of filling the container 2 after the formation of the container with the neck but before the assembly of the nozzle 5 on the neck 4.
In this way, there is used the same opening for filling as for securement of the dispensing head 3.
The filling and assembly can be effectuated in line by a semiautomatic or automatic machine providing the containers 2, the ink jet marking of the necessary legal notices, filling, providing the nozzles, welding them, particularly by an ultrasonic technique, on the containers 2.
Referring now to
According to this possibility, the flange 12 is internal to the neck 4 and constitutes a bearing surface for the distal end of a skirt 6 adapted to be inserted in the opening of the neck 4.
Preferably, the nozzle 5 comprises moreover a peripheral portion 14 surrounding the junction zone between the neck 4 and the nozzle 5 and covering the distal end of the neck 4.
In this way, the assembled parts are perfectly masked from the outside.
Except for these differences, the package 1 according to this modification could be formed in a way similar to the previously described embodiment.
It will be noted that the bearing surface of the nozzle 5 can also be formed by a flange projecting on the internal wall or external wall and on which the distal end of the neck 4 is applied.
In this light, there will now be described a third embodiment of the invention shown in
In this figure, the welding flange 12 of the neck 4 is constituted by the thickness of the distal end of the neck 4. This end is applied for welding against the flange 17 here formed on the exterior of the skirt 6. In the illustrated case, a peripheral portion 14 is present (as in the second embodiment), which means that the flange 17 is interposed between the skirt 6 and the peripheral portion 14.
Preferably, the co-action of the walls of the neck 4 and of the skirt 6 is provided to preserve an internal reservation 15 isolating the welding zone from the volume for receiving the product of the container 2.
By way of example, there is shown in
There can be formed an incline on the external wall of the skirt 6 without departing from the scope of the invention.
The internal reservation 15 avoids any contamination of the product contained by projections of material produced during the welding operation. Residues of plastic material can thus be produced by the welding, particularly by friction.
A gripped adjustment of the neck 4 and of the bottom of the skirt 6 is not really necessary in order for the reservation 15 to have effect. A slight play can exist.
Such a package and its process of production have the advantage of having high economical value, which multiplies the possible applications particularly for packages sold in multiple quantities such as advertising specimens or various single dose packages.
1. Package
2. Container
3. Head
4. Neck
5. Nozzle
6. Skirt
7. External wall
8. Central portion
9. Flow channel
10. End zone adapted to be ruptured
11. Weld bead
12. Flange
13. Ridigity zone
14. Peripheral portion
15. Internal reservation
16. Incline
17. Flange
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