Packaging and dispensing device including a vacuum-filled container, and a method of manufacture
Patent Information
- Authority / Receiving Office
- US ยท United States
- Patent Type
- Applications(United States)
- Current Assignee / Owner
- LOREAL SA
- Publication Date
- 2001-08-09
- Estimated Expiration
- Not applicable ยท inactive patent
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Abstract
Description
[0001] The present invention relates to a device for packaging and dispensing at least one fluid substance.
[0002] Devices are known for packaging and dispensing a fluid substance that comprise a container for containing said substance and an associated pump, the pump having a pump chamber into which the substance is taken before being delivered to the outside.
[0003] The pump has intake valve-forming means and delivery valve-forming means, respectively upstream and downstream from the pump chamber. The pressure required for expelling the substance from the device is obtained by means of a control rod that is movable in the pump chamber. A dispenser endpiece, such as a pushbutton fitted with a nozzle, is fixed to the control rod before the container is filled.
[0004] When a user presses on the dispenser endpiece, the control rod is pressed down into the pump body and reduces the volume of the pump chamber, causing a predetermined quantity of substance to be dispensed.
[0005] When the us...