US 5,772,080 AGranted

Fixing ring with dual indexing

AssigneeValois SAS

InventorsOlivier de Pous, Claude Jouillat

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Abstract

A fixing ring is provided for fixing a dispenser member on a neck of a receptacle containing a substance to be dispensed. The fixing ring includes a fixing structure for being fixed to the neck and includes a through opening for the top end of the dispenser member. The top end of the dispenser member is adapted to receive an actuator member, and includes an outlet opening for the substance. The fixing ring further includes (1) a first indexing structure cooperating with a first indexing member provided on the neck of the receptacle to fix the angular position of the ring relative to the neck, and (2) a second indexing structure cooperating with a second indexing member on the actuator member to fix the angular position of the actuator member relative to the ring, such that the angular position of the outlet opening of the actuator member is fixed relative to the receptacle.

Claims8

Dependent claims

A combination comprising:

(1) a receptacle containing a substance to be dispensed and having a neck, (2) a dispenser member having a top end to which is mounted an actuator member having an outlet opening, and (3) a fixing ring for fixing said dispenser member on said receptacle neck, said fixing ring including fixing means for attaching said fixing ring to said neck including a through opening for said dispenser member top end, said neck having a first indexing member, said actuator member having a second indexing member, said fixing ring further including first indexing means for cooperating with said first indexing member on said receptacle neck to fix the angular position of the ring relative to the neck, and said fixing ring further including second indexing means for cooperating with said second indexing member to fix the angular position of the actuator member relative to the ring, such that the angular position of the outlet opening of the actuator member is fixed relative to the receptacle.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 08/692,798Filed 30 Jul 1996
Priority: FR 95 093631 Aug 1995
Granted: 30 Jun 1998
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification7 codes

B05B 11/1049
Sealing or attachment arrangements between pump and container: attachment arrangements comprising a deformable or resilient ferrule clamped or…
B05B 11/1059
Components or details: means for locking a pump or its actuation means in a fixed position
B65D 2215/04
Child-proof means: requiring the combination of different actions in succession
B65D 2251/04
Details relating to container closures: orienting or positioning means