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AssigneeValois SAS
InventorsOlivier de Pous, Thierry Faucon, Claude Jouillat
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A device for fixing a metering member having a body, such as a pump, in the neck of a receptacle containing a substance to be dispensed, the body of the metering member having a smaller-diameter portion and a larger-diameter portion the maximum outside diameter of the body being smaller than the inside diameter of the neck the device being characterized in that the housing is formed in the neck of the receptacle, the housing being suitable for receiving a deformable member which, in the assembled state of the fixing device, is deformed and/or compressed in such a manner that it exerts a radial force on the neck and on the body, the force serving to fix the metering member in sealed manner in the neck of the receptacle, the deformable member being placed, prior to assembly, on the smaller-diameter portion and being deformed and/or compressed in the housing during assembly by the larger-diameter portion of the body of the metering member.
A device for fixing a metering member having a body in the neck of a receptacle containing a substance to be dispensed, said body of the metering member having a smaller-diameter portion and a larger-diameter portion, the maximum outside diameter of said body being smaller than the inside diameter of said neck, wherein the housing is formed in said neck of the receptacle, said housing being suitable for receiving a deformable member which, in the assembled state of the fixing device is, deformed and/or compressed in such a manner that it exerts a radial force on said neck and on said body, said force serving to fix the metering member in sealed manner in the neck of the receptacle, said deformable member being placed, prior to assembly, on said smaller-diameter portion and being displaced during assembly, on said larger-diameter portion of the body of the metering member, by being deformed and/or compressed in the housing.
A method of fixing a metering member having a body with a larger diameter top portion and a smaller-diameter bottom portion in the neck of a receptacle containing a substance to be dispensed, said neck having an annular housing, wherein the method comprises the steps of:
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