# US 8,739,839 B2 · Refillable travel dispenser > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 8,739,839 B2 - Document ID: US8739839B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 13/554,282 - Filed: 2012-07-20 - Published: 2013-01-24 - Granted: 2014-06-03 - Earliest claimed: 2011-07-21 - Assignees: Aptar France SAS - Applicants: Patrick Muller - Inventors: Patrick Muller - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US8739839B2 ## CPC - B05B 11/0056: {with an additional opening for filling or refilling} - B05B 11/1001: {Piston pumps (B05B11/1087, B05B11/1088, B05B11/109 take precedence)} - B05B 11/0054: {Cartridges, i.e. containers specially designed for easy attachment to or easy removal from the rest of the sprayer (attachment arrangements between pump and container B05B11/1043)} - B05B: SPRAYING APPARATUS; ATOMISING APPARATUS; NOZZLES (spray-mixers with nozzles B01F25/72; processes for applying liquids or other fluent materials to surfaces by spraying B05D) ## Abstract A refillable travel dispenser having a fluid reservoir (1) including a top end that forms a neck (21), and a bottom end that forms a filling orifice (22) that is closed by a valve member (4); a pump (5) mounted on the top end of the reservoir (1); and a pusher mounted on the pump so as to actuate it. The reservoir (1) defines two internal compartments (C1, C2) that communicate with each other via an upper passage (31) situated in the proximity of the top end of the reservoir, and a lower passage (44) that is situated in the proximity of the bottom end of the reservoir, the valve member (4) being movable between a rest first seat (23) that closes the orifice (22) of the reservoir and a filling second seat (34) that closes the lower passage (44) during a filling step for filling the reservoir. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A refillable travel dispenser comprising: a fluid reservoir comprising a top end that forms a neck, and a bottom end that forms a filling orifice that, at rest, is closed by a valve member; a pump that is mounted on the top end of the reservoir so as to take fluid, wherein the pump includes a chamber and wherein the pump is contained at least in part within the reservoir; and a pusher that is mounted on the pump so as to actuate the pump; wherein the reservoir defines two internal compartments outside of the pump and that communicate with each other via at least one upper passage that is situated in the proximity of the top end of the reservoir, and at least one lower passage that is situated in the proximity of the bottom end of the reservoir, the valve member being movable between two seats, a rest first seat that closes the orifice of the reservoir, and a filling second seat that closes the lower passage during a filling step for filling the reservoir. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The dispenser according to claim 1, wherein the lower passage is formed by the valve member. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The dispenser according to claim 1, wherein the compartments are defined by an inner bushing that is disposed in an outer shell, thereby defining an inner compartment and an outer compartment that surrounds the inner compartment, at least in part. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The dispenser according to claim 3, wherein the bushing defines the upper passage. ### Claim 5 (depends on 3) The dispenser according to claim 3, wherein the bushing defines the filling seat of the valve member. ### Claim 6 (depends on 3) The dispenser according to claim 3, wherein the pump mainly communicates with the outer compartment via the lower passage when the valve member closes the filling orifice. ### Claim 7 (depends on 3) The dispenser according to claim 3, wherein the pump communicates with the outer compartment via the upper passage when the lower passage is closed. ### Claim 8 (depends on 3) The dispenser according to claim 3, wherein the pump extends into the inner compartment and includes a dip tube that extends into the proximity of the valve member. ### Claim 9 (depends on 3) The dispenser according to claim 3, wherein the bushing defines an annular bottom edge that forms the filling seat, the bottom edge being disposed at a distance from a top edge of the filling orifice that forms the rest seat, the valve member being movable between the two seats against the force of a spring that urges it into contact with the rest seat. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) The dispenser according to claim 1, wherein the valve member comprises a hollow tube that is slidably engaged inside the bushing, the tube including at least one side opening defining said at least one lower passage, the valve member defining a sealing collar for engaging in leaktight manner against the rest seat, the collar also coming into leaktight contact with the filling seat, the valve member also including a bottom thrust surface for coming into engagement with a thrust pin that is formed by a fluid source. ### Claim 11 (depends on 10) The dispenser according to claim 10, wherein the sealing collar comprises a sealing gasket for compressing in a leaktight manner against the rest seat. ### Claim 12 A refillable travel dispenser comprising: a fluid reservoir comprising a top end that forms a neck, and a bottom end that forms a filling orifice that, at rest, is closed by a valve member; a pump mounted on the top end of the reservoir so as to take fluid; and a pusher mounted on the pump so as to actuate the pump; the reservoir defines two internal compartments outside of the pump and that communicate with each other via an upper passage located at or proximate of the top end of the reservoir, and a lower passage located at or proximate the bottom end of the reservoir, the valve member shuttles between two seats, a rest first seat that closes the orifice of the reservoir, and a filling second seat that closes the lower passage during a filling step for filling the reservoir. ### Claim 13 (depends on 12) The dispenser according to claim 12, wherein the valve member comprises a bottom part that seals against the rest first seat and a top part that seals against the filling second seat. ### Claim 14 (depends on 12) The dispenser according to claim 12, wherein the pump extends at least partially within one of the two internal compartments.