EP2969845A4 - Soupape d'aérosol ayant des trajets d'écoulements definis - Google Patents

Soupape d'aérosol ayant des trajets d'écoulements definis

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Publication number: EP2969845A4
Authority: EP; European Patent Office
Prior art keywords: flow paths; aerosol valve; defined flow; aerosol; valve
Prior art date: 2013-03-15
Legal status (The legal status is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the status listed.): Granted

Application number

EP14767606.8A

Other languages

German (de)

English (en)

Other versions

EP2969845A1 (fr

EP2969845B1 (fr

Inventor

John B Fore

Michael Paul Downey

Geoffrey Brace

Current Assignee (The listed assignees may be inaccurate. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation or warranty as to the accuracy of the list.)

Precision Valve Corp

Original Assignee

Precision Valve Corp

Priority date (The priority date is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the date listed.)

2013-03-15

Filing date

2014-03-14

Publication date

2016-11-16

2014-03-14 Application filed by Precision Valve Corp filed Critical Precision Valve Corp

2016-01-20 Publication of EP2969845A1 publication Critical patent/EP2969845A1/fr

2016-11-16 Publication of EP2969845A4 publication Critical patent/EP2969845A4/fr

2020-08-05 Application granted granted Critical

2020-08-05 Publication of EP2969845B1 publication Critical patent/EP2969845B1/fr

Status Active legal-status Critical Current

2034-03-14 Anticipated expiration legal-status Critical

Classifications

- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
- B65D—CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES
- B65D83/00—Containers or packages with special means for dispensing contents
- B65D83/14—Containers for dispensing liquid or semi-liquid contents by internal gaseous pressure, i.e. aerosol containers comprising propellant
- B65D83/44—Valves specially adapted for the discharge of contents; Regulating devices
- B65D83/48—Lift valves, e.g. operated by push action
- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
- B65D—CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES
- B65D83/00—Containers or packages with special means for dispensing contents
- B65D83/14—Containers for dispensing liquid or semi-liquid contents by internal gaseous pressure, i.e. aerosol containers comprising propellant
- B65D83/32—Dip-tubes
- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
- B65D—CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES
- B65D83/00—Containers or packages with special means for dispensing contents
- B65D83/14—Containers for dispensing liquid or semi-liquid contents by internal gaseous pressure, i.e. aerosol containers comprising propellant
- B65D83/34—Cleaning or preventing clogging of the discharge passage
- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
- B65D—CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES
- B65D83/00—Containers or packages with special means for dispensing contents
- B65D83/14—Containers for dispensing liquid or semi-liquid contents by internal gaseous pressure, i.e. aerosol containers comprising propellant
- B65D83/44—Valves specially adapted for the discharge of contents; Regulating devices
- B65D83/46—Tilt valves
- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
- B65D—CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES
- B65D83/00—Containers or packages with special means for dispensing contents
- B65D83/14—Containers for dispensing liquid or semi-liquid contents by internal gaseous pressure, i.e. aerosol containers comprising propellant
- B65D83/58—Containers for dispensing liquid or semi-liquid contents by internal gaseous pressure, i.e. aerosol containers comprising propellant with separate inlets for contents and propellant feeding into a duct upstream of the dispensing valve
- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B05—SPRAYING OR ATOMISING IN GENERAL; APPLYING FLUENT MATERIALS TO SURFACES, IN GENERAL
- B05B—SPRAYING APPARATUS; ATOMISING APPARATUS; NOZZLES
- B05B7/00—Spraying apparatus for discharge of liquids or other fluent materials from two or more sources, e.g. of liquid and air, of powder and gas
- B05B7/02—Spray pistols; Apparatus for discharge
- B05B7/04—Spray pistols; Apparatus for discharge with arrangements for mixing liquids or other fluent materials before discharge
- B05B7/0416—Spray pistols; Apparatus for discharge with arrangements for mixing liquids or other fluent materials before discharge with arrangements for mixing one gas and one liquid
- B05B7/0483—Spray pistols; Apparatus for discharge with arrangements for mixing liquids or other fluent materials before discharge with arrangements for mixing one gas and one liquid with gas and liquid jets intersecting in the mixing chamber

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Chemical & Material Sciences (AREA)
Dispersion Chemistry (AREA)
Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
Mechanical Engineering (AREA)
Containers And Packaging Bodies Having A Special Means To Remove Contents (AREA)
Nozzles (AREA)

EP14767606.8A 2013-03-15 2014-03-14 Soupape d'aérosol ayant des trajets d'écoulements definis Active EP2969845B1 (fr)

Applications Claiming Priority (2)

Application Number	Priority Date	Filing Date	Title
US201361798402P	2013-03-15	2013-03-15
PCT/US2014/027630 WO2014152696A1 (fr)	2013-03-15	2014-03-14	Soupape d'aérosol ayant des trajets d'écoulements definis

Publications (3)

Publication Number	Publication Date
EP2969845A1 EP2969845A1 (fr)	2016-01-20
EP2969845A4 true EP2969845A4 (fr)	2016-11-16
EP2969845B1 EP2969845B1 (fr)	2020-08-05

Family

ID=51581287

Family Applications (1)

Application Number	Title	Priority Date	Filing Date
EP14767606.8A Active EP2969845B1 (fr)	2013-03-15	2014-03-14	Soupape d'aérosol ayant des trajets d'écoulements definis

Country Status (11)

Country	Link
US (1)	US20160009481A1 (fr)
EP (1)	EP2969845B1 (fr)
JP (1)	JP6309611B2 (fr)
CN (1)	CN105263820B (fr)
AU (1)	AU2014239287B2 (fr)
BR (1)	BR112015023731A2 (fr)
CA (1)	CA2905990A1 (fr)
ES (1)	ES2829501T3 (fr)
MX (1)	MX2015010781A (fr)
WO (1)	WO2014152696A1 (fr)
ZA (1)	ZA201506144B (fr)

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2014
- 2014-03-14 CN CN201480014970.5A patent/CN105263820B/zh not_active Expired - Fee Related
- 2014-03-14 BR BR112015023731A patent/BR112015023731A2/pt not_active Application Discontinuation
- 2014-03-14 CA CA2905990A patent/CA2905990A1/fr not_active Abandoned
- 2014-03-14 ES ES14767606T patent/ES2829501T3/es active Active
- 2014-03-14 EP EP14767606.8A patent/EP2969845B1/fr active Active
- 2014-03-14 US US14/777,128 patent/US20160009481A1/en not_active Abandoned
- 2014-03-14 JP JP2016502498A patent/JP6309611B2/ja not_active Expired - Fee Related
- 2014-03-14 MX MX2015010781A patent/MX2015010781A/es unknown
- 2014-03-14 AU AU2014239287A patent/AU2014239287B2/en not_active Ceased
- 2014-03-14 WO PCT/US2014/027630 patent/WO2014152696A1/fr not_active Ceased
2015
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Publication number	Publication date
WO2014152696A1 (fr)	2014-09-25
JP6309611B2 (ja)	2018-04-11
US20160009481A1 (en)	2016-01-14
JP2016517374A (ja)	2016-06-16
BR112015023731A2 (pt)	2017-07-18
CA2905990A1 (fr)	2014-09-25
AU2014239287A1 (en)	2015-09-03
MX2015010781A (es)	2016-05-12
ZA201506144B (en)	2019-04-24
CN105263820B (zh)	2017-05-17
EP2969845A1 (fr)	2016-01-20
EP2969845B1 (fr)	2020-08-05
AU2014239287B2 (en)	2018-03-15
ES2829501T3 (es)	2021-06-01
CN105263820A (zh)	2016-01-20

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