FR2843583A1 - Squeezer for emptying tubes of paste comprises hemi-cylindrical stand with longitudinal slit in the top, slotted key fitting into bore in stand which is turned to roll up tube end - Google Patents

Abstract

The squeezer for emptying tubes (4) of paste (3) comprises a hemi-cylindrical stand (1) with a longitudinal slit in the top. A slotted key (2) is inserted into a bore in the stand and the end of the tube is inserted through the slit in the stand and into the key. The key is then rotated to wind up (6) its end squeeze out the paste.

Description

-1 The present invention aims to maintain the container tubes on

  a support base, for example a toothpaste tube, in the position reached preventing

  whether they unfold or fold after the pressing movement stops.

  It should be noted that the tubes made of flexible materials in which certain food, cosmetic, pharmaceutical, sealing or petroleum products are conditioned, non-exhaustive list, are hardly emptied of their entire content by pressing and folding their body, because the folded part tends to

  resume its initial shape as soon as the manual pressure of the emptying ceases.

  The object of this invention is to remedy this observation and to make the use of container tubes as profitable as possible.

  The device according to the invention consists of a cylinder fitted into a base into which the end opposite the opening of the emptying of a flexible tube is inserted.

  formed by the flattened and crimped part of the tube.

  The tube will be placed on the device by sliding it through the notch made at the end of the cylinder and by a simple operation of a rotating key, the tube, as

  and as it is folded, will be emptied by winding around the device.

  A semi-rigid and flat piece, slid inside the base and in the form of a bridge, will prevent the tube from unwinding due to the pressure between the cylinder

and the bridge-shaped room.

  The accompanying drawings illustrate the invention: - Figure 1 shows the device composed of a support base made of rigid material making it possible to hold and support the tube vertically (4) which is inserted

  to be intended to be emptied of its content.

  - Figure 2 shows the key-shaped cylinder (2) grooved over its entire length and leaving a sufficient incision for the complete passage of the tube. In the

  embodiment of the key, an ear or T-shaped system or the like may be envisaged.

  By screwing the removable cylindrical key clockwise

  shows, the tube will empty without folding releasing the contents of the tube by the simple fact of rotation.

  The product tube is inserted vertically and through the opposite end of the drain opening and, thanks to the neck-shaped notch (7) and located at the end of the key cylinder, the passage to the vertical of the tube in the cylinder, engaged

  in the support base, will be facilitated and will retain all its perpendicularity.

  - Figure 3 shows the vertical product tube (4) placed on the device (1) partially folded and being screwed (6) and releasing the discharge of the product (3) - Figure 4 shows the semi-rigid bridge-shaped part which slides inside the device preventing the product tube from unwinding by the pressure which the bridge-shaped part carries out between the device and the cylindrical key, and thus allowing rotation of the cylinder without blocking it. This

  semi-rigid bridge may or may not be integral with the support base.

  According to use, the shape, the diameter and the material of the tube according to its content, and in order to facilitate the bending for a better emptying of the product, a longer, wider groove or a voluminous base can be provided on the device. -2 The device can be recovered by the user before or after complete emptying of the tube by the simple set of three parts which naturally fit together

with the others.

  It can be supplied in various sizes by the manufacturer of the tubes, by the conditioner, by the packer or distributed in any other way. The device may be sold individually or wholesale by all

  classical, modern or virtual trade routes.

  The shapes, colors, dimensions, materials and constituent materials as well as

  the provisions of this device may vary within the limit of equivalences without changing the general conception of the invention which has just been described.

  In its independent or integral versions, this device is mainly intended to equip all the flexible tubes manufactured in the future which will contain all kinds of non-solid products that are found in the

trade or coming.

  This device can be fixed to the wall by a hook separate or not from the device thus facilitating the gesture, the control of the product in the tube and the manipulation of the key releasing the product inside the tube. This hook can be self-adhesive or fixed to the wall by screws. The coat hook can also be vented directly to the wall or on tiling by means of one or more flexible suction cups 20 fixed under the support base. The device can also be clipped onto a hook fixed to the wall. It can inter alia receive a self-adhesive fixing or

  magnetized for a magnetic support.

  In its independent versions of the tube, this device can be used for all

  holders of unequipped tubes who will acquire them, to properly squeeze these tubes and to use, without loss, all the product contained.

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Claims (7)

  1) Device for easy and total pressing and complete emptying of all flexible tubes containing non-solid products and preventing the emptying folds from redeploying, formed by a cylinder (2) in the form of a hollow cylindrical rotary key (2 ), characterized in that it comprises a rigid support base (1) making it possible to hold the container tubes vertically, and it consists of a removable and grooved cylinder 10 where the lower end of said tube slides. a support which supports the cylinder and the container tube and a semi-rigid bridge-shaped part which slides inside the device 2) Device according to claim 1 characterized in that the base-support can   be fixed to the wall by a hook separate or not from the device thus facilitating the gesture, the control and the manipulation of the key releasing the product inside the tube.   3) Device according to claim 2 characterized in that the base support can   be fixed to the wall by a hook can be self-adhesive.   4) Device any one of claims 2 and 3 characterized in that the   support base can be fixed to the wall by a hook can be fixed to the wall by screws. 20 5) Device according to any one of claims 2, 3 and 4 characterized in that   that the support base can be fixed to the wall by a coat hook can be vented directly to the wall or on tiles using one or more suction cups   flexible fixed under the support base.   6) Device according to any one of claims 2,3,4 and 5 characterized in that the support base can be clipped on the front on a hook fixed to the wall.   7) Device according to claim 2,3,4,5 and 6 characterized in that the soclesupport can be magnetized by a magnetic support.