APTAR FRANCE SAS

A fluid product dispenser comprising a tank and a metering device mounted on the tank, the metering device having a chamber defining an inlet, an abutment, an outlet and a sealing seat, the abutment separated from the sealing seat by a stroke distance; a valve movable inside the chamber over the stroke defined between a rest position, in which the valve is biased by a return force towards the abutment, and an end position, in which the valve is selectively urged onto the sealing seat against the return force by the fluid flowing in the chamber from the inlet to the outlet; and a mechanism for adjusting the stroke of the valve capable of adjusting the stroke distance separating the abutment from the sealing seat. The adjustment mechanism is located in the fluid tank, so that they are inaccessible and cannot be actuated from outside the fluid product dispenser.

Device for delivery of fluid product, having a reservoir containing a dose of fluid product, a system for generating a flow of compressed gas, suitable for generating a flow of compressed gas upon actuation, and an intermediate part connecting the reservoir to the system for generating a flow of compressed gas, and having an actuation mechanism for actuating the device. The reservoir has a movable or deformable part suitable for expelling the fluid product out of the reservoir, the movable or deformable part being actuated by the flow of compressed gas generated upon the actuation, in such a way that the flow of compressed gas does not come into contact with the fluid product.

A dry-powder inhaler having a body containing a chamber and a mouthpiece with a dispensing orifice, a reservoir containing a dose of dry powder and having a lateral outlet opening, the reservoir movable between an non-loaded position and a loaded position, the diameter of the reservoir being less than the diameter of the chamber, so that, in the loaded position, the reservoir can move in the chamber. The body has tangential channels bringing a flow of air tangentially into the chamber; and an actuating member for moving the reservoir from its non-loaded position towards its loaded position. The reservoir has a closure element displaceable and/or deformable relative to the reservoir between closed and open positions of the lateral outlet opening, the closure element being in the closed position when the reservoir is in the non-loaded position, and in the open position when the reservoir is in the loaded position.

Assembly having a fluid product dispenser and an unlocking device. The assembly has a fluid product dispenser (D) having a movable member (F) and a locking system (L) that is switchable between a locking position, in which the movable member (F) is locked and a release position, in which the movable member (F) is unlocked; and an unlocking device (K), separate from the fluid product dispenser (D), that is able to switch the locking system (L) between the locking position and the release position, this unlocking device (K) being an eddy-current-based contactless and remote unlocking device.

Method for producing a spray wall drilled with a network of holes for the pressurised fluid substance to pass through so as to be sprayed in fine droplets. The method includes the steps of (a) moulding a nozzle having a front wall integrally formed with an assembly wall, the assembly wall surrounding the front wall, the front wall having a curved initial configuration upon removal from the mould; (b) drilling the curved front wall with a network of holes having a defined initial orientation; and (c) deforming the drilled curved front wall into a final spray configuration defining a spray wall, the defined initial orientation of the holes being subsequently modified.

A device for dispensing a fluid having a reservoir containing fluid and a dispensing head with a dispensing orifice and a radial flange forming a finger rest during actuation. The reservoir is axially movable relative to the dispensing head during actuation, a stopper/piston is movable in the reservoir to dispense fluid through the dispensing orifice during actuation. The device has a blocking member that blocks axial movement of the reservoir in the dispensing head, the blocking member being movable and/or deformable between a blocking position and a release position. The device has fins on or above the radial flange and movable between a rest position, in which the blocking member is in the blocking position, and a pressing position, in which the blocking member is moved and/or deformed into the release position. The blocking member includes a hollow axial sleeve assembled around the dispensing head, above the radial flange.

A dispenser having a tank, a dispensing head having an axially moveable dispensing port, a dispensing member actuated when the tank is moved upwards, an inner body having a hollow cylinder receiving the dispenser and an axial extension extending downwards, a control module having an electronic board, a motor and a motor wheel, an outer body receiving the inner body and control module, a thrust member in contact with the tank and axially movable on the inner body between rest and actuation positions, a control member attached to the thrust member and axially moving therewith, and a locking ring mounted on the axial extension rotatable between locking and releasing positions. The locking ring is moved by the control module into the locking position with the thrust member to prevent axial movement of latter and into the releasing position with the thrust member to enable axial movement towards the actuation position.

A fluid product dispensing device having a reservoir containing fluid product and dispensing head with a dispensing orifice and a radial flange forming a finger rest during actuation. The reservoir is axially movable relative to the dispensing head, a stopper/piston movable in the reservoir to dispense fluid product. The device has a blocking member blocking axial movement of the reservoir in the dispensing head, the blocking member movable and/or deformable between a blocking position and a release position. The device has fins on or above the radial flange, the fins movable between a rest position, in which the blocking member is in the blocking position, and a pressing position, in which said blocking member is moved and/or deformed into the release position. The blocking member is assembled around the dispensing head, under the radial flange.

Priming cap intended to cover, in a closure position, a dispensing head of a device for dispensing fluid product, the dispensing head having an axial end wall provided with a dispensing orifice, the priming cap having a mechanism for trapping fluid in order, in the closure position, to receive and retain fluid that is dispensed through the dispensing orifice during actuations of priming the dispensing device.

Metering valve having a valve body containing a metering chamber defined by a chamber insert and two annular seals, a valve seal and a chamber seal, the chamber insert having a cylindrical wall, an upper edge cooperating with the valve seal and a lower edge cooperating with the chamber seal, a valve sliding axially in the valve body between rest and dispensing positions. The valve is urged towards its rest position by a spring cooperating with the valve body and with the valve. The upper edge of the chamber insert has an annular cutout formed on the radially inner side of the upper edge so that the width of the upper edge in contact with the valve seal is the same, whatever the width of the cylindrical wall. The metering chamber has a variable volume, in particular between 35 and 65 μl, defined by the axial dimension of the cutout.