Patents Assigned to DEFI International
  • Patent number: 5975354
    Abstract: A dispensing capsule for a container, a container incorporating the capsule, and a method of manufacture. The capsule includes a product passage reducer, integral with or mounted fixedly on the container and a cap forming a cover, rotatably mounted with respect to the reducer, the reducer and the cap each being provided with an off-center aperture so as to ensure the opening and closing of the capsule by superposing or offsetting the apertures with respect to each other during cap rotation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 1998
    Date of Patent: November 2, 1999
    Assignee: Defi International
    Inventor: Agnes Goncalves
  • Patent number: 5971226
    Abstract: Control mechanism with at least two side push buttons for the distribution of a product contained in a receptacle. The control mechanism includes an end piece capable of being mounted on an opening of a receptacle and a cap capable of being arranged on the receptacle so as to cover the end piece. The cap is provided with at least one outlet hole for the product. At least two side push buttons, which are also provided on the cap, are diametrically opposed lever action push buttons which are hinged to swing inward and are secured to stops. The cap further includes a mechanism capable of fixing the cap on the receptacle. The end piece is capable of being movably mounted on the opening of the receptacle. The end piece includes at least two diametrically opposed radial support surfaces, on which the stops of the at least two side push buttons are pressed such that a lateral pressure applied on the at least two push buttons causes an axial displacement of the end piece from a closed position to an open position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 1996
    Date of Patent: October 26, 1999
    Assignee: DEFI International
    Inventor: Agnes Goncalves
  • Patent number: 5947331
    Abstract: A dispensing closure for containers. The closure includes a cap which is fixedly mounted in an axial direction with respect to the container, but at least an actuating part thereof is rotatably mounted, and it is provided with at least one passage opening in which an end piece provided with an aperture for dispensing the product is movably mounted between at least a retracted closing position and a projecting open position, while a closure element is equipped with a stopper for closing or opening by the combined structure provided on it, in the cap and on the closure element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 1997
    Date of Patent: September 7, 1999
    Assignee: DEFI International
    Inventor: Agnes Goncalves