Patents by Inventor Ludovic Petit

Ludovic Petit has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 9095864
    Abstract: A fluid dispenser unit comprising: a pump (50) comprising a pump body (52) and at least a first piston (51) that slides in leaktight manner in said pump body (52) between a non-dispensing position and a dispensing position; and a spray head (10) that is mounted on said pump (50) and that is movable manually between a rest position, in which said first piston (51) is in a non-dispensing position, and an actuated position, in which said first piston (51) is moved towards its dispensing position, said spray head (10) including a body (11) that defines an expulsion channel (12) and that is provided with a dispenser orifice (1), said body (11) of the spray head including, upstream from said dispenser orifice (1), a spray profile that is adapted to spray the fluid while it is being dispensed, said spray head (10) including a rigid insert (30) that is disposed upstream from said spray profile and having an end surface that forms the end of said spray profile at least in part; said rigid insert (30) being secured to
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2015
    Assignee: APTAR FRANCE SAS
    Inventor: Ludovic Petit
  • Publication number: 20140001213
    Abstract: A fluid dispenser pump including a first piston, a second piston, and a dispenser head with a dispenser orifice, for actuating the pump, a shutter arranged upstream from the dispenser orifice, the shutter movable between closed and open positions. The second piston is formed outside a hollow part and is slidable inside the dispenser head. The first piston is slidable inside the hollow part, the hollow part including an axial opening defined by a radial edge through which passes a stem portion of the shutter. The stem portion is between a proximal radial shoulder and a distal radial shoulder of the shutter, the shutter being moved from its closed position to its open position by the radial edge of the hollow part co-operating with the distal radial shoulder, and being moved from its open position to its closed position by the radial edge co-operating with the proximal radial shoulder.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2012
    Publication date: January 2, 2014
    Applicant: APTAR FRANCE S.A.S.
    Inventor: Ludovic Petit
  • Publication number: 20130181069
    Abstract: A spray head for a fluid dispenser device, including a hollow body having a substantially cylindrical sleeve and extending along a longitudinal axis (A), a substantially radial end wall provided with a spray orifice; and a spray profile upstream from the spray orifice. The spray profile includes at least one channel that is non-radial and/or non-axial relative to the longitudinal axis (A). The head, the spray orifice, and the spray profile are made as a single piece, the spray profile including a central pin, the internal end of the central pin, arranged inside the hollow body, being of shape that is conical or frustoconical, so as to guide the fluid towards the at least one non-radial and/or non-axial channel, the internal end forming an outlet valve.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 7, 2011
    Publication date: July 18, 2013
    Applicant: APTAR FRANCE SAS
    Inventors: Frédéric HELDT, Jean-Marc PARDONGE, Ludovic PETIT
  • Patent number: 8096450
    Abstract: A fluid spray device comprising a reservoir (10) containing fluid; a pump or a valve (20) mounted on the reservoir (10) by means of a fixing ring (30) for selectively dispensing the fluid; and a dispenser head (40) including a dispenser orifice (45), the device further comprising an actuator device (50) that is displaceable between a rest position and a dispensing position, the actuator device (50) being displaced in a direction that is different from the direction in which the fluid is sprayed through the dispenser orifice (45), said fluid spray device being characterized in that said actuator device (50) is formed on the dispenser head (40), and co-operates with the fixing ring (30), or with an element secured thereto, in order to actuate the pump or the valve (20).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2002
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2012
    Assignee: Valois S.A.S.
    Inventors: Serge Herry, Ludovic Petit
  • Patent number: 8016165
    Abstract: A fluid dispenser device including: a reservoir (10); a dispenser head (20) incorporating a dispenser orifice (21); a metering chamber (30); and a piston (40) that is slidable in the metering chamber (30) between a rest position and a dispensing position. The piston (40) is mounted in stationary manner on the reservoir (10) and made integrally with the reservoir (10) and/or with a fastener mechanism (100) adapted to be fastened on the reservoir (10).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2005
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2011
    Assignee: Valois SAS
    Inventors: Antonio Margheritis, Samuel Pruvot, Ludovic Petit, Serge Herry, Christophe Fagot
  • Publication number: 20110133000
    Abstract: A fluid dispenser device comprising: a reservoir (100); a pump (50) that defines a pump chamber (56); a first piston (51) that slides in leaktight manner between a non-dispensing position and a dispensing position; a spray head (10) including a body (11) that defines an expulsion channel (12) and that is provided with a dispenser orifice (1); a closure member (40) that is disposed in said expulsion channel (12) upstream from the dispenser orifice (1), said closure member (40) being movable between a closed position and a non-closing position; and a second piston (57) that co-operates with said closure member (40) in order to move it towards its non-closing position; wherein, in the dispensing position of the first piston (51), said pump chamber (56) is connected to the reservoir (100) in order to equalize the pressures after each actuation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2009
    Publication date: June 9, 2011
    Applicant: VALOIS SAS
    Inventor: Ludovic Petit
  • Patent number: 7954676
    Abstract: A fluid dispenser device including a dispenser head, a piston and an outlet valve. The dispenser head has a body defining a fluid expulsion channel terminated by a dispenser orifice, a rigid insert disposed in the channel, and a shutter element disposed in the channel and displaceable between a closed position and an open position. The shutter element is urged at rest towards its closed position and automatically displaced towards its open position while fluid is dispensed, returning automatically to its closed position. The shutter element forms a single piece with the rigid insert. The rigid insert forms or is secured to the outlet valve and is mechanically displaceable towards its actuated position while the fluid is being expelled, and being automatically returned to its rest position once the fluid has been expelled.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2002
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2011
    Assignee: Valois SAS
    Inventor: Ludovic Petit
  • Publication number: 20110094506
    Abstract: A fluid dispenser device comprising: a body (10); a reservoir (20); a dispenser member (30), such as a pump or a valve, that is mounted on the reservoir (20); and a lateral actuator system (40) that is secured to said body (10); the device further comprising a ring (50) that is mounted on or secured to the reservoir (20), said ring (50) including at least one radial projection (55) that is adapted to co-operate with a movable element (45) of said lateral actuator system (40), the device being characterized in that said at least one projection (55) is beveled with a sloping radial end surface (56).
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2009
    Publication date: April 28, 2011
    Applicant: Valois SAS
    Inventors: Ludovic Petit, Xavier Pottier
  • Publication number: 20100276457
    Abstract: A protective cap for covering, in a closed position, a dispenser head (4) of a fluid dispenser, said head including an end wall (40) incorporating a dispenser orifice (401), and a lateral wall (42), said cap including, on its inside, at least one sealing profile (500, 520) that, in the closed position, co-operates in leaktight manner with the lateral wall (42) of the head (4), in the proximity of said dispenser orifice.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 19, 2008
    Publication date: November 4, 2010
    Applicant: Valois SAS
    Inventors: Ludovic Petit, Xavier Pottier
  • Publication number: 20100032499
    Abstract: A fluid dispenser unit comprising: a pump (50) comprising a pump body (52) and at least a first piston (51) that slides in leaktight manner in said pump body (52) between a non-dispensing position and a dispensing position; and a spray head (10) that is mounted on said pump (50) and that is movable manually between a rest position, in which said first piston (51) is in a non-dispensing position, and an actuated position, in which said first piston (51) is moved towards its dispensing position, said spray head (10) including a body (11) that defines an expulsion channel (12) and that is provided with a dispenser orifice (1), said body (11) of the spray head including, upstream from said dispenser orifice (1), a spray profile that is adapted to spray the fluid while it is being dispensed, said spray head (10) including a rigid insert (30) that is disposed upstream from said spray profile and having an end surface that forms the end of said spray profile at least in part; said rigid insert (30) being secured to
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2007
    Publication date: February 11, 2010
    Applicant: Valois SAS
    Inventor: Ludovic Petit
  • Publication number: 20080029544
    Abstract: A fluid dispenser device comprising: a reservoir (10); a dispenser head (20) incorporating a dispenser orifice (21); a metering chamber (30); and a piston (40) that is slidable in said metering chamber (30) between a rest position and a dispensing position, said piston (40) being mounted in stationary manner on said reservoir (10), said piston being made integrally with said reservoir (10) and/or with fastener means (100) that are adapted to be fastened on said reservoir (10).
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2005
    Publication date: February 7, 2008
    Applicant: VALOIS S.A.S
    Inventors: Antonio Margheritis, Samuel Pruvot, Ludovic Petit, Serge Herry, Christophe Fagot
  • Publication number: 20070034652
    Abstract: The inventive fluid product dispenser comprises a container (10) containing a fluid product, a propellant, a control non-metering valve (20) which is mounted on said container and provided with a valve element displacing between the closed and open positions thereof. Said valve (20) is used for deliver the fluid product when the valve element is maintained in the open position. Said dispenser also comprises a delivering head (30) mounted on said valve element of the valve (20) and provided with a delivering orifice (31) and is characterised in that said head (30) comprises a metering system (32, 33, 34, 35) which delivers an exact and reproducible dose at each actuation of the device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 1, 2004
    Publication date: February 15, 2007
    Applicant: VALOIS S.A.S
    Inventor: Ludovic Petit
  • Patent number: 7172097
    Abstract: A fluid-dispenser pump having a pump body (10) containing a measuring chamber (20) defined between an upper piston (30) sliding in an upper portion (11) of the pump body (10), and a lower piston (40) sliding in a lower portion (12) of the pump body (10). The lower piston (40) co-operates with a spring (50) disposed in the lower portion (12) of the pump body (10). The spring (50) is isolated from any contact with the fluid, and the lower portion (12) of the pump body includes an air-intake (15) enabling air to be admitted and/or expelled during actuation of the pump. Isolation is provided to prevent fluid from penetrating into the air-intake (15).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2002
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2007
    Assignee: Valois S.A.S.
    Inventor: Ludovic Petit
  • Patent number: 7080759
    Abstract: A fluid dispenser device comprising a pump (50) and a dispensing head that comprises a body (1) defining a fluid discharge channel (2) ending in a dispensing orifice (3), a rigid insert (4) being disposed in said discharge channel (2), said rigid insert forming or being secured to the outlet valve of said pump, said fluid dispenser device being characterized in that said dispensing head further comprises a closure element (10) disposed in said discharge channel (2), said closure element (10) being mounted to move and/or to deform between a closure position in which it closes off the discharge channel (2) and a non-closure position in which it does not close off the discharge channel (2), said rigid insert (4) being mounted to move inside said discharge channel (2) between a rest position and an actuating position, said closure element (10) co-operating at one end with said rigid insert (4) and at the other end with said body (1) so that, when the insert (4) is in the rest position, the closure element (10) is
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2001
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2006
    Assignee: Valois S.A.S.
    Inventor: Ludovic Petit
  • Patent number: 7040511
    Abstract: A fluid dispenser pump including a pump body (10), a piston (20) being slidably received in leaktight manner in the pump body (10) to slide between a rest position and a dispensing position, the top edge (11) of the pump body (10) being fixed in a fixing ring (5) serving to assemble the pump to a reservoir (1), an annular sealing gasket (100, 200) being disposed between the pump body (10) and the fixing ring (5), the pump further being provided with a intake air passageway (80) between the reservoir (1) and the atmosphere, the pump being characterized in that a filtration and/or treatment element (100) for filtering and/or treating the intake air is provided in the intake air passageway (80), the filtration element (100) being disposed between the top edge (11) of the pump body and the fixing ring (5).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2000
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2006
    Assignee: Valois S.A.
    Inventor: Ludovic Petit
  • Patent number: 7021503
    Abstract: A metal crimping cap (10) for a fluid dispenser device, said cap (10) acting to fix a dispensing member (20) such as a pump or a valve to the neck (31) of a reservoir (30) containing fluid to be dispensed, said cap (10) having a fixing portion (11) for receiving said dispensing member (20) securely, and a crimping portion (12) which serves to be crimped to the neck (31) of the reservoir (30), said crimping portion (12) being provided with a covering element (15) made of a plastics material and extending over at least a fraction of the inside surface of said crimping portion (12), and over at least a fraction of the outside surface thereof, so that no metal particles are generated before, during and/or after crimping, said cap being characterized in that, on the outside surface of said crimping portion (12) of the cap (10), said covering element (15) is provided with retaining means (18) adapted to co-operate with a pusher to retain said pusher by preventing it from being removed from said dispensing member (2
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2002
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2006
    Assignee: Valois S.A.S.
    Inventor: Ludovic Petit
  • Patent number: 6938802
    Abstract: A dispensing pump for a fluid product, including a pump body (10) in which at least one piston (20, 30) slides, wherein a pump chamber (40) is defined between an input valve (50) and an output valve (60), and the pump body (10) extends towards the inside of a tank (2) through a plunger tube (70), the input valve (50) being sealably connected to the plunger tube (70), the pump having a return spring (5) which brings the pump back towards its rest position, and characterized in that the spring is positioned out of any contact with the fluid product.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2002
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2005
    Assignee: Valois S.A.
    Inventor: Ludovic Petit
  • Patent number: 6929156
    Abstract: A manually-actuated fluid dispenser pump including a pump body (10) and a piston (50) mounted to slide in leaktight manner in the pump body (10) between a rest position and a dispensing position. The piston is provided with a top sealing lip (52) in leaktight contact with the pump body (10). The pump includes an abutment member (80), fitted into the top edge of the pump body (10) and co-operating with the piston (50) to define its rest position. The top lip (52) of the piston (50) is made up of a first lip portion (53) co-operating in leaktight manner with the pump body (10) and of a second lip portion (54) co-operating in leaktight manner with the abutment in the rest position, and wherein the first and second lip portions (53, 54) are substantially parallel and spaced apart radially from each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2003
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2005
    Assignee: Valois Sas
    Inventors: Ludovic Petit, Katia Thomas
  • Patent number: 6918514
    Abstract: A manually-actuated fluid dispenser pump including a pump body (10) and at least one piston (50, 55) mounted to slide in leaktight manner in said pump body (10) between a rest position and a dispensing position, said pump being characterized in that the pump body (10) is frustoconical at least in part so as to modify the radial stresses exerted on said at least one piston (50, 55) between said rest position and said dispensing position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2003
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2005
    Assignee: Valois SAS
    Inventor: Ludovic Petit
  • Publication number: 20050079072
    Abstract: A fluid-dispenser pump comprising a pump body (10) containing a measuring chamber 20 defined between an upper piston (30) sliding in an upper portion (11) of the pump body (10), and a lower piston (40) sliding in a lower portion (12) of the pump body (10), said lower piston (40) co-operating with a spring (50) disposed in said lower portion (12) of the pump body (10), the pump being characterized in that the spring (50) is isolated from any contact with the fluid, the lower portion (12) of the pump body including air-intake means (15) enabling air to be admitted and/or expelled during actuation of the pump, isolation means (60) being provided to prevent fluid from penetrating into said air-intake means (15).
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2002
    Publication date: April 14, 2005
    Inventor: Ludovic Petit