Patents Assigned to Valois
  • Publication number: 20060011651
    Abstract: An electronic display device (20) including a display member (21), said device being characterized in that said display member (21) is permanent so that no energy is required to keep the display unchanged, said display device (20) operating without a battery, the energy required to change the display being created by interaction between two elements, such as by friction or by an impact, thereby creating an electric pulse, said pulse being processed by an electronic circuit (25) before being applied to the display member (21) in order to change its display.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2003
    Publication date: January 19, 2006
    Applicant: Valois S.A.S.
    Inventor: Pascal Bruna
  • Patent number: 6983865
    Abstract: A manually-actuated device for dispensing a fluid in liquid or powder form and that comprises a fluid reservoir (10), dispensing means (20) for selectively dispensing the fluid contained in the reservoir (10), a dispensing head (30) provided with a dispensing orifice (31), and an actuating system (40) for manually actuating said dispensing means (20), said device being provided with a cap (50) mounted to move between a rest position, in which it covers the dispensing orifice (31) and prevents the dispensing means (20) from being actuated, and an in-use position, in which it uncovers the dispensing orifice (31) and enables the dispensing means (20) to be actuated, characterized in that said cap (50) is a captive cap and is independent from the actuating system (40).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2003
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2006
    Assignee: Valois SAS
    Inventors: Xavier Cabarroque, Fabien Poulard
  • Publication number: 20050279778
    Abstract: A fluid-dispenser valve (10) comprising a valve body (11), and a valve member (12) slidable in said valve body (11) between a rest position and a dispensing position, said valve (10) including temperature regulator means (12, 20) for limiting cooling of the valve member (12) while the fluid is being dispensed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 10, 2003
    Publication date: December 22, 2005
    Applicant: Valois SAS
    Inventor: Jean-Marc Pardonge
  • Patent number: 6971559
    Abstract: A dispenser for dispensing a fluid, said dispenser comprising: a reservoir (3) containing said fluid and provided with at least one actuating wall (10) on which pressure is exerted to reduce the volume of the reservoir, said reservoir being provided with resilient means (4) suitable for increasing the volume of the reservoir; a dispensing orifice (50) via which the fluid is dispensed as a mixture with a gas, so as to generate a two-phase spray; and a removable closure element (12) for closing the dispensing orifice (50), thereby isolating the reservoir from the outside; said dispenser being characterized in that the resilient means are stressed so that the reservoir defines a minimum volume so long as the closure element (12) closes off the dispensing orifice.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2003
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2005
    Assignee: Valois S.A.
    Inventors: Firmin Garcia, Aline Abergel
  • Patent number: 6964381
    Abstract: A fluid spray device including a reservoir containing fluid, a dispenser head including a dispenser orifice, and an actuator device being on the dispenser head and co-operating with a fixing ring in order to actuate a pump or the valve, said actuator device including at least one actuator element pivotally mounted on said dispenser head, each actuator element including an actuator portion cooperating with said fixing ring, and a presser element on which the user exerts an actuation force, said presser element being pivotally mounted with respect to said dispenser head and extending firstly radially away from said dispenser head, and secondly axially towards the reservoir beyond said fixing ring, said actuator portion being pivotally mounted on said presser element and extending radially and axially towards the fixing ring so as to co-operate with said ring from below, when the device is in the upright position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2002
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2005
    Assignee: Valois SAS
    Inventors: Fabio Stradella, Giuseppe Stradella
  • Patent number: 6948640
    Abstract: A fluid reservoir (1) having a neck (11) defining a substantially cylindrical drum (12) and an opening (110), said neck being externally provided with an external thread (13) serving to co-operate with a ring (21) internally provided with an internal thread (210) having the same pitch as the external thread (13) of the neck, the external thread (13) being provided with locking means (16) to prevent the ring from being unscrewed, said locking means comprising at least one projection (16) situated under the external thread (13) on the path of the internal thread (210), said fluid reservoir being characterized in that said projection (16) comprises a ramp (161) on which the internal thread (210) engages during tightening, and a locking edge (162) at the end of the ramp (161) defining therebeyond a locking wall (163) against which the internal thread (210) abuts in the event of unscrewing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2000
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2005
    Assignee: Valois S.A.
    Inventors: Hervé Pennaneac′h, Marc Prieur
  • Patent number: 6945473
    Abstract: The invention relates to a fluid product dispenser having a reservoir (1) containing a fluid product and a gas, and having an opening (15), a bottom (13), and an actuation wall (11) that is movable to reduce the volume of the reservoir. The dispenser also has a dispensing orifice (22), a plunger tube (4) that extends into the reservoir, and a porous material part (3) that absorbs fluid product by capillary action, and which is placed between the plunger tube and the dispensing orifice (22). The porous material part has a discharge end (31) located in the immediate vicinity of the dispensing orifice (22).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2002
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2005
    Assignee: Valois S.A.S.
    Inventors: Firmin Garcia, Jean-Paul Lecoutre, Alex Millan
  • 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: 6933850
    Abstract: A fluid product distribution device (1) having a body (10) defining an entry passage (11), an actuating rod (13) displaceable in the body, an actuating element (15) coupled to the actuating rod, and a fixation element (17) for fixing the body (10) in an opening (20) of a receptacle (2) containing fluid product. One of the components is provided with an identification unit (3) suitable for delivering information relating to the distribution device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2002
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2005
    Assignee: Valois S.A.S.
    Inventors: Firmin Garcia, Philippe Levillain, Jean-Jacques Ligny
  • 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: 6926174
    Abstract: A fluid dispenser device (10) including a fluid reservoir, a dispensing member such as a pump, a dispensing head (15) provided with a dispensing orifice (16) and with a fixing portion (12, 13), and a safety cap (20) provided with fixing device (30) for fixing the cap (20) to the dispenser device (10), the fixing device (30) being removable in order to take off the cap (20) before the dispenser device (10) is used, the fixing device (30) being removed by a combination of axial pressure on the cap (30) along an axis (X) of the device, and turning the cap (20) about the axis (X), the fluid dispenser device being characterized in that the cap (20) is provided with fixing tabs (31), each of which has a U-shaped end (32), and the fixing portion (12, 13) is provided with a respective axial slot (12) for the U-shaped end (32) of each fixing tab (31), the axial slot (12) being defined by a respective side wall (13) adapted to come into position between the branches of the U-shaped end (32), after the cap (20) has been
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2000
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2005
    Assignee: Valois SAS
    Inventor: Frédéric Heldt
  • 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
  • Patent number: 6913205
    Abstract: The present invention concerns a fluid product distributor comprising a reservoir of fluid product (1), a distribution outlet, a distribution system (2) for distributing fluid product through the distribution outlet, and an activating button (3) to activate the means of distribution. The distribution further comprises a visible reservoir the distribution outlet and the activating button (3) being located on either side of the reservoir (1), such that the reservoir visibly extends between the distribution outlet and the activating button.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2002
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2005
    Assignee: Valois S.A.S.
    Inventors: Gérard Cornet, Firmin Garcia
  • Patent number: 6866168
    Abstract: A manually-actuated fluid dispenser pump including a pump body (10) containing a pump chamber (20), said pump chamber (20) being defined between an inlet valve (30) and an outlet valve (40), a piston (50) being mounted to slide in said pump body (10) between a rest position and a dispensing position for dispensing the fluid contained in the pump chamber, said piston (50) being connected to, and in particular integral with, an actuating rod (60) provided with an expulsion channel (65), said inlet valve (30) including an inlet valve element (31) mounted to move in the pump body (10) and co-operating with said pump body (10) or with an element secured to or integral with said pump body to define the open and the closed positions for said inlet valve (30), said outlet valve (40) including an outlet valve element (41) mounted to move in the pump body (10) and co-operating with said actuating rod (60) or with an element secured to or integral with said actuating rod to define the open and the closed positions for s
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2003
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2005
    Assignee: Valois SAS
    Inventor: Ludovic Petit
  • Patent number: 6863093
    Abstract: The present invention proposes a system and a method for filling a reservoir with fluid, on which system there is mounted a dispenser member. An external fluid source is connected to the dispenser member, and the fluid in the source is sucked into the empty reservoir by the suction which exists in the reservoir after it has been emptied by the dispenser member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2004
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2005
    Assignee: Valois Sas
    Inventors: Firmin Garcia, Jean-Paul Lecoutre
  • Patent number: 6860411
    Abstract: Fluid dispenser device having a body (1), a fluid reservoir (3), a dispensing member, such as a pump or a metering valve having a piston or a valve member that is mounted to move axially, which dispensing member is fitted to the reservoir (3), and an actuating element (5) mounted to move between a rest position and an actuating position, for actuating the dispensing member and thus for selectively dispensing the fluid contained in the reservoir (3). In the fluid dispenser device, the direction in which the actuating element (5) moves is different from, and preferably perpendicular to, the axial direction in which the piston or the valve member of the dispensing member moves.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2001
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2005
    Assignee: Valois S.A.
    Inventor: Guiseppe Stradella
  • Patent number: D503888
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2004
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2005
    Assignee: Valois SAS
    Inventors: Firmin Garcia, Gerard Cornet
  • Patent number: D511208
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2003
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2005
    Assignee: Valois SAS
    Inventors: Jean-Marc Pardonge, Armindo Lourenco
  • Patent number: D511690
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2004
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2005
    Assignee: Valois S.A.S.
    Inventors: Firmin Garcia, Frederic Duquet
  • Patent number: D513385
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2004
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2006
    Assignee: Valois S.A.S.
    Inventors: Firmin Garcia, Frederic Duquet