Patents by Inventor Florent Pouliaude

Florent Pouliaude 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: 11027297
    Abstract: A fluid dispenser comprising a dispenser member (1), such as a pump, a dispenser head (14), such as a fluid applicator, and a fluid reservoir (2) that is connected in leaktight and removable manner to the dispenser member (1), the fluid dispenser being characterized in that the sealing between the dispenser member (1) and the fluid reservoir (2) is obtained by coaxially sliding leaktight radial contact that is interrupted when the fluid reservoir (2) is disconnected from the dispenser member (1), such that the fluid reservoir (2) is connected in leaktight manner to the dispenser member (1) over a determined axial height range.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2021
    Assignee: APTAR FRANCE SAS
    Inventor: Florent Pouliaude
  • Publication number: 20190321839
    Abstract: A fluid dispenser comprising a dispenser member (1), such as a pump, a dispenser head (14), such as a fluid applicator, and a fluid reservoir (2) that is connected in leaktight and removable manner to the dispenser member (1), the fluid dispenser being characterized in that the sealing between the dispenser member (1) and the fluid reservoir (2) is obtained by coaxially sliding leaktight radial contact that is interrupted when the fluid reservoir (2) is disconnected from the dispenser member (1), such that the fluid reservoir (2) is connected in leaktight manner to the dispenser member (1) over a determined axial height range.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2017
    Publication date: October 24, 2019
    Applicant: APTAR FRANCE SAS
    Inventor: Florent POULIAUDE
  • Patent number: 10166564
    Abstract: A fluid dispenser having a fluid reservoir; a dispenser member mounted on the reservoir and that includes an actuator rod; a pusher mounted on the actuator rod; and a covering shell in which an assembly, formed by the reservoir and its dispenser member, is held in removable manner. The pusher is held captive by the covering shell, the pusher is axially movable in the covering shell over a limited stroke defined by a low abutment and a high abutment. A magnetic device acts between the covering shell and the pusher so as to hold the pusher, by magnetic attraction/repulsion, in a determined position that is stationary relative to the covering shell, when the actuator rod is disconnected from the pusher.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2019
    Assignee: APTAR FRANCE SAS
    Inventors: Florent Pouliaude, Yannick Pointel
  • Patent number: 10022738
    Abstract: A fluid dispenser device comprising: a reservoir (1) including a neck (12); a dispenser member (2) that is mounted in the neck (10), the dispenser member (2) being provided with a dip tube (23); and a cover tube (5) that surrounds said dip tube (23); the fluid dispenser device being characterized in that, in the proximity of its connection top end (52), said cover tube (5) includes at least one vent (55) having a total flow section (St) that presents a size that is sufficient to enable the fluid to rise in the cover tube (5) while the cover tube is being inserted quickly into the fluid reservoir (1) in the filled state, without being significantly disturbed by the air that is evacuated from the cover tube (5) through said at least one vent (55).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2018
    Assignee: APTAR FRANCE SAS
    Inventors: Florent Pouliaude, Emmanuel Vilain
  • Publication number: 20170312771
    Abstract: A fluid dispenser having a fluid reservoir; a dispenser member mounted on the reservoir and that includes an actuator rod; a pusher mounted on the actuator rod; and a covering shell in which an assembly, formed by the reservoir and its dispenser member, is held in removable manner. The pusher is held captive by the covering shell, the pusher is axially movable in the covering shell over a limited stroke defined by a low abutment and a high abutment. A magnetic device acts between the covering shell and the pusher so as to hold the pusher, by magnetic attraction/repulsion, in a determined position that is stationary relative to the covering shell, when the actuator rod is disconnected from the pusher.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2015
    Publication date: November 2, 2017
    Applicant: APTAR FRANCE SAS
    Inventors: Florent POULIAUDE, Yannick POINTEL
  • Patent number: 9440248
    Abstract: The invention relates to a fluid dispenser device, comprising: a body for mounting in stationary manner on the fluid reservoir; an actuator rod that is moved axially down and up inside the body; and a pusher that is mounted on the actuator rod by connection means including magnetizing means so as to generate a connection, by magnetic attraction, between the actuator rod and the pusher. The connection means comprises a rod organ engaged around the actuator rod and a pusher organ secured to the pusher, the actuator rod defining an internal fluid duct. The pusher forming a connection sleeve defining an internal fluid channel that leads to a dispenser orifice. The rod organ is deformed by the connection sleeve of the pusher, thus joining the duct to the channel in leaktight manner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2016
    Assignee: APTAR FRANCE SAS
    Inventor: Florent Pouliaude
  • Patent number: 9370786
    Abstract: A fluid spray head including a spray orifice, a swirl chamber including an end wall and a side wall, and swirl channels defining channel outlets that open out transversally to the dispensing axis X into the swirl chamber. Each channel defines a projection axis Y that extends into the swirl chamber from the channel outlet. The projection axes Y of the swirl channels extend away both from the end wall and from the peripheral side walls, which are both adjacent to the channel outlets so as to pass through the swirl chamber without passing along either the end wall or the peripheral side wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2016
    Assignee: APTAR FRANCE SAS
    Inventor: Florent Pouliaude
  • Publication number: 20150352573
    Abstract: A fluid dispenser device comprising: a reservoir (1) including a neck (12); a dispenser member (2) that is mounted in the neck (10), the dispenser member (2) being provided with a dip tube (23); and a cover tube (5) that surrounds said dip tube (23); the fluid dispenser device being characterized in that, in the proximity of its connection top end (52), said cover tube (5) includes at least one vent (55) having a total flow section (St) that presents a size that is sufficient to enable the fluid to rise in the cover tube (5) while the cover tube is being inserted quickly into the fluid reservoir (1) in the filled state, without being significantly disturbed by the air that is evacuated from the cover tube (5) through said at least one vent (55).
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 9, 2014
    Publication date: December 10, 2015
    Applicant: APTAR FRANCE SAS
    Inventors: Florent POULIAUDE, Emmanuel VILAIN
  • Publication number: 20150202638
    Abstract: A fluid spray head including a spray orifice, a swirl chamber including an end wall and a side wall, and swirl channels defining channel outlets that open out transversally to the dispensing axis X into the swirl chamber. Each channel defines a projection axis Y that extends into the swirl chamber from the channel outlet. The projection axes Y of the swirl channels extend away both from the end wall and from the peripheral side walls, which are both adjacent to the channel outlets so as to pass through the swirl chamber without passing along either the end wall or the peripheral side wall.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 2, 2013
    Publication date: July 23, 2015
    Applicant: APTAR FRANCE SAS
    Inventor: Florent Pouliaude
  • Patent number: 9044768
    Abstract: A fluid dispenser including a casing having a mounting mechanism (2), a connection mechanism (3), and a cylinder (4) with an insertion-and-removal opening (48) defining an axis X; a dispenser member (5) received in the mounting mechanism (2); and a fluid reservoir (6). The reservoir (6) includes a bottom wall (61) accessible at the insertion-and-removal opening (48). The connection mechanism (3) has a reception collar (7), the reception collar (7) guided in axial movement in the cylinder (4) along the axis X against the action of a spring (9). The connection mechanism (3) includes a ring (8) arranged between the reception collar (7) and the spring (9), the ring (8) engaging both the cylinder (4) and the reception collar (7) and responsive to pressure applied against the bottom wall (61) of the reservoir (6), by switching between a locked position and a free position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2015
    Assignee: APTAR FRANCE SAS
    Inventor: Florent Pouliaude
  • Publication number: 20150083757
    Abstract: A fluid reservoir including a bottom and a duct that defines an opening, a sealing ball being engaged in the duct in such a manner as to close the opening hermetically, the ball being movable by an external thrust member in such a manner as to cause the ball to fall by gravity to the bottom of the reservoir so that the opening is thus unblocked. The duct is connected to a dip tube that extends into the proximity of the bottom of the reservoir, the duct presenting a diameter that is smaller than the diameter of the dip tube, the ball being in leaktight engagement in the duct before being pushed into the dip tube in which it falls freely to the bottom of the reservoir.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 16, 2013
    Publication date: March 26, 2015
    Applicant: APTAR FRANCE SAS
    Inventors: Patrick Muller, Florent Pouliaude
  • Publication number: 20140252043
    Abstract: The invention relates to a fluid dispenser device, comprising: a body for mounting in stationary manner on the fluid reservoir; an actuator rod that is moved axially down and up inside the body; and a pusher that is mounted on the actuator rod by connection means including magnetizing means so as to generate a connection, by magnetic attraction, between the actuator rod and the pusher. The connection means comprises a rod organ engaged around the actuator rod and a pusher organ secured to the pusher, the actuator rod defining an internal fluid duct. The pusher forming a connection sleeve defining an internal fluid channel that leads to a dispenser orifice. The rod organ is deformed by the connection sleeve of the pusher, thus joining the duct to the channel in leaktight manner.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2014
    Publication date: September 11, 2014
    Applicant: APTAR FRANCE S.A.S.
    Inventor: Florent POULIAUDE
  • Publication number: 20140124538
    Abstract: A fluid dispenser including a casing having a mounting mechanism (2), a connection mechanism (3), and a cylinder (4) with an insertion-and-removal opening (48) defining an axis X; a dispenser member (5) received in the mounting mechanism (2); and a fluid reservoir (6). The reservoir (6) includes a bottom wall (61) accessible at the insertion-and-removal opening (48). The connection mechanism (3) has a reception collar (7), the reception collar (7) guided in axial movement in the cylinder (4) along the1 axis X against the action of a spring (9). The connection mechanism (3) includes a ring (8) arranged between the reception collar (7) and the spring (9), the ring (8) engagin both the cylinder (4) and the reception collar (7) and responsive to pressure applied against the bottom wall (61) of the reservoir (6), by switching between a locked position and a free position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2013
    Publication date: May 8, 2014
    Applicant: APTAR FRANCE SAS
    Inventor: Florent POULIAUDE
  • Patent number: 8690081
    Abstract: A fluid dispenser head including an inlet well (14), an axial assembly housing (2) in which there extends a pin (3), and a nozzle (4) assembled along an axis X in the axial assembly housing (2). The head also includes two feed ducts (15), each connecting the inlet well (14) to the axial assembly housing (2). The pin forms two swirl channels (35) connected in tangential manner to a swirl chamber (36). The nozzle is in sealing contact with the pin (3) so as to define two connection sections, each connecting a feed duct (15) to a swirl channel (35).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2014
    Assignee: Aptar France SAS
    Inventors: Gérard Cornet, Alexandra Parmentier, Florent Pouliaude
  • Patent number: 8640929
    Abstract: A fluid dispenser member (2), such as a pump, including a body (21) that is provided with an inlet sleeve (22) that defines an axis X, a dip tube (3) having an end (31) that is fitted in the inlet sleeve (22), and a decorative unit (7) including a decorative element (72) that extends in the proximity of the dip tube (3). The unit also includes a support member (71) that is fastened around the inlet sleeve (22), the support member (71) including a reception housing (711) for receiving the inlet sleeve (22) and localized connection means (712) that are situated beside the reception housing, the decorative element (72) being connected to the support member (71) at the connection means (712).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2014
    Assignee: Aptar France SAS
    Inventors: Florent Pouliaude, Sophie Feschet-Magdelaine
  • Patent number: 8590749
    Abstract: A fastener device for fastening a dispenser member on a neck of a reservoir, the device including a fastener ring. The fastener ring having reception mechanism for receiving, in stationary manner, the dispenser member; an annular plate for exerting axial pressure on the neck; and a fastener skirt that extends downwards from the plate, the skirt including a fastener mechanism for fastening around the neck. The ring is made of two different plastics materials, a substantially-hard first material and a flexible second material that is more flexible than the first material. The device also includes a hoop that, in the final assembled position, extends around the skirt of the ring with radial clamping. The flexible second material comes into contact with the hoop.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2013
    Assignee: Aptar France SAS
    Inventors: Stephane Beranger, Florent Pouliaude
  • Patent number: 8418887
    Abstract: A fluid dispenser comprising: at least one fluid reservoir (1a, 1b) provided with an opening (11a, 11b); at least one fluid dispenser member (3a, 3b), such as a pump or a valve, comprising a body (31a, 31b) that is mounted in stationary manner on the opening of the reservoir, and an actuator rod (32a, 32b) that is axially movable down and up along an axis X over a stroke; a pusher (9) that is axially movable down and up along an axis Y so as to move said at least one actuator rod (32a, 32b) axially; and the dispenser being characterized in that it further comprises stroke-variation means (8) for varying the stroke of the actuator rod, said means being disposed between the pusher (9) and said at least one actuator rod (32a, 32b), so as to vary the stroke of the stem.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2013
    Assignee: Aptar France SAS
    Inventors: Alex Milian, Florent Pouliaude
  • Publication number: 20120061422
    Abstract: A fastener device for fastening a dispenser member on a neck of a reservoir, the device including a fastener ring. The fastener ring having reception mechanism for receiving, in stationary manner, the dispenser member; an annular plate for exerting axial pressure on the neck; and a fastener skirt that extends downwards from the plate, the skirt including a fastener mechanism for fastening around the neck. The ring is made of two different plastics materials, a substantially-hard first material and a flexible second material that is more flexible than the first material. The device also includes a hoop that, in the final assembled position, extends around the skirt of the ring with radial clamping. The flexible second material comes into contact with the hoop.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2010
    Publication date: March 15, 2012
    Applicant: VALOIS SAS
    Inventors: Stephane Beranger, Florent Pouliaude
  • Publication number: 20110303768
    Abstract: A fluid dispenser head comprising: an inlet well (14); an axial assembly housing (2) in which there extends a pin (3); and a nozzle (4) assembled along an axis X in the axial assembly housing (2); the head being characterized in that it further comprises: at least two feed ducts (15), each connecting the inlet well (14) to the axial assembly housing (2); the pin (3) forming at least two swirl channels (35) that are connected in tangential manner to a swirl chamber (36); and the nozzle (4) being in sealing contact with the pin (3) so as to define two connection sections, each connecting a feed duct (15) to a swirl channel (35).
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2011
    Publication date: December 15, 2011
    Applicant: VALOIS S.A.S.
    Inventors: Gérard CORNET, Alexandra PARMENTIER, Florent POULIAUDE
  • Publication number: 20110186601
    Abstract: A fluid dispenser member (2), such as a pump, comprising: a body (21) that is provided with an inlet sleeve (22) that defines an axis X; a dip tube (3) having an end (31) that is fitted in the inlet sleeve (22); and a decorative unit (7) including a decorative element (72) that extends in the proximity of the dip tube (3), the unit also including a support member (71) that is fastened around the inlet sleeve (22), the support member (71) including a reception housing (711) for receiving the inlet sleeve (22); the dispenser member being characterized in that the support member (71) further includes localized connection means (712) that are situated beside the reception housing, the decorative element (72) being connected to the support member (71) at the connection means (712).
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 1, 2009
    Publication date: August 4, 2011
    Applicant: VALOIS SAS
    Inventors: Florent Pouliaude, Sophie Feschet-Magdelaine