Patents by Inventor François Oechsel

François Oechsel 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: 6427680
    Abstract: A nasal applicator suitable for co-operating with a head (100) of a nasal dispenser device for dispensing a fluid or powder substance into the nose, said head (100) being designed to be inserted at least in part into a nostril when the device is actuated, said nasal applicator being characterized in that said applicator (200) co-operates with the end (110) of the head (100), said applicator (200) being provided with a bearing piece (201) that extends substantially transversely to the direction in which the substance is dispensed, said bearing piece (201) being suitable for coming to bear under the nostril against the top lip of the user so as to define an insertion angle at which said head (100) is inserted into the nostril.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 1999
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2002
    Assignee: Valois S.A.
    Inventor: François Oechsel
  • Patent number: 6401987
    Abstract: A fluid dispenser device comprising a body (10) defining a dispensing orifice (11), and a reservoir (20) containing one or more doses of fluid, said reservoir (20) having a piston (25) which, at rest, forms a leaktight stopper, said device being characterized in that it further comprises a resilient element (30), such as a spring, that co-operates firstly with said reservoir (20) or with said piston (25), and secondly with a cocking member (40), said cocking member (40) being mounted to be movable manually relative to said body (10) so as to compress said spring (30), and being mounted to be lockable relative to said body (10) in at least one locked position in which said spring (30) is compressed, said device including at least one triggering member (50, 51) adapted to release said spring (30) so as to move said at least one piston (25) relative to said reservoir (20) so as to expel a dose of fluid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2001
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2002
    Assignee: Valois S.A.
    Inventors: François Oechsel, Bruno Simon
  • Patent number: 6257457
    Abstract: A device for spraying fluid, the device comprising a tank (11) containing a plurality of doses of fluid, a cylindrical base (14) receiving said tank (11), a dispenser member such as a pump, a manual actuator element (20), fractioning means (16) co-operating with said actuator element (20) to fraction the content of the tank (11) into at least two doses, and energy-accumulator means (12) co-operating, during actuation, with said manual actuator element (20) to accumulate energy in the hand of the user so as to guarantee proper atomization of the entire dose of fluid on each actuation, the device being characterized in that said base (14), said fractioning means (16), and said energy-accumulator means (12) form integral portions of a common one-piece block (10).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 1999
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2001
    Assignee: Valois S.A.
    Inventor: François Oechsel