Patents by Inventor Francis Moreau

Francis Moreau 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: 9694199
    Abstract: A fluid dispenser including a body (6) receiving a dispenser member (3) connected to a reservoir (1) and to a fluid dispenser orifice (73), an actuator member (4) for actuating the dispenser member (3) and a module (5) comprising at least one source of radiation (51), such as a LED, the body (6) having a module housing (65) wherein the module (5) is received. The dispenser also includes a dispenser and diffuser head (7) mounted on the body (6) and forming an application wall (74) into which the fluid dispenser orifice (73) opens out for applying the fluid coming from the dispenser orifice (73) onto the skin. The module (5) is integral with the dispenser and diffuser head (7), thus forming together an integral unit (U) which is received on and within the body (6).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2017
    Assignee: APTAR FRANCE S.A.S.
    Inventors: Frederic Duquet, Sandra Martins-Reis, Francis Moreau, Florence Roullet
  • Patent number: 9427764
    Abstract: A dispenser and applicator head (T1) for associating with a dispenser unit (2), the head comprising: a connection section (4a) for connecting to the dispenser unit; a fluid application section (4c) that defines at least one fluid dispenser orifice (50), and a fluid applicator pad (51) for applying the fluid coming from the dispenser orifice (50) onto the application surface; an interconnection section (4b) that interconnects the connection section (4a) and the application section (4c); the dispenser and applicator head being characterized in that: the applicator pad (51) is made of a rigid heat-transfer material so as to impart a cold sensation on contact with the skin; and the interconnection section (4b) is made of an elastically-deformable material, such that the applicator pad (51) is movable relative to the connection section (4a).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2016
    Assignee: APTAR FRANCE SAS
    Inventors: Frédéric Duquet, Francis Moreau
  • Publication number: 20160184861
    Abstract: A dispenser and applicator head (T1) having a connection stub (1) made of a substantially-rigid first material; an assembly core (2) made of the same material; a flexible link section (S) that interconnects the connection stub and the assembly core; an applicator pad (5) made of a heat-transfer material to impart a cold sensation on contact with the skin and mounted on the assembly core; and a dispenser channel (6) that passes through the stub, the link section, the core, and the pad in which it forms a dispenser orifice. The link section includes a flexible bridge (3) made of the same material as the stub and interconnecting the stub and the core; and sheathing (4) made of an elastically-deformable material, the sheathing surrounding the bridge, at least in part, and interconnecting the stub and the core.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2014
    Publication date: June 30, 2016
    Applicant: APTAR FRANCE SAS
    Inventors: Stephane DAVIOT, Frederic DUQUET, Francis MOREAU
  • Patent number: 9302282
    Abstract: A fluid dispenser comprising two reservoirs (R1, R2), two pumps (P1, P2), and two pushers (B1, B2), namely a first pusher (B1) for actuating a first pump (P1) that is connected to a first reservoir (R1) containing a first fluid (F1), and a second pusher (B2) for actuating a second pump (P2) that is connected to a second reservoir (R2) containing a second fluid (F2), the dispenser further comprising a third pusher (B3) for dispensing a mixture of the first and second fluids (F1, F2), the first fluid (F1) being dispensed through a first dispenser orifice (O1), and the second fluid (F2) being dispensed through a second dispenser orifice (O2), the fluid dispenser being characterized in that the mixture of the two fluids (F1, F2) is dispensed through a third dispenser orifice (O3) that is formed by the third pusher (B3).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2016
    Assignee: APTAR FRANCE SAS
    Inventors: Romain Bertin, Francis Moreau, Patrick Muller
  • Patent number: 9277798
    Abstract: A dispenser and applicator head for associating with a dispenser unit, such as a pump, a valve, or a squeezable tube, the head including an applicator pad defining an outer applicator face for coming into contact with the skin, the pad being made essentially of a heat-transfer material so as to impart a cold sensation on contact with the skin, the pad defining a thickness from an inner face to the outer face, the pad having a dispenser passage passing through it, which passage puts the inner face into communication with the outer face. The applicator pad presents a small thickness at the dispenser passage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2016
    Assignee: APTAR FRANCE SAS
    Inventor: Francis Moreau
  • Patent number: 9221048
    Abstract: A drop dispenser including a fluid reservoir, a tube having a dispenser end and an actuation end, a fluid chamber of variable volume connected to the actuation end of the tube; a pusher that is axially movable between a high position and a low position so as to cause the volume of the chamber to vary and drive the fluid into the tube towards the dispenser end so as to form a drop of fluid; and a fastener ring including a threaded skirt for coming into engagement with the threaded neck, the tube and the chamber being secured to the ring. The drop dispenser have a mover for moving the pusher axially between the high and low positions, the mover also causing the fastener ring to turn, both so as to loosen it from the neck by unscrewing and so as to tighten it onto the neck by screw-tightening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2015
    Assignee: APTAR FRANCE SAS
    Inventors: Frédéric Duquet, Sandra Martins-Reis, Francis Moreau
  • Patent number: 9156596
    Abstract: A fluid dispenser head (T) for associating with a fluid dispenser member (P), such as a pump, the head (T) forming a dispenser duct (12) that communicates upstream with an outlet (S) of the dispenser member (P), and downstream with a dispenser orifice (31), the head (T) further including a shutter (2) for selectively closing the dispenser duct (12), the shutter (2) being movable in the duct (12) along a movement axis between a closed position and a dispensing position, the head (T) further including a thrust element (42) so as to thrust the shutter (2) towards its closed position, said dispenser head being characterized in that the thrust element (42) is movable substantially perpendicularly and tangentially to the movement axis of the shutter (2).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2015
    Assignee: APTAR FRANCE SAS
    Inventor: Francis Moreau
  • Publication number: 20150086259
    Abstract: A dispenser and applicator head for associating with a dispenser unit, such as a pump, a valve, or a squeezable tube, the head including an applicator pad defining an outer applicator face for coming into contact with the skin, the pad being made essentially of a heat-transfer material so as to impart a cold sensation on contact with the skin, the pad defining a thickness from an inner face to the outer face, the pad having a dispenser passage passing through it, which passage puts the inner face into communication with the outer face. The applicator pad presents a small thickness at the dispenser passage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 16, 2013
    Publication date: March 26, 2015
    Applicant: APTAR FRANCE SAS
    Inventor: Francis Moreau
  • Patent number: 8944292
    Abstract: A fluid dispenser including, a fluid reservoir with a neck externally threaded and that internally defines an opening that communicates with the inside of the reservoir, the neck forming at least one helical thread; and a dispenser head that is mounted on the neck by a fastener member in engagement both with the threaded neck and with the dispenser member. The fastener member includes a ring, the ring forming: a reception mechanism for receiving the dispenser member; an annular ledge; and a skirt that is in engagement with the threaded neck. The ring includes a rupture mechanism between the ledge and the skirt so as to separate the ledge from the skirt by turning the ring on the threaded neck, in such a manner as to remove the dispenser member from the reservoir.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 3, 2015
    Assignee: Aptar France SAS
    Inventor: Francis Moreau
  • Publication number: 20140296772
    Abstract: A fluid dispenser including a body (6) receiving a dispenser member (3) connected to a reservoir (1) and to a fluid dispenser orifice (73), an actuator member (4) for actuating the dispenser member (3) and a module (5) comprising at least one source of radiation (51), such as a LED, the body (6) having a module housing (65) wherein the module (5) is received. The dispenser also includes a dispenser and diffuser head (7) mounted on the body (6) and forming an application wall (74) into which the fluid dispenser orifice (73) opens out for applying the fluid coming from the dispenser orifice (73) onto the skin. The module (5) is integral with the dispenser and diffuser head (7), thus forming together an integral unit (U) which is received on and within the body (6).
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 4, 2014
    Publication date: October 2, 2014
    Applicant: APTAR FRANCE S.A.S.
    Inventors: Frederic DUQUET, Sandra MARTINS-REIS, Francis MOREAU, Florence ROULLET
  • Patent number: 8818500
    Abstract: A fluid dispenser including a fluid reservoir and a body receiving a dispenser member that is connected to the reservoir and an actuator member for actuating the dispenser member; a dispenser and diffuser head forming a fluid dispenser orifice and an application wall for applying the fluid coming from the dispenser orifice onto the skin; a module having a source of radiation emitting monochromatic light of 400 nm to 700 nm and having anti-inflammatory action and/or a stimulating action for stimulating skin-regeneration metabolisms. The dispenser and diffuser head include a source housing and the body includes a module housing communicating with the source housing so that the source of radiation extends in the source housing of the head.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 26, 2014
    Assignee: Aptar France S.A.S.
    Inventors: Frédéric Duquet, Sandra Martins-Reis, Francis Moreau, Florence Roullet
  • Publication number: 20140161504
    Abstract: A dispenser and applicator head (T1) for associating with a dispenser unit (2), the head comprising: a connection section (4a) for connecting to the dispenser unit; a fluid application section (4c) that defines at least one fluid dispenser orifice (50), and a fluid applicator pad (51) for applying the fluid coming from the dispenser orifice (50) onto the application surface; an interconnection section (4b) that interconnects the connection section (4a) and the application section (4c); the dispenser and applicator head being characterized in that: the applicator pad (51) is made of a rigid heat-transfer material so as to impart a cold sensation on contact with the skin; and the interconnection section (4b) is made of an elastically-deformable material, such that the applicator pad (51) is movable relative to the connection section (4a).
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 1, 2012
    Publication date: June 12, 2014
    Applicant: APTAR FRANCE SAS
    Inventors: Frédéric Duquet, Francis Moreau
  • Publication number: 20140144939
    Abstract: A fluid dispenser comprising two reservoirs (R1, R2), two pumps (P1, P2), and two pushers (B1, B2), namely a first pusher (B1) for actuating a first pump (P1) that is connected to a first reservoir (R1) containing a first fluid (F1), and a second pusher (B2) for actuating a second pump (P2) that is connected to a second reservoir (R2) containing a second fluid (F2), the dispenser further comprising a third pusher (B3) for dispensing a mixture of the first and second fluids (F1, F2), the first fluid (F1) being dispensed through a first dispenser orifice (O1), and the second fluid (F2) being dispensed through a second dispenser orifice (O2), the fluid dispenser being characterized in that the mixture of the two fluids (F1, F2) is dispensed through a third dispenser orifice (O3) that is formed by the third pusher (B3).
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 1, 2012
    Publication date: May 29, 2014
    Applicant: APTAR FRANCE SAS
    Inventors: Romain Bertin, Francis Moreau, Patrick Muller
  • Publication number: 20140020789
    Abstract: A drop dispenser including a fluid reservoir, a tube having a dispenser end and an actuation end, a fluid chamber of variable volume connected to the actuation end of the tube; a pusher that is axially movable between a high position and a low position so as to cause the volume of the chamber to vary and drive the fluid into the tube towards the dispenser end so as to form a drop of fluid; and a fastener ring including a threaded skirt for coming into engagement with the threaded neck, the tube and the chamber being secured to the ring. The drop dispenser have a mover for moving the pusher axially between the high and low positions, the mover also causing the fastener ring to turn, both so as to loosen it from the neck by unscrewing and so as to tighten it onto the neck by screw-tightening.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 5, 2012
    Publication date: January 23, 2014
    Applicant: APTAR FRANCE SAS
    Inventors: Frédéric Duquet, Sandra Martins-Reis, Francis Moreau
  • Publication number: 20130256338
    Abstract: A fluid dispenser head (T) for associating with a fluid dispenser member (P), such as a pump, the head (T) forming a dispenser duct (12) that communicates upstream with an outlet (S) of the dispenser member (P), and downstream with a dispenser orifice (31), the head (T) further including a shutter (2) for selectively closing the dispenser duct (12), the shutter (2) being movable in the duct (12) along a movement axis between a closed position and a dispensing position, the head (T) further including a thrust element (42) so as to thrust the shutter (2) towards its closed position, said dispenser head being characterized in that the thrust element (42) is movable substantially perpendicularly and tangentially to the movement axis of the shutter (2).
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2012
    Publication date: October 3, 2013
    Applicant: APTAR FRANCE SAS
    Inventor: Francis Moreau
  • Publication number: 20130026191
    Abstract: A fluid dispenser comprising: a fluid reservoir (1); and a pump (3) comprising a pump body (30) and an actuator rod (34), defining between them a pump chamber (33) having a predetermined maximum volume, the rod (34) being axially movable in the body (30) so as to vary the volume of the pump chamber (33); the dispenser being characterized in that it further comprises a dispenser cannula (5) that is mounted on the actuator rod (34) and that includes a dispenser outlet (52) that is suitable for forming a drop of fluid that separates from the cannula (5) by gravity, the determined maximum volume of the pump chamber (33) being substantially equal to the volume of the drop of fluid that is dispensed at the dispenser outlet (52).
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 24, 2012
    Publication date: January 31, 2013
    Applicant: APTAR FRANCE S.A.S.
    Inventors: Frédéric DUQUET, Sandra MARTINS-REIS, Francis MOREAU
  • Patent number: 8292132
    Abstract: A fluid dispenser comprising: a fluid reservoir (1) having a neck (11) defining an opening (10) and an axis X, the neck (11) projecting axially from a shoulder (13); and a dispenser unit (D) comprising a dispenser member (4), such as a pump or a valve, and a fastener system (2, 31) for fastening the dispenser member (4) on the neck (11) of the reservoir (1), the fastener system comprising a fastener ring (2) that is engaged with the neck (11) and a blocking hoop (31) that is engaged axially around the ring (2) for blocking the ring on the neck in the final assembled position; disassembly means (14, 34) for axially moving the hoop (31) relative to the ring (2), from the final assembled position to a disassembled position in which the hoop does not block the ring on the neck, such that the unit (D) can be removed from the neck (11), the disassembly means comprising two elements (14, 34) capable of turning mutually relative to each other about the axis X, the dispenser being characterized in that one element
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2012
    Assignee: Aptar France SAS
    Inventors: Alain Behar, Gerard Cornet, Francis Moreau
  • Publication number: 20120223103
    Abstract: A fluid dispenser including, a fluid reservoir with a neck externally threaded and that internally defines an opening that communicates with the inside of the reservoir, the neck forming at least one helical thread; and a dispenser head that is mounted on the neck by a fastener member in engagement both with the threaded neck and with the dispenser member. The fastener member includes a ring, the ring forming: a reception mechanism for receiving the dispenser member; an annular ledge; and a skirt that is in engagement with the threaded neck. The ring includes a rupture mechanism between the ledge and the skirt so as to separate the ledge from the skirt by turning the ring on the threaded neck, in such a manner as to remove the dispenser member from the reservoir.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2010
    Publication date: September 6, 2012
    Applicant: VALOIS SAS
    Inventor: Francis Moreau
  • Patent number: D634633
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2011
    Assignee: Valois SAS
    Inventors: Francis Moreau, Patrick Bousquel
  • Patent number: D692319
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2013
    Assignee: Valois S.A.S.
    Inventor: Francis Moreau