Patents by Inventor Jean-Pierre Songbe

Jean-Pierre Songbe 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: 11033913
    Abstract: A dispensing head with a staged swirling chamber for a dispensing system includes a spraying nozzle including a dispensing orifice and a swirling chamber opening into the dispensing orifice, the swirling chamber including a converging portion, and extending along an axis between an upstream end and a downstream end in the direction of displacement of the product, and an anvil including a core provided with a peripheral wall, that is housed inside the swirling chamber, and forming with the converging portion at least one fluidic path in which the product circulates, the converging portion including an inner wall of the nozzle, the inner wall and/or the peripheral wall of the core being provided with a plurality of steps, each step being defined by a transverse wall that extends in a plane secant to the axis and a longitudinal wall substantially parallel to the axis, the steps forming obstacles in the fluidic path.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2021
    Assignee: ALBEA LE TREPORT
    Inventors: Jean-Pierre Songbe, Thomas Nevens
  • Patent number: 10717092
    Abstract: A spray nozzle for a system for dispensing a pressurized product is provided with a pushbutton. The nozzle includes a dispensing orifice and a vortex chamber emerging on the dispensing orifice. The chamber includes a conical part defined by a conical side surface. The conical side surface converges from an upstream end toward a downstream supply end of the dispensing orifice. The nozzle further includes at least one supply channel of the vortex chamber, each supply channel emerging in the upstream end of the conical part, the conical side surface having at least one stepped portion provided with multiple levels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2020
    Assignee: ALBEA LE TREPORT
    Inventor: Jean-Pierre Songbe
  • Publication number: 20190262847
    Abstract: A dispensing head with a staged swirling chamber for a dispensing system includes a spraying nozzle including a dispensing orifice and a swirling chamber opening into the dispensing orifice, the swirling chamber including a converging portion, and extending along an axis between an upstream end and a downstream end in the direction of displacement of the product, and an anvil including a core provided with a peripheral wall, that is housed inside the swirling chamber, and forming with the converging portion at least one fluidic path in which the product circulates, the converging portion including an inner wall of the nozzle, the inner wall and/or the peripheral wall of the core being provided with a plurality of steps, each step being defined by a transverse wall that extends in a plane secant to the axis and a longitudinal wall substantially parallel to the axis, the steps forming obstacles in the fluidic path.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2019
    Publication date: August 29, 2019
    Inventors: Jean-Pierre Songbe, Thomas Nevens
  • Publication number: 20170297042
    Abstract: A spray nozzle for a system for dispensing a pressurized product is provided with a pushbutton. The nozzle includes a dispensing orifice and a vortex chamber emerging on the dispensing orifice. The chamber includes a conical part defined by a conical side surface. The conical side surface converges from an upstream end toward a downstream supply end of the dispensing orifice. The nozzle further includes at least one supply channel of the vortex chamber, each supply channel emerging in the upstream end of the conical part, the conical side surface having at least one stepped portion provided with multiple levels.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 13, 2017
    Publication date: October 19, 2017
    Inventor: Jean-Pierre SONGBE
  • Patent number: 8807457
    Abstract: A pushbutton for a system for dispensing a pressurized substance, the pushbutton including a body having a housing provided with an anvil around which a spray nozzle is mounted so as to form a substance dispensing path between the housing and a swirl array including a swirl chamber provided with a dispensing port as well as at least one supply duct for the chamber, the swirl chamber being defined by a side surface having a frusto-conical shape relative to which the supply duct(s) extend(s) in a transverse plane, the side surface tapering from an upstream end into which the downstream end of the supply duct(s) tangentially extends, to a downstream supply opening of the dispensing port, the dispensing port having an outlet size that is equal to the internal size of the downstream opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 19, 2014
    Assignee: Albéa le Treport S.A.S
    Inventor: Jean-Pierre Songbe
  • Patent number: 8640977
    Abstract: A push-button for a dispensing system for a liquid under pressure, the push-button includes a body having a mounting well on a delivery tube for the liquid under pressure and a housing in communication with the well, the housing being provided with an anvil around which a spraying nozzle is mounted in such a way as to form a dispensing path of the fluid between the housing and a vortex unit including a vortex chamber provided with a dispensing orifice as well as at least one supply channel of the chamber, the nozzle having a proximal wall wherein is formed a print of the vortex unit and the anvil having a distal wall whereon the proximal wall of the nozzle is pressing against in order to delimit the vortex unit between them, the distal wall having a recess which is formed across from the print of the vortex chamber, the maximum depth of the recess being between 25% and 300% of the minimum depth of the print of the supply channels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2014
    Assignee: Rexam Dispensing Systems S.A.S.
    Inventor: Jean-Pierre Songbe
  • Patent number: 8528838
    Abstract: A push-button for a pressurised liquid distribution system, the push-button including a body onto which an end piece is mounted around an insert so as to form a distribution chamber between said end piece and the insert, the distribution chamber being in communication with a supply channel intended to be mounted on a feed tube for the pressurised liquid, the distribution chamber being successively connected to upstream channels, downstream channels and distribution channels, the distribution channels each converging towards an outlet opening while being designed to enable the impaction of the liquid jets dispensed by the openings, the upstream and downstream channels extending longitudinally while forming an upstream and downstream fluid flow section, respectively, in the distribution chamber, the downstream section having an average transverse surface which is less than the average transverse surface of the upstream section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2013
    Assignee: Rexam Dispensing Systems S.A.S.
    Inventors: Herve Imenez, Jean-Pierre Songbe
  • Publication number: 20130161417
    Abstract: A push-button for a system for dispensing a product under pressure, the push-button including a body having a mounting well on a feed tube for the pressurised product and a housing in communication with the well, the housing being provided with an anvil around which a spray nozzle is mounted in such a way as to form a path for dispensing the product between the housing and a swirl array including at least two swirl chambers, each of the swirl chambers including at least one supply channel in order to provide for the setting in rotation of the product in the chamber and a channel for dispensing a flow of product set in rotation, the dispensing channels each converging from an inlet orifice towards an outlet orifice according to an angle which is arranged in order to allow for the impaction of the flows of product dispensed by the channels.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 24, 2012
    Publication date: June 27, 2013
    Inventor: Jean-Pierre Songbe
  • Patent number: 8418940
    Abstract: Spray nozzle comprising a front wall, an outlet channel delimited by a lateral surface substantially of revolution about an axis perpendicular to the front wall, an intake conduit supplying fluid product to the outlet channel, said intake conduit extending in a plane perpendicular to the axis, substantially tangentially to the lateral surface of the outlet channel, between an upstream and a downstream end opening out into the lateral surface of the outlet channel, the lateral surface of the outlet channel comprising a relief arranged radially relative to the axis and suitable for forming a static surface layer of fluid product.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2013
    Assignee: Rexam Dispensing Systems S.A.S.
    Inventors: Jean-Pierre Songbe, Bernard Clerget
  • Patent number: 8413912
    Abstract: A push-button for a pressurized product dispensing system, including a body having a mounting shaft on a pressurized product supply tube and a housing equipped with a passage for dispensing the product between the shaft and a swirl assembly including a swirl chamber provided with a dispensing aperture as well as at least one supply channel for the chamber, in which the push-button also includes a needle movably mounted in the housing between a position closing the supply of the dispensing aperture and a position opening the supply; the needle has an actuation bearing in communication with the dispensing passage so as to enable the movement of the needle into the opening position; the needle has a distal wall arranged opposite the dispensing aperture so as to form the base of the swirl chamber when the needle is in the opening position, and the distal wall has a recess.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2013
    Assignee: Rexam Dispensing Systems S.A.S.
    Inventor: Jean-Pierre Songbe
  • Publication number: 20120217322
    Abstract: A pushbutton for a system for dispensing a pressurized substance, the pushbutton including a body having a housing provided with an anvil around which a spray nozzle is mounted so as to form a substance dispensing path between the housing and a swirl array including a swirl chamber provided with a dispensing port as well as at least one supply duct for the chamber, the swirl chamber being defined by a side surface having a frusto-conical shape relative to which the supply duct(s) extend(s) in a transverse plane, the side surface tapering from an upstream end into which the downstream end of the supply duct(s) tangentially extends, to a downstream supply opening of the dispensing port, the dispensing port having an outlet size that is equal to the internal size of the downstream opening.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 4, 2012
    Publication date: August 30, 2012
    Inventor: Jean-Pierre Songbe
  • Patent number: 7938342
    Abstract: A spray nozzle designed to be mounted in a push button of a liquid distribution system, including a body equipped with an assembly tube that is defined by a front wall in which a distribution orifice is formed, wherein the inside face of the front wall is equipped with a vortex chamber that communicates with the distribution orifice, at least two radial tubes to supply liquid to the vortex chamber, and an annular duct to supply liquid to the upstream end of the tubes, in which the lateral inside wall of the tube is equipped with at least two axial grooves which respectively extend between an upstream end opening onto the rear edge of the tube and a downstream end opening onto the annular duct, wherein the grooves are positioned angularly so that each downstream end of a groove is equidistant from the two upstream ends of the tube adjacent to it on either side along the length of the annular duct.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2011
    Assignee: Rexam Dispensing Systems S.A.S
    Inventors: Jean-Luc Octeau, Pierre Dumont, Jean-Pierre Songbe, Herve Imenez
  • Publication number: 20110057057
    Abstract: A push-button for a pressurized product dispensing system, including a body having a mounting shaft on a pressurized product supply tube and a housing equipped with a passage for dispensing the product between the shaft and a swirl assembly including a swirl chamber provided with a dispensing aperture as well as at least one supply channel for the chamber, in which the push-button also includes a needle movably mounted in the housing between a position closing the supply of the dispensing aperture and a position opening the supply; the needle has an actuation bearing in communication with the dispensing passage so as to enable the movement of the needle into the opening position; the needle has a distal wall arranged opposite the dispensing aperture so as to form the base of the swirl chamber when the needle is in the opening position, and the distal wall has a recess.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2010
    Publication date: March 10, 2011
    Inventor: Jean-Pierre Songbe
  • Publication number: 20100308136
    Abstract: A push-button for a dispensing system for a liquid under pressure, the push-button includes a body having a mounting well on a delivery tube for the liquid under pressure and a housing in communication with the well, the housing being provided with an anvil around which a spraying nozzle is mounted in such a way as to form a dispensing path of the fluid between the housing and a vortex unit including a vortex chamber provided with a dispensing orifice as well as at least one supply channel of the chamber, the nozzle having a proximal wall wherein is formed a print of the vortex unit and the anvil having a distal wall whereon the proximal wall of the nozzle is pressing against in order to delimit the vortex unit between them, the distal wall having a recess which is formed across from the print of the vortex chamber, the maximum depth of the recess being between 25% and 300% of the minimum depth of the print of the supply channels.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 27, 2010
    Publication date: December 9, 2010
    Inventor: Jean-Pierre Songbe
  • Publication number: 20100237172
    Abstract: A push-button for a pressurised liquid distribution system, the push-button including a body onto which an end piece is mounted around an insert so as to form a distribution chamber between said end piece and the insert, the distribution chamber being in communication with a supply channel intended to be mounted on a feed tube for the pressurised liquid, the distribution chamber being successively connected to upstream channels, downstream channels and distribution channels, the distribution channels each converging towards an outlet opening while being designed to enable the impaction of the liquid jets dispensed by the openings, the upstream and downstream channels extending longitudinally while forming an upstream and downstream fluid flow section, respectively, in the distribution chamber, the downstream section having an average transverse surface which is less than the average transverse surface of the upstream section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2010
    Publication date: September 23, 2010
    Inventors: Herve Imenez, Jean-Pierre Songbe
  • Patent number: 7748647
    Abstract: Manual spraying device including a push-button that can be actuated manually, the push-button including a spray nozzle, the spray nozzle having an inner chamber adapted to receive a non-gaseous fluid product under pressure and delimited towards the outside by a perforated front wall, a reservoir for the fluid product to be sprayed, and a dispensing device that can be mechanically actuated by the push-button and adapted to transfer the fluid product from the reservoir to the inner chamber of the nozzle, the front wall having a plurality of calibrated holes, each having a diameter of between 1 and 100 ?m, the diameter of each hole not differing from a mean of the diameters of the various holes by more than 20%.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2010
    Assignee: Rexam Dispensing Systems S.A.S.
    Inventors: Bernard Clerget, Jean-Pierre Songbe, Pierre Dumont
  • Patent number: 7748648
    Abstract: Dispensing member for a fluid product comprising a post and a spray nozzle, said post having an abutment surface and said spray nozzle comprising a transverse wall, an outlet orifice extending across said transverse wall, said outlet orifice being delimited by a lateral surface, at least one duct for supplying the fluid product to the outlet orifice, the said supply duct being delimited by the transverse wall and the abutment surface, being supplied with fluid product via a supply channel, emerging substantially tangentially relative to the lateral surface of the outlet orifice, and forming the only fluidic communication between the supply channel and the outlet orifice.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2010
    Assignee: Rexam Dispensing Systems S.A.S.
    Inventors: Jean-Pierre Songbe, Bernard Clerget
  • Publication number: 20090145984
    Abstract: An actuating push button of a dispensing system of a liquid, that includes a body and a dispensing chamber in communication with a shaft which is formed in said body to pump the liquid, said chamber being provided with at least one orifice for the dispensing of the pumped liquid, said push button including an added cover which is associated to the body with the upper wall of said body arranged across from the lower wall of said cover, a cavity being formed on at least one of these walls in such a way as to form the dispensing chamber between said walls.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2008
    Publication date: June 11, 2009
    Inventors: Bernard Clerget, Jean-Pierre Songbe, Herve Imenez
  • Publication number: 20080315016
    Abstract: A spray nozzle designed to be mounted in a push button of a liquid distribution system, including a body equipped with an assembly tube that is defined by a front wall in which a distribution orifice is formed, wherein the inside face of the front wall is equipped with a vortex chamber that communicates with the distribution orifice, at least two radial tubes to supply liquid to the vortex chamber, and an annular duct to supply liquid to the upstream end of the tubes, in which the lateral inside wall of the tube is equipped with at least two axial grooves which respectively extend between an upstream end opening onto the rear edge of the tube and a downstream end opening onto the annular duct, wherein the grooves are positioned angularly so that each downstream end of a groove is equidistant from the two upstream ends of the tube adjacent to it on either side along the length of the annular duct.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 19, 2008
    Publication date: December 25, 2008
    Inventors: Jean-Luc Octeau, Pierre Dumont, Jean-Pierre Songbe, Herve Imenez
  • Publication number: 20080179428
    Abstract: The invention concerns a spray nozzle comprising a swirling chamber fed with pressurized liquid by a network of channels emerging outside via an ejection conduit. The invention is characterized in that said ejection conduit has an intake section whereof the area and/or the geometry is different from that of the output section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 18, 2008
    Publication date: July 31, 2008
    Inventors: Jean-Pierre Songbe, Herve Lompech, Herve Imenez