Patents by Inventor Pierre Amiel

Pierre Amiel 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: 6010036
    Abstract: The invention provides a dispenser of substance in liquid or paste form, the dispenser being of the type comprising, in particular, a cylinder (1) of substance surmounted firstly by an endpiece (2) provided with an internal evacuation duct (2a) and fitted, secondly with a substance-taking system provided with an exhaust valve, the dispenser being characterized in that the substance-taking system comprises a piston (3) received in the cylinder (1) and having an axial duct (30) passing therethrough and connected to an outlet tube (4) whose bottom end (4a) cooperates with the axial duct (30) to define an admission orifice (40) and whose top end (4b) is secured to the endpiece (2) forming a pushbutton which bears directly or indirectly on the outside face (3a) of the piston (3) to put the cylinder (1) under pressure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 1998
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2000
    Assignee: SOFAB
    Inventors: Jean-Louis Bougamont, Pierre Dumont, Pierre Amiel
  • Patent number: 5788124
    Abstract: A device for packaging and dispensing a liquid or semi-liquid substance (P) in which a substance (P) in a receptacle (1), which is closed in a sealed manner firstly at a top by a cap (2) and secondly at a bottom by an internally movable punt (5), is compressed. The device includes an elastically deformable membrane (4) received in the top of the receptacle (1). The membrane (4) is formed by a substantially frustoconical axial valve (40) having a top portion provided with a central ejection orifice (41), a middle portion running into a channel section ring (42) and a bottom portion provided with a stretchable thin skirt (43) connected to a flange (44). The skirt (43) extends upwards along an internal wall of the receptacle (1). The flange (44) fixes the membrane (4) to the receptacle (1). A nozzle-forming tube (3) passes axially through the cap (2) of the receptacle (1). The tube (3) has a top end (31) projecting outside the receptacle (1) and an internal bottom end.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 1996
    Date of Patent: August 4, 1998
    Assignee: SOFAB
    Inventors: Jean-Louis Bougamont, Pierre Dumont, Herve Lompech, Pierre Amiel
  • Patent number: 5548943
    Abstract: This invention has as its subject a dispensing device for fluid-like products, composed of a container having a cylindrical drum, of which one end is provided with a movable base and the other end includes a neck which is capped by a distributor assembly including a pump with axial intake which is fitted onto a plunger sleeve. The lower face of the sleeve penetrates into the neck of the container during the fixing of the distributor assembly in the neck of the container, coming into position in sliding sealing engagement with a bearing surface of the neck.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 1995
    Date of Patent: August 27, 1996
    Assignee: SOFAB
    Inventors: Alain Behar, Pierre Amiel, Jean-Louis Bougamont
  • Patent number: 5449094
    Abstract: This invention has as its subject a dispensing device for fluid-like products, composed of a container having a cylindrical drum, of which one end is provided with a movable base and the other end includes a neck which is capped by a distributor assembly including a pump with axial intake which is fitted onto a plunger sleeve. The lower face of the sleeve penetrates into the neck of the container during the fixing of the distributor assembly in the neck of the container, coming into position in sliding sealing engagement with a bearing surface of the neck.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 1993
    Date of Patent: September 12, 1995
    Assignee: Sofab
    Inventors: Alain Behar, Pierre Amiel, Jean-Louis Bougamont
  • Patent number: 4936492
    Abstract: A pump comprises an open-ended hollow body defining a pump chamber and an inlet orifice which communicates with a reservoir. The pump body has four side walls. A piston is mounted for reciprocal movement through a portion of the body and it extends through the upper end of the body. A ferrule is disposed above the body and defines an aperture through which the piston extends. A seal is disposed is disposed between the ferrule and the body, and the seal surround a portion of the piston. A spring is mounted in the body, and the spring actively biases the piston toward the top of the body. The body has a deformable zone which has at least a portion of one side wall which is a noncircular cross-section and is radially elastically deformable. The piston has a portion which blocks the inlet orifice when the piston is depressed a first predetermined distance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 1989
    Date of Patent: June 26, 1990
    Assignee: Societe Francais d'Aerosols et de Bouchage
    Inventors: Pierre Amiel, Jean-Louis Bougamont, Alain Behar