Abstract:
A valved dispenser cartridge is supported within a housing which is adapted to be mounted to a door or other support. A portion of the valve stem extends above the cartridge and is connected to and is operated by a spray button. The spray button is a captive component of the housing and is retainably mounted thereto for only sliding, non-tilt motion in response to forces applied by either an actuator means or the valve stem. The actuator means responds to relative motion between the support and adjacent external structures, which motion is thereby converted into an axial movement of the spray button to dispense product followed by the immediate release of the spray button permitting it and the valve stem, which is spring loaded, to return upwardly to their normal non-dispensing position. The actuating means is preferably single-acting, utilizing a carriage to move a pivotable pawl which in the cocked position cams on and depresses the spray button when the carriage moves in one direction under the action of the external forces and which in the trail position passes over and avoids depressing the spray button when the carriage moves in the return direction under the action of a spring. A mechanism positively cocks the pawl prior to the next actuating stroke. A cover to close the housing is also provided. When the dispenser cartridge is emptied, it alone is removed, discarded and replaced.
Abstract:
A device for codispensing two materials including a selfcontained inner container having a valve means provided with a reciprocating valve stem and an outer container having a valve means including a reciprocating valve stem, said valve stems being disposed in alignment by a novel connector connected to both containers and also said stems having discharge and dispensing ports thereon for controlling the discharge of material from each container and the dispensing of the two materials from the device in response to inward movement of the valve stem on the outer container cooperating with the valve stem on the inner container. The two containers can be filled with material and/or subsequently charged with a propellent simultaneously through the valve stem. Also, safety means are provided to prevent bursting of the outer container should the material become inadvertently mixed.
Abstract:
A simplified multidirectional aerosol dispenser for dispensing the aerosol in a plurality of directions from a container without turning the container from a substantially vertical position, said dispenser having a rotatable cylindrical dispensing tube having an angular end surface, said tube being provided with a dispensing passage opening in said angular end surface, and a manipulating member secured to the dispensing tube for rotating said tube and having a surface extending in the direction of said passage to indicate the direction of the dispensing of the aerosol. Means can be provided for preventing inadvertent rotation of the dispensing tube or inadvertent actuation of the actuating button.
Abstract:
An applicator for attachment to a container for aerosol spray under pressure wherein the container is of the type having a dispensing valve provided with a projecting stem which releases a jet of spray upon depression relative to the container. The applicator includes a housing adapted to partially enclose the container and provided with a tubular sidewall surrounding the stem. A spray assembly within the sidewall grips the stem and directs the spray released thereby through a radial port in the sidewall. A sleeve is telescopically mounted on the sidewall for axial motion between a retracted position overlying the radial port and an extended position positioned beyond the sidewall. The sleeve is connected to the sidewall by two ears depending from the sleeve, which are provided at their free ends with two bosses which pass through two aligned axial slots in the sidewall. In the extended position, the bosses enable pivoting motion of the sleeve into concentric alignment with the radial port. Each boss is provided with an enlarged head positioned internally of the sidewall to prevent motion of the boss out of the slot. In the preferred embodiment, the shaping of the ears which depend from the sleeve is such that pivoting of the sleeve when in the extended position is possible only in a direction which will cause concentric alignment with the radial port and furthermore so that when aligned, the sleeve will point slightly upward to aid in dispensing the spray mist.
Abstract:
An aerosol container has dispensing valves which permit dispensing two materials without mixing them inside the valve. The two materials are stored under pressure in inner and outer containers, each container being provided with a valve. The valve of the outer container has dual, preferably concentric, outer and inner passageways in its stem for carrying the products of those respective containers. The inner stem rests on the outer end of the stem for the valve of the inner container with its inner passageway communicating with the passageway of the stem of the inner valve. An actuator is placed on top of the outer valve stem for pushing it down which in turn pushes the inner valve stem down which unseats both valves and permits material to enter both the inner and outer passageways communicating to passageways in the actuator which directs the materials from the inner and outer passageways separately either to a mixing chamber in the periphery of the actuator or to a mixing area just outside the actuator.
Abstract:
A container having an opening to be closed and sealed by a closure member and sealing means and having means within the container for isolating the sealing means from the contents of the container. If the closure includes an aerosol-dispensing valve, it, too, is provided with means to isolate the valvesealing means from the contents of the container. If the container is of metal and has a bead around the opening, the isolation means reinforces the bead during the application of the closure to the container.
Abstract:
The device has two compartments for storing different materials and a single valve for dispensing the two materials simultaneously. The construction provides an effective means whereby either or both compartments can be readily filled with the material before assembly and both can be quickly charged after assembly through the valve, with the required propellants.