With Container End Overcap Having Actuator Patents (Class 222/402.13)
  • Patent number: 6338424
    Abstract: An aerosol container 10 having a perforated nozzle member 11 disposed at a distal end of a container body 12 with a content stored therein and for discharging the content onto the sole of a foot by stepping on the perforated nozzle member 11, wherein projections are provided at a location surrounding a plurality of nozzle ports 14 formed in the perforated discharge nozzle member 11 and an interval between a sole side of the foot and the nozzle ports 14 is retained by the projection when the perforated discharge nozzle member 11 is stepped on. The projections surrounding the plurality of nozzle ports 14 are an annular wall 32 and an upper end of the annular wall 32 is defined as an opening having a size dimension able to be covered with the sole of a foot.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2001
    Date of Patent: January 15, 2002
    Assignee: Kao Corporation
    Inventors: Yukio Nakamura, Mikio Furukawa
  • Patent number: 6325256
    Abstract: An aerosol container for dispensing adhesives under pressure is retrofitted with an adapter means for preventing clogging of the discharge valve with old adhesive after use. The adapter means comprises an interior sleeve inserted within an exterior dispensing tip where the assembly is retrofitted into the discharge valve of the aerosol container. A trigger mechanism attached to the top of the aerosol container engages the aerosol can discharge valve to facilitate bias engagement of the discharge valve of the aerosol container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2001
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2001
    Assignee: The Glidden Company
    Inventors: Lance Liljeqvist, Edward Kozlowski
  • Patent number: 6321742
    Abstract: A pressurized fluid container for use with a cam-activated fluid outlet connector. The container includes a canister, for containing pressurized fluid and a canister cap sealing an end of the canister. The cap includes (i) a base, (ii) a pedestal protruding from the base, the pedestal including a non-cylindrical camming surface adapted to engage a corresponding surface of the cam-activated connector, (iii) a fluid outlet disposed through the pedestal, and (iv) an annular perimeter wall extended from the base around the pedestal, the perimeter wall having a groove therein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 1997
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2001
    Assignee: The Coleman Company, Inc.
    Inventors: Franklin T. Schmidt, Randall L. May, Gary E. Van Deursen
  • Patent number: 6318595
    Abstract: A molded, unitary overcap structure for assembly on a finger-operable spray pump dispensing package is provided so that it can be subsequently modified to a two-piece, ready-to-use condition operatively engaged with a discharge tube of the pump. The actuator has a top surface and a periphery. The actuator defines an outlet, an inlet cavity, and an internal discharge passage extending between the outlet and the inlet cavity. The inlet cavity has a configuration and size for sealingly receiving the end of the discharge tube in a friction-fit engagement. A shell surrounds the periphery of the actuator. The shell has an open top providing access to the top surface of the actuator and has a notch adjacent the outlet to permit the discharge of product from the outlet as the actuator is depressed relative to the shell. A plurality of tabs each extends from the actuator to the shell. Each tab is connected to the shell with a frangible web to hold the actuator at an initial, as-molded position relative to the shell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2000
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2001
    Assignee: SeaquistPerfect Dispensing Foreign, Inc.
    Inventor: Peter J. Walters
  • Publication number: 20010035435
    Abstract: An aerosol container 10 having a perforated nozzle member 11 disposed at a distal end of a container body 12 with a content stored therein and for discharging the content onto the sole of a foot by stepping on the perforated nozzle member 11, wherein projections are provided at a location surrounding a plurality of nozzle ports 14 formed in the perforated discharge nozzle member 11 and an interval between a sole side of the foot and the nozzle ports 14 is retained by the projection when the perforated discharge nozzle member 11 is stepped on. The projections surrounding the plurality of nozzle ports 14 are an annular wall 32 and an upper end of the annular wall 32 is defined as an opening having a size dimension able to be covered with the sole of a foot.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2001
    Publication date: November 1, 2001
    Applicant: KAO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yukio Nakamura, Mikio Furukawa
  • Patent number: 6296410
    Abstract: A device for administering a quantity of liquid cooling agent, contained in an aerosol container provided with a normally closed valve has an operating device for temporarily opening the valve. The positioning device positions at least a part of an administering element so that the cooling agent leaving the valve can reach the administering element. The cooling agent leaving the valve reaches that part of the administering element which comes into contact with a wart to be frozen, so that it is used effectively. According to a first preferred embodiment the positioning device has a chamber which is connects to the valve and into which the cooling agent is carried when the valve is operated. The chamber is adapted to receive of at least a part of the administering element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2000
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2001
    Assignee: Wartner B.V.
    Inventor: Johanna C. Ruizendaal
  • Patent number: 6296147
    Abstract: A dispenser for an aerosol container is presented. The dispenser includes a housing sized to permit at least partial insertion thereinto of an aerosol container having an aerosol supply tube; and a dispenser conduit, having a proximal end and a distal end, the proximal end of the conduit being in operative connection with the housing such that the aerosol supply tube of an aerosol container inserted into the housing is operatively connected to the conduit such that it supplies the contents of the aerosol container to the conduit for dispensing through the distal end of the conduit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 1999
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2001
    Assignee: Waterbury Companies, Inc.
    Inventors: Gary M. Trocola, Carl D. Contadini, John J. Dean
  • Publication number: 20010023877
    Abstract: An inverted aerosol dispensing device is disclosed comprising an aerosol container extending between a top portion and a bottom portion for containing an aerosol product and an aerosol propellant therein. An aerosol valve is located at the bottom portion of the aerosol container. The aerosol valve has a valve stem for displacing the aerosol valve from a biased closed position to an open position to discharge the aerosol product from the valve stem. An undercap is secured to the bottom portion of the aerosol container for supporting the aerosol container on a supporting surface. An actuator is movably mounted relative to the undercap for moving the valve stem upon displacement of the actuator for discharging the aerosol product from the valve stem in a generally downwardly direction through the undercap. The invention is particularly useful in the dispensing of viscous aerosol products.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 2, 2001
    Publication date: September 27, 2001
    Inventor: Peter J. Walters
  • Patent number: 6283337
    Abstract: An aerosol container 10 having a perforated nozzle member 11 disposed at a distal end of a container body 12 with a content stored therein and for discharging the content onto the sole of a foot by stepping on the perforated nozzle member 11, wherein projections are provided at a location surrounding a plurality of nozzle ports 14 formed in the perforated discharge nozzle member 11 and an interval between a sole side of the foot and the nozzle ports 14 is retained by the projection when the perforated discharge nozzle member 11 is stepped on. The projections surrounding the plurality of nozzle ports 14 are an annular wall 32 and an upper end of the annular wall 32 is defined as an opening having a size dimension able to be covered with the sole of a foot.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 1999
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2001
    Assignee: Kao Corporation
    Inventors: Yukio Nakamura, Mikio Furukawa
  • Patent number: 6283338
    Abstract: A valve (14) is connected to a fluid filled and pressurized container for discharging the fluid (15). A valve body (16) is fixed within a container lid (13). An ascending pipe (21) projects into the container and is connected to a discharge tube (18) which projects into the container lid. An atomizer cap (23) is engaged by a catch mechanism to the circumferential edge (28) of the container lid (13). The cap includes an atomizer nozzle (22) coupled to the discharge tube (18) and oriented approximately perpendicular to the long axis of the container. At the circumferential edge (28) of the container lid (13) there is formed at least one projection (32), which cooperates with a complementary recess on the inner circumferential surface of the atomizer cap (23) in order to achieve a rotationally stable fixation of the latter to the container lid (13), with the nozzle 22 located in accordance with the location of the end of pipe (21) within the container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 1999
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2001
    Assignee: Coster Tecnologie Speciali S.p.A.
    Inventor: Adalberto Geier
  • Patent number: 6260738
    Abstract: A nozzle for dispensing packages which clearly communicates the function of upright dispensing and encourages a proper usage angle to insure substantial product evacuation from the package while functionally minimizing the risk of product being dispensed onto the side of the package is provided. The nozzle has a dispensing straw which is hinged at the underneath side of a shroud. The dispensing straw and shroud may be constructed as a single part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2000
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2001
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: George Scott Kerr, John Allen Wooton, Jennifer Sue Dwyer, Charlene Marie Stevenot
  • Patent number: 6241131
    Abstract: The present invention provides a delayed spray actuator for aerosol which is convenient for a user at the time of an ejection operation, that is simple in the entire construction, and that elongates a delayed time period. When a valve member 1 is depressed, the valve member 1, a cover member 5 and a stem 1 are moved downwardly to open a valve portion of the stem 10 and an outer sheath portion 7 is held in a state in which a protruded portion 7a thereof is engaged with a protruded portion 15c of a cover body 15. In this state, an end portion of a skirt portion 4c of a sheath-like responding portion 4 is closely contacted with a small diameter portion 6b of an inner circumferential surface of an inner cylinder portion 6, and a flow passage defined by a hole portion 6e, a groove portion 4b, and an output side hole portion 2a is closed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2000
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2001
    Assignee: Dainihon Jochugiku Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshio Katsuda, Hiroyuki Ueda
  • Patent number: 6237812
    Abstract: The present invention discloses an aerosol dispensing device for selectively dispensing a pressurized aerosol disinfectant from an aerosol container. A wall mounted support base for holding an aerosol container has two support holes at its lower end which rotatingly receive corresponding support shafts integral with a cover so as to permit the cover to rotate downward with respect to the support base; a latch mechanism detachably secures the top end of the cover to the support base. The aerosol container includes a normally closed discharge valve at one end, the discharge valve having a hollow stem extending from one end of the aerosol container and being in flow communication therewith when the hollow stem is laterally deflected. The aerosol container is removably received, stem down, in a mating U-shaped support arm attached to the support base, by means of a mating ring-form groove formed in one end of the aerosol container near the hollow stem.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 1999
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2001
    Assignee: Eiko-Sha Co. Ltd.
    Inventor: Rokuro Fukada