Patents Assigned to Contico
  • Patent number: 5385302
    Abstract: A low cost trigger sprayer has a housing with a first liquid passage containing a spinner assembly. An elastomeric pump element is positioned generally horizontally such that pulling the trigger retracts the element and releasing the trigger allows the element to extend. The sprayer includes a low cost spinner assembly and low cost valving to control the flow of liquid within the sprayer. In one aspect of the invention, the housing has front and rear sections with the rear section having a saddle portion and being hinged to the front section for pivotal movement from an open position for molding the housing to a closed position for operating the sprayer. In another aspect of the invention, the container has a rear portion which extends upwardly past the neck and defining a saddle recess, with the housing connected to the neck of the container and positioned forwardly of the upwardly extending container portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 1992
    Date of Patent: January 31, 1995
    Assignee: Contico
    Inventors: Donald D. Foster, Philip L. Nelson
  • Patent number: 5294025
    Abstract: An improved trigger sprayer apparatus is comprised of a venting system that allows air to enter a liquid container connected to the apparatus as the apparatus dispenses liquid from the container, a trigger member of the apparatus that provides reliable operation and prevents the inadvertent disconnection of the trigger member from the apparatus, a gasket connected to the apparatus between the liquid container and the apparatus, and a fluid conduit communicating with a nozzle orifice of the apparatus that centers a fluid spinner of the apparatus relative to the orifice.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 1993
    Date of Patent: March 15, 1994
    Assignee: Contico
    Inventor: Donald D. Foster