Abstract: The end of the arm on the pivoted trigger of a pump dispenser brushes against a projection on the wider end of a funnel-shaped seal to distort the wider end, breaking its seal against the inside of a tubular support for the pump dispenser and opening a vent to the atmosphere.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
May 21, 2001
Date of Patent:
July 30, 2002
Assignee:
Owens-llinois Closure Inc.
Inventors:
Wing-Kwong Keung, Scotty Ferrell, Gennaro R. Martire