Abstract: The shroud and skeletal body assembly for a trigger sprayer comprises: a skeletal body including a lower portion, an upright body portion extending upwardly from the lower portion and having a forwardly extending piston receiving portion, a waterway defining portion above the piston receiving portion and extending forwardly of the upright body portion, and hook structure extending rearwardly from the upright body portion; and a shroud having a top wall, spaced apart side walls, a back wall, and a short rear bottom wall extending forwardly from the back wall, and latch structure extending between the side walls at a position to be engaged by the hook structure when the shroud is brought into engagement with the skeletal body.

Abstract: The nozzle assembly comprises two pieces, they being: a nozzle cap; and, an integral nose bushing on which the nozzle cap is threadedly received. The integral nose bushing includes a body portion received and mounted in a body of a trigger sprayer and a bushing portion integral with the bushing portion. The bushing portion includes a generally cylindrical portion having a distal end and a proximal end with the proximal end having threads thereon and the distal end having a smooth outer cylindrical surface. The cylindrical portion has an annular slot therein defining an outer cylindrical flange and a central cylindrical portion. The central cylindrical portion has an outer end which extends outwardly of the outer cylindrical flange and which has an outer end having an annular wall defining therein a swirl cavity. The nose bushing has a passage therein communicating a waterway in the bushing portion with the annular slot in the cylindrical portion.

Abstract: The child-resistant nozzle cover is used to cover a nozzle cap of a nozzle assembly for a trigger sprayer having a body, the nozzle assembly including a nose bushing at a front end of the body, the nozzle cap being rotatably mounted on the nose bushing of the sprayer, and the nozzle cap having a proximal end, a distal end including a generally annular rear edge, and an outer surface. The cover comprises a generally annular hood substantially covering the outer surface of the nozzle cap, being rotatable about the nozzle cap and nose bushing and having a proximal end, a distal end, an outer peripheral surface and an inner generally annular surface. Retaining structure is provided at the proximal end of the hood for retaining the hood on the nozzle assembly.

Abstract: The trigger sprayer comprises: a body having a cylinder therein; a liquid inlet in communication with the cylinder; an outlet waterway in communication with the cylinder; an outlet nozzle which has an outlet orifice and which is movable to and from a position in communication with the waterway; a piston having an inner and an outer end and being received in said cylinder and being movable between an outer at rest position and an inner pumping stroke position during the pumping strokes of the piston in the cylinder; a trigger operatively coupled to the body and acting on the outer end of the piston; a precompression valve in the cylinder, the valve being operable to allow liquid in the cylinder to enter the waterway only after a predetermined pressure is established in the cylinder and to stop liquid from entering the waterway when the pressure in the cylinder falls below the predetermined pressure; and, biasing structure for biasing the piston away from the valve.

Abstract: The nozzle assembly for a foam-spray-off trigger sprayer comprises a barrel with perforated end wall member and a nozzle member which has an elongate central axis and which is constructed to be mounted on the outer end of a nose bushing having liquid direction structure for directing liquid into a swirl. The nozzle member has a rear barrel portion and a front barrel portion with an internal wall therebetween. The internal wall has an orifice located on the central axis and is positioned to receive swirling liquid from the nose bushing for injection into the front barrel portion. The barrel with perforated end wall member includes an outer hollow cylindrical body and a transversely extending perforated wall mounted in the cylindrical body and structure for mounting the barrel with perforated end wall member for axial movement on and relative to the front barrel portion.

Abstract: The trigger operated pumping mechanism for a fluid dispensing device comprises a body extending rearwardly from a discharge end of the fluid dispensing device toward a hand gripping formation of the fluid dispensing device. The body has a hollow cylinder therein extending to a rear wall. A piston is received in the cylinder. A trigger is movably mounted to the body, has a front side and a back side, and is coupled to the piston. A biasing mechanism for biasing the trigger away from the body to bias the piston coupled to the trigger out of the cylinder is positioned between the body and the trigger. The biasing mechanism includes non-metal, non-coiled, elongate spring structure having opposite ends, extending rearwardly from the trigger toward the hand gripping formation, having one end positioned adjacent to and acting against the trigger and having another end positioned rearwardly of the trigger adjacent the body at a location which is closer to the rear wall of the cylinder than to the trigger.

Abstract: The pumping mechanism is used in a trigger operated fluid dispensing device, e.g. a trigger sprayer, for pumping fluid from a storage container into a discharge end of a body of the dispensing device. The pumping mechanism includes a chamber within the body of the trigger sprayer, a piston received in the cylinder, two flap valves associated with an internal back wall of the chamber, and a manually operated trigger movably connected to the body of the dispensing device and coupled to an outer end of the piston. The flap valves are normally closed and pressure controlled to ensure a quick filling and emptying of the collection chamber.

Abstract: The trigger operated dispensing device for mounting to a container comprises: a body made of plastic material and having a pumping chamber therein. The pumping chamber has an open outer end and an inner back wall, a pumping mechanism associated with the body and includes a plastic piston situated in the pumping chamber and a plastic trigger coupled to the body. Non-metal biasing structure is situated between the trigger and the body for biasing the piston out of the pumping chamber. Non-metal fluid inlet structure and non-metal fluid outlet structure are associated with the pumping chamber and comprise first and second plastic flap valves in or adjacent the back wall. Also provided is non-metal structure for coupling the body to the container. The trigger operated dispensing device has only parts made of non-metal or synthetic material therein.

Abstract: The adjustable nozzle assembly for a trigger sprayer comprises a nose bushing and an integral nozzle cap capable of being screwed upon the bushing. The nozzle cap has a discharge orifice located in its front face and a flange skirt extending from a front wall thereof. A nozzle cap flange skirt is threaded inside the rear portion thereof and an internally contoured or stepped surface is located forwardly of the threads to provide reduced diameter annular surfaces at two locations rearward of an inner wall surface of the cap and forward of the internal threads inside the nozzle cap flange skirt.

Abstract: The child resistant trigger sprayer bottle cap/bottle neck assembly comprises a trigger sprayer having a body including a cylindrical base. First coupling structure in the form of at least one deflectable tab with an opening therein is incorporated into the cylindrical base for coupling to a bottle neck. Second coupling structure in the form of a locking lug is provided on a bottle neck and is adapted to engage and couple with the first coupling structure by reason of the lug being received in the opening in the tab. There is also provided a locking ring which is received over the cylindrical base mounted on the neck for maintaining the first and second coupling structures in a coupled locked position.

Abstract: A trigger operated fluid dispensing device for mounting to a container comprising: a body having a front end including opposed side walls at the front end, a nose bushing extending from the front end between the body side walls and at least one, elongate, nozzle cap blocking member which extends from the body front end and which is adapted to engage and prevent rotation of a nozzle cap upon rotation of the cap without manipulation of the body side walls; a nozzle assembly at the body front end including the nose bushing, a nozzle cap received on the nose busing and cooperating structure on or in the nozzle cap and on or in the nose bushing for selectively establishing an off position, a spray position or a stream position of the nozzle cap upon rotation of the nozzle cap; the nozzle cap being mounted for rotation on the nose bushing between the three positions and the nozzle cap having engaging structure therein positioned adjacent the blocking member for engaging the blocking member when someone attempts to

Abstract: The trigger operated pumping mechanism for a fluid dispensing device comprises a body. The pumping mechanism comprises a cylinder in the body of the dispensing device, a piston received in the cylinder, a trigger movably mounted to the body and having a front side and a back side, and being coupled to the piston, and a non-metal biasing mechanism for biasing the trigger away from the body to bias the piston coupled to the trigger out of the cylinder. The biasing mechanism includes a separate, non-coiled elongate, generally flat, spring having elongate, opposed flat surfaces and opposite ends and being positioned between the body and the trigger. The trigger back side has a back wall. The spring has one flat surface of one end portion at one end of the spring positioned adjacent the back wall of the trigger and has the other end of the spring positioned rearwardly of the trigger and engaging against the body.

Abstract: The trigger operated fluid dispensing device is adapted to be mounted to a container. The device comprises a body having a top wall portion and front end portion. A nozzle assembly is provided at the front of the body and comprises a nose bushing at the front end of the body and a nozzle cap rotatably mounted to the nose bushing. The nozzle cap has blocking structure that is engageable with structure that prevents rotation of the nozzle cap. A pull-away piece is detachably connected to the top wall portion of the body and has extending structure extending into the area between the nozzle cap and the front end of the body for engaging the blocking structure for preventing relative movement between the nozzle cap and the body.

Abstract: The snap-in trigger (30) for mounting in a trigger sprayer housing (25) comprises a trigger (30) which includes flexible members (80,85) carrying pivotal mounting elements (100,105) which mate with corresponding elements (110,115) in a base, e.g., the sprayer housing (25). The flexible members (80,85) are flexed towards each other during attachment of the trigger (30) to the base, to allow easy mating of the pivotal mounting elements (100,105,110,115). The trigger (30) also includes a flexible locking member (90) which can be pivoted between a first position in which the locking member is spaced apart from the vicinity of the pivotal mounting elements (100,105,110,115), (e.g.

Abstract: The adjustable nozzle assembly for a trigger sprayer comprises a nose bushing and an integral nozzle cap capable of being screwed upon the bushing. The nozzle cap has a discharge orifice located in its front face and a flange skirt extending from a front wall thereof. A nozzle cap flange skirt is threaded inside the rear portion thereof and an internally contoured or stepped surface is located forwardly of the threads to provide reduced diameter annular surfaces at two locations rearward of an inner wall surface of the cap and forward of the internal threads inside the nozzle cap flange skirt.

Abstract: The foam nozzle assembly is mounted to a trigger sprayer and comprises an outer barrel portion defining a foam generating chamber into which liquid is ejected in a conical spray from an orifice in a back wall of the foam generating chamber. The cone of the spray subtends a predetermined angle. A perforated wall is located in the outer barrel portion and is spaced forwardly of the back wall having the orifice from which the conical spray is ejected. The perforated wall has ribs and slots therein and the back edges of the portions of the ribs between slots are rounded to provide a surface upon which the conical spray can infringe and be deflected in different directions to mix with air in the foam generating chamber to create foam. The rounded back edge of each of the ribs is defined by a generally circular round having a given radius R. Preferably, the width of each slot is defined as S and the radius R is in a ratio to the slot width S, R:S, of between approximately 1:2 and 1:4 and preferably 1:3.

Abstract: The snap-in trigger for mounting in a trigger sprayer housing comprises a trigger which includes flexible members carrying pivotal mounting elements which mate with corresponding elements in a base, e.g., the sprayer housing. The flexible members are flexed towards each other during attachment of the trigger to the base, to allow easy mating of the pivotal mounting elements. The trigger also includes a flexible locking member which can be pivoted between a first position in which the locking members is spaced apart from the vicinity of the pivotal mounting elements, (e.g., during mating of the pivotal members while the flexible members are flexed together) and a second position in which the locking member is positioned directly between the flexible members in the vicinity of the pivotal mounting elements, preventing the flexible members from moving towards one another, and thus assuring proper mating configuration between the pivotal mounting members.