CN105307952A - Fluid dispensing apparatus and method - Google Patents

Fluid dispensing apparatus and method Download PDF

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CN105307952A
CN105307952A CN201480034001.6A CN201480034001A CN105307952A CN 105307952 A CN105307952 A CN 105307952A CN 201480034001 A CN201480034001 A CN 201480034001A CN 105307952 A CN105307952 A CN 105307952A
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盖瑞·霍桑
卡西姆·加瓦米-纳斯尔
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    • BPERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65DCONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES
    • B65D83/00Containers or packages with special means for dispensing contents
    • B65D83/14Containers or packages with special means for dispensing contents for delivery of liquid or semi-liquid contents by internal gaseous pressure, i.e. aerosol containers comprising propellant for a product delivered by a propellant
    • B65D83/16Containers or packages with special means for dispensing contents for delivery of liquid or semi-liquid contents by internal gaseous pressure, i.e. aerosol containers comprising propellant for a product delivered by a propellant characterised by the actuating means
    • B65D83/20Containers or packages with special means for dispensing contents for delivery of liquid or semi-liquid contents by internal gaseous pressure, i.e. aerosol containers comprising propellant for a product delivered by a propellant characterised by the actuating means operated by manual action, e.g. button-type actuator or actuator caps
    • BPERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65DCONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES
    • B65D83/00Containers or packages with special means for dispensing contents
    • B65D83/14Containers or packages with special means for dispensing contents for delivery of liquid or semi-liquid contents by internal gaseous pressure, i.e. aerosol containers comprising propellant for a product delivered by a propellant
    • B65D83/44Valves specially adapted therefor; Regulating devices
    • B65D83/48Lift valves, e.g. operated by push action
    • BPERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65DCONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES
    • B65D83/00Containers or packages with special means for dispensing contents
    • B65D83/14Containers or packages with special means for dispensing contents for delivery of liquid or semi-liquid contents by internal gaseous pressure, i.e. aerosol containers comprising propellant for a product delivered by a propellant
    • B65D83/44Valves specially adapted therefor; Regulating devices
    • B65D83/52Valves specially adapted therefor; Regulating devices for metering
    • B65D83/54Metering valves ; Metering valve assemblies

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Abstract

The present invention provides apparatus for dispensing a fluid, comprising an elongate valve member having a fluid outlet and a fluid inlet locatable in fluid communication with a fluid reservoir, and at least one locking element to lock a fluid dispensing member with respect to the valve member wherein a fluid exit port of the fluid dispensing member is in fluid communication with the fluid outlet of the valve member. A valve assembly for a fluid dispensing device and a method of manufacturing a valve assembly are also provided.

Description

Fluid distributing apparatus and method
Invention field
The present invention relates to fluid dispensing apparatus.Especially, but not exclusive, the present invention relates to aerosol flow distributing equipment and the valve module for such equipment.
The wall of such as aerosol can, automation or floor mounting allocation units Conventional aerosol fluid dispensing apparatus like this hold pressure fluid to be allocated.Such equipment generally includes valve module, and this valve module is positioned at the upper part place of aerosol can, for distributing the liquid product of the dosage of the metering from this tank.With the valve module of routine in such devices comprise valve body, in this valve body between valve opening position and valve off position moveable elongate bars, with for the actuator of this bar mobile.This actuator is attached to this bar by simple interference fit.This actuator generally includes nozzle, and when actuator is manually or when automatically operating, this nozzle is used in a predetermined manner from this aerosol can or other fluid container distributing fluids.
But this actuator can be removed from bar, and the content of this tank, or the other products container of aerosol distributing equipment may be damaged.Such as, the another kind of material of such as caustic alkali or acid can be injected this tank in cold blood thus be polluted the content of this tank, and entire contents can remove from this tank, or slack tank can be recharged like this.And, this actuator can be removed from aerosol can in cold blood or mistakenly, and being used on different tanks, these different tanks may be manufactured by identical company or may not be manufactured by identical company, or these tanks may hold identical product and maybe may not hold identical product.In addition, such as empty fluid container can be removed from the wall installing type aerosol allocation units of automation, and the off-square fluid container being received different product is mistakenly replaced.Between transport, storage or used life, this actuator also may be touched off and/or is lost by accident, stores these article again and make the aerosol can of full dress lose efficacy at least in part on shelf and/or in point of sale.If eaten, the actuator be removed may be also dangerous to child and pet.
Summary of the invention
The object of the invention is to alleviate problem above-mentioned at least in part.
The object of certain embodiments of the present invention is to provide the valve module for aerosol dispensing system, and this valve module comprises actuator, and this actuator is locked to valve rod and is removed from this valve rod in cold blood or by accident to stop actuator.
The object of certain embodiments of the present invention is to provide the valve module for aerosol dispensing system, and this valve module comprises actuator, and it is damaged with the content of the fluid container stoping this system that this actuator is locked to valve rod.
The object of certain embodiments of the present invention is to provide the valve module for aerosol dispensing system, and it manufactures and assembling is simple, fast and cheap.
According to a first aspect of the invention, be provided for the device of distributing fluids, comprise:
Microscler valve member, it has the fluid egress point and fluid intake that can be positioned to be communicated with fluid reservoir fluid; With
At least one locking member, it is for locking flow distribution element relative to valve member, and wherein the fluid outlet aperture of flow distribution element is communicated with the fluid egress point fluid of valve member.
Suitably, this at least one locking member comprises coupling member, and this coupling member has inside face for the fluid egress point end of receiving valve component and outside face pieceable with the inside face of this flow distribution element.
Suitably, the inside face of this coupling member comprises at least one salient, and this at least one salient is received by least one recess in the outside face of described valve member so that coupling member is attached to described valve member.
Suitably, this at least one salient comprises at least one continuous print annular protrusion, and the recess of the multiple interruptions be radially spaced at least one continuous print annular recess of this at least one continuous print annular protrusion and valve member or valve member is corresponding.
Suitably, this at least one salient comprises the salient of multiple interruption be radially spaced, and at least one the continuous print annular recess in the recess of the plurality of salient of the interruption be radially spaced and the interruption that the multiple of valve member are radially spaced or valve member is corresponding.
Suitably, this at least one salient comprises multiple axially spaced salient, and the plurality of axially spaced salient corresponds to the multiple axially spaced recess in valve member.
Suitably, each in the plurality of axially spaced salient comprises the salient of the multiple radially spaced interruption corresponding with the recess of the multiple radially spaced interruption in valve member.
Suitably, the plurality of axially spaced salient comprises four salients, and these four salients are radially spaced each other with 90 ° separately, and these four salients are corresponding with the multiple recesses arranged accordingly in valve member.
Suitably, at least one salient of this coupling member comprises outside face bending substantially to engage accordingly with the inside face be complementally shaped of at least one recess in valve member.
Suitably, the inside face that this at least one salient has apart from sleeve pipe is approximately the height of about 0.1mm to 5mm and is approximately the width of about 0.1mm to 5mm.
Suitably, this at least one salient inside face had apart from sleeve pipe is approximately the width that the height of about 0.5mm and width are approximately about 1mm.
Suitably, the outside face that this at least one recess has apart from valve member is approximately the degree of depth of about 0.1mm to 5mm and is approximately about 0.1mm to 5mm width.
Suitably, the outside face that this at least one recess has apart from valve member is approximately the degree of depth of about 0.1mm and is approximately the width of about 0.9mm.
Suitably, coupling member comprises at least one recess in outside face or aperture, and this at least one recess or aperture receive at least one salient extended from the inside face of flow distribution element so that this flow distribution element is locked to coupling member.
Suitably, at least one recess of this coupling member has the diameter that is approximately about 0.5mm and is approximately the about 0.1mm degree of depth.
Suitably, this coupling member comprises the flange portion extended internally, this flange portion extended internally when on coupling member is arranged on described valve member and when being connected to described valve member, the fluid egress point end of adjacent valve member.
Suitably, this flange portion extended internally comprises the aperture that the fluid egress point of valve member is communicated with the fluid outlet aperture fluid of flow distribution element.
Suitably, this coupling member comprises sleeve pipe.
Suitably, this flow distribution element comprises at least one locking member.
Suitably, this at least one locking member comprises at least one salient extended from the inside face of microscler valve member.
Suitably, this flow distribution element comprises the endoporus of the fluid egress point end of receiving microscler valve member, and this at least one salient extends from the inside face of this endoporus.
Suitably, this at least one salient comprises barb-like part, and this barb-like part is snapped in fluid egress point end, to allow valve member to be received in flow distribution element, stops flow distribution element to be removed from valve member simultaneously.
Suitably, valve member comprises the one or more recesses extended in the outside face of valve member, and this one or more recess is used for this at least one salient is locked in accordingly wherein so that flow distribution element is connected to valve member.
Suitably, microscler valve member is columniform substantially.
Suitably, this device also comprises for head for target position distributing fluids nozzle, and this nozzle comprises the fluid outlet aperture of flow distribution element.
Suitably, this device also comprise in valve body between valve off position and valve opening position the actuator of movement of valve component.
Suitably, flow distribution element comprises this actuator.
Suitably, one or more in valve member, locking member and flow distribution element comprise plastic material.
According to a second aspect of the invention, be provided for the valve module of fluid dispensing apparatus, this valve module comprises device according to a first aspect of the invention.
According to a third aspect of the invention we, the aerosol flow distributing equipment of the valve module comprised according to a second aspect of the invention is provided.
According to a forth aspect of the invention, be provided for the microscler valve member of dispensing valve assembly, comprise:
Fluid egress point and fluid intake, this fluid egress point and fluid intake can be positioned to be communicated with fluid reservoir fluid; With
At least one locking member, it is for locking flow distribution element relative to valve member, and wherein the fluid outlet aperture of flow distribution element is communicated with the fluid egress point fluid of valve member.
According to a fifth aspect of the invention, be provided for the locking member of dispensing valve assembly, comprise:
At least one locking member, it is for locking flow distribution element relative to microscler valve member, and wherein the fluid outlet aperture of flow distribution element is communicated with the fluid egress point fluid of valve member.
According to a sixth aspect of the invention, the method for the device manufacturing distributing fluids is provided, comprises:
By at least one locking member relative to microscler valve member locking flow distribution element, wherein the fluid outlet aperture of flow distribution element is communicated with the fluid egress point fluid of valve member.
Suitably, the method also comprises:
On fluid egress point end coupling member being arranged on valve member, wherein coupling member comprise for the fluid egress point end of admission valve component inside face and the outside face of inside face of this flow distribution element can be engaged.
Suitably, the method also comprises:
At least one salient that inside face from described coupling member extends is joined at least one recess in the outside face of described valve member so that coupling member is locked to described valve member.
According to a seventh aspect of the invention, provide the purposes of at least one locking member relative to microscler valve member locking flow distribution element, wherein the fluid outlet aperture of flow distribution element is communicated with the fluid egress point fluid of valve member.
Certain embodiments of the invention can provide coupling member, this coupling member is used for locking actuator securely relative to aerosol valve stem, to stop actuator to be removed from aerosol can or automation distributing equipment by accident or in cold blood, and be more particularly removed from the bar aerosol can or automation distributing equipment.
Certain embodiments of the invention can stop the liquid product be contained in tank to be damaged in cold blood, remove or again load, and certain embodiments of the invention also stop different actuators to be used on specific aerosol can or automation distributing equipment.
Certain embodiments of the invention can stop different being used together with the actuator of particular type mistakenly or in cold blood with possibility off-square product container.
Certain embodiments of the invention can provide aerosol can or comprise other distributing equipment of actuator/nozzle parts, the valve module that these actuator/nozzle parts are attached to this equipment is securely transporting to stop, storing, is using these actuator/nozzle parts in process like this to be knocked by accident, and eliminate the danger of the actuator/nozzle parts that children or pet eat relatively little, otherwise this may be fatal.
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With reference to accompanying drawing, only in an illustrative manner, will be described below embodiment of the present invention now, in the accompanying drawings:
Fig. 1 shows the cutaway view being attached to the valve module of the upper part of aerosol can according to certain embodiments of the present invention;
Fig. 2 shows the cutaway view of the actuator of the bar of the valve module that can be connected to Fig. 1;
Fig. 3 shows cutaway view, it illustrates the sleeve pipe of the bar of the distal end portion of the bar of the valve module being attached to Fig. 1;
Fig. 4 shows the cutaway view of the sleeve pipe of the bar of Fig. 3;
Fig. 5 shows the cutaway view of the bar of Fig. 3;
Fig. 6 a shows the 3D solid figure of the other embodiments of the rod bush according to certain embodiments of the present invention;
Fig. 6 b shows the cutaway view of the sleeve pipe of the bar of Fig. 6 a;
Fig. 7 shows the 3D solid figure of the bar according to certain embodiments of the present invention; And
Fig. 8 shows the cutaway view of the other valve module according to certain embodiments of the present invention.
Detailed description of the invention
In the accompanying drawings, identical Ref. No. refers to identical part.
Fig. 1 shows the valve module 100 according to certain embodiments of the present invention.Valve module 100 is attached to top " cup " part 102 of aerosol can, and it is usually by tin-coated steel or like this making of zinc-plated aluminium.This tank holds the fluid product of pressurization, the normally liquid of such as air freshener, deodorizer, furniture polish, foam, mousse, gel or analogue, and the suitable propellant of the product of the amount of measurement to be allocated with such as carbon dioxide, nitrogen, pressurized air or analogue mixes by valve module 100.
Valve module 100 comprises the valve body 104 with low portion 106 and upper part 108.The upper part 108 of valve body 104 comprises the center through hole 110 with proximal end part 112 and distal end portion part 114.The upper part 108 of valve body 104 is included in the annular shoulder 116 that distal end portion part 114 place extends internally.Microscler valve member or " bar " 118 move slidably in the upper part 108 of valve body 104, and microscler valve member or " bar " 118 comprise outward extending annular shoulder 120, annular shoulder 120 adjoins the shoulder 116 of the upper part 108 of valve body 104 with the axial motion of limiting lever 118 in valve body 104.One end of Compress Spring 122 is positioned on the low portion 106 of valve body 104, and the other end of spring 122 adjoins the downside of the shoulder 120 of bar 118 simultaneously.As shown in fig. 1, spring 122 is outwards and towards valve off position bias stem 118.The central wall portion of the upper cup part 102 of this tank is takeed on 125 restrained with the inside of the upper cup part 102 securely valve module 100 being attached to this tank around the top extended outwardly of valve body 104.Interface between the upper part 108 of the such as inner washer 124 seal valve main body 104 of O annular or pad etc. and the upper cup part 102 of this tank and also sealing around bar 118, allows bar to move axially relative to tank 102 and valve body 104 simultaneously.
The valve module of assembly drowing 1 as described below.The distal end portion 117 of bar 118 is inserted through the center through hole 110 of the upper part 108 of valve body 104 slidably via the proximal end 112 of through hole 110.Then spring 122 is inserted in the proximal end part 112 of through hole 110, and spring 122 be placed on bar 118 proximal end 119 on the shoulder 120 of adjacent bar 118.Then the proximal end part 112 of valve body 104 is attached to the low portion 106 of valve body 104 with radius stay 118 in the valve body 104 of assembling and spring 122 by fastening, screw thread or similar attaching parts.Inner washer 124 is placed on bar 118 to be arranged in the circular groove 126 of the distal end portion part 114 of the upper part 108 of valve body 104.Then bar 118 divides the central aperture 128 in 102 through the cup portion being medially arranged in tank in protruding land area, and valve module 100 is positioned in this land area.The wall of this land area is then by upcountry curling with the inside of the upper cup part 102 securely valve module 100 being attached to tank.Then dip-tube (not shown) is attached to the intake section 130 of the low portion 106 of valve body 104, and this intake section 130 extends towards the base of tank 102, for the bottom part dispense fluid from tank, even if when tank is almost empty.There is the product comprising all active components except propellant that base portion and the slack tank main body (not shown) of the cylindrical wall portion upwards extended from base portion are filled with normally liquid form.The cup portion of tank divides 102 to be then attached to the wall portion of tank to form the aerosol dispensing system assembled by crimping, welding etc.Outer washer (not shown) can be positioned at cup portion divide 102 and cup portion divide 102 to be attached between its can body.Then propellant is injected into through valve module 100 under stress via the distal end portion 117 of bar 118.Propellant can be the form of liquefied gas or pressure gas etc.If liquefied gas is used, liquefied gas will be present in the head space of aerosol can with liquid and steam, and when product is assigned with from tank, the volume of the liquid product in tank will increase along with time lapse.If pressure gas is used as propellant, pressure gas in the head space in tank above liquid product, and will can only exist on a small quantity or the liquid volume do not increased, and will reduce along with the time at the pressure of the life period propellant of tank.Then pressurized tank carries out Leak Detection.
As shown in Figure 2, then actuator 200 is assembled on the distal end portion 117 of bar 118.The nozzle segment 202 of actuator 200 is communicated with hole 121 fluid of bar 118 by being formed in the one or more passages 204 in actuator 200.Therefore actuator 200 is provided in a predefined manner from the nozzle segment 202 of tank 102 distributing fluids, when valve module 100 is in opening, actuator 200 makes nozzle segment 202 and the content fluid communication in aerosol can 102, and actuator 200 also provides relatively large face area, it carrys out actuated valve package 100 in use manually downward by hydraulic actuator 200.
In use, power is applied to the outside face 206 of actuator 202 downwards, the outside face 206 of actuator 202 and then bar 118 is entered in valve body 104 to ground catch bar 118.As shown in Figure 3, this downward making every effort to overcome elastic force of taking spring 122 (spring 122 originally upwards bias stem 118 and actuator 200) is down to move to bar 118 in valve body 104 and down to be moved in valve opening position by bar 118.At valve opening position, at least one product inlet aperture 310 in the sidepiece of valve rod 118 is from outside and be moved to enter the state be communicated with room 312 fluid in the top of valve body 104 through inner washer 124, and in top, room 312 is defined by the shoulder 120 of the upper part 108 of valve body 104, inner washer 124 and bar 118 and bar 118.Depend on the product type to be allocated from tank, the diameter in fluid intake aperture 310 is approximately about 0.3mm to 1mm.
As best shown in Figure 7, the shoulder 120 of bar 118 comprises some notched region 720, and each notched region 720 has and extends laterally in bar 118 with the corresponding aperture 322 be communicated with the lower central hole 324 in the proximal end 119 of bar 118.The fluid intake place of lower central hole 324 in the proximal end 119 of bar 118 stops being communicated with the dip-tube (not shown) of intake section 130 of the low portion 106 being attached to valve body 104.Therefore, the liquid product stored under stress in tank forces dip-tube to rise by propellant, enters into room 312 in top via the notched region 720 of aperture 322 and bar 118 through the low portion 106 of valve body 104 and the underpunch 324 of bar 118.When bar 118 is at valve opening position, fluid intake 310 is positioned in top in room 312, and therefore fluid product is prompted to enter the upper hole 121 of bar 118 and the fluid outlet in the distal end portion 117 of bar is discharged from bar.Product is then at the path 204 advancing into actuator 200 via nozzle segment 202 distribution.
As shown in Fig. 5 and Fig. 7, comprise multiple recess 550 according to the bar 118 of certain embodiments of the present invention, each recess 550 extends internally at distal end portion 117 place of bar 118.Recess 550 is axially spaced along bar 118, and each recess can comprise around the recess of the continuous print annular of bar or groove or some are interrupted and the recess (as shown) that separates circlewise.The recess of each interruption as shown in Figure 7 has the degree of depth being approximately about 0.1mm, the width being approximately about 0.9mm and is approximately the arc length of about 3mm.Bar 118 has the diameter being approximately about 2mm to 4mm, and diameter is suitably approximately about 3.2mm.
Alternatively, bar 118 can comprise at least one recess or at least two recesses, and one of them recess is upper recess and another recess is lower recess, and lower recess radially offsets and axially spaced apart from this upper recess.Each recess 550 can be semi-circular profile substantially or have any suitable shape or profile, such as triangle or the square recess that is formed in the wall of bar 118 substantially.
As shown in Figure 4, there is with the coupling member 400 of the form of sleeve pipe the endoporus 410 defining inside face 412.Multiple axially spaced annular protrusion 450 upcountry extends from inside face 412 relative to the axis of coupling member 400.Salient 450 according to size make and spaced apart so that the recess 550 corresponding with bar 118 is aimed at, when making on the distal end portion 117 that coupling member 400 is placed on bar 118, each salient 450 is engaged in corresponding recess 550 so that coupling member 400 is attached to bar 118 securely.As shown in Fig. 6 a and Fig. 6 b, the shoulder portion 620 extended internally can be comprised according to the coupling member 600 of certain embodiments of the present invention, when on the distal end portion 117 that coupling member 600 is arranged on bar 118, shoulder portion 620 is used as block, and provides between coupling member 600 with bar 118 and be more firmly connected.Annular shoulder part 620 defines aperture 625 and flows to actuator 200 and nozzle segment 202 to allow liquid product from bar 118.Aperture 625 has the diameter being approximately about 1mm to 2mm, and diameter is suitably 1.1mm.Coupling member 600 also comprise for connect isolated of the corresponding recess 550 in bar 118 and the salient 650 that is interrupted.
The single annular protrusion of cross sectional arrangement identical substantially around coupling member or the salient be radially spaced of multiple interruption is comprised according to the coupling member 400 of certain embodiments of the present invention, coupling member 600.Alternatively, this at least one salient can comprise the isolated salient of the multiple interruptions arranged in the shape of a spiral that the inside face around coupling member is arranged.In addition alternatively, coupling member can comprise corresponding screw thread separately with bar.Optional embodiment of the present invention can provide the coupling member with at least one barb-like salient, this barb-like salient recesses fit corresponding at least one in bar is slidably mounted on bar to allow coupling member, stops coupling member to be removed from bar simultaneously.Two or more axially spaced salients and corresponding recess contribute to being provided in further coupling member and and then are firmly connected with stable between actuator and bar.
Actuator 200 is included at least one salient 250 in the central bore portion 210 of actuator 200, and this at least one salient 250 defines the part for the path 204 be communicated with nozzle segment 202 fluid of actuator 200 by bar 118.As shown in Figure 6, salient 250 is engaged in corresponding recess in the sidepiece of coupling member 600 or aperture 660.This recess or aperture 660 have the diameter being approximately about 0.5mm and the degree of depth being approximately about 0.1mm.The corresponding salient of actuator 200 is correspondingly according to the recess be sized in cooperation coupling member or aperture 660.Therefore actuator 200 can be attached to coupling member 400,600 securely.
Some optional embodiment of the present invention can provide the coupling member with one or more recess and the bar with one or more corresponding salient.Equally, some optional embodiment of the present invention can provide the actuator of the one or more recesses had in central bore portion 210, and coupling member 400,600 can comprise to one or more recesses fit of actuator actuator is attached to coupling member securely and and then relative to the one or more corresponding salient of rod lock actuator.In addition alternatively, certain embodiments of the invention can provide the coupling member with the conical outer surface coordinated to the corresponding cone-shaped inner surface of actuator, make when actuator is placed on coupling member, coupling member is engaged in the cone-shaped inner surface of actuator, and due to the barb-like linkage interface between two parts, be prevented from removing from coupling member, that is, actuator is locked relative to bar by coupling member.In addition alternatively, certain embodiments of the invention can provide actuator, and this actuator comprises at least one salient of the bar for actuator being directly locked to valve module.Such as, this at least one salient can comprise barb or dentation ring-type element, and this barb or dentation ring-type element, when actuator is installed on bar, are snapped to the outside face of the flexible relative of bar, stops actuator to be removed from bar thus.This at least one salient can comprise multiple isolated salient, and/or salient can be arranged around the inside face with the pieceable actuator of bar by continuously or intermittently.
According to certain embodiments of the present invention, the inside face of the outside face of coupling member 400,600 and the central bore portion 210 of actuator 200 can complementally be shaped, make the actuator having this type/form only can be attached to coupling member 400,600 securely, and and then be attached to bar 118.Such as, the outside face of coupling member 400,600 and central bore portion 210 can be diameters similar substantially or be hexagon substantially on cross-sectional plane, or analogous shape.Coupling member 400,600 can comprise the outside face of generic cylindrical, and this columniform outside face has the keyway (key) that smooth part engages to be used as the smooth inner surface portion corresponding to actuator 200.Such structure allows the actuator of certain type or model to use together with certain fluid dispensing apparatus, and stop the actuator of other type to use together with specific fluid dispensing apparatus, and/or different fluid dispensing apparatus is stoped to use together with certain actuator.
Valve body 106,108, bar 118, actuator 200 and/or coupling member 400,600 can be any suitable material, such as plastic material or metallic material.
Between aerosol can erecting stage, coupling member 400,600 to be inserted in actuator 200 by recess corresponding at least one salient 250 and coupling member 400,600 or aperture 660 and to be firmly-fixed to actuator 200.When coupling member 400,600 is inserted in actuator 200, the recess that the salient of actuator is corresponding to coupling member 400,600 or aperture 660 are aimed at, and to be engaged in coupling member 400,600 in corresponding recess or aperture 660.A kind of adhesives of form also can optionally for being fixed to actuator by coupling member further.Then actuator 200 and coupling member 400,600 are placed on bar 118, and the downward power being applied to actuator 200 is aimed at the salient 450,650 of coupling member and is engaged to by the salient 450,650 of coupling member in the corresponding recess 550 of bar 118, to lock coupling member 400,600 securely, and and then actuator 200 is locked to valve rod 118.In addition, a kind of adhesives of form also can optionally for being fixed to bar by coupling member further.Shown in Figure 8 according to the valve module 800 of certain embodiments of the present invention, valve module 800 comprises the coupling member 600 as shown in Fig. 6 a and Fig. 6 b.Valve module 800 as shown in Figure 8 has longer valve body, this valve body comprises interconnective lower body portions 806 and upper body part 808, and this interconnective lower body portions 806 and upper body part 808 hold relatively long bar 818 and Compress Spring 822.Lower body portions 806 comprises the product inlet 830 for being attached to dip-tube.Upper body part 808 is provided for locating the recess of inner washer 824, the sealing between inner washer 824 divides for the cup portion of valve module 800 and aerosol can.
Certain embodiments of the invention can provide coupling member, this coupling member is used for locking actuator securely relative to aerosol valve stem, to stop actuator to be removed from aerosol can or automation distributing equipment by accident or in cold blood, and be more particularly removed from the bar aerosol can or automation distributing equipment.Therefore, certain embodiments of the present invention can stop the liquid product be contained in tank to be damaged in cold blood, remove or load, and also stop different actuators to be used on specific aerosol can or automation distributing equipment.And, certain embodiments of the present invention can stop the actuator of different and possible off-square product container and particular type mistakenly or in cold blood together with use.Certain embodiments of the invention can provide aerosol can or comprise other distributing equipment of actuator/nozzle parts, the valve module that these actuator/nozzle parts are attached to this equipment is securely knocked by accident to stop these actuator/nozzle parts in the process of transport, storage, use etc., and eliminate the danger of the actuator/nozzle parts that children or pet eat relatively little, otherwise this may be fatal.If the actuator according to the valve module of certain embodiments of the present invention is pushed away from the bar of valve module by accident or in cold blood, bar and/or actuator can engage and lose efficacy irretrievablely, thus make aerosol apparatus invalid, and therefore stop different actuators to use together with equipment or product container, such as, the tank of equipment is stoped to use together with identical actuator or another actuator.Bar also by damaged, thus stop its repeated usage and/or holds product in a device and be removed, loaded or damaged again.Comprise one or more frangible region according to the bar of the valve module of certain embodiments of the present invention, to allow when predetermined force is applied to actuator and/or bar, bar lost efficacy or fracture.Such frangible region is included in the recess of the one or more thin ring-type in the wall of bar, the region that thickness reduces, breach etc., it does not damage the integraty of bar between normal used life, and allow power axial be substantially applied to bar via actuator and do not lose efficacy when product distributes from aerosol apparatus, allow simultaneously between normal used life when predetermined shearing force is applied to bar and/or actuator, allow bar to rupture at least partly.Alternatively, the one or more recesses in bar can provide frangible part with when excessive shearing force is applied to actuator or bar, allow bar fracture.
Run through description and the claim of this specification sheets, word " comprises (comprise) " and " comprising (contain) " and its variant are meant to " including but not limited to ", and they are not intended to get rid of (and not getting rid of) other parts, additive, parts, entirety or step.Run through description and the claim of this specification sheets, odd number contains plural number, unless the context otherwise requires.Especially, when using indefinite article, this specification sheets is interpreted as considering plural number and odd number, unless the context otherwise requires.
Be interpreted as being applicable to any other side as herein described, embodiment or example, unless incompatible with it in conjunction with feature, entirety, feature or the group described by particular aspects of the present invention, embodiment or example.Whole feature disclosed in this specification sheets (comprising any claims and accompanying drawing), and/or the Overall Steps of so disclosed any method or process, can combine with any combination, except at least some of wherein these features and/or step is the combination mutually repelled.The invention is not restricted to any details of any foregoing embodiments.The present invention extends to any novel features or the novel combination of feature disclosed in this specification sheets (comprising claims and accompanying drawing), or extends to any novel features of step of so disclosed any method or process or any novel combination.
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1., for a device for distributing fluids, comprising:
Microscler valve member, it has the fluid egress point and fluid intake that can be positioned to be communicated with fluid reservoir fluid; With
At least one locking member, it is for locking flow distribution element relative to described valve member, and the fluid outlet aperture of wherein said flow distribution element is communicated with the described fluid egress point fluid of described valve member.
2. device according to claim 1, wherein, at least one locking member described comprises coupling member, and described coupling member has the inside face of the fluid egress point end for receiving described valve member and outside face pieceable with the inside face of described flow distribution element.
3. device according to claim 2, wherein, the described inside face of described coupling member comprises at least one salient, and at least one salient described is received by least one recess in the outside face of described valve member so that described coupling member is attached to described valve member.
4. device according to claim 3, wherein, at least one salient described comprises at least one continuous print annular protrusion, and the recess of the multiple interruptions be radially spaced at least one continuous print annular recess of at least one continuous print annular protrusion described and described valve member or described valve member is corresponding.
5. device according to claim 3, wherein, at least one salient described comprises the salient of multiple interruption be radially spaced, and at least one the continuous print annular recess in the recess of the salient of described multiple interruption be radially spaced and multiple interruptions be radially spaced of described valve member or described valve member is corresponding.
6. the device according to any one of claim 3 to 5, wherein, at least one salient described comprises multiple axially spaced salient, and described multiple axially spaced salient corresponds to the multiple axially spaced recess in described valve member.
7. device according to claim 6, wherein, each in described multiple axially spaced salient comprises the salient of multiple radially spaced interruption, and the described salient of multiple radially spaced interruption is corresponding with the recess of the multiple radially spaced interruption in described valve member.
8. device according to claim 7, wherein, described multiple salient be radially spaced comprises four salients be radially spaced apart from each other with 90 ° separately, and described four salients are corresponding with the multiple recesses correspondingly arranged in described valve member.
9. the device according to any one of claim 3 to 8, wherein, at least one salient described of described coupling member comprises outside face bending substantially, with in described valve member described in the inside face be complementally shaped of at least one recess engage accordingly.
10. the device according to any one of claim 3 to 9, wherein, the described inside face that at least one salient described has apart from described sleeve pipe is approximately the height of about 0.1mm to 5mm and is approximately the width of about 0.1mm to 5mm.
11. devices according to any one of claim 3 to 10, wherein, the described outside face that at least one recess described has apart from described valve member is approximately the degree of depth of about 0.1mm to 5mm and is approximately the width of about 0.1mm to 5mm.
12. devices according to any one of claim 2 to 11, wherein, described coupling member is included at least one recess in described outside face or aperture, and at least one recess described or aperture receive at least one salient extended from the described inside face of described flow distribution element so that described flow distribution element is locked to described coupling member.
13. devices according to claim 12, wherein, at least one recess described has the diameter being approximately about 0.5mm and the degree of depth being approximately about 0.1mm.
14. devices according to any one of claim 2 to 13, wherein, described coupling member comprises the flange portion extended internally, the described flange portion extended internally when described coupling member to be arranged on described valve member and to be connected to described valve member, the described fluid egress point end of adjacent described valve member.
15. devices according to claim 14, wherein, described in the flange portion that extends internally comprise the aperture that the described fluid egress point of described valve member is communicated with the described fluid outlet aperture fluid of described flow distribution element.
16. devices according to any one of claim 2 to 15, wherein, described coupling member comprises sleeve pipe.
17. according to device in any one of the preceding claims wherein, and wherein, described flow distribution element comprises at least one locking member described.
18. devices according to claim 17, wherein, at least one locking member described comprises at least one salient extended from the inside face of described microscler valve member.
19. devices according to claim 18, wherein, described flow distribution element comprises the endoporus of the fluid egress point end of receiving described microscler valve member, and at least one salient described extends from the inside face of described endoporus.
20. devices according to claim 19, wherein, at least one salient described comprises barb-like part, described barb-like part to be snapped in described fluid egress point end to allow described valve member to be received in described flow distribution element, stops described flow distribution element to be removed from described valve member simultaneously.
21. devices according to claim 18 or 19, wherein, described valve member comprises the one or more recesses in the outside face extending to described valve member, and described one or more recess is used at least one salient described is locked onto in described one or more recess accordingly so that described flow distribution element is connected to described valve member.
22. according to device in any one of the preceding claims wherein, and wherein, described microscler valve member is generic cylindrical.
23. according to device in any one of the preceding claims wherein, also comprises for the nozzle to target location distributing fluids, and described nozzle comprises the described fluid outlet aperture of described flow distribution element.
24., according to device in any one of the preceding claims wherein, also comprise actuator, and described actuator is used between valve off position and valve opening position, moving described valve member in valve body.
25. devices according to claim 24, wherein, described flow distribution element comprises described actuator.
26. according to device in any one of the preceding claims wherein, and wherein, one or more in described valve member, locking member and flow distribution element comprise plastic material.
27. 1 kinds of valve modules for fluid dispensing apparatus, comprise according to any one in claim 1 to 26 or multinomial described device.
28. 1 kinds of aerosol flow distributing equipments, comprise valve module according to claim 27.
29. 1 kinds, for the microscler valve member of dispensing valve assembly, comprising:
Fluid egress point and fluid intake, described fluid egress point and described fluid intake can be positioned to be communicated with fluid reservoir fluid; With
At least one locking member, it is for locking flow distribution element relative to described valve member, and the fluid outlet aperture of wherein said flow distribution element is communicated with the described fluid egress point fluid of described valve member.
30. 1 kinds, for the locking member of dispensing valve assembly, comprising:
At least one locking member, it is for locking flow distribution element relative to microscler valve member, and the fluid outlet aperture of wherein said flow distribution element is communicated with the fluid egress point fluid of described valve member.
31. 1 kinds of manufactures are used for the method for the device of distributing fluids, comprising:
By at least one locking member relative to microscler valve member locking flow distribution element, the fluid outlet aperture of wherein said flow distribution element is communicated with the fluid egress point fluid of described valve member.
32. methods according to claim 31, also comprise:
On fluid egress point end coupling member being arranged on described valve member, wherein said coupling member comprises the inside face of the described fluid egress point end for receiving described valve member and outside face pieceable with the inside face of described flow distribution element.
33. methods according to claim 32, also comprise:
At least one salient that described inside face from described coupling member extends is joined at least one recess in the outside face of described valve member so that described coupling member is locked to described valve member.
The purposes of 34. at least one locking member, for locking flow distribution element relative to microscler valve member, wherein, the fluid outlet aperture of described flow distribution element is communicated with the fluid egress point fluid of described valve member.
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