US3260416A - Dispensing cap for an aerosol container - Google Patents

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US3260416A
US3260416A US211058A US21105862A US3260416A US 3260416 A US3260416 A US 3260416A US 211058 A US211058 A US 211058A US 21105862 A US21105862 A US 21105862A US 3260416 A US3260416 A US 3260416A
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Abplanalp Robert Henry
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65D—CONTAINERS 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
    • B65D83/00—Containers or packages with special means for dispensing contents
    • B65D83/14—Containers 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
    • B65D83/16—Containers 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
    • B65D83/20—Containers 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
    • B65D83/205—Actuator caps, or peripheral actuator skirts, attachable to the aerosol container

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  • This invention is a dispensing cap for an aerosol container, the object of the invention being to produce a cap having an integral valve operating tab, so arranged with respect to the remainder of the cap that said cap, without more, will serve to permit stacking of containers embodying such caps and will also thoroughly protect the tab against inadvertent operation by contact with extraneous objects.
  • the object of this invention is to provide a one-piece cap which will accomplish the results stated and provide at the same time means for mounting the cap on a conventional aerosol can and for connecting the tab of such cap with the tubular valve stem of the associated can.
  • cap of this invention requires no protective dome, the cap itself serving to give all the protection necessary.
  • FIG. 1 is a vertical transverse section through a cap embodying the present invention, the same being shown as applied to a fragmental portion of a can, certain parts of which are shown in like section.
  • FIG. 2 is a perspective view of the cap shown in FIG. 1.
  • FIG. 3 is a top plan view of the cap.
  • FIG. 4 is a bottom plan view of the cap.
  • FIG. 1 of the drawing shows a conventional can I having a top wall 2 permanently secured to the side wall of the can by an inverted channel joint 3 forming, between the joint and the remainder of the cover, an annular recess 4.
  • the top wall 2 is provided with a filling opening, the margin of which is curled outwardly as shown at 5 and a mounting cup 6 is expanded into this opening with its margin curled at 7 to fit over the curled margin of the top wall.
  • the mounting cup 6 is provided with the usual pedestal 8 within which is mounted a valve having an upwardly projecting valve stem 9 and depending from the valve within the pedestal is the usual dip tube 40.
  • valve provided with a tubular stem, which when reciprocated will open and close the valve, may be employed, such, for example, as the valve disclosed in my Patent No. 2,631,814, dated March 17, 1953.
  • This can and valve construction forms no part of the present invention except as used in conjunction with the cap next to be described.
  • the cap of this invention has a peripheral wall 10 preferably of a diameter to seat in the recess 4 of the can.
  • This peripheral wall is of suflicient height to project well above the upper end of the valve stem 9 where it is integrally formed with an inverted frusto conical re-entrant top wall 11.
  • top wall 11 and the peripheral wall 10 extend about the greater portion of the circumference of the cap, but at one side of the cap both of them merge into a recess 12, as clearly shown in FIGS. 2 and 3.
  • This recess has diverging upright side walls 13 and a sloping bottom wall 14.
  • a tab disk 16 At the center of the top wall 11 of the cap is an opening 15 and in this opening is positioned a tab disk 16.
  • a hub 17 On the under side of this disk is a hub 17 provided therein with a socket 18 to snugly receive the upper end of the valve stem 9 and the base of this socket communicates with a discharge outlet 19.
  • a discharge outlet 19 There may be incorporated in the base of the socket appropriate mechanical break-up forms which will assure a whirling spray to issue from the discharge outlet 19 and FIGS. 1 and 4 of the drawing shows such a form in the base of the socket. However, this whirling spray form may be omitted if desired.
  • the juncture of these parts is relatively narrow so as to provide, at the zone 20, a hinge portion by virtue of which the disk 16 is adapted for pivotal movement on a horizontal axis.
  • This pivotal movement is adapted to be imparted by a tab-like finger piece 21, integral with the disk 16 and extending into the recess 12.
  • This recess allows easy access for the finger of an operator which, when pressed downwardly upon the finger piece 21, will depress the valve stem 9 and open the associated valve. Liquid within the can 1 may thus be discharged through the valve stem 9 and through the discharge outlet 19.
  • a limiting flange 22 is formed on the finger piece 21 between the discharge outlet 19 and the free end of the finger piece, so that the finger of the operator may not be placed in such position as to cover the discharge opening 19.
  • said cap In order to firmly mount the cap upon the can, said cap is provided with an inner wall 23 formed integral with and depending from the top wall 11.
  • This inner wall has at its lower end an internal detent flange 24 which preferably extends entirely about the lower edge of this wall and is adapted to snap beneath the shoulder formed by the lower edge of the curled margin 7 of the mounting cup, to firmly hold the cap on the can.
  • the cap of the present invention may be efiiciently and easily manufactured by conventional injection molding apparatus and the resulting cast is a one-piece integral construction well adapted to carry out all aerosol dispensing functions and rat the same time effectually protect the tab from inadvertent operation, without requiring the use of a protective dome so commonly required in connection with dispenser caps.
  • a cap for an aerosol dispensing container comprising: a peripheral wall adapted to overlie a container with a major portion of the upper edge of said peripheral wall integral with a downwardly and inwardly sloping top wall provided with an opening, a valve operating tab positioned in said opening and integrally flexibly united with the margin of said opening to form therewith a hinge for pivotal movement of said tab, said tab being provided on its bottom with a socket to receive the valve stem of the aerosol dispensing container, there being a discharge outlet leading from the socket through the top of the tab, and said peripheral wall having formed therein a recess into which said tab projects for easy access thereto by the finger of an operator, and an inner wall integral with and depending from the top wall of the cap and provided with means for securing the cap to the container.
  • a cap for an aerosol dispensing container comprising: a peripheral wall adapted to overlie the top of a container, an inner wall coaxial with the outer wall and provided at its lower edge with a flange to engage with and support the cap on the top of the container, a re-entrant top wall integral with both of the peripheral and inner walls and provided with a substantially centrally disposed opening, said peripheral and inner walls and the top wall extending annularly with all of said walls merging into and being integral with oppositely disposed side walls of a finger receiving recess which communicates with the central opening in the top wall and is closed at its bottom by a portion of the peripheral wall, and a valve operating tab having an integral hinge connection to the top wall with one end of the tab projecting into said recess, said tab being positioned below the top of the peripheral wall and having a socket to receive the valve stem of the container with a discharge outlet extending through the top of the tab intermediate the end-s of the latter.
  • a cap according to claim 2 wherein the tab is provided on its upper surface with a limiting stop to preclude inadvertent positioning of the operators finger over the discharge outlet.
  • a cap for a pressurized container comprising: an upstanding peripheral wall, a major portion of the upper edge of which is integral with a downwardly and inwardly sloping top wall provided at one side of the cap with a depressed finger receiving recess, there being an opening in the base of said sloping top wall extending into said recess, and a valve operating tab positioned in said opening below the upper edge of the peripheral wall and integrally flexibly united with the margin of said opening in the sloping top wall to form therewith a hinge for pivotal movement of said tab, said tab being provided with a socket to receive the valve stem of the aerosol dispensing container, there 'being a discharge outlet passage leading from the socket through the top of the tab.
  • a cap for a pressurized container comprising: an
  • a cap for a pressurized container comprising: an upstanding wall integral with a top wall which extends downwardly and inwardly and the lower portion of which has an integral flexible hinge connection with a valve operating tab which projects from said hinge conuection toward one side of the cap and into a finger receiving recess extending downwardly from the top wall into juxtaposition with the free end of the tab, said tab being provided on its under side with a valve stem receiving socket, and a discharge passage leading from said socket to the exterior of the cap.

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BE631433D BE631433A (es) 1962-07-19
NL291984D NL291984A (es) 1962-07-19
US211058A US3260416A (en) 1962-07-19 1962-07-19 Dispensing cap for an aerosol container
GB15949/63A GB1033576A (en) 1962-07-19 1963-04-23 Dispensing cap for an aerosol container
ES287460A ES287460A1 (es) 1962-07-19 1963-04-26 Un casquete distribuidor para un contenedor de aerosoles
FR933018A FR1356028A (fr) 1962-07-19 1963-04-29 Chapeau distributeur pour récipient à aérosol
CH575463A CH400931A (fr) 1962-07-19 1963-05-08 Chapeau de pulvérisation
DK344563AA DK106600C (da) 1962-07-19 1963-07-18 Udtømningshætte til aerosolbeholdere.

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US3305179A (en) * 1965-02-24 1967-02-21 Valve Corp Of America One-piece molded plastic actuator for dispensing device
US3351418A (en) * 1966-04-18 1967-11-07 Delmar D Karnuth Brush attachment for shaving cream cans
US4985234A (en) * 1988-05-20 1991-01-15 Sunstar Kabushiki Kaisha Iodine microbicide composite
US5018647A (en) * 1982-06-08 1991-05-28 Abplanalf Robert H Dispensing cap for use with pressurized container
US5137180A (en) * 1990-09-06 1992-08-11 Pittway Corporation Vented aerosol device
US5263616A (en) * 1991-12-26 1993-11-23 Abplanalp Robert H Aerosol actuating cap with side-mounted hinges
EP0686576A1 (fr) * 1994-06-08 1995-12-13 L'oreal Distributeur de liquide comprenant une valve de distribution et un bouton-poussoir
US6161736A (en) * 1998-07-16 2000-12-19 Berry Plastics Corporation Dispenser apparatus
WO2003024838A1 (en) * 2001-09-14 2003-03-27 S. C. Johnson & Son, Inc. Overcap for use with a spray canister
US20060180612A1 (en) * 2005-02-11 2006-08-17 Paas Edward L Trigger actuator for aerosol container to aid in actuating same
USD833277S1 (en) * 2016-08-08 2018-11-13 Plews, Inc. Aerosol dispenser cap
USD887842S1 (en) * 2018-12-17 2020-06-23 Hisamitsu Pharmaceutical Co., Inc. Spray container
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US2887273A (en) * 1955-03-29 1959-05-19 Johnson & Son Inc S C Spray dispensing assembly
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US3006510A (en) * 1959-10-20 1961-10-31 Vca Inc Aerosol cap construction
US3058626A (en) * 1959-06-22 1962-10-16 George W Hibbs Cap for spray dispenser, or the like
US3101876A (en) * 1960-04-14 1963-08-27 Oil Equipment Lab Inc Lever-actuated dispenser for pressurized package
US3107033A (en) * 1960-10-27 1963-10-15 Phillip D Sanborn Aerosol cap and button
US3185349A (en) * 1961-12-26 1965-05-25 Valve Corp Of America Aerosol dispenser and cap construction therefor

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US2887273A (en) * 1955-03-29 1959-05-19 Johnson & Son Inc S C Spray dispensing assembly
US2981446A (en) * 1959-01-05 1961-04-25 Campbell Products Co Dispensing caps and assemblies containing same
US3058626A (en) * 1959-06-22 1962-10-16 George W Hibbs Cap for spray dispenser, or the like
US3006510A (en) * 1959-10-20 1961-10-31 Vca Inc Aerosol cap construction
US3101876A (en) * 1960-04-14 1963-08-27 Oil Equipment Lab Inc Lever-actuated dispenser for pressurized package
US3107033A (en) * 1960-10-27 1963-10-15 Phillip D Sanborn Aerosol cap and button
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US3305179A (en) * 1965-02-24 1967-02-21 Valve Corp Of America One-piece molded plastic actuator for dispensing device
US3351418A (en) * 1966-04-18 1967-11-07 Delmar D Karnuth Brush attachment for shaving cream cans
US5018647A (en) * 1982-06-08 1991-05-28 Abplanalf Robert H Dispensing cap for use with pressurized container
US4985234A (en) * 1988-05-20 1991-01-15 Sunstar Kabushiki Kaisha Iodine microbicide composite
US5078987A (en) * 1988-05-20 1992-01-07 Sunstar K.K. Iodine microbicide composition
US5137180A (en) * 1990-09-06 1992-08-11 Pittway Corporation Vented aerosol device
US5263616A (en) * 1991-12-26 1993-11-23 Abplanalp Robert H Aerosol actuating cap with side-mounted hinges
EP0686576A1 (fr) * 1994-06-08 1995-12-13 L'oreal Distributeur de liquide comprenant une valve de distribution et un bouton-poussoir
FR2721010A1 (fr) * 1994-06-08 1995-12-15 Oreal Distributeur de liquide comprenant une valve de distribution et un bouton-poussoir.
US5586693A (en) * 1994-06-08 1996-12-24 L'oreal Liquid dispenser comprising a dispensing valve and a push button
US6161736A (en) * 1998-07-16 2000-12-19 Berry Plastics Corporation Dispenser apparatus
WO2003024838A1 (en) * 2001-09-14 2003-03-27 S. C. Johnson & Son, Inc. Overcap for use with a spray canister
US6742717B2 (en) 2001-09-14 2004-06-01 S. C. Johnson & Son, Inc. Actuator cap for radially locating a can in a holding device
US6758412B2 (en) 2001-09-14 2004-07-06 S.C. Johnson & Son, Inc. Overcap for use with a cleaning device
US20060180612A1 (en) * 2005-02-11 2006-08-17 Paas Edward L Trigger actuator for aerosol container to aid in actuating same
US7631785B2 (en) * 2005-02-11 2009-12-15 S.C. Johnson & Son, Inc. Trigger actuator for aerosol container to aid in actuating same
US20100019001A1 (en) * 2005-02-11 2010-01-28 Paas Edward L Trigger Actuator For Aerosol Container to Aid in Actuating Same
US7891529B2 (en) 2005-02-11 2011-02-22 S.C. Johnson & Son, Inc. Trigger actuator for aerosol container to aid in actuating same
USD833277S1 (en) * 2016-08-08 2018-11-13 Plews, Inc. Aerosol dispenser cap
USD887842S1 (en) * 2018-12-17 2020-06-23 Hisamitsu Pharmaceutical Co., Inc. Spray container
USD915885S1 (en) * 2019-03-20 2021-04-13 Illinois Tool Works Inc. Aerosol dispensing cap

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