US3289949A - Pushbutton dispenser for products in the fluid state - Google Patents

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US3289949A
US3289949A US394685A US39468564A US3289949A US 3289949 A US3289949 A US 3289949A US 394685 A US394685 A US 394685A US 39468564 A US39468564 A US 39468564A US 3289949 A US3289949 A US 3289949A
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B05—SPRAYING OR ATOMISING IN GENERAL; APPLYING FLUENT MATERIALS TO SURFACES, IN GENERAL
    • B05B—SPRAYING APPARATUS; ATOMISING APPARATUS; NOZZLES
    • B05B7/00—Spraying apparatus for discharge of liquids or other fluent materials from two or more sources, e.g. of liquid and air, of powder and gas
    • B05B7/24—Spraying apparatus for discharge of liquids or other fluent materials from two or more sources, e.g. of liquid and air, of powder and gas with means, e.g. a container, for supplying liquid or other fluent material to a discharge device
    • B05B7/2402—Apparatus to be carried on or by a person, e.g. by hand; Apparatus comprising containers fixed to the discharge device
    • B05B7/2405—Apparatus to be carried on or by a person, e.g. by hand; Apparatus comprising containers fixed to the discharge device using an atomising fluid as carrying fluid for feeding, e.g. by suction or pressure, a carried liquid from the container to the nozzle
    • B05B7/2424—Apparatus to be carried on or by a person, e.g. by hand; Apparatus comprising containers fixed to the discharge device using an atomising fluid as carrying fluid for feeding, e.g. by suction or pressure, a carried liquid from the container to the nozzle the carried liquid and the main stream of atomising fluid being brought together downstream of the container before discharge
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61M—DEVICES FOR INTRODUCING MEDIA INTO, OR ONTO, THE BODY; DEVICES FOR TRANSDUCING BODY MEDIA OR FOR TAKING MEDIA FROM THE BODY; DEVICES FOR PRODUCING OR ENDING SLEEP OR STUPOR
    • A61M11/00—Sprayers or atomisers specially adapted for therapeutic purposes
    • A61M11/06—Sprayers or atomisers specially adapted for therapeutic purposes of the injector type
    • 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
    • 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
    • B65D83/60—Contents and propellant separated
    • B65D83/66—Contents and propellant separated first separated, but finally mixed, e.g. in a dispensing head

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  • This invention relates to an apparatus for dispensing a product in the fluid state such as a liquid or a powdery product. Where the product is a liquid, this dispenser makes it possible to atomize the liquid in question as it is dispensed.
  • the dispenser of this invention is of the type comprising a receptacle fitted with a pushbutton actuated valve and using a gas under pressure (in particular a liquefied gas), as the propellant agent, this gas being contained in a reservoir separate from that which contains the fluid to be dispensed.
  • a gas under pressure in particular a liquefied gas
  • fluid dispensers with atomizers which comprise an outer receptacle having a pushbutton actuated valve thereon and containing an active liquid to be dispensed.
  • a reservoir of propellant agent such as a liquefied gas
  • the reservoir is connected with the valve.
  • an atomizing nozzle for instance a convergent-divergent nozzle, and one end of a tube opens in the immediate vicinity of a nozzle while the other end of the tube is immersed in the liquid in the outer receptacle.
  • a device of the kind described above has the drawback of not permitting the liquid which is the active agent from being sealed off from the atmosphere, and this liquid may thus evaporate, deteriorate or otherwise escape from the receptacle.
  • Atomizer-dispensers which have a triple obturator, with centralized pushbutton control for the triple obturator.
  • One such atomizer-dispenser comprises two identical aerosol valves placed side by side, the valve for the liquid to be atomized being double and controlling an air inlet orifice for the dispensed liquid receptacle. These valves are actuated by a single pushbutton which is coupled to both valves.
  • a single pushbutton which is coupled to both valves.
  • such a device is complicated to produce.
  • the use of an aerosol type valve for discharging a liquid where the liquid has been placed under pressure does not produce the most favorable dispensing conditions, as this comparatively complicated system requires a useless throttling of the liquid being dispensed.
  • Atomizer-dispensers have likewise been proposed which comprise a triple obturator consisting of a sliding core in the form of a slide valve.
  • the propellant fluid is held in an annular reservoir situated around the receptacle containing the active agent to be atomized and dispensed, the active agent being fed to the atomization nozzle through an axial duct.
  • This arrangement results in an atomizer-dispenser which is difiicult to produce, unpleasing in appearance and difli-cult to handle.
  • the propelling agent reservoir is outside the receptacle, if there is an explosion of the reservoir containing the propelling agent, the user is not protected against flying fragments.
  • the receptacle containing the liquid to be atomized and dispensed and the reservoir of the liquefied propelling agent are arranged side by side.
  • the slide valve is mounted so that it can slide along an axis at right angles to the axes of these receptacles and has an axial duct through which the propelling agent can escape for atomization.
  • This system has the same defect as the preceding one as regards protection in the case of an explosion of the propelling agent reservoir.
  • the improved atomizer-dispenser of the present invention is intended in the first place to overcome the defects in the prior art devices described above.
  • An object of the present invention is to provide an atomizer-dispenser containing a considerable quantity of an inexpensive product, such as a household product (cleaning, deoderiz-ation or disinfecting agent) or a pest destroyer (anti-parasite, weed-killer, insecticide, etc), or a hygienic or cosmetic product (hair lacquer, sunburn lotion, etc.), but which does not require large quantities of the propelling agent and which is not refillable.
  • an inexpensive product such as a household product (cleaning, deoderiz-ation or disinfecting agent) or a pest destroyer (anti-parasite, weed-killer, insecticide, etc), or a hygienic or cosmetic product (hair lacquer, sunburn lotion, etc.
  • the invention is further directed to the provision of an atomizer-dispenser having a structure such that the fineness of atomization obtained with a nozzle of the convergent-divergent type through which passes a current of vaporized propelling agent is comparable to that produced by aerosol bombs now in use in which the active liquid agent and the propelling agent are in the presence of one another and under pressure in the same receptacle.
  • the apparatus for dispensing, particularly in atomized form, of an active agent of a liquid or powdery nature comprises an outer receptacle adapted to hold the active agent, an inner reservoir adapted to contain a propellant gas under pressure, a stopper closing the outer receptacle and keeping the inner reservoir in position, the said stopper having a pushbutton therein for control of the escape of the propelling agent and also supporting a tube which is adapted to extend into.
  • the active agent in the outer receptacle and which has one end at a discharge nozzle which apparatus further has a high pressure obturator for the propelling agent reservoir and forming a part of the control pushbutton and low pressure obturator means also forming part of the pushbutton and respectively controlling the communication of the tube with the discharge nozzle and the communication of the receptacle containing the active agent with the atmosphere outside the apparatus.
  • the high pressure obturator is incorporated wvith the propellant agent reservoir in such a way as to form an independent assembly, and has a conduit member provided with a gas expansion nozzle opening into it.
  • conduit member has the control pushbutton mounted thereon, and the stopper has a deformable collar permitting a spigot and socket mounting of the propellant agent reservoir on the stopper.
  • the conduit member with its .gas expansion inlet nozzle by throttling the propellant gas across the gas expansion inlet nozzle, produces a first expansion of the propellant agent, which is favorable for the suction of the liquid into the discharge nozzle.
  • the control pushbutton is slidably mounted in 'a cup in the stopper, which cup com municates with the outer receptacle containing the active agent and which is traversed by the conduit member feeding the propellant agent to the discharge nozzle.
  • This pushbutton is provided with a duct which in the depressed condition connects the above-mentioned cup to the said discharge nozzle.
  • This duct is obturated by a flexible member surrounding the pushbutton and closing the cup when the pushbutton is not depressed.
  • This flexible member can also serve to obturate an air inlet duct opening .into the outer receptacle when the pushbutton is not depressed, so that the same flexible member forms the low pressure obturator means of the invention.
  • the above-mentioned flexiblemember is embedded in the stopper, while in another embodiment it has a certain freedom of movement along the pushbutton between two pairs of stops, one pair on the pushbutton and the other pair on the stopper.
  • the flexible member can be omitted and the pushbutton comprises successive annular projections in fluid-tight contact with the wall of' the cup, the communicating ducts being provided in the stopper and extending to the tube on the one hand and into the outer receptacle on the other hand and opening into the said cup at different levels in relation to the projections on the pushbutton.
  • FIGURE 1 is a sectional elevation view of an atomizerdispenser according to the present invention.
  • FIGURE 2 is a diametral sectional view on a larger scale of the upper part of the device of FIGURE 1 showing the parts in the non-dispensing positions;
  • FIGURE 3 is an axial section taken along line III-III of FIGURE 2.
  • FIGURE 4- is a view similar to FIGURE 2 showing the parts in the atomizing-dispensing positions;
  • FIGURES 5, 6 and 7 are views similar to FIGURE 2 of devices having different high pressure obturators for the propellant agent reservoir;
  • FIGURE 8 is a view similar to FIGURE 2, showing a modified embodiment of the apparatus according to the invention in the non-dispensing position;
  • FIGURE 9 is a view similar to FIGURE 8 showing the parts thereof in the dispensing positions;
  • FIGURE 10 is a view similar to FIGURE 2 showing another modified embodiment of the apparatus according to the invention with the parts in the non-dispensing position;
  • FIGURE 11 is a view similar to FIGURE 10 showing the parts thereof in the dispensing positions;
  • FIGURES l2 and 13 are views similar to FIGURE 8 of devices having different high pressure obturators for the propellant agent reservoir;
  • FIGURE 14 is a view similar to FIGURE 2 showing another modified embodiment of the apparatus according to the invention with the parts in the non-dispensing position;
  • FIGURE 15 is a view similar to FIGURE 14 showing the parts thereofin the dispensing positions;
  • FIGURE 16 is a view similar to FIGURE 2 showing another modified embodiment of the apparatus according to the invention with the parts in the non-dispensing position;
  • FIGURE 17 is a view similar to FIGURE 16 showing the parts thereof in the dispensing positions.
  • the active agent to be distributed is a liquid.
  • the dispensing of this liquid includes its atomization in the form of very fine droplets in order to produce a mist which is comparable in fineness to the droplets of mist produced by ordinary aerosol bombs.
  • the apparatus comprises an outer receptacle 1, for instance of plastic material, adapted to contain the liquid active agent 2 to be atomized and dispensed.
  • An outer receptacle 1 terminates in a neck 3 which is obturated by a solid stopper 4.
  • the stopper 4 carries a reservoir 5 containing the propellant agent 6, for instance liquefied gas, the kinetic energy of which is utilized during escape of the gas from the reservoir for the atomization and dispensing of the liquid 2.
  • the propellant agent can consist of a gas with a high vapor tension such as carbonic acid gas, fluorochlorinated hydrocarbons, such as dichlorodifluoromethane, propane, etc.
  • the reservoir 5 can be made, for example, of thick glass or of a light alloy.
  • a. reservoir with a large diameter and a low height is preferably used in order to limit the flexional stresses at the point of fixation to the stopper. It is equally possible to use a reservoir 5 which has a small diameter and which extends over the whole available depth of the outer receptacle 1.
  • the reservoir 5- has a high pressure obturator 7,
  • the obturator 7 can be a conventional aerosol valve.
  • this comprises a valve body 11 slidably mounted in a housing 20 which has an orifice 3t in the bottom thereof communicating with the interior of the reservoir 5.
  • the valve body 11 is urged into the closed position by the pressure of the liquefied gas and by a return spring 12 mounted beneath it in housing 30.
  • the valve body 11 in the closed position compresses a flexible annular member 13 against the base 10 of the dome 8 in'such a way as to obturate one or more radial inlet nozzles 14 which open into the axial bore 15 of a conduit member 16.
  • the reservoir 5 fitted with its high pressure obturator 7 forms a first autonomous sub-assembly which can be filled with the propellant gas by conventional aerosol filling techniques and which can then be handled at atmospheric pressure.
  • the stopper 4 is provided with an annular extension 17 with a restricted diameter portion 18 capable of adapting itself to the cover 9 of the reservoir 5 by elastic deformation. There is a downwardly opening cavity 19 in the stopper 4 opening into the space surrounded by the annular extension 17 and the volume of which corresponds to that of the dome 8.
  • the cavity 19 is an upwardly open cup 21, with a gradually downwardly and inwardly tapering bottom surface which forms one face of a flexible collar 22 between the cup 21 and cavity 19, which collar has a central orifice 23 for the passage of the conduit member 16 of the high pressure obturator 7.
  • the stopper 4 further has a downwardly opening recess 40 therein into which one end of a tube 24 is forcibly fitted, the other end of the tube extending nearly to the bottom of outer receptacle 1 so that it will always extend into the liquid 2.
  • the joint between tube 40 and stopper 4 is fluid-tight.
  • a duct 25 extends from the tube 24 through the stopper and opens into the cup 21 through an aperture 26.
  • the apparatus further comprises a pushbutton 27 the head 28 of which has mounted therein a discharge nozzle 29 of the convergent-divergent type.
  • This nozzle may simply comprise, for instance, a convergent part 36, a neck 37 and a divergent part 38.
  • the pushbutton 27 can be made of a semi-rigid moulded synthetic material and the associated nozzle 29 can be of a light alloy or of stainless steel, or can also be made of rigid synthetic material.
  • the head 28 has a downward axially extending portion 31 having a sleeve 32 on the end thereof adapted to be positioned in the cup 21 and to cap the conduit member 16 in a fluid-tight manner.
  • the pushbutton 27 When the apparatus is assembled the pushbutton 27 is thus axially movable with the high pressure obturator 7 which carries it, these parts constituting a single continuous assembly.
  • the portion 31 of the pushbutton 27 has two parallel ducts 33 extending parallel to the axis AA of the apparatus (FIGURE 3), which start in a chamber 34 at the inner end of sleeve 32 forming an extension of the bore 15 of the conduit member 16 and which open into a chamber 35 in the head 28 which has an axis BB at right angles to the axis AA and which corresponds to the axis of the nozzle 29.
  • Radial ducts 41 open into the neck 37 of nozzle '29 and they extend into an annular chamber 42 around nozzle 29 for distributing the liquid to be atomized.
  • the chamber 42 is fed by an oblique duct 43 extending through the part 44 of the downwardly extending portion 31 separating the two ducts 33 (FIGURE 3).
  • the duct 43 opens through an aperture 45 into an annular groove 46 in the body 31, and aperture 45 is controlled by a low pressure obturator essentially comprising an annular flexible member 47.
  • the flexible member 47 can be made of synthetic rubber, for instance, and is circular in form and has a central aperture through which the extending portion 31 extends, this aperture, however, having a smaller diameter than the diameter of the extending portion 31 at the annular groove 46 in which it locks to provide a fluid-tight joint.
  • the flexible member 47 in this embodiment also serves as a second obturator, a low pressure obturator con- 6 trolled by the pushbutton 27 and controlling the admission of air into the outer receptacle 1 only during dispensing.
  • This function is performed by the cooperation of the flexible member 47 with a duct 48 extending through stopper 4 and having an upper end opening above the member 47 into an annular groove 49 separated from the cup 21 by an annular ridge 51 against which the flexible member 47 is fixed in position by the action of a semirigid cap 52, forcibly secured around the edge of a projection 53 on the stopper 4.
  • the cap 52 has a central aperture 54 therein larger in diameter than downwardly depending portion 31 and through which depending portion 31 passes and has a collar 55 therearound directed towards the flexible member 47 and which presses on it in the non-dispensing position.
  • Radial ducts 56 extend partly through collar 55 from a point intermediate the inner and outer peripheral edges to the outer peripheral edge and place the duct 48 and the space between the flexible member 47, the cap 52 and the collar 55, in communication. Because the collar 55 is on the flexible member in the non-dispensing position, it separates the said space from the atmosphere outside the apparatus.
  • the stopper 4, the first sub-assembly made up of the reservoir 5 filled with its propellant gas and the obturator 7, and the pushbutton 27 and its various parts can be assembled and form a second sub-assembly.
  • This neck has an outer projection 61 which enables an annular cover 62 to be attached to it, the cover having an inwardly projection rib 63 engaging under projection 61 and a central aperture 64 through which the stopper 4 passes. Since the interior of the receptacle 1 is not under pressure, this assembly can be effected very easily and with a perfectly satisfactory fluid-tightness, simply by engagement of the various components and without threading any of the parts to each other.
  • the rim 58 can be made integral with the neck 3 by bonding it thereto or Welding it thereby by any suitable means, such as thermowelding, by ultrasonic or high frequency methods, depending on the nature of the plastic materials used, since the dispenser is not, basically, designed to be refilled.
  • the first result of this displacement is to place the reservoir 5 into communication with the outer atmosphere, which causes the flow of the propellant fluid in the direction 1.
  • This flow includes a first expansion at the outlet from the inlet nozzle 14 which produces a vaporized propellant agent flowing at a high speed in the conduit member 16. This speed is further increased as the vaporized propellant flows through the convergent and neck parts of the discharge nozzle 29.
  • a low pressure zone is created in the neck 37 of the discharge nozzle, the result of which is to suck the liquid 2 in the direction through tube 24, duct 25, cup 21, duct 43, chamber 42 and radial ducts 41.
  • the liquid reaching the neck 37 of the discharge nozzle 29 is projected out of the nozzle and is atomized by the gaseous flow f moving along the BB of the head 28.
  • the cup 21 provided in the stopper 4 plays a special role: after atomization a certain amount of liquid is left in the cup 21. When the dispenser is used again, this liquid is acted on by the extending portion 31 of the button 27 as it descends in such a way that the liquid is mechanically impelled into the duct 43. This helps to bring the liquid 2 practically instantaneously to the level of the neck 37 of the discharge nozzle 29.
  • the propellant 6 becomes cool, but it receives additional heat from the thick wall of the reservoir 5, or from the liquid 2 if the reservoir 5 has thin walls and is immersed in the liquid 2. Because aluminium spinning processes makes it possible to produce receptacles of great length economically, a thin-walled reservoir which extends for the full depth of the outer container can be provided. When this is done the reserve of liquefied propellant gas can be heated, during the use of the dispenser, by heat which can be supplied by the liquid to be atomized.
  • the entry of outside air through the duct 48 likewise facilitates the emptying of the receptacle 1, avoiding the condition in which the interior of the outer receptacle has a reduced pressure in relation to the pressure of the atmosphere.
  • the receptacle 1 is of appreciable size, it ensures satisfactory protection against flying fragments if the reservoir 5 should explode.
  • Atomization is ensured by simple pressure of the finger, the apparatus being held in the same hand with which the finger pressure is applied.
  • the pushbutton 27 can furthermore be easily turned around the axis A-A to direct the nozzle 29 in the desired direction.
  • the invention makes it possible to provide atomizer-dispensers which are noninflammable whether in storage or in use, which will not cause the slightest danger of fire in case they explode, and at a cost very much lower than that of conventional aerosol bombs because of the much smaller quantity of propellant agent and the ability to carry out the assembly at atmospheric pressure. Finally these atomizer-dispensers make it possible to employ a whole series of formulae which cannot be used in conventional aerosol bomb devices.
  • the apparatus of the present invention can be used with the reservoirs 5 having various types of high pressure obturators 7.
  • thehigh pressure obturator 0f the embodiment of FIGS. 1-4 is a conventional type of obturator. The manner in which the apparatus can be used with other types of obturators will be described hereinafter.
  • the sliding valve body 11 of the high pressure obturator has frusto-conical bearing surface around the base of the conduit member 16 the bearing surface 65 bearing against a corresponding bearing surface of a thick substantially inflexible annular member 66 of resilient material which is fixedly mounted in the body 20
  • the conduit member 16 merely slides through the annular member 66 to expose the radial inlet nozzles 14
  • the remaining parts of the apparatus of this embodiment are the same as those of the embodiment of FIG- URES 1-4 and are designated by like reference numerals with a subscript 5.
  • the sliding valve body 11 has a bead 67 therearound which seats against a fixed resilient but substantially inflexible annular member 68, held between the body 20 here provided with a centering collar 62 and dome 3 of the cover 9
  • the conduit member 16 merely slides through the annular member 63 to expose the radial inlet nozzles 14
  • the remaining parts of the apparatus of this embodiment are the same as those of the embodiment of FIGURES 1-4 and are designated by like reference numbers with a subscript 6.
  • FIG. 7 Another type of high pressure obturator with which the apparatus according to the present invention can be used is the type in which a conduit member from the apparatus extends through an annular member at the mouth of the propellant reservoir.
  • FIG. 7 One form of such an obturator in the apparatus of the present invention is shown in FIG. 7, in which a centering collar 73 having a downwardly depending annular ring 72 is fitted onto the neck 70 of the propellant reservoir 5 the annular ring having a bead on the end engaging under the enlarged upper end of a valve housing 71 to hold the valve housing 71 in place in the neck of the reservoir 5
  • a flexible resilient annular member 77 is positioned over the mouth of the valve housing 71 and has a central opening aligned with the opening in the centering collar 73.
  • a cover 9 with a dome 8 holds the centering collar 73, the flexible annular member 77 and the valve housing 71 in the neck of the reservoir.
  • a valve body 75 Slidably mounted within the valve housing '71 is a valve body 75 having a spring 12 beneath it and bearing against the bottom of the valve hous- 9 ing to urge the valve body upwardly so that the top edge thereof normally seats against the flexible annular member 77 and presses it against the centering collar 73 to normally seal the reservoir
  • Extending through a central aperture in the annular member 77 is a conduit member 16 which in this embodiment is integral with the downwardly extending pushbutton portion 31 and the conduit member 16 extends into the valve body 75 and is secured in an annular recess therein.
  • At least one lateral opening 78 is provided in the conduit member, the upper end of which is just slightly above the upper edge of the valve body 75, so that there is formed at least one inlet nozzle opening into the bore 15 of the conduit member 16
  • the remaining parts of the apparatus of this embodiment are the same as those of the embodiment of FIG- URES 1-4 and are designated by like reference numbers with a subscript 7.
  • the low pressure obturator means for the liquid active agent to be dispensed and for the air admitted to receptacle 1 is a single annular member 79 which is resilient and which is mounted in the cup 21 in the stopper 4 for the receptacle 1 and through which the downwardly extending portion 31 of the pushbutton 27 extends.
  • the annular member 79 has an appreciable thickness, and is mounted in an annular groove 80 in the downwardly extending portion 31 and has a dimension in the direction in which portion 31 extends which is less than the dimension of groove 80, so that the free displacement of the member 79 along portion 31 is only restricted by the shoulders at the sides of the groove which form a pair of annular stops 81 and 82.
  • a slot 83 is provided along the portion 31 in the bottom of groove 80.
  • a duct 84 Opening into the neck 37 of the discharge nozzle 29 the convergent part of which can be seen at 36 and the divergent part at 38
  • the convergent part 36 is fed through an axial duct 85 in the downwardly extending portion 31 which duct is in line with the bore in conduit member 16 of the high pressure obturator.
  • a second pair of annular stops 86 and 87 respectively formed by a shoulder in the cup 21 and by an inwardly extending portion of cap 52 which extends inwardly past the projection 53 of the stopper 4
  • the clearance provided between the stops 81 and 82 and 86 and 87 is greater than the thickness of the annular member 79.
  • the end 89 of the duct 48 opens directly into the cup 21 into an annular space 88 around the annular member 79.
  • the button 27 is pushed upwardly by the conduit member 16 of the high pressure obturator, which causes the stop 82 to push the annular member 79 against the stop 86, ensuring the fluid-tight sealing of the cup 21 in relation to the atmosphere outside the apparatus.
  • FIGS. 10 and 11 differs fro that of FIGS. 8 and 9 in that the high pressure obturator is the type in which a conduit member extends from the apparatus through an annular member at the mouth of the propellant reservoir.
  • the stopper 4 has a downwardly depending annular ring 91 with an enlarged end portion 92 which engages under an enlargement 93 on the neck of the propellant reservoir 5 to hold the stopper and the propellant reservoir together.
  • a resilient and substantially inflexible annular member 94 is mounted in the mouth of the propellant reservoir, through which the closed end of the conduit member 16 extends in a slidable sealing engagement.
  • the conduit member is integral with the downwardly extending portion of pushbutton 27 and has the inlet nozzles 14 therein opening into the bore 15 of the conduit member.
  • FIG. 12 is the same as .that of FIGS. 10 and 11 with the exception of the shape of the lower end of the conduit member 16 where it engages in the annular member 94 in the mouth of the propellant reservoir 5
  • the closed end of the conduit member 16 has a pointed enlargement 96 thereon which has an outside diameter greater than the outside diameter of the conduit member 16 and the joint between the enlargement 96 and the conduit member 16 is in the form of an upwardly and inwardly tapered seat 97 which engages tightly in wedging relationship with a complementary seat 98 on the annular member 94 to form a tight seal for the propellant reservoir 5
  • the remaining parts of the embodiment are the same as those of the embodiment of FIGURES 10 and 11 and, where appropriate, are designated by like reference numbers with a subscript 12.
  • the operation of the embodiment is also the same as that of the embodiment of FIGS. 10 and 11.
  • FIG. 13 is likewise very similar to that of FIGS. 10 and 11 and is also similar to that of FIG. 12. It has the integral conduit member 16 extending downwardly through the annular member 94 which seals the mouth of the propellant reservoir 5 and as in FIG. 12, there is a pointed enlargement 96 on the end thereof and a seat 97 between the enlargement and the conduit member which seats against the annular member 94 to seal olf the propellant reservoir.
  • the lower end of the conduit member 16 has a groove 99 around the outside surface thereof into which the inlet nozzles 14 open from within the bore 15
  • the annular member 94 is relatively thin and flexible rather than merely resilient and substantially non-flexible as in the embodiments of FIGS. 9 and 10, and FIGS. 11 and 12.
  • FIGS. 14 and 15 has a slightly different type of obturator for the liquid to be dispensed and for sealing off the liquid container from the outside atmosphere.
  • the propellant reservoir which is capped by a cover 9 having a dome 8 thereon with a high pressure obturator therein such as that shown in the embodiment of FIGS. 2-4 with a conduit member 16 projecting upwardly out of the obturator.
  • a stopper 4 has an annular extension 17 extending downwardly therefrom engaging around the cover 9 to hold the propellant reservoir 5 and the stopper 4 in engagement.
  • the stopper 4 has the liquid conduit 25 therein extending from a recess in which the tube 24 is positioned to the cup 21 and has the air inlet conduit 48 extending from the upper part of the cup 21 into the space within the. liquid outer receptacle 1
  • the stopper 4, is held on the outer receptacle by means of the annular cover 62 holding the annular rim 58 against the neck of the receptacle 1
  • the pushbutton 27 has a downwardly extending portion 31 which is slidable in the cup 21 and is in sealing engagement therewith and has a central bore 44 which is a continuation of the central bore in the conduit member 16 of the high pressure obturator.
  • a peripheral groove 100 is provided around the periphery of the downwardly extending portion 31 and is located along the length of said portion so that when it is opposite the point where the liquid conduit 25 opens into the cup 21 the upper end of the downwardly extending portion which is in sliding engagement with the cup 21 is below the point at which the air conduit 48 opens into the cup 21
  • there is a further groove 101 between the groove 100 and the top of the slidable engaging portion so that there is an annular shoulder defined between the two grooves which engages the Wall of the cup 21 and an annular shoulder 103 between the groove 101 and the top of the portion 31 and a still further annular shoulder 104 between the groove 100 and the bottom of the portion 31
  • the pushbutton differs further from the embodiments described previously in that it is designed to project a stream of atomized fluid axially of the apparatus rather than laterally.
  • the discharge nozzle 29 is positioned in the upper end of the central bore 44 and has the converging part 36 the neck 37 and the divergent part 38 opening out of the top of the pushbutton.
  • Annular chamber 42 surrounds the discharge nozzle and the liquid conduit 43 opens into this chamber.
  • Radial ducts 41 open into the neck of the discharge nozzle from the chamber 42
  • the pushbutton has two oppositely extending finger engageable extensions 105 having finger depressions 106 therein.
  • the high pressure obturator seals the propellant reservoir 5 and the downwardly extending portion 31 seals off the cup 21 and consequently seals off conduit 25 to the liquid container 1 At the same time, the downwardly depending portion 31 seals off the air inlet conduit 48 so that the liquid container is completely sealed off from the outside atmosphere.
  • the groove in the downwardly extending portion 31 is moved to a position opposite the point at which the liquid conduit 25 opens into the cup 21 so that liquid can be drawn up the tube 24 through conduit 25 through the groove 100, through the conduit 43 in the stopper into the annular chamber 42 around the discharge nozzle, and then through the radial ducts 41 into the neck 37 of the discharge nozzle Where it is entrained in the propellant.
  • the top of the downwardly extending portion 31 has moved below the level of the point at which the air inlet conduit 48 opens into the cup 21 air is free to flow into the receptacle 1 through the air inlet conduit. The liquid in the receptacle is thereby dispensed in the flowing stream of propellant as an upwardly diverging spray.
  • the pushbutton and its downwardly extending portion can be of a plastic which has a low coefficient of friction, for example polytetrafluoroethylene.
  • FIGS. 16 and 17 is similar to that of FIGS. 14 and 15 in that the discharge nozzle opens axially out of the top of the pushbutton.
  • the stopper 4 has an annular extension 17 depending therefrom which engages around the neck of propellant reservoir 5 to hold the stopper and the reservoir in engagement.
  • An annular gasket 125 is positioned between the stopper 4 and the top of the neck of the reservoir 5 and projects inwardly into a central bore 106 and forms the bottom of a pocket 21 in the.
  • the top of the pocket is partially closed by an inwardly projecting flexible collar 107.
  • the stopper is secured to an outer receptacle 1 by an annular cap 62 in the same manner as the stopper of the embodiment of FIGS. 24.
  • the stopper also has a liquid conduit 25 therein leading from a recess in which the upper end of liquid tube 24 is held, and has an air inlet conduit 48 opening into the top of the receptacle 1 Both conduits open into the cup 21 the liquid conduit 25 opening near the bottom of the cup and the air conduit 48 opening near the top of the cup.
  • a valve housing 20 Positioned in the neck of the reservoir 5 and in sealing engagement with the gasket is a valve housing 20 having an opening 30 in the bottom thereof opening into the reservoir. Mounted adjacent the opening 30 is a ball valve member 108 for metering the quantity of propellant discharged from the reservoir when the apparatus is used with the pushbutton pointing down.
  • a downwardly extending portion 31 Positioned within the cup 21 is a downwardly extending portion 31 which has a valve body 11 on the end thereof which extends into the-valve housing 20
  • a spring 12 positioned between the bottom of the valve housing 20 and the bottom of the valve body 11 assists in urging the valve body upwardly.
  • a flexible annular member 13 is positioned against the top of the valve housing 20 within the cup 21 and projects inwardly so that under the action of the spring 12 and the pressure of the propellant in the reservoir 5 the valve body 11 will seal against the flexible annular member 13
  • an annular spacer ring 109 Positioned on top of annular member 13 is an annular spacer ring 109 which has a diameter slightly less than that of the cup 21 and which has radial inlet openings 110 therein.
  • the liquid conduit 25 opens into the cup 21 in the space around the spacer ring 109.
  • a further flexible annular member 111 the outer periphery of which is tightly engaged with the surface of the stopper 4 defining the cup.
  • a further annular spacer ring 112 which also has a diameter slightly less than that of cup 21 and which has radial inlet openings 113 therein.
  • the air inlet conduit 48 opens into the cup 21 in the space around the spacer ring 112.
  • On top of the spacer 112 is a still further flexible annular member 114 which is in tight engagement with the flexible collar 107, so that the stack of alternate flexible annular members and spacer rings are held in sealing engagement with each other.
  • downwardly extending portion 31 Within downwardly extending portion 31 is an axial discharge nozzle having a convergent part 36 a neck part 37 with inlets 41 therein, and a divergent part 38
  • a divergent part 38 Around the periphery of the downwardly extending portion 31 are three grooves 115, 116 and 117 which are spaced along the length of the downwardly extending portion.
  • Groove 115 is positioned right above the valve body 11 and annular member 13 engages in it to seal off inlet nozzle 14 which extends from the groove 115 into the convergent part 36 of the discharge nozzle.
  • Groove 116 is positioned about midway of the length of the downwardly extending portion 31 and annular member 111 engages in it and normally seals ofr" inlet 41 to the neck of the discharge nozzle.
  • Groove 117 is near the top of the downwardly extending portion and has annular member 114 engaged therein normally sealing it off.
  • longitudinally extending bleeder grooves 118 are provided in downwardly extending portion 31 opening upwardly out of the groove 117.
  • the finger engageable portion 119 of the pushbutton 27 said portion 119 having a serrated finger engaging extension 120 projecting later-ally of the pushbutton and having an aperture 121 aligned with the divergent part 38 of the discharge nozzle through which material mixed with propellant is discharged.
  • a shield 122 is provided between the aperture 121 and the finger engaging extension 120.
  • the pushbutton is mounted on a bead 123 around the top edge of stopper 4 With the parts in the positions shown in FIG. 16, the propellant reservoir is sealed by the flexible annular member 13 covering the inlet nozzle 14 and the valve body 11 being seated against the flexible annular member 13 these parts together forming a high pressure obturator for the propellant reservoir.
  • the liquid conduit 25 is sealed by the flexible annular member 111 which is tightly sealed in the pocket 21 and which normally engages in groove 116 to seal off inlets 41 to the neck of the discharge nozzle.
  • Air inlet conduit 48 is sealed by the flexible annular member 114 which seals the groove 117 and is tightly engaged against the collar 107.
  • the flexible annular members 111 and 114 are thus each a low pressure obturator, one for the liquid conduit and one for the air inlet conduit.
  • the liquid conduits from the separate parts of the receptacle 1 conduct the liquids to the neck of the discharge nozzle Where they are mixed for the first time.
  • One way of accomplishing this result would be, for example in FIGS. 24, to provide a longer downwardly depending portion with two grooves therein, the ducts from one groove extending to the neck of the discharge nozzle and the ducts from the other groove extending to the neck of the nozzle.
  • An atomizer-dispenser for fluids comprising an outer receptacle having at least one space therein for at least one fluid to be dispensed, an inner reservoir for a propellant gas under pressure and positioned within said outer receptacle, a stopper closing said outer receptacle and having said inner reservoir secured thereto, a pushbutton movably mounted in said stopper, a discharge nozzle forming part of said atomizer-dispenser, a high pressure obturator means coupled to said pushbutton and located between said propellant reservoir and said discharge nozzle and movable by said pushbutton for passing propellant gas from said reservoir through said discharge nozzle, and at least one low pressure obturator means coupled to said pushbutton and located between said one space in said outer receptacle and said discharge nozzle and between said one space in said outer receptacle and the outside of said dispenser and movable by said pushbutton for placing the interior of said at least one space in said receptacle in communication with
  • An atomizer-dispenser for fluids comprising an outer receptacle for the fluid to be dispensed, an inner reservoir for a propellant gas under pressure and positioned within said outer receptacle, a stopper closing said outer receptacle and having said inner reservoir secured thereto, a pushbutton movably mounted in said stopper, a discharge nozzle forming part of said atomizer-dispenser, high pressure obturator means coupled to said pushbutton and located between said propellant reservoir and said discharge nozzle and movable by said pushbutton for passing propellant gas from said reservoir through said discharge nozzle, and low pressure obturator means coupled to said pushbutton and located between said outer receptacle and said discharge nozzle and between said outer receptacle and the outside of said dispenser and movable by said pushbutton for placing the interior of said receptacle in communication with said discharge nozzle and placing the interior of said receptacle in communication with the space outside said dispenser.
  • An atomizer-dispenser for fluids comprising an outer receptacle for the fluid to be dispensed, an inner resewoir for a propellant gas under pressure and positioned within said outer receptacle, a stopper closing said outer receptacle and having said inner reservoir secured thereto, a pushbutton movably mounted in said stopper, said pushbutton having a discharge nOZzle therein, said discharge nozzle having a low pressure creating portion, fluid conduit means extending from the interior of said receptacle through said stopper and said pushbutton to the low pressure creating portion of said discharge nozzle and having air inlet conduit means extending from the interior of said receptacle to the outside of said dispenser, high pressure obturator means coupled to said pushbutton and located between said propellant reservoir and said discharge nozzle and movable by said pushbutton for passing propellant gas from said reservoir through said discharge nozzle, and low pressure bturator means coupled to said pushbutton and positioned in said fluid
  • a dispenser as claimed in claim 4 in which said pushbutton is slidable axially of said stopper and has a first passage therethrough communicating with said propellant discharging conduit member of said valving means and opening into said discharge nozzle and a second passage therethrough opening into said low pressure creating portion of said discharge nozzle and forming part of said fluid conduit means, said low pressure obturator means being associated with said second passage in said pushbutton member.
  • a dispenser as claimed in claim 5 in which said stopper has a cup therein and a cap with an opening through which said pushbutton extends downwardly and into which cup said propellant discharging conduit member from said valving means extends, said opening in said cap being larger than the part of said pushbutton which extends through it, said pushbutton engaging said propellant discharging conduit member, said low pressure obturator means being a single annular member movably mounted in said cup between said stopper and said pushbutton, said second passage in said pushbutton opening out of said pushbutton adjacent said annular member and said air inlet conduit means in said stopper being an air inlet conduit opening into said cup adjacent said annular member, and the portion of said fluid conduit means in said stopper opening into said cup between said annular member and the bottom of said cup toward said propellant reservoir.
  • a dispenser as claimed in claim 8 in which said downwardly extending portion on said pushbutton is directly engaged with said propellant discharging conduit member of said high pressure obturator and said high pressure obturator means has spring means within said cup urging said valving means to the closed position.
  • a dispenser as claimed in claim 8 in which said downwardly extending portion on said pushbutton is integral with said conduit member of said high pressure obturator means, and spring means in said cup engaged between the bottom of said downwardly extending portion and the bottom of said cup for urging said pushbutton upwardly to the closed position of both said obturator means.
  • a dispenser as claimed in claim 3 in which said high pressure obturator means comprises a valving means having a gas expansion inlet nozzle and a propellant discharging conduit member into which said inlet nozzle opens, said conduit member being movable substantially axially of said reservoir.
  • a dispenser as claimed in claim 3 in which said stopper has a downwardly depending flexible collar thereon engaged with the top of said reservoir for securing said stopper and said reservoir together.
  • a dispenser as claimed in claim 3 in which said pper has a cup therein through which said pushbutton extends downwardly, said high pressure obturator means ha i g an upwardly extending propellant discharge conduit member extending through the bottom of said stopper into said cup, said stopper having a slightly flexible collar forming the bottom of said cup and sealingly seated against the top of said reservoir for sealing said stopper against said reservoir.
  • said high pressure obturator means comprises a valving means having a propellant discharging conduit member movable substantially axially of said reservoir, said stopper having a cup therein having an opening through the top of the stopper and an opening in the bottom thereof through which said propellant discharging conduit member extends, said pushbutton having a downwardly extending portion with a diameter substantially equal to the diameter of said cup and extending into said cup and sealingly slidable in said cup, said downwardly extending portion having a groove around the periphery thereof, said pushbutton having a first passage therethrough communicating with said propellant discharging conduit member of said high pressure obturator means and opening into said discharge nozzle and having a second passage therethrough with one end opening into the low pressure creating part of said discharge nozzle and with the other end opening into said groove around said downwardly depending portion, said second passage forming part of said fluid conduit means, the remainder of said fluid conduit means 'being a fluid conduit in said stopper extending from
  • a dispenser as claimed in claim 3 in which said low pressure obturator means comprises a first obturator in said fluid conduit means and a second obturator in said air inlet conduit means, said pushbutton being axially movable in said stopper and engaging said obturators for actuating them during movement of said pushbutton.
  • a dispenser as claimed in claim 16 in which said downwardly extending portion has two grooves therearound, a lower groove into which said second passage opens and which has the inner periphery of said first annular obturating member engaged therein, and an upper groove having bleeder grooves in the downwardly extending portion opening into said upper groove, the inner periphery of said second annular member engaging in said second groove for normally sealing off said bleeder grooves to define a second sealed portion of said cup between said first annular member and said second annular member and into which said air inlet conduit opens.
  • An atomizer-dispenser assembly adapted to be mounted on an outer receptacle for the fluid to be dispensed, there being an inner reservoir for a propellant gas under pressure and positioned within said outer receptacle and having a high pressure obturator thereon, said assembly comprising a stopper adapted to close the outer receptacle and adapted to have said inner reservoir secured thereto, a pushbutton movably mounted in said stopper and adapted to engage the high pressure obturator, said pushbutton having a discharge nozzle therein adapted to receive propellant from said reservoir, said discharge nozzle having a low pressure creating portion, fluid conduit means extending from the interior of said receptacle through said stopper and said pushbutton to the low pressure creating portion of said discharge nozzle and having air inlet conduit means adapted to extend from the interior of said receptacle and extending to the outside of said dispenser, and low pressure obturator means coupled to said pushbutton and positioned in said fluid conduit means and in

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