Trigger sprayer with bottle filling conduit

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10350628-B2
Application number	US-201615297642-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Oct 19, 2016
Priority date	May 21, 2013
Publication date	Jul 16, 2019
Grant date	Jul 16, 2019

Abstract

A fluid delivery device having a trigger actuated sprayer assembly for dispensing a liquid with features such as a bottle with a concavity, a clip around the bottle neck, a sprayer assembly with a bottle filling conduit and a translucent neck window on the sprayer assembly for viewing the bottle filling conduit. The fluid delivery system includes a bottle with a concavity in the side wall attached to a body. A pump in the body receives fluid from the bottle via a fluid inlet conduit and discharges the fluid from a fluid discharge conduit. Also provided is a kit including (i) a fluid delivery device with a bottle, and (ii) one or more fluid refill containers, wherein the bottle and the container(s) include matching indicia of the fluid such that the bottle is only filled from a container with the fluid indicated by the matching indicia.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A fluid delivery device comprising:
a bottle for containing a fluid and defining an opening of the bottle;
a body including an attachment ring secured in a bottom opening of the body, the bottom opening of the body attached to the bottle adjacent the opening of the bottle;
a pump including a piston positioned within the body, the pump being in fluid communication with a fluid inlet conduit upstream of the pump and a fluid discharge conduit downstream of the pump, the pump receiving fluid from the fluid inlet conduit and discharging fluid from the fluid discharge conduit;
a trigger configured to move the piston to control fluid discharge;
a fluid filling conduit separate from the fluid discharge conduit and the fluid inlet conduit, the fluid filling conduit being in fluid communication with a conduit opening in an outer wall of the body and an outlet of the body;
a resealable cap for closing off the conduit opening; and
a connector strap configured to rotatably receive the resealable cap, the connector strap having an end configured to engage the body thereby securing the resealable cap thereto,
wherein the fluid filling conduit has a first section having a first transverse area with a first diameter, a third section having a second transverse area with a second diameter, and an intermediate section joining the first section and the third section, the intermediate section having a third transverse area with a third diameter smaller than the first diameter and the second diameter.

2. The fluid delivery device of claim 1 wherein:
the third transverse area is generally arcuate.

3. The fluid delivery device of claim 1 wherein:
the first section is generally cylindrical.

4. The fluid delivery device of claim 1 wherein:
the third section is generally cylindrical.

5. The fluid delivery device of claim 1 wherein:
the first section overhangs a wall of the body defining the third section.

6. The fluid delivery device of claim 1 wherein:
a wall of the body includes a translucent section providing a view of an interior space of the fluid filling conduit.

7. The fluid delivery device of claim 1 wherein:
the body includes a tubular part defining the third section and extending below the pump, and
the tubular part of the body comprises a translucent section.

8. The fluid delivery device of claim 1 wherein:
the body is attached to the bottle by way of a quarter turn bayonet fitting.

9. The fluid delivery device a claim 1 wherein:
the piston is configured to reciprocatingly move to draw fluid into the pump and to discharge fluid from the fluid discharge conduit.

10. The fluid delivery device a claim 1 wherein:
the third transverse area of the intermediate section is defined by the pump and an upper end portion of a tubular part defining the third section.

11. The fluid delivery device a claim 1 wherein:
the third section extends below the pump and attaches to the opening of the bottle.

12. The fluid delivery device of claim 1 further comprising:
a clip secured to the bottle.

13. The fluid delivery device of claim 12 wherein:
the clip includes a collar dimensioned to surround a neck of the bottle.

14. The fluid delivery device of claim 1 wherein:
the bottle further includes an end wall and a side wall extending away from the end wall, the side wall terminating at the opening of the bottle.

15. The fluid delivery device of claim 14 further comprising:
a clip secured to the bottle,
wherein the clip is arranged in facing relationship with a concavity in the side wall of the bottle.

16. The fluid delivery device of claim 14 wherein:
the side wall of the bottle has a concavity that extends from the end wall of the bottle in a direction toward the opening of the bottle.

17. The fluid delivery device of claim 16 wherein:
a view of a cross-section of the side wall of the bottle transverse to a longitudinal axis of the bottle includes the concavity.

18. The fluid delivery device of claim 17 wherein:
the concavity extends from the end wall of the bottle to a neck region of the side wall of the bottle adjacent the opening of the bottle, the neck region of the side wall being of reduced diameter compared to an end wall region of the side wall of the bottle adjacent the end wall of the bottle.

19. A fluid delivery device comprising:
a bottle for containing a fluid and defining an opening of the bottle;
a body including an attachment ring secured in a bottom opening of the body, the bottom opening of the body attached to the bottle adjacent the opening of the bottle;
a pump including a piston positioned within the body, the pump being in fluid communication with a fluid inlet conduit upstream of the pump and a fluid discharge conduit downstream of the pump, the pump receiving fluid from the fluid inlet conduit and discharging fluid from the fluid discharge conduit;
a trigger configured to move the piston to control fluid discharge;
a fluid filling conduit separate from the fluid discharge conduit and the fluid inlet conduit, the fluid filling conduit being in fluid communication with a conduit opening in an outer wall of the body and an outlet of the body; and
a clip secured to the bottle,
wherein the clip includes a collar dimensioned to surround a neck of the bottle,
wherein the attachment ring includes opposed notches and the collar includes opposed tabs positioned to engage the opposed notches,
wherein the fluid filling conduit has a first section having a first transverse area with a first diameter, a third section having a second transverse area with a second diameter, and an intermediate section joining the first section and the third section, the intermediate section having a third transverse area with a third diameter smaller than the first diameter and the second diameter,
wherein the bottle further includes an end wall and a side wall extending away from the end wall, the side wall terminating at the opening of the bottle.

20. A fluid delivery device comprising:
a bottle for containing a fluid and defining an opening of the bottle;
a body including an attachment ring secured in a bottom opening of the body, the bottom opening of the body attached to the bottle adjacent the opening of the bottle;
a pump including a piston positioned within the body, the pump being in fluid communication with a fluid inlet conduit upstream of the pump and a fluid discharge conduit downstream of the pump, the pump receiving fluid from the fluid inlet conduit and discharging fluid from the fluid discharge conduit;
a trigger configured to move the piston to control fluid discharge;
a fluid filling conduit separate from the fluid discharge conduit and the fluid inlet conduit, the fluid filling conduit being in fluid communication with an opening in an outer wall of the body and an outlet of the body; and
a collar dimensioned to surround a neck of the bottle,
wherein the attachment ring includes opposed notches and the collar includes opposed tabs positioned to engage the opposed notches,
wherein the fluid filling conduit has a first section having a first transverse area with a first diameter, a third section having a second transverse area with a second diameter, and an intermediate section joining the first section and the third section, the intermediate section having a third transverse area with a third diameter smaller than the first diameter and the second diameter.

Assignees

• Johnson & Son Inc S C

Inventors

• Conway Simon M
• Babinski Linda J
• Schreiber Kate
• Wosewick Robert T
• Eiger Aaron B
• Thompson Evan P
• Wesolowski Trevor

Classifications

• B05B11/1011

  without substantial movement of the nozzle in the direction of the pressure stroke · CPC title

• B05B11/1045

  the pump being preassembled as an independent unit before being mounted on the container (B05B11/1047, B05B11/1049 take precedence) · CPC title

• B05B11/3045

  Operations & Transport · mapped topic

• B05B11/3011

  Operations & Transport · mapped topic

• B05B11/007

  being opened by deformation of a sealing element made of resiliently deformable material, e.g. flaps, skirts, duck-bill valves · CPC title