Remote trigger head for dispensing a liquid and dispensing device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11052413-B2
Application number	US-201616303939-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	May 24, 2016
Priority date	May 24, 2016
Publication date	Jul 6, 2021
Grant date	Jul 6, 2021

Abstract

A remote trigger head for dispensing a liquid includes a rewindable tube (2) having a predefined length and a winder unit (70) for the automatic spring rewinding of the tube (2).

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A remote trigger head for dispensing a liquid, comprising:
a rewindable tube having a predefined length and a winder unit for automatic spring rewinding of the tube;
a casing having a handle portion for gripping by a user, the handle portion extending along a main axis, the winder unit being housed in the casing.

2. The trigger head according to claim 1 , comprising a casing having a handle portion for gripping by a user, the tube, in a wound configuration, being housed in the casing.

3. The trigger head according to claim 1 , wherein the casing has an inner compartment having a handle compartment, corresponding to the handle portion, and a winder unit compartment separate from the handle compartment and in communication with the handle compartment, the winder unit being housed in the winder unit compartment.

4. The trigger head according to claim 3 , comprising a dispensing unit provided with the trigger, configured to aspirate the liquid through the tube and to dispense the liquid to the outside, wherein the inner compartment also has a functional compartment separate from the handle compartment, on the side opposite the winder unit compartment, in which the dispensing unit is housed at least partially.

5. The trigger head according to claim 3 , wherein the winder unit comprises:
a winder body rotatable about a winding axis, provided with an outlet mouth aligned with the winding axis, and an inlet mouth, in communication with the outlet mouth, connected to a first end of the tube;
an elastic element placed between the winder body and a fixed abutment to permanently induce the winder body to rotate in a predefined winding direction of rotation.

6. The trigger head according to claim 5 , comprising a locking mechanism configured to block the rotation of the winder body in the winding direction of rotation, the locking mechanism is configured for manual disabling to permit the winding rotation.

7. The trigger head according to claim 6 , wherein the locking mechanism is a one-way ratchet.

8. The trigger head according to claim 6 , wherein the locking mechanism comprises a locking wheel of the winder body provided along a circumferential peripheral edge, a plurality of teeth in succession, which form a snap-locking profile.

9. The trigger head according to claim 5 , comprising a connection unit fixed with respect to the rotatable winder body, acting as a curved junction to divert an incoming flow of liquid in a direction of the winding axis in an outgoing flow of liquid in a direction of the main axis of the handle portion of the casing.

10. The trigger head according to claim 9 , wherein the connection unit comprises a connection body on which the winder body is rotatably mounted, wherein the connection body provides an attachment comprising an attachment shank extending along the winding axis, sealingly engageable with the outlet mouth of the winder body.

11. The trigger head according to claim 10 , wherein the winder unit compartment has a connection body seat in which the connection body is inserted to block the rotation of the connection body about the winding axis.

Assignees

• Guala Dispensing Spa

Inventors

• Alluigi Riccardo

Classifications

• B65H75/4431

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• B05B9/0426 Primary

  with a pump attached to the spray gun or discharge device (single-units hand-held apparatus in which the flow is effected by a pump B05B11/10) · CPC title

• B65H75/42

  attached to, or forming part of, mobile tools, machines or vehicles · CPC title

• B65H2701/33

  Hollow or hose-like material · CPC title

• B65H75/48

  Automatic re-storing devices · CPC title