Foamer dispenser

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2016367084-A1
Application number	US-201414901798-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	May 16, 2014
Priority date	Jul 17, 2013
Publication date	Dec 22, 2016
Grant date	—

Abstract

A foamer dispenser includes a hollow stem, an air piston configured to pressurize and pump air, and a tubular guide that is coupled integrally to the air piston, that defines an airway for air supply between the hollow stem and the tubular guide, that holds the hollow stem slidably, and that is configured to come out of abutment with the flange in response to sliding of the hollow stem, thereby opening the airway is provided. The flange is provided with: an outer annular wall protruding upward from an outer edge of the flange; and a guide rib located on an outer side of the tubular guide in the radial direction and configured to be guided by the tubular guide during sliding of the hollow stem.

First claim

1 . A foamer dispenser, comprising:
a base cap held by a mouth of a container; two pumps suspended from and held to the mouth of the container by the base cap, the two pumps comprising one pump configured to suck, pressurize, and pump a content medium and the other pump configured to suck, pressurize, and pump air; and a nozzle head configured to mix the content medium and the air pumped from the corresponding pumps and to foam the mixture of the content medium and the air by a foaming member disposed inside the nozzle head to be dispensed to outside through an internal passage, wherein the pump configured to suck, pressurize, and pump the content medium includes: a small-diameter tubular body provided in a bottom portion thereof with a suction port for inflow of the content medium; a hollow piston disposed in abutment with an inner circumferential surface of the small-diameter tubular body and configured to slide toward the bottom portion of the small-diameter tubular body to pressurize and pump the content medium that is present in the small-diameter tubular body; and a hollow stem including an inner passage through which the content medium pumped from the hollow piston is supplied to the nozzle head and also including a flange protruding from an outer circumferential surface of the hollow stem outward in a radial direction, the pump configured to suck, pressurize, and pump the air includes: a large-diameter tubular body including a bottom portion coupled integrally to the small-diameter tubular body; an air piston disposed in abutment with an inner circumferential surface of the large-diameter tubular body and configured to slide toward the bottom portion of the large-diameter tubular body to pressurize and pump the air that is present in the large-diameter tubular body; and a tubular guide that is coupled integrally to the air piston, that surrounds the hollow stem to define a first airway between the hollow stem and the tubular guide, that holds the hollow stem in a manner such that the hollow stem is slidable, and that is configured to come out of abutment with the flange in response to downward sliding of the hollow stem, thereby opening the first airway to supply the air pumped by the air piston to the nozzle head through the first airway, and the flange is provided with: an outer annular wall protruding upward from an outer edge of the flange; and a guide rib located on an outer side of the tubular guide in the radial direction and configured to be guided by the tubular guide during sliding of the hollow stem.

2 . The foamer dispenser of claim 1 , wherein
the outer annular wall and the flange are coupled integrally via the guide rib.

3 . The foamer dispenser of claim 1 , wherein
the nozzle head includes a jet ring that holds the foaming member, and the jet ring includes: an upper tubular portion surrounding and holding the foaming member; a middle tubular portion coupled integrally to the upper tubular portion and having an outer circumferential wall that is dented inward in the radial direction to support the foaming member from below; and a lower tubular portion that is coupled integrally to the middle tubular portion, that has an inner circumferential surface provided with a plurality of vertical ribs abutting against the outer circumferential surface of the hollow stem to be fitted and held to the hollow stem, and that defines a second airway communicating with the first airway between any two adjacent vertical ribs.

4 . The foamer dispenser of claim 3 , wherein
the jet ring further includes at least one rib that is provided on the outer circumferential wall dented inward in the radial direction and that extends vertically.

5 . The foamer dispenser of claim 2 , wherein
the nozzle head includes a jet ring that holds the foaming member, and the jet ring includes: an upper tubular portion surrounding and holding the foaming member; a middle tubular portion coupled integrally to the upper tubular portion and having an outer circumferential wall that is dented inward in the radial direction to support the foaming member from below; and a lower tubular portion that is coupled integrally to the middle tubular portion, that has an inner circumferential surface provided with a plurality of vertical ribs abutting against the outer circumferential surface of the hollow stem to be fitted and held to the hollow stem, and that defines a second airway communicating with the first airway between any two adjacent vertical ribs.

6 . The foamer dispenser of claim 5 , wherein
the jet ring further includes at least one rib that is provided on the outer circumferential wall dented inward in the radial direction and that extends vertically.

Assignees

• Mizushima Hiroshi
• Sasaki Tsuyoshi
• Yoshino Kogyosho Co Ltd

Inventors

• Mizushima Hiroshi
• Sasaki Tsuyoshi

Classifications

• B05B7/0037

  including sieves, porous members or the like · CPC title

• B05B11/1097

  with means for sucking back the liquid or other fluent material in the nozzle after a dispensing stroke · CPC title

• B05B11/0064

  Lift valves (B05B11/007 takes precedence) · CPC title

• B05B11/1087

  Combination of liquid and air pumps · CPC title

• B05B11/1001

  Piston pumps (B05B11/1087, B05B11/1088, B05B11/109 take precedence) · CPC title