Dispenser pump button

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9375740-B2
Application number	US-201214131674-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 27, 2012
Priority date	Jul 8, 2011
Publication date	Jun 28, 2016
Grant date	Jun 28, 2016

Abstract

A dispenser pump button is designed so as to have a structure in which, when the button body is pressed, a nozzle which is normally positioned within the button body moves forward so as to be exposed to the outside from the button body and enable contents to be discharged, in order to prevent a cap from being contaminated.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A dispenser pump button which is positioned at a top of a pumping member and pressurizes the pumping member upon a user's pressing, thereby discharging contents with the aid of pumping operations, comprising:
a button body, comprising a content flow passage which is formed at an inner center portion of the button body for the contents to flow out and a discharge part which communicates with the content flow passage, for discharging the contents;
a nozzle which is engaged to the discharge part and discharges out the contents, and moves back and forth when the button body moves up and down, wherein a discharge hole is provided at a front side of the nozzle for the discharge of the contents, and a guide groove formed at a side of the nozzle for guiding the forward and backward movements;
a guide member which is engaged to an inner side of the button body, further comprising a guide protrusion which is coupled to with the guide groove of the nozzle, thereby allowing the nozzle to move back and forth when the button body moves up and down;
an elastic part comprising a first side and a second side, the first side supported against the guide member and the second side supported against the button body, thereby providing an elastic force in an upward direction and allowing the button body to move upward, and,
wherein the button body further comprises an opening and closing rod which opens and closes a discharge hole of the nozzle is provided at the button body, and wherein the opening and closing rod extends from a bottom wall surface of the discharge part to a top of the discharge part and is bent with right angles toward the discharge hole.

2. The button of claim 1 , wherein a bottom part of the nozzle is open so as to prevent any interference with the opening and closing rod when the nozzle is engaged to the discharge part.

3. The button of claim 1 , wherein the guide member comprises:
a suction part engaged to the content flow passage and providing a piston function of sucking the content which remains in the nozzle;
an engaging part which is formed in a cylindrical shape, extends down from the suction part and is engaged to the top of the pumping member; and
a spring support part which surrounds the suction part, extending from the suction part, and forms a mounting part which mounts at the bottom of the elastic part.

4. The button of claim 3 , wherein the guide protrusion comprises a pair of protrusion pieces protruding upward from a center of the suction part, and a guide bar which connects the pair of protrusion pieces at the end portions of the protrusion pieces and is engaged to the guide groove.

5. The button of claim 3 , wherein a content inflow hole is formed at a bottom of the guide protrusion so that the contents moving through the engagement part can flow into the discharge part.

6. The button of claim 1 , wherein the button body includes an extension part which surrounds the content flow passage at an outer side of the content flow passage and extends downward, and a hollow fixing part is engaged to the extension part so as to fix the guide member to the button body.

Assignees

• Jung Seo-Hui
• Yonwoo Co Ltd

Inventors

• Jung Seo-Hui

Classifications

• B05B11/1023

  having an outlet valve opened by deformation or displacement of the piston relative to its actuating stem · CPC title

• B05B11/028

  Pistons separating the content remaining in the container from the atmospheric air to compensate underpressure inside the container · CPC title

• B05B11/1053

  combined with means, other than pressure, for automatically opening a valve during actuation; combined with means for automatically removing closures or covers from the discharge nozzle during actuation · CPC title

• B05B11/1074

  located outside pump chambers · CPC title

• B05B11/1047

  the pump being preassembled as an independent unit before being mounted on the container · CPC title