Trigger dispenser device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9675985-B2
Application number	US-201314416251-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Apr 30, 2013
Priority date	Jul 24, 2012
Publication date	Jun 13, 2017
Grant date	Jun 13, 2017

Abstract

A trigger dispenser device ( 1 ) for a liquid includes a dispenser head ( 20 ) provided with a pressure chamber ( 24 ) and a piston ( 26 ) sliding in the pressure chamber ( 24 ). A valve dispenser is provided to permit the passage of the liquid towards a dispenser duct ( 30 ) upon reaching a threshold pressure, and a trigger suitable for mechanically operating on dispenser valve to force the valve towards the open configuration.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. Dispenser head attachable to a container of a trigger dispenser device, comprising:
a) a pressure chamber defining an interior, and a piston operable by a trigger and sliding in a main compartment of the pressure chamber along a pressure axis, operating under pressure in the main compartment during an active step and operating in negative pressure in the main compartment during a return step;
b) a dispenser duct suitable for being in communication with the main compartment of the pressure chamber, for dispensing liquid from the interior;
c) a dispenser valve, operating between the main compartment and the dispenser duct and normally closed, suitable, in an open configuration during the active step, to permit passage of the liquid from the main compartment towards the dispenser duct upon exceeding a threshold pressure;
d) wherein the trigger is suitable to actuate the piston for mechanically operating on the dispenser valve to force the dispenser valve towards the open configuration;
and wherein
the dispenser valve comprises a flexible membrane and an abutment wall of a sleeve rigid in relation to the membrane, which defines an opening suitable for placing the main compartment in communication with the dispenser duct, wherein the membrane, in a rest configuration, closes the opening;
the dispenser head comprises a check valve suitable for preventing return of the liquid from the main compartment to an inner compartment of the container during the active step, and the check valve comprises a tang projecting axially from the membrane and a lip partially separated from the tang by a cut;
the piston has a main side with a recess, so that the lip is housed in the recess of the piston when the piston engages the dispenser valve.

2. Dispenser head according to claim 1 , wherein the dispenser valve is contained in the pressure chamber.

3. Dispenser head according to claim 1 , wherein a projection of the opening along the pressure axis is at least partially contained on a main surface of the piston.

4. Dispenser head according to claim 1 , wherein the piston is suitable to force detachment of the membrane from the abutment wall of the sleeve.

5. Dispenser head according to claim 1 , wherein the pressure chamber is delimited on the bottom by a bottom wall having a mouth suitable for placing the main compartment in communication with a compartment inside the container and a dispenser opening, suitable for placing the main compartment in communication with the dispenser duct.

6. Dispenser head according to claim 1 , comprising an elastic return suitable for operating on the piston or on the trigger to return the piston or the trigger to the rest configuration.

7. Dispenser head according to claim 6 , wherein the elastic return comprises a return element, made in a single piece, comprising ears for the hinging of the trigger.

8. A trigger dispenser device, comprising:
a container defining an interior, the interior having an inner compartment for containment liquid;
a dispenser head attached to the container; the dispenser head comprising:
a) a pressure chamber and a piston operable by a trigger and sliding in a main compartment of the pressure chamber along a pressure axis, operating under pressure in the main compartment during an active step and operating in negative pressure in the main compartment during a return step;
b) a dispenser duct suitable for being in communication with the main compartment of the pressure chamber, for dispensing the liquid from the inner compartment;
c) a dispenser valve, operating between the main compartment and the dispenser duct and normally closed, suitable, in an open configuration during the active step, to permit passage of the liquid from the main compartment towards the dispenser duct upon exceeding a threshold pressure;
d) wherein the trigger is suitable to actuate the piston for mechanically operating on the dispenser valve to force the dispenser valve towards the open configuration;
and wherein
the dispenser valve comprises a flexible membrane and an abutment wall of a sleeve rigid in relation to the membrane, which defines an opening suitable for placing the main compartment in communication with the dispenser duct, wherein the membrane, in a rest configuration, closes the opening;
the dispenser head comprises a check valve suitable for preventing return of the liquid from the main compartment to the inner compartment of the container during the active step, and the check valve comprises a tang projecting axially from the membrane and a lip partially separated from the tang by a cut;
the piston has a main side with a recess, so that the lip is housed in the recess of the piston when the piston engages the dispenser valve.

Assignees

• Guala Dispensing Spa

Inventors

• Alluigi Riccardo

Classifications

• B05B11/1045

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

• B05B11/1069

  the valve being made of a resiliently deformable material or being urged in a closed position by a spring · CPC title

• B05B11/1011 Primary

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

• B05B11/1064

  Pump inlet and outlet valve elements integrally formed of a deformable material (pump chambers having a deformable wall integrally formed with inlet and outlet valve elements B05B11/1033) · CPC title

• B05B11/3069

  Operations & Transport · mapped topic