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US 10,850,914 B2Granted
Dip tube aerosol dispenser with upright actuator
AssigneeThe Procter & Gamble Company
InventorsStefano Bartolucci, Douglas Charles Cook, Christopher Raymond Lo, Jazmin Veronica Torres Rivera, Kerry Lloyd Weaver
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Abstract
An aerosol foam dip tube dispenser with an axis of symmetry with a pressurizable outer container for storing a propellant and a composition under pressure and an actuator. The aerosol dispenser is ergonomic and promotes upright dispensing in order to avoid degassing.
Claims20
An aerosol dispenser with an axis of symmetry comprising:
- a. a pressurizable outer container for storing a propellant and a composition under pressure;
- b. an actuator having an outer surface where the actuator is attached to a top of the outer container comprising:
- i. a valve being movable to an open position to release a mixture of the aerosol and the composition;
- ii. a trigger located above the valve for actuating the valve where the trigger has a direction of actuation from about −10° to about 60° from the axis of symmetry of the dispenser at the beginning of a stroke;
- iii. a longitudinally extending nozzle having a top surface, a bottom surface, a nozzle surface comprising one or more shaping orifices with a nozzle direction from less than or equal to 85° from the axis of symmetry of the dispenser;
- wherein said orifices are in fluid communication with the valve;
- wherein the bottom surface and the outer surface of the actuator create an overhang adapted for receiving the at least a portion of a little finger on a user's receiving hand;
- wherein the overhang is shaped to accommodate a semi-cylinder with a radius from about 10 mm to about 30 mm;
- c. a dip tube where an end of the dip tube is connected to the valve.
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An aerosol dispenser with an axis of symmetry comprising:
- a. a pressurizable outer container for storing a propellant and a composition under pressure;
- b. an actuator having an outer surface where the actuator is attached to a top of the outer container comprising:
- i. a valve being movable to an open position to release a mixture of the aerosol and the composition;
- ii. a trigger located above the valve for actuating the valve where the trigger has a direction of actuation from about −10° to about 60° from the axis of symmetry of the dispenser at the beginning of a stroke;
- iii. a longitudinally extending nozzle having a top surface, a bottom surface, a nozzle surface comprising one or more shaping orifices with a nozzle direction less than 100° from the axis of symmetry of the dispenser;
- wherein the bottom surface and the outer surface of the actuator create an overhang adapted for receiving the at least a portion of a little finger on a user's receiving hand;
- wherein the overhang is shaped to accommodate a semi-cylinder with a radius greater than 20 mm;
- iv. a dip tube where an end of the dip tube is connected to the valve.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.