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US 11,110,486 B2Granted
Disinfectant applicator device with contoured roller
OwnerNoam Gavrielyinventor
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Abstract
A liquid disinfectant applicator device, the device includes: a frame, a pair of axle portions that are movable coupled to the frame at varying angles therebetween, an absorbable roller rotatably mounted on the pair of axle portions, a sealed resilient container, at least one conduit and a perforated plate.
Claims20
A liquid disinfectant applicator device, comprising:
- (a) a frame;
- (b) a pair of axle portions that are movably coupled to the frame at varying angles therebetween;
- (c) an absorbable roller rotatably mounted on the pair of axle portions comprising a curved outer surface and an axis of rotation;
- (d) a sealed resilient container coupled to the frame comprising an internal reservoir with a first volume at a natural state of the container for containing a liquid, a one-way dispensing valve in communication with the reservoir configured to only allow for the flow of liquid out from the reservoir, an intake one-way valve in communication with the reservoir, and a soft-walled expandable bladder positioned within the reservoir of the container and sealed to the one-way intake valve, the one-way valve intake being configured to only allow for the flow of air into the expandable bladder;
- (e) at least one conduit in communication with the dispensing valve configured to receive and direct a flow of the liquid therefrom;
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- (f) a perforated plate comprising an array of holes in communication with the at least one conduit and proximate to the roller to deliver the flow of the liquid to the outer surface of the roller;
- (g) wherein a compressive force applied the container deforms the container such that the volume of the reservoir is decreased from the first volume to a second volume and a flow of the liquid is forced through the dispensing valve and to the outer surface of the roller via the at least one conduit and perforated plate, and
- (h) wherein the resiliency of the container causes the container to deform after the compressive force is applied such that the volume of the reservoir is increased from the second volume to the first volume and air is drawn into the expandable bladder via the intake valve.
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