Fluid dispenser having a discharge head
AssigneeAptar Radolfzell GmbH
InventorTobias Baumann
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Abstract
A fluid dispenser having an accumulator and a discharge head. The discharge head is secured to a base unit of the dispenser, which base unit includes a fluid accumulator. The discharge head has a housing displaceable relative to the base unit for actuating the dispenser. The discharge head has an inlet through which fluid travels from the fluid accumulator into the discharge head, and a discharge opening through which the fluid is delivered into the atmosphere. A swirling chamber having an inlet channel is provided between the fluid inlet and the discharge opening so that inflowing fluid is provided with a swirl which forms a spray stream when exiting the discharge opening. The swirling chamber is switched between a first and a second configuration by changing the geometry of its walls and/or the inlet channel.
Claims20
A fluid dispenser comprising:
- a base unit including a fluid accumulator for receiving fluid prior to a fluid discharge procedure;
- a discharge head secured to said base unit at a first side of said discharge head, said discharge head having a housing displaceable linearly relative to said base unit along a linear movement direction for actuating said fluid dispenser, a fluid inlet disposed to receive fluid from said fluid accumulator and a discharge opening through which fluid is discharged from said fluid dispenser;
- a pump device actuable by movement of said housing of said discharge head relative to said base unit and conveying fluid from said fluid accumulator into said discharge head, or said fluid accumulator comprises a pressure accumulator and said fluid dispenser comprises a valve device actuable by movement of said housing of said discharge head relative to said base unit and conveying fluid from said fluid accumulator into said discharge head;
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- a swirling chamber including at least one eccentrically oriented inlet channel disposed between said fluid inlet and said discharge opening such that fluid flowing into said discharge head is provided with a swirl which forms a spray stream upon exiting said discharge opening, said swirling chamber being switchable between a first configuration and a second configuration during operation of said fluid dispenser by changing geometry of said swirling chamber and/or said inlet channel, said discharge head further including a swirling chamber component movably mounted in said discharge head and a button operatively connected to said swirling chamber component for manually switching said swirling chamber between said first configuration and said second configuration by displacing said swirling chamber component, said button being disposed on a second side of said discharge head disposed opposite and remote from said first side thereof, said button being linearly movable relative to said housing of said discharge head along a linear movement direction substantially parallel to the linear movement direction of said housing of said discharge head relative to said base unit.
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