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US 11,596,961 B2Granted
Recyclable, pre-compression dispenser with trigger sprayer
AssigneeRieke Corporation
InventorsSimon Christopher Knight, Gaurang Mittal, Prantik Chanda
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Abstract
A trigger sprayer is made from a single grade of polymer capable of being reused as post consumer resin. The design allows for upright and inverted actuation. A pre-compression diaphragm ensures that dispensing stroke delivers a complete and uniform amount of fluid.
Claims11
A trigger sprayer having no metallic components, the trigger sprayer comprising:
- a pump body defining a flow path between an inlet and an outlet nozzle connecting to a cylindrical extension disposed between the inlet and the outlet and a ball valve retained in the pump body to seal the inlet;
- a resilient bellows sealed to the pump body;
- a trigger actuator attached to the pump body so as to allow for pivotal engagement of the trigger actuator in a manner that compresses the resilient bellows and returns to an initial position in response to spring force created by the resilient bellows;
- a cup-shaped pre-compression diaphragm having a flexible panel and a cylindrical wall extending away from a periphery of the panel, with an edge portion of the cylindrical wall sealingly coupled to a portion of the pump body and coaxially surrounding the cylindrical extension, so that an annular pre-compression chamber is defined by an inner surface of the cylindrical wall, the flexible panel and the cylindrical extension, wherein a central section of the flexible panel is positioned to seal the cylindrical extension and, when a pre-determined fluid pressure builds in the pre-compression chamber in response to actuation of the trigger, temporarily open in response to the pre-determined fluid pressure and dispenses pressurized fluid through the outlet nozzle;
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- a closure coupled to the pump body proximate the inlet.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.