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US 12,528,095 B2Granted
Hose end sprayers and methods of manufacturing the same
AssigneeSilgan Dispensing Systems Corporation
InventorsBrandon Ramsuer, Jacob Vanbecelaere
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Abstract
A dispensing system including a hose-end-sprayer having a sprayer body assembled with a selected valve having a lever to selectively operate the hose-end-sprayer and a shipping clip capable of retaining the valve in a closed position during shipping; methods for manufacturing and assembling the same using a single sprayer body with multiple valve configurations.
Claims12
A hose-end-sprayer, comprising:
- a sprayer body, comprising:
- a product opening;
- a carrier fluid opening;
- a dispensing opening;
- and
- a sprayer body axis extending from the carrier fluid opening to the dispensing opening;
- a seal pad, comprising:
- a seal pad product opening aligned with the product opening of the sprayer body:
- and
- a seal pad carrier fluid opening aligned with the carrier fluid opening of the sprayer body;
- a valve seated in the sprayer body, comprising:
- a central axis parallel to the sprayer body axis;
- a valve product opening;
- and
- a valve carrier fluid opening;
- a lever attached to the valve and configured to rotate the valve about the central axis between a first “off position and a second “on” position.
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A method for producing a hose-end-sprayer, comprising:
- providing a sprayer body, a seal pad, a lever, a container connection system, a hose connection system, and a cylindrical valve comprising a central axis;
- assembling the seal pad with the sprayer body;
- assembling the lever and valve in the sprayer body such that movement of the lever rotates the cylindrical valve about the central axis within the sprayer body, said assembling the lever and valve comprising:
- the lever further comprises a lever flange;
- and the valve further comprises a lever guide,
- suspending the lever in a lever opening of the sprayer body;
- inserting the valve into an interior of the sprayer body;
- aligning the lever guide with the lever flange;
- and snapping the lever flange in the lever guide;
- assembling the container connection system to the sprayer body;
- and
- assembling the hose connection system to the sprayer body.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.