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AssigneeConopco, Inc., d/b/a UNILEVER
InventorsKassie Terra-Lynn Betts, Simon Lewis Bilton, Adrian Barclay Caroen, Christopher John Jones, Garen Kouyoumjian
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An actuator cap (1) for dispensing a fluid product, comprising a rotatable outer body (2), a non-rotatable chassis (4), an actuator button (3) and a spray channel assembly (6), the latter comprising an outlet nozzle (63); the outer body (2) being rotatable relative to the chassis (4) between a first position in which the actuator button (3) is incapable of depression and a second position in which the actuator button (3) is capable of depression, said depression causing release of fluid product from an associated container through the spray channel assembly (6), the actuator cap (1) also comprises rotational tensioning means (34 and/or 12, 24) between the outer body (2) and the chassis (4), said rotational tensioning means (34 and/or 12, 24) serving to ease rotation of the outer body(2) towards its second position when close thereto.
An actuator cap for dispensing a fluid product, said actuator cap comprising a rotatable outer body, a non-rotatable chassis, an actuator button and a spray channel assembly, the spray channel assembly comprising an outlet nozzle;
An actuator cap according to any preceding claim, wherein the lowering of the actuation button is achieved through cam means acting between the actuator button and the spray channel.
An actuator cap according to any preceding claim, wherein the spray channel assembly is held snugly in a central aperture in the chassis.
An actuator cap according to any preceding claim, wherein the outer body has a rotational freedom of 90°.
An actuator cap according to any preceding claim, wherein the rotational tensioning means serves to ease rotation of the outer body towards its first and/or second position when rotational positioning of the outer body is less than 20% of its rotational freedom from said position or positions.
An actuator cap according to any preceding claim, wherein the rotational tensioning means comprise a leaf spring projecting from an internal surface of the outer body which interacts with the chassis.
An actuator cap according to any preceding claim, wherein the rotational tensioning means between the outer body and the chassis serve to ease rotation of the outer body towards its first position when close thereto and towards its second positions when close thereto.
An actuator cap according to any preceding claim, wherein the rotational tensioning means comprises direct interaction between an inner surface of the outer body and an outer surface of the chassis.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.