Spray can
OwnerWalter FRANZ, Kerstin SELINGinventors
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Abstract
An aerosol container comprises a can having an open end. A valve disk fitted to the open end is made of plastic and has a center part formed with a throughgoing hole defining an axis. A plurality of fingers extend axially from an inner face of the center part around the hole into the can and each have an inner end formed with a radially inwardly projecting barb spaced axially from the inner face. A dispensing valve has a tubular valve housing fitted between and gripped by the fingers and having an axially inwardly directed face on which the barbs bear axially outward. A seal is compressed axially between an outer end of the valve housing and the inner face of the disk around the hole.
Claims20
An aerosol container comprises:
- a can having an open end;
- a valve disk fitted to the open end, made of plastic, and having a center part formed with a throughgoing hole defining an axis;
- a plurality of fingers extending axially from an inner face of the center part around the hole into the can and each having an inner end formed with a radially inwardly projecting barb spaced axially from the inner face;
- a dispensing valve having a tubular valve housing fitted between and gripped by the fingers and having an axially inwardly directed face on which the barbs bear axially outward;
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- a seal compressed axially between an outer end of the valve housing and the inner face of the disk around the hole.
The aerosol container defined in claim wherein the can is made of plastic and is adhered to the valve disk or tightly connected thereto by at least one laser weld seam.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.