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US 2019/0168954 A1Published application
Recyclable plastic aerosol dispenser
AssigneeThe Procter & Gamble Company
InventorsScott Edward SMITH, Douglas Bruce ZEIK
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Abstract
An aerosol dispenser. The aerosol dispenser is made from materials which can go into a single recycling stream having a single class of materials, as defined by the Society of the Plastics Industry, and particularly may exclusively comprise Class 1 materials with no flammable product/propellant present.
Claims23
A recyclable aerosol dispenser comprising:
- an outer container having a closed end bottom at a first end and an open neck at a second end and defining an outer container volume therein;
- a valve assembly for selectively dispensing product from the aerosol dispenser,
- wherein the foregoing components comprise materials that are accepted into a single recycling stream,
- wherein the outer container having a diameter less than or equal to about 7.62 cm, and
- wherein the outer container having a volume ranging from about 118 cc to about 1000 cc;
- and
- a nonflammable propellant, the nonflammable propellant having a gage pressure of less than about 1100 kPa @ 50 C.
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A recyclable aerosol dispenser comprising:
- an outer container having a closed end bottom at a first end and an open neck at a second end and defining an outer container volume therein;
- an inner bag defining an inner bag volume therein and having a product therein;
- a valve assembly joining the inner bag to the neck, wherein the valve assembly is configured to selectively dispense product from the inner bag,
- wherein the foregoing components comprise materials that are accepted into a single recycling stream, and
- wherein the outer container having a volume between about 118 cc and about 1000 cc, the inner bag having an inner bag volume less than or equal to about 97% of the outer container volume prior to first use;
- and
- a nonflammable propellant intermediate the outer container and the inner bag, the nonflammable propellant having a gage pressure of less than about 1100 kPa @50 C.
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A recyclable aerosol dispenser comprising:
- an outer container having a closed end bottom at a first end and an open neck at a second end and defining an outer container volume therein;
- a valve assembly for selectively dispensing product from the aerosol dispenser;
- a seal preventing leakage through said neck to ambient,
- wherein the outer container having a diameter less than or equal to about 7.62 cm,
- wherein the outer container having a volume ranging from about 118 cc to about 1000 cc;
- and
- a nonflammable propellant, the nonflammable propellant having a gage pressure of less than about 1100 kPa @ 50 C,
- wherein the foregoing components comprise materials that are accepted into a single recycling stream, and each of the foregoing components consists essentially of virgin material or regrind thereof.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.