US 3,937,366 AGranted

Hand-held pump type dispenser

AssigneeVCA Corporation

InventorWolf Steiman

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Abstract

A hand-held pump dispenser comprising a container having a neck portion, a pump assemblage including a piston and a tubular stationary cylinder member, the latter being adapted for disposition in the neck portion, and a resilient press-fit adapter carrying the cylinder member of the pump assemblage and arranged for insertion in the neck portion so as to make a tight press fit therewith. Interlocking means are provided on the cylinder member and on the adapter for enabling the latter to be snapped onto the member; additional means on the container neck and the adapter are provided for enabling the two parts, when assembled, to be snapped into the neck portion. The arrangement is such that all parts can be readily molded in simple mold cavities and easily assembled with a minimum of time and effort, and in the absence of special tooling or equipment.

Claims1

Dependent claims

An atomizer pump dispenser, comprising in combination:

a. a container with a neck portion having a cylindrical inner wall that is provided with an annular groove adjacent the upper end of the neck portion;
b. a resilient adaptor having
i. a transverse wall portion having a central opening therein,
ii. a cylindrical skirt portion integral with and depending from the transverse wall portion, the skirt portion being received in the neck portion of the container and being provided with a first annular bead on its exterior wall that is received in the groove, and the inner wall of the skirt portion being provided with a second annular bead adjacent its upper end, the lower end of the skirt having an arcuate bevel on its outer surface and an angular bevel on its inner surface;
c. a dispensing pump assemblage including
i. a stationary tubular member having an outwardly extending flange at its upper end, the flange being sealingly received between the second annular bead and the bottom of the transverse wall,
ii. a reciprocable plunger member projecting through the opening in the transverse wall;
and
d. said second annular bead having
i. a conical surface on its underside constituting a camming surface to facilitate by-pass of the bead and the flange when the adapter and dispensing pump assemblage are assembled together, and
ii. a sharp undercut surface adapted to receive the edge of the flange to enable by-pass of the flange and bead in one direction but prevent by-pass in the opposite direction.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.