Glade overcap for tilt valve
AssigneeS. C. Johnson & Son, Inc.
InventorJohannes Van der Heijden
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Abstract
A valve actuating device for use with pressurized aerosol containers of the type having tilt actuatable valves. The device includes an actuator-overcap which defines an access opening for a tiltable valve stem and has a main portion adjacent the container and a finger-depressible tab portion hinged at one end to the main portion and having its other end adjacent the stem such that the stem is tilted thereby when the tab is depressed in a direction along the stem axis. In certain preferred embodiments, the valve stem includes a spray member and the access opening is defined within the tab portion.
Claims10
In a pressurized package of the type having a product reservoir and a tilt-actuatable valve with tiltable valve stem extending from said reservoir and forming an axis line, said stem having a product release orifice substantially at its end, the improvement comprising an actuator-overcap including a main portion adjacent said reservoir and a finger-depressible tab portion hinged at one end to said main portion and having its other end adjacent said stem, said tab portion having a finger-contact surface between said hinged end and said other end, said actuator-overcap defining an access opening for said stem to expose said product release orifice, said opening normally being substantially centered on said axis and being larger than said stem such that said stem is freely received therein as said tab is axially depressed, said opening moving off center with respect to said axis line as said tab is axially depressed such that said stem is tilted by a wedging action of said tab in which said tab moves axially relative to said stem during said depression.
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