Vacuum actuated pressurized fluid dispenser
OwnerSidney Levyinventor
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Abstract
A dispenser device which has the contents under pressure so that they can be dispensed by actuating a valve similar to an aerosol unit. The contents are maintained under pressure by using a movable piston element driven by external air pressure against the contents which are contained in an enclosure within an evacuated vessel. The dispenser can be filled and sealed at atmospheric pressure and normal temperature and activated by evacuating the unit.
Claims20
A pressurized fluid dispenser comprising an inner axially collapsible container gravity fillable with said fluid to be dispensed, an outer surrounding container defining an annular space between the inner and outer containers capable of being evacuated, means on said dispenser to permit evacuation of the space between the inner and outer containers, piston means for imposing pressure on said inner container to expel its contents, said piston means acting within said outer container and sealably attached therewith and being movable coaxially or paraxially of said inner container, said piston means having one surface exposed to the atmosphere and an opposite surface exposed to said evacuatable space and against said inner container valve means for controlling the egress of the contents of said inner axially collapsible container, said inner axially collapsible container having a projected area perpendicular to its axis sufficiently less than the projected area of said piston means perpendicular to the axis of said inner axially collapsible container that the action of the atmosphere on said piston means when said annular space is evacuated presses said piston means against said inner axially collapsible container to controllably expel the contents of said axially collapsible inner container through said valve means without the necessity of pressurized filling of said inner, axially collapsible container.
A pressurized fluid dispenser comprising:
- (a) an inner collapsible container gravity fillable with a dispensible medium;
- (b) valve means operatively connected to said inner container for selectively releasing said dispensible medium from said inner container;
- (c) an outer surrounding container;
- (d) a chamber defined at least in part by said inner and outer containers, said chamber capable of being evacuated;
- (e) means for evacuating said chamber;
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- (f) piston means acting on said inner container to collapse said container and provide pressure for ejecting said dispensible medium when said valve means is open, said piston means having a first side thereof exposed to the atmosphere, a second side thereof having a portion exposed to the evacuatable chamber and a portion bearing against said inner container, the area of said first side being sufficiently larger than the area of said second side exposed to the evacuated chamber so that the pressure differential of the atmosphere on one side of the piston means and the evacuated chamber and inner container on the other side of the piston means will permit the piston means to force the dispensible medium from the inner container when the valve means is opened.
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