Pressurized container including a valve and a device for actuating the valve

A pressurized container including a valve and an actuating means for said valve, said container having a cup mounted on one end thereof with said valve carried by said cup, said actuating means including a cap disposed on said cup and surrounding said valve, said cap having a pushbutton movable relative to said cup between an actuated and a deactuated position, control means for controlling movement of said pushbutton and comprising a locking means including a guide conduit and locking member disposed to move along said guide conduit between a locking and an unlocking position under the influence of gravity and of the orientation of said container, said guide conduit being defined partly by a displaceable transmission member disposed to transmit movement of said pushbutton to alter the size of said guide conduit of said locking means and partly by a tongue so that, with said locking member disposed in said locking position on said guide conduit, said transmission member will block movement of said pushbutton from said deactuated position and, with said locking member disposed in said unlocking position on said guide conduit, said transmission member will permit movement of said pushbutton from said deactuated position to said actuated position wherein said guide conduit has a smaller cross-section at an end thereof located adjacent said valve relative to its cross-section at an end thereof located radially spaced from said valve.

A pressurized container including a valve and an actuating means for said valve, said container having a cup mounted on one end thereof with said valve carried by said cup, said actuating means including a cap disposed on said cup and surrounding said valve, said cap having a pushbutton movable relative to said cup between an actuated and a deactuated position, control means for controlling movement of said pushbutton and comprising a locking means including a guide conduit and locking member disposed to move along said guide conduit between a locking and an unlocking position under the influence of gravity and of the orientation of said container, said guide conduit being defined partly by a displaceable transmission member disposed to transmit movement of said pushbutton to alter the size of said guide conduit of said locking means and partly by a tongue so that, with said locking member disposed in said locking position on said guide conduit, said transmission member will block movement of said pushbutton from said deactuated position and, with said locking member disposed in said unlocking position on said guide conduit, said transmission member will permit movement of said pushbutton from said deactuated position to said actuated position wherein said tongue is of rigid material and has one end disposed remote from said valve, said one end resting on said cup and space being provided between said transmission member and said tongue at said one end which is larger than the diameter of said locking member.

A pressurized container including a valve and an actuating means for said valve, said container having a cup mounted on one end thereof with said valve carried by said cup, said actuating means including a cap disposed on said cup and surrounding said valve, said cap having a pushbutton movable relative to said cup between an actuated and a deactuated position, control means for controlling movement of said pushbutton and comprising a locking means including a guide conduit and locking member disposed to move along said guide conduit between a locking and an unlocking position under the influence of gravity and of the orientation of said container, said guide conduit being defined partly by a displaceable transmission member disposed to transmit movement of said pushbutton to alter the size of said guide conduit of said locking means and partly by a tongue so that, with said locking member disposed in said locking position on said guide conduit, said transmission member will block movement of said pushbutton from said deactuated position and, with said locking member disposed in said unlocking position on said guide conduit, said transmission member will permit movement of said pushbutton from said deactuated position to said actuated position wherein said guide conduit has one end remote from said valve and an opposite end and said remote end, when said cup faces vertically upwardly, is located vertically below the level of said opposite end of said guide conduit which is adjacent to said valve.

A pressurized container including a valve and an actuating means for said valve, said container having a cup mounted on one end thereof with said valve carried by said cup, said actuating means including a cap disposed on said cup and surrounding said valve, said cap having a pushbutton movable relative to said cup between an actuated and a deactuated position, control means for controlling movement of said pushbutton and comprising a locking means including a guide conduit and locking member disposed to move along said guide conduit between a locking and a unlocking position under the influence of gravity and of the orientation of said container, said guide conduit being defined partly by a displaceable transmission member disposed to transmit movement of said pushbutton to alter the size of said guide conduit of said locking means and partly by a tongue so that, with said locking member disposed in said locking position on said guide conduit, said transmission member will block movement of said pushbutton from said deactuated position and, with said locking member disposed in said unlocking position on said guide conduit, said transmission member will permit movement of said pushbutton from said deactuated position to said actuated position wherein said guide conduit has opposite ends, one of which is remote from said valve and spaced a distance from said cup that is greater than the distance of said opposite end of said guide conduit at a point adjacent to said valve.

A pressurized container including a valve and an actuating means for said valve, said container having a cup mounted on one end thereof with said valve carried by said cup, said actuating means including a cap disposed on said cup and surrounding said valve, said cap having a pushbutton movable relative to said cup between an actuated and a deactuated position, control means for controlling movement of said pushbutton and comprising a locking means including a guide conduit and locking member disposed to move along said guide conduit between a locking and an unlocking position under the influence of gravity and of the orientation of said container, said guide conduit being defined partly by a displaceable transmission member disposed to transmit movement of said pushbutton to alter the size of said guide conduit of said locking means and partly by a tongue so that, with said locking member disposed in said locking position on said guide conduit, said transmission member will block movement of said pushbutton from said deactuated position and, with said locking member disposed in said unlocking position on said guide conduit, said transmission member will permit movement of said pushbutton from said deactuated position to said actuated position wherein said valve includes an outlet tube, said transmission member and tongue are of rigid plastic material, said transmission member being fixed to said pushbutton and said tongue including an inclined surface and two laterally parallel walls spaced part by a distance equal to the diameter of the outlet tube of the valve, said lateral walls including two lugs fictionally engaging said outlet tube of the valve, said inclined surface of said tongue being recessed at its end remote from said valve to form a seat for said locking member between said inclined surface and a portion of said cup, said transmission element including a protrusion located vertically above said seat when said cup faces vertically upwardly and having a thickness slightly less than the distance between said lateral walls.