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US 5,307,847 AGranted
Applicator for fluid products
OwnerStanford Pavenick, Donald Garofalowinventors
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An applicator for fluid products includes a bottle enclosed by a cap having a partition defining in the cap an enclosed chamber. The partition includes an aperture which forms a passage between the enclosed chamber in the cap and the interior of the bottle. Rotating the cap for assembly to the bottle will place this passage in an unoccluded condition. As the bottle is inverted or shaken prior to use, the fluid contents of the bottle will travel through the passage and into the enclosed chamber in the cap. As the cap is rotated for removal from the bottle, a valve element will occlude the passage, trapping the fluid in the cap. Squeezing the cap to deform the sidewalls will force the fluid through a narrow bore in a supply stem leading to a dispensing tip. The restricted passage in the supply stem will enable the fluid to be supplied to the dispensing tip in a controlled fashion, thereby enabling the fluid to be applied to a surface for an extended period of time without having to reimmerse the dispensing tip in the fluid product in the bottle.
An applicator for a fluid product, comprising
The applicator as claimed in claim wherein said bottle includes a first threaded portion and said valve means includes a second threaded portion engageable with said first threaded portion for assembling said cap to said bottle.
The applicator as claimed in claim further comprising applying means connected to said dispensing tip for applying said fluid product to said surface.
The applicator as claimed in claim wherein said valve means comprises a valve element movable with respect to said cap between a first position in which said valve element occludes said passageway and a second position in which said valve element does not occlude said passageway.
The applicator as claimed 10, wherein said actuating means includes means for moving said valve element to said first position to occlude said passageway as said cap is rotated in a first direction for removal from said bottle, said actuating means further including means for moving said valve element to said second position to not occlude said passageway as said cap is rotated in a second direction for connection to said bottle.
The applicator as claimed in claim further comprising applying means connected to said dispensing tip for applying said fluid product to said surface.
An applicator package, comprising
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.