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US 5,482,030 AGranted
Aerosol and non-aerosol spray counter
OwnerDavid Kleininventor
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Abstract
The present invention relates to an aerosol and non-aerosol spray counter whereby when a spray container is depressed, an automatic counting mechanism is activated.
Claims1
An aerosol and non-aerosol spray counter comprising:
- a) a counter housing, at least one spray container housing for receiving a standard size spray container therein, at least one counter disk housing further comprising a counter disk housing top and at least one counter disk housing rear wall, at least one counter housing spray container spout receptacle capable of receiving a spout of a standard size spray container, at least one egress nozzle through which spray can exit a nozzle opening at a distal end therein, and
- b) at least one manually operated counting means comprising a counter disk having a plurality of numbers thereon, means comprising a finger operated wheel enabling a user to reset set counting means, a counter plunger with a distal end, counter plunger rollers, a counter plunger washer, said counter plunger contacting a counter plunger shaft, a counter disk rotating means directly connected to said counter disk so that when said spray container is depressed, said counter plunger distal end upon being depressed transmitting energy to said counter plunger with said counter plunger washer thereon which is guided within said counter rollers further transmitting energy to said counter shaft which depresses said counter rotating means thereby rotating said counter disk exhibiting said sequential counter numbers correlating to a number of sprays, said counter disk having a plurality of counter disk rotation stopper indents corresponding to said counter numbers, and at least one counter disk rotation stopper attached to said disk housing, and cooperating with said indents whereby when a spray container is depressed, said counting means self activates, thus, counting the number of times said spray has been discharged therethrough.
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