Trigger sprayer having a nozzle cover
AssigneeCalmar Inc.
InventorsDouglas B. Dobbs, Adonis K. Spathias
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Abstract
A trigger actuated pump sprayer has a nozzle cover for sealing the discharge orifice closed against leakage by the provision of a cup-shaped element on the cover which telescopes about a nosepiece in which the orifice is formed and fluid tightly engages a seal ring extending laterally outwardly of the nosepiece in the closed position of the cover. The cover is locked in its closed position and is rendered child-resistant by the provision of at least one resilient lock pin extending through an opening in the sprayer housing requiring an inward depression of the lock pin with one hand and a flipping open of the cover with the other hand.
Claims23
A trigger actuated pump sprayer, comprising a housing having a first passage in communication with a first liquid source and terminating in a first discharge orifice located in a first end wall, a cover hingedly connected to said housing for movement between an orifice uncovered position and an orifice covered position, a first cylindrical sidewall extending upstream from said end wall and defining a first nosepiece together therewith, a first laterally extending circular seal ring on said nosepiece, and said cover having a first cup-shaped portion presenting a first cylindrical sidewall telescoped about said nosepiece forming a liquid tight seal with said seal ring in said covered position for sealing the discharge orifice closed, said cover sidewall having a bottom wall spaced from said orifice in said covered position.
A trigger actuated pump sprayer, comprising a housing having a first discharge passage in communication with a first liquid source and terminating in a first discharge orifice located in a first end wall, a cover hingedly connected to said housing for movement between an orifice uncovered position and an orifice covered position, said cover being connected to said housing by an over-the-center knee joint for urging said cover into the uncovered position, a first cylindrical sidewall extending upstream from said end wall and defining a first nosepiece together therewith, a first laterally extending circular seal ring on said nosepiece, and said cover having a first cup-shaped portion presenting a first cylindrical sidewall telescoped about said nosepiece forming a liquid tight seal with said seal ring in said covered position for sealing the discharge orifice closed.
A trigger actuated pump sprayer, comprising a housing having a first discharge passage in communication with a first liquid source and terminating in a first discharge orifice located in a first end wall, a cover hingedly connected to said housing for movement between an orifice uncovered position and an orifice covered position, a first cylindrical sidewall extending upstream from said end wall and defining a first nosepiece together therewith, a first laterally extending circular seal ring on said nosepiece, said seal ring comprising an annular downstream extending chevron seal diverging outwardly of said nosepiece, and said cover having a first cup-shaped portion presenting a first cylindrical sidewall telescoped about said nosepiece forming a liquid tight seal with said seal ring in said covered position for sealing the discharge orifice closed.
A trigger actuated pump sprayer, comprising a housing having a first discharge passage in communication with a first liquid source and terminating in a first discharge orifice located in a first end wall, a cover hingedly connected to said housing for movement between an orifice uncovered position and an orifice covered position, a first cylindrical sidewall extending upstream from said end wall and defining a first nosepiece together therewith, a first laterally extending circular seal ring on said nosepiece, and said cover having a first cup-shaped portion presenting a first cylindrical sidewall telescoped about said nosepiece forming a liquid tight seal with said seal ring in said covered position for sealing the discharge orifice closed, said housing having a second discharge passage in communication with a second source and terminating in a second discharge orifice located in a second end wall, a second cylindrical sidewall extending upstream from said second end wall and defining a second nosepiece together therewith, a second laterally extending seal ring on said second nosepiece, and means on said cover telescoped about said second nosepiece in sealing engagement with said second seal ring in said covered position.
A trigger actuated pump sprayer, comprising a housing having a first discharge passage in communication with a first liquid source and terminating in a first discharge orifice located in a first end wall, a cover hingedly connected to said housing for movement between an orifice uncovered position and an orifice covered position, a first cylindrical sidewall extending upstream from said end wall and defining a first nosepiece together therewith, a first laterally extending circular seal ring on said nosepiece, and said cover having a first cup-shaped portion presenting a first cylindrical sidewall telescoped about said nosepiece forming a liquid tight seal with said seal ring in said covered position for sealing the discharge orifice closed, and means for locking said cover in said covered position comprising at least one laterally extending lock pin on said cover for engagement with at least one laterally extending opening in said housing.
A trigger actuated pump sprayer, comprising a housing having a first discharge passage in communication with a first liquid source, and terminating in a first discharge orifice located in a first end wall, a cover hingedly connected to said housing for pivotal movement between an open position away from the path of said orifice and a closed position covering said orifice, means for locking said cover in said closed position comprising at least one laterally extending lock pin resiliently connected to said cover for snap-lock engagement with at least one laterally extending opening in at least one flange extending from said housing.
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