US 6,152,335 AGranted

Aerosol spray texture apparatus for a particulate containing material

AssigneeHomax Products, Inc.

InventorsDonald J. Stern, James A. Tryon

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Abstract

An aerosol device for dispensing texture material for matching existing accoustical ceiling texture. The device comprises a container, a valve assembly, a dispensing nozzle, a hardenable material, and pressurized inert gas as a propelling mechanism. The hardenable material and pressurized inert gas are placed into the container. When the valve assembly is opened, the the inert gas forces the hardenable material out of the container through the dispensing nozzle. The dispensing nozzle diverts at least a portion of the hardenable material exiting the container to develop a spray suitable for the application of the hardenable material onto the ceiling surface being textured. The hardenable material preferably comprises at least water, filler, binder, and polystyrene particles. The inert gas is preferably nitrogen.

Claims20

Dependent claims

A system for texturing an interior surface comprising:

a container assembly containing texture material and a propellant material, where the texture material is a hardenable material comprising particles and the propellant material is a compressed inert gas;
a valve assembly mounted on the container assembly, where the valve assembly is operable in an open configuration in which texture material is allowed to flow out of the container assembly along a dispensing path and a closed configuration in which texture material cannot flow out of the container assembly along the dispensing path;
an outlet assembly mounted on the valve assembly for dispersing the texture material flowing out of the container assembly;
metering means for engaging at least one of the valve assembly and the outlet assembly to allow the quantity of texture material dispensed from the container assembly to be controlled.

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Facts

Application: 09/203,547Filed 1 Dec 1998 · continuation in part
Priority: 12 Mar 1993
Granted: 28 Nov 2000
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification29 codes

B05B 1/12
Nozzles, spray heads or other outlets, with or without auxiliary devices such as valves, heating means: capable of producing different kinds of…
B05B 1/02
Nozzles, spray heads or other outlets, with or without auxiliary devices such as valves, heating means: designed to produce a jet, spray, or other…
B05B 1/04
Designed to produce a jet, spray, or other discharge of particular shape or nature, e.g. in single drops, or having an outlet of particular shape:…
B05B 1/1645
By relative rotative movement of the valve elements: the outlets being rotated during selection

Family

Serial030,673Parent of this continuation · filed 12 Mar 1993
Serial202,691Parent of this continuation-in-part · filed 24 Feb 1994
Serial216,155Parent of this continuation-in-part · filed 22 Mar 1994
Serial327,111Parent of this continuation · filed 21 Oct 1994
Serial496,386Parent of this continuation · filed 29 Jun 1995
Serial534,344Parent of this continuation · filed 27 Sep 1995
Serial782,142Parent of this continuation · filed 10 Jan 1997
Serial950,202Parent of this continuation-in-part · filed 14 Oct 1997
US 5,450,983 AParent of this continuation-in-part
US 6,152,335 AThis patent

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