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US 6,328,185 B1Granted
Aerosol spray texturing device with deformable outlet member
AssigneeHomax Products, Inc.
InventorsDonald J. Stern, James A. Tryon
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Abstract
An apparatus for applying spray texture to a wall, ceiling or the like. The apparatus comprises an aerosol can containing pressurized spray texture material. The spray texture material is released from the can by a valve and passes through a nozzle passageway, out of a discharge opening, and on to a surface to be textured. The apparatus further comprises an outlet member that can be placed over the discharge opening to vary the effective cross-sectional area thereof. This outlet member is preferably in the form of a resilient tube that defines an outlet opening, where the tube may be squeezed to change the effective cross-sectional area of the outlet opening.
Claims27
A system for forming a desired texture pattern on a surface, comprising:
- a container means for containing fluid texture material and a pressurized dispensing material;
- a valve assembly mounted to the container means, where the valve assembly is operable in an open configuration in which propellant material forces texture material to flow out of the container means along a dispensing path and a normally closed configuration in which texture material is prevented from flowing out of the container means along the dispensing path;
- and
- an outlet assembly defining an outlet opening through which the texture material exits the system as the texture material moves along the dispensing path, where the outlet assembly is operable between a first configuration in which the outlet opening defines a first cross-sectional area and a second configuration in which the outlet opening defines a second cross-sectional area;
- wherein
- the outlet assembly comprises
- an outlet member defining an outlet passageway and the outlet opening, where
- the outlet member is arranged such that the outlet passageway forms a portion of the dispensing path, and
- the outlet member is normally in a first outlet configuration corresponding to the first cross-sectional area of the outlet opening and may the deformed into a second outlet configuration corresponding to the second cross-sectional area of the outlet opening, and
- an adjustment member that may be moved relative to the outlet member to cause the outlet member to deform from the first outlet configuration into the second outlet configurations.
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A system for forming a desired texture pattern on a surface, comprising:
- a container means for containing fluid texture material and a pressurized dispensing material;
- a valve assembly mounted to the container means, where the valve assembly is operable in an open configuration in which propellant material forces texture material to flow out of the container means along a dispensing path and a normally closed configuration in which texture material is prevented from flowing out of the container means along the dispensing path;
- an actuator member having a plurality of actuator fingers and defining an actuator passageway and at least a portion of the dispensing path;
- and
- an outlet assembly defining an outlet opening through which the texture material exits the system as the texture material moves along the dispensing path, where the outlet assembly comprises:
- a deformable outlet member defining an outlet passageway and the outlet opening, where
- the outlet member is supported by the actuator members adjacent to the actuator passageway such that the outlet passageway forms a portion of the dispensing path, and
- the outlet member is normally in a non-deformed configuration corresponding to a first cross-sectional area of the outlet opening and may be deformed into a deformed configuration corresponding to a second cross-sectional area of the outlet opening;
- and
- an adjustment member that may be moved relative to the outlet member to cause the outlet member to deform from the non-deformed configuration into the deformed outlet configuration.
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A system for forming a desired texture pattern on a surface, comprising:
- a container means for containing fluid texture material and a pressurized dispensing material;
- a valve assembly mounted to the container means, where the valve assembly is operable in an open configuration in which propellant material forces texture material to flow out of the container means along a dispensing path and a normally closed configuration in which texture material is prevented from flowing out of the container means along the dispensing path;
- an outlet assembly defining an outlet opening through which the texture material exits the system as the texture material moves along the dispensing path, where the outlet assembly is operable between a first configuration in which the outlet opening defines a first cross-sectional area and a second configuration in which the outlet opening defines a second cross-sectional area;
- and
- an actuator member defining an actuator passageway forming part of the dispensing path, where the outlet member is arranged such that the outlet passageway is in communication with the actuator passageway;
- wherein
- the outlet member is supported adjacent to the actuator passageway at least in part by a plurality of actuator fingers.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.