Liquid sprayers
AssigneeThe Procter & Gamble Company
InventorsAlen David Streutker, Travis Edward Langevin, Robert James Good, Ka-Nam Ho, Steve Lynn Sweeton, Phillip Joseph DiMaggio
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Abstract
A liquid sprayer is provided. This liquid sprayer comprises a bottle having an opening and a sprayer housing attached to the bottle. This sprayer housing includes an electric motor, a voltage source for powering the electric motor, a pump driven by the motor, a switch for completing an electrical circuit, a nozzle mechanism attached to the sprayer housing for spraying a liquid. The liquid sprayer also comprises a venting mechanism. This venting mechanism comprises a vent housing having an inner surface and an outer surface, and a translating piston disposed in the vent housing.
Claims15
A liquid sprayer comprising:
- a bottle having an opening;
- a sprayer housing attached to said bottle, said sprayer housing including an electric motor, a voltage source for powering said electric motor, a pump driven by said motor, a switch for completing an electrical circuit, a nozzle mechanism attached to said sprayer housing for spraying a liquid, a vent housing having an inner surface and an outer surface, and a translating piston disposed in said vent housing;
- a trigger movably connected to said sprayer housing for closing said switch and translating said piston;
- a first vent tube extending from said opening of said bottle to a first opening of said vent housing;
- a second vent tube extending from a second opening of said vent housing to a first opening of said nozzle mechanism;
- a pump supply tube extending from said opening of said bottle to an inlet of said pump;
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- a pump discharge tube extending from an outlet of said pump to a second opening of said nozzle mechanism.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.