Back to results
US 7,441,570 B2Granted
Dispensing valve
OwnerHans Georg Hagleitnerinventor
Life of this patent
Estimating the term…
Abstract
A discharge valve for a container (1) containing a flowable medium, having a movable valve part (10) which, in a rest position, keeps an outlet closed, has at least two open positions with different outlet cross sections.
Claims11
A combination, comprising:
- a container containing a flowable medium and having a container opening;
- and
- a discharge valve disposed in said opening and substantially completely in an interior of said container, said discharge valve having a valve part movable into a rest position for closing an outlet and into at least first and second open positions for discharging the flowable medium, said first open position having a given first outlet cross section defined by a first discrete outflow opening and said second open position having a given second outlet cross section different from said first outlet cross section;
- said second outlet cross section defined by at least one of:
- a second discrete outflow opening, and
- said second outflow opening and said first outflow opening.
3 more elements
A combination, comprising:
- a container containing a flowable medium and having a container opening;
- and
- a discharge valve disposed in said opening and substantially completely in an interior of said container, said discharge valve having a valve part movable into a rest position for closing an outlet and into at least first and second open positions for discharging the flowable medium, said first open position having a given first outlet cross section and said second open position having a given second outlet cross section different from said first outlet cross section;
- a first outflow opening and a second outflow opening and;
- a hollow-cylindrical closure element insertable into said container opening and sealingly guiding therein said movable valve part in a cylinder/piston relationship, and wherein
- said outflow openings are formed by at least two axially offset holes in a side wall of said closure element, and said holes, during a stroke of said valve part, fluidically connect a container interior to the surroundings.
3 more elements
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.