US 7,597,274 B1Granted

Aerosol assemblies for spray texturing

AssigneeHomax Products, Inc.

InventorsDonald J. Stern, James A. Tryon

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Abstract

An aerosol assembly for dispensing texture material. The aerosol assembly comprises a main container assembly, a secondary container, and a conduit. The main container assembly comprises a main container containing texture material, an aerosol valve assembly, and an actuator member. The aerosol valve assembly is operable in a normally closed configuration and an open configuration. Displacement of the actuator member places the aerosol valve assembly from the normally closed configuration to the open configuration. The conduit is connected between the main container and the secondary container to allow fluid flow between the main container and the secondary container. When the actuator member is displaced to place the aerosol valve assembly into the open configuration, the pressurized fluid within the secondary container enters the primary container to force texture material out of the main container.

Claims3

Dependent claims

A texturing system for forming a textured coating on a portion of a target surface such that the textured coating substantially matches a pre-existing texture pattern on the target surface, comprising:

a container assembly defining a container chamber for containing texture material in liquid form and propellant material, where the propellant material pressurizes the texture material within the container chamber;
a valve assembly mounted on the container assembly, where the valve assembly operates in
a closed configuration in which the valve assembly prevents pressurized texture material from flowing out of the container assembly, and
an open configuration in which the valve assembly allows the flow of pressurized texture material out of the container assembly along a dispensing path;
and
two or more outlet members, where each outlet member defines an outlet opening having a predefined cross-sectional area, where
the predefined cross-sectional areas of the outlet openings of at least two of the outlet members are different, and
each of the outlet openings is associated with a predetermined texture pattern;
wherein
a selected one of the outlet members is supported to define a portion of the dispensing path such that pressurized texture material flows out of the outlet opening of the selected outlet member when the valve assembly is in the open configuration;
the cross-sectional area of the outlet opening of the selected outlet member causes an applied portion of pressurized texture material to be applied to the portion of the target surface in the predetermined texture pattern associated with the selected outlet member, where the predetermined texture pattern associated with the selected outlet member substantially matches the pre-existing texture pattern;
and
the applied portion of the texture material dries to form the textured coating.

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a container assembly defining a container chamber for containing texture material in liquid form and propellant material, where the propellant material pressurizes the texture material within the container chamber;
a valve assembly mounted on the container assembly, where the valve assembly operates in
a closed configuration in which the valve assembly prevents pressurized texture material from flowing out of the container assembly, and
an open configuration in which the valve assembly allows the flow of pressurized texture material out of the container assembly along a dispensing path;
two or more outlet members, where each outlet member defines an outlet opening having a predefined cross-sectional area, where
the predefined cross-sectional areas of the outlet openings of at least two of the outlet members are different, and
each of the outlet openings is associated with a predetermined texture pattern;
and
a support member supported relative to the container assembly;
wherein
the support member supports the outlet members such that a selected one of the outlet members may be arranged to define a portion of the dispensing path such that pressurized texture material flows out of the outlet opening of the selected outlet member when the valve assembly is in the open configuration;
the cross-sectional area of the outlet opening of the selected outlet member causes an applied portion of pressurized texture material to be applied to the portion of the target surface in the predetermined texture pattern associated with the selected outlet member, where the predetermined texture pattern associated with the selected outlet member substantially matches the pre-existing texture pattern;
and
the applied portion of the texture material dries to form the textured coating.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 11/982,154Filed 31 Oct 2007 · continuation
Priority: 24 Feb 1992
Granted: 6 Oct 2009
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification12 codes

B65D 83/753
Aerosol containers not provided for in groups B65D83/16 - B65D83/74: characterised by details or accessories associated with outlets
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 1/12
Nozzles, spray heads or other outlets, with or without auxiliary devices such as valves, heating means: capable of producing different kinds of…
B05B 1/1645
By relative rotative movement of the valve elements: the outlets being rotated during selection

Family

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