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US 9,296,550 B2Granted
Recyclable plastic aerosol dispenser
AssigneeThe Procter & Gamble Company
InventorsScott Edward Smith, Douglas Bruce Zeik
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Abstract
An aerosol dispenser. The aerosol dispenser is made from materials which can go into a single recycling stream having a single class of materials, as defined by the Society of the Plastics Industry, and particularly may exclusively comprise Class 1 materials with no flammable product/propellant present.
Claims14
A recyclable aerosol dispenser comprising the following components:
- an outer container having an closed end bottom at a first end and an open neck at a second end and defining an outer container volume therein,
- a valve cup joined to said neck,
- a valve assembly for selectively dispensing product from said aerosol dispenser,
- a seal preventing leakage through said neck to ambient,
- wherein each of the foregoing components is selected from the group consisting of a single class of recyclable materials as defined by the Society of the Plastics Industry,
- said outer container having a diameter less than or equal to about 7.62 cm,
- said outer container having a volume ranging from about 118 cc to about 1000 cc, and
- a nonflammable propellant, said nonflammable propellant having a gage pressure of less than about 1100 kPa @ 50C wherein said product and said propellant are intermixed within said outer container, and
- a dip tube communicating from said outer container to said valve assembly for dispensing of said intermixed product and propellant.
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A recyclable aerosol dispenser comprising the following components:
- an outer container having an closed end bottom at a first end and an open neck at a second end and defining an outer container volume therein,
- a valve cup joined to said neck,
- a valve assembly for selectively dispensing product disposed in said aerosol dispenser from said aerosol dispenser,
- a seal preventing leakage through said neck to ambient,
- said outer container having a diameter less than or equal to about 7.62 cm,
- said outer container having a volume ranging from about 118 cc to about 1000 cc,
- a nonflammable propellant, said nonflammable propellant having a gage pressure of less than about 1100 kPa @ 50C, wherein said product and said propellant are intermixed within said outer container, and
- a dip tube communicating from said outer container to said valve assembly for dispensing of said intermixed product and propellant
- wherein each of the foregoing components is selected from the group consisting essentially of a single class of recyclable materials as defined by the Society of the Plastics Industry, and each of the foregoing components consists essentially of virgin material or regrind thereof.
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