Handheld sprayer with single-handed spraying and aerating modes

A handheld sink sprayer with single-handed metering and discharge mode adjustment, and comprising:

• a body including an inlet, an outlet, a handle portion having the inlet and a handle axis, and a nozzle portion extending from the handle portion and having the outlet and a nozzle axis disposed at a non-zero angle with respect to the handle axis;
• a metering valve carried in the handle portion of the body and normally being in a closed-flow position and being movable to an open-flow position;
• a finger-engageable actuator carried by the body and coupled to the metering valve to move the metering valve from the closed-flow position toward the open-flow position;
• a nozzle carried by the body nozzle portion;
• a discharge mode valve carried by the body nozzle portion and movable between the different discharge modes of operation;
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• a thumb-engageable actuator carried by the nozzle portion of the body and coupled to the discharge mode valve, wherein the thumb-engageable actuator is movable toward the outlet to move the discharge mode valve into one discharge mode and away from the outlet to move the discharge mode valve into another discharge mode.

A handheld, gun-style, flange-mount sink sprayer with single-handed metering and discharge mode adjustment, and comprising:

• a body including an inlet to receive fluid into the sprayer, an outlet to discharge fluid out of the sprayer, a handle portion having the inlet and a handle axis, and a nozzle portion extending from the handle portion and having the outlet, a top, a bottom, and sides between the top and the bottom, and a nozzle axis disposed at a non-zero angle with respect to the handle axis;
• a metering spool valve carried in the handle portion of the body and normally being in a closed-flow position and being movable to an open-flow position;
• a finger-actuated trigger carried by the body and coupled to the metering spool valve to translate the metering spool valve from the closed-flow position toward the open-flow position, in response to application of pressure by a finger of a hand of a user;
• a nozzle carried by the body nozzle portion;
• a discharge mode poppet valve carried by the body nozzle portion translatable substantially parallel to the nozzle axis between the different discharge modes of operation;
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• a thumb-actuated slider carried by a side of the nozzle portion of the body and coupled to the discharge mode poppet valve, wherein the slider is translatable toward the outlet to translate the discharge mode valve into the spraying mode and away from the outlet to translate the discharge mode valve into the aerating mode, in response to application of pressure by a thumb of the same hand of the user.