Valve assembly for dispensers

US11703130B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• The Procter & Gamble Company · US

Inventors

• David Andrew Dalton · Loveland, US
• Robert Earl Magness · Lebanon, US
• John Boyet Stevens · Mason, US
• Kerry Lloyd Weaver · Florence, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Jun 29, 2020
• Grant date: Jul 18, 2023
• Expiry date: Jun 1, 2041

Classification

• Technology area (CPC F): Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
• CPC primary: F17C2205/0388
• WIPO field: Handling
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A valve assembly for a dispenser. The valve assembly includes a valve body. The valve body includes a first hoop member, a second hoop member, and a transition portion defined by the joining of the first hoop member and the second hoop member. The first hoop member includes a first hoop outer portion positioned, a first hoop inner portion, a first hoop upper surface, and a first hoop lower surface. The second hoop member includes a second hoop outer portion, a second hoop inner portion, a second hoop upper surface, and a second hoop lower surface. The second hoop inner portion extends about the longitudinal axis defining a passageway. The passageway comprises a first passageway opening, a second passageway opening opposite the first passageway opening, and a passageway surface extending from the first passageway opening to the second passageway opening.