Patent · US Expired

Spray quantity control nozzle for aerosol container

US5971230A · kind A · utility

31Cited by
17References
5Claims
0Family size

Assignee

Inventor

Key dates

Filing dateJan 12, 1999
Grant dateOct 26, 1999
Priority date
Expiry dateJan 12, 2019

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB65D83/48
  • WIPO fieldHandling
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A spray quantity control nozzle for use in an aerosol container wherein spray quantities of the contents of the aerosol container can be adjusted in two stages as increased or reduced corresponding to specific depression depths of a nozzle body, and a depressible depth H1 of the nozzle body for a smaller spray quantity and that H2 for a larger spray quantity can be surely set, the spray quantity control nozzle comprising a mounting part mounted on a mouth of the aerosol container and the nozzle body fit onto a projecting part of a valve stem of a flow control valve, the nozzle body being connected to the mounting part through a first molded hinge, a movable leaf being connected to the mounting part through a second molded hinge, so that a depressible depth of the nozzle body becomes smaller when the movable leaf is stood up into its working posture, and becomes larger with the movable leaf falling down in its withdrawal posture.

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Objective bibliographic and citation counts.