Adapter for a manually operated dispensing device of containers of liquid

US6974055B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Seaquist Perfect Dispensing GmbH · DE

Inventors

• David Moore · Coalville, GB
• Reinhard Neuhaus · Hemer, DE
• Ralf Jordan · Dortmund, DE
• Detlef Schmitz · Grafenau, DE
• Bernhard Jasper · Waltrop, DE
• Peter J. Walters · Barrington, US

Key dates

• Filing date: May 31, 2001
• Grant date: Dec 13, 2005
• Expiry date: May 31, 2021

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B05B11/1018
• WIPO field: Chemical engineering
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

The invention relates to an adapter (2) for a manually operated dispensing device (120) for a fluid that is/can be pressurized in a container. The dispensing device includes a housing (148) having a passage channel (30). A tubular adapter housing (34) connects the uptake tube (32) and the channel (30) of the housing (148) of the dispensing device (120). The adapter housing (34) has a connecting sleeve (42) for connection to the connecting nipple of the housing (148) and an uptake tube sleeve (44) for connection to the uptake tube (32). There are several inlets (46) for the fluid in the upside down position of the dispensing device. The adapter housing (34) defines at least one section of the inlets. An inlet valve (48) is defined within the adapter housing (34) for releasing the inlets substantially simultaneously when a pressure acts on the fluid in the container in the substantially upside down position of the container. A shut-off valve (50) is positioned inside a large diameter valve chamber (52) of the adapter housing (34), in such a way that the valve (50) can be freely displaced axially between two end positions.