Housing and actuating apparatus and methods associated therewith

US7819288B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• S. C. JOHNSON & SON, INC. · US

Inventors

• Brian E. Healy · Hartland, US
• Allen D. Miller · Racine, US
• Nathan R. Westphal · Union Grove, US
• Simon M. Conway · Lima, US
• Scott W. Demarest · Racine, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Mar 26, 2004
• Grant date: Oct 26, 2010
• Expiry date: Aug 11, 2025

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B65D83/206
• WIPO field: Handling
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A combination includes a product container having a longitudinal dimension and a valve oriented to discharge product generally longitudinally therefrom. Valve actuating apparatus extends laterally from the valve in a direction transverse to the longitudinal dimension and terminates at an outer peripheral surface. A housing has a wall that tapers to a discharge opening, and the discharge opening has a size larger than a radius of the container but smaller than the greatest lateral extent of the valve actuating apparatus. The outer peripheral surface is disposed in interfering relationship with the wall when the container is disposed in the housing.