Pressure compensation member

US8201713B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• The Procter & Gamble Company · US

Inventors

• Steven Michael Bourque · Billerica, US
• M. Scott Curry · Woburn, US
• Michael Thomas DeMellia · Haverhill, US
• Andrew James Ford · Stoneham, US
• Maurice Paul Matte · Billerica, US
• Timothy Collin Wheatley · Beverly, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Apr 13, 2009
• Grant date: Jun 19, 2012
• Expiry date: Mar 11, 2030

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y10T137/7784
• WIPO field: Handling
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A pressure compensation member suitable to be placed in a fluid dispensing channel, a valve unit comprising this pressure drop compensation member and a container comprising this pressure compensation member or this valve unit are disclosed. The pressure compensation member is adapted to maintain a substantially constant flow of fluid through the fluid dispensing channel.