Actuator for a dispensing apparatus

US8960504B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• The Gillette Company LLC · US

Inventors

• William Mercer Benson · Cadiz, US
• Andrew William Franckhauser · Batavia, US
• Todd Mitchell Day · Bethel, US
• Shaun Shang-Yun Chan · Montgomery, US
• David M. Groh · Marshfield, US
• Brian David Andres · Cadiz, US
• Scott Edward Smith · Cincinnati, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Jan 19, 2012
• Grant date: Feb 24, 2015
• Expiry date: Oct 31, 2032

Classification

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

Abstract

A dispensing apparatus for containing a pressurized composition, said dispensing apparatus comprising: a reservoir for containing a composition; an actuator head comprising a side wall having an interior surface, said actuator head forming a dispensing orifice through said side wall; a displaceable flow conduit comprising a proximal end in fluid communication with said reservoir and a distal end forming a flow conduit orifice, said distal end being movably engaged with said interior surface of said actuator head; and an intermediate member interposed between said interior surface and said distal end and forming an aperture; and wherein said displaceable flow conduit is biased to an at-rest position and can be movably actuated to at least partially engage said intermediate member in a dispense position, thereby at least partially aligning said dispensing orifice with said flow conduit orifice.