Conopco, Inc.

Unilever Home and Personal Care USA, Division of Conopco, Inc.

Andrew Claughton

Martin Gabriel Urtubey

Diego Iglesias

Paul Dominic Priestman

Javier Eduardo Mateu

Daniel Omar Gonzalez

Bernd Rudolf Sichert

Adrian Barclay Caroen

Adalberto Geier

Ian Stuart Midgley

Gunter Kolanus

Paul Robertson Sherratt

Richard Paul McNabb

Nigel Laurence Jackson

Günter Walter Kolanus

Norman Clark

Ian McKinnon

Peter Angus

Karen Michelle Dickinson

A dispenser cap comprising an axially moveable collar that surrounds an inner unit, the inner unit comprising a mounting ring at its bottom that is suitable for placement on a container, a cylindrical wall having a section that defines a radial outlet hole, said radial outlet hole being located towards the upper end of the inner unit, and a release trigger at the upper end of the inner unit, said collar being moveable between a raised position in which it covers the radial outlet hole and a lowered position in which it does not cover the radial outlet hole, the axially moveable collar comprising an internal structure that blocks the depression of the release trigger when the collar is in its raised position.

Dispenser cap for a spray device

Aerosol dispenser

In the present invention, an actuating mechanism for a hand held canister is provided in which a slider is moveable by finger pressure from a valve-disengaged position into a valve-engagable position and a concealed spring returns the slider to a valve-disengaged position when finger pressure is removed. The spring is preferably molded with the slider, projects through a slit in the over-cap of the canister and acts in a vertical plane against a stop depending from the over-cap. It is energised when the slider is moved into the valve engagable position. The slider is preferably releasably locked in the valve disengaged position.

Actuator mechanism

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Leeds, United Kingdom

Andrew Claughton