Vca, Inc.

Steven W Beres

Wolf Steiman

Richard J Nash

A hand-operated, spray dispenser pump assembly for use on a container having an outwardly extending bead adjacent its top opening, for example, an aerosol-type can. The pump is attached to the container by means of a special snap-on closure member. The closure member is molded from a somewhat resilient, strong, thermoplastic material and includes a top wall having an opening for the stem of the pump and a depending skirt which is provided with an inwardly facing, annular bead on its inner walls adapted to be snapped over the outwardly extending, complementary bead on the top of the container. The pump is provided with an integral annular flange adjacent its top opening, which flange is snap fitted inside the special closure member. An annular rubber gasket is provided around the periphery of the pump flange and makes a leak-proof sealing engagement with the top opening in the container when the special closure is snapped down over the top of the container.

Spray dispenser pump assembly

A squeeze bottle dispenser having a puff-type spray discharge characteristic. The bottle comprises a container having a flexible wall portion adapted to be squeezed in the hand of the user, a discharge nozzle, and a spring-urged check valve controlling flow to the nozzle. The valve includes a hollow valve housing with an annular valve seat, a ball-check engageable with the seat so as to seal the same, and a spring which normally biases the ball against the seat to seal the container and prevent leakage of its contents. The arrangement is such that when the container wall is squeezed, the ball-check initially prevents fluid from entering the valve housing until a predetermined pressure in the container has been attained, after which the spring yields somewhat, resulting in a sudden impulse or puff-type discharge through the nozzle. Means are provided for rapidly venting air into the dispenser following discharge, in order to relieve the vacuum therein, thus immediately readying the dispenser for subsequent actuation.

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Bridgeport, CT, United States of America

Steven W Beres