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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 03, 1985
Filed:
May. 19, 1983
Walter B Dunning, Pleasanton, CA (US);
Robert L Bundschuh, Miami Lakes, FL (US);
The Clorox Company, Oakland, CA (US);
Abstract
A trigger sprayer for generating a spray of liquid from a container comprising five parts including a housing having a tubular piston with an open ended liquid flow passageway therein; a tubular actuator member slidably received over the piston, having a trigger rigidly extending therefrom and defining a chamber therein with a spray orifice at one end; a rod disposed in the actuator member and including a frustoconical skirt forming a valve in the chamber across the spray orifice; an inlet valve carried by the tubular piston and including an extended valve portion slidably seated on the rod, and a biasing spring disposed between the valves. The inlet valve may include a shipping seal member formed integrally therewith and disposed on the inlet passage to seal it until the sprayer is ready for use whereupon the rod will displace or break the seal upon actuation of the sprayer.