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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 02, 1990
Filed:
Apr. 13, 1988
Douglas S Martin, Forest City, NC (US);
Joseph W Maas, Someren, NL;
AFA Products Inc., Forest City, NC (US);
Abstract
The nozzle assembly comprises a cap and a bushing for mounting to the front of the body of a trigger sprayer in communication with a passage in the trigger sprayer. The cap is mounted to said bushing and is rotatable on the bushing between three positions, they being a stop position, a spray position and a foam position. The nozzle has first passage means and the cap has second passage means. The respective first and second passage means are arranged to communicate with each other in the rotated spray position and in the rotated foam position of the cap. The cap is provided with foam generating means within the cap and in communication with the respective passage means when the cap is rotated to a foam position for generating foam on actuation of a trigger of the trigger sprayer to which the nozzle assembly is mounted.