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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 24, 1998
Filed:
Mar. 27, 1997
Piero Battegazzore, Alessandria, IT;
Guala Dispensing S.r.l., Alessandria, IT;
Abstract
An atomizer for liquids, operated manually by a lever with a trigger operating a dispensing pump with a flexible suction tube penetrating into the container in which the liquid to be sprayed is located, and having a ballast weight fixed to the suction tube. The atomizer comprises retaining structure, which can be released when required, in the form of a lever which keeps the ballast weight locked to the dispensing pump and the suction tube gathered up against the dispensing pump. The ballast weight retaining structure is released after the atomizer has been mounted on the container, once the latter has been filled. In this way the flexible suction tube is extended and can follow the ballast weight by gravity regardless of the orientation of the container. Before mounting on the container, the position of the ballast weight is locked to the dispenser and the retracted position of the flexible suction tube enables the atomizers to be handled without risk of entanglement of the suction tubes with the corresponding ballast weights.