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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:
Aug. 15, 2000
Filed:
Apr. 02, 1999
M Edmund Ellion, Santa Ynez, CA (US);
Other;
Abstract
A hand pump for a spray bottle permits upright or inverted operation while eliminating the need for a check valve or valves. An annular gap in the entrance section of the hand pump is so proportioned that when wet it will have the property to permit flow of liquid from the container to the dispenser, and to prevent flow of gas from the container to the dispenser. The entrance section has an axial slot therethrough and an axial groove in communication with the interior of the container and with the dispenser--the gap may be formed by a pair of circumferentially spacers. When the container is upright liquid can be removed through a distal end of a feed tube supported on the entrance section. When the container is inverted with the distal end out of the liquid and the entrance section submerged in the liquid, the liquid can be removed from the container through the axial slot, the axial groove and the annular gap.
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