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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 26, 2013
Filed:
May. 10, 2007
Rene Maurice Beland, Waterford, WI (US);
Thomas A. Helf, New Berlin, WI (US);
James F. Kimball, Greenfield, WI (US);
Edward L. Paas, Los Altos, CA (US);
Rene Maurice Beland, Waterford, WI (US);
Thomas A. Helf, New Berlin, WI (US);
James F. Kimball, Greenfield, WI (US);
Edward L. Paas, Los Altos, CA (US);
S.C. Johnson & Son, Inc., Racine, WI (US);
Abstract
An overcap for a dispenser includes a housing mountable on a container. The container includes a tilt-activated valve stem with a discharge end. The discharge end of the valve stem is adapted to be in fluid communication with a discharge orifice of the housing. A drive unit is disposed within the housing, wherein the drive unit includes a solenoid, a bi-metallic actuator, a piezo-linear motor, or an electro-responsive wire, which is adapted to impart transverse motion to the valve stem to open a valve of the container.