Aerosol container control mechanism fitted with applicator

Claim 1

IN COMBINATION WITH AN AEROSOL CONTAINER HAVING A TOP FIXEDLY ATTACHED THERETO, A CONTROL VALVE SEAT FIXEDLY ATTACHED TO THE TOP OF THE CONTAINER LOCATED WITHIN THE CONTAINER NEAR THE TOP THEREOF, AND A CONTROL VALVE SEATED IN THE VALVE SEAT FOR SEALING THE INTERIOR OF THE CONTAINER, A CONTROL CAP HOLDER REMOVABLY ATTACHED TO THE TOP OF THE CONTAINER, A RECIPROCALLY CONTROLLABLE CAP REMOVABLY ATTACHED TO THE CAP HOLDER, AND AN APPLICATOR FIXEDLY ATTACHED TO THE TOP OF THE CONTROL CAP, THE APPLICATOR PROJECTING BEYOND THE CONTROL CAP IN A DIRECTION OPPOSITE THE TOP OF THE CONTAINER, THE CONTROL CAP HAVING MEANS INTEGRAL THEREWITH ADAPTED TO GUIDE THE MATERIAL DISCHARGED FROM THE INTERIOR OF THE CONTAINER TOWARD THE APPLICATOR, SAID CONTROL CAP BEING ROTATABLY SUPPORTED BY THE CAP HOLDER, THE APPLICATOR HAVING A SUBSTANTIALLY CYLINDRICAL ATTACHING SECTION INTEGRAL THEREWITH, THE CONTROL CAP BEING FORMED IN TWO SECTIONS, THE FIRST SECTION FIXEDLY SUPPORTING THE APPLICATOR, THE SECOND SECTION BEING CO-AXIAL WITH THE FIRST SECTION OF THE CONTROL CAP AND FIXEDLY ATTACHED THERETO, THE FIRST SECTION OF THE CONTROL CAP HAVING A HOLLOW, SUBSTANTIALLY CYLINDRICAL BOSS INTEGRAL THEREWITH, THE BOSS BEING ADAPTED TO RECEIVE AND FIXEDLY SUPPORT THE CYLINDRICAL ATTACHING SECTION OF THE APPLICATOR, THE PORTION OF THE SECOND SECTION OF THE CONTROL CAP DIRECTED TOWARD THE TOP OF THE CONTAINER HAVING A PLURALITY OF RADIALLY POSITIONED CIRCULAR SEGMENTAL EXTENSIONS INTEGRAL THEREWITH, THE CONTROL CAP HOLDER HAVING MATING CAVITIES THEREIN TO RECEIVE THE EXTENSIONS OF THE SECOND SECTION OF THE CONTROL CAP IN THE VALVE OPENING POSITION OF THE CONTROL CAP, THE CIRCULAR SEGMENTAL SECTIONS OF THE CONTROL CAP BEING ADAPTED TO RETAIN THE CONTROL CAP IN AN INOPERATIVE POSITION OUT OF ENGAGEMENT WITH THE VALVE WHEN THE CONTROL CAP IS ROTATED OUT OF THE VALVE CONTROL POSITION, THE FIRST SECTION OF THE CONTROL CAP HAVING A TUBULAR CONTROL SECTION INTEGRAL THEREWITH AND EXTENDING THROUGH THE SECOND SECTION THEREOF, THE TUBULAR CONTROL CAP HAVING A TUBULAR CONTROL SECTION INTEGRAL THEREWITH AND EXTENDING THROUGH THE SECOND SECTION THEREOF, THE TUBULAR CONTROL SECTION BEING ADAPTED TO MOVE THE VALVE OUT OF ENGAGEMENT WITH THE VALVE SEAT TO OPEN THE VALVE AND ALLOW THE MATERIAL IN THE CONTAINER TO BE DISCHARGED THROUGH THE CONTROL CAP, THE FIRST SECTION OF THE CONTROL CAP HAVING A TUBULAR OUTLET SECTION INTEGRAL THEREWITH AND CO-AXIAL WITH THE CONTROL SECTION, THE OUTLET SECTION OF THE CONTROL CAP BEING ADAPTED TO GUIDE THE MATERIAL DISCHARGED FROM THE CONTAINER TO THE INTERIOR OF THE APPLICATOR, SAID MATERIAL PASSING THROUGH THE POROUS MATERIAL OF THE APPLICATOR TO THE OUTER SURFACE THEREOF.