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Aerosol actuator cap construction

Assignee: Valve Corp of America Inc
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Filing: 1962-11-21
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Granted: 1964-08-11
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Expires: 1982-11-21
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Abstract

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Inventors

  • 👤 William R O'donnell

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction US
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Last Synchronized 2026-10-28 19:29
CPC Classifications
B; B65; B65D; B65D83/00; B65D83/14; B65D83/16; B65D83/20; B65D83/204

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 2
Claim 1
Independent Claim 237 words
A CLOSURE AND ACTUATOR CONSTRUCTION FOR AN AEROSOL DISPENSER COMPRISING, IN COMBINATION: (A) A HOLLOW BODY STRUCTURE ADAPTED FOR SIDE DISCHARGE OF THE AEROSOL SUBSTANCE AND HAVING SPACED INNER AND OUTER VERTICALLY EXTENDING TUBULAR WALLS AND AN EXPANSIVE, TRANSVERSE TOP WALL CONNECTING THE UPPER PORTION OF SAID INNER AND OUTER WALLS TO EACH OTHER, SAID TUBULAR WALLS BEING DISPOSED WITH THEIR AXES UPRIGHT, THE LOWER PORTION OF THE OUTER WALL BEING CHARACTERIZED BY A THIN-WALLED UPRIGHT SECTION AT THE DISCHARGE SIDE OF THE BODY STRUCTURE, SAID UPRIGHT SECTION BEING SPACED AND SEPARATED FROM AN OPPOSITE PORTION OF THE INNER WALL BY A SUBSTANTIAL DISTANCE WHEREBY THERE IS AN APPRECIABLE INTERVENING AIR SPACE THEREBETWEEN, SAID THIN-WALLED UPRIGHT SECTION BEING LOCATED GENERALLY AT AN APPRECIABLY LOWER LEVEL THAN THAT OF THE OPPOSITE PORTION OF THE INNER WALL, (B) SAID TOP WALL HAVING AN ACCESS OPENING COMMUNICATING WITH THE BORE OF THE SAID INNER WALL, TO ACCOMMODATE A VALVE ACTUATOR BUTTON, (C) SAID TOP WALL, INNER AND OUTER WALLS HAVING ADJOINING COMMUNICATING OPENINGS WHICH TOGETHER CONSTITUTE A NOTCH EXTENDING FROM THE BORE OF THE INNER WALL TO THE OUTER PERIPHERY OF THE BODY STRUCTURE, (D) A VALVE ACTUATOR BUTTON MOVABLE IN THE BORE OF THE INNER WALL AND HAVING A TOP WALL ENGAGEABLE BY A FINGER TO DEPRESS THE BUTTON, SAID TOP WALL OF THE BUTTON BEING ACCESSIBLE THROUGH THE ACCESS OPENING IN THE TOP WALL OF THE BODY STRUCTURE,
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 237 words
A CLOSURE AND ACTUATOR CONSTRUCTION FOR AN AEROSOL DISPENSER COMPRISING, IN COMBINATION: (A) A HOLLOW BODY STRUCTURE ADAPTED FOR SIDE DISCHARGE OF THE AEROSOL SUBSTANCE AND HAVING SPACED INNER AND OUTER VERTICALLY EXTENDING TUBULAR WALLS AND AN EXPANSIVE, TRANSVERSE TOP WALL CONNECTING THE UPPER PORTION OF SAID INNER AND OUTER WALLS TO EACH OTHER, SAID TUBULAR WALLS BEING DISPOSED WITH THEIR AXES UPRIGHT, THE LOWER PORTION OF THE OUTER WALL BEING CHARACTERIZED BY A THIN-WALLED UPRIGHT SECTION AT THE DISCHARGE SIDE OF THE BODY STRUCTURE, SAID UPRIGHT SECTION BEING SPACED AND SEPARATED FROM AN OPPOSITE PORTION OF THE INNER WALL BY A SUBSTANTIAL DISTANCE WHEREBY THERE IS AN APPRECIABLE INTERVENING AIR SPACE THEREBETWEEN, SAID THIN-WALLED UPRIGHT SECTION BEING LOCATED GENERALLY AT AN APPRECIABLY LOWER LEVEL THAN THAT OF THE OPPOSITE PORTION OF THE INNER WALL, (B) SAID TOP WALL HAVING AN ACCESS OPENING COMMUNICATING WITH THE BORE OF THE SAID INNER WALL, TO ACCOMMODATE A VALVE ACTUATOR BUTTON, (C) SAID TOP WALL, INNER AND OUTER WALLS HAVING ADJOINING COMMUNICATING OPENINGS WHICH TOGETHER CONSTITUTE A NOTCH EXTENDING FROM THE BORE OF THE INNER WALL TO THE OUTER PERIPHERY OF THE BODY STRUCTURE, (D) A VALVE ACTUATOR BUTTON MOVABLE IN THE BORE OF THE INNER WALL AND HAVING A TOP WALL ENGAGEABLE BY A FINGER TO DEPRESS THE BUTTON, SAID TOP WALL OF THE BUTTON BEING ACCESSIBLE THROUGH THE ACCESS OPENING IN THE TOP WALL OF THE BODY STRUCTURE,

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