Adjustable stroke hand operated liquid dispenser

Claim 1

In a liquid dispensing device, a tubular barrel defining a chamber, a removably attached nozzle means at one end and a removably attached body part at the other end, said nozzle means containing a stepped bore of two diameters defining a shoulder, the portion of the bore of larger diameter opening into the chamber and in conjunction with the shoulder providing axial and lateral supporting surfaces and the portion of the bore of smaller diameter being internally threaded, said nozzle means further comprising a nozzle provided with a threaded nipple screwed into the threaded smaller bore, said body part containing a through bore of one diameter, a piston rod slidably mounted in the through bore with one end extending outwardly from the through bore and the other end inwardly into the chamber, a piston assembly mounted to the inner end of the piston rod comprising back-to-back, flexible, cup-shaped washers having conical circumferential flanges which diverge from their back-to-back sides, said piston assembly being longitudinally movable in the chamber by reciprocation of the piston rod, an exterior extending from the piston rod at the forward side of the piston assembly, a flat surface disposed at the base of the extension against the forwardly-facing, cup-shaped washer of such diameter as to have engagement with the inner side of the flange thereof, said flat surface constituting a supporting surface, a spring mounted in the chamber with one end seated within and against said end and side surface supports in the nozzle means and with its other end seated against said supporting surface provided by the flat surface, said spring yieldably urging the piston assembly rearwardly in the chamber, a handle fixed to the body part, a lever pivotally mounted near one end to the distal end of the handle, means pivotally connecting the other end of the lever to the protruding end of the piston rod such that pivotal movement of the lever about its pivot will effect reciprocation of the rod, said nozzle means containing a valve inlet in communication with the larger diameter portion of the bore through which fluid is drawn into the chamber during retraction of the piston, said valve inlet preventing reverse flow of fluid, said tubular body containing at its rear end peripherally-disposed holes a plane disposed about the barrel defining a annular cavity about the barrel with which the holes are in communication for receiving fluid which escapes from the forward side of the piston to the rear side, said sleeve containing a drainage port and a check valve mounted to the sleeve and in communication therewith arranged to permit the entrance of air into the annular cavity on the forward stroke of the piston.