Unitary valve and spring assembly

Claim 2

An assembly formed as a unitary molding including a sinuous spring member having opposite ends, a flat faced valve member connected to one of said opposite ends of said spring member and deployed transversely with respect thereto, a spin element comprising a flat plate deployed transversely with respect to said spring member and connected to the other of said opposite ends of said spring and, an arched bridge connecting said spin element to said other opposite end of said spring member.

Claim 3

An assembly formed as a unitary molding including a sinuous spring member, a flat faced valve member, a spin element connected to said spring member comprising a plate having a central, circular open chamber and at least two open channels communicating with said chamber and laterally co-extensive with the outside dimension of said plate, said channels tangentially aligned with said chamber on said opposite sides thereof, said spring member being connected at one end thereof to said valve member and at the other end thereof to said spin element, said valve member and said spin element both deployed transversely with respect to said spring member, and an arched bridge connecting said spin element to said spring member.

Claim 4

An assembly formed as a unitary molding including a sinuous spring member, a flat faced valve member, a spin element connected to said spring member comprising a plate having a central, circular open chamber and at least two open channels communicating with said chamber and laterally co-extensive with the outside dimension of said plate, said channels tangentially aligned with said chamber on said opposite sides thereof, said spring member being connected at one end thereof to said valve member and at the other end thereof to said spin element, said valve member and said spin element both deployed transversely with respect to said spring member, and an arched bridge connecting said spin element to said spring member.

Claim 5

A fluid dispenser including component retaining body means, means in said body means defining an orifice through which fluid pumped from a fluid supply is ejected, inlet means and outlet means in said body means for controlling the flow of fluid through said orifice, said outlet means including an "S" shaped compression spring, and a spray producing means in said body means operably associated with said orifice, said spray producing means and said "S" shaped spring being combined in a single molding, said spray producing means further including a spin element for producing swirling of the fluid as it passes into and through said orifice.

Claim 6

A fluid dispenser including component retaining body means, means in said body means defining an orifice through which fluid pumped from a fluid supply is ejected, inlet means and outlet means in said body means for controlling the flow of fluid through said orifice, said outlet means including an "S" shaped compression spring, and a spray producing means in said body means operably associated with said orifice, said spray producing means and said "S" shaped spring being combined in a single molding, said spray producing means further including a spin element for producing swirling of the fluid as it passes into and through said orifice.

Claim 7

For use in a fluid dispenser having a conduit terminating in a walled exit chamber formed at the end of said conduit through which fluid flows for ejection in a spray from an orifice located in the wall of said chamber when pumped therethrough from a supply of fluid, an assembly for controlling the flow of fluid in said conduit and ejecting said fluid from said orifice in a spray, said assembly comprising a unitary molding including, as integral portions thereof, poppet valve means in said chamber for shutting off fluid flowing thereinto from said conduit, a spin element disposed in said chamber oppositely from said poppet valve means, a sinuous compression spring member in said chamber extending between said poppet valve means and said spin element for urging said poppet valve means toward said conduit end and said spin element toward said orifice located in said wall of said chamber and, an integrally molded arched bridge connecting said spin element to said spring member in spaced relation therewith.

Claim 8

For use in a fluid dispenser having a conduit terminating in a walled exit chamber formed at the end of said conduit through which fluid flows for ejection in a spray from an orifice located in the wall of said chamber when pumped therethrough from a supply of fluid, an assembly for controlling the flow of fluid in said conduit and ejecting said fluid from said orifice in a spray, said assembly comprising a unitary molding including, as integral portions thereof, poppet valve means in said chamber for shutting off fluid flowing thereinto from said conduit, a spin element disposed in said chamber oppositely from said poppet valve means, a sinuous compression spring member in said chamber extending between said poppet valve means and said spin element for urging said poppet valve means toward said conduit end and said spin element toward said orifice located in said wall of said chamber and, an integrally molded arched bridge connecting said spin element to said spring member in spaced relation therewith.

Claim 9

The assembly as in claim 4 in which said poppet valve means is connected to and spaced from said spring member by an integrally molded post.

Claim 10

The assembly as in claim 4 in which said spin element is connected to said arched bridge and to said spring member by an integrally molded post.

Claim 11

The assembly as in claim 4 in which said poppet valve means is generally disc shaped and has a flat surface extending transversely with respect to said member, said surface under urging of said poppet valve means by said member closing said conduit end and shutting off flow of fluid thereat.

Claim 12

The assembly as in claim 4 in which said spin element is disc shaped and said arched bridge extends between said sinuous spring member and said element being connected thereto on the periphery of said disc.

Claim 13

The assembly as in claim 3 wherein said arched bridge is connected to said sinuous spring member by a molded post.

Claim 14

The assembly as in claim 7 wherein said sinuous spring member is connected to said arched bring substantially at the top of its arch.