Inventors:
Steven L. Sweeton - Lake Winnebago MO, US
George R. Hildebrand - Independence MO, US
David L. Dejong - Ogden UT, US
Phillip J. Dimaggio - Kansas City MO, US
Assignee:
MeadWestvaco Corporation - Richmond VA
International Classification:
B65D 37/00, B67B 1/00, B67D 7/58, B05B 9/043, A62C 11/00
US Classification:
222207, 22215313, 2223831, 239333
Abstract:
A trigger sprayer having six parts: (i) a dip tube, (ii) a valve, (iii) a flexible pump diaphragm having a circumferential valve lip, (iv) a shroud having a trigger, an element which engages the diaphragm, and front and rear mating elements, (v) a body having a closure for a container, an inlet coupled to the dip tube, a valve seat for the valve, an element which engages the valve lip, a discharge barrel having a proximal opening into which the valve lip seats, a vent chamber, a vent barrel coupled to the vent chamber, a rear mating structure coupling to the rear mating element of the shroud so that the shroud can pivot, and a forward mating element, and (vi) a combination nozzle and door assembly with a nozzle which couples to the fluid discharge barrel of the molded body, and has a trigger locking element.