Directional spray actuator

• Main Authors: Gillespie, Benjamin Cyril, Griffin, David Eric
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 22.06.2017
• Subjects: ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; APPLYING LIQUIDS OR OTHER FLUENT MATERIALS TO SURFACES, IN GENERAL; ATOMISING APPARATUS; CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS,e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES,DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; CONVEYING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL; NOZZLES; PACKAGES; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKING; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; SPRAYING APPARATUS; SPRAYING OR ATOMISING IN GENERAL; STORING; TRANSPORTING

A directional spray actuator, for a pressurised (e.g. aerosol) container containing at least one liquid to be dispensed, and the container has a valve and valve stem. The spray actuator has a body mountable on the container; and a valve actuator is hingedly mounted on the body. The inlet of the valve actuator is connected to the valve stem. A nozzle component is rotatably mounted on the body, and has two product passageways, which have parallel outlet portions with nozzles to dispense the liquid. The inlet portions of the nozzle component are e.g. at right angles, for selective connection to the outlet, of the valve actuator, so that the liquid can be dispensed in respective directions relative to the aerosol container.