IPC분류정보
국가/구분 |
United States(US) Patent
등록
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국제특허분류(IPC7판) |
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출원번호 |
US-0933582
(2007-11-01)
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등록번호 |
US-8403183
(2013-03-26)
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발명자
/ 주소 |
- Fahy, Cathal L.
- Bartlett, Timothy R.
- Michaels, Kenneth W.
- Béland, René Maurice
- Neumann, Peter M.
- Leifheit, David H.
- Jaworski, Thomas
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출원인 / 주소 |
- S. C. Johnson & Son, Inc.
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인용정보 |
피인용 횟수 :
1 인용 특허 :
34 |
초록
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A device for that places a fluid container in fluid communication with a sprayer is disclosed. The device includes a container adapter that allows a dip tube to be attached to the fluid container rather than the sprayer. When the sprayer is removed from the fluid container, the dip tube stays in the
A device for that places a fluid container in fluid communication with a sprayer is disclosed. The device includes a container adapter that allows a dip tube to be attached to the fluid container rather than the sprayer. When the sprayer is removed from the fluid container, the dip tube stays in the fluid container. Refill fluid containers may come with the container adapter and dip tube installed. When the sprayer is attached to the fluid container, the adapter seals against the sprayer allowing fluid to be pumped from the fluid container by the sprayer. A sprayer connector with geometry that matches an inner or outer shape of the adapter is attached to and/or built into the sprayer. The sprayer connector is constructed to allow easy alignment of the sprayer to the fluid container. The sprayer connector and the container adapter also provide a unique attachment geometry to insure only containers with formulae compatible to the sprayer are pumped through the sprayer.
대표청구항
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1. A fluid container for attaching to a sprayer having an inlet port, the container comprising: a bottom wall;side wall structure;a neck having an opening, wherein the bottom wall, the side wall structure, and the neck defines an interior space of the container; anda container adapter including (i)
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A fluid container for attaching to a sprayer having an inlet port, the container comprising: a bottom wall;side wall structure;a neck having an opening, wherein the bottom wall, the side wall structure, and the neck defines an interior space of the container; anda container adapter including (i) an outer wall that terminates at an open end of the adapter, the outer wall being dimensioned to engage the neck of the container,(ii) a hollow inlet port that terminates at an upstream open end and that terminates at a downstream open end, and(iii) a hollow inner wall connected to the outer wall and connected to the upstream open end of the inlet port, the inner wall including an alignment structure, wherein the inner wall of the adapter includes a generally funnel shaped section;wherein the alignment structure is configured to orient the container adapter with the sprayer in a specific angular relationship, helping to ensure that only refill containers containing a liquid appropriate for use with the sprayer are used with the sprayer, andwherein the alignment structure comprises a depression in the inner wall of the adapter, the depression having a closed end. 2. The device of claim 1 wherein: the depression in the inner wall of the adapter is offset from a central longitudinal axis of the adapter. 3. The container of claim 1 wherein: the inlet port of the adapter further comprises a dip tube that is separable from the inlet port of the adapter, andthe downstream open end of the inlet port of the adapter is dimensioned to sealingly engage the dip tube. 4. The container of claim 1 wherein: the inner wall of the adapter includes venting holes which, during operation of the sprayer, each allow air to pass into the container to equalize a pressure throughout an inside of the container with a pressure outside the container. 5. A device for placing an inlet port of a sprayer in fluid communication with an interior space of a container including a neck having an opening, the device comprising: a container adapter including (i) an outer wall that terminates at an open end of the adapter, the outer wall being dimensioned to engage the neck of the container,(ii) a hollow inlet port that terminates at an upstream open end and that terminates at a downstream open end, and(iii) a hollow inner wall connected to the outer wall and connected to the upstream open end of the inlet port, the inner wall including a first alignment structure, wherein the inner wall of the adapter includes a generally funnel shaped section; anda sprayer connector having a flow conduit suitable for being placed in fluid communication with the inlet port of the sprayer and the adapter, the sprayer connector being dimensioned to matingly engage the inner wall of the adapter, the sprayer connector including a second alignment structure that mates with the first alignment structure of the inner wall of the adapter when the sprayer connector engages the adapter,wherein the first alignment structure and the second alignment structure are configured to orient the sprayer connector and the container adapter in a specific angular relationship when the sprayer connector engages the container adapter, helping to ensure that only refill containers containing a liquid appropriate for use with the sprayer are used with the sprayer, andwherein the first alignment structure comprises a depression in the inner wall of the adapter, andwherein the second alignment structure comprises an outward projection on an end wall of the sprayer connector, the projection entering the depression when the sprayer connector engages the adapter, the projection having a closed end. 6. The device of claim 5 wherein: the depression in the inner wall of the adapter is offset from a central longitudinal axis of the adapter. 7. The device of claim 5 wherein: the device further comprises a dip tube, andthe downstream open end of the inlet port of the adapter is dimensioned to sealingly engage the dip tube. 8. The device of claim 5 wherein: the inner wall of the adapter includes venting holes which, during operation of the sprayer, each allow air to pass into the container to equalize a pressure throughout an inside of the container with a pressure outside the container. 9. The device of claim 5 wherein: an outer surface of the sprayer connector includes at least one sealing rib for engaging the inner wall of the adapter, oran inner surface of the adapter includes at least one sealing rib for engaging the outer surface of the sprayer connector. 10. The device of claim 5 wherein: the sprayer connector is integral with the inlet port of the sprayer. 11. The device of claim 5 wherein: the sprayer connector includes an outwardly extending exit port in fluid communication with the flow conduit, the exit port being dimensioned to sealingly engage the inlet port of the sprayer. 12. A device for placing an inlet port of a sprayer in fluid communication with an interior space of a container including a neck having an opening, the device comprising: a container adapter including (i) an outer wall that terminates at an open end of the adapter, the outer wall being dimensioned to engage the neck of the container,(ii) a hollow inlet port that terminates at an upstream open end and that terminates at a downstream open end, and(iii) a hollow inner wall connected to the outer wall and connected to the upstream open end of the inlet port, the inner wall including a first alignment structure; anda sprayer connector lowered into the adapter so as to have a portion positioned within the hollow inner wall, and having a flow conduit suitable for being placed in fluid communication with the inlet port of the sprayer and the adapter, the sprayer connector being dimensioned to matingly engage an inner surface of the inner wall of the adapter via a rib sealing there between, the sprayer connector including a second alignment structure that mates with the first alignment structure of the inner wall of the adapter when the sprayer connector engages the adapter;wherein the first alignment structure and the second alignment structure are configured to orient the sprayer connector and the container adapter in a specific angular relationship when the sprayer connector engages the container adapter, helping to ensure that only refill containers containing a liquid appropriate for use with the sprayer are used with the sprayer, andwherein the first alignment structure comprises a depression in the inner wall of the adapter, andwherein the second alignment structure comprises an outward projection on an end wall of the sprayer connector, the projection entering the depression when the sprayer connector engages the adapter, the projection having a closed end.
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