U.S. patent application number 13/698549 was filed with the patent office on 2013-03-14 for hand applicator to be fastened onto the valve connection of the bottle with the adapter of the gun applicator.
This patent application is currently assigned to AS ENKO. The applicant listed for this patent is Heino Engel, Nikolai Fedeiko, Sergei Konenko, Valentin Timofejev. Invention is credited to Heino Engel, Nikolai Fedeiko, Sergei Konenko, Valentin Timofejev.
Application Number | 20130062369 13/698549 |
Document ID | / |
Family ID | 43480843 |
Filed Date | 2013-03-14 |
United States Patent
Application |
20130062369 |
Kind Code |
A1 |
Engel; Heino ; et
al. |
March 14, 2013 |
Hand applicator to be fastened onto the valve connection of the
bottle with the adapter of the gun applicator
Abstract
A hand applicator 3 (FIG. 1) to be fastened to the valve
connection 2 of the bottle with the gun applicator adapter 1 where
the hand applicator contains an adapter 4 with a cavity to be
fastened to the valve connection 2 of the bottle, where the adapter
4 contains an extension 4.1 of the cavity wall at the end to be
fastened to the valve connection 2 as well as a sealing ring 4.2
for sealing the adapter 4 on the valve connection 2 close to the
lower edge of the inner side of the cavity wall extension 4.1; a
support foot 6 formed on the handle 5 where there is a spigot 4.1
to be fixed to the support 1.1 of the fun applicator adapter 1 at
the end of the support foot 6, and the handle 5 whose support
surface is directly above the valve connection 2 on the hand
applicator 3 placed onto the valve connection 2. Whereby the
support surface of the handle 5 of the hand applicator 3 is formed
with a concavity 5.1 whose bottom is directly above the valve
connection 2 if the hand applicator 3 is placed onto the valve
connection 2, in such a way that the centre axis of the cavity of
the adapter 4 and the centre axis of the valve connection 2 run
through the bottom of the concavity 5.1 so that the imaginary
tangent of the lowest point of the concavity bottom 5.1 is mainly
perpendicular to the centre axis of the valve connection 2. The
support surface of the handle 5 of the hand applicator 3 may also
be formed with two concavities 5.1 and with the elevation
Inventors: |
Engel; Heino; (Harju County,
EE) ; Fedeiko; Nikolai; (Tallinn, EE) ;
Konenko; Sergei; (Tallinn, EE) ; Timofejev;
Valentin; (Tallinn, EE) |
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Applicant: |
Name |
City |
State |
Country |
Type |
Engel; Heino
Fedeiko; Nikolai
Konenko; Sergei
Timofejev; Valentin |
Harju County
Tallinn
Tallinn
Tallinn |
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EE
EE
EE
EE |
|
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Assignee: |
AS ENKO
Harju County
EE
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Family ID: |
43480843 |
Appl. No.: |
13/698549 |
Filed: |
July 6, 2010 |
PCT Filed: |
July 6, 2010 |
PCT NO: |
PCT/EE2010/000012 |
371 Date: |
November 16, 2012 |
Current U.S.
Class: |
222/402.15 |
Current CPC
Class: |
B65D 83/201 20130101;
B65D 83/303 20130101; B65D 83/00 20130101; B65D 83/46 20130101 |
Class at
Publication: |
222/402.15 |
International
Class: |
B65D 83/00 20060101
B65D083/00 |
Foreign Application Data
Date |
Code |
Application Number |
May 19, 2010 |
EE |
U201000062 |
Claims
1. A hand applicator (3) to be fastened to the valve connection (2)
of the bottle with the gun applicator adapter (1) comprising where
the hand applicator contains an adapter (4) to be fastened to the
valve connection (2) of the bottle, a handle (5) and a support foot
(6) to be formed on the handle (5); at the end of the support foot
(6) a spigot (6.1) to be fixed to the support (1.1) of the gun
applicator adapter (1); where the adapter (4) contains an extension
(4.1) of the cavity wall at the end to be fastened to the valve
connection (2) and a sealing ring (4.2) for sealing the adapter (4)
on the valve connection (2) close to the lower edge of the inner
side of the cavity wall extension (4.1), wherein a support surface
is formed on the handle (5) of the hand applicator; the surface is
positioned in such a way that the hand applicator (3) placed onto
the valve connection (2) has a support surface of the handle (5)
directly above to the valve connection (2), and a handle stem (7)
with at least one support surface.
2. A hand applicator (3) according to claim 1 wherein the support
surface on the handle (5) of the hand applicator is formed with a
concavity (5.1) that is positioned in such a way that the bottom of
the concavity (5.1) of the handle is placed directly above the
valve connection (2) of the hand applicator (3).
3. A hand applicator (3) according to claim 1 wherein the support
surface on the handle (5) of the hand applicator is formed with a
concavity (5.1) that is positioned in such a way that the bottom of
the concavity (5.1) of the handle is placed directly above the
valve connection (2) of the hand applicator (3) so that the centre
axis of the adapter (4) cavity and the centre axis of the valve
connection (2) run through the bottom of the concavity (5.1).
4. A hand applicator (3) according to claim 1 wherein the support
surface on the handle (5) of the hand applicator is formed with a
concavity (5.1) that is positioned in such a way that the bottom of
the concavity (5.1) of the handle is placed directly above the
valve connection (2) of the hand applicator (3) so that the
imaginary tangent of the lowest point of the bottom of the
concavity (5.1) is mainly perpendicular to the centre axis of the
valve connection (2).
5. A hand applicator (3) according to claim 1 wherein the support
surface on the handle (5) of the hand applicator is formed with two
concavities (5.1) that are positioned in such a way that the centre
axis of the valve connection (2) runs through the elevation (5.2)
between the concavities (5.1) on the handle (5) on the hand
applicator (3) placed onto the valve connection (2).
6. A hand applicator (3) according to claim 1 wherein the handle
(5) is formed as an entirety containing the upper part (4.3) of the
adapter (4) and the lower part (8.1) of the straw (8).
7. A hand applicator (3) according to claim 1 wherein the handle
stem (7) contains a support surface that is formed with two
concavities (7.1).
8. A hand applicator (3) according to claim 2 wherein the handle
(5) is formed as an entirety containing the upper part (4.3) of the
adapter (4) and the lower part (8.1) of the straw (8).
9. A hand applicator (3) according to claim 3 wherein the handle
(5) is formed as an entirety containing the upper part (4.3) of the
adapter (4) and the lower part (8.1) of the straw (8).
10. A hand applicator (3) according to claim 4 wherein the handle
(5) is formed as an entirety containing the upper part (4.3) of the
adapter (4) and the lower part (8.1) of the straw (8).
11. A hand applicator (3) according to claim 5 wherein the handle
(5) is formed as an entirety containing the upper part (4.3) of the
adapter (4) and the lower part (8.1) of the straw (8).
12. A hand applicator (3) according to claim 2 wherein the handle
stem (7) contains a support surface that is formed with two
concavities (7.1).
13. A hand applicator (3) according to claim 3 wherein the handle
stem (7) contains a support surface that is formed with two
concavities (7.1).
14. A hand applicator (3) according to claim 4 wherein the handle
stem (7) contains a support surface that is formed with two
concavities (7.1).
15. A hand applicator (3) according to claim 5 wherein the handle
stem (7) contains a support surface that is formed with two
concavities (7.1).
16. A hand applicator (3) according to claim 6 wherein the handle
stem (7) contains a support surface that is formed with two
concavities (7.1).
Description
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
[0001] This technical solution belongs to the field of hand
applicators.
BACKROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0002] There is known a hand applicator fastening (EE 05028 B1) or
adapter that is meant to be used on the foam bottle equipped with
the adapter of the gun applicator but is not connected to the
adapter of the gun applicator. The known adapter of the hand
applicator contains a cavity at the valve connection end and a
cone-shaped tube protruding from the bottom of the cavity that is
pressed into the channel of the valve connection when installed on
the valve connection of the foam bottle (hereinafter the valve
connection), whereby the gripping elements on the inner side of the
cavity hook up behind the valve collar. A handle that contains two
handle parts opposite each other with different lengths is designed
for the adapter body, whereby the second finger is meant to rest on
the shorter part of the handle and the third and the fourth fingers
are meant to rest on the longer part of the handle, where the upper
part of the adapter body continued by the foam straw remains
between the longer part and the shorter part.
[0003] The weakness of the construction of this hand applicator is
the fact that due to the position of the handle parts it is
complicated or almost impossible to press both parts of the handle
with different fingers simultaneously and with equal and constant
force in order to ensure a vertical force acting on the valve
connection necessary for the smooth adjustment of the foam jet and
for the operation of the foam bottle. It is inconvenient to handle
the known hand applicator. In practice, users often try to press
the longer part of the handle down to the maximum extent and
repeatedly without giving the adapter time to restore its correct
position. In case the foam bottle has not been shaken before use,
and the foam bottle is held in the upright position while the
longer part of the handle is pressed, but non-vertical force is
applied to the adapter by pressing down any part of the handle, the
gas may leak from between the valve connection of the foam bottle
and the adapter, the pressure may drop and the foam may not come
out of the foam bottle at all.
[0004] There is also known an adapter of the hand applicator
designed by the author of the given solution (P200800050,
29.07.2008) that is meant to be used on the foam bottle provided
with the adapter of the gun applicator. The objective of this known
solution is to ensure the non-obstructed exit of the foam from the
channel of the valve connection into the hand applicator as well as
the pressure resistant sealing between the adapter of the hand
applicator and the valve connection. The above mentioned objectives
have been achieved by the diameter of the adapter channel of the
hand applicator being bigger than the diameter of the valve
connection channel, the depth of the cavity of the adapter of the
hand applicator having been increased with the extension of the
cavity wall and a sealing ring having been fastened onto the bottom
edge of the inner side of the cavity wall extension; if the adapter
of the hand applicator in installed onto the valve connection of
the foam bottle, the ring is supported by the elastic gland of the
valve connection. Thereby the channel of the hand applicator
channel is centred in relation to the valve connection channel
owing to the interaction between the centring elements on the
external surface of the hand applicator body and the adapter
opening of the gun applicator (P200800050, 29.07.2008).
[0005] The weakness of this known solution is that it does not give
any solution for the support surface of the hand applicator handle
that has to play an important role ensuring that the force exerted
onto the adapter of the hand applicator and onto the valve
connection is as vertical as possible, neither does it give any
solution for a smooth and simple regulation of the foam exit.
[0006] Beside the above mentioned aspects, there is known a
fastening (P200900059, 23.09.2008) of the hand applicator designed
by the owner of the given solution that is meant for hanging the
hand applicator into the stand-by position onto the support of the
adapter of the gun applicator on the foam bottle as well as for an
easier installation of the adapter of the hand applicator onto the
valve connection, whereby the fastening of the hand applicator
contains an adapter, handle and the fastening element, the
hook-shaped end of which is fixed onto the support of the adapter
of the gun applicator, whereby the handle is designed to be on one
side of the hand applicator adapter and the fastening element, on
the other side of the adapter.
[0007] As the support surface of the handle of the hand applicator
does not lie directly above the adapter, when the support surface
of the hand applicator placed on the valve connection is pressed,
the adapter bends and the force applied to the valve connection is
not vertical. It is not convenient to work with the hand applicator
with the named handle, and it is not possible to smoothly regulate
the rate of flow.
SUBJECT MATTER OF THE INVENTION
[0008] The objective of the given invention is to design a hand
applicator that, owing to its construction, enables to exert
practically vertical force onto the valve connection, to smoothly
regulate the rate of flow and to keep the bottle comfortably in
hand in operating position.
[0009] To achieve the given objective, a hand applicator has been
designed, the support surface of whose handle lies directly above
the valve connection when the hand applicator is placed onto the
valve connection, and the handle stem has at least one support
surface to support the bottle in the operating position. Thereby
the support surface of the hand applicator handle is formed either
by one concavity or by two concavities and the elevation between
the concavities. If the support surface of the handle of the hand
applicator is designed with one concavity, the bottom of the
concavity is directly above the valve connection on the hand
applicator placed onto the valve connection so that the centre axis
of the adapter cavity and the centre axis of the valve connection
run through the bottom of the concavity in such a way that the
imaginary tangent of the lowest point of the concavity bottom is
mainly perpendicular to the centre axis of the valve connection. In
case of the hand applicator, where the support surface of the
handle is formed by two concavities and the elevation between the
concavities, the centre axis of the valve connection runs through
the elevation between the concavities on the handle when the hand
applicator is placed onto the valve connection. In case of both
above described versions of the hand applicator, the handle of the
hand applicator is formed in its entirety by the upper part of the
adapter and the lower part of the straw.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
[0010] The following figures are referenced to below in the
description of the hand applicator corresponding to the
invention:
[0011] FIG. 1 The hand applicator where the support surface of the
handle is formed with one concavity, whereby the bottom of the
concavity lies directly above the valve connection if the hand
applicator placed onto the valve connection.
[0012] FIG. 2 The hand applicator where the support surface of the
handle is formed with two concavities and with an elevation between
the concavities, whereby the centre axis of the valve connection
runs through the elevation between the concavities if the hand
applicator placed onto the valve connection.
EXEMPLARY EMBODIMENT OF THE INVENTION
[0013] The hand applicator 3 (FIG. 1) to be fastened onto the valve
connection 2 of the bottle of the gun applicator with the adapter 1
contains the adapter 4 to be fastened onto the valve connection 2
of the bottle, where the adapter contains the extension 4.1 of the
cavity wall at the end to be fastened onto the valve connection 2
and a sealing ring 4.2 close to the lower edge of the inner side of
the extension of the cavity wall for sealing the adapter 4 on the
valve connection 2; the handle 5 whose support surface is formed by
a concavity 5.1, whereby the concavity 5.1 is positioned in such a
way that the bottom of the concavity 5.1 is directly above the
valve connection 2 in such a way that the centre axis of the cavity
of the adapter 4 and the centre axis of the valve connection 2 run
through the bottom of the concavity 5.1 so that the imaginary
tangent of the lowest point of the concavity is mainly
perpendicular to the centre axis of the valve connection 2 if the
hand applicator 3 placed onto the valve connection 2; the support
foot 6 formed on the handle 5 where on the top of the foot there
are a spigot 6.1 to be fixed onto the support 1.1 of the adapter 1
of the gun applicator of the bottle and there is the handle stem 7
whose support surface is formed with two concavities 7.1.
[0014] The support surface of the handle 5 of the hand applicator 3
may also be formed with two concavities 5.1 and with the elevation
5.2 (FIG. 2) between the concavities, where the centre axis of the
valve connection 2 runs through the elevation 5.2 between the
concavities on the handle 5 on the hand applicator 3 placed onto
the valve connection 2.
[0015] Thereby the handle 5 of the hand applicator is formed in its
entirety by the upper part 4.3 of the adapter 4 and by the lower
part 8.1 of the straw 8, and the handle stem 7 of the hand
applicator 3 contains a support surface that is formed with two
concavities 7.1 (FIG. 1, FIG. 2).
[0016] Due to the fact that the bottom of the concavity 5.1 formed
as a support surface of the handle 5 of the hand applicator 3 is
directly above the valve connection 2 if the hand applicator 3
placed onto the valve connection 2 so that the centre axis of the
cavity of the adapter 4 and the centre axis of the valve connection
2 run through the bottom of the concavity in such a way that the
imaginary tangent of the lowest point of the bottom 5.1 of the
concavity is mainly perpendicular to the centre axis of the valve
connection 2, the direction of the force exerted on the valve
connection 2 when the concavity 5.1 (FIG. 1) is pressed is
practically vertical, and it is possible to smoothly regulate the
rate of flow of the jet according to the pressing strength.
[0017] Due to the fact that the support surface of the handle 5 of
the hand applicator 3 is formed with two concavities 5.1 and the
elevation 5.2 between the concavities, the support surface of the
handle 5 is positioned in such a way that the centre axis of the
valve connection 2 runs through the elevation 5.2 between the
concavities if the hand applicator 3 placed onto the valve
connection 2, whereby the direction of the force exerted to the
valve connection 2 when the elevation 5.2 (FIG. 2) between the
concavities is pressed is practically vertical and it is possible
to smoothly regulate the rate of flow of the jet according to the
pressing strength.
[0018] To make holding the bottle more convenient and safer when
operating the bottle, the handle stem 7 of the hand applicator 3 is
meant to support with its concavities 7.1 on the third and the
fourth finger. The handle stem 7 of the hand applicator is not
meant to take part in the injection of the jet and in the
regulation of the rate of flow. If a force in the direction of the
bottle is exerted on the handle stem 7 of the hand applicator 3
placed onto the valve connection 2, then the support foot 6 of the
hand applicator 3 with a spigot 4.1 fixed to the support 1.1 of the
gun applicator adapter 1 of the bottle hinders the deviation of the
adapter 4 installed onto the valve connection from the vertical
position.
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