Patent ID: 9511927
Filing Date: 2016-12-06
CPC Classification: B05B,B65D

Claim Text:
1. A time-delay actuator assembly suitable for dispensing a chemical to ambient environment from an aerosol container having a release valve, comprising: an inner cap defining an opening and adapted to mount on the aerosol container; an outer cap adjacent the inner cap; a retainer coupled to the outer cap and extending through the opening in the inner cap; an actuator extending from at least one of the outer cap and the retainer, and adapted to selectively engage the release valve; a biasing member urging the actuator toward the release valve; a time-delay member resisting essentially axial relative movement between the inner cap and the outer cap; a guide track formed on one of the inner cap and the outer cap, and having a circumferential section and an essentially axial section; and a guide member formed on the other one of the inner cap and the outer cap adapted to engage the guide track; wherein rotating the outer cap relative to the inner cap moves the guide member along the circumferential section of the guide track; and wherein when the guide member is aligned with the essentially axial section of the guide track, the biasing member urges the actuator toward the release valve in a manner such that resistance of the time-delay member to essentially axial movement between the inner cap and the outer cap causes a time delay between when the guide member is first aligned with the axial section and when the actuator engages the release valve.