Patent ID: 9604773
Date: 2017-03-28
CPC Classifications: B65D

Claim:
1. An actuator comprising: an actuator outlet being formed within the actuator; a post being centrally located within the actuator outlet of the actuator and extending normal to a base surface of the actuator outlet toward an open end of the actuator outlet; an insert being mounted and securely retained within the actuator outlet by an interference fit, and a base of the insert having a rectangular-shaped discharge nozzle formed therein; first and second alignment protrusions being sized and shaped so as to assist with spacing an inwardly facing cylindrical surface of the insert away from an exterior surface of the post and respectively define a first and second partially restricted flow passages between the inwardly facing cylindrical surface and the exterior surface of the post, with first and second unobstructed product flow passages being defined one either side of the first and the second alignment protrusions; and the nozzle being defined within the base of the insert by diametrically opposed first and second stepped shoulders and diametrically opposed first and second conical surfaces, the first stepped shoulder being axially aligned with the first partially restricted flow passage and the first conical surface being axially aligned with the first unobstructed flow passage while the second stepped shoulder being axially aligned with the second partially restricted flow passage and the second conical surface being axially aligned with the second unobstructed flow passage so that the product to be dispensed, upon flowing through the actuator and being discharged from the nozzle, is sprayed by the nozzle in a desired fan spray pattern.