Patent ID: 9714714
Date: 2017-07-25
CPC Classifications: A47K,B05B,B65D,F16K

Claim:
1. An outlet valve assembly for a fluid dispenser, the fluid dispenser having a pump fluidically coupled to a fluid reservoir, said outlet valve assembly comprising: an outlet nipple having a proximal end configured to be fluidically coupled to the pump and a distal end opposite the proximal end, the outlet nipple defining a conduit extending in a flow direction and having an annular protrusion extending radially inwardly intermediate the proximal end and the distal end; an outlet nozzle coaxially received within the distal end of the outlet nipple; and a resiliently deformable valve member received within said conduit, said valve member including a valve head portion having one or more slits defining an orifice and a peripheral valve portion outward of said valve head portion, said peripheral valve portion retained between the annular protrusion of the outlet nipple and an end edge surface of the outlet nozzle.