Patent ID: 9540164
Date: 2017-01-10
CPC Classifications: B65D

Claim:
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 separately formed from the retainer and the inner cap and positioned inward of the outer cap and fixed relative to one of the inner cap and the outer cap, the time-delay member being adapted to resist essentially axial 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 on which the guide track is formed on, and 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.