Patent ID: 6785911
Filing Date: 2004-09-07
Classification: A61L,B65D,E03D

Abstract:
A device for dispensing a vapor or aerosol from an aerosol container having a spring-loaded or pressure-biased valve, comprising:a housing for receiving an aerosol container in an upright position wherein said housing has a vertically oriented longitudinal axis and has a generally open top for dispersion of said vapor or aerosol therethrough, said housing defined by a plurality of walls including a bottom wall, left and right opposing side walls, a back wall and a front wall wherein at least one of said walls is displaceable to provide access to said housing for insertion or removal of said aerosol container; an actuation assembly for actuating the valve of the aerosol container, said actuation assembly comprising: a rotatable shaft extending orthogonally from at least one of said opposing side walls and positioned to be proximate a topmost portion of the valve of an aerosol container inserted in said housing; an actuation arm mounted on said rotatable shaft wherein said actuation arm rotates with respect to said longitudinal axis of said housing; an eccentric cam mounted on said rotatable shaft positioned to engage with the valve of an aerosol container inserted in said housing, said eccentric cam effective to bias said actuation arm outward from said longitudinal axis of said housing at an acute angle in an unactuated state, whereby downward rotation of said actuation arm causes said cam to depress said aerosol container valve to release a vapor or aerosol therefrom, and whereby the spring-loaded or pressure biased valve then returns the actuation arm to its unactuated position.