Patent ID: 6027042
Filing Date: 2000-02-22
Classification: B65D

Abstract:
An actuator assembly for an aerosol container having a stem for controlling dispensing of an aerosol product, the actuator assembly comprising:a base defining a longitudinal axis of the actuator assembly and having a through bore extending therethrough, and the base having an annular mechanism for attaching the base to a mounting cup of an aerosol container containing an aerosol product; andan actuator being located within the through bore of the base, the actuator being cantilevered to the base to facilitate pivoting of the actuator relative to the base, and the actuator having a product inlet and a primary discharge orifice, both communicating with one another, for dispensing the aerosol product out through the primary discharge orifice when the actuator assembly is attached to an aerosol container and sufficiently depressed;wherein the actuator assembly includes a secondary actuator mechanism provided with a secondary discharge orifice, and the secondary actuator mechanism, has a first inactive position in which the secondary discharge orifice of the secondary actuator mechanism is sufficiently spaced from the primary discharge orifice so that a spray configuration of the aerosol product to be dispensed is controlled solely by the primary discharge orifice, and has a second active position, located adjacent the primary discharge orifice, in which the primary discharge orifice supplies the aerosol product to be dispensed to the secondary discharge orifice where the spray configuration of the aerosol product to be dispensed is altered by the secondary discharge orifice as the product exits the actuator assembly.