Patent ID: 6942125
Filing Date: 2005-09-13
Classification: B05B

Abstract:
1. A manually operable invertible pump for dispensing an atomized liquid comprising a main body defining a chamber for the intake and compression of determined quantities of the liquid to be dispensed, a dip tube connected to said chamber via a hole provided in the base wall of the main body and via a first unidirectional valve system which enables the liquid to arrive in said chamber through the dip tube when the pump is upright but prevents liquid arrival when the pump is inverted, there being provided in the main body an aperture provided with a second unidirectional valve system which enables the liquid to directly arrive in the compression chamber when the pump is inverted but prevents this arrival when the pump is upright, wherein said second valve system comprises a cup-shaped body sealedly mounted on the outer peripheral surface of the main body to define with the adjacent extremity on the said main body an annular chamber housing and retaining a flexible element which when the pump is at rest or being used in the upright position is elastically urged to seal against a profiled edge provided on the base wall of the cup-shaped body, said annular chamber being in direct communication with said intake and compression chamber via said aperture provided in the main body, in the base of the cup-shaped body here being provided a first hole to which said dip tube is connected and a second hole which is open and in direct communication with said aperture of the chamber when the pump is inverted and is operated to draw liquid into the chamber of the main body, the flexible element having a central hole which enables said chamber to sealedly communicate with the dip tube through the first valve system.