Patent ID: 7118049
Filing Date: 2006-10-10
Classification: B05B

Abstract:
1. A hose-end sprayer assembly for connection to a container of product, comprising: a housing having a carrier liquid inlet passage, a liquid product inlet opening and a discharge passage; a rotary valve mounted within said housing and comprising a liquid duct and a product duct opening into said liquid duct; the housing having a transverse bore having a portion which together with the valve defines a valve chamber; the valve being selectively rotatable within the transverse bore for interconnecting said carrier liquid inlet passage and said liquid product inlet opening with said discharge passage in a first rotative position of the valve; and the assembly having means exterior to the valve chamber for venting the interior of the container to atmosphere in the first position and for interrupting communication between the container interior and atmosphere in a second selectively rotatable position of the valve in which the carrier liquid inlet passage and the liquid product inlet opening are both out of communication with the discharge passage.