Patent ID: 7658568
Filing Date: 2010-02-09
Classification: A47L,B65D

Abstract:
1. An applicator for applying a liquid composition to a work surface, said applicator comprising: a container having and an open outer end, said cavity being capable of holding a selected quantity of said liquid composition; a cap detachably mounted on said container and having an outer face, said cap having a fluid flow passage there through communicating with said cavity and terminating in an opening in said cap, said outer face having an inner ledge disposed around the opening; a valve assembly disposed in said fluid flow passage through said cap, said valve assembly including a valve stem reciprocally movable along a path generally perpendicular to said face and including a portion projecting a selected distance through said opening in said outer face, said valve stem having a shoulder and a valve seal adapted to seat against an inner surface of said fluid flow passage; a spring between said shoulder of said valve stem and said ledge of said outer face adapted to urge said valve seal to seat against said inner surface of said fluid flow passage; and a resiliently compressible polishing pad mounted on said outer face wherein said cap outer face has a central bulbous portion projecting in to said polishing pad.