Patent ID: 6364177
Filing Date: 2002-04-02
Classification: B65D

Abstract:
An accessory for dispensing the contents of an aerosol container, comprisingsupport means for the container, a manually operable trigger which is displaceable and pivotable relative to the support means, the trigger including a double-armed lever having a first arm which is a trigger arm and a second arm which is formed as a nose, and a lever mechanism that is pivotally displaceable by movement of the trigger and includes a double-arm lever having a first arm and a second arm, the second arm of the trigger being in camming engagement with the first arm of the lever mechanism, the nose of the second arm of the trigger being engageable between fingers defined by the first arm of the lever mechanism, and the second arm of the lever mechanism having at least one thrust surface for engagement with a valve-actuating mechanism of the container, the trigger and lever mechanism being arranged such that movement of the trigger in a direction to actuate the valve produces a movement of said at least one thrust surface in substantially the same direction.