Patent ID: 6321952
Filing Date: 2001-11-27
Classification: B05B

Abstract:
A device for actuating a sprayer (12) comprising a body (14) for storing a product away from the air and a push-button (18) for dispensing the product, the device comprising a support (22) against which the sprayer (12) is intended to rest, a member (24) for actuating the push-button (18) which an be moved axially with respect to the support (22) under the action of maneuvering means (34, 36, 43, 46, 47, 58) between a position in which the push-button (18) is depressed and a position in which it is released, the maneuvering means comprising a rotary knob (34) which can be actuated manually by a user and which is associated with a cam (43) designed to cause the actuating member (24) to move from the position in which the push-button (18) is depressed into the position in which this button is released, wherein the maneuvering means comprise elastic means (36) for urging the actuating member (24) into the position for depressing the push-button and disengagable means (58) for locking the actuating member (24) in the position for releasing this push-button (18), and in that the cam (43) consists of a roughly cylindrical part secured to the knob (34) and equipped with an end edge delimiting a guiding surface for at least one follower (46, 47) borne by the actuating member (24), the end edge comprising at least one elemental saw-tooth pattern (52).