Patent ID: 7255293
Filing Date: 2007-08-14
Classification: B05B,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A hose-end sprayer assembly for connection to a container of liquid product, comprising: a housing having a carrier liquid inlet passage, a liquid product inlet opening and a discharge passage; a rotary valve mounted within a transverse bore of said housing and comprising a liquid duct and a product duct opening into said liquid duct; the rotary valve being selectively rotatable within said transverse bore for interconnecting said carrier liquid inlet passage and said liquid product inlet opening with said discharge passage in a first selective rotative position of the rotary valve; the housing having a means, external to said transverse bore, for defining a vent path between the interior of the container and atmosphere in the first rotative position; and closing means, external to said housing and to said rotary valve, that is pivotable about a member disposed external to said rotary valve in response to rotation of said rotary valve for closing the vent path in a second selective rotative position of the rotary valve wherein the carrier liquid inlet passage is out of communication with the discharge passage; wherein said closing means comprises a movable external vent plug assembly and said rotary valve engages said vent plug assembly for closing the vent path in the second rotative position of the valve.