Patent ID: 8276792
Filing Date: 2012-10-02
Classification: B67D,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A dispenser comprising: a dispenser body defining a flow passage; a valve assembly disposed in said flow passage and comprising a first valve member and a second valve member, said second valve member having an elongated outermost surface extending radially and axially along a length of said second valve member in contact with an inner peripheral wall to control the flow rate of a liquid exiting through said flow passage, a spring disposed between the first and second valve members for maintaining the first valve member in a closed position; and an actuator coupled to said valve assembly configured to be manipulated through a first range of motion and a second range of motion, wherein only said first valve member is configured to be displaced upon the actuator being manipulated through the first range of motion, wherein, both said first and second valve members are configured to be displaced in unison upon said actuator being manipulated through the second range of motion, and wherein said first valve member directly abuts said second valve member during the second range of motion and wherein during the second range of motion the first valve member and the second valve member together form a continuous wall section that converges in an axial direction in the dispenser body and wherein the continuous wall section and an inner wall of the flow passage provide for a pathway for fluid within the dispenser body.