Patent ID: 6805682
Filing Date: 2004-10-19
Classification: A45D,A61M,B05C

Abstract:
A fluid applicator, for applying fluids to a selected site, comprising:a tubular cask including a handle end and a dispensing end, said cask having a non-circular inside surface; a fluid metering assembly including a piston slideably mounted in said tubular cask and in sealing and sliding engagement with the cask inside surface, and a piston controller connected to the piston and the cask and operable to advance the piston toward the dispensing end of the cask, said piston having a non-circular configuration corresponding substantially to that of the inside surface of said cask; a discharge end cap removably connected to the dispensing end of said tubular cask and including a valve chamber, an applicator platform, and a fluid flow passage having a passage inlet in communication with the valve chamber and wherein the fluid flow passage extends through the applicator platform; a manually accessible adjustable valve mounted in the valve chamber and movable between a closed position and a selected one of a plurality of open portions; and a fluid distributor pad mounted on the applicator platform and in communication with a discharge end of the fluid flow passage.