Patent ID: 6641005
Filing Date: 2003-11-04
Classification: B05B,B05D,B65D,E04F

Abstract:
A system for texturing an interior surface comprising:a container assembly containing texture material and a propellant material, where the texture material is a hardenable material comprising particles and the propellant material is a compressed inert gas; a valve assembly mounted on the container assembly, where the valve assembly is operable in an open configuration in which texture material is allowed to flow out of the container assembly along a dispensing path and a closed configuration in which texture material cannot flow out of the container assembly along the dispensing path; an outlet assembly mounted on the valve assembly through which the texture material flowing out of the container assembly passes as the texture material is dispensed from the system, where movement of an outlet member of the outlet assembly in a first direction places the valve assembly into the open configuration and movement of the outlet assembly in a second direction opposite the first direction places the valve assembly into the closed configuration; and metering means comprising a metering member operable in first and second configurations; and a release member; whereby when the metering member is in the first configuration, the metering member engages an actuator member such that displacement of the actuator member in the first direction displaces the outlet assembly in the first direction; and when the metering member reaches a release point, the release member places the metering member in the second configuration to disengage the metering member from the actuator member to allow the outlet assembly to move in the second direction.