Patent ID: 6648244
Filing Date: 2003-11-18
Classification: B05B

Abstract:
An atomizer for containing a liquid, said atomizer comprising:a flexible container body including a bellows-shaped surrounding wall having a plurality of foldable layers, a top end, and a bottom end, a bottom wall having an outer periphery that is formed integrally with said bottom end of said surrounding wall so as to define a closed bottom end of said container body, a liquid-containing chamber defined within said surrounding wall and above said bottom wall and adapted to be filled with the liquid, and a mounting member disposed on said top end of said surrounding wall; and a nozzle head unit attached to said mounting member of said container body and adapted to be operated to discharge the liquid from said chamber therethrough in such a manner that said foldable layers are folded from said bottom end of said surrounding wall to said top end of said surrounding wall; wherein said foldable layers of said surrounding wall cooperatively define a helical slot in an outer surface of said surrounding wall, and wherein said bottom wall includes an outwardly and upwardly inclined top surface which has a central portion that is formed with a groove, and which is adapted to guide the liquid to flow inward on said inclined top surface and into said groove, said nozzle head unit including a vertical straw that is disposed within said chamber and that is aligned with said groove such that a lower end of said straw can move into said groove when said surrounding wall contracts, said lower end of said straw being disposed adjacent to a lower end of said groove when said surrounding wall contracts completely.