Patent ID: 7014073

Claim:
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 stem defining a stem passageway, where the stem passageway defines a portion of a dispensing path; a valve seal for supporting the valve stem such that valve stem moves between open and closed positions, where the seal engages the valve stem such that fluid flow out of the container assembly is substantially prevented when the valve stem is in the closed position, and disengages from the valve stem such that fluid may flow through the stem passageway along the dispensing path when the valve stem is in the open position; an outlet assembly mounted on the valve stem 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 stem into the open position and movement of the outlet assembly in a second direction opposite the first direction places the valve stem into the closed position; 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.