Upright/inverted sprayer - Patent 0875296

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EP 0 875 296 A3

(12)	EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88)	Date of publication A3:
	07.04.1999 Bulletin 1999/14

(43)	Date of publication A2:
	04.11.1998 Bulletin 1998/45

(21)	Application number: 98302447.2

(22)	Date of filing: 30.03.1998

(51)	International Patent Classification (IPC)⁶: B05B 11/00

(84)	Designated Contracting States:
	AT BE CH DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE
	Designated Extension States:
	AL LT LV MK RO SI

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Priority:

28.04.1997 US 848030
22.05.1997 US 861624

(71)	Applicant: CALMAR INC.
	City of Industry, CA 91745-1203 (US)

(72)	Inventors:
	Dodd, Joseph K. Lee's Summit, Missouri 64081 (US) McKernan, John P. Leawood, Kansas 66224 (US) Hohmann, Thomas 58675 Hermer (DE) Schafer, Ingo 58509 Ludenscheid (DE)

(74)	Representative: Lerwill, John et al
	A.A. Thornton & Co. Northumberland House 303-306 High Holborn London, WC1V 7LE London, WC1V 7LE (GB)

(54)	Upright/inverted sprayer

(57) A manually actuated liquid pump sprayer is capable of use in both upright and inverted positions without leakage through the vent port (35) by the provision of an auxiliary inlet passage including an inlet port (38) in the path of a slider valve (39). In accordance with one embodiment a vent port is likewise located in the path of that slider valve. The vent port (35) is open while the inlet port (38) is closed while the slider valve (39) is in the upright attitude of the sprayer, while the converse is effected by the slider valve (39) when operating the sprayer in an inverted position. In accordance with another embodiment a second slider valve (75) is located within the pump body for uncovering the vent port (58) which is in the pump cylinder in the upright position of spray, and for uncovering that vent port (58) in the inverted position to avoid leakage.

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