Keung, Wing-Kwong; Ferrell, Scotty; Martire, Gennaro R.;

Pump dispenser having vent valve

The end of the arm on the pivoted trigger of a pump dispenser brushes against a projection on the wider end of a funnel-shaped seal to distort the wider end, breaking its seal against the inside of a tubular support for the pump dispenser and opening a vent to the atmosphere.

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What is claimed is:

1. In a dispensing pump comprising a pump body having a closed tubular support formed with a vent opening, a tubular resilient vent valve inside the support engaging the inside of the support adjacent the vent opening to close the vent opening and having a projection extending through the vent opening, and a trigger pivotally mounted on the pump body, the trigger having a rearward arm with an end adapted to engage the vent valve projection from a lateral direction as the trigger pivots, the improvement wherein the tubular resilient vent valve is tapered having a wider end and a reduced end and its wider end makes line contact with the tubular support about the inside thereof above the vent opening, and an axially disposed barrel inside the tubular support is sealingly connected to the container and the reduced end of the resilient valve.

2. A dispensing pump as claimed in claim 1 wherein the vent valve is funnel shaped.

3. A dispensing pump as claimed in claim 1 wherein the end of at least one of the projection or arm has a bevelled face.

4. A dispensing pump mounted on a container and comprising a pump body having a closed tubular support formed with an upward barrel inside the support sealingly connected to the container headspace, the support also being formed with a vent opening, a tapered tubular resilient vent valve inside the tubular support having a larger end and a smaller end, the larger end normally sealingly engaging about the inside of the support adjacent the vent opening to close the vent opening, the valve having a projection extending through the vent opening, the smaller end of the valve being connected to the barrel, and a trigger pivotally mounted on the pump body, the trigger having a rearward arm with an end adapted to engage the vent valve projection from a lateral direction as the trigger pivots.

5. A dispensing pump as claimed in claim 4 wherein the vent valve is funnel shaped.

6. A dispensing pump as claimed in claim 4 wherein the end of at least one of the projection or arm has a bevelled face.