Headpiece for actuator
View Patent ↗In one embodiment there is provided an end fitment for use with an actuator used from drawing fluid from a container through a tube, the actuator has a depression face and a neck extending there from for connection to a corner end extending downwardly for securing the end fitment thereto. The end fitment further including a lower end for attaching to a headpiece. The headpiece has a concaved bottom surface that transitions to a surrounding side surface and has a plurality of openings positioned about the bottom surface for ejecting a fluid within the container. The plurality of openings are positioned into a pair of concentric rows, defined as a first concentric row of openings positioned within a second concentric row of openings.
1. An actuator used for drawing fluid through a tube from a container, the actuator comprising:
a depressor face having an upper side adapted for engagement by an operator and a lower end having a connector adapted for engagement to an end of the tube;
a neck extending from a side end of the depressor face, the neck having a channel in fluid communication with the connector; and
a nozzle assembly secured to an end of the neck and having an internal channel in fluid communication with the channel defined by the neck and having an exit end for the ejection of the fluid manually pumped from the container, the nozzle assembly further including a headpiece secured thereto,
wherein the headpiece is defined as having a bottom surface transitioning to a surrounding side surface and a plurality of openings is positioned about the bottom surface; and wherein the plurality of openings are positioned into a pair of concentric rows, defined as a first concentric row of openings and a second concentric row of openings, and wherein the first concentric row of openings are positioned within the second concentric row of openings and wherein the first concentric row of openings have smaller openings than the second concentric row of openings.
2. The actuator of claim 1 , wherein the headpiece includes threads adapted to complimentary threads on the exit end of the nozzle assembly such that the headpiece is removably secured to the exit end of the nozzle assembly.
3. The actuator of claim 1 , wherein the bottom surface is concaved.
4. The actuator of claim 1 , wherein the headpiece further includes a plurality of knurls positioned around an outside portion of the surrounding side surface.
5. An actuator used for drawing fluid through a tube from a container, the actuator comprising:
a depressor face having an upper side adapted for engagement by an operator and a lower end having a connector adapted for engagement to an end of the tube;
a neck extending from a side end of the depressor face, the neck having a channel in fluid communication with the connector; and
a nozzle assembly secured to an end of the neck and having an internal channel in fluid communication with the channel defined by the neck and having an exit end for the ejection of the fluid manually pumped from the container, the nozzle assembly further including a headpiece secured thereto, wherein the headpiece is defined as having a bottom surface transitioning to a surrounding side surface and a plurality of openings is positioned about the bottom surface; and wherein the nozzle assembly includes a corner fitment having first and second ends, the first end being secured to an end of the neck; and the nozzle assembly further includes a lower fitment having upper and lower ends, the upper end being secured to the second end of the corner fitment, and the lower end having means for attaching the headpiece; and wherein the first end of the corner fitment having a protruding member being received into an opening defined by the end of the neck and wherein the second end of the corner fitment having a protruding element being received into an opening defined by the upper end of the lower fitment.
6. The actuator of claim 5 , wherein the protruding element of the second end of the corner fitment includes a ring for complimentary engagement with an internal flange extending inwardly within the lower fitment.
7. The actuator of claim 6 , wherein the lower fitment includes a body having a tapering profile that increases in perimeter from the upper end to the lower end.
8. An actuator for use with a pump and in connection with a fluid container, the actuator having a depression face and a neck extending there from and connection to a corner fitment having a corner end extending downwardly, the improvement of the actuator comprising:
a lower fitment having upper and lower ends, the upper end being secured to the corner end of the corner fitment, and
a headpiece attached to the lower end of the lower fitment, the headpiece having a bottom surface transitioning to a surrounding side surface and a plurality of openings is positioned about the bottom surface; and wherein the plurality of openings are positioned into a pair of concentric rows, defined as a first concentric row of openings and a second concentric row of openings, and wherein the first concentric row of openings are positioned within the second concentric row of openings and wherein the first concentric row of openings have smaller openings than the second concentric row of openings.
9. The actuator of claim 8 , wherein the bottom surface of the headpiece is concaved.
10. The actuator of claim 8 wherein the lower fitment includes a body having a tapering profile that increases in perimeter from the upper end to the lower end.