IP Library Granted Patent US 7,588,198
Granted Patent B2
US 7,588,198 · App. 10/915,954 · Granted Sep 15, 2009

Power sprayer

Assignee: S.C. Johnson & Son, Inc.
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Patent No.
US 7,588,198
App. No.
10/915,954
Granted
Sep 15, 2009
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present invention is a dispenser adapted to be coupled to a fluid container. The dispenser comprises a dispensing head, an energy source, and a fluid pathway. The dispensing head includes a fluid pump, a motor adapted to power the pump, a trigger adapted to control the motor, and a nozzle orifice in fluid communication with a discharge end of the pump. The fluid pathway has one portion in fluid communication with an intake end of the pump and another portion inside the container.

Claims (12)

1. A dispensing apparatus comprising:

a dispensing head comprising a pump having an intake and output, a motor for driving the pump, a trigger adapted to control the motor, a nozzle in fluid communication with the output of the pump, and a venting arrangement including a first vent and a second vent associated with the pump, said first vent in fluid communication with the pump and adapted to allow air into the pump and said second vent, generally opposite to the first vent, in fluid communication with a fluid tank and the pump, the second vent adapted to allow air and excess fluid from the pump into the fluid tank;

a battery carried by the dispensing head and electrically coupled to the motor, wherein said battery is generally adjacent to the motor; and

a caddy comprising a body, a container having the fluid tank, handle, wheels and a conduit in fluid communication with the container and the intake of the pump.

2. The dispensing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein said container is integrally carried by the body.

3. The dispensing apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein said tank comprises a generally transparent portion.

4. The dispensing apparatus according to claim 3 , wherein the conduit comprises a hose attached at a first hose end to the tank and at a second hose end to the dispensing head.

5. The dispensing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the handle is adapted to detachably carry the dispensing head.

6. The dispensing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein said container is detachably carried by the body and has a generally transparent portion.

7. The dispensing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the body integrally comprises the container and an area for receiving items.

8. The dispensing apparatus according to claim 7 , wherein the area for receiving items comprises a bottom surface and one or more side surfaces connected to entirely surround the items, wherein the items can be set upright on the bottom surface and retained, on all sides of the items, within the one or more side surfaces.

9. The dispensing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the dispensing head further comprises a lock having a first and second position, the first position allowing the trigger to be actuated and the second position preventing the trigger from being actuated.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 16, 2008
From: CEPIA, LLC
To: S.C. JOHNSON & SON, INC.
Reel/Frame 021531/0285 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 23, 2004
From: HORNSBY, JAMES RUSSELL; BENSON, MARCELLUS RAMBO; KEEFE, JAMES AUGUSTUS, III; MCGOWAN, JOSEPH LEE
To: CEPIA, LLC
Reel/Frame 015809/0661 →
Continuity (4)
Continuation In Part 1086381700 · Jun 8, 2004
Continuation In Part 1083268200 · Apr 27, 2004
Provisional Application 6053086900 · Dec 18, 2003
Related Publication 20050133624A1 · Jun 23, 2005