Applicator device

• US 3,963,357 A
• Filed: 07/25/1974
• Issued: 06/15/1976
• Est. Priority Date: 08/02/1973
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Beecham Group PLC (GSK plc)
• Original Assignee: Beecham Group PLC (GSK plc)
• Inventors: Crisp, David John
• Primary Examiner(s): Tollberg, Stanley H.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Marmor, Charles A.
• Application Number:
  US05/491,879
• Time in Patent Office: 691 Days
• Field of Search: 222/92, 222/106, 222/107, 222/192, 222/533, 222/536, 222/402.15, 401/139, 401/191, 401/261-266
• US Class Current: 401/191
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 35/36 for applying contents to surfaces brushes combined or associated with tubular containers A46B11/00

Abstract

An applicator which is particularly useful for viscous fluids such as adhesives is constructed which comprises a reservoir body which holds the viscous liquid, a discharge nozzle which communicates with the reservoir body, a spreading member which is constructed in a manner suitable for spreading the viscous liquid from the reservoir over the desired surface, and a hinge for positioning the spreading member so that it can be moved between a position which is adjacent to the discharge nozzle and a position remote from the discharge nozzle.

Claims

1. An applicator for viscous fluids such as adhesives which comprises a reservoir body for holding the viscous fluid one end of which is closed and the other end of which has a top portion, an elongated discharge nozzle connected to the top portion, which nozzle communicates with the interior of the reservoir body, a collar having a recess at one portion fitted around the base of the nozzle, a spreading member pivotably mounted on the collar, the spreading member being mounted such that it is movable between an operative position adjacent the discharge nozzle and an inoperative position substantially normal to the long axis of the discharge nozzle, and means for clamping the spreading member to the nozzle in the operative position and for clamping the spreading member to the recess in the collar in a snap-lock relationship.

2. An applicator according to claim 1 wherein the spreading member is a spatulate flange.

3. An applicator according to claim 2 wherein the spatulate flange has an edge having a number of grooves thereon.

4. An applicator according to claim 2 wherein the flange has a cut-out center portion of a size such that the flange fits over the nozzle.

5. An applicator according to claim 2 wherein the spatulate flange has a straight edge at right angles to the long axis of the discharge nozzle.

6. An applicator according to claim 1 wherein the reservoir body is a collapsable tube.

7. An application according to claim 1 which further comprises a support mounted on or integral with the collar, and a hinge one portion of which is connected to the spreading member and another portion of which is connected to the support.

8. An applicator for viscous fluids such as adhesives which comprises a reservoir body for holding the viscous fluid one end of which is closed and the other end of which has a top portion, an elongated discharge nozzle connected to the top portion, which nozzle communicates with the interior of the reservoir body, a collar having a recess at one portion fitted around the base of the nozzle, a spreading member in the form of a spatulate flange having a cut-out center portion through which the nozzle extends, the flange having a straight edge at right angles to the long axis of the discharge nozzle, the spreading member being pivotably mounted on the collar such that it is movable between an operative position adjacent the discharge nozzle and an inoperative position substantially normal to the long axis of the discharge nozzle, a support mounted on or integral with the collar, a hinge one portion of which is connected to the spatulate flange and another portion of which is connected to the support, and means for clamping the spreading member to the nozzle, and for clamping the spreading member to the recess in the collar in a snap-lock relationship.