Aerosol-free spray devices are provided. According to some embodiments, an aerosol-free spray device includes a piston operable within a piston chamber and coupled to a vacuum plunger operable within a vacuum chamber. Each component, including valves, of the aerosol-free spray device is composed of recyclable material of the same resin identification number. With the entire device made of material of the same resin identification number, the spray device is entirely and easily recyclable.

A dispensing device includes an air inlet hole passing through a cylinder in its thickness direction to connect an internal space of the container to an external space; and an action valve fitted onto an outer circumferential surface of the cylinder to close the air inlet hole, and that is isolated from the outer circumferential surface of the cylinder to introduce external air to the container when an internal pressure of the container is lower than an external pressure. An upper end portion of the cylinder is diametrically larger than a lower end portion. The action valve includes a ring-shaped annular section; and a valve section that extends axially from the annular section to close the air inlet hole while maintaining a radial clearance from the air inlet hole, to shield the air inlet hole from the internal space of the container.

A spray pump is disclosed. A spray pump according to an aspect of the present invention comprises: a housing having an inflow space, the housing being coupled to a container entrance; a housing cover coupled to the upper end of the housing; a disk for opening or closing the housing according to the pressure in the inflow space; a valve movably inserted into the housing cover, the valve comprising a valve head and a valve body communicating with the valve head; a guide having a part inserted into the valve body and the remainder positioned on the outside of the valve body, the guide having a guide passage corresponding to a channel through which content is discharged; a valve spring for providing an elastic force that pressurizes the valve upwards; a piston movably inserted into the outer peripheral surface of the guide so as to open or close the guide passage by means of upward/downward movements of the valve; a nozzle coupled to the valve head and having an insert insertion portion; and an insert inserted into the insert insertion portion and having an orifice. The valve head has a valve passage communicating with the guide passage. The valve passage has a valve helical groove formed on the inner peripheral surface thereof.

A spray pump is disclosed. A spray pump according to one aspect of the present invention comprises: a housing having an inlet space and coupled to a container inlet; a housing cover coupled to an upper end of the housing; a disk for opening or closing the housing according to a pressure of the inlet space; a valve movably inserted inside the housing cover and having a valve head, a valve passage formed in the valve head, and a valve body; a guide having a portion inserted into the valve body and another portion located outside the valve body, and including a guide passage corresponding to a flow passage through which content is discharged; a pump spring for providing an elastic force for urging the valve upward; a piston movably inserted into an outer circumferential surface of the guide, and opening or closing the guide passage by means of an upward and downward movement of the valve; a nozzle having a coupling protrusion coupled to the valve head and in communication with the valve passage; a valve ball positioned inside the nozzle and capable of closing the upper end of the valve passage; and a pump spring for urging the valve ball downward.

A trigger type liquid ejector includes an ejector main body having a vertical supply pipe, an ejection barrel, a trigger mechanism having a main piston and a main cylinder, a reservoir cylinder, a reservoir plunger, a first check valve configured to block communication between a container body and the vertical supply pipe when the main cylinder is pressurized and allow communication when the main cylinder is decompressed, and a second check valve configured to allow communication between an ejection hole and the vertical supply pipe when the main cylinder is pressurized and block communication when the main cylinder is decompressed, and a communication path is provided between the main piston and the main cylinder and is configured to bring the main cylinder in communication with the container body when the main piston is moved to a position deviated rearward from a frontmost position.

A system for dispensing a personal care fluid, such as a hand soap or the like. The system includes a dispenser and a refill cartridge. The dispenser includes a dispenser body having a refill cavity and a dispenser lid configured to be coupled to the dispenser body. There may be a pump sub-system mounted to the dispenser lid, or alternatively the personal care fluid may be dispensed by squeezing the dispenser and refill cartridge. The refill cartridge is configured for slidable insertion into and removal from the refill cavity of the dispenser body. The personal care fluid system is designed so that a user can readily and easily change out/replace the refill cartridge for use with a common dispenser, dispenser lid, and pump sub-system.

In a pump assembly, the outer wall of the first inner-housing sidewall, the inner wall of the second inner-housing sidewall and the inner-housing top wall define a first chamber with a first opening, and the gas chamber of the first chamber is a sealed chamber collectively defined by the piston portion, the inner-housing top wall, the outer wall of the first inner-housing sidewall and the inner wall of the second inner-housing sidewall, so that the formation of the sealed chamber does not require an additional sealing ring. This thereby reduces the risk of gas leakage due to aging of the sealing ring. A container with contents discharge function provided by this disclosure can include the above pump assembly.

An all plastic compression spring assembly includes a slotted tubular spring element formed from a tensile polymer material and first and second loading cones received at opposing first and second ends of the slotted tubular spring element. The loading cones are axially compressible toward each other within the slotted tubular spring element whereby the slotted tubular spring element radially expands in tension to create an opposing radial contraction force, and in turn, an axial extension spring force. When released, the spring element elastically returns to its normal at rest shape, returning the cones to their normal at rest positions.

A trigger sprayer is made from a single grade of polymer capable of being reused as post consumer resin. The design allows for upright and inverted actuation. A pre-compression diaphragm ensures that dispensing stroke delivers a complete and uniform amount of fluid.

The invention relates to the field of inhalation devices for liquids. In particular, the invention relates to a pumping chamber for such an inhalation device. A pumping unit for an inhalation device for medically active liquids for generation of an aerosol comprises a tubular member (1), a check valve (2), and a counter piece, said counter piece being configured to receive at least a downstream segment of said tubular member (1) and having an interior volume, wherein upstream of said tubular member (1), a reservoir (4) can be fluidically connected with said tubular member (1), and downstream of said counter piece, a nozzle unit (6) can be fluidically connected with said counter piece, and wherein the tubular member (1) comprises an upstream section, a downstream section, and the check valve (2) which is positioned between the upstream section and the downstream section, such that a pumping chamber with a pumping chamber volume is defined which comprises the volume of the downstream section of the tubular member (1) and said interior volume of the counter piece, and wherein tubular member (1) and the counter piece can move relatively to one another, such that the pumping chamber volume is variable. The tubular member (1) comprises at least two mechanically distinct parts (1A, 1B), wherein a first part (1A) provides said upstream section, and a second part (1B) provides said downstream section, and the first part (1A) and the second part (1B) are connected to each other such as to form an interface section (1C) serving as a valve chamber (2B) for the valve (2).