Nozzle actuator
CA 2239559 A1 · Owner: Gaichuk, Andrew · Inventors: Gaichuk, Andrew
Overview
Its claims, description and drawings are in the Canadian Patents Database.
Open the CIPO recordAbstract From the Canadian patent
A spray nozzle actuator has a fitment for placement on the ring fitting of a spray can, an hinge or resilient portion, a nozzle pressing portion and an handle portion, extending forwardly of and along the can. The handle is shaped to avoid obstruction of the spray nozzle, such as by having a large aperture through which a cone of spray may flow with little or no impingement. Using one actuator an operator can hold the spray can in the palm of one hand and reach forward with his or her fingers to grasp the handle. A generally rearward pull on the handle causes the spray can nozzle to move releasing the, spray. In another actuator an operator can reach forward with his or her fingers to grasp …
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Listed from its CIPO record in Patent Yard's archive of Canadian patents past their term. Its claims, description and drawings are in the CIPO record and on Google Patents, and the Claude kit works from them.
Why it's free to use
- Filed June 3, 1998. No grant is recorded for it in Canada; had it been granted, its 20-year term would have ended June 3, 2018.
- A certificate of supplementary protection adds at most two years for a drug, so even that would have ended by June 3, 2020.
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