CA1128019A - Double-swivel spray wand - Google Patents
Double-swivel spray wandInfo
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- CA1128019A CA1128019A CA357,097A CA357097A CA1128019A CA 1128019 A CA1128019 A CA 1128019A CA 357097 A CA357097 A CA 357097A CA 1128019 A CA1128019 A CA 1128019A
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
- B65D—CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES
- B65D83/00—Containers or packages with special means for dispensing contents
- B65D83/14—Containers for dispensing liquid or semi-liquid contents by internal gaseous pressure, i.e. aerosol containers comprising propellant
- B65D83/28—Nozzles, nozzle fittings or accessories specially adapted therefor
- B65D83/30—Nozzles, nozzle fittings or accessories specially adapted therefor for guiding the flow of the dispensed content, e.g. funnels or hoods
- B65D83/303—Nozzles, nozzle fittings or accessories specially adapted therefor for guiding the flow of the dispensed content, e.g. funnels or hoods using extension tubes located in or at the nozzle outlets
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
- B65D—CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES
- B65D83/00—Containers or packages with special means for dispensing contents
- B65D83/14—Containers for dispensing liquid or semi-liquid contents by internal gaseous pressure, i.e. aerosol containers comprising propellant
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Abstract
ABSTRACT OF THE DISCLOSURE
A directional aerosol dispensing device (10) having a high degree of three-dimensional adjustability.
The device includes a button (18) engageable in fluid flow relation to the valve stem, a first swivel (26) connected in downstream fluid flow relation thereto and rotatable about a first axis (30), a second swivel (38) connected in downstream fluid flow relation to the first swivel and rotatable with respect thereto about a second axis (40) transverse the first axis and including a downstream portion (.48) transverse the second axis. Preferred embodiments include certain specific relationships and orientations of the swivels, an extension wand (50) which is preferably resiliently flexible, and a particular actuator-overcap (14) and relationship with the swivels.
A directional aerosol dispensing device (10) having a high degree of three-dimensional adjustability.
The device includes a button (18) engageable in fluid flow relation to the valve stem, a first swivel (26) connected in downstream fluid flow relation thereto and rotatable about a first axis (30), a second swivel (38) connected in downstream fluid flow relation to the first swivel and rotatable with respect thereto about a second axis (40) transverse the first axis and including a downstream portion (.48) transverse the second axis. Preferred embodiments include certain specific relationships and orientations of the swivels, an extension wand (50) which is preferably resiliently flexible, and a particular actuator-overcap (14) and relationship with the swivels.
Description
'l~ Z8~9 DOUBLE-SWIVEL SPRAY WAND
The present invention relates to directional applicators for aerosol packages for use in dispensing the contents thereof, and more particularly to a simple and inexpensive directional applicator providing three-dimensional variations in dispensing direction.
The present invention is particularly useful in the dispensing of fluids for which accurate application is critical or highly desirable. Examples of such fluids include insecticides for application in cracks and crevices, pharmaceuticals for application into body cavities, and lubricants for relatively inaccessible bearing points.
Various directional applicators, including applicators with long wands, have been disclosed in the prior art and some prior applicators have found commer-cial usefulness for various purposes. However, the directional applicators of the prior art have often been restricted in their directional adjustability and/or have been unsatisfactory because of their incon-venient shape or size, their unreliability or expensive construction. There has been a need in the art for a reliable, inexpensive directional applicator which provides easy, wide-range, three-dimensional variation in the direction of application.
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The present invention overcomes these problems by a directional dispensing device for use with an aerosol package having a projecting valve stem, comprising: a button engageable in fluid flow relation to the stemj a first swivel connected in downstream fluid flow relation to the button and rotatable with respect thereto about a first axis, and a second swivel connected in downstream fluid flow relation to the first swivel and rotatable with respect thereto about a second axis transverse the first axis, and including a downstream portion trans-verse the second axis, providing three-dimensional varia-tions in dispensing direction.
In certain preferred embodiments the angles between the first and second axis and the second axis and the downstream portion of the second swivel are sub-stantially equal and such angles are preferably substan-tially perpendicular~ The first and second axes are preferably substantially coplanar and the second axis and the downstream portion of the second swivel are also substantially coplanar. In certain preferred embodiments the first swivel is rotatable 360 and the second swivel is rotatable at least 180, thereby providing three-dimensional freedom of directional movement, allowing a wand, for example, to be aimed in any direction of a hemisphere. The first axis in one preferred embodiment is substantially perpendicular to the valve stem of the aerosol package.
In most preferred embodiments the downstream portion of the second swivel includes an extension wand oE considerable length. The wand length preferably approximates the length of the aerosol container, thereby allowing it to be oriented beside the aerosol container in its unused position while not interfering with placement of the package in an upright position on a horizontal surface. The wand is most preferably 1128Q~
resiliently flexible, allowing it to be bent from its normal straight condition for improved accessibility at certain extreme application points for the aerosol product. Such resiliently flexible wands will return to their original straight line condition upon release of the user's hand or other bending means.
The button to which the first of the two swivel members is attached may be part of an actuator-overcap structure engageable with the aerosol package and having an outer wall dimensioned for alignment with the wall of the aerosol package, which is typically a cylindrical metal can~ In such embodiments, the second axis is preferably located outside the outer wall, and may be a skew line to the axial line defined by the valve stem.
In such embodiments, the extension wand can lie alongside the aerosol container in ïts position of nonuse.
The device thus provides for three-dimensional directionally adjustable aerosol dispensing which is superior in a number of ways to other possible devices having three-dimensional adjustability. Ball-and-socket devices or other universal joint devices typically could not provide the range of movement provided by this in-vention. Furthermore, such devices are relatively impractical and/or more expensive to produce. Such devices are typically subject to leakage problems while the present invention displays excellent sealing qualities. Such devices are less forgiving than the present invention, being susceptible to dislocation upon attempted movement beyond their limits of adjust-ability, while the present invention is sufficientlyforgiving to allow adjustability without as much concern for dislocation or leakage~
The directional aerosol dispenser allows improved application of fluids in and onto specific locations which are substantially inaccessible to fluids dispensed by normal aerosol containers.
llZ8Q~9 ~4--In the drawings:
FIGURE l is a perspective view of an aerosol package including a preferred directional dispensing device;
FIGURE 2 is a front elevation of the device of EIGURE l;
FIGURE 3 is a side elevation of the device of FIGURE l;
FIGURE 4 is an enlarged, partially cutaway, exploded, perspect;ve view of the device of FIGURE 1 excluding, however, the aerosol container portion thereof;
FIGURE 5 i5 a side sectional view of the device shown in Figure 4, taken along section 5-5 as indicated in FIGURE 2;
FIGURE 6 is an enlarged sectional view taken along section 6-6 as indicated in FIGURE 5, excluding, however, the actuator-overcap;
FIGURE 7 is a fragmentary enlarged perspective view of the device of FIGURE l illustrating an oblique orientation of the directional device.
FIGURE 8 is an enlarged fragmentary perspective view of the device of FIGURE 1 illustrating the extension wand used in this invention in a bent orientation.
FIGURES 1-3 show an aerosol device 10. Aerosol device 10. includes an aerosol package 12, which is a standard pressurized aerosol container, and an actuator-overcap 14 engaged thereto at or near doubleseam 16.
Aerosol package 12 i.s a cylindrical container having a projecting valve stem (.not shown) along its axis at the end of the container engaged with an actuator-overcap 14.
As illustrated in FIGURES 4, 5, 7, and 8, actuator-overcap 14 includes a button 18, which.may be integrally molded therewith or connected thereto in some ' .
l~Z8Q19 other manner. Button 18 defines a valve stem-receiving recess 20, shown in FIGURE 5, which is axially aligned with the valve stem and engageable therewith in fluid ., flow relation. Button 18 is hinged to the remainder of actuator-overcap 14 by hinge 22, also shown in FIGURE 5. Button 18, when depressed by a finger of the operator, depresses the valve stem to actuate the aerosol device.
Button 18 defines laterally directed passage-way 24, shown in FIGURE 5, which communicates with stem-receiving recess, 2Q. The fluid from aerosol package 12 flows through the valve stem, stem-receiving recess 20, and passageway 24, and then enters the downstream members of the directional dispensing device.
A first swivel 26 is connected in downstream fluid flow relation to button 18. Button 18 defines a laterally facing, annular, cylindrical void 28, shown in FIGURES 4 and 5, into which a cylindrical upstream wall 30 is snugly inserted. The frictional engagement of wall 30 in void 28 provides a rotatable connection of first swivel 26 to button 18. First swivel 26 rotates about a first axis which is the axis of cylindrical void 28 and cylindrical wall 30. Such first axis intersects and is substantially perpendicular to the valve stem of aerosol package 12. As il]ustrated in E'IGURE 2, first swivel 26 is rotatable 360 about the first axis.
First swivel 26 defines fluid flow passageway 32 which extends from its upstream end in engagement with button 18 to a downstream engagement as will be explained hereafter. First swivel 26 includes a trans-verse portion 34 at its downstream end. Transverse portion 34 is oriented substantially perpendicular to the first axis and defines a cylindrical opening 36, shown in FIGURE 6, which receives a second swivel 38 Second swivel 38 includes a generally cylindrical 1~28Q19 upstream wall 40, shown in FIGURES 5 and 6, by which second swivel 38 is rotatably engaged in opening 36 of first swivel 26.
Cylindrical wall 40 includes an annular recessed center portion 42 defining an aperture 44, shown in FIGURE 6, which allows fluid from first swivel 26 to enter an interior fluid flow passageway 46 which extends downstream through second swivel 38. The mating configuration of cylindrical wall 40 of second swivel 38 and opening 36 of first swivel 26 provides a sub-stantially fluid-tight rotatable connection of second swiveI 38 in downstream fluid flow relation to first swivel 26.
Second swivel 38 is rotatable with respect to first swivel 26 about a second axis transverse the aforementioned first axis~ The second axis is the axis defined by cylindrical opening 36 and cylindrical upstream wall 40. The second axis is substantially perpendicular to the first axis and is substantially coplanar therewith~ Second swivel 38 includes a down-stream portion 48 which is oriented transverse to, in faat substantially perpendicular to and coplanar with, the second axis. The angle between downstream portion 48 and the second axis is, therefore, about equal to the angle between the first and second axes. This allows a particular orientation of first swivel 26 and second swivel 38 for dispensing of fluid in a direction parallel to the direction of passageway 24 of button 18.
Downstream portion 48 includes a resiliently flexible extension wand 50 which is inserted into and frictionally engaged to the other portion of second swivel 38. Wand 50 defines a passageway through its entire length so that wand tip 52 defines the final discharge orifice of the dïrectional dispensing device.
Wand 5Q is resïliently flexible; that is, it may be .
bent as illustrated in FIGURE 8, but will return to its original line upon release.
The resilient flexibility of wand 50 provides an added measure of variability and adaptability in the directional dispensing device. Even without such resilient flexibility, a high degree of directional adjustability is made available by this invention.
FIGURE 3 illustrates that second swivel 38 is rotatable at least 180 about the second axis. This span of movement together with the aforementioned 360 rotation about the first axis, as illustrated in FIGURE 2, allow even an inflexible wand to be oriented in any direction within a hemisphere generally centered at the swivels.
FIGURE 7 illustrates an oblique orientation of wand 50 in which both swivels have been turned to some extent from their storage positions illustrated in FIGURE 1.
This device provides easy adjustability through-out an entire hemisphere of positions without particular concern for which swivel is being used and to what extent it is being used. Direction adjustment may be ~ade simply by gripping downstream portion 48 (by wand 50) and moving it to the desired orientation.
As illustrated in FIGURES 1-3, wand 50 has a length which approximates the length of aerosol package 12. Furthermore r actuator-overcap 1~ has an outer wall 54 which is cylindrical and is dimensioned for alignment with the wall of aerosol package 12. The second axis is located just outside outer wall 54 in a skew line to the axis of aerosol package 12, allowing downstream portion 48 (includin~ wand 50) to be oriented immediately beside the wall of container 12 for convenient cartoning and storage.
Actuator-overcap 14 including its button 18, first swivel 26, second swivel 38, and wand 50 are preferahly constructed of plastic~ Actuator-overcap 14 and the swivels are preferably molded parts while wand 52 is preferably an extruded part.
The present invention relates to directional applicators for aerosol packages for use in dispensing the contents thereof, and more particularly to a simple and inexpensive directional applicator providing three-dimensional variations in dispensing direction.
The present invention is particularly useful in the dispensing of fluids for which accurate application is critical or highly desirable. Examples of such fluids include insecticides for application in cracks and crevices, pharmaceuticals for application into body cavities, and lubricants for relatively inaccessible bearing points.
Various directional applicators, including applicators with long wands, have been disclosed in the prior art and some prior applicators have found commer-cial usefulness for various purposes. However, the directional applicators of the prior art have often been restricted in their directional adjustability and/or have been unsatisfactory because of their incon-venient shape or size, their unreliability or expensive construction. There has been a need in the art for a reliable, inexpensive directional applicator which provides easy, wide-range, three-dimensional variation in the direction of application.
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The present invention overcomes these problems by a directional dispensing device for use with an aerosol package having a projecting valve stem, comprising: a button engageable in fluid flow relation to the stemj a first swivel connected in downstream fluid flow relation to the button and rotatable with respect thereto about a first axis, and a second swivel connected in downstream fluid flow relation to the first swivel and rotatable with respect thereto about a second axis transverse the first axis, and including a downstream portion trans-verse the second axis, providing three-dimensional varia-tions in dispensing direction.
In certain preferred embodiments the angles between the first and second axis and the second axis and the downstream portion of the second swivel are sub-stantially equal and such angles are preferably substan-tially perpendicular~ The first and second axes are preferably substantially coplanar and the second axis and the downstream portion of the second swivel are also substantially coplanar. In certain preferred embodiments the first swivel is rotatable 360 and the second swivel is rotatable at least 180, thereby providing three-dimensional freedom of directional movement, allowing a wand, for example, to be aimed in any direction of a hemisphere. The first axis in one preferred embodiment is substantially perpendicular to the valve stem of the aerosol package.
In most preferred embodiments the downstream portion of the second swivel includes an extension wand oE considerable length. The wand length preferably approximates the length of the aerosol container, thereby allowing it to be oriented beside the aerosol container in its unused position while not interfering with placement of the package in an upright position on a horizontal surface. The wand is most preferably 1128Q~
resiliently flexible, allowing it to be bent from its normal straight condition for improved accessibility at certain extreme application points for the aerosol product. Such resiliently flexible wands will return to their original straight line condition upon release of the user's hand or other bending means.
The button to which the first of the two swivel members is attached may be part of an actuator-overcap structure engageable with the aerosol package and having an outer wall dimensioned for alignment with the wall of the aerosol package, which is typically a cylindrical metal can~ In such embodiments, the second axis is preferably located outside the outer wall, and may be a skew line to the axial line defined by the valve stem.
In such embodiments, the extension wand can lie alongside the aerosol container in ïts position of nonuse.
The device thus provides for three-dimensional directionally adjustable aerosol dispensing which is superior in a number of ways to other possible devices having three-dimensional adjustability. Ball-and-socket devices or other universal joint devices typically could not provide the range of movement provided by this in-vention. Furthermore, such devices are relatively impractical and/or more expensive to produce. Such devices are typically subject to leakage problems while the present invention displays excellent sealing qualities. Such devices are less forgiving than the present invention, being susceptible to dislocation upon attempted movement beyond their limits of adjust-ability, while the present invention is sufficientlyforgiving to allow adjustability without as much concern for dislocation or leakage~
The directional aerosol dispenser allows improved application of fluids in and onto specific locations which are substantially inaccessible to fluids dispensed by normal aerosol containers.
llZ8Q~9 ~4--In the drawings:
FIGURE l is a perspective view of an aerosol package including a preferred directional dispensing device;
FIGURE 2 is a front elevation of the device of EIGURE l;
FIGURE 3 is a side elevation of the device of FIGURE l;
FIGURE 4 is an enlarged, partially cutaway, exploded, perspect;ve view of the device of FIGURE 1 excluding, however, the aerosol container portion thereof;
FIGURE 5 i5 a side sectional view of the device shown in Figure 4, taken along section 5-5 as indicated in FIGURE 2;
FIGURE 6 is an enlarged sectional view taken along section 6-6 as indicated in FIGURE 5, excluding, however, the actuator-overcap;
FIGURE 7 is a fragmentary enlarged perspective view of the device of FIGURE l illustrating an oblique orientation of the directional device.
FIGURE 8 is an enlarged fragmentary perspective view of the device of FIGURE 1 illustrating the extension wand used in this invention in a bent orientation.
FIGURES 1-3 show an aerosol device 10. Aerosol device 10. includes an aerosol package 12, which is a standard pressurized aerosol container, and an actuator-overcap 14 engaged thereto at or near doubleseam 16.
Aerosol package 12 i.s a cylindrical container having a projecting valve stem (.not shown) along its axis at the end of the container engaged with an actuator-overcap 14.
As illustrated in FIGURES 4, 5, 7, and 8, actuator-overcap 14 includes a button 18, which.may be integrally molded therewith or connected thereto in some ' .
l~Z8Q19 other manner. Button 18 defines a valve stem-receiving recess 20, shown in FIGURE 5, which is axially aligned with the valve stem and engageable therewith in fluid ., flow relation. Button 18 is hinged to the remainder of actuator-overcap 14 by hinge 22, also shown in FIGURE 5. Button 18, when depressed by a finger of the operator, depresses the valve stem to actuate the aerosol device.
Button 18 defines laterally directed passage-way 24, shown in FIGURE 5, which communicates with stem-receiving recess, 2Q. The fluid from aerosol package 12 flows through the valve stem, stem-receiving recess 20, and passageway 24, and then enters the downstream members of the directional dispensing device.
A first swivel 26 is connected in downstream fluid flow relation to button 18. Button 18 defines a laterally facing, annular, cylindrical void 28, shown in FIGURES 4 and 5, into which a cylindrical upstream wall 30 is snugly inserted. The frictional engagement of wall 30 in void 28 provides a rotatable connection of first swivel 26 to button 18. First swivel 26 rotates about a first axis which is the axis of cylindrical void 28 and cylindrical wall 30. Such first axis intersects and is substantially perpendicular to the valve stem of aerosol package 12. As il]ustrated in E'IGURE 2, first swivel 26 is rotatable 360 about the first axis.
First swivel 26 defines fluid flow passageway 32 which extends from its upstream end in engagement with button 18 to a downstream engagement as will be explained hereafter. First swivel 26 includes a trans-verse portion 34 at its downstream end. Transverse portion 34 is oriented substantially perpendicular to the first axis and defines a cylindrical opening 36, shown in FIGURE 6, which receives a second swivel 38 Second swivel 38 includes a generally cylindrical 1~28Q19 upstream wall 40, shown in FIGURES 5 and 6, by which second swivel 38 is rotatably engaged in opening 36 of first swivel 26.
Cylindrical wall 40 includes an annular recessed center portion 42 defining an aperture 44, shown in FIGURE 6, which allows fluid from first swivel 26 to enter an interior fluid flow passageway 46 which extends downstream through second swivel 38. The mating configuration of cylindrical wall 40 of second swivel 38 and opening 36 of first swivel 26 provides a sub-stantially fluid-tight rotatable connection of second swiveI 38 in downstream fluid flow relation to first swivel 26.
Second swivel 38 is rotatable with respect to first swivel 26 about a second axis transverse the aforementioned first axis~ The second axis is the axis defined by cylindrical opening 36 and cylindrical upstream wall 40. The second axis is substantially perpendicular to the first axis and is substantially coplanar therewith~ Second swivel 38 includes a down-stream portion 48 which is oriented transverse to, in faat substantially perpendicular to and coplanar with, the second axis. The angle between downstream portion 48 and the second axis is, therefore, about equal to the angle between the first and second axes. This allows a particular orientation of first swivel 26 and second swivel 38 for dispensing of fluid in a direction parallel to the direction of passageway 24 of button 18.
Downstream portion 48 includes a resiliently flexible extension wand 50 which is inserted into and frictionally engaged to the other portion of second swivel 38. Wand 50 defines a passageway through its entire length so that wand tip 52 defines the final discharge orifice of the dïrectional dispensing device.
Wand 5Q is resïliently flexible; that is, it may be .
bent as illustrated in FIGURE 8, but will return to its original line upon release.
The resilient flexibility of wand 50 provides an added measure of variability and adaptability in the directional dispensing device. Even without such resilient flexibility, a high degree of directional adjustability is made available by this invention.
FIGURE 3 illustrates that second swivel 38 is rotatable at least 180 about the second axis. This span of movement together with the aforementioned 360 rotation about the first axis, as illustrated in FIGURE 2, allow even an inflexible wand to be oriented in any direction within a hemisphere generally centered at the swivels.
FIGURE 7 illustrates an oblique orientation of wand 50 in which both swivels have been turned to some extent from their storage positions illustrated in FIGURE 1.
This device provides easy adjustability through-out an entire hemisphere of positions without particular concern for which swivel is being used and to what extent it is being used. Direction adjustment may be ~ade simply by gripping downstream portion 48 (by wand 50) and moving it to the desired orientation.
As illustrated in FIGURES 1-3, wand 50 has a length which approximates the length of aerosol package 12. Furthermore r actuator-overcap 1~ has an outer wall 54 which is cylindrical and is dimensioned for alignment with the wall of aerosol package 12. The second axis is located just outside outer wall 54 in a skew line to the axis of aerosol package 12, allowing downstream portion 48 (includin~ wand 50) to be oriented immediately beside the wall of container 12 for convenient cartoning and storage.
Actuator-overcap 14 including its button 18, first swivel 26, second swivel 38, and wand 50 are preferahly constructed of plastic~ Actuator-overcap 14 and the swivels are preferably molded parts while wand 52 is preferably an extruded part.
Claims (10)
PROPERTY OR PRIVILEGE IS CLAIMED ARE DEFINED AS FOLLOWS:
1. A directional dispensing device for use with an aerosol package having a projecting valve stem, comprising: a button engageable in fluid flow relation to the stem, a first swivel connected in downstream fluid flow relation to the button and rotatable with respect thereto about a first axis, and a second swivel connected in downstream fluid flow relation to the first swivel and rotatable with respect thereto about a second axis transverse the first axis, and including a down-stream portion transverse the second axis, providing three-dimensional variations in dispensing direction.
2. The device of claim 1, wherein the angle between the second axis and the downstream portion is substantially equal to the angle between the first and second axes.
3. The device of claim 2, wherein the second axis is substantially perpendicular to the first axis and the downstream portion is substantially perpendicular to the second axis.
4. The device of claim 3, wherein the first and second axes are substantially coplanar, and the second axis and the downstream portion are substantially coplanar.
5. The device of claim 1, 2 or 3, wherein the first axis (30) is substantially perpendicular to the valve stem.
6. The device of claim 1, 2 or 3, wherein the first swivel is rotatable 360° and the second swivel is rotatable at least 180°.
7. The device of claim 1, wherein the down-stream portion includes an extension wand.
8. The device of claim 7, wherein the length of the wand is approximately the same length as the aerosol package.
9. The device of claim 7 or 8, wherein the wand is resiliently flexible whereby it may be bent but will return to its original line upon release.
10. The device of claim 1 or 7, wherein the second axis is located outside the outer wall of an associated actuator-overcap structure which is engageable with the aerosol package and which outer wall is dimensioned for alignment with the wall of the package.
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